7 eT ary i eal yy Reel ny ps a va ce ‘ i Ree al LSA xa - ath hips DAS ca Ti ee et 5 my ae rnal of the Rod and Gu 7 IGLING, SHOOTING, THE KENNEL, Practica, NATURAL History, _ FISHCULTURE, YACHTING AND CANOEING, -AND THE LCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST _ N OUTDOOR RECREATION AND STUDY. VOLUME XXXVII. Vy, 23 a” Aueus?, 1891—DEcEMBER, 1891, INDEX---VOLUME XXxXVII 9 Vol. XXXVIL, Comprises Twenty-four Numbers. EDITORIAL. Page Page. Page Pages| Wall Elints sre a: adhe ahctente tee et gtee cs. seth eso s 426 | “Taxidermy and Zoélogical Collecting”’....... .-. 3 } Massachusetts Association..............-- EB he 1.357 ACITONGACKS sth sie leet se ose oe ist tu aR eed 101 | Florida Southern....,......... bene te Oc ural coat ene 327 | Tuxedo Park English Pheasants..............+-.+. 307 | Massachusetts Bird Stocking..........-...- Pex ee 206 Adirondack Wishing Rights............ SuatHe says Bo || LOWMI Ol acintlie Sees CEN pS mate Weer ieBe ets lew lA areal Byte OF Eee te oy tee Ame er ene AAAAR OCI 06 44 | Massachusetts Fox Hunt................- ey ae 349 SATHICAN, WENETADIC.£.()a clo eo de cee y ee gene 201 | Girl, A Plea for the..... Piet Bh eon aE Th 2| Virginia Rail in New York City.........-........5+ 247 | Mexican Sportsmen's Club ..,..,,..:.. nets eos abt American Military ATM.............ceceeee+-++--»-405 | Hallock, Reception t0............. 00s ces ee tees seen 142 } Western New York Naturalists’ Association...... 204 | Michigan Deer Resorts..........052.55 sseeelsuee 107 WUEUSOMDAVS acs oct) eed ose dilate scr aa sisiae ae vere... 41 | In Sunset Land (poetry)...........-....----.05 .... 2% | Whitefish in Ponds............ wheelsints. Liaise ef attains 408 | Misadventures. ..............00008 Fs AME hah! 350 Bass in the Adirondacks........ ..-sssisesersseee: 245 | Jim MeLane’s Bay Pony .........-.... ssseereseee 466 | Wolves in the Adirondacks.......... ...0::sse ees 469 | Mississippi River Adventure........... sn ot eds aad 83 Bisley and Creedmoor........ 0.05.5 sees ee cea ee eee 1 | Johnnie, a Dog (poetry).......-... cece bees eee 405.| Woodchuek, Black....... 0. ...yececsee ere eeer vase 123 | Moose Hunt up the Ottawa .....2.....2-2..-25 =... 290 Ob eWiarite; Chinas.) haoic stpaan tet hance ties een 325 PucalamazoonDayeOD sens pce ines spies 302. | "Woodtock Nestime 00. a... cen cee ence ns hee ene 268 | Moose in Nova Scotia........,. re Sie 250 California Imported Song Birds .................- TSE Sicatydidi (POLY) + saa som eae een SaGerenac stat LOZ EW OOdCOCK-MWItLED. 5 oo o..p sew aps fapsac ee es bare cee 107 | Moses, One of the Mistakes of (poetry)......... 111328 Camp-Mire mun Wald 22.22.0022. ts een cese peen oe 101 | Maine Woods, In.... ........ 367, 386, 408, 426, 446, 468 | Yucatan, A Day in ...........,....- Pe re By Ried. 9 oy 64° | Mudien’ Shooting. 7 5.: ics. ce os eae ea rear ee «348 Carpan Cahfornia. . on. teeny oe eet eens arin SU oats MAiNNeLOHEA sos a -.use ee eels sous Whe area ners meer 42 Newfoundland Caribou ......... 2.25 24+-.00see es 1387 Centerboards out in National Racing............. 1817+ Munson’s Walls (poetry)a.: 2 casn)eoeele oo 2 ae as ape 182 New Hampshire Farmers............- ite-gafe fe sem wales @hicago Restaurants oe csv - cee eee eee cere 205 | Muskoka Lake........-. Fae bee Rei cette 2 oe 82 as New York Association................5 woe hte ea , 65 Connecticut Fishing Decision................:.-... ROG} INCSEDESCLECE Sc 1 suslelane steer. a Soneld pa gaan eee 446 New York Woodcock Season....... ..2...2..-. os "46 DCCAMIBETAD AWS. oe bac oe ne oe Fil ae epee sparen eee 425 | New York City Wild Woods ... .............-... 30% Night: Shot-atsa“!Bock? 4... ec eoedeee eee 349- Deer Season on Long Island......- ...-....s-..4.. 260.) Niphit OfPeril sees. seeeke ys 4 Bett aeeene rene 286 GAME BAG AND GUN. North Carolina........-s.<.sseee whi cin bt ene Pe MeAOT Delmonico Woodcock.............+.++-- So ehe ..,-405 | Noman’s Land and Beyond .................-. 142, 162 North Carolina Quail .,......... ....,0.... ....,. 490 Fires, Put Out The........ 55.05 ses cease ees e eee 201 | North Carolina Winter Sports.......:....346, 386, 406 | Adirondack Deer...._.............22..-.+. +: 271, 291 | North Carolina Game Grounds. ......... /..... 208 Fishes, Rescue of Native.... .........2..202 sees 101 | North Sbore of Isle Royal.....................4- 48, 62 | Adirondack Squirrel Hunt...............-+.:5...45 84 | Nova Scotia Game Regions.......-....0.00 cease. 207 BSH ay Ps Oe ate eu tel Le sare oy oct B65 | (Off to the Woods ...s.....0.-6--. -neeete eee eee 407 | Aiming at Game... 1.2... 2.2 eee te eee tee eer 447 | Nova Scotia Licenses. .............0se00+-2e ree eras 163 Fishways Impassable........ a ah ite Bete Mk «! 465 4\ Pacific, islandof <4 aey ie ee eee eee oe 144 | Arkansas Outing........ iciesy Wet 48 i Societies es 449 | Ohio Deer Hunts............... Fs. Cee 1 eS, 20 WIGKIMa HCASONS ccc actces wu ae eet ech ce te tele cies. 225 Palmers Ihake, Texas. 260, n00e- ce wtp vie eho shoe CTRL YACHT RD 10S UE ery Se a Be 8 SO, tas 4B SUS 2 +223) [Ohio Gamezs! 0.0. ee ee ee eee 350 ‘Forest and Stream”’ Hnlargement............... 385 | Pelicans of Whiskychitto.... ............... ....5 202 | Bank-Grass Kmoll.............- eeu ae! S45 "Ohio Notesee bier ek lee eee rq SAA Eee 390 Gairdner’s Trout Netting...........-......+.00208- B2- | SEGSSUMIPEN IME Be. otis eee oe epee r tte ap 326 | Bears in North Carolina Swamps..,.. ......;..... 370 | Old Fields and Old Friends........—...... ......, 448 dsrninel le. besa nc 6 os ete os ey eke ed 445 | Quail Shoot in Happy Valley.............-..-+.+.. 266 | Beaver Dam Duck Club.... ....-. --.+.+-+.+-+25+ 292 | Old Man-and the Young Men ............2.+:00+- 348 Hotel Men, Woolish................5.).eneeee Socata 161 | Ransacker’s Vision............2:6..2002ee sees eee 22.| Black Partridge in America..............--....+.. 409 | Ontario Moose..........6. Si ceee ee eet eenaes 371, 890 PMAeINAMONS Was oe eee eee eee eet a ieee neeeolas 565) |GRed(Sharityi@lubsu., sseeeesk bee ctceteace et ciece 306 | Bores aud Shooting.................--- fe eee 450 | Oregon Game Grounds .,....-......005 see seers eee 325 MCeMTeN IN LELEStS err legs ee put- asisaecisllelse neds eae 265); ROCKIOS sb UP TINA IN 1 ye eae eee eae er 22,42 | Boston and Maine... ......:hes2e sees ceeeeeny sees 350 | Oregon Wildfowl.........ceccceeeserecre es oats Were 409 Labrador Exploration. .............0..sesevsee eee 181 | Sac and Fox Opening............ 00.2... -ee ee PRG. MBOSLONS NOLES pees use sess oo eels on aries gn caee apasrelsyars 469 | Pennsylvania Quail Shooting............ ...,.5,,.250 Lake Ontario Restocking ............s.:...5: 21, 81 | Saw Tooth Range, In the (illustration)........ ...427 | Boston Sportsmen..... ....... ..++2s.2225 cress 250 | Pheasants, Huropean,................ + Lac earl Lakes, Jurisdiction OVer ........2+-2.20sce0ee reese 445 | Smoke Leaves......--...2-.--eeeseveeee+ +e0+-0e++-306 | Briar Land,.... Fate Seles Sere sTE S506 79d ten) OOS . 844 Possums Up a Tree. 2. .....2-6s20- ceee owes B71 Landlocked Salmon in Bisby Lakes.......... .-... 21 | Song of a Goat Hunter (poetry) S45 AAR ARR OAEOE 346 | Camp Life Incident..........0..-26;.-25-0e cece pens 470 | Prairie Chickens and Ducks.... . UP met a patentee . 44 Lost in the Woods........ ........-.-....++.,-+-.-201 | Stories ef the Santa Lucias..................--+-- 182 | Camp Recollections ........,....+......+++./:...-2391 | Quail in Kamsas.................0..4- 2, ee eee 429 TORII CAAT OMe i's: os His eens sits ice eee :..,. 21 | Swallows (illustrated), ......0....-:002se seer ewes es 48 | Canada Moose.,..... .-.... Bis BSS! fines. EBs 55 0 184 QupilscMreale. .. ntuse cotste oe oil et tebe agers. aT Minnows in Ponds........... ...,:.- Pp enn aaa 345 | Tale of the Old Woods..........-....... seeeeesaey 202 | Chatham Association..............-,.+----+- 207, 382 | Rhode Island Game Interests......... ......---:.- 390 MOT ev TAL Ecc, cul Aceleet-teiey= viola, «sn)s eit slots eire etsy pial 6i|iPexas) TURKGYSs, 1, so cue heen cr See ne iia ae OF 306 | Chicago and fhe West...... 25, 45, 65, 85, 108, 125, 146, | Saginaw Crowd............... ees ees eeees 164, 388 November Days.........-.. sss.s25 -eseeee+s+s...940 | Transcontinental TPAy tla ae eee Gan yee 366, 406 164, 205, 230, 248, 311, 331, 376, 389, 410, 429, 448, 469 | St. Vincent’s Island........ ........-.»- oy, eee 368 November pico Bett Peon is bete coats Ab dap tied oar S65) | SV Dye PrObestak 44 meat aes tems cea Ee 2 | Chicken Hunt in the Nation........... -...++. «++. 107 | Shawangunk Notes.....:....0..05 cesses a) Se ath Overvoi ete eth DE pee 5 25 SS ped Gores SoC hao s = DOB NViesh Var oa. POU tse ek str aelstasshdals onion mess aise a BP leGloOsersGiips oe cates chiens en eee eed pw eel afore alece eas 109 | Shawangunk Wild Hogs..........-.-.-..---. PO tateenth October Voices.......-.....55- A Se nee 246 ClOSCE TOR SHGHS fe) 22. ps cco este on te enh otra bein 450 | Shore Bird Incident........ Sad daw Shue Te 107 Ottawa and Creedmoor... ...-00+........ 00+: 121, 141 Compass in the Woods.,..............-...350, 410, 470 | Sleeping Bags.............-...- OPT a ede B57 Parks, National..... Sabot. “tip Teac suk sr 385 == = | Compass, Knife and Watch....... ........ .......332 | Small Bores and Big Bags ................ TREE ceed Pond, Game Protector.............+ EA ce amp bcoace! 141 Connecticut Association............... »-...--..-.-390 | Small Bores for Big Game.... .. .. ....ees2aeses AY Revolver Championship..... ........c0-..sseeeees 201 | Connecticut Birds. ....5...--2.eses cose vtec 44 | Sora Hunt on the James River ice Po | Se 268 Revotver Shoot........ ...... bbe aiirvne eterna 465 NATURAL HISTORY. Coon of. SplitsRock.. 000. ~ 5 cee tee eset one ee 369 | Spring Shooting........ ... .-.. 24 oe BBY Rifle Ranges, English.............-...0-.-00. csees 121 @oons in “Banks’s Holler’. 2...) cnc 2424, eee 808 | Sportsmen’s Joint...........0:....ee0eesyeeed ves 310) Rhode Island Association, ........... Pra A ees 295 | Alaska Seal Island..........-....., SE as Be ¥4 | Coyote Bounty.... ....:-.....- rah AAU: Mee eretarsts aes 25 | StillHunting Deer Dogs... .1..-.50.c+n-- rss 185- . Salmon in Nets in Canadian Rivers............+... 425 | Albino Muskrat......... 1-2. ..esesreereeer ees A, 64, ‘107 Currituck Bay Birds.... ...... ....-.... -...229, 249 | Still Hunting With Bird Dogs ..... _ 64, 107, 145 Salmon Trout Salted... 2.2.2... ...seee eee e eter eee 81 | American Ornithologists’ Union ..................8 347 | Dakota Wild Goose Shooting. + seeerves seee-++. .-390 | Suffolk County Association...... ste eS Bey erty 2 SO OTP Ed ieee Rep eo ter, foes i Be Ory at RIO Oot 285 | Beaver and Sunken Wood...... ........+-....5 82, 163 | Darling Jonathan............cs00-sss «= Py AM 165 | Three Turkeys ata Shot.... ...... ae BET Bevtember Days......... ee FS eras eet ee 161 | Bendire’s “Life Histories of North American Deer and Caribou. Noosing.............. ....22-05 PATS) ead Wailis.ie..., Maes oe ee eeee a ae ee “ Sharks in Northern Waters...........0...00605 ee 21) Birds’....-....-.-::1es-04 seaee foes eee renee 387 | Deer in Wisconsin Woods... ...........+0.54-5 2005 291 | Tolieston Game Dinner....... Bere es ets Seis alah etrouGlitw.cssatsek el setaade ede dees = seu 405 | Bird Collecting..:..............0.- sean sees 208, 227, 267 | Drumming Grouse Stalking.................-. ... 247 | Topeka Notes....... PN rey yo ae 271 Steam Yacht Possibilities. ...........ec0ssceeeeee es 1 | Birds Nesting Late........ 0.0.20 ...0.2 cent ees ieee 183 | Ducks in Central America. ........ ....- ..s----- 448 | Trophies, Preserving.. ..........2sc+s+e02e0+ aces 208 Biicole wWaltoreln t. Ai neu dencst se hen ote 265 | Birds of Manitoba.... .....-.¢505 seve reese rcayees 3 | Ducks in Convention ............ = Gon SadbtAciys ton 248 | Two Weeks Out of Purgatory......,........5 124, 145: “Summer Camp-Fire ...........-....-0-- neuen »..:. 1| Birds of the Chehalis Forest..........-......---.. ga fs Wire Wiphtinis occas -5 fesse ek ER ale eos elses 270 | Virginia Lands Posted........... .... Ao, Pekan 4.428 Tolleston Club Suit......... Sin beer ee ed nee 365 | Birds, Some New Varieties Of........-.-..-...085 268' 1 Woating for Deers....-6. hp. ones sacs sees wae 164 | Weapons for Game............ ---.+. xg ase tee HO Trout, Artificial Rearing................ Bp AAR in 345 | California Song Birds..........-20ss+eceee sree beens 204 | Florida Birds of Plume..............04 s-+...--+-- BAT" Wicomieos 4.028 slo Sih ee ee eee 370: FErOUt PBLOM MEN Se EOOK Gio. s.be eet ne my poems antes 285 | Carolina Paroquet.........---...+.:+-0e++> 44, 64, 183 | Fox Hunt, Novel.... ........-.,.+- Vo echke-s Qoease 357 | Wildfowl, Among tHe eee ee 32.4 >See 289 Mwo Pictures... 2. .e.e.e wees aes s eentices gate ated Si) hip rainy BLACK 2. oe sees niga satan erate ere BOT >| HUT BTOCOLMICT cc tc5 cite pee etlen) ore okie ieee eben 271 | WinprewL, Amone THE (Illustrations), : WielmoOnUeistEO, Sete toe he eem rs avcdebeas) eirelecirie se B25 || Death Valleys oi. ic. stee sct ene were rases seers ser $3)| ‘Game Depletion, sy. 2.5. Le Shstecin any re be mle se ne 411 I, “‘Justas they were when I took them’’,......126. NVANDED ViGICES Es. to 8. as Fee sh esas y mt aseernre ..-..445 | Ducks, Food of Young......-.-..---- go 409) |\GamerHiclis a... 0.6 oped) cal eemiaare te noua eats 390 | If. Just Arrived—Broadbills and Sprigtails.....145 World’s Fair Anglers’ Reunion.............+....5- 81 | English Pheasants in America......,......... 123, 144 | Game Fields, Notes from..........-..-..-.. -. se 183 Ill. ‘“‘Where Ignorance is Bliss.°7.... .....0.... 164 Wachtipg Bbawishics, 2.0. eer see nee 265 | Fur Seals’ Fate........ .-..:+. 287, 307, 327, 347, 368 | Game Supply..........-...-.--- SSN the os oe eo a 390 IY, Black Duck—See Him Jump, ...,......... 184 Yellowstone Waters Stocked........,...+....4.. .305 | Game Birds, Rearing .............+0--+2.-++ +> 123, 183 | Gossip of Game and Guns....:.... ..... Ure 5 310 Vi. “You Son-of & Gum... wi iat ee 205, Game in the Yellowstonme...............:-+-++++++ 427 | Grouse, Habits of.....-.. Pr sr eet 207, 390, 410 YI. Dead for a Ducat—At Sixty Miles an Hour.229 Grouse, Habits of.........--....+. « «++ +163, 426, 469 | Grouse in New York City..-.22.... .:..++ g:c+-++-388 | VIL. Rafting Fowl—A Frequent and Tantalizing ay Grouse in Confinement. ....- 20.12. -.srtsee ese eee 4 | Grouse Hunting in New Hampshire...............204 PX PeCTICHCe>.. i sine ieee ca beeteegereet ts .. 269 Hermit Thrush, Song Of ......1...-.seeescee serene B87 Grouse; WaysiOb-c 1.5 pup ues Son nse era ie 126} VIEL. Broadbills—aA Trifle Suspicions cas oe 239, Hornaday’s “Taxidermy” .....-.....---+s22e. sees 3 | Gun, Dog and Camera.........2.esje1 tees eee eee 450| 1X, A Crippled Canvasback Makes a Good SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Idaho Wield! Notes... i m1k-secvrehe pees) seeenss! 346 | Guns, Notions about...05......0..022-2:eegeeeee ees 228 Degdy), ck: set aks Roane Jay, Antics of a Tame....-.. ........ «.. Peete ees 307 | Hammerless Guns Safe... .........2..0s0004. be: 125| X, A Double on Mailards......... i Onin cee eee oe ADIRONDACK LiFE: Kagu and Fillalloo.,.......-....-+2rrrerersees ....869 | Handling Guns. ......2.-s00es sees ee. 108 | XI. Will They Come?........ S ateh ne alert Adirondack Memories..........,.+.... -.. 103, 104 | Leaves from a Notebook, .......5.-.:++20+-2s2e2- 2 GSS) EROMICOMUGAMI hoe ee ns eke tee ee nie fa mc eed eeent eee 329 | XIL Broadbills and Canvasbacks—All Quiet oh Adirondacks in 1853.02... 12... eee sees sees 256 | “Life Histories of North American SRE oo. 8875 | Foricom Clap sume s poe cooks ee eh ese soy 206, 230 fhesPotomac. s= = --.... 8 eee ee Fr 369 Adirondacks in 1858 .......-.....-2.--2s.e0+++. ..103 | Mantis Shrimp ........-....ces0se races sere .....,.106 | House Boat Hunting.......... scessesepeeeeeeres 350 | XIIi. On the Uelery Beds........ nue 289 Adirondack Hospitality of the Olden Times...., 106 | Marine Biological Investments, Sieg Rieti +s+.... 83 | Hunter’s Badge.................-... See ole peer U3) XIV, Redheads—A Cosey Spot in the Wild Cireumnavigating the Adirondacks,.............104 | Martins in Confinement......... 0 ....-.0-..--1se 3 TAAHOSHUNEELLRR CS: Bek hat Retowases late ss team pee 4 Rice ge. wea ts. sneee Boi ok oa pan 2 ADD Two Weeks at Spruce Lake.....-.......+-0+s+0 104 | Michigan Bird Notes........ ...2-2.sseseeeetessees 3} Indians and Game........--.0. 2..e.ee epee seen eens 108 | XV. The Gathering of the Clams........ ........ 449 Upper Adirondacks in 1856..................000 106 | wojave Desert in Winter..... SE agit en eae yee SRE ates 368 | Indiana Sportsmen and Farmers,......... ... ....411 | Wild Geese, Flight of...... bach ihe Fh Sete . 450 ATONE -(BOCLDY) on; mee oo terete eur 62 | Monkey Talk........-+02..--+. =P OR ROEE oe nost co 408 | Iowa Ducking Grounds.......- .. Bere ees A a wt 65 | WildfowlGrounds .....:.......:-.--.+- Levey eee 86 Bass Fishing in Guadalupe .................... 5. 366 | Opossum’s Habits ....... ...... » piaie aoe Hecate nan 64 | Limitations of Game Killing. .............4..-+... 470 | Wild Rice..... seal Arce wet Shere re ay rain We wee dg ORO EEL Te TRS is GCs eae ewe ey a Oe Potter 148 | Pearl Fishery..............-+-- BEE Ay aerate, 228 | Little Peat’s Point............ ..- sevesssceres «+84 | Wild Turkey Hunting......... eA esc ritie a cee UD . 24 Boston Sportsmen. oo i.c vuseeee sea adav we bends 182 | Pennsylvania Bird Notes..........-+++-sss025 o¢ 83, 182 | Locked Elk Horns.......... so spree teen ee canes 250 | Wisconsin Ducking.... . we a eae Buek Wied NOGSHOOb. 0. ccs ku cect es ences seeeees 1435 Porcupites ne ise cece cite ln me eee oe 24, 44, 307 | Lostin the WoodS.......--...0 .26.. ee eee eens 271, 350 | Wisconsin Game.. ........ ..... ee ae eee ¢ ®ampers and Campers..............e0eeeeeeece sees 23 | Quail in Confinement........ .-....-+ ae ee 83 | Maine Bears in the Worties.............-...... .--146 | Wolves, Story of:........... 01. 6 ian tay a2 preg Canoe Recollections......-.,.-.eecessescsas snes > :467°-| Rattlesnake. Bites) a s..255.ndeaelelalsinaw oe ee|e ener « 24) Maine Game... ...........-- SAT We eee tae et mares 331 | Woodcock at Bay Ridge..............0. . peters 357 ‘Garibou Land........ Mecsogae sac orodaces Sob Laas es 326 | Rattlesnake, Good-Natured..........-.++.++ «s+ «7; 44 | Maitie Game Laws......2-5--- -e-+--2e-e--+2 45 | Woods Life, Hints for............ 2 rng ae tilt Chinese Snipe Shooting....... Pere ies Ce petaces .... 2| Robin Roosts in Summer.....--. Be ocery ee ...447, 468 | Maine Game Wardens ....... ... ..:..55 .+.......270 | Woreester Fur Company’s Hunt....... Tt AeA 02 BBO. Colorado “Outing oo... eaaces cr seevewsivice sees - 102, 122] Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Nest of (lustrated). .. ..368_ Maine’s Big Game,........ Sere kee eel erey 207 | Worcester Notes tic. ia cc.csesese oslo unre geteta geen oe ‘Dream (Poetry)............,.-- AN Aer ott S ARH 468 | Ruffed Grouse, Ways Of........ 222 seeeeeeeee PAT Marines Woods 2c = Wawa s sates cas ope haees ier .228 | Wyoming Reminiscence........-2.-- -5+2-...-.4 4 Ephraim and Cherries. .. ....2.. ces caeccueevess , 82 | Shark Habits, ........,.. se. sessees , 807, 328, 368, 408 | Massachusetts ...... .... poe ae eS A OASHHE 450) | - Yellowstone Parke, f). 18 2 eatin ye ees eee f u = : — i a a = | a wm AS le a NE ri ANGLING AND FISHCULTURE. ~ Page Page THE KENNEL. Page, ; Hartly Fishing. .........6...6. 52 wesc eee ee eee 451 | Potomac River Fishing.......0ss:0..esennete essere 148 PAGE. in Back Cast... Ae A cy Ph; eer 4e1 | Hngland, American Fishin. ... ..... Beak ee Ley 128 | Prepared but not Ready........-.jeecprasier pene ee 334 | Acclimatization of Dogs.........¢se.ee+ eee pees oe Le Asirondaék Fishing Rights.....)..¢..c0ese see. 0 BBB Fish and Fishing in Pioneer West...........-.-... 26 | Rainbow Trout and Junebug.,......-.--..---.-++- i4g | Albany Show, The............ AB pets apt er oe +2433 _ Adirondack Hospitality of tie Olden Time........106 | Fish and Game Commission, Ontario............:. 41 | Rainbow Trout Playor......s222..s nce e eee cee 187 | Albany Decision, THE. ......5..-. seer esse esses 433 Adirondack League and State Lands.............. g | Hish and Game, GOMNECUCUG aes acca e ye a, Pee « 49 |} Rainbow Trout in Vermont................ 0400035. 148 | Alberta, Canada, Field Trials .. ...........-...-1192 Adirondack Memories... ..ccss cesses OA Fe. ...103 | Hish Commission, New York.............. 149, 234, 334 | Rainbow Trout of the McUloud.........-...4...-- 66 | American Coursing Club’s Meet, The..... .. ..,..298 MMGTRGHUA CE TROUE +. cece cHecciehe cples ducilcauee eee apg | Fish Commission, Pennsylvyania....... ..... 4. 452 | Rainbow Trout Planting’.........0. 6 ...ssee eres es 3190 | American Kennel Club, The... ......-..-..-.---- 183" Adirondack, Cireumvavigating the ........... ... 394 | Fisheulture in Mexico.......,. ivi et ARAN TOM DR odaURTGO ee ett sewn dest meee AnLEE Eerie 999 | American Kennel Club Meeting. ............- 213, 433: Adirondacks, Flies for............ Hee ern, gg | Pisheulture, Wisconsin .... 0... 0221 weeees see meee 8 | RubbersWaders:....-- .iceccecrer + cec--ev--.-.., 7 | Antonio vs. Maid of Kent, 2u-rés..c2.. eee ssss A Adirondacks, The, in 1858......... EA a aS, 103 | Fisheries Convention, International..... ........- 353 | Saco, An Afternoon On..........s0....2eeee eens oe 7 | Appeal to Lovers of St. Bernards, An....,....... .276 ' Adirondacks, The Upper, ia 56. 108 Fisheries Meeting, International,.... ....... .....385 | St, Lawrence Pickerel.........,--.-- +--+----> __..214 | At the Dog Doctor’s..... cient ee eevee 130 Adirondacks, Wane of the... ..........- Lee acane 301 | Bishes tor The Wier GSS HAG meenes eagerecir crest 430 | St, Lawrence River Fishine..............-. 28, 88, 167 | Baltimore Suits Settled, The .............0..000...358 WWisherman’s Song. ,..........cc0402 Ge eee ees gg | Wish Hatchery for Vermont,........... “SESE RSODE BY NCO TRINOEGH ia meme ken Wit oeen ena cmertlea cera adit cs DEB | BATZOIS.. 2. ee. yee e Peabo cence ed ete leds udaa teeny 337 Roe Man deGlliei tna ites dos dacs ex toy seco no sao ap IMIShsHaAtching In MainGe;i4 ag ccbuceued. Sse - seer DO oN Ih, WinGenWwe ISIANGs 1.2. ees see tbe ee ory tens COO Barzoi Discussion; The... 7,02. .7+ 5 190¢- peewee 278) “Oingti alco Rolie Megs Gene eee cere 35, HishiG Seton COLeSt. eve. alee eel. Ae agee es Renee 121 | Salmon, Abundance of ..........0...--2000 187, 258 BAT ZOMPOLLESL, 25 ce ht cc steer ele prone «pla p eens pslkeeae wea 45 Biter ATTRA W'< ene Roar o me Faene nny - 02357: 53 | Wishing Rights in New Jersey... ....----..-...-. 127 | Salmon and Nets in Canadian Rivers....... ...... dor | Barzois, Mr, Hacke’s... 20sec eee ees 151, 435 Alewives as Egg Destroyers .....2..0-0.200. 0 L8T Fishing Rights in the Adirondacks............. .. 325 | Salmon and Trout, Why Rise to Artificial Plies.. .412 Barzois Importation........- ce ds ote Eee saeey 89 Alewives in Lake Ontario.........- Faeovag par ght 44, | Fishing Through The Tee.........-.. ..1...-: 411, 471 | Salmon, California, for the Battenkill......... 210 | Barzois—Psovol ......-.. 6.0. resp eee een eesti »-. 296 Alewives in Mill Pond...........,.....-5 6 esses gg | Fish Protectien, International. .................-.292 | Salmon, California, for Long Island.... ... _.210 | Beaufort Returns to England ope pros Ate oh ob eeeROD" Alexandria Bay fishing eer oe ARR Ree 2.128 Fishways.... ee vite 22 SURAT US EAR Fle fre 0c wal ty cred 1. .BD2 Salmon, California, Hatching say fed Ace ST 295 Beaufort’s Home Coming.... De iets eb ae are a oDd Alexandria Bay, Nets Captured in .............. i2g | Pishways, AIFOSOMeRL Vereen. se elnladc 3 s\<\) Beiewtvae 413 | Salmon, California, in Hurope .. ........ ..... 28 | Beagle Club Trials, Tne National......... 254. ATT, 396 Amber Fish at Cape Cod..... .......-- et» iia 8 110 | Fishways, ERT DASSUO Otte? bisccspe cc -yernt aia aes 465 | Salmon Fisting at the Grance Discharge.... .... 110 | Beagle Wield Trials. .-...-.- 04. ---seer teres ihe Gy ilt American Visheries Society............... Meriesahe 50 | Hishwaysin the Susquehannah.....,....+..+.+14. 362 | Salmon Fishing on the Caseapedia..............., 127 | Beagle Field Trial Entries, .....,..-.........-- tas. 337 A Michigan Bass Water..........-..-- _ osese....g51 | Bishways of the Kankakee.... .. .... ...........844] Salmon Fishing, The ........--..22. 22. .e2seeee 68 | Beagle Training (poetry) ..-....-... 2.1 ccseyae as OR TA Monster Sunfish... ..2...-..scheneeseee gees ... 68 | Fishways, Points ADOUt.-.--. 660 cere eeees eee ..365 | Salmon for Vermont... .....c.. cs se ee eeeeep eee ee 334 | Beagle Traming............ ..-:.--.+:- Sepligas 81, 50 PANO ONGHANGNT cg. geet). gene et es ol Hlorida, The West Coast of......-.-0. 2:2) .s5+ ees 374 | Salmon Hatching at Karluk...........5. .......+- 325 | Beagle Kennel, Plan for a...,.--. -2-.¢-). ses ~~» 483 Anglers’ Association of Onondaga .........., Ply-Fishing Club, Chicago.......-+0 +++ ese see es PAT de Tri Gra aS iraras are. L. cokil eee eanee ce 471 | Beagie Champion Lonely, The ......-..--).-.s4-- 1380 Anglers’ Association, St, Lawrence................ Ply Materials, Duty On...0....s cess scsi tests ee eee 69 | Salmon in November... .... ... ...++. :....:. . 443 | Beagles Lonely and Countess (illustrated) ....... 11z Anglers of the St. Lawrence...............-..- Wly-Rods for Ladies........,........-. eetteses vans 234 | Salmon in the Merrimac........ .......0.---eeee ee 88 | Belgium Satter, What is a-.....5.0..2seeecseey ves a9 Anglers’ Protective Club, Rangeley, Me 3 Ply-Tying and Dry Fly-Fishing, .......-..+-......4 71 | Salmon in the Penobscot... ...........-.s224seee es § | Benching at Montreal, The...............-.5+2+++. 285 Anglers’ Reunion at Worla’s Fair.,.......... -... Fur Seal, Fate of. —..... 285, 287. B07, 327, 247, 368, 387 | Salmon, Landlocked, in Bisby Lakes.............. 21 | Bloodhounds, Disposition of.............. Ne oe eae Angling in Southern California......... ...... ...209 | Gairdner’s Trout, Netting of..,- .....----.....++- 325 | Salmon, Landlocked, in Moosehead Lake,..... 49, 69 | Blue Grass Kennel Club Entvies,.,. -.....,-..-). 191 ‘Angling Notes, ...7, 28, 47, 68, 88, 110, 127, 167, 185, 209 | Game Protector Pond .........--.... 6) 2 es oe 141 | Salmon, Landlocked, in Maine Lakes..,...... ... 28 | Blue Ridge Kennels, The.. g .. 50 398, 412, 471 | Gasconade River Fishing...................---..-- 28 | Salmon, Merrimac River,... ... .....-.....650-- 110 | Boggs’s, S. Iu., Impor tations, Description 0 of... .29, 30 Angling on Mammoth,.. .. .......... 225. ssa besels a7 | ‘‘Genesis”..-.---.++ Se. cutrta ht cS rte erate te 352 | Salmon, Moisie River ............-.- cesses 0+ ween 27 Barents Girl, Purchase of (Dog Chat).. _ 378 PAserer dryers wall gen FAUT rer toyen ees t/a -forse setetetsaht eek nike 128 | Gilead Slough Gar Pikes .......-...¢:2+ ss. ss4s 055 210 | Salmon, Pacific, Angling for..... .. ........-..-5 47 | Brake, Pointer, Death of (Dog Chat).....,........, 52 _ An Illinois Catfish.-.. Rie pe ee _ ag | Gravois River Fishing.....-.......... -..) -...5-- 102 | Salmon, Pacific, forthe Hudson.. .....-.....-.5- 314 | Brunswick Fur Trials....... cane 189, 236, 357, 377 ACOTGE DECISION. 5 cow danke Pee ese inten aie ae a9 | Grayling in Michigan.........--.............++--.,209 | Salmon Planting in the Hucson............. -..-. 293 | Buffalo General, Sale of (Dog Chat)............... By | Barnegat Bay Fishing........ ...:.-+2.<..45-. 167, 209 | Grayling of Gallatin River........ ....-......-+.+. 167 | Salmon that Persist in Being Caught.............. 305 | Bulldog Pluck (Dog Chat).... ......-..-.)-:-..- » 51 Be eBassand City, Sewage... .)..0jcceec cence eG ce cdas 431 | Grayling of Madison River..-........ ....- .----+ 110} Salmon, The Merrimac ......::....-5....5..-.000- 21 | Bull-Terrier Jack, Death of (Dog Chat),...... ..,112 MeeBase Mate Basen. lho ee, ie sce se eae, it ie 359 | Grayling or Whitefish.... ..........-..-...:.-..,.. 48 | Salmon Trout of the Yellowstone................. 458 | Ceesar Leonberg, Death of ... .. ....... .. .....28% Bass Fishing in Greenwood ake..... ....... .... 49 | Grayling, Rocky Mountain, ...... -... ....... %, 68 | Salmon Trout, Salted.. .......0-..:...5:. Geese g1 | Canker of the Bar,.........0. 255-2 2222-5 23 180 _ Bass Fishing in the Guadelupe..,............ .... 366 | Great South Bay Fishing. .......-..-.1-..e.eese 110 | Salt-water Anglers, Boat for...,.........-.....-.- 465 | Canadian Trials, The.........--:..05 ss) ssss-- =s- 238: Bass Fishing in the Monocacy................. .. 48 | Hemlock Lake Bass, The.... .........---....-- +: 5a li Ganrannc Mmakeurroutwee: ice pmryaater nae a oes: 167 | Cashier’s Winnings........ 0.22.2. .-2 2 senses sees 398 Bass for the Adirondacks?,......... ......-..-... 245 | Hemlock Lake Poaching ........ .... --.... Bt ieee 245 | Sea Fishing, South Jersey........0. 6.0.6.2. eee _167 | Central Field Trials .....-....... 235, 206,397, 418, 431 Bass for the President 2... 0 .... cece cece eee ee 110 | Hemlock Lake, Set Lines in .... 1.22... .s.2..54-5 19a eShieds dheubze WiaaGr eres eee enters poe ewer ams g | Central Field Trial Club‘s All-Age Hntries....,... 387 Bass in the Adirondacks.................. __. 273, 323 | His Majesty Esox Lucius....... 06... essere ss 391 | Shad, Late Spawning of........-. ....-.-... e200 gg | Christmas, 1891............ ----+++ -ss eens rees Ai Bass in Virginia..........-.. A a wre, 9 412 | Hotel Men and Vishing Interests.............-+.-. 161 | Shad, Some Giant........... .....-.. 0 _.... 49 | Churn Dog Stories.... ..-..- +... 2s tect eee eee eee 9] Bere iiccriredt hehe cea srtraen Sau sasy ahve (ihe. seta 110 | “How Long Will Trout Live?”....-. bs baw cepts 353 | Shad, Young, in the Delaware. .. ................ 334 | Cincinnati Show _...... + +21 eee e eter eens 151, 276 Bass, Seneca Lake..... 20.0.0. -65 cee eee ysbaes 209 | How to Preserve Fishes........... -...-.......--. BI SOhark- NOvCgee cre as treat eae Meco peteeim enn rae 408 | Climate on Dogs, Effect of..... ..-----.-+5.5) =+: 112 - Bass, Small-mouthed, near Chieago............... 419, | dilinois Wishing... 2.2.0... ee eee ee 110 | Sharks and Dogfish ..........-2.2-.6 6c. eeeceeeee ee 69 | Collie Mother Shipton, Importation of Mog Chat) 5% | Bass, Tadpole as Bait for ,..............02 2.5 see #9 | Illinois River Fishing, The....-........ ........--- 67 | Sharks and their Way8............2- | ----seeeeses 271 | Corbett, Mr. H. C. (Portrait of).........-...-..-.-. 193 Bass, Where Tuey Abound........ 00.2.0 2.0... {aj | dllinois River, Workse. . capt t ee. e ee eee ee 166 | Sharks, Weeding Habits of....... ..........-. 307, 328 | Coursing Meet, The. .......- Po ralictekiy sent sc 316 Base Wiktite: Hatching .fc.. seen ce- cesar ete g | Indian River (N. Y) Fish .., ....---.....0+ s20-- 409 | Sharks in Northern Waters..........-../....-.... 201 | Cup, D. C. Luse (illustration)........ Se ey peat! Bay of Quinte Fishing... © .......0¢.2:.2ccsee 313 | isle Royal Fishing..........-..-... AES GEneniy = ate 48 | Shark’s Tooth, Poisoning by .....................106 | Cup, National Greyhound Club’s Derby (illus } » 295 Horkshire Trout ClO), ha.) vaeedcc devvieaadeds ieee gg | Jointed Sinkers.... ................. fst AN 8 | kate, Wound by............-0- -:+-+-=: sas ML 128 | Czar’s Great Dane, The (Dog Chat).. Site "816 Bim Oatchessier ct ae sania ssesstes | eae aoe 127, 253 | Juniata Bass............5-0. eee eee eee ie aot RO hayes pieb bebe sel Mae) Pete nthe ere 591 | Danbury Dog Show.... .-......--++--++0e: 237, 254 Big Fish Bat Little Ones.......0.2..-.0...0.0000e0s j47 | Juniata, Nets in. .....--reee secre ee sees eee vets eens TRSYE PIGIS ra TEPSfEL Tar hp ae Darr er ok CAGES Pees 465 | Deliberate and Hasty Judging.......,-.-.--.. -.. 216 Biggest One Got Away.... .....-..--...2----...-.275 | Jurisdiction Over the Lakes................. ELTA | PSOE (UE eta ees Pog ee one cnet peas 327 | Devon Shot and Devon Daisy, Importation of....455 ‘Black Bass at Reed's Bay .... 0.2.0... 2.405. _ 68 | Kalamazoo, A Day on the................ ..203] Spruce Lake, Two Weeks at.................--.05 105 | Doe, Death of ...... -2. eens eee teens ee one 9 Black Bass Fast of the Alleghanies........ ....... gop | Kankakee, Dams of.....-..--..1-- 2-1 -14e- eee as 313 | Stocking of Private Waters.... ............ ..... 201 | Dogs at Canadian Shows, Number of (Dog Chat) .236 Black Bass Fishing in Upper Potomac. ..........210 Kentucky Notes -...... tee eae eh, acarher 48 | Stone Dam, The Big Trout of...................... 312 | Dog Census (Dog Chat)........ -.---..-..:- feet 214 Bluck Bass Fishing. Potomac.................. ... 253 | Kingsbury. Dr. Charles A., Death of........ -.... 234°| Striped Bass at Hell Gate............. 2... css 127 | Dog’s Devotion, A............ sree sree eee sere 69 Black Bass in Hemlock Lake.,.... ............-- Top) Kainefistersy Thee 2 in. eee ee eee ogee 421 | Striped Bass in a Mill Pond.............-......4.5- 68 | Dog’s Instinct vs. Man’s Knowledge... fee yee Black Bass in Sandusky River............. 0.000005 371 | Lake Hopateong Bass Fishing.............. ...... 68 | Sunapee Lake Wishing, .,........,.-..;.0csees seuss 49 | Dog Pound, San Francisco (Dog Chat).. 214 ‘Black Bass in West Virginia.....-...-.-.+06-.. 1. 310 | Lake Mahopac Fishing ....-..-......--...-..-6005 47 | Sunapee, The Name........0.2.....06ede0ce teens 3 | Dog is Property in Texas, The......... ...-...... 338 Black Bass in White Oak..... ... ...... ___...£...16g | Lake Matamiscontis Fishing .. .... ing eee 234 | Susquehanna Fishing Notes ...................-.. 27 | Dog Show Menu, Freeport, Ill , (Dog Chat)-,.. .. 455. Black Bass, Large....... ig ee rar rr sy 303 | Lake Michigan Wishing -.....,.........:..-... .-.2%2 | Susquehanna River, Note on... ....-........:. 4 410 | Dole and Comstock, Arrival of (Dog Chat)........ 52 _ Black Bass, Large, from Delaware River......... 219 | Lake Minnetonka Fishing ............... ...... Ae] Pte sen eels YY Sey AR AR ee Rien Tel ailnn Rae ela As v74 | Dome-Shaped Skulls..........--- .+3: poet, eter Ape Black Bass, Large, from Lake Champlain... ...210 Lake Ontario, Restocking..... . ............--. 21, 81 | Tamagamamingue Lake Trout................-... 197 | Drugging Dogs for ShOWS..........-.----+ -- +040. 9t Black Bass Law of Rhode Island,.... ...,..-....- gq | Lamprey Kel, The..-...--.... 0... 2-4-2 bese sa 292) Tarpon at St. Augustine......-..........-...--.-- ev | Duchess of Arlington, Importa‘ion of (Dog Chat).455- Bluefish, Abundance of.... ...2..05.005 veeeeees 47, 4g | LamMpreys....--.0--- sees sees sess 2, s2e0+0......,.338 | UVarpon Fishing, Preparation for ....,.....-...-...2%2 Duke of Maplecroft, Dr. Sewell’s Letter on (Dog © Bluefish at Perth Amboy.....-.... AS ee a 3g | Leaves froma Note [Sts}0) ic We Se eA See AN ey sae 63'| Tarpon Fishing, Tackle for... ............,-+.... 272 Ghassan os Sa, ates ee ee erie enor ees 45 Bluefish in Boston Bay,....20... .s2ec02. ceeeeven 3g | Licking, A Camp on U1 (ee ab We eins on ee. tos 68 | Tarpon in Connecticut. ...............2..-..... 2. 49 | Duke of Sparta, Death of (Dog Chat) ......,...... 10 Bluefishing at Perth Amboy.............. ........ gq | Linkville, The Alluring Charms of......-....... .. 86 | Tarpon in Long Island Waters .. .......,.....- 110 | Rastern Field Trials..........-. - 2.2.0.5 356, 374, 395 Bluefishing off Fire Island............ esl nee 127, 168 Little Jo Mary, Our Trip to the..........-.... ... IRSA || MUEH ep oCeyaL MaKe lee AR Ae SSR A Shs kh aa ea _..... ....393 | Eastern Field Trials Club Entries. ....-..,.....-. 275° Bluefishing off Seabright.....0......2...-..0.2.4:- naq | Little River Fishing.............----s20+++-+4+s0055 Mii PRA ItOR eA a BEC ce noes ME a eres tgiececistiaets GS a HGZEM Sie sls obs. an rcpt et SB eee ai pees 10 Bluefishing in Great South Bay........ ......... ag | Doftie, Henry... ........5 6 vee ee eee eects 127 | Tautog off Manomet Pomt.. ......-......-.....2.. 87 | Hnglish Setter Ben’s Pedigree,.,............ ....378 Bluefish in Ipswich Bay.......-..y....s.eeyee- oe 149 | Long Lake Fishing .....-..........-+.. ..+.+- ... 313 | Tench for America,,.,.. ..-,.--.-...-- SEY Ce || POU MES CN ino GaotcoobAseurorbenaect fist deer &¢ - Bluefish in Massachusetts.. .............. ill Bei a g | Mackenzie Basin pisheole. os. ..,- 2&: astemnes ea DEH GH GITAMTSROULL x esq au wba’ Lice Cris ctetvesle ask ars 275 | Experiences, A Woman's ET ho et dN Bluetishs Warees set uk. ya. eces sss ee oo. ... .. 27 | Mackerel, A Large.............-.- chirps f9, 187 | The Best is Angling. ............--. cess eee ees 49 | Explanations for Mr. Wade sfete taper be yates $: Bluefish of Buzzard’s Bay.........-. .....--.... _ 49 | Mackerel off IBGVERI Va MLASS cco tele Fr eae oe ees 88 | Thousand Islands, Railway Service to ............ 7 | Frenp Trrat ILLUSTRATIONS: Bluefish off New London.....--.-02. sesso ee os x; | Maine, Boston Men in........... RED ht he heres _ .. 67 | Trout and Onananiche.......... .s-26c2 5. 298 Barker, Chas., and Promotion,... ... ......... 394 TRUBS, fo ae Repteg ened eos senso e, q47 | Maine Fishing. ............ csi eee eee eee ee eee s7 | Trout and Salmon in Mexico,........-......... ..853 Eastern Field Trials, 1891.............-..-....008 3° Bleweike NS, canes het ocde eet arene bbs _.,. 197 | Maine Fish and Game .............. ------10..+.. 391 | Trout and Whitefish im Colorado..... .........., 298 Hunter, Mr., and Black Wonder. - ...,.,.......39- Bonitos on Massachusetts Coast. . GH NHL Ga VVELUGT'Se ne tae ee taeetg rest ttre ater raat 252 | Trout, Artificiaily Reared. . ............ .... 345, 471 Hunter, Mr., and Daisy Hunter..............-. Pst la) RE TOnPATI ETON afer pe, SSL erie eo os eater. 25 | Maine Waters, Wish im ............ .. - ...---.4... 410 | Trout, A Strange Capture of....-....... 00... 22 0 68] Owners and Handlers at Eastern Field Trials, :, Baty SUA HIGI AN OW peg we eet on oe pct pee ag 86 | Mammoth, Angling on...,.......--.--....-...- +s 47 | Trout, Big, from Preston Pond............... .-. 127 eC eat ranaeticdeuu oer ei he = Ss) 60h Broad Ripple, Fishing ou the...._....... nT re, 167 | Mantis Shrimp, The......-.,...-.......-44., He Oe {06 | Trout, Brown ys. Brook.... ............ .02+.-.. 2285 Paxico and Pearl’s Fan .... ..0.c-- sec eee 394. Brook Trout, A Big Brule........,--....6..2-2 0 168 | Mascalonge in Elbow Lake...............+;.221025 A eOmte OAs AIS te oe ors Cee Pee et Seta oes ery 28 White, John, with Duke of Hessen and Count Brook Trout, An Albino...............0.see peeve es 452 | Massacausetts Association.................... 481, 450 | Trout, Colorado... 25. cec-. eee tote cee even ote 28 Gladstoreee sect ee ee eens raat 395. Brook Trout Rearing in Pennsylyania............. Ail NEGTIRAG Cres DTDs Seale eit anterwg) eerell sesh ey 49 | Trout, Feeding Habit of............ 02.60.62 ce eeu ee 372 | Flour City Kennels, The (American Kennels, —y.),472 Galoosahatchee. Fishing....-....... ........-..,. 397 | Minnesota Bass..... “edt el re Era pt raee ep eteoee A 67 | Trout Fishing atthe *‘Soo”,...............--...... 127 | Flossie, Cocker, Death of. . a cate es 287 Canada, American Anglers in ......,........455-5 2g | Minnows in Ponds.. F eee 845. | Trout Wishing in Maine..,...........2. oss seta sees 88 | Foxhounds in England (Dog Cha ty. A. 8 Ae Ok Canada, Fall Fishing in........-...-.2000 At 409 | Muscalonge Record for ibis eo ote patina IGN 128 | Trout in Evergreen Lakes .....................00 49 | Fox-Terriers Miss Dollar and ,Brockeahurst...... 434 Canadian Angling Notes......... 0.0.0... ceeesee es ¢ | Muskoka Lake, Camp Life on,................ 82, 209 | Trouting in Colorado..........-. 5.52. eset eee eae 372 | Fox- Terriers and Barzois, Importation of (Dog Canadian Customs. .....5. cece eceee cece ere eeenes 49 | Mysterious Stocking...............-.... ese 168 | Trouting in Nova Scotia........ TE tee a). Senta Pi! 167 (OLED Meee ed ferermecece elt iyaute nct sine 2 90! Cape Cod Notes...... ra riiaty Us sibetterees ... 68, 128, 168 | Nantucket Fishing. ......... 0. ..esece. cee ee eee eees 187 | Trouting in the Cascades. ..,............ 430, 450, 470 | Fox-Terriers, Sale of (Dog Chat)...............-..404 Carp as Mosquito Destroyers.. ..........-....... 385 | Native Fishes, Rescue of ........... .......... ..101 | Trouting in West PVAL EU Dek le eide Aa iff caterer 62 | Fraudulent Stud Services.... .....-. --- sss. ese 5 ‘CpG A CCA They on Carre pele SSE ers See 30; | Neosho Fish Farm, The.........................:.,69 | Trout Injuries .......... --yyeeee steep eee teers 251 | Freeport Dog Show ........ 72... te S20 Vi Stes #12 ictal eects wlth oie eee id Brooklyn,........... Wee eas ea ce yoiaG, V3bAL Wadena cee eee Pelee nea nt Ag nanannsaNaGy 402, 422 Cape Cod........-...+ fel gh Oe ee ee ae 7 CATBORUS Eta ae ens ee ieee tras pee 196, 242 Cherry Diamond ... .... .:-.....-...6 16, 35, 117, 184 Shel Corinthian, Bangor.. tes ays . 185 Corinthian Mosquito Fleet. thn? ' . 135 CorinehignsNaveye se ess aeee cee vee ne 37, 95, 136 CANOEING. Corinthian, Hull..........2.....00. sees eee vee 14,177 | tnustrated articles, A Corinthian, Coopers! POND sa leeees ses See 282, 402 IAMEHICAN CANOE, ASSOCIATION: - @orinthian, News Orle isn ee ss Can seEsaee ee eee 117) Board of Trustees 481. 482 Corinthian, Marblehead35, 37, 77, 117, 134, 135. 17, 176 Sane Bhs oe ee ee ae ve Biase URE RHE geet ee Cana ath § BD: 1 Executive Committee........ ......0..0... 300, 361 TAStOrEU ew Ange. 5 Sane eens | BB, 117, 134, 156, 175 ae Se ek ae os | UO at erie Me ie rated til ean BS pLSTSSSp. oe CBee a ACA RTA NRA At rT 1 .. 36 Meet, “17. 96. 115 Ballibiverssas. tray ont eerie) oem ee BOR Tice Men intc wai Selsae | wl F4 at Great SouthtBay...raeqs J-lercs ephe Mae-eaehene Dial apace ORS ann ban te tetas ee sabes Shh eS 1 ga Me ee cr eerie Obrine cca: ....04, 802 eee Ores and Oe ee a Aee ee Hempstead Bay i...e0eccc0c0c00 secedesedeseereece 136 Sea re om slim nia ye! HIGH USAELON ) 422-0 2A ocean nn a ce HS Weta e ea, een A « ee ae ee be Horseshoe Harbor..........2.:.0c.ees cee cece eaas il7 Soha SACO SS A ili) ide de abel: Be ERE Hull. Any au od ee eee 16, wg 36, 176 a i Beret neat WhO es bo oc biweiss oh eo male wis atghla ohm eo) fe dae! 259 Ridian Habart: ide Ripe he eaters Wideedaryiacso eb: Larchmont... .......csseesceneses poem inet Ys.bacr at Bes cats boy ated entre BT ee aa Ib ities Bo ee eee ASHER cet dhe ct AbD 2A e4 78 psanenkee Bay oc Deopeeee crate te eel Massachusetts ... ... BN, ete. 14, 135, 136, 219, 282 nae sees eee Bote Nee coat saa rateges saree aot Model Yachting... .136, 176, 196, 218, 261, 302, 242, 442 | CU? Mouses Burned «- .....--.-- se os ag) Nicratidiore Mice. aes oeeiawed wen TG Commodores ora cope po cia se Let fot cort, Ad a 136 Nahli—Enigma....,............ i) ae we Fer feetjeen ce ees es apart GAEL eA a8 IN CWT Keg noe vara eabege ler 10 Oieitpin a Sah Git ais CL ean alk tee 261 Douglas Patent LOE ERs IE DA Bag BARS AE SE, ti Ses 322 See ee eee eae ae Oe 35 HIRENGHAMRIV ET ae ceed he eal nae css ran Ree 220 Oweene—Alborak....... 0.026226 cee eee eres cues Liv asuchal Euros PRE SACS E etn ne aor eh B ANY OystewBaye lent asigecltce te uanl ee ee 442 eee SLO sakeard sean SM ActE p08 Pappoose—City of Straits................ 269, 261, 283 | LOGAN'S Centerboard,...» 6. ---..-. 1s ans ey PE HOUSE EMTGHIS -/8, ho NM are sare ak 175 J uniata BHT Heme A6Cy Cac obenia? BAe Bd pan Roc AH A. 186 eet Be ML ee BO en Lee 196 Ladies in Camp Fiyotcis ches |siotn ARTE oer at eee 107 Shiil ASIDLinc pen hos. 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New York Crry. ee oe OOS em ]3]g ““*=—=_ eee CONTENTS. EDITORIAL. ; The Summer Camp-Fire. Bisley and Creedmoor. Possibilities of the Steam Yacht. Snap Shots. THE SportsMAN TOURIST. | Snipe on Chinese Paddy Fields A Plea for the Girl. NATURAL HISTORY. ’ Taxidermy and Collecting. Some Michigan Bird Notes. My Martins. — : Birds of Manitoba. Those Grouse Chicks. THE KENNEL. Hezema. National Beagle Club Meeting. Explanation for Mr. Wade. Trish Setter Field Trials, Death of Champion Doc. Montreal Dog Show. Some Noted Dogs Hands. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallery. Revolver Shooting in England. Change GAME BAG AND GUN, The Bisley Meeting. Some Reminiscences of Wy-| ‘The Trap. oming. Brooklyn Traps. A Hunt in Idabo. Shooting at Fanwood. Shawangunk Wild Hogs. YACHTING. Mr. Van Dyke Protests. Tota. Mr. Burgess’s Work, Massachusetts Y. C. Lake Yacht Racing Associa- tion. Mr. Burgess’s Funeral. New York Y. C. Club Cruises. Game Notes. SpA AND River FISHING. On the North Shore.—xi. The Catfish of the South. An Afternoon on the Saco. How to Preserve Fishes. Rubber Waders. Angling Notes. aT? CANOEING. New York State Association. The A. C. A. Meet. New England Waters. American and British Canoe HISHCULTURE. Meets. Wisconsin Fishculture. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. BISLEY AND CREEDMOOR. 4 Rhee programme of the American National Rifle Asso- ciation and the telegraphic notes of the British Association meet bring Bisley and Creedmoor into close union in our rifle columns. There should be a closer unity of action by the riflemen themselves, It is now too many years since an international shoot was held. Flonors are even as to superiority. American shots hold the Palma for long-range any-rifle work. The British- ers are ahead in the use of the military arm, This last ‘leadership is really the more important of the two, and now with a system of regular military arm drill in so many of the States, it should be very easy to find a team capable of using their regular weapons fully as well as the Volunteers of Great Britain manipulate their Mar- tinis, There ought to be such a match, and it ought to be drawn as to conditions with the broadest possible limits. There ought to be by this time a consensus of ovinion that a military arm should not be the most clumsy and cheapest bit of machinery which it is possible to make, Each year the demand is for a finer arm. The sights which were not thought “practicable” over five years ago are now regarded_as indispensable to a properly equipped military arm. So of the charges, etc., etc. Nothing is too good for the modern soldier, and he is gradually growing up to the proper use of the finest weapon which the most talented inventor can offer. Now, the point is, why cannot the militiamen here get ready to bring the military arm championship over to this side of the water as a companion piece to the Palma trophy, now rusting for want of practice in some safe- deposit vault here? It will be necessary to go after that military lead, a team must visit Bisley, meet the pick of the two thousand or more clever shots there and come away victors. California has a fine showing of distinc- tively military shots. Her team could go over as the American experts. Massachusetts also has the men, and New York, the leading State in its military equipment, ought to furnish an inyincible team, Here then are three commonwealths, and to the one who first starts there is a chance of a good time, a pleasing publicity and a glorious victory. THE SUMMER CAMP-FIRE. THIN column of smoke seen rising lazily among the leafy trees and fading to a wavering film in the warm morning air, or the hotter breath of noon, a flicker- ing blaze kindling in the sultry dusk on some quiet shore, mark the place of the summer camp-fire. It is not, like the great hospitable flare and glowing coals of the autumn and winter camp-fires, the center to which all are drawn, about which the life of the camp gathers, where joke and repartee flash to and fro as naturally and as frequently as its own sparks fly upward, where stories come forth as continuously as the ever-ris- ing volume of smoke. Rather it is avoided and held aloof from, held to only by the unhappy wretch upon whom devolves the task of tending the pot and frying-pan, and he hovers near it fit- fully, like a moth about a candle, now backing away to mop his hot face, now darting into the torrid circle to turn a fish or snatch away a seething pot or sizzling pan. Now and then the curious and hungry approach to note with what skill or speed the cookery is progressing, but are content to look on at respectful distance and to suggest, not interfere with aid. The epicurian smoker, who holds that the finest flavor of tobacco is evoked only by coal or blazing splinter, steals down upon the windward side and snatches a re- luctant ember or an elusive flame that flickers out on the brink of the pipe bowl, but most who burn the weed are content now to kindle it with the less fervid flame of a match. And yet this now uncomfortable necessity is still the heart of the camp, which without it would be but a halt- ing place for a day, where one appeases hunger with a cold bite and thirst with draughts of tepid water, and not a temporary home where man has his own fireside, though he care not to sit near it, and feasts full on hot viands and refreshes himself with the steaming cup that cheers but not inebriates. Its smoke drifted far through the woods may prove a pungent trail, scented out among the odors of balsams and the perfume of flowers that shall lead to you some pleasant stranger or unexpected friend, or its firefly glow, flashing but feebly through the gloaming, may be a beacon that shall bring such company to you. In its praise may also be said that the summer camp- fire demands no laborious feeding nor careful tending, is always your servant, seldom your master. POSSIBILITIES OF THE STHAM YACHT. HE August number of the North American Review contains a most interesting paper on the possibili- ties of the steam yacht, by Mr. Lewis Herreshoff, a brother of the designer of the now famous Gloriana, The writer, who is well qualified to speak on such a sub- ject from his connection with a firm which stands at the head in the construction of fast steam yachts, reviews briefly but very clearly the different factors that go to make up a fast steam yacht or torpedo boat, his conclu- sion being as follows: ‘‘From a general view of the sub- ject it would appear that no marked gain in speed can be reached by confining the attention to any one ele- ment or factor of speed; but by a constant devotion to the details of construction, particularly with a view of lessening weights, much can be done to increase the speed of yachts and other vessels, even with the mate- rials now obtainable.” This statement, which holds true in sailing as well as steam craft, is especially important just now as applied to the new Gloriana, whose wonderful success is to be accounted for almost entirely through the perfection of detail, and not through the long ends above water which have been so much over-estimated by the majority of eritics. Mr, Herreshoft points out first the new use to which the steam yacht is being rapidly adapted in this country, as a convenient and luxurious means of transit from home to business, from Wall street to the shores of the Sound and Hudson, for which purpose a speed of at least 20 miles per hour isdemanded. The factors of speed are divided by him between the hull in model and construction, the motive power, including engines, generator and fuel, and the means of propul- sion, the screw and paddle, In regard to model, when the highest speeds are re- quired, the writer places the general proportions first, as of more importance than mere retinements of form, while lightness of construction is rated as the second factor in the hull. Until the list of available metals shall show something less liable to corrosion than thin steel, wood is placed first as the principal material for the hull. The importance of better and smoother coating for the bottom is also much to be desired, In engines and generators the line of improyement in- dicated is in the direction of lessened weight in propor- tion to power, with the present general forms of the quadruple expansion engine and the tube boiler, both of improved detail rather than general plan, and of some material superior to steel. Mechanical stoking and liquid fuel are looked to as further sources of improvement, the present progress in both being by no means satisfactory. In the methods of propulsion the paddle is considered as not yet out of the ra¢e for comparatively high speeds under certain conditions, but the twin screw is. placed first; the improvement in the screw itself being indicated in the direction of material rather than form, The author’s conclusions are that “It would not be wise to place an actual limit on possible speed, but we can only admit that, as progress has been made in the last decade, raising speeds from 40 to 50 per cent., it is not unreasonable to expectia still further gain, though not so marked aone. It is surely within the bounds of reason to say that by the opening of the new century steam yachts having a speed of 35 miles an hour will be no uncommon thing; and it is also to be hoped that with the improyements of materials of construction, there will be a like strengthening of human tissue, both in nerve and muscle, for both will be taxed to their utmost in the management of machinery and the guidance of vessels under such conditions.” SNAP SHOTS. NFEELING critics have sometimes found fault with the writers of sporting sketches because of their proneness to chronicle their emotions on sitting down to the first meal in the woods, to expatiate on the savory qualities of the camp food, and to aver as a meritorious claim that the party ‘‘did full justice to” the cook, the cooking or the food, As we have pointed out, the secret of this is that one finds in the forest an appetite and a relish for food, which any sensible doctor would declare to be unerring indications of improved physical condi- tion. In the year book of the Bisby Club we find a sug- gestive note in the statement of expenses for the year. “The cost of living in the woods,” says Gen. R, U, Sher- man, the author of the report, ‘‘is not to be estimated by its cost in the settlements, The fact is well established by experience that the consumption per head is, at least, double in the woods what itis outside.” And when a man finds in his camp a new stomach and a new palate, a new capacity and a new appreciation of food, why should he not be given the privilege of relating his good fortune and putting it in the permanent record as among those things in search of what it is worth while going fishing and shooting? The President has appointed Professor Mendenhall, of the U. S. Coast Survey, and Dr. C. H. Merrriam, of the Agricultural Department, Commissioners to investi- gate the status of the fur seals in Bering Sea, and these gentlemen sailed from San Francisco for the North in the U, 8S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross last Saturday. The Commissioners for Great Britain are Dr. G. M. Daw- son, of the Canadian Geological Survey and Sir George Baden-Powell, and these four gentlemen will no doubt succeed in collecting during the ensuing season a great deal of valuable information on the subject to which their attention isto be given. Incidentally the subject of marine reservations in the Bering Sea may, itis hoped, receive some attention from our own Commissioners, From Mr. Starbuck’s account it appears that the North Shore is a tempestuous country where fish and gales are measured out with impartial hand; and it is manifestly no place for a tenderfoot. We have received through Mr, W, Wade, for the Helen Keller fund, $10 from Mrs. BH, A. Walter, of Allegheny City, Pa., and $5 from Mrs. A. G. Wallace, same place. FOREST AND STREAM. [Jury 28, 1891, Che Sportsman Gouvist. IN SUNSET LAND. WN the Sunset land, in the Sunset land, Behind the glorious gates of gold unframed of human hand, There lie the mountain, yale and wood, The lake, the sparkling stream, More uncompared and passing geod Than through the clouds they seem, In the Sunset land, in the Sunset land, The pearl-and-opal sea of light in ceaseless motion grand, Heaves ati the feet of hills so bold We can not dream their heizht, Wor guess to where their foreheads old Bear up the gems of Night. Tn the Sunset land, in the Sunset Jand, All cool and sweet the pine tree waves its slumber-showering hand, And liquid argent runs the stream With slumberous, mystic note, And fast asleep the white clouds seem Upon the lakes afloat. Jn the Sunset land, in the Sunset land, No trail of foot or trough of keel is found on leaf or sand; No hand hath ever harmed a tree Or bent a blooming flower; And matchless sweet as matchless free The landscape lies in power. In the Sunset land, in the Sunset land. The dream of Rest swims softly down as in our dreams we planned. The war ot work, the Clash of care, The racking of regret— No echoing thought of these is there, So high that land is set. Oh pearl-and-opal sea of light, barred back by gates of gold, On rainbow bolts shot all too strong into Time’s pillars old— Let back, let in! and let us wend Through country heayen-spanned, And learn the Universe’s end, There, in the Sunset land ! EH. Houes,: SNIPE ON CHINESE PADDY FIELDS. Ww? TCHING the French fieet as it lay at anchor in the harbor of Hong Kong during the greater portion of the Franco-Chinese war, was at best an easy and monotonous task, as the vessels remained riding at anchor in the outer harbor day after day, week after week, each a ‘painted ship upon a painted ocean.” The long summer days were yery much the same, each as hot and uneventful as the other, and although Hong Kong is a truly beautiful little island, we soon tired of it; as the wild excitement of a jinrickashaw ride to Happy Valley, a trip to the top of Victoria Peak, a visit to the native quarter, and the thing isdone. Good hotels? Yes; plenty of them. Then the society of the hill and garrison officers’ quarters was all that could be desired; but the half-dozen war correspondents stationed here found the time hang rather heavily on their hands after the first three weeks. They were at a loss for both occupation and recreation. The Colonel and I found a bungalo out near Pokefulun and thus escaped the glare and heat of the city. The owners and occupants of this cosy nest on the mountain side were two of the people, Mr. and Mrs. De Crude, we may call them, They were to us landlord and landlady who, for a fair consideration, gave us two clean, cool rooms, good beds and seats afi the family table. Mr. DeCrude was a ship chandler, and a wealthy one at that. He was over fifty, short and stout, with a fiery red head, partly bald, and with an appetite for rum and sugar that had given his rather hesitating nose a rich purple color and spoke volumes for his refined taste. He came to China as veterinary surgeon to a horse artillery company, bought his discharge, made a fortune in opium, purchased the ship chandlery establishment and continues to prosper. Mrs. DeCrude was a matron of forty; with a good com- plexion and a fondness for the pleasures of the table that had caused her waist to entirely disappear, as intelligent nature had evenly distributed her abundant flesh from the most attractive and, in fashionable society, the most often seen portions of female anatomy to the points of her broad hips, until she presented a series of straight lines where one usually looks for graceful curves. idea of our dinner table conversation may be gained by the knowledge that our host firmly believed that Walker and Webster were engaged in the rice trade somewhere up the coast, and that Lindley Murray was first officer of a_tea steamer; while our hostess repeatedly assured us, “Me and John don’t want no money,” spoke of the delicious weather, and pressed us to partake of the elegant soup, and committed enough atrocious gastronomie lapses in a single meal to cause Ward McAllister to become a shattered imbecile. We were at first amused, then bored, and were on the point of doing something desperate when Major D., of the Third Buffs, informed us that there was some good snipe- shooting back of Kowloon, just across the bay. You can imagine the effects of this intelligence on two travelers who would not start anywhere, even on light march- ing orders, without a trunk rod, fiy-book and fowl- ing piece being stored away somewhere in the luggage and considered absolutely necessary for the trip. We hailed the Major as our preserver and instructed our common property and joint valet, Ah Hoy, to engage a boat and see to our lunch, we looking to it that our fowl- ing-pieces were in good order and that our shells were loaded just right, the Colonel insisting that 3idrs, of powder with an ounce of shot was the proper load for “Jacks,” while the writer, true to his early education on Long Island marshes, adhered to the theory of the old timer and used 1Joz. of shot with 4drs. of driving power behind it. Ah Hoy requires an introduction. Well. here he is in propria persona, with his five feet three of Anglo- Chinese humanity, straight as a plumb-line, quick and silent as an Oriental only can be, and as faithful as the sun. Ah Hoy is indebted to the land hunger of old Albion and the civilizing influence of scarlet coats and pipe clay on the moon-eyed maidens of the Flowery Kingdom for his existence, His mother was a very ordinary celestial who resided on the outer edge of Happy Valley just back of Hong Kong; his father was probably a private in Her Majesty’s —— Foot. He was a very bright — boy who, when we enlisted hin as guide and interpreter, had just finished his studies in a mission school, haying been previously instructed in Cantonese and Mandarin by an old Buddhist priest, He was fond of the folk-lore of his native land and could both speak and write English and Chinese with equally proficient fluency. On our trips to the interior, through countless cross-paths and almost impenetrable swamps, in search of information and malaria, he would, with great pride, point out many curious and instructive things that often the most keen observer would in all probability have entirely over- looked, He knew all about China and things Chinese, excepting the haunts and habits of wild game and the pursuit of it, either for pleasure or profit. We decided to make him our guide and trust to our energy, the reported plentitude of birds, and our earnest wish for sport and exercise to give us a good bag, We atarted in a hackow boat for the main land about four o’clock on the morning after receiving the informa- tion that the birds were on the rice swamps and we had located the swamps, A strong land breeze sent our quaint little craft through the water ata fine rate of speed, and we were soon several miles up a large creek back of the English town of Kowloon. The sampan was beached and a hasty breakfast eaten; then we started for the paddy fields with Ah Hoy carrying our supplies in the rear. He evidently did not understand the trip and determined to have as little to do with it as possible. A walk of a few hundred yards brought us to the dyke or embankment that invariably surrounds a paddy swamp, and then the fun commenced in good earnest. Birds everywhere. The air was literally full of them. As we cleared the clump of small trees on the near side of the rice field, the Colonel’s hammerless twelve-bore spoke twice, and the writer noted the miss with the first while a fine, fat, true snipe plumped down into the swamp at the report of the second, This was before I fired a shot. Ah Hoy saw the bird fall, and dropping all the stores at the great risk of serious loss by breakage, he ran out in the mud and re- trieved the dead bird. This was the first wing shot our Celestial friend had ever seen, and it was the making of a keen sportsman and valuable retriever at one and the same time. Ah Hoy stroked the rich brown feathers of the dead bird and said, with a peculiar light in his small, beady eyes, ‘‘These plenty everywhere on rice swamp,” and we found it so. The Colonel, who is one of the best amateur wing shots I ever saw, bagged twenty-three brace of fine snipe, in every respect apparently the same as the Gallinago wilsoni, the back and tops of the wings having the same rich dark brown-and-tan, the tail nearly red, the stripes and marks appearing the same to us asthe Wilson snipe. The best specimens averaged about 10in. in length, the tails being about 3in. Ah Hoy questioned several farmers about the birds and was informed that they were always there. Thisis probably true, as the climate in the vicinity of Hong Kong is nearly the same the year round, The Chinese manner of rice-farming is curious and gives the birds just the sort of cover and food they require. A Chinaman will take a small piece of ground and build a dyke or wall clear around it; then he brings water from the nearest stream to his inclosed plot by cutting a ditch. The rice fields are usually on a hillside, so that the water can be used over and over again. This is done by having the fields one below the other and letting the water run into the highest until it reaches the desired level, when a gate is cut and the surplus water allowed to flow into the next field. This is often repeated, until the whole hiil- side is covered with a series of terraces, each level being a rice field and, it is always safe to say, each field well stocked with birds. A. few English residents of Hong Kong and the ofticers of the garrison are the only ones who shoot in this vicinity, John Chinaman is not allowed to keep firearms, and could not shoot anything if he had the free use of the most im- proved implements of the chase; consequently, game is plentiful and never very wild, except in the immediate neighborhood of large seaports where there are English residents. After a fine morning's sport, we retired to our sampan and enjoyed a good lunch of boiled rice, fried chicken, potatoes and egg plant, together with a couple of bottles of white label which had been kept cool by being hung over the stern of the boat well down into the bed of the creek, After lunch, we devoted an hour to the burn- ing of some really good Manilla cheroots, and then gave Some , orders to return to the city, which we reached in good time, delighted with our first day’s shooting in China. Ah Hoy became such an enthusiastic sportsman that he was soon wellinformed on the best shooting grounds and guided us to many a warm corner during our stay on the only English island in China, J. CHAS. DAVIS. A PLEA FOR THE GIRL. | is well for the sportsman so often to make his son a participator of his recreations, but if there be only a daughter, or also a daughter, why not give her similar opportunities to enjoy pleasant and invigorating pas- times? Tt ig true she often does accompany him when the outing is to be on lake or river, and when the sport is fishing. Her friends admire her no less if the delicate bloom of her cheek is browned by the sun and wind, nor do they deem her unmaidenly if she enters, heart and soul, into the sport, and in time equals or excels her brother in the gentle art. Nay, rather, her exploits are cherished tenderly and often recounted in words all of raise. ; : If in the outing, as sometimes happens, she kills the largest and finest fish ina skillful manner, her fellow sportsman, combining the pride of teacher with that of relative or friend, is not niggardly of praise for her cour- age, her steadiness and skill, nor does it seem unwomanly to him for her thus to conquer a game fish that calls forth more of her real fighting qualities than would any furred or feathered game she is ever likely to en- counter. Then, when her prize is gained, he notes with self- reproach for his own carelessness in that respect, how eager she is that it may be humanely killed at once and an end put to its gaping, writhing misery. Thus, whether for trout in the Adirondack streams, bass in Champlain waters or salmon in Canadian, the girl is every where learning the use of the rod, and fast becom- ing an adept at it without losing any of her gentle at- tributes. But if the boatmen are in pursuit of feathered game, and guns are to be used, if the girl is allowed to accom- pany them at all, she usually sits in the boat decorously inactive, albeit so ready to applaud the others for a skill- ful shot, they are secretly glad she came, and wonder they had not thought before that she might enjoy seeing them shoot so well. Or if fur is sought and the chase is to be over hills and woodlands, she is left at home, or only accompanies the braves to the hilltop in sight of home, to which retreat she returns tardily, often listen- a if she may catch the call of the hounds among the ills, If, in rare instances, she should go desire, why not teach her the use of the gun as well as the rod, and when the exact and careful knowledge is acquired, give her the same chances to practice it that her brother has? The invigorating walk, the charms of the ever-shifting scenes, the thrill of joy brought by success in the practice of her newly-acquired skili would give her as great pleasure as they give her father and brother, and she would often gather a larger store of health for body and soul, than do they, for her need is greater. Though she may haye no eee for the gun, still, invite the girl, when going afield. With a girl's natural fondness for flowers, a taste for botany will rapidly develop when she has safe oppor- tunities to wander in the great wild garden of nature, and see the sky, and sweet places where her rarest flowers hide. You will cease to regret your dog discovers no scent of bird or beast when you see her delight over an unknown aster or a late blooming gentian, whose beauty, without her, you would have passed unnoticed as many a time before, and with almost her own enthusiasm you will help search for a rare fern or curious seed-pro- ducing plant she is told grows in the very woods you have so often traversed, nor had you before noticed the fit surroundings of each growing plant, from the gray lichens on the gray fences, and the green mosses on the ledges of old red sandstone, to the white birches growing in the border of the hillside woods, against whose leafless brown trees and clusters of evergreen ferns their delicate and graceful branches shine, white and distinct. Take the girl. If she have skill with her pencil, while you search hither and yon for game whose life alone will satisfy your aspirations, she will put the very spirit of your favorite haunts in the pages of her sketch book. If she have some knowledge of photography she will make a pleasing comrade, and furnish you with many souvenirs of your day’s sport. You may miss the fox by an instant of time through some exasperating mischance, but in that instant the camera may capture him, not a lifeless ball of tawnyfur, but an agile, alert creature, full of life and grace. Behind him, too, is a bit of the hem- lock bole against which you have leaned so many times waiting and listening, and beyond the woodland path with its border of ferns and arching tree branches. Then, whenever practicable, take the daughter also to the fields and woods and waters, Her spirit rises quickly to the blessed influences of nature; her languor is soon forgotten; her feet, weary of the monotony of floors, grow pleased and rested on the turf, and before long, without weariness, she can climb the hill pastures where the plover calls and the squirrel gathers his store of nuts, and can tramp through woods where the fox and part- ridge hide and along miles of fish-inhabited streams. A day spent in outdoor freedom, enjoying the-best and highest of a sportsman’s pleasures; acquiring a knowl- edge of the life, habits and home surroundings of the game sought that he must of necessity possess to insure success; or in discovering some of nature’s treasures and reading some of her secrets, or in admiring the skill of others with rod and gun or in practicing her own, or in making sketch or photograph of wild creatures and their haunts is far better than indoor existence with its idle work of crochet hook and embroidery needle or the read- ing of the latest novel, or in an aimless ramble around the house or a day spent in making calls or in pretended shopping. At home there will be less crazy patchwork, fewer crocheted tidies, embroidered scarfs and inane decora- tions to distract its inmates. Such tiresome amusements will gladly be exchanged for outdoor recreations and the delights inseparable from them, that nature is ready to give impartially to boy and giri alike, 7 AGMA AWAHSOOSE, MR. VAN DYKE PROTESTS. JAN DIEGO, Cal., July 10.—Wditor Forest and Stream: In FOREST AND StTRHAM of the 2d TI notice this clip- ping in a letter from Montana: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, June 22.—Hditor Forest and Stream: About six weeks ago the Gevernment scout and soldiers stationed at Soda Butte arrested T. 8, Van Dyke, a hunter and trapper who for years has been furnishing Cooke City with same, he was found asleep in his camp on Laman Riyer—east fork of the Yellowstone. In his camp was found two beayer traps and other outfit. The party making the arrest removed his arms, field glass and Kodak. With the camera they took several shots at him while yet asleep. He was taken into Ft. Yellowstone, where he was held for thirty-four days and his property confis- eated. Hesays ha is loser about $350—for that is the sum at which he yalues his horses and outfit. Some of your readers may think this refers to me. The part about being found asleep in camp seems so natural that I almost believe it myself, If it had only said that some one else was doing the cooking at the same time it would have been so natural that I could hardly deny it. in ‘ ; I have not been furnishing Cooke City with game for several years. When I first started out with a rifle 1 felt like supplying several States, but have always since had all I could do to supply myself. Neither am La trapper. I tried a little trapping here during the great real estate boom, but since then the wool has been rather short on the lambs and the quality has not been extra good either. T. S. VAN Dyxu, “HALF HOURS IN THE SIERRA NEvVADA.”—Auburn, Cal.—To-morrow I am off for my annual angling tour for the next four weeks. Perhaps I may give your readers another ‘Half Hour in the Sierra Nevada” when I get back, if they have not already received a surfeit of that kind of reading, and provided, also, that I meet with anything worthy of note in my outing. —AREFAR, Suypay Traty TO MomENcE.—The Chicago.& Eastern Illinois Railroad placed in service June 14a Sunday train between Chicago and Momence, leaving Chicago at S67 A. M., and returning leave Momence af 8:45 P. M., thus affording anglers a fine opportunity to spend. a.day on the Kankakee River,—Adu, —." Juny $3, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 3S glaimal History. TAXIDERMY AND COLLECTING. Rk. W. T. HORNADAY has written, and Messrs. Chas, Scribner’s Sons have published, a work, “Taxidermy and Zodlogical Collecting,” which is destined to do a great deal of good, and which cannot fail to be warmly welcomed by all naturalists. All over the world a rapid destruction of wild animals is taking place, and already a number of most interesting species have been - practically exterminated, so thatto-day the collector sent out to obtain specimens for a great museum will Joolk in vain for a bison, a California sea, elephant, a rhytina, a yeat auk,ora Labrador duck. Other species are rapidly liminishing in number, and the opportunities to secure them are each year becoming fewer. This being the case, it is important that all the specimens collected should be prepared and preserved in the best manner possible, that the animals should be studied in life, and full notes and measurements, together with photographs and sketches, made of them if possible, If all this is done, the taxider- mist who ultimately performs the artistic work of mount- ing the specimens, has an opportunity given him of doing justice to his work and to himself, and the museum is likely to have life-like representations of the animals added to its list of specimens. And when a species is al- most extinct’ and the opportunity for seeing more exam- ples of it has passed away, this means a good deal. There is something fairly ridiculous—it it were not pain- ful—in the absurd mounted specimens of birds and mam- mals eyen now to be seen in the exhibition cases of our best museums. In old times if there was brought to a museum a skin which had on it the complete head and the hoofs, this was enough. It ‘was mounted, tbat is, was sel up on its legs, stuffed with hay or straw, put on a stand, and was then regarded as an adequate represen- tation of the animal in life. Asamatter of fact, it looked often like a stuffed sack standing on four pegs, tightly covered with a hide of the animal in question, tis only within a few years that persons in charge of museums have come to realize that taxidermy is an art, that their specimens should be modeled from life, that, to give the public a true notion of the animal on ex- hibition, something more is required than its shapeless, dried skin stuck up ona board. For a number of years Mr. Hornaday has been regarded as the most skillful taxi- dermist in this country. He has had very wide experience and has occupied positions which could be heid only by one who stood in the first rank of his profession. But quite apart from any manual skill is the artistic tempera- ment and the passionate love for nature which has led Mr. Hornaday tostudy the minutest characters of his sub- jects and has made him the producer of some of the most superb groups of mammals that have ever been put up. In the admirably complete work which he has given us, Mr. Hornaday has covered the whole field of ordinary zoological collecting, though, of course, only brief men- tion is given to the subject of the collection of marine in- vertebrates. The book is divided into six parts, which treat (1) of Collecting and Preserving, (2) of Taxidermy, (8) of Making Casts, (4).of Osteology, (5) of the Collection and Preservation of Insects and (6) of General Informa- tion, Under these divisions is given a vast amount of in- formation, which is so clearly expressed that a careful reader, though wholly unacquainted with the subject, may by following out the instructions given, easily be- come, with a little practice, a skillful taxidermist. While it is impossible to give here any adequate notion of any one of the sections of this book, itmay besaid that Part I. contains chapters on the outfit of the collector, how to select and study fresh specimens, treatment of the skins of small mammals, collecting large mammals, birds, large and small; reptiles, fishes, marine invertebrates, and birds’ nests and eggs. The book contains 362 pages, and the profuse and beautiful illustrations, which num- ber 23 full page plates and 104 text cuts, simplify and _ render more clear the already very plain descriptions of the text, While the value of this book will, of course, be greatest to the zodlogical collector as such, the man who makes it his business and his profession to collect specimens for museums, yet it will have a far wider field than that. Every sportsman who hunts big game likes to bring back from his excursions the trophies of his chase, but through ignorance it often happens that skins are taken off and heads cleaned in such a clumsy, unskillful fashion, that they either spoil before reaching the hands of the taxi- dermist, or else are in such bad shape when he receives them that no life-like mounting is possible, Hach big-game hunter then ought to make Mr, Hornaday’s ‘book a part of his camp outfit. Tts clear directions will save him many hours of time and trouble, and much worry. ) The young ornithologist, and even the casual duck hunter, who now and then wishes to save some unusually fine specimen that he has killed, will find this book a very useful one. It is by all odds the best work which we have ever seen on the subject, and deserves a wide circulation, SOME MICHIGAN BIRD NOTES. Hditor Forest and Stream: Your Florida correspondent, ‘‘Didymus,” is correct in supposing that the Northern crop of hummingbirds is short. We have noted their scarcity, and while at pres- ent our front piazza is brilliant with the gorgeous blos- soms of cactus and honeysuckles of different varieties— flowers much loved by these little gems of the air—we scarce see a half dozen in a day, while formerly they would have been in sight every few minutes, My observation of the birds has been conducted this season for the most part at very long range. In the early spring our lake was visited by a number of large black ducks, species not identified, but not common here, and much resembling those often seen on Canadian waters. March 18.—Crows appeared. April 21.—Kingfisher, April 1,—Rohin appeared (re- April 30.—House wren heard, ported March 24). not seen. April 18.—Wrogs peeped. May 10.—Brown thrasher seen, April 19.—Crow blackbirdsseen. May 18.—Hummingbird seen, April 19.—Lce disappeared from May 14,—Catbird heard, view. May 20.—W hippoorwill heard. April 21.—Barn swallow seen. May 24.—Pewit seen. The house wrens, which have built nests in our build- ings for many years, have not done so this season, and we have feared that they had been killed. Two days ago one sat on the roof-tree and sang—the second time only that we have heard their song. The catbirds, which have only visited us within a very few years, are not as numerous as last year. Then, one built in a syringa bush within three feet of the coffee mill. This year a little finch added an upper story to the old nest and there hatched its brood. The house sparrows have in past years nested in our yines, and have heen ejected by the English sparrows, MounTED BY THE AUTHOR. GrouP oF CoyorTEs, From Hornaday’s ‘‘Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting.’ but this season they have managed to hold their own, with perhaps a little help from my firearms. The season has been cold and backward, the most so of any spring since my residence in this county. Late frosts are unusual along the Intermediate Lakes, but this year we haye had many, Rains have been scarce, and crops are poor; but I should say that the game, what little there is left, has probably had a good chance, Trout and bass fishing are poor, and will so continue until the fish have better protection, I haye been surprised to hear that coons are said to catch rabbits. It may be true that they do so, though I neyer saw anything which would confirm the statement, In this connection Imay say that I was not long ago told by a farmer that the woodchucks, which had been yery troublesome, were growing scarce, and that they were often killed by the badgers. To this fact he attrib- uted their scarcity. P, §.—I'm going fishing in afew days, and if I have apy luck will try and let you know, Old ‘'Kingfisher” and J are going to try the bass again, KELPIE. CentRAL LAKE, Mich., July 12. MY MARTINS. poe asmall thing, in the economy of nature, but ib almost broke my heart, and the hearts of the parents also. Three years ago I erected a tenement house in my back yard, for the use of a family by the name of Purple Martin, I saw them house hunting in the town, and there bemg no suitable residence to be found, I im- mediately erected one, as soon as it could be constructed. I got it up late in the spring, butitwas at once thankfully occupied by a belated pair, who had been unable to secure suitable apartments sooner. Hyery season since that time my tenants come in March and leave in the latter part of July, or first week in August. They pay their rent ten thousand times over every day by their happy gurgling notes, and engaging, companionable ways. Ihave come to expect their arrival every spring, with the liveliest anticipations of delight, and to look for their departure with regret. The house was occupied this season by five families, each of which had a large and promising brood of young. The season, up to the 25th of June had been a very cool and pleasant one, with no hot days, an unusual thing for Californian climate, On that date it began to get warm, then hot, hotter, hottest, until it was hot as Hades; in fact, the very hottest ever experienced since records have been kept in the State. On Tuesday, the last day of June, the mercury indicated 105° in the coolest shade to be found. The young martins were abouttwo-thirds fledged and had begun to poke their heads out of doors, when the hot waye struck us, The heat on this memorable Tues- ‘interest on the Birds day proved too much for them, and rather than to remain in their nests and bake, they essayed to fly, and tumbled ignominiously to the ground, ay ae absent during the hottest part of the day, but on my return in the evening I was immediately aware that there was trouble among my tenants by their distressful clamorines. I went into the yard and found twelve young birds scattered among the grass, and the remains of three more that the cat had made away with, I first chivied the latter off the premises, and amid the pleadings of the parents, collected the helpless youngsters, What was to be done with them? I tried to put them back by placing them upon the end of a long pole, and raising them to the house. The little wretches were paralyzed by terror, and would only yell and kick and peck fiercely with their great soft beaks, and then tumble helplessly to the ground as soon as released. I then took a long ladder and tried to put them back, but I suppose I put them in the wrong apart- ments, for they all came tumbling out again before I got to the ground, I then took a bird cage, removed the bottom, turned it upside down, and put the little fools in that. This L suspended to a high branch of a walnut tree, and soon had the satisfaction of séeing the parents feed- ing their demoralized young. I felt as proud as I ever did over my first success in surgery. But alas! in the morning I found they had all clambered wp the wires of the cage, fallen out and died. And I know that those poor bereaved parents blame me for the whole business. Aine illee lacrymee! AREFAR, AUBURN, Cal. BIRDS OF MANITOBA. N the Proceedings of the U.S, National Museum Mr, Ernest EH, Thompson gives us a paper of very great of Manitoba. When we con- sider its great ex- tent and the fact that it adjoins our borders it seems rather singular that so little ornithologi- eal work should have been done in the Province, but it is true up to the publication of Mr. Thompson’s list of the birds of western Manitoba in the Auk in 1888, not much was known of the avifauna of this section. The Proyince of Manitoba includes within its borders a great variety of country, There are great Jakes, bare, level prairies, tracts of forest and marsh, hills rising to the dignity of moun- tains—at least in name—reaching’ an altitude of 2,500ft. above the sea level and 500 or more above the surround- ing plain. In this varied region Mr, Thompson observed bird life during a three years’ residence, and has given us the results in this paper. His own observations are supplemented by those of other observers, to whom credit is given by name throughout the paper. = In a short introduction, the author gives a description of the Province, naming its boundaries and describing in some detail its physical characters, which are still fur- ther explained in the accompanying map. Then we have the annotated list of birds, which numbers 272 species and subspecies; a chronological list of the princi- pal books and articles consulted, a list of the manuscripts used in completing the foregoing notes, and an index to the birds of Manitoba, Mr. Thompson’s field notes, which have been tran- scribed apparently with little change from his daily jour- nal, are to our mind the most important, as they certainly are the most delightful, of this paper. These notes are unusually full with regard to many species, and in some cases, notably with some of the grouse, an almost com plete life history of the bird is given. The notes on game birds are especially full, which gives this paper an inter- est to sportsmen far greater than such lists usually pos- sess. Among the points which especially touch on birds interesting to gunners is the following statement with regard to pinnated grouse which we give in substance, In 1872 Dr. Coues wrote of this bird: ‘‘I haye no reason to believe that it occurs at all in northwestern Minnesota or North Dakota, * * * T havemet with no indication of its occurrence north of the United States boundary.” In 1882, when Mr. Thompson first visited Manitoba, the species was almost unknown in the country, the only known specimens having been taken near Winnipeg in 1881. In 1883 Mr. Hine informed the author that it had begun to be common at Pembina. In 1884 it was not only common at Winnipeg, but had. also made its appearance at Portage la Prairie on the Assinaboine, where it is now resident, tolerably common and increasing every year. In December, 1886, one was seen at Carberry. The bird ap- pears to be working north and west and is evidently fol- lowing the plow. Mr. Thompson’s paper is full of interesting information about the birds of which he writes, and contains many notes of habits in species as yet unobserved, The account of the western meadow lark and the record in musical notation of some of its songs will be new to many persons. It is greatly to be desired that more at- tention might be given to the writing out of birds’ songs, a subject which as yet has received but little attention, Mr, Thompson’s paper is not without certain minor faults of execution, but it is not quite certain that these are to be charged altogether to him, for he has not seen his manuscript since it was passed over to the editor, nor has he read his proofs, THOSE GROUSE CHICKS. Editor Forest and Stream: The announcement of the death of the grouse chicks recently hatched under a hen (FOREST AND STREAM, duly 9), though not wholly unexpected, is nevertheless a matter of regret. It is highly probable, however, that all attempts to rear the ruffed grouse under the domestic hen will end in the same futile way. The two species are so utterly unlike in all respects that they refuse to affiliate, even when maternity on the one side and in- fancy on the other, would seem to bring them most nearly together. Some four or five years ago, when the writer was more actively interested in this subject, “Uncle Fuller” (Orin Belknap), of Washington, kindly undertook to assist him, That gentleman procured a sitting of grouse eggs which he placed under a common hen, and in due time they were hatched, But the ‘‘un- natural foster mother,” instead of caring for the chicks as a mother should, went savagely to work and murdered the entire brood, Lam also inclined to think that in the case recently noted in the FoREST AND STREAM, the grouse chicks did not have proper food. In the native state the young birds are fed on insects, larve, vegetable growths, etc. Their immature gizzards are not tough enough to masti- cate grains of any kind, and these with other unsuitable foods no doubt laid the foundation for the chronic indi- gestion which was the probable cause of their taking off. The rufied grouse can be bred and reared in confinement, but the chicks must come from eggs laid by partly do- mesticated birds, who must look after their own young. Tormno, O., July 18, JAY BEEBE, THAT WHITE MuskRat.—I find that none of the read- ers of FOREST AND STREAM have ever seen a white musk- tat, or at least Linfer that they have not since none of them have replied to the request that I made a few weeks since when noticing the capture of this animal, If now think that it is a greater curiosity than ever, for what some of the readers of FOREST AND SRREAM have not seen in the way of animals must be most remark- able. However, it might be interesting to them to know that F. M, Noble, of Ellisburgh, Jefferson county, N. Y., aman that has handled hundreds of thousands of musk- rat skins, and a friend of the writer, assures me that in all his life he never saw nor heard of a white one.—A. H. G. (Sing Sing), Game Bag and Guy. THE FULL THXTS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Proyinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. A HUNT Editor Forest and Stream: In September, 188+, having accepted a position with a mining company in the West, I started out filled with the idea that at last my opportunity had come for a crack at some of the big game of this country, I arrived safely at my destination, which was a little mining camp in the southeastern part, and not far from the Wood River district, and immediately bezan to cast around for a suit- able chum to go with me. I found one that had the hunt- ing feyer as badly as I had in the person of one Jim M., the most ungainly specimen of the genus homo that it has ever been my luck to come across, At the time I write of, Jim was about 18, stood 6ft. 2in.. and weighed only about 110lbs. He was all bones, and the bones were at allangles. He was a splendid shot with either pistol or rifle, but had a supreme disgust for a shot- gun. He was very wiry and could tramp all day over the mountains,,either on foot or on suowshoes, and come into camp at night with a deer on his back as fresh as though he had only just started out. Jim, by the way, had a history. His father was one of Custe1’s most noted and trusted scouts. He was with him at the battle of the Little Big Horn, and, like many another brave man, met his death that day. Jim inherited from his father his Winchester rifle and an intense hatred of all Indians. He passionately loved the hunt, so that it was no trouble for me to induce him to start off for a week’s sport at whatever kind of game fortune might throw in our way. Our outfit consisted of a saddle horse apiece, one pack horse pretty well loaded down with our cooking utensils and a few provisions; we took a little flour and salt pork, atew potatoes and beans, salt and pepper and coffee and sugar, Thus equipped we mounted our horses in front of my cabin one splendid morning late in September, and started off with a brisk lope down the trail, aiming due north, Thescenery was superb, we going through cations, over ridges and divides, down into valleys and up other canons. We siarted many rabbits of the ‘‘snowshoe” variety, grouse and sage hens, but in our ride of forty miles we saw no large game. About4in the afternoon we started to make our camp at the entrance of a big gulch, Jim saying that in the morning we ought to be able to get a deer. We unloaded our pack horse, spread out our blankets, gathered wood for the night, turned loose our saddle horses, and fixed everything snugly, so that we could turnin at dark. I then suggested to Jim that I wanted grouse for supper, and taking my 10-bore Scott, which, by the way, Jim had done his best to leave at home, we started off following a little stream that came down through the gulch. We had not gone far before Jim flushed five that were feeding close to the water. They were very tame and simply arose from the ground and lit in some pines close by. Right here I saw the first ex- pert pistol shooting Lhad ever witnessed. Jim approached to within about 30ft. of three grouse and drew his six- shooter, a Colt ,45, Heshot one after another of the three grouse, taking the lower ones first, and cutting the head or neck of each one. At the last report the two temaining birds few, and in my hurry I scored a beauti- ful miss with my first barrel, but retrieved myself with a good clean kill at long range for the second, Having picked up our birds, which were more than enough for our present use, we started back to camp and Jim went to work preparing supper, Our evening meal was quite a good one in its way. After our soup we had grouse, biscuits, fried potatoes and coffee, and lighting our pipes IN IDAHO, we rolled up in our blankets and Jim proceeded to tell hunting stories and his different experiences after big game, I think his bear stories interested me more than any others, and I went to sleep that night full of a feel- ing of awe and admiration for the powerful brute that Jim called the bald-faced grizzly, and wondered when the time came that I first met one, I should do like the Hastern teuderfoot that Jim had been telling me about, who climbed the first tree at hand, and when he came to the top kept right on climbing, and of course fell right into Baldy’s path. I bad not quite settled just what I would do, when sleep overtook me: and the next thing I remember was Jim shaking me roughly by the shoulder andsaying if we wanted to gét any deer, it was time we were out, The stars were still shining and the air was cold, and every thing was so still that it did not seem a living object could possibly be within miles of us. We got our horses saddled up and made everything ready for a start, first tethering our pack horse and fixing things snugly in camp so that they would not be injured in any way during our absence. By this time daylight was beginning to show itself, and we started away, bound for a hot sulphur spring which Jim knew ofsome three milesaway. Going within a mile of the place we dismounted and proceeded cautiously on foot; here and there we found signs of the hear proximity of deer, and our advance become more and more cautious. Just as wecame to a little ridge on the other side of which lay the springs, Jim whispered to me to get ready, for if we were going to see any that day we would start them up on the other side; and sure enough, the minute our heads showed above the top, up started a band of. seven black-tailed deer with a magnificent buck in the lead, They were about T5yds, away when they first broke, and the way those deer put space between us was a caution, I killed one, a young buck, using up all the shells in my Marlin ,45-70 caliber to do it. I will never be able to tell if I had buck fever or not. I thought I was cool enough, only I couldn’t seem to be able to hit deer. Jim only fired once, killing the old buck in the lead, the rest of the time he spent laughing at me. We cleaned our game and hung them up and started back for our horses. On reaching them Jim suggested that we take a tour and come around from the springs on the other side, thereby getting a view of the surrounding country. On the way I had a shot at a silver gray fox, and had the satisfaction of killing him at a distance of about 100yds. We came across some very large bear tracks, and I got of my horse and measured one of them, I was wearing quite a large Mexican sombrero and it would only just a litte more than cover one of the bear’s footprints. Jim said it was a grizzly and that we would try to locate him the next day. I did not say much, but J felt as though I had not lost any bear myself, I asked Jim what he thought the bear making that size footprint would weigh, and he said, ‘‘Oh, about fourteen to sixteen hundred,” in a careless sort of a way, as though it was an every-day occurrence with him to bag two or three such birds. We finally came to where we had hung up our deer, packed them on aur horses and struck out for camp, where upon arriving Jim proceeded to skin the deer and cut them up ready for use, In the afternoon, again we took the shotgun and started out to have some fun with the grouse. had splendid sport with them for an hour and a half, killing’ over a dozen, all single shots, Jim acted as retriever and picked up the birds. So ended our second day. Bright and early the next morning we started off on foot for bear, and althongh we saw many tracks and fresh signs, still we walked all day without seeing one; and came back to camp pretty well tired out, The next morning we broke camp and started up the gulch, bound for a pass in the mountains that would let us down in the foothills and gulches at the other side of the range. It was a long tedious ride and very slow, the horses having to pick their way over fallen trees, broken from last year’s snowslides, and the country was very rough generally. As we went through the path, which as it neared the top narrowed down, Jim told me of how a party of them had not long before driven a band of an- telope through there, out of which they killed over a hundred before they broke away. I am thankful to be able to say that the meat was all used, nevertheless it must have been slaughter. Jim told me there must have been a thousand in the band, and that they crowded and jumped over one another in their efforts to get away. On the north side of the range we made a cache, bury- ing all our game in a huge snow bank. We made camp about two miles down a magnificent cafion at the edge of quite a brook, had supper, rolled up in our blankets and went to sleep, In the morning early we mounted our horses and struck out, leaving all our traps except guns and ammunition in camp, and rode down the gulch, Jim taking one side of the brook and Ithe other. We had gone about a mile when Jim, whom I could not see on account of the trees and bushes, suddenly commenced to whoop and yell and I heard his horse tearing down the gulch. Lat once put spurs to my pony and managed to keep abreast of the noise, although every second I expected to get a nasty fall, the ground was sorough. It seemed about five minutes, it probably was not one, before we came to a clear space where I could see what was the matter, and then I saw Jim, rifle in one hand and sombrero in the other, chasing an old black bear and her cub. Jim was whooping like a Comanche Indian at every jump his pony took, and quicker than it takes to tell it Jim’s whoops had the de- sired effect, the cub got tattled and went up a tree, and the old one crossed the brook right in front of me. My pony stopped short with a snort of fear, and I jumped off and commenced what I thought was going to be a fight, but it wasn’t, for the bear keptrightonrunning. Istrucic her three times, and although every time I hit her she would roll over and over, yet she would get up and keep on going and she disappeared over a little ridge. I then crossed the brook to Jim who had already killed the cub, which weighed about 140Ibs., helped him hang it up, and then we took the trail of the old bear which we followed easily by the blocd, which showed that she had been hard hit. We had not gone over 300yds. when we suddenly came upon her; she was lying on the first branches of a fir tree, about 18ft. from the ground, busily engaged in licking her wounds. Quick as thought we both shot, and down. she came and never moved after striking. We quickly skinned her, and then hunted up my horse and went after the cub, Jim had tied his horse, but mine ran [Jury as, 1801. about half a mile away; we, however, caught him with- out any trouble. When we came to pnt the cub on Jim’s horse we had a circus, such bucking and jumping I never saw; it took us over half an hour, but we accomplished it, and went back to camp. That night in talking over our plans we decided to make pack horses of all our animals and strike out for home, walking up the ridge by the pass where we had made our cache and come by a roundabout way to my cabin. This necessitated our going over Mt. G., where Jim promised me some shots at the Rocky Mountain pcat. In the morning early we started ani plodded on steadily without anything eventful happening until late in the afternoon, when we suddenly caught sight of a grizzly bear feeding on berries. He was back to us about 00yds. away, and did not see or hear us. We quietly drew out of sight and securely tied our horses and held a hurried consultation in which we agreed to stick to- gether, for Jim said “grizzly” would undoubtedly come straight for us the minute he was hit and found out where we were; then we started and camé to within 200yds. of his bearship. Both fired together at the word, and both bullets went home, knocking the brute over; he was up in an instant, and turning snapped at his flank, where one of the bullets had struck, and growled savagely, He could not see us, but Jim firing again, the smoke from our rifles showed where we were, and lowering his head he started for us. To me he looked like a hue pig, and Idon’t know what I was thinking about—probably of home and mother—when the crack of Jim’s rifle and his hurried ‘‘Why the devil don’t you shoot,” roused me, and throwing my gun to my shoulder I commenced to pump lead at him, remember that once we stepped to one side to get away from the smoke of our guns, I also imagined myself in a real battle, The crack, crack, crack, of our rifles seemingly was multiplied a hundred times. I was cool through it all, but it was a mechanical kind of coolness. Every time a bullet struck over would roll the bear, but he would get right up again and keep arcoming; every second that bear seemed to grow larger, tutil he looked to me as big as a house. The funny part of it to me was that the nearer he came the better 1 shot. Through itallI kept slipping shells into the magazine of my gun, and when finally grizzly dropped for the last time, only 50ft. away, I had seven shots left in my rifle. We found him badly cut up, two legs broken in three places, and completely riddled through the body. A peculiar fact was that not a bullet had struck him in the head. We cut him open and found that his heart was cut to pieces, We estimated his weight between eleven and twelve hundred, and after taking his hide we went back to our horses and camped for the night. I hardly slept, for after it was all over I caught a bad case of rattles and was completely unstrung. We reached home early next day, going over Mt. G. We saw one small band of goats, but too far away to shoot. Later that same fall we made a pilgrimage alter them, and perhaps at some future date I wil! teil you how successful we were. IDAHO, SOME REMINISCENCES OF WYOMING. ALKING home one autumn afternoon, not long ago, tired and despondent, I found my thoughts wan- dering back to some of the pleasantest memories of my life. Again I could smell the aroma from the pitch logs sputtering in the camp-fire about which three of us lay im the dark Wyoming woods, Again I could hear the light,, fitful airs whispering in the treetops over our little tent.. Now I was scanning in the bright sunlight a great sweep: of rolling plains country, from the back of my sturdy pony, hoping for a sight of a ‘bunch of antelopes,” the cool, strong wind blowing in my face and pulling at my hat brim. “Hello!” shouts a fellow at my elbow, scattering my thoughts very suddenly, At the sharp warning I dodged! just in time to save my head a blow from a timber two men were carrying across the sidewalk in front of me. In the street a small fire of boards and laths was crack- ling, and from ittome the wind blew a thin veil of smoke. The spicy odor of this it was which sent my thoughts back to the times I hunted and explored in and near the Rockies. But a few years ago there was, perhaps, no region in the world where sport with the rifle could be more health- fully and pleasantly pursued than in the Rocky Mountain region from southern Colorado to the British posses- sions, Favored by a high altitude where the atmosphere was dry, bracing and healthful, here the hunter could follow his chosen sport or vocation in 4 country filled with noble game, and inaregion where each day brought 4 new surprise or stranger experience. With weeks of fine, clear weather; with youth, health and a clear conscience, is it a wonder happy memories were left? It was my good fortune in May, 781, to take a journey to Colorado, While in Denver, where my cousin and I rested after some trips to the mining towns, we received a letter from an old friend of ours then living on a small ranch in Laramie county, Wyoming, Her husband had moved there from Colorado some six years before to take up a claim, e had not met in overten years. Mr, and Mrs, H. both made the invitation to visit them, urgent and hearty; and! being very glad of the chance to see a bit of frontier life: and to renew an old acquaintance, we decided to accept and visit the H. ranch. Wehad never seen more wild game than the few antelopes our train scared away before itin crossing western Kansas; so the thought of seeing plenty of wild life fascinated us, On June 1, a sunny, lonely afternoon, the Union Pacific eastbound train set us down at Pine Bluff, Wyoming, a little cattle-shipping station near the Nebraska line. H, had arranged to meet us with hisranch wagon. Hisranch lay across the plains some thirty miles northwest. Ashe had not yet come, my cousin and I strolled to the end of the little platform to look about us and watch the depart- ing cars. As the train clattered slowly off and disap- peared from sight, a great loneliness stole over me, I had viewed the immensity of the plains from the car windows: but being set down and left.at a tiny, lonely way-station offered a new experience. The agent and the man with him were the only human beings in sight; though a thread of smoke came from the section house across the track, The only sounds came from the far distant train and thé ticker in the agent’s office. Besides the seetion house across the way, there was the staticn, water tank, and a small log cabin with a rough-board addition used as store and saloon, on our side of it, All this was “Pine Biuffs,” _ plains, JULY 28, 1881.) The wide reach of blue sky, the great stretch of yellow and the long line of gray bluffs and broken hills to the east and south of us, with the huge swells of the plains, gave the landscape that solemu and dreamlike aspect of the sea. Wegazed at it all insilence for a while; but the cool, tempered breezs gaye usa new impulse; and we walked past the platform, where we could just sce a group of section hands working on the track ahead, As we approached them-one nearer than the rest stopped working suddenly and began firing missiles at an object in the grass. Weran up, and he pointed out to us the head and neck of arattlesnake thrust up out of some reeds and grass. It was despatched, and the six or seven buttons pulled off, Though I saw many afterward, and killed seme, Ineyer came near being bitten but once, and through no fault of the ‘rattler.’ Once, carrying a mountain sheep on my back down thecafionof the North Laramie River, I got going at too quick a gait, and though 1 heard a buzzing im the rocks lower down, was un- able to stop till almost on the snake, That ominous hum- ming noise gives a good warning. When we got back to thé station the agent carefully scanned the praitie for us to the north, and finally pointed out to us a tiny black spot, some five miles away, which he said was the team. We watched it alternately vanish and reappear, and grow bigger and bigger, till we could make out horses and wagon. Rather over an hour after- ward our new acquaititanee introduced himself, and we made friends at once. Going back to the wagon we helped carry into the log cabin, against which the saloon stood, the blankets and quilts and the mattress H. always carried with him across the wagon seat, Then the grub box was brought im and a good cold supper spread on the dirt floor. While if was yet light enough we made our beds, and H. changed the mares’ picketings. Then rolling up in our blankets, we sought sleep; but the novelty of it all kept us awake a while asking questions and listening to ex- planations of what we saw and should see, A freight train roaring and puffing by about midnight was the only thing to disturb us till the morning’s frosty air sought the thin places in our coverings, and H,’s get- ting up awoke us. When H. came back from the ponies we were dressed and washed, and all then helped get breakfast, which was soon ready. At 8 o'clock we drove off, the little colts cavorting merrily about their mothers, apparently not “done up” by the previous day’s travel. An overcoat and gloves were yet comfortable, though we shed the coat by 9 o’elock or so. A mile out we crossed Pole Creek, and leaving a solitary ranch far to one side, “took up” on the divide a little east of north. T shall never forget that morning's ride. A few pufiy snow-white clouds hung here and there along and above the horizon, set in the purest, clearest blue sky; a great sweep of straw-colored plains stretching under it, flushed with the green new grass coming up among the dried last year’s stalks; the gray walls of bluffs lying four or five miles off to the east and northeast, spotted here and there with the dark green foliage of the straggling, stunted pines and cedars growing tentatively on them. The fresh morning air blew gently in our faces and seemed to give newer souls and bodies to us at every breath. This section of the country that spring was thickly stocked with cattle, owing to the good grazing and num¢rous water holes, and we frequently passed small groups and herds of them, which looked up curiously at us as our little outfit jogged slowly past. H. had brought his rifle—a .44cal. Winchester repeater—and he assured us the chances of getting an antelope were excellent, as there was but little travel on this road. Wescanned the landscape carefully and persistently in friendly rivalry as to who should first see game, but’ H.’s experienced eye found it first. He snapped his blacksnake off to west- ward and called our attention to a round, white, glim- mering spot, as big as one’s hand, near a bunch of dis- tant cattle and called it an antelope. While our untaught eyes were seeking for a four-legged, bufft-colored, deer- like creature hig trained eyesight looked for any color or shape that would suggest an antelope in any one of his hundred aspects in varying lights and positions. A round white spot, a black or buff shape, the edge of a knife- blade erect on the horizon, any thing that instinct told him had life in it. We watched the distant animal turn this way or that, while it fed, its aspect changing as often as its position. Sometimes it seemed dark brown, again an almost black spot, then it would show its true shape and buft color. We strained our eyes looking at it and wished it nearer. Further on we drove through a prairie dog town, and the little rodents were much disturbed, and hurriedly interrupting visits to neighbors sped home to their own burrows, there to bark at us shrilly and defiantly till we were by them. Occasionally from the frequent water holes, accumulated from the recent spring rains, a pair or a small flock of teals or mallards would be scared away. We secured a few with the rifle, but were not so successful with the jacks, of whom a number were started from cover. Betore we camped for noon we had each had several shots at antelope, and some were good ones—the shots, Imean, Most of the balls fell too short, and one, | regret to say, wounded an antelope in the hip and he got away. With H.’s field glasses we could see him as he ran ata up a lower place in the bluff two tniles away, A true hunter hates to wound his game and see it get away. It is to be regretted that a sport in most ways so manly, and that makes the hunter a student of nature as well, should have the taint of blood about it. Cruelty is only for the brute. What fascinates in hunt- ing is the matching of one’s faculties and endurance, one’s skill and courage, against those of the gamie, At noon we drew up near a thick patch of “‘bluejoint” and not far from a water hole. The horses were un- hitched and turned loose with their picket ropes drag- ging. Though the wagon stood in a hollow, or swale, the wind blew rather strong and cold, so a blanket was hung over the wheels on one side for shelter. After a hearty lunch of tea, boiled over a fire of sage roots, buffalo chips and the few dry sticks in the wagon, and plenty of sandwiches, cookies and pie, we stretched out in the shade of the blanket and dozed a while, _ A couple of hours later we were againon the trail. An isolated pine or two could be seen later in the afternoon on the horizon ahead; and not long after we were trotting down the sandy and steep trail through a kind of cafion in the bluffs. From our elevated outiook we could trace for a while the great bare valley to the north, through : FOREST AND STREAM. which Horse Creek flowed as it swept in a big curve northerly to Goshen Hole, A mile down, on our way occasionally startling a kildeer from the little brook we crossed and recrossed, or a mourning dove from the box elders that lined its banks, we struck this valley, and turning to the left, followed it up west for four or five miles to H,’sranch. A few log cabins were passed, but hardly half a mile of fencing was seen in all till we! reached our friend’s. After a cordial greeting from Mrs. H., we dragged in our trunks and traps and were made tofeelathome.' -« Next morning we were taken oyer to our friend’s ranch, Within a week he took us over the prairies in several antelope hunts; but we were still unsuccessful. A week of this ranch life satiated my cousin, and we took him back to Pine Bluffs. I had arranged to spend the summer on the ranch, so we made our farewells as the train left. lt being late in the afternoon when we left the station H. decided to camp af Pole Creek, where we might get an antelope coming in to water in the morning. 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AT STUD. FEE $50. KING OF KENT (A.IK.C.S, B. 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rap, Zig-Zag, Tapster and Maid of Kent. Pointer Puppies for sale. JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Club, ; Babylon, L, I. Apply to a EE —————— Mastiffs and Bloodhounds. IN STUD: W. K. Taunton’s Champion Bosufort. His sticcess as a stud dog and his record on the show bench for the last five years prove him the greatest and best dog living, The only kennel of English Bloodhounds in Amer- ica. Choice ones forsale at all times, or imported. Mastiff pups from the Albion and Beanfort litters, also out of well known and proved breeders of champion and great prize winners. Photographs, 2 cts. J. WINCHELUM, Fair Haven, Vermont. READ THIS! READ THIS! MASTIFES. At Stud.—Ormonde; sire, Ch. Victor Hugo; dam, Ch. Cambrian Princess. Ormonde is a p1ize winner every time shown, both in England and America, and his young stock is proving him an exceptional sire. I have always on hand young stock for disposal at fair prices. I haye no blood ~ but the most fashionable in miy kennels. Write OHAS. BE. BUNN, Peoria, Il. Deen eee ee, N THE STUD.—_THH ETHAN ALLIN SET- ter Al, fee $25, Al was bred by the late Mr. Allin and trained on ruffed grouse by his handler. Two puppies by him for sale, Address PF, L, NICHOLS, 54 Taylor street, Springfield, Mass. tf RESHIRE VY TERRIER, ons aE diord Harry, described in anome Tenet as “best Yorkshire in America.” igree and winnings free, photos cts. limited number of his ies for sale. P. He i Exchange Block, Bangor, Ms. FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE Rop AND GuN. TERMS, a8 AYRAR. 10 Cts. 4 Copy. [ Src Montag, $2. NEW YORK, JULY 80, 1891. { VOL. XXXVII.—No, 2. 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Rates for clubs of annual subscribers: Three Copies, $10, Five Copies, $16. Remit by express money-order, 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. For sale by Davies & Co,, No.1 Finch Lane, Cornhill, and Brentano’s, 480 Strand, London. General subscription agents for Great Britain, Messrs. Davies & Co., Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, Searles and Riving- ton, 188 Fleet street, and Brentano’s, 430 Strand, London, Eng. Brentano's, 17 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris, France, sole Paris agent for sales and subscriptions. Woreign subscription pries, $5 per year; $2.50 for six months. Address all communications Forest and Stream Publishing Os, No. 318 BROADWAY. Naw York City. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL. THE KENNEL - The Merrimac Salmon. That Gordon Setter Field Landlocked Salmon in Bisby Trial Trophy. Lakes Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Restocking Lake Ontario. Snap Shots. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST, The Raneacker and the Buck, pero ang Campers. A Lonely Pilgrim in the Eee 2. NaruRAL Hist From the Aiaskes Beal Islands. What the Porcupine Hats. GAME BAG AND GUN. Wild Turkey Hunting. Chicago and the West. * Small Bores and Big Bags. Ohne Pine FLICKEREINGS. SpA Ano RIVER FISHING. ‘Fishing in the Pioneer West. - *Rocky Mountain Grayling.” Bluefish x Perth Amboy. Our Boat Chicago ee the West. American Anglers in Canada. Angling Notes. Answers to Correspondents. IFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING, ~ Range and Gallery. The Bisley Meeting. i aieae werd Target. ‘he Trai The Hollywood Handicap. Pearl River Gun Club. Pennsylvania Association. Keystone Fourth Annual. YACHTING. A Deserted Pier. A eae ae 2oft. Corrected ngth Hastern Y.C. Special Races. Corinthian Y. C. Sweepstakes. British Centerboards. Lake Yacht Racing Associa- tion. Dorchester Y. C. Cherry Diamond Y. C. Atlantic Y. C. Cruise. fishes. in which certain water plants thrive, New York Y. C. Cruise. Edward Burgess. CANOEING. A.C. A. Meet Transportation. Passaic River Regattas, New York C, C. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. FISHCULTURE. 4 California Salmon in Europe. THE KENNEL. ‘ . Influence of a Previous Sire. Mastiffs at New York. American Kennels.—I1. Beagle Training. LANDLOCKED SALMON IN BISBY LAKES. io February, 1889, the Bisby Club obtained from Fish Commissioner McDonald 17,000 eggs of landlocked salmon, and in April the fry, which were developed in the Bisby hatchery, were planted in First Bisby and the two spring ponds above. In April, 1891, a second deposit of 17,000 fry was made in the same waters. The results as announced by the president of the club, Gen, R. U. Sher- man, to Commissioner McDonald, are so remarkable that we have obtained permission from the Commissioner to publish them, No better return from artificial introduc- tion has appeared anywhere outside of the natural habi- tat of this salmon. ‘The township of Wilmurt embraces 5,000 or more square miles, almost all wilderness, containing many lakes and streams of cold water, in which several of the Salmonide are native. Dace and other minnows are also present in abundance and serve as food for the game The First Bisby, into which the landlocked salmon was introduced, is known to be 100ft. deep in some places, with a bottom generally of compact sand, Insects and crus- taceans suitable as fish focd abound. The lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is indigenous and rarely exceeds iib. in weight, but a few of 4lbs, to 6lbs. have been taken, In color they differ somewhat from the trout of the Great Lakes and their flesh is always white, but no specific differences have been observed between the two. ‘During the last twelve years the- brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout and frost fish (Coregonus quadri- lateralis) have been introduced into Bisby Lake, and all of them are doing well. The frostfish ‘is excellent for _ food and is a favorite with the lake trout. The brook ‘trout has not made the showing naturally to be expected from the large number (nearly 1,000,000) planted, for the landlocked salmon already makes a greater display in the lakes, proving that it is peculiarly suited to these waters, ' The first plant, as stated above, was made in 1889. In 1890 the result appeared in salmon measuring uniformly 8in. This season they are 11in. long, present everywhere in larger numbers and take cut bait, the fly and trolling- gear with eagerness. They are especially abundant in the evening, breaching a foot above the surface of the water and gleaming like shafts of burnished silver, Other Salmonide retire to deep water on the approach of warm weather, but the landlocked variety play and feed at the surface. General Sherman finds that this fish has the habit of working down stream during the spawning season and, in order to prevent its escape into the second lake, the outlet from First Bisby will be closed by a screen, It may be that one thing more can be done to increase the growth of the salmon in these lakes, the landlocked smelt might be introduced from Maine or New Hamp- shire, where it forms the very best food of salmon and trout. RESTOCKING LAKE ONTARIO. N our issues of Feb. 26 and March 19, 1891, we gave an account of the popular movement for increasing the supply of food fish in Lake Ontario and of the resulting appropriation for a great hatchery in the St. Lawrence basin, to be installed and directed by the Commissioner of Fisheries. Commissioner McDonald has just gone over the region in which itis proposed to locate the hatchery and will decide which of the locations is most suitable for the undertaking. It will doubtless be remembered that the establishment is intended to accommodate 100,000,000 whitefish eggs and 1,000,000 salmon fry during a season, which would give it rank as one of the largest hatcheries in the world. Contemplating operations of so great extent, it is not surprising that the Commissioner intends to protect the Government’s interests by refusing to begin until New York assumes and performs the duty of protecting the spawning grounds of the fishes and regulating the fishery. It is certain that the depleted waters of Lake Ontario can be made to swarm with valuable fishes by the means of artificial culture, provided that these are allowed to reach adult life and reproduce in safety, Now let public sentiment gain the strength to enforce wholesome law and we shall see Ontario coming back to its old place as a productive lake. THE MERRIMAC SALMON,. N@ only the Penobscot, but also the Merrimac has had a greatly increased salmon run this year. The obstruction at Amoskeag Falls has been partially over- come by means of a fishway into which the salmon enter with or without the assistance of agents of the New Hampshire Fish Commission, While the mills are shut down, from Saturday night to Monday morning, there is enough water passing through the fishway to make it ac- cessible to salmon, but when they are in operation the channel becomes inadequate and the fish collect in rock pools, from which they must be helped into the fishway. Below Livermore Falls, near the Plymouth hatchery, Commissioner Hodge nets salmon during the season and places them in a large pool, where they remain until ready to spawn in October, Here the large males become very restless at times and show their quarrelsome dispo- sition, while the females sulk and starve in silence. The eggs are taken and fertilized in October and the fish are then returned to the Pemigewasset. In the spring the fry are deposited at Woodstock, and remain in the brooks until the sea-going instinct leads them into the Merrimac and off into undiscovered tracts of ocean, from whence some persons think they will neyer again return to falter at Amoskeag and fall at Livermore. It is true that the migratory instinct of the salmon in- volves the fish in many dangers from savage enemies and deadly pollutions; but their decimation begins and pro- gresses most rapidly in those innocent-looking little brooks in which the salmon passes its babyhood. Hvery salmon stream observed by us is inhabited by an insig- nificant but destructive little fish, whose special mission is the extermination of salmon and trout. At Plymouth this pest has been detected in the act of climbing up the ‘outflow from the hatchery. The name of; this salmon destroyer is sculpin, miller’s thumb, or blob, and its work in a stream means desolation. If then, adult salmon are wanted in the Merrimac, let the authorities rear the fry apart from natural enemies until their size will insure a safe journey seaward. It will cost-some- thing, but the result will amply justify the outlay. SNAP SHOTS, yet comforting tenet of the angler’s philosophy, that it is notall of fishing to fish, is of ancient origin and worthy of respect because of its age. Here it is in the treatise of Dame Juliana Berners, as written four hundred years ago: For he maye not lese at the moost, but a lyne or an hoke, of whiche he maye hate store plentie of his owne makynge, as this symple treatyse shall teche hym. Soo thenne his losse is not greuous, and other greyffes maye he not haue sauynge, but yf ony tysshe breke away after that he is take on the hoke: or elles that he catche nought; whyche ben not greuous. For yf he faylle of one he maye not faylle of a nother, yf he dooth as this treatyse techyth; but yf there be nought in the water. And yet atte the leest he hath his holsom walk and mery at his dase. aA swete ayre of the swete sauoure of the meede floures: that makyth hym hungry. Hehereth the melodyous armony of fowles. He seeth the yonge swannes: heerons: duckes: cotes and many foules wyth theyr brodes, whyche me semyth better than alle the noyse of hound ys: the blastes of hornys and the scrye of foulis that hunters: fawkeners and fowlers can mak. And yf the angler take fysshe: surely thenne is there no man merie than he isin his spyryte. We have improved on the spelling since the Dame’s “Treatyse” was printed in 1486, and our fishing tackle is finer nowadays, but the sentiment is there; and who shall say that it will not hold good for another four centuries ? It appears from the interesting little story told in our “Chicago and the West” letter this week that that city is not a whit behind New York in the illegal sale of game by restaurants and hotels. In fact, all over this beauti- ful country the same traffic in game out of season is car- ried on, In Chicago they serve July prairie chickens at Kern’s, in New York Delmonico dishes up woodcock in the spring, at Narragansett Pier and Bar Harbor the summer hotels provide immature quail and grouse; in staid New England villages where college girls lunch, as at Barr’s in Northampton, Mass., the June bill of fare includes quail on toast. It always has been so and the — remedy is difficult of discovery. If the Dlinois Associ- ation shall press the case against its whilom President Kern, the moral effect cannot fail of proving salutary; but in Chicago as in New York efforts to suppress this digraceful game traffic are at the best spasmodic and ineffectual, In a New Jersey shore town the other day a man died of hydrophobia, it was said, caused by the bite of a pet cat. Thereupon the people of the town began an unrea- soning war of extermination against all cats, the entire feline tribe being held as accursed because of the one that inflicted the bite. As the New Jersey townspeople with cats, so the human race with snakes; because a few reptiles are venomous and deadly, mankind wages war on the entire ophidian species; and harmless and beauti- ful and graceful and useful creatures are crushed beneath the heel, victims of an antipathy founded on ignorance and misconception. And’now they say that the prestige of lawn tennis ig beginning to fade; that the game has become so scientific that the less expert are losing interest in it, the fad is declining, and tennis will take its place with croquet, archery and Newport fox hunting and the dead political booms of the past. Meanwhile angling is growing in popularity, and the ranks of the fishermen are increasing, There are two recreations—fishing and shooting—which never grow old; they have a sure lease of life; they will last so long as nature herself shall have ‘a charm for man. A-curious instance of the clashing of diverse industries is afforded in the impending ruin of the fisheries of Sag- inaw Bay, Mich., where the famous fish supply is being destroyed by sawmills and salt block refuse. In the win- ter the salt factories deposit their refuse on the ice; inthe process of time this waste has been deposited over the spawning beds. Mrs, Stage’s biggest-on-record tarpon has been mounted and will be exhibited at the World’s Fair, Do the tarpon fishermen propose thus to permit a woman to carry off the honors in sight of the nations of the earth? — 22 Che Sportsman Tourist, THE RANSACKER’S VISION. Editor Forest and Stream: When you know that I pass much tinie in the least fre- quented parts of some of the mountains in northern Cali- fornia, miles from railroad and steamboat, and, indeed, some distance from the nearest representatives of my-race, you will not wonder that I meet with singular and often remarkable adventures. Theparticwlar region I affect is between an old and historic mining town and the Pacific Coast, a locality only accessible by roundabout mountain trails and seldomexplored, The metal gold, so esteemed by mankind, although found at every point of the com- pass from my cabin, has never been found within a rifle shot of my boundaries, so that no adyenturous miners or prospectors have disturbed my domain. In fact, sir, I have passed many days without seeing or hearing any- thing connected with the fabric civilization. I havea sort of isolated realm of my own which is densely popu- lated and contains many thousands of natives; but, with the exception of the feathered tribes, I never meet with any of my subjects that walk upon less than four legs, have constituted myself a sort of Ransacker and esteem it a part of my business to inquire into and inves- tigate certain mountains, forests and cafions, I have theories, sir, and like to investigate some of the causes of effects. In my domain, which is varied and yast enough for any one Ransacker to essay, I think, who will compe- tently investigate thoroughly, there are about a thousand hills, some mountains and severalstreams. The hills and mountains are covered with forests and the streams are kept in continued freshness and health by the melting snows on my highestsummits. There are bears and deer, squirrels, quail, lizards, snakes and other hundreds of ereatures on the lands, while the streams seem to contain only a fair number of rainbow trout, a few waterdogs. frogs and some several minks, otters and coons. J knew of a turtle, about the size of a saucer, but I have not seen him this year and am not sure but the coons may have got him, In a recent ransacking expedition I followed an old Indian trail (abandoned since about 1850) to a remote corner of my domain, and met with a most notable ad- venture. The trail wasout of its old-time repair, steep and rocky, and when! had come to the crossing of one of my streams, what seemed to have been a large slide from one of the mountains had piled it with granite boulders, tree trunks and other obstructions, so that the gorge was impassable to an easy-going, deliberate Ran sacker, I havea habit of sitting upon a log, a rock, or even the ground, when confronted by obstacles’ that J am not afraid of, especially if Iam tired, and of contemplating. T now found this my simplest recourse, and having ob- tained a satisfactory reclining attitude, I proceeded to contemplate the blockade of the trail and my tumultuous surroundings, [observed that the spot was particularly rough, picturesque, remote and natural, There wasa big circular hole in the granite bed of the stream into which the water fell from ashelf, perhaps 10ft., and made a great roar; and splashing over the speckled frauite and mossy boulders as large as my house, sent showers of crystal flashing through the checkered shade to where I was; but away from the immediate descent the elear, cold water widened into a pool, reflecting its surroundings with all exactness imaginable. The place was closely hemmed with sugar-pines, cedars and firs, while so dense a growth of ferns and spicewood intervened that Ithought it much the nature of a jungle. 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At stud—RED RIVER GLENCHO, fine field dog and first prize bench winner. Fea $20. Puppiez—A beautiful litter, strong and healthy from prize stock, whelped April 12, "91. Circulars. R, A. BURR, Middletown, Conn. (le OO SS AtStud.—English greyhounds. Gem of the Season, winner of over 50 1st and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and special; Dexter, corded coat poodle. Pups from the above for sale. GREYBOND AND POODLE Kunnass, Salem, Maas. He is Duke of — Bn the Sind, WYOMING KENNELS, The LARGEST and BEST kennel of ROUGH-COATED SAINT BERNARDS in the world, comprising the following noted STUD DOGS: Champ. SIR BEDIVERE (19451), Acknowledged by the best Judges to be the most typical and perfect St. Bernard living. Winner of 53 first and special prizes, all in the best of company. Prizes inelude The One Hun- dred Guinea Challenge Cup four times, the Hal- sey Trophy twice, and the Deacon Challenge Cu Uwice. TSiIAs6s. noses tees ecusade tease $130.00 Champ. PLINLIMMON, JR. (6864). This grand young dog is a son of the world- renouned Ch. PLINLIMMON, and although only # little over three years old, is the winner of 27 first: and. special prizes, and sire of some vood BVOC KRSM COsccc trois. Sbolibgens seobs . $50.00 LOTHARIO (18271). This grand headed young dog is by the famous Ch. VALENTINE out of that well known bitch SAFFRON. He is the only son of Ch. Valentine at stud in America, and from his breeding, and low stud fee, should he much sought after by St- Bernard breeders. Stud fee........ he ee $25.00 St. Bernard Puppies For Sale. A select. stock most always on hand, sired by the above dogs out of prize-winning bitches, at reasonable prices, WYOMING KENNELS. Melrose, Mass JAS. E. GREEN, Manager. ST. BERNARDS AT STUD. SCOTTISH PRINCE, THE FINEST ST. BERNARD YET PRODUCED. FEE, - ARISTOCRAT, WINNER OF MORE FIRST PRIZHS AND SPECIALS DURING 1890 THAN ANY OTHER, ST, BERNARD, FEE, - §50. DUTCHESS KENNELS, Poughkeepsie, N. Y¥. DAVID E, LOVELAND, Manager. FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. $100. Champion Raby Mixer........ $15 Russly Joker........... $ret or. . 15 Reckoner........-..-6.-+-:240000> 15 Suffolk Risk........-............ 10 Pitcher.......,.-. dee Bras ae eee ha Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous maitrons, HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. AT STUD. FEE $50, KING OF KENT (A.K.C.S.B. 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rap, Zig-Zag, Tapster and Maid of Kent, Pol nter Puppies for sale. JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon, L. I. Mastiffs and Bloodhounds. IN STUD: W. K. Taunton’s Champion Beaufort. His success as a stud dog and his record on the show bench for the last five years prove him the greatest and best dog living. The only kennel of English Bloodhounds in Amer- ica. Choice ones for sale at all times, or imported. pply to Mastiff pups from the Albion and Beaufort aBhGgsy also out of well known and proved breeders champion and great prize winners. Photographs, 25 cts. J. WINCHELL, Fair Haven, Vermont. ee READ THIS! READ THIS MASTIFFS. At Stud.—Ormonde; sire, Ch. Victor Hugo; dam, Ch. Cambrian Princess. Ormonde is a prize winner every time shown, bothin England and America, and his young stock is proving him an exceptional sire. I have always on hand youn stock for disposal at fair prices, I haye no bloo but the most fashionable in my kennels. Write CHAS. E. BUNN, Peoria, Ill. >? eee ee ee WN THE STUD._THE ETHAN ALLIN SET. ter Al, fee $25. Al was bred by the late Mr, Allin and trained on ruffed grouse by his handler. Two puppies by him for sale. Address FE. L. NICHOLS, 54 Taylor street, Springfield, Mass. tf TORESHIRE TOY TERRIER, Y¥% lampion RE torn Harry, described in show reports as “best Yorkshire in America.” 28 and winnings free, photos 50cts. A limited number of his mppies for sale. P.H. COOMBES, 1 Hzchang Bloc ay Bango x, Me. OREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE Rop AaNp GuN. } Tres, $4A YEAR, 10 Org, A Copy. ; Six MONTHS, $2. NEW YORK, AUGUST 18, 1891. { VOL. XXXVII.—No, 4. No, 318 BROADWAY, Nuw York. CORRESPONDENCE, THE FORMST AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications on the subjéct 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. ADVERTISEMENTS, Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 80 cents perline. Special rates for three, six, and twelve menths. Seven words to the line, twelve lines to one Inch. Advertisements should be sentin by Saturday previous to {ssue in which they are to be inserted. Transient advertisements must invariably be accompanied by the money or they will not be inserted. Reading notices $1.00 per line. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. 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THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. | Fisi Hatcnuery for Vermont. Trouti g in West Virginia. | Tam KENNEL. A Woman’s Hxperiences, Masuff Judging at New York. White Wings. Greyhound and Greyhound - Along the North Shore and to I-le A Teas NATURAL Hisrory. Leaves from a Note Book. A Day in Yucatan. Judging. p Pinon P*ssum,”’ A Dog’s Devotion. GAME BAG AND GUN. Dog Chat, Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallery, Rust Prevention. English Revolver News. The Trap. Clear Lake, Iowa Delphi Gun Club. Western Traps. A Trap Shoot in Alaska. Trap at Hollywood. Shoo'ing by Electric Light. YACHTING, New York Y. C. Crnise, 1891. Light Money for Yachts. A Fux: do Foul. New York Siate Association. Towa Duck Shooting Grounds, Still-Hunting with Bird Dogs. Gnicago and the West. SpA AN» RivER FISHING. A Fisherman’s Sone. Fornst AND STREAM Nursery bymes. : The Boys Afishing. Tilinois River Fishing. Striped Bass in a Mill Pond. Cape Cod Notes. Black Bass at Reed’s Bay. Rocky Mountain Grayling. Rainbow Trout of 1he McCloud A Camp on the Licking. - Boston Men in Maine. innesota Rass. CANOEING. : aeMnneta Sunfish. Amend ments to A,.C. A. Rules Anglers of the St Lawrence. A. ©, A. Meet. A Queer Vecision. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Adirondack Number. UR ‘Adirondack Number” of June 18 was a pro- nounced success. As we then said, the material provided was more generous than-we could make room for, and several papers were left over for a second num- ber devoted to the same subject. This will be our issue of Aug, 27; and among the contents will be the follow- ing, the first two having been announced for the former number: The North Woods in the Fifties. A visit to the Adirondacks thirty-three years ago, Teel. Two Weeks at Spruce Lake. The experiences of four young fellows under tutelage of a guide. The Upper Adirondacks in ’56. By ‘‘Byron.” The Wane of the Adirondacks. By Charles Hallock. The Cranberry Lake Country. By D. H. B. Circumnavigating the Adirondacks. By ‘“‘Piseco.” a By instrument, was duly recognized by the female. MONKEY TALK. HE several species of lower animals have commonly been credited with a language of their own; and now Prof. R, L. Garner has not only established in a scientific manner that monkeys talk to one another, but has actually acquired a smattering of the simian tongue, After years of assiduous study of monkeys at the zodlog- ical collections of New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Chicago, Prof. Garner at length hit upon the device of employing the phonograph to record the sounds made by one monkey in communication with another. A pair of monkeys, which had been kept in one cage, were separated and placed in different rooms. A phonograph was placed near the female, and her ‘‘talk” duly recorded on the cylinder. The phonograph was then taken into the room with the male, and made to repeat the sounds which he manifestly recognized as made by his mate. His ‘‘talk” was then recorded, and being reported by the Thus, as Prof, Garner points out in the New Review, where he reports these experiments, “‘for the first time in the his- tory of philology, the simian tongue was reduced to record,” From this first step progress was rapid. Other phono- graphic records were made, and by studying these sounds, repeating them over and over, and finally mas- tering them, Prof. Garner was prepared for addressing a monkey in the monkey’s own language. Taking his place near the cage of a capuchin monkey, the professor uttered the word which he had translated ‘“‘milk.” At the first utterance he caught the monkey’s attention; and the word being repeated again and again, the monkey spoke it in answer and turned to the pan kept in the cage for him to drink from and finally brought the pan close up to the bars, repeating the word. Prof. Garner rewarded him with some milk, and the performance was repeated until the monkey had had his fill of milk and until the experimenter was satisfied that the same word was used every time. that this word, first interpreted ‘“‘milk,” was likewise used for ‘‘water” and really meant ‘‘drink” or “thirst,” By a like course of linguistic tests, the words for “hunger” or “‘to eat” and ‘*weather” or ‘‘storm” were learned, and a fourth word which is a ‘‘menace” or ‘cry of alarm,” ‘The Professor has made the acquaintance of many capuchins, and has found no one of them that does not use the two words for food and drink. From the ex- periments so far conducted it appears to have been deter- mined that the simian tongue has about eight or more sounds, which may be changed by modulation into three or four times that number; they seem to be half-way be- tween a whistle and a pure vocal sound; the sound used most is like ‘‘u,” or ‘‘oo0” in ‘‘shoot;” the next like “‘e” in “be,” The investigator concludes: “Faint traces of consonant sounds can be found in words of low pitch, but they are few and quite feeble. The present state of their speech has been reached by de- velopment from a lower form, Hach race has its own peculiar tongue, slightly shaded into dialects, and the radical or cardinal sounds do not have the same mean- ings in all tongues. The words are monosyllabic, am- biguous, and collective, having no negative terms except resentment. The phonic character of their speech is very much the same as that of children in their early efforts to talk, except as regards the pitch, Their language seems to obey the same laws of change and growth as human speech. When caged together one monkey will learn to understand the language of another kind, but does not try to speak it. His replies are in his own vernacular, They use their lips in talking in very much the same way that men do. I think their speech, com- pared to their physical, mental, and social state, is in about the same relative condition as that of man by the same standard. The more fixed and pronounced the social and gregarious instincts are in any species, the higher the type of its speech. Simians reason from cause to effect, and their reasoning differs from that of man in degree, but wot in kind. To reason, they must think, and if it be true that man cannot think without words, it must be true of monkeys: hence, they must formulate those thoughts into words. Words are the audible, and signs the visible, expression of thought, and any voluntary sound made by the vocal organs with a constant meaning isa word. Thestate of their language seems to corre- spond with their power to think and to express their | thoughts,” Subsequent investigation showed. With the attainments so far made, Prof, Garner is con- fident that he has discovered a clue to the great secret of animal speech, and has pointed out the way to its so- lution. SNAP SHOTS. [‘ IS reported that two bird butchers have been camp- ing on “Bird Island,” a projection of Anastasia Island, opposite St. Augustine, Florida, and system- atically slaughtering the sea birds. Florida has for years been cursed with these millinery plume collectors: and the hopeless feature of it all is that they have carried on their work of extermination within the law, for Florida has seen fit only to forbid the killing of birds of plume by non-residents of the United States. Why a bird butcher who hails from Long Island is a whit more to be toler- ated than another one from Cuba is beyond comprehen- sion. The Long Islander is of the two apt to be the more energetic and to kill more birds. We trust that the newly enacted game law of Florida is an improvement in this respect; and if it provides any punishment for the campers on ‘Bird Island,” the citizens of St, Augustine should see to it that their work is stopped. Bird life on the bay and seashore is one of the attractions of that charming winter resort, and should be protected. Railroads and wagon roads give easy and quick access to old-time fishing waters, where in years gone by it was necessary to pack in over an ill-defined and arduous trail, or perhaps no trail at all. And reaching the journey’s end, one finds comfortable hotel accommodations, where formerly not a board had been sawed nor a shingle split, But with all the improvement and progress there is wanting the solid fun of the old excursions; no railroad car, however luxurious, can quite compensate for the charm of the wilderness tramp; and no hotel, however well conducted, can furnish forth the comfort of the lean-to with the camp fire. This is an age of improve- ment and progress and development, and the charm and delight of one woodland resort after another are being improved and developed into oblivion. The sportsman. tourist naturally resents the building of a summer caravansery on the shore where season after season he has gunned for shore birds, or the building of a steamboat on a wilderness lake he has fondly called his own; but his: resentment is as unavailing as that of the Arran Islanders who lament the multiplication of light-houses and the substitution of iron for wood in shipbuilding because the two agencies diminish the supply of wreckage on which they and their fathers before them have in part . subsisted. , If Dr. Dawson, one of the Commissioners sent out by Great Britain to investigate the Alaskan seal fisheries had actually declared, as he is reported to have declared, to a deputation of Canadian sealers, that “there is no dan- ger of fur-sealing being ended, because the seal is an animal which cannot possibly be exterminated,” the re- mark would have shown the Commissioner to be an ignorant and foolish person. But we prefer to believe that he was not correctly reported by the newspapers, for such an assertion would be simply grotesque from such a source. A man, acow and a gun, in a Connecticut pasture, The man intent on woodchucks, The cow quietly chew- ing her cud. The gun “lying low,” both hammers cocked, in the grass. That was am apparently innocent and harmless combination; but it came near proving the death of the man. The cow, prompted, no doubt, by bovine curiosity, approached the gun. The man took a stick tothe cow. The gun, stepped on by the cow, dis- charged its load into the man’s right leg, which the sur- geons afterward amputated. The death of Truman Harrington, of Camden, N. Y., removes one of the best-known guides and woodsman of the Adirondack region, who died last week, aged 71, He was born at Boonville, on the western borders of the wilderness, and was noted as an enthusiastic and skilful woodsman from early youth. Of late years he had been chief forester for the Bisby Club at their camp on Bisby Lake. Any subscriber may supply a friend with a copy of the current issue of the FOREST AND STREAM by sending us on a postal card the name of that friend. 62 FOREST AND STREAM. [Ave. 18, 1801, Che Sportsman Canrist. TROUTING IN WEST VIRGINIA. N the 22d of June our squad started to test some of the mountain streams which are the source of Cheat: River, in West Virginia, and which are almost unknown to anglers, The members of the party were Bowyer Mc- Donald, Master Ray Williams and the writer, from Wash- ington city, and W.T, Koontzand Hazard Othey, of Ohio. There was, in addition, before starting, the usual per cent, of ardent sportsmen who couldn’t be held back at first and couldn’t be dragged forward at last. What they missed will be told later on, The scene of operations selected was the eastern side of Randolph county in that portion of the State so graphi- cally described by ‘‘Porte Crayon” in his ‘Virginia Ilus- trated,” and by John P. Kennedy in his book, now out of print, entitled ‘‘The Blackwaters.” Our route from Washington was via the B. & O. Rail- way to Cumberland, where the thrifty custom prevails of charging transfer fees on checked-through baggage. We here took the West Virginia Central, one of those rare roads on which a passenger may ask a question of any employe without being made to wish he hadn’t. To one who has never yisited a lumber region the scen- ery on this road is a revelation, Enormous saw and planing niills, acres of sawlogs, and whole fields filled with lumber seem to almost inclose the entire tract, Vil- lages are plentiful as in New England, but there is scarcely a farm under cultivation. In most of the streets. the stumps are still standing, from which the lumber was cut to construct the houses, Up the North Fork of the South Branch of the Poto- mac and across the divide brought us to the wild Black- water region and to the end of our journey by rail, at the new and live lumber town of Davis. The scenery hereabouts, which half a dozen years since must have been grand and picturesque, is now abolutely dismal, Whole mountain sides are covered with the remains of fallen trees, nearly all blackened and charred by frequent fires. To see the rapid and apparently wasteful destruc- tion—aye, devastation—of noble forests here would make Senator Hdmunds’s heart ache. However, we did not come here to moralize, nor to plead for forests, but to catch trout, brook trout, moun- tain brook trout. Not the liver-fed frauds of suburban goose-ponds, but the brook trout in his native brook—the trained athlete accustomed to contest for his subsistence in the clear, cold, dashing mountain stream 3,000ft, above the sea, the unchallenged Apollo of the water—the splendid result of nature’s most successful effort to unite the perfection of symmetry, color, space and vigor. Who that has encountered him does not remember with de- light the gleam, the flash, the swirl, the struggle! Who that has captured one of 1602. has not paused before creel- ing it to feast his eyes on its resplendent beauty! A 12or 14in. brook trout at the end of 8 or 10yds. of proper tackle. with his lightning-like curves and shoots among the rocky rapids of a mountain stream, affords the acme —the ne plus ultra—the extremest ecstacy of piscatorial sport. This we sought and this we got, those of us who remained to the end. But this is anticipating. Trusting our luggage on the journey from Davis to the possibilities of aroad wagon, we footed it over mountains and through valleys until at the end of twenty miles we were brought to a halt by the annoying information that the remainder of the alleged road was so obstructed by fallen timber as to be impassable. This was a serious dis-: appointment, as we were still eight or ten miles from the heart of the trout region, Here, at the mouth of Gandy, we quartered in an old log house, in lieu of pitching our tents, and established our headquarters. At Davis we had increased our number by adding Mr. Anton Degler as guide, and Mr, Jim Giffen as cook. Tony Degler is a paragon of guides—a thorough sports- man, tireless, cheerful, a trained woodsman, and without a mercenary symptom, As for Jim, he can get up such a meal from scant materials as will make an angler’s mouth water. Our blessings rest upon the good-humored heads of Tony and Jim. Before slinging our ereels we ordained and established with all due formality the constitution and by-laws of the Gandy Salmo Fontinalis Club, which said constitution and by-laws were in the following words, to wit: and a daily championship badge for the biggest fish caught each day, and another for the biggest caught on _ the trip were displayed in order to excite emulation, We sallied forth in the evening to test these unvouched for waters, some with bait, some with flies. The angling was fairly good, no more, When all of the party had straggied in we summed up the result, finding sixty-five trout from 7 to.104in. in length, There were symptoms of half-concealed disappointment, not so much on ac- count of the number as of the size of the catch. The dis- appointment was hardly reasonable, as we were still eight or ten miles from where first-rate fishing had been promised. Gandy at this place and for a dozen miles above is a rapid stream, having few deep pools, and is wide enough, for the most part, to permit the free use of the fly, The temperature of the water here is about 70° Fahrenheit: that of the air ranges from 45° in the night to 72° in the afternoon, Fire and blankets were found to be indispen- sable to comfort every night. Neighboring mountaineers told us‘we had come too late in the season for the best results in this locality; first, because the stream was now too low, and second, because it was already well fished out, Nevertheless we easily caught in a few hours each day an ample supply for our table, on which other meat was not abundant. Although 10, 11 and 12-inch fish were caught in considerable num- bers, “too many small ones” was a general complaint. Some of us seemed to forget that brook trout are not sturgeon. The novices of the party expressed surprise at some | features of our experience; they were not prepared to find that four-fifths of our fish were caught in leas than 20in. of water; they did not expect to see the fly, as a rule, more effective than the bait. The night-fishing was a novelty, as open pools which scarcely afforded a rise dur- ing the day rewarded nearly every cast as late as 10 o'clock at night. Wedid not test itlater. One feature rather upset some pretty well-settled notions of the vet- erans, This was that the whiteand bright-colored flies “Don’t { perilous passage, but Kick!” A club badge was pinned to each hopeful bosom ; through a second time, } were not the most effective at night. Out of every score caught by me after dark (no moon) more than a dozen were taken on gray and brown flies, The first excursion beyond easy reach of camp was made by Mr, Koontz and a Mr. Cunningham, the latter a visiting brother from Ohio, who was doing the region, so far as it could be so done, on horseback. They ascended Gandy about six miles, fished several hours, and returned in the evening with 97 fine trout. One of these, 12in, in length, entitled Koontz to the championship badge for the day. This experience greatly elated him, and raised the spirits of the whole party. Next day Messrs. McDonald and Degler scaled the Allegheny divide, slid and rolled down the eastern slope into wild, rugged and dashing Seneca—or, in the vernacu- lar of the natives, “‘Sineker,” The story of their experi- ences among the deep cafions, narrow ledges, yawning chasms, deep pools and roaring cascades was fairly hair- raising. They fished in the afternoon, slept, or tried to sleep, under the gloomy hemlocks, where rattlers, cata- mounts and other beasts of prey abound, ate broiled trout and biscuits, fished next morning and returned to camp with 176 trout of our standard size. May be some fellow thinks he can tell McDonald what “roughing it” means! At the end of the first week three of our party seceded, Whether the frowning mountains, the lonely situation, or the apprehensions of an Indian uprising moved them we have yet to learn; but they departed, leaving the over- buoyant McDonald and myself, with the guide, cook and boy-of-all-work, to complete the outing as contemplated. Mornings and evenings we would sally forth with our rods for an hour or two to replenish our larder. We lived comfortably and contentedly, spreading a luxurious table supplied with milk, butter, eggs, and all the vegetables of the season. No discontent was murmured, none was felt. We caught our fish, ate our meals, smoked our pipes and played cribbage, envying no mortal man his happiness. Frequent visits from neighboring mountaineers, who regaled us with hunting stories in their own picturesque style, added variety to our tranquil life. Here, during these halcyon days, as well as on a roughand tough cam- paign, ‘‘Bow” McDonald proved himself to be the beau ideal outing companion, IT must not omit honorable mention of a genuine Vir- ginia ‘‘Majah,” who had strayed into these fastnesses, and paid our camp frequent and protracted visits, He had seen better days, doubtless much better, had been edu- cated at the University, and was evidently upon terms of intimacy with every well-known soldier and statesman of the present and past generations, and in every character- istic of the identical type from which ‘“‘Colonel Cyarter of Oyartersville” was drawn. He was a delightful story teller, and we compensated him for his entertainment by trying hard to believe his stories. Dear old Majah Nor- man, we love thee; though we could not unanimously approve of thy seventeen-foot fishing pole, There we lived in nature’s luxury for nearly three weeks, when, a few days before our date for breaking camp we started, McDonald, Degler and I, for the grand tour of Upper Gandy and Laurel. It was a long, hard tramp of thirty-six miles, with first a rude semblance of a road, then a path, then a trail, then the rocky and slip- pery bed of a stream, then the virgin wilderness until the round was nearly completed. This region of country is owned in large tracts by non- residents. Hundreds of acres of trees on the mountain sides are girdled, and as the trees die, bluegrass, timothy and clover spring up, affording rich pasture for herds of fine cattle. These cattle are cared for by herders, living miles apart, who, with their families, comprise the entire population, With few cultivated fields, no roads, no churches, no school houses (the parents acting as teachers and preachers), with little hope of greatly bettering their condition, these hardy people live upright and contented lives, However meagre the supply of provisions, they hospitably welcome all strangers, refusing compensation except from those apparently well able to afford it. To traverse this interesting country we left camp at six in the morning, and wending our way up Dry Fork to its source, crossed over the divide and down to Gandy at the famous Big Tunnel. This tunnel is neither more nor less than a large cavern extending with windings and turn- ings for a mile under a great mountain, and through which cavern flows the rivulet of Gandy. Our guide, Degler, has conducted a number of parties through this was never asked to take any person We reached Gandy by fighting our way through laurels, briers and swamp below the tunnel, and found it to be at this place a dark, rapid stream, 20 to 30ft, wide and about 10in. deep on the shoals. Quickly joint- ing rods, lines, leaders and flies, we plunged into water cold enough to make our feet and shins ache, My first short cast hooked a 10in. trout, which, like all the others caught here, fought with remarkable vigor. In lessthan an hour, having covered about forty rods of water, Mc- Donald had two dozen and I a dozen and a half, averag- ing more than 9in. Here, for the first and only time, the ““throwbacks” were not numerous enough to be a nuis- ance, not half a dozen being: hooked. Judged by what we saw of it I regard Upper Gandy as the best trouting waters we visited. Barring two not very formidable objections, to wit, the uncomfortable coldness of the water, and in places, the proximity of the branches, it is an ideal trout stream; not too deep to be easily waded, just wide enough to be covered with a medium cast, and with trout to be proud of in every square rod. To this hour I regret that we did not give an entire day to Upper Gandy, Following our prearranged plan, we crossed the moun- tain to the waters of Laurel, near Green Knob, the high- est peak in all that region. In the evening we fished a mile or so of Elk Run, catching some dozens of small fish, which, with our Gandy catch, more than supplied supper and breakfast for the dozen persons who that night slept under the hospitable roof of herder Philip Harbaugh. Next morning, following a hunter's trail for two and a half miles, we reached mahogany-colored Laurel, the local fame of which had instigated this expedition, It well deserved its reputation. We found it fairly alive with trout, big and little, especially little. Here, if any- where, we were to fill our creels for our friends at home, and we made a new classification of sizes: ‘‘Washington- ians,”’ Sin, or over; ‘‘campers’ (for immediate use), be- tween | 7 and $in.: all smaller ones ranking as “‘throw- backs.” This classification, it was found, left the “Washing- tonians” in the minority, and we soon had all the “‘camp- ers” we could use; we therefore reduced the classes to ‘two, making “‘throwbacks” of the ‘‘campers.” The reader is advised to credit any story he may hear about the mul- titude of trout at this place. The most accomplished fish liar or circulation editor could not earn board wages in trying to exaggerate the number, We heard from good authority that a few days before our arrival a herder youth (our packer here) with one companion caught 900 in a day and a half, After testing the stream we not only believed the story but believed that we could haye duplicated this marvelovs catch if numbérs had been our chief object, But we wanted ‘‘Washingtonians” and, heeding the rule that the larger fish are usually among the first caught at a given place, we hurried along, leay- ing myriads of greedy ‘‘throwbacks” and, doubtless, hun- dreds of big fellows for future anglers, After a mile or two of this royal sport we encountered a streak of adverse fortune. The catch suddenly fell off three-fourths and we were puzzled; but the mystery was cleared up when we arrived at Beverly trail and found a camp just deserted by a party of fishers, who had evi- dently undertaken to exterminate the entire troutspecies We spent the night at this caump, which was merely a bark roof with the lower end resting on a large log, first, however, dressing our fish. Next morning we hastened over the remaining two miles of fished-out waters and again found the glorious sport of the previous morning, By 10 o’clock we had all the fish we were willing to carry and called a halt, As fifty-six hours elapsed between the time when we caught the first of these fish and the time we reached ice, it may be interesting to learn how we preserved them, Under the supervision of Guide Degler we dressed every one with {the most ecrupulous care, exactly as for the table—removing the entrails, gills and every trace of blood, washing perfectly clean, and sprinkling the inside of each with a pinch of salt, After thoroughly cleansing our refrigerator basket and creels we placed in the bottom of each a layer of elder leaves, upon this a layer of trout, and so alternating until the basket was nearty full, then elder leaves to the lid. These fish were out of the water from 380 to 56 hours without ice and 20 hours with ice, yet the cook, sundry experts, and all others who inspected them pronounced every fish to'be in perfect condition. True, we had the dry and comparatively cool air of the mountains until we reached ice; but we feel assured that the method employed had much to do with their excel- lent state of preservation. Returning to the subject of our pilgrimage. After dining we put up our rods, sadly reflecting that this was the last time for this long-to-be-remembered expedition. Shouldering our luggage, we trudged for ten miles over a colossal mountain at a point facetiously called the ‘Big Low Place,” through pathless woods to Dry Fork, and down that hide-and-seek stream to camp, The tramp was toilsome, but uneventful, The inspiring “ching, ching,” “‘boom, boom,” imitations of the drum and cym- bals by Degler, and McDonald’s cheering trombone response ‘‘tarra-a-ah-r-r-rum,” lightened our lagging legs, Next morning we broke camp, and, accompanied by our little caravan, walked twenty miles to Davis, Next day evening we reached home, each haying from 10 to 15lbs. of fish fit to grace a banquet of the gods,and proud of our achievements, pedestrian and piscatorial, as mem-: bers of the Gandy Salmo Fontinalis Club. JERE WILLIAMS, ALONG THE NORTH SHORE AND TO ISLE ROYAL.—II. [Concluded from page 423.] Moet G found the storm raging as hard as ever. A . fair beautiful morning it was if only the breeze and the waves were quiet, After breakfast we started to walk to Grand Portage, which we knew could not be more than four or five miles away. The walk was quite enjoyable, but tiresome as we followed the shore line, The scene was most beautifulas we came out on the point that looks into Grand Portage Bay. Nearly in front of us was Grand Portage Island, while away up at the head of the bay lay the village of Grand Portage, sur- rounded by bigh rocky hills scantily covered with small trees, bushes and verdure, Scattered about between the hills andthe bay were the whitewash: d log houses of the village. The contrasting waters of the bay, the green hills, and the whiteness of the houses, dominated by the chapel, made a scene surpassingly beautiful, more like an old world scene than the newest of the bustling new, Ii was a tedious walk around the bay, and as we neared the village rain begun to fall. At the first house the Indian woman and boy refused to talk English, At the next we were cordially welcomed in good English. Ib was the house of an old ex-government school teacher, a French- man from lower Canada—now the postmaster at Grand Portage—whose strong son Joseph said that he would re- turn withus and bring down our dunnage for two dollars. The old ex-school teacher was much interested in us as soon as he learned that we had been on and were ac- uainted with White Earth Reservation, By recent treaty the Grand Portage Indians, between two and three hun- dred in number, may be moved to White Harth, and there is much dissatisfaction among them at the prospect of leaving the lake and hills and going to the prairies and pine woods. I was glad that we could give a good report of the land, The return to Camp Castaway was a rough one, The wind blew harder, the rain fell, the swells ran so high that Joseph feared that if we were once landed we would not be able to get off again, We made a stern landing, running in ona big comber as we did the day hefore. Considerable water got inte the boat, however. Dinner was prepared and eaten, our dunnage packed and placed in the boat, the Acme folded up, roller put under the big, boat, and watching our chance we shoved her in on a big wave and away we went, Stephens waving a good- bye to our camp as we rounded the point, We were landed on Grand Portage Island, as the steamer does not run up the bay to the village, Joseph told us there was fine trout fishing at the falls in Pigeon River, and also that there was a lake back from Grand Portage that was full of trout. We also learned that our long looked for Reservation River was the stream where we had caught the three big trout, Well, we have one satisfaction now—we know where Reservation River is, the distance down from Chicago Bay and the distance ~ — _ _ FOREST AND STREAM. 63 up from Grand Portage. We also know that between Duluth and Grand Portage there is no better trout stream. : ; The only house on Grand Portage Island is one inhab- ited by three fishermen, The boss is called Peter, the other two Martin and John, They fish for the Booth Packing Co., getting for lake trout 3}cts. per lb, fresh, 24 salt, and dots. for whitefish. We were made very wel- - come here, both by men and dogs, of which latter eight came down on the pier and sat in a row to see us land, Joseph, Peter, Martin and John all united in saying that Isle Royal was the place to go for trout, and that Wash- ington and Grace harbors were the particular places where trout abound, After supper we went to bed assured that between midnight and morning the steamer would be infor us. We alsolearned that Tunnelled Rock by our last camp was afamous trout place, and so were the ledges all about there. Peter said: ‘On warm, still summer days the tunnel is full of them. Some day Pm going to put a net across one end, and go to the other end with a jong pole and drive them out into the net and get a boat load at once.” May that day be long deferred was and is our earnest wish. We went to bed early assured that we would be called in time. A light was also set cut to call the steamer in, Lawoke at broad daylight, found Stephens awake and no steamer, She had passed in the night not heeding the signal, and we were left. No Isle Royal for us, as we must be home by Saturday night, How bitter our disappomtment only those who have been in similar positions can tell. The fishermen sympa- thized with us, Peter placed a boat at our disposal and told us we had better go to the Pigeon River Falls, as they were well worth seeing. He, however, contradicted Joseph by saying there were no trout in Pigeon River, and another fisherman named Paul, who came over from the mainland, said there were nv trent there. What should we do? Go to the falls or zo up to Tunneled Rock and try for trout there? We decided to go for the rock and the trout; so started out, rowed about a mile when we saw a steamer headed toward the bay as we thought. ‘Tis the Dixon behind time,” was our cry. We hur- riedly returned, packed our dunnage into the boat, and were ready to board the boat. But, alas! no boat came, no whistle sounded. “Twas a big ‘Canada boat,” as they call them on the North Shore, and she steamed majesti- eally by about five miles out. Buck to shore we went, and decided to ask Peter when he came in from his nets, which he and the rest had gone right after breakfast, if he would not take us over to Isle Royal. The hooks and nets are set out from three to six miles from shore, The hooks are baited with herring, are attached to a heavy line, and are usually down about three fathoms in the ‘pega . Some of the lines of hooks are a mile or more in ength, When Peter returned, and was asked if he would go, he promptly refused, as ‘‘the wind was dead ahead;” but he added, ‘‘It may change after dinner and if it does Tll go.” About3 P.M., after various flurries, the wind did change and we were soon off, Peter taking John along. We went in Peter’s Mackinac sailboat. The wind soon died away and recourse was had to the oars. Presently a _epurt of wind came, followed in a little while by a calm, and thus it continued the entire trip. Night drew on. The outlying rocks called Rock of Ages was finally passed. Away to the northwest gleamed a beacon light on some point in Thunder Bay. Nearer came the wooded shores of Isle Royal. The darkness grew more dark. We passed an island and rounded into a bay. It was not Washington Harbor, An exceedingly animated discus- sion now took place between Peter and his mate. Finally the conclusion was reached that we were in Grace Har- bor, but a few minutes more would put us in Washington Harbor and at the fishing station. We soon rounded another point, the barking of dogs rent the air. A few minutes later we lay to alongside arude wharf, on which we unloaded our duonage: then went to a fishing shanty near by and aroused the inmate, a young man named Walter, who, very scantily clad, bid us welcome and pro- ceeded to prepare a lunch of bread and butter and tea. Stephens and I spread our blankets on the floor and were soon sound asleep, from which we did not awake until Peter and the others arose and began to prepare for the return to Grand Portage. There was.a brisk breeze and they had a fine sail home, as we learned afterward, We procured a boat and went up Washington Harbor about a mile and pitched our tent on a high point between Washington and Grace harbors. Only a fewsteps either way and we were in which harbor we chose. After breakfast we got our tackle ready and started for a stream which came in at the top of Grace Harbor, and which was reported to be full of trout, We found the stream without trouble, Just as we commenced to cast if commenced to rain. The trout were hot there, but the rain was in good earnest, and the wind began to sough and sigh among the trees in a way that boded no good for us. I went up the stream a ways and returned wet through. I found Stephens sitting on a box under a tree looking gloomy enough, ‘‘I was never so discouraged in my life,” he said. The rain came down harder and we started for camp feeling pretty blue. Had we taken this long trip only to be beaten at last; for we knew if the rain continued long there would be no trout fishing for us, Arrived at camp, we proceeded _ to make everything snug and comfortable. After dinner the rain stopped for a time, and we proceeded to undo the Acme preparatory to a trip to the head of Washing- ton Harbor to try a river which came in there. But the rain commenced so hard that we had to- leave the boat half set up and seek the shelter of the tent, where we re- mained until nearly night, solacing ourselves with the latest Scribner, Howell’s ‘Hazzard of New Fortunes,” Nessmuk’s ‘* Woodcraft” and the Book of Books. The life of the Master of the Waters never seems s0 grand to me as when read by the water’s side amid the enveloping woods. Just before supper time the rain ceased long enough for us to set up the boat. Stephens took it and went to the fishing station to find out about the weather, he said, and get pointers about Jocation of fish. I had supper nearly ready when I heard his cheery and welcome hail from the water. After supper the rain recommenced | for intentions. \ the rain ceased, “Let's go across the harbor and see what we can find,” said Stephens. ‘All right.” So off we went, and were scarcely a dozen rods from shore when it commenced to snow. Could it be possible? June 3and a northeast snow storm upon us? Hven so. We reached the opposite shore, but only staid a few min- utes, a8 the snow came down thicker and faster. We hurried back to fix camp fora snow storm, We turned the tent around, made all secure, built a great fire, and prepared to endure as best we might what was before us. How the snow did come down until afternoon. We read our books, and the time passed quite swiftly. There was a little let up in the storm inthe afternoon and we went up to the fishing station. The men were all busy preparing hooks and mending nets or making new ones. We yisited two of the houses, one with a sign over the door saying ‘City Hall.” This was kept by two young men, who made us very welcome. From there we went to Capt. Johns’s house, where we found Mrs, Johns and four children, the only woman on that end of the island; had been on the island twelve years, After a pleasant visit here we returned to camp—Stormy Camp we had named it now. The clouds had still further lightened, so after supper we went across to Grace Harbor to the stream again, but allin vain. There was a brief spell of sunshine at sunset and our hopes were high for the morrow. We went to bed early and awoke to find the sun shining, grass and leaves frozen stiff and everything white with frost and ice half an inch thick in the wash basin. Nothing daunted we started up Washington Harbor for the river at the top. The harbor is five miles long and so narrow that it looks more like ariver thana bay. At the head of the harbor is the dock and settlement of the Wendigo Copper Mining Company. At the dock was their steamer, the W. B. Taylor and the little steam yacht Louise, of Hancock, We went up the riverabout a mile, but could get.no rise to our temptations of various kinds. Saw many suckersintheriver, At length we gave up in dispair, and returning to the harbor, left the boat and went back a mile to one of the prospecting holes of the Mining Company. A broad road has been made at great expense and labor from the harbor to the mine. so-called. We went into the tunnel which they are drifting in the side of the hill, saw the drillers at work, examined the indications, Stephens fired off a blast—then we returned to the harbor, ate our dinner and rowed over to the dock. Saw some men fishing from the dock. “After trout?” coVes,” “Do you find them?” : ‘Not now, but before the storm caught lots of them here, We landed and made a few casts, and Stephens caught a fine 12 inch trout; but that was all. We started for camp, and on the way down the harbor Stephens caught a fine lake trout on the troll. We prepared a grand dinner, read and chatted a while, then to bed and tosleep. *Twould be our last night on the island, Stormy our experience and slight our suc- eess. Yet we had putin the time pleasantly. We put in the next forenoon in trolling around and exploring. In the afternoon we packed up, bid farewell to ‘Stormy Camp,” and went over to the fishing station to wait for the steamer. A large quantity of fish was ready to be shipped. It had been a busy day with the fishermen. On account of the storm they had not been able to visit hooks or nets for three days; so their labor had been ex- cessive the first fair day. We took a runinto Grace Har- bor while waiting and I hooked a large laker, but lost m, Soon the whistle of the steamer was heard and we were aboard. The captain ordered a lunch for us. While we were eating the boat steamed out of Washington Harbor and we were on our way to Duluth. At Grand Portage an Indian brought some trout on board for the captain, which he had caught in the lake, of which mention has been made before. We did not sleep as well on the boat as in the tent, there were too many stoppages, each heralded by three long blasts of the whistle. At Baptism River, where there is a club house and club of 45 members, two fisher- men came aboard, members of the club, They had been up all the week but had caught nothing, the storm hav- ing stopped the fishing all along the shore. We came to the conclusion that we were not the only ones whom the storm had knocked out. We reached Duluth a little ahead of time but were soon on the train, rolling west- ward and planning how we can arrange it to take the trip over again in July or August. MYRON COOLEY. DeEtrorr Crry, Minn. dlaingal History. LEAVES FROM A NOTE-BOOK. OW do I “kill time?” What do I find to do in this lonely region, where there are no books and where the mail arrives monthly, if not at less frequent inter- val:? These and similar questions are put to me with surprising regularity by every one whom I chance to meet, by the sheepherder who cannot understand why a fellow can gather weeds and take care of them as though they were gold dollars, why I should prefer to write while the rest of the boys are sleeping or playing “‘freeze-out” for tobacco and knives; and to the more aristocratic dwellers of the settlement, who reside in log huts instead of under canyas, who live on bacon instead of on mut- fon, venison, grouse and trout, whose world is bounded by four narrow walls instead by the fathomless blue, I am an unsolved enigma, Now I can tind plenty to do, and the thought of ‘killing time” is as far from me as the thought of committing suicide. So here go some of the leaves from my note-book., July i8,—Up at dawn to catch the sunrise from the peak just above camp. I take my botanical press, for I believe I have found a new orchid, must also gather pur- ple clematis and some of that giant larkspur. So much At the “bed ground” I am arrested by and we went to bed and to sleep with it beating on the ‘the sight of eight freshly killed sheep and lambs. An tent, How comfortable and snug we were. Tf we could examination of the surroundings shows the trail of an only find the sun shining when we awoke, In themorn- old she bear with two cubs, To-night I will watch for ing it was still raining, and the outlook was dismal them. enough, Here we had come four hundred miles, and the i Observation 1,—Bears, where they have a choice, donot preepect seemed good for us to atay in our tent, Soon‘ kill wethers—only ewes and lambs, The lambs they de- ~/ your, but of the ewes they touch only the udder, evidently being partial to the lacteal fluid in its natural receptacle. I climb higher and enter a dense pine grove. There is a whitr before me and a female dusky grouse (.D. ob- sewrus, typical form I believe) with her half-groom brood ane at my feet. The young soon disappear in the under- rush, Observation 2,—The dusky grouse, when endeavoring to protect her young, does not resort to the strategy of the ruffed grouse, but flies boldly before the intruder, alighting on branches over his head, even following him to attract his attention and courting his shot until the brood is far away. Well, I gather my flowers and come back to breakfast. Along strolls Jack from a neighboring camp and wants me to go fishing. He has gathered a supply of grasshop- pers and laccompany him, Going down the meadow I find the nest of a warbler (Species unknown) in the grass. Observation 3.—Do birds have a prejudice against pines and aspens as nesting places? Here are nests upon nests of species that I know to be arboreal elsewhere, and all are built upon the ground. In fact I have never found so Many nests containing eggs in any one season before, What is that buzzing? Ah! a fight? ‘Two horse flies are attacking a cicada, and they whirr around just on a level with my eyes, Observation 4,—Insects vary in their methods of at- tack. The cicada carries on the warfare with its wings, endeavoring to beat its opponents to death. The horse flies rush in and try to bite. The vulnerable part of the cicada is at the junction of thorax and abdomen. Two minutes were sutticient to end the fracas, and the cicada, much larger and apparently stronger than the combined opposition, lay dead on the ground, while the flies are gorging themselves upon their prey. At length we reach the creek. I have in a tin can some live specimens of the diminutive fish called here bull- heads. Now,in Mammoth, only 12 miles below, bull- heads abound and they are the best bait imaginable. But they are not found in this creek, and though every one of ave trout had come up from Mammoth, I did not geta ite. Observation 5,—Trout in this creek darker and -with fewer spots than I have before noticed, They, contrary to the custom of other trout in this vicinity, do not lie in the riffles or hide beneath overhanging banks, but are found only at the bottoms of the deepest pools beneath the most dense shade, Trout know the food natural to the waters in which they are, and will refuse any other nourishment no matter how tempting. However, I was not discouraged, but tried to allure the shy brown backs with a brown-hackle. This, too, was ineffectual: Ifinally secured a dozen beauties with a silver-dector, which, according tothe time of day and the state of the water, was not according to Hoyle, Pole or Cavendish, . From a rocky point just before us arose a female mal- lard. We went to the spot and found a nest containing seven eggs. It was nothing but a bed of feathers plucked from the duck’s breast and placed upon bare, grassless, shrubless stone. Jock broke one of the eggs, and I saw that it was at least two weeks old. Such a place for a nest was most singular. The water below was a roaring torrent, where a duck could not swim, so it was absolutely impossible that there the ducklings should learn to enjoy their natural element, Observation 6.—At ‘the period of incubation ducks make their nests whenever the desire to deposit. the first ege comes upon them, If they have neglected to pro- vide a suitable retreat, if is too late to mend matters, Since then I have passed and repassed the spot and have seen the eggs handled frequently, but for all that Madame Duck does not desert her rocky home. . Jock suggests that I go to his camp, three miles dis- tant, for dinner. On the way we cross an immense marshy flat, and in the middle of this is a beautiful spring, some 8yds, in diameter. The water is fairly blue, icy cold, and no bottom can be seen at the center, but about the edge, where the water is from 1 to 10ft. deep, are massive rocks that are fantastically draped with aquatic mosses and alga so that it seems like looking down into fairyland. The waters of this spring run for a quarter of a mile and then sink to reappear a mile away, bursting into the creek from crevices in the vol- canic rock, The swamp is a great breeding place for teal, and three or four ducks with their young broods are swimming in the miniature lake. As we burst upon the scene one duck flies off, but the rest stay to conceal their young. Howdo they do it? Bring them in to shallow water, where they can rest upon the bottom and stick their bills up through the moss. Then the old ones swim out into deep water and resort to the same tactics. We drive the ducklings from their place of concealment and they swim out to their parents with half of their bodies exposed, Though the moss is just as inviting they will not hide where they cannot feel bottom and their mothers bring them back to shore. Observation 7.—Young ducks can dive, but have not the power of remaining beneath water for any length of time until they can make a strong flight. The power of remaining beneath the water is acquired by practice and. is not innate, We proceed with our walk and on a rocky mesa, more than a mile from water, I find several large quaking aspens gnawed off from 8 to 10ft, above the ground. The work is the exact counterpart of that done by beaver, but the trees are from 9 to 14in, in diameter. Too large and too far from water for beaver. The limbs have been gnawed away and all of the bark has been eaten off. Among the wreckage lie the skeletons of five horses. Observation 8.—When compelled by dire necessity, herbivorous animals may become first-class rodents. I have since learned that winter before last five horses were snowed in in this grove, where the snow falls i0ft; deep and lasts from October until May. When their owners came up in the spring they found the snow for a limited circle about the grove packed for 2ft, as hard as ice and the trees in the condition they are at present. After getting all the nourishment possible from their forced diet, the poor equines had starved to death. Now, these are notes from my book for zodlogy. I have another devoted to botony and a third to Ute-ology, if I may coin the word, and between the three I manage to keep busy. Whether my observations, or rather my surmises are correct or false I cannot tell without com- ating motes, If I am SEPDE I want to be corrected, nformation is what I am after, and there are many G4 readers of FOREST AND STREAM that can verify or dis- prove this guess work of mine. SHOSHONE, MACKAGUND PrATHAD, Utah, July 27. A DAY IN YUCATAN. W E were up and ready to resume our journey at sunrise, Our abode for the previous night had been an old, much-ventilated thatched shanty, the property of a Maya Indian family. Upon our inquiring as to the possibilities of obtaining a breakfast we learned that a few tortillas and a little milk might be had. After much trouble and considerable swearing in Spanish at last we were given each a bowl of the worst milk I think I ever tasted. It was bitter and very disagreeable to the taste. The tortillas were quite good, being fresh made and warm. Upon inquiring of the man of the house as to what was the cost of our entertainment, he immediately answered ‘‘Cinco pesos” (five dollars). We demurred at this, but were finally compelled to pay it. About 7:30 we commenced our march, 8. and myself going ahead to look for birds. The road upon which we were traveling was cut through a dense forest, and pre- sented a most grand and beautiful scene as we glanced before and behind us. The early morning sun was just peeping through the foliage, gay plumaged birds were making the air resound with their notes, and the pure, fresh air gave us travelers a feeling of freedom and enjoyment which must be experienced to be appreci- ated, The first trophy to fail by my hand was a beautiful yellow breasted flycatcher, which I took on the wing as he was diligently chasing a huge dragon fly, A short time atter I shot another, and 1 knocked a third from the top of a high tree. These flycatchers appear to be the most abundant bird in Yucatan, and there are said to be no less than twenty species found here. Shortly after shooting the flyecatchers we were startled by a series of sharp, shrill notes which were totally un- known to us, and soon over the tops of the trees came a fi ck of bright-plumaged parrots, which alighted in the branches of a large tree not faraway. With quickened pulses we carefully approached the spot, and fired into the fl ck, which witha mighty chattering took wing and flew to a tall tree in the midst of the jungle and beyond our reach, We found under the tree four fine specimens, which were immediately transferred to our game bag. These were the first parrots seen by us and they produced an intense feeling of excitement, Abcut noon we arrived at a convenient lunching place and p oceeded to do justice to our provisions. This spot was upon the edge of one of those remarkable cenotes, so common throughout Yucatan. This one was of a round shap: and about 80ft. below the leyel of the ground. It wis -urrounded by reeds and rushes, and it was dotted here and there by patches of water lilies, We discovered several herons, rails and ducks upon the water, but failed to obtain any. This cenofe is called in the Maya language Shkolack, and is double; that is, there is one upon either side of the roadway. The waters were in- habited by several species of fresh-water shells of the genera Ampullaria, Planorbis and Plupa, and by a water snake, the character of which I was not able to deter- mine. After eating our dinner, taking a few photographs and skinning our birds, we resumed our journey toward Sit- elpech, a small village, the objective point for the day. On the way we passed several large fields of heniquen, from which the famous Sisal hemp is made, The heni- quen industry constitutes the chief wealth of the Yuca- ticans, and immense quantities of the hemp are annually shipped from the country. The plant is an agave and by some botanists is said to be identical with the pulque plant, or maguey (Agave americana), The leaves of the plant are first cut off close to the ground. They are then passed through a tearing machine, which reduces the leaf to its fibre. It is then hung up upon poles in the sun to dry and after- ward is pressed into bales by machinery, Shortly after dark we arrived at our destination, and after partaking of a hearty supper of tortillas, fribolas and chocolate we retired to rest in a carpenter shop. F, C, BAKER, “PLAYING POSSUM.” Editor Forest and Stream: The supposition of a recent correspondent relative to the opossum coiling solely from fright when attacked, is, | think, erroneous. I believe this remarkable little animal occupies a position very close to the fox for cun- ning and sagacity, and that its actions are due at least to instinct, and perhaps to reason. I have known this animal to submit to the most terrific -blows of a club, without, apparently, moving a muscle; but on placing a fire brand in close proximity to his flesh he would scamper off as rapidly as his motive power could carry him. In fact, with regard to the brain power of our lower animals, I venture the prophesy that before many years have passed our scientists will have conceded that those actions that are now attributed to mere coincidence or instinct in our animal kingdom, are, in reality, the out- growth of a systematic course of reasoning or original thought. T have seen the fox adopt tactics to outwit the hunter, that for instantaneous originality and shrewdness, would outwit ninety-nine out of one hundred men, The raccoon, in these respects, is almost, if not indeed, quite on a par with reynard, and I hope in the near future to place before the readers of FOREST AND STREAM a few facts gleaned from personal observation of animals in their native home that will prove my assertion, PiTTsBURGH, Pa. C. A. R. Wuits MUSKRATS.—In your edition of July 23 °*A. G. H.” comments upon the rarity of white muskrats. 11 30 39 Disabled. Gracie ... ......5 ... 11 83 386 Disabled. Volunteer’s measurement makes the time between her and Troquois about 203., and Iroquois has called for 4 re-measurement. THIRD RUN, NEW YORK TO VINEYARD HAVEN, AUG. 8. It is always a question how long a fleet like this will hold fo- gether; a large number of yachts can be collected at New London or Newport for any spscial event, but itis a matter almost beyond the power of the officers and regatta committes to prevent the sudden breaking up of the squadron from some trifling cause or no cause at all. It sometimes happens that in spite of good races on the runs and in port, and other attractions, a few yachts leave the fleet, others see them and follow. and the critise dies quietly - before the date set for the disbanding. The best test of whsther +he cruise is a Success, and has taken with yacht owners, is the number of boats which follow the flagship to the eastward of Newport after the Geolet cups are won, and this year the result was very Satisfactory. ; ‘As the table shows there was a large racing fleet, 30 yachts start- for the racing run, while a good-sized cruising contingent kept companyeyith it. Volunteer, with a busy gang of sailmakers on her deck, lay in Newport Harbor until the morning was well gone, being measured while she waited, and sailing alone far astern of the fiest. Her official measurement makes fhe waterline §8.62ft., sail area 10,362sq. ft., corrected length 95.21ft, Constellation started with her class, but Gloriana remained at her moorings in Brenton’s Cove. Gracie was left in port alongside of Volunteer, her crew at work replacing the broken spreaders. Gossoon came in on Friday night from City Island, where her shrouds had been replaced, and started on with the fleet. Huron and Thetis, old- time opponents, made a private match of $250 per side for the race. The start was made at 10:30 A. M, off Brenton’s Reef Lightship, the finish being off West Chop, Vineyard Haven, 37 miles distant, The wind was very light from N.N,H. with the sea smooth, the day being as perfect as could be asked for. The preparatory gun for the smaller yachts was fired at 10;25, the starting gun at 10:35, This time Sayonara was on the alert and cuttthe line eyen with rgertes The start was timed: Sayonara...-.+.-. .-..--- 10 Gossoon ..,...-...,-......10 37 32 OWEENG.. oe 2t- bet cee eee 10 35 85 Ventura.........-.. -....10 38 20 IpWesh ey feet dh in ao 10°35 45 Olara:.-...2..2.. 05. 5.10 89 0a Mineola.; -10 86°01 Milicete .......-...-..2.4. 10 89 14 Nautilus... ..10 36 48 Quickstep.......... handicapped Cinderella. .-.... SLOG 1G! SVAB ORIEN, teers eshandicapned hee ps Ser Pere fect Hee 10 50 43 Palmer,...- .. ve. 10 4 53 Marguerite,....... - =....10 51 14 Thetis.... -., 10 55 36 WortUWna:..:2.2.4.--.:- ...10 61 22 Phantom 10 G6 41 Datintless ....:.-..--..---10 52 15 Merlin, .,........ . --.,--- 10-57 02 Mayflower..:.. .ssee.25s 10 62 17 Hildesarde......., ..-...10 57 33 Constellation.,.....-.,...10 52 53 Huron... .......4 .....10 5815 Troquois.....: reseeesserer lO 6805 Wayward,........-.....,.10 58 33 Crusader.....-.. tersyeneeell 68°83 Mischiet.,......., shandicapved The majority of the yachts strung out along the Rhode island — 'ghore, getting a light breeza for a time, but long betore the Sow Tae Avg, 18, 1891,] FOREST AND STREAM. 17 ane Pigs arAs reached. aan Beal had zonped and all ite and an: Geese tt ok Oe BREE = 4 ia person Wrleataton Fe aoe, it an a LIGHT MONEY FOR YACHTS. erest had gone out o ® Tace. or a long time e yachts | Quickstep..............., OlUnVeer, L225. 5.22... t f we : © 4 : drifted along, Mineola, Nautilus, Gossoon and Oweene, with the | Merlin,................... 11 46 25 Haldegarde............... ll 51 59 ae ie taase a heed me ages yaene ana anne bs schooner Quickstep, heing in the lead, prsstae Sow and Pigs |} Palmer ................. wll 48.82 Beatrix... ..,...<4.......11 56 32| Foon laid un at Moab Garin rea Gain ae Blot 2S Geuhe ae Lightship between 1:20 and 2 o'clock. The wind now came in| Gracie.............. aren 11 6029 Iroquois..........-. . 11.58 21 0, ED pS OR UA er OW Det Dee male LO. Ase Heid account of a libel by the United States Governmenp for the collection of light money, Com. Hill declined to pay and made a test case, his counsel being Mr.J. Landon Ward, Miranda was unable to take part - in the cruise of the New York Y. C., and it was not until the evening preceding the Goelet cup race that the news of a favorable decision by Judge Benedict reached Com. Hill at Newport. The following is light from the south, increasing slowly until the whole fleet was Gossoon had no competitor, so went into the 46ft, class. Milicete going at @ fair paee through Vineyard Sound. The head tide | haa joined the fleet after withdrawing on Saturday with the loss canght the laggards and they made a late finish. The race | of her bobstay, making a hurried repair job at New Bedford. amounted to nothing as atestof speed. Mineola was handled | Mayflower went to the eastward from ineyard Haven, and yery well in the light airs and came in leader. Clara again | many other yachts left the fleet tojoin again at Newport on heat Cinderella, though by only a few seconds, The official times Wednesday. ; sais . : = the principal part of the decision, which, itis to be hoped, will prevent. were: The wind was very light from the west, all crossing on port rer : =a Ted ? FIRS? CLASS—SCHOONDERS. , tack, the fleet making for the north side of Vineyard Sound, only ca atau aaued On Det pany of aes the Galisétor or. hee Pork Start. Finish. Hlapsea.> Corrected. | Hildegarde and Quickstep holding the Vineyard Haven or south of New York his bill of sale of As Er Minnaitlae tOpatHAS TITRE aVGeENEL Datmtless.....9.... ...10 52 15 5 42 09 6 49 44 Notmeas. | shore. The strong ebb tide drove the knowing ones close izshore, | 4 sas Hiditiaen of the hited States, The Collector i ae aed the bill Constellation.......... 10 62 53 5 40 55 § 4802 Notmeas. | where shart tacks were the order of the seek Near Nobska light | oF caja in his office and endorsed thereon a certificate saaee hishawds Palmer... -..s0« ...-10 54 58 6 28 20 7 33 27 " 3B 27 Oweene was ahead, with Sayonara, Cinderella, Gossoon, Milicete, and official seal, stating thatthe bill of alo hela Haan oH 2B Fortuna,......... e+e. FL 22 60638 715 16 i110 | Clara, Nautilus, Merlin, Volunteer and Iroquois in order, __ Hn is TEE ONR, HEAL ER Pataniie velidwand eteotirs cub line on a that ~ THIRD CLASS—SCHOONERS, Just after noon, while stealing ber way close inshore, Mineola | @ eorgeé H. B, Hill is-a citizen of the United States.” Whee Wi US ese e - lD 57 02 8 07 38 T 10 31. 71081 | picked up the rocky bottom off Wood's Holl. Two steam launches The Miranda is enrolled among the yachts of the Royal Thames ¥. Mayflower..........- LO BP 17 5 47 33 6 55 16 6 53 03 | from the shore and the Electra’s launch went to her aid, the Ditund the-tla antes te hen ie feat ehh. B Barton aie RRie iS aAIOTIY ee eee Le 10 55 41. 6 17 80 ¢ #1 49 Wot meas, | former heeling and heading her offshore, but being unable to Revised Statutes of the United Statos “ aahtatalen iheton restiarl ; FOURTH OLASS—SOHOONERS. moveher off, Mr. Pred Swift went on with the Electra to New | eee eee eee ace AIP TOrSien HB HCRE GN OBEN eee niEnes Marguerite.....-...-..10 51 14 4 49 03 5 57 49 5 -5Y 49 Bedford where he secured a tug, and the yacht was hauled off at ele as Me ‘te vais oF ries United States sAalibave. the: wiv 2 G@rone.........-....,.10 50 48 6 04 03 7 13 20 711 0L | midnight, the damage being supposed to be but slight. Me Nea aieed As leaean oo mort: of the United States Retna 8 rcieiaiseteacace vera sae 10 63 05 6 16 40 7 23 35 7 22 55 The next exciting incident was furnished by Oweene, who took a aie mae athe & ve Oiias OF Gatti tonheee vs ate TIE Crusader.....--.......10 53. 88 6 29 52 7 36 19 7 86 15 | the ground half an hour later some three miles beyond Mineola. The Mirada. MEieneare York trom Vinovari Haven Ma: A FIFTH OL ASS—SCHOONERS. She, however, was ona sandy bottom and the steam yacht Wild | , j0¢.Micnnos a anchored off Bay Ridee. in the naroc. it ein Sane, wickstep...........:. 10 40 00 4 50 37 6 10 37 61039 | Duck by skilful management backed in, ran off a hawser and aeten? Buthe Callakor “f the ahs of Now Yo aaa arin poe Bae ALOT ON pie oi tad eee 19 40 00 6 18 37 Y 33 BY 72939 | hauled herclear. Sayonara laid by her fora time and then con- PREP Ron rete fat the Ai eck Sha baine eordied Fin AGH aS H S813 ha 846 4 sacar | About 1 Poat: th ad t d thel bt brought to collect it. play ie ea TCO. Ste rcise peers 5 5 i 7 7 out , M. the wind came in stronger an he larger yachts vee ; Soe . Mhetis.:..,.....2+.:02.10 55-36 5 06 02 7 10 26 not ms, | began to move. The 46ft. class and the Quickstep went in through eA ORT a cere ene SCR ene eee ee "W sro FOURTH OLASS—SLOOPS. Quick’s Hole, while the others ran outside by Hen and Chickens, d cy maieted Heht ere shall be levied a d collected a IL ves als Mischief,... .......... 11 00 v0 6°26 48 7 26 48 not ms. | finishing off Clark’s Point, where the fleet was timed: RanoF the Uni ie 4 States hich "aR ohike as torts pvea ibe United 4 £ ¢ + an) 7 . Hildesarde., : ree i 38 6 30 or 7 By M 738 BL mesianes eae Finish. Elapsed, Corrected. Rae We ane an Anon e RENE Ee Aa ee STG ore \ — I oF Or g sed oc +226— s sos = Clara, 10.39 (tena? eine 7 36 0A 7 82417 Bouse had an » en a rm w i a i My if 5 MH oH ceding section shail not be deemed to operate upon unregistered ves- Ginderella......... ... 10 17 16 6 05 52 7 92 36 EC gl ga eet es THIRD CLASS—SCHOONERS ‘* sels owned by citizens of the United States and carrying a sea letter ped oe eS SIXTH CLASS—SLOOPS. 7 Volunteer... ........ lL 0 58 409 16 4 18 23 418 23 | oF other regular document issued from a Custom House of the United Mineola ............... 10.2601 482 556M 5 GAL | Merlin... 114623 8935840 40817 407 38 eg ea eey Sa EMRE Vom wr ata eeeee onal a tae ehauntininte Ne pls aes ao ss ve a a i a ey sa ath, amoaueia ee Ee ih eae at son spa ct ey 29 4 39 22 being a vessel not of the United States, having been builtin Evgland, SOOT ake 40 35 35 5 29 08 6 46 33 6 46 33 snag Sia Ra }IFTH Ch ASS—8CHOONERS ; reales is liable to pay light money by virtue of section 4,225, because she has : ee" SEvENTH CLASS—SLOOPS Quickstep 13300 348 43 415 43 4 15 43 come to anchor within the port of New York, and is not exempted Goss0on 40 2732 ~~ 4 03-72 “6 26 50 6 24 41 Tres bet tees t THIRD OLASS—SLOOPS from liability to pay light money by section 4,226, because, although PTainersgeeeg oe te We 110 83 45 6 2% 1 7 i 36 7 41 26 Grade 11 50 28 4.25 03 4 84 35 4 34 35 she is an unregistered vessel owned by a citizen of the United States, este pres Ree "0 38-5 tiie ee Meare he | Se eth Tats are ea ae ; ae , . the Collector's certificate which she carries isnot such a document as sna Sanday ibe itiaven ia atone lik ther. the | Hildegard “ILS BB BASS 8.56.28 3.5.28 | I Teamired by that section ne Sunday in Vineyar aven if much like another, e ildepard,...... .... pl i rAt) 3 56 ¢ Bf 2 2 se Lycee eta rp eerie : : yachtsmen flock to Conse: City to talk, flirt and ride bieyeles, | Mischief.....-......1151 57 42925 = 4 87 28 4.87 2B | he pr DASE R Ae OL ETORES ee aie STN ae Naas aud the day is one of lazy bustle, nothing in particular being done. FIFTH CLASS—SLOOPa, Eine ge, fad HOSEL 5) This year the Oak Bluffs Club was as hospitable as ever, throwing | Cinderella............. 112925 4. 15 05 AAD AOS ar died). (EUS nee as a Tae ee Ge ee a eeu ee open its doors to the visitors. In the morning a meeting of cap- | Olara.................. 11 30 46 4 37 46 5 06 64 506 54 | ° The cemetery Abate tec Pear che cata Meigs tee the Miran Rane tains was held on the flagship, at which it was decided to hold a SIPTH CLASS—SLOOPs. ‘i e bie, eiehe © pa Ms e claimant 1s thay the Miranda is race for all classes on Monday, for cups given by the club, sailing | Sayonara......... ,-+.-11 30 38 4 08 02 4 32 29 432 29 ates rants 1g ney TPH ety: Cueto hodsa-andae tee on Tursdayfor New Bedford. The yachts dressed ship during | Nantilus...... ........ 11 29 08 A 24 11 4 55 03 4 54 15 CG ES anit oie ig Enea ROMO oe aes the day, to the entertainment and edification of the Vineyarders. | Milicete............... 11 29 48 4 38 29 5 08 46 5 0% 48 ibe Se PT REaAMRE, Tene maneye wiaranitien Hie) apd dnespinieae VINEYARD HAVEN RACH, AUG. 10. seh ORNS | PT a sd ve te ae fiche west Me ee the claimant is a member of the Royal Thames Y. ©., the Miranda Vineyard Sound is a fine place for racing, while the high ground | Oweene.............. 11 28 38 Did not finish. went ashore. may enter ay Dore the ae States without payment of light gives every chance to the spectators, and with a good 8.W. wind | Beatrix.............. 11 66 382 4 28.25 4 32 08 432.03 | movey, by virtue of section 4,216. 1 hird—Because she does not belong to the class of vessels upon which the proyision for light money was intended to operate. Fourth—Because the certificate issued from the Custom House on Sept. 15, 1886, is a regular document proving her to be American the racing was most satisfactory to all hands, ashore and afloat. Beatrix was timed with the fleet. Cinderella beat Clara, and The special feature was the presence of the Burgess centerboard | Hildegarde made a very fine showing. Beatrix, owned by Messrs. Bryantand Prince. She sailed with the fleet for a sweepstake prize of $50 each put up by the 46-foot- | race will he sailed to-day, after which the equadron will be dis- ers, not being eligible to sail for the club prize. The prizes were | banded. cups cnsting $200 for each of the three schooner classes, $150 for The sweepstakes of the Corinthian Y. C, of Marblehead will be the 70 and Gift. classes of singlestickers, and $100 for the two | sailed off Newport on Monday, Aug. 17, followed by one or more smaller classes. The conrse was from off the Sea View House | of the Cherry Diamond Y. OC. races on Tuesday. The match be- around a mark off Robinson’s Holl, 82 miles, the forties turning | tween Mineola and Jessica will probably be sailed at Newport, Nobska Buoy. The start was made at 10:40, Clara crossing frst, | and in the following week, beginning Aug. 24, the mid-summer with Cinderella, Beatrix and Mineola close to her, Oweene being | matches of the Corinthian Y. C. will call all the 46ft. class to money. - This decision is placed upon the Jast two propositions in behalf of the claimants as above stated, namely, that (he document carried by the Miranda is such a document as is contemplated by section 4,226, and inasmuch asthe facts stated in that document haye not been dis- puted, but on the contrary it has been proved here that the Miranda i Yr : is American property, she is not liable to pay light money and is Gta os , Dee 10 40 ay ev eriEaa mt prea solll oe itn hues ee ae shown to be septs Lene virtue a Seaton fers em ee i Re aL Sepipeansvrac ops | SEPA one sandal r cannot assent to the position taken by the Governmen at the neces eae Se, Eke 10 0 3 Serer Peel aaener 0 ie is HULL Y. C. CHAMPIONSHIP RACES.—The first cup races of exemption declared hy section 4,226 is confined to vessels regularly Mineola.......- Re LE Me 10 40.38 Cnone.................... 10 45 49 | the Hull Y. C. for classes 3, 4,5 and 6 were sailed on Aug.1 in a documented—that is, vessels registered or enrolled or licensed. The Omcenes 1 hen) 10 42 08 Quickstep ....2.////77//.710 47 50 | freshening 8.W. wind, the times being: statute reads otherwise. It declares in terms that section 4,225 shall SAYODATA. 0s eee ca sate 10 42 42 Merlin. 2... .....02 22. »...10 47 54 4 Length. Elapsed. Corrected. | not operate upon a yessel owned by a citizen of the United States, Berlouin ,-.........,.--.-.10 43 42 Mayflower........... "10 48 13 THIRD CLASS—CHNTERBOARDS. which although without a register or enrolment or license or sea TUN, Sue cat eee ee 10 44 00 Dauntless............... 10 48 35 | Moondyne, W. H. Shaw.............. 24.08 a 00 05 12739 | Jetter does have some regular document issued from a Custom House Mischief... 1/2700 10.0! 10 4417 Troquois.:.....0/0000077, w10 49 18 | ROSY: Ba G. Hunt... 2... sees az08 2 07 52-1. 28 04 | of the United States, proving the vessel to be American property, Hildegarde...0.01.).0207 10 45 00 Palimer.............- 220-5000 | Buster W. W. Meith.....-..-.., < 23-02 20415 1:30 04 | Sich a document. in my opinion, the Miranda has, Gossoonk eo 10 45 00 Erin, J. Cavanagh .....-..0..... 52, 26.05 2 03 O% 1 382 27 The certificate of the Collector of the Port of New York, issued under Hildtguarde, Gossoon, Véntura and Palmer were handicapped. Three Brothers.....+.. BS ptltca ae pas 2 1.04 2 07 48 1 33 03 his hand and official seal, and by hina indorsed upon the claimant’s _ Ventura parted her halliards before the start and Messrs, Adame | Montezuma, G. E, Curry............ 22-07 Did not finish. bill of sale and recorded with the bill of sale in the Collector's office, held Gossoon until her opponent made repairs. ¢ THIRD OCLASS— KEELS. 9 ' | is an official document issued from a Custom House of the United Volunteer was with the fleet, but did not start. Beatrix led the | £¢h. Burrill and Isham........ .... Bros = «OL 4G 129 11 | States. tis a recular document. not only because it was issued in fieet to the Nobska Buoy, all being on the wind, the times being: Swordfish, Hall and Johnson ....... 24.07 2 02 08 1 2 36 pursuance of a regulation of the Treasury Department in force at the tb aN PRS 118000 Fortuna..... 0 ....2.2.. Il 38 37 SE ee CES Ree a AEN Oy time, but also because statute 4,226 contemplates, and therefore Cinderelia. 2.022022. 11 8100 Merlin...) 2/270270000" 11 39:05 | Jalen, B.D. Duna... -s.s.222.3.. o pe Ye 55 19 | authorizes, the issue from a Custom House to registered vessels esi tae Ben, en 118300 Quickstep... 1070777. 11 40.05 | Bureka, E. B. Rogers.........-..... 20 OT a Mt = 1 OL 12 | Owned by @ citizen of the United States. Tie object of the document iMinedha eta ae i 83.20 Loquois........ 22.0.1. “ll 40 37 : DE ilyey of ae nape re ee eer ish 57 59 | 18 to put it in the power of the ship owner at all times and everywhere Oweene....soceceelee 11 38.40 Palmer........0.0 007 11 42 07 | Beeria, Fo Ware......2. 2. .sss.-+-... LET ee 00 37 52 | to claim the exemption from light money which is declared in section Hildegard...0.0..0!) v.11] 8405 Mayflower... co inTLae AO, OBE Was Phy ers spe eet Oy oa | 4,226, and when the document contemplated by the statute is issued Sayonara ...... ..-+--. 11 3412 Dauntless..0. 00700, ded y 15 | recs ie GONE eae ot oe ~—«E OL 10. | froma Custom House of the United States it is regular whether Bedouin ............... wll 34 45 Mischief... |. pay eae 11 44 00 | Magpie, H. G. Otis ..:..... -. 10... 19-00 12528 10120 | prescribed or forbidden by the Secretary of the Treasury. Marguerite..............,1] 36 30 Gossoon...........0 70 11 55 35 ; NE MONEYS Sas Sh Hah . By the certificate carried by the Miranda itis made to appear that’. CEMONE 452. fle. ieee es tet 11 3653 Ventura..... 12 00 15 | Composite, J. MeIntyre..-..........- 16.04 13058 10£13 | the bill of sale under which George H. B. Hill claims title to the REE GU nee ere peer U1 a7 45 Vandal, E,W. & H. W.F yee ates ete 1 29 04 10745 | Miranda Hes been snbaited sae Colectanos Phen of n on pone ; Oweene was close by Hildegarde, and after passi h Ss j. and has been found by him to be in form and substance valid. Suc went on starboard tack off shore, the rest continue Sean tack. Pes ee nanan aie ececiec coda ous tee) 2 88. | a document in my opinion fulfils the requirements of the section. Marguerite and Glnone led the schooner fleet over the first leg, the | (rie oh ee Gp ebeie cence da 5S 1509 1 38 18 1 01 36 former taking the lead near the hbnoy, Quickstep being close to Sa li « ae ay a a them. Beatrix soon had a long lead on the fieet, Mineola and - fp Q ; Sayonara, close together, being far astern of her. The yachts Bheniits, abe Pelee aoa a Be Gn wiel, aut se Seared "Worked down the Naushon shore, the wind drawing more to the | S0uther. B. L. See e Cue RANE Pp was he north, until jibtopsails were taken in. (Hnone had dropped back | © Es : F F and was with Mayflower and Iroquois, but Quickstep was pushing | On Aug. 8 the second race was sailed, the times being: BEVERLY Y. C.—The 174th race of the Beverly Y. C. first championship was sailed Aug.1 in a light southwesterly air, The small number of starters showed again how completely the - racing spirit bas Jeft the owners of small boats round Marblehead. It seems to be confined to the 46ft. class and a few men scattered the leader, Marguerite, Gossoon had no competi:or but Ventura, THIRD CLASS—CENTERBOARDS. through the other classes. There was a good breeze during the and the race in this class possessed little interest. The outer | Length. lapsed. Corrected. | morning, but it grew very light before the start. Hornet ran mark was timed: Torment, J. F. Brown..............-. 23.08 2 40 3 2 10 25 away from the others as she always does in suchanair. Kraken 21s UH Snr ont pepe rae 11426 Hildegarde................ 1 41 00 | Posy, KR. G. Hunt... 20.2... eee. 22.07 2 52 16 22057 | split tacks as ber only chance and lost by it. The boats started Mineola.... -.....- ee ote OO. EBETMOHLE sulle. oo beeen ..1 43 00 | Moondyne, W. H. Shaw ....... .,... 24.08 3 10 54 2 41 43 before the wind, Wanda blanketing Kiowa and passing her at May OUe alae ws. Aw Pe 128 45 Mareuerite........... .....1 46 00 | Three Brothers, O. A. Galvin........ 21.04 Did not finish, buoy 7, Kiowa getting ahead again at Curtis Point. Kraken was Oweene.....4..... 65.5 veel 24 55, Quickstep).......2.2 22. 1... 1 48 00 | Ustane, 8S. N. Small................., 20,11 Did not finish. right with them, and it was nip and tuck between the three. On Cinderella..........,.... .1 86 00 Iroquois... ............,. wl 49 00 THIRD CLASS—KEELS. the reach to Bowditch Kraken dropped Kiowa 15s. and the latter Clana Peay. eas IEE RALUDE Tehwingert ads oh bea ete Lee el. 1 50 00 | Swordfish, H. L. Johnson............ 24,07 2 56 80 2.27 14 left Wanda 20s. To windward Kiowa dropped Wanda and passed . The run home was made with spinakers to starboard, with more | Echo, Hurwell & Isham..........._.. 24.06 815 24 2 46 02 Kraken. Hawk and Marchioness had walkovers. Judge, F. wind than was needed for the big kites, but all came home safely. FOURTH CLASS—JIB AND MAINSAIL. Elliott Cabot, The official times were: Idler sthhy pe ones ieee. by vee ee 20.06 1 58 54 1 36 18 FIRSD CLASS. iw CLASS A—FTRST, SECOND AND THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. True Blue, H. T, Hutchins........... 17.10 2 21 05 1 55 59 Length. Hlapsed. Corrected. Start. Finish. Elapsed, Corrected. FIFTH CLASS—CENTERBOARDS. Hawk, Gordon Dexter.... .:..... ... 38.06 2 08 ‘33 2 OF 39 Danntless............. 10 48 35 Did not finish. Atala, HE. FP. Linton. ................ 19.16 2 48 68 22h 42 THIRD CLASS—CATS. Palettes pa es 10 50 00 3.19 43 4 29 43 4°29 48 | Egeriay WS Ware..... 2iccaccse teense 19.11 2 51 06 B27 59 Kiowa, W. Lloyd Jeffries............ 22.07 1 40 82 1 29 44 Fortuna...... ceeeete. 10 45 48 3 23 45 437 57 4°35 04 BIPTH CLASS KERLS. f Wanda, R. C. Robbins ... -....-....22.09 1 42 56 182 17 WT EMLITUES CS Sa Bey 10 47 54 3 18 34 4 25 40 4 22 15 Composite, J, McIntyre....,.. ......16.04 Did not finish. THIRD CLASS—SLOOPS. Mayflower............ 10 48 138 313 14 4 25 O1 4 20 06 SIXTH CLASS—CENTERBOARDS. Hornet, H, P. Benson........ ......, 26.03 133 10 1 25)31 CLASS B—FOURTH AND FIFTH CLASS SCHOONERS. Rocket, Hi M, Waxoni..5.0.0..5...20. 16.02 2 24 14 159 17 Kraken, Percy Chase..........-....... 26.03 - 1 42 23 1 84 54 Marguerite..... ......10 45 49 3 OL 27 415 88 41538 | Cricket, H. B, Lambert............... 16.08 Did not finish. FOURTH CLASS. ry OTOP a toh ee ety, we 10 49 18 3 05 34 4 16 10 415 49 Mab gohn) Shay iia eee va ow 15.00 Did not finish. Marchioness, ©, EK. Hodges........... pecler 1 50 5a we techies (none .,.............. 10 45 49 83 21 54 4°56 05 4 Bd 31 The result up to date is to give the championships to Swordfish, Winners of first prize and leg for pennant: Class 1, Hawk; Quickstep........ 0... 10 47 50 3 08 18 4 20 23 412 52 Idler and Rocket in the third class keels, fourth and sixth classes | class 3, cats, Kiowa; class 3, sloops, Hornet; class 4, Marchioness. CLASS C—KEEL SOHOONHRS, ALL CLASSES. respectively. Pansy and Torment, have each won a leg inthe} wfNTHROP Y. C.—The regatta of the Winthrop ¥. 0. on Aug, Dauntless. -...+.. \.+, 10 48 85 Did not finish. third class centerboards, Egeria aud Atala each a leg in the fifth | g was sailed in a moderate N,W. wind, the times being: Palmer. ......... «,...10 50 00 3 19 43 £29 43 429 48 | class centerboards, and Composite a leg in the fifth class keels. FIRSL CLASS. WOTton ay es ecees 2. 10 45 48 323 45 4 37 57 435 04 Length, Start. Elapsed. Corrected (Enone.,...:.;. .-....10 45 49 3 21 54 4 36 05 4 26 40 CORINTHIAN Y. ©, OF MARBLEHEAD, AUG. 8.—The 52d Pilerim. E,W. Dixon .... ... 28.10 25500 13910 106 45 OL48S E—TAIRD GLASS SLOOPS AND CUTIERS, regatta of the Corinthian Y.C.of Marbleaead was sailed on Sat-| Og] J. §. Cushing...;.-...... 25.02 25500 15255 1 2413 Bedouin...,.2.........10 43 42 30010 § 4 17 28 417 28 | urday ina licht easterly breeze, the times being: : SECOND GUASS. Houron........ OP ee a onronene Te aee ae) = ALaB be BESET CEES HOR USEER, Auk, A. A. Martin,........... 18.05 30000 123450 1 04 10 CLASS F—FOURTH AND FIFTH OLASS SLOOPS AND GUTTERS, andicaps. ark, RK. EH. Traiser,........... 20.03 38.00 00 £7 G _ Hildegarde ........... 10 45 00 258 49 413 49 413 49 Min. lapsed, Corrrected ates Be Boor var elt00! | Not taka ae Mischief.............. 10 44 17 Did not finish. é; Veto, Floyd & Pone............... serach 819 40 #1940 | frminie, A, W. Torry......... 19.08 Not taken. Cinderella ........... 10 40 20 2 56 5s 416 38 41014 retchep, W. N, Merriam............., 15 8 45 30 3 30 30 4 THIRD CLASS. 5 SGTAtH Oi issaeesu ts 68 10 40 15 3 06 28 4 26 08 4 26 08 Triad, Jones & Taggard................. 20 3B 53.00 3 33 00 Magpie, H. W. Hyde... ...... 19.00 3 00-00 1 38 34 1 08 37 OLASS G—SIETH CLASS SLOOPS, Kelpie, Wm. Bassett, Jr...........-.-. 15 35200 . 33700 | Marion’ Chesterton & Dever- Sayonara. .............10 42 42 2 46 26 4 03 43 4 04 44 Marjorie, H. H. Wiggin........ ....... 15 Did not finish. @AUX,......., Ris ae 19.03 30000 147 15 117 35 Mineola........ .. .. 10 40 38 2 45 19 4 Od 41 4 01 41 FIRST CLASS. Harriet, L.T, Harrington ....20.08 30000 14639 118 34 Osveencrnnn ann: eee 10 42°08 247 48 4 05 35 405 35 Length, Mattie G., W. A. Garrett..... 18.05 80000 WNottaken, Beatrix................10 40 28 2 85 11 3 54 48 35448 | Hawk, Gordon Dexter, Jr.... ....... 86.05, 2 13 05 2 12-42 | POURTH CLASS CLASS H—SEVENTH CLASS SLOOPS. Saladin, W. P. Fowle...... Ba exes ges 37,00 2 18 380 21330 | Cadet, GC. L. Smith... ....... 16.09 80500 11862 0158 GOSs8O0D 2. aists Eon 10 45 00 3 44 14 459 14 4 59 14 Mildred, W. H. Wilkinson........... 36,09 2 1450 214 41 Modoc, D. W. Belcher.... ....18.08 30500 11650 058 53 ° Ventura........:...... 10 45 00 Did not finish, Mignon, H, Babson...........,.,,,...85 08 219 40 218 48° | Scud. TS: Meston ....000,007 17.02 30500 11709 0 5% 38 | RUN VINEYARD HAVEN TO NEW EEDFORD, AUG, 11, fone Ta. Posen... PEO DOU 9 44 98 , Mischief, B. 8. Belcher. ... 7.16.08 30500 11855 0 56 57 ; 4 . Eaheta be Reeve Ey pce 2 doe ee a The judges were Mr. Harry Hutchinson, Mr. Willard M. Bacon This year old Long Island Sound has redeeméd itself by provid- | Susie, W. W. Keith....... _... . 28,06 8 3 20 P and Vice-Com. A. H. Gook. Harriet protested Marion on meas- Ing a good breeze as Jong as the fleet stayed within its limits, THIRD OLASS. tirement, and Marrion protested Harriet. : while the open water to the eastward hae wiven two days of drift- | Hornet, H. P. Benson.... ........... 25.0 2 20 00 DOUGLASTON Y. G—Th f the Douglaston ¥. CO: for the. ing to one of good sailing. The run of Saturday to Vineyard | _ Pa ds FOURTH GLASS. Agia ited Veet ue fae ile on X.U, 5 Le Hayen was very unsatisfactory, and that of Tuesday to New Bed- | Madge, W. H. Thayer. . ........,,..22.02 2 18 80 215 34 i D an a cup wert edo eae ea a ent SW Sa. ai ou ford was no better, All the morning there was a flat calm, and | Memento, J. H. Smith........ ER 26.01 21900 — 219 00 Nie “ieee with ii starters, the wind being light 8.W. Sadie, B, the sfart was delayed. The start was timed: Wanda, R..O, Robbins........... pet 248)!) 2.81 35 2 29 08 » YY allace, NyOES Diweene Mooi cea. ns0 bas RIORB BO) (Minlicate.! iy ..<..... veel] 2945] The cruising Glass sailed under a Bpecaat handicap. Mildred SOUTH BOSTON MOSQUITO Y, C., AUG. 8 —The race on Sat- Mipieolaic. Silence 11 2561 Sayonara.......-...-..-..11 30 81! protests Saladin for fouling a buoy. The judges were Daniel Ap- | urday for the championship pennant was wou by Bessie, over a Wantilas.:.::...........,,11 2910 © . 5 five-mile course. ; VALE. esuays técceersesrsstl 80 48 pleton and Wm, G, Mansfield. "7 . property within the meaning of section 4,226 and exempt from light _ # A TUXEDO FOUL. | he question which was discussed in the abstract last fall, the Trace which was the origin of it being of no importance, has been revived in very practical shape by the collision between Vol- unteer aud Gracie in the Goelet cup race last week. The condi- tions were similar to the Tuxedo case, save that the weather boat, with the larger sail plan of the two, was the overtaking vessel for some time. At this date we have not heard the decision of the regatta committee nor seen the evidence, of which no doubt plenty was submitted, but apart from the question of posi- tion, which will probably be the basis of the d+cision, there is also a question of the interpretation of theruls. . On the part of Volunteer, Gen. Paine is reported as saying that when Gracie hailed for room, Volunteer luffed as far as she could and that then Gracie struck her. The rule, No. XXIV., Section 14, of the New York Y. C., reads: “If overlap exisis be- tween two vachts when both of them, without tacking, are about to pass a mark on the required side,then the outside yacht must give the inside yacht room to pass the mark ” As we undersiand the statement of Gen. Paine, the rights of the vacht hailing for room were admitted. and an effort was made by Volunteer to oncede them, but only toa certain point, She luffed as high as possible, but did not tack. The question arises whether in doing this she fully complied with the rule, and though there may be some difference of opin- jon, we believe that she did not. However unfair it may seem in some Case to require a boat to tack while her companion goes by on the same course, the wording of the rule seems clear and definite. Granted that the inward and leeward yacht has an assured overlap, and, while civse hauled, can still jam by the mark without touching it or filling away on the other tack, she is entitled to room regardless of the effect on her opponent, If the leeward yacht isin this position, it is the duty of the other not merely to luff as high as possible, but gét out of the way, even though she may be obliged to tack to do s0. How far this princi- ple applies in the present case can only be determined from the evidence submitted by the committee. aided perhaps by a num- ber of photographs of the foul which were taken, but we call the attention of racing men toa yery important point in the rule— that under given conditions the outer yacht must get out of the way, at whatever cost to herself. RIVERSIDE Y.C. ANNUAL REGATTA, AUG, 8.—The River- side Y.C., of Riverside, Conn,, held its annual pennant regatta on Saturday, the race being very flUuky, owing tothe wind. The full times were: SLOOPS AND CUTTERS—45FT. CLASS. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. Wayward,....-2.....5 12 50 00 Did not finish. AlCedOs.ce.s cece. 00.2 50 00 Not timed. 40rPT. CLASS. WOCOT eta eh oe 12 50 00 Not timed. 35FTD. CLASS. Oran, Ws. eesnseeee 12 50 00 Not timed. USHGI Ay eraan ee sania 12 50 60. Not timed. YAWLS—25FT. CLASS. WD Gti ee dey nape Shee as 12 51) 00 2 34 15 2 44 15 2 44 15 IN SALT ea eg aoe 12 40 00 3 35 387 2 45 37 2 41 58 ETE. ee ity eee ere Lie 12 50 U0 3 32 11 2 42 11 2 84 59 JIB AND MAINSAIL. PTOHOS. fe. 605 isl mle eelal 12 50 00 3 10 10 2 20 10 2 20 10 The regasta committee were Frank B. Jones, Wm. Huffington THE OCEAN DORY RACH.—One of the two foolhardy navi- gators, Captain Lawlor of the Sea Serpant, reached the English coast on Aug. 5, landing at Coverack, a small town near the Liz- ard. He was well, but very much exhausted ty the long trip. The other dory, Mermaid, Capt. Andrews, was last spoken on July 27 in Jat. 45 W., long. 55 W. LYNN Y. C., AUG. 8.—The fourth race for the Expert cup was sailed on Saturday in Lynn harbor, with five starters, in a strong northwest wind. Tempest won very easily. | and Ohas. EH. Wilson. HOBB’S HOLE REGATTA, AUG. 8.—On Saturday a race was sailed at Hobb’s Hole, near Plymouth, Cape Cod, open to yachts from Plymouth, Kingston and Duxbury, the times being: FIRST CLASS—CENTERBOARD SPRI1S. Elapsed Old Honesty, J. C. Dawes.......- ce. cescteee ee coe eee cae eens 1 5t 1 Dandy,S §. Richards ... 2 03 08 Mignon, Damon Bros... ..2 03 35 Henrietta, A. Watson.. ..2 US 38 Puritan, D. H. Craig. . 2 84 00 SECOND CLASS—KEBLS. No Name, George Atwell....... cc... ccc eee eee eee eee eee 2 OL 21 Jessie, 1, Mortou....... .. rent ..e2 05 47 Roulette, Charles Rogers.. ..2 08 59 No Name, G. Rogers..... .... Hots ete N atcderr ahs Mey ouds eae Chih larva Bie WIGUA Yan sire lant tee eats deests serena sentra teatro e 216 52 THIRD CLASS—CANOES. . Mollie, A. L. Bailey... ; y PTR oo hee eee ee 1 03 27 Carmen, F. A. Jenks... ..1 04 26 DHEHA NE REE InONG Matai ace os Apu ae bean 107 BL | IKGbul wakes Wie kee By ride Gree sie) tices ope teres svat ones pane 1 10 27 CAPE COD Y. ©C., AUG. 8.—The first of a series of three races of this club was sailed on Saturday off Orleans, the times being: FIRST CLASS. Length. Elapsed. Corrected. Wave Crest, D.S. Young............ 19.09 1 46 28 1 48 20 Madge, Cummings & Hines......... 23.05 1.50 37 1 50 37 Unique, W. Wareham,.....-.......4 20-00 1 53 50 1 50 56 SECOND CLASS, Carrie Li., George Clark..... ....... 16.01 1 58 20 Not taken. Little Brave, J. Ryder.... ....... ..- 18,03 203 07 Not taken. Henrietta, KR. ich: S2iey qcuyeiess « 3 see 18.06 Did not finish. THIRD CLASS. Viola, E. L. Cummings ............- 23.05 - 1 29 00 Not taken. Josephine, P. A. Smith....... ....... 22.00 141 06 Not taken. Nauset, A, O. Hurd.........-.. ..--.. 23.00 Did not finish. FOURTH CLASS. Georgie, G. Hopkins ............-4-.5 13. 1 383 42 Not taken. Breeze, H, LL. Cummings ....,.....-.12.06 136 48 Not taken. Fawn, D. W. Dean ....... .......-- 12.09 1 41 39 Not taken. SOUTH BOSTON Y.C. CHAMPIONSHIP, AUG 8.—The third championship race of the South Boston Y. C. was sailed on Satur- day ina variable breeze from N.W. to 8.H., finishing in a caJm. The times were: . FIRST CLASS—CENTERBOARDS, ungth, Elapsed. Corrected. Stanley, W. L. Colson......-.... .-.. 26.02 4 03 35 8 82 45 Quisset, W. BP. Taylor .........-.. ..25.08 Withdrew. SECOND CLASS—CENTERBOARDS. Ideal, F. Williams /...... .)....-..-. 21.10 4 01 20 3 25.28 Good Luck, J.B. Farrell............- 21.09 411 40 3 35 41 Awilda, J.J. Bligh.... .............. 24.09 4 18 30 3 46 09 Wraith, W. H Cheatam............. 22.08 Withdrew. Wapiti, James Bertram, ..-........- 23.04 Withdrew. GQanaging. AMENDMENTS TO THE RACING RULES. publish this week several amendments to the racing rules - \ K 7E which are offered for adoption at the coming meet. Two of these are necessary, as has been proved by experience; but they are of such a nature that for this meet af leass they may be adopted and posted by the regatta committee as a part of the zac programme. We allude to the conditions for starting and nishing. One of the proposed amendments, however, is in exactly the wrong direction, and we hope that it will be very carefully con- sidered hy those who vote on it. It is the custom of all yacht clube, based on long experience, to make changes in the racing tules only in the off season, between October and May. When Rule XXII. was amended last year we urged the addition of a clause limiting all changes of rules to the annual meeting in No- vember, but the work was so hastily done that this important point was veglected, though indirectly covered by the method of procedure prescribed, all amendments coming throngh the re- gatta committee. Itis now proposed to amend Rule XXII. so as to allow a vote De mail at any time on the question of a change of rule; a change which we object to on two grounds. In the first place, the vote by mail is but a necessary evil, an expedient made necessary by the impossibility of holding more thao one meeting in a year at whicha quorum of the executive committee can be collected. As-questions come up from time to time which cannot be deferred to the November meeting, such as a change of camp site or election to fill a vacancy, the vote by mail is necessary. At the same time it is a very undesirable mode cf yoting, all discussion of the question being barred, and it should be used only in most urgent cases. For all changes of racing rules it is most unsuited, as the great point of such changes is the discussion which takes place in all meetings and which tends to prevent mistakes. Iis racing rules are the most im- portant of allthe A. C. A, laws, and while changes are necessary to keep the rules up to date, it is essential that they should be as few as possible; and whev made, so well considered as not to require immediate alteration. ) y the plan now proposed, arule may be changed without any discussion; the due notice being given, a vote by mail is taken, the ciugee on probably being only paruly understood by many who yote on it. The second objection is based on the fact that all changes of the rule should bé made ont of the racing reason and before building begins. As now provided, it is the business of the regatta com- mittee to report on all needed changes immediately after the meet, the report being published so that every member may know what is proposed, and if necessary may file an objection with the division officers. The changes are submitted to the general meet- ing of the executive committee, where they are subjected to a dis- cussion and criticism which is likely to reveal any faults. This method of amendment cannot be improved on, and if any change is madein Rule XXII.,it should tase the form of a statement that changes in the racing rules should only be made at the annual meeting. AMENDMENTS TO THE A. C. A. RULES, HE following amendments were sent by Dr. Gage on July 31 ‘but fuiled to reaco us in time for publication last week: Proposed by Francis H. Gisborne: To omit all of Rule XVL. afcer the first sentence, Proposed by Colin Fraser; Toinsertin Rule XXII. in place of the words ‘meeting of executive committee at wnich they are to be acted upon;” the words, **vote of executive committee is taken thereon.” Proposed amendment torule 10; “In paddling and combined races canoes shall be started by their sterns and the finish time taken when their bows cross the line.” Torule 6; “In sailing races a canoe shall be considered to have finished wnen her forward or mainmast has crossed the line.” WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION.—The annual meet of the W.C. A. at Ballast (sland, July 11 to 25, wint far to justify the comments of our correspondent, Mr. Warder, two years since, which created so much stir at thetime, The prohibition of the standing sail, the opening of all races to the canoe yawils, and various other causes, have resulted in the extinct'on of thé regu- lar 16x80 canoe, and of all paddling and sailing races for canves, the racing being practically confined to a few canoe yawls of 86in. beam, The atiendance was small, and gave no evidence of a growth on the part of the Association. The officers elected were: Com., G. H. Gardner, Cleveland. 0.: Vice-Com.; G. G. Case, Jack- sou, Mich.; Rear Com., C. fF, Pennewell, Detroit, Mich.; Sec., O. A, Woodruff, Dayton, U.; Executive Committee, Messrs. Crane, Ware and Eilard. ; A.C. A, MEMBERSHIP.—Hastern Division: Alden P. White, Salem, Mass.; Coas. Dana Palmer, Lowell, Mass. Atlantie Divi- sion: (hos, J. Hand, Geo. B, Watts, Jt,, New York. Central Division: Jobn H, Tathalk, D.D., Hoosac Falls, N. Y.; Chas. W. Lansing, 0. 8. Presbrey, Port Henry, N. ¥.; Wm. H. Blake, C. F. Doring, G. H. Doring, E. F. Jones, Troy, N. ¥.; B. J. Worman, G. H. Blakeslee, F. L. Brigaam, Albany, N. Y. Northern Division: Russell H. .cMulam, Ff. J. Mann, Howard A. Kelly, Leslie W. Sweetman, A, J. O'Malley, W. E. M. Powell, Toronto, Ont.; C. 8. MacInnes, Hamilton, Ont.; W. A. Lempriere, Edmoud FB. R. Tate, Lakefield, Oni,; D. MacIness, H.C. Baker, A. T. Lefever, R. M. Coll ge, Kingston; Walter J. English, Fred H. Lingwood, Peter- boro, Ont,; Arthur Knowlson, Lindsay, Ont.; F. H. Dowlizg, Tnos. Bisk, Bobcaygeon, Ont.; KE. F, Burritt, Ottawa. Hastern Division; Win. Reid, Holyoke, Mass. ANEW RACER,—Mr, W. Whitlock, of the New York Y¥.C., who has probably owned and built more canoes than any other Amer- ican canoeist, has a surprise ready for the races in the shape of a new racer from adesign by Mr. Wm. Gardner, Tne new boat, built by the St. Lawrence Co. of Clayton, is of the latest type, somewhat after the fashion of Kismet. Before designing her, designer Gardner examined closely all the canoes in the New York C. C. house, The order was givenon July 9, and the boat will be nsed at the meet. NEW YORK C. C. SAILING RACE, Saturday, Aug. 1: Start. iIstround. 2d round. Aztec, W. W. Howard .-....,........8 19 4 04 30 4 59 45 JEG PITITMEPAGPl oe ENG WD bcos sun hoa ta 319 41860 withdrew. Tide, strong flood. Wind, moderately strong in tirst round, and very strong and squally in second round, S.W. by W, THE A.C. A. MEET.—Camp was opened on Wednesday of last week, Com, Lawson being prrsent. The men came in slowly at first, bnt by Monday the camp was in shape, and everything promised a large and successful meet. The weather was rainy at Lhe start. A rull account of the camp and the races, which begin to-day, will appear next week. 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O'SHAUGHNESSY & CO, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Salmon and Trout FISHING TACKLE. 83 Germain Street, St. John, N. B. Orders promptly and carefully executed An Old Un in a New Dress. This is the size of the fish he caught and carried home to-day. And this is the size of the one he hooked, But the blamed thing got away, because he didn’t buy his tackle from H. H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Send for ’9] Illustrated Catalogue. ESTABLISHED 1837. ‘J.B. CROOK & C0, FISHING TACKLE 1191 BROADWAY, Bet, 28th & 29th Sts. NHW YORK CITY. SEND FOR OATALOGUE, EIILI’sS ~ ~@# SPOON BAIT No Sportsman’s kit is complete without them. Nothing yet invented has attained the opularity and successful killing qualities of the HILL BAIT, Sold by all principal dealers. I£ your dealers do not keep them, send to the manufacturers, $PAL- DING & €0., 40 North lonla St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Send for illustrated price-list, Mention this paper. GD CHICAGO FISHING TACKLE FACT’Y 5654 Atlantic St., ENGLEWOOD, 1LLs, Tront Fliss at 8, 5, 7 and 11 Gents Nach, Send Ten Cents for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, eeinted, WANTED ALTVE, kinds of » American Animals, o- BIRDS & REPTILES, So For Sale—All kinds of * Foreign Animals, Birds and Reptiles. - DONALD BURNS, 115 Roosevelt st.. N.Y. City. Ju the Stud. READ THIS! READ ‘THIS MASTIFFS. At Stud.—Ormonde; sire, Ch. Victor Hugo; dam, Ch. Cambrian Princess. Ormondeis a prize winner every time shown, bothin England and America, and his young stock is proying him an exceptional sire. I have always on hand young stock for disposal at fair prices. I have no blood but the most fashionable in my kennels. Write OHAS. EK, BUNN, Peoria. Il. St. Bernards at Stud. 1. Soggarth, immense rough-coat. the only son of Lord Bute at stud in America. 2. Patrol, one of our best smooths, fee $35 each. JOHN KHEVAN, 195 King st., Brooklyn, N. Y. ONNEMARA KENNELS,.—FINE IRISH setters. At stud—RED RIVER GLENCHD, fine field dog and first prize bench winner. Fee $20. Puppie.—A beautiful litter, strong and healthy from prize stock, whelped April 12, 791, Circulars. R. BURR. Middletown, Conn. ORKSHIRE TOY TERRIER. f Champion Bradford Harry, described in show reports as “best Yorkshire in America.” Pedigree and winnings free, photos 50cts. A limited number of his puppies for sale, P. H AOOM RS, | Byehange Rinck Ranenr Ma [Ava. 13, 1891, a | Hn the Sind. WYOMING KENNELS, The LARGEST and BEST kennel of ROUGH-COATED SAINT BERNARDS in the world, comprising the following noted STUD DOGS: Champ. SIR BEDIVERE (19451), Acknowledged by the best Judges to be the most typical and perfect St. Bernard living. Winner of 53 first and special prizes, all in the best of company. Prizes include The One Hun- dred Guinea Challenge Cup four times, the Hal— sey Trophy twice, and the Deacon Challenge Cup twicen (Stud: Leey.f) ong sete ook MO o ee eas $150.00 Champ. PLINLIMMON, JR. (6864). This grand young dee is a son of the world- renouned Ch. PLINLIMMON, aud although only a little over three years old, is the winner of 27 first and special prizes, and sire of some zood stock. Stud fee $50.00 ee ee ee - * LOTHARIO (18271), This grand headed young dog is by the famous Ch. VALENTINE ont of that well known bitch SAFFRON. He is the only son of Ch. Valentine at stud in America, and from his breeding, and low stud fee, should he much sought after by St- Bernard breeders. Stud fee..............-.. $25.00 St. Bernard Puppies For Sale. A select stock most always on hand, sired by the above dogs out of prize-winning bitches, at reasonable prices. WYOMING KENNELS. Melrose, Mass JAS. E. GREEN, Manager. ST. BERNARDS AT STUD. ARISTOCRAT, WINNER OF MORE FIRST PRIZES AND SPECIALS DURING 1890 THAN ANY OTHER ST. BERNARD. FEE, - $50. DUTCHESS KENNELS, _ Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DAVID E, LOVELAND, Manager. FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. Champion Raby Mixer........§15 Russly Joker...............-. Pie Reckoner....... rite oiaahar, Shae ... 16 Suffolk Risk......... Sects eee hee 10 PiTCH ER siege ts erectus ony eee Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. AT STUD. FEF $50. KING OF KENT (A.K.C-.8 B. 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rep, Zie-Zac, Tapster and Maid of Kent, Pointer Puppies for sale. Apply to JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kenne! Club, Babylon, L. I. Mastiffs and Bloodhounds. IN STUD: W. K. Taunton’s Champion Boaufort. His success as a stud dog and his record on the show bench for the last five years prove him the greatest and best dog living. The only kennel of Hnglish Bloodhounds in Amer- ica. Choice ones for sale at all times. or imported. Mastiff pups from the Albion and Beaufort litters also out of well known aud proyed breeders: of champion and great prize winners. Photographs, 25 ets. J. WINCHELL. Fair Haven, Vermont. nn N THE STUD—THE ETHAN ALLIN SET- ter Al, fee $25. Al was bred by the late Mr, Allin and trained on ruffed grouse by his handler, Two puppies by him for sale. Address F. L. NICHOLS, 54 Taylor street, Springfield, Mass. tf AtStud.-Haglish greyhounds. Gem of the Season, winner of over 50 1st and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and special; Dexter, corded coat poodle. Pups from the above forsale. GREYHOND AND POODLE KENNELS, Salem, Mass. GLENMORE KENNELS. THE CHAMPION IRISH SETTER KESNELS OF AMERICA. E. B. BISHOP, Owner, 438 St. James Ave., Cincinnati, O. AT STUD. Challenge BEAU BRUMMEL, Fee $25 The most phenomenal nog of the times. (A K.C.S.B. 19,961). The Champion Three. Chmp. Ruby Glenmore, The champion Irish setter bitch of America. Imp. Sarsfield, - Fee $25|Champ. Molly Bawn, The greatest living Irish setter sire. . (A.K,C.S.B, 10,3854.) Imp. Dan Mylrea, Fee $20 A noted first-prize Winner. (A.K.C.S.B. 19178). The ex-champion Jrish setter bitch of America. 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Foreign subscription priee, $5 per year; $2.50 for six months, Address all communications Forest and Stream Publishing Oc, No. 318 BROADWAY. NEw YORE Crry. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL. Salted Salmon Trout, Two Pictures. : Restocking Lake Ontario. Snap Shots. THE ue TOURIST. Alon "arate ‘Lifeon Muskoka Lake-1 Ephraim and Oherries. NATURAL History. Marine Biological Investiga- tion, The eeeeves and his Sunken PAS Quail in Confinement Pennsylvania Notes. GAME BAG AND GUN. Death Vallev. Western Wildfowl pene: Chicago and the Wes “Bank-Grass Knoll. " Again in Briar Land. An Adirondack Squirrel] Hunt A Mississipp’ River Adventure SwA ANu RIVER FISHING. Alluring Charms of Link ville. After Mascalonge in Elbow Caneai jan Angling Notes. Tautoge HWishing off Manomet Point. St. Lawrence River Fishing. Angling Notes, FISHOCULTURE. Late Spawning Shad. Tan KENNEL. Skin Diseases. Huthanasia—Happy Death. Beagle Training. The Doom of Troeveetice. More Corrections, Hamilton Dog Show. Barz is Importation. Drugging Dogs for Shows. What is a ‘“Belgum” Setter? Toronto Kennel Club Show. Dog Chat. Ken nel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. RiTLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallerv New J pcre State Shoot. The Tr Standard: Keystone Tourna- m nt. Cleveland Traps. Brooklyn Traps. Hureka Club, Watson's Park. Wheeling, W. Va. YAOHTING. New York Y. ©. Crise, 1891, Volunteer and | Gracie. Corinthian Navy. Yachting Notes. CANOBING.- Canoe- Yawls and Canoe- achts. A, ©. A. Meet. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Adirondack Number. UR ‘Adirondack Number” of June 18 was a pro- nounced success, As we then said, the material provided was more generous than we could make room for, and several papers were left over for a second num- ber devoted to the same subject. This will be our issue of Aug. 27; and among the contents will be the follow- ing, the first two having been announced for the former number: ~ The North Woods in the Fifties. A visit to the Adirondacks thirty-three years ago. J. H, D. By Two Weeks at Spruce Lake. The experiences of four young fellows under tutelage of a guide, The Upper Adirondacks in ’56. By ‘‘Byron.” The Wane of the Adirondacks. By Charles Hallock. The Cranberry Lake Country. By D. H. B. By ‘*Piseco.” _ Circumnavigating the Adirondacks. | beset with nets, fished ostensibly for bullheads. _RESTOCKING LAKE ONTARIO, i igs necessity of restoring the fish supply of Lake Ontario is most strikingly illustrated by the follow- ing item from a Rochester newspaper: ‘‘A novelty in Harned’s window is a genuine Lake Ontario whitefish, something rarely seen these days.” Mr. F. J. Amsden reminds us that ‘‘fifteen years or so ago whitefish were caught on our shores and peddled the next morning through our streets, selling as low as 5 cents a pound,” The rapid decline of the fisheries of this lake may be seen at a glance by referring to the Review of the Fisheries of the Great. Lakes, recently published by the Fish Commis- sion, In 1880 the catch of whitefish was 1,064,000lbs.; in 1885 the amount was only 90 7illbs, Lake trout in the same period fell off from 569,7001bs. to 20,510lbs, The causes of this decadence have been the subject of heated and fruitless discussion until recently the public demand for restorative measures has resulted in the appropriation by the United States of $20,000 to establish a great hatchery to restock Lake Ontario. Commissioners McDonald and Blackford last month visited the region in which the establishment is needed, and the former examined all the sites proposed for the undertaking, but none of them are suitable. The water is invariably too warm and the supply inadequate for the purposes of a hatchery such as the one proposed, When itis remembered that Com. Mc Donald hopes to rear 1,000,0U0 salmon at a time besides hatching many millions of whitefish annually it will bere- alized that the water supply must be practically unlimited. The Neosho, Missouri, station started its existence with a ‘spring flowing nearly 600 gallons per minute, besides a collateral supply of several hundred gallons per minute from another spring. It is hoped that some point on the Salmon River will yet be found available for the new establishment, Another subject of equal importance with the location of the hatchery will come up for conference in October between the special commission appointed by New York and the Commissioners of the Dominion, and that is the protection of fishin Lake Ontario, the terms of the resolution carrying the appropriation by Congress requiring such legislation before the funds of the Govern- ment can be used to build a hatching establishment. TWO PICTURES. ECENT advices from Brockville, Ontario, on the St, Lawrence River, inform us that the once famous Union Park fishing grounds have been, up to the present time, sadly unproductive, very few bass and pike having been caught there. On the New Yorkside, however, and nearer the foot of Lake Ontario, at Cape Vincent and Clayton, there are multitudes of both of these fishes, as may be learned from a note in our angling columns, just received from a correspondent at Cape Vincent. How is this difference to be accounted for? Apparently by the legalizing of the use of nets by the Canadian authorities on the north shore of the river and the prohibition of netting on the American side. It may be a good thing to catch bullheads, but in doing so the game fish fall into the same trap and probably never find their way back to the river again. Last winter the mouth of Jones Creek was Tn the early spring Clow’s Bay was completely webbed with nets of the same kind, In this month of August scarcely a pike is to be found in this once prolific bay, and the bass, which contributed mainly to the fame of the Union Park ‘grounds, have vanished, it is feared, almost beyond hope of restoration unless prompt remedies are applied. Putting two and two together it seems clear that netting bull- heads is incompatible with the enjoyment of bass and pike fishing, and if remains for the Brockville people to determine, first, whether or not the explanation suggested has a basis in fact and, second, whether it is not desirable and more than desirable to effect a change in the present fish law. SALTED SALMON TROUT. HE trade namie of a fish is often very different from the name by which it is known to fishermen. “Ocean trout,” for example, is a canner’s term for young menhaden; ‘‘sea salmon” is a name now applied to the new preparation of the tunny or horse mackerel—a fish reaching nearly half aton in weight. In Labrador about 1,000 barrels of so-called “salmon trout” are salted annually and most of them are sent to New York, Boston | VOL, XXXVIIL—WNo, 5. No. 318 BRoaADWAY, Naw Yorn. and Gloucester. Some of these find their way eventually into New England, whence several specimens were re- cently obtained by Mr, A. N. Cheney, of Glens Falls, to whom we are indebted for the opportunity of seeing the fish. We had supposed that the salmon trout of Labrador is the species described and figured in our Salmon and Trout Supplement as the Salvelinus stagnalis, or sea trout, and so it is in part; but at least one other. trout is salted and sold along with the sea trout and that is the common brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), It is highly probable that grilse salmon are sometimes seined with the two kinds of trout and go to make a part of the contents of the barrel. Weare led to believe this from the fact that a specimen of the so-called unspotted sea trout of Canada received by the National Museum proved to be a young sea salmon, The Labrador sea trout is a very large fish, red-spotted, and with a moderatly forked tail; it runs up the large streams tospawn, but for commercial purposes itis caught in salt water near the mouths of streams. It resembles the Dolly Varden of the Pacific coast (Salvelinus malma) and the golden trout of New Hampshire and Maine (Sal- velinus aureolus) very closely in appearance and habits. The sale of this Labrador trout in salt is legal, but the fish is really a brook trout and a very near relative of the common red-spotted fontinalis. It may be also that the sale of S. fontinalis in brine is not prohibited, but the practice is woefully destructive and ought to be stopped. In New Hampshire the brook trout (fontinalis) is identical with the Labrador brook trout and the golden trout is so nearly like the sea trout that few people can distinguish one from the other. SNAP SHOTS. he reference to the suggestion of ‘‘H. P. U.” “‘that there should be a reunion of -the old friends and contribu- tors to FOREST AND STREAM during the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893,” we are assured by Dr. Henshall, who has charge of the Angling Exhibit, that this matter has been already considered by Capt. J. W. Collins, Chief of the Department of Fisheries, and himself, and that every facility will be provided to render such a reunion not only practicable, but pleasant and profitable, A recep- tion room will be arranged with a register to contain the name, home address and Chicago address of every angler | and sportsman who wishes to avail himself of the privil- ege, Personal interviews and meetings between brother sportsmen can be arranged by telephone or correspond- ence, the means for which will be at hand, Also certain hours of each day can be set apart, during which friendly greetings could be exchanged, new acquaintances formed anda spirit of universal good fellowship established, and the esprit de corps of the angler’s guild maintained. Sug- gestions from contributors to FOREST aND STREAM are in order and will be gladly received and duly considered, It is especially desirable that anglers send their photo- graphs with their autographs at bottom of card, to be placed on the walls of the reception room. They may be sent to Dr. J. A. Henshall, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D, C. Many older visitors to the North Woods will learn with genuine regret of the destruction of ‘‘Bartlett’s” by fire last Sunday. The brief report which has come to us says that the hotel was burned in the morning, the seventy guests losing clothes and luggage. Of all Adirondack resorts this was one of the most cherished by the goodly company of true anglers who year after year met there. From a tarpon fisherman of long and successful expe- rience we have received an explicit paper on the require- ments for that popularsport, It will be published at a later date and cannot fail of being helpful to anglers when fitting out for a winter on the west coast. Now that Kentucky has adopted her new constitution, one of the provisions of which is that all laws shall be of general application, we may hope to see decent game and fish laws on her books. The existing statutes are a mass of local regulations with no general observance. Any subscriber may supply a friend with a copy of the current issue of the FOREST AND STREAM by sending us on a postal card the name of that friend, 82 FOREST AND STREAM. jAve, 26, 1891, Che Sportsman Conrist. ALONE. gis Ast Haw can I be alone, When earth and air and babbling brook Are pages in that wondrous book Dear Mother Nature wrote for me? Each bird and bud lifts up his yoice - And bids my heart awake, rejoice. Hiven the winds, that gay and free Go tripping over hill and lea, Give greeting with a gladsome tone, And all I see I call my own. Alone How can I be alone? Hach morn Aurora’s ruddy fire Calls forth a sweet, celestial choir That wooed me from refreshing sleep. The roses lift their heads and say: “All hail, kind mate, to thee good day!” And from the grassy, fern-clad heap, Where smilax and clematis creep; From blackened pine, by moss o’ergrown, Comes welcome, as from friends well known. Alone! How can I be alone? High in mid-heaven an orb of gold Pillars of amythyst uphold. It gleams with love, whate’er betide. The doe with opal-onyx eye Peers from the copse as I pass by. ‘The rubies in the shy trout’s side Their silver setting almost hide. Sure, fairer jewels never shone, And every radiant gem my own. Alone! How can I be alone? Though fellow man doth seem more far Removed than yonder twinkling star, Though not in our familiar tongue Come words of comfort, words of cheer, Sweet messages from thosé most dear, Still, nature’s yesper chimes are rung, And songs, by unseen spirits sting, Float round my head, that on a stone Finds rest, I sleep, yet not alone. : SHOSHONE, CAMP LIFE ON MUSKOKA LAKE.—I. AST May we began to overhaul our outfit in prepara- tion for our annual summer outing. We found that it would be policy to contrive some kind of ap arrange- ment that would take the place of the pine boughs used last year asa bed. After considerable figuring we had a folding cot made, which has proved to be the one thing: needful in that line. The plan is as follows: A frameof well-seasoned Georgia pine, 2x4 stuff, with the ends mortised together, a center piece of same size, extra heavy canvas tacked on sides and center piece, holes in four corners for pins. When not inuseends can be taken off and all rolled up together,, Before setting it up we cut crutches about a footand a half in length, driving them in the ground so that the four corners of the cot rested on them, bringing it up from the ground about twelve inches. The center piece kept us from rolling against each other, and we have yet to see anything that will equal this for a convenient and comfortable double cot. As we had made up our minds to spend the summer on our old camping grounds in Muskoka, Canada, we con- cluded to take passage to Toronto on one of the Canadian line of boats which run from Chicago to Montreal. June 13 saw us and all our luggage at the Chicago dock ready to start.on a trip that would last fourteen weeks. The day was dark and gloomy, with occasional showers, and to any one of a superstitious nature it would have been a harbinger of bad luck, but to us who had been on a continual jump since early morning, it was only one of the unpleasant days we were sure to have while in camp. The Alma Munroe, which was to bear us and our belong- ings for five days and nights, was not a boat that would impress one as possessing much speed, nor would such impressions be far wrong, for during our whole trip we overtook nothing in the shape of a floating craft, and I | think to-day the Alma is the slowest boat that ploughs the waters of the great chain of lakes. But what did it matter to us, as long as the weather was fair and the rovisions held out; and we must say they set an excel- ent table and give good service. The different points of interest are passed too quickly—Wawugoshance, Skilligal- lee and the Isle of Mackinaw; then our first stopping place, the Canadian port of Sarnia, where a number of | the passengers availed themselves of the chance to lay in a supply of tanglefoot. River and Lake St. Clair and Detroit River are one continuous panorama, which should be seen from the deck of a steamer to be thoroughly en- joyed, ‘Windsor and then Cleveland are reached in due time, from there across the lake to the Welland Canal, and here commenced one of the most enjoyable parts of the whole trip, They sing of moonlight on the lake, but give us ours on the Welland Canal, with the deck of the Alma Munroe under our feet, corn cob pipes in our mouths, camp luggage in the cabin, aud a three months" yacation staring us in the face. The next pene we arrive in Toronto, where we have considerable ditticulty with the custom house officer, who is in grave doubts whether to allow our guns to go through or not, our Winchester especially attracts his attention, “How long have you had it? When did you get it? How much did it cost?” and other sundry questions are put to us in quick succession, but we finally convince him that it would be the proper thing to allow us to pass; not with- out a great many shakes of his head, however, and pro- longed mutterings, We soon transferred our luggage onthe steamer which was to take us to Hamilton, our starting point on the railroad journey to Muskoka, At Hamilton we had considerable work to do. As our canoe was in storage there it had to be shipped north; provisions and a few cooking utensils were bought; and then with heads shaved we are ready to start again. Three hundred miles north we arrived at Bracebridge, a small village on the Muskoka River. The falls here cause the first portage to those who wish to follow the river to the great northern watershed, ee Before the shute was built the falls were one of the hardest on the river for the lumbermen to run, Many are the tales told of the great jams, the last one continued many days—one log standing upright was the key to the whole thing. Ropes were fastened; horses and men pulled, but tono ayail—the log must be partly sawed. Who would doit? It would be taking one’s life in hands to at- tempt it. fifty dollars—an Indian and a saw, and the story is told. For half a dollar we induce a farmer to haul our canoe and luggage to the river’s edge below the falls. Here we were at last ready to start on our long-looked-for trip. Perhaps it would interest some fellow campers to know what our outtit consisted of. . First—Our canoe, the Chicago, was a cedar lapstreak, 16ft, long, 30in. beam and 10in. depth, weighing about 60lbs., and carrying an extra large lateen sail; her capacity was supposed to be 1,500lbs, As an all-round canoe she pretty near fills the bill, Second—Clothing.—Hach outfit of our extra clothin was packed in small round bags, 20in, long and 24in. in circumference, These and theammunition bag had been well parafined, which made them perfectly waterproof, Our wardrobe was limited to extra pair pants, extra shirt, extra suit of underwear, twoextra pair socks, one of them heavy wool, four bandana handkerchiefs, three pair of shoes—one low canvas, one tan color and one extra heavy, with thick soles—and a, rubber overcoat. Third—Ammunition,—This bag wasabout thesame size as the clothing one, and contained 700 rounds of .32 cartridges for the Winchester, 200 rounds for the .22 rifle and about 200 rounds for the shotgun. Into this bag went the fishing tackle box and the miscellaneous stuff, such as nails, string, tacks, wire, etc,, etc. Fourth—Provisions.—This bag consisted of an inside bag of heavy canvas inclosed in oilcloth, length 40in., circumference 36in,, with heavy rope handles on side. Into this went the following, each in a bag of its own: Tea, sugar, flour, rice, beans, oatmeal and salt, also the coffee, which was kept in an air-tight tin with small screw Dp: Fifth—Blankets.—Three heavy pairs were tightly rolled in oilcloth, inside of which were the matches (in rubber- core beer bottles), towels, dish cloths and mosquito net. Sixth —Tinware.—These important articles consisted of large, small and smaller pails, tin plates, cups, porridge dish, frying-pan, coffee pot, knives, spoons, etc. These all fitted in the large pail which went into a bag with draw-string at the top. Seventh—Stove.—This was an invention of our own, and was made of sheet iron, 2ft. long, 14in. high, the four sides were hinged to the top which had one hole. Having no bottom it could be folded up flat. The pipe— three lengths—telescoped together. This stove gave good satisfaction, but it is not perfect by any means, alnoueD for size and convenience we haye never seen its equal. Highth—The Tent was an 8ft. wall, rolled up with pegs inclosed and in a bag of its own, the poles and ridge being tied together. ; auc ele Cot was folded up with ax lashed to its side, Some will think we had a great many bags, but experi- ence has taught us that ‘‘A bag for everything and every- thing in a bag,” is a good motto while out camping, Any one but a camper looking at our pile of luggage and then at our canoe would wonder what we were going to do with it all, but that was soon settled, The sail, tent poles and cot were laid in the bottom, In the bow went the stove pipe, clothes bags, tinware and stove, Then came the provision bag, tent, blankets, with the guns and fishing pales laid along the sides, the ammunition bag was place enough room for the two of us to crowd in, By this time the day was pretty well gone, and as we wanted to make our old camping ground about two miles down the river, we sent the canoe along at a pretty good speed, although it required close watching as the river contained a great many logs from the drive now going on, We were informed at the village that we would not be able to make the Jake by the mouth of the river, as the logmen had possession, but would be compelled to take what they called the cut, which branched off about a mile further up, Turning the bend of the river the old camp ground camein view. It seemed such a short time since we had pitched our tent there before. Everything was just as we left it; the dead pine boughs lay in a heap at one side, relics of our once fragrant bed; the blackened hole in the ground showed where the camp stove had once done good service and in a short time would be utilized for the same purpose. It did not take us long to pitch the tent and get everything under canvas; one of us getting supper while the other got things in ship shape. Night overtook us before we had the dishes washed, but by the aid of a camp-fire we made short work of them, and were soon under the cover of two pairs of heavy blankets. But what a night! We had neglected to put up the mosquito netting and—but what camper has not gone through the same experience. We gotup about two o’clock in the morning and smudged the tent, which seemed only to sharpen their appetites. We will let this pass, as we do not wish toawaken sad memories, CHICAGO. BAXTER AND GRIMM. EPHRAIM AND CHERRIES. ] AM alone to-night and memories of bygone, happy _ days in Colorado on the southern border come crowd- ing thick and fast. Just about this time of the year I Was resting up at my ranch on Rita Azul, Colorado, after along cow hunt, I had three Mexican families on the ranch. Twoof them had land from me, which they were working on shares after the leisurely way a Mexican gen- erally works. The other man was taking care of my cattle and doing chores and his wife was doing my cooking. One afternoon I felt pretty well rested and told the women on the ranch that | would take them over into the Manca del Burro Cafion after cherries, which grow there in profusion, The men were gone except one boy of about sixteen, a rather lazy, quiet young gentleman about the color of an old saddle. They accepted the in- vitation eagerly, and so I told Juan Maria De Castro to hitch a pair of ponies to the farm wagon and put some hay into it; some blankets were put on the hay, and my load piled in. Five young women, six or ten children, with Juan Maria and me on the seat. Taofila Josephite in the stern, which just left Luisa and the other women, with the ever-present shawl over their head, and several with a coat of white dirt on their faces to preserve their complexions. It was a curi- ous-looking load, and they made as much noise as a flock of blackbirds, : ‘ i We drove west along the base of the hills to the en- trance of the Manca del Burro and then up the caiion, sometimes in the creek, then out, crossing it twenty times ina mile, Itisa deep valley with a brook at the bottom and the banks slope steeply up for half a mile each way from the brook, We passed one patch of cherries about a mile up the cafion, and went to the next patch, two miles further up, turned the wagon round and unhitched the horses, the women got out, and leay- ing Juan to herd the children we climbed up to the cherry bushes. They were about 200yds. up the steep bank and ran parallel to the ereek for several hundred yards. The patch was about 20yds. wide and the bushes about 5ft. high, covered thickly with fruit, These cherries resemble the choke cherries of the Hast. The women all went to picking cherries, talking and laugh- ing as they picked. I picked a few and ate them, then sat down and dreamed of other scenes and my far away home in the Hast. All at once the women stopped talking, and as I rose, there was a grizzly bear as big as a beef steer, standing on his hindlegs and looking at us from the other side of the bushes, He stuck out his tongue, licked his lips and groaned. The girls were paralyzed, and stood still and stared with blanched faces. I told them to run and stood my ground, There was a wild stampede down the hill, accompanied by some good honest screaming, I drew my .40 six-shooter, resolved to make a fight if he came aiter them. He quietly dropped down on all fours and disappeared, and I went down the hill as fast ag T could go, When I reached the wagon it had just started, and I climbed in as Juan Maria struck the horses with the whip, got on at the hind end, scrambled over the women and children so that Juan should not break our necks running the horses; and soon grabbed the reins and slowed them to a walk, The women looked as if they had been run through a threshing machine, Their calico dresses were torn into strings, and they almost cried, until I promised them a new dress apiece for getting them into the scrape, when they laughed and seemed perfectly satisfied. It was quite a contract, for good calico was worth 25 cents a yard in Trinidad. We stopped at the lower patch of bushes, but the women would not get out till I had thrashed around in the brush for some time to convince them that there were no more bears. . They filled pails and baskets at last and we all went home, They to a home that was home. I to a place where I staid—one American alone with a horde of savage, ignorant Mexicans around him. Weil, there is one comfort, 1am well out of it. W. J. Dixon, Slainyal History. THE BEAVER AND HIS SUNKEN WOOD. Hditor Forest and Stream: I have just returned from my annual outing, and on looking over the numbers of FOREST AND STRHADM that came during my absence, I observed in the number dated July 2.an article having the above heading, signed by “Berlin,” I wish to apologize to ‘‘Berlin” for what he terms my “flippancy,” and to assure him that I thought his first article was really intended asa joke, I now see that he was in deadly earnest, and as I have personally seen and inspected many colonies of beaver when I was a young man, I feel that I ought totry and make clear my posi- tion of skepticism as to the manner in which “Berlin” says the beaver accomplishes the feat. When a boy of 14 or 15 years of age, I began spending my school vacations in the forest, in company with ditfer- ent companions, some of them being well versed in wood lore, and a love of nature was thus inculcated that has continued to grow with the passing years. When about the age of 20(1 cannot be just sure, as my notes of those long past days were destroyed long ago by fire), I spent two summers far from the haunts of man, and within half a mile of two colonies of beaver. Many an hour, both day and night, have I spent in trying to get ac- quainted with this most interesting and sagacious of wild creatures. I had 4 companion at that fime, a manas well versed in the ways of the ‘‘wood folk” as the most enthusiastic youthful questioner could desire; and be- tween my own observations and the information derived from my caimpmate, I fancied that I had acquired a fair knowledge of Castor fiber. Some years afterward I also had various opportunities of observing different familes of beaver, in late fall and early winter, while deer hunt- ing. All this wasin the Megantic region, in Canada, and neighboring parts of Maine. I mention all this only to show that I know something of the subject [am writing — about. " ’ This question of sinking their wood, as provision for the icy months of winter, was often discussed, and with considerable pertinacity I endeavored to ascertain how it was done. I have seen the bottom of their ponds literally paved with pieces of alder, poplar, white birch and other woods from the size of a pipe stem to 4 or din. in diameter, cut in varying lengths, They did not seem to be bedded in the mud, but only lay uponit. Disturb one of them, and up it would bob like a cork, Now, where can the theory of *‘sucking the air out” come in here? If the air could be exhausted from the cells of the wood (of which more hereafter), and replaced by water’, the wood would remain sunken when disturbed, and could not float any more than any other ‘“‘water-logged” piece of wood, But this is just what the beaver’s wood will not do. Itis like Banquo’s ghost, and will not ‘“‘down.” Of course, after it has lain upon the bottom for a long time it will not rise, as it becomes thoroughly water-soaked, but it takes considerable time for it to reach this stage— certainly more than the first season, as all freshly cut wood will rise quickly. This I personally know, as I have often disturbed it. A few words about the theory of “sucking the air out” will now be in order. I do not care to cast any ridicule in my remarks, as any theory inregard to natural history, honestly maintained, should be treated in all fairness, But let meask “Berlin” how large a piece of wood can he ee - FOREST AND STREAM: 83 exhaust the air from, so that it will remain under water? Can he take a piece of poplar, 2in. in diameter and 3ft, long, and not alone with his mouth but with the most powerful air pump, exhaust the air, and replace it with ‘water to such an extent that it will remain submerged when at rest in the water? He cannot doit, And Ihave geen pieces of twice that size submerged by the beaver. The air cannot be exhausted from the wood no matter what size it may be unless the whole circumference of the stick at the end to which the lips are applied be inclosed. during the act. Now I would again ask, can a beaver take the end of a 2 to 4in, stick into his mouth and grasp it firmly with his lips? The form of his mouth renders this impossible, A beaver’s incisors protrude so that they cannot be coyered entirely from sight by the animal. The lips are not flexible enough to accomplish this, much less to bightly inclose a piece of wood when wedged between the teeth. So that aside from the philosophical improbability of being able to exhaust the air in the manner mentioned by “Berlin,” by any means, it is clear that the beaver cannot do it. It was the opinion of my old teacher in wood lore—and if became mine also—that the beaver anchored his wood by pressing it sufficiently deep into the mud to overcome its buoyaney by the adhesive qualities of the latter. The bottom of a beaver’s pond is always covered with a heavy slimy ooze, where he anchors his provisions; and if the: wood be held in contact with this for a short time it be- comes tightly adherent. This I believe to be the secret, but would not assert it positively, ; This article is written in all kindness, and only with a desire to set niyself right with ‘‘Berlin” and others in- terested in the subject. It is already far too long, but I do not propose to reopen the subject or trespass further upon the columns of dear old FORHST AND STREAM in re- gard to it, and so haye been thus diffuse. AREFAR, CALIFORNIA. REARING QUAIL IN CONFINEMENT. 7 OU remember I mentioned several weeks since that Mx. Dyer had hatched in his incubator sixteen little - Virginia ortyxes, and that two half-grown bantams had been pressed into service as assistants to the brooder in mothering the orphans. It grieves me to say that this experiment, like that of the grouse, was a failure. The quail lived about a month and were as chipper as could be, running all over the large yard and garden, busily searching for insects and other food with the bantams, and made a very pretty picture. Then without any ap- parent cause they began dropping off one by one or twos, and in a week or two had gone to join the big bevy on the other side. But the bantams and the brooder are all right, the latter now having eleven more quail eggs in it nearly ready to bloom. The failure cannot be laid to neglect in care, for Mr. D, is at home all the time, and thoroughly enjoys such ex- periments. The birdies had a varied food of finely- cracked wheat, corn, oatmeal, millet seed, ample run in the grass and garden, were carefully kept in the brooder ‘and wire run when the weather was vet or chilly, and watched with loving care, and if the bantams had taken half as much interest in the matter as Mr. D. the result might have been different. Butit was hardly to be ex- pected. It was their first experience and they were but callow themselves, yet they did nobly, submitting to the nestling as far as their capacity would allow with great patience, but otherwise evincing little interest in their adoptions, neither calling them norattending them faith- fully in their foraging, though generally seen with them, It was a perfunctory performance and was quite an interesting study. The little mites were as fearless of humanity as so many ordinary chicks, and often evoked from the passers by the exclamation ‘“‘Oh! aren’t they cute.” I don’t know what course Mr. D, will pursue with the ensuing editions, but let us hope he may witness an abundant fruition of his patient labors, Q, 0. 8. VINELAND, N. J., Aug. 12, MARINE BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION. A USEFUL work is being undertaken by the Univer- sity Marine Biological Association, which has been founded for the purpose of establishing and maintaining laboratories and aquaria on the coast of the United States, where accurate researches may be carried on, leading to the improvement of the biological sciences and especially to an increase of our knowledge of the food, life condi- tions and habits of American food fishes and molluscs, and for stimulating public interest in these matters, _ The importance of possessing seaside laboratories at which the working naturalists of the country, the teach- ers in schools and colleges, the patient investigators in pure science, the Government experts and others could secure a practical acquaintance with the structure and habits of marine animals, has long been appreciated in Europe, where many such laboratories exist. A begin- ning has been made in this country, bué more such sta- tions, well equipped and provided with competent instruc- tors, are needed. To establish these laboratories money is required, but no one doubts that the sums expended will be returned manyfold by the actual increase in food fish—to mention only one example—which will result from the study of marine life. The laboratory established by this Association is located at Sea Isle City, on Ludlam Island, New Jersey, a situ- ation which seems very well chosen. A tract of land of five acres has been secured on Ludlam Bay, within three or four minutes’ walk of the ocean beach. Two railroad stations are almost within a stone’s throw and a steam tramway affords facilities for reaching any point on the beach within six miles at any time of day. _ The laboratory consists at present of a two-story build- ing 24x72ft., thoroughly equipped for practical and scientific investigation, A suitable pumping plant fur- ' nishes a constant supply of salt water for the aquaria and working tables, and a number of boats of various kinds, dredges, trawls, tow-nets, pound-nets, ete., under the management of experienced collectors and fishermen, will keep up the supply of specimens and enable the in- vestigators and students to search all points of interest in the neighboring waters. The establishment of this-laboratory is authorized by act of Legislature of the State of New Jersey, which pro- yides that its property shall be exempt from taxation and that the authorities in charge of the station shall have the right to fish unmolested in any of the waters of the State for the purpose of obtaining material needed in their investigations. It is expected that publications, to consist. of mono- graphs on various forms of life, will be issued from time time, Further information may be had by addressing the Rev. Jesse Y. Burk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa, PENNSYLVANIA NOTES. Ke NE, Pa., July 25.—Col. Thos. 1, Kane founded and laid out the town of Kane, McKean county, where he raised, in the spring of 1861, a regiment of hunters, trappers and loggers, known as the *‘Bucktails,” which became famous for their great bravery, skill as marksmen, and unusual powers of endurance. Kane, ninety-five miles from the city of Erie, is situated at an elevation of 2,001ft, above the level of the sea. It is the highest point reached by the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad, a division of the Pennsylvania Railroad Comipany’s system, and one which traverses some of the best regions in our State for hunting and fishing. The town is located on an elevated tableland known as ‘‘Big Level,” which consti- tutes the boundary from south to north of the Pennsyl- vania oil and coal field. In this region the ornithological student will find several species of birds as summer resi- dents which are found in but few localities of the State as natives. During the past summer the following-named species have been observed breeding, or seen during the months of May, June and July: Winter wren, tolerably common; oliye-backed thrush, common, five nests found; red-bellied nuthatch, rather rare; mourning warbler, one nest taken; magnolia warb- ler, frequent; chestnut-sided warbler, very abundant; hooded warbler, several birds seen; Blackburnian warb- ler, frequent; black-throated green warbler, common; latge-billed water thrush, rather rare; Canadian fly- catcher, frequent; yellow-bellied fly-catcher, felorahle common}; rose-breasted grosbeak, common about three miles east of Kane; wild pigeon, few single individuals or pairs seen; red-shouldered hawk, common; snow bird (Junco hyemalis), very abundant. Ww, DEATH VALLEY, Sone time since we published a review of a Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, which contained a preliminary report by Dr, C, Hart Merriam of the inves- tigations which he has been carrying on for several years in Death Valley. The present season’s work in this region closed some little time since, and Dr, Merriam— who, as already stated in FOREST AND STREAM, has been appointed one af the American commissioners to investi- gate the present status of seal life in Bering Sea—has started for the north. A reporter of the San Francisco Chronicle interviewed Dr, Merriam while he was in that city, and quotes him as making the following statements with repard to Death Valley: “The valley and its lowering black walls of barren rock,” he said, ‘are weird and strangely sublime in their desolation. For miles and miles the curious mountains may be seen outlined against the clear sky. Krom the top of Telescope Peak, the high- est of the Panamint or western range which shuts the valley in, one may look down a dizzy black precipice 12,000ft. to the level of the valley, as dazzling white as snow. Stretching from the moun- tain's foot are the glistening fields of salt. Here and there are running streams of sali and mineral waters. To drink of them is to die. The view is closed in by the gloomy cliffs of the Funeral Mountains, which form an impenetrable barrier at the east of the cafion. The scene is one of violent contrasts of glaring whites and dead blacks. | “The valley is the most barren and the lowest of a series in east- ern California and southwestern Nevada. Ata rough estimate it is about 160ft. below the level of the sea. It runs generally north and south, although its worst regions turn to the northwest. This portion has been named Mesquite Valley. Itis a region far worse than Death Valley proper. The valley may be compared to the Grand Oation of the Colorado. Ii is rather an immense chasm than a valley. Itis about 140 miles long and at its broadest part is yaa si miles wide. In some parts it is not more than 15 miles in width. ‘On either side of the yalley, stretching almostits entirelength isa. range of mountains, absolutely barren of animal and vecet- able life. The western range is the Panamint, averaging in hight about 9,000ft. The eastern range is the Wuneral, a suggestive and hotunfitname. The Funeral Mountains rise fully 7,000ft. above the level of the sea, These mountains are black, with the excep- tion of curious patches of red rock. Away to the north is Mount Magruder. Beyond in the distance rise the hights of the Sierras, Almost at the southern limit of the valley is Mount Ivanwaich, Behind it is the ‘Devil’s Playground,’ a region of absolute barren- ness. “Down the yalley a hot, suffocating wind blows with terrific velocity. Inits course through the stricken region it gathers a black cloud of hot, shifting sand that has blinded many an un- wary horse and rider. Under the glistening beds of crystallized salt in places are running streams of salt water. Beneath these is still another bed of salt. In other parts of the valley are wastes of hot sand drawn in some places into high mounds by the whirl- ing blasts that sweep down the cafion. There, too, is the most curious earth I have seen—self-rising earthit has been called. As far as the eye Gan see it appears in curving outline, up and down, asif pufted by a natural yeast. The unfortunate animal that steps upon the little hills will crash through, for they are not much more than fragile crusts. “Still stranger is that section of the valley which for want of a better namejis called Salt Marth. Innumerable pinnacles taper- ing to points as fine as needles and a foot long, rise in close array from the ground. They are as hard as stone and as dangerous as sharpened steel, Beneath and hidden by them are pitfalls, a tumble into which meansa broken legorarm. Then, too, are the rich fields of borax, which haye lured many a man to death, Dreadful as is Death Valley, its northwestern arm, Mesquite Val- ley, is worse. Allof the water upon its surface is poison. The wind has thrown the sand into immense mounds, one of which is three miles long and 500ft. high. It wasin this valley that the immigrants lost their lives. Water may be obtained only by dig- ging deep wells, and then it is none too pure. “Our party, the Biological Survey of the United States Goyern- ment, has been in the valley for months, It left there only a few days ago, having finished inyestigation. The general purpose of the Department of Agriculture, under which we work, is to col- lect facts relating to the distribution of species with variations of humidity and temperature throughout the United States, and particularly in the western part. The results obtained will be of the utmost value to agriculture, for they will save millions of dol- Jars spent in experiment by farmers who wish to test the capacity and character of their land. “We found thatin certain zones certain flora and fauna flour- ish. Hach zone has its peculiar species, which will not flourish in others. These zones are both horizontal and vertical. The party chose the desolate region of Death Valley for its labors, for from it, and not far distant, can be traced the seven zones we have es- tablished, The valley, notwithstanding its barren elements, has many phases of lite. It has thirty or forty species of animals and fully as many of vegetable growth. Nothing, of course, will live on the salt or borax bottoms, but on the edges of these dis- tricts yarious hardy plants thrive. Inthesand wastes are gopher. tnice, Tate, bats and many other animals, and not a few reptiles.” WasHineton, D. C,, Aug. 6.—Another specimen of the rare Argentine was recently caught in the harbor at Bel- ‘fast, Me., and forwarded by Mr, H. P, Thompson to the UU, S. Fish Commission, This fish is a relative of the smelt, but grows larger, A few days since I noted a fine tarpon in the market at Golden’s; also a nice example of the flasher (Lobotes), The tarpon was taken at Virginia Beach, It would measure 50in, in length and probably weighed 70 or 801bs,—Bonart, Game Bag and Guy. THE FULL TRETS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. A MISSISSIPPI RIVER ADVENTURE. (yee cold morning in January early in the sixties five resolute fellows hurriedly stepped into a skiff at a, little town in Illinois on the east bank of the Mississippi, and with two sets of oars pushed out into the current in pursuit of game—a fugitive from justice—intending to intercept or get track of him at a railroad town sixteen miles below. The river was full of running ice, stretching from shore to shore, with here and there small streaks and patches of open water, which the men worked the skiff into when they could gain time by doing so, They would frequently get into a pack of mush ice and have to fight their way through it with tedious and exasperating delay. At other times they were hemmed in with ice fields as large as a good-sized farm, and would drift with the current until an opening showed itself through which they could get into open water; but by hard work and good management they reached their destination after a four hours’ run, when the crowd separated. Two of our number went to the railroad depot, two others to police headquarters and the other to the tele- graph offices, but all to no purpose, as the party we were s0 anxious to interview had evidently kept away from railroad and telegraph lines, Tt was well along in the afternoon when we got to- gether again ready to make the return trip. The ice was not running as heavily as in the morning and there was more open water, hut we had the current to contend with, which had been in our favor on the down trip, but by hugging the Illinois shore and taking advantage of the openings we were making satisfactory progress under the circumstances. We had pulled leisurely over about six miles of our course, comparing notes and discussing the incidents of the day, when we heard the baying of hounds nearly two miles above us on the Missouri side, followed soon after by the report of a gun, when the music suddenly came to anend. As there were “right smart deer’ in the river bottoms at that time, such occurrences were so common as to scarcely excite comment, except among hunting circles and lovers of the chase. We had probably rowed about a half a mile further when the keen eyes of the steersman saw what appeared to be a piece of driftwood coming down the river in the ice and drawing toward the Illinois shore, but there were so many cross currents during the winter when the water was low that there was nothing strange about that. A few moments later, however, he sang out, ‘‘Boys, there’s a doe, snd it is making for the Illinois shore.” How our pulses leaped, all was excitement on that little craft, and every man was on the alert. The blades fairly bent under the strong steady sweep of the oarsmen, the pilot stood up in the stern the better to overlook the field and keep the skiff clear of the ice, The doe saw that a new danger threatened it and in- creased its speed, rapidly nearing the bank. Now it was at the head of a stretch of comparatively open water, while we were at the lower end of it. And now the boat jumps at every stroke of the oars, and seems to fly over the water; the doe redoubles its efforts and in afew minutes will reach the bank, It is now or never with us, and the oarsmen by a sudden spurt aided by a skillful maneuver of the pilot ran the boat between it and the shore, which was not more than 50yds, distant, and at that place opened out into a heavily-tim- bered creek bottom. The boat was under such headway that we shot several lengths past the doe, and as luck would have it got fast on a small cake of sunken ice. Had the doe kept its course it could easily have passed below the skiff and reached the bank in safety, so far as we were concerned, for we had no firearms with us, not even arevolver. In its fright it started back toward the Missouri shore, beating the water into foam in its effort to escape; but it soon settled down toa steady swim when it reached the heavy ice. It was some minutes before we got rounded to and headed for it, and it now was over two hundred yards out in the river, fast leaving the shore behind. Then the chase began, Theskiff was heavily loaded and the under- taking was not without aspice of danger, but fortunately we had on board three cool-headed fellows and two of them had the oars when we first sighted the doe; the other, who had lived on the banks of the Mississippi until he was well nigh amphibious, stood in the stern witha steering oar and directed the chase, And now look out for music. We soon overhauled the doe, when the man in the bow caught it by the ears and tried to cut its throat; but he might as well have tried to hold the tail end ofa cyclone. It fought desperately and got in several savage blows with its hoofs; but the fellow was good grit and took the pounding until he was glad toreleaseit. In the skirmish it got both its forelegs over the gunwale of the skiff as if it wanted to come on board and finish him; but as we had all the passengers we could accommodate at that time, and as we had no guarantee that it would behave itself if it came on board, heletit go again and we headed it toward the Illinois shore. When it got too near the shore for safety he made the second attack with the same result, and in both cases it came near swamping us, so near, in fact, that we began to think of the wives and babies at home, Oh, for a gun; any kind of a gun— rey tee percussion or pepper-box, anything that would shoot. We drove it back and forth to and from the shore sey- eral times to tire it out, to take the edge off the animosity, so tospeak. In the meantime both boat and doe were rapidly drifting down stream, when the bow oarsman in sheer desperation struck it across the neck with the edge of an oar blade and stunned it, when it was hauled alongside the skiff and knooked in the head with an old hatchet that happened to be on hoard, Then we towed it 84 FOREST AND STREAM. aie = a [Aue 20, 1891. ashore in triumph and cut its throat with a pocket knife, One of the party was so elated that he gave a long “Whoop-ee-ee, boys. This ain’t the game we started for this morning, but it’s a heap better “n none,” Another occupant of the skiff just smiled all over his face, not because we had caught the doe, but because he was once more safe and sound on dry land and not on the bottom of the Mississippi with acres of ice running over him, He showed the white feather from the first, and violently, even pitiously, protested against the ‘foolhardy scheme; he didn’t want to be drowned for any blanked deer that ever lived.” He couldn’t see where the fun camein. He was told to keep cool as there was no dari- ger, that we were after venison and we would have that doe if we chased it till sundown, and that he could have his choice, either to stay on board or get out and walk to shore, If ever a poor creature had earned its life and liberty it was that poor doe. It had probably been hard pressed by the hunters and hounds the greater part of the day, and as a last desperate chance for life had plunged into the river, trusting rather to its treacherous currents and grinding ice than to the merey of its human foes from whom it was trying to escape. But its perils were not over, for after fighting its way through a mile of ice and drift, it fell into the hands of foes less merciful if possible than those it had left behind, It was exciting sport for the men in the skiff, but look- ing at the other side of the picture it was cruel sport for the doe. It was a sight that might well call for pity, to see five unfeeling men trying to snuff out its harmless life when it was battling so gallantly against such fear- ful odds. No matter which way it turned there was no chance to escape, death was certain, the drifting ice was everywhere, and its pitiless pursuers were pressing it close, ready to take every advantage of its failing strength. Its helplessness excites no sympathy. Is there not in all of usa trace of the original savage that dwelt in caves, that has come down through the ages tainting each succeeding generation: that centuries of civilization cannot eradicate nor repress, but only gloss over with thin film of custom, waiting only the oppor- tunity and occasion to burst forth like a consuming fire? The doe was a large one and in prime condition. We found a slight flesh wound on one of its hips, probably made by the hunter’s farewell shot asit took the river for happier hunting grounds. As we had lost at least an hour’s time in this adventure, we loaded cur quarry into the skiff and commenced the remaining ten miles of our trip in better spirits. When the sun went down we were still paddling our way through the ice, and it was nearly midnight when wereached our homes, cold, hungry and fatigued, but late as it was that doe must be hung up and dressed, and as we had with us an expert in that line this feat-was soon accomplished, The next morning we breakfasted on yenison steak and fought the battle over again. ELsag, Hl. CAMERON. AGAIN IN BRIAR LAND. , MAk is prone to return to his first love, despite his I lively memory of scratches from her sharp-pointed claws. So we sought again the briars in Thanksgiving week of 1890, and were once more torn, pierced and muti- lated—all for undying love of Dame Grouse and Bre’r Rabbit. I have told FoREST AND STREAM something of two of our previous trips, hence this letter may be regarded as in the navure of a serial story, Had the reader stood on the wharf at daylight of Sun- day, Nov. 28, he might have seen a party of four, Jesse M.,, Tom T., HE. H. and the writer, pulling and hauling like tars at a hawser, on the ropes and chains of six dogs, all setters save one, a noble hound of uncertain age and African descent. That we got the resisting brutes on board the boat and safely tied them in the forecastle or some other place, goes without saying, but that we left to the roustabouts the loading of our heavy boxes of am- maunition, etc., isa compliment to our foresight and ex- perience. Then the noble Mattano—a slow, filthy, dis- agreeable side-wheeled scow—cast off, blew whistle, and puifed slowly, then faster and faster, till the muddy Vir- ginia Rhine was churned into foam and great waves were sent ashore to endanger the castlesen route. The officers of the scow are polite gentlemen, but how they tolerate the shell is the mud-turtle’s own problem, Well, we got there at last, after men and dogs had almost lost patience and hope. Shallow water compelled us to seek the sandy beach by means of a 79 float, which was dancing a hornpipe some thousand feet out on the waves of the two-mile broad river, with boxes, trunks and baskets ‘‘too numerous to mention,” with sighing and howling dogs scattered here and there on, among and under them, with terrified women and some maudlin and noisy men, andan accompaniment of much ‘‘chin music,” we got fairly ashore safe and duly grateful. Our host’s ox team awaited our baggage as usual, and at nightfall we weie gathered around the supper table, all talking at once and each sure his talk was the only one worth listening to, Next day we began the hunt, with pancakes, pork and coffee, prepared by our host’s selfsame pretty daughter, whose black eyes had shot so many darts into our hearts the previous years. In this connection it may be stated incidentally that E. H., the youngest member of our band, found his week’s stay pleasurable and much too short. At first we couldn’t understand why he retired reluctantly and late and rose cheerful and early (against his wont at home), but gradu- ally the mystery cleared away, and after the manner of men we forgave him, for to use a modern classic, ““we had been there tool” Breakfast over and dogs fed, we sallied out conquering and to conquer; but alas for the fond hopes of mortal men! There comes sometimes, even in King George county, Virginia, a killing frost—of meanness and malignity—which nips the bud of promised birds and pros- pective rabbits, Soit was that memorable Nov. 24. The leading actor in our band was one known as G. G, About noon, as we were eating the bread, bacon and herring lunch earned by the sweat of our brows, he, the aforesaid G. G., appeared mounted on a fat charger and in commanding tone demanded to know what manner of men we were. We told him in somewhat haughty style. Then he announced himself the proxy lord of the manor by virtue ofa duly acquired right to its hunting privileges, and insisted we were trespassers on said manor, This so astonished us that we remained seated on a log, but offered a placating symbol—in theform of a brown bottle, Then we arose and girded ourselves, and said. unto him that the true and good lord of the manor had permitted us to hunt theron lo! these many years, and had also indi- cated he had no objection for this one; consequenily we should hunt, hunt, hunt. With doubts, denials, demurrers, etc., our noble friend rode away, and we feared he was forever lost to ourfond gaze. But it was not so to be, for next morning an ami- able constable appeared through the mist that enveloped the hillsides, and ‘‘warranted” us in the politest manner to appear ab a country store, half a mile away, at 10 A. M. Upon appearing there we found bilious G. had rid- den miles upon miles the night before, to seek a mapis- trate and hound us with King George county law. The magistrate was a polite, kind, reasonable and well-in- formed man—a true gentleman—whose memory we shall cherish. He read to us the special act of the Virginia Legislature, applicable to. that county alone, by which an “informer” can become complainant, and if a huntsman has no ‘‘written license” to gun on a particular estate, he may be fined and his gun and dog confiscated. Asin other years, we had no “written license,” and henee were technically trespassers, being thus at the mercy of any maliciously-minded person who might choose to become ‘‘informer,” To be fined and lose some valuable guns and ‘‘no-price” dogs would have heen something more than an equiva- lent for two hours’ trespassing, with not a dead bird or rabbit, nor even a chipmunk to attest our skill, The proxy lord, G. G., swore he had an exelusive verbal per- mission to hunt on the estate in question, yet admitted there was no consideration given. Here was then a nudum pactum that would haye raised even Blackstone's massive wig. We quickly demurred, while admitting a technical trespass under the statute, The wise magistrate said we might pay the lowest possible costs, $4.20, and go our way, which we did after treating all hands to cigars, save always the pood G,G. He averred that he was prompted solely by hostility to our host, and had abso- lutely no purpose toinjureus. He was simply determined to make it pleasant for our host by attacking his friends and guests, Our host was a hard-working, thrifty, pros- perous farmer, who had moved there from Maryland some thirteen years before, And these things made him obnoxious to G. G., who had neyer moved (save when the Confederate army took him along), had never worked, and was neither thrifty nor prosperous. Subsequent to the magisterial seance we received invi- tations from more than one of our host’s neighbors to hunt.on their farms, and every disposition was shown to prove that G. G. did not represent Virginian hospitality, For G, G. himself nothing but anathemas were heard, and we learned that he had long been one of the most unpopular men in the county, so that his last essay had merely confirmed his undesirable title to notoriety and dislike. It is a great stretch from G: G. to innocent birds and rabbits, but it must be made, even though the latter sub- jects be summarily dismissed after a brief interview, My friends M, and T. “‘shot to kill,” while I wandered o’er hill and dale, in forest and meadow, observing nature “tin her loveliest mood.” The large basket trunk which they took home filled with dead birds was their coveted testimony to skill, which I naturally envied. But after all I got more out of the trip in fun over this and that in the way of ludi- crous happenings, and for years to come I can tell with pleasure of my adventure with ‘‘that nigger’s hound,” which had so queer ideas and ways, wasso indifferent to the change of masters, localities, sleeping quarters and diet, so stubborn and opinionated, so stupid and yet sly, and always so hungry and hollow even when stuffed with corn bread and rabbits. Ican recall how he de- clined to hunt squirrels, though ‘‘warranted” for them, how he always refused to come to a trail, how I once threw him in a ‘‘briar patch,” vi ef armis (translated, by his tail), and after a rabbit that calmly awaited him therein; how he emerged with a sang froid which com- pletely unnerved me, and must have surprised Bre’r Rabbit himself, and I can always explain my lack of luck by stating the fact, namely, that the hound always raced the rabbits into a hole, but suppress the concomitant fact that the said hole was his own throat. (It was not till the last day of my stayin Briar Land that I learned where the hole was.) Sosly and ‘‘past finding out” are the ways of a hound educated in an American Ethiopia, One week from our going we gathered again on the sandy bank of the river in the bright morning sun, and four hours thereafter the good steamer Wakefield bore us to Alexandria, whence Mr, T.’s smart team quickly took us to Four-Mile Run. There our good friend Charlie P. awaited our coming, and at dusk we sat once again around Mrs. T.’s groaning table: everything was cooked to perfection, and we ate and ate like starved men of turkey and ‘‘fixings’ too numerous to remember, The reader will not blame usif, remembering the most notable experience of our trip, we sang: “Old Grymeés should be dead, That bad old man, May we never see him more.” POTOMAC, *BANK-GRASS KNOLL.” Editor Forest and Siream: In your issue of July 30 “Sand Hill” dropped on the writer of this quite heavily; but as a small boy once re- marked to me when a bigger one knocked him down, “It did not hurt much.” WVirstly because it was done in a gentlemanly and courteous manner, secondly, taken in the abstract, what he says is quite correct; thirdly, judged as we are by standards at best arbitrary and uncertain, there are few of us whose conduct as sportsmen is not open to criticism, and lastly, Ihave a perfectly clear conscience. : About two miles from here lives old Oliver F., a man who some years ago discovered that seasoned shingles make good kindling and proceeded to strip them off his house for this purpose. As the shingle line gradually re- ceded it was necessary to use a sharpened stake to punch the kindling, and it became the duty of George Tom, Oliver’s eldest son, to see that the stake was in its place within reach of the door. One night he neglected to do this. Next morning, on his way in from the barn, he met his paternal parent in no very pleasant frame of mind. “See here, George Tom,” says he, ‘what do you mean by neglectin’ of your business in this way. There, I had to go out in my sock feet this mornin’ to hunt up a stake to git kindlin’s. Atter this, when you have apy- thin’ to do, you tend to it. No one ’Il ever hire you when you git to be aman if there’s no dependence to be put in you; and you're shiftless, I tell you, boy, shift- less, and if there’s anythin’ under the light of this here heavens I hate, it’s shiftlessness.” Similarly we all hate unsportsmanlike ways, but they are mostly George Tom’s ways, not our own. The sen- tence in my former communication, upon which your correspondent founds his objection, is, perhaps, somewhat loosely written; it certainly is open to a more extreme in- terpretation than is consistent with strict accuracy. The reader might possibly think that I lost four nights’ sleep out of every week for three open seasons and killed thousands of ducks. This would be incorrect. I was at that time engaged in a brain-worrying, nerve-exhausting business. My day’s work was usually finished by 4:30 P.M. Then, with gun and a couple of dozen cartridges, I strolled down to the Dugway, adjacent to which there isalarge tract of intervale and marsh abounding in ponds, puddles and duck food. I would walk up per- haps half a dozen snipe, killing some and missing the rest. A little before sundown I would hide in my blind on.the ‘‘Bank-grass Knoll” to wait for the ducks, Before long they would come, Some would pitch down far from any shooter and go to feeding, others in circling around would get killed or missed. Then, when dusk came and there was danger of failing to find if we killed, we left our stands—the Parson, Samuel, Chase and I— and walked home in the gloaming. One duck was a fair hag, two good, three extra and four a ‘‘whopper.” The Parson and I killed less than 50 each a season, the other two exceeded that figure slightly. The ducks would come quite early Monday evenings, and a little later each day till Thursday, by which time there would only be afew stray ones before it was too dark to shoot. Then we would leave them alone till the following Monday, when the shooting would again be good, Unquestionably the ducks came there to feed, and many of them did so. I have seen ducks feeding com- placently in a little pond just north of my stand, paying no attention to the shooting ina blind 200yds from them, but if I, at about half that distance and in plain sight, fired, they would leave in a hurry. fT was a sinner then, I am one still—an unrepentant one, For I expect to occupy the old stand on Bank-grass Knoll again this fall for a few days after the opening of the season, I will probably enjoy it, even if T don’t kill many ducks. Of the many pleasant memories associated with those three years, the ones clinging around Bank- grass Knollare what I would care least to have eliminated, Even when I killed nothing there was something com- forting and restful in sitting there in the after-zlow and listening to the song of the wind through the bank-graas, so close to my ears. J think others haye found it so, too. No one would make me believe that the Parson came a ean of two and a half miles for the sake of the ducks é got. Perhaps we were sportsmen, perhaps not, but I think if “Sand Hill” could have known our little clique he would have pronounced us not too bad alot. He would have found us content with very little and never cursing our luck, except when the guns missed fire, and then the worst the Parson ever said was ‘‘bother.” In conclusion, I may say that I would not shoot a duck on her nest; that’s George Tom’s way, and I despise it; but I did shoot ducks between sundown and dark, and would dosoagain. Twice I have fired at ducks after dark, and will not say that I won’t do so any more. This may not be right, but we cannot all of us do rightall the time. L, I, FLOWER. McDownatn’s Corner, N. B. AN ADIRONDACK SQUIRREL HUNT. | a lies before me in my study a silvery rug made of 16 gray squirrel skins, which, as my eye catches it, turns my thoughts back to a cool bright October day spent on the edge of the Adirondacks hunting squirrels with a keen-nosed old hound. For many years near Lake George a now old man by the name of Stevens has lived, and man’s memory hardly runneth back to when his companion, a liver and tan hound, did not exist. The two are county characters, aud their reputation for knowing just where the game was to be found was proverbial, At sunrise we climped out of the wagon at his cabin in the edge of the woods. The horse was placed in the little shed with a bunch of corn stalks to feed upon. The old hound, called from his kennel, barked and gamboled as he saw the guns drawn forth from the cases. We climbed over the bars and followed the cow path up across the white frost-covered pasture. It was a steep climb, Below gradually came into view the valley of the Hudson, the course of which was outlined, as the river wound across the plain, by great wreaths of rising mist, the edges of which the stun had tipped with rose, The old hound scampered through the wood lot, where the bluejays were crying and the chipmunks chattering around the brush piles as though they were glad again to see the sun. Pausing, pantingly. we gazed down upon the beautiful panorama framed by the great trunks and branches of the few remaining trees while waiting for the voice of the dog onatrail. The old hunter, as he leaned his 6ft, or more of spare frame on his ax handle, with scraggy gray beard and coon-skin cap, formed a strong picturesque figure. The welcome bay came down the mountain side, and the old man with face alert bent forward to mark the direction of the running. A short ‘‘Come on!” and with rapid strides he led toward the heavy timber. ‘The ring- ing music stopped, and an occasional angry bark told plainly the game was ‘‘treed” or “holed.” The latter it proved to be, as we saw the dirt fying from the paws of the dog as he sought to reach his quarry under the roots. All the morning we tramped through the big timber, Only a single gray was shot, and he came tumbling out from the red leaves of a bough he was scampering along, The old hunter had predicted squirrels in plenty in the morning, and the keenness of his dog had been duly Jauded. As the hours wore on both master and dog were chagrined, as their actions plainly revealed. About noon he proposed lunch and then to try a different ridge, High up on the mountain on a big moss-covered rock a fire was built, Stretched out at full length in the grateful warmth of sun and fire we rested. Down through the woods the sunlight touched with silver every trunk, branch and! al ae Aué. 20, 1891.] FOREST AND STREAM. o5 twig. The oaks still held their flaming red foliage, the green of the hemlock showed here and there, and the white birches caught up the strong light in dazzling whiteness. The woodpeckers are working noisily close by, and away below a hawk is sailing in slow concentric circles, The hound slept at the feet of his master, who, _ with back against a log and cap well back, between the puffs on his short pipe told of a deer run in yonder ravine and of bear hunting further up, years ago, when this was well nigh a wilderness. Far out over the valley of farms and woods the eye rests on the blue ridges of the Green Mountains. _ With new energy thesecond ridge is sought. Scarcely is it reached before the dog gives voice and leads us straight to the summit. Beneath a hickory he sits with upturned nose, and before the tree is reached a silvery body springs out for a neighboring tree, A gun rings out and the second squirrel is brought to bag. Off again went the hound, soon to give noisy tongue, and down to the footof the ridge wehurry. This time beside a brook that purled along, an oak with a hole high up showed where the game was hidden, At the foot of the tree numerous little particles of bark gave evidence that it wasafamily tree. Off came Stephen’s coatand an extra “hitch is taken in hisleather belt. Thenthe keen axe falls with a vigor into the hard wood. Upand down flashes the bright steel; right and left fly the white chips as the gash sinks deeper into the trunk and the blows ring out through the forest, The end is nearing, the tree slowly quivers, then sinks, then falls witha mighty crash, Out from its hollow trunk near the top comes a jumping mass of gray that instantly separates, Bang, banye, bang, bang, sound the guns, yelp, yelp, the dog, and the keen shouts of the old man as stick in hand he jumps after a wounded squirrel. Fresh shells are jammed in before the smoke drifts away. A flash of gray through the _ trees, I fire, a miss, again and down the squirrel comes, but only to scramble over a log. I crash through the bushes and as he jumps fora knotty chestnut the third shot lays him still, We gather round the fallen tree and five grays have been added to the now filling game bags. With _ lighted pipes we rest waiting for the new trail to be found. Soon it comes and then another as the afternoon wears on, At sunset on the far side of the ridge the hound treed the sixteenth squirrel in some saplings. Our ap- proach starts him out, and as he jumped right across the glowing sky of the west the shot turns him in midair. We shoulder our guns and set out through the still gray woods for the wagon. The old hunter leads the way, eect with his axe on his shoulder and the hound sedately at his heels, As we descend the full moon pours its light down into the valley with here and there a glittering light, “My eye catches the rug again. Ah, poor little grays, you lived but to satisfy man’s desire for sport, Is it not true of the killing of all animals what Frank Forrester said of Bob White? ‘‘It isa singular proof how strong is the passion for the chase and the love of pursuit im- planted in the heart of man. that however much, when not influenced by the direct heat of sport, we deprecate the killing of these little birds and pity the individual sufferers, the moment the dog points and the bevy springs, or the propitious morning promises good sport, all com- punction is forgotten in the eagerness and emulation which are natural to our race.” Yes, little grays, while I regret your killing 1 fear my love of sport would draw me again in pursuit.of you and other game, and to wish all days were as happy as those with dog in wood and field. And from yonder fireside Bess wags her tail in assent as my reverie aloud wakes her from dreams, per- haps, of whirling quail or wily grouse. N. B. W, CHICAGO AND THE WEST. Coase I., Aug. 14,—There never was any fiy- wheel so big it couldn’b be stopped and made torun the other way, though sometimes that may be a long operation. The continuance of any evil which does not affect directly the general publie’s convenience is much the same way. Itruns of itjsown weight, Butit can be stopped also, For years the sportsmen of the country have been talking a great deal and working a little, about the kill- ing and selling of illegal game, They have not stopped the abuse. The fight has been 4 considerable one. No- where has this fight been so hard to carry on as in the big game selling cities. A little actual work in a rural district will stop illegal shooting. To stop illegal selling in a great city is more difficult. Nevertheless, that can probably. be done, In all these years of talk the proba- bility never looked as probable as now. Now is the time, and this is the year,:to increase the fight on illegal game. Idon’t know how or why this is, but the fact is unmistakable. For some reason the fly- wheel of this iniquitous machine is slowing up. The sentiment in favor of game protection has changed notably, Much of the evil lay in ignorance or apathy. Agitation has informed the public, and even those who aré not sportsmen are beginning to see the evil of the old destructive ways. I am speaking now safely for this region at least. I believe Chicago has done more in actual game protection this year than any other city or section of the country. To-day the sportsmen here feel that things are coming their way. The organization of the Possum Club, the work of the Fox River Association, the organization and highly satisfactory work of the Kankakee Association, the passage of the bill stopping the abominable ice fisheries—all this was a good year’s “work alone, but it is not all. It may be remembered that FOREST AND STREAM was the first to show up Brusewitz, appointed last year asa game warden for this city, and to move for his dismissal. This fellow’s conduct finally got to such a point that the petition printed away last spring in FOREST AND STREAM was taken up and, with a heavy list of signatures, placed before the governor of the State, the meeting for this purpose heing held at Mr. Low’s office, as was duly re- pomged: The sportsmen prayed the appointment of M. R, ortree, of this city, as warden. The result was long in doubt, but this week the good news came that Brusewitz was deposed and Mr. Bortree appointed. This is one of the best things'of the season. and is notless than a triumph for the sportsmen. Gov. Fifer did well. Mr, Bortree received his commission this morning, and less than an hour thereafter had a warrantin his pocket fora noted South Water street law-breaker, The result will be given later, I hayealready spoken, in the three preceding issues of the paper, of the cases inaugurated against the restaurants and hotels here by the sportsmen. In these the course of victory has thus far béén unbroken. Mr, Abner Price, the quiet, faithful and conscientious president for this year of the State Sportsmen’s Association, has been patient in getting the matter in trim, and is to be congratulated upon his administration already, It bids fair to be the most distinguished administration of them all in the matter of stopping illegal handling of game. If only he shall keep on, he has the chance now to make a record for all other associations, as well as this one, ‘The popular sentiment now ig with him. The tide has turned, and for once it is safe to say that things are coming our way. The iron is hot now, and I only hope that the striking will be incessant. Thus far the restaurant cases have gone by default, Mr, Kern, county treasurer of Cook county, president of the Audubon Club, ex-president of the State Sportsmen’s Association, etc., ete , has paid $32 for the good of the cause. He has, however, failed to inform the Assccia- tion where his six prairie chickens were bought. As a prominent sportsman, and more especially as one who has rushed into print and been rushed there, to the effect that he was ignorant and innocent, and only his new steward at fanlt, it now behooves him certainly to attest his ignorance by bringing up his steward and causing him to give the desired information. Wewant the South Water street merchant as well as Mr. Kern. There are two more straight cases against Mr. Kern, and it is now the sentiment of even some of the more conservative that these cases should be pushed at once unless he will so far conserye the interests of the Association as to locate the game dealer who sold these birds. We all know now who that dealer is, but have not testimony to proveit. It is certainly not unreasonable to ask Mr. Kern to show his hands if they are clean, and if they are not clean they needa little more washing. The cases against the McGarigle Catering Co., the Leland Hotel, the Wellington Hotel and Rector’s restaur- ant were not allowed to come to trial, defendants plead- ing guilty and paying the fine and costs. Justice Ran- dall H. White, before whom the suits were brought, thought that $25 and costs, or about $30, was about right, This morning Billy Boyle’s case was to have been tried, but his attorney said his wife was sick in bed and prayed a continuance for a week, When the case comes off the attorney himself will be sick in bed. Last night, just to see what effect the late fines had had, | went down to Rector’s for supper. “You're not serving much prairie chicken nowadays, are youe” I said to the waiter, ‘‘Well, not since the other day,” said he smiling. “How much did those fellows stick the old man?’ I asked, “Twenty-five,” said the waiter. ‘But, Lord! he don’t mind that.” “Well,” I said, “‘it’s a shame they can’t let a manalone. Can't a fellow get a little prairie chicken on the quiet, without their making such a fuss about it? I used to get a bird here once in a while, and here now I can’t do it, all because of this foolishness,” “Oh, well, you see,’ said the waiter, ‘‘that $25 fne’s all right. We don’t want it thought we're serving too much of that sort of thing. But we haven’t got any prairie chicken to-night, but then, you see—” “Have you got any teal duck?” “Oh, yes, a nice teal.” I had before this ordered my supper, and so could not well order duck. I, however, tried to find some one to send down, and to-night Billy Farmer and a friend will try for someduck there. I hope they will getit. I think Justice White would stick a good heavy fine and a repri- mand, too, on Mr, Rector if he were caught so soon again. There ought to be new men sent around again to all these places which have just been fined. J have always said that a fine for one bird was a bagatelle tothem. They should be fined the limit on every individual bird, and as many cases brought as possible. They will quit selling when they find it is costing them too much to sell, and not before. Mercy is ill-placed with such men. The rougher this Association is the better. Mr. Low, the attorney for these cases, thinks the Association will get pubiie sentiment against it if it is toosevere. Ido not agree with this in the least. It isn’t a question of public rentiment, but a question of illegal game; and the men who sell it ought to be jerked as early and often and as thoroughly as that can be done. This talk at Rector’s place ought to be proof enough of that. At the close of the little gathering which attended the continued Boyle case this morning, State Fish Warden F. L. Buck, the same who has done the fishway work for the Kankakee Association, accompanied Mr. M. R. Bor- tree, the new Chicago warden, to the justice’s desk, and there swore out a search warrant for the commission house of Fred W. Smith, Buck had been informed of 150. dozen prairie chickens now hanging in Smith’s coolers, and had been promised a diagram of the store- rooms, so that these birds could be located at once. I wanted to see some of this, and so accompanied the two above to Mr, F.S. Baird’s office. Here the statutes were examined carefully and all made ready. Mr. Buck then stepped out to get his diagram. He was gone about three hours, and came back without any diagram. He had traced his clue to the buyer for the Union Restaurant, Henry Erbe, who had said he bought a dozen chickens there last week. Mr. Erbe referred Mr. Buck to a gentle- man who was lately in partnership with Fred Smith. This gentleman promptly declined with thanks to tell what he knew, though there was where the story of the 150. dozen chickens started. He said later, after Mr. Buck had left. that Fred Smith had no chickens in his place on Dearborn street, but that all his stuff was in the big cold storage warehouse down on Sixteenth street. So the 150 dozen chickens looked dim. At this stage of the game, 3 P. M, to-day, Lleft, It was then thought that on Mr. Boriree’s return from home the search would be made of Smith’s place at any rate. Of that I will learn later, Under the circumstances Mr, Smith will probably haye been warned before the searchers get there. i see no reason why all the freezers on South Water street should not be examined, and also certainly the great cold storage houses, Many commission dealers have their stuft in the cold storage houses, and if they were thrown open it is likely that a terrible sight would be shown to sportsmen’s eyes, As to the right of search the law pro- tects the warden well, the clause permitting search read- ing, “If he have reason to believe” that illeral game is concealed. He can not be proceeded against, It is safe to say that some of these “reasons for belief” will be sifted before long now. Brusewitzis gone. We've got a warden in Chicago now. Congratulate us. Mr, Price, president of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association, announces his appointments for the ensiting year as follows: Board of Directors, Dr. N. Rowe, Fred. C. Donald, B, B. Organ, C. 8. Burton and F. A. Place; Law Committee, Wolfred N. Low, John Lyle King and B.S. Baird. I should correct the types of last week’s paper, which say that Mr. Low is ‘‘not at present a member of the Kankakee Association. I wished to say he was not at present a member of the board of directors of that As- sociation. An interesting question of insurance comes up. A cer- tain game dealer on South Water street carries $50,000 insurance on gamethe year round. Suppose he burns out in the close season, could he collect? This has been asked here lately. He is wasting his money. A thing illegal does not exist in law. He ought to call in some of his insurance, A deplorable affair is reported from Daytom, O., Aug. 9, as follows: “State Deputy Game Warden L, K, Buntain of this city fatally shot David Mellvain, who he caught with four others seining in Mad River, near Harshmanville, about midnight, Bnntain had heard that a party had gone up the river to seine contrary to the State law, and at the request of Ben FP, Seitner, member of the County Fish and Game Protective Society, accompanied him to the spot, both being disguised. They came upon the party in the act of drawing the seine. A fight ensued, and Mellyvain was shot.” In the above case the outcome is to be regretted, though the fault was doubtless the victim’s, both in doing an legal act and resisting the legal means of correcting that act. Oapt. J. W, Eddy, Capt. W. ©. Da Remer and Mr. James Brooks, last week again proved the yirtue of the Des Plaines River, which runs right at the edge of Chi- cago. They caught 16 bass and 3 pickerel at Willow Springs. This point can be reached via Alton or Santa Fe Railway. Mrs. Nash hasthe only stopping place there. Warden Buck reports all the fishways in on Rock River, all in on the Fox River, and all just as good as in on the Kankakee River, The Illinois Valley Protective Association will soon be organized, on lines similar to the Fox and Kankakee River associations, The world do move, Later, Evening, Aug. 9.—You can get a lot of courtesy and a whole broiled teal at Rector’s Restaurant right now for $1.50. As Iwas going home from my office to-night I passed by that corner, and could not resist the tempta- tion to goin and see personally whether, in the face of the late conviction, he would actually continue to sell illegal game. I wasalone. The waiterof last night was not at hand, but I found another, and gave him an order for a good supper, of which a broiled blue-wing teal was apart, The latter was listed at 60 cents on the bill of fare, and no discounts off, It cameallright. The bird was three-quarters grown, Mistake was not possible. The odor of wild duck is not to be confused with any other, the more especially if the bird be a trifle “thigh,” as this one was. 1 have killed and eaten too many teal not to know one, though it is not yet certain whether the Justice will accept my unsupported testimony to that effect, There will be a chance for that to be decided, as this case will be brought. Ihope that Billy Farmer and his friend will also locate their cases there to-night. This ought to cost Mr. Rector $75 and costs, not less. Is not this proof sufficient that a fine for one bird, a mere com- plimentary fine, is of no avail to stop this nuisance? Ought not the other Kern cases to be prosecuted? Ought not the Boyle cases to be argued for threes birds, and the full penalty for each, and ought not the Hotel Richelien case, which is yet to be tried, be laid for two birds, and argued for a $50 fine? I say mercy is ill-placed with these men, and to-night I have provedit. Ifthe Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association had three men who were willing to get out and do a little steady hustling, it could prove this again and again in the majority of the cases in which action has already been brought. 1 venture to say this: The first fines amount to nothing in the bulk of these Gases. Imust compliment Mr, Rector upon the quality of his service. When I first went in, tired and a trifle dusty, the waiter, before I ordered, brought me 4 glass of water with no ice in it and a section of butter also iceless. He, however, looked at my hat and umbrella and they seemed to please him. When I ordered a good supper, including the teal, his estimate continued to improve. He took away the iceless water and butter and brought a glass of water with icein it and two “‘pats” of butter nicely iced and trimmed with parsley branches. I expanded the order yet alittle, and presently he whisked away my cu of coffee and brought me another, ‘‘You'll find this nice and warm, sir,” said he. Then he stood and fanned me and kept things in good running order. There were no flies about that table. I never enjoyed a supper more and never gave a waiter a half dollar with greater pleas- ure. He was such a, good, pleasant, revised edition waiter. And besides he was doing mea favor. I should say in passing that two friends who tasted of Mr. Rector’s teal, a portion of which was pocketed, agreed unhesita- ingly to its character. Mr. Rector runs a good fence, He says he has tealand he does have teal, No other newspaper has collected a jot of evidence in this work here. They may come trailing in after a while. By watching ForREST AND STREAM they may be able to get a story about it. I just say this a sort of off hand, News in a newspaper is great stuff, but some papers don’t think so, Aug. 16.—After so much racket about protecting game, I presume a good many shooters would like to think about shooting a little game for themselves, legally of course. The prairie chicken season will now soon be open, and inquiries are constant for good shooting grounds. Unfortunately the bulk of our Western prairie chickens are now reposing in Chicago freezers, or local freezers throughout the shooting country, but I should like to help some gentleman to a day after these fine game birds on their natural cover, I still think north- west Nebraska, north of the North Loup, is the best place to go to, iioeee I have not heard personally from tha season there, the amount of rain, eic, Last year tha 86 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aua, 20, 1891,” country had the best shooting of any, and the shipments from there were simply terrible. Last year Minnesota and South Dakota were too dry and the shooting there was very poor. This year matters are much better in those States, the rainfall later in the season being more abundant, and yet not excessive in the early spring, Ottertail county, in Minnesota, ought to be asafe chance this year. I should not bs afraid to risk Ortonville, Glenwood is mentioned, but Ido not think so much of it. I hear from Minneapolis that the illegal shooting be- fore the opening of the season has up to this time been much less than usual. A case or two of convictions at St. Paul helped matters in that neighborhood, For lowa advice is much more difficult, as that country was nearly depleted by market-hunters. If a party should go to Ruthven, la., they could by judicious inquiry get at shooting near there or around there. On the whole, South Dakota, after northwestern Nebraska, is the safest country I know of to visit for up- land grouse shooting this fall. Reports come in that the season there has been favorable in every way. Near Tracy the birds are described by aresident late from there as very abumdant. Volga, S. D., is another good point, and I don’t think one would miss it there. Huron is probably not so good, though much chosen as a starting point. Last year the sharp-tailed grouse shooting in the Turtle Mountains country, of Dakota, was magnificent, and this year it should be practically asgood. Hitchcock, 5. D., is good this year also, I am told. Yn Illinois the shooting will be about as good or perhaps better than in most of the States further west. There will, of course, be this drawback here, that the shooting has begun now, aud will be practically over by Sept. 5, though its opening date is Sept, 15. Nevertheless, Sept, 15 will show fine cornfield shooting, the hardest and finest sort, and clear above grass shooting on cheeping grouse, along the old Sangamon Marsh, 20 miles below Pekin. Mason City, near there, is another point closer. There will be some birds left not far from Jacksonville, not many. Near Bloomington there will still be some shoot- ing left by the early thieves, and this will be better yet near Saybrook, just below Bloomington. At Mt, Pulaski, this State, there will be birds, and I think the boys there try to keep the law observed. I have heard of birds along the Kankakee, in Indiana, but.could not recommend that. Near Momence, Ill., there were a few coveys this summer, probably eaten before this. Near Yorkville, on the Fox River, there was probably pretty fair illegal shooting for awhile this year. I give any advice as to shooting country with a great deal of reluctance, for fear that some good fellow off on a vacation may through it be led into disappointment. It isnot possible to speak with certainty for any country not personally visited, which is of course out of the ques- tion at this date. More than this, one’s success in a strange country depends on himself. He must have the knack of making friends, and a disposition to hustle, and an eye for good ground, anda knowledge of his game. More- oyer good ‘‘chicken dogs” are scarce, either local or im- ported along. The market-hunter never did a more de- plorable thing than when he killed off, through death of raison détre, that magnificent hunting companion and friend, the old fashioned ‘‘chicken dog.” Another thing, The dates of the open seasons should be looked up, not in rough and inaccurate newspaper compilations, and not in the slips of alleged ‘‘game laws” sent out by some of our sporting goods houses and manu- facturing firms. I found the South Dakota date wrongly given in one of these affairs to-day. Mr, F, 8. Baird, who is just about to start for that country on a shooting trip, called my attention to it. ‘All these publications have given that date wrong,” he said, ‘“‘you’d better write in and have your paper correct it,” ‘Ts it wrong in the Book of the Game Laws ?” I asked. “Wrong everywhere,” said he. I went tomy desk, and found that the Book of the Game Laws had the date right, and just as he found it in the Dakota statutes. By a fault of the indexer of the statutes this reference is not paged in the back of the volume as regularly. So here the Book of the Game Laws was better even than a reference to the statutes, which to the ordinary searcher would have been mislead- ing, I do not know of any other compilation of the game laws which is altogether accurate. lt may be fallible, but I have not yet heard of a mistake that it has made. It is one of the most useful books a sportsman ever had in his hand, especially just about now. I don’t know what I get for saying all this, but it is something which ought really to be said, E, HouGs. WESTERN WILDFOWL GROUNDS, EST of Sb. Peter, on the C. & N. W.R. R., is located the town of Tracy, It is avery nice town and many of the residents are fine sportsmen. Large prairies are on every side of the town, and the location is one of the best to start out from for some good shooting of any place [ know. South of Tracy is the celebrated Lake Shetek country, where may be found great quantities of ducks and geese. Should the sportsman be in the country during a flight of canvasbacks and redheads he would have very fine sport. Lake Shetek is the head of the west branch of the Des Moines River, and is located in the great “flyway” of ducks and geese from British America to the Des Moines Valley, and from there to the Mississippi Valley and from there on to the Gulf. This lake country is a great breed- ing ground for ducks and geese and all the snipe family. Wild celery and rice are found in many of the lakes. The native ducks decoy the flight ducks into the lakes when on their way south. Sometimes the feed is so plenty that they will stopa month or more. Then the sportsmen will get as fine ducks for table use as can be found in any part of the country. Good chicken shooting can be found anywhere west of St. Peter. West from Tracy, in Dakota, we come to the great duck, goose and chicken country of Dakota. North of Watertown is located the Indian reservation. It is a great country for lakes, and quite a breeding ground for waterfowl. Great quantities of small grain are raised around Watertown, and when the flight of geese come down from the Devil’s Lake country in North Dakota it isa sight to behold. At any place west of Watertown good shooting may be found, The Jim River country is a great place for ducks and geese. Near Columbia the Jim Riyer forms quite a lake, and there isa grand chance for the sportsman to try his hand at pass PODS, the best of all shooting, The shooter who kills three ducks out of five on a duck pass may be classed as an A No, 1 shot. I have seen but few shooters that could do so, A duck every other shot is good work, I think more white-fronted, snow and Hutchins geése pass through Dakota than Minnesota and Iowa, but I am satisfied that there are more Canada geese in Minnesota and Towa, and that more ducks pass through those States. The sportsmen from the East will not need to bring loaded shells. Good ones can be found in almost every town, and they are sold very cheap. Good teams and drivers are always to be had at fair rates, These drivers know where the best shooting grounds are located, There has been a great deal of rain in the Dakotas this season, The lakes and ponds are full of water, Splendid grain fields are to be found all over the States. With such large quantities of feed and water wildfowl shoot- ing must be good. J. G. 8. WASHINGTON.—Seattle, Aug. 9.—F, Schramm & Co,, the proprietors of the Rosemont cafe, pleaded guilty in Justice Von Tobel’s court yesterday toa complaint charging them with selling grouse in violation of the game laws of the State. The representative of the firm said the birds had been bought and disposed of by an unauthorized employe without the firm’s consent, and upon the motion of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Caldwell, the minimum penalty, $10 and costs, was assessed. An interesting point was brought out during an informal discussion by the at- torneys that followed the disposition of the case. The prosecuting witness, Josiah Collins, jr., said that when he bought a grouse at the Rosemont there were a number of prairie chickens hanging from the same hook. Mr. Rademeyer, the firm’s representative, said that they had been shipped from South Dakota, and contended that he should be allowed to sell them, Mr, Collins, who, besides being a sportsman, is the author of the game law now in force, insists that the simple act of disposing of game is an offense, and that itis necessary to include game brought without the limits of the State to puarantee the enforce- ment ot the statutes, which would otherwise be rendered inoperative. Boyd & Chamberlain had their case con- tinued until Wednesday next. They will contest the case,— Post-Intelligencer. HE HAD HIS MEDICINE.—One of our most respected citizens wanted some prairie chicken last week (Aug. 5), We killed, dressed and sold him three prairie owls, He said that they were very tough for young birds. He has found it out; and we who vilely betrayed his confidence and trifled with his feelings do not care to associate with him, (His shotgun is good for 100yds,)—D., (Cimarron, Kan,), Camp-Sfire Hlicheyings. “That reminds me.” THE ALLURING CHARMS OF LINKVILLE. Hditor Forest and Stream: The most unique locality to be found by the sportsman is probably that surrounding the town of Linkville, in The town nestles at the foot of a large mountain, and lies right on the bank of what is locally known as Link River. This stream—which is quite Klamath county, Oregon, large—connects the Upper and Lower Klamath lakes, is alive with thousands, and probably millions, of large fish, which are constantly passing to and fro between the two lakes, and are as constantly jumping out of water in sight of the town. They are of all sorts and sizes. Some of them appear to be cutting up these antics for the fun of the thing, and some to shake some kind of an eel-looking creature which attacks them in the water and becomes attached to their sides, causing the fish apparently much suffering. It is no uncommon thing for large fish to be taken there whose sides are all scarred up in consequence of these attacks. It would not be surprising if many fish were thus des- troyed. Probably there are notin the world two lakes more Dumerously stocked with trout than the Upper and Lower Klamath lakes, Judging by map measurement they éach average thirty miles in length by ten miles in width, Many large streams empty into them, affording splendid fishing and spawning grounds, Lying east of the Cascade range of mountains, where genuine winter prevails. in the season for it, the water is better and the tish bealthy and solid—features which do not prevail on the western side of the mountains, where an almanac has to be consulted to accurately ascertain the season of the year. But, to revert to Link River. There is another and very peculiar feature about its banks, they are a snake para- dise. The blue ribbon—though it may haye been consist- ently worn by the sportsman for the last decade of his life—will not prevent the seeing of tens of thousands of snakes in a walk of a mile from the town. They are of a harmless variety, and of all colors and sizes, six inches to six feet in length, On warm sunny days they lie twisted together in heaps of hundreds, and it is not un- common to see three thousand of them in fifteen minutes’ walk, If disturbed while taking their siesta in their efiort to get away they become twisted into the form of a cable as large as a man’s body and cannot move, Accor- ding to an estimate made by one of the oldest and most intelligent inhabitants of that vicinity, there are snakes enough in that country to build a wall four feet wide and four feet high at least a mile long. Some of the farms there are fenced with walls laid up with round water- wornstones. These walls constitute the home of thousands of these reptiles. If one of these walls is approached, from nearly every interstice a snake’s head will be pro- jected with forked tongue forbidding trespass on their domain. What is singular about this whole affair is the protection afforded to these reptiles by the inhabitants there. They will not allow them to be killed or eyen in- jured. Their children, familiarized with them from their birth, have no loathing or fear of the reptiles, but pick them up and play with them, as any other child does with a toy, under caution of the parents not to hurt them, The reasons given by the farmers and others for this pro- tection are three. First, the farmers could raise no crops without their in aid destroying various bugs, insects and vermin which would otherwise overrun the whole region with destruction of all living vegetation; second, the reptiles smell sickening enough living, but their stench is intolerable when dead; and third, they deyour and re- every part thereof, even to the bed. upon politeness at these times. ee the number of frogs; and hereby hangs a tale, o’er rue. Perennially there descends upon Linkville and the sur- rounding country untold millions of little creatures, resembling a frog, and about the size of a small one, which are reminders of the biblical frogs of Egypt. Where they come from no one seems to know, but it is probable that they come from the rivers and lakes and Klamath marshes, Upon their arrival every door and window has to be closed against them, or they willinvade the house in countless numbers and dispute possession of There is no standing The entrance to, and exit from, a house is done with instantaneous ceélerity, and a resounding slam to the door which, under ordinary cir- cumstances, would betray a passionate mood. Of course the streets of the town are full of them. And now the snake takes his annual feast, as that of the Passover, And thus is nature’s law of supply and demand fulfilled. Up among the mountains surrounding Linkville there are large quantities and many kinds of game. Quail, grouse, wildcats, mountain lions, deer, and an occasional bear are there. It isaregion where much hunting has probably not been done, as it is situated sixty miles from any railroad, and nothing but an abominable stage road to make a connection. Thick cowhide boots are the cor- rect thing for the sportsman there, as the rattler will dis- pute his way. But if the sportsman desires to go afishing with the most economical of tackle, he may provide himself with an inexpensive pitchfork and pay a visit to Lost River, a sizeable stream a few miles east of Linkville. There he will find pickerel of enormous size, and so thick in the river that they fill itfrom bank to bank, The inhabitants never use any other kind of tackle. More anon, M,. W. ALAMEDA, Cal. Sea and River Sishing. THE FULL TEXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, Territories and British Proyinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. AFTER MASCALONGE IN ELBOW LAKE. ee got to go to Park Rapids, Thursday. If you'll go along we'll go over to Elbow Lake and try the mas- calonge, Will you go?” So said Stephens last Monday night, and Thursday morning at 5 o’clock we were on the Northern Pacific train bound for Wadena, where we would take the Great Northern line for Park Rapids, We had often talked of taking the trip to Elbow Lake, in Minnesota, but lack of time to make the trip, which included a sixty-mile drive to the lake over a road of incomparable roughness, and a return over the same road, had prevented. But the completion of the railroad line to Park Rapids Aug. 1, brought the lake within eight miles of the railroad. So Aug. 6 saw us off for a few hours fish in the renowned Elbow Lake, We break- fasted in Wadena, Here we met three ‘‘fishing cranks,” one of whom was an old acquaintance, and with the other two we soon became acquainted, and then followed an exhibition of rods, reels and lines, and relating: and comparing experiences, They all said they envied us our trip and wished they could go, Stephens and I had our light split-bamboos, and were going to use a small G line with a No, 8 Skinner spoon. It was to be all experiment with us. We had never caught a mascalonge, but we had always said that if we could get where they were we should use our ordinary trout tackle with the exception of the spoon, At 9:30 A. M. we boarded the train for Park Rapids, the county seat for Hubbard county and the present ter- minus of the railroad, Trains had been running only five days and everything was of the essential essence of the “newness of the new.” Therailroad runs through timber nearly all the way; hardwood, interspersed with tamarac swamps at first, then the grand old pine forest. We reached Park Rapids, where a genuine boom is in full development, in time for a 2 o’clockdinner. We ordered a team to be ready for us as soon as Stephens should get his business done. Four o’clock found us on our way. Elbow Lake is eight miles east of Park Rapids, and the drive is a very pleasant one through the pine woods all the way. Col. W. H. Martin lives on the shore of the lake and we had planned to get a boat of him and stay all night if he could keep us. e found Mr, Martin at home, and after a few questions had been asked and answered, were made welcome. We sent the team back with in- structions to come for us at 10 o’clock the next morning. We soor had our rods rigged up and on the advice of Mr. Maytin put a piece of light copper wire about 6in. long at the end of the line to fasten the spoon on to keep the fish trom biting off, which they will often do if no wire is used. Mr. Martin has lived on the lake eleyen years, and not only knows all the country thereabouts, but also where the gamy mascalonge abide. He gave us a few directions and we were off up the lake, leaving orders for an eight o’clock supper. The lake is very appropriately named Elbow Lake, as it closely resembles a bent arm. We turned the bend and went slowly along the west shore, keeping just out from the weeds. What was that which gave such a tug at the line and caused my rod to bend so? -Had the spoon caught on a log! No, for there was a succession of fierce jerks that caused me to call out to Stephens, ‘‘V’ye hooked one!” TJ had a very pleasant experience for the next few minutes, which resulted in bringing to the side of the boat a fish that could do more rushing and plunging and splashing, when seemingly played out, than any fish I had had on the hook in some time, Get him into our landing net we could not, so watching my chance I caught him in the gills with my left hand and jerked him into the boat —my first mascalonge, not very large, only ‘lbs., yet my first mascalonge, , ‘He didn’t jump 10ft. into the air,” I said. ‘‘No; nor jump over the boat,” added Stephens. ‘Nor run at us with his mouth wide open gnashing his teeth,” - 7 “But isn’t he a beauty?’ And indeed the fish was very pretty, I had no idéa that mascalonge were such fine looking fellows, During the next hour we caught four more, three of them being almost exact mates to the first, even to a AUG, 20, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM, 87 small fraction of a pound in weight, the other weighing only 4lbs. One of these fish went through a variety of gymmastic exercises, which were far and away ahead of anything in that line lever saw any fish do. I had Stephens’s rod in my hand with about 150ft. of line out when [hooked it. Immediately the fish broke water “and just clearing it leaped away to the left, and at once repeated the performance, going to the right. I handed the rod to Stephens and watched the fun, When the fish was in about 75ft. from the boat it sprang straight out of the water about three times its length as though shot from a gun,-and fiercely shook itself while in the air, “Are you sure that is not a tarpon?” asked Stephens, as -he saw-the performance, contesting every inch with the fish meanwhile, if; “No, ’m not sure of anything only that this is most glorious sport,” I answered. . ; We had adopted a plan of getting the fish into the land- ing net after our struggle with the first one, We would back them into the net, or, as Stephens phrased it, ‘‘make them set down in it.” By doing this we saved the net, as mascalonge have an ugly way of going through a net if they have half'a chance; and also saved getting the net, teeth of fish and hooks tangled in ‘‘confusion worse con- founded.” 4 Tn the twilight we rowed back to Col. Martin's. He was surprised at our catch of five fish, “J did not expect you'd get any, being strangers to the lake and to that kind of fishing. Ithought T’d go out with you in the morning and help you get some, but you've done as well as T could myself.” , We felt very well satisfied as we sat at the bountifully spread table drinking our coffee, eating broiled spring chicken, and blueberries and cream. Bed time came all too soon, as we sat listening to the Colonel’s lively ac- count of hunting and fishing in various places, and es- pecially there when he first settled on the lake. He told of a mascalonge jumping clear over the boat, and various other performances of the tish that were equally wonder- ful, and of the old veterans that no tackle would hold. He lamented the growing scarcity of game and fish, but as deer were seen every day, and sometimes several ina day, anda great moose had only a short time before come to the lakein broad daylight, butafew rods from the house, drank from the lake, and walked away into the woods again while Mrs. Martin and her daughter stood in the yard looking on, we thought some game was left yet. We went to bed, saying that we would get up at day- light and go on the lake, coming back to an § o’clock breakfast. We were on the lakeat 5 o’cl.ck. The first fish I hooked I lost after getting it fo the boab, the next one we landed, it was another 7-pounder. Soon after this Stephens was pulling along, | having his rod in my left hand and mine in my right, when I was most vigor- ously notified that a fish was on Stephens’s hook, I handed him his rod. He gave a jerk or two and tried to reel in, but could not. ‘That's no fish. I’ve caught fast to a log or something,” he said. : “It is a fish,” I replied, and just then it broke water a long ways back. ‘Here, youreel him in,” said Stephens, after he had struggled with him for a while, ‘ewhile I try and keep the boat out of these rushes.” I took the rod, and if anyone had told me there was so much fight in an 1ilbs. mascalonge, as we found it to be when we weighed. it, | would have told them they did not know what they were talking about. Three times I brought that fish to the boat, and three times it took 150it. of line off the reel. The surges, runs and plunges of that fish I shall ever remember, At last I told Stephens to row to the shore, about 40 rods away, and we’d land him on mother earth. T’ve led several varieties of animals in my life, but I’ve never led any that gave me so much excitement and pleasure as leading that fish, The slight bamboo rod was as pliant and bent and sprung as true as steel. I feared for the line, a light G silk one which had been used several times before. The way that fish disported itself on the way to the shore was wonderful, but. at length it lay upon the sand our prize, We now started back for breakfast and caught two more on our way across weigh- ing 3lbs. each. When we reached the landing and showed the fish, the Colonel said: ‘“You have far and away beaten every one who ever came here as you did, without knowing the lake or the habits of the fish. It’s wonderful, and you haven’t broken a rod or line either.” We felt very well satisfied, We had no large fish as mascalonge run, but with our tackle it was rare sport with the size fish we had. We packed the nine beauties so we could take them home. ‘There were two weighing 8lbs., one of 4, five of 7 and one of 1ilbs. Soon after eating breakfast and packing the fish the train came to take us to Park Rapids, from whence we would take the train home. All too short had been our stay, and we are fully determined to go again and stay longer. We had always been told, and it was repeated by several in Park Rapids, that the mascalonge were only to be found in Elbow Lake and Sand Lake, whichis near by. I have read the same statement many times, but Col, Martin assured us that lying north and northwest from Elbow Lake,? between the Fish-hook and Crow Wing rivers, there is a chain of 15 Jakes, all of which have masca- longe in them, ‘I have caught them in 10 of the lakes,” he said, “‘and know they are in the others,” What grand possibilities for rare fishing in that chain of lakes! The railroad making them so accessible now, doubtless they will be visited by hundreds in the future where one or two go at present. Yeb Elbow Lake has been visited this season by parties from New York city, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago and San Francisco. Park Rapids will also be the point of departure for the Itaska region until the rail- road is extended on. It israre sporting country allaround there. Stephens andI had our 11lb. mascalonge baked to-day for dinner. “Iwas a rare good feed—fitfor a king. MYRON COOLEY, very Derrore Crry, Minn., Aug. 8, Matnm Fisuineg,—Monson, Me., Aug, 15,—Many large lake trout have been taken in Lake Hebron this season and an unusual number of large spotted trout. Dr. A. T. Sanden, of New York-city, who has epent the summer in this vicinity, has been very successful and is well pleased with this country for troub fishing. A Mr. Hull, of Boston, took a lake trout at Lake Onaway last week that weighed 18%lbs, with a 6oz. rod. He was engaged about two hours in landing it. Landlocked salmon fish- ing has also been good in Onaway, Long Pond, and that famous salmon resort, Sebec Lake.—J. F. 8. eet ' TAUTOG OFF MANOMET POINT. A WRITER not long ago expressed an opinion that the blackfish or tantoge was not usually considered a game fish. I should like to have that gentleman down at one of the “Gunning Rocks” off,Manomet Point, some good day, and let him hook a “fighting bull” tautog of about 4ibs, on light tackle, say an eight-ounce bass rod, and see whether he would not change his opinion about the fish. I have just come back from spending a month at Mano- met, where 1 managed to get two or three days’ tautog fishing every week, and had very good sport. The tautog fishing there is certainly excellent, Although the fish are not so abundant as they are further south, they run very much larger, fish of 1$lbs. being the smallest usually taken, and these being rare, while 2,3 and 4 pounders are numerous, and figh of greater weight, up to 7 or 8lbs. are not uncommon, Ten-pound fish are occasionally taken, especially in the latter part of the season. Manomet is the northeast corner of the town of Ply- mouth, just where the Massachusetts coast bends to the south to form Cape Cod Bay. The point itself is a high bluff of glacial drift, from the seaward face of which boulders of all sizes have washed out from time to time, and the sea has eaten away the banks, so that they form a regular “‘bouldertrain,” continuing the point out under the sea in the form of ledges and scattered rocks. Three of these rocks lying iffa straight line parallel to the north shore of the point, only a few hundred yards from the Jand, and a fourth about a quarter of a mile further out to sea, are the only places where the tautog are to be found during the summer, until we reach the White Horse Rocks, a mile or two to the westward, or the Fishing Rocks round in Cape Cod Bay, an equal distance from the point. After the middle of September, the fishermen tell me, the tautog are to be found all over the ledges, large male fish chiefly. My fishing was confined almost wholly to the rocks north of the point, especially the three inshore rocks. Two of these, called respectively the North and South Gunning Rocke, are covered only by the highest tides, pile the third and westernmost is submerged at half ide, The fourth or off shore rock, called the ‘‘Bass Rock,” ig submerged at all tides and can only be fished early in the tides, as this runs yery hard as it approaches high Naat We only fished at this rock once and had no uck, The “Gunning Rocke,” and the ‘‘north rock of all,” aré best on the last two or three hours of the flood tide, and sometimes on the first hour of the ebb, though often the fish stop biting as scon as the tide begins to run ebb. The fish appear to go off into deep-water with the ebb tide and gradually work in as the flood makes to the rocks, where on calm days you can see them circling round and round close to the rock, as if on patrol. Some days no fish at all seem to come in, and at other times, after biting briskly for a short time, they appear to go off for a while and then come back again. My experience was not long enough for me to be at all sure of the conditions that influence the movements of the fish. Very rough weather and cold water seem to be unfavorable. Some of the fishermen say that the fish do nob bite with an easterly wind, but we found a long con- tinued fresh southwester quite as unfavorable. On the other hand, in very calm weather the fish seem to be afraid of the boat and are shy about biting. Asa rule the fish seemed to bite better when the tide served in the morning than when high water came in the afternoon. The fishing, of course, is all done from boats. I prefer to go out in one of the good-sized sailboats, such as the lobstermen use, though I have gone out by myself in a dory and caught tautog. ‘The big boat, however, is more comfortable to stand up in, when casting or playing a fish, and it is a decided advantage to have a boatman along to lay the boat up to the rocks properly, as well as to prepare the bait, which is quite an art, especially when lobsters, the favorite bait at Manomet, is used. The boat is anchored within easy casting distance of the rock, and in such a position that the tide is running from you toward the rock. You then cast in close to the rock and let your sinker lie upon the bottom, with the line slack, The tautog usually seizes the bait with a rush, and starts off to carry it under the overhanging edge of a rock, This first rush must be checked by putting on all the strain your tackle will bear, for the fish is pretty sure to be lost if he once gets under the rocks; he will either saw off your line on a sharp edge of rock, or tangle you up in the rockweed and break loose. When the first rush is checked and you can gain line on your fish, he comes up sullenly, making you strain for all you take in till near the surface. when away he goes with asayage down- ward plunge that tests your rod severely, aiming for the weeds again, A good fish will keep this up for a con- siderable time before he is ready for the landing net, The tautog lacks the fiery dash of the black bass, but his bulldog style of fighting certainly gives most excellent sport. We thought this summer that the male fish— weight for weight—fought with more vigor and persist- ency than the females, and so got into the habit of call- ing them ‘‘fighting bulls,” Most of the fishermen, visitors as well as natives, at Manomet, fish for'tautog with stout handlines, and “yank” their fish in hand over hand. Iand some of my friends, however, found it better sport to use a rod and compara- tively light tackle. My own favorite rig is one of Mr. Henshall’s ‘‘Little Giant” bass rods (originally described in this paper), ash butt and lancewood tip, 73{t. long and weighing about 80z., with 50yds, of braided linen F line on a plain multiplying reel. An ordinary reel will do, as long casts are not needed. fuse No. 1 blackfish hooks on gimp to guard against rough usage from rocks and bar- nacles, as well as the tautog’s hard mouth, and an egg- shaped tracing sinker weighing about 13 or 202. close to the hook. The bait commonly used, and which seemed to be the most attractive this summer, is fresh lobster, The fish will not touch lobster that is at all tainted. A ‘‘black- skin” lobster, that is one that is almost ready to shed its shell, makes the best bait, as the whole of it can be ‘“shucked out,” and it seems also to be more attractive to the fish, Besides, it stays on the hook better, and holds out better against the attacks of those notorious bait- stealers, the cunners, who fairly swarm round the rocks, Failing “‘blackskin,” ordinary lobsters are used; a good- sized piece of the fleshy tail threaded spirally on the hook, which is capped with a bit of ‘‘bone,” usually the basal point of aclaw, The large “sea clam” also makes a good bait, and the fish will sometimes take ordinary soft clams, Codfish are also sometimes taken while fishing for tautog, but give very little sport, A 5lb. codfish will suc- cumb and be easily reeled in after one or two sharp rushes, My best day’s score was 11 fish, only one of which weighed less than 241bs. My largest fish weighed between 45 and 42lbs., and Thad a number over 4lbs. Manomet is easily reached by stage from Plymouth, and has a good hotel, the Manomet House, and several boarding houses. There are only three or four boatmen, however, who have sailboats to tale people out fishing, Easily reached from the hotel are several ponds, which furnish a few black bass and pickerel, and quantities of white and yellow perch. JOHN MURDOCH, WaAsrineton, D.C., Aug. 13. CANADIAN ANGLING NOTES. EARLY all the American salmon fishermen who visited Canada this season have how returned home. One of the lastto go was Mr. James Grant, broker, of New York, and president of the St, Marguerite River Salmon Club, The members of this club report rather a better catch than usual in their river, which is a tributary of the Saguenay, The finest fish taken outof Lake Beauport this year was caught last week by Major Geo. R, White. It weighed slightly over 2lbs., and took a yellow fly. Mr. John EH. Hubbard, of Montpelier, Vt., a member of the Montmo- renci Fish and Game Club, returned home yesterday after a week's fishing of the club’s preserves at Beaver Meadows, twenty-cicht miles from the city of Quebec, in company with Dr. Henchey, of Quebec. They took an immense number of trout, some of which turned the scale at 5lbs.: but complain very loudly of the flies. The same com- plaint is made by American anglers who have just returned from the waters of the Laurentian Club, north of Three Rivers, though the sport there has proved excel- lent. Mr. 8. C. Lewis, of New York, and Mr. T, Q. Bar- stowe, of Hast Orange, N. J,, have just returned here from fishing these waters, and have now gone to Lake St, John after the landlocked salmon. Reference was made ina former number of FOREST AND STREAM to the splendid success had by Mr. Myers, of New York, in the Peribonca, On his return to Lake St. John, Mr, Myers, accompanied by Rev. HE. C. Sweetser, of Derby Line, Vermont, took another trip, ascending the Ashuapmouchouan to Lake Jeanne, and then by way of the Wassiemska reaching the Mistassini, by which they de- scended to Lake St. John. On this trip they took some very large ouanamniche, including a few specimens over 6lbs. each in weight, This was the trip that Dr, Smith, of Brooklyn, and Mr. H. N. Hurlbut, of New York, spoke of making, but upon their arrival at Roberval they changed their plan and ascended the Little Peribonca for 36 miles, then crossed into Hagle Lake and by means of the river Aleck reached the Grand Peribonca, which they descended to Lake St. John, where the estuary of the river is two miles wide. They took any quantity of large trout in the small rivers they crossed, and a 14lb. pike at the first falls of the Peribonca, besides several ouananiche. The Grande Discharge has furnished some extraordinary large fish of late. Mr. J. G, Grant, of Montreal, Killed a 5lb, ouananiche this week, and Mr. J. Lewis Webb and Mr. Jas, L. Breese, of Tuxedo Park, took upward of 30 fish, one of which, weighing slightly over 8lbs., rose to the professor fly on a No. 10 hook, and was killed by Mr, Webb after a gallant struggle of 50 minutes. . Mr. Ripley Hitchcock, of New Yerk, has recently made, in less time than a week, a splendid trip up the Mistassini to the fifth falls, and made a most successful catch of ouananiche, which averaged from 3 to 441bs, per fish allround. He has preserved a magnificent lot of the skins of the landlocked salmon to take home with him to New York, f The fly nuisance, which is so bad in most Canadian woods in the month of July and the first part of August, is now abating, and in ten days from date the angler will be very little troubled by this pest. For trout fishing in Canadian lakes September is by far the pleasantest and best month of the year. Anglers should bear in mind, however, that the close season for ouananiche commences on Sept. 15, and should govern their movements accord- ingly, The open season for Canadian trout continues until the end of September. T should like, before closing, to express my dissent from the generally received idea, which I notice is firmly held by writers in FOREST AND STREAM, that the Salmo sebago, as 1 understand the landlocked salmen of the Maine lakes is sometimes styled, is identical with the ouananiche of Lake St, John. There is certainly variety in the species, much more widely marked than that usually existing in different fish of the same species taken in different waters. There is quite a sluggishness in the manner of the Maine fish as compared with the rare fighting qualities and terrific battle offered by his Lake St. John cousin, and I doubt whether this is altogether attributable to the magnificently wild waters which form his habitat, At all events the survival of the fittest in the relative qualities of the two fish must have taken very many generations to become as richly marked as it now is. A very prominent and distinguishing point of difference is the greater width of tail in the ouananiche, and much more size and strength in front of the tail, where are to be found, I suppose, the muscles that are used as rudder chains. This may probably be a develop- ment, but must have been a far more gradual one than that which gives the ouananiche a slimmer body and mere of a graceful, athletic form than its American connec- tion, whose surroundings offer less resistance to piscatorial locomotion than do the seething waters of the Grande Discharge and the rapid currents of the rivers tributary to Lake St. John, Butarich contrast, that would cer- tainly appear to date back to the origin of the species is offered by the dark spots upon the sides of the head, which are invariably much larger in the ouananiche than in the landlocked salmon of Maine, ; QUEBEC, Aug, 8. E, T. D, CHAMBERS, BUuUEFISH were off New London, Conn,, Aug, 11, in force. . 1,31; L. Martin, Oo. H, 31; C. 5. Clark, Oo. H, 31; J. D. Perrd, Co. D, 31; T. H. Lawene. Co. Es 30; A. W. Stout, Co. H, 30; D.S. Tuska, Co. A, 30; W. F. Wall, Oo. I, 30. Tweitth Regiment—W., §, Lamb, Oo, BH, 41; George Doyle, Co. G, 40; F. Oaks, Co. B, 35. Thirteenth Regiment—W. Deriaghy, Go. H,36; John Woehr, Co. 5; H. G. Beese, Co. ta, 34 Twenty-third Regimeni—P. S. Swain, Qo. A, 89; T W.MrCall, . A. Parker, Ca, K, 35: O, . P. F. Boggs, .O. Hall, 0». K, 34; . Li. Blos- . Bs Hobbs, Co. A. 32; A. W. Cole,Ca. C, Go. I, 31; C.C. Bowen, Twenty-second Regiment—R. Held, Co. K, 31; H. W. Rudolphy, o. H. 31. Sixty-ninth Regiment—G@. O*Hanlon, Co. I, 41; P. O'Mahoney, Pinnessey, Co. 30. Seventy-first Regimenit—H, Sampson, Co. B,31; EH. B. Bogart, . Steffan, Co. K, 30; F. W. J. H; C, Tietjen, Co. K, 30; W.H. Eawards, First Brigade Staff—W. E. Roosevelt, 33, Second Brigade Signal Corps—F. T. Leigh, 81. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.—The range at Shell Mound was well patronized to-day by a large number of marksmen. The National Guards were well represented. Ge eet of the First Infantry Regiment, and Cn. B of the Third Companies ©, F and @ nfaniry Regiment, were out for their monthly medal competition. The Independent Rifles show an increase in the number of high records. members. The San Francisco Schuetzen Verein also held a medal shoot. The Knights of the Red Branch Rifle Club was at therange for » medal shoot, aud showed by their scores that they have not forgotten the position of the bullseye. One of the most important This is the result of the regular practice beld by the rivate matches was held between F. C, Muller, Co, B, Third eg.; L. R. Townsend, Co. B, First Reg.; Johu Ringen, Co. C, Hach man fired LR Townsend 38 38 37 37 40—190 A LOtt... ....48 42 42 43 41—211- U. §. PRACTICE.—¥ort Keough, Mont., Aug. 14.—The prelim- inary practicé of the annual department cavalry, carbine and revolver competition began yesterday at this post. ir The prelimin- ary practice will last three days. Theregular practice, beginning Monday, Aug, 17, will take ten days. Tne competitors consist of a representative from each cavalry troep in the department and the following officers: Lieuts. F. S. Foltz and W.C. Rivers, Ish Cavalry; Lieut. W. H. Hart, 4th Cavalry; Lieuts. J: C: Byron and BE. ©. Brooks. 8h Cavalry. The practice to- lay consisted of known distance firing at 200, 380, 500 and 600,ds., 10 shots al eavh range. The following are the tem highest scures for the day: Wm. Rohrer, Sergeant Troop K, Ist Cavalry, 149; Edward Spilman, private Troop D. 4th Cavalry, 148; M. a. Barry, First Sergeant Troop G, ist Cavalry, 145. Saturday will be deyoted to preliminary skir- mish practice. The last two days of the competition will be the Most interesting. The competitors will be mounted and fire while at walk, trot and gallop. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 9.—The rifls tournament for the cham- pionship medal of the State of Louisiana occurred af the range of the Metropolitan Club to-day in the presence of a large number of spectators. The medal was donated hy the New Orleans Brew- ing Association. and was won by Mr, Chas. Ahrens in the tourna- ment held in May last, bya score of 950 pomtr out of a possible- 975 in 75 shots. ‘The conditions were that the owner should defend his possession of the prize four times during the year, if chal- lenged. To-day Mr. L. 8B. McNeeley, of the Olympic Rifle Club, won the medal on a score of 923 points, Mr. Chas. Ahrens coming in as second best with a score of 914. BISLEY CRITICS.—Now that. the annual meet is over the Hno- lishman is indulging in his delight of ex post facto letter writing. One writer growls at the system which hus too much known dis- tance «hooting, arguing that real military work has no range stakes on the shooting field. Another wants the picnic element of the fortnight worked for all itis worth to capture the public’s shillings, and in explanation of the generally poor scoring shown aeaLy ponrernenteuts unite in damning the seryicse ammunition furnished. ; THE TRAP. Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanks prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are pdr ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. FIXTURES. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: Aug. 28 —Canajoharie, N. ¥., Gun Clnb Tournament. Open to all, I. G. Pegnim, Sec’y. Aug. 25-27.—Buffalo Tournament. assisted by the Infer-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’? Association. $1,000 guaranteed. Aug, 29 and Sept. 7,—Sweepstake Shooting at Rutherfurd, N.J., on the grounds of Boiling Springs Gun Club. Ane 29, sweep at 8 pice Eockes entrance $5, Sept. 7(Lubor Day), sweepstakes at arpets, Sept. 1-d—Hackettstown Gun Club. Two days at targets. For programmes address James L, Smith, Hackettstown N, J. Sept_1-4—Second Annual Tournament, Cheyenne, Wyo. Dr. A. A, Halecombe, See’y. Sept. 3-5 —Thrze Days’ Tournament at Atlantic City, N. J. Atlantic City Gun Gluh grounds, Managed by E. D Miller, peepee N.J,and Harry Thurman, Germantown, Philadel- phia, Pa, Bape 7-9—Atlantic City Shooting Tournament, Atlantic City, Sept. 8-11—Grand International Tournament at Detroit. Live birds and standard Keystone targetr, Sept. 11-12.—Harrisburg Shooting Association, new club house, two days opening shoot, targets and live birds; also six-men team shoots for eentral Pennsylyania, Harrisburg Shooting Associa- tion trophy, valued at $100. H.M, FP. Worden, Seay. Sept. 1h-17,—Knoxville, Tenn., Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association, Sept. 15-17 —Dayton, 0,, Second Annual Tournament, Open to the world. Wirst two days inanimate targeis. Last day spar- rows. Address W. Scott McDonald, Fifth and Ludlow streets, Dayton, O. Noy. 3-5.—Staunton, Va., and Dealers’ Association. Noy. 17-19.—Savannah, Ga., Inter-State Manufacturers’ and . Dealers’ Association. Inter-State Manufacturers’ STANDARD-KEYSTONE TOURNAMENT. At New London, Conn., on Friday evening last. the fourth annual tournament of the ahoye company was brought to # suc- cessful close. Mor four days the meeting had heen running, and those in attendances were treated to a display of marksmanship that will be long remembered, A latee majority of the stars of the profession were in attendance, and some of the youncer aspir- ants for championship honors, particularly Cady of New London, Root of Tolland, Conn.. and Hobart of Newark, N. J., gave clever exhibitions of their skill, {he tjast making an average of 97 per cent., the highest ever made in his class. The grounds of the New London Gun’Club, on which the shoot wae held, are located at the base of a hill, which runs in semi- cireular shape from Fort Trumbull on the north and west toa smal] island on the southeast, while directly in front are the waters of the Thames River. The tents of the members of the Manufacturers and Dealers? Association were arranged along the hase of the bill, and the dif- ferent colored canyasses and fluttering tent flags lent quite an animated apptarance to the grounds. To the Jeft was tirst the tent of the Peters Cartridge Co., next the Lefever Arma Co., and then came that of the Keystone Co. Next in order was the natty tent of the FOREST AND STREAM, and then the headquarters of the Colt gun with Will Perry, of Boston in charge. The tepee of Wood Powder Lindsley with the smiling countenance of **Wunda"” at the entrance wasnext. Then V. Lb. & Ds new tent with W. R. Hobart in charge. Squires’s headquatters was next, and Neaf Apgar. when nof st the score, was kept busy extolling the merits of his wares. On either side of the pathway leading from the club house were the tents of W. Fred Quimby & Oo. and the Hunter Arms Co , the former in charge of the senior member of the firm, the latter presided over by Harvey MeMurchy, who waa kept busy showing up the merits of the new automatic ejector. The last ‘Lent on the line was the headquarters af Jacob Penrz, the representative of the American Field. The shooting was com- meticed at 10 A,M.each day and continued uuti) Friday night withoutalet up, Asa successful meeting it cam he looked upon as the best that has sofar taken place. Hverything appeared to favor the management, the weather, apart from tlie heat of the ~ two first days, was grand. Rain threatened a good many times, but none fell excepting just at the close of Wednesday's pro- gramme, when a smart shower drove every one to cover. During the afternoons of Thursday and Friday there was a laree attend- ance of ladies. und all seemed very much interested in the sport. The teatures of the meeting were, of course, the trophy con- tests. On the first day the Standard Keystons trophy, a handsome silver vup of the value of $250 was offered. The second day wit- nessed the competition for the mzgniticent trophy of the L. 0. Smith Gun Co, This grand trophy stands over 18in. in height, and is valued at $1,500. ‘The third day was the race for the hand- some cup, of the value of $300, which is offered for competition by the Peters Cartridge Co. The fourth day saw the most spirited of all the competitions, the prize, a handsome diamond ring, offered by the Standard Keystone Co,, being emblematical of the individual championship of the United States. Ths race was a hotly + ontested one, and when it was found that three men had tied for the trophy there was a perfect storm of applause. As to the management of the meeting too much cannot_be said in praise, it. certainly was the vest handled tournament I haye ever Seen, President Penrose was commander-in-chief, and when not busy refereeing the contests, he was looking after the comfort of the contestants and their friends, The financial department in charge of Charley Hebbard assisted by Mr. Ben Lee could not have been handled in a more satisfac- tory manner. ‘The scoring in charge of Jim Ames, M, M. Bailey and George Stillman was most satisfactory, and above-all, the pulling of the traps was in efficient hands. Few realize how im- portant is the position of trap puller. Chas. Fields, the keener of the New London light (which, by the way, is said to be the best kept light on the Sounc), was in charge oi the pulling stand, and few shooters complained of baing balked. The targets used abt this meeting were the new drop Top uted and were entirely black, which in the clear background at New London mads a far better target than if they had been painted. The trapsin charge of John Dunbar, the master machinist of the factory, worked to perfec- tion, and the breakage amounted to less than 50 targets in the 25.000 that were thrown. First Day, Tuesday. Awg. 11. The day opened hot and sultry,and no oue seemed in a hurry to start off. Amone the familiar faces found al the grounds were noticed the Wolstencrof: brothers, Chas. Rradhury, O. R. Dickey and Wm. Perry, of Boston; J. G Knowlton, Utica, N. Y.; A. BR, Rowdish, of Oxford, Mass.: Ned tinker, of Proyidence; Allen Willey, of Hartford; W. WH. Stewart, of Galveston, Texas; W. C. Cnetis, of Savannah, Georgia; Holla Heikes, H. M. Hefiine and Harry Ducker, of Baltimore; Harry MeMurehy atid the follow- ing delegation of Jerseymen under the gitardianship of Al Heri- tage: Heber Brieutnall. W.R. Hobart, Ed Collins, B.D. Miller, Neat Apgar. Martin Klees and Fred Quimby. The surplus av- erage money on the first day amounted to $20, which was divided between the two classes. In the sexperts Wolstencroft got firat with 9434 per cent., Rolla Heikes sacond with 84 percent, [n the amateu Class, J.G. Knowlton, af Utica, captured first with 9034 per cent,, second being diyided by J.G. Simpson, of New Yort, and ©. H. Sterry, of Tolland, Conn., with 88 per cent, No. 1, 10 singles, $lentry. Hxperts: ; Mere sonietrds WIW1II—10 “Cady......-.:... --.1101001101I— 6 MeMureuy........-1111111111—10 Apear MOP ys ot me 8 -AMI01— 9 DVECIEV oe cee ieerib ites. 10011 11111— #8 elkes,...,.-.. a... .O1MTII11II— 9 Collings ..... . -- LIN00INN— & W Wolstencroft.. .1111111171—-10 Amateurs; : Bnentnall..... ... OININNII— 8 Jones............ ..-.1011011111— 8 Willey,......-..-...0U111/710— & Simpson... ........ 111111011:— 9 Conner. _....- eee TUWW11—0 Curtis... 2.2... Ti11010111— 8 MULPOTM ae eee er eee W011N1011I— & Capron............. LOOMOMt1— % Knowlton .....-.... 111741110— 9 Bristol..............Ji0111111i— 4) Bradbury.....-.... HuvMn— & J Wolstencroft..... 11110/111i— 9 Bowdish..-..-...... 10001111— 8 Burbridge.-........ O1U1I11110— 7 Stewart --.._...... 1UIMION— 9 Pith... 02. 221... MO III— 9. Horitage.... ...,-,.100111001J— 6 Bush..-. .........-. 1011113111— 9 TRIGGRi eee GLOO1NIOII— 5-«s« Tee Kay.....-...... 1O10II1101— 7 Hobart....,.---.... 11111111410 : . ‘ ' Ava, 20, 1891,] rede 2, I5singles. $2 entrance, $40 guaranteed. Experts: Dickey........,01100111010110I— 9 Miiller.......... 01100011 111101]—10 Gollins........ 1110111111011—18 W Wolstene’f.0111i11111111—14 MeMurchy....101111100111007—11 Heikes.........901100011111111—10 Apgar ..... ++ LUDIIIODIOOLiI—12 “~Perry....... .. OOLTLONIGVOOLII— 7 Cud¥ ei: sass os 101100001401111—11 Amateurs: 1 Brientnall.....011010111111111—12 Curtis. ........011111101011111—12 Conner...-.... WALI 101-14 Capron.......,.-111011001111111—12 Rowdish,..,.-.111111110111101—18 Bristol. ......, 1191111 11011111—14 Stewart ....... IMU I—18 ~Simpson.,..... OUUUMI1—14 Rilees sii. 2. cis. TOMOLOLIIIOI—1 Ss Jones.,.,..-..- 011010101100101— § Heritage... ...J11101010111111—12. J Wolstenen"f t11111111) 1111115 Knowlton,.....J01M111011011-14 Burbridge..... V11111101111111—14 Hobart... --..J11O11111110001I—11_ Pitt....,....--, 100111111.0110i1—11, Willey........ 010L011/1111110—11 Dayis.... ....111011011100111—11 Strong.........1T111111iI—14 Harvey ..... -001011101110001— 8 Bradbury ...-. 1OLONII11171111—18 Bush........ . .. L11001111101011 12 No. 3, 10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Experts; BAIA Te Me oe. Rae oe 0111101111—8 GIGI, fein ade nants AMIIOIIII— § Qollitisy 0 seks ad 111110010—7 W Wolstencrofc...1111111111-10 MeMurchy.......... 1100171—8 ‘Perry......-........ 1011011010— 6 iGkey ek... 111011111—9 Heikes.............. 1010111011— 7 POV Optio cue ae etene 0170110111—7 Amateurs SMO Kena ee se ene Gnu, ..011101101I—6 Strone...« ..1110111110— 8 D Conner... --- 11100101016“ Curtis... - LOLLOOLIL1— 7 Stewart..... ...1111111001I-8 Davis .., - ALLO 9 Brientnall., .. LOLLN00LI—6 Harvey... - OLOLLIOLII— 7 Bowdish.... ...1011110000-—5 Burbridge - LOL1101101— 7 Knewlton .. beds LAT NIES Oy ERIE EEy dra eves 110111 11—10 Bradbury... ... LL0M0MII—8 Simpson..... ...... 111011 L000— 6 LOU AR es uscd 11011111018 Bristol...........,.. 110111011— 8 Willey....... .......0101)11110—7 Jones..... ., ..,..41010110011— 6 PIVIBGS ae adduy eas ,.. LOU —8 J Wolstencroft.-.., 10111 10111— § Heritage,.........- .111010100—6 “Capron”......,....1110111101— 8 No, 4, 15 singles, $1.50 entrance. Experts: Apgar,,....../.. 1110111191 1001-12 Perry...,... , -.1100111.00111101—10 Heikes........ ANMLOTIONNII—18 MeMurehy....010111110111111—12 Miller........ wOLUIMIINI—14 Dickey... ... ««1111.10101010000— 8 W Wolstene’ftl1101/1111 1101118 Collins.... ... 111001111111100—-11 Gadye se; CF 0011311111111 11—13 Amateurs: ’ BUSH ee 001111111100101—10 Bristol......... 111101011111111—18 Curtis..........10101111101011I—11 _Burbridge. ...111411010111111—13 Brientnall,....101101110111111—12 Simpson....... 111111100100011—10 THinkers. se 245: 101010111100010— 8 Bowdish....... VW7ATIOLOLII111—18 | Knowlton......J11111/101011—14 Strong..... ... 141111111111071—14 Willey... .....111111101111001—12_ “Capron”... ,.171101111100160—10 Bradbory..... .011711111111100—-12, J_ Wolstene’ ft .111100100111111—11 Stewart .....,J10111111111111—14 Heritage...... 141110171111111—14 Hobart....,.., L011111111011—14_ Klees.......,.: 001117111110101—11 Davis... ......00U111J1111110—12 Tee Kay....,.,000110110111171—10 Harvey..-..... 011101011 111011—10 No. 4, 20 singles, $2.50 eniirance, $50 guaranteed. Experts; Heikes, ,,-(0111111110111111111—18 W Wolsten- Gady ..-.-11111011110101011111—17 eroft.... J10M1IM11111111111—19 Apgar..-.11111111111111010111—18 Gollins. ,,11111110111100110101—15 Muler .-..11010111110113111001—15_ Diekey....11111101111101111110—17 M'Mure’y0L111101 LU 001111111—16 Amateurs: ¢ Brientn’WMLOMA01111110011—14 Willey., .10011011011100111111-14 Knowlt'n. L1Ll00LU10N1I—17_ ~—-Bowdish .“10111111110011101010—14 Stewart.. 10LIM01I010I01II—15 J Wolster- Curtis ....OLU00LL1101111111101—14 croft... .11100011141111111011 16 Hobart....10110111011111001000—12 ‘Capron’ 0111114010101 1111116 Simpson. .0WIUWUI1011101—18 “Tinker... ..41110110111111101101—16 Briscol.. ..1010110101111101100113 _Dayis.....11011101111111 11011116 Conner. ..11101110111010111010-14 Klees..... 0011110171111 1101101 - 15 BurbridgellOM011oi1—17-—- Heritage,.11101111011111101111 16 Bradbury O1011111110011 11011015 _ Strong. ...117101111011119111110—17 No. 6, 10 singles, $1 entrance. Experts: Heikesiins sid OULO0II0I— 6 ~Miller. . ...........010U1i—10 AMPA. iia Lise. oie W1T1—10 W Wolstencroft. .111111011i— 8 Cady ae La eal 100111101— 7 ~—“Dickey.... ... .... +1111111010— 8 Amateure: J0ues.... ... --..-.1111101110—8 Bradbury ........., 0011000111— 5 Harvey. .:......-:: OLOMNI1NI1— 8 Bristol.....-... ....1111111111—10 obi) eee eee ne 110111111.— 9 Tinker.............. 1111001111— 8 Stewart .....-...... 111J11111—10 Bowdish....,....... 1111111111—10 Guntist). 22). 1111101011— 8 _Strong............. 0111111001— 7 CEH Wh aa es tet age te Sa 1111000010— 6 ~“Gapron”........... I1TL01101— 9 Brientnall..........1011101011— 7 Willey............., O1L1001111— 7 Burbridge.......... Tii01i— 9 J Wolsteneroft.. . 1111100111— § Knowlton......... J0111I— 9 Davis.............., 1111110111-- 9 Simpson........... 01111011i— 8 Hohbart............. 1110111101— 8 Conmer.............. 101411011— 9 ~SCrocker..... +. -,-.00L0000100— 2 No. 7, 15 singles, $2 entrance. $40 guaranteed. Hxoerts: Heikes......... IOIIIIII1I111—14 Cady........... 101911013111111—13 Miller....... . OLUU/101IN1111—13 Apgar........ .-101011101111000— 9 W Wolst’nerf£t0l11111i—14_ Dickey... ..... 197411111111001—18 Gollins......... 11.001110011111]—11 Amateurs: Brientnall..... 1111711010111 J—15. *tCapron™...... 101111111011131—13 Stewart ....... O11111101111711—13 Strong....... .011111011111111—13 Knowlton... ..J1111010111110I—13 Bristol... ..... 1001111111171171—14 Gurtis....... ..11011111110101I—12, Bradbury... ..111110111111110—18 Simpson.......1110111111—14 J Wolstenerof1111100111011111—-12 Burbridge.... (U1I0N01I01Ii—-11 Dayis........ « 0111111111011 10—13 D Connor......119MM111110—13 Willey -011111101111111—13 Pitt... . ......UUUT111111—15_-~ Heritage. -11091111117111L1—15 Bowdish .. 111111110110011—12_ _Klees..... ~+«yL11111110111111—14 Tinker........ QUI11/11101011—12 Hobart......- 011100111011711—11 “Qlimax”......011111111101710—12 Tee Kay. .....101101011111111—12 Rolla Heikes ~~... 101011011000000111907001910109119111111.1111111—50 OR Diekey.- — ..1101012100051010100000111019 1111111111111 —49 He MeMaureby. .. .1101019191110 1000 11010910011191111.1011111411111—48 HD Miller. + -L00101111119910011 00110011111 110101111111011. 111111 —44 Hi Brientmall ... 11100111191110001100113111111111110111011110111711—45 Ed Collins....... 111 100109011191 1009 00001111110111110111111911 7111 —45 Weaf Apgar.,....11111011110111101101111101711110111011111111111001 —44 Walter Cady... .1110101111010 51119111111110111111101111 111110011111 —43 J Wolstencroft. .1110111011011101111111111101 010.1971111111010111001 — 40 W BiStewart....111101011010110111101110111111.10111111101000111100—36 Ties shot off at 25 singles: Wi Wolstencreft,..-..... ......... es - 0090000001191 111111 1— 25, RGHseReR ronnie a cori uetesecisenel 111010111111111111111110—23 No. 9, 15 singles, $2 entrance, $40 guaranteed. Experts: ADPEAT.:-. 22... 011111C0111010I—10 Perry....-..... 110100111101101—10 Collins......... 110111111001001—10 Dickey......... 111111110111000—11 Miller.........: T1111 10111001112 MeMurechy... 111111111111101—14 W Wolstenc’ft0l1111711111111—14 Oady........... 100111110111711—12 Heikes... ....111111 11001 111—14 Amateurs: , “Climeax’......111111111000001—10 Strong......... 111701111101111—18 Simpson....... 1111111011111—14_ Brientnall.... 101111111111111—14 Hobart........ 211110001171101J—11 Davis.......... 111111011011111—-15 Bowdish....... 111011000111101-10 Stewart ....... 111101111111011—18 Bristol....... .11101111111101-13_ J Wolstenc: of t111111011111111—14 Knowlton......11]111111111111—15 Klees.......... 111011 11011.1011—12 Burbidge. -111111101110011—12_ Bradbury......10111111111111—i4 Willey.... 11111111 1101110—13. ‘"Gapron”..... 1111101171 01111—-13 Conner.........101011111110111—12 No. 10, 10 singles, $l entrance. Experts: iVihtdss ab goudeddeked v011010111— & W Wolstencroft.. .1111111111—10 MICKEY. eo LIOMOLINI— 6 Perry............... 1111101111— 9 McMurchy......... 1O01UI110— 7 Apgar............. 0100110101— 5 WOME Nee eee. T111111010— 8 Heikes........ ..... T101101110— 7 Amateurs: Is A oles 6 > 1ON1UI0I— 7 ~Stewart.......,.... -0010011111— 6 Brientnall...... ... J111111111—-16 J Wolstencroft.....1111111110— 9 Strong... s ec ele Ni1I—10-Davis.... .......... 0111111111— 9 EPO bahGe ss) Lene 11111110 Willey.............. Q171011111— 8 Hacer. tee eee 0110110111— 7 “Oapron”.......,.. 1111111111—10 _ Bowdish........... “1111101110— 8 Klees....... oi Tqeatte .-LN0111011— 8 Simpson............ 111000 110— 8 Tee Kay.... .-....- L100110111— 7 “Glimax’ 2.2... «1111111101— 9 Knowlton. .........0101100101— 5 Bradbury........... 1111111101— 9 Second Day, Wednesday, Aug. 12. The day opened with the thermometer well up toward the cen- tvry mark, and until noon the heat wasintense.. After dinner a pleasing southwest breeze blew across the grounds that was quite refreshing. The attendance was swelled by the appearance of J. Warren Smith, Lewis C. Ayers, and Mohlen H. Rupell, all of New Jersey; A.C. Hunt, of New York; A. B. FP. Kinney, of Worcester, Mass.; ©, H. Sterry and H. I. Root, of Tolland, Conn,; S. A. Tucker, the Parker gun representative just from Meriden, and “MeGinty” Whittlesey, from Hartford. Whit” had a cruel joke played upon him by Willy Wolstencroft to-day. Willy was breaking his birds in such great shape that McGinty, who is lonk- ing for a noiseless powder, asked him to let him try one of his ‘shells, Will ne him one, which proved to bea mistire, and upon opening was found to contain {drams of ragweed seed; as Wols- FOREST AND STREAM. ee hs 10. Amateurs: Knowlton 7, Simpson 10, Brientnall 9, Bradbury 4, Ayres 6, Stewart 9, Papkon 7, Davis 7, Harvey 4, Wil- No, 2, 15 singles, $2 entrance, $40 guaranteed. Experts: Heikes 10, Miller 13, W. Wolstencroft 13, Dickey 11, MeMurchy 12, Apgar 11, Cady 10, Collins 11, Tucker 8. Amateurs: Knowlton 14, Stew- art 14, Bowdish 12, M. H. R. 14, Brientnall 12, Simpson 15,W. Smith 12, Hobart 15, Klees 9, Davis 11, J. Wolstencroft 12,Ward 13, Ayres 8, Hunt 12, Quimby 14. Bush 14, Heritage [4, Bradbury 9, Cowee 11, Capron 15, Strong 18, Willey 7, Root 14, Climax 10. i No, 3, 20 singles, $2.50 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Hxperts; Dickey 17, MeMourchy 15. Heikes 18, Apgar 13, Millar 18, W. Wolstencroft 17, Cady 11, Collins 16, Tucker 14, Amateurs: Knowlton 19, J, Connor 13. Stewart 17, Root 19, Breintnall17, J. Wolstencroft 17, Davis 16, W. Smith 16, M. 8. R.19, Simpson 17, Bowdish 17. Ho- hart 19, Cowee 16, Ward 18, Bradbury 18, Quimby 19, Hunt 16, Klees 1h, Heritage 14, “Climax 14, Sterry 14, Bush 15, “McGinty” 17, Willey 16, “Capron” 18, Strong 16, Ayers 19. No, 4, 15 singles, $2.50 entrance, $50 enaranteed, Experts; Cady 10, Dickey 14, Miller 14, W, Wolstencroft12, Heikes 11, MeMurchy 8, Tucker 10, Collins 18, Apgar 12, Perry 10, Amateurs: Knowlton 14. J. Conner 10, Stewart 11, J. Wolstencroft 12, Dayis 13. M. H. R. 1h, Simpson 12, Brientnall 14, Bowdish 14, W.Smithb 12, Root 14, Cowee 18, Sterry 18, Hunti0, Hobart 14, Quimby 14, Ward 18, '“Mc- ety eS Lo 13, Bush 18, Bradbury 13, Strong10, Willey , Ayers 13. No, 5, 26 singles, $4 entrance, $100 guaranteed. Experts: Cady 19, Miller 23, W. Wolsteneroft 17, Apzar 22, Heikes 21, Dickey 22, Oollins 18, MeMurchy 19, Amateurs: Knowlton 21, J. Conner 19, Stewart 20, Root 24, Simpzon 20, Brientnall 15, M. A. R. 19, Davis 20, “Capron” 19, “McGinty” 19, Strong 17, Cowee 20, Hurt 19, Hobart 25, Quimby 15, Willey 19, Sterry 24, J. Wolstencroft 20,W. Smith 18, Buwdish 21, Ward 22, Ayres 28. No. 6, 10 singles, $1 entrance: Oady 6, Miller 6, W. Wolsten- croft 9. Dickey 8, Tucker 9, McMurchy 6, Heikes & Apgar 9, Perry 9, Amateurs: Brientnall 9, Bowdish 8, Ward 9, Pearl 9, Stewart 9, Harvey 5, Bradbury 9, Klees 10, Olcuit 6, Cowee 10, Bush 8, “Capron” 10, “Climax” 9, Strong 8, O. H. Tucker 9. J, Conner 7, D. Conner 6, M. H. R,8, Davis 7, Heritage 8, J, Wolstencroft 10, Smith 6, “McGinty” 6, Knowlton 9, Simpson 7, Willey 7, Hobart 9, Ayres 9, Hunt 9. Sterry 10, Quimby 9, Tee Kay 9. No. 7, L..C. Smith trophy contest at 50 singles, #5 entrance: Heikes.......----D1UUU0000 0000100100100. 11— 50 W Wolstencroft 1101010117 1110001019011990111111101111111111111111—49 Oady........-... LUVTETI 10000 11010000.0001.11111111111011911111111—-49 MeMurehy ... ...L00120200000000011110190.11111111191111110111111101—48 Dickey... ee=«.-.TDDTTITIII 10010 19001111041019111911110111111111—47 Capron... ele... AMVDT1.100010101100.100.1109101.11.1110091111111111—47 MUL" 255 Heo 9000.401001001101011011.10.101111111111111100110) 111145 J Wolstencroft..11111011011111111101011001111101011119111111111111—44 IO ET Verret ts ce ¥21010911010101110111000111011111 10111111011 1191148 @olling..... 2.35%. QOL11410111191.111110110017101111.111.111191111101111—42 Stewart,........5 01101001111911101101011111111110110010011011101011—36 No. 8, 15 singles, $1.50 entrance, $30 guaranteed, Experts: Mil- ler 12, W. Wolstencroft 13, Cady 11, Collins 14, Tucker 11, MceMur- chy 12, Dickev 12, Apgar 11, Heikes 12, Parry . Amateurs: Cowee 13, Klees 13, Bowdish 14, MeGinty 15, Willey 12, Hobart 14, M. H. Reis, Smith 12, Simpson 11. D. Couner 11, Bush 7, Knowlton 13, Climax 11, Heritage 13, Sterry 13. Root 18, Brientnall 12, Strong 14, Ayers 10, Stewart 9, Hunt 12, Bradhury 15, Quimby 9, Davis 14, Ward 15, Harvey 8, J. Wolstencroft 12, Olcott 14, Capron 12, Frank- lin 9, Tee Kay 138. No. 9, 10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Experts: Oady 6, Collins 7, Miller 7, W. Wolstencroft 9. Apgar 9, Heikes 9, Dickey 8, McMurehy 4, Tucker 5, Amateurs: Knowlton 10, Sterry 9, Root 9, Bowdish 9, Stewart 9, Cowee 10, Willey 10, M, H. R. 9, Hobart 10, W. Smith 6, Ward 9, Klees 8, Brientnall 8, Boroug 6, Simpson 7, Hunt 8, Bradbury 10, J. Wolstencroft 10, Davis 10, Franklin 3, Harvey 6, *'Capron” 9. Third Day, Thursday, Aug, 13. The weather was delightful to-day, and the attendance.the larg- est of the meeting. Among the new arrivals were Milt PF. Linds- ley of New York, C. M. Hedden of Newark, N. J., 1. Harvey of Norwich, Conn., and a large delegation from New Haven under the Jeadership of ‘Pop’ Folsom and “Deacon” Bristol. They de- clared that they were there to beat the world, and were willing to walk home if they couldn't win the State team match. As they captured the prize there was no necessity of wasting shoe leather, and it is presumed that they all had parlor car checks on the gilt- edge limited. W. Wolsiencroft got away with first average in his class with 80 per cent., Harvey MeMurchy getting second with 78 per cent. Inthe amateur class first went to KE. 1. Root with 9514 per cent., Hobart and Sterry dividing second with 9224 per cent. No. 1, 10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Kxperts: Cady 8, Collins 5, McMurchy 7, Lindsley 7, Dickey 6, Miller 6, W. Wols- tencroft 7, Apgar 6, Heikes 9, Pucker 10, Albert 6, Perry ?. Ama- teurse: Knowlton 9, Brientnall 9, Stewart 9, “Capron” 9, Bowdish 7, Davia 8, Bradbury 7, Simpson 10, Willey 9, Smith 9, “Orty" 8, J, Wilstencroft 8, Hedden 4, Hobart 9, Sterry 9, Ward 6, Root 10, Pitt’ 5, M. Hd. R. 8, Heritage 5, Quimby 9, Bates 9, Merriman 8, “Jean” 8, Bristol 5, Longden 4, Ayers 9, ‘McGinty’ 6, Savage 7, Kiees 10, Cowee 8, No. 2, 15 singles, $2 enfrance, $40 guaranteed, Experts: Dickey 12, Collins 10, Lindsley 10, McMurchy 12, Miller 9, W.Wolstencroft 15, Apgar 13, Cady 13, Albert 8, Perry '13, Heikes 14, Tucker 12. Amateurs: Knowlton 14, Brientnall 18, Bradbury 8, Stewart 12, Root 138, M. H. R. 9, J. Wolstencroft 13, “Capron” 11, Davis 13, W. Smith 9, Bowdish 12, “Orty” U1, Bristol 18, “Pitts” 12, Simpson 14, Quimby 10, Coywee 12, Hedden 11, Hobart 14, Willey 14, Ward 15, Bates 13, “Jean” 1. “McGinty” 13, Sterry 15, Longdon 18, Merri- man 12, Klees 14, Savage 11, I. Harvey 11, Ayers 12, No. 3, 20 singles, $2.50 entrance, $50 cuaranteed. Experts: Dickey 14, Cady 14, Collins 18, McMurchy 20, Lindsley 11, Miller 14, W. Wolstencroft17, Perry 16, Heikes 11, sare 10, Tucker 12, Tee Kay 13 Amateurs: Knowlton 17, Brieotnall 19, Bradbury 14, Klees 10, Ayres 14, Sterry 18, Bristol 14, J. Wolstencroft 17,‘“*Capron” 14, Davis 14, Bowdish 15, M. H. R.17, Stewart 16, Hedden 15, Root 20, “Orty” 12, Simpson 19, Cowee 16, “Pitts” 15, Rates 18. Hobart 19, W. Smith 15, Willey 18, “McGinty” 16, Merrimanl3, Longden 16, “Jean? 12, Ward 18, “Bill” 1b, Brown 19, Savage 16, No. 4, 15 singles, $2 entrance, $50 guaranteed. Experts: Dickey 11, Cady 9, Collins 18, Lindeley 9, Miller 9, W. Wolstencroft 13, Tucker 7, Perry 11, McMurchy 16. Heikes 13, Apgar 8, Tee Kay 7. Amateurs: Knowlton 15, Ward 15, Brientnall 14, Bristol 14, Root 14, Ayres 14. M. H. R. 13, Klees 13, Sterry 13, Longden 13, Rowdish 13, Simpson 13, Bates 13, Cowee 13, Pitts 18, MeGinty 13, Willey 13, Sayage 18, Hobart 12, Bill 12, T. Harvey 12, J. Wolstencroft. 12, Hedden 12, W. Smith 11, J. Smith 10, Brown 8, Uapron 8, Merriman 8, Stewart 8. ‘ No. 5, State team race, 26 singles, entrance $5 per man: Connecticut No, 2. GB Longden.... «oe 0011199110111111111—25 F A sherman. ~-1111007111111130131111111—28 spe Bb Paine ee eC Pe ieee SP a inci 1110111101111111111111111—28 DOB MAA B bares se tag eth casi berscie te 49.101711111111100111111 11—22—98 Massachuset's, WHET ecb ree aden selemebosomee 11111.10011110110111101101—19 BH Woweey so say ie Oa cee es ee bas 10119.10111111011101111111—21 Walt via ce cacrseudeae tees atest he 0101177101111011111111111—21 OORADICKG yi. hey Gabesat olny 1110000.11991111111111,110—-22—83 New York. H MeMurchy....... .......... hh todo VWI. 110111 — 2 SOREN OW. DUG Bee cit es Gees ca a titiuaietietns LOVION111111111110111 111 L— 21 W ESimpson.... .....-.......-.4... OLJOTOUIIT1 11177111 111111 — 22 TRIES VV rile tence ee ce teenies He nw in 1001311113.101111111111111—22—g9 Connecticut No 1. NAGE LO aan tee he eierocnacTe rs bee haa 11111111011111001911111— 24 AVON LLOMien cipt hicteare boo ce ie eee -1101111111110011111011011—20, @ HH Sterry ...-.-..- foe tee aes x 111917011010111111011111—22 ja Stipe, Pa ee ae ere re 100171919190111111111111§—- 25-91 New Jersey No. 1. 4 B Qollins..-..... 2.0.0.0 eee eee 2 ee LOMITA T1111 94. W Re Hobart......-......5......,.-. .11011111101101171011111—21 eM A predtad lee or eee ey easton nts 0191191011110111101111111—27 EATVM TN oreeeatat ace bebe tes tee 1971111109111191111111111—24— 90 New Jersey No. 2. MH Rupell........... Py Bork 0110117111111113101411111-_23 CGUMEReidons ven, veetdwenes senate 0111010111011111011100010—16 WER INESIOVore rit recut eters 0111000010111110111111001—17 IAAT, Wade es Se data epee ees 1111190111111011011100101—i18—73 No. 6,10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Hxperts: Miller 9. W. Wolstencrott 8, Tucker 6, Cady 5, Collins 10, Perry 4, Mc- Murchy 9, Apgar 8, Dickey 5, Lindsley 6, Heikes 9. Amateurs: Gordon 6, Merriman 7, Klees 8, J. Wolstencroft 8, J. Smith 8, Bill 93 Dickey..-»....--.J1110 01011111111001110119111110111111111111111110—49 J Wolstencrott. HLLALOL LLL (1101911010110111111001111111111110—42 Allen Willey y+« L£011111110001010111111110110011111111001000310101—84 Gordon........... 079,101111011101101101111101110111011.00011010101110—34 Tie for trophy shot off at 25 singles: hindsley ya: LA ee ee ee ee 1101911111411010110109713—21 Prenkes | eer ey heres See 0107111111111111011001110—19 WOlerertenGhts. s,:ct he tee see ee eevee -1011611101111101011010019—17 No. 8, 15 singles, $2 entrance, $40 guaranteed. Wxperts: Undy 13, Collins 10 Miller 12, W. Wolstencrott 15, Apgar 15, Lindsley 13, MecMurchy 18. Heikes 15, Amateurs: Knowlton 14, Brientnall 14, Bush 9, Root 14, Sterry 14, Bristol 14, Ward 14, Kiees 10, Simpson 14, Hobart 14, Bowdish 14, Davis 13. Cowee 14, Stewart 13, Heritage 8, Willey 14, Capron 11, Hedden 7, J. Wolstencroft 13, J. Smith 13, M. H.R 18, Ayres 12. No. 9, 10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Hxperts: Col- lins 8, Lindsley 7, Miller 7, W. Wolstencroft 10, Apgar 8, MeMur- chy 9, Heikes 9. Amateure: Knowlton 6, Brientnall 9, Klees 7, Sterry 10, Root 10, Quimby 8, Simpson 8, Hobart 9, Bowdish 9, Ward 8, Brown 8, Hedden 9, Stewart 8, Capron 10, Cowee 8, Dayis 8M. H. R. 7, J. Wolstencroft 7, Bush 7, Bristol 8, J. Smith 10, Willey 10, Ayers 7. No. 10, 10 singles, $1.50 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Hxperts; Mc- Murchy 8 Heikea 8, W. Wolatencroft 9, Miller 7, Oollins 7, Linds- ley 6, Apgar 9. Amateurs: J. Smith 10, Root 9. Simpson 7, Sterry 8, Knowlton 10, Capron 9, Cowee 7, Stewart 9, Bowdish 8, Bristol 9, M. H. R. 9, Willey 9, Ward 5, J. Wolstencroft 6, C. M. Hedden 7, Hobart 10, Fourth Day, Friday, Aug. ih. This, the last day of the tournament, was not as largely atten- ded as the (preceding ‘ones, many of the contestants had returned to their homes completely shot ont. The audience, however, was a large one; the individual championship race was watched with interest, and the marksmanship of the Jeaders was liberally ap- plauded. On all previous days the trophy contests had been shot under amateur rulesat known angles. There was considerable discussion as to how the championship race was to be shot, so in order to settle the matter a vate was taken, and unknown expert rules was decided upon. Will Wolstencroft, the winner of the trophy last year, again proyed the yictor, his work in the shaot- off being particujarly brilliant. Although there was average money to divide to-day, the averages in the expert class are worthy of mention, more so asa new advanced amateur stepped into second place, The averages were VV. Wolstencroft first with 961°,, per cent., E. I, Root second with 8514 per cent. In the eve- ning at the Crocker House president Penrose thanked the boys for their attendance, and hoped to meet them all at the fifth annual. Before his remarks had been concluded the City Band began to serenade the boys, and all adjourned to enjoy the n.usir. No. 1, 10 singles, $1 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Experts: Hobart 7, Miller 6, W. Wolstencroft 10, Root 9, Lindsley 3, Dickey 7, Cady 9, Apgar 8, McMurchy 8, Perry 5, Collins 8, Tucker 7, Heikes 8, Amatenrs: Knowlton §, Brientnall 10, “Capron” 9, Simpson 9, Cowles 3, Stewart 9, M. H. R.9, Heddén 8, Strong 10, Houghton 8, Bradbury.8, ee 7, Heritage 7, Curtis 6, M, A. Keller 7, Sterny 6, Bush 3, J. Wolstencroft 7, Ward 6. No. 2,165 singles, $2 entrance, $40 guaranteed. Experts: Cady 7, Gollins 12, Heikes 9, Root 11, Lindsley 18, MeMureby 13, Apgar 10, Hobart 18, Tucker 8, Miller 9, W. Wolstencroft 15, Perry 7, Dickey 13 Amateurs: Simpson 12, Stewart 12 J. Wolstencroft 6, Ward 13, Quimby 8, M. A. Keller 11, Bush 10, Tee Kay 12, Dailey 9, Harvey 7, Knowlton 15, Brientnall 14, M. A. R. 14, Boughton 11, Bradbury a Sterry 15, Capron” 13, Strong 12, Cowles 3, Hedden 14, Curtis No. 3, 20. singles, $3.50 entrance, $75 guaranteed. Hxperts: Dickey 17, Cady 16, Collins 183, MeMureby 16, Root 17, Lindsley 17, Heikes 18, Hobart 18, Miller 16, W. Wolstencrof), 18, Apgar 13, Experts: Knowlton 19, Brientnall 16,"“Capron” 18, Curtis 13, Sterry 16, Hedden 17, Bradbury 12, M. H. R. 19. Strong 16, Clark 7, Cowles &. Stewart 18, Simpson 16, J. Wolstencroft 18, Ward 15, Tee Kay 17, M. A. Keller 15. No, 4, 10 singles, $1.40 entrance, $30 guaranteed. Experts: Dickey 4, Cady 7, Collins 10, Beikes 7, W. Wolstencroft 10, MeMurchy 9, Root 10, Lindsley 7, Miller 9, Apgar 8, Hobart 6, Tucker 8 Ama- teurs; D, Conner 9, M. H. R. 10, Cowles 3, Hedden 6. Clark 3, Ward 8, Stewart 8, Strong 10, Tee Kay 8, Know!ton 7, Brientnall 10, Bradbury 5, Simpson 5, J. 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Dickey......., .1111111111—10 ‘| Heikes.......... 1111010111— & Miller. .-......- *"1111110111— 9 J Wolstencrott.110111111— 9 LOi is vaeeraree tease OO1IIIII— 8 MeMurchy..... HM1111—10 Root......2..--. 1114111110— 9 APgar...,...4. IIT 1-10 Sterry-.en....:. 1131111111—10 Knovylton......JU10—10—57 “~Gollims...,.... Sear pre amitan : iE Ta 94 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aue 20, 1891, = = > . WATSON’S PARK. Burysrp#, Ill., Ang. 11.—The Chicago Shooting Club for club medal and added sweep. 12 tive pigeons each, Illinois State rules: By etary 110111101011— 9 G Kleinman...... 12Z12U111—12 A W Adams..... 220211002) 2— 8 RB Wadsworth.022121221202—10 J Watson J L Wilcox,......201222201102— 9 *J P Adams..... 002022102022— 7 Mod GiGh pbeee: , LAZU —11_S JJ M Hutehinson..112122212101—11 *OBriuter.:....- 102011121122—10 A J Atwaiter..... 120122211112—11 A W Reeves. ...,-111111111010—10 *Guests, L each, Wadswarth and Reeves third with 4 each. 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American Association rules: A Reeves. 11210111102212101112 17 Templetn10021201221122121121 17 HW Willsrd01110221121122712112—18 +=*#0 Benner21012121111211212011—18 L Willardl11111100'2711221111—18 *J Watson22122102110112120101—16 B Poel... .11111021120221120121—-17 *Not members. in the shoot off for first Bruner won the money on ) straight and F. Willard the medal on 6 out of 7 to L, Ov’s 5 out of 7. Reeves aud Foglidiy, second on 5 straight in Shoot-afl: Eich and Atwater divided second with 2 Hoffman 5, McConnell 6, Myers 5, Burt 5, Howard 8, Penn 11. fourth sweep, 10 birds, $1.30: Skinner 7, Young 11, Hoffman 8, Myers 4, Courtne) 7, Wright 9, Ryal 7, Smith 5, Townsend 9, Ver- ges, Howard 8, King 10, Lemmons?, Bibbe 6, Penn 9, Burt 5, Leslie 7; Perry 9. Fifth sweep, walking match, ? birds: Skinner 8, Tanner 8, Myers 4, Townsend 5. Young 4. Wright 5. Hoffman 3, Smith 2, Courtney 1, Perry 6, Howard 4. Sixth sweep, doubles, 10 birds, $1.80: Hoffman 8, Tanner %, 8, King 8, Wright 5. Townsend 6, Courtney 5, Smith 5, Young Perry 6, Myers 4, Howard 8, Bibbe 7, ; Second Day. Wo, 1, 10 birds, $1.30: Tanner 7, 8, Courtney 8, Howard 9, Dinger 9, Perry 9. No. 2, 15 birds, $1.95: ney 13, Perry 12, Mvers 9, King 11. Burt 9, Dinger 9. No 3,10 birds, $1.30: Perry 8, Young 7, King 5, Smith 6, Jack 6, Dinger 9. No, 4, 20 birds, $2.60: Howard 16, Courtney 14,.Penn 20, Hoifman 14, King 18, Tanner 13, Townsend 19, Burt 17, Young 19, Beekman 6, Perry 18, Myers 15. Wright 12, Bibbe 12, __No. 6, 10 birds, $1,320: Tanner 5, Courtnev 8, Penn 6, Hoffman 5, Skinner 9, Young 8, Wright 6, Townsend 9, Dinger 8, Smith 7, Perry 10, Jack 7, King 7. Burt 6, Myers 10, Howard 9. No. 6, 25 birds, $3.7A: 19, Myers 17, Young 22. Lemons 21, King 20, Perry 22. Third sweep, 10 birds, $1.30: Perry 9. Gourtney 7, Young 8. Skin- ner §, Johnson 7, Wright 10, Leslie 6, Bell 5, Townsend 10, King 8, mals Townsend 6, Penn 10, Hofiman 8, Skinner 7, Jack 6, King 9, Ribbe 4, Burt 9, Smith 4, Myers 7, Young Skinner J1, Tanner 13, Penn 14, Hoffman 8, Jack 10, Young 13, Howard 15, Townsend 15, Beekman 10, Court- Myers, Beekman 7, Howard 9, Hoffman 8, Courtney 8, Tanner 5. Bibbe 8, Townsend 9, Penn 10, Burt 6, Townsend 23, Tanner 15, Penn 23, Skinner 23, Burt 15. Courtney 20. Wright 20, Dinger 16, Howard 23, Hoffman Jim 5. Newell first, Bailey second, Bennett third, Upson fourth, Berger fifth. ; _ Before and after the shoot there were seyeral interesting and lively eweepstakes. The traps were sprung with electric- pulls, and worked well allthe afternoon, The shooting went on rapidly and the time was s0 much better than by old-fashioned methods that all participants were thoroughly won oyer to the modern way of conducting a tournament, Aug, 13,—This afternoon was 2 splendid time for shooting, and the members of the Cleveland Gun Olub made some fairly good scores. Rudolph won first badge, Silsby second, Holt third and Stirling fourth. The following are the scores: Upson 20, Rudolpli 21, Blick 20, Tamblyn 18, Hlworthy 21, Marhbach 16, Alberts 16, Sterling 18, Watts 11, Bartol 16, Silsby 20. Holt 19, At the regular weekly practice shoot of the Blne Rock Shooting Club to-day “Feller” won the badge. Dock won first money, Ar- nold second, MeGuinty third. Following are the scores: Arnold 17, Dock 19 Packard 14, Richner 14, Zapf 15, Aim 16, Smith 11, Feller 21, Visitors: O'Connor 17, McGuinty 16. Sweep at 10 singles, two divisions: Arnold 6, Dock 7, MeGuintv 7, Zapf 4, Peller 6, Oa the shoot-off McGuinty won first and Feller second, BROOKLYN TRAPS. Aue. 13,.—Twenty-five members of the Coney Island Club had shot two rounds at7 birds each at Woodlawn Park to-day when the storm came up and drove all present to cover, As the new roof of the club house was without tin on if the rain came in 80 heavily that it was decided to postpone the shoot until next Saturday. A meeting of the club was held to fill the position of Secretary. By a unanimous vote J. ©. Defrane, one of the oldest members of the elub, was elected. shoot off. No. 7, 15 birds, $1,935: Wright 18, Myers 13, Penn 13, Smith 6, Aug, 14.—The regular shoot of the Ridgewood Guo Club took Black bird medal, same day, 20 each: Bibbe 9, Gordon 6, Young 14, Townsend 12, Jack §, Courtney 11, | place at Deckelman’s Ridgewood Park to-day. Rlattmacher had Gi Terriqy [GbOse eaten ew aie eae 111001010111110101011311101011—21 | Howard 15, Skinner 12, Tanner 11, Hoffman 11, King 15, Parker 12, | a fair lot of birds and the shooting of this young club was not L © Willard...., Hur tipee sun eet se L00111101101101111010111010011—2)) | Perry 14, Beekmen 6. oat in consequence. The club shoots at’ live birds each, modi- BEB Willard ........-...,...-++++¢+<-110010110011011111100011010101—18 No. 8, 10 birds, $1.30; Townsend 10, Tanner 8, Penn 10, Skinner 9, | fied Long Island rules, with both barrels. Twelve shooters faced A W Rieeves..... ..-> oP eke eee - 0011011001011000100w. Burt 9, Courtney 10. Wright 7, Dinger 7, Howard 10, Hoffman 7, | the traps and, strange to relate, the only straight score made was [SINT p Ree att Oe 2m, fp ket Stoo 00111100103 1111011.101001010001—17 Myers 9, Young 9. King 9, Perry 9, Lemons 8. by J.T. Duffy (invited), L.C. Gehring, who has wou the club Aug. 1.—Tue Gun Club of Chicago. for club medal, 10 live pig- No, 9, 15 birds, $1.95: Courtney 13, Townsend 18, Penn 14, Bibbe | medal twice betore, killed 6, and Gramer (not a Member) and F, eons per man, Illinois State rules, small sweep added, two moneys; | &, Gotdon 13, Mvers 9, Wright 1t, Parker 12, Hoffman 10, Howard | Fricke did the same, In the shoot off between Gehring and Kricke (Gh) iuslojg sae te ee eaUeeellO— 8 Wie Ford. ......5.66% 2111120222—8 | 138, Skinner 12, Young 14, King 13, Perry 14. Gehring killed 4 straight and won the medal for the third time. De N Rowe _..... 2210111102— 8 LC Willard......... 12U1211012—9) | _ ‘Tenth event, 10 birds, $1.30: Courtney 8, Myers 6, Penn 9,'Town- |__A priyate shooting party had a fine afternoon’s sport ar Daxter Dr J VM Hutchmson2ilil2iti—10 JM Gillespie........2121001222—8 | send 9, Skinner 9, Gordon 5, Wright 7, Parker 8, Howard 10,Young | Park to-day, The third of a series of matches at 100 bluerocks CW Pelton... -. 225 1002Z111Ll0— 7 HK E Willard... ...... 2212212012—9 | 9, Perry 7, Hoffman 8, each, between Leonard Eppig and J, Simpson against Adam Hppig L GC. Willard won second on 4 straight in shoot-off. BHleventh event, 15 birds, $1.95; Courtney 11, Gordon 10, Howard Blackbird m-dsl, satie day: ) and K. Engelbrecht, resulted in a yictory for ihe latter by the 15, Hoffman 10, Myers 10, Wright 12, Young 13, Skinner 8, Town- score of 168 to 160. Another match, best 2 out of 3, at 10 birds each, Ney Vata et ete oe ese ee cpap eee 11110101010111110100—13 | send 14, Penn 14, Burt 13, Perry 11. between L. Eppig and C. Engelbrecht against A. Hppig and Cupt. RE Gee ee ee EO ALA LLT eae JOUUINOLLOLII—16 | ~The averages of the two days’ shoot resulted as follows: High | Dweyer, of the steamship Rhynland, resulted in a victory for the EY BH. Willatd....,...,- Ses His 5 tine Kee Rhee 1110174111011111011114 | average prize, shell case, valued at $8.50, by J. A. Penn, of the | latterteam. A sweepstake shoot at live birds then followed, and Bie, HOR Wa Sta tee eee ae eae (1000110100111110111—12 | Island Gun Club, who Jed the next highest_ man by 12 birds. The | the results were: L. Hppig 15, J. Simpson 12, Capt. Dweyer 14, C. A pi Gar WSs oy tee eee ee Oi Ne 0111.1100101111010001—12 | second ayerage prize, hat, Mr. Sanford, of Townsend, O. Third | Engelbrecht 2, A. Eppig 17. ; . RAVELRIGG. average prize, three bottles of champagne, OC, A. Young, of Spring- Aug. 15—The Emerald Gun Club did not have a regular shoot field, O. The tournament was a great success throughout, there | this month, but a number of the members had a day's sport to WHEELING, W. VA. SECOND annual tournament of the Island Gun Club, Aug, 6and 4. Bimerocks, rapid-firing system, 5traps, American Associution rules, money diy, 40, 3°, 20 and 10 per cent. Kirst Day. Among the shooters were M. C. Sandford, of Townsend, 0.; W, H. Skinner, of Crieage; Johnson, of Canuousburg. Pa.; Court- ney, of Syrycuse, N. ¥ ; Ryal. of Kast Liverpool, O.; Bibbe. of Elba, O.; MeOQonnsll, of Welisville,O; J, P, Baston, “Perry,” of Morrisyille, O.; Hoffman, of Pittsburg; A. K. King, of North Baltimore, 0; McDimald, of Steubenville, 0; C. BE. Verger, of Logan, O., and Dr. E. ©. Meyer, R. B. Burt, George Lemmon, M. Dinger, J. A. Penn, Joseph Rell and a number of others Bxtra event, T5ete.: Burt 10, Meyers 9, Penn 10, Young 8, Bell *, Lemmons 9, i No. 1, 10 birds, $1,830: Burt 7 Skinner 9, Penn 9, Johnson 6, Young 8, Wright 6, B. Arden 5, ©. Delbert 6, Dinger5, Mvers 7, Kyal 2, McDonald 9, Lemmons7, Townseud 8, Hoffman 5, Sommers 5, Beekman 5. No. 2, 15 birds. $1 46: Skinner....-...101uJ1111111111—18_ Hoffman ..._..111111000101011—10 E Arden... ..: 014011)10001117—10 Myers... ...,. 01U000011110100— 6 Wright.....-. M111OU01111—13, Sommers. .-...111001100000011— 7 Johuson..... -LIOUIIIIIIIIII-14 Perry... -..,.. 10011111 1010001— 9 Delbert....--- QOULGO10ID0LOLI— 6 Luemons........ 111111110001111—12 HAG Yost ee 1111111010110 -12, Howard....... 101111111101110—12 Young .:..-.- -111111111101100—-12 Bell..........- LOOOLIOULLI01I— 9 Townsend ..... 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LM1W0NI— 8 ~Howard.............. 1111011711—9 Ryl.- ce .cses-++ ++. 1000900100 -2 Leammons.. .. ..... 11111100—9 MecDonald....... . 1111011101— 9 Johnson............. 1117171101— 9 aneer fe Sh beet YOU OLD = SB Tit Soyer ne | 1111101111—9 Baekman........... 1111011010 — 7 Bell... 1110,0.000—4 No. 6, 20 birds, $2 75. $25 viatanteed: Wright... 1110 L111111101—18 Johnson. .01111011111111111001—15 Jeqah reecen co VIOIDIION111101111 -16 ~Beekman.01010000101101100011— 9 --e AIL bidddd11—20) = Dinger... 10011111111111111101— 17 Howars ..11111111101111211001—18 Townse 11J101111111111110111—19 Huffman. 01011111010101111101 —14 M’*Dovela0001111001091 1111) 01—12 Delbert. 11010013001010011.100 —11 Lemnions11001011011010111101—11 Courtney .01111111111111111111—19 Hunt..... 0010111111111 100001118 Young. ...11111111011111111111 -19 Perry..:.. 140010111.11111111111—17 Myers... 11011100110010011111-13 King ..... 01110110101111010111—14. No. 7, 15 birds, $1 95: WOumg. ..ns415 TU t11111100011 15 McConnel... .001100010101010— 6 Townsend..... LO1LI111101—15. Skinner........ 101111111100111—12 Pentel. chaise U1 11—15.-- Bibbe..., ......010000117030100— 5 Arden....,..:4 00111 1L00011111— 9 Beekman. ....(€09901131111011— 9 Ri Veulte inet 11110,010000100— 6 Johnson........ 111111110191171—14 Wright ......tIDMA1111J1—-15 Perry.......... 110111113011111-13 Diner es. eek TI 1 10100111, King..,.-....... 111111011011010—11. ‘Howard...... etLITM1I1111—14_ Lemmons......111111110001131-12 Huffman...... LVIMOMNNIO—-12, Burt... .......111710011111 11012 Gnurtney...--- 1111101110 1115-12 Somers........ 11110 110111110-411 PLE) rrect-leat 0101091010011 — 7 No. 8, 15 birds, $1-95: - : Perry... .-.4.- 110)11011111111—12 ~MecDonald..... 110011111111111—13 Townsend..... 111101101111110—12, Hunt........... 101010110110111—10 Johns LasbAse= WNIT I—15_—«“Bibbe.......... 010L00100111000 — 5 Wright.......- 111110111711111—14 Burt..-...... _.111111010101001—10 Skinner..... .G1NICITN0I—11 MeOonnell.....01y000000100001I— 3 Amdera) 205 ox OQUILIILII11010—11 Myers........., 1101107111 11171—14 Courtney.....- 110:00111001111—10 Dinger......... 110110111101111—12 Jobnson......- 1111 10111001011—41 Lemmons......111111111111110—14 OG ee ys abe 111101111110110—12__—“Beekman...... 100100101110000— 6 Hoffman ...... 0110011110111 Young......... 101111011111110—12 Howard ~.....11110110111011)—12 No, 9, 10 birds, $1.30: Towusend......- ,--LNO11111— 9 Courtney.........,.1110000011— 5 Skimnner.. .. .-..-..LJ1N001NI— 7 Riyal................ Jobneon,....-... - +» L11111—10 ~Bibhe......... Pah eA epi eee a 00 vG10100— 2 McConnell..... Wie eee eK 111I—10 Young eun.. ., laa AES a reser ee ee ne No. 10, 15 birds, $1.95: : Courtney...... 0110111011110009 —9 Bell.....,-..... 000111111111101—11 Young. . .... -IOLI111/101111—48 Bibbe. ........ OOOLOOVDIILO0000— 4 Penn.... IMOL11111110 -12. Perry.. .......111711100001100— 9 Skinner.. . DUITIIMIMINI—15 King ...... ... 11111914111011—14 Myers.... - 110)00111101110—-10 Liemmons...... 111001101111010—10 Hoffmann .10110101000010I— 7 Howard - 101011111110101—41 Beekman . 11101110010111—11_ Johnson .110111011110011—12 Wright... .1110111010111J1—12_ _Dinger -001001111001010— 7 Townsend WUMONNWII—14 ~Burt. »1U11111111110—14 being no complaints among the contestants, nor friction of any sort, EUREKA GUN CLUB. Tuts lively shooting organization, of which that crack shot Louis Schortemeir (“Shorty”), is the moving spirit. held their regular monthly shooting meeting on Tuesday, Aug.11, The day was one of the hottest of the season, but not hot enough to deter the shooting men of the Hurekas from facing the traps, In the afternoon a nice shower did wuch toward cooling the atmosphere, and the latter part of the day's sport, was more enjoyable. he live birds used were all of good wag in fact the majority of them were of the highest order. The Hurekas haye some original ideas as to handicapping their men that might well be studied by ofber organizations. Jn the live bird match for the regular monthly medal the second barrel kills are penalized. In open sweepstakes itis optional whether the shooter adopts the gun helow elbow or Hurlingham position, if the former he stands at 2h or 27yds., according to gauge of gun, if he accepts the Hurling- bam position he is handicapped 3yds. The scores of the yarious cyents were a8 follows, the live bird boundary being 50yds.: No. 1,5 live birds, $4 entry, 5 ground traps, optional position, 3 moneys: Dr Leveradge (25yds), gun below elbow.....-..-.,.......... .21121—5 Hoff (30yds) Hurlingham..................2..,-.-24.. 000. .20T1—4 Thompson (25yds), gun below elbow........ 2.2... ee. see 21011—4 Harteye (2avds), gun below elbow..........-, ...--......0.- 22101—4 “Shorby: GUCOs MULE DATE, we eee rd pecs pane neenoes OlI20—3 Hayden (27yds), gun below elbow... ...........5 see nesaae -0120o—2 No, 2, 82m» conditions and rules: Shorty (@0ydé).... ..-.-- 211111—6 Hayden (27) vitereeess + + 010220—3 Shorty, re-entry (80) ...111121—6 Thompson (25).......... 110216 —4 Dr Leveredge (25)....... 120121—5 Harteye (25)...,......... 1o20o1 =3 BLOT. (0) ee tslemarees dee» . 011110—4 : : No. 3, regular medal shoot, club handicap rises, 7 live birds per man, $5 optional sweepstake, birds included in entry; Strove (25) ...... ---.=: 1210111—6 Hieken) (28).........2. 2; 0002022—8 Borelych)es ches se =- o ollll2—6 DUA; (28) ose ee sees 2k Qc wv. Swindell (27).......-.-.. 120121 — 6 GH (B0)T ye 11121117 Harteye (28), --.-.---... 2121110—6 eae teeeee. . 00122220—4 Thompson (28)..---- +--+ 1220220—5 J Maesel (2h).........4., 1121710 -6 Bungar (23)..-..---+-++- Jol1011—5 Col Voss (80) ..........: 0112101—5 Shorty (d3) ...4,- .----: 0011120—4 The last four not members, enone and Borel tie on ton score with same number of first barrel kills, Strope winning the medal o1 the shoot off. Hoff won first money in the sweep; second and third sbot off in next event. al No. 4,3 live birds, $3 entry, same conditions as No.3: Borel, Harteye, Leveredge, ‘Thompson, Defiley and Voss killed straight, diy. first money. Stortyiand Doenick diy. second with 2 each. Bungar, Maesel, Hayden and Swindell third. Borel and Harteye thus winning second in previous sweep, Voss and Thompson doing likewise with third. No. 5, regular club inanimate contest, 15 bluerocks, 5 traps, un- known angles, handicap rises: Class A, Swindell, léyds., 10; Shorty, 22yex,, 9; Deftley lévds,, 5. Class B. Thompson, l6yds.. 5; Wricken, l6yds., 5; Bungar. l6yds., 3; Strope, 18yds,, 2, Class ©, Borel, i8yds., 6; Harteye, 16yde.,4. Swindell won medal in Class A, Thompson wins on shoot-off in Class B, Borel wins medal in Class C.—Tur Kay. CLEVELAND TRAPS. CLEVELAND, O,, Aug. 11.—There was _a good attendance this afternoon, at the traps of the Brooklyn Village Gun Club, of am- bitious shooters in this city. A brisk gale from the southwest that swept in gusts up the valley caused the targets to flutter, diye and swoop throngh the air as though they were real birds possessed of overwhelming apziety to get away from the relent- jess charges of small shot that were being poured into them. This had some effect upon a few of the shooters present, who did not hegin to come up to their ordinary marks. The best shooting of the afternoon was done by Holt, although Prechtel was close to him. Paul North bore off the honors of third place. When ithe managers of the tournament footed up the totals and made the awards of prizes for the hest averages, Holt led hy a Darrow Wwargin. First prize was given to him, second to Jack Prechtel, third to Paul North, fourth to Upson, fifth to Fish, sixth to Bailey. In addition to the ayerage prizes there were awards for the best consecutive runs. Holtand Jack Prechtel were tied for first place aud divided the money, Paul North was second and Bailey third. The first shoot of the day for individnal prizes of all classes resulted as follows: No.l; Paul North 7, Wherry 5, Murray 5, Tilby 4, Alex 8, Up- son 7, Prechtel 4 Snider 4, Roof 7, Knox 4, Holt 6, Bailey 7, C. H. North 6, Fish 5, Chapman 6, Calhoun 5, Towns 6, Hathaway. #, C. E. Redrup 4, Lovejoy 5. Hathaway first, Paul North second, Chas. Worth third, Wherry fourth, Alex fifth, _ No.2: Snow 4, Wherry 5, Prechtel 8, Bailey 8, Camphell 8, Root 5, Paul North 10, Knox 4, Tilby 5, C. H. North 5 Holt 8. Towns 5, Viurray 4, Snyder 6, Chapman 3, Calhoun 3, Fish 8, Upson 7, J. Wilson 5: J. Stein 4, Lovejoy 6, Bennett 35. Pan] North first, Bailey second. Upson third. Snyder fourth. No.8: Chapman 4, Snyder 5, Paul North 6, Fish 7, Murray 4, Haas 3, Holt 10, Upson6, Wherry 6, S. EK. G. 2, Bailey 7, Charles North 5, Bennett 6. Tilby 6,C. EK. Redrup 7, Knox 6, Root 5, Love- joy 5, Prechtel 9, Wilson 4, Alexander 7, W. Lane 3, W. T. Lane 4, Alex 7, Campbell 4, Kerns 2, M. Tettlebach 8. Holt first, Prechtel second, Bailey third, Upson fourth, Roof fifth, Chapman sixth. No. 4, $25 guaranteed stake: J. Prechtel14, Upson 11, Hott 14, Calhoun 10, Soyder 6, J. E. G.3, Wherry 9, Fish 10, Paul North 11, Roof 7, Chapman 7. Bennett 10, Tilby 5, Bailey 12, C. H. North 9, Barney 8, Redrup 8, Alex 5, Alexander 12, Newell 9, Berger 7, Towns 7, Closse 9, There were $40.80in the purse. Prechtel and Holt divided first money, $16 30; Bailey and Alexander diy. second #12.25; Upson and North diy. third, $815; Wish, Calhoun and Ben-' nett diy. fourth, $4,05. ¢ No.5: Paul North 7, Snyder 6, Chapman 5, Wherry 6, Murray 7, Barney 5. Knox 6, Titus3, Tilby 4, Roof 8. Prechtel 5. Bailey 8, Svow 7, Berger 5, Bennett 7. Wilson 3, ©, H. North 6, Prechtel 8, J. E. T. 3, Holt 7, Upson 7, Olesse 8, Newell 6, Alexander 6, Arnold 6, Lovejoy 6, Stein 3, Albert 5, Fish 6, Calhoun 6, Haas 5, Myers 4, themselyes at Mueller’s Dexter Park to-day, The boys acquitted themselves very creditably, and are ready for the foe on Avg. 3l. The scores were, at 15 birds: Hudson 10, Leveredge 11, Nowak 10, Hathaway 12, Voss 8, At10 birds; Quinn 5, Thau 6, Lavelle 4, Cody 5, Remsen 9, Doenck 4, , The regular shoot of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Glub, at Woodlawn Park, to-day was productive of great scores. Twenty- four members faced the traps, and no less than nine men mado straight scores of 7 for the diamond badge of the club. Nine men also killed 6 out of 7 for the second prize, which was afterward divided by S. W. Northridge and R. Lambert, after kiliing 21 each. L. T. Davenport won the diamond badge with a straight seore of 19. Previous to that, to decide a private bet, at 50 birds he killed 48, making his total for the day 67 killed out of 69 shotat. The third prize was divided by H, MclLonghiin, L. Eppig, GC. Engel- brecht, W. Senillye and J. Schmadeke, iG WILLIAMSON, N, ¥., Aug, 13.—At the regular monthly shoot the following scores were made by members of the Northern Wayne Gun Club, Event No, 3 was forthe L.C. Smith gan, and was wou by B.D. Hicks, of Rochester, N.Y. The next regular shoot will be held Sept. 10, The shooting was over 3 traps, biue- rocks, at unknown angles, l8yds, rise. Shoot No.8 was at Zlycds, No. 1, 8 moneys, entrance $2: Hadley..-..--+ 111101111111711—14 Tassel... ..... AOLLOOOTLIOTIOLII— 9 Van O......../0LLIN1111111101—18_—- Keel... .. 2... 0110110110001 1— 9 Hicks.......+.4 411111111100100—11 : No, 2. entrance $2: 1a Stele ee Pe cor 1O0111111111110—-13: Tassell......... 110111011001101—10 Rene dela: eas TI UTIIT00ITI—13—(Keel,....-...... 011001010101101— 8 Hadlev..:......1J1011010711111—12 Hicks.... 221111011 111—19 Keel... .,.00111111011111111111—17 —10 No, 4, entrance $2: Waa Oue.) eeees TNWIIIIII0—14 Ss Tassell....... 0011111110112 Hicks... .-.++: TWIONNI—14 Keel. 22... (11111171100011—11, Hadley ....----111111011101111—13 No, 5, entrance $2: Tassel] ...--.-: Vi111111111011—14_ Keel... .... .. 0101171111111 13 Hicks...-...0-. WNVNUNNU—4 Van O...... 1011111011111 13 Hadley ......-. 341111111101111—14 Hicks and Tarsell first, eel second. No. 6, entrance $2: , Hadley ......-: MOUUUINN—14 Keel... -...... 111111001111 111—18 Hicks. ... -.+-- UL011111—14_ Tassell......... OLITLLOLI I 11—12 Van O.... .. ALTON NII—14 Hadley and Hicks first, Keel second, Tassell third. No. 7, entrance $2 Hicks.....-.---11011101111J—14 Tassell......... eo 110—12 Keelww... a- »LMINMIONIN—14 Van ......, 1100111101101. —1. Hadley .-....-: 411111110111011—18 Keel and Hic&s fi st, Hadley second, Taasell third. No. 8, entrance $2: f Hadley ...-..-- DIMNNIN—15 Keel..... ......110101100—11 Tassell ......- MWMWINNINNI0—-14 Hieks.......... OL100 yy. VieOoe ates AT1119111111010 -13 MORRIS VS. DWYER.—The above gentlemen, both members of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club, shot a match on the grounds of the club at Coney Island, last week, for a stake of $250, The birds were a fairly gaod average Jot, but, the day was altogether too hot to be enjnyable. Modified Hurlingham rules: CH Morris ....1212110212— 9 Dwyer......-. 2211110122— 9 0121212111— 9 12.12012021— 9 1111111220— 9 11.22212220— 9 111212121210 2011221022 — 8 22127102711— 9 2220220210— 7 2221102111— 9 1002112122— 8 1011012012— 7 1101112220— 8 1221112211—10 2122212212—10 1112100112— 8 T020001212— 6 211111120)— &8—88 1202022021— 7—81 LAKE ONTARIO GUN CLUB —Irondequoit, N. Y.—Badge shoot, Aug, 18, 30 kingbirds, lSyds, rise: Oe See T aan pee Moret 2 are tee bere -pieiet on 1000119191711 ELIE Re ee Oo Oe Sera ree 111100010011010101000101100000—i3 W Morris....... stay at dead Zcneee 4.01103111101190111101011101101—22 AO MOTINAS otegeenises ose Ksate & bea Ca aate 121101100111101411100111311111—24 Ee DING MGHI sph aisa eres sre ahs ep seen ben 1101101101 11101111100111111011—23 Oa We ligenssSiise er Ne nist e 119991941111019110111011111—2 A SHIVA ESTLEG setae ave eal Pnteieey wears 11110111101111111013111111. 111 —28 LOE TTS se Sit Aaland eoeie an eee 01111 11011111101111110111001I—24. CATIA tons ee ces wes aigpvertchoert tps 111.001101110111111110001111111—28 LECT eTs) Ie a earl 011011111101001010010011100110 17 WY a MOree to, cans eee egrets een migts 111101010011 1011011111011) (01—22 WD. AG Oneal: = = re Pepe Fathers 010100100111110111101011111111—21 Tie on 29 shot off at 2lyds.: , HE lySmith=......-.. 1110011— 9 O H Walzer.... ...111171J111—10 D. KR. FOREMAN, Secretary. CORTLANDT, WN. Y., Aug. 12.—The fifth annual tournament, despite the unfavorable weather, opened under favorable circum- stancos to-day. The visiting sportsmen were numerous. The scores made were good, particularly those made by Barry, of Bos- ton, and Le Fever, of Syracuse. In the seven events Barry got a elean score, killing 104 kinghirds straight. Le Fever followed with 102. While sorting over the "pigeons a handsome carrier pigeon bearing the enpper tag “N. 65” wasfound- The pigeon was not put in the traps, but isin possession of Under Sheriff Borthwick awaiting the owner. WALNUT HILL, Aug. 12.—The eyent of the day was the shoot- ing in the gold coin match. In this Mr. Hosmer and Mr. Bush each ran up an aggregate of 18 out of 20, necessitating a shoot-off. Mr. Hosmer proved the better stayerand the champion badge of the club will remain in h’s custody until the next meeting. Gold coin match, 20 Keystone targets, Keystone rules fourth competi- tion; Hosmer 15, Bush 18, Bowker 16, Rockey 16, Capt. Hooper 15, Warren 11, Nichols 7. Aud. 30, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 95 UNKNOWN GUN CLUB.—The members of this club turned out in large numbers at Dexter Park on Wriday last, no less than twenty men facing the traps. The birds were good and strong of flich!, and the fight for first and second prizes was a hot one. MM, J. Cahill officiated as referee and J. O’Connell as scorer: Hyde (27yds)..... powes AZTIIII—7 “Munch (22)..........+. , 1101211—6 eGaveus (27) ..., .-2111211—7 Dentzen (21)........ .e--O112210—5 lynn (28), ..,..- eeu 9111112—7 Sampson (28).... --.... 102 1L021—S VO! EA Fo (utah 2) een ae ae 112111—7 FH Knoehel, Sr (26) .....1210101—5 Monsees (26)..........-.12]0101—6 Kolb (21).... 11 ... 1110102—5 Wetwen (lL). ce wees. t 1121110—6 Markhoff (28).,..... ..-1102120—5 Snine (25)......... ---. 111102—6 Vroome (27)... 2... 0100111—4 H Knoebel, Jr (26) .....11101116 Schumacher (23) . .,..0011021—4 Simmering (24)..... ..» 1112201—6 Rankin (23)......... +++ «1 200022—4 (Carib ect: Mill (5) Jae eee ane 2110111—6 Skidmore (24) ......... 1102020—4 On the shoot off for first prize Ploto won by killing 7, MeGuin- ness dropping his last bird, Hyde losing his fourth, and Flynn killing but one. The tie for second place was even a better ane Snip? eventually winning with 10 straight, Knoebel, Jr..9, Gil- man 7, Munch 6, Detzen 8, Simmering 3, Monsees 2,—Tum Kay. PARKWAY GUN CLUB.—The members of the Parkway Gun Oluh met at Louis Miller’s Dexter Park on Aug. 1? in the regular mouthly medal contest. The birds were a fair lob and scores made as a whole were creditable, 7 live birds: EB Heélgans (29yds),..-..2112211—7 J Bennett (27)...,.,....2222101—6 TESA SSL AE EP ae a 1111187 “A Bothy (27). ..+1-2.... 1102211—6 A Andrews (25).......-.2122222—7 H Bookman (27)..-..... 2)01011—4 T Hdeerton (27)..-......1111—7 J Rrennan (25),.-..--...21000U1—S H Bramwell (25)........011i1—-7 BH S 80) BK ef oe i aoe Ney | ZF tan, \ Hele ers ) aS Deck. Steanre;- So tyee a an fer Durting Term sr yp kilt instilution on this part of the lake as well as further north; and the camp has been favored with several very suiden storms of wind and rain, aloneorin company. ‘There has been but one real “rainy day,” butasmall and unobtrusive black cloud may he seen at almost any time above the hills, which may at a few moments’ notice either sprinkle or drench the camp. Tne weather has heen very pleasant, warm enough, but nothing like the high temperature and moisture of the coast, and it promises to continue pleasant for the remainder of the mest. ; The usual duration of an A. ©. A. meet is nominally two weeks, actually 10 days, the men breaking camp immediately after the conclusion of the racing, but few remaining the foll time. This breaking up has been apparently governed by no special law, a faw are called away by necessity, others see the vacant tent sites and the boxes on the dock and a stampede begins, the whole camp sometimes disappearing between sunrise and sunset. This year, for the first time, the attempt has been made to “con- tinue the surroundings” for a third week, the date announced being Aug. 6 to 27. Ithas been impossible to lay outa full pro- gramme in adyance, as 80 much depends on the attendance, bat the general plan was for a preliminary week with no eet events, but the pitching tents, renewing and making acquaintances, short cruises and scrub races. The second week, or from Aug. 13 to 20, to be the principal week, devoted to races and visitors’ day, while the third would be tilled up with such cruises and entertainments as might be practicable. There is no doubt that a very pleasant meet can be had and the camp kept together for nearly three weeks, but it will in all probahility prove desirable to begin the races on the Monday, instead of Thursday, of the second week. _ One member of the site committee, Mr. Buddington, has a resi- dence at Port Kent. and so has been enabled to spend much of bis time about Millsborough Point, with the aid of his steam launch, giving personal attention to the thousand and one details which go to make a successful meet. Com, Lawson and Mr. Butler have also made a number of trips from Boston, and Vice-Com. Winné, from Albany. The camp was fairly opened as per programme on Aug. 6, the men drifting in slowly from all quarters. The head- quarters tents were pitched, the flag poles set and avery good dock built. In the course. of the next three days a number of tenis were pitched, many of them at Squaw Point. Por aday the Tain proved troublesome, and on Wednesday night a very heayy squall struck the camp, but, with these exceptions and afew odd showers, the weather was most pleasant. - Toward the end of the week many ney men arrived, making 150 in camp up to Sunday night. With this number the camp as- sumed a definite shape, each quarter haying a goodly array of tents, One notable change this year is the absence of yachts, the picturesque fleet that lay off Jessup’s Neck last August is repre- sented only by a few craft, the principal one being the Burgess 40ft. Nautilus, a cruising cutter built on the lake and owned by Mr. Hickok, of Lake Champlain, That some canoemen are yachtsmen as well is proved by the club burgees that are seen this year in greater number than ever before, the cJubs repre- sented in this way being the Hastern, Seawanhaka, Atlantic, Cor- inthian of Marblehead, St. Lawrence of Montreal, Corinthian Navy and Corinthian Mosquito Fleet. Com. Lawson flies a big string of club flags above his tent—Hastern, Vesper, Newton, Union and others. - The camp thus far has been a quiet one, our old friends “Annie Laurie” and “Annie Rooney,” too, together with ‘All Over,” ara buried beneath the deep blue waters of Peconic Bay. ““Comrades” has not yet become epidemic to any considerable extent, and a strict quarantine is maintained by the patrol. The newest vagary is a request frequently made in a loud voice by one man or an- other to. “Let the animals growl,” which is invariably answered by a series of of howls, growls and yells from all quartera which in Race No, 1. _- - Ave 20, 1891.] FOREST AND STREAM. 97 wake the distant echoes. A second request, of “Louder, for the ladies,’ always follows, awaking a response which shakes the whole Point. Im the short intervals during the day in which quiet Teigns in this menagerie, a steam launch which haunts the bay, and is possessed of a most villainous whis! le, makes itself as muc of a common nuisance as possible by a long-crawn series of dis- eordant shrieks, _ This year the A. CG. A, has added to its personal property and available assets the copyright of a “yell” as follows: Ricoty ax. Co ax, Co ax, Ricoty ax, Co ax, Coax, Hi Ro, Hi Ro, Hi Ro. Ho Ro, Whoop Her Up, “Whoop Her Up (Two syllables of club name os Growl. The camp orchestra shows out in gond numbers, over a dozen, and the usual varieties this year, banjoes. guitars, mandolins, a yiolineello, but no bugle. The youthful contingent this year in- cludes three small boys, the brizht little nephew of Com. Lawson, the nephew of Vice-Com. Winné, and a youngster from Lowell. One pleasing feature of camp decoration is missing this year, the club totems and various designs in pebbles and scollop shells, which added so much to the camp of 1890, but the conditions here are unfavorable, apart from the lack of shells. Butfew attempts at the usual burlesques of streef names, etc., are seen. Only one of the regatta committee, Mr. L. B. Palmer, is present, but the place of Dr. Gage is filled by Mr. Palmer, of Lowell, while Mr. R. J. Wilkintakes the place of Mr. W. G. MacKendrick, Mr, MeMillan, of the Toronto C. CG. is clerk of the course, The pro- gramme of the races is as follows: REGULAR EVENTS, No.1. Paddling and Sailing Combined.—One-half mile alter- nately, 3 miles. : No. 2. Paddling. —Half mile straightaway. No. 3. Sailing.—Four and a half miles, same ri ‘veller” repeated,) AL! and ballast as (These three races to constitute the record races.) No.4 Trophy Paddling.—Oue mile straightaway. Exempt from one-man-1e-canoe rule. No. 5. Unlimited Sailing Race.—No limit to rig or ballast. Time limit, two hours and a balf; 6 miles. Starters in the trophy race to be selected from thisrace, See Rule 5. No. 6. Trophy Sailing,—No limit to rig or ballast. Time limit, os ie tee a half hours; 9 miles. Starters to be selected us by ule 4. No. 7, Novice Race.—_No limit to rig or ballast; distance, 3 miles; open only to men who have not sailed a canoe prior to Sept. 1, No, 8. Sailing, “The Pecowsice Cup.”"—Four and a half miles; no limit to rig or ballast. Winner of trophy barred. No. 9. Sailing, Club Race.—'To be sailed on an L course, one leg a mile and the other leg half a mile, to sail twice over the course; distance, 3 miles. First three members of any one cluh to count; no club can ba represented unless it enters at least three men; to be called early in the meet. , No. 10, Cruising Race.—Open only to “General Purpose Canoes;” distance, 6 miles. Details to be posted. To be held early in the meet. e OTHER EVENTS, No. 11. Paddling War Canoe Race.—for crews of not less than ten; half mile straightaway. No. 12. Paddjing Tandem.—Half mile straightaway. Noa. 18, Paddling Club Fours.—Half mile straightaway. No. 14, Sailing Upset and Maneuyering.— Open only to “General Purpose Canoes,’”’ No special appliances to sails, no limit to bal- last; at signal, throw over and recover paddle; second signal, eance to be tipped over until top of foremast touches the water. Canoes to be righted and cross finish line under sail, No. 15. Paddling Upset.—Usual conditions. No. 16, Hurry Seurry. No. 17. Gymnastics. The buoys for the courses are oil barrels covered with white and ned cloth in strips. As they float high they make excellent marks, The usual arrangements for entries, Starting. etc., are in force, the two regulations for starting and finishing all races, which were published last week in the Forest AND STREAM, being adopted by the committee. Mr. Buddington’s launch serves as a judge’s boat, the races being timed from it. The first races were called on Saturday. events 7,10 and 15, novice sailing, general purpose sailing and upset paddling. The day was rather cloudy with a little rsin, the wind being very light until late in the afternoon. In the evening animpromptu dance Was given in the mess shed, the music being furnished by the Yonkers men and other canoemen, The evening was passed very pleasantly, the party breaking,up about 10:30. . During the night a fatal capsize took place at the mouth of the bay, the canoeists fortunately playing only the part of rescuers. Three men, Joe, an Indian who has a tent at Port Kent and sells small canoes, etc., with two white men, Wells and Murphy, Started to sail to Willsborough Point in a small boat owned by the Indian, there being a supply of Lbquor on board. When within amile of the camp at some time in the evening the boat was cap- sized through the ignorance or carelessnessness of the men. They clung to it, shouting for help, one, Murphy, finally sinking. The other two were heard by the Toronto men some time after mid- night, and they launched and started out. When the alarm reached the main camp a party who were lingering about a late camp-fire at once manned the Mohican war canoe. some in their excitement jumping in and trying to paddle while the canoe was still on the staging. They finally reached the capsized boat and rescued the two men, boih of whom were badly exhausted when taken from the water. From the accounts it would appear that they had been in the water trom 7 P, M, until after midnight, but they were neither in a condition, from the fright or liquor, to tell a straight story. The body of the third man was not found, Sunday morning dawned as clear and sunny as could be, but by 7:30 the lake was black with a rain squall, which however soon cleared away, leaving a perfect day, though with little wind, fol- lowed by a beautiful moonlight night with a very strong north- erly breeze. Harlyin the morning Vice-Com. Cartright and a party of Puritan men reached camp in the 20ft. club war canoe Goo-goo-zenia, Carrying all their tents and luggage. They pitched on the east end of the main line of tents. Services were held in the pavilion by the Rev. Dr. Neidé, assisted hy Dr. Cragge, of Burlington, anew member; and in the evening a service of song was held around a camp-fire at Squaw Point. During the day a number of mén came into camp, The racing fleet this year shows comparatively few new craft. Mr. Butler is sailing the Bee, his latest canoe, built last wiuter. Word Jones has Canuck unchanged from last year. Knappe has the Ruvgles Truant, used by Mr. Hiliott last year. Schieffelein still sails the Lieda. The two Swenys, from Toronto, sail their old canoes Christmas and Gwen. Murphy has anew canoe by a liochester builder of the same construction as the Ruggles boats, but much fuller model aad inferior finish. Cartright is sailing the Imp, used by Forbush last, vear; has no canoe present. Whit- lock has Hornet and the new “City of Paris.” Quick and Oxholm are using their old boats, Uno and Beta. Among the new Ruggles boats are the handsome Dawn and Tornado, owned by Geéessler and Moore, of the Knickerbocker C.C. Donglas is sailing the new Tempest, designed and built by himself, and Palmer has the Ruggles Veaser of last year, re-named Cricket. The paddling men are out this year in full force for the trophy, which Mr, Harry Mackendrick will not defend, being absent. Canada sends a strong paddling contingent, Johnson, the well- known paddler, who has not raced at a meet since 188; Tilley, who made such a good showing last vear; Muntz, a new man, of the Argonant Boat Club, of Toronto; while Carnegie, of Cohoconk, has a very handsome new boat to help him to first place again. A large entry is promised for the paddling races, and the States will also be well represented, The paddling racers are yery handsome craft, the old open canoe haying given way entirely to finer models. Messrs. Tilley and Carnegie haye two specially fine hoats, designed by Mr. Tilley and built by Rice, of Toronto. The Canadians will use in the paddling races these specially-built racers, while Palmer, Kuappe, and probably all the men from the States, will paddle their Ruggles sailing canoes, Cricket, Dawn, and the rest. Not enough has been seen of the racers under way to show any- thing definite as to rig, but it may be said that there is nothing specially novel in the shape or rig of the sails this year, while the hoisting rig promises to greatly outnumber the standing. : fee entry list is smaller than last year, including 40 names, as ollows: SSENS MRE SESE SNSEESRRR SES Soe eeR Eom: % Spe its Se phe ee are erie er Erk pc ea s Se ees Dae SR ECS Rees RES ope aoe 4 pi Pao Some: Pei Sb (So; ca es Stet s+: OF 5. a eet nee D1 eS: Be = So ae fines ee & guano in abhi Babies Eager Bataan Onos =| Aiacimn acral He PREEaEES 9 a =|-i— Soona-P SEEREES PEResae § Sigg: Ba> aA Bare & Oe. Pete Pa: Be: spe te Se SS eg ey eee a ie oa Po pane tt ana a ee eee ey weeeses Seog eon sass a eee POR Oae Sn pe eee Renee RE RBS Rasy Es bar | BE Se oss dd: dee esd Gs ES Q Oo) ams iat Seen a yt =) es Sy: Pre @- : oe + aoe: : ee : o Pte ee Do age . a EA Oe dS), sot SR ase ate ining ath ats eign tatintuinideass ant PO Pae OSHS Menno eS eeu roe s apo beeebaSS: Be GeeS SRLS GARRATS on Wem IS ane Am one os: Reo tay PER GPoe aR s Ze soe oR Ss: SHO tOR ere atom OP eee yee Samy Oo RSE OQ: Bree: SSRSOS SESE: AoT SS RAB SCS hake sss: y : cee > @2--tr+: @+- ae: red egret Sacer et Se! i 2 en . Bo: owes ane = 0. Ds "9 o Do: Se Oia ig be . QO = Saou & i o Q = 3 NS mR OK x : OL ~T iri ct me OT OT [ois i ort 4 The first race called on Saturdav was event No. 7. the novice. 3 niles on the inner triangle. the wind being very light. The win- ner was Hornet, sailed by Mr. Smith, of the Shuh-Shuh-Gah C.C., who has never sailed a canoe prior to coming to camp. The sec- ond race was for the general purpose canoes, sailed on the outer triangle, 6 miles, wind light, won hy Gwen, Mr. Roy Sweny. The third race, the paddljing upset, was held over a very short course off headquarters dock with 9 starters, Dawn, D. D, Gessler, winning. The men were all very slow in regaining their canoes. The first race on Monday was the side course, 19 starters, won by L’Hirondelle, with Iguana sec- ond and Cricket third. The next race, event 8, Pecowsic cup, was started at noon over the outer triangle, 5 miles. Canuck won easily, with Bee second, but Bee fouled the first mark, In the afternoon event 5, the unlimited, was started in a light wind, like the preceding race. Bee won by a good margin, with Beta sec- ond, Canuck third, Uno fourth and Lieda fifth. The complete details of all the races will appear next weck. While watching the Pecowsic Cup race,on Monday, the camp was thrown into a state of wild dismay and consternation by the appearance of a strange and horrible monster far up the Bay. As he came down, his eyes flashing fire, his huze jaws clashing to- gether, and his many scaly coils rising above the water, the bravest quaked with fear, and the timid sought the shelter of the woods. As the monster pursued his remorseless way, it became evident that his destination was Squaw Point, in search of the beautiful maidens which all tradition tells us is the chosen food of dragons and sea serpents. A few bold spirits courageously manned the battery on the bluff, aud a number of shots were fired, but with no apparent ef- fect. Asthe monster turned to round the point. a forlorn hope, Messrs. Rogers and Kirkpatrick put out from shore in the old Hiawatha and attacked him with lances and harpoons, the gore flowing freely after each determined thrust. The combat was fierce and desperate on each side, and it was pot until just abeam of Squaw Point that the serpent, badly wounded but not killed, Was taken in tow and safely beached at the pavilion dock, His length is over 100ft.. and he is of the true summer-hotel yarietr, probably the only one ever capturod alive. It issupposed that he has been attracted to Lake Champlain by the reports which have reached him of the great number of pretty girls in camp this year. A very funny incident occurred as his snakeship ap- proached the camp, a small brown dog in the bow of & canoe espied him and at once set up a terrible barking. addling record, +4 mile, in- CANOE-YAWLS AND CANOE-YACHTS. (pee necessity for a class of sailing craft of small size, but of greater power and stability for sea-going than 4 canoe, and yel retaining many of the good points of a canoe, tor cruising and handling on water, and for transportation and housing on shore, has for some time past been acknowledged and carried out by canoeists, aud has prompted the class known as canoe-yawls. At the same time, practically the same wants haye been asserting their existence, at the small end of yachting, and have generated what is known as the half-rate class,in England. Americans, always awake to improvements, have also caught on to the canoe- yawl type as 2 useful and probably “coming” class. In both countries, up till quite lately, the class has not been clearly de- fined as to its guiding or governing principles, or definition. The result, as might haye been expected, is, that in one direction the class has imbibed many of the features of small yachts, and in the other, the equally objectionable tendency to develop skim- ming dish form for the sole purposes of speed. The American paper FOREST AND STREAM very neatly christens the yacht natured craft as “canoe-yachts,” defining them thus— “keel craft with a large percentage of oufside ballast;’ and the canoe-yawl as “‘centerboard craft of moderate draft, and with inside ballast all movable, such boats, as by their draft, model, and ballasiting, may be beached and housed;” and, further, it con- siete that the rating rule “seems peculiarly adapted for the class at large, That the Y. R. A, rating rule does bring the two types. canoe yawls and canoe yachts, very fairly together, in ordinary circum- stances, for racing, by its proportionate limitation of sail area to length, has been amply proyed on several occasions this season, where boats of equal rating, but of different type, have met, in sailing competition, But, though the sailing power or speed abil- ity may thereby be correctly gauged, and the functions of the rule as avracing gauge fully-maintained, there are other features de- manded for special service or utility which no pure racing rule will fully grasp and maintain. The truth of this is most clearly and unmistakably exemplified in the feature of depth, i. e., fixed draft versus alterable draft. The rating rule, pure and simple, allows any “draft,” hence the lg-rater yacht of the latest pattern has a permanent draft of at. least 3ft.,in the form of a half ton lead “fin” (in some extreme craft the drafitiseven as much as 4ft.6in.), whereas the canoe= yawl type has a draft of from 6in. 10 about ft, 6in., supplemented with a drop-plate keel, whereby the same area nearly of effective lateral resistance may be obtained. But. question, assuming the lengths to he equal, doe® the sail area of 187sq. ft. need a half ton lead fin of such depth to carry such sail, except in a half gale; and will not the shallower and more useful type of craft, reefed for the breeze, sail equally well? The answer from the canoe side of the question jis decidedly in favor of the canoe-yaw] type versus the yacht type; always, be it remembered, rating being equal. Experience may now be called in, and the past week has fur- nished that which we could only speculate upon previously; a canoe-yawl has been at work in the Solent with the 4-raters and has beaten them, and Las also saved her time on the I-raters. We will give the plain facts as reported, and not claim too much for her or her classeyen. She herself is of a model we do not believe in for aught except reaching speed, and we shall be surprised, possibly agreeably so, if she does not get a bad beating in the first meeting with 4¢-rating yachts, in which there is a beat and run in a sea and strong wind; it should be so—but will it be? The Spruce, canoe-yawl, raced at Hamble, July 17, in the 1- Tater class, came in Im. ls, astern of Same@na (l-rater), thus saved her time for first prize and beat all the 44-rater yachts. On the 21st she sailed in the Castle Club. Southampton, in the l-rater class against 13 starters; she camein third boat, saving her time for first prize off Samcena (l-rater) and Pup (0,9-rater), and beat- ing the next boat (a %-rater) by 4m. 482., etc. She sailed again a Sree against the 44-raters and took first prize at South- ampton. : The general report of her performance, and which we also saw at a distance, being in another race, was that in the beat to wind- ward the }4-raters, especially Bairn, beat her easily, but on the reach she left them easily, and in running they were about equal. —London Field. RED DRAGON C. C.—Philadelphia, Aug. 11.—At a meeting of the Red Dragon Canoe and Boating Association, held Friday evening, Aug. 7, the follewing resolution was adopted: Resolved, That fhe name of this club be changed to the Red Dragon C. C. of Philadelphia. A. 8. A. MEMBERSIP.—Atlantie Division: C. Frank Kireker, Paterson, N. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. R. M., Mt. Sterling. 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Puppie-—A beautiful litter, strong and healihyv from prize stock, whe'ped April 12, "91. Circulars. R. H. BURR, Middletown, Conn. joe TOY TERRIER. Champion Bradford Harry, described ir show reports as “best Yorkshire in America.” Pedigree and winnings free, photos b0cts. s=~=~<~<~$$$> CONTENTS. EDITORIAL. | Sea anp River FISHING. For Forest AND STREAM) A Novice in Pike County. Readers. Small-Mouths Near Chicago. A Camp Fire Run Wild. “Wane of the Adirondacks.” Rescue of Native Fishes. Snap Shots. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Katydid. A Colorado Outing.—t. ADIRONDACK LIFE. The Cranberry Lake Country, The Adirondacks in 1858. Adirondsck Memories. Circumnavigating the Adiron- dacks. , : The Upper Adirondacks in "56. Two Werks at Spruce Lake. Adirondack Hospitality of the ! Olden Time. | NATURAL HISTORY. The Mantis Shrimp, Woodcock’s Twitier Again. GAME BAG AND GUN. A Chicken Huntin the Nation Chicago and the West. i Still-hunting Deer With Bird Wishing in Illinois, Fall Fishing in Canada. Fish in Maine Waters. Angling Notes. FISHCULTURE, Fishculture in Mexico. THE KENNEL. Is It Not Worth Considering? Effect of Climate on Dogs. Painless Death. Eyen a Worm Will Turn. Beagle Field Trials. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. Ririg AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallerv. New Orleans Riflemen. American Schuetzentest. The Trap. The Guns at Lexingston. Milwauk ee—Chicago. Victor Tournament. Essex Gin Club. Ogs- ‘ Brooklyn Traps. Hints on Handling Guns, Pennsylyania Traps. Worcester Notes. YACHTING. Corinthian ¥. ©. Sweepstakes. Cherry Diamond Y, C. Cup. Yachting Notes. Michigan Deer Resorts. CANOEING. FoR#ST AND STREAM Nursery! The A. C. A. Meet of 1891. | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, A Shore Bird Incident. New Hampshire Moose, Deer, Cariboo. Rnymes. “THH WANE OF THE ADIRONDACKS.” HB title of Mr. Charles Hallock’s paper published to- day has been changed, on its author's suggestion that with their ever increasing hosts of summer visitors the Adirondacks cannot well be said to be on the wane. Nevertheless, a perusal of this second special Adirondack number will convince most readers that the Adirondacks, as known to the sportsmen, are in large measure passing away. It is not atall surprising that most of the papers we print to-day, coming from older visitors to the North Woods, should be of a reminiscent character and tinged with natural regret at the changing conditions in the Northern Wilderness. No one who has known the region in its primitive con- dition, when the sportsman might go wheresoever his own sweet will prompted, fish in any and all waters un- molested, follow his deer without let or hindrance, and camp where fancy dictated, on jutting point or beside pleasant rivers—no visitor of those years, now returning, can contemplate existing conditions without such com- parison, nor without involuntarily sighing for the old order of things, The Adirondacks of to-day stand largely for a. district of vast private parks and preserves, posted with trespass notices and guarded by private police; of lakes plowed by steamboats and dominated by huge sum- mer hotels: of sickening woodland wastes devastated by the ax and by fire. There is no need of visiting the North Woods to learn all this. The newspapers regularly devote a share of their space to the Adirondacks, as to other summer regorts of people who because of their wealth or social or political position are entitled to have their sitting-down and their rising-up chronicled by the press, These people are not at all dependent on fishing or shooting for their amusement, The record of Secretary Noble’s catch of 109 trout in a day takes up but two lines in a half-column letter, which is for the most part concerned with the more popular North Woods amusements of balls, lawn tennis tournaments, church fairs, charity fairs, trotting Paul Smith’s was once in the wilderness; but note the record meetings and rifle matches for silver trophies. of a recent gala night there: While the charity ball at Paul Smith's on Tuesday was not as large as theannual charity dance in New York, yet it lacked little in brilliancy. The company of distinguished ladies and gentle- men gathered on the shoresof St. Regis for sweet charity’s sake would have done honor to any ballroom in the world. The silks, satins, laces, diamonds and fine clothes generally made the woods- men's eyes stick out with wonderment at the fortunes thus dis- played. Some of the ladies went so far as to send to the eity safe deposit companies for their jewels. Paul Smith beamed on his guests, asa genial host should. and pointed to them as proof that they represented $150,000,000 of cold hard cash. When the man with the fishing rod encounters an orchestra in a North Woods hotel making music for an occasion of this sort, how is he to avoid falling into a reminiscent mood, and why may he not be indulged in his plaint that the glory of the Adirondacks is on the wane: A CAMP-FIRE RUN WILD. OME wooden tent-pins inclosing a few square yards of ground half covered with a bed of evergreen twigs, matted but still fresh and odorous, a litter of paper and powder smirched rags, empty cans and boxes, a few sticks of fire wood, a blackened, primitive wooden crane, with its half-charred supporting crotches, and a smolder- ing heap of ashes and dying brands, mark the place of a camp recently deserted, Coming upon it by chance, one could not help a feeling of loneliness, something akin to that inspired by the cold hearthstone of an empty house, or the crumbling founda- tions of a dwelling long since fallen to ruin. What days and nights of healthful Jife have been spent here. What happy hours, never to return, have been passed here. What jokes have flashed about; what merry tales been told; what joyeus peals-of laughterrang where now all is silence. But no one is there to see it. A crow peers down from a treetop to discover what pickings he may glean; and a mink steals up from the landing that bears the keelmarks of lately departed boats, both distrustful of the old silence |, which the place has so suddenly resumed; and a company of jays, flit silently about, wondering that there are no intruders to assail with their inexhaustible vocabu- lary. A puff of wind rustles among the treetops, disturbing the balance of the crow, then plunges downward and sets aflight a scurry of dry leaves; and out of the gray ashes uncoils a thread of smoke and spins it off into the haze of leaves and shadows. The crow flaps in sudden alarm, the mink takes shelter in his coign of vantage among the driftwood, and the jays raise a multitudimous clamor of discordant outery. The dry leaves alight as if by mischievous guidance of evil purpose upon the dormant embers, another puff of wind arouses a flame that first tastes them, then licks them with an eager tongue, then with the next eddying preath scatters its crumbs of sparks into the verge ef the forest. These the rising breeze fans till it loads itself with a light burden of smoke, shifted now here, now there, as it is trailed along the forest floor, now climbing among the branches, then soaring skyward. Little flames creep along the bodies of fallen trees and fluffy windrows of dry leaves, toying like panther kittens with their assured prey, and then grown hungry with such dainty tasting, the flames upburst in a mad fury of devouring. They climb swifter than panthers to treetops, falling back they gnaw savagely at tree roots, till the ancient lords of the forest reel and topple and fall before the gathering wind, and bear their destroyer still onward. The leeward woods are thick with a blinding, stifling fog and smoke, through which all the wild creatures of the forest flee in terror, whither, they know not—by chance to safety, by equal chance perhaps to a terrible death in the surging deluge of fire. The billows of flame heave and dash with a constant insatiate roar, tossing ever onward a red foam of sparks and casting a jetsam of lurid brands upon the ever-retreating strand that is but touched with the wash of enkindling, when itis overrun by the sea of fire. The ice-cold springs grow hot in its fierce overwhelm- ing wave, the purling rills hiss and boil and shrink before it, then vanish from their seared beds, All the liying greenness of the forest is utterly con- sumed—ereat trees that have stood like towers, de- fying the centuries, with the ephemeral verdure of the woodland undergrowth; and to mark the place of all this recent majesty and beauty, there is but smouldering ruin and black and ashen waste. Little farms but lately uncovered to the sun out of the wilderness, cozy homesteads but newly builded, are swept away, and with them cherished hopes and perhaps pre- cious lives. What irreparable devastation has been wrought by the camp-fire run wild! Meanwhile the careless begetters of this havoc are making their leisurely way toward the outer world of civilization, serenely noting that the woods are on fire, and complacently congratulating themselyes that the dis- aster did not come to spoil their outing; never once think- ing that by a slight exercise of that care which all men owe the world, this calamity, that a century cannot re- pair, might have been avoided. Campers, “Put out the light, and then—put out the light.” FOR “FOREST AND STREAM” READERS. EXT week we shall begin the publication of a series of illustrations, ‘“Among the Wildfowl,” drawn for the FOREST AND STREAM by Mr. W. Townsend. These sketches are capital delineations of wild duck ways as studied by the artist during his ducking excursions on Virginia coast waters. Their truthfulness to nature will be appreciated by all old duck hunters. The series will extend through several weeks. From Capt. F. S. Dugmore, R. N. R., a falconer of thirty years’ experience, we have secured a series of chapters on the ‘‘Art of Fishing with Trained Cormorants.” Capt. Dugmore has not only successfully followed this sport himself, but has taught others the art, having numbered among his apt pupils the late Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria. Whether or no the instructions which he has prepared for the readers of FoREST AND STREAM shall lead to the introduction of the Chinese fishing methods in America, we may at least give assurance that the instruc- tions themselves will be found vastly entertaining, Their publication will begin shortly. One of the “Snap Shots” the other day suggested that we proposed some time to have a special number made up of forest and stream reminiscences of boyhood days. The hint has been acted upon by several favorite con- tributors; and there has been sent in a goodly supply of happily told youthful experiences well worthy the telling. It is in store for a future number. RESCUE OF NATIVE FISHES, HE work of transferring fishes from the overflow ponds in the Mississippi Valley has been going on for several years with excellent results. Hundreds of thousands of adult fishes have been saved from drying up in pools and sloughs during the heat of summer and the effect upon the supply is clearly seen. The State of Ili- nois and the United States have joined forces in this undertaking and pushed it vigorously forward. Illinois owns a swift steamer, the Lotus, which is specially fitted up with fish tanks on the outer guards, into which sprays of water can be thrown by pumps run by steam from the boiler, through pipes extending the entire length of the boat on each side. This insures safe transportation and rapid distribution. The United States sends out its Fish Commission cars in August to extend this highly success- ful work into remote portions of Illinois and many other States, It is certain that the results of systematic stock- ing with mature fishes of the kind here distributed are never in doubt and always prompt, and the industry, therefore, never fails to receive public sympathy and support. WE regret to note the death of H. F. Bingham, a well- known lawyer of Portland, Oregon, who, while fishing on a cliff of rocks at the beach Friday, fell into the water, was carried out to sea by a huge wave, and drowned. Mr. Bingham was interested in FOREST AND STREAM sub- jects and frequently contributed to our columns, THe first special Adirondack number was issued June 18, 102 FOREST AND STREAM. jAuve, a4, issi, man’s occupation; now there are fences and farm houses, and fields of golden grain ripe for the harvest. But the mountains show me their old-time landmarks and help to keep me at home until the Platte Cafion is reached, The river looks smaller than it used to, but get off the train and down to the water line and it will require more than the skill of the tyro to send the coachman successfully to the opposite bank, Get into the current and you will recognize something of the old-time vigor. The Platte is not “‘played out” by any means, but the trout are not so Che Sportsman Tourist. KATYDID. [* the cool, crisp nights of autumn, When the woods are dark and still, Loud aboye the lisping crickets Rings in accents clear and shrill That never-ending wrangle of the green-winged katydid: eae Nn t! large or abundant as in that “‘little while ago.” Idream- Yes : he did! ily recognize many a turn of the once beautiful river, here and there a point of rocks or a mountain; but the pools, the still reaches and the rifiles have become demor- alized, have changed places or disappeared. It isnot the old river, but I find enough of the oldness lingering about it to remind me of the old love for it. Pine Grove, as ib is called—‘‘Brown & Stewart's ranch” it was thirty years ago, with a solitary log cabin—is quite a summer resort, with all the airs of a pleasant village. Indeed, the Yes she did! river for seventy miles or more of its way through the ; ' - ; hills to the lower cafion is little else than a summer resort, When frosty nights have chilled the fierceness of their rows, | dotted with bits of houses, and made strange by the pres- And only faint, weak stragglers still cling among the | ence of broad-brimmed hats tied out of shape over rosy boughs, cheeks; every face, it seems, is a smile—an out-of-doors "Tis sad to hear their faltering song, Thin echo of the past, from the wild flowers; and now and again a bit of music, Still keeping up the family feud, though life be slipping fast: | as sweet as the note of a meadow lark, will come rippling From twilight until rosy dawn steals softly o'er the hills, These disputatious insects, who inherit atubborn wills, Are nagging one another with yoices rasping rude: Who was it broke the bottle? And af once the restless brood: Katy did! Katy didn't! Katy did! through the car window, giving no hint of style or tuber- Katy didn’t! cles,. A little further on I recognize a pile of granite Yes she did! reaching down to the edge of thestream; there was a pool SW TOWNSEND. | Sst ti tie base, bus ney meee is ae i ie place. I remetaber the pool and the trout ave lifted out of it, A COLORADO OUTING.—I. and I weniein bet also falling into it, owing to the treach- N this country we never consider how hot it is until we | ery of a dead limb on a pine log. I remember apostro- find a thermometer, then 86° F, becomes impressive, | phizing the log and the low temperature of the water and we get out of patience with the flies. The Colorado | until the latter choked me off—the pure orystal was not fly is exasperating toa degree impossible in any other | Shocked at my exclamations, but took me into its em- quarter; the bald-headed man must be, I conjecture, at a | brace laughingly, as if it had been on the watch for a disadvantage when the house-fly is in pursuit of business | lover whom it understood to bea little reluctant. __ or pleasure; he has a way of clinging with his fore feet to | _Further on it was Schlats, and ibis Schlats now, with a the bare scalp and dragging the other four feet over the | difference in the association only. Nowit is civilized and glistening surface, he does it in a leisurely world-without- | 2 resort, but in the early days it was a haven between end sort of way, asif he had poisoned his toes with ivy | Tarryall, Buckskin Joe and adjacent mining camps and and they itched and he had struck witch hazel or other | Denver, in which one was giad to find shelter, especially antidote against irritation. But with the heat and flies, | Of 4 winter's night. A hint of the freighters and the there is always a “custom of an afternoon” for the south | Miners would tax the nerves and the delicacy of the pres- wind to blow, and that gentle breeze makes life a luxury | ent habitués. At the foot of Kenosha Hill Isingle out if one keeps in the shade, its hypnotic influence after | from among the phantoms in the car a man with a bilious lunch is irresistible, even with the racket in the busy complexion and a Roman. nose—he is chewing gum; in thoroughfare under the window—a thoroughfare where | bis company is a sallow woman, his wife no doubt, sheis we could kill antelope twenty-five years ago, chewing gum, and in the company of both and exercis- Under this influence I look out and down into the dis- | 1ug grandmotherly supervision is another woman, with play offered by a candy and cake bakery across the street, | gray hair and gold glasses, and she also is chewing gum; not omitting an invitation to ‘ice cream” done in letters | there is a little boy with a long slender neck, pale face of irregular sizes and original designs. I imagine the ice | and brown eyes—he is chewing gum, These peoplé have cream to be watery and devoid of temptation while I | no businessin a railroad car; they should be on foot, or on brush a fly off my nose and recognize a cake in the horseback, or bowling over corduroy in a lumber wagon, baker’s window. The cake had white icing once, but the | Or in any situation where they could exercise other than. flies have communed with the cupid that ornaments the | their jaws and shake off the dyspepsia. But they won't, center and have left tokens of their adoration here and | they, will die in ignorance of the sweet smell of mother there, and the sunlight bas burned brown patches in the | earth and the fragrance of pine boughs in their bed cham- surface, so that the wedding cake is no longer appetizing | bers. Nodoubtthey believe that a night under the fretted —but ib was a very gay cake at one time and gave |roof with only a blanket between their city-nurtured promise, just as a wedding cake does, of a more satis-| bodies and the gorgeous canopy would be the death of factory fruition. In its best estate and even later—the| them. They prefer dying of gum by rail. At Como, in wedding cake having been subjected to a closer in-| the South Park, where an excellent dinner is served, they spection than the present distance affords—I am advised, | pecked, ate oatmeal and drank water. I wanted the boy— of course, touching the fly specks as well as the texture | in him I saw a possibility, notwithstanding he sat with and shape of the cupid’s wing—they, the wings, reminded | his hands in his lap and wag not tempted by pie or one somewhat of a trout’s pectoral fins, and now that they | Orange. , have been tarnished the color adds to the illusion. By and by the road winds up the Breckenridge Pass, With the combination of the house flies, the cake and its | Down below a thousand feet or more, men, looking like adornments, the lunch and the mercury, an easy chair | midgets, are working in Tazryall Gulch, the oldest placer and the soft south wind stealing in at the open window, | camp in the State. It has given up its millions of yellow you can imagine the result: I am momentarily startled | metal and still pays. Salver Heels, looming up on the by a slight crash of something coming in contact with | left, has a bit of cloud for a cap this afternoon, and be- the floor and faintly realize that the briar root hasslipped | yond is the Mount of Three Waters. We are on the back- from my fingers, but I also realize that it was quite | bone of the continent, and may look down into the valley smoked out, and a lingering spark a mere possibi ity, of the Blue Riyer and see Breckenridge, another old min- and that the pipe is accustomed to hard knocks—then [| ing camp that has added its share to the millions of the haye a faint notion of a wish to be out of town, notwith- | world’s wealth. From this point of view the town seems standing I believe Denver to be the most delightful city | very quiet nestled among the towering hills, But all is on the continent. But for this I may be forgiven and | not peace there, especially o’ Saturday nights, yet it is justified as one may be for loving the young men and | Milder than in its younger days. Down the Blue a dozen women whom he has watched growing from babyhood miles, still by rail, and Tom Hamilton takes one in charge to maturity, when one hasa hand inthe bringing up;|at Dillon, provides a good supper and bed where I am one does not often have the opportunity of seeing a village | dreaming double. Did you never dream double? Itis a of 2,000 develop into a city of 150,000—souls, I was going }| novel psychological experience. sometimes ludicrous and of say, but | am skeptical in some things, and this same | again harrowing. I am in a chair in my office in Denver doubt is at the bottom of the wish that moved me from | and also in bed at Tom Hamilton’s, while the scent of the the window. | pines floats in at the window and the music of Ten Mile The grip, better called a capacious leather satchel, with | invites me to linger. I can feel myself under the blank- smile; there is a bewildering flash of bright colors, not | a change of clothing, an empty creel swinging from m shoulder and the rod case leaning against the back of the ets and realize the difference in the temperature, and while I draw the covering a little closer around my neck seat in front, where Ican keep my eye on it, a confused | confess to myself that there is good trouting in Ten Mile. notion of men, women and children hoyering about phantom-like, and all strangers, except a shadowy im- pression of Brother Byers reading a newspaper, inter- mingle it would seem with the noise of the falling pipe. The sweet savor of the south wind vanishes and the at- mosphere is stuffy and smells of oil until the windowsare raised. There is the ringing of bells, the shuffling of feet, the buzzing of strange voices, then every sound suddenly ceases and lam moving. The sensation is pleasant and the surroundings familiar for a little way; then there is an impression of outlying shanties and here and there a tall brick smoke stack not so familiar, The shanties are depressing, they denote poverty, the poverty that haunts railroad tracks in the suburbs of cities, the poverty that always comes in the company of rats. It isa queer paradox that what we consider the main instrument of progress always brings in its train poverty and rats—the fact leads one to doubt the integrity of the progress, or whether, indeed, it is progress at all. Presently the sur- roundings grow familiar again, the south wind has found me out and streams through the windows and the car, and is freighted with sweetness as usual. It takes a little time before I realize the freshness, because the suburbs are elastic, and five miles an hour the lawfulspeed. Certainly Denver is 4 city. Away to the right rise the plains to the foothills and beyond are glimpses of the range, with patches of snow lingering on the bosom of Mount Rosa. Only a little while ago the fourteen miles stretch of country between the Platte River and the foothills presented a green car- “Ves, there is good trouting in Ten Mile,” and Brother Byers, my briar root in his hand, stands over me in my office chair a long way from Tom Hawmilton’s. I am irri- tated at the sudden transition and find something exas- perating in the broad smile which my disturber bestows upon me, “Pshaw! why did you awaken me?” do. You said there was good trouting in Ten Mile,” ‘But you don’t always agree with me, Here I was on the way to Black Lake and had got as far as Tom Hamil- ton’s, then you must come around and wake me up.” “We'll start for Black Lake to-morrow morning—the train leaves at eight o’clock.” “T shall not go on it. I shall start from Dillon,” ‘And miss the grand scenery along the Platte, over Kenosha Hill, through the South Park and over Brecken- ridge Pass, dowm—” “Hold up, do—I have been through it all during the last fifteen minutes and I shall start from Dillon.” There is a United States mail from Dillon down the Blue; it goes in a spring wagon drawn by a thin team, and takes the grade of the Union Pacific, which makes a splendid road, The post offices along the way are not maintained by the government, but every ranchman has his own. The place of deposit may consist of a box, an old boot, or, as in one instance, a decayed hand-satchel stuck on a pole by the road side, No one would think of disturbing the contents any sooner than of despoiling the iron boxes on the lamp posts in town. One of these re- | “To let you know that I agreed with you, as I always pet through the July days, unbroken by any evidences of | positories consisted of a wooden box with a shelf and a canvas cover to protect the contents from the weather. In this particular post office a bluebird had made her nest and was rearing her youne—two little innocents mostly head and eyes and exhibiting a lack of feathers. They expressed no trepidation at his daily visits, the driver said, and that spoke well for the owners of the post office and the carrier, who is an ex-sherifi and accustomed to the use of the revolver, The road has familiar landmarks as we proceed. Big Ute Mountain is one. Brother Byers and I discuss it. We came into the Blue Valley from Hot Sulphur Springs, up William’s Fork and over the pass by an Indian trail at the northerly end of Big Ute Mountain, But that was fourteen years ago, we were there on horseback, with a frying-pan and two tin cups, together with three days’ rations of coffee and sugar, a loaf of bread each, and a little salt. Our destination was the same then as now, but the trail is a thing of the past. Wereached the mouth of Black Lake Creek about noon, and found a caTriage in waiting to take us to the summer retreat of our genial U. S, Marshal, A. H. Jones, who is now the owner of the lake, and at whose table, in company with him and his charming family, we took lunch—what a cones to the experience of fourteen years ago, under a poncho! Our host has a beautiful little steam yacht and boats galore, and the old log rafts went out with his advent, The lake is as charming as ever and as full of trout; the log cottage on the point near the outlet adds to the at- tractiveness and seems home-like, without intruding upon the old-time romance, Catching trout from.a steam yacht affords a luxury undreamed of in the rafting days, the amusement accommodates itself to the later stiffness in the knees and the falling off of activity developed in fourteen years. The sound ofa tiny steam whistle on Black Lake, under the shadows of the huge heaven- kissing granite of the Gore Range, while we skirt the aie ar foot of Mount Powell at ten miles an hour! { seems preposterous at first, but then the luxury of it! It is like the sudden transition from the plum-bush pole to the esthetic bamboo, and I convert the change further into a delicate tribute to the aristocratic denizens of the crystal waters, who are entitled to the best that skill and good taste can afford. There is an exquisite harmony in the combination not often achieved, and it should be ac- cepted and treated asasort of holiday in the holidays, the Sabbath, as is were, of the outing, : Toward evening our host turned us into a yawl and took us in tow; and we tied tp at the inlet and caught trout for an hour or more, We had a fish well, of course, and there was no fear of waste. The lake has been stocked and restocked, not only with natives and rainbow, but with the Hastern brook trout, and they are all doing well. This afternoon, however, the natives are the more active, A half-pound young gentleman shows himself on the surface at the prick of the Sproat; he shakes himself savagely, and not finding any relief, darts quickly into the swift current of the inlet, but circles back, not being given any line, leaps half out of the water, and repeats his efforts to tear himself from the fatal restraint. His efforts are in Vain, however, and he is lifted into the boat, still struggling. From the beginning to the end there has been no cessation of defiance; he comes intrepidly into the sunlight while hé advises one of his mettle and fights it out on that line as if fighting were his mission in life. Again there is a rise to the coachman and a strike, just on the edge of the current, and the ripple prevents one seeing the quarry; but a new experience is in store for the angler who has never caught any save the Rocky Mountain trout, This stranger disappears, but the light silk line cuts the water with a force approaching to viciousness. Hither and yon it sweeps, and the bamboo maintains a steady, graceful curve, and soon proves too much for this gentle- man, who prefers to avail himself of the full advantage of his battle ground. Your Hastern brook trout is finally brought to the surface, and with all due respect and ten- derness relieved from the hook and consigned to the well, A strong fighter, but he lacks the dash and brilliancy of evolution common to his black-spotted congener, And for this, I presume, I shall be trampled upon by both feet of the votary of the Salmo fontinalis, But understand me, I draw a distinction simply between their methods, not between their beauty or their courage: each is per- fection, While we have been amusing ourselves a black cloud has been climbing to the summit of Mount Powell’s mate and shows itself over the peak; the shrill notes of the yacht’'s whistle breaks the silence, and our host is steam- ing for the inlet at the little craft’s best speed fo rescue us from the impending shower. But we do not escape. The big drops strike us and then multiply, and Brother Byers takes his medicine standing and with a smile on his face that has no malice in it, He would not have forfeited the hour’s pleasure for a triple baptism. That night all slept under the shingles with the patter of rain to soothe us during our infrequent moments of wake- fulness. I could not but contrast the comfort with lying out on the banks of the Blue with nothing oyer me but the canopy and the rain beating down, and thought that there is much to commend in our civilization, and that such an obliging host and friend is a rare jewel; and I was also inclined to believe that every man, woman and child in Denver had a soul. L. B, FRANCE, Camy-Sire Mlickeyings. “That reminds me.” Hs\4 NUMBHER of years ago, while visiting in a small town in central Missouri, I witnessed the return of a party who had been down on the Gravois River fishing, bringing home several hundred pounds of fish. As soon as they arrived word was sent for all to come to the blacksmith shop and get a mess of fish free. A St. Louis drummer, who had been trying to sell the storekeeper a bill of goods, observing so many women and children 20 to the wagon and take what fish they wanted without paying for them, walked up to the wagon and inguired of the boy who was holding the horses, “‘Are these fish gratuitous” ‘‘No,” said the boy, “they are pretty much all buffalo and catfish.” in ; JACK. ConumsBts, Ohio, - P | ——= “' FOREST AND STREAM: 1038 “ADIRONDACK LIFE. 1 is a good many years, seventeen at least, since I vis- ited the Adirondacks in negligé costume, though I have chassezed all around them by rail of late, and only as recently as Decoration Day passed through Boonville and Lowville, where 1 fell in with such a multitude of fishermen and anglers coming out of the wilderness with rods and baskets, that I have ever since felt a realizing sense that but little effort is needed to popularize this much-vaunted summer resort. Of course the Adiron- dacks of to-day are different from what they were in the genesis of Pol Smith and old “‘Saugermong,’ and [ am frank to say that 1am sorry for it. No doubt, were I to fo in now, a glimpse of their modern appointments and attractions would be as much of a revelation to me as St, Paul’s vision of the menagerie let down from heayen in a sheet, but with more paucity and less variety of animals indigenous to the country; for, by all accounts, panthers are obsolete, and bears and deer are becoming scarce. The bare idea is startling! When the wilderness was primitive, catamounts were “not uncommon; and I remember once, when pulling leisurely around the Oxbow in the Raquette, with old Steve Turner at the oars, of barely escaping a misadyen- ture with one of the yvarmints which lay extended at full ‘Jength on one of the thick branches which protruded -horizontally over the river, ready to drop on us when we passed under. Fortunately | was keeping a lookout for up-coming boats, and so I happened to ask Uncle Steve what was that queer-looking lump on the limb just ahead; and when he rested his oars and turned to look the ‘Jump” rose up, and wheeling about, gave one tremend- ous spring over the tops of the brush which skirted the _ river and took to the depths of the jungle. Good old Steve! I am wondering if he is living now? At sixty years of age he could pack a 70-pound boat over the three-mile Sweeny Carry with the best of the boys, and he didn’t mind the mosquitoes and files on the St. Germain any more than would an ironclad man-of- war. He was short and sturdy rather than great and’ mighty, and so I used to wonder at his prodigies of strength, for he seemed an old man then. But here am I, verging on the self-same steps of time, still hale and blooming, and thankful for preservation of health and manhood, though I cannot carry off a load—tike that. “Adirondack Murray” had his camp then on Raquette Lake, downriver (was itin 1867?), and his comely wife was with him, attired in a Tam U’Shanter cap and a mountain suit of red and crimson plaid. How jaunty she looked! How hamadryadic! They kept open house in those days, with the latch string out, and a halo of welcome was luminous about the rustic roof. By my halidome! (what- ever that is) those were halcyon days for all of us, ere yet the hair had grizzled or the pitcher been broken at the fountain, for vicissitudes had notripened, How we * have scattered and wandered since. making his painstaking studies of birds. My attention was first directed to the Adirondacks some time in the 40s, by reading Rev. John Todd’s ‘‘Lone Lake,” a sprightly book printed about the time that Mr. William C. Prime wrote his inimitable ‘‘Owl Creek Cabin” letters, Dr. Todd was a companion of Audubon at times, occasionally visiting him in his hermitage when he was Of course, we know that there has always been a representative Long Lake hermit, whose cabin is shown with deferential index to the new-comer, but I have the word of Sabattis, Sr., the old pioneer guide (dead now, I suppose?) that Audubon was the original and only simon-pure recluse of that region. Whoever wishes to read the earliest reminiscences of the Adirondacks should examine Dr, Todd’s book, It is in the libraries. As for Audubon, I am rejoiced to learn that the praiseworthy movement inaugurated by the New York Academy of Sciences to place a suitable monument oyer the grave of the great naturalist in Trinity churchyard, is likely to prove successful. [used to know old Sabattis pretty well, and once he pulled out of the woods for a fortnight and found me at my residence in Brooklyn. Alas! the trail that he followed is cold enough now, In the time of my periodical visits to the North Woods T had to take a stage road of forty-seyen miles to the hos- telry of Paul Smith, which had just been located on St. Regis Pond. It was a pretentious structure for the time, but was subsequently enlarged considerably, and at last bloomed out into a full-blown modern caravansary. Few Jadies ventured in in those days. There were no rail- roads then until the short spur was completed from Plattsburg to Ausable Forks, and I wish there were none now, with all deference to the ladies, and the lazy, who think a long drive too much of an undertaking. So, ‘if wishes were fishes, we would have some fried,” Nevertheless, railroads now penetrate to every mountain crevice and ravine, and that is perhaps why Ido not go there as of old. Pleasure and transportation are made too easy in these days. Desires are too easily gratified to be valued, Martin’s on the Lower Saranac Lake was my ideal of a wilderness snuggery. Jt was built with an axe of split logs—a pretty large house of its kind. It was the pioneer hotel of that region. Bartlett’s was a favorite resort of mine at the outlet. It was there that 1 caught my first lake trout on the fly. Then there was old Mother John- son’s pancakes, Graves’s Lodge with its cream toast, its wild honey, its venison steaks and its baked trout selected to average a half pound on the platter, and done toa turn, Fenton’s, Number Four and Big and Little Tupper. Only to think of putting steamboats on these secluded waters ! Tt is sacrilege; and old Tahawus, shorn of his ancient name and prestige, bends his proud head with sympathy and. resentment, HEheu! their glory has departed. Let those who like innovations be content with the present, and happy with the outlook, To my eye there are clouds upon the mountain peaks, and ‘‘Baldy” him- self cannot raise his head above them. Conservatives like myself will never forget the days of anld lang syne, Perhaps I shall never visit the Adirondacks again, If I should happen to do so, | know where there is a cache of old reminiscences, but I must not mention them now. Modern society will dub me acrank more gloomy than Poe's raven. So I leave it to take its chances among the railroad men, the lumber speculators, the land monopo- lists and the promoters of the National Park, For the present I must keep silent, _ CHARLES HALLOGK, THE CRANBERRY LAKE COUNTRY. iPBERE is yet a region of the Adirondacks which has not been overrun by tourists, though sportsmen have pretty thoroughly explored it, Irefer to the north- ern part, bounded on the south by Beaver River and on the east by Ruquette River, Cranberry Lake is situated nearly in the center of this territory, and diverging from it are trails and old roadways to many of the smaller lakes and various rivers. The lake is said to have an altitude of 1,649ft., is some seven miles in length, with varying widths, as shown by the shore line of more than twenty miles. Originally, where as nature made it, the lake was a widening of Oswegatchie River, but some twenty years ago a dam was erected on its outlet for mill purposes below, which raised the water about 15ft., kill- ing the timber on the margin and rendering the shore unapproachable, There isa belt of flood wood entirely around the lake, unsightly in appearance, preventing the landing of boats, and objectionable in every way. But for this it would be a majestic lake. In the south- ern distance small mountains invite attention, while in the yicinity of the lake are several hills which bear the name of mountains, The lake is accessible from DeKalb Junction, on the Rome and Watertown railroad, a distance of thirty-six miles by livery. W.R. Bishop has the only camp upon it, and his hostelry very comfortably and satisfactorily accommodates thirty or forty people. The fishing is all some distance from the house, and in springtime is very good; but at this season of the year the catches are not large, for no rest is given to the ‘spring holes,” when the trout seek cold water and only can be found, Undoubt- edly there are many spring holes in and on the shores of the lake, but the guides have never made search for them, perhaps fearing that fishing so accessible might interfere with their vocation, and yet this could hardly be, for there is but one boat here, which, like the pro- verbial toothbrush, ‘‘belongs to the house.” As it is, they find plenty of time for thought and reflection, for it costs p4 a day to employ one of them—an extortion which every sensible person, however wealthy he may be, will rebel against. Chester S. Lord, of the New York Sun, who recently left here, made an excellent sportsman’s record. He caught several large trout, several of weights of 3lbs. and more. He is always active and has studied the locality until he is quite as familiar with it as most of the guides, and his outfit is always thoroughly complete. Justice Irving G. Vaun, of the Court of Appeals, has been here with his family since early in July. He casts off the ermine for the corduroy and looks the accomplished woodsman that heis. His outfit embraces every article that can be desired, and he entertains his friends royally at his superb Big Rock camp, which he occupies oc- casionally for severaldays at a time. He has spent many vacations here, being the chosen locality of several which he has yisited, and is familiar with every lake and stream for many milesaround. He is also a student of natural history, and in a quiet unassuming way becomes very entertaining while relating observations which he has made. He is a successful angler, having studied the conditions which one must understand if he would know how to succeed. Among others who are spending time here are R, K. Dana and family, of New York; Judge Northrup, C. H. Lewis, C. G. Baldwin, EH, M. Allen and family, and D. H. Brun, of Syracuse; and Dr. Reeves, of Long Island. Another judge and several more lawyers will arrive this week. So that it may be possible to promptly try any offender of the game laws; but it is to be hoped that the guests and guides of this locality are law-abiding people, There are many deer in this vicinity, and when the season for shooting them opens, the larder of the camp will reek with luscious venison. Divertisement for an ‘‘off day” is found in chartering the steam launch A, Ames Howlett, and going here and. there about the lake as the freaks of its passengers may suggest, A noonday lunch in some pleasant shade and near some one of the many remarkably cold springs (some as low as 42°) is one of the occasional enjoyments of the place, though we have not as yet had such pleasure. There are days, you know, when zest gives way to indo- lence, especially when the weather is clear, the sun hot. and the general conditions wholly opposed to activity. There are plenty of trails to follow for him who goes out only for exercise, almost any one of which abounds in nature’s best gifts to the thought-woodsman, The change from his daily life at home is so great as to invest him with surroundings of a character to almost entirely change the bent of his mind, and when he thinks, it is of the teachings of the new book opened before him, Most people whose minds are occupied with law cases and business affairs during ten or eleven months of the year, cease thinking when they come here, giving their minds as well as their bodies opportunity for recuperation. It is a splendid place for perfect rest. I wonder how it is that people who need rest which the vacation season is supposed to give, can spend the time at Saratoga and fashionable seaside resorts, or even go to Paul Smith’s, Loon Lake or the Ampersand, where soci- ety’s laws and customs are unrelaxed and hold all in restraint. At such plales as this one is, the barber, boot- black and laundry may be neglected without causing criticism. Ido not mean by this that the law of cleanii- ness may be set aside, and it is not. Flannel takes the place of linen, and there is a kind of foot wear which without blacking looks best here, The barber may be- come an ally of fleas if he removes the beard and gives the insects opportunity for freely lancing the face. Where there are so few peopie, and all of one mind, sleep is quiet and undisturbed, though it is a universal practice at such secluded places to have breakfast at 7 o’clock. But good appetites are ready for eyery meal. “Mercy, how the boarders yell When they hear the dinner bell.” [ have said that this northwestern region of the North Woods—or Adirondacks, though somewhat distant from the mountains of that name—is all that is left to the woodsman. And this region is rapidly going the way of all the rest, The havoc of lumbermen is seen on every hand and is constantly increasing, A railroad was built from Carthage several yoars ago to Benson Mines (iron) some forty-three miles in an easterly direction, Itis now proposed to extend that road northerly nearly to this place Raley for the purpose of opening several lum- ber camps, This would soon result in a further exten- sion to some point on the railroad from Moira to Tupper's Lake. Sucha railroad would very thoroughly open up a large part of this tract to the masses, driving the sports- men elsewhere. He has been driven about much as the American Indians have been made to seek new resting places from time to time, as made necessary by the aya- rice or pleasure of the white nan, But let us hope that it will be many years before annihilation shall come to him. Let us rather hope that the people of the State will awaken to the fact that they owe it to those who are to come after them if not to themselves, to see to it that the 3,500,000 acres which constitute the Adirondack region shall constitute a State Parkand become the prop- erty of the people for their proper uses forever, By his purchase of 250,000 acres, Dr. Webb has pos- sessed himself of the very heart of the forest, and the story goes that he will inclose it with a wire fence to pre- vent ingress and egress to people and game. The entire purchase is even now under police surveillance, to the great disgust of the many people who would enjoy the pleasures and comforts which its beautiful lakes and rivers have for so long heretofore extended so invitingly. We must meet the question as to whether this forest shall be controlled by capitalists or the people very quickly and decidedly if the people are to have any right to entertipon these millions of acresin the future. Thelawof eminent domain can be made to do the work, and every acre of private land ought to be condemned to the'uses of the State without delay. There are hundreds of thousands of acres which could not be sold for twenty-five cents an acre, while there is considerable acreage of greater value; but the cost of the all that is owned by individuals is not of such consequence as to be considered. The present waste of the State fora single year would go very far toward paying the entire sum under a condemnation award, But lhave run off from the general subject of this letter, The Beaver River country has long been regarded asthe most prolific of game; butas that begins to fail from an abuse of privileges, this locality seems to be the most favored in this respect. Deer are yery plentiful hereabouts, and the guides freely admit that there has been a large percentage of increase since the enactment of the law regulating the shipment of game. Bears are oc- easionally seen and killed, but panthers do not seem to have made a home here, though they have a fondness for deer and are generally supposed to abound where deer are plentiful. Although it has become an historical factthat Gov. Seymour killed the last moose slain in these woods, there are guides here who will tell you that they saw moose as late as twenty years ago, some time after the last one is supposed to have disappeared, I hope some time to write you a chapter of Recollec- tions of Adirondack Life, in which I shall have consider- able of incident and experience to relate. Here in this stillness, surrounded by health-sivying evergreens, an atmosphere laden’ with balms for many ills, with springs of water everywhere of perfect softness and purity, with all conditions to give rest, restore health and extend en- joyment, here, I say, I have spent. some of the most profitable periods of my life. Those who have spent vacations in this wilderness as I-haye spent them, know what benefits nature affords most bountifully; those wha have not been so privileged cannot too soon pass some one of the many gateways to this great Hden. CRANBERRY LAKE, Aug: 6. D. H, B, THE ADIRONDACKS IN 1858. E AVING heard much and read more concerning the wonderful scenery and the numerous and beauti- ful lakes and streams of the great North Woods, to- gether with the reports of the great abundance of deer and trout in its mountains, lakes and streams, such an interest was aroused that nothing short of a personal ex- perience would allay; and being a first experience, its scenes and impressions haye remained with me during all these years, and later visits have but intensified - them. Late in July of 1858 (thirty-three years aco next month —a full generation) a party of three—of whom the writer alone remains—started for the northern part of the North Woods, On arriving at Whitehall we took passage on the steamer Canada, in command of Capt. Lot Chamberlain, and who ever has traveled on his boat has met a gentle- man and knows whata clean boat is, The steamer in those days took passengers at the village of Whitehall instead of Ticonderoga and landed them at Rouse’s Point, a most delightful sail over beautiful water and amid grand scenery. From Rouse’s Point we went by rail to Chateaugay village, thence team to Bellows’ Hotel on lower Chateau- gay Lake, There we met the then venerable sportsmen Drs. Adams and Bethune, of Boston. Twenty-eight years later J met Dr, Adams on Upper Chateauguy, still hale and hearty and the most persistent fly-caster on either lake. On the evening of our arrival at the hotel quite an ex- citement was created by the report that “‘there was a bear in the lake swimming for the shore.” It took but a short time to unpack and load our rifles, when all started for the lake, some twenty rods, determined to have that bear’s pelt, It was growing dusk, but the bear could be plainly seen and was making fair progress, but quite too far out in the lake for us to open fire; so we lay close, waited and watched with cocked rifles and bated breath. But the longer we waited and watched the feebler grew our hopes of capturing the bear, of having a pelt to show and steaks for breakfast. Its nearer approach did not increase its magnitude, and i was decided to be but a cub, which we must not shoot, but take alive. To this all agreed, for a live cub was better than the skin of a dead bear to take home. In the meantime the bear held on its course, reached the shore, climbed the bank, shook itself, looked at us, and lo! it was a black dog returning from a deer chase, As our rifles must be unloaded—no breechloaders in those times—we gave the dog a generous salute for its exploit, Learning that deer and trout were in great abundance at Ragged Lake, some twelve miles over the mountain, where Mr, Bellows had built a log shanty for the use of his guests, we decided to make that our headquarters for a week or ten days. Accordingly we engaged guides, procured the neces- sary supplies—but no whisky—made a pack for each, and haying been set across the lake, took up our line of march, a faint trail indicated by blazed trees, no team or horse 104 FOREST AND STREAM. — 1 7 (Ace, 27, 1891. — ever having been there before us. Being unused to such loads our locomotion was not rapid, and our rests were frequent, While upon our tramp we came upon a porcupine, killed by lightning—or in modern phrase, electrocution- ized. How did we know the lightning had killed it? Although there were no Indians in our party to interpret signs, the proof was before us, Lightning had struck a tree splintering-it to the ground, and at its foot lay the dead porcupine, At Figure Hight Pond our guide had a boat hidden in the bushes, and on it we piled our duffle, as ‘““Ness- muk” would call our equipments. Figure Hight Pond, a celebrated resort for deer to feed—where I saw’ seven at one time but killed none—is on a branch of Salmon River, which here runs south through Lilypad Pond, Ragged Lake, ete,, and then turns Fecal north, emptying into the St. Lawrence below St. egis. Being relieved of everything except our guns, we made better progress, and in due time reached the shanty on Ragged Lake, where we found two excellent guides, who soon had a welcome repast of trout and venison, which our long tramp enabled us to enjoy to the full. One of the guides that came with us became so lone- some and homesick for a certain damsel he had left be- hind that he was allowed to return, and his place was much more than filled by the two puides found at the shanty on our arrival. Our party of six consisted of J. R. Wiltsie, of New- burgh, N. Y.; Jas. G, Wood and the writer, of Pough- keepsie, N. ¥,, with A. Sprague, H. Bellows and Burt, Blatchley, three most excellent guides, though Burt. would swear awfully and drink all the whisky he could get, as we particularly learned afterward. Here we passed seven days of real enjoyment, taking trout—real salmon-colored ones, and highly flavored—by day and floating for deer at night. Hach of us had more or less severe attacks of “buck fever,” but our rough tables never lacked either venison or trout. Neither was the surplus of either allowed to spoil. Our trusty and active guides, who nnderstood the business, built a stone smoke-house of small but sufiicient dimensions, laid sticks across the top, and on these the meat, cut into strips, with the trout properly dressed, and slizhtly salted, were Jaid, and the whole covered with thick bark, A slow fire was kindled in the pit and kept burn- ing till all were partly cooked and well dried. In this condition either will keep for months, and when -eaten at home is a pleasant reminder of camp scenes and life. The exact number or pounds of trout we took I cannot give, but of deer we killed but five, which no one can say was extravagant, and to prove that none was wasted, my eae is that we packed out of the woods some 3, During our stay we had many pleasant, and some not 80 pleasant, experiences, I well remember taking Wilt- sie'in the little tub of a dugout and going down the lake some distance to look for a deer that I felt sure I had killed the night before. In order to get on shore the little dugout was pushed upon a bog, from which I stepped to another, and so on to hard ground, leaving W, in the stern. The contents of the lake at this point was neither water nor earth, being too thick to drink or wash with, and too thin to walk upon, color black, and rather thicker than molasses. While out in the thick bushes looking for my deer, a smothered ery for help reached my ears. I rushed back to the shore, and in spite of the situation was compelled to indulge in a hearty laugh. There was W, in the black muck, having upset the dugout, vainly attempting to right the boat, or get on to it, holding on with one hand and fighting mosquitoes for dear life with the other, and no ground to stand upon, looking more like a bear than the one we attempted to catch on the otherlake. By our united efforts the boat was righted, and we paddled back tothe shanty. Butsuck a looking object [ never saw before nor since, black from head to heels, while the thin muck had saturated every article of clothing, filling both boots and every pocket about him, As we did not have many changes of clothing he was allowed to keep his bunk while his clothes were cleansed and dried, No more tub dugouts for him. The writer has but little to say as he came near having a much more, if not fatal, parents: in that same thick composition of water and muck, Having satisfied our most sanguine hopes as to the sport, health, scenery, etc., we returned to the hotel and thence to Upper Chateaugay Lake, which at that time was ina primeval state with the exception of a single shanty—long since a ruin and its location almost un- known. I thought then, and still think, it the most beautiful body of water, with its surroundings, I eversaw. High hills nearly all around it, with thick forest down to the water's edge which no axe had ever touched, nor steamer plowed its waters, We made no attempt for deer, but trout were nearly as abundant asin Ragged Lake, but not of the same color or flavor. I visited Ragged Lake in 1859 for the last time, for soon after the lumbermen built a dam which ruined its waters so as to destroy the old localities and ruin it for ae for many years to come, It is now owned by a chartered club, [ believe, The waters.of Upper Chateaugay have also been raised considerably by a dam at the lower lake, where several charcoal furnaces are running and consuming the for- ests of the surrounding mountains, so that barrenness has taken the place of living yerdure. Perhaps in the aggregate more pleasure is obtained on the Upper Chateaugay at the present time than when our party was there, for now it has its thousands of annual visitors, where it then had its tens, There are more hotels and near a dozen villas and cot- ‘tages now surround it. Still I know of no more delight- ful place to spend a vacation than there, Fishing is fairly good, while bear, deer and partridge in their sea- son are occasionally met with. I have said so much concerning this my first visit that I must omit all notice of later visits to these waters and to other portions of the Adirondacks, J, H, D. POUGHKEEPSIE, June, 1891, A Book Asour Iyprans,—The Forusr AND StrREAM will mail tres on application a descriptive circular of Mr. Grinnell’s book, | “Pawnee Hero Stories and folk-tales,” giving a table of contents | and specimen illustrations from the yolume.—A dv. : CIRCUMNAVIGATING THE ADIJRON- DACKS. HAD promised that without fail I would “report in person” on or before the 29th of July at Potsdam, N.Y. This involved a long and so often made railway journey from my abiding place in Brooklyn that my reso- lution to make it was subjected to considerable strain, when shortly after making the promise inducements of a very tempting nature were held out to me to makea different journey at the same time, The business which called me to Potsdam could be successfully transacted even if I were not on hand, so long as the other parties to it were. The other business I was assured would fall through without me, With a slight, very slight hope that I might so arrange that I might miss neither, I suggested to the friends whom Twas to meet at Potsdam a postponement, presenting vividly the hardship to me of being conipelled to give up the first and only chance for an outing in the Adiron- dacks that has come to me in a very long time; that it was nearly three years since I had smelt the balsam or “wet aline;” that the trip was ‘‘really necessary for my health,” etc. But I made noimpression upon them, The answer was this: ‘‘We would be very sorry indeed not to have you present, but the day is fixed, the cards ready for mailing, the clergyman engaged, and we intend to be on hand at the appointed hour, high noon.” That settled it. I cleared for my den, lit my pipe and cogitated, Of course I would go to Potsdam—but, and the brilliant idea switched on to my brain circuit—why not go the woods also? Why not carry out both schemes? Considering the Adirondacks as a big cyclone, I am in its southeast quadrant, Potsdam in its northwest; from 5. W. to N. W. 18 a straight line; a straight line is—on paper—the shortest line between two points. It would te plain sailing from here to the neighborhood of the cen- ter—say Blue Mountain Lake; thence out, if I could be- lieve the ‘‘Health and Pleasure” book of the New York Central, for there in “Excursion 768” to “Blue Mountain House and return to New York,” the mode of travel and cost is given; and partof the route is from Norwood, yery near Potsdam and on the same road. But as I gathered up my reminiscences of travel in this section, or rather in what I so thought, ! was puzzled nota little, I have years ago gone through to the only Blue Mountain House that I ever heard of, that on the north side of Blue Moun- tain Lake, in Hamilton county, and my route to it involved many miles of boating and tramping, lucky when now and then, here and there, I could piece out with a buck- board or woods wagon over genuine woods roads, Stoddard’s map did nob help me. What I wanted was on it, but Ididn’t see it, for I failed to look in the right place and contented myself with asearch all around Blue Mountain House for any road or any place that a road could be put, except the one to Loug Lake, Nor could I find within stage range any ‘‘Spring Cove” as given as starting point for stage, So I gave up that route and wrote to Mr. Stoddard for a solution of my puzzle, His reply, received since my return, has enlightened me. There is another Blue Mountain, and a newer Blue Mountain House in Frank- lin county, to be reached by the new route to Paul Smith’s, the Northern Adirondack Railroad, but it was not theonel wanted, The Prospect House, Hollands and the easy route to the Raquette and its delightful resorts are “not in it,” and the Blue Mountain House, that I have had good times in, is not that one but another one, and Tm glad that I didn’t save money by buying excursion No. 768 ticket. There is a Rome in Italy, and one in New York, yet when one speaks of a winter in Rome, one don’t generally speaking mean the New York city of that name, Losing confidence in time-tables, of which I had ob- tained too many, representing apparently opposing in- terests, I cut adrift from them, and determined to go it alone; and as I planned and cogitated, an attack of spring fever came to me, and I resolved to start at once, and if the center of that cyclone could not be quickly crossed I would do as I’ve had to do in real cyclones, trust to Providence and the impulses and chances of the mo- ment to come out safe on the other side, Thus I planned: I must be in Potsdam on the evyen- ing of the 28th; it is now the 28d. I have six days, [can haye a splendid time if I start at once by the sleeper to North Creek, leaving this evening 7:30; turn outat 6 A.M., catch the tally-ho or perhaps a seat on a buckboard if 1 can’t get the top seat with the stage driver, breakfast at North River, if as good as the dinner I got the last time I came out will suit, reach Hollands after a ‘‘glorious drive” in time for dinner; then if Henry Taylor has got teleeram and is nof employed he will be there with his skiff, and we will spend the afternoon of the 24th rowing down: to the Raquette; and there’s many a deep hole in the big lakes, and spring hole in Hagile and Utawanna, and the river that I, and many more that Taylor knows; and the chances are that when we pull out at Ned Ben- nett’s, Under the Hemlocks, we will have a few—not many—good-sized trout, and the certainties are that 1 shall have greatly enjoyed the exercise of casting for them, Hyen if our basket is bare (and I can hardly be- lieve that the rapids along Bassett’s Carry will fail me altogether) Bennett’s larder seldom is, and I am reason- ably sure of a supper of good trout well cooked. Then for a loaf and smoke on the pleasant front piazza, a comfortable nighi’s rest, and an early morning start.on the 25th for Forked Lake, We will dine at Fletcher’s, and if he gives mea poor dinner it will be his first at- tempt in that line; then down the lake to the carry to Raquette River; and ll go over again—in memory—an adventure I once upon a time had on that carry, when I encountered a tornado; and that part of it will be pleasanter to think of and remember than it was to go through. -A whole forest of trees of all sizes standing quietly on their bases has no terrors for me, but when trees of all sizes, from saplings to big ones, begin a skirt dance that soon develops into aerial fights, and rain every drop a bucketful precedes and follows, trees have no charms for me. We will probably have time to get down as far Buttermilk Falls, and even if we stop short there are several No.1 spring holes; and if he is still living and there, the old fellow who runs the stoneboat carry for skiffs (whose name I forget, but know he was tall, for the trousers his very deaf wife loaned me while she dried my soaked outfit, would button around my neck), will, I feel sure, give us a cot in the attic, and | cook my trout for supper and breakfast. And then the morning will be the seventh day, and I will either rest, go fishing, or more likely start for Tupper’s Lake, through it and the other one, and if I can’t get through to Paul Smith’s for the night I can, I think, to Childwood, on the dear little Massawepie, where, nearly thirty years ago, under the guidance of one of the Gale family, I saw and killed my first and only deer (for 1 don’t Jike to kill them: I like venison, and T like beet, but I would rather some one else would do the butchering). And whether it be Paul Smith’s or Childwood, I shall be sure of a Perens evening, and will still have Monday and part of Tuesday to ‘pull and haul on,” and the Northern Adirondack Railroad will “do all the rest,” with a little help from Rome & Watertown. Thus, and lots more thus, I planned, and the whole journey seemed as easy as an ordinary one. I made up my mind on the jump; confided to my wife’s care and trunk such of my costume as would be needed at the wedding, to which she too was going, but by the ordinary route; got my gripsack packed, and at about 6 P. M, demanded of the Delaware & Hudson R. R. ticket agent, ‘“‘A ticket and berth to North Creek, by 7:30 train,” He looked at me @ moment in a way which coupled with what he said, displeased me, ‘‘There’s no such train,” ‘‘But there is, I have been over the route before.” “Ves, that may be; lots of people went over it last year.” And he handed me a time table to confirm his statement, and pointed out that I couldn’t start until 11:59 P. M , which to me meant that of my seyen days’ leave of absence, I could use but one minute of one of them. I retired to a corner with the time table, a diseusted man; and my disgust was not reduced when I found that at the very best I could not help being just one day behindhand on all of my itinerary. I could toafaway the evening till midnight—and I had seen ‘‘Wang” and all the other shows worth seeing; I could turn out at Albany 6 something A, M.; leave Saratoga at 10, and by good luck reach Hollands just about the time 1 had hoped and expected to reach Bennett's; and not an inch of boating nor a minute’s fishing, Not a trout! It was ‘‘telerable and not to be endured,” Another idea came tome, As my supposed thorough knowledge of the entire woods to the westward of the Adirondack Railroad had proved a dead failure, I began to think that I didn’t know anything about it, and made up my mind to learn something. And to dothat I would explore new fields, and this is the trip which in mind I substituted: Goto Schroon Lake instead; trust then to some one who knows something (I was sure I could get to Schroon Lake alone), and find a way to get over to the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. road, to strike it if possi- ble at Baldwin; thenee by boat or train, whichever seemed most feasible, and spend the night and next day at Ausable Chasm; then from Port Kent by rail or boat, according to which I didn’t take before to Plattsburgh, Then by the Sey road, a novel woods trip into the heart of the grand old Adirondacks, enjoying every mile of the journey to Paul Smith’s and onward. This plan, with some modifications, I carried out; but the ‘grand old Adirondacks” which that little narrow- auge took me through gave me the blues from the start. Por miles and miles we went through and by acres of stump-covered rocks, covered with an inch or so of soil; millions of boulders, piles of iron ore, and worst of all, flock after flock of beehive-like structures, surrounded by thousands of cords of timber to be transformed to char- coal. It was a dismal ride; and the clearings of years: ago as we neared Paul Smith’s were like jewels in an. ugly setting. If Dante had met me that day gud asked! my opinion as to a good model for his road to the In-. ferno, I think I should have recommended a trip over the Chateaugay. IT reached Albany, Saratoga and Riverside at appointed times, 6 A. M., 7:30 A, M, and noon, Staged it to Potters- ville, 8 miles, where a very poor dinner did not cheer me up much; then came a pleasant trip up the lake in the little steamer Effingham, which I enjoyed until at one of the hotel landings a large party of people with hook noses swarmed aboard, and got my campstool and my place in the bow, for as they didn’t seem congenial I moved aft, I was drifting and nob perfectly sure where I should be to-morrow; but as we drew up for one of the hotels, the Grove Point House, I] admired its location and pleasant surroundings, and went to it, intending to go on to-mor- row—this was on Friday. Monday morning found me still there, and I would not have left then but my time was growing short. I liked my room, which was well furnished, with a comfortable bed; the view from my window of the mountain across the lake, the table, the attention, the service, the class of guests I found, and in short, the whole surroundings. On Saturday I took a trip to the village, a mile distant, in the Effingham, the fare from this hotel being simply “Thank you,” In the afternoon I rowed on the lake and fished, catching numerous fair-sized perch and a couple of black bass. On Sunday I went to church, this time tramping with a party, and each evening, for it had grown cold by nightfall, we assembled in the spacious parlor, where a bright wood fire made cheerfulness, and were entertained with delightful yocal music by a gen- tleman and wife and two young ladies from Albany, Mr, and Mrs, Franklin and the Misses Gilligan and Malone,. and the rendering on Sunday evening of ‘Gloria in excel- sis,” by one of the young ladies, was superb. On Satur- day evening there was a little dance as well, for Mirabile: dictu/ there were more young men than women at this, favored resort, and all of them apparently good fellows. They were members of a New Jersey Athietic Club, who: take their vacation here. Youth so far favored those young men that they got as much fun out of catching a big string of perch, as I used to before trout cut them out. The only drawback to pleasure was sympathy with the landlord, who although far better off than those of most of the others on the lake, was suffering from empty rooms, He had about forty guests; can take care of about three times as many; but every hotel on the lake was similarly afflicted, and all but one, I was told, were worse off; and the fact that the seaside resorts and nearly all of the watering places have this season been comparatively, empty don’t help any. Hven at Paul Smith’s there were lots of rooms vacant. We talked this over on the piazzas. All agreed that the abnormally cool summer was principally at fault, but there were those who sought to find special causes, I for one. Some damned the McKinley bill, others the New York Central Railroad, which it was claimed was, by making access by < ‘i ae ele FOREST AND STREAM. 105 “its own roads easy and by others hard, very much hurt- ing this part of the Adirondacks. . To me another reason presented itself. The hotels in the Adirondacks are no longer in the woods. There are no woods where there are railroads a year old. We have stumps and dead trees in lieu of forest; hotels with elec- tric lights and Chicago beef in lieu of hunters’ camps and venison; steamboats and railroads in lieu of skiff3 and - buckboards; pickerel and perch instead of trout and salmon trout; conventionalities in place of freedom from outside contact and influences. The charm has departed. To those of us who contrast from our own experience the woods of thirty years ago and their resources with those of to-day, this is plain; but for those who are just begin- ning, let them spend a day roaming around in the deep sand at Paul Smith’s, noting down the comforts and lux- uries of the city which are at their disposal, then jump into a skitt and row up through Spitfire into the Upper St. Regis, and see the diiference. The fortunate ones who have camps there are really in the woods. As the season is but six weeks long, the improvements are making poor men of the landlords, The proprietor of the Grove Point very wisely utilizes his winters, the last one in keeping a hotel in Florida; and this winter he and many of his steady guests are in- terested in a hunters’ camp and family hotel which he is to keep on the sea coast of South Carolina, where there will be no end of quail and bay bird shooting, and ‘‘all the comforts of home.” He intends, I believe, to trans- port all of his Adirondack staff, and I with lots of his guests have promised to come to him, Just when and where this Mecca is to be I haveyettolearn. If he keeps his promise to advertise in the FoREST AND STREAM I will try to go to his plece. On Monday evening, when the concert was over, all -of my newly made friends bade me good-bye, for I was to start early. I had found that I could take a stage from Schroon to Iron Mountain, then by the Iron Moun- tain Railroad reach Crown Poini at 11:15, but examin- ation of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company time tables showed that this was about half an hour too late to catch the train for Plattsburgh, and I was compelled to hire a private conveyance for a 25-mile drive. The livery man offered to drive me over for $8, but Mr. Mac- kenzie, my landlord, secured me a good horse and buggy for half the money, and at 6 A. M., after an excellent breakfast, I was off. If anybody wants to buy a good- looking horse that can take two men over a woods road twenty-five miles in three hours and a half they had better commninicate with Mr. Cornell, the shoemaker, of Schroon, who starting (to be accurate) at 5:50 A, M. from Grove Point, landed me at 9:18 at the Crown Point depot, after a twenty-five miles drive in three hours and twenty- eight minutes, with more go left in the horse than he ap- peared to have had when we started, and not a hair turned. In one respect it is not to be wondered at, the morning was simply perfect, a good rain the night before -had hardened the roads and the drive was an episode, taking in as it did some pretty water and landscapes, Paradox Lake and Iron Mountain, But although I en- joyed the drive, it nevertheless seemed strange with a railroad not overworked running right to the Crown Point depot, or near it, that it was not so arranged that tourists could use it, Is this also a little squeeze to help boom the late Rome & Watertown, now New York Central? At Plattsburgh I took the Chateaugay Road, and Ihave already described how my anticipations of pleasure were thwarted. Of course there is more sentiment than sense in my views, The people have got to have lumber and iron and chareoal; and undoubtedly the material pros- perity of the country is greatly increased by this read, for on it there area number of apparently (icine pros- perous settlements started and tots of businegs is being doné, but what the settlers will do when the timber gives out I cannot see. A bushel an acre would be a large crop to expect from some of the land. Of course { enjoyed the little time I had at Paul Smith’s, principally though because lspent much of it onthe bosom of Upper St. Regis Lake, On Tuesday I took the stage to Paul Smith station and reached Potsdam that evening by 8 o’clock; from there to New York by Rome & Watertown and New York Central, So Il made my woods trip—circumnavigated the Adirondacks and went to the wedding. PISECO, TWO WEEKS AT SPRUCE LAKE, UR party numbered four, all under twenty years of age, namely, Shonk, Zack, Steen and the writer, --whom the boys had nicknamed ‘‘Kansas Jake” on a former trip, which name stuck by me (don’t infer that we are dime novel fiends) because I greatly resembled a party who played that character in the ‘‘Bandit King” a well known border drama. The name was afterward modified to plain ‘‘Kansas.” This was our fourth annual camping trip.. For this trip we had been collecting duffle formonths; every day added some little trinket to our vast collection until we had collected 35i6lbs. of luggage besides our guns, rods, ete., which we expected to tote twelve miles into the woods. Wedid not havethe pleasure of read- ing “Nessmuk’s” “Woodcraft” until after we came home from this trip. Had we read it before we would have saved a great deal of fun at our expense. After weeks of waiting Aug. 15 came at last, and on that day we arrived at Abraham’s hotel, at the head of Piseco Lake. Aug. 16, we rose af 5:15 A. M. to find it raining hard. This was a damper, for we were anxious to be on the twelve-mile walk to cur camping quarters, It stopped raining at about 9 A, M. We had to walk about half a mile from the hotel to meet Ceylon Clark, our guide. We had divided our 816lbs, of duffle as equally as possible, This with our guns made quite a load. When Clark saw our duffie he gave us a. big laugh and said that we did not need one-half of it. We immediately sorted out what we would really need in the woods. He told us that we could get a fellow who owned a pack horse who would take the balance of our luggage in for $3. This we gladly assented to, for we had enough of it at the half-mile pole. Here we were introduced toa gentleman from Franklinville, N. Y., who had spent several vaca- tions with our guide, and if we did not object, he would like to go in the woods with us for a few days, We had no objections, as he looked and proved to be a jolly good . fellow, although he was twenty years our senior, — We set out for Spruce af 11:20 A,M, The trip through _ = therefore the hide was no good to him, on the Jessup’s River. the woods was a hard one, but we pressed on, knowing that we would be repaid for our labor. Clark said that we were taking a very moderate gait. I concluded that if he callled our present rate of speed moderate, he could count me out on anything faster at the quarter pole. Every tile that we left behind us we would thank Clark that he had not let us carry that duffle. Any one who has followed an Adirondack trail knows how grateful we | felt teward him for relieving us of 79lbs. of luggage. At 3:45 P. M, the blue waters of Spruce Lake shone through the trees, and in five minutes we were executing a war dance around Clark’s well-built log cabin, where we were to make our headquarters. We next inspected the inte- rior of the cabin, and were surprised to find that Clark had a gcod wood cook stoye and kitchen outfit in his mountain retreat. He informed us that he had brought the stove in the woods by piece meal on horseback. We found sleeping accommodations for eight people, consist- jing of four double berths, arranged two on each side of the cabin. The bedding was composed of woolen blan- kets, deer skins and balsam boughs. In about one hour after our arrival at the camp Clark called us to a very tempting meal, Aug. 17, —It rained nearly all day, and our time was spent in swapping stories, reading and playing seven-up around Clark’s stove, for it was damp and cold, Aug. 18.—The morning dawned bright and clear, and Clark, Steen and I went down the outlet of Spruce Lake to try our luck at trout fishing. Our knowledge of trout fishing was very limited, while Clark is an expert with the fily-rod, Steen and I had a full line of flies. leaders, ete,, when we started out, but when we returned we did not have half of our fine collection left. ‘The flies had flown heavenward and lit on the boughs of the numer- ous trees that infested the banks of the brook, Clark and Steen were on the lead fishing down the stream, while I must have been a quarter of a mile in the rear when they began calling for me to come up to them. I started up, but had not gone far when I slipped on a large flat rock and fell head first in the water. i man- aged to get out without a dry stitch on me, I[ heard the boys calling me again, and made another start; had not gone 50ft, when I repeated my previous performance, this time breaking my rod near the butt. I picked my-~- self up and sat down, and soliloquized as follows; And this is the trout fishing that I have heard so much about, Here I am, a poor, miserable wretch, soaking wet, with no companion to share my misery. Hearing the boys calling, I once more started down the center of the stream, for the center of the stream was the easiest place to walk, for on either bank the alders were so thick that it was almost impassable. When I finally came up to the party I presented a pitiable appearance. The only consolation that I got was, “that I ought to have had my bathing suit along.” We took aninventory and found that our combined catch amounted to eighty-six fine trout, Clark caught the largest fish which weighed 23lbs. We took a trail for camp; on our way we saw one of Clark’s bear traps with the decomposed remains of a black bearin it, Clark did not go to the trap until the bear was badly decomposed, Steen got one of his claws. Wereached camp in about one hour. I was surprised to find that my clothes were nearly dry. Zack, Shonk and Case (the gentlemen who came in with us for a few days) returned from a fruitless trolling expedition, Aug, 19.—The day being Sunday we were not very active, Wetookasail on the lake, Steen saw some- thing moving on shore, and when we got within about 25 rods he shot and killed it. hog. We all went picking red raspberries and got three quarts of that luscious fruit. At noon Mr. Case took his it proved to be a large hedve departure for home; we were all very sorry to see him go, for we found him a most agreeable gentlemen. Aug. 20.—Zack. Shonk and Clark went fishing for trout They returned about noon with 107 fine fish, Shonk taking the lead with a 22-pounder. While the trio were fishing, Steen and the writer were trying our .44-cal. rifles on the spry little red squirrel, which animal is found in great numbers here. Our rifles were too large for these small creatures, if we had a .22 Winchester we could have killed scores of them. Wesaw deer paths a foot wide, and signs as if the woods were full of deer. After supper Clark told us to draw cuts to see who should go with him and float for deer. Steen drew the lucky stick, and at 9 P. M. he and Clark started out for the upper end of the lake, where the deer came in to feed on the lily pads. We waited in breathless suspense for the report ofa gun. At last, about 10P. M., the weleome sound came thundering across the lake, We were all excitement, and were hoping and praying that Steen had not got that terrible disease known to hunters as buck fever, The minutes seemed as if they were hours: At last we were relieved from our suspense, when Olark and Steen arrived at the landing with a big buck, Cheer after cheer rent the air as we crowded around Steen and shook his hand nearly off. We then inaugurated a green corn dance around the poor unfortunate buck, It was after 2 A. M. when we concluded our festivities, Aug. 21.—We arose at 6 A, M. with our mouths all ready for one of those juicy venison steaks that we had read so much about. We found that Clark could cook venison as well as he could trout. We now had fish and yenison on hand in great abundance, but the groceries were running low from the constant inroads made by the voracious gang. This necessitated Clark’s going to Piseco fora new supply. Heleft us after cooking us a good dinner. to cook for ourselves. When supper time came Steen volunteered to act as chef de cwisine. He prepared us a supper equal to the best: but as a breakfast cook he was a dismal failure. His coffee was a villainous concoction, black as ink, and his potatoes would have tried the patience of Job. Aug, 22—We arose to find it raining, and it continued to drizzle nearly allday, Clark arrived in camp at noon with a large supply of groceries. In the afternoon Shonk, Clark and I went down the outlet of Spruce Lake for brook trout, in the rain. We returned with 75 fine trout, Clark taking the largest fish which weighed 12lbs. Shonk duplicated my former performance by falling in ‘the water and getting very wet. Aug. 23.—Zack and I went trolling for lake trout, but did not catch any. Shonk shot and badly wounded a mudhen, and by hard work managed to catch her. It was great sport for us to see Shonk chase the poor hen; he hit her the first shot, butit took three shots more before he got her, and then he caught her, Shonk insisted on having the hen cooked, and his wishes were complied with, The ineat looked as if it was good, but Shonk could not go it, _ Shortly after dinner two hunters who had been camp- ing on West Canada Creek arriyed in camp, They were hungry, so Clark cooked them some dinner; he also brought out the remainder of the mudhen which was left over from dinner. They devoured the mudhen with great relish, though one of the hunters said that the par- tridge was quite tough. Aug, 24,—Zack and Shonk arose at 4 A. M. and went out on the lake to try their luck at trolling for lake tront, They had got about one mile from camp up the lake, when they saw something black moving in the center of the lake. They rowed as quietly as possible and soon Aaw that it was a large buck. As luck would have it Zack had his shotgun along, loaded with buckshot. They rowed for the buck, which was making for the shore, When the deer struck the bottom he started at a furious pace for the woods. Yack gave him one barrel of his gun and knocked hini down. Shonk got out his big knife that he bought for such occasions, saying that if he could not shoot a deer he would cut one’s throat. We were aroused at camp from our slumbers by the loud cries of Shonk and Zack and the reports of Zack’s gun and Shonk’s revolver. We got up and dressed as soon as possible and started up the lake to ind out the meaning of so much noise, When we came in sight of them we saw Shonk and Zack embracing each other in great shape. We reached the boat in a few minutes and were overjoyed to see a large buck lying in the bottom of the boat, Clark said that it would weigh over 200lbs, Clark, Steen and Shonk went fishing for trout on the Jessup’s River and returned at noon with forty-six fine trout. Clark said that as long as we had so much venison on hand we would not hunt deer until we had eaten up what we had, as he did not believe in wastefully slaughtering game, and we agreed with him, Shortly after dinner a fellow with his pack horse arrived in camp with two hunters and their baggage. They were going tothe big Stillwater on the West Can- ada Creek fora week, When the pack horse arrived in camp we saw a chance to get rid of some of our surplus yenison. Wesent half of the buck that we killed in the morning to a friend of Clark’s who kept a hotel; we would have sentit to our friends at home, but the rail- road would not carry it unless one of us accompanied, About 7 P, M,. four chumps arrived at camp, without any guide, They acted as if they intended to stay and made themselves at home. Clark had guided one of the party in former years. They were very tired and hungry from their twelve-mile tramp. Clark gotsupper for them. We played the good Samaritan and cut balsam boughs for their beds. When we demanded an explanation as to what they expected to do in the woods without a guide, they said that they were informed by the hotel keeper at Piseco that we were coming out on the morrow (which was not so). We informed them that Clark was under pay for five days yet, and we expected to stay our time out. They were very sorry that they had intruded on us, Clark was compelled to vacate his berth and sleep on the floor, which he did very gracefully. Aug, 25,—The clergy arose at an early hour and went out trolling fortrout, After breakfast we conferred with the clergy. They said that they did not want to intrude on us, but as they had walked twelve miles to get in the woods they did not want to face that twelve-mile trail so soon. We also thought it was pretty hard for them to take the back trail without catching a fish or getting a shot at a deer, all because of a misunderstanding. Of course they could stay at Spruce Lake as long as they wisbed, as the woods are free to all in this country, but the boats and cook are not. We proposed that Olark should bake up a batch of bread for them and leaye them to shift for themselves at the cabin, while we concluded to go to the West Canada Creek, toa camp on the Little Stillwater. This camp belongs to the Barkers, who keep a sportsman’s resort at Jock’s Lake, Clarksaid the camp would probably be unoccupied, butifit was not we would buiid a shanty. We got started at 2 P, M., and after a hard walk reached the camp at4 P.M. We were happy to find it unoccupied. We all went fishing, while Clark was busy getting supper. We returned in about an hour; our com- bined catch numbered forty-three good trout and about 10,000 chubs, the still water seems alive with these pests. After supper Clark told me to get my nerves steady for ib was my turn to float for deer, At 9 P. M. we started out, Lsat in the bow of the boat, while Clark sat in the stern paddling, Not a ripple could be heard as we glided over the smooth surface of the still water, We had not gone far when we could hear a splashing in the water, which Clark gaid was made by a deer. I could feel something creeping up my spine, I forced it back, for I knew it would lead to “buck fever.” As he kept drawing nearer and nearer I could hear my heart beat, and was afraid that the deer would hear it also, As we rounded a bend in the stream, about four rods off stood a young deer, I gave him a charge in the side, near the shoulder, he ran out of the water, but Clark said he was a dead deer. We went to the spot where he went out of the water, here we found blood in large quantities. Clark said he was lying down a short distance away, as he could hear him moying. We kept quiet for about half an hour, then we took up the trail of blood and found the deer about-six rods from the shore, stone dead. I was surprised to find him so small. I thought he was as big as a horse when I saw him in the water, Clark said that he would weight about 140lbs. Iwas somewhat chagrined to find that I had killed the smallest deer that had been killed (for I was the largest of the party). Aug, 26.—We were aroused from our slumbers early this morning by Shonk, who came running into the shanty saying that he had seen some wild pigeons’ down by the creek; he caught up a gun and ran out, shot two shots in rapid succession, He came in again all excited and said, ‘‘Give me another gun, quick. There are two more left yet.” “Here,” Clark said, ‘let me go with you and see if you haven’t been shooting little Molly birds instead of pig- eons.” They went out,and as we did not hear the report of Shonk’s gun we concluded that it was a bad case of pigeon fever. Inafew minutes Clark returned with a broad grin on his countenance, It proved as Clark had said, the pigeons turned out to be Molly birds, After breakfast Zack and Clark went out on some woodcock grounds to try their luck with a dog, while Shonk, Steen 106 FOREST AND STREAM. oA ——— ——_— = - _- * = [Ava. 27, 1891, and the writer went down the West Canada Creek to try luck at fishing. Shonk was in the lead, fishing down the stream about 10 rods from the writer, while Steen was the same distance behind me, when suddenly T heard a loud shout from Shonk. We knew that something im- perkaae had happened by the noise he made. Steen and hurried forward and found Shonk had hooked a large trout; he was giving Shonk and his 8oz. fly-rod a severe test. Shonk reeled him up within 10ft. of the shore several times, each time he would make a rush taking the line off the reel witha vengeance. Steen got so éx- cited that he commenced to undress, and was going into the water to catch the fish with his hands, but Shonk said to let the fish alone, that if he could not save him with the rod he would let him getaway. Shonk suc- ceeded in landing the trout ina few minutes; he weighed d2lbs, live weight. As the fish did not take to the fly we returned to camp, Our combined catch numbered eigh- teen fish, Zack and Clark returned at 2 P. M. with five game birds that they called woodcock, After dinner Clark informed us that we had better make tracks for the camp at Spruce Lake, as we had devoured our supply of sugar, butter and coffee, and all we had for breakfast was half of a loaf of bread, venison and trout. We held acouncil of war, and concluded that we would stay over night and give Shonk a chance to float for deer (for he had not shot any) that night, and dine on bread, water and venison for breakfast. Shonk and Clark floated for deer and scared four out of the water, but did not get a shot, Aug. 27,—After breakfast we broke camp, and after a hard walk of two hours we reached our headquarters at Spruce Lake. We found our friends the clergy still at the lake in good health and spirits, We passed the bal- ance of the day in picking berries and reading, In the evening Shonk and Clark started out to float for deer, but found the lake too rough for paddling, so they had to abandon their expedition, Aug. 28.—As we were going out of the woods on the morrow, we were very anxious to get a deer to take home with us. Shonk and Zack said that they could follow the trail to West Canada Creek, and they would go and float for deer on the still water, while Clark, Steen and I would go to Ottar Lake, which was about three miles up in the mountains from Spruce Lake, We all got off at 9 A.M. After two hours of hard tramping we reached Ottar Lake. The trail to this lakeis marked by blazed trees, and is very hard one to follow, Wefound Clark’s boat in good shape. Clark and Steen wentout and fished with the fly for about an hour; they returned with 28 fine brook tront, which Clark cooked by stringing them on a little birch stick and placing it across two crotched sticks before a bed of coals. After they were roasted. he spread a little butter on them. About 10 P. M, Clark and I went out on the lake and fished with a fly and caught forty-three trout, the largest weighing 241bs., which Clark caught, Aug. 29,—After breakfast we broke camp and started for Spruce Lake once more, where we arrived after a hard walk of two hours’ duration. The boys came in without any deer, but they had nine brook trout that would weigh on an average lb. each. They reported that last night they scared three deer out of the water, but did not get a shot at any of them, We at once began packing our duffle to go out of the woods intheafternoon, Just before dinner time our man arrived in camp with his pack-horse to take out our lug- gage, Being very tired after our hard day’s walk we retired early at Abraham’s, After a very delightful drive the next day we arrived at Northville just in time to catch the train, and 3:30 P, M. found us at home, all very much benefited by the trip, A word about our guide, Ceylon Clark, will not be out of place here. Besides being an intelligent and painstaking guide, Clark is a first-class cook. He was always ready to please, and not a lazy hair graces his head. KANSAS, AMSTERDAM, New York, THE UPPER ADIRONDACKS IN 756. a OD bless the old Adirondacks!” spoke Uncle Isaac, as he glanced at FoREST AND STREAM and noted there was to be an ‘‘Adirondack Number,” “Tell them how I spent several weeks out there in the woods in ’56 along the stream and floating on those beautiful lakes, and saw during that time no face of a white man, save that of my guide or perhaps my own reflected back from the quiet depths of some of the pure waters,” he said, I arrived at Dannemora on June 21. My old friend seized my baggage and sent it to his house and then ave me my choice to follow it or quarrel with him. We fad been friends too long to quarrel, so I followed my trunk and made my headquarters with him, The next morning I struck into the woods after having procured a guide who was perfectly familiar with all the wild region which I proposed to visit and who carried a large pack of provisions and other things necessary for our tramp in the woods. We arrived at the Chazy after about three hours. It is a beautiful sheet of water, five miles in length by one or more in breadth. Above it to the south and east tower lofty mountains covered with gigantic timber, while to the west and north the old forest stretches away in all its primeval grandeur, Here first I cast my fly to tempt the silvery denizen of the lake; here I watched him as it skimmed like a living insect along the surface, dart from his hiding place and rush upon the tempting but deceitful morsel, and laugh- ingly observed his astonishment when he found the hook was in his jaw. Then followed break and turn, flash and dive, give and take asthe slender rod bent “like a reed shaken by the wind,” in his noble efforts to free himself; and then yielding sulkily, at last succumbing to the skill carefully pitted against his strength, he is reeled to the hand net and deposited in the basket, true spoil of the good right arm, ‘ From Chazy to Bradley’s Pond, some five miles deeper in the woods directly in our course to the Upper Chateau- gay. we found the well beaten paths of deer, and leaving Bradley’s we followed the outlet, which was very crooked in its course, and trout were to be had for the catching, Resting at the Upper Lake that night, I started next morning for Ragged Lake, some ten miles deeper in the wilderness, Ten miles in the forest of a hot June day with a rifle, rod and basket, is a journey which must not be lightly considered, Yet when this most magnificent | lake was reached I could but feel amply repaid for the weary jaunt. Having rigged my rod and line I stepped caretully to the margin of the lake, overshadowed at this point by a huge jutting boulder, and threw my fly. It had scarcely touched the water when it was seized by a speckled trout weighing perhaps a quarter of a pound, I caught five or six more as fast as I could throw the fly, and could have caught any quantity; but we needed only enough for dinner and I forebore, When skillfully broiled by the guide [found that no keener relish was necessary than the ravenous appetite afforded by the long tramp to their immediate consumption, Ragged Lake’s waters swarmed with trout, and we rested by its shore for two nights, Here we found the deer, too, more numerous than we had seen them before. Long before the night shadows had gathered around us -we saw them stealing out from the thickets that skirted the lake. They would walk stealthily and warily into the water, and after stooping their graceful necks to drink would swim away aif to indulge in a cooling bath to saturate their red coats, then return and feed quietly by the shore, secure alike from the annoyance of insects and the heat of a summer sun. In the night we went out among them with a light in the bow of our canoe, and the number we frightened into fits was not small. But to our credit be it told we left them unharmed, saye by the terrors of our transient presence. We returned to our shanty and fell asleep under the lullaby of nature’s midnight serenade, Next day we coasted the lake to explore its hundred quiet and secluded nooks, and as we lay to under the cool Shadow of a huge fir that leaned out from the rocks to rest a while and enjoy the Dey of the scenery around lake from a point just us, We saw a fine deer step into t ahead of us, and after stooping to drink, wade forward and strike out apparently for the opposite shore. We waited until he had got so far from the shore that we The lake could cut him off, and then put out in chase, was calm as a mirror; not a ripple disturbed its glassy surface, save the long wake made by the deer. covered us. as to whatcourse to take. He looked first in one direction, then in another, as if to ascertain the surest point of We were now between him and the shore, and escape, with energy born of despair he struck boldly forward. Our craft was as clumsy as frail, and we gained on him It was no boy’s but slowly—still we did gain on him, play to overtake that deer, In the excitement of the race, however, we forgot the labor and burning heat of the sun. Yet we had no thought of taking his life, that we might have easily done, for my loaded rifle lay in the bottom of our little craft. Our object wasa trial of speed, A stern chase is said to be a long one, but when about two-thirds of the way across the lake our canoe was at Had we been less excited it would have seemed He would plunge for- ward with extraordinary efforts, raising his sleek body half out of the water, and then settle down again desper- ately to his work, With a look of genuine wildness, and Once we shouted a wild hello! as our canoe touched him, and the poor animal, regarding himself as lost, bleated out in the Still he pressed nobly forward his tail, eruel to us to witness his fright. distended nostrils, he struggled forward. extremity of his terror, until his hoofs touched the bottom, then the chase was up. A few desperate leaps brought him to the beach, and he We heard his long bounds and the crashing of the dry brush grow- ing fainter and fainter, until they were lost in the dis- plunged triumphanily into his native wilds, tance and all was still again. Another night in camp and at early dawn we were off for Indian Lake, another beautiful sheet of water, about Here we constructed a raft, and remained for two days fishing for the lake trout which were to be caught in abundance; in fact, neither here nor at Ragged Lake was I able to discover any other On the morning of the second eight miles deeper in the forest. species of fish than trout. day we started almost directly west, designing to reach Meacham’s Lake and the Saranacs later, composed of some beautiful brook trout and two part- ridges shot by the guide about noon, interspersed with sundry provisions from the pack of the guide, A weary jaunt, indeed, yet one to be long remembered from the many new ojects of interest observed on every hand. The day had been exceedingly sultry, and a bank of dense dark clouds rested on the western horizon, be- hind which the sun was fast sinking. My guide soon peeled from the trees around us a quantity of bark suffi- cient to completely cover the roof of the shanty, and we procured an elegant bed of green boughs, After our supper of trout, rabbit and partridge, we stretched ourselves before the fire in the full enjoyment of our, pipes, listening fo those sounds peculiar to the deep, primeval forest, in the still night air, just before the storm, Here an owl solemnly hooted in answer to a neighbor across the lake, the tree toad piped his mourn- ful trill, and the darkness became profound, About 10 o’clock the bank of clouds from the west had overspread the heavens, ‘The lightning began to play most vividly, illuminating both forest and lake for an instant with per- fect distinctness, and then leaving all in obscurity, im- penetrable as Egyptian darkness, The deep voice of the thunder growled and rumbled like an earthquake in the distance. A low, mysterious moaning was heard in the forest around us, such as always precedes a storm, as if the old forest tress were whispering of the danger that was approaching, © Louder and louder grew the voice of the thunder. The lightning flashed and played along the surface of the lake, almost In a continuous blaze. Anon the pattering of the big drops of rain upon the forest leaves and upon the surface of the water was heard, and ina few minutes the storm was upon us, The rain poured in torrents, the lightning flashed around us, while the booming thunder echoed and reverberated through the mountains, sublime yet awful in its detonations. We were securely sheltered, and there was indeed a sublimity in the warring elements around us. In an hour the storm moved on, Its roar receded into silence. Thestars peeked outagain in their brightness and the night voices were again lifted up, as if rejoicing that the tempest had passed away. That following morning was the most beautiful that I ever witnessed—so clear, so cool and bright, and such fresh- ness upon all things around us. The trees wore a brighter, greener mantle, the little forest flowers a richer hue, The birds sang more joyously, and the deep voice of the frog had a note of gaiety in it that ib did not possess before, The lake was perfectly calm, nota ripple disturbed its Hearing the sound of our paddles, he turned his head and dis- For a brief moment he appeared to hesitate Our dinner was waters, save where a trout leaped above the surface. It — was'a glorious sight, the rising of the sun that morning; to see him gilding with his beams the tops of the moun- tains, while in the valley, where that lake lay sleeping, the grayness of twilight still lingered; tosee the light chasing the shadows down the sides of the mountains: the rays, first resting on the tops of the tall forest trees, and then peering through the opening among the foliage, throwing bright sputs upon the surface of the water, and then, as he rose above the grand old pines, giving his beams wantonly on the still bosom of the lake, Many were the happy hours I spent while taking that trip, listening to the yarns of my old guide, who had, since early childhood, been a frequenter of these scenes, He wasa manin every tissue and fiber of his Drewity frame. YRON, ADIRONDACK HOSPITALITY OF THE OLDEN TIME, ee years ago this summer, when I was a boy of seventeen, with three companions and no guide I essayed to ‘‘do” the Adirondacks for the period of three weeks. We were not novices at camping, but woods life in the wilderness we found to differ decidedly from what it was within reach of some farmer friend’s house, and after two weeks’ experience we were reduced to a fare of hard tack and coffee, the latter with sugar but without cream or milk of any kind, and such fish or game as we were able to capture. While the deer were thick about us and the larger game was present by ‘‘sign,” often near our camp, we, haying no knowledge whatever of hunting in the timber, were able to add fish only to our bill of fare, and the monotony of the table was beginning to pall upon our young palates, when one day, for the first time in a week that we had seen a strange face, we enjoyed a call from Jack Sheppard, then and now a noted cuidein the Ful- ton Chain region, who came to ask for his camp, situated some distance from us on Lake No, 4, the loan of some coffee, offering to exchange tea for it or in fact anything else in the way of edibles. We were well supplied with coffee, having more than enough to serve three times a day should we have re- mained for two weeks more, and, therefore, were able to accommodate him; but we did not care for tea in return, and told him so, at the same time setting forth our empty larder in all its bareness, and asking if we could get any- thing in the way of meat or vegetables at his camp, which we stood greatly in need of. Sheppard was unable to tell us what his party could do, but promised to return during the day and let us now. And he was as good as his word, for a little before night he appeared with both meat and potatoes, and better still, an invitation from his party to dine with them next day, Time was of little account to us the next morning, and long before the hour named we appeared at the hospit- able camp of the gentlemen whom Sheppard was with, who proved to be two Ithaca men, whose names I have unfortunately forgotten in the lapse of years. We were as pleasantly received as if old friends, and shortly asked to the table, And such a table! Remember that we had been living alone for more than two weeks, more than half of the time upon hard tack and coffee, with occasional fish as our diet, and that none of us were cooks or had had much experience in that line, then you will understand what this dinner was to us. It ran as follows, and I re- member if as if it were seryed me bub yesterday: Soup— Frog’s legs with potatoes as the vegetables. Meats—Ven- ison, roast, with apple jelly and sherry. Fish—Lake trout, stuffed and baked, with butter dressing. Sweet and Irish potatoes, baked; fresh biscuit, pickles and olives, canned green corn, tomatoes and peas, with as good butter as I ever ate. Fresh huckleberry pie, and then coffee, crackers and Rochefort cheese, and lastly, Havana cigars and a bottle of port, Perhaps the wine was not the best after dinner wine, but I promise you that we did it justice just the same, and that was the dinner in the heart of the ‘big woods” that we enjoyed almost a quarter of a century.ago at the hands of gentlemen who were to us, as we to them, per- fect strangers, T have visited the Adirondacks many times since then, and have been ‘‘used white” by scores of campers, but I doubt if [ ever received such open-handed hospitality as on that August day three and twenty years ago, H. Aatuyal Gistary. THE MANTIS SHRIMP, We. note in a recent issue of the Waterbury (Conn,) American that “T, Fitzpatrick caught a peculiar ‘fish’ in Little Brook, back of his place, some time ago, It is now on exhibition and attracts a great deal of atten- tion, The fish has a back shell, eyes, tail and two claws like a lobster, only that the shell is softer; its color is white; it is about 6in. in length and 1tin. thick; it has three legs on each side of its body about in the center; three-quarters of the under side of the creature is covered with a thick growth which looks like feathers, and, in fact, itis a curiosity. Hundreds of people have seen it and hundreds will see if, but no one has told Mr. Fitz- patrick what kind of a fish he has caught, and he is of the opinion that no one will do so.” If Mr, Fitzpatrick and the hundreds of visitors who have seen his ‘“‘fish” will examine plate 274 of the “Fisheries and Fishery Industries,” U.S., Section I., they will probably agree with us that the curious animal above described is a mantis shrimp, or sea shrimp, a burrowin crustacean about whose habits littleis known. - . Fs ANGLING NOTES. Hes ee se Aue: ago, Happy, AoE their fishing and 7 TADISON, Rivge GRATE NaS BGO ee and Hee F : 5 of praises 0 © wonders 0 © paguenay, ave noticed in FOREST AND STRDAM, lately. severa ITs eee treed taucenion vie eiea koa the Steab! ‘The Rob Roy Canoe Club, of Boston, has been spending | articles on grayling in Montana, In the fall of 1889 L was South Bay are growling over the scarcity of fish in | its vacation af Great Pond, about 12 miles south of Water- camped in the Madison Basin, near Marshall’s Ranch, a that favorite piece.of water. A few weeks ago the fish-| ying Me, Themembers of the club have been camping | few miles from the Park. While there I caught a good ing was excellent, but lately it has been very ee and / on an island in the pond, where they haye camped for many grayling with a fly in the Madison River very near the fishing boats le idle at Babylon, Bay Shore, Islip and | several seasons past, It is getting to be a feature ot Maine | our Gamp, The flies with which I had the best luck were Patchogue while their captains curse the pound nets, | Jakes and ponds that their shores are lined with tents and brown-hackle, black-onat and coachman. At evening seines and fish traps which they, no doubt justly, claim cottages in the midst of the summer season, The Rub they rose quite freely to these flies and afforded good ruin their business. Itseems hard that hundreds of people | Roy Club have selected Great Pond as their Summer | sport. I inclose a photograph of the largest one I caugnt, should suffer tn order that the few should profit, ‘Still camping place because there area aiumber of ponds and | it weighed something over 2lbs., and you can see for your- there is a fair supply of the coarser fish such as Co bass | lakes in the vicinity, in the towns of Belgrade, Winthrop | self that this fish was no whitefish, buta true grayling,— and fiounders, even if the bluefish and weaktish are not and Monmouth, that are reached by easy portages. Thése | Harry N. CANDER. [The photograph represents the to be caught, Saturday is always a great day on the bay ponds are nearly all stocked wilh bass and pickerel. On grayling (Thymallus ontariensis), as our correspondent and if the weather is pleasant and there is the slightest the shores of Great Pond a number of Waterville prom- | states. This fish is known to be abundant inthe ‘Madison show for fish, the sloops and catboats swarm around the | jnent citizens own cottages. Among these are Mr, Frank | below the junction of the Firehole and Gibbon: it is said fishing grounds. About the youngest fisherman I have Webber, of the firm Webber & Philbrick; Messrs. Hayes, | to occur also in Gallatin River. | yet seen on the bay, is Master Douglas Hartshome, and if | Gornish and Bassett, Judge H. W. Stewart, Dr. Crosby there was éver an enthusiastic fisherman, he is one. His F, F. Graves. Mr. Webber has this season put a $500 ieeesg struggles with a flounder nearly as long as himself on a launch on the pond for private use, and, with Captain light rod were very funny. Butit is a good thing to| Blanchard as pilot, the party enjoy many fine outings, encourage youngsters to take up fishing, and itis sure to] 4 genuine sea salmon has lately been taken in the keep them out of mischief, particularly as they grow up, Piscataquis River, Maine. Young salmon were put into for they will never give up angling if they onceacquire a | stream, tributary to the Piscataquis, above the dam at taste for it. Foxcroft several years ago, since which time nothing has been seen of them till the one mentioned above was taken the other day at a point known as Ryder’s Cove. It was believed generally that the many dams in the river had proved too much for the fish, but the taking of this one will give those interested in stocking the river new courage, SPECIAL, SMALL-MOUTHS NEAR CHIGAGO. | HAVE had experiences this June and first week in July that gave me more sport and more bass than I have had for many seasons, and that only two hours’ ride from the city, Frank Kuhns and myself took a run out to McHenry, Ill,, on the Fox River, June 12, fished one day, capturing 17 fine small-mouth bass. On June 20 we repeated the trip, and met with even better success, The McHenry Hotel is blessed with a proverbial old salt, who has fished the Fox River 80 years, and has a penchant for telling those bent on the sport that they can’t get fish unless they follow his principies and fish as he fishes, Thesample of bait he displays to us was in shape of a fly (his own product, thank fortune), and when itstrikes the water you would think some one had winged a canvasback. We didn’t use it, and, contrary to his pre- dictions about our wrong bait, methods and weather, we made the finest catch, we think, of the season. I will say here, that all of our catches have been the famous tiger bass, only when Kuhns gets a pickerel streak. June 27 1 extended an invitation to Mr. Antoine (of the sporting goods firm of Yon Lengerke & Antoine) to visit these grounds, and we made still a better catch, with weather, methods and all, according to the proverbial, against us, July 8 Mr. von Lengerke accompanied me, where we spent the 4th and another day. We took 24 bass, all small-mouths, and one pike in the two days. The size of the fish caught every trip ranged from 4lb. to aglbs. I have caught gamy fish, but the ones we cap- ture at McHenry, in the Fox River, are the greatest fighters I have ever had the pleasure of angling for, We tried all kinds of bait, and had fair success with minnow; but when Mr, Antoine introduced a bait he called the patent bait, then we threw up our hands, The bass seemed to recognize something in it new and delicious, Saturday next a party of four will make the trip for the fifth time. We will show our credentials—when we re- turn. The writer wishes to say to the angler who can only drop out for a day or so, Don’t pass McHenry if you want sport, Work the river down anywhere to Algonquin, 20 miles below, and you will find such sport as few dream of, it being so close to Chicago. But you must work, for the bass are not captured by sitting in a boat, anchored. I have sat in boats with many of our fine Western ang- lers, but have never before met a more perfect master of the rod than our genial friend Mr. Antoine. C. E, Kenyon, FISHING IN ILLINOIS. SING with hook and line has been superb in Illinois River, Very fine bass fishing has been the rule through the season at several points. I believe that in some localities on the Illinois in this Ste better catches have been made than at any of the famous fishing places of the Northern lakes, At Lagrange locks, four weeks ago, a party of three took with rod and line 175 black bass and striped bass (Roccus chrysops) in a morning's fishing. The bass are the small-mouthed species, The striped bass weighed from ilb. to 1$lbs. and were very gamy. A large number of wall-eyed pike, weighing from 2lbs, to 7lbs,, have been caught here. At Harawna fine fishing has been the order of the day at Copperas Creek locks and Spring Lake near by. The bass fishing was as good as one could want, a single rod taking 25 to 20 in afew hours. On Kankakee River 1am informed that bass fishing has been excellent at Momence; on Fox River it is better than for years. I look for the best fish- ing for years this fall along the river. I do not get time to do much myself, but take a lively interest in the sport and keep myself posted. Ss. P. B, QuiInoy, Dil., Aug. 14. MERRIMAC RIVER SALMON.—Nashua, N. H., Aug, 19,— Friday, Aug. 14, two salmon were caught at Nashua, weight, 8 and 10lbs.; Monday, Aug, 17, two of about 8lbs. each. I did not see the fish, but my informant did. He stated that they were caught by Mr, Chas. Davis with a fly, at Cromwell's Falls, about four miles from this city. Mr. Davis also raised and hooked another one as large as the other two put together, He was fishing from the shore and lost him after playing him some time, Salmon are seen here each year, and occasionally a small one has been taken, but these are the first I have heard ee as taking a fly. The river is very low at pres- ent.—B. MakKED BAss.—Dr. EH. H. Cook and F, W. Sanborn of Norway, are persistent fishers for bass, Some 150 bass have been caught by them and returned to the waters of Lake Pennessewassee. That they may know their fish if taken again each puts a different mark on the fish he takes. Dr. Cook’s brand is a notch cut in the upper part of the tail, and that of Mr. Sanborn is a notch in the lower part of the tail. If youtake bass with these brands or notches on them you will know who they belong to.— Lewiston (Me,) Journal. For the benefit of those who wish to try the fishing in the Great South Bay, Tadd a list of such boatmen as I happen to Enow of personally, but I wish it understood that there are very many others, only these I happen to know of: John T. Doxee, P. O. address Bay Shore; Frank Phelps, Monroe Ryder, Bartlett Horton, Charles Still, William Dayton, all of Patchogue, The usual charge is po per day. ‘‘Bunkers” (menhaden) are $1 per 100, Satur- day they are always busy and must be engaged several days ahead, Messrs. James M, Breese and J, Louis Webb have been trying the landlocked salmon at the Grande Discharge. They report the fishing excellent, though many up there were mesting with poor success from want of proper flies, Thesalmon were feeding on asmall natural fly and wanted a close imitation. Most of the angleis were fishing with large salmon flies and could do nothing with them, Mr: Webb took the largest fish that has been killed there this season, weight Slbs, He used a 7oz., 8-section bamboo fly- rod and it took 36 minutes to kill the ouananiche in the switt water. They saved some specimens of these flies and sent them to Messrs. Abbey & Imbrie to be copied, SCsRLET-IBIs. BAss FOR PRESIDENT HARRIsON,—Lake View House, Vt.—Mr. Francis Kain, of the U.S. Treasury, New York, and Mc. Harry ©. Ives. of Bridgeport, Conn,, guests of Samson’s Lake View House, St, Albans, Vt., have the honor of donating their morning’s catch of twenty-three large black bass toex-Gov. Smith, of St. Albans, Vt., and they will be served on the occasion of the visit of Presi- dent Harrison and Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War, on Tuesday, Aug. 25.—H. L. SAMSON. FISH IN MAINE WATERS. N R. DANIEL GUNN, of Boston, one of the best . known printers of the Hub, isa veteran trout fisher- man. The FOREST AND STREAM has already heard of him, Tt is he of whom it is related that he caught at one of his outings in Noya Scotia, a trout, a perch, a haddock, a halibut and a sea serpent, all at one cast—the first three are true. But he dearly loves to fish, and he contrives, in the midst of a very busy life, to snatch a few days from the cares of business each season, to spend with rod and line. This year he took a Boston friend with himself, and a Philadelphia friend of both also joined them. They went by train to Montreal, thence down the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Saguenay by steamer, They stopped at Tadousac, and there they obtained a guide and a sail- ing and rowing craft for up the Saguenay. They found that the wonders of the Saguenay had never been half told them. The depth of the river is something surpris- ing, 1,000ft. having been sounded only a few rods from the shore. The shores are lined with the most wonder- ful cliffs, From their boat they could look upward, al- Most perpendicularly to the height of 500 to 1,000ft., where there were huge bolders, wanting but the action of a single crowbar, apparently, to send them bounding and crashing down into the boat. But it was sea trout, as well as seeing that they were after. In the coves and under the bold shores, as they moved up the river, either on the flood or ebb of the tide, they would cast their flies, and they secured al! of the gamey sea trout they desired. Three pounds was not an unusual weight for individual trout, and they caught one of five pounds weight, and several that weighed over four pounds, This was not Mr, Gunn’s first experience with the sea trout, as the readers of the Forust AnD STREAM doubtless remember; but to Mr, Tuttle, of the Standard Bottling Co., his-friend, the sport was entirely new. The sensa- tion of a 3-pound trout leaping out of the water. as Mr. Tuttle threw his flies toward some beetling cliff around which the tide was rushing, was a new one to this gentle- man, who had heretofore been familiar with small trout in the fresh-water lakes and streams. And then when the monster became impaled on the hook by a well- directed strike, the sport was rare in the extreme, But the strike of the season was reserved for Mr. Tuttle. I¢ seems that in his outfit he had a large multiplying reel, with some 150ft, of heavy line, and that at first he began using this reel on his fly-rod—a rig altogether too heavy. Mr, Gunn chaffed him somewhaton the size of his tackle, and remarked that a smaller reel and less line would doubtless answer, since they had taken nothing that required a very great amount of line; the sea trout not being noted so much for running as for fighting on the spot, asit were. Mr. Tutile finally came to the same con- clusion, and about the third day out he appeared with a ‘smaller reel, on which he had about 50ft. of small line, The next day they were well up the river, where the sport was good. Mr. Gunn was fishing from the boat, whiie Mr. Tuttle was casting from the rocks nearly oppo- site. Mr, Gunn heard a great splash. Then Mr. Tuttle’s reel sang oub with a perfect buzz, A great fish whizzed by the boat and down the stream till Mr. Tuttle's line was all out inno time. Mr, Gunn looked. Mr. Tuttle stood erect upon the great rock, holding the very end of the line in his fingers, actually detached from the reel, He had caughtit as it snapped from the fastenings, and he was holding the great fish that was leaping and gyrat- ing like nothing they had had on thetrip, Mr. Gunn suggested to the guide that he go where the fish was leaping with the net and render all the assistance possi- ble. Mr. Tettle held on the best he could, and as good luck would have it, the line did not part again, and the guide, a skillfal fellow, worked the net under the fish, It proved to be an Slb, salmon, Mr, Tuttle wanted to start directly home to tell his friends of his good luck, But the other persuaded him, to stay a few days longer, The BAINBRIDGH, Pa., Aug 12,—There has been no fishing in the Susquehanna River at this place for a month or so on account of high and muddy water; but the stream is now getting down to fishing order. J was out yesterday and to-day and caught only two bass; but if the river continues falling and clear it should soon be in good con- dition.—J. T, B. MANOMET, Mass,, Aug. 22.—Miss Alice Davis, of Chi- cago, eleven years old, caught the biggest tautog of the season at this place last week. It weighed 7ilbs., and she landed it without assistance.—J. M,. TARPON IN LonG IsLAND WATERS.—Mr, Thos. H, Terry caught a tarpon at Long Beach, Long Island, N, Y., last week, It measured 3ft, 10in., and weighed 314Ibs. Hishculinre. FISHCULTURE IN MEXICO.—The department of Fo- mento is giving special attention to pisciculture. It has had the streams and lakes of the country examined and reported on by competent persons aud made arrangements for the acquisition of large quantities of fish and fish eges. The breeding will be commenced at once under government aus- pices and private individuals who desire to engage in pisci- culture will be supplied with fish and eggs. Mexico is not particularly well supplied with water courses, but there are numerous lakes in the country, but even in the latter fish are scarce and not remarkably palatable. The stocking of all the streams and lakes of the country with palatable fish would add immensely to the food supply and be the means of promoting a trade which would give employment to thou- sands of peaple and which is at present unknown except on the coasts. Itis sincerely hoped that the government ex- periments in piscicnlture will prove successful in every respect.—The Two Republics, City of Mexico. A city boy who went to spend afew weeks with his uncle, a Leominster farmer, was instructed how to catch woodchucks in a steel trap for his amusement. The first morning the boy brought one all right. The second morning he came into the yard and called out: ‘‘See here, uncle, I have gota black and white one this time, and it smells dreadful. It is awfully pretty, but I can’t stand it to drag it any longer.” The boy changed his clothes inthe barn.— Fitchburg Sentinel. FoR years past a stork and his mate have regularly built their nest in the park at Schloss Ruhleben, near Berlin. In order to ascertain whether the stork was always the same, the owner of the Schloss ordered a steel rinz, with the name of the place and the date, 1890, engrayed on it, to be fastened round his left leg. This spring he returned with a ring op the other leg, too—a silyer one—bearing these words: ‘‘India sends Germany her greeting,” AMBER FISH AT CAPE CoD.—Among the occasional summer visitors to Cape Cod is one of the amber fish of the Southern States and the West Indies, belonging to the genus Seriola of the books. There is native to the waters around Cape Cod a small banded fish of this genus, but the one here mentioned is very much larger and rarely found so far north. In August, 1890, Mr. Vinal N. Edwards obtained in Buzzard’s Bay the first one seen in the vicinity of Woods Holl. On Aug, 1, 1891, a very large example, 3ift, long, was caught at; Menemsha, on Martha’s Vineyard; its weight is 25lbs. This was kept alive for two weeks, and has now been sent to Washington, where it will be used to make 2 flexible cast to form part of the Fish Commission exhibit at the World’s Fair, The collection of casts now in process of making by Mr. F. 8. Denton for the Commission will un- doubtedly prove one of the most attractive features of the exhibit at Chicago, and it will be capable of trans- portation without breakage—a desideratum never real- ized heretotore. .An amber fish resembling the one here referred to is figured on Plate 108 of the ‘Fishery Indus- tries.” —B, Heywine AND FISHING TN THH NoRTHwast. -—Are you plan- ning for an outing tuis samme? Have you ever looked up the famous resorts of the Northwest? Itisnotan exaggeration to_ say that the best huuting and fishing grounds in North America are found in the territory tributary to the Northern Pacific Bail- toad. The lake psik region in Minnesota affords pickerel, pike, bass and msseslonge; rock bass are Tound in numerous streams, and deer, elk and bear abound in the forest recions; antelops are- found in North Dakota. The Suowy, Bitter Root, Grazy, Rocky and Cascade Mountains are the home of moose, elk, caribou, cougars. Rocky Mountain sheep and goat and other large game, while all of the Northwestern States abound in feathered same, Rocky Mountam trout and grayling are caught in the Yellow- stupe, Gallatin, Madison, Jefferson, Olark’s Work and Green Tiyers, aftoiding unrivalled sport. An interesting pamphlet, “Game Preserves of North America,” can be obtained free on application to OHAS.S. Fr, G. BP. & T. A. of the Northern Pacifie RK. R. at St, Paul, Minn. Uescriptive publications concerning Yellowstone Park, Pacific coast and Alasks will also be mailed on receipt of application, referring to FoREST AND STREAM.—Adp, ' > ? — = = eu Ave, 27, 1891] FOREST AND STREAM. : 111 The Kennel, All communications must reach us by Tuesday of the week they are to be published; and should be sent as much earlier as may be convenient. FIXTURES. DOG SHOWS. Sept. 1 to 4—Second Annual Dog Show of the Kingston Kennel Club, at Kingston, Ont, H. O, Corbett, Secretary. — Sept. 8 to 11.—First Annual Dog Show of the Hamilton Kennel Club, at Hamilton, Ont. : ; air " Sept, 14 to 14.—Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association Third Tnternational Dog Show, at Toronto. @. A, Stone, Sec’y and Sunt, Sept. 22 to 2h,—Imaugural International Dog Show of the Mon- treal Exposition Company, at Montreal, Canada. Entries close Sept. 8. J. 8 Robertson, Secretary. Sept. 23 to 26.—Inaugural Show of the Blue Grass Kennel Club, at Lexington, Ky. Rogers Williams, Sec’y, _ : Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.—Third Annual Dog Show, in connection with the Central Canada Wair, at Ottawa, Ont. Alfred Geddes, Supt. Dec. 4 to 8.—Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, Il] Dec. 10 to 14.—Inaugural Dog Show of the Freeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, Ill, T. H, Taylor, Sec’y. Dec..30 to Jan, 2—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, at Gloversville, N.Y. FB. Zimmer, See*y, 189%, Jan. 5 to 9.—Annual Dog Show of the South Carelina Poultry ae Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S.C. Be; j, McIuness, eec’y. Jan. 13 to 16.—Second Anntial Dog Show of the South Carolina Kennel Association, at Oolumbia,S,C. FE. F. Capers, Secretary, Greenville, 5. C. Feb. 9 to 12,—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- nel Club, at Chicago, Il. John L. Lincoln, Jr,, Sec’y. F Feb. 23 to 26.—Sixteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, at New York. James Mortimer, Supt. March 1 to 4.—Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, Pa. F.S. Brown, Sec’v, March 15 to 18.—Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne Kennel Olub, at Pittsburgh, Pa, W.E. Littell, Sec'y. April 7 to 10.—Seventh Annual Dog Show of the New England Kennel Club. at Boston. Mass. BE. H. Moore, Sec’y. April 20 to 23.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Southern Cali- fornia Kennel Club, at Los Angeles, Cal, CO. A. Sumner, meeye ay 4 to 7.—Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, H. L, Miller, Sec’y. FIELD TRIALS, Noy, 2,—Inaugural Trials of the United States Field Trial Club, at Bicknell, Ind, P. T,. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind,, Sec’y. ; Noy. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the International Field Trial Club, at Chatham, Ont, W.B. Wells, Sec’y. Nov. 16.—Hastern Field Trials Club's Thirteenth Annual Trials, at High Point, N. C, Members’ Stake Nov. 12, W, A. Coster, Serretary. ‘ c Noy. 23.—Irish Setter Club’s Field Trials, at High Point, N. C. G. G, Davis, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. Noy. 28,—Gordon Setter Club’s Field Trials, at High Point, N. » Lu. A. Van Zandt, Secretary, Yonkers, N. Y. Noy. 23.—Second Anuual Trials of the National Beagle Club, at Nanuet, Rockland county, N.Y. F. W. Chapman, Sec’y. Noy. 30.—Gentral_ Field Trial Club's Third Annual Trials, at ee yaeton N.C. C. H. Odell, Sec’y, 44 and 46 Wall street, New ork city. Dee. 14.—Philadelphia Kennel Olub’s Wield Trials. Charles E. Connell, Secretary. at San Francisco, Cal. 1892. Jan. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Club, at San Antonio, Texas. G. A. Chabot, Sec’y. Amateurs only. Jan. 18.—Trials of the Pacific Wield Trial Club, at Bakersfield, Cal. J. M. Kilgarif, Sec’y. , — ~.—PFourth Annual Field Trials of the Southern Wield Trials Club, at New Albany, Miss, T. M. Brumby, Sec’y. IS IT NOT WORTH CONSIDERING ? W* do not mean now to discuss the past, to say anything as fo the motives of the parties concerned, nor to point out how under a different management the present condi- tion of the American Kennel Club affairs might haye been avoided, Sufficient for our purpose isit to note briefly what that condition actually is, and the purpose is to suggest a possible remedy. Whatis the situation? Certain men, whose names have been published under the disqualified and suspended list in the American Kennel Club, feeling themselves aggrieved, are bringing suits for heavy damages, The over-ruling of the defendants’ demurrer in one of these suits at Albany has determined that the publication of the names in the Gazette is a libel, and the case must therefore go to a jury. The rendering of this decision has been a signal for numer- ous other suits of like character. The American Kennel Club officers and various associate members have been made defendants. Other suits are apprehended in which other associate members will be sued before the affair is settled. Tf allowed to go on in this way, every associate member who has any property that can be attached will probably be sued. The juries may award no more than nominal damages, but even in this event there will be the costs and interminable annoyance. Besides this, as we understand, the liabilities of the club and of the associate members are being daily added to by the sending out of new copies of the libelous _ publications. The material for suits is thus far greater to- day than it was last Thursday, and in all probability it will be greater next Thursday than it is this week. There are frequent motices in the newspapers regarding these libel suits. he American Kennel Club is acquiring an unpleasant notoriety, in which the associate members are sharing, since their names are published as defendants in suits for libel. It must be remembered that many of these men are prominent and influential dog owners. They are becoming disgusted with the whole business, and talk of giving up their dogs and their interest in the kennel world. They are men who cannot well bespared. It would be a tremendous pity to have them alienated simply by reason of such unnecessary litigation. In a word, the American Kennel Club is being plunged deeper and deeper into expensive law suits, There is every prospect that the end of the litigation will be disastrous. If things continue as they have begun, suits will be piled on suits, until the expenses of defending them will be more than the club or the members can stand. Many of our best dog men see for themselves nothing but annoyance and vex- ation; and those who are not already leaying the kennel world must in time do so if the thing goes on, Now, is it not possible to find a remedy for all this? May there not be some surt of a compromise? May it not be reasonably demanded of all who are actively and with re- sponsibility engaged in this kennel war that each side shall concede something to the other, submit their differences to —_————— aa . arbitration and accede to such adjustments as the best in: he should be brought into some closed apartment, gently terests of the dog world shall dictate? We appreciate fully | rae Ce ate ge ae ne jae ves bo pal ebb t—1 that it will be asking a great deal of those who have been ! chiefs in pairs and then all four legs fastened together, libeled to recede from their present position. Nevertheless | Using soothing tones, all this may be done almost withont the we haye confidence to believe that if they are rightly ap- ae faye what is ar ENE and went rete debates ; administer ao anesthetic to a dog for i proached they may abandon at least some of the suits now | Sithont his Heine gaduned te doitiel santos Sie y purp under way. How can this be best accomplished and most! Prom 1 to 2nz. of chloroform may now be poured on some speedily? cotton wool, or a folded piece of rag which has been placed Is such a plan not worthy of consideration by every man in the bottom of the cone and clapped tightly over the ani- ; mal’s head so that no air can enter. The dog is almost sure who has at heart the best interests of dog owners not less | to struggle more or less, but moderate pressure over his than of the American Kennel Club? Notwithstanding the | shoulders will suffice to keep him down, and soon death will length to which the imbroglio has gone, we believe that it | Tésult, The cone should he left in place for some time as a : toute T the American Kennel Club from its | @atterof precaution. Of coursethis procedure may bemod- CU OR BE ae ge ee ; ified, provided the same principles are observed. difficulties, and under wise management to restore it to} [donot think chloroform should ever be given toa dog at stability, to the respect of the public and to the confidence and support of alldog men. Weshall be very glad to haye any suggestions from any person who (foregoing criticism the beginning of an operation, and at no stage by one with- out a good deal of experience. Hther is the anzesthetic for or blame of either side) may be disposed to point a way out of the entanglements of the present. the dog. It may not be generally known that dogs take large quantities of opium or murpbhia without risk, and these dull sensibility sufficient for some short operations, though they make the dog sick at the stomach, especially if given by the mouth. If the barbarous cutting of ears, ete., is to be continued, either ether by inhalation or morphia (1 to 2ers.} should be given by the mouth, or better, inje:ted beneath the skin. There is practically no danger of killing a do with opium or morphia, though of course very large doses, as over 2zrs,, are unnecessary in any case, and usually 14 to ler. answers every purpose. WESLEY MILis, M.D. EFFECT OF CLIMATE ON DOGS, Editor Forest and Stream: The obituary columns of the sporting papers have set me thinking, and my thoughts have turned me back over fit- teen years, when I first began to bring dogs from beyond the water, and as I haye never seen anything in print con- cerning the point I wish to bring before your readers, [thus trespass on your kindness. The first dogs I imported were Gordon setters; these I brought out in September, and I had no trouble with them till the following summer, when the two importations both got sick, or at least got off their feed, and looked like noth- ing for the whole summer, but picked upin the fall and were as they ought to be. The next dog I got was old Blos- som, the Gordon setter; he came to me about July, and a sicker dog to live for four or five months I neyer saw; but with patience and many relapses he got through and was as good as the best. Then I gota black field spaniel ‘-om the Beverly Kennels, Billy by name, in October: he died in November after being here four weeks, never got over his trip; loss $200. Next was another spaniel in March; he didn’t do well till the following winter. Then I got an Hnglish setter for a friend. He was not worth anything for four or five months. This is my own experience, and has led me to think that the change of climate, feeding, etc., have a great deal to do with the health of dogs imported from England, especially the dogs with anything like long coats, The terriers that I have imported did well; in fact never seemed to go back. From this I am led to believe that the reason so many of the imported dogs die is that they do not acclimatizs, and it takes quite a year to bring them up to anything like show form. I may be wrong, but it is worth while for importers to take note of this and not endeavor to force on their new im- portations, but just to try and keep them alive till such time as nature accustoms them to their new surroundings, It is not feed and care that will do it, but rest and time. I suppose not many of your readers, but some of my medical brethren, have read Hilton’s work on ‘'Rest and Pain,’ f3 A Sbharps..-..-.... 55 NS Wilson-........ 36 ~ fi) CQ A Dean ....... (Rm) All-Comers’ Rest Matesh, RIW Eames.....J10 A H Ballard......106 H Alson............ 86 J Francis......-... 109 EH James.......... FL0D> -ASKeadh Piet: e. i7 MR Barter....... 108 EE Partridge.... 97 A Bullard..........52 W PThompson...108 S Jackson......,,. 92 (R) Re-eniries allowed. JERSEY CITY, N. J.. Aug. 21.—The Hxcelsior Rifle Club, of Jersey City. held its first annual prize shoot at Greenville Schuet- zen Park to-day. The event was held over the 200yds. range, which was in perfect condition, The shooting at the German ring target was apen to allcomers, and the competition was very brisk. The marksmen obtaining the highest scores on two tickets out of a possible 75 on each were: John Coppersmith, 70, 71; Geo. Joyner, 67, 68; B. Fisher, 66, 67; L, P. Hansen, 64, 65; H Chavant. 54, G, C, Varick, president of the club, captured the first prize of the day, the first flag. The last flag was secured by John Coppersmith, In the shooting at the builseye target, also open to all comers, the number of red flags shot were: L. P. Hansen 18. J. Coppersmith 18, Wm. Weber 6, G. OC, Varick 4, H. Chavant 4, J. Kaiser 3. J, Boyce 3. Wm. Robinson 2, Thos. Hughes 2. G. Jones 2, C. Bunchle 1, Chas. Pinney 1, W. Chaning1. The target of honor shooting was Open to members of the club only, and only three shots were allowed toeach. The following scores weré made; Capt. Louis Hensen 63. Wm, Weber 62, 0. ©. Boyce 56, Henry Chavant 56, President Varick 55, Wm, Rohidoux 52, Charley Pinney 52, Chris- topher Bauchle 47, and Thos. Hucbes 46. The prizes for the ring target ranged in amounts from $40 10 $1. The premiums for the best work at the bullseye target were from $20 fo $2: for the great- est pumber of bullseyes, $7 in gold. The first red flag each day is worth $2, and the last flag $1. : SPRINGEIELD, IL, Aug. 21,—In the skirmish run Captain Robert H. Aiken, inspector of rifle prartice of the Sixth Infantry, Tilinois National Guard, at the State rifle range here to-day, shot under United States army regulations upon the silhouette figures, and madé a clean score, placing every shot upon the prone figure, making the highest possible score that could be made, Theron consisted of 20 shots fired at 30-second intervals at unknown dis- tances from 600yds, to 200yds. and return, double time and 10 halts being made. Captain Aitken is a resident of Chicago and captain of the State rifle team. - THE TRAP. Scores for ublicotion should be made out on the printed blanks prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club Reoretomtes. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par. ticularly requested to write on one side of the poper only. NEW YORK GERMAN GUN CLUB.—Wednesday, Aug. 18 was the regular sh -oting day of the above cluband a gondly num- ber putin an appearance at Dexter Park. The scores made were hardly up to the average, but the birds were a cracking good lot, and some of them would have taxed the skill of some of the most experenced shots. The members of the club are a jolly lot and a pird scored lost has no effect upou their spirits. The members still sdhere to the old position of eun, and clear below the elbow istherule. Regular club shoot, 8 birds per man, handicap rises, ties shot miss and out: J Gerlitz (Zlyds).......11212111—-8 J Frazer (21)...... ....12001010—4 H Thomforde (25).....11101J1.—7 Southar (30)... +. LOLOLOIO—4 O Garms, Jr (30).... .. IO01I—6 J Bammecher .11000010—38 Hy itis (lf) yee.) Soe 001U111-6 Kd Blanche (25). : 00200012—3 A Dienst (21) ...---.- 0112011), —6 aa: J Corween. (25) .. J Dannertélser (2£)....11120001—5 © Garms, Sr (?1).. EL Nobel. (25) ..-.....5. O10 6 J Seriver (71)..... .10001111—2 J Wulbrock (21)....... (1102220—5 A Leas (21)...... ....00100010—2 J Schicht (30)_........- jol10001—4 M Boidon (21).......:.: 00000001—1 Ties for third place: ‘ Garms, J0.-..,--+-------+ 212d. T)GNSUi, i -eeraeete steer on e L20—2B TS yb ieerneesey ah Aeeas nasa? 2210—3 WELLINGTON, Mass.. Ang. 22.:—There was a larger attendance at the grounds of the Wellington Gun Club to-day than has been seen there for several weeks, owing to the return of many from their outings, BOSTON, Aug. 22.—To-day was the recular weekly shoot at Clarendon Hills of the Jamaica Plain Gun Club, and a goodly number of gunners drew beads npon the flying blubrocks during the afternoon, FIXTURES. lf you want your shoot to be announced hare send in notice like the following: Aug, 25.27.—Buffalo Tournament. assisted by the Inter-State Manufacturers’? and Dealers’ Association. $1,000 guaranteed. Ang, 29 and Sept. 7.—Sweepsfake Shooting at Rutherfurd, N.J., on the grounds of Boiling Springs Gun Club, Aug 29, sweep at 50 DueEp EEE, entrance $5. Sept. 7 (Labor Day), sweepstakes at largrets. Sept. 1-3—Hackettstown Gun Club. Two days at targets. For programmes address James L. Smith, Hackettstown N.d. Sept 1-4,—Second Annual Tournament, Cheyenne, Wyo. Dr. A. A, Haleombe, See’y, Sept. 7-9—Thres Days’ Tournament at Atlantic City, N. J. Atlantic City Gun Club grounds. Managed by E. D. Miller, Spr Herds N.J., and Harry Thurman, Germantown, Philadel- phia, Pa, Sept. §-11.—Grand International Tournament at Detroit. birds and standard Keystone targets. Sept. 11-12, Harrisburg Shooting Association, new club house, fwo days opening shoot, targets and live birds; also six-men team shoots for central Pennsylyania, Harrisburg Shooting Associa- tion trophy, valued at $100. H. M. t. Worden, Sec’y. Sept. 15-17.,—_Knoxyille, Tenn,, Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. Sept, 15-17 —Dayton. O., Second Annual Tournament. Open to the world. Wirst two days inanimate targets. Last day spar- rows. Address W. Scott McDonald, Fifth and Ludlow streets, Dayton, O, j Noy. 3-5.—Staunton, Va, Dealers’ Association. Noy. 17-19.—Sayannah, Ga., Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. Live Inter-State Manufacturers’ and THE GUNS AT LEXINGTON. EmxiIneron, Mo., Aug. 17.—The Missouri State Amateur Shoot- ing Association has just elnsed iis first annual tournament, which proved to be one of the most satisfactory shoow.s ever held in the State. At the meeting held the night of Aug, 12 the organization was perfected and \he following officers were elected for the en- suing year; Mmison Chansior, President, Lexington, Mo; OC. L. Blanton, Vice-President, Paris, Mo.; G, A. Sturges, Secretary, Lexington, Mo.; A, Geyer, Treasurer, Lexington, Mo. The fol- lowing gentlemen codstitute the official board: W. H, Wield, St. Louis, Mo.; F, P. Dallmeyer, Jefferson City, Mo.; C. L. Blanton, Paris, Mo.; John Rhodes, Siater, Mo.; J. A. Barre, Lonvisiana, Mo.; Longnecker, Kahoka, Mo. The following gentlemen compose the committee on coustitution and by-laws: T. P. Hale, Paris, Mo.; G. H. Drake, Warsaw, Mo.; J. R. Dayis, Lexington. Mo., this com- mittee to make their report at the next meeting. It was declared that all “A” class shooters should bs barred from membership to this association. Lexington was decided upon the place for hold- ing the next meeting. The Lexington Gun Club may well feel prond of the success of this tournament. The officers in charge did everything in their power to assure the pleasure of the attending delegates; and the outlook now for the next tournament is for the grandest and most successful tournament ever held in this State. The follow- ing are a few of the most interesting shoots of the tournament: No. 1, 10 live birds, 80vds.; Dallmeyer,..-....... 2022211010— 7 Roesen............... 2122210222—9 WMamrOte: 0011010110— 5 Thomson...........1011000010— 5 Restagno....:.-.,-. 1O1O0NO0DDI— S8_—- Ross... 6+. s.eee-ess 1001000100— 3 Wihitentddscctrs=>ene 1000100100— 3 Steigers ...-....-..-. O110L01011I— 6 Chanslor je OULU TOUIN wth Wives oe tte sees 0111110111— 8 Bradley ....:+.++- .1111110010— 7 DH White......... 01L0101100— 5 OS BiHale.... c+. 1111010111— 8 No. 3, live birds, eRe the ties were divided: NS GAN Rye Sn Pn a5 2211— forgsn .20010—2 StIMEGS!< pes - ete = + cles 1l0N1—4. Nickell ,.02010—2 Mob hegiiiue peer Sloe oe Q22i2—4 Beily........ .01100—2 Levit ae ae (ME yes escobe 02100—2 Robertson 12020—3 Witiriite setae eee le ee os 101214 Strawn 11211—5 Sfreikeqrire, Pup ahs Sater el 212014 Hayson 222115 Shacklen........---:+--+= 21221—5 Thompson +22000—2 Rhodes......-- Oe ibaserrh 11222—5 McNally... + 12120—4 TG ee We, es 20012—3 Fagan 010)2-—3 Dallmeyer....jc0--1s cece 12011—4£ Davis , wl LO1I—4 Doehler..:...-. ...+20011—8 Hoesen , L1212—6 Heathman.........-....- 01210—3 Mayer 200113 BWidg es. ececeeee eee eee 222115 Redman +02102—8 Hales.,--:....-+ VWaassonet ds 127120—4 See..... 02122—4 Wrighte: -scncees=s <- ene 0022089 “Blom 2) ee 11201—4 Batten ecisoateniehbee 12201—4 Love.. 12222—5 La Grasse.-..----. pats Ad 000LI—2 Cnppock 21 230—4. Wilmot.......: ire asthe 10021—8 White... ..02121—4 WHAT ALOT aha! ete ems O220I—4 Drake... i... yea. ace caste 20201—3 BEAU ys nsec eigens sees »--l@lll- 5 Wo. 4, live birds, 30yds.: AG LDL Uy We SS Pee 1211111011— 9 Hayson......... ,-. .1220112021— 8 Fourate.........+-+ 1120220100— 6 Qoppaock...,.-. ....2001112200— 6 Bobertson ....... , .0021001222— 6 Green...........--.-2121220210— 8 Rhodes.) ...---..: 22 2012202202— 7 Marshall .,....-.... 0111121211— 9 Buchanan... ...-+- 1102022200— 6, Hioss.:...----.:. «+ -- L020001100— 4 Batre.... .-. sevsess 21111222110 Scott...,.-.-.-+- +»-2011000211— 6 Brasher..-..-..55 1 ee2222220I— 9 Kling... 2.5.0. +++,002102212— 9 WV tel misao eae 1221001200— G@ Parent.... ...,...,2022220022— 7 xr Gc eek einen: 9902111121 9 SS Hale,.-..,.....,12102112— 9 Born! ctl 8 os 2222202021— 8 Davis....---.... vey L112021111— 9 Thompson........: 9022222200— 6 Smith.... .........,0121121121— 9 Ghanslor ......-- =: 1101102111— 9 Seward......-..,....2121110202— 8 SCunbes.y c7e cee ese OMOTNIII— 7 OS Hsle.........,,.1111022210— 8 1S ERO) eae Aor nc 2W1110U— 9 Lonenecker. ..... 1101222221— 9 MeNally...is....--5 1171221021— 9 TP Hale.... ..,.,.1122212122—10 Shacklett......-..-- 121222111110 Gayer ......-....,-0001001101— 4 ThOves.-) cela e eee 2112112211—10 Bradley .:........-: 1111201110— 8 Dallmeyer.......::. 0111112211— 9 Staiger....... See 6011002010— 4 Doshla.......2...05 .1221001020— 86 White.... . ..-..,.1111121011— 9 Moyer... j.0.. «1 ec20UU21222— 9 Redman... sa... 0220011010— 5 Roesel...-....455 ,» 2ZLOOOLIZIZ— 7 Seer... ...e5.2- cars 0120112210— 7 DRT Ot ee eS cen ehote 1100112120— 7 Drips..........-.... 2111112121—10 Hiwing,.....-..... , .0001220200— 4 Bradley; ties on 7 fourth money, $20.70, div, by Rhodes, Ring, Par- rent; ties on 6 ifth money, $5, Robertson. No. 5, 18yds., bluerocks, all ties div.: Basher....;.... 21100011011 @ Moehla.... .-.,.---. 10110001L1— 6 OR Leer weneaey 011110101— 7 Moorhead..........-1110111110— 8 Hill... we seeseeess ees LIQUIIIOI— 8 See........ ccs. ee eee 1110111011— 8 Childs.... -........111J001M1— 8 Carter.... ...... re LLIDI000LI— 7 Redman ....,...,-.Q101011171— 7 Trige.... ....... ,-.L000100111— 5 LIVER Wie t.des egies »...1111011110— 8 MecNally....... .... OLUMOMII— 7 Campbell... ...,...11/1101011— 8 Gréen.............. OLOLOIIII— 7 WOOd peers ....1011100111— 7 Thompson.......... 10M011100— § Bipere.c iseheestes , O111110100— 6 Siurges............ ,0001011101— 5 Marshall.,.........11]1001100— 6 Rogeau,... ... .....1111/01011— & Chanslor ....... .«1100101010— 5 Hammer,..... .....01100101I01— fA Dallmeyer......... ALLMWII—10 J Wilmot. ..... ... 1001100011— 5 RUT OU | pr beetle ts OLIM1IIII— 9 White............. »-L001100101— a Meyer ve ieeuete 11000I— 5 ~~ Wilmot .......- 1010101100— 4 Blanton! la. hae 111111311—10 Shacklett..........,1001001LL10— 4 IPATETiig wwe tek ee JI1110101—. 9 - Seward,..........- LIOLILIGH— 8 Wright weevers ALLIOOINI— 8 Barre .......... ... OLN 0011 7 MPa Gps: pages sod » 1I10011J1— 8 Venable............ V1110111— 9 Harrison.... . »OL1L0111010O— 6 Chronister........ OLOTGON0LI— 4 IHU VW LONI etnies taste seed 0000101111— 5 Masterson....,...,.0L01010100— 4 Hayson...,.......45 O11N101NI— 8 _Kist .......- cerneae 1010101011— 6 NGCE ONS wit g peated ,0111011111— 8 Drips....... .. Nett 1111011 L00— 7 PMO D ees. yeeee ss 1111111001— 8 No. 6, bluerock team shoot, 18yds.: Vary et es rer 1111100010—6 IBATTO cu. taipece att 100110101— 6 FRATAS Hee pea -»- OLII01III—8—14 Blanton......,..110/000001— 4—10 Smith...... ., ,..1100110111—7 PATENT... se WAI 1)— 9 Dalimeyer....... 1110111111—9—16 Hale,....... ... 1100101110 — 6—15 Steiger..........; 0101100110—6 IELOT Do. seo cal, 1101101110— 7 TOV! eo eka eens JO11IN1111—8—14 Basher..........1100/01017— 6-18 DAVIS eos coe 0001111100—5 Happy. .......-11i1111—10 Sturges ......... 1110000110—5b—10 Bradley,...,....10111111— 8—18 Chanslor... .... 100000100—2 Wright.,... ..--0111101100— 6 Nickell......-,.. 1011011101—7— 9 ~‘Drake..,..-.... 1100000011— 4—10 Redman ........ .0110101110—6 Roesen,,......,..0101110000— 4 PLAS Avge taeptes 0111110010—6—12 Doehbla.......... 0111000111 — b—10 Shacklett.. .....1J110111—9 Hayson..-...... 1010110011— 6 Hammer....,....0 1100—2—11 Marshall ..... »-A111111101— 9—15 Longoecker..... 1101011110—7 Thompson,..... 1000011010— 4 MecNally......... 1111110010—7—14 Stewart........ 1110011011— 7—11 Hayden....... ...1111111010—8 : Hayles, TP. ....0110010111—6—14 Fifty per cent. entrance went to last holder of team blnereck medal, Dallmeyer and Moore. Winners, Happy and Bradley, re- ceive 50 per cent, entrance next year. All other ties div. No. 7, live birds: Waurote,...... ...-..010221200— 6 PHiall.........5.,.08, 131211 1121—10 YAO T Soe ge He ..01121012711— 8 Barre........ vaes,--0112111020 — 7 H Heathman....... 1222212110— 9 Hammer......... .. 20111121138— 9 SS Hale. ........-. 1211112212—10' Dallmever.......... 0221110122— 8 Chanslor......-... 1102020202— 6 Sturges............ .1110102012— 7 Hamletit...... .....1020101010— 5 Tove................ 1102121210— 8 W K Trigg......., .0212100211— 7 Smallwood...-,....2022111102— 8 Kling.... ..........1102012111— § Shacklett...........1201221120— 8 (Davis\ dee « nae .0201102102— 6 Seward....... he OO2L10L11— 7 Teel sowie ee apis 1002111711— 8 Venable ..-- L211112012— 9 Ties on 10 diy. first money, $39.40, by Hi land 8.8. Hale; second, $30.30, diy. by Heathman, Hammer and Venable; third, $18.15, as by Cling, Loye and Dallmeyer; fourth, $9.05, won by G. A. turges. No. &, 10 live birds. cas OF two, 30yds.: Dallmeéyer......1111212122—1 Staiger......-0«..2011200102—-6 Bradley...... , ..0002220212— 6—16 Seward.......... 1202202211—8 -14 BADEG Yh Aereeetee 1011010221— 7 Shirress... ose ec. 0210102100—A ThOWes See. o8 sees 111272121210 —17 Davis....... ... 0021102221—7—_12 Hamilett........ 2001020102— 6 Mice iz Ayoee yak 2210120210—7 Nickell... ....... 1022022020— 6—11 WNesthman...... 2101210212—8—15 inkseae eo bp cue 2101222221— 9 Campbell........ 1120101210—7 Shacklett. ..... 2121222221 10—19 Levasy........... 0212102100—6—18 Hawmmier,....... 1211211002— 8 Redman......... 2222022000—6 Venable.....-..- 2111122220— 9-17 Wilmot.......... 2220220122—9—15 SS Hale....-... 2212122111—10 BDL Vast eed es 1202211211—9 OS Hale .......2021122112— 9—19 Dripps........... 122011.0820—7—16 Hreen......--.- LOUWZ12122— 9 D H White......1112112001—8 Hayson......-.- 0111221220— 8-17 J HE White....... 1210111221 —9 17 Chanslor.,......1221100210— 7 Thompson...... 111201M11—8 1S Te RPh rae 1100101101— 6—13 Aimmeron, .....2121101222—9—17 First money, the grand prize, $100, offered by tha Lexington Gun Club, diy. by ©, 8. Hale and 8.8. Hale and Shacklatt and Ring, ties on 19; second money, $59.20, ties on 17, won by Hajson and Green; third money, $44 40, ties on 16, div by Dallmeyer and Bradley, Dripps and Happy; fourth money. $29.60, ties on 15, won by Redman and Wilmot; fifth money, $14.80, ties on 14, won by Steiger and Seward. No, 9, live birds: STL Se haat re 0202201—4 _‘Wickell..... .....--.2.28 2111210—6 RST tes asker ate ee rans 7 1222001—h_-~“Smallwood... ...... 0011211 —5 Shagklinte-s.ncn a=. ,...1222210—6 Hammer...............1 21272222— Dallmeyer......... PRA Vaal ee Soe aes coe e 2112211—7 S/S Malet icc cs- seer ees 111122—7 Zimmeron CS$ Hale 2 . 1112221—-7 Tompkins iBYohalsh ee hy lepenei sy, wana 2211010—5 ~Trigg....... Happy....» Ban SA NEE as 1102211—6 Seward.... ¥, Heathman.......-..---- 1201122—6 Chanslor:....0...2.. 25.2 Siirpessess ise 0112211—6 Davis....... NUM ker) ey fy ees oe 1221112—7 Kist ... YORTICE ates Lsaesaiee 1011011—5 ~Payne.... Sl ipacwiattege et sess ou cern 2121111]—7 Venable..............-- 2221112—7 First money, $50 70, ties on 7 diy. by C. S. Hale, 8. 8. Hale, Wil- mot, Strawn, Hammer, Ewing aud Chanslor, Second money, $38, ties on 6 diy. by Shackloett, Dallmever, Happy, Heathman, Srurgzes, and Nickell. Third money, $25.85, ties on 5div. by Rinse, Drips, Smallwood, Seward, Trigg and Zimmerman. Wourth money, $12.65, ties on 4 won by Sam Hill, THE VICTOR TOURNAMENT. Rocuestror, N. ¥., Aug. 24—The Victor Rod and Gun Club held its midsummer tournament at Victor on Aue. 22, which was very well attended. Rochester, Avon, Honeoye Falls and Victor being well represented. The shooting was at kingbirds, at 18yds. rise, from 8 traps, unknown angles. There were three regular contests, the balance of the day being devoted to sweepstake shooting. The prizes were as follows: Hirst contest, $l entrance, divided 40. 30 and 20 per cent,, 7 kingbirds, 10 to fill, Second contest, $1 entrance, first prize, hunting coat; second, hunting cap; third, 1,000 gun wads; fourth, one box loaded sbells. Third contest, $1 eutrance, first prize, leather shell case; second, box of shells; third, 1,000 gun wads; fourth, box of loaded shells, The first con- test resulted as follows: W H Davenport....4 Dr Weller.:-..:.. +.) A O Gordon. .... _.3 PO Smith 2)... Wilkinson .-:..--... AD STN t see ne 5 WA: Bill, 4... ...7 T Reissenger...,.-. Oy SREP emul) mele H D MeVean....... 1 Locke... 42.5, es Oue Wels etad les ees 6 Robt Gardiner..... vi Ties on 7 and 6 diy., ties on 5 missand out, Wilkinson diy., Davenport won fourth. Second contest, 7 kingbirde: . Davenport....._....6 TOMO aes b SBRUSIOs »t0ss\.--. A Sitters pepe dau 1 Wellars. fegerae Benson 2502): 2 WAC EG, ee 7 Wilkinson. ..:. ..7 Barry... 5 McVean,..... ...... 6 Reissenger..........7 Sale....... cian Aaaee son 5. Davenport 2, McVean 1, Third contest, 7 kingbirds: ; Davenport.,.--....-.9 Woeller............-.. oO: Brtsie.. fo... ek 7 WA Hill Sera ean 6 Wilkinson .......-. ee VV ETT eee rents 4 M@Vean.....--5--5< 5 Ties of 7,5 kingbirds: Wilkinson 2, Brusie# ‘Ties of 5,5 king- birds: Dayenport4,McVean3, Weller’. The sweepstake fhooting was at 5 kingbirds, $1 entrance, divided 40, 80, 20 and 10 per cent: | “ Wirst sweep: Davenport 5, Smith 8, W. A. Hill 4, McVean 3, Weller 5. Wilkinson 4, Locke 5, Gordon 2, Brusie 4, W S. Hill 1, W. G. Hill4, Benson 2 Barry 4. Ties of 4, miss and out: Daven- port 5, Weller 4, Locke 1, Ties of 4, miss and out: W. A. Hill 1h, Wilkinson 15, Barry 14 Hill and Wilkinson diy. Ties of 3, miss and out: Smith1,McVean?. Ties of 2 diy. Second sweep: Davenport 5, Smith 5, W. A. Hill 5, McVean 3, Locke 2, Gordon 4, W. G. Hill 5. Benson 4, Bonay 4. Ties-of, at 5 kingbirds: Davenport 3,8mith 3, W.A. Hill and W. G. Hill 4 and aie ies of 4, Miss and out: Benson 3, Barry anu Gordon 4 and. div. Third sweep: Davenport 5, Smith 3, W. A. Hill5, MceVean 2, Gordon 3, W.G, Hill 4, Benson 8. Ties of 5diy. Ties of 3, miss and out, Smith 2,Gordon 1, Benson 0. Ties of 2, miss and oul: McVean 10, Barry 9. : AG. CHEYENNE, Wyoming.—The second annual tournament at Cheyenne, Wyoming. open to everybody, will be held Sept. 1-4 First three days, artificial targets; last day, targetsand live birds, A. S. A. rules will govern éxcept charge of shot on targets, Hx~ perts will be handicapped by the Keystone system. Anyone ina tie may draw his share of stake.—Dr, A, A, HOLCOMBE. — —. Aud. 27, 1891.] MILWAUKEE—-CHICAGO. CHicAgo, Ill., Aug. 22.—The city of Milwaukee has a young but able shooting organization in the Milwankes Field and Trap As- sociation, now little over a yearin age. This society is devoted to liye bird shooting, and imcludes on its list many yery cléver followers of that sport. A short time ago this asyociation con- cluded jt would like a little visit to Chicago, and in that course arrangements were made by which a friendly match was to be shot with the Fort Dearborn Club of the latter city, Pursuant to the programme, the Milwaukee boys left home yesterday eyen- ing, sailing in the steamer Virginia, ann braving the dangers of the unsalied seas, including the bumboats of the Government pier. The voyage was a roughish one, and as the whole party Waa crowded into one cabin the night was spent in a highly wake- ful manner, though one hardly conducive to good work at the traps on the day following. The following gentlemen comprised the Milwaukee party: Dr. J. L. Williamson, Dr. J. P. Carmichael, Meéssrs. R. Merrill, H, B. Tefft, G. L. Deiter, F. P. Stannard, A. H. Chapman, J-M. Marlett, W. H. Thurston, Percy Thomas, Geo, A, West, Chris, Schmidt, WY. Bantam and Stephen Meunier. Wt. Dearborn Club had selected for its team the following gentle- men: A.and G Kleinman, A. Thomas, CO. D. Gammon, C. EH, Felton, A. and G, Hofmann, C. 8. Burton, H. Hhlers, W. N. Low, W. LL. Shepard, H. Kleinman, J. H, Price, C. B, Dicks and W. W. McParland; alternates, H. W. Loveday, W. L. Wells, J. M. Hutch- inson, F. ©, Donald and H, D. Nichols. Shooting began late this morning at Watson’s Park, Buruside, atter a preliminary report down town. The conditions were 20 live birds, American Association rules, the match shot as a series of individual races, the team totals to count. Milwaukee shot only 13 men, instead of 14 as was intended, and some said this un- lucky number only completed the hoodoo began by starting away from home on Friday. ‘Lhe Ft. Dearborn team was changed a little, Col, Pelton, Geo. Hofmann and Mr, McParland not shoot- ing, and the team being madé up as below, Dr. Hutchinson, from the alternates, shooting a very pretty score, The Kleinman family, as See the scores, ran high as usual. Mr. Shepard let out one or two unsuspected notches, Mt. Low shot beautifully, and Al. Hof- man also came within one ofastraight. Tne only straight made in the shoot was accomplished by Brer Gawge Kleinman, with his famous prize machine gun, the one with the discounts off. The Cream City men, broken up as they were by their hard night, shot a very plucky race. and some performances were cred- jtable. Mr, Merrill, probably the youngest of their team, did the best work, and came very near tying Geo. Kleinman. His style is very neat and clever. Mr. Thurston shot a plucky race also. He shoots in the old style, gun below the elbow, and this position is so rarely seen nowadays that it attracted much attention. Mr. Thurston tied Andy Thomas, who had the misfortune of getting three birds altogether, which he hadn't the heart to kill, Dr. Williamson, Dr, Carmichael and Mr Deiter all shot very neatly and got applause. Mr. Bantam, retriever for the team, did some brilliant work as sbort stop on incoming birds. once receiving an Ovation therefor. ‘The following is the score as it was shot: Milwaukee—G L Deiter (2-fa.)............2. 220112112002017222122—18 Chirago—C D Gammon (12-¢8,),............., 10201212120201111101—15 Milwaukee—H B Teifft (l0-ua.)........-.,.65 , -11022210220210221210—15 Chicago—J EB Price (12-ga,) ~ 2.2... .cesen eee «-11020011212000110201—12 Milwaukte—W Bantim (10-ga,.):...... ....... 012020020222021012U2—12 Chicago—H Kleinman (12-4a,).... cc. ces eee 17112102110202122212 17 M Iwaukee—A H Chapman (12-ga.).......... 001+2101111200120202—18 Chicago—O § Burton (10-2 8.)..0... 0... 0.eeee ee 01001120211211012010—13 Milwaukee—Geo A West (12-ga.)..........02. 01100022111210121001—13 - Ohhicazo—W L Shepard (U-ga.).....-........,11122222112111202021—18 Milwaukee—S SS Meunier (12-ga,).. 2. .....0- 01121021016001010102—11 Chicago—A M Ho. mann (l2-ga,)............ .01111121222223)223111—19 Milwaukee—% Schmidt (12-ga.), ............, 02120020022212112120 -14 Ohicago—W WN Low (10-ga)....... ropeeiee aw 21212111222210222222—19 Milwaukee—J P Carmichael Chicago—C B Dieks (12-ga.)... (12-28. )ec. ee. aes 24211201200121012212—16 Milwaukee—J. L. Williamson ‘(12-28.). “ ene eee102200201220120102—12 +. «11221120211210100112 -16 Chicago- H Ehlers (12+a,),. .6..2:e-20.s5 455 70200102202922122102—13 Milwaukee—J M Marlett (12-ga)...-.... 0.2.6 11020021001210212222—14 Chicago—G M Hutebinson (10-ga.)...,....... 22012121221 200112110—16 Milwaukee—R Merrill (12-ga.)............4 . L1122210222111122222—19 Chicago—Geo Kleinman (l2-ga.), ... ... .... 21222211211121212122—20 Milwaukee—W H Thorston (10-24,).......... 2120)101122211212101—17 Chicago—A E Thomas (12-g@ ).. 2... 22000222 121011222222 14 Milwaukee—F P Stannard eles w+ +e a «00220012210212202222—14 Chicago—Abe Kieinman (12-g3,)............ .12121001271221111112—19 The team totals therefore stood as follows: Milwaukee Field & irap ace eee Ft. Dearborn Team. Gy Deiter, iia ete ets eet D Gammon....,.:..-...15 ELAM Testimes ba eee b achci rel OM esp ices) a OPEUnEPe be 12 W Bantam ....,. RA tt 12 H Kleinman,.......,. eee A H Chapman,...........18 CUSPBUCtOWe seseraaivee se! 13 GEA WVeStinn: ta eee ent eee 18 WL Shepard............. 18 S Meunier. -22..:22....-2. IL AM Hofmann........... 19 @ Schmidt.............. .14 Wie eit vieenaee hea casher eels 19 Dr J P Carmichael...... 16 GIBADICKR nts paseteyh oe ees 12 Dr J lL. Williamson......,16 He Bihlersiwt es ee Sd 13 J KR Marilett....,......-..414 Dr J M Hutchinson....... 16 Peal = 4 919 Ol eager eae 19 G Kleinman.............., 20 W_H Thurston....,.-..--17 A E Thomas...,........... ab BP PStanpard,......s2.05 14-190 A Kleinman ............. -19—210 Ht. Dearborn won. ‘ At, the close of the match shooting a pleasant address was made _to the visitors by Col. C. &. Felton, captain of the Ft. Dearborn team, which was responded to by Dr. J. M. Williamson, president ofthe Milwaukee Wield and Trap Association, the latter explain- ing that as they only had 17 members in all. they did not feel badly about the record 13 of them had made, Sweepstake shoot- ine followed then until late in the evening. he visiting gentlemen were entertained by the Ft, Dearborn C)ub to-night at a little spread at Werner’s café, where an enjoy- able time was had. They area pleasant body of men, and ir is hoped that they willcome again. A return match will be shot in Milwaukee this winter. H. HouGsH. BROOKLYN TRAP, BROOKLYN, Aug. 17.—Seyeral members of the Acme Gun Club had a duy’s outing at Dexter Park, Long Island, to-day. Six sweepstakes at bluerocks were shot. The first was at 10 targets each. H. Lemaire and R. Lambert won with a score of 9 each. The second sweepstakes, at 10 birds each, was won by H. Lemaire wifh 7. Third sweepstakes: Lamoert 5, Lemaire 4, Ransch 3, Fourth swerpstakes, 15 targets each: KR. Lambert 15, Lemaire 13, * Ransehil, Walding 11, Morrissey 3._ Fitth sweepstakes, 10 targets each: Lambert 6, Morrissey 5, Walding 5, Lemaire 3. Sixth sweepstakes, 10 targets each: Lambert 6, Ransch 7, Walding 2, Morrissey 4, Lemaire 4. _A live-bird shoot at 3 birds each was won by R. Lambert. He killed 3 straight. After the shooting Dr. Hanshaw, D. Morrissey and H. Lemaire ran a 100yd. foot race. pane Utter: won by a yard in front of Morrissey, the Doctor a good third. Aug. 18—The Kings County Gun Club held its regular monthly shoot at Dexter Park to-day. Only seven members shot for the gold medal of the club. The shoot was at 20 bluerocks each, club handicap. H. Barber won the medal with a score of 18. The other scores were: Greiner 8, Keller 12, Dethloff 12, Ibert 4, Shoettler 12, “Zirkel lz. A sweepstakes at6 bluérocks each was wou by Shoettler. Tom Short took second money, and Zirke! third. Another sweep- (atest was won by Dethiloff. A third sweepstakes was won by ort. Aug.21—Tyo matches at live birds were shot at Dexter Park to- day. Thefirst was between L. C. Gehring, of the Emerald Gun Club, and P. Kunzweiler. They shot at 25 birds each, 30yds. rise, for $50, Gebring won easily. Score: Gehring killed 17, Kunzweiler killed 18. The second match was decided at 6 birds only. EF. W, Pfaender of the First German Gun Club of New York shot against J. Gerry for a $5 bill. Gerry killed 5 and Piaender only 2. The various teams entered to shoot forthe championship of Dexter Park ara practicing daily for the event, which is to be held on Aug. 3land Sept.1. The prizes offered are of creat yalue, PENNSYLVANIA TRAPS. Learan, Pa., Aug. 21.—The first day (Aug. 20) of the tourna- ment of the Lehigh Gun Club wasa grana success. Clay-pigeons Were shot at. The contestants included William H, and James Wolsteucroft, William Wilson, A. Lawrence and Milton Landis, of Philadelphia; Fred Class and George Wheaton, of Newark. eO ie ., Fred Cooper, of Mahanoy City, and J. Nettles, of Phenix- ville. First event, at 6 birds: J. Wolstencroft 5, Brey 3, Benning 3, W. cee SY OnSRSBCED EY 3, Wilson 4, Class 4, Cooper 4, Lawrence 45 Lan- dis 4, : ‘ Second event, af. 10 birds: W. H. Walstencroft 9, J. Wolstencroft if Teaeae ie Wilson 6, Class 7, Renuing 8, Cooper 8, Landis 8, chs 6, Bray 9, Third event, at 15 birds: W,H, Wolstencroft 15, Lawrence 12, Wilson 10, Benning 10, Tiandis 13, Clacg]1, Nettles 11, Cooper 12, | J. Wolstencroti li, Brey 9, : First spee’al, atl) birds; W, 2, Wolstencroft 15, Lawrence 12, a ree ae — 6, 0; Gauft 3.3: Benning 4, 2, monthly shooting meetin WN. J. on Thursday last, j but the attendance was not as large as is usually seen upon regu- lar club days. The birds were above the average in quality, and a strong cross wind helped them in their flight. day is announced for Sept, 17, when a general jollification meet- ing will be held, and a good attendance anticipated. Previous to the regular club eyent several sweeps were shot off, some of which in detail are as follows: Brientnall........ mut 4 1 FOREST AND STREAM. Wilson 11, Benning 12, Landis 14, J. Wolstencrott 14, Cooper 15, Olass 9, Nettles 14, Second special. at 10 birds: W.H. Wolstencroft 10, Benning 7, Ochs 7, Cooper 10, Lawrence 9, Class 8, Wilson 5, J. Wolstencroit 9, Nettles 10, Landis 10. Fourth event, at 10 birds: J, Wolstencroft 10, Wheaton 6, Law- rence 9 Cooper 9, W. G@. Wolstencroft¥, H. Benning 6, Landis 8, Nettles 8, Class 9, J. Benning 8, Huffort 8, Smith 9. Fifth evént, at 15 birds: W, H. Wolstencroft 15, J. Benning 12, J. Wolstencroft15, Lawrence 11, Smith 18, Landis 14, Nettles 10, Cooper 12. The sixth event was at 5 live birds for a purse of $10; the result, ig as Benning 5, Gelsinger 3, J. Wolstencroft 4, W. H. Wolsten- erott 3. Nettles 5. Lieberman 1, Wheaton 3, Gibbons 4, Wehr 5, Michael 3, Class 4, Gieger 4, Brey 5, Schantz 4. H. Hindershitz2, Cooper 4, Flickinger 4, Smith 5, Landis The tournament of the Lehigh Gun Club ended to-day. Two live-pigeon matehes were shot with the scores as follows: First match, 6 birds? Fried 6, 0; Leonard 5,1; Melatt6, 0; Smith Lewis 5,1; Hell5,1; fehrh,1; Gesinger 5,1; George 5,1; Second match, 10 hirds, purse $150: Melatt 8,2; Fried 10,0; Gei- singer 9,1; George 8, 2; Smith 9,1; Blank 8, 2; Cullen 6. 4; MeFad- den 5, 5; Leonard 9, 1; Flickinger 9,1; Benninger 9,1; Michael 9, 1; Gchs 7, 8; Hell 9, 1. ESSEX GUN CLUB. THE members of this old organization held their regular at Al Heritage’s grounds, at Warren, he day was a perfect one for shooting, The regular field Sweep No. 1, 4 live birds. $3 entrance, 3 moneys: Ali—4 i Mrcehesaci cena feretcee I Smith 1101—3 Brientnall........ bt Pcs 11i—4 § Hedden Thomas......-.,-«ceee0+-.dhli—4 HA Leddy CM Hedden.... .. ...... 0111—3 Sweep No, ?, same SoD poe Ballbridge........ A oe a oe 110—38 CM Héedden..... ..... .. ,J111—4 Smith. . 1010-2 Thomas ..... j1111—4 Freche.. 1910—2 Sibeddenw ee TI— 4 Petpil Va we ee 1001—2 NEG th Sey oars kaa 0111—3 Sweep No. 5, same conditions: SETS Tuts ap eee eee Ili1—4 1101—3 Green..... ; 1111—4 10N—3 LO Hedden. -l11—4 --110i—38 Smith...,.. . lLL1—4 1100—2 WEN CMe thee Vito oo .1101—3 ' Regular clab shoot, 10 tive Dat poeple club classification: Nass A, Brientnall....,..... 2221111211—10 Gus Wrenche,.. ., .0122011201— 7 CM Hedden........ 1022111221— 9 Class B. Wedd vivian ot. ed 1112211101— 9 SS Hedden..... -..0221111100— 7 LO Hedden.... .., aster ed Babage..-....,.-.-.1121210000— 6 ass C. WNieni ey ee eens 0110211200— 6 Smith.............. -1012100001— 5 Parpil ist et eS 121201000— 5 , Tan Kay. WATSON'S PARK.—Burnside, [ll., Aug, 20,—The Fort Dear- born Club for club medal, 15 live pigeéous éach, American Shoot- ing Association rules: W N Lowe. ..221121121102101—18 J Hutchinson. 212121121121122—15 Al Hofmann ..001121100111010— 9 G Kleinman...211111111212011/—14 : G T Warmer...110012102120020— 9 H W Loveday.002202221220111—11 J EH Price...... 111102122212111—14 CB Dicks..... 012227122121121—14 C f& Felton....22021210120021I—11 A Kleinman...112101222001202—11 A CO Thomas... .111112222221202—14 © P Gammon, .121022221122122—14 Blackbird medal, same day: Geo Kleinman..... PORTA Msecicly i Araneta 5 ..11111111001011110101—15 Abe Kleinman....... ....... Fee eee 113.01111101011111100 —15 FANN SUOMI R Fer djad nc pine eel dels © a 0211111101 1011101101—15 Ties on 15; Geo. IX. 5 and medal, Abe K. 2, A. 6. T. 1, Aug. 22,—Scores made here to-day at the close of the Milwau~ kee-h't. Dearborn match (reported by Mr. Hough), 5 pigeons each, American Association rules, entrance $3,3 moneys, 50,30 and 20 per cent.: , AH Chapman... ....... 20—2 J WH Carmichael.......... 11112—5 G Kleinman............. 21212—5 Hutchinson....- ....... 11221—5 (GSB ARN GE San spe eres ees 00212—3 © Bruner.... ............ 122125 G@ Leffingwell............ Qe2z22—5 W H Thurston........... 1W111—4 A Kleinman....... reee--20112—4 Dr Williamson........... 10211—4 MgAR HH Ore Ghee. » sale as 00201I—2 WL Shepard.,,.......... 20101—3 [Samy Nan tad Ue ee as 22212—5 Ties on 5: ; G@ Kleinman. ..11121222221220 —18 J H Carmichael........1212120—6 G Leffing well..1220 — 3 JM Hutechinson........ 1210 —3 K Merrill....-. 112221211222122-15 © Bruner..... satay fact tveesie 212120 —5 RAVELRIGG. AUBURN GUN CLUB.—Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 14.—Inclosed please find the score of our last regular bi-weekly shoot for class prizes. The day was perfect and the visiting contingent quite Jarge and euthusiastic. The boys were all glad to see our friend Whyte at the score once more, even if he’ did pay his entrance with Baltimore money; 25 singles, rapid firing system: - A Class. Xe EERE TEE PRP! tec e ecco eee eee LIDU PETITIVE 111911 — 25 Carr Brinkerhoff.... 00900901011191111111111111— 24. Tuhile we. ke. 41411110199111111111—24. WihybGeeeepondt pete cose por edee cel. 1999111100171119111111011— 22 [Mee ES OBES GHCIOOe! ObLLromgttat 1111011111010111101111011—20 AVAIEER ON ee a se oo ESe obo et Sere 191910111110191100.1111 11 — 24. Wah a eOnAOGCad SONGS eden! 19111010111011101111 1111 1— 28 SITET Side eines ten Ey Eee oes 0011011101901111111113111—20 C Class. AVOUT ta Osa g teldatel del dc hale ef. Pater ietale ei aiel ce 101799.1111911011111101101—22, RIITIALES EGO child oan ecco da Oris 1110111111111101111111011—22 IBTIRPEN oon Eee Unitek enh cc oe cau teie 1171101001119111111111011—21 Tie, 10 singles: : Kerr............ Kan eke Ere BUC EAI. do oe yee 1011110110—7 ass. GATT ET Eee. cee ejeca ans te AS ABach Seb ehe! 00070111113.19111111711111—2. Goodrich........... RA BAAS oye ge 14107317111191101101010101—20 O. W. B. RIVERSIDE CLUB.—Red Bank, N. J., Aug. 21.—Match at live birds, 46 ground traps, 28 and 30yds., A.S. A. rules: Tvins...--.-4.--+-40s+4--1121020—5 Jas Cooper, Jr........ +.0112012—5 Visite te ith ep T11lo—6 EM Cooper............. 2211111 —7 BGLBSM en s2 feted nee 1121022—6 John Cooper............ 1112120—6 Beale ....cacvneevsersssereizlU—6 Davig:.c.:.........-....0112111—7 Taiptle! .2. ees wee lOL111—6_ HH Tabor.............. 1111211—7% Kirst diy. ‘Tie for second won by Cooper. Second match, same couditions: BBaletimesttatenered ses 1011—4 Davis....... el) tu eiet 1210-4 Jas Cooper.,....,....-...-02011-—3 White.................... -12121—5 John Cooper... ........ URS ss CIs ae eee aH 44121—5 BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 25.—The three days’ trap-shooting tour- nament of the Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Associa- tion opened to-day. The attendance is large, and prominent trap shots from all sections are here. The entry list numbered over fifty, among them were such stars as Harvey McMurchy, of Syra- cuse; Rolla Heikes, of Chicago; A. H. Penrose, Milt Lindsey, Prof. Apgar and W. R. Hobert, of New York; W. E. Stewart, of Galves- ton, Texas: A. G. Courtney, of Syracuse; J. W. Knowlton and BA. Pope, of Utica, and H. J. Levisand W. 5S. King, of Pittsburgh, The surplus average money, $200, was divided by I, D, Kelsey, of Aurora, N. Y., whose average Was 867s per cent.; E. D, Miller, of Springfield, N. J., was second with +5 percent. This was in the expertclass. In the amateur class W.S. King, of Pittsburgh, won with 96% per cent., W. C. Santord, of Clyde, Ohio, getting second place with a fraction over 85 percent. Both of the last named will hereafter shoot in the expert class, as their average figures over’) par cent. Others who will be put forward to-morrow are J. A, Penn, of Wheeling, W. Va. and A. J. Lewis, of Pittsburgh. Hee Teens promises to eclipse anything ever heldin western ew York, : : LITTLE ROOK, Aug, 21,—At tha shoot of the Arkansas State Sportpmen Association to-day the State individual contest medal was wou by W, PM, Ferguson, of Pine Bluff. The championship team contest medal will be shot for to morrow, There haye been from 300 te £00 entries in the various contests. 115 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15,—The Pencoyd Gun Club held their annual meeting to-day, when there was a very good attendance and a very pleasant evening was spent. The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year: H. P. Pocht, President; John Henry, Vice-President; Jax. Campbell, Secretary and Treas- urer; Richard Morgan, Captain; Joa. Daggert, Director; Jas. §. Pileger, Referee; Geo Rich and Joho Kunn, Judges. The Philadelphia Shooting Association, formerly the Oakdale Gun Club, will give a tournament on their grounds, 'Twenby- seventh strest and Lehigh avenue, Saturday, Aug. 29, at Lo’clock sharp, with an interesting programme. SALEM, N. J., Aug. 18—The great wing shot, Captain Brewer, on Saturday, at Thunderholt Driving Park, killed 100 birds straight, but lost one through dropping out of bounds, The feat Was accomplished under London Gun Cliib rules, a0yds. rise from 5 ground traps, with 80yds. boundary. His gin was anew Weat- loy Richards hammerless ejector, made in Birmingham, Eng., and only reachéd the Captain’s hands Thursday, Every bird but one dropped within 20ft. of the traps. The charge was 4drs. Schultze powder and 1407. No, 8 shot. THE ATLANTIO CITY TOURNAMENT has been to Sept. 7,8 and 9, Write EH. D. Miller, Springfield, N. ticulars, Canacing. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested te send to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, ete., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raves, and report of the same. Canoseists and all inferested in canoeing are requested to forward to FOREST AND STRHAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their loesal waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittines, and all items relating to the sport. FIXTURES. ostponed . for par- AUGUST. 6-27, A, C, A. Meet, Lake Cham- #7. Rochester, Sailing Trophy, plain. Trondequoit Bay. SHPTHMEBER. 5, Orange, Ann., Passaic River. 10. Rochester, Fall % 9 A. M., Arlington, Ann,, Trondequoit Bay. Passaic River, 12, Knickerbocker, Ann.,, N. ¥. %, 2 P. M., Janthe, Ann., Pas- Saic River, THE A. Regatta, A. MEET OF 1891. RACH WIDE. ies date originally set for the races at the A. C. A. camp at Willsborough Point was the week beginning Aug. 18; 88 there was plenty of time, and 4 larger attendance was anticipated later on, the first race was not called until Saturday morning. The re- gatta committee included Mr, C. D. Palmer, who takes the place of Dr. Gage as chairman; Mr. Ll. R, Palmer, Mr. R. J. Wilkin, temporarily appointed in place of Mr. W.G. McKendrick, assiated in part by Mesars. O. B. Vaux and J. N. MeKendrick. Mr. R, H. McMillen made a very faithful and accurate clerk of the course. The first race called was the novice sailing, 8 miles on the inner triangle, wind light, ones leg being free and the other two reach- ing. The winner was Hornet, loaned by Mr. Whitlock to Mr. H. te Mi Smith, who sailed her. Owa was second boat and Agawam rd. The next race was the paddling upset, with 9 starters, won by Dawn, with Hros second. Lhe men were notably slow in regain- ing their canoes, The cruising race, for general purpose canoes, was called at noon, with 7 starrers, two rounds of the outer triangle in a very light wind. Therace was won by Gwen with Owa second. While drifting with no wind, the crew of Owa began to rock his canoe, swinying the sails from side to side, and thus propelling her quite rapidly. Gwen’s crew noticed it and imitated the trick with good results. Monday, Aug. 17. The first race on Monday was the record paddling, 17 starters, over a half-mile straightaway course, L’Hirondelle being the winner. The finish was close and no times were taken, the men being closely grouped at the line. The next race, for the Fecowsiec cup, was sailed over the outer triangle, 3 miles and an extra leg to secure a start to windward, making a 5-mile course. Bee fouled a buoy at the start and was disqualified. The race was between Canuck and Beta, the former winning by 2min. The unlimited race came next, with 20 starters, 4 rounds of the outer triangle, 6 miles, in a light wind. Bae won very handsomely with Beta second and Canuck third. In the evening there was a dance in the pavilion. Tuesday, Aug. 18, Tuesday, visitors’ day, was cloudy and rainy in the morning, but cleared before noon and became quite hot, with a stray shewer in the afternoon, The attendance was very different from last . year in point of numbers and in the behavior of the visitors; they were mainly country folks, who drove to camp in buggies and buckboards, sitting quietly in their conveyances all the morning, and in the afternoon gathering in the groye.on ths point to waich the races. The main and ladies’ camps were not invaded and Overrut. as at Jessup’s Neck, but the yisiters were well behaved and unobtrusive. The camp has been very fortunate in this respect, outside visit- ors have been few in number, mostly friends of the canoeists. and the tourist and summer hotel element have been entirely absent, The Willsborough House has afforded aJl the advantages of 4 hotel in the way of good food and of accommodation jor those unable to camp out, while its regular guusts are quiet people bent on a sensible outing. The meet can hardly be called a dress affair this year, the men heing mostly in boating rigs, while the ladies are nearly all old campers and well posted on camp dress, The first race of Tuesday was for the paddling trophy, won last year by Mr. Harry McKendrick, who is not here to defend it. There was a large field of entries, but the Canadian contingent, with their handsome paddling craft, scared off the men with regular decked canoes, only one man, Mr. Knappe, coming to the line to represent the United States. Hs had with him the famous Narka, owned and paddled by Dr. Rice at Lake George in 1888, since which time, when she won from Johnson and Knappe, she has not been seen at a meet. _ The four Canadian paddlers were all good men; M. F. Johnson is well known at the meets, though he has not paddled at one since 1888. He used the canoe paddled by Mr. W. ES asac 1 49 a7 1 21 AL HUTS CA TIRSS OUI 1 Se phn ea) sant eae eee Pap Ll 54°10 1 28 07 ivr yma Gloncesterssys:..(iaitee Clon sls ula 2 O1 36 1 31 44 lian SNe busy Dove. hp. cace yee lesa lane 2 04 84 1 38 10 ALICE WING WIE VD Oise acre. sya esters Spun.) wee 2 (1 AT 1 35 35 Argo, Haverhill...,......, ... Font eee ae 1 5ST 52 1 29 29 Clay, ANTES DULVA Se nL eka sey ope a a 2 05 51 1 39 51 Pert, Newburyport; Hustler, Haverhill: Wizard, Rowley; Key- rie, Bawn, Amesbury; Sassacus, Newburyport; Bugaboo, Ames- bury, did not finish. HORSESHOE HARBOR CLUB—The regaita of the Horseshoe Harvor Club of Larchmont, on Aug. 15, was hardly more than a drift, the times being: CLASS A—CABIN SLOOPS—25 TO 28HT. Racing Leng: h, Start. Finish. Laurame, Col. Rufus King........... 28.04 2 10 20 6 85 24 ATIel ls Wet MG@aiiil\ey ae oeseaeeet nae 28 04 211 26 5 24 56 Wosion Cn seller, ome ee geese ele 27.10 2 08 41 5 82 05 CLASS C—OPEN OATBOATS—20 10 23FT. Hairy, Fnk. Towlevs-.. 20.08. 5, 2.. 209 2 06 5A 5 04 51 Lookout, J. E. Hegeman............_,, 22.00 2 06 50 No fin. CLASS D—-OPHN CATBOATS—20HN, AND UNDER Caprice GC eairdie nasi eh ann ane 14 10 2 OF 25 5 47 28 (hacks s EN SHG cig eee mergir as SAN pene, 15.10 2 08 24 5 av 04 Ramona, B. C. Lockett..... ....,...., 15.04 2 07 45 No finish. “ MARGUERITE—HURON, NEWPORT, AUG. 18:—The match between the schooner Marguerite, 81ft., Mr. R.S. Palmer, and the cutter Huron, 64ft., Rear Com. W. Butler Dunean, New York Y. C., for $250 per side, was sailed on Tuesday over the same course as the Cherry Diamond race. Started at 12:25 from one gun, both yachts being handicapped: Marguerite, 12:26:08: Huron, 12:27:07. Clubtopsails were barred, the two setting working topsails and jibtopsails. Marguerite worked out to windward and hada long lead at the turn, the times being: Marguerite, 2:48:44; Huron, 2:54:45. Huron dropped her spinaker boom and broke off the end, resetting it later, but she could not eatch the schooner, the times being: Elapsed. 4}1 14 3 46 14 JENN So ae kee foe en ee ee ary 4 22 48 3 57 48 There was no allowance, Marguerite winning by Ilm. 845. Mr. Geo, A. Stewart was the judge, MARGUERITE—IROQUOIS, NEWPORT, AUG, 20.—The pri- vate match for $500 per side between the Sift. schooners Marguer- ite and Iroquois was sailed on Wednesday in connection with the second Cherry Diamond race, the course being 10 miles to leeward and return: wind strong N.N.E., with some sea. The start was timed: Iroquois, 12:46:36; Marguerite, 12:47:27, Marguerite split her spinaker at the start, but set another yery quickly. The run was very even, the turn being timed: Irnquois, 1:53:38; Marguer- ite, 1:54:06. Both stood in toward P int Judith, [roquois pointing higher, but losing in the footing, Marguerite passing close under her stern when they finally crossed. With a lighter breeze Mar- guerite gained slowly, but crossed Iroquois’s bow on the next tack, gaining to the finish, the times being: Finish. Start. Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. Marguerite........... 12 47 27 413 18 3 25 51 3 25 bl TROGHOISD IS, tas seeeeyo- 12 46 46 416 02 3 29 16 8 28 45 EASTERN Y. O.—The annual eruise of the Hastern Y. 0. began on Aug, 22, and on Sept. 8 the-fall regatta will be held off Marble- head, the prizes being, yiz.: For all schooners, first prize, $400; second prize, if four or more start, $200; sloops of the fifth clas, 40-46it., first prize, cup valued at $500; second prize, it four or more Start, $250. The committee reserve the right to invite visit- ing yachts to enter. CORINTHIAN Y. C.—The mid-summer series of the Corinthian Y. C, of Marblehead will be sailed to-day and the two following days, The series will be the best two ont of three races anda if necessary a sail-off. A prize of $100 will be given in each race to the winner, while in addition a $300 cup will be given to the win- ner of the series. The courses will start off Marblehead rock, and the usual 24-mile triangle, with apexes at the Graves whistling buoy and the EK. ¥. C. turning buoy, will be sailed, The start will be made at Jl o’clock. Gloriana will not be present. CORINTHIAN NAVY.—The postponed regatta of July 18 will be sailed on Avg, 29 off Fort Hamilton, N. Y., under the manage- mnent of the New York Bay Squadron. Answers ta Correspondents. No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspendents, N. G. O., Brooklyn:—In a sweepstake shoot at 10 bluerocks, three moneys, A and B each broke?,C6and D5. Whoareen- titled to first and second moneys? Ans. According to the practice A and B divide or shoot off for first; O takes second. J, C. McK., Sunshine, Wash.—Are salmon trout young salmon or are they a species of troui? Aus. They are a trout (Salvelinus namayeush), Hor description of all the different salmon and trout of America, see illustrated “Salmon and Trou.” supplement in FOREST AND STREAM of April 4, 1889, LizuT. G., St. Petershurg.—Being occupied with collecting mater ‘als for a note on “Winter War,” I appeal to your kindness and beg you to give mé a list of works in the American literature on this question, and especially on snoyshoes and their use in war. ‘The asked adyice will be received with great gratitude. Ans. We know of no American works on this subject. Hi. J. W., Bmmetsburg, Ta.—Will you please inform me through FORSST AND STREAM where I can obtain sizkboxes for hunting purposes; that is, who manufactures them tor sale. Ans. We do not know any makers. A plan is giyen in “Hints and Points,” But the use of a sinkbox1s illegal in Wisconsin, Illinois, Minne- 418 FOREST AND STREAM. _ i “Ave, 27, 1801 ESTABLISHED 1837. s.s.cnoox & co, Trout, Bass and Landlocked Salmon Flies, FISHING TACKLE] anglers about to visit CANADA, MAINE or the FAR WEST 1191 BROADWaY, |will find it to their advantage to consult us about size and Bet. 28th & 20th Sts NHW YORK CITY. patterns of flies adapted to these localities. SEND FOR OATALOGUE, | (GP CRERLERNG TAS EET Special Patterns for the Lake St.John Waters, Nova Scotia, Yellowstone Park, etc. Trout Flies at 3, 5, 7 and 11 Cents Each. Send Ten Cents for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, SO Sg ey Ee GE Send 10 ts to cove t and we will il 136 foli il trated catal CHAS. |. GOODALE, Taxidermist, en cents to cover postage, and we Wi Mat you our ol10 page illustrated Catalogue For the pas years located at 93 Sudbury St., lag dooms aiie riot bowen et] ABBEY & IMBRIE, 18 Vesey, StT., NEw YORK. Automatic Reel. 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TEL Patent Jointed Sinker Are made in two sizes, and by remoy- i ing the center sections are quickly changed from a #4 to 19 or 20z. with | This is the size of the fish he caught a No.2, and from a 3 to 5% or 80z. with d Feahoh to-da: the No. 8 All changes are made | 2G Carrie ome vo-day. without disturbing balance of rig. Extra center sections furnished to increase the weight as may be desired. Ask your dealer for them, or send 10 cone for a No. 2, and 20 cents for a 0. ; MANUFACTURERS OF Fine Split Bamboo Fishing Rods, WITH CORK AND CELLULOID HAND GRASP. (Patent applied for.) It is light, fits and will not blister the hands. Recommended by the most experienced anglers in the U.S. O:der one through your dealer for inspection, and if not satisfactory can be returned. The U.S. Net and I'wine Co. are agents for New York City. The glittering gang trolling baits which we are manufacturing are the coming bait. 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The scope of the work embraces all the laws relating to game and game fish of every State and “Tt is the most complete map fh, ine Adirondack Territory in the Union and the British Provinces. The better to insure accuracy, all the important sections EO ee MGT DESDE Cee serie eae cateea ae es are given in their full text, as they appear on the statute books. Errors which might arise from abstract- Paseuaet Rae fhampiain and Lake ing or paraphrasing are thus avoided. The preparation of the work has involved an examination of more Guide Books.—The Adirondacks, illustrated, than 800 distinct original and amendatory acts, scattered through multitudinous volumes of the compiled ae aloe ais ny es Hear CGD Carer 25 ct a statutes and session laws of the fifty-nine States, Territories and Provinces here represented. The labor of | Address 8. R. STODDARD, Glens Falls, N.Y. compilation has been largely increased by the often careless and sometimes seemingly contradictory nature of the legislation. The Book or THE GAME LAws is the result of a painstaking and conscientious en- deavor to furnish an accurate and reliable compendium, Price 50 cents, For sale by BD) E Ba Eee atone Watt pers heard. Successful when all remedi } iH i ( tg, Sua aig bn Ses S58 Bear ak. Weite ioe book cio REE ALL wpHALERS IN SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES. Notice to Fishermen. Cut Prices for 1891. Here I am again as usual cutting the prices of Fishing Tackle. Low prices and good quality of goods increases my business. It will pay you to buy your tackle in Brooklyn. ; No, 1, 8 joint, 6 strip, Split Bamboo Trout or Black Bass Fly Rods, solid reel seat below hand, nickel mountings, silk whippings, extra tip, all complete in wood form, length 9%, 10, LOATH =s WIP, SOF. 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LF ia) Bey Spe ach fh meer aes Miron Pera stone aneeeee Be ee eae eel Melee ic esene soa Kbawedaiperaceseincrersbcers Fe ae Sa Bras No. 7, 6 strip Split Bamboo Salt Water or Lake Trolling Rod, 2 joint, solid reel seat above the hand, double tie guides, nickel mountings, length 8ft., Weight 200Z........-...0.00.. ‘* 25 No.8, sametas No. %, DUbUS'S JOUME. 9.4 oe ee was pees dels rie Ft iene bereiemel ADOBE SE eS Lddeataye eosin ere tere aster tote alana Sea ty suse ates tghlentane Sinisa sista mar aise smacjapete'Gbelet wacele Licneeenpiaecameemmen Sa otagae No, 280, 3 joint Ash aud Lancewood Heavy Salt Water Bass Rod, hollow butt, extra tip, brass mountings, 9ft..... agneeoceoor sg erefocevslnleg [ee budle dpessiv cs skate rate Rises Sosesevess we aot, LOUGS Brass Multiplying Rees, Balance Handle, Screw Oil Cup, fine finish, 25yds., 83c. ; ee 60yds., $1.05; PUN Sy Bia 100yds., $1.25, Hard Rubber Multiplying Reels, Balance Handle, Be ines on Sliding Chick, Nick Plated, 40yds., $1.75; 60yds., $2.25; 80yds,, $2.50; 200yds. . 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Tor SNAP, | Extended Rib, Im- . poured Walnut Pistol Grip Stock, Patent ore-end, Hull Checkered, Matted Rib, Double Under Fastening, Rubber Butt, Compensating Hinge Joint, Long Breech Frame. 10 and 12 gauge. Damascus Barrels, oft! 00 ND Hels, croked, S36 a E.C, MEAGHAM ARMS G0..st Louie.Me ROOT IR S Tue GrearHeace DRINK. Package makes 5 gullous, ‘| Delicious, sparkling, and appetizing, Sold by all dealers, FREE s beautiful Picture Book and cards sentto any one addressing C,H. HIRES & CO., iladelphia ou the Stud. FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. Champion Raby Mixer........$15 Russly Joker..........- HAS EAST rh ReGKOmer.. 20005 eee eee cee ce ces 15 Suffolk Risk.............. enaiee OO Pitcher..........-.. 4 Ee ys ahssel silts alc Wire Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. Es ee ee ee ee N THE STUD.—THE HTHAN ALLIN SET- ter Al, fee $25. Al was bred by the late Mr. Allin and trained on rufied grouse by his handler. Two puppies by him for sale. Address Ff. L. NICHOLS, 54 Taylor street, Springfield, Mass. tf a a SS ee ee AtStud.-Eneglish greyhounds, Gem of the Season, winner of over 501st and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and special; Dexter, corded coat poodle. Pupsfrom the above forsale. GREYHOND AND PooDLE KENNELS, Salem, Mass. It is firstof all Combines Head Jack, |- Hr the Sid. GLENMORE KENNELS. THE CHAMPION IRISH SETTER KENNELS OF AMERICA. E. B. BISHOP, Owner, 43 St. James Ave., Cincinnati, O. AT STUD. — Challenge BEAU BRUMMEL, Fee $25 The most phenomenal dog of the times. (A. K.C.S.B, 19,961). Imp. Sarsfield, - Fee $25 The greatest living Irish setter sire. (A.K.G.S.B, 10,354, Imp. Dan Mylrea, Fee $20 A noted first-prize winner. (A,K.C.S,B. 19,173). Young stock always on hand. Bernards St. AT STUD. ARISTOCRAT, SPECIALS DURING 1890 THAN ANY OTHER ST. BERNARD. FEE, = $50. DUTCHESS KENNELS, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DAVID E, LOVELAND, Manager. MELROSE KENNELS AT STUD. The Great PLINLIMMON. Sire or grand sire of most of the noted dogs of the present time. Fee $200. LORD MELROSE. The largest dog in the world. Height, 354in. Winner first, Boston. Fee $50. PUPS FOR SALE by the famous ALTON. I have six litters by Alton out of fine bitches. Send for a descriptive list of the six litters. The Jast chance to secure pups by this wonderful dog. E. H. MOORE, Melrose, Mass. AT STUD. Lj Kingston Regent. This grand dog is the best son of the great PRINCE REGENT, by Lady St. Gothard. He is 3314in. high and has the heaviest bone and richest dark orange coat of any St. Bernard in America, His head is remarkable for its character, depth of muzzle and expression. He was born February 26, 1889, and is wonderfully strong and vigorous. Fee, $5 0. Champion Hector. winner of sixty-six first and special prizes and stud cups. He is the sireof Champion Cleopatra, Caleb, Lord Hector, Major Hector, Duke of Sparta and many other noted St. Bernards. Fee, $40. PUPPIES FOR SALE. NEW YORK ST. BERNARD KENNELS, 138TH STREET AND THE HUDSON RIVER. READ THIS! READ THIS MASTIFFS. At Stud.—Ormonde; sire, Ch. Victor Hugo; dam, Ch. Cambrian Princess. Ormonde is 4 prize winner every time shown, bothin England and America, and his young stock is proying him an exceptional sire. I have always on hand youn stock for disposal at fair prices. I haye no bloo but the most fashionable in my kennels. Write CHAS. E. BUNN, Peoria, Il. eee Mastiffs and Bioodhounds. STUD: W. K. Taunton’s Champion aS His success as a stud dog and his record on the show bench for the last five years prove him the greatest and best dog living. The only kennel of English Bioodhounds in Amer- ica, Choice ones for sale at all times, or imported. Mastiff pups from the Albion and Beaufort litters also out of well known and proved breeders of champion and great prize winners. Photographs, 25 gts. J. WINCHELL, Fair Haven, Vermont. (2s If you mention this paper 5 per cent. discount will be allowed on all sales. The Champion Three. Chmp. Ruby Glenmore, The champion Irish setter bitch of America. Champ. Molly Bawn, The ex-champion Irish setter bitch of America. Champion Winnie II., The only imported champion Irish setter dog in America to-day. Write fer circular and prices. Seminole Keuels GHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, PA., OFFER THE SERVICES OF THE FOLLOWING STUD DOGS: Rough-Coated Collies. The Saui CHAMPION 6 squire i ) (E. oe $50, j i IMM MW LAS Roslyn Conway,) onsccewen (A. —). Fee $20, Sir Kelpie, ROSIIN DANI, (A. 14,785). Fee $16; (A.17,577), Wee ih25. ENGLISH PUGS. CHAMPION Treasure, | Kash, Jr,, (A. 17,804), (A. 10,596). Fee $15. Fee, - - - - $1 SEMINOLE, ELHO, (A. 20,088). Fee $20, (A, 11,450), Fee $15. Extended pedigrees of any of the above on ap- lication, Bitches entrusted to us receive the est of care. i Fine BpaGHTeLS of the above breeds for sale at reasonable prices, including several good stud dogs and brood bitches in whelp. Young Stock Always on Hand. WYOMING KENNELS, The LARGEST and BEST kennel of ROUGH-COATED SAINT BERNARDS in the world, comprising the following noted STUD DOGS: Champ. SIR BEDIVERE (19451). Acknowledged by the best Judges to be the most typical and perfect St. Bernard living. Winner of 58 first and special prizes, all in the best of company. Prizes include The One Hun- dred Guinea Challenge Cup four times, the Hal- sey Trophy twice, and the Deacon Challenge Cu twice. Stud fee................- Rees cS $150.00 Champ. PLINLIMMON, JR. (6864). This grand young dog is a son of the world- renouned Ch. PLINLIMMON, and although only a little over three years old, is the winner of 27 first and special prizes, and sire of some vood — stock. Stud fee.......... s az--- -- 990,00 LOTHARIO (18271). (his grand headed young dog is by the famous h. VALENTINE out of that well known bitch SAFFRON. He is the only son of Ch. Valentine at stud in America, and from his breeding, and low stud fee, should be mich sought after by St- Bernard breeders. Stud fee................. $25.00 Q St. Bernard Puppies For Sale. A select stock most always on hand, sired by the above dogs out of prize-winning bitches, at reasonable prices. s WYOMING KENNELS, Melrose, Mass. JAS. E. GREEN, Manager. AT STUD. FEE $50. KING OF KENT (A.K.C.S.B. 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rap. Zig-Zag, Tapster and Maid of Kent. Pointer Puppies for sale, Apply to JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Olub, : Babylon, L. I. St. Bernards at Stud. 1, Soggarth, immense rough-coat, the only son of Lord Bute at Sr Aree 2, Patrol, one, of our best smooths, fee $25 each. J OHN KEBVAN, 195 King st., Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 5.0859 EE Fes y oReSe) Ae SE Rae in show reports as “best Yorkshire in America.” Pedigree “And winnings free, photos 50cts imited number of his puppies for sale. "RP. SOOMBS, tT Bzchangs Block, Bangor, Me. Hi * _ FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. TrrMs, $4 A YHAR. 10 Crs, A Copy. ; Srx MonvraHe, $2. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 38, 1891. { VOL, XXXVII.—No. 7%. No. 318 BROADWAY, Naw YorREK. CORRESPONDENCE. THe PormSst AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications on the subject 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. ADVERTISEMENTS, Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 30 cents per line. 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Sampson Low, Marston, Searles and Riving- ton, 188 Fleet street, and Brentano's, 480 Strand, London, Eng. Brentano’s, 17 Avenue de l'Opera, Paris, France, sole Paris agent 'for sales and subscriptions. Foreign subscription priee, $5 per year; $2.50 for six months. Address all communications Forest and Stream Publishing Co, No. 318 BROADWAY. New Yor«E Crry. CONTENTS. EDITORL On the ‘Tuelish Banzons Ottawa and Creedmoor, Death Before the Trap. Snap Shots. THE SporTsMAN TOURIST. A Colorado Outing.—It, NATURAL HiIstToRy. Rearing Game Birds. Some Hydraulic Engineers. Ways of the Ruffed Grouse. GAME BAG AND GUN. Chicago and the West. Two Weeks Out of Purgatory. Wild Rice. Safety of Hammerless Guns. THE KENNEL. Noted Irish Setters Change Owners. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallerv. An American Team for Bisley New Jersey State Shoot. The Rifle in Canada. The Trap. Coney Teac 0. Worcester Sportsmen’s Club. oT pep rao aia in the Father- 1 Death at the Trap The Buffalo Tatenea tates YACHTING. Bangor Corinthian Y. C. Lake Champlain Y. C. Hastern Y, C. Cruise. “On the N. rth Snore.” The Blue Pike. Chicago and the West, Fishing Rights. Angling Notes. Corinthian Midsummer Series Big Catches. The Mosher Launch Norwood. A Public-Spirited Angler. Yachts as Dutiable Merchan- FISHCULTURE. dise. American Fish in Hngland,. Yachting Notes. THE KENNEL. CANOEING. — Notes and Notions N. Y. C. U. International Cup, The Irish Setter Field Trials. Lachine Boating and Canoe Canker of the Har. Chibe “Importation of a Noted Field Passaic River Races. Dog.” ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, OTTAWA AND CRHEDMOOR. | the present week the big meetings of riflemen at Ottawa by the Dominion Rifle Association, and Creedmoor by the N. R. A. of America, are on with good attendance, plenty of enthusiasm and every prospect of success in the gatherings. Hach in its own field is working on the same lines, It is for the cultivation of the military spirit, for the encouragement of a love of firearms, and for the improvement of accuracy in their use among the civilian soldiery as distinguished from the regular army work, that the two associations are striving. The Northern one may be more distinctively national in scope than the gathering at Creedmoor, but it is only be- cause the United States is too vast, and its several sections too great in their local ambitions to join in such a national display as that of Ottawa and Bisley. The any-rifle civilian shots cannot complain that they have not been given abundaut chance for competition. The management is rarely found laggard when there is a demand for this or that form of competition. It is put on the list and the attention of competitors invited to it. If there is really a demand for a match under those con- ditions it lives, if not the subsequent meetings miss it, In this way the matches now embody everything on which the management think they can command the support of shooters up to the full limit of the ability of the officers in charge. Neither Ottawa nor Creedmoor offer such a magnificent prize list as that at Bisley, but each is doing as great a work in its field, and if the time should ever come for anything more than the pleasant rivalry of fall meetings, each will render full return for eyery dollar and every hour spent in their maintenance. ON THE ENGLISH RANGES. 4 Base suggestion made by our correspondent ‘‘ W. W.” in the Rifle columns is a most excellent one, and it is 4 surprise that it has not long since been acted upon. We have had teams go abroad, long-range teams to carry victory, military teams to suffer defeat, and there have been American riflemen as individuals who have won honors on the Wimbledon Common; Farrow gave points on off-hand work and Hyde played a lone hand asa long- range shooter... In each case they fought with American arms, and itis just at this point where, as our correspond- ent indicates, they missed the chance for the largest hon- ors and the richest returns for their work, At present the bulk of the shooting at the great meetings there is done with the Martini rifle, and to gain the greatest showing at the prize list the visitor must adopt the arm with all the provisions of the conditions strictly adhered to. The rifles are very cheap and may be had at any one of a’dozen dealers, Any American gun dealer will take an order for one of the pieces, and by plenty of practice in the most beastly weather he can select, the American having attended to his entry card, etc., will feel perfectly at home on Bisley ranges as the weather generally strikes it. ‘W. W.,” achampion of champions at the Bisley meetings, and an old-time Wimbledon winner, though not as a rifle shot, but a revolver expert, knows fully whereof he speaks when he points out to his fellow coun- trymen here what a chance there is for glory and well- paid rivalry, with a Martini weapon particularly and finer arms as well at the great meets of the N. R. A, of Great Britain. — DEATH BEFORE THE TRAP. FRIEND lying dead at his feet, a widow and orphans rendered such by his hand, and a lifetime of regret, deep and bitter. Such is the calamity which in the twinkling of an eye fell upon James W. Cropsey at the recent meeting of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club at Coney Island. He had a couple of cartridges in his hand, slippped them into his gun, snapped it shut and— bang! his friend lay dead, Chastisement to one careless gunner has come at one sharp swoop, and should he ever touch a gun again, it is very certain that it will be with a full realization of what a dreadful engine of destruc- tion it is. Again and again the list of ‘‘Don’ts” in connection with the gun is brought home to the vast army of gun- ners. ‘Don’t load except at the score,” is one of the | prime directions of a well ordered meeting—one of the cardinal points of faith and practice on the part of the gunner worthy of his arm, Violate the rule, and though luck may again and again lean on the side of the careless, the time will come when the efficacy of the rule is brought home in a startling fashion, and such an occa- sion was the tragedy at the Coney Island range. SNAP SHOTS. HE chief ambition of fishermen at some of the popu- lar resorts appears to be to make a prodigious score, The strings are duly displayed to admiring groups on hotel verandahs, weighed, recorded, and then passed over to the kitchen servants, to be cooked or thrown on to the compost heap. There is no sense in trying to correct this on the score of angling sentiment; if a man is by nature fond of fishing for count, and finds satisfaction in display- ing a bigger string than his competitor, no denunciation of his fishing practices will effecta change of heart or modification of taste. We cannot gain anything by quarreling with another person because his fun in fishing is of a different texture from our fun in fishing. But because of the economic considerations involved, since fishing for count almost inevitably means an undue diminution of the general supply, no effort should be spared to discountenance and abate the practice of fishing for a score. A handsome gun is interesting as a specimen of artistic handicraft; and there are men for whom firearms have the fascination of paintings. One of FOREST AND STREAM’s contributors is happy in the possession of a collection of more than two hundred arms. On the walls of his ‘“‘den” are displayed rifles and shotguns and pistols, illustrating the development of sporting weapons from flintlock to hammerless, The collection has cost more than $3,500, and our friend contends that in addition to the pleasure of using these arms in the field during a * quarter century, he has been more than repaid for their cost by the satisfaction of looking at them. It is not given to every ardent gunner to invest so much money in guns; and it may be consoling to reflect that the degree of one’s enjoyment of shooting is not to be determined by the wealth and variety of his armament. Certainly no owner of a hundred arms can feel the affection for any one of them that his more modest brother hag for ‘the old gun,” the tried and true companion of so many days together. To hear some gunners tell of the performances of their favorite weapons, one might almost imagine these contrivances of wood and metal to be sentient and reason- ing beings; they recall the old story of the lucky shot made by the accidental discharge of a gun while the hunter slept; the proud possessor ever afterward con- tending that the gun went off of its own accord when the game came into range. We publish to-day an interesting collection of notes on the rearing of native and imported game birds. Efforts in this direction are in line with the changing conditions of shooting in America. We have reached a stage of game depletion, and a stage too of the game-preserve system, where artificial propagation and rearing are rem sorted to in a growing degree; and every fragment of such experiences as are here detailed in our Natural History columns is use‘iul for instruction or warning, - i" : FOREST AND STREAM. 128 Alaingal History. - REARING GAME BIRDS. AM much interested in the rearing and keeping in confinement of wild game birds. So far I have had very little experience, and I have been able to gain very little from anything I could get to read on the subject; but I think perhaps some of your readers would be kind enough to give their experience in rearing pheasants, ring neck (English) and golden pheasants, and by doing so would greatly add to the literature on this subject, which is yery sparse, To make a beginning I will tell ‘what I did: I placed ten golden pheasant eges under a game ban- tam about June 11 of this year, and on July3 six hatched out, and one died in the shell, the other three eggs were clear. For two days I could get the small things to eat nothing. Itried them with hard-boiled egg and bread crumbs, but very little of it they would take, At the advice of a chicken friend I got them some meal worms, these they picked ata little. I then got some maggots which I had fed well on shorts for two days, and these seemed to be what was wanted. Two of the little ones died in less than a week, I think from exhaustion, but the other four never gave me the least anxiety since I got the maggots, which I continued to feed them on for about four weeks, with the addition of a little oatmeal, milk curds and smali wheat, They had the run of an inclosed lawn with plenty of shade. Now, if I had known that properly prepared maggots were the correct thing, I think I could have raised the whole six birds, _ I did not know how to get this very necessary feed till T was told how, and as I have never seen if in print, I will give you the details, which may be useful to others. Get a beef head, and expose it to the blow fly for a day or 80; then hang it in a flour barrel and cover it over and keep in a warm place. Haye a large-sized hole cut im the lower part of the barrel and have plenty of wheaten shorts.on the bottom of the barrel: The maggots as they mature drop on the shorts and feed on it, and after about 24 hours in this they are nice, dry, firm worms; and are fit to feed to the young birds. I give each one five or six of them at atime, three or four times each day; and it was delightful to see how anxious they were to get them. In about # week they would play all over me when they expected a maggot. By cultivating the maggots in the above manner there is nothing in the least disagreeable about it, as the head is placed or hung at the top of the barrel and covered over and the maggots are taken out of the dry meal at the bottom. Like many others, I thought it would be a horrid affair, but I was most agreeably surprised with the result, If this is of any benefit, I will be much pleased; and if some others of your readers will give their experience in this line I will be more so. eles Lonpon, Ontario, A correspondent, ‘‘N, E. J.,” writes: ““Can you give me any information as to what has been or can be done toward intraducing the Mongolian pheasant in the east- ern United States? Iam interested in a ducking shore on Chesapeake Bay at mouth of Middle River (near Bal- timore), where we own nearly 400 acres of land, much of it low and wet and in timber. How do you think they would thrive in such a place, and can you refer me to the experience of any sportsman in this part of the country?” Tn response to an inquiry from this office Mr. Hugh D, Auchincloss, of New York, says: ‘‘Replying to your favor of the 21st inst., inquiring what success I have had in introducing the Mongolian pheasant into the Eastern States, I beg to advise that as yet I have not had the birds a sufficient time to make a report of any interest or value, I did not obtain the old birds from Oregon until late in June, and have at present eleven birds (four cocks and seven hens), all of which are in capital condition. Two of the hens after arrival laid about three dozen eggs and from these I have so far raised about a dozen young birds, The transportation of the old birds so late in the spring stopped their laying, so this breeding season is virtually lost. I also obtained several dozen eggs from Oregon, none of which hatched out, the long railway journey having addled them. I find that the old birds are very wild when kept in confinement, but are very hardy and easy to care for, and thrive very well on small grains, wheat, barley, etc., with plenty of green stuff, They are fine powerful birds, great fighters and of more beautiful plumage than the English pheasant, and so far I can see no reason why they should not be easily bred in the Hastern States, As soon as I can gather any facts that may be of value to intending breeders I will take pleasure in again writing you on this subject. Editor Forest and Stream: T have had for some time the intention of writing you from this unlikeliest of places for sport, and the sight of your issue of July 28 just to hand, has had the effect of settling me to carry out my intention. The first matter that I would note is ‘Jay Beebe’s” failure to rear the young grouse he hatched undera hen. In thissame issue you have reviewed my ‘‘Birds of Manitoba,” and Iam indeed gratified to find it so favorably held by the leading journal of sport in the Western Hemisphere. Among the notes which have unfortunately been crowded out of this work of mine was a chapter on the rearing of the sharp- tailed grouse in confinement, and how I accomplished it with perfect success: I am sorry not to be able to refer “Jay Beebe” to this, it is so exactly what he wants, In brief, however, the eggs were hatched by a Brahma, hen; she managed some thirty young grouse, This was a mistake; another time I would take two or three bantam or game hens, for the Brahma by her clumsiness tram- pled several to death. I at once put the little ones into a tight pen on the open prairie, their natural habitat, and fed them with ants, ant’s eggs, flies, worms, finely chopped meat, oatmeal and strawberries, the only avail- able fruit. I found them extremely fond of drinking, and perfectly enraptured whenever I gave them a panful a ft ee ee ‘ around the globe, of ashes to dust themselves in. I moved the frame or In this way I reared half of thosé hatched; the deaths were chiefly caused by the clumsiness of the hen, as stated. It is necessary to cover the pen with a netting, as the young pen whenever the grass inclosed got stale. of all grouse fly at the end of a week. Too much stress cannot be laid on frequent changes of locality of the pen; with a change every two or three days, a pen 20ft, square will do very well for 15 to 20 young grouse and their foster mother. I have had some experience with English pheasants (Colehieus phasianus), and all points to the same conclu- sion—viz., young game birds must haye animal food, natual surroundings and protection from the wet. Ernest H. THOMPSON, Paris, Aug. 4. For several months we have followed with lively interest the enterprise of Dr. W, O, Blaisdell, of Macomb, Ill., in his endeavor to secure from India a stock of black partridges to introduce into the United States. For a long time it appeared that his efforts would be futile, and when at length the birds were shipped their number dwindled until but three were left alive on their arrival in New York, On our recommendation the reception of the birds at this port was entrusted to Mr. E. B. Gold- smith, a Custom House broker, who is deserving of cred- itable mention for his part in so promptly forwarding the feathered immigrants. The safe arrival of the three sur- viyors is told in the subjoined account, Dr, Blaisdell’s project was commented on in the Asian, which is the FOREST AND STREAM of India, and the notice there given it brought out the following letter from a British officer, from which it appears that if the newly imported game shall thrive, it will supply a valuable addition to our game fauna: DEHARA DOON, N. W, Provinces, India, Feb. 16, 1891.—Dr. W. 0. Biasdell, Macomb, Il: DeAR StR—I see by the Asian that you ate going to try and introduce the Indian black partridge into Ilfinois, Tne good wishes of all Indian sportsmen will be with you, and [ heartily wish yon may succeed. I am afraid five pairs are rather a small number to try conclusions with, but if you fail T hope you will try again. His limit in India is «small one, and this is what makes me think he may be a hard bird to acclimatize in the States, Northward he ascends the Himalayahs to about 5,000ft., and southward he extends to about half way down the continent to a line about east and west of Indore, where he is re- placed by the painted partridge—a closely allied type in which both sexes are plumaged almost exactly like the hen of the black partridge. His range eastward is also limited, as he apparently dislikes the warm, moist climate toward the Bay of Belgal; but westward he extends far into Afghanistan and Persia, where not not more than five inches of rain falls throughout the year, Don't turn him out in the forest. What he likes is low, thick serub or high grass thicket near wheat fields aifd water. By high grass, 1 mean grass from 8 to 10ft. high; your ordinary prairie grass would not be high enough for him. He never mounts a tree, and dislikes their shade, but occasionally perches on a low stump to crow in the morning. His food is essentially seed— wheat, maize, and aboye all, mustard and oil seed. Hebreeds out here in dense high pass jungle or tamarisk thickets, not far from water. Helikesa bright sun in summer, and in winter does not wind a fair degree of frost, but he won’t stand snow. If you should find Illinois too hot for him you might try the painted partridge which is common in southern India.« If too cold, the “Chickor.’ This isa magnificent bird twice the size of the black partridge, and excellent shooting and eating. His range is very wide—from Scinde (the hottest part of India, and in climate and appearance yery much like Arizona), up to 10,000ft. in the Himalayahs; and he extends away through Persia and Afghanis- tan to Tarkey and Eastern Europe, which shows that he is a hardy bird and able to adapt himself to great extent of climate. He stands confinement in a cage well, which the black partridge does not, and is one of the hardiest birds in India, appearing to mind neither extreme heat nor long spells of frost and snow. He dis- likes level plains—an#@ here perhaps Illinois would not suit him. He prefers hilly and stony ground—the slopes of bluffs overlook- ing riyers and the steep sides of caflons and rayines near fields. He eats all kinds of seeds, especially maize, and in the Himalayahs lives on the outskirts of the village fields. On the hot, dry plains of Bade he is equally abundant, but always near hills or broken ground. Pardon my writing you this long letter when I am a perfect stranger to you. My excuse is, first, that Iam interested in your undertaking, and secondly, when I was traveling in the United States some years ago, lreceiyed many kindnesses from Ameri- cans which I will not readily forget. W.C, RAMspDEN, Lieut.-Colonel, India. The Macomb Journal gives this report of their recep- tion there: ‘We are the three sole survivors of a family of nine little birds that sailed from Caleutta, India, on Junels. Expressmen and others who have charge, feed and water us well until we reach Dr. W. O. Blaisdell,,Macomb, Illinois, United States of America.” [Dated London, England, Aug. 3, 1891.] Such was the label on the box containing three black India partridges (two males and one female) that arrived by express in this city Saturday night last, and have been viewed by hundreds and hundreds of curious and investi- rating eyes since, They were the birds that Dr, W. O. Blaisdell, of this city, has been negotiating for for over a year, Having brought to our country a number of Chinese pheasants from Oregon, he set about the plan of bringing here some of these wonderful game birds from the other side of the globe—the black India partridge. He opened correspondence with the American Consul at Calcutta, The Consul, Mr. 8. G, Merrill, of Indianapolis, placed the letter in the hands of a bird dealing firm, Messrs. Rutledge & Co., who replied that the bird was difficult to capture alive, but they would procure them at so much per brace. Heading a subscription list with a liberal sum himself, the Doctor went among some of our business men who subscribed the funds, and soon a draft was on its way to Minister Merrill, at Calcutta, with directions to purchase the birds. For months after Messrs. Rutledge & Co., the dealers, have been endeavor- ing to secure the birds, and a number of letters passed between them and Mr, Merrill and Dr. Blaisdell. Failing to get the birds otherwise, the merchants sent a man on special trip into the mountains, and after, as he writes, spending more than the birds brought him, they were secured. Finally the little fellows were cooped and set sail on their long voyage. A letter from Consul Merrill stated that he went to the ship and saw the birds aboard, one was dead, another sick; he feared none would arrive alive. Counting the sick one there were nine that started. Down the Bay of Ben- gal by the Island of Ceylon, around the point of India and into the Indian Ocean; out of this water across the Arabian Sea to Aden, at mouth of the Red Sea; through this body of water and the Suez Canal, into and across the Mediterranean; out through the Straights of Gibraltar, up the Atlantic along the coasts of Spain and Portugal, across the Bay of Biscay into the English Channel to London. Thence back down that water across the broad Atlantic to New York, and by rail to Macomb. They journeyed over 16,000 miles—two-thirds the distance Without doubt, they are the first of their species ever in America, ‘Taken as game, the persons who would eat them would be consuming meat that cost $25 per pound. As before stated, but three ar- rived alive, but taking into consideration the distance traveled and the different hands they went through, it is a marvel almost that they got through. The bird is not very large, but beautiful. He is lilke- wise an Important personage, as the three are probably the sole representatives of their breed on the western con- tinent, The birds will be on exhibition at our county fair next week, and on account of the extreme rarity of the species are certainly worth seeing. If they fail to propagate and fillour woods, you will want tosay at least you saw the only three India partridges ever in the United States; while if they multiply to millions it will bea feather in your cap to remark, ‘‘I saw the original three of this bird that now abounds as thickly as sparrows.” So do not fail to see them at the fair next week, In a late issue of the Philadelphia Ledger we find this account of successful quail breeding in that city: The rearing of quail is Mr. Harry Rudolph’s pet amuse- ment, Eeisa thorough sportsman, and, to use his own words, “‘would rather gun than eat.” Quail and pheas- ant shooting is his delight, and he confesses he always had a fancy for the game little Bob White. About three years ago he was given a brace of live quail while gun- ning at Newkirk station, in New Jersey, These were the nucleus of his present stock. He brought them to his home, at 1500 Bouvier street, and fitted up a cage for them in his little back lot. He gradually acquired afew other birds, which paired off and began to Jay and hatch eggs during the summer. The small ones were success- fully hatched out, but died very shortly after. Mr. Ru- dolph determined to discover the cause of their early de- mise, and, knowing it must be lack of proper food, deter- mined to watch the habits of the older birds and experi- ment upon them with varieties of grain and insect food. In spite of the amusement of his friends, who considered his attempt impossible, Mr, Rudolph set to workin earnest to raise quail, and, after numerous failures, was able in his second year to successfully hatch and raise a brood of quail. He had hit upon the right method of feeding them, and the young birds were as strong and healthy as if born under natural conditions. Since then he reckons that 65 per cent. of his young birds have been success- fully brought tomaturity, As statistics show that hardly 50 per cent, of wild game birds attain their full size, owing to the number of their natural foes, such as hawks and vermin, this isan extremely good record. Ina small yard, scarcely 20ft, square, Mr. Rudolph keeps his pets. The inclosure is shut in on three sides by a wooden fence, and on the fourth by the rear wall of the house, Around the borders are beds of geranium and smallshrubs. Inthecenteris a patch of grass, with a tall plant inthe middie. On one side of the lot are the cages, in which three brace are paired off in separate coops, In the fourth cage isa lonely and disconsolate hen, while tunning loose about the yard are two cocks and a hen, with three chicks. The latter are a remarkable broad. They were hatched, with five others, on the 8th of July, which is nearly one month ahead of the breeding season. The defunct ones were killed by the inclement weather or some other cause common to infant quail, but the sur- vivors remain perfectly healthy and are already able to care for themselves. In addition to rushing the breeding: season, the hen one week ago commenced to lay a fresh lot of fifteen eggs in a new nest, upon which she will no doubt shortly sit. Moreover, in another corner of the yard the cocks have prepared another nest, as if the hen contemplated rear- ing a third family this season, The other pairs in the coops have each a nestful of eggs, which Mr. Rudolph expects will shortly be hatched, When the next brood are born the chicks loose in the yard, together with the parent birds, will be shut up to make room for the newcomers. Owing to the extreme pugnacity of the cocks, it is impossible to let more than one pair loose at a time, or the lives of the birds would be endangered. The pairing off of two cocks with one hen, although rare, is occasionally found. The two male birds who champion the little mother hen live in peace and harmony, and both work together at making the nests and take their turns in sitting on the eggs, The principal food which Mr, Rudolph gives to his pets is grain; grasshoppers also form part of their dietary. But the secret by which he manages to raise the young Mr, Rudolph refuses to reveal. He states that it is some- thing natural to the birds in wild life, but beyond that he will not commit himself, The quail are very fond of hempseed, but they gel&so fat on it that its value as wholesome food is very small. It would soon kill them off. Itis useful, however, in feeding hens which have been setting in order to brmg them back to their proper condition. Mr, Rudolph states that he spends hours each day in merely watching. ‘“‘By that means,” he says, ‘Il can thoroughly learn their habits, so that I get to know the meaning and object of their every movement.” Tn preparing the nest, he has noticed that the quail does not pick up the straw or piece of hay in the beak, as other birds do, but, by a graceful motion of the neck, it throws it over the back, until if has collected a heap of bits behind its feet. The straw glides down the smooth back of the bird and falls to the ground. At first it would seem that this action of the quail is only a futile endeavor to poise it, but, as the bird does so every time until a pile is collected, it evidently has an object in so doing. This is possibly to clean the particles, for when a sufficient pile has been prepared, the dainty little bird throws the bits on its back, this time letting none fall, and bears them off in triumph to the nest. The latter is of loose construction, and, alike in the woods or in cap- tivity, is laid in asmall hollow. The egg is pure white, and resembles that of a pigeon. The usual quota is from 17 to 21, and the time of hatching about 22i days. The young birds are helped out of the eggs by the parents, who, with their sharp beaks, cut off the butt or wide end, The chick then hops out, and at once begins to run about and pick up food, The infant bird is covered with a soft, striped coat of brown down, and resembles a mouse in the way it runs about and crouches in the grass. They are soon independent of the parent birds, and but for the danger from their many foes would need no protection, The watchful eye of the mother looks out for the danger, and on the slightest alarm is ready with a protecting wig, 124 All the time the hen bird is sitting the cock stands near and utters a low, soft and coaxing ery, as of a nurse “crooning” to a baby. The cock also continues this note all the time that it is sitting on the nest, Every morning the birds awake at sunrise and make the neighborhood ring with their shrill cry of Bob White or buckwheat, as some ayer it is. The morn- ing, moreover, is the only time that the birds utter this eall, for the remainder of the day keeping up an almost incessant chee-weep. Thecry of cock or hen can only be distinguished by the coarseness of the male bird’s note. Mr. Rudolph feeds his birds at an early hour, and finds that their appetites are very strong. After they have ‘‘gorged without restraint,” the quail retire into the bushes to sleep off the effects of their meal. They get very lethargic toward the middle of the day and another nap is necessary. The caged birds, although thoroughly “acclimatized,” are extremely restless, and run up and down the front of their cage all the time that they are not nesting, after the manner of captive lions. After the evening meal—for two feeds a day is their allowance—the birds retire to roost. The uncaged birds, Mr.Rudolph has observed, do not like to rest under cover, but prefer to sleep on the open ground, cruching down so low that they cannot be observed. They are hearty sleepers and cannot be easily disturbed, They never holloa at night, although if frightened in full daylight their cries are very loud, Mr. Wood states that when wild the quail sleep ina circle with their heads turned outward and their tails touching. ke In the winter Mr. Rudolph keeps his birds out in the yard, as during the warmer months, for they are exceed- ingly hardy. When in their wild state starvation, not cold, kills them, and in consequence they can be readily entrapped, for hunger makes them forget their cunning, Mr. Rudolph is confident now that he can keep any species of quail and breed them. In the near future he intends to try the experiment of placing quails’ eggs under a bantam hen, and believes that he can hatch and rear the little ones in spite of their wildness and the strange habits of the foster mother. From a commercial point of view, his secretshould be of much value to game fanciers and also to purveyors. Mr. Rudolph, however, never eats them, and, unless necessary, seldom kills any of his birds. Those he has had for three years show as good signs of living as any freshly caught birds. The young ones which he has hatched out have, in their turn, raised new broods, and no deformity is noticed in those born in captivity. Eyery new brood maintains the peculiarities, and, as far as can be observed, the hab- its, of wild birds, Their motions and manner of eating in nowise resemble chickens. A visitor sitting in Mr. Rudolph’s inclosure could shut his eyes and imagine him- self miles away, among the cornfields, far from the dust and din of town, as he hears the cheeping of the little ones and the soft, coaxing note of the father bird, Mr. Rudolph has found it impossible to tame his birds so far as to let themselves be handled. Though the quail undoubtedly Know him, they are just as shy with him as they would be in the open fields. The utmost he has been able to do is to get a hen to take a fly from his fin- gers. The young ones are equally shy, but prove them- selves very teachable, for already they will answer to his whistle, Nearly all of his birds are bald on the top of their heads. This is owing to their wildness when in cages, flying up against the bars or roof of their houses. At first, indeed, so wild were they, many of them were killed, commiting accidental suicide in that manner. Since then, however, the survivors have learned by experience and no cases of felo de se have been reported for some time past. The caged birds are otherwise as wild as if captured yester- BY. *‘At first I used to be,” said Mr. Rudolph, ‘‘much bothered about the cats, for they would do their level best to get a tender young quail for their meals. Only one cat ever got a meal off my birds,” With a signifi- cant look he shook his head and continued: ‘But I got even with them and they don’t trouble me any more. I haven’t seen a cat around here for a month.” The much-abused sparrow is another sworn foe to Mr. Rudolph’s birds, for many a young quail has succumbed to a knock on the head from those ubiquitous English- men. The mother quail are continually on the look- out and are ever ready to fly to the rescue. A local taxidermist has cleyerly stuffed a’number of . the little birds who have succumbed from these and various causes. They represent a very interesting group. It is Mr. Rudolph’s intention to procure a fine cock and hen and have them also stuffed with the brood. Sucha group is a great rarity, as, though it is very easy to pro- cure the eggs, a newly-born covey of quail is extremely hard to procure. Mr. Rudolph’s birds are all of the species known as Oriyx virginianus, or Virginia quail. It is of the same family as and differs very little from the partridge of Great Britain, except in size. Itis of a reddish brown color on the upper part of the breast, and the male bird is marked over the eyes and under the chin with white bands. In the hen these bands are of a yellowish-brown hue. The sides of the neck are brown, sprinkled with black and white, the wings are grayish brown, and the tertials are edged with stripes of a yellow-white color. In the case of his birds, Mr. Rudolph notices that many of them vary in color, some being much lighter than others. Moreover, he has observed a. growth of pure white feathers in the wings, which are regularly cut once in every three weeks, It is curious that these white feathers, which usually are seen only in the severest winters, should appear in the hot months. When Austin Whitcomb was in Kentucky last fall he secured some young quail. On his return he gave a pair to George A. Galloupe. The hen quail in due time com- menced laying and died after depositing her fifteenth egg. With commendable loyalty and devotion the male quail went on to the nest and sat there, after the most approved fashion, for four weeks, at the end of which period the substitute came off with a full count of lively young quail._—Beverly (Mass,) Citizen, The Newark, N. J., Sunday Call records. that Mr. Dayid B. Dickinson, of Lower Chatham Bridge, has again been successful in getting woodducks’ eges and raising a brood under a hen. He has been doing this for.many years, and generally the ducks fly away at the end of the season if he does not kill them for specimens, FOREST AND STREAM. SOME HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS. {fess week, while making some repairs, I found the nest of an English sparrow built directly in the gutter on the eave of my house. The gutter is a tin swinging gutter, and at that point the shingle ends pro- jected well down into it. I found at the bottom the nest constructed of coarse material, splinters of wood, weeds, etc., through which the water could readily run, A large mass was used, and the nest proper was far back under the shingles and up above the water flow, and was made of fine closely compacted and cemented material. The pond on my Jand has been frequently drained of water, which passed into a hole near the bottom and ran thence through a tunnel to the creek more than 200yds. away. This tunnel was made by muskrats, and it passed under a hill the surface of which at one point must be at least 15ft. above the tunnel. Now the questions are, how could the muskrat engineer and make such a tunnel, and what prompted the sparrow to so construct the nest as to avoid the flow of water in the gutter—reason oe Tet KENTUCKY. . HEN AND KiTTEN.—Editor Wm. Seavy, of the Pulaski, Va., News, sends us this item, for the truthfulness of which the News vouches: The little eight-year-old son of Harry Alexander has a hen at his home in Newbern that is taking care of a young kitten in place of a brood of chickens, and is apparently as fond and proud of it as though it were a young chick, The boy found biddy sit- ting on her nest in the barn, and putting his hand beneath her to see what she was covering was surprised to find the kitten. The foster mother was very indignant and vexed when her little charge was temporarily removed, and pecked viciously at the boy’s hand when he removed it. It was returned to the nest. It is supposed some cat had taken her young offspring to the nest for safety and the hen insisted on taking it in charge, There is no accounting for the strange freak taken now and then by some animals in adopting and caring for the young of some other species. A BLACK WoopcHUcK.—Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 26.— Tuesday, Aug. 25, I was shown a jet black woodchuck or ground hog, which had been killed that same morning in Bradford county, Pa., and which fine animal I pur- chased to be mounted for my collection of mammals. The animal is not large for a woodchuck, but appears to be several years old, judging by the toughness of the mus- cles, etc, It makes the impression at first sight of a cub bear. The beautiful gloss of its hair, however, attracts attention at once. On each side of the animal’s head is a large spot of dark chestnut brown, front part of muz- zle or mouth is whitish, forming a circle of about one inch diameter. All the rest of the body is as black as black can be, and its back vies with the sheen of mink or otter.—AUGUST KoocH, Game Bag and Guy. THE FULL TEXTS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. TWO WEEKS OUT OF PURGATORY. HURSDAY, Oct, 30.—After wakefully sleeping all night on the cars, we had a couple of hoursin Boston for breakfast at Young’s before taking the 9 A. M. train to Portland. Lunched at the Union Depot, where two ebony sharks unsuccessfully attempted to magnify a 70 cent @ la carte into a $1 table d@’hodte. Leaving Portland and its ungenerate blacks at 1:15 P. M., reached Leeds Junetion at 3 P. M,, and Farmington at 5 o’clock, where we took a narrow-gauge car for Strong. It is said to be impossible in northern Maine to maintain a track wider than 2ft., owing to the severity of the winters, which will contract a 4ft, 83in. road into narrow gauge after a single season. From Strong another little wood-burning locomotive kept showering stars into the night till it landed us at Kingfield at 7 P. M. Supper ended at the country hotel, we negotiated with the stage owner fora special rig to Smith’s Farm next day. From Portland, and even from Boston, the country had taken on the Down-East look, and all things discovered Yankeedom, from the train men with their broad A’s and eternal guessing to the omnipresent mince pie; but this stage owner was the first native with whom we had to wrestle ina bargain. Having agreed to carry us to Stratton, it took him half an hour more to fix, or rather tell us the price. Repeated requests for the information were answered evasively, and twice the direct question about price arrested him just as he was slinking through the door. Finally after a supreme effort he named a reason- able,figure, and we parted with him for the night. Friday, Oct. 31.—By 7:30 A. M. we were in a two-horse conveyance bound for Stratton. A hearty young Blue Nose occupied the fourth seat, while the place of the driver was filled by a most independent and remarkable youngster of a baker’s dozen years of age, who took the responsibility of bringing us over twenty-eight miles of rough road. The Nova Scotian with his coporeal laugh was an interesting and amusing traveling companion, who as much deserves a full-length portrait as did Thor- eau’s Canadian; his indelicate handling but thorough appreciation of a cigarette were alone a rich study in contrast. On the right hand side of the road from Kingfield and above the neighboring hills rose the snow-covered crest of Mt, Bigelow, a glorious and impressive sight. Espe- cially was it to be remembered as we had been riding through a desolate stretch of. burnt land, bare of eyvery- thing but charred stubs standing in their blackness. Saturday, Nov, 1.—The baggage with driver on a buck- board, one of the party horseback and the other and two guides afoot, we reached Tim Pond, seyen miles distant, by noon. The camp consists of twelve log cabins clus- tered on a low knoll a couple of hundred feet from the east end of the pond, and around the cabins is a cleared space of two or three acres, edged with the original for- est, The main body of the pond lying in front of the camp is roughly rectangular in shape and about half a mile long by three-eighths of a mile wide, Toward the southeast four miles away is Kennebago Mountain, and between it and the pond is a4 double range of hills called: [SEPT. 3, 1891. the South and Southwest Ridge a mile or more distant. Across the pond is Black Mountain, looking like a reclin- ing elephant, and at the west is Maple Hill. The strip of flat ground around the pond a mile or so wide is swampy in places, and as we found later most abominable travel- ing. Around the shore, in stretches hundreds of yards long, is an embankment looking for all the world like an artificial leyee. After lunch we went out for afew hours, bringing home mental photographs of deer tracks, one partridge and four appetites, The day ended in the log cabin, basking and blinking in the yellow fire light. The cabin of logs is about 15x 2O0ft. in size, with split cedar shingles laid nearest the sky. A piazza roof keeps the rain off the wash-room, which is open on three sides and floored with a bit of the earth’s crust. Within the hut is sheathed with boards, and at the east end are two beds separated by a narrow passageway, a second floor five feet up, laid half across the cabin, forming a sort of attic for baggage, At the southwest end of the room is an open fireplace 5ft, broad and 3 deep, arched at the top. The gray stones roughly set in coarse mortar are built into an irregular square chimney, which rises a couple of feet above the ridge pole. The hearth bottom is of large flat rocks, making a space 6%3ft. for the embers to roll oufiupon, The surfaceof the chimney stones is unevenly darkened by the smoke escaping through holes in the flue. The flames rise through a sooty hemisphere black as the dome of night, and now and then a vagrant spark striking the tindery surface wakes up a host of bright little devils, who, unaffrighted by the rusty old firedogs, scamper about in their golden night shirts till the mother imp puts them to bed again. The blazing logs light up the cabin, and an occasional damp chunk sizzling in imi- tation of the quiet kettle’s voice pleasantly relieves the stillness, Comfort and content now cover us as thickly as will the heavy bed quilts a little later on, and but for the sword of departure that must fall next week we could dream away the evening hours with no intrusive thought of shop or any outer world activity. The woodpile blocks up the end of the room on both sides of the chimney, a couple of cords of potential warmth that will minister to rest and indolence. A reclining canvas chair of primi- tive construction, which proves the science of comfort to be an universal and intuitive knowledge, brings to the occupant mixed visions of the remote past and to-mor- row’s possible luck. Sunday, Nov. 2.—Mac started for Beaver Bog and did not get there. but was home by nightfall in a condition approximating to physical collapse. This is a record of a pleasure trip, so no account will be given of his first Beaver Bog adventure, which for him shall live only in bitter memory. I went to the west end of Black Moun- tain, cruised around a while in a snow flurry and then crossed the 7-Ponds road to a deserted cabin, where “Obiter Dicta” and a Police Gazette were found molder- ing away together in a single grave and exhibiting no more antagonism that Messrs, Birrell and Fox would ex- hibit under like post-mortem circumstances. Crossing Alder Stream we ascended a hill, and on the way bagged almost half a dozen partridges, of which G. shot five. While we were sitting on the hill the afternoon passed with unconscionable slowness, for every minute of the two hours’ watch brought new unhappiness to a bod that would have shivered to pieces had it not been stiff. ened and solidified by cold. At half-past three, when the guide was timed to reappear, heard a slight noise in the woods, which was followed a moment later by a sound, the like of which I had never before listened to. The first thought was that the guide was dangerously amusing himself at my expense, so I didn’t raise my rifle, Then I perceived a pair of tall gray ears through the trees, and concluded that a wild jackass had come within range, but as we were not after that sort of venison I still keptthe gun lowered, taking the precaution, however, to raise the hammer in case the visitor should become belligerent. Finally a short tail switched a few feet behind the ears and proved the owner of the whistling bray to be a small deer standing head on, Quickly overestimating the dis- tance about 500 per cent, I fired three shots at a spot a foot or more higher than where the head of this strange creature was indistinctly seen. A mountain ash shat- tered 8ft. above the deer tracks showed that the powder was good and the aim (for the ash) was true. When we got to camp it was mildly suggested that a good hunter would not confound a jackass,a guide and a whistling deer, but then first impressions sometimes fool us, as Balaam found out longago. Monday, Nov, 3.—Leaving Mac loafing about the camp I started on the Beaver Bog trail, went around Maple Hill, and then up toward Black Mountain, where I watched for an hour or two. Sitting on the hillside this cold, still afternoon, it required a constant effort of will to keep eye and ear attentive to the signs of deer, for the quiet woodland prospect, enlivened only by the quick antics of the squirrels and the modest ways of the little mice, induced rather to reyery and nearby observation, The forest here is rough and wild, the evergreens mostly scrawny black spruces, with some balsams, a. few hem- locks, and occasionally a white cedar, the hard woods being beech, maple and birch. In the open country nearer the farm lands are found second growth white and yellow (?) pines; and itis there the two varieties of spruces intermingle their green and glaucous leaves most effectively. These and the pines are lightened up by groves of tamarack, whose salmon yellow fall foliage re- placing their soft green summer covering will soon dis- appear and leave them in their bare ugliness. But all these sights were left at Stratton. On this cold hillside the colors are fit only for a winter lanscape. The ashen sky tones with the gray lace work of impending branches and their coverlids of snow, while nearer the earth, boles of spruce, rock maple and yellow birch deepen the general coloring. The deciduous trees have shed their leaves and the silhouettes of the branches plainly mark the different species. Now a few leaves only re- main on little 2ft. maple saplings, which ciing to their possessions as if doubtful of the coming of another spring. It may be, however, that these infant maples are only copying the fault of a neighboring beech without know- ing that they must ultimately give way to the Jaw of their inherited nature. The mice and squirrels are about, and occasionally lesser animations come in view: a belated moth looking for a yellow leaf to match its wings, that it may die in a harmony of color, and close behind comes a shrunk mosquito blue with cold, But the guide returns from his detour around the hill, ~~ 7 FW a i . i. - A =C—— ae _ for the place at once. -this a “bluff.” Supt, 8, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 125 and his too evident breaking of twigs, not to mention a very human but very artificial cough permits only a momentary belief that he is edible and worth shooting at. Tuesday, Nov. 4.—As our bodies this morning showed signs of rebelling against this unaccustomed way of life, we decided to give them a day of rest, and sent the guides off to get meat for camp. G. returned by noon, hav- ing shot two buck caribou within a mile of the pond, so, of course, all indisposition vanished and we started The caribou lay where they fell, and were the center of a perfect hunting scene. While they were being resolved into a transportable state I foraged for fuel over the picturesque neighborhood, and soon had a fire blazing at the foot of a big birch, Mac in the meantime sat on a fallen tree with pipe in mouth and, for aught'I know, was in communion cheek by jowl with the familiar spirit of the place, His easy attitude and benignant face expressed a placid interest in all about him, while the incense of the nicotian weed wafted gently upward toward Diana’s nose, The records of the hunt, the mossy forest floor and the big trees near at hand called “‘As You Like It” to his mind, though he did not say who figured as Rosalind in his imagination, In this new forest of Aden we spent the middle part of the day, and with lunch swallowed large drafts of Sooshong tea and sylvan beauty. W. traveled all day without seeing anything, getting home at 8 P. M. with his much dilapidated trousers, and would have had to lie out all night but for birch-bark torches, blazed trees and sigual shots fired at camp. Wednesday, Nov. 5,—Spent the morning lugging in the caribou over three-quarters of a mile of rough and Swampy trail, and after lunch all started up Seven- Ponds buckboard road, G. and I followed north on partridge track and got one, then crossed to south of road and waiched for deer a while. Mac went further along and waited, while W. circled to the north. They saw a bear track made within a day or two, Reached camp at 4:30 P. M. Thursday, Nov. 6.—Got away at 7:15 A. M. and went about a mile from the pond up the South Ridge, where we watched a little distance apart for four hours, but saw nothing bigger than a squirrel. G., however, got a young buck deer, about half a mile west of us. The dropping of water, ice and lumps of snow from the trees was continuous, and each new sound suggested venison; but none came within sight or ken, The snow gobs and icicles falling on the wet snow made every conceivable intaglio, resembling the footprints of all sorts of uncre- ated and impossible beasts, from monopeds to multipeds, not to mention a yariety of winged and amphibious things, G. and I brought in the deer over some two miles of no path at all, swamps and thickets alternating in very displeasing variety. Found Mac hunting an elu- sive musquash, which he got after scaring it to death with several pounds of ammunition. A saddle of caribou (much like deer, but coarser) for dinner restored wasted tissue, [CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK. | CHICAGO AND THE WEST. HICAGO, Iil,, Aug. 25.—Mr. W. R. Boyle, otherwise “Billy” Boyle, otherwise the proprietor of the Eng- lish chop house where they formerly served illegal prai- rie_chickens—note the past tense—now wears a heavy pall of gloom on his noble brow. Mr. Boyle will not speak to a shooter. Mr. Boyle is angry, fairly boiling over, 50 to speak. He doesn’t think sportsmen ought to eat prairie chickens and ducks at his place and then “give it away.” ‘‘That ain't right,” says Mr. Boyle. It is a little tough for Mr. Boyle. Mr. Boyle wanted to fight his case, and as it was about the clearest case in the lot of those discovered in the late raids, the opposition gladly accommodated him, Then he wanted his case continued, and again he was accom- modated, Yesterday morning was the final day set for trial. Mr. Low, the sportsmen’s attorney, was ready, and so were Mr. Donald, Mr. Harryman and myself, the wit- nesses in this case. Mr, Boyle’s attorney wanted another continuance, because his wife was still sick and because Mr. Boyle was probably in Indiana. ‘To this Mr. Low ob- jected, and claimed a forfeiture of the $200 cost bond filed with the first continuance. Justice White declared the bond forfeited. This $200 now stands a debt against Mr. Boyle’s property. If he chooses to step up and pay his fine and costs, he can avoid the remainder of the $200, If the justice consents to set aside the forfeiture and hear evidence, he could, prosecution being willing, get his case into court again. He can also go to a higher court with it, in which case he will only lose more money. Mr, Boyle would better pay his fine. Also, he would better not sell any more illegal game. We have now five straight cases against Rector’s res- taurant besides the case in which I would be only a. soli- tary witness and which would not be so strong legally as those in which two or three witnesses were on hand. Mr. Rector will get his foot in about $180 worth this time, in all probability. A friend of mine tried Kern’s restaurant yesterday for _ prairie chicken. The waiter sized him up carefully and asked him, ‘‘Do you see it on the bill of fare ?” “No, I don’t see it there,” said my friend and emis- sary. “Then we don’t got it,” said the waiter with a grieved, pained sort of look. _ Mr. Kern has not yet told the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association where he, or his steward more properly, bought those six prairie chickens that he had. He has said that “the might do that,” but he hasn’t done it. Now, Mr. Kern is, or has been supposed to be, and has posed to be, a prominent sportsman and devoted to true sports- manship. If he is loyal to his professions, why has he not vindicated himself? Why has he not washed his hands? Why has he not told where these birds were purchased? This action of his has hurt him with some of the old standbys of the Association. I know what I am talking about when I say that the talk against him is growing stronger. Two cases against Mr. Kern ‘remain untried. I chink I state absolute facts when I say that these cases will be pushed unless Mr, Kern divulges where those birds were purchased. Mr, Kern will think He will be mistaken, He has gotten out of this too easily, so people think since his silence about the game market, We want South Water street worse than we want Mr, Kern, : There was tall in this town here lately about a motion made in the Illinois State Sportsmen’s convention three or four years ago, a motion said to have been seconded, The motion was passed. It forever disbarred from the Association contests any man convicted of an offense against the This was the popular statement of it, and the talk became general that Mr. Chas. Kern, ex-presi- dent of the State Association, president of the Audubon Club, etc., ete., ete., would therefore be barred from the or at least supported by Mr. Chas. Kern. game laws. privileges of the Association tournaments. Mr, Kern is so barred to-day. OF course in a matter of this kind the only thing to do I went to Mr, Shepard, secretary “There never was any such motion made,” said he, Then lasked him to find the records for 1888 and 1889. Meantime I was to go the records, of the Association, and put the question to him. asked Mr. W, N, Low about this same motion, “Yes, sir,” said Mr. Low very positively, ‘‘there was such a motion made, and I know it, becatise I made it. I don’t remember who seconded it, but it was passed, That was the year when Roll Organ was president. The records ought to show this. Mr. Shepard showed me the records for 1888, and they They did mention that the president’s address was omitted, and that in a stirring The I dare not say they held no account of this motion. speech Mr. Low denounced the game law violators. records may or may not be correct, are not, for if that Insinuation should reach Mr. Shepard he would simply fall dead of horror. Mr, Shepard did not have the transcript for the con- vention of 1889, but he did have the original notes, and in them he showed me the following: “Moved by Mr, Sheahan and seconded, that any mem- ber having been found guilty of violating the game laws be barred from all privileges of this Association. Carried,” This was June 4, 1889, the year Mr. Low was president. This is exactly how the record stands. It is official, whether explicit or not. that right now, without further action, Mr. Chas. Kern, ex-president of the State Association, etc., etc., can not compete in a tournament sweepstakes here next June. He can not vote in the convention. any ringing speeches there. He isn’t in it. Of course, Mr, Kern has plenty of friends in the Association, They will smooth this all up. They will accepthis alibi. They They will rescind the above ob- And thereby they will satisfy the will get him back in. noxious motion, Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association, and will put it on record to the exact contrary of the above motion. will be very nice, It is not of record that Mr, Kern made a speech. I like my old friend, Col. Bond, the king of the Chicago game dealers, because I can always go down and have a pleasant time with him and learn a lot about where illegal game is not sold, and a lot about the virtues of those good men. the game dealers. Besides, the Colonel is pretty clever and pleasant anyhow. Last winter I published several letters from him, until he began to mark them ‘‘Not for publication.” This morning I got another letter from him, which reads as follows: If you have leisure I would like to have you call on measI want to talk with you. I inclose a letter for your perusal. I have many of such tenor, The letter which the Colonel mentions has the signature carefully torn off, but I give it unchanged elsewhere, as it may give a pointer to some sportsman who wants some good chicken shooting. It reads: JOHNSTOWN, Neb., Aug, 19.—Messrs. Bond & Whitcomb, Chi- cago, Ill.; Dear Sirs—It will be lawful to handle all kinds of game in this State after the lst of September. Can you handle grouse and chickens there? The prospects are fayorable for a good trade here; but if we can’t sell in Chicago will have to ship further past: Please give Me prices on yenison dried. Yours respect- ully, —— TL don’t know what the Colonel wants to see me about. Maybe he wants to explain again that if Chicago doesn’t handle illegal game, New York and Boston will. This, of course, makes it all right for Chicago to do so. I will go down and see my pleasant friend pretty soon and find out what is troubling his mind, It can’t be the new game warden, or perhaps these new restaurant cases. Evanston Gun- Club performed a novel act of justice lately. It found a citizen who had killed nine prairie chickens illegally. The club told him it proposed to enter suit. The citizen was a pretty decent sort of a fellow, and he just compromised the suit by paying $45 into the hands of the club treasury! This is certainly a trifle unique. They caught another fellow killing prairie chickens out that way not long ago, and took him before a justice, who asked him what defense he had to make, “I never killed no chickens, judge,” said the prisoner, “{ only killed two meadow larks that these fellers t’ought was chickens,” “Ten dollars and costs!” roared the justice; and till to- day the culprit in the case, who didn’t know that larks are protected, thinks he was a victim of misplaced confidence, To-day I learn that State Warden Buck sent two lady detectives to Wm. Werner’s restaurant for illegal prairie chickens. That was last week. They reported themselves unable to buy any, which many of Billy Werner's friends will be glad to hear. A typical letter of the sort I am getting about now is the following from Mr. Ray Tompkins, of Elmira, N, Y., which reads: Last year I asked youfor some advice, followed it out and had the best of sport. I visited many lakes north of Trout Lake, Wis., and found all the fishing I wanted. For one who is willing to take his pack on his back and throw back what fish are not necessary toni existence, this region will furnish all the sport he may wish. Now Lam after more advice. I hope to make a trip west to Deyil’s Lake, Dakota, after ducks and geese in October, and I want to know if I can get some chicken shooting without going far from my way. I note by yesterday’s FOREST AND STREAM you speak of the region about Deyil’s Lake as being good. Are you assured if this is so? From Devil’s Lake, after a week or ten days’ shooting, | want to go from Hallock or Crookston into Minnesota after big game. Do you know of any people in either of those places who could guide me or advise me afterI got there? Anything you will write me will be greatly appreciated. Would it pay me to take my dogs so far for chickens? I never was at Devil’s Lake, Last fall I heard of many shooters going further west than that for geese, but should think that one who had never had better shooting would believe the goose and duck shooting still possible there the best on earth, The Turtle Mountain Compare this record with that of Justice White’s police court, and it is needless to say He can not make That region, north of there, was reported good last year for sharp-tailed grouse, Personally I can not speak for it. If Mr. Tompkins, and everybody else, will write to Mr. C. D. Gammon, 139 N. Des Plaines street, Chicago, and to Mr. Geo. T, Farmer, Rookery Building, Chicago, they will strike mighty cleyer men who have shot all through that country and know it well. I take the liberty of giving their addresses publicly, because I want to make them a whole lot of trouble which after all they will probably enjoy, They are pretty near decent men, both of them. I bear in mind that they reported last fall that the Devil’s Lake country was unpleasant from the fact that hotel men, teamsters and farmers were all rank robbers—$10 a day for a team, and that sort of thing, This is worth investigating, I should think it safest and wisest to take one’s dogs in with him. Then he is all ready, provided the dogs are any good. By October, however, even in this lower lati- tude, the grouse are all packed, and do not lie close to the dog. When a dog is to be used at all, it is best to take one along if possible. What is the fun in hunting over another fellow’s dog? At Hallock or Crookston I konw no one to whom I could direct a sportsman. Mr, Chas. Hallock, that emi- nent sportsman after whom this town was named, has within the past three years said that the great Roseau Swamp, east of that place, contained abundance of deer and some elk and moose. Will some reader from that section respond? Mr. Merrill, of Milwaukee, has gone to Andover, S, D., for his chicken shooting. This is on the Hastings & Da- cota division of the St, Paul Railway. Mr. Merrill says the shooting is good all the way from Ortonville, Minn., to Fargo, Dakota. Harlier in the season, while having some dogs trained, Mr. Merrill found birds very abundant at Stuart, Minn, He found 25 coveys in one day. Mr. C,§, Burton to-day told me he had just talked with aman from Neche station on the Great Northern Rail- way, N. D., and the latter said that he had never seen so many birds as there were this year around that place, Mr. Burton is a shooter and this should be reliable, as his friends would not misinform him. Mr. W. L. Shepard starts next week for chicken shoot- ing near Volga, 8. D. This point [have mentioned earlier, Mr. Burton and party will make their annual trip to northwestern Minnesota within a week or so. They will zo to Detroit Lake possibly. Mr, Alex. T, Loyd and R. R. Donnely, accompanied this year by Mr. F, R. Bissell and one or two others per- haps, will this fall make their regular chicken trip, start- ing this week, probably for Stuart City and Detroit, They talked of Tracy, much further south, but fear dry- ness there. Shooters should be careful where they go in northwest- ern Minnesota this fall, for there has been considerable drought in some sections. A letter received to-day from F,. A. Pheatt, an old wapper of Dalton, Minn., gives the following blue report: “1 thought I would let you know how the local ducks are and what the prospects are for shooting. There are no ducks, mo game of any kind so far, and if we don’t have rain before long, and lots of it, I don’t look for any shooting this fall to amount to anything. Everything is dried up, what wasn’t last year is this, and is so hard that there are no plover in the country. I never knew game so scarce as this fall so far.” I do not learn that this is general, and have heard that in Dakota the season has been favorable. The crop re- ports indicate good game weather. EK. Houes, THE SAFETY OF HAMMERLESS GUNS. Hidvior Forest and Stream: In your last number I notice *‘Hints in Handling Guns,” which are good. One sentence struck me as peculiar: ‘‘Hammerless guns are a constant danger to persons boat- ing.” I have hunted ducks and shot at them a good many times from a boat, and have used and been in com- pany with persons who used hammerless guns for years and never had an accident, nor did any of the numerous friends using these guns while in my company have one. On the other hand, with people using hammer guns the case has been entirely different, and memory recalls many hair-breadth escapes and some serious accidents, and also some deaths occurring from the use of hammer guns, which could-not have occurred had a hammerless been used, A hammerless gun is far more safe than any make of gun with hammers, and if properly constructed with a good “‘block safety” there is no possible danger of shoot- ing your friends or yourself; and if no “block safety” is used, there is not near the danger of accidents in using a hammerless that there is in one with ‘“‘dog ears.” When two people are in the boatand you are going to the shooting ground allow only one gun to be loaded after the parties have taken their places, one of them facing the bow, the other to use oars or paddle. When the place designed to shoot over is reached, remove the shells, set out four de- coys, assume your places, and if shooting from a boat face each other, and never swing your gun over your companion’s head, nor around in front of him, but let each do his shooting from the right side as you face each other, and my word for it no one will be harmed. The writer has been in this position and seen his companion kill thirty ducks when not three fell to his gun. But how was it when the setting sun was sinking in the west- ern horizon and the ducks were returning to the ‘‘mash*’? Then my companion could sit and watch me kill or mits them the same as I did him during the morning flights, HAMMERLESS. OAZENOVIA, N. Y. THE WEEDSPORT ROD AND GUN CLUB has been organ- ized at Weedsport, N. Y., with these officers: President, Dr. Haskall; Vice-President, B. J. Hoyt; Secretary and Treasurer, EK. L, Benedict; Directors—H. A. Stevens, Geo. Stickle, J. I. Weed, C. F. Brooks, A. Stickle. The club proposes to see that the game laws are enforced, They will occasionally hold social meetings and target shoots. SPORTSMEN ATTENTION !—If you want fine sport and plenty of feathered game, go to northern Iowa. The shooting is excellent and you cannot fail to enjoy the trip, Or if you desire to go a little further, the prairie and lake region of Minnesota is equally ood for both fish and game, and the distance not much greater. oth are reached by the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway, the leading line for sportsmen and tourists between Chicago and the Northwest, as well as the West and Southwest, and a favorite route with all who bave traveled overit, Tourist tickets now on sale, For any further information call on or address Ff, H. Lorp, eT Passenger and Ticket Agent, Phenix Building, Chicago, — Dy 126 FOREST AND STREAM. [SEpT, 3, 1891, fi \aets open season on partridge, or ruffed grouse, began on Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, The open season on woodcock also began on the same day in Maine and New Hamshire, but in Ver- mont the open season on that bird began on Aug. 15, Mr. J. O. Frost, of the flour trade, and very well known all over New England, lives on a fine farm in southern Vermont. He dearly loves to shoot, and likes better still to nave his friends enjoy a good shoot. He livesina good partridge section, and usually there are some birds to be had; but this year he tells me that he has not seen a single flock. He remarks that there ought to be some partridges in the woods about his place. By special sta- tute, enacted in 1890, dogs are prohibited for hunting grouse in the State of Vermont. See Book of the Game Laws (Forest and Stream Publishing Co.), W.4H. Coggin, salesman with Dwinell, Hayward & Co., well known in the New England coffee trade, has just re- turned from his vacation trip. He has been absent two weeks. With his brother-in-law, W, H. Doan, he hired a cottage at Northport, Me, just out of Belfast Bay. SereG itor tata Mra. Coggin and her sisser, Miss Ella F. Doan, were in the party to make it complete. They went fishing every day, when the weather would permit, and it was gener- ally fine, They were there for fishing. It was mackerel this year that they caught, instead of pickerel and bass in the Hampden Pond, as last year, One morning they made a catch of 42 mackerel, the ladies greatly enjoying the sport. They had always enough for the table, The fishermen in that section had a good deal to say about “trow bait.” They had it. It was clams chopped up, and when kept for several days in warm weather, it was fit to b2 ealled any sort of bait, except sweet-smelling. This ‘‘trow bait” would insure the fishermen a plenty of mackerel almost any morning. One morning the Coggin party decided to try it, hey hired the owner of the ‘“*trow bait” to scatter it plentifully over the surface of the sea, as was his wont. Then they all fell to fishing, but without a blessed mackerel, after a two hours’ trial. They sent the owner of ‘“‘trow bait” home, and did not ask for his services again, A peculiar attraction to be shown at the Eastern Maine Fair, in Bangor, in a few days, isa pair of tame moose, found and captured by one Burgoin, near the Hunt farm, in the vicinity of Mattawamkeag. Camp Leatherstocking is completed, on the knoll known as Cherrytree Point, just below Camp Stewart, at the upper end of Richardson Lake, Me. This camp is the property of Mr. N. G. Manson, Jr., of the firm of Bellows & Manson, of the Boston iron trade. O. W. Cutting, the well-known guide and camp cook, has been master builder. It is said that the camp isa beauty. Dr. Haven of Boston is to build a fine camp on the green island that divides the West Arm from the upper end of Richardson Lake. He will build this winter. Such is the march of improvement, A few years more, and like the Adiron- dacks, the Rangeleys will be lined with beautiful cottages and camps, costing up into the thousands of dollars. SPECIAL, WAYS OF THE RUFFED GROUSE. NE day while out shooting among the Glenville Hills, I was walking ina path ashort distance from the top of one of the sides of a deep gorge that ran among them. After going some distance I had stopped at a point where the path wound abruptly round the hill, and I stood looking down into the gulf below. From this point I had a magnificent view of the varied foliage, and caught glimpses of the pebbly stream that flowed through its whole length. Behind me the tall pines and hemlocks threw a sombre shade over the scene. Their tops sway- ing and roaring with the wind brought to my mind the words of Bulwer Lytton: “The dim forests awful with the roar of pines.” Finally I turned to resume my walk, and as I did so I cast my eyes upward and there upon a plateau cov- ered with moss, that projected nearly over me, stood a ruffed grouse looking intently down upon me. He was 12ft. from me, as l afterward measured it. He was partly turned sideways, with his neck arched and head bent down, and madea beautiful picture with a background of evergreen, He remained motionless, as I did also for above a half minute, when he slowly turned and was quickly lost to sight, This was the closest I remember ever to have been to this wild bird in his native state, when seen, I have pest closer to one, but then TI did not know it until he ew. This bird had heard me walking, and his curiosity had prompted him to come to the edge and look down to dis- cover the cause of the noise. Perceiving that my back was toward him he knew I could not see him, and so had remained; perhaps he had not seen enough of me to sat- isfy him, and when I turned round he knew I could not reach him from the lay of the ground. He probably had never been shot at, and knew nothing of the killing power of the gun which I held in my hand or of man’s ability to harm at a distance. There is a possibility also that this bird had neyer eyen seen a man, although this is hardly probable. DORP. SOHENECTADY, N. Y. WILD RICE, HICAGO.—Mr, F, A. Howe, a prominent member of the Tolleston Club, one of Chicago’s most esteemed sportsmen, one of the thoughtful and investigating sort, AMONG THE WiILDPFOWL.—I. “Just As THEY WERE WaHopn I Took THEM,” told me something which will be of interest toa great many owning duck preserves. “J can. tell you something about wild rice,” said Mr, Howe, “something just the contrary of what you would expect. You would naturally think, wouldn’t you, that, as the rice gets ripe and naturally falls off into the water during the fall, the fall would be the natural season for planting wild riceif you wanted it to grow to the best advantage? Well, it isn’t. I know it has always been thought to be, but our experience at Tolleston Club this year doesn’t show that to be true. “We got twenty-five bushels of wild rice last fall and sowed twenty bushels of it the best we knew how. It did poorly; indeed the experiment was practically a fail- ure. This spring we took our remaining five bushels and sowed it, and the result is simply amazing. I believe we have 200 acres of wild rics now, and I never saw a heav- ier growth. The stalks are 8ft, high and as wide as your two fingers in some instances. We blundered into it, but we now have wild rice in abundance on Tolleston marsh, and it was this spring’s sowing that did it. When the marsh was dry the cattle killed off the original marsh growth. We now have a dam which holds the water at ) proper stage, and I think we have solved the question of wild rice feed for our ducks.” HK. Houes. AN APPEAL TO COLORADO SPORTSMEN,—Denver, Aug. 21.—To Members of the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen’s Association and All True Sportsmen: As you are aware, our Association sectired through the Highth General As- sembly the appointment of a same and fish commissioner, three district game wardens and and six deputy wardens. Our State Auditor now informs us that there are no funds for the payment of salaries or expenses of the fish and game wardens, in prosecuting violators of the game laws. It is thought that by the last of October there will be an abundance of money to cover these expenses; but now is the critical period; giant powder is being freely used; hun- dreds upon hundreds of deer and elk are being wantonly slaughtered for their hides, and these violations are only suffered to go unpunished by reason of the temporary scarcity of State funds. In this exigency I believe it incum- bent upon us as sportsmen, to fillin the gap. Betwen $200 and $300 are necessary at once. The money will beturned over to Commissioner Land, accompanied by the name of each subscriber, The assessment which I now make is fifty cents per capita, for each member of the Asso- ciation; this is a very trifling amount compared with the immense good which I promise you will be done with the money. Respond promptly and generously. Remit to me post office order, or postal note, to 1227 17th street, Den- yer. Yours truly, C. M. Hampson, President R. M, 8. A. KaEntTucky.—Shelbyville, Aug, 18.—Although the sea- son has been rather wet, quail appear to be plentiful in the stubble and similar cover, and had 1 the time I could have rare sport. It would besomewhat marred, though, by haying to lug around the 9ilbs. of my 12-gauge. Who will trade me a feather-weight small-bore forit? Quail isabout the only game to befound here, Rabbits are plentiful, but no bird hunter will shoot rabbits, because too heavy to carry and not of much yalue to the table; but they are eagerly hunted by the negroes, who often depend on them as their only meat supply.—J. 8. M. InpiaAwa,—Fremont, Ind., Aug. 18.—I would like to offer a suggestion, thatmore of the readers of your paper would keep a memorandum of each day’s shooting, giv- ing an account of eachshot and description of the ground covered each day, etc., etc., and send a copy of the same to your paper at least onceeach month. We have prairie chicken in this county and the county west and north of us, Partridges and quail are more more plenty than they have beenfor many years. A great many of the farmers object to hunting on their premises. I noticed the fre- quent mention in FoREST AND STREAM of Arctic owls being killed during the last winter, I send you by pres- ent mail photos of a pair which I secured last December, Two others were killed in this county in the same month.—Mo, MIssOURI PRAIRIn CHICKHNS.—Alexandria, Mo.—The open season for grouse shooting here in Missouri begins Aug. 1, and on that date and for a week or so following there is a general slaughter of these splendid game birds, City hunters come out and camp, and inyade stubble fields and pastures and shoot most every grouse that they find. Some savage sportsmen even shoot grouse several days before the law is out, thus getting in their cowardly work ahead of sportsmen who observe the law. I think the law is very imperfect as to date. On Aug. 15 in this latitude these birds are about two-thirds grown, and fall easy victims to wholesale shooters. Let the open season begin with December and end about Feb 15. This will give those birds a chance to regain their numbers and to continue with us.—JASPER BLINES. THE StoRM oF Last WEEK brought the shore birds out in force along the Long Island and New Jersey coast shooting grounds. Sea and River Sishing. “ON THE .NORTH SHORE.”’ OMMENTING on Mr. Starbuck's series of North Shore trouting experiences, ‘‘Podgers” writes: I want to express my thanks to your valuable correspondent Mr, Alex. Starbuck for setting at rest a long-cherished idea that I could some day indulge in an outing on the shores of Lake Superior. I have read very attentively that gentleman’s interesting articles on his experiences in that region, and have come to the conclusion that I shall not undertake any similar expedition in that direction. I confess to a great disappointment in its resources, to say nothing of its climatic features, and especially as regards its fishing inducements. [ am no tenderfoot, and can endure much that is disagreeable if there is a reasonable compensation in the way of sport for rod and reel. From Mr, Starbuck’s relation he appears to have enjoyed a maximum of storms, bad weather and discomforts with a minimum of good fishing, and after the facilities and grand sport the waters of Canada afford, a trip to the shores of the western lakes seems to be goime much fur- ther and faring a great deal worse. In fact there is sel- dom any worse at all in Canada fishing, Mr. Starbuck has dispelled the cherished illusions I have had of the field for fishermen in the Far West. I know of fishing grounds to be reached in a palace car within twenty-five hours of New York, where more trout and larger ones can be landed in one, or say two days’ fishine than Mr, Starbuck claims in his whole trip, to say nothing of his discomforts and the expense. There is ever a great charm in roughing it and encoun- tering a certain amount of hardship in such an expe- dition, and also a charm in wild scenery, all of which I fully appreciate; but I want something else; I want fish, and plenty of them, without which adjunct it is like a dish without seasoning. Beautiful lakes, waterfalls, rushing rivers, fill the sentimental part, but I want to fill the creel as well. Sentiment and love of nature plays its part, but however beautiful the sparkling waters of a lake, the clear rushing torrent of a river, if there are no fish I want to moyeon. In Canada the lakes are beauti- ful, the rivers rush and foam, the scenery is fine and go is the fishing. We get cart loads of sentiment and a basketful of big fish at the same time. Sentiment and fish harmonize when the fish are in it. I am not in it when the fish are omitted. 5 . ; oe ao be a Supr, 3, 1891,] - FOREST AND STREAM 127 Tt is quite likely that Mr, Starbuck won't thank me for my sympathy, and no doubt he enjoyed his trip and is well satisfied with it; but to my mind there was too much discomfort, too much rain, too much rough water, and too much “‘Ingin” in it, and too few fish for real right down enjoyment. Such an accomplished sportsman de- serves better luck. I hope Mr, Starbuck will come east some day and try Canada, where he will find a great field for exploration, where the foot of white man has never trod, lakes and streams galore that have never known a fly upon their bosoms. He can, too, indulge in his pen- chant for Indians, but they are all good Indians, suffi- ciently civilized to recognize a fair quantity of fire water, but not given to “ways that are dark and tricks that are vain,” as those he has had his experience with; and in canoe and camp they are valuable men, of course the legs civilization the better the man, PODGERS. ANGLING NOTES. ee of the members of the Cascapedia Salmon Club who recently returned from that river confirms the report of poor salmon fishing this season. So that a scar- city of salmon it not confined to the Restigouche. But as an off-set Mr, Patterson says that he never had such trout fishing in his life, both for sea trout and the true speckled trout, He made one trip far up the river with his Indians, beyond where white men usually £0, and captured some magnificent specimens of brook trout, one of which weighed 9lbs. and several over 5lbs. each. He found that for 20 miles up from the mouth of the Cascapedia, the sea trout were the only kind to he found, then beyond that point the brook trout and thesea treut were both found, but in the upper waters he caught no sea trout at all. Whether these fish gradually lose their brilliant silvery color and become the ordinary speckled trout or not I cannot tell. Doctor Hawes’s son had the great good luck tokill a big speckled trout in Preston Pond, Adirondack Club, It lacked just loz. of being a 6lb. fish, This is probably the largest speckled trout ever killed in that section of the woods, if not in the whole Adirondack region. A few years ago Mr. Cromwell caught a 441b. speckled trout on a back cast. His fly trouched the water behind him and he exclaimed, ‘I am fast! must have caught a log or stump,” but the guide told him there was 60ft. of water there and it could not be a stump. Just then the trout started and Mr. Cromwell soon found out it was no stump, but a big fish. Large bluefish are being caught outside of Fire Island in fair numbers. The best place is on the outer bank, some 5 miles from shore. Itis only safe to go out when the wind is ‘‘off shore,” Mr, ©, E. W. Chambers and two sons caught 53 bluefish running from 2 to 4lbs. in half a day’s fishing off Rockaway Inlet last Thursday, and every boat in sight seemed to be taking their share. A few big weakfish were also taken on the squid. The New York, Maine and New Brunswick S. S. Co, offer to give a two weeks’ excursion to St, John, N. B,, Campobello Island, etc., for $30; this includes everything. Not a bad idea to introduce that magnificent country to the people, and I have no doubt that one could have quite a little fishing on such a trip, as they allow about a week on shore, And they visitan excellent section for both sweet and salt-water fishing, Striped bass fishing is improving rapidly. A number have been caught in Hell Gate waters by trolling and they are now running in the salt-water ereeks on the south side of Long Island. Not long ago an angler took a fine speckled trout while fishing for striped bass. Delicate tackle is necessary for this style of bass fishing, On July 13 Silas Newell, John Swim, Frank Duunder- berger, and George’ Goldsmith exploded dynamite car- tridges in the Hudson River near Iona Island, A few days ago they settled by paying fifty dollars fine and promising never todo so again. State Fish and Game Protector Kidd, of Newburgh, accomplished this result. SCARLET-IJBIS. THE BLUE PIKE. A SMALL relative of the pike-perch, or wall-eyéd pike, igs rather widely known in the Great Lakes and the Ohio River as blue pike and blue pickerel. In Lake Erie this is one of the most abundant fishes, ranking next to lake herring, as may be realized from the catch of 1885, which amounted to 8,000,000lbs. In Lake Ontario the species is not so common; but recent advices from the Oswego River tell of an unusual run during August. It has been recorded that Oswego fishermen sometimes apply the name gray pike to the blue variety; but this term is generally used for the sauger, which is a very distinct fish. The blue pike is shorter and deeper than the pike-perch; has a larger eye; is bluish or greenish on the upper parts. and with little trace of the brassy lustre characteristic of the pike-perch; the spinous dorsal has a dark band and on the posterior part is the usual black blotch. In size the blue pike is usually much smaller than the pike-perch, about 1 to 2lbs. in weight, according to locality, and 15in. in length; but specimens weighing 15lbs, have been recorded. In Ohio the fish is said to occur only in bayous and in- lets, while the pike-perch is found in deep parts of lakes and in large rivers. The pike-perch spawn in the spring, . Apriland May beimg the months of the greatest activity in this operation. The eggs are now artifically hatched. yearly by hundreds of millions and the fish has be- ‘come one of the general favorites wherever it has been introduced, and especially in the Delaware and Susque- hanna rivers. In the Susquehanna the pike-perch lives in eddies and deep pools in the vicinity of tapids and has a fondness for the shelter of rocks and sunken logs, where it lies in wait for the minnows on which it feeds. The eye of the living pike-perch is one of the most beautiful things in nature, combining the blue of the sky and the green of the sea, The movements of the fish when seizing its prey are extremely pike-like. Blue pike is the fish principally taken by the Buffalo fishermen who follow ice-fishing from December until March; but the most approved modes of capture are by trolling and fly-fishing. Anglers will be glad to hear of the follewing good reports from the Gawego River, New porieespraiallyas the fish appear to be increasing in num- ers: During July and August there has been a greater abun- dance of blue pike in the Oswego River, at Oswego, than for many years. Fora period of about four weeks the run of this species was phenomenally large, and the num- ber of fish taken may be counted by the thousands. Some days in July as many as 500 people were fishing from the wharves and docks and from rowboats, At the present time comparatively few fish are caught, althought per- haps a hundred anglers visit the river for a few hours’ sport, The current in the stream is quite rapid, and the most usual method is to allow the line to drift, while the fisherman, pole in hand, walks along the shore. There is also some trolling. Spoon hooks, baited or naked, are most generally employed, although not a few fish have been taken with plain angle-worms. The fish have weighed from afew ounces to more than four pounds, individuals of the latter size not being at all uncommon. The daily catches have ranged from 10 to over 100 fish, and a reliable fisherman places the number landed since the beginning of the season at over 150,000, which appears to be a low estimate. A PUBLIC-SPIRITED ANGLER, HE fisherman who takes California trout from Onon- daga creek has good reason to be grateful to Mr, Henry Loftie. This not necessarily because the fisher- man may happen to use tackle made by Mr. Loftie, but because it is altogether due to that gentleman’s public- spirited enterprise that the fish are now to be found in the stream. Indeed many waters in the vicinity owe their HENRY LOFTIE. fish supply to the same activity. Fish planting and fish protection are two themes on which Mr. Loftie is ever ready to talk, and what is better, he is equally as ready to give time and work and money to advance the cause. For the past ten years he has been actively engaged in stocking and protecting the waters of central New York, He is one of the most active members of the Onondaga Anglers’ Association, Mr. Loftie is an angler through and through, and it was long ago accepted as a foregone conclusion that he would eventually find his way into the manufacture of angling goods. As the head of the Syracuse Bamboo Furniture Co. he is widely known to the fishing tackle trade and to fishermen, who will wel- come the very faithful portrait here given. FISHING RIGHTS. ROM Mr. F, M. Ward, of Newton, N. J., Fish Com- missioner, we have received the following exposition of fishing rights: «A short time since a discussion arose among some gen- tlemen of this township, relative to the rights of land owners along the Wallkill, and what rights these land owners have in relation to fishing in the Wallkill, either legally or illegally. It was contended by many of them that parties owning land along its shores could fish with nets or set lines or any other contrivance as long as it was done on their own premises, and that no law of the State could interfere for so doing, They also contended that they could authorize whomsoever they saw proper to fish in the same manner, Tn order to settle the matter definitely and to have a final understanding in regard to the question at issue, a representative of the Newton Independent interviewed several of the county lawyers, State Fish Commissioner Ward, Judge Martin, and Mr. John Linn, of Hamburg, President of the Game and Fish Protective Association, Atthe request of Fish Commissioner Ward, Lawyer Henry Huston, of Newton, wrote the following opinion which was substantially concurred in by the gentlemen men- tioned above. It is as follows: “The Wallkill, within this State, is subject to the laws of New Jersey regulating fishing. The State has the right and authority toregulate and protect fish in private waters in rivers where the tide does not ebb or flow, in streams not navigable, and in lakes and ponds, and to impose fines, forfeitures and penalties for violation of laws enacted for such purpose. Weller y. Snover, 13 Vroom, 341, Dougherty v. Conover, 13 Vroom, 198. VanAulin y. Decker, 1 Penn. 108; Champion y. Pierce, 6 Halst, 196, Shoemaker 7, State, Spencer, 153, and numerous cases in other States and in the Supreme Court of the United States. ‘““Where a stream of water flows through a farm, the owner of such farm has no right to take fish from such stream except according to the laws of the State. And if such owner catch fish from such stream out of season, or with nets, fikes or seines, or in any other way prohibited by the laws of the State, he violates the law and is liable to conyiction and subject to the penalties provided by law. He has no more right to catch fish from such stream out of season, or contrary to law, than any other person. If such owner use nets he may be fined and the nets may be confiscated. “Any person may catch trout between April 1 and July 15, and then only with hook and line; he may catch pickerel at any time except March and April, but only with hook and line; he may catch bass between May 30 and December 1, and then only with hook and line. The trout caught and kept must be at least six inches long, and black bass seven inches long. He may not fish on Sunday. The hauling of nets in fresh water or ponds is a violation of law, whether any fish are caught or not. ‘No one has a right to trespass on the lands of another for the purpose of catching fish without permission of the owner, and if the owner, or occupant, shall post a notice adjacent to any stream or pond, the person so trespassing shall be deemed guilty of trespass, and in addition to damages recoverable by law, shall be liable to the owner, lessee or occupant, in a penalty of $100 for every such offense. See act approved March 27, 1874, section 18. “Generally, for any violation of the laws relating to the protection of fish, the offender may be arrested, brought before a justice of the peace, tried summarily and with- out a jury, and upon conviction must pay the penalty prescribed by the statutes, with costs of suit, or be sent to the county jail for not less than ten nor more than thirty days.” Very truly yours, Henry Huston. BIG CATCHES. Editor Forest and Stream: Here’s more of it, In a recent issue of FOREST AND STREAM a correspondent, writing from Minnesota, says that he and a friend went to a lake and in just “five hours caught 115 fish, nearly all black bass,” and that it was ‘‘nothing out of the common to take twenty or more bass, weighing from 24 to 5lbs. apiece, any morning or evening.” Well, f should say that it was considerably “out of the common.” I[t seems to me it was uncom- monly gluttonous. In the same paper another man writes of going to "Reed’s Bay. New York, and with a friend “catching in two days 188 as fine small-mouth bass as one would wish to see.” What for? Great Casar’s ghost, what for? And further on he says, ‘What we call our record day was,” etc., etc. So it was a fish for record, eh? Of course, so that he could boast of it. And he says the weather was so bad they could fish but four or five hours each day. It must have been a heart-breaking regret that they couldn’t fish ten hours a day at the rate of thirty-five fine black bass per hour, That would have been a much big- ger string to swell over. Shame! Again, in the same paper, “‘Scores of 42, 50 and 70 ina day have been reported”—black bass at Greenwood Lake. Praiseworthy and eminently gratifying it must have een, ' In a Philadelphia paper I read, a day or two ago, that ‘between Tacony and Bridesburg (in the Delaware) two men caught 31 dozen and 3 perch, and two reverend gen- tlemen and a layman caught—murdered in cold blood— 24 dozen and—” That’s all; 660 fish in four hours. Isn’t that nice! Wasn’t that fine work! Isn’t that a job to be proud of! One hundred and ten fish apiece in four hours! Ye gods and little fishes! What kind of humanity is this? What did they do with them all? There is no record in any of these stories that a single fish was thrown back, if there were there would not be so much shame, by some shame for each fish returned, And fishermen complain that fishing is not as good as it used to be in many waters. What will it be in the near future in the waters namedif such things be? These men did not go for food alone, they went for sport. What is their idea of sport? To kill just as much as possible in a given time? I’m sorry for them. When will the custom obtain for sportsmen to catch only what they need, and if they must catch more, return to the water promptly the surplus? I know it is the custom with many to catch what they individually need, and then all their friends and neighbors need or can get away with, and so excuse their greed; but I think the needs of all hands might be greatly curtailed with a little thought- ful self-denia!, with largely resultant benefit to themselves and other fishermen. Why not let this idea soak in, and act upon it you, and you, and you? O, 0.8. TROUT FISHING AT THE “SOO.” gA0Lt STE. MARIE., Ont., Aug. 12,—Hditor Forest | and Stream: Mr, Beard and myself have been about here fishing and outing since the middle of June, and have had various luck in the streams, lakes and rapids in this vicinity, and yery enjoyable this summer, especially on account of the almost entire absence of flies and mos- quitoes. About two weeks ago we struck some reef fish- ing, within two and three miles of the “Soo,” that has sur- passed any of the fishing that has been reported from the North Shore, One day we brought in 19 trout, caught in say two hours’ morning fishing and three hours in the afternoon. They weighed 25lbs,; and a few days after we caught 12 trout that weighed 20lbs. in almost the same length of time fishing; and other days not so many, but always some weighing from 1 to 5lbs,; and this all within easy | rowing distance of the hotels. These strings of fish were all weighed at Mr. Plummer’s store and in the presence of a number of people, The fishing in the streams back of here and all about is very good; and it is no trouble at all to bring in a basket of from 50 upward; but these are all small brook trout, and of course do not compare in sport with the larger ones, I write this letter in fhe hope that the atten- tion of your angling readers may be atéracted to this place and vicinity, for I am fully of the opinion that better fishing for speckled trout can be-had here than at most of the more noted places, and at far less expense. And though an American in every sense, born and raised in the States and now living in Memphis, Tenn., let me suggest as far preferable, to stop on the Canadian side ak eithey of two most execilént hotels. Cc, 'T. Brookar: 128 FOREST AND STREAM. (Supt. 3, 1891, CHICAGO AND THE WEST. HICAGO, Aug, 29.—As stated earlier, Mr. W. P. Mussey has been down ab Mak-saw-ba Club fishing this week, Af his invitation I joined him to try some of that interesting Kankakee River fishing, of which I have lately said so much, We hadasimply terrible day. It rained almost continuously, and we were drenched, cold and shivering long before evening, but we got 10 fish, weighing 24lbs., all bass but one, a wall-eye, and all the bass small-mouths but two. I never saw fish strike more viciously or fight harder, and must pronounce this river fishing the most exciting of any I had so close to the city. The stream is swift, but very deep in the bends, with oc- easional snags, where Mr. Mussey’s 40z. brass ring, which he calls his ‘‘hook eraser,” comes very handy in getting tangled tackle loose. The quality of rod and other gear must be of the best, for the stream is sonarrow that often a bass will go directly under the boat in spite of every- thing. J found in using the long 12ft. push-paddle that the bottom of all this river along there is solid gravel or grayel or sand. This accounts for the small-mouths. Yet the stream flows through a regular marsh, and its low banks are black and mucky toa degree. There is a sub- stratum of sand and gravel, and into this the stream has cut, Inthe deep bends I could not find bottom with the paddle. The Kankakee is a remarkable stream, a superb angling stream, even as it isnow. With proper protec- tion and with the dams all open what magnificent fish- ing it would offer. The club men along that river cer- tainly ought to join heartily and aid financially the Kan- kakee Association, They do not know their privileges, The stream is simply grand for fishing purposes. The duck shooting is gone there and everywhere in this sec- tion, but the fishing is not gone, and can be kept, EH. Houan. PICKEREL AND GoLp WatTcH,—A North Lyme, Conn., special reports that ‘‘Joshua Halford went fishing in Hog Pond and caught a pickerel weighing over 6lbs. When he cut the fish open in its stomach he found a gold watch and chain. Upon the inside of the back case of the watch was engraved the name ‘Charles Whaley.’ The discovery of the watch clears up a mystery which has puzzled the people in this vicinity for two years. On the morning of July 2, 1889, Whaley informed the foreman of his farm that he was going to Hartford on a business trip and might not return for two days. Since that morning no trace of the man has been found until to-day, when the watch was discovered in the belly of the fish.” Is it something new for a pickerel to become a ground- feeding fish in order to possess itself of the above men- tioned watch and chain? or did the fish go ashore and rob the man and carry the evidence of its crime in its own bosom for two solid years to be caught with the full evidence of his g(u)ilt at last? The story is very ‘“Wha- ley.” Where’s the golden fishhook?—FRED, ANGLING WITH A RiriE,—Alexandria, Mo.—The com- panionship of a good gun affords much true pleasure, One day in spring, when the air was pure and the sun- shine clear, a friend and I took my Winchester rifle and visited the shores of one of our Mississippi River inland ponds. Several kinds of fish were sporting about in the clear waters. There were sunfish, bass, catfish, and oc- casionally the waters would -indicate the presence of a pike, which seemed to possess a socially repellant atmos- phere, for all the other fish would hurry away on very urgent business in other localities. A 2lb. bass received attention from the Winchester, and a very pretty shot was made, the ball having passed through the lower part of the fish's gills. A shot ata pike 2ft. in length sent it wildly tearing through the water at a sweepstake rate, The bass was about 6in. below the surface. Shooting fish with a rifle requires skill, and a person can have hours of pleasure in this line of sport.—JASPER BLINES. CaPE Cop Norms.—Bluefish are very scarce at present in Cape Cod Bay, Dogfish have driven these and nearly all other kinds off the coast. Lobsters are so scarce that they seldom are to be found in the market. At Woods Holl about 100 bluefish were caught with hook and line during last week, and a few striped bass, usually of small or moderate size, were taken in the same waters. Tau- tog, sea bass, squeteague and scup are scarce, A remora in the Fish Commission aquarium has become so tame that it will take food from the hand; the rudderfish and orangefish will feed in the same way, and the appetites of all these fishes is astonishing. A male pipefish has its marsupium filled with young fish, of which it takes dili- gentcare. Young lobsters, hatched three months ago, are still living and doing well, but their number is very small,—B,. (Woods Holl, Aug. 24), ALEXANDRIA Bay Fisaina.—New York, Aug, 25.—I have just returned from a three weeks’ stay at Alexan- dria Bay, and my own experience coincides with nearly every one else there that the fishing this year has been a very great improvement over any other during the last ten years. I had no difficulty in getting all the pike, black bass and perch I wanted without going out of sight or call of my island, My island is directly opposite Alex- andria Bay and is passed bya great many steamers daily, but there have been a large number of pike (pickerel) taken all about it, which makes me think that.a little dis- turbance of passing steamers doesn’t disturb them,—C, WOUNDED .BY A SKATH,—Port Monmouth, N, J. Aug. 28.—Wm. Oberman, a fisherman, while draining a pond into Raritan Bay this morning, hauled up an immense skate or stingaree. a fish whose tail is like asaw. As he threw the fish in the boat it made a leap and struck him on the leg, near the knee, nearly severing it. As the teeth or points on the fish are poisonous, Dr, John H. Van Mater was summoned. Oberman is in a dangerous aera having become unconscious from loss of ood, THE BERKSHIRE TROUT CuuB, of Berkshire, Mass., ex- pects to increase the capacity of its hatchery at Great Barrington by adding a new spawning race, The hatch- ery produced 120,000 trout last spring,*and is expected to furnish 200,000 next season. Sr. MARGUERITE SALMON CLUB,—A share in the St. Marguerite has been purchased by Mr. EK. R, Wharton, ot Boston, for $2,650, State GAME Protector NorRTHRUP and a party of Alexandria Bay men captured fish nets near Cape Vin- cent last week, in one of which they found nearly 500|bs, of game fish, The owner of the nets could not be found. The nets were burned at Alexandria Bay amid great re- joicing, THE MuscALONGE RuecorD for ladies on the St. Law- rence this season is held by Mrs. Gardiner M, Skinner, whois ‘high hook” with a 40-pounder, measuring 4ft. 1lin. in length. We have received in evidence a photograph of the fish and its captor. Honting AND FISHING IN THE NORTHWEST. -Are you plan- ning for an outing this summer? Have you ever looked up the famous resorts of the Northwest? Itisnotan exaggeration to say that the best hunting and fishing grounds in North America are found in the territory tributary to the Northern Pacific Rail- toad. The lake park region in Minnesota affords pickerel, pike, bass and mascalonge; rock bass are found in numerous streams, and deer, elk and bear abound in the forest regions; antelope are found in North Dakota. The Snowy, Bitter Root, Grazy, Rocky and Cascade Mountains are the home of moose, elk, caribou, cougars, Rocky Mountain sheep aud goat and other large game, while all of the Northwestern States abound in feathere game. Rocky Mountain trout and grayling are caught in the Yellow- stone, Gallatin, Madison, Jefferson, Clark’s Work and Green Tiyers, affording unrivalled sport. An interesting pampblet, “Game Preserves of North America,” can be obtained tree on application to CHAS. 5. Pr, G. P. & T. A. of the Northern Pacific . R. at St. Paul, Minn. Descriptive publications concerning Yellowstone Park, Pacific coast: and Alasks will also be mailed on receipt of application, referring to FoREST AND STREAM.—Adv. Sishculture, AMERICAN FISH IN ENGLAND. “TCHTHYOLOGIST” writes from London, Hngland, as follows: Previous to the existence of establishments devoted to the breeding of salmon, trout and other fresh- water species, little was known as to their rate of growth, but now we are able to ascertain definitely what it is. Com- mencing with the egg itself, the pisciculturist watches from day to day, from month to month and from year to year their development and the wonderful transformations which they undergo during every period of their existence. Therefore the longer the establishment has been formed the more in- teresting are the sights it reveals, and the more instructive are its lessons, for as it grows in years the stock fish neces- sarily develop till they reach maturity, yielding each season vast quantities of offspring after their kind. I was particu- larly struck with this the other day upen visiting the large piscicultural establishment founded by Mr. William Bur- gess at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, and known as the Midland Counties Fish Culture Establishment. Here every kind of British fresh-water fish is propagated, together with certain foreign forms. The ponds are now replete with salmonide and coarse.fish in all stages of development, and itisthis which adds such a charm to the piscatorial spec- taclé. In one series of ponds may be observed millions of fry hatched out Jast winter; in another section, yearlings ap- pear; In another three-year-old fish, and so on. Some of them are asmuch as 5lbs. in weight, while many are as small as loz. Itis not given to us to gaze upon the lusty trout at will, and when we docatch a glimpse of it ina wild state it is only for a second, for they come and go like flashes of lightning. But at Mr. Burgess’s establishment one may at all times observe them moving about in the ponds, espeuwally. at the feeding hour, when a handful of food will bring them together from all parts of their habitat, causing them to display themselves to the best advantage. Not only are British trout fully represented in the throng, but those of American origin as well, having similar pro- porione and almost similar habits, The rainbow trout, the rook trout and the lake trout are among the latter, scaling 4lbs. and upward. All of these were hatched from oya kindly sent by the United States Fish Commissioner, There is another transatlantic fish which the Commissioner has enabled Mr. Burgess to cultivate, viz., the whitefish. For some years past this fish has been subjected to experiments, with a view to its acclimatization, and although Mr. Bur- gess was successful in rearing them from babyhood to the age of nine months, he found great difficulty in doing so during the winter. This year he has been more successful, as was shown presently, when he drew off the water in the habitat in which he placed the fry last autumn. To his joy and astonishment he beheld a considerable number of the fish quite 10in. long, which is a considerable growth consid- ering that they are only eighteen months old. During last summer and autumn he kept them in shallow ponds, and on the approach of winter turned them into large ponds having a depth of 10ft. Here they evidently prospered re- markably well, notwithstanding unusual severity of the winter and spring. The fact of their surviving clearly shows that our winter climate is not prejudical tothem, and the extraordinary variety of weather which they have expe- Tienced during the past year and borne satisfactorily is a proof of their capacity to endure the yariableness of our climatic conditions. There is ample room in some of our lakes for this valuable food fish, and Mr, Burgess intends to do his utmost to establish them, being of opinion that they would be a valuable addition to the commercial fishes of our inland waters. Of coarse_fish, such as perch, roach, chuh, etc., there are a large number in the ponds, especially perch, a fish that is in great need of cultivation. Hvery angler should do his utmost to promote the welfare of this fish, which is a great favorite among all classes, and one, more- over, that affords excellent sport and food. It is falling off in numbers, and has been doing so for some years past; but with the aid of fishculture much can be done to reinstate it. Mr. Burgess says it is a fish easily dealt with under the pis- cicultural system, and it is to be hoped that it will, ere long, take its place in the hatchery with the trout, and be sub- jected to the same care and attention which is bestowed upon the latter. The Fennel. FIXTURES. DOG SHOWS. Sept. 1 to 4.—Second Annual Dog Show of the Kingston Kennel Club, at Kingston, Ont. H.C, Corbett, Secretary. — Sept. 8 to 11.—Virst Annual Dog Show of the Hamilton Kennel Club, at Hamilton, Ont. fi a Sept. 14 to 14.—Toronto Industrial Exhibition Association Third International Dog Show, at Toronto. C, A, Stone, Sec’y and Supt, Sept. 22 to 25.—Inaugural International Dog Show of the Mon- treal Hxposition Company, at Montreal, Canada. Hntries close Sept. 8. J. S. Robertson, Secretary. Sept. 23 to 26.—Inaugural Show of the Blue Grass Kennel Club, at Lexington, Ky, Rogers Williams, Sec’y. | . Sept..29 to Oct. 1.—Third Annual Dog Show, in connection with the Ventral Canada Fair. at Ottawa, Ont. Alfred Geddes, Supt. Dec. 4 to 8—Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois | Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, Ill. Dee. 10 to 14.—Imaugural Dog Show of the Freeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, IU, EK, Taylor. Sec*y. Dec. 30 to Jan, 2.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, at Gloversyille, N.Y. F.B, Zimmer, Sec’y, 1892, Jan. 5 to 9.—Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S.C. Benj. McInness, ec’y. Jan. 13 to 16.—Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Kennel Association, at Columbia, $.C, F. ¥. Capers, Secretary, Greenville, 5. C. Feb. 9 to 12,—fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- nel Club, at Chicago, I. John L, Lincoln, Jr., See’y, Feb. 23 to 26.—Sixteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster Kennel Clib, at New York, James Mortimer, Supt. ~ March 1 to4.—Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, Pa. K,S. Brown, Sec’v. March 15 to 18.—Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne Kennel Club, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W.H, Littell, See’y, April? to 10.—Seventh Annual Doe Show of the New England Kennel Club, at Boston. Mass. KE. H, Moore, Sec’y. April 20 to 23.—Pourth Annual Dog Show of the Southern Calt- fornia Kennel Club, at Los Angeles, Cal. ©. A. Sumner, Sec‘y,. May 4 to 7—Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Cinb, at. San Francisco, Cal, H. L. Miller, Sec’y. PIELD TRIALS. Nov. 2._Inangural Trials of the United States Field Trial Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P.'T. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind., Sec’y. Nov. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the International Wield Trial Club, at Chatham, Ont. W. B. Wells, Sec’y. Noy. 16.—Eastern Wield Trials Club’s Thirteenth Annual Trials, at High Point, N. C. Members’ Stake Noy, 12. W. A. Coster, Secretary. Noy. 23.—Irish Setter Club’s Field Trials, at High Point, N. C. . G. Davis. Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. Noy, 23.—Gordon Setter Club’s Field Trials, at High Point, N. OC, L. A. Van Zandt, Secretary, Yonkers, N. Y. Nov, 23.—Second Annual Trials of the National Beagle Club, at Nanuet, Rockland county, N. ¥. EF. W. Chapman, Sec’y. Noy. 30.—Central_ Wield Trial OClub’s Third Annual Trials, at Lexington, N.C. OC. H. Odell, Sec’y, 44 and 46 Wall street, New - York city. Dec. 14.—Philadelphia Kennel Club’s Field Trials. Charles E. Connell, Secretary. 1892, Jan. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Club, at San Antonio, Texas, A. Chabot, Sec’y, Amateurs only. Jan. 18.—Trials of the Pacific Wield Trial Club, at Bakersfield, Cal. J. M. Kilgarif. Sec’y. — -.—Fourth Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials Club, at New Albany, Miss. T. M, Brumby, Sec’y. NOTED IRISH SETTERS CHANGE OWNERS. Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. F. C, Fowler, the owner of the Oak Grove Kennels, and who is better known as the owner of one of the largest and finest breeding farms and stables of trotting horses in New England, has purchased my Irish setter challenge win- ner Kildare, a litter brother of Beau Brummell and a son of the peerless Hlcho, Jr., and who has the further distinction of being the youngest Irish setter that has ever entered the challenge class in America, Kildare is the winner of forty first and special prizes, and is but a few months over three years of age. He has had tha misfortune of never having been shown in proper condition, but has nevertheless done considerable winning, as is shown by his record, and he bas improved wonderfully since he nas last been exhibited, having deepened in chest and added more substance, and I consider him to-day one of the best Trish setters that has been seen in this country. Mr. Fowler informs me that he will show him the coming season, and I predict that he will make it hot for the balance of the dogs in his class. Mr. Fowler also purchased from me the prize-winnin bitch Norah Blyth, whois a daughter of champion Tim an a niece of champion Ruby Glenmore, whom sbe resembles in formation very closely. She also gives promise to make a crack fielder, and 1 trust Mr, Flower will have her pre- pared to run in the trials this fall. Another of Mr. Fowler’s purchases from my kennels isa yery promising bitch, Kil- dare Joan, sired by the prize winning Darby II. ex Bess P., a prize-winning daugbter of Sarsfield. During the past year this gentleman has bought seven of my finest young Irish setters, among which is a dog sired by champion Hicho, Jr. out of champion Ruby Glenmore, which gives promise of making a crack of the highest order; and I look for the Oak Grove Kennels to cut an im- portant part in the Irish setter affairs of America in the very near future. I have seen it mentioned in the sporting papers that it was reported that $575 was the price paid by Mr, Fowler for Kil- dare. 1 -wish to correct this statement, as the price paid was $500 for Kildare only. Tam now about ont of Irish setters with the exception of a few youngsters that I am having raised, and which, should they mature according to promise, will give me a nucleus for another kennel. My only regret is that I shall not be able to take a part in the trials this fall. W. LL. WASHINGTON, PI7TTsBURGA, Pa., Aug. 29. THE I(RISH SETTER FIELD TRIALS. Editor Forest and Siream: - A meeting of the Hxecutive Committee of the Irish Setter Club has been called for Sept. 9, at 14 South Broad street, Philadelphia. At this meeting the amount of the Derby Stakes will probably be decided on and announced. I have received word from Dr. Jarvis that he will offer a silver cup, to be known as ‘'The Klcho Cup,”’ to become the absolute RaSREEEY of the winner of the All-Aged Stakes; he says, “I will give one worth winuing.”’ We have also received a most liberal donation from Mr. i). B. Bishop, the PrOREe ie of the Glenmore Kennels. He forwarded me first $10 and then his check for $100 additional. One-half of this latter is to go to the winner of the Derby and one-half to the handler. This is not the only $100 con- tribution that has been received. I have sueceeded in get- ting the $200 I promised from our city and may, perliaps, get some more; $25 of itcame from the gun editor of the Philadelphia Item. Tam still on the hunt (or on the still-hunt?), We have not, as yet, heard from the rank and file in a proper manner, I would like to have more $5 and $10 subscriptions coming in, so as to show that we bave the sympathy and support of the smaller breeders and owners of single dogs. It is the duty of every one to do something, and, as has been said before, if they cannot run a dog they can at least send $5. Another thing that I particularly wish to call attention to is the fact that the Derby entries will not be so numerous as the All-Aged and therefore the chances of winning will be greater. The prizes, judging from our probable income, will be uearly or quite as large as those offered by the other trials, and this should encourage owners to make their Derby nominations promptly. The entries for the Derby close Sept. 15. If any have not received entry blanks, etc., let them write 10 1,338 Walnut street and I will forward them, G. G. DAVIS, Sec’ y-Treas. BULL-THRRIER STREATHAM MONARCH.—Pitts- burgh, Aug. 31.—Hditor Horest and Stream: I had thought to make a surprize but find the dog papers too quick for me, IT bought Streatham Monarch last month and thought to keep it quiet until he arrived, anyhow, but, as I said before, was not able to doso, Ithink I have the best bull-terrier in the country, the only one coming near him being Attrac- tion, a bitch | am very fond of and one I came near buying last spring. Attraction, bythe way (formerly called Miss. Glendyne), is the dam of Trentham Baroness, who in turn is the dam of my Streatham Monarch. he sire of Streat- ham Monarch is Streatham Flyer, by Gully the Great ont of Daisy.— JOHN MOORHEAD, JR, 8 Supt, 8, 1891,] FOREST AND STREAM. 129 DOG CHAT: re kennel interests of this country are increasing all the | time. Agricultural shows are devoting space and premiums to the different breeds of dogs where a few years since they would never haye dreamed of such a thing, New papers are coming out which are thought not to be complete without some sort of a kennel department, and this all serves to keep alive an interest in dogs among the general public, Mr, Hugene Glass, of Battle Creek, Mich., has the latest venture in view. Thisis to be The Dog Fancier, a monthly journal devoted to dogs alone, and will be issued in the course of the next month. We are indebted to Mr. Eberhart for a very lifelike picture of Mr Havkes’ young collie Sir Walter Scott I1., which he imported recently. This dog is a grandson of champion Metchley Wonder, and will be shown along with Mr. Elber- hart’s team at Hamilton and Toronto. We have received a very acceptable addition to our gallery of canine celebrities from the Glenmore Kennels, in four ex- cellent photographs of the Irish setters champion Mollie Bawn, champion Winnie Il, champion Ruby Glenmore, and the challenge prize winner Beau Brummel. All the arrangements are completed for the Industrial Ex- hibition Association's dog show, to be held at Toronto from Sept, 14 t0 18, There will be four judging rings, two down and two up-stairs, The dogs will be fed with Spratts’ bis- cuits. From present indications the show will be the larg- est ever held in Canada, and the largest fall show ever held in America. In fact, with a couple of exceptions, the Toronto show of 1891 will be as large, in regard to the num- ber of entries, as any of the shows in thespring “ireuit, The following specials have been donated; $5 for the best pro- geny of Nberhart’s Cashier; $5 for the pug with the best tail. Indications, we are told. seem very promising for an ex- cellent show at Montreal Sept. 22 to 25. It has been decided to offer the following specials in addition to those published in the premium list: For the hest bulldog a prize value $10, and the same for the best bitch; for the best kennel of four or more bull-terriers a prize value $10: for the best kennel of three or nore Russian wolfhounds a prize value $15 will be given, Worthespecial encouragement of Canadian breeding of high-class dogs the following special prizes are offered: For the best St. Bernard dog owned in Canada a prize value $10: for the best pointer or setter dog owned in Canada a rize value $10, and the same for the best bitch; for the best ennel of four or more collies owned in Canadaa prize yalue $10; for the best Irish setter dog owned in Canada a prize value $20, and for the best bitch a prize value $15, Hutries close Sept, 8. Hxhibitors are requested to be careful to State on entry blank where tags, etc., are to be sent. All admirers of the Irish setter, among whom we wish to be counted, will be gratified to read Mr. Daviess letter in another column, as to the satisfactory state of the prize fund for the coming trials owing to the liberal donations of several enthusiasts. ‘There is therefore no reason that the rank and file of Irish setter breeders should not enter one or more dogs in the seyeral stakes, as well as donate their mites toward the general fund. There will be money amply suffi- cient to clear expenses for the winners. Of course they can- not all win, still the man who enters and runs his dog will feel happy in that he has at least. contributed something to- ward the future improvement of the Irish setter in the field 80 that next year owners may become so interested in field trials that separate trials will not be necessary and the red setter will take its proper place among the other breeds, ask- ing no favors of any one, man or beast. Attention is par- ticularly drawn to the fact’ that the Derby entries close Sept, 15. Weregret to hear that Mr. Rowland P, Keasbey, secretary of the Spaniel Club, has sustained a severeloss in the death of his field spaniel Saybrook Lass. She was by Beverly Comet out of Gypsy Maiden, and was imported by Mr, Keas- bey last winter. She won at several shows last spring, and her owner thought she had a bright future before her as a - show and brood bitch. It is supposed she was poisoned, as she was perfectly well the day before she died. We know that our beagle-owning friends have been nib- bling at some new blood from the other side, but as it was to be kept secret, we dared not let it be known. From Canine World we gather that they have been in communi- cation with Mr, Johnson, of Whitechurch, about a hound or two, but nothing has come of it yet. Bids were made on Monarch and Marvel, but without result, though Matchless, a litter sister to Monarch, was offered but not accepted. Speaking of beagles reminds us that Friend Chapman. the energetic secretary of the N. B. C.,is now up in Vermont picking out some youngsters that he hag had up there to be broken in for the trials; the best will be brought home to undergo the finishing touches in their education. The Glen- rose Kennel evidently intends to make a strong bid for trial honors at Nanuet, “Unele Dick,” despite all his troubles—and, by the way, we echo our, Philadelphia contemporary’s kind remark about that litter of cocker spaniels, forif any one needs a cocker spaniel with all-round work bred in the bone, he will find it in Mr. Pellows’s kennels—well, as we were saying, “Unele Dick” is still after Mr. Farrow’s scalp, and will not be pooh-poohed out of his desire to know how it is the Obo stock continually throws a buff or red spaniel. He says - Mr. Harrow has never answered the many inquiries made to him as to their original breeding. Concluding his letter, “Unele Dick’? writes, “I do not know that I blame Mr. Far- row, because if he dug at the graves of the pillars of the kennel he would be sure to find something he would not like, probably the bones of a Bassett, or the bones or skin of a ved dachshund, just as they found a collie’s bones when digging for Gordon setter pedigrees. Mr. Laverack ex- plamed how Pride of the Border got his lion color, but Mr. Farrow cannot, or will not, explain the red color,” We see by the English papers that Mr. Panmure Gordon, the president of the Scottish Kennel Club, intends visiting this country in the course of a few weeks. Mr. Gordon’s many acts of kindness and generosity in furthering the in- terests of dogdom in the Land o’ Cakes will, we are sure, entitle him to such a hearty welcome from the fanciers that he will return with nothing but pleasant memories of his visit, We have received several handbills trom Professor Parker, whose troupe of performing dogsis the salvation of many of our shows over here, and who is personally a favorite with the boys. These bills show that he has been perform- ing at the Trocadero, Crystal Palace and the Canterbury, and from what “Cheerful Horn’ says he is doing good busi- ness and especially compliments his high-jumping grey- bounds. Prof. Parker will go to Paris shortly. : Friend Mercer does really seem to be one of the unluckiest of mortals, for now we hear that he fell, the other day, a distance of 20ft., and striking on his head was terribly bruised, lying unconscious for seven hours. He is confined to his bed, but expects to be round again in time for the bis show at Toronto. Our sympathy is extended to “Clumber.” The Blue Grass Kennel Club have secured the services of - — Major J. M .Taylor for sporting and Mr, Frank C, Wheeler, of Canada, for non-sporting classes. They have added the following classes and specials since issuing their premium lists: Separate classes for dog and bitch puppies in the fol- lowing breeds; Mastiffs, St. Bernards, ereyHannds, pointers, Hnglish, Irish and Gordon setters, foxhounds and pugs. There are also separate classes for Hnglish foxhounds and $25 in cash for best pack of ten foxhounds. For best kennel of four owned by one exhibitor in the following breeds: Mastiffs, St. Bernards, greyhounds, Great Danes, pointers, English and Irish setters and pugs, $10 is promised. To the handler having the largest number of entries, $10. D. D, Bell, Lexington, offers $5 for the best dog or bitch irrespec- tive of breed, A. F. German, of Louisyille, Ky., offers $5 for best dog or bitch the cet of Hberhart’s Cashier. Mrs, Her- bert Hammond, of Cincinnati, offers $5 for pug with the best curled tail. Mr. Geo. Heinbuck, of Cincinnati, offers $5 for the best pug bitch puppy. Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cin- cinnati, offers a silver cup for the best collie under 18mos. old. J, HK, Pepper & Oo, offer a case of their oldest whisky, value $25, for the best pointerin the show; also the same for the best setter, The secretary is Mr. Roger Williams, to whom all communications should be addressed. The following list of the entries in the different breeds at the coming Hamilton, Ont., show has been forwarded to us, and demonstrates a very satisfactory state of things: Mas- tiffs 11, St. Bernards 17, great Danes 7, Newfoundlands 1, Irish wolfhounds 1, greyhounds 12, foxhounds 2, beagles 13, pointers 8, Hnglish setters 24, Irish setters 10, Gordon setters 9, water spaniels 1, Clumber spaniels 5, cocker spaniels 35, collies 23, bulldogs 2, fox-terriers (smooth) 25, fox-terriers (wire) 11, Inish terriers 2, black and tan terriers 8, Scotch, Skye and Dandie Dinmont terriers 10, Bedlington terriers 3, Yorkshire terriers 7, pugs 22, toys and pets 3, dachshunde 5, miscellaneous 14; total 309. It is becoming monotonous to read all the bosh written about these big prices for St. Bernards. One would think American breeders had no other aim in life but to send barrels of dollars over to the other side in exchange for Albion’s best dogs. ‘Cheerful Horn” says that it was rumored in Fleet street that Prince Regent and Scottish Prince cost “‘close on to four thousand pounds,” or $20,000. His informant offered to back what he said with money. It would haye been a sate bet for “‘Cheerful Horn,” as we know fe \ F ——_ ONT BE TAKEN IN. positively the dogs did not cost half that sum, $8,000 was the figure, and we do not believe, from what we can gather, that any such sums will be paid again for dogs. There is no need of it, we have now the dogs that can beat anything on the other side, rough or smooth, and what is the use of pay- ing such prices to play second fiddle and run the risk of their dying before becoming properly acclimated. Owing, we presume, to the fast-increasing duties of the office which takes up too much of his time, Mr. §. PE. Glass, secretary of the Canadian Kennel Club, will resign at the coming annual meeting and the office of secretary may be made a salaried one, as the kennel interests of Canada have increased so rapidly lately that it will soon require a man to devote his entire time to it. Our contemporaries have got things mixed up a bit about the crack bull-terrier ch. Streatham Monarch. He will not go to Mr. Dole’s kennel, as asserted, though as we stated last. week, Cherub has been purchased by that gentleman. To Mr. Boggs, of Pittsburgh, belongs the credit of importing this grand terrier, and as we stated last week, he was pur- chased through Mr, Toon, of Sheffield, and will come over with Geo. Thomas, along with the rest of histeam. Mr. Boggs has;now sold Streatham Monarch to Mr. John Moor- head, Jr., a prominent member of the Duquesne Kennel Club and an enthusiastic bull-terrier fancier, owning Queen Bendigo and others. At Cleveland show Mr. Moorhead in- formed us it was his intention to secure something that would place him well in the front, and he has kept his word. Mr. Boggs writes us that dog matters are booming in that neck of the woods—Pittsburgh. He will show quite a team at the Canadian shows, among them some of his new pur- chases in Hngland. Among the contemplated additions and alterations in the English Kennel Club rules are several important ones. One relating to names says that when a dog’s name has once appeared in the K.C.S.B. it shall not be permissible to changeit, Another rule says a dog which has in any way been improperly tampered with shall be incapable of win- ning a prize. Rule 10 provides that ‘‘a duly-qualified veteri- nary surgeon shall be appointed as veterinary inspector at all shows held under Kennel Club rules, Jn another new rule the Kennel Club constitutesitself a court of final appeal or umpire in all disputes or questions arising from the com- peting of any dog at any shows or field trials held under Kennel Club rules. Last week we printed Mr. Sewell’s affidavit as to the per- fect health of a dog that bit a Mr, Russell, who is said to have died of hydrophobia afterward. His widow is suing Mrs. Bourgignon, the owner of the dog, for $2,500 as com- pensation for her loss. The owner sees no reason why her dog, to which she is much attached, should be destroyed and is being almost harassed to death herself by different authorities, one of which forbids her to let the dog out of the house under a penalty of $100, The lately-formed National Canine Defense League has the matter in hand and is looking after the fair owner’s interests. Mr, Rus- sell was bitten by the dog in endeavoring to take a stick away from it which is had just retrieved out of a pond. This case seems about on a par with that of Mr. Bartow, who some time since died with every symptom of hydropho- bia, through studying the complaint in books after being nipped by a cat. . The Ohio Humane Society of Cincinnati, which had laws passed lately turning over tothem the dog-catching business, which now will be conducted in 4 proper manner, will give a grand fair in this city in October, at Chester Park. The proceeds will go toward putting up a fine building on their property, lately purchased. The fair will consist of a horse and pet animal show, bicycle tournament and bench show of dogs. The dog show has been intrusted to Mr. Herbert, of pug dog fame, to manage. HWxact dates will soon be pub- lished and premium lists issued. Mr. Frank GC, Wheeler (lately of Canada, and well known as a fancier and popular | judge) will judge all classes, The show will be fed with Austin’s dog bread, furnished by the Eberhart Pug Ken- nels. Mr, Eberhart writes; “‘l hope my fellow breeders and doggy friends will send in their dogs, as the cause is a most worthy one, and also help to stimulale the dog interests in Cincinnati, so that we can giveashow each year under A, K, C. rules.” We referred recently to a spaniel sale whereby a Mr. Woolland, of London, England, became the owner of Brid- ford Perfection, giving an unprecedented price forher. He now says over his own signature that he paid $1,900 for her. Mr, Cowell, the judge at Darlington show, says in his Ken- nel Gazette report, that ‘in Bridford Perfection [ found a bitch which I can safely say is the best in the world to-day. Since the days of Zulu and Squaw we haye not seen such a spaniel,” Headmits he conld not find a fault. Hureka! Here’s a field spaniel standard ready made. One of the leading Boston papers gravely tells us that Pop, Mrs. Miner’s St, Bernard dog that was killed after running amuck at Red Bank, N. J., the other day, stood Beit bigh ad weighed 3501bs. Sach a dog as that needs no “stuffing. Mz, A, C, Wilmerding, feeling that a change of air would do him good, took a trip a couple of weeks since to Boston, “did” the kennels there and then journeyed on to Salmon Falls to drop in on the noted.cocker spaniel breeder, Mr, J. P. Willey. Mr. Wilmerding tells us that he never saw so many cockers in a one day’s drive as the father of spaniel- dom in this country can show, He must haye over 100 puppies out at walk at different farm houses. Mr. Wilmer- ding saw 48 of them during the day. A little attraction that they found on their return in Mr. Willey’s front yard has given rise to many false rumors and no end of a smell. A crowd of villagers was seen round the front gate looking admiringly at a skunk, which, in acknowledgment of the rocks that were being thrown at him, very unkindly re- sented such treatment in his usual effective manner. We are sorry to hear the aroma of the incident has gone forth among all ‘tye spanielle men,” and they fancy they have now accounted for Mr. Willey’s very ‘‘strong’? kennel. Mr. D, HK, Loveland has resigned his position as kennel manager of the Dutchess Kennels, Poughkeepsie, and will return to Melrose, Mass. The N. Y. Herald of Saturday last has the following about the Weschester Fair dog show: ‘Ihe bench show of dogs will be intrusted to Messrs. Tom Terry and A. D. Lewis, proprietors of the famous Hempstead Marm Kennels; Messrs. Frank Hitchcock and Winthrop Rutherfurd. The principal money will be given for St, Bernards, fox-tertiers, collies, pointers and setters, and the judge will probably be Mr. James Mortimer, the well known superintendent of the Westminster Kennel Club.’ Visitors and handlers at the field trials last fall were much interested in the “Surprise” whistle which the popular handler “Billy” Tallman carried with him, Its far-reaching tones were calculated to strike terror into the most heedless long-distance ranger, and at the same time, under friend Tallman’s skillful manipulation, the dulcet call‘of the quail was accurately imitated. It was rumored at the trials that some handlers carried several different sized whistles so as te imitate the tone of an opponents’s whistle. No one need do this now, for on the ‘Surprise’? whistle one can run the whole gamut of ear-piercing sounds. On turning to our business columns the sportsman can learn all about it. Mr, J. M. Avent, one of our best known field sportsmen and one who has done so much to bring the English setter to the very front rank in field trials, is suing the Illinois Central Railroad for what seems an unpardonable piece of cruelty on the part of one of the engineers inrunning at a prohibited rate of speed in the city limits and without any warning running down one of Mr. Avent’s dogs which hap- pened to be on the track. The dog was crushed to pieces, and Mr, Avent intends to make the company pay forit. He asks his fellow sportsmen to help him with any information that may be of service to himin his case. His address is Hickory Valley, Tennessee. Dr. Perry writes us he is traveling a different route during his trip to Europe this time, and this accounts for no mention of his yisit to London inthe kennel papers, He hurried: over to Parisand from there is taking in the principal cities of Italy. He will then proceed through Switzerland and up the Rhine, and will come home in September. Mr. A. P. Heywood Lonsdale has contributed $25 toward a special to be competed for at the International Field Trials, to be held at Chatham, Ont. Weremind sportsmen who intend to enter their dogs that entries for the Derby close Oct. 1, and for the All-Aged Stake Oct, 15. Birds are reported as plentiful, and there is every prospect of keen competition, incited by the recent importations which Mr, Davey has made. The annual meeting of the Canadian Kennel Club takes place this year at the Rossin House, Sept. 16, at 7:30 P.M. Under the amended constitution, members who are unable to attend the annual meeting are entitled to vote by proxy. As some very important matters are to be introduced for discussion, it is very desirable that the representation of members should be as large as possible. Among other notices of motion given are the following: 1. That in future no puppy classes shall be given at any show held under the rules of the C,K.C, 2. That no show ‘held under the rules of the C.K.C. shall last more than four days, inclusive of the opening and closing days of the show. 3. That the offices of secretary and treasurer of the C.K,C. shall be separate and distinct and not held by one and the same per- son. 4, That atnoshow held under the C.K.C. rules shall dogs and bitches be shown against each other in the same classes. 5. That dogs and bitches shall not be shown against each other in challenge classes. 6. That at shows held under the rules of the C.K.C., entries shall close positively not less than fourteen days before the opening day of the show. 7%. Thatin future no addition or alteration shall be made to any prize list issued by any bench show committee after it is once printed and distributed. From Philadelphia we learn that nearly all the foxhounds . of the packs of former years of the Radnor Hunt Club have been disposed of, and been replaced by forty-three young and nineteen old hounds of imported stock, These latter were secured from the kennels of the Duke of Rutland, Bgl- voir Castle, Leistershire, England. In their journey to this country the hounds were accompanied by the huntsnian, Frank Gillard, and his two assistants. These men will re- side on the grounds, a house being about to be erected for the accommodation of the former. Workmen are now en- gaged in the work of erecting a two-story building to answer all the requirements of the increased family—human and animal. One of the new features is a 12-foot bath for the use of the dogs. When all the intended improvements are completed the Radnor Hunt will have quarters second to none in that section. A letter from Mr. H. C. Corbett, secretary of the Kingston show, tell us that they are delighted with their entry this year. They have secured 220 as against 139 in the inaugural show last year. Judging does not commence till Wednes- 1380 FOREST AND STREAM. [Szpr. 8, 1891+ day morning, so it is doubtful if we can get any of the awards in this week’s issue. Still, our readers may depend upon it that we shall do our best to supply them with the latest particulars. We have received very neat stud cards issued by the Chest- nut Hill Kennels, detailing the merits of their noted dogs Christopher, Wellesbourne Charlie, and the Irish terrier Breda Bill, Mr. Jarrett will not attend the Canadian shows this year in puasuance of their decision not to show till the fall of 1892. There will be a banquet at the Rossin House, Tuesday evening, Sept, 15, given jointly by the Canadian and Toronto Kennel Clubs. Mr. J. Lorne Campbell, president of the C. Kk. C., has appointed the following representative committee to cobperate with the T. K. C. in arranging the details. As the annual meeting of the Canadian Kennel Clubis to be held the folowing évening at the same place, it is thought that by this means a very representative lot of dog men can be breught together in social intercourse, for, from what we hear, nearly every one who can find time to get away will attend this big show. Owing to the Helvetia, on which Mr. Hacke’s Barzois came from London, not being able to be docked before last Sunday, the proposed trip to Spratts Kennels, at Northvale N, J., which we spoke of last week, had to be postponed till to-day. Weare very sorry not to be able to avail ourselves of the opportunity to see them at that time, as Kingston show will have to be attended to. The Irish setter Balfour, imported by Mr. James W. Whitney, and by bim recently presented to Mr. H. F. At- wood, of this city, met his death on the R. W. & O. R. R. tracks near this city last week. Through the kindness of Mr. Whitney Mr. O, Stewart Bamber has come into posses- sion of a dog pup of Balfour’s get, out of Mr. Wred T. El- wood’s bitch Kate IIL., she by Count out of Kate, combining the bloods of champion Chief, Elcho, Jr., Rory O’Moore, Noreen, ete. KINGSTON SHOW. [Special to Forest and Stream.) Ae Tee, Ont,, Sept. 2,—The Kingston show opened Tuesday. Attendance not very large; but the building admirably adapted for show purposes and nicely arranged, Messrs. Lewis, Naylor, Prescott, Discorn and others are here with good strings. Dr. Mills began judging at 10 o’clock to-day with Hnglish setters, awarding first, open class, dogs, to Brown’s Hdgemark; 2d, Northwood Benzine; 3d, Kingston Kennels’ Kent’s Rex; reserve, Hair’s Sir Kd- ward. Bitches: Ist, Kingston Kennels’ Liberty: 24d, Kent’s Ruby K.: 3d, Switzer’s Mado. Novice class: 1st, Kingston Kennels’ Kent’s Rex. Trish Setters, open dogs, first, Seminole; second, Flynn’s Glen Jarvis. Bitches, first, Kingston Kennels’ Josie D.; second, Seminole Kennels’ Aurora. Gordons, chal- lenge, first and second, Dixon’s Band andTvanhoe. Bitches, first, Dixon’s Duchess of Waverly, Open dogs, second, Platt’s Victoria. Bitches, first, Dixon’s Lady Waverly; second, Platt’s Bloom, and this was all up to recess for din- ner. fe is not commonly Known how dangerous it is to go Swimming with a powerful dog in the company. The dog will constantly endeavor to climb up on the head and shoulders of the human swimmer, just as he will attempt to climb on every floating log or piece of wood. If the dog is small a few powerful blows will discourage it, but these are not so easy to give effectually if the dog is a large one, and at all events, a swimmer under such circumstances is in danger of receiving Some severe scratches as the least pen- alty for the company he has. _ NOTES AND NOTIONS. pees An English correspondent of one of our papers makes the very sensible remark that many dog handlers are better judges of dogs than the recognized corps of judges, This is not only correct, but obvious. It is the constant province of the handlers to judge the judges, a more comprehensive task than judging the dogs, Itis part of their business to note every defect or merit of their dog’s, and hide or bring them forward under the judge, and to carefully scan their dangerous competitors. [ cannot think of any process better calculated to educate a man as judge than the work ofa eareful handler. I often take lessons of the handlers at shows, and, as a rule, find their opinions much more critical than those of the judges, who, unfortunately, are too often more ornamental than useful. There is a great deal to be said on the side of dog catching, but I think, as a rule, very little extenuation for the dog catchers. hat effective measures are absolutely demanded for the suppression of the hordes of worthless curs that infest our cities would seem unquestioned, and that dis- erimination should be used that only vagrant curs, run- ning entirely at large, are to be exterminated, is equally obvious. The source of the evils of dog catching as commonly practiced is that the catcher is paid per head, and as brutes of very low caste are most likely to take to the work, the pecuniary inducement overshadows all other things with him. The remedy is easy; pay the. catcher by the day, as we do the agents for every other nuisance suppression. It is as much the duty of the mu- nicipality to protech us from the nuisance of vagrant dogs as to protect us from foul streets, and why should not the municipality pay for this work as well as any other? [ notice that in cities where the per head catcher prevails we have the stories of brutality of forcibly wrenching dogs from ladies’ arms, etc., while in those where regular salaried men catch dogs by the day, as they would clean the streets, the complaints come only from the maudlinly sentimental class who seem incapable cf reason on any subject, making emotion their rule of action. ; Tt is quite common to see, in references to terriers, a use of the name of the breed and the derivation thereof, which is all well enough in itself, but itis quite possible to attach too much weight to this derivation and to make its appliea- tion altogether too sweeping. It is true that a “terrier? means a dog to go to earth, and it is also true that for the work of the breed this is sometimes a necessary qualifica- tion, but this necessity by no means inyolyes that the ver- min dog is to approach a burrowing animal, In isolated cases ib may be important that the dog really shall be a burrower, but for general uses, as a vermin-killing animal, this is no prime requisite, intense activity, tremendous power of jaw and strength to overturn stones and drag away obstacles are more essential to the vermin-killer than ability to follow the game under ground, Our most de- structive yermin, rats, weasels, skunks, ete., cannot he classed as burrowers, and piles of stones, logs, etc., are more their natural retreats, and in such places burrowing is of course quite out of the question, After all the great point in a vermin dog is his devotion to the work of hunting ver- min, his killing of them is rather a secondary consideration for if vermin are constantly harassed, barkedjat, scratched for, and their liyes generally made miserable, they desert the scene of their disturbances and emigrate to quieter ausarters, is | | There is a great deal of paistake aboith the common sup- j position that dogs are poisoned. Unquestionably poisoning does occur sometimes, and the contempt visited on the head of so base an animal as a dog poisoner is most just, but the trouble is this; A dog is in perfect health in the evening and dead the next morning, and the conclusion is jumped at that death resulted from poisoning; while every old hand at dogs can recall instances of dogs dying thus suddenly from many natural causes, inflammation of the bowels being one of the commonest. If an owner attaches any yalue to a dog that dies under suspicious circumstances, he would do well to have a post mortem held for his own satisfaction, and surely to know that acanine friend died from natural causes and not from the cowardly devilishness of a poisoner, must give satisfaction. THE ON-LOOKER. CANKER OF THE EAR. LL those who have had much experience with dogs must have frequently noticed that they occasionally show signs of great irritation in the ear by constantly shaking the head, holding it on one side, and rubbing the side of the face along the ground, and now and then scratching the back of the ear with the hind foot; and yet, in some cases, on casually examining the ear, there is nothing much to be seen to account for these symptoms. A little dried brown excretion may be noticed, in fact, the ears look just slightly ditty, The conclusion often come to is that if the parts were cleaned the irritation would cease, but such is frequently not the case, as I daresay many of your readers have observed, for, in spite of ever so much washing, the dog continues to shake his head, showing that he is still uncomfortable. If, instead of giving a hurried look into the ear in these cases, the parts are well examined and the canal leading into the ear is care- fully watched, tiny white specks, oval in shape, and about the size of the eye of an ordinarysmall sewing needle, will be observed, These are parasites, and are, in my opinion, the cause of that disease called canker of the ear. Ido not mean to imply that all diseases affecting the ear, and which are generally all called canker, are due to this parasite; ou the contrary, there are many cases due to an eczematous diathesis when there is a free discharge, and the bare part of the internal surface of the flap of the ear is also affected. Then there is another form of the so-called canker characterized by a free, offensive, purulent discharge coming from the lower part of the canal, and which is often due to ulceration of the skin lining the external meatus, Some- times the ulceration extends to the cartilage, and it may, and does, occasionally extend to the bones under the cartil- age, and then the discharge is particularly offensive, and there is great pain. It is quite easy and proper to divide canker of the ear into three distinct and separate diseases, each requiring different treatment. Then there are those disorders affecting the flap of the ear generally due to injury or eczema, and called external canker, SS PSOROPTES AURICGULARIS CANIS. Magnified about, 70 times. A—Larvyal forms. B-Young Acarus. C—Male. D—Female. However, it is not my intention here to gointo details with regard to the several forms of disease affecting the ear, but to confine myself to that particular kind first mentioned and due to a parasite. These parasites, which I have called the Psoreptes Auri- cularis Canis, are extremely active in their movements, and, if the ear be carefully watched for a few moments, they may be seen running abont the skin and along the hairs in the ear at a fairly rapid rate, considering their minute size: and the irritation which they cause is due in a measure, I believe, to the tickling sensation caused by their moyement, and partly the result of their biting, I have had these parasites under observation for the last twelve months, but it is only just recently that I haye been able to get some specimens to examine under the microscope, and these I have had drawn by an artist, and I must say in passing that he has done justice to his work, for the acari, when seen with the microscope, looks exactly like theillus- trations given herewith. pa Tn one specimen of the larval form it will be noticed that the shell or covering has become partly removed, and the legs of the parasite are seen still lying curled round the body. This is exactly how it appeared in the specimen I examined, B—Is a young acarus not yet fully grown, and from the number of its legs it is probably a female. C—A specimen ofthemale, There are several distinctive differences between the male and female. In the first place the former has eight legs, it is smaller and they are far less numerous, there only being about one male to every 20 females. Thefemale (D)is thicker set, and has only six legs, and in the center of the trunk is a small oval body which I take to be an,egg. In both cases the front legs are provided with suckers, which are some- what triangular in shape and situated at the point of the toes. In walking the fore legs are only used, the hind ones not moving, but are dragged along with the body, The Psoroptes Auricularis Canis does not burrow under the skin (epidermis) like the mange parasites, but lives on the surface to which ib attaches itself by its suckers. To prove this I kept a number placed under a watch-glass upon my arm for a day and though they caused slight irrita- tion, and raised small points by biting they did not attempt to burrow. I also placed a number under a watch-glass upon the body of a hairless dog, and they did not attempt to bur- row here, but they were very restless, for they could be seen with a strong magnifying glass to be constantly traveling about, which looked, I thought, as if they did feel at home in their new situation. They did not seem,to have bitten the dog’s skin, as after they were removed there were no signs of small blisters or papules; besides, the dog did not seem to take the least notice of them, which would not haye been the case if they had punctured the skin, as they did on my arm, Ol course, the skin lining the passage into the ear is much thinner and softer, and here, 1 believe, the mites do bite, and as there is an exidation which, J consider, accounts for that brown and somewhat dry discharge so often seen in some ordinary cases of canker. LThave never been able to find the acarus anywhere else xhont the dog but in the ear, in fact, they do not seem te wander outside the canal and crevices formed by the cartil age, nor even upon the flap of the ear, either inside or out. They vary in numbers—sometimes one can only find a few, about twenty; in other cases they are present in hundreds, lying in clusters like a heap of fine white powder, J have also frequently found these same parasites in cats’ ears, and insome cases they induce rather extraordinary symptoms, the cat being almost unable to walk; in fact, when it attempts to do so, the animal rolls abont as if intoxicated, frequently falling oyer on its side. Ihave never seen the acarus cause the same symptoms in the dog. The treatment and cure of canker of the ear when caused by the Psoroptes Auricularis Canis is a very simple matter, for, by applying some agent which will destroy these acari, the irritation at once ceases. I haye found the following lotion to answer the purpose admirably in all cases, both in dogs and cats: ; THE LOTION, - Eee Wig SE rare, a tre ye erate atti eosiceetteiareak ealseseerereee 3a Ol. Amyegd...,...... 2 eh d be pret een ii Well mix. It should be applied all over the internal surface of the ear daily with a camel’s hair brush, or a few drops may be poured into the ear. Aftera week the ear should besyringed out with tepid water and methylated spirits, about one in ten. I have heard it more than once stated by men who have had Jarge experience with dogs, that they believed canker of the ear contagious, and no doubt it is, considering that itis due to a parasite which can be easily transferred from one dog’s ear to another. There is a somewhat similar acarus called the symbiotes spathiferus, which causes a certain form of mange in the horse, but 1 cannot find that this parasite described in the present article has ever been noticed in the dog’s ear or men: tioned before.—A. J. SEWHLL, M.R.C.Y.S,, in Hnglish Ken- nel Gazette. “IMPORTATION OF A NOTED FIELD DOG.” Aditor Forest and Stream: Old Sarsfield has been retired from the stud and presented toa friend, whois not a sportsman and will keep him as a pet. As an evidence of good faith in regard to my intention of breeding field dogs as expressed in my catalogue, I will men- tion my recent purchase of Coleraine from the Rey. Robt. O’Callaghan, Borstal House, Rochester, Hngland, the most experienced, successful and careful breeder of the Irish dog in the world. This purchase was entirely unexpected by me, as [thought if he would part with ber at all, it would be ata prohibitory price. J quote the substance of his letter: ‘Coleraineis the best field trial [rish bitch in England or Ireland to-day of any breed; has the best nose, and is the best game finder I ever saw: also very good looking and is sure to win on the bench.” Tt is doubtful if either Coleraine or Finglas (my recent purchase from Mr. Boggs) will start in the coming Irish setter trials, as neither are acclimated, and must be rebroken on our birds. By the time this reaches you my trainer, Mr. W. T. Irwin, will be in southern Kansas. Stud dogs, brood bitches, and puppies will receive daily work on quail and prairie chickens during the hunting season. [t has been stated in the sporting press that my kennels would be located in southern Kansas, and a few reasons for this change will not appear out of place, I must consider my dogs as well as patrons. Southern Kansas isin the central part of the United States, equi- distant to all points of the compass, and has an abundance of game birds, with as many varieties as can be found in any State in the Union. Shipping facilities are as good as in any of the large Hustern cities. Couple with this the easy access to 30 or 40 bench shows, and many field trials, and the advantages are very apparent. Mr. Rimanoczy, the celebrated artist of this city, has sent me from his studio magnificent crayons of challenge Beau Brummel, champion Ruby Glenmore and Winnie Il, They are so full of artistic merit I cannot refrain from mention- ing them. : K. B, BIsHop. CINCINNA'TY, Ohio. THE BEAGLE CHAMPION LONELY.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Permit me to correct a statement which ap- pears in your last week’s issue in connection with the bench career of the English beagle bitch Lonely. You erroneously affirm that ‘“‘she has only been defeated once in competition, and that by her kennel companion Primrose (not Princess) Countess."? On Lonely’s first appearance, at the Southamp- ton show in 1888, she was awarded second to my Blue Belle II., and though she (Lonely) was subsequently disqualified, this does not alter the fact that she was beaten by my little hound in competition. Furthermore, unless my memory bettays me, my husband’s mother was awarded the special for the best brace, under Mr. Geo. Lowe, over Lonely and a kennel companion, and unless [ am greatly mistaken, she also defeated her with Bangle for a special under Mr. Geo. Raper. Lonely’s head is by no means snipy; in fact, it is extremely square and well chiseled, and Primrose Countess excels in head, character and expression. The pictues in no way do them justice,—Mrs. KR. P. MAYHEW, AT THE DOG DOCTOR’S.—The dog doctor is a metro- politan institution. You will see the swellest carriage at his office door in winter. You will meet the nattiest of Freuch maids and the surliest of English grooms on his stairs. There will be all sorts of common riffraff on foot at all hours ofthe day in summer. With these callers are his patients, the dogs. A ten cent mongrel will be preceded by a big St. Bernard worth a hundred, and perhaps succeeded by a fleecy little French poodle, estimated by its aristocratic mistress aS above price. One day an express wagon drove up, and from the rear of this improyed ambulance a couple of servants lifted out a grand old Newfoundland. Poor, dizzy fellow! His pathetic look of illness was almost human, And the way some of these intelligent four-legged patients walk up the dog doctor’s stairs shows conclusively that they can read the glaring signs in front. The uneasy, reluctant, whimpering, wry-faced look is the same as that which connects the knowing child with the castor oil bottle —New York Herald. KENNEL NOTES. Kennel Notes are inserted without charge; and blanks (furnished free) will be sent to any address. NAMES CLAIMED. t= Prepared Blanks sent free on application, Sir Jack, Count Boh, Hamlet, Lord Clifton, Blue Jeans and Duke Orlanda. By Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cmeinnati, O., for pug dogs, whelped Aug. 20, 1891, by their Bradford Ruby II. out of Lady Thelma. - BRED. (Ss Prepared Blanks sent free on application, Skip H—Sport K. Ringwood Beagle Kennels’ (Brockton, Mass.) beagle bitch Skip H. (Flute M.—Haida) to their Sport K. (Sport H. —Beauty H.), Aug. 20. . Zenette—Kingston Regent. New York St. Bernard Kennels’ (New York city) St. Bernard bitch Zsnette to their Kingston Re- gent (Prince Regent—Lady St. Gothard), Aug. 26, ' Rustic Katie—Lord Balto. GW. Wamobach's (Baltimore, Md.) ug bitch Rustic Katie (Rustic Kmg—Tra-la-la) to his Lora Balto ! (champian Kash—Nun Nicer), June 2, _ Vet eh 7 ———e— ee 4 Sup, 8, 1991.] FOREST AND STREAM. 131 ' | 7 : Dollie—Othello Boy. G. W. Wambach's (Baltimore, Md.) pug ‘To-day they complete the score with skirmish firing. pe (Cricket—Dot) fo his Othello Boy (Othello—Jule), arch 18. Lady Nettie—Woodbrook Sultan. F. ¥. Lamb's (Baltimore, Md.) St. Bernard bitch Lady Nettle (Leo—Lore) to his Woodbrook Sul- tan (Beauchamp—Kron), Aug. 28. W HELPS. =" Prepared Blanks sent free on application, Bess K. Ringwood Beagle Kennels’ (Brockton, Mass.) beagle bitch Bess K. (Hamner’s Sport—Flirt), July 29, five (four dogs), by their Snort K (Sport H.—Beauty H,), A: Onéita. M. L. Jackson’s (Greensburg. Ind.) pug bitch Oneita, Aug. 20, six (five dogs), by Hberhart Pug Kennels’ Eberhart’s Cashier (champion Kash—Lady Thora). ; Lady Thema. O.P. Kinnie’s (Lima, 0.) pug bitch Lady Thelma (Spokane—Lady Verne), Ang. 20, seven (six dogs), by Hberhart Pug Kennels’ Bradford Ruby I. Ea ata Bradford Ruby—Puss B.), Rose Graphic ©. D. Roberts’s (Dexter, Me.) pointer bitch Rose Grapbic (champion Graphic—White Rose), Aug, 16, four (three dogs), by C. W. Winship’s Spot Naso (champion Naso of Kippen— Boski). Meteor'’s Flirt. ©. D. Roberts’s (Dexter, Me.) pointer bitch Me- teor’s Plirt (Meteor, Jr.—Mamie), Aug. 5, ten (three does), by J, A, Heether’s Graphic 111, (champion Graphic—champion Bloomo); one hitch dead. n : Rustic Kaiti. G. W. Wambach’s (Baltimore, Md.) pug bitch Rustic Katti (Rustic King—Tra-la-la), Aug, 5, six (five dogs), by his Lord Balto (champion Kash—Nun Nicer). ‘ Clydesdale Well. F. EH. Lamb's (Baltimore, Md.) St. Bernard bitch Glydesdale Nell (Monarch—Lady Floris), Aug. 3, thirteen (six _ dogs), by Thos. Shillcock’s Lord Bute (champion Save—Sabrina). SALES. (Ss Prepared Blanks gent free on application, Max Leslic. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped Aug, 3, 1891, by Leslie out of Mack’s Juno, by W, B, McCloud, Hyatitville, O., to Dr. C. F. Talley, same place. ; : Prince Leslie. liiver and white pointer dog, whelped Aug. 3, 1891, by Leslie out of Mack’s Juno, by W. B, McCloud, Hyattyille, O.. tof. L. Duckworth, West Berlin, O. Captain Leslie. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped Aug. 3, 1891, by Leslie out of Mack's Juno, by W. B, McCloud, Hyattville, O,. to John Thomas, same place, Dick Leslie. Liver and white pointer dog, whelped Aug, 3, 1891, by Leslie out of Mack's Juno, by W. B. McCloud, Hyattyille, O., to Thos. Wells, Bellepoint, O. Othello Boy—Dollie whelps. Pogs. whelped May, 1891, by G. W. Wambach, Baltimore, Md., asilver fawn dog to Mrs. Crisp and a silver fawn bitch to Mrs. J. J. Hoitman, same place; a golden fawn dog io F, H. Martin, Atlanta, Ga., and a stone fawn bitch to Je Feulner. Cherry Valley, N. Y- ; , = Lord Balio—Oriole Lilly whelp. Silver fawn pug dog, whelped March 30, 1891, by G. W. Wambach, Baltimore, Md., to J, Weulner, Cherry Valley. N. Y. Rustic Freddie. Silyer fawn pug dog, whelped Noy. 8, 1890, by Lord Balto out of Rustic Katti, by G. W. Wambach, Baltimore, Md., to J. P. Haines, New York. . Princelimmon—Nun Nicer whelps. Orange and white St. Bernard dogs, whelped June 18, 1891, by F. E. Lamb, Baltimore, Md,, one each to O. 8. Counsell, London, Ont., and H. KR. T. Coffin, Thomp- son’s Mills, N. Y. nS Tristan G.—Mountain Queen whelp. Orange and white St. Ber- nard dog, whelped May 6, 1891, by #. EH. Lamb, Baltimore, Md., to C, A. Shriner, Paterson, N. J. ? ; Regd. Orange and white St. Bernard bitch, whelped Feb. 16, 1890, by Othello out of Bessie Bayard, by F. H. Lamb, Baltimore, Ma., to R. R. Byans, McAlester, Ind. Ter, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. There is no charge for answering questions under this head. All questions relating to ailments of dogs will be answered by Dr. T. G. Sherwood. a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel Management and dogs will receive careful attention. H. B. N., Brooklyn, N. Y.—Haive a fox-terrier bitch that has several warts on his tongue and lower lips; also a little bunch on the lid of one eye. They do not seem_to affect him, but are un- sightly. Gan they be cured? Ans. Yes: with a pair of sharp SGISSOTs. Supsorieer, Brooklyn, N. Y.—Will you kindly tell me the pedi- gree of the bull-terrier Gully the Great, also Bendigo? I don‘t know whether the latter is registered in this country or England. Ans. Gully the Great Fy Gladstone out of Plorrie; by Baron out of Maggie May. Bendigois notgiven. Write to Mr. Frank Dole, New Haven, Conn. H. M., Chatham, Ont.—My cocker spaniel, eight months old, is subject to fits. It will not fall down, but kind of slides to one Side and froths a bit at the mouth. It seems to have its senses all the time judging by the expression of ils eyes. IL have tried san- tonine, tlinking it was worms. The fits seem to Jeaveit a bit weak for an hour or two. Ans. Treat for worms. Santonine alone is not sufficient. Afterward give the following mixture; Pot. bromide 2 drams, sod. bi-borate 1 dram, water 3 ounces. One dessertspoonful twice a day. CG. H. G., Bristol, Conn,—W hat proportion of the tail shall I cut from cocker spunie] pups now 5 weeks old? At what age is it best to cut them, and how or what with? Ans. Itis to a certain ex- tent a matter of taste, some like a comparatively lovg tail, others the reverse. About sin, is the usual length Jeft on. Puppies should be docked when about a fortnight or three weeks old, but later will answer just as well. Cut them at a joint with a pair of sharp scissors, pulling back with thumb and finger the skin to- ward the root of tail. so skin at the end will cover the stump nicely and heal so much quicker. H. W. R., New York city.—_I have a St. Bernard 10mos. old that cannot bear me to pressmy hand onitsloin, If I press hard its hindquarters fall to the ground. It seems to haye a difficulty at times in passing urine, other days it will be all right. Do you think it has any kiduey trouble? It is a well bred one and I don’t ‘want to loseit. Let me know at once what todoforit. Wonlda blister do any good? Ans. The symptoms you describe are due te weakness. Treatfor worms. Feed the dog well, allowing a fair quantity of meat, and also use cod-liyer oil cakes, Give the fol- lowing mixture: Tincture nux yomica lt¢ drams, dialysed iron 1 dram, water 6 ounces. One tafilespoonful twice a day. H. W.S., Pom’s River, N. J.—Please tell me what todo fo. my black and tan bitch. She has been unwell for several weeks, has vomited considerable mucus, whitish in color,and the last few days the vomit is greenish. She has little or no appetite, is get- ting very thininfiesh. Does not appear to be in pain, but lies with hindlegs drawn up against belly. Nose hot and dry, pulse quick, respiration seems to bs labored. Bowels rather inactive, Ans. Give five grains of carbonate of bismuth three times a day, taken on the tongue. Feed on raw minced meat alone, given in small quantities, and at intervals of three or_four hours. Allow the dog a very little water three times a day. When bowels do not act give enema of soap and water, and if Decessary a tea- spoonful of castor oil. Rifle and Grap Shooting. RANGE AND GALLERY. THE NEW JERSEY STATE SHOOT. SEA Grrr, Aug. 28.—This has been the biggest day of the week at the riflemen’s camp. The two principal matcher between regi- mental and bettalion teams were decided this afternoon. Im the iuterstate match there were four teams entered, two from New J-rsey and two from the District of Columbia. The score follows: Yirst Regiment team, N. G. D.C., at known distances, 473; in skirmish firing, 769; total, 1,242. The 1st Battalion team, N. G. 8, N. J., at known distances, 469; in skirmish firing, 756; total, 1,225. The 2d Regiment team, N, G. D, C., at known distances, 442; in skirmish firing, 742; total, 1184, The 7th Regiment team, N. G. S. N. J,, at known distances, 476; in skirmish firing, 623; total, 1,099. In the all-comers’ military match fhe best score for the day, as well as for the match, te made by Corporal August Dietrich, of the Ist Battalion, who had 47 outof a possible 50 placed to his eredit. In the Schnetzen match,open to all comers, William Hayes, of Trenton, made a record of 189 as the aggregate of three scores. Chis places him in the lead. The State match, between teams representing the 7th Re#iment and the Ist Battalion, of tha National Gaard of New Jersey, was concluded this afternoon. Yesterday at the 200yd, range the 7th Regiment team scored 489 points and the Ist Battalion team 455, They started from the 600yd. line and made arin to within 200yda. of the targets. General Bird W. Spencer rode along back of the skirmish line with a mounted bugler by his side. As the signals were given on the bugle the men started, ran for 100yds,, dropped quickly, aimed, fired and then up again and off for another trot of about 100yds. At the 200yd. line the bugler sounded the retreat, and the men started back to the 600yd. line, turning and firing at intervals. The ist Battalion team scored 28 points more than their competitors, f Corporal August Dietrich, of the Ist Battalion, made the excel- lent score of 82 points, including 7 bullseyes and 10 shots within theinner circle, By winning this match the Ist Battalion is en- titled to hold the handsome bronze State trovhy for one year, when it will again be subject to competition. The totals of the scores in to-day’s part of the match follow: ist Battalion Team. i Private John Ramson......... 69 Corporal August Dietrich.... 82 Sergeant A Van Whalen,.... 34 Oaptain Wm W Decker....... 68 Sergeant Charles Chinn...... 48 Private Joseph Fairhurst.... 61 FD ahehlarren tire tn eeectetiet esac = 362 7th Regiment Team. Private William Hartman... 68 Captain Charles A Reid...... 46 Lient W G Maddock....... -.. 34 Captain Charles F Stoll...... 56 Major Charles B Leavitt..-.. 58 -— Sergeant ES Dalrymple...... (i 1 Ot0} HP ny AE AAs bees ot ecg) SpA Grr, Aug. 29.—The New Jersey State Rifle Associa- tion closed its first annual meeting to-day. Many crack riflemen have been in camp in ihe week, and the meeting has proved re- markahly successtul under the management of General Bird W. Spencer. The most interesting shooting of the day was the final match between two teams of twelve each, representing the State of New Jersey and the District of Columbia, In the known-dis- tance shooting the Washington team made a total of 3/0 points to their opponents’ 974. In the skirmish firing, whieh was by far the most interesting part of the match, the scores were as rollows; New Jersev Nat. Guard Team, District of Columbia Team. | Gen Bird W Spencer......-... Do Me wb Ds Olnmesassehs =f nety ues 63 Col Jas W Van Valen......... 44 Pvt Morris Appleby......... .52 Maj WS Richter.............. ts Pvt Walter Cash...,..2.......5 82 Sergt Chas Ghinn............. 73 Sert AO Hatterly.... ........ 86 Gen G BE P Howard......-....- 76 Lieut FG Grabam..... ...-.2- 0) Go] AR Kuser..........-..--.5 ™ Pvt OW Hecox:t! is 44-164, 6t Pvt John Ransom.......... ...62 Sergt R B Smythe...-.... ..., 74 Pvt Chas Townsend ........... fl Pvt OG W Dickey....,.-..-..-..08 Capt W FP Decker.............. 88 Serpt @ WH Laird ...............51 Corp Augustus Dietric $1 Lient Geo H Harris.. tee 68 Pyt Wm Hartman ............58 \Lieut J M Stewart. x TT Sergt ES Dalrymple.......... Ti Pvt GC LHeinbaugh............o4 79 ; 834 When it was announced that the New Jersey boys had won the match the Washington men gave three rousing cheers for Jersey marksmanship and Jersey hospitality. All of the individual matches were closeto-day. The match for the championshi p mecal offered by Governor Leon Abhett was won by Sergt. Chas, W. Mayow, of the Ist Regiment, Newark, The match has been open all summer, but Sergt. Mayow came up to the range at the last hour and distanced all the previous scores by making 44 out of a possible 50. Lieut. Geo. H. Harris won the first prize, a special military rifle, in the Kuzer match. His score was 104 out of a possible 105. Private C. W. Dickey was scored with 100. Both of the men are from Washington. In_ the all- comers’ match Captain Lohman and Corporal Augustus Dietrich were tie with 47 as the total made by each. Oaptain Lohman’s score, however, was adjudged the better and_he was declared the winner. The Schuetzen match was won by Wm. Hayes, of Tren- fon, with an aggregate score of 189. Ex-Governor Robert 5. Green presented the prizes to the winners at headquarters this evening THE RIFLE IN CANADA, Orrawa, Ontario, Aug. 31.—The annual shoot of the Dominion, Rifle Association commenced this morning. It was just 8:25 o'clock when Sergt. Dunnett discharged the Gannon as a signal to begin, and in five minutes afterward the popping of the rifles at the 33 targets was heard all along the lines. The weather was overcast, bat not very unfavorable at the start. As the day pro- gressed, the steady east wind that was blowing directly across the range grew somewhat puffy and was rather puzzling even to the oldest shots. The light in the morning, however, was good, being dull, but steady. The first mateh was the bankers’ in the nursery class, range 400yds., rounds 5, Snider rifle; position, any with head to target. The match was open to members of the Association who have not atany previous prize meeting of the Dominion Rifle Association wou a prize of $5 or upward, exclusive of team or extra prizes. It resulted as follows: Private C. M. Lang, 25; Dr. D. MeMartion, O. R, C., 24; Sergi. M. P. McCarthy, G.G. B.G.. 24; Capt. W. Schultz, 24; Private W. Humphrey, St. John’s R., 23; Lieut. J. H. ROSS Infantry School, 23: Sergt.Crosby, Seventeenth Leicester- shire, 22. The MacDougall challenge cup match was finished at 1:30 o'clock. The ranges were 400 and 6W0yds., five rounds at each, open to efficient members of the active militia, members of the staff, and officers of the active force who have retired retaining rank, and to all officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of her Majesty’s regular army and navy stationed in Canada who are also members of the association. The cup will be the property a the ember winning ittwice consecutively. The prize included also h The score was for the six highest: Sergt. Mitchell, Tenth, 47; Priv. G. A. Windatt, Porty-fitth, 46; St. Sergt. J. A. Armstrong, G. G. F. G., 46; K. B. H. Flowers, P. G. A., 46; St. Sergt. Rolston, “Twentieth, 46; St. Sergt. W. Rinman, Ninetieth, 46 The first (Leicester) Regiment, Imperial Service, which is stationed at Halifax,is represented by a strong team. In the MacDougall challenge cup match Priv. J. KE. Hutchinson, Capt. Rogers and Priv. Jamieson, all of the Forty-third, came back from 400yds. with the possible 25 points. The youngest rifle shot at present in the city attending the meeting is Trumpeter Pugh, of B Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, stationed in the citadel, Quebec. This promising shot won many prizes here during the 1889 meeting, coming within 3 of winning a place on the Canadian team which is sent to England. Toronro, Aug, 27.—The twenty-third annual prize meeting of the Ontario Rifle Association closed this evening after fonr very successtul days’ shooting. While the attendance all through the meeting was not up fo previous years, ii may safely be said that this year’s matches from a poimt of general interest and keen competition haye never been equalled. To-day was a rare day for the sport. There was little if any wind, and the light was almost perfect. These excellent conditions enabled the marksmen to outdo the scores which were considered food in other years, The Gzowski cup, which is enviously sought atter by the teams in the skirmish and volley firing matches, was captured by the Grena- diers for the second time in two years, score 309, they having been the winners of the trophy a year ago. Iti was expected that the highest score in the revolver competition would not exceed 40, but yesterday Corp. Mclaren, Q.0.R., caught his eye and put in 42 points, or two points above Lieut. Margetts. 13th Batt., the winner ayearago. There were two 41’s and one 40. The scores in the two leading contests stood: Revolver Match. Gorp McLaren, Q.0.R.......-.. 42 Sergt Thompson, 12th... ..... BB} Capt Griffith, 87th .... ........ 41 SS Harp, QO.R .........2..... od Oapt MeMicking. 44th.......... 41 Lieut Mercer, Q.0.R........... 33 Lieut A. Wilson, 38d... ......... 40 SS Ashall.........- het et Bhi Lieut Margetts, 3lst...........89 Lieut Crean, Q.O0.R ........... BL Pvt Murdock, 18th............, 38 Pvt Anderson, 8ith............ BL Color-Sergt Crooks, @.0.R,.. 88 Pyt Wayper, 29th,............. 30 Lieut Ewan, R.L..... 22.2.2... 57 Pyt Hearne, 20th..... eh 30 Pyt J A Worden, 28th......... 36 @ M's Jardine, 29th,........... 30 $8 Mitchel, 10th R.G.......... 36 Sergt J Brooks, 10th R.G...... 28 GZOWSKI—SKEIRMISHING MATOGE, Named after Col, Sir Casimir S. Gzowski, A. D, OC. to the Queen, ex-president of the Association. Open to the active militia of Canada and H. M.army and nayy. To be competed for by six officers, non-commissioned officers or men from any one battalion, brigade of field or garrison artillery, squadron of cavalry or crew of ship. First—Skirmishing—Description of rifle, class I. (S.); range, 200 to 500yds.; number of rounds, 5 advancing, 5 retiring; position, any, at all ranges; entrance fee, $4 cach team, including cane oe five prizes, total cash $100. Hicaieaeioinee nate Sac bec Thirteenth Battalion.........-- Governor-General’s Body Guards... .....--. -- ~-...--- VOLLEY FIRING. Description of rifle, class L. (S,); Tanges: of rounds, 5 advancing, 5 retiring; positi ee i i ii yy 209 to 500yda,; on, any, at all num ber Tanges} entrance fee, $4 each team, including ammunition;)fve prizes, total cash Forty-fitth Battalion. 00.2) joj22.. ae we Abs eiens od 160 MOvahGrenadiathe, uence cucibsae tee peter try acy able eetea 188 War erna bs fh oh b i (2ST ee ee Opa) a ea ewe were Weerttec 13) Governor-General’s Body Guards.. .......-.--.-. irhyottsie sp koa 127 NM TEe MA CEVA RETO esis). yop occu daaeleinblinde Peseta asteieerereser <=) ele: AN AMERICAN TEAM FOR BISLEY. Tau writer is very pleased ai the editorial in FORBST AND Srream of July 23 suggesting that an American team should visit Bisley next year. When Mr, Farrow came over to Hngland a few years ago and shot in the long ranges he carried off the chief honors, and why should not Americans do so again. The thing to do would be to bring over selected men, several tor each style of shooting; for instance two long range shots for the 1000yds. prizes, one or two good off-hand shots at 200yds (this is what the KHnglish are worst at); these shots must be used to the English Martini rifle, as thatis used exclusively for the 200yds. off-hand competition, and the rest of the team good at 200, 500 and 600vds. these also must use the Huglisn Martini rifle. The Martini rifies can be got from several English makers at From $25 to $80 each. The great mistake all American teams coming to England in former years have made is bringing only Springfield or other American rifles with them, The great bulk of Bisley competi- tions are open only to Martini rifles. Consequently the Ameri- eans could not shoot in any but a few unimportant competitions, or if they shot in Martini competitions they had to borrow rifies they were entirely unaccustomed to. Now if s few good Martinirifies were bought at once, and were practiced with the balance of this season and next year before the Bisley meeting by an Amprican team, they would come over to England and enter in all the prizes at Bisley except the two or three which are restricted to English volunteers, and if they were good shots win hundreds of prizes, instead of the two or three American teams have been contented to shoot in heretofore, The writer will be yerv pleased to answer all questions on this subject asked through Forms? AND STRBAM. WwW. W. QCANADIAN THAM.—The Canadian Militia Gazette, the organ of the active force of the Dominion, explains why, for this vear at least, the Canadians will not visit Creedmoor. If says. “Last vear the secretary of the National Association went to a good deal of trouble in connection with a proposed visit of a Canadian team, and a cordial welcome was assured. The proposal fell through, however, not because there were Dot many marksmen willing to go, but for the want of an organizer. We believe that could an interchange of visits between Canadian and American rifie teams be arranged it would be greatly to the advantage of rifle shooting. The great attraction to a Canadian team at Creedmoor would of course be the Hilton Trophy match, which is open to teams of 12 men each from the Regular Army in any of the three military divisions of the United States, from the National Guard of any State, or from the military forces nf other countries. The firing is at 200 500 and 600yds., 7 shots with any military rifle. ‘The position at 200yds.is standing, this being the condition most to the disadvantage of a Canadian team, as the standing position is so little practic+d in this country. The Creedmoor meeting un- fortunately goes on at the same time as the Dominion matches at Ottawa, commencing on Sept. 1, a dav later than ours. We helieve the Hilton Trophy match is to be fired on Saturday, so that our men would have barely time to reach Creedmoor after the close of the Ottawa meeting, and would haye no chance for practice.” It must be borne in mind, however, that this is the first year where the meeting has been held so early in September" Tn other years, with no Dominion matches at home, the Can- adians did not come. ARMY SHOTS. —Lockport, N, Y., Aug, 29.—The annual shoot- ing competition of the Division of the Atlantic. United States Army, comprising teams from all the posts east of the Mississippi River, has just closed at Fort Niagara, at the mouth of the fa- mous old river. The shooting has been exeeptionally good and has continued incessantly for the last two weeks, with the excep- tion of two days, when the wind and rain storm interfered. The distinguished marksmen who go tothe army shoot at Chicago, with their final scores, are: Private Thomas Feeny, Co. D, Fifth Infantry. 568; Sergf. William A. Boyle, Co. C, Battalion of Hngi- neerg, 509; Sergt. William FEF, Shipp, Co, E, Fifth Infantry, 495; Private Albert W. James, Co.D Fifth Infantry, 488; Private John Kelly, Co. A, Battalion of Engineers, 482. Of the best scores among the other marksmen the following haye led the list, and will represent the division also at the shoot: Sergt, Charles Wood- cock, Co. CG, Eleventh Infantry. 465; Sergt, Charles Hohler, Co. E, Eleventh Infantry, 584; Private William Decker, Co. E, Battalion of Wngineers, 618; Corp. John Desmond, Co, H, Fifth Infantry, 501; Corp. James Laver, Co H, Sixth Infantry, 487; Sergt. Frede- rick BE. Ginder, Co. D, Eleventh Infantry, 485. AMERICAN RIFILHS WIN AT BISLEY,—In the Martini-Smith competition for single-barrel rifies the scores below were made; Single rifles, 7 shots: Ist prize..... Mr W R Joyat..... Ballard..... G7BTT77—AT (5 cartons.) 2d prize...... Capt Dutton Hunt. Rigby....... 45 8d prize.... .Mr Meyrick........ 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S43 0111 00100101111— 9 MeMichael,...011101101000100— 7 Neen Tae 1090.10111911111—15 Gerig on... 3. 411111111111010—18 JOS WY By ae A 2 111111011110110—12 Wrigut....++».111110111111110—13 Sandford ..... 111119111111111—14 POpAed penis 011110100111131—11 Oakleaf........ 100001111101111—10 Taney ee ».. .011111000101001— 4 Hammond,....011111111111111—-14 Cochran....... 001001111110111—10 Lindsley..........-. 1001010001— 4 IR GISGV ret seescas -1111110111— 9 TEATS oy posse deat ta W11111i—10 TRGSSOT SG wee a eerie 1111101111— 9 Taleb: cesses, ee 1011011110— 7 Sanford, wpe eee 1111111111- 10 TEP Vieee cee en«., LLOLIO01IU— 6 Podes a tee chee ne 1111111111—10 ee ACU Mica sty TI11110110— 8 ROShilte Ae eo Woe 1110011111— 8 DiBViABieee w.eneere se 1111111111—10 Moorea: (rete a, oe 1101011010— 6 Vochranc wai nese 1101110111— 8 Hammond.......... 1111011101— 8 Ooakleaft........... 0110111111— 8 AONE Ke ee eae 00G0111001— 4 Olmstead.... ....,,1111111011— 9 Lindsley ..01011000011111110110—12 Kelsey... .19101111101111111101—17 Apgar .,-.11701111110111011110—16 Koch......11011111101111111111—18 King...... 11101111111111111111—19 Leris ..... 01011111119411111110-—-18 Sanford ...11111011111111111111—19 Tee Kay. .11111160011010111111—15 Penn ....11111111111111101111—19 Russell ...11101010000011011100 —10 Blliott. ...01101001010111101111—18 Olmstead.11011110011100111111—15 Lindsley... ....100001011111C00— 7 Apgar........ +-111100110110111—11 Kelsey......... 1111011171110111—13 Fries......... -001101001000101— 6 Moore........ ++111101101110010—10 Paterson...... -100010100010010— 5 Oehmig........ 01.0001101010100— 6 Myers, ..i.:...: 010110000101101— Kobler........, 010111111001001— 9 Allen ...s...54; 011001011100110— 8 Oakleaf....... »111110110001110—10 Hall pees: .110001311011100— 9 Tallett......... 110111101111111—13 McMichael....111101001000001— 7 Cochrane...... 110111111101113—18 King...........101111111011101—14 Leris........... 11111197. —15 Tee Kay....... 111111101111000—11 Ke] SOY nae 1111110101— 8 Heikes ............ 111111111—10 CA PRaT SS: Sct: 1011101101— 7 Suereel, ys .resh --L001100110— 5 Dehringe? ees os O110L01000— 4 McMichael......... 1110110101— 7 Wpiess et brn 1111100001— § Peterson,........... 0111010010— 5 LD eh eee Ga ene nas Ree O111011111— 8 Johnson,........... 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J. = Lise, 0101111001— 6 ings er ete 1111111111—10 AGENTS, 2h ae 1110110111— 8 BESET cette bee ,U111111100— 7 Cochrane........... 1101111110— 8 Ibe eiiete Shae 100010101— 4 Ealoits 2 eS N110111— § Howell. eee. 1010010010— 4 Meyers............. 01101L00100— 4 IVE Mere. re ea OL01100111— 6 Lodge........... ...1110111111— 9 Rupple!.: J... -1000011001— 4 Duggan ............ 0110111011— 7 Barcery ee iene ne, 1111011111— 9 Heikes.. ..11111311011111111111-19 Apgar. ..10111111111001111011—16 Kelsey... .11111101111111110111—18 Hobart ...111€0101110101100111—13 Elliott... ..01001110100000101100— 8 Sanford ..11111111111111111111—20 Draw..... 10110100111011101101—13 --11111411111111011110—18 - 1 0100111101011111100—13 y ..11111111001111111111—18 - -01100111101111001011—13 - 110011011111 11700111 —15 jm. .11111111110111111111—19 Penn,..... 11001111111111111111—20 Besser... .11101111101101111.111—17 McMurehy... 111111011113J—14 Apgar.......... 101001000110110— % Lindsley.. -...111100001010110— 8 Hobart.......,.111011101110101—11 Miller. ci sccne 111111111111111—15 Kelsey ........ 4111111111111010—13 Courtney..-,..010111111010011-10 Heikes........ 141101010111)11—14 Amateurs: Knowlton......11111111111101—15. Gochran....... 110091111111111—12 Sipple......... -10011711101111—14 Penn....... » «#114111011111100 —12 Stewart........ 11100118 Tee Kay..... « -010101111111111—12 Hammond....,001111111111011—12 Sanford ....... 1111111111.11111—15 Wright........ 1111)1171111111—15 King.......... 10011711111111—-15 Dr sae 111000001010100— 8 Leris...,....... 11911114111110—14 Rogers....... -100010900001101— 6 _ Johnson....... -100111111011111—12 Papeas: «\hyie- 110101001111111—11 Wasson........ 001110000101101— 7 A Miller....... 1001000011 10011— 6_—“Duggan....... 111001011011110—10 ries PS.ee aa 001111110110111—11_Begser.......... 110110117111111—34 Kock... osc -110101111111111—18 Brewster ..... 1011. 10110110011— 10 Ruppell....... -100900010001000— 3 Wilson.,.-.....010101110111011—10 Tallett......... 1111111111101—14 No. 10,10 singles. Experts: MeMireby........... 1111100110—7 Hobart ,.............1111001171—8 Lindsley......... ... 1100011010—4 Heikes...-...........11111001—9 Malleisypos eee owen WI11101I—-9 ~Kelsey......... .... 1111110111—9 Gourtney...........-. 111100017 Apgar............... 0111 112:—9 Amateurs: Knowlton.,.......... 1111111110—9 Tallett.............. ONVIIL— 9 Stewarlty.... occ 1101/01711—8 Koch..... Selene 1111110110— 8 MecMichael..,....,.. OOLULINIOI—5 ~Cochrane........... 1110010011— 6 Kurtz,....-.....--...0000101100—3 King............ 111111111—10 Hammond..... (e+e O1TTTIN1-9 Levis..........5. 2.0 1011111711— 9 Wirirhtors 2 Ba WLI11—8_--Howell.............. 0000101000— 2 Dr M......,-.......-.1010100101—5 Sanford. .......: 1011111011— 9 Penn ,...,-........-,111111101—9. Besser...,.....5.--, 1117111100— § POD. nce 3 tains QO1U1111—8_ Reinicke. ...,.....0101111011— 8 Aug. 26.—No. 1, 10 singles Experts: Heikes 7, McMurchy 9, Courtney 5, Kelsey 9. Hobart 3, King 6, Leris 9, Lindsley 10, Apgar Tt, Miller 7, Sanford 9, Tee K ay 7. Amateurs; Knowlton 10, Tee Kay 9, Edwards 8, Pope 9, Hunt 5, Wright 10, Keller 9, Stewart 7, Penn 9, Hammond 9, Koch 8, Tallett 10, Cochran 7, Best 8, Dr. M. 5, Moore 9. No. 2,15 singles. Experts: Heikes 12, MeMurchy 138, Courtney 6, Miller 9, Hobart 9, Apgar 10, Lindsley 10, Kelsey 14, Sanford 12. Amateurs: Knowlton 138, Tee Kay 11, Edwards il, Pope 15, Wright 12, Hunt 12, Hammond 14, Stewart 14, Penn 14, Keller 12, Koch 11, Tallett 15, Cochrane 15, Dr. M. 8, Parker 14, Moore 9, Best 10. No. 3,15 singles, Experts; Heikes 18, McMurchy 14, Courtney [Smrr, 3, 1891. 9, Miller 15, Hobart 8, Apgar 14, Lindsley 11, Sanford 14, Kelsey 12. Amateurs: Knowlton 13, Tee Kay 13, Edwards 13, Pope 13, Tallett 15, Keller 14, Wright 15, Stewart 14, Penn 14, Hammond 10, Koch 12, Hunt 12, Dr. M. 7, Best 9, Moore 11, Jones 9, Parker 14. No. 4, 20. singles. Hxperts: Heikes 17, MeMurehy 20,.Courtney 10, Miller 17, Hobart 11, Apgar 15, Lindsley 10,Sanford 17, Kelsey iv, Amateurs: Knowlton 18, Tee Kay 18, Edwards 14, Pope 16, Tallett 19. Wright 20, Keller 17, Stewart 19, Penn 20, Hunt 12, Koch 15, Jones 18, Parker 19, Dr. M. 9, Peacock 15. No.4, 15 singles. Experts: Heikes 11, McMurchy 12, Courtney 9, Miller 12, Hobart 6, Apgar 12, Sanford 14, Lindsley 9, Kelsey 12, Amateurs: Knowlton 14, Tee Kay 13, Edwards 11, Pope 13, Tallett 13, Moore 12, Dr. M. 5, Stewart 9, Penn 12, Wright 14, Koch eA Keller 10, Kinney 7, Hunt 10, Curtis 9, Bennett 9, Marsh 13, Pea- pork rae Johnson 14, Heinold 4, Wilson 11, Best 9, Wilkinson 12, iller 6. No. 6, 20 singles, Experts: Heikes 17, McMurehy 16, Courtney 12, Miller 19, Hobart 14, Sanford 20, Kelsey 14, Apgar 13, Ama- teurs: Knowlton 19, Stewart 17, Edwards 15, Pope 17, Wright 14, Tallett 17, Wilson 10, Marsh 18, Pann 18, Keller 16, Koch J4, Tee Kay 19, Parker 19, Peacock 12, Johnson 14. No. 7, 10 singles. HWxperts: Heikes 8, McMurchy 9, Courtney 4, Miller 8. Hobart 6, Sanford 8, Kelsey 9, Apgar 8, Lindsley 7. Ama- feurs: Knowlton 10, Tes Kay 10, Tallett 8, Pope 8, Heinold 4, Wright 10, Mundy 6, Willer 5, Wilkengon 4, Hunt 5, Kncb 6, Curtis 8, Stewart 9, Keller 9, Kinney 9, Chamberlain 7%, Edwards 6, Den- nison 1, Wilson 10, Penn 8, Bennett 8, Peacock 8, Dr. M, 6, LeBeau 6, New 2, Peters 9, Johnson 4, No. 8, 20 singles. Experts: Heikes 17, McMurchy 19, Courtney 12, Miller 16, Hobart 8, Sanford 15, Lindsley 17, Kelsey 16, Apgar 15. Amateurs: Knowlton 18. Stewart 19, Tes Kay 19, Pope 16. Tallett 15. Keller 14, Wright17, Parker 16, Dr. M. 11, Johnson 12, Koch 14, Marsh 16, Peters 19, Peacock 13, Penn 18. Wilson 16, No 9,10 singles. Experts: Heikes 9, MeMurchy 9, Courtney 8, Miller 8, Hobart 5, Sanford 9, Lindsley 7, Apgar 10, Kelsey 7. Amateurs: Knowlton 9. Tes Kay 10, Aimas 7. Pone 8 Balmer 3, Heinold 5, Mundy 4, Wilkenson /, Weller 2, dunt6, Tallett, 7, Stewart 9, Bush 3, Keller 9, Dr, M. 3, Wright 9, Chamberlin 7, Koch 7, Best 7, Kinney 7, Peacock 7, Wilson 6, Penn 9, No. 10,10 singles, Experte: Heikes 10, MeMurchy 6, Courtney 7, Miller 8, Hobart 5, Sanford 10, Lindsley 8, Kelsey 9, Apgar 6. Amateurs: Knowlton 8 Tee Kay 9, Wright 7, Pope 9, Keller 9, Penn 9 Murky 6, Tallett 9, Stewart 8, Hunt 5, Koch 6. Aug. 27,—Matches Nos. 1, 2,{4 and 10 at 10 targets, Nos. 3,5 and 6 at 20, Nos. 7and9at15. Hxperts: ES ee be 8 ae, ee DD (oy RR Oe he. 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NUNS BIE err gen + eeu eye ep nttatt oo FA ~a... .. 13.17 141014 9 AVERAGES.—Aug. 25.—Expert: F. L. Kelsey, first, 86.6 per cent., $36.68; EZ, D. Miller, second, 85.1 per cent., $18.34. Amateur: King, eae per cent., $36,683; M. C, Sanford, second, 95,5 per cent., Aug. 26.—Expert: M, ©. Sanford, first, 88.8 per cent,. $15.50; H. MeMureby, second, 87,5 per cent,, $7.75. Amateurs: J. Knowlton, first, 91.03 ner cent , $16.50; J. Tallett, second, 90.3 per cent., $7.75, Aug. 27,—Expert: HK. D. Miller, first, 86.4 per cent,, $11.80; Neaf Apgar, second, 84.2 per cent., $5.90. Amateur: J. Mallett, first, 92.1 per cent., $11.80; A. Pope, second, 89.2 per cent., $5.90, WORCESTER SPORTSMEN’S CLUB, WORCESTER, Mass., Aug. 27.—There has been a two days’ tourna- ment this week at the Coal Mine Brook Range, under the auspices of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Club. The attendance was very good. Among the yisitors the first. day were Allen Willey, of Hartford, Conn,; J. H. Ames, W. CO. Cady and ©. H. Hebbard, of New London, Conn.; H. EH. Oleutt. of Manchester, Conn: H. lL. Edgerton, of Willimantic, Conn.; Chas. Sterry and B. 8. Root, of Tolland, Gonn,; and Manuel Knowles. of Lowell. On the second day the yisitors included Capt. H. R. Anderson and Lieut. J. BF. Martin, of Battery B, 4th Artillery. The several events of the firsi day follow: Six standards, 30 entries: Smith, Ames, Root and Sherry each broke 6, and diy. first; Davis, Tucker, Rule, Bowdish, Webb, Jones and Knowles broke 6, after shooting off the tie, Davis, Tucker and Rule diy, second; Dickey. Brown, Place, Howe and Willey diy, third; M. D, Gilman and Burbank diy. fourth. Five clays, open traps, 31 entries: Smith, Howe, Bowdish, Web- her, Sterry and Tucker seach 4. and diy, first; Dean, Gilman and Burbank second; Dickey and Olceutt third; Rugg fourth. Twelve standards, $2 entrance, 2) entries: Smith and Dickey broke 12, and diy. first; Root, Sterry and Rule 10, and diy. second; Gilman, Webber and Jones third; Howe, Kenney, Dean, H. lL, Davisand Knowlesdiv.fourth, = __ Ten clays, 28 entries: W. L. Davis, Dickey, Burbank and Root broke 9 and diy. first; Dean, M.D-Gilman, Webber, Larkin and Sterry each 8, diy. second; Swan, Jones, Kinney, Ames and Olcott div. third; Harvey, Tucker and Rule div. fourth, Six singles and four pairs doubles: Dickey 18 and first, Sterry 10 and second, Root third, Dean and Rule diy. fourth, Five clay-pigeons: A. L. Gilman, Dayis and Webb each 5 and div. first; Willey, Dickey, Howe, Sterry and Ameseach 4 and diy. second; Root third; Harvey, Larkin and Rule div. fourth. Fifteen standards, $50 guaranteed purse, $3 entrance: Dickey and Dean diy. first, Smith, Davis, Rule and Sterry diy. second, Jones and Burbank third, Webb and Bowker fourth. Team race, two men to team, 10 clays, 22 entries: Webb and Dickey first, Dean and Bowker second, J ones and Hebbard third, Seven standards, 25 entries: Sterry, Dickey and Bowker first, Bowdish, Smith and Roof second, M. D. Gilman and Dean third, Forehand and Knowles fourth. Ten clays, $2.50 entrance: Dickey firsi, Jones and Willey second, Sterry and Root third, Dean, Webber and Rule fourth. Ten standards: Dean first; Dickey, Rule and M. D. Gilman sec- ond, Bowker and Knowles third, Webb fourth. Twenty standards, Dickey 20, and first; Root 19, and second: Dean third, Bowker and Sterry divided. Dickey won the prize of $5 offered by A. B. F. Kenney for the largest average. In ten of his events he broke 105 out of a possible lll. He shot in 12 events and missed butll. Cady also received $5; his average was 86 per cent. The several events of the second day follow: Miss and out, standard, 17 entries.—Root, Dean and Smith 10,and Smith drew ont. On the tie Root wou, Dean dropped hia 12th. Five clay-pigeons from 5 traps, 22 entries.—Root, Amés, Dickey, Cady and Rugg first; Hatch and Dean second; Willey third, Fore- hand fourth. ‘ . : Seven standards, 21 entries —Dickey, Smith, Trisker. Root and Dean first; Hatch and Harvey second; Bowdish, Cady, Sterry and Ingraham third; Forehand, Dudley and Whitney fourth. : Ten clays, $1.50 entrance, 20 entries.—Trisker, Cady and Dayis first: Dickey, Smith, M. D. Gilman, Bowdish and Root second; Dean, Sterry and Rugg third; Willey fourth, Twelve standards, $2 entrance, 16 entries.—Cady and Knowles first; Davis, Root_ and Tucker second; M. D, Gilman, Dickey, Sterry, Dean and Rugg third; Willey fourth. . Two-men team race. 10 standards, 9 entries: Rugg and Smith, pay and Root first, Willey and Sterry second, Dickey and Dayis third. Fifteen clays, $50 guaranteed, $38 entrance, 18 entries: Dickey and Sterry each 1h and first, Davis and M. D. Gilman14 and second, Root and Knowles 13 and third, Willey 12 and fourth. Wine standards, 22 entries: A. i. Gilman first, Cody, Rugg, Smith, Dickey and Sprague seeond, Willey and Sterry third, Dean and Root fourth. . Seven clays, 22 entries: Rugg. Dayis and Dickey first, Perry, Tucker and Sterry second, M, D, Gilman and Wiley third, Kenney and A, L. Gilman fourth. : Fifteen clays, $5 entrance: Dickey and Dean first, Root and Cady second, Davis third. — ; Seven standards, 23 entries: Dean, Smith, Forehand and A, LL. Gilman first, Dicksy, Davis and Rugg second, Sterry, Tucker and Howe third, Root fourth. : Seyen clays, 23 entries; Cady and Root first, Bowdish, Rugg and — - . ee Supr. 8, 1891. . FOREST AND STREAM. 13:3 Tucker second, A. L. Gilman, Dean and M. D, Gilman third, Fore- hand and Kenney fourth. ; Bicht standards, 22 entries; Root and Dickey first, Perry second, A. L. Gilman third, Bowdish and M. D, Gilman fourth, Seven standards, 12 entries; Sterry first, Dean second, Cromp- ton third, Kenney fourth, Seven clays: Sterry and Willey first Crompton, Cady and Forehand third, 8 Dickey and Root second, prague and Howe fourth. DEATH AT THE TRAP. BROOKLYN, Aug. 26.—The regular monthly meeting of the At- Jantic Rod and Gun Club at the grotinds just outside the Brighton Beach 1: ce track this afternoon ended tragically. Joseph O’Brien was killed by the eccidental discharge of » shotgun. The Atlantic Rod and Gun Club is EOnnased mostly of the officials and business men of Gravesend. It meets on the last Wedntsday of every month. Twenty members atsembled at the grounds to-day. Among those who participated were Justice of the Peace Kenneth F. Sutherland, ex-Assemblyman Charles J. Kurth, Richard Dwyer, and Under Sberiff Hugh McLaughlin. The men passed nearly all the afternoon at the regular club match for the Engeman badge and Blondin medal. The sport was good, and everybody enjoyed it. Mr. O’Brien was especially éheerful, After the club match a sweepstakes was arranged. twelve men entered, Mr. O’Brien among them. ‘ Jam's W. Cropsey, 8S. Stryker Williamson, William Weber, Joseph O’Brien and Dr. Hill fell back some distance at the con- clusion of the medal match. O’Brien and Willizmson sat down. Weber stood behind their chairs. Under-Sheriff McLanghlin was practicing, preparatory to entering for the sweepstakes. He fired at two birds. both of which escaped, one alighting on the roof of the club house. O'Brien and Weber had been talking over the arrangements for the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club's proposed excursion to Long Brunch on Sept, 14. ( : Cropsey walked up and stood in front of O’Brien and William- son with his gun under his aim and holding two cariridges in his hand. He joined in the conyersation. Noticing the cartridges, Williamson said: — d Meee cartridges away, Jim; you don’t need them for any- thing. “Oh, yes, 1 do; it is my turn to shoot next,” answered Cropsey. Williamson leaned back and turned his head to look at the Pigeons on the club house roof. The moyement sayed his life, for at that moment Cropsey’s gun was discharged. The charge whizzed by Williamson and te in O’Brien’s face. It made a terrible wound, and O’Buien fell forward without a groan dead. The front and the right side of his face was torn away. Cropsey, in his statement after the mishap, said that he had slipped two cartridges into the barrels of his gun, but they did not fit. He finally got them in and closed the gun. It was then that one barrel was discharged. The cartridge must bave caught and exploded, as Cropsey felt sure he had not touched the trigger. There were Editor Forest and Stream: The deplorable accident which occurred at the shoot of the Atlantic Rod and Gnn Club a few days ago, whereby a most estimable young man lost his life, furnishes, if the newspaper account of it- be correct, an excellent reason for pigeon shooters to ayoid that club. In well-regulated shooting clubs three rules are rigidly enforced during shooting matches. First, the shooter shall not load his gun until he takes his place at the seore—that is, not until he stands with his back to the spectators and with the muzzle of the gun pointing in the direction of the traps at which he is to shoot. Second, the shooter before he leaves the score must upload his gun—that is, still standing with his back to the spectators, and without turning around and with the muz- ale of the gun still pointing in the direction of the traps, he must “break” his gun and remove the shells. Third. no scouting shall be allowed, These rules, if enforced, leave scarcely any chance of accident in pigeon-shooting. It does no harm on this occasion to repeat them in your columus, Ihave no doubt such rules written or unwritten_are supposed 1o goyern the pigeon matches of the Atlantic Gun Club and that some one duly authorized to enforce them is always present. If not the matches should not be shot. And the person so authorized is in duty bound to note the behavior of each shooter; to correct him if he errs in the handling of bis gun and to quote and insist upon compliance with the rules. I will venture to say that at this Atlantic Gun Club shoot watchful eyes saw every kill and detected every no bird snap shot on the ground by mistake; but where was he whose duty it was to pro‘ect the spectators? Where were the eyes directed that left poor O’Brien at the merey of a thoughtless man due at the score? The unfortunate person who held the fatal gun is to be pitied, perhaps excused; but what can excuse the gross—the almost criminal—carelessness of those who, by neglecting the duties with which they were charged, made possible the killing of O*Brien! Such an event as this involves more than the reputation of the Atlantic Gun Club, It reflects unpleasantly upon thé entire shooting-club world. It will not add to the public’s estimation of pigeon-shooting, for the public, slow to analyze causes, is wonder- fully quick in grasping results. And it seems to me that so ex- cellent a sport as pigeon-shooting ought not to be brought into trouble or disrepute by such badly-governed associations as the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club. These organizations should practice no sport More dangerous than bean-bag pitching, Croron. TRAP SHOOTING IN THE FATHERLAND. [From a Special Correspondent.| BERLIN, Aug. 18.—Hditor Forest and Stream: The first great prize shooting tournament at clay pigeons in this country took place near this city last week. The rules laid down for the shoot were those of the Deutsche Schiessverein (German Shooting As- sociation), and are closely related to the standard Hnglish rules. Seven wy els valuable prizes were offered by this association and shot for. The first prize, which gives its owner the right to the title of champion wing shot of Germany, was won by a young man, Mr. Preuss, witha 12-bore Winchester repeating gun. Preuss scored 92 birds out of 100. ; Mr. George Ligowsky, of Cincinnati, who acted as referee, pro- nounced Mr. Preuss’s shooting as fine as he had ever witnessed in the United States. Fully nine-tenthe of ali the prizes off>red were carried off by shooters using the Walsrode smokeless powder. In connection with the clay pigeon shoot a shooting match with hunting rifles was arranged at a moving wild boar, are too, the Walsrode smokeless powder sustained its reputation. The first prize was won by Dr. Goettinger, a native-born American, who uses smokeless powder exclusively. _ The tournament has stirred up German gunners, Wing-shoot- ing clubs are being organized all over the country, and clay pigeon.shooting will soon he a popular sport in the Watherland, Olay pigeons are offered here to the individual shooter at about a cent apiece, Heretofore. and as long as they had to be imported from America, they retailed at 83 cents apiece, a price far beyond the reach of the great mass of shooters. ARMIN TENNER. AUBURN GUN CLUB.—Auburn, N. Y., Aug. 26.—To-day our elub held a very interesting meet at the club grounds. The day was very fine and the attendance, though numerically smaller than common, wasfullof enthusiasm. Therace was 25 kingbirds, 15 singles, Keystone rules. and 10 singles, 45 traps, unxnown angles, expert rules, the most difficult known trap-shooting. Aside from the regular contest, which score is given below, we had a number of sweepstakes and other pHoptse ass. (ORD og age eee tbe eee el 1119111101111 1—24 Brinkerhofts..ssre- 9 Doughman,..-.....10 Demar-.-.-.... ip CWiTGK it stats ones wet Mie Grbsonieseess oe 9 son Virst diy., Bandle second. Tayler third, Belding fourth, Gillman fifth, Stickles sixth, Swing seyenth. No, 5. 10 bluerocks, entrance 50 cents, 38 entries: ORE a to ea Meee. Ch Listy sel cy Lapp tuo, bmi StU bade: Rater a ae yoe 6 Belding pessoas sea 4 "Teipel.. _ sof vlONNSHGM- sa: ... JI11MI—7 ~Gates.......... ses. « +e 9101010—3 Weller... <-........... 110010I—4 Hyde...-. ues pease 1111100—5 Nesbitt.... .-........-..011001J—4 Benkam........ vee eee. LILOTII—6 AD Martin ...., eave) CHM Shate: ian scsce eeey sees e~- JIOINN—S5 Rounds..-- -..-..-,----JO01N10—4 Goodrich.. -........,...0111/111—6 AT he nil eee ansitd eaedee Wii—7 ~Maxwell................ 1011711—6 rege Shoot-off: Gregg first, Martin and Benham div. second, Starr third, Nesbitt fourth, Third contest, $1 enue, 7 kingbirds, 5 traps, 18yds. path AD Martin... ..-.... 1101— ClIOn Sauna ennaee res 1110001—4 Wilkingon..... é tesieat 11101i—6 Rounds...........,... -1101001—4 Nes bibhiterm s) sakrisa sees 1010101—4_Hyde......-. renaeeane O111011—5 Benham..,.... ...--..-.LJ10101I—5._“‘Starr..........., sees eee AOLIIII—6 (Cdel:4 pee ag as ae Cena sore OU11I—6 ~Maxwell.....-...-..... ,0100011—3 On shoot-off: Wilkinson first, Benham second, Weller third, Maxwell fourth, WALNUT HILL, Mass., Aug. 26.—The regular fortnightly shot- gun meeting of the Massachusetts Rifle Association was held at this range to-day. The attendance was not large, but any lack there may have been in numbers was amply made up by the jol- lity and good nature of those present, all haying been putin the best of humor by the very ayreeable weatber conditions which prevailed all day. The main interest of the day centered in the struggle for first place in the gold coin match, which was secured by Mr. Bush with a straight score of 20, closely followed by Mr. Bowker with 19, and Mr. Rockey with 18. The excellent score of Mr Bush entitles him to hold the championship hadge of the As~ sociation until the next shoot. Gold coin match, 20 standard Key- stone targets, squad firing, fifth competition: Bush 20, Bowker 19, Be. pee ae Barrett 16, Parham 15, Stone 14, Hosmer 14, Snow 13, ichols 18. PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION.—The first annual tourna- ment of the Pennsylvania State Sportsman Association will be h eld at Williamsport, Pa., Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, under the management of the Williamsport Rifle and Gun Club. Tbe management desire to say that special railroad and hotel rates will be furnished all sportsmen and their friends, and everything done to make the event pleasant to all who may come. Twosets of traps will be in constant operation for sweepstake shooting, which will be con- ducted under the expert handicap ruler. The prospects are that the shoot will eclipse »ny heretofore held. Come and bring your your gun, and help swell the squads. Programmes can be had by addressing N. A. Hughes, 343 Pine street. Ammunition of all kinds and plenty of it can be’ had on the grounds at reasonable prices. We will shootrain or shine. The grounds will be open for sweeps Monday, Sept. 28. Last day, live birds. 8) FLEMINGTON, N. J., Aug. 29,—Geo. E. Reading’s first fall trap- shooting tournament will take place at Flemington, N. J., on Oct. 21, 22 and 28. Shooting will be at standard keystone targets from five traps, rapid firing; the two first daysopen to all, experts to shoot at unknown angles, amateurs known angles; the last day open only toamateurs; American Shooting Association rules ex- cept 12-gauge guns allowed 1!40z. shot, and any one in a tie can draw his share. All moneys will be paid the winner at the close of each event.—HAYTI. _KYLE’S SCORING DIAGRAMS.—H. T. Allen, of San Fran- cisco, dealer in sportsmen’s goods, issues a book of diagrams of GC. W. Kyle’s graphic method of noting the results of each shot at trap work on live birds, The field is represented by several cir- cles and the course of the bird noted in a rough tracing on the diagram, and by a simple system of marks the result of each shot and the whyfor of each miss is noted for future reference. NORTH CLARENDON, Pa.—In May the Mead Gun Club, of Nerth Clarendon. and the Tionu Gun Club consolidated, and on the Fourth of July held their initial shoot. They are shooting weekly for a badge presented by the Standard Keystone Target Co,, whose traps and targets they use. THE SPRING HILL GUN CLUB. of Blauveltyille, N. Y,, will hold a holiday shont Sept. 7, shooting all day, 200 live binds, targets, lunch.—C, A, K1TrTLE, Sec’y. dachting. Model Yachts and Boats. designs and working drawings. Their design, making and sailing, with Postpaid, $2. KNOTTY QUESTIONS.—The racing rules of the leading yacht clubs of the world are so nearly uniform and have stood for so long in practically their present form, that it may safely be as- sumed that they are about as nearly perfect as one could expect. At the same time questions are constantly arising which are not covered by them, and which must be decided solely according to the judgment of the committees to whom they are submitted. A curious case will be found in another column, in which a yacht, having no competitor in her own class, goes up into the next class for a single race, and wins a challenge cup given for and previ- ously held exclusively by the larger class. A protest against the award of the cup to her has been disallowed by the regatta com- mittee, who hold that she entered the class under a rule of the elub and so becomes entitled to all the privileges of the other yachts in the class. Without attempting to discuss the merits of this particular case, the details of which are better known to the committee than to us, it seems that as a matter of equity a prize giyen for a series of races in one particular class should be open only to yachts permanently enrolled in that class: and that a yacht cannot at the same time be enrolled in twoclasses. The necessity for allowing a yacht having no competitor to enter for the time being the next class, is well recognized, and the rule is a good one; the yacht has a claim to the regular prizes of the day but when the race is overshe at once drops back to her proper class, and itis at least an open question whether she is entitled to a prize specially belonging to the larger class unless she is willing to remain in that class permanently. Her temporary presence in the larger class is but an accident, and should not be allowed to disturb permanently the course of racing im the class. THE RIGHTS OF A YACHT IN STARTING.—Another point in which the rules are defective has been brought out within a few days both in yachting and canoeing. What righis has a yacht in the choice of a time for starting? Im the second race of the Corinthian series al Marblehead a yacht was fouled by a fol- lowing boat just as she crossed the starting line, though it dres not appear that she was hindered in any way by the slight col- lision. She at once wore round, made a circle of the mark, and came for the line fora second crossing, being timed again just 2 minutes astern of her principal rival, ihe one with whom she was in collision. In all of these races, at the request of some of the owners, the one gun start, originally announced, had been re- placed by a time start with 3 minutes interval to cross in; and on each occasion there had been some yery sharp handling between 134 FOREST AND STREAM. : [Supr. 3, 1891 the two yachts in question for the last place over the line; each accepting a handicap on the first day in the e6ffort to be last. The question whether a yacht, having once crossed and her time heing taken, can cross again, was practically decided in the affirmative by the committee in recording officially the time of ‘the second crossing; but this principle we believe to be wrong, as, if fully carried out, it must lead to serious complications. To consider 4n extreme case: An interval of five, and sometimes ten, minttes in which the yachts may cross the line is quite the cus- tom in American racing, though we are glad tu say that the in- terval is being gradually shortened, and of late is frequently dis- pensed with in favor of the one-gun start. In certain weather it is considered good judgment to start last,and yachts are not infrequently handicapped in the effort to put another boat over the line ahead of them. Supposing now that a yacht has crossed the line with a little wind about gun-fire and finds after several minutes haye gone that she is becalmed near the line, the time being counted against her, while a more fayored riyai who has not yet crossed is preparing to sheet out her spinaker and gooyer with a rush before a coming breeze. It would certainly be unfair to let the first yacht, after throwing away her chance and losing, have another trial by working back and crosing the line a second. time astern of her rival. Such an extreme case is seldom likely to occur, though we have seen conditions under which it might be possible; but if it is an understood thing that a yacht shall be timed finally the first time that she crosses the line after the starting signal, there will. be no chance for such maneuvers. A yacht is always at liberty to start aslong after the others as she chooses, and under most conditions she can injure no one but herself inso doing, but a peculiar case in which this privilege was abused has Jately occurred in a canoe race. The course was six rounds of a triangle with halt-mile sides, making nine miles inall. A canoe which was duly entered was temporarily disabled atthe start, and after making repairs waited until the leaders had completed the first round and began the second, when she started with them to begin her first round, Though without the faintest show of winning from the field of 13 fast boats, she was no doubt legally entitled to start when she pleased, and she availed herself of the privilege, making a race with one of the leaders. claiming right of way in tacking, and sailing in all re- spects as though she had started with the rest. Although this action practically amounted to the interference of an outside boat in the race, there is no rule of a yacht or canoe club which prohibits it; at the same time a regatta committee would be jus- tified in exercising the discretion accorded to it by most rules and ordering the offending boat off the course, A RACH WASTED.—Thongh prizes and races have been plenty this year it seems rather a perversion of the end for which prizes are given to offer several for the result of one race. The Cherry Diamond Y. C., after sailing two races for its 46ft. cup, has just thrown a third race away entirely by giving a leg for the cup to the winner of a race held by another club, for whieh two prizes were already offered. The object of prize giving is not merely to endow yachtsmen with silyerware but to promote yacht racing. THE NEW YORK Y. R. A.—The annual regatta of the New York Y. R. A.on Labor Day promises to be a great success, a large number of entries having been received. EASTERN Y, C. CRUISE, 1891. HE annualeruise of the Hastern Y. C. took place considerably later than usual this year, but it did not suffer any on that account, and, as club cruises go, must be counted a very success- fulone. Fog and light winds were found in plenty, and the rac- ing amounted to very little save for the amusement of those im- mediately interested; but all who took part report the trip as a most enjoyable one. The programme this year had two novelties; a series of racing runs for good prizes were arranged, while a tug, the Doane, was chartered to accompany the fleet, taking times at start and finish and doing such other service as was required, be- sides carrying the representatives of several papers, to which is due the fact that the details of the cruise were not entirely lost to the outside world. . ‘ The racing diyision was in two classes, schooners and single- stickers, with three prizes for each, the score being made up as follows: Each yacht is placed according to her position at the finish, the first receiving one point, the second two points, ete. Yachts which start but do-not finish will be given one point more than the greatest number of finishing yachts; while those who do not start in any run will be given one point more than the great- est number of starters in that run. The smallest number of points wins the first prize, the next the second, and the third takes third prize. The single-stickers were to start 15 minutes ahead of the schooners, the preparatory interval being 15 minutes for each, with 5 minutes to cross. The fleetincluded the following yachts, those entering for the races being marked with a*; Schooners—*Sea Fox, Com. Alanson Tucker; *fortuna, Hx-Com. Henry 8. Hovey; *Volunteer, Gen. Chas, J. Paine; *Mayflower, W. Amory Gardner; Foam, Vice-Com, F. Gordon Dexter; *@inone, Col. Hugh Cochrane; *Peerless, J. VY. Lewis; Vesta, A. A. Law- rence; Wanderer, Capt. Blair; Dauntless, C. H. Colt; Miranda, G. H, B. Hill; Priscilla, Edgar Harding; Alice, Capt, Andrews. Cutters and Sloops—Wayward, David Sears; Mystery, H. W, Lamb; *Sayonara, Bayard Thayer; Alga, C. W, Longfellow; Bay- adere, T. Watson Merrill; Chiquita, Rear Com, Augustus Hem- menway; *Chelma, F. B. McQuesten; Hera, W. R. Richards: *Cin- derella, W. B. Hopkins; *Gossoon, Adams Bros. First Run, Marblehead to Eastern Point, Aug. 22.—The start was set for Saturday, the destination being the Isle of Shoals, but the weather was so bad, with fog and light winds, that the signal was set for Eastern Point, Gloucester. from the flagship Sea Fox when the start was finally made at 1:30. The race was very unsatis- factory, the course being but 10 miles, the weather bad, while the leading schooners, Peerless and Fortuna, not knowing that the finish was to be timed as a race, went inside of Half Way Rock and Gossoon parted a turnbuckle and put back. The official times were: SLOOPS. i Finish, Wlapsed. SHY OUAPAs elle p lsd eetiecd srr and 3 (1 32 0 58 28 Cinderella, 3 03 27 0 58 27 ‘Rhelitiae vatpeel-ereelrie ature rae 5 3 03 40 0 59 05 SCHOONERS. MAMAS. Bon5condcpeh Aes BOrS .2 20 00 3 17 26 0 57 26 GIRO GOR ooee s aeeeitec tete matctctenes 2 20 00 3 19 54 0 49 54 Soneloxprawsnik ceed lek’ tone 2 20 00 3 23 17 103 17 Owing to lack of official measurements, no corrected times were made up. Ata meeting of captains in the evening it was decided to run to Boothbay next dav, a distance of 80 miles, Second Run, Hastern Point to Isle of Shoals, Aqwy. 23,—Warly in the morning the signals were set for a run to Portland and at 9:30 the fleet. started with a light northerly wind. This soon fell, the breeze coming for atime from the east, and a fog finally hiding everything. Signals were set for the Isle of Shoals, most of the fleet finally reaching that port, though all semblance of a race was abandoned early intheday. Thelma did not see the second signal and kept on alone for Portland, Wolunteer struck a rocky ledge off White Isiand but came off alone without injury. Mon- day was butlittle better than Sunday, the fleet lying at anchor all day. Third Run, Isle of Shoals to Boothbay, Aug. 25.—Tuesday was a fair, brightday, with afresh south wind, and an early start was made for Boothbay, 64 miles distant. The schooners in particilar had a fine race, over such a course with wind and sea suiting: Volunteer winning easily. Hera lost her topmast and put in to Rockland, joining the fleet at Camden. The full times were: ‘ Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected, Volunteer.....--...4-+5 909 49 3 06 21 5 56 32 6 55% (@none...... «9 08 46 3 27 19 6 18 33 5 58 16 Mayflower --9 10 00 3 20 39 6 10 89 6 03 48 Peerless..... sie ecee ees 9 08 22 8 59 46 6 61 34 6 08 28 Sign Worx beet sees puree 9 08 23 3 26 58 6 18 35 6 14 18 MGGhUNAd soe setees 9 06 42 3 28.88 6 16 56 6 16 59 Cinderella..... ....-...6 01 25 403 21 7 02 06 7 02 06 Sayonara...... 0.60. 4-68 02 28 A119 28 717 00 (170 GOBEOOD .:, veceeena.. 0 O1 45 Not timed, Fourth Run, Boothbay to Camden, Aug. 26.—Wednesday’s race was a shortone, from Ram Island Light to Whitehead, 23 miles. The wind was light, first N.E. and later S.H. The times being: Start. Entel Wate Corrected. g i } \<¢ o4 Volunteer... ..-.ccsnee 9 64 01 5 05 ( 6 05 03 Mayflower,............ 29 55 00 3 16 09 5 21 09 <5 19 (4 SHnOne ee tah bik wees 9 53 U2 3 22 50 5 29 48 5 22-4 Sen CwOxt sy pces ween ..9 55 00 3 81 39 5 36 39 6 36 31 Peerless......: 9 55 00 8 46 b4 5 51 Ad. 5 386 27 Gossoon.... 9 49 27 3 21 21 5 31 54 Cinderella. tee eal MI I) 3 25 10 5 35 10 Sayonmara............... 9 49 2 3 28 00 5 88:37 Sayonara went on the wrong side of Old Man Ledge, being obliged to return and pass it on the proper side, thus losing a good lead. The wind fell so light after the race that the fleet only made Owl’s Head, anchoring for the night, The 10 miles to Cam- den were run on Thursday morning in a light east wind and rain. The fleet laid at Camden over Friday, the weather being still unpleasant. Fifth Run, Canden to Bar Harbor, Aug. 29.—The last run of 60 miles, from Camden to Bar Harbor, was made under racing con- ditions, with a strong N.W. wind, but none of the schooners raced, by mutual agreement. The race proper, from Camden to Bass Harbor, 85 miles, had but three starters, the times being: ; Start, Hinish. Elapsed. Corrected. Cinderella........,.. 8 32:15 12 53 36 421 21 421 21 SSR MOM Are et eae 8 31.19 12 58 13 A 2b 4 4 24 41 Gossoon....0, 2.55 8 32 21 1 ii 12 4 38 51 5 26 49 Volunteer wins first prize. $250; Mayflower second, $150; and CHnone. third, $50, while of the singlestickers Cinderella wins first, Sayonara second and Gossoon third, the amounts being $250, $150 and $50. : THE CORINTHIAN MIDSUMMER SERIES—1891. LTHOUGH this year for the first time a Goelet cup has been won by a yacht under the 70ft. class, such an event is alto- gether exceptional, and the two great trophies of the year, the Goelet cups, belong by right only to yachts of the larger classes. With the increase of racing in the classes under 53ft. two other annual events have come in to provide races for them; both of which, like the Goelet cup contests, are generally rated as far ahead of the ugual matches and club regattas. The annual sweep- stakes of the Corinthian Y, C, of New York, sailed each year off Newport at the termination of the New York Y. C. cruise, has in the three years since it was established become one of the leading Tacing events of the year; while the similar races of the Corin- thian Y. C.of Marblehead, following a week or two later, rank beside it in importance. Coming as they do at the end of the sea- son, when the entire fleet is at its best and the rivalry is most keen; sailed over good courses and offering a permanent record from year to-year, they naturally sugpass the earlier events, and are to a great extent looked to for a final summing up of the season. While the Corinthian Y. C. of New York holds but one race, the Marblehead club has adopted a series of three as being even more interesting to the contestants, and giving a more conclusive re- sult. This year the principal prize was a $200 cup, but in addition a, $100 cup was offered to the individual wivner in eath race. The dates finally set were Aug. 27, 28 and 29, the course being the 24- mile triangle off Marblehead, with Marblehead Rock, the Graves Whistling Buoy and the Hastern Y, ©. seamark for its angles, each leg being 8 miles; the course to be sailed one way or the other according to the wind; yachts in no case passing to the westward of Tom Moore’s Rocks, Tinker’s Island or the buoy on the Outer Breaker off Pig Rocks. The races were under the management of the regatta committee of the Corinthian Y. C., Messrs. Geo. C, Adams, Geo. A. Stewart, W. P. Fowle, Geo. W. Manstield and W, Keith, with Messrs. Daniel Appleton, W, N. Merriam, Geo. W, Mansfield and L. Whitcomb.as judges. For two years the races haye been open to the 40ft. class, but this year as a matter of course the 46ff. was chosen, all yachts of the class being eligible. HKyery effort was made by the commit- tee to secure a full entry of the whole class, and in particular to get Gloriana in, but without success. Mr. Morgan positively de- clined, as he has determined to race the yacht no more this sea- son. Nautilus, Jessica and Uvira did not go round the Cape, Say- onara sailed off with the astern Y. C. fleet on its cruise, and but five yachts started. These were Oweene, with some repairs and allerations after her racing at Newport; Beatrix with a larger mainsail, Barbara, Mineola and Alborak. The latter bout has re- cently had a new sternpost put in, the keel being lengthened 3ft. on the after end, thus decreasing the rake of post, while the rud- der has been altered and her lead has been changed, the result on the whole being a decided iniprovement. First Race, Aug. 27. Thursday morning was cold, rainy and foggy, with no wind, but by 9 A. M. a light breeze sprang up, and shortly after the steam yacht Melissa, loaned by Mr. C. 8. Eaton to the regatta commit- tee, summoned the yachts and ran out to Marblehead Rock. It was decided to sail the off-shore leg first, thus making a reach to the sea mark, a second reach to the Graves and a beat home. Three minutes were allowed for crossing the line, the preparatory intervals being 15m, The first whistle sounded at 10:45, the actual preparatory at 10:55 and the start at 11. All the yachts carried clubtopsails and had balloonjibtopsails in stops, Alborak, how- ever, having her No. 1 jibtopsail. She was sailed by Com. Crown- inshield, while Mr. Poster steered Barbara, Capt, Barr, Oweene, Oapt. Harry Haff, Mineola and Capt. Crocker, Beatrix. Alborak broke out her jibtopsail with the gun and went over in the lead on port tack, Mineola following close and at once starting a Inffing match. Barbara wasa minute later, while Oweene and Beatrix, each trying to start last, were handicapped, the one 9 and the other 58s. The times were: pA DG ORK eg eee eee 11 00 14 Oweene.....:.2......0.-5- 11 03 00 ITER) 8 fo eee? eda 17 00.35, Beatrixa..ic.8 ills 11 03 00 At DsaPHe assets ase ees 11 O01 12 There was wind enough to driye the boats at a fair pace against the tide,and Barbara at once laid her course straight for the mark, leaving the other two couples to bother each other. Her jib was set in stops, as on Mineola and Oweene, but Beatrix and Alborak had jibs drawing, The fog soon thickened, but Barbara still held a straight course, Mineola, Alborak and Beatrix all over- standing. The first mark was timed: Hlapsed, Barbar eie hectare ee has aac: Se tn pF 12 00 28 0 49 16 Allborsicalshagie slizy te slacohareiet 12 00 47 0 59. 00 MinGOLH Aeneas eect a breed teenie 12 O1 23 0 59 29 OWeGnG ieee coe het heat tre tide, 12 02 09 1 00°88 TRYEE ORS Sree ryrarere eo a race 12 08 27 1 00 48 Barbara made a blunder at the turn in lowering her ballooner and setting her No. 1 after jibing, losing timein shifting to the big sail again when she realized the error, Alborak shifted her No, 1 for a ballooner, while the other three merely jibed their balloon- ers for the second leg. When Barbara was finally in shape, Albo- tak was on her weather, but she began to work away from the big boat. Just astern were Mineola and Oweene, the latter being to leeward, As she worked out from under Mineola to cross, Capt. Haff began to Inff, and for a time the two had it hot and heavy. This gave Beatrix a chance to catch them, and she, too, was busy with Oweene trying to pass her; Mineola in the meanwhile leav- ing the pair. Barbara was steered as well on the second leg as on the first, hitting the mark to a nicety and rounding with a lead of over 2m, on Alborak, the times being: Hiapsed, Banaras tee le ok Loe aa aeaine oe 109 18 1 08 45 JAvibaralkescpee se pee uel coe ay vreia Teetiens 1113 110 4 (Oye StOe ARa a nua soe bore paab DSS ace! & uk 12a 1 10 38 NGL eae 44455. SASOATROGOaur BARC Ho --.1 13 04 111 41 ISG ihaben 4 a5-.549 BOS 1 4ogn a Bey aa shah aa 117 03 1 18 36 The windard leg was sailed with rather more wind, especially inshore, where Barbara, Qweene and Alborak looked forit. On this leg Oweene pulled up on Barbara, but was unable to catch her; the finish being timed; Elapsed. Ae aaehy: Pye ee Crees te pected SEL ee 3 11 14 2 02 OL OMBCHE cH) eeepe ear ohau aed iota baci Ceh oe 8 13 43 2 01 06 IA WOT aiKha ease sees teres dente hie cake 3 19 31 2 02 49 Beairine pahieses tasers e ceri eaee ness asee 3 19 52 2 08 OL NEINGO ay. e eee h. takes tries eyed ae Rion beuael wee mes 2 09 22 The full times were: Pn Start. Finish. Ejapsed. Corrected. Barbara... :-.ss-...es 11 O01 12 3 11 14 4 10 02 4 06 80 GivGinGh 4-40. Ti 03 00 3 13 53 410 42 4 08 24 BPALT Stnsckoseiienst Jor 11 03 00 3 19°62 4 16 52 412 21 Alborak......-. «.....11 00 14 3 19 31 419 17 4 18 19 Mineola ...........5 605 11 00 35 Beene 421 51 419 22 Although the conditions were unsatisfactory, the race was a fair one, Barbata winning on her merits, her course being the best of the lot, while she moved very fast. The wind and smooth water favored Alborak. but she made a very poor showing beside the leaders. Mineola did very poorly, besides losing time in the frequent luffing matches, BRarbare wind $100 and one leg for the cup: Second Race, Aug. 28. On Friday morning the wind was shifting about from the south, and the inshore leg, to the Graves, was finally selected as the first one. The yachts carried clubtopsails, the wind being moderate. When ithe start was given at 1115, Alborak was just at the weather end of tue line, crossing within 5 seconds on port tack, but tacking offshore at once. Mineola was on the lee end of the line in company with Beatrix and Oweene, Beatrix on port and Oweene on starboard tack. Mineola crossed at 11:15:26, and Beatrix came close astern, nipping to get by the mark, when Oweene to leeward tried to pass between her and the mark. Oweene’s bow- sprit struck the boom of Beatrix, the latter boat crossing the line, wearing, and making acirele around the mark; recrossing the line. Oweene, with a protest flag flying, continued her course. Barbara was minding her own business, crossing the line alone, The start was timed: Albdrale. sy, yar, aol or0br (Sarbsrat ser. cor. sera yl! sel louaee Minetla.te.. is Sie ell Whh26) WBS adil Ae ae a eet 11 17 36 WOWECTIC iy. see Hoe eedin ee 11 15 41 Alborak held well off shore, the rest working close to Marblehead Neck and along by Swampscott. Barbara parted her bobstay when off Lynn Harbor, and afew minutes later Mineola met with the same mishap. Barbara lost some time in repairing damages, but finally proceeded, Mineola ¢iving up. Alborak had done well thus far, leading the inshore boats when they came together, but Beatrix gradually passed her, taking the lead, while Oweene worked into second place before the mark was reached. The times at the Graves were: Elapsed. Elapsed. Beatrix...... 1738719 211943 £Barbara...... 12 48 33 131 49 Oweene...,.. 128802 12221 Mineola..... , Withdrew. Alborak.....12 39 40 1 24 35 Runonizrg out to windward and making a wide turn, Beatrix started sheets for a reach to the second mark, setting a No, 2 jib- topsail, Oweene doing the same, while Alborak carried only her clubtopsail and lower sails. Withmore wind in the middle of the leg, jibtopsails came ip, Oweene setting hers again as the wind fell near the second mark, while Beatrixseta baby. Thetimesat the H. ¥. C. buoy were: filavsed. Elapsed. Beatrix....... 1 33 11 0 55 62 Alborak... ..1 86 26 0 56 46 Oweene....... 138405 0 56 038 Batbara..:...1 46 45 0 58 12 After jibing, spinakers were set to port and the last leg was nearly covered under a moderate breeze, when a very severe rain- equall struck the fleet. The wind was less severe than it pro- mised to be, the yachts carrying topsails through the squall and another still harder one, after which came a calm with fluky airs now and again. The finish was timed; Winish, Elapsed Beatrixicnen crs «08 Pe cau neroric: axe 4 2.58 40 1 25:29 Oweene 2% 58 50 1 24 45 Alboraker ears ee Se es Ae 5.02 17 best Batbaraliicteth eat SA Soares, oP eens ae Withdreyy. Barbara had held on well for two legs but finally went to lee- ward of the finish line and was not timed. The times were: Start. Finish. Hlavsed. Correeted. Beatuicnssstesse acme: 11 17 86 2 58 40 3 41 04 3.39 31 Oweene.....--..--...:. 11 15 41 2 58 AO 3 43 09 3 41 38 A iareiicnts sen satel ie 11 15 05 8 02 17 3 47 12 347 12 Barbara. beeen 11 16 44 Withdrew. Mineola... e.......00 11 15 26 Withdrew. The Cherry Diamond Y. ©. gives one leg for its cup to the win- ner of this race, Beatrix, she also taking the $100 prize for first boat, with a leg for the Corinthian Gup. Third Race, Auge 29. Saturday was the finest day of the three, being clear with w strong and puffy N. W.wind. All carried elubtopsails as they came for the line at 11 A, M., the course being the same as on the preceding day, tothe Graves first. Alborak made another fine start with Mr, John B, Paine at the stick, the times being: ADORE whee hawt ooee ree JIVOOST OMB Gatirias ee arg ay 11 01 36 Nhinteolite. seen aeiene eee voue 11 00 40 Oweene,.......... . 5, ,..J1 O1 50 ALD RE ee es _,11 01 21 The wind was abaft the beam on the first leg, with all on star- board tack, all but Alborak carrying balloon foresails, she having working foresail set. Jibtopsails were carried, Owyeene and Min- eola setting intermediate, while the other two carried their smaller ones. Beatrix passed Barbara and Mineola on the reach, and turned almost even with Alborak af the Graves, the times being: j Atboraki.-...- as Hin ee eee: Lp 11 54 17 54 OL TBE Og aaa erie gente yrs AA Tl 54 BL AZ bb WRENS iyi SBR enS = Ye Ue eg 1 64 4h Ad 06 (OV ag stay Nelo Aey Men beret as eae tenses a9 ... 11 55 17 55 27 BaP DECAL tess reba ts are eens 11 56 04 4 43 Although spinakers were set to port after the jibe this did not prevent a hard luffing match between Alborak and Beatrix, the latter casing in her spinaker and luffing out to the north of her course. Alborak, Mineola and Oweene were tog+ther for a time after this, but Alborak finally dropped the tyo, and took the northerly course after Beatrix, where both found more wind, the other three getting it very light for a time. Whenthe FE. ¥. C. buoy was reached the leaders had pulled off a long piece on the other three, thé times being: Elapsed, ISGALUTLESGLEGLEaeee neh anu Pech Eres beELie 1 10 00 1 15.29 Noon ta NAAN Ae ALA SOB PDS ACrEbb OS bAAAd 110 31 116 14 TM BBS Vst0) Ch, SR OAR AAAI R SAAS RAR A EAR & 1 15 A 1.20 18 Oweane +e" (aE peer ee Pee pees 1 16 09 1 20 52 Batbarn, cope. Sas eee ears. Jaa. 116 17 1 21 v4 The last eight miles were to windward in alight breeze, Beatrix started away from the fleet and soon left them minutes astern. Alborak had trouble with her clubtopsail, which suddenly grew too large for her in the dry N.W. wind, and finally she took it in, finishing under lower sails only, the wind being quite fresh in- shore. The last leg was timed: Hlapsed, Hlansed, Beatrix..... .2 34 39 1 24 39 Barbara... .- 2 49 37 1 88-20 Alborak, ....2 4450 13419 Mineola... .. 249-35 7 8945 Oweene....... 247 45 1 31 36 The full times were: _ Start, Finish. Blapsed. Correeted, Beatrix; .s......es.e 11 01 38 2 34 89 3 33 08 2 32 02 Albovak......2..s02055 11 00 16 2 44 50 3 44 84 3 44 34 Oweenes. es ote: 11 OL 50 2 47 45 3 45 5b 3B 4d 54. Bai Daktiad Wee eect cn 11 O1 21 2 49 87 3 45 16 3 46 12 Mineola,... ....,..-.-11 00 40 #49 35 3 48 55 3 47 p4 After the race the committee considered Oweene’s protest against Beatrix in the second race, and declined to allow it, so Beatrix wins the $200 cup for the series, with two $100 cups; Bar- bara winning one $100 cup. SIPPICAN Y. C.—Wifteenth open regatta, ah Marion, Aug. 26. - Courses—First and second classes, from judges’ yacht, leaving S.B. ledge and Nye’s ledge buoy on starboard, to judges’ yacht. Third and fourth classes, from judges’ yacht, leaving §.H. ledge and Bow Bells buoys on starboard, to judges’ yacht, 8 miles, Wifth clase, from judges’ yacht, leaving stakeboat off Plantin Island, Seal Rock buoy, judges’ yacht, stakeboat and Seal Rock buoy on starboard, to judges’ yacht, miles. Weather fair. Wind very light and variable, 8.0.,5.W. and N.E. ‘Tide ebb, : FIRST ODASS CATS. Length, Elapsed. Corrected. Miuttie, L. M, Stockton..............- 28.10 Did not start. SECOND CLASS CATS. Surprise, Philip Codman...........-. 27.03 4.18) 52! 4 04 28 Grampus, W. E.G. Enstis...........; 27.0) Withdrawn, Anonyma, FP. Dabney... .... ....27.00 Withdrawn. THIRD CLASS CATES. Puzzle, Wm. Amory, 2d......-...-.6 Ze.(9 2 37 06 295 9B Tycoon, J. L. Stackpole........... .. 23.01 280 42 226 24. Hina, John Parkingon........ ......5 22.09 2 88 15 2 2b 48 Hermione, R. L. Barstow....... .-.. 23.00 2 44. 07 2 32.29 Buzzard, A. Sbepley..... -......-.... 25.07 245 44 2 34 55 Tutt Eee) Chasse VWIMLES Sele te abel lente) e's ze Ol Withdrawn. FOURTH CLASS CATS, d Charmion, J. Crane, Jr........ _..19.051@ 2 AB 22 2 41 OF Edith, G, Van Rensselaer............ 19.04 2.68 37 2 43 13 Redwing, J, De Kay 18.04 3 00 40 243 48 Squall, J. G. Palfrey . 6 ess a>, al dt 3 00 40 2 45 58 Rittnnsberelank, eles. & gas ay Withdrawn. FIFTH QLASS CATS Bessie J.. H. C. Boyer.....-......2.. 13.04 301 10 2 Bo 26 Worry. H. W. and KR. P. Bellows...,15.10 247 47 239 69 Pairv, Paul Hurst ... .-.-.5.......- 18.07 3.08 07 2 46 49 Skipjack, H, Rickardson..-.......... 15.08 Withdrawn. Hirst prize, second class, Surprise; third class, Puzzle; fourth class, Charmion} fifth class, Bessie J. Second prize, third class, Tycoon; fotirth class, Bdith; fifth class, Worry. Third prize, third class, Hina. Regatta Committee; J, G- Palfrey, Win. H. Davis and G, Van Rensselaer. Judges; Dr. J.8. Whiting, W, A. gndre ys and Jd. BH: Olark, Tr-=GRISWOT VAN RewasnhAnny Bec'y BR. ¥. GO, « is — Supt. 3, 1891,] FOREST AND STREAM. 135 CLASS CHALLENGE CUPS. rae regatta committee of the New Haven Y. 0. has lately decided a yery interesting case arising from a protest made in the annual regatta of July 8. The following letters give all the details of the question; ; Nuy Haven, Conn,, Aug, 7, 1891. To the Regatta Committee of the New Haven ¥. C.; GuNTLEMEN—! hereby protest the decision awarding the Warner cup to the yacht Stranger. First, Asthe yacht was placed in the class only for the day and race, and therefore cannot win a prize that the yacht winning it must hold Subject to challenge from yachts in her class for a year, . Second, The Wanda cannot challenge for the cup as by your decision it is held by the Stranger, a yacht in a lower class and under the rules of the New Haven Y, C. a yacht cannot go down in a lower class. Respectfully yours, CHARLES R. WATERHOUSE. The decision is as follows, : t At the afnual regatta of the New Haven ¥.C., sailed July 8, 1891, in division ©, class 8, the Warner challenge cup was awarded by the judges to the yacht Stranger, From the decision of the judges, Uharles R, Waterhouse, owner of the yacht Wanda, appealed to the tegatta committee, alleging as hisréason for the same that as the Stranger was placed in class 3 only for the day and race, therefore the yacht could not win a prize that she must hold, subject to chal- lenge, from yachts in her class for one year; and Claiming that the Wanda cannot now challenge the Stranger for the cup, because, by the rules of the club, the Wanda cannot go down in a lower class for that purpose, On the morning of the regatta, noyacht having appeared in division C, class 4, to compete with the Stranger, her owner, Mr. J. W. Macauley, aye due notice to the regatta committee and judges that he would enter his yacht in class 3 of that division, under the pro- visions of the ‘Regatta and Sailing Regulations,” rule 1, page 59, club book of 1890, allowing any yacht of a smaller class to enter a race of a larger class by asstiming the time allowance and minimum measure- ment of the larger class. In accordance with this uotice the Stranger sailed in class 3, her time was taken, her allowance figured, and she was declared by the judges winner in that class, and entitled to the first prize in that class, from which decision no appeal has been entered. The judges in accordance with the rules and regulations governing challenge cups, rule 1, page 68, club book for 1890, providing that the yacht making the best standard time it her cluss at the annual regatta shall be the winner in the class, further awarded to the Stranger the Warner challenge cup. From this decision Mr, Waterhouse appealed for the reasons above stated. a . The regatta committee, afler due consideration, affirm the decision of the judges. The Stranger entered class 3 in accordance with the regatta and sailing regulations of this club, and fairly and regularly won the first prizé in that class. No one questions this fact. The rules and regulations governing challenge cups, rule 7, provide that the regatta and sailing regulations of this club: shall apply in chal- lenge regattas, cup regattas, matches and races, except as otherwise provided in those specialrules and regulations. This rule, we believe, clearly proyides that the Stranger, having regularly entered class 3 for one purpose, regularly entered for all purposes, and that having won the first prize in the class she entered, she is also entitled to the challenge cup awarded to that class. The Stranger haying regularly entered class 3, and having won the challenge cup awarded in that class, she now holds the cup and must defend it against all challenges of yachts in class 3 in accordance es and regulations governing challenge with the provisions of the r cups. i The Wanda and other yachts of class 3 will not be obliged. as Mr. Waterhouse alleges, to go down into a lower class to compete with the Stranger for the cup, but the Stranger upon challenge will be obliged to accept the minimum time allowance of class 3, just as she did at the annual regatta. The regatta committee have caused this decision to be entered upon its records, and have forwarded a copy to Charles R, Water- house, Dated at New Haven, Conn,, Aug. 10, 1891. Wm. A. Foskert, JR., L. A, ELLIOTT, FRANE P, TYLER, YACHTS AS DUTIABLE MERCHANDISE. wa the cutter Madge, brought from Scotland to New York on the deck of a steamer in 1881, was finally sold to American owners, she was appraised as a manufacture of wood, and duty was paid on her, we believe 35 per cent on her nominal value, she being an old boat. In the case of other small yachts imported by steamer afterward, Ulidia, Delvyn, Circe and Shona, the same course was fol- lowed, and in default of a specific duty on yachts, they were classed by the Treasury Department with carriages, Until the past year there has been no thought of interference with the larger yachts which have sailed over on their own bottoms, and no duties of any kind haye been imposed upon them, The first intimation of a change of policy on the part of the Govern- ment was given in the report of the Commissioner of Navigation for last year, in which a comprehensive scheme for the total exclusion of all yachts of foreign build, as well as for the imposition of onerous charges and restrictions on yachts of American build and ownership, was outlined and warmly recommended. Though the pro- posed bills presented in this report were not passed last year, a very strong opposition being met from yachtsmen, the same influence has been at work, compelling the documenting of American yachts hithertn exempt and striying in every way to prevent the use of foreign built erafi. The effort to collect light dues, which if successful would have loaded the yachts with prohibitive charges ab every port, proved a failure, the tax being declared illegal in the recent decision of Judge Benedict. Undeterred by this failure, Commissioner Bates and Assist- Nettleton have started on anew tack, the nature of which ant Secretary, L is shown by the following letter: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. CoLLEcToR of Customs, New Yors, N. Y.: Sir—The question as to whether the yacht Conqueror which was pur- chased in England by Mr, f. W. Vanderbilt and brought into the port of New York, shall be regarded as a dutiable importation haying been referred to the Solicitor of the Treasury, that officer, under date of 14th inst., advises this department that said yacht is,in his opinion, liable to duty under the fair intendment of the Tariff act. You will accordingly take the necessary steps for the appraisement of said vessel for duty and the assessment and collection of duty there- upon according to law. The question as to the liability of said yacht for tonnage tax should be referred by you to the Commissioner of Navigation, under synopsis 6, ‘ Respectfully yours, A. B. NETTLETON, Assistant Secretary . As yachts are not included in the tariff schedule of the new McKin- ley bill, che Conqueror has been classed as a “‘manufacture composed wholly or in part of iron and steel,’ the duty on this class being 45 per Her cost in England was $77,750, which would make the duty cent. $34,987.50. Mr. Vanderbilt learned of the above letter through the daily papers last week. and on Aug. 26sailed from Newport to New York in order to bring the mattertoa settlement. On Thursday morning he visited the offices of his lawyers, Messrs. Root & Clarke and incompany with Mr. §. B. Clarke called upon Collector Fassett at the Custom House, The Collector requested Mr. Vanderbilt to make a voluntary declaration of the entry of the yacht as dutiable merchandise, which ‘he declined to do, on which he was informed that if such entry was not made by 2 P. M, the yacht would be seized by the Custom officers, No entry being received by that hour, two inspectors were despatched to Stapleton, Staten Island, where they boarded the yacht and took possession without opposition, Mr. Vanderbilt on Sept, 1 filed a libel against Collector Fassett, and iy sane suit to recover the yacht, with damages for her seizure and etention. LAKE CHAMPLAIN Y. C. eee but four years old, the Lake Champlain Y.C., of Burlington, Vermont, will rank in point of numbers with many of the older clubs, its roll including no less than 287 active members, The club house, situated on the harbor at the foot of one of the principal streets, is a very large and well-arranged building, with meeting room, toilet room and a large boat room on the first Hoor, while on the second is a hall for dancing, ladies’ rooms, kitchen, and outside a wide balcony on the four sides, from which a beautiful view of the lake may be had. The fleet numbers 52 yachts, 33 being steamers,from Com. W. Seward Webb’s fine steel yacht Elfrida, of 112ft., down to the smaller sizes of launches, The annual regatta was held on Aug. 21, and in spite of bad weather was a most complete success, so far as the entertainment _ of the large number of members and guests were concerned. The day was rainy, with half a gale blowing, so that some of the com- petitors were unable to reach Burlington, decreasing the starters. A great feature of the occasion was the canoes racing, the club yery generously inviting the entire camp of the American Canoe Association, at Willsborough Point, opposite Burlington. A special steamboat was sent over in the morning at the club’s ex- pense, bringing the canoeists to the club house and returning them late at ae During the day the house was thronged with Tadies, alunch being seryed at noon; and in the evening a grand ball was given. {Regatta Committee, The two sailing races came off in the afternoon for classes 1 and 3. Inthe former but two yachts started, Nautilus, a handsome Burgess 40-footer, built on the Lake, and Burlington, a sift. sharpie. Nautilus, owned by Mr. Hortin Hickok, won by over 40m., the course being 10 milés, ‘The third class race, over a 6- |’ mile course, resulted as follows: Blapsed. Alpha; J. ©. Waitherbee@:-.. s2stssseeteaatt seer re pepe seo reay ek Be al) BANU Ws Gre WIMEPSIU BD) tas eectescc cece ttt ete. tines .1 30 04 Beetle, W. Seward Webb...,.......-..... PRA ere aStthdes 4568 1 38 50 WV PGES PNG Dae rs pein aodte see tame e siete tyatteniace ..1 89 02 : The third race was for steam yachts, with 4 starters, as fol- ows: Missisquoi, Dr. W. 8. Webb, Shelburne .........-.....-.... 1 O4 21 May, Capt. Longstrest, New Jersey.......-.--. oeenht macht 1 04 54 Growler, F. H. Wells, Burlington--...2.. 2.02. .c2. cee seen es wees Startled Pawn, Ed. Hatch, New York....2...-...-.erreeeee aoe The prizes were all very elegant, but the ladies’ challenge cup, won by Nautilus this year for the third time, is a specially hand- some trophy, a large silver punch bowl, costing $500, presented by the ladies of the club. . After the yacht.and canoe races several rowing races were held. The officers of the club for 1891 are; Com., W. Seward Webb; Vice-Uom,, W-A. Crombie; Pres., J. Gregory Smith; Wleet Cap- tain, D, W. Robinson. THE BANGOR CORINTHIAN Y. C. Hditor Forest and Stream: , 7 Lsee that you have published the lines of Iota, built by Wife for Mr, A.S. Matier, of the Bangor Corinthian Club, I was over there during the summer of 1889, and right pretty racing there was. Wife built three boats, nail for nail, stitch for stitch, side by side, and every Saturday through the season they were manned by Corinthians, and it was nip and tuck all the time and the crews were smart. According to my recollection the boats were rigged as sloops and not cutters. I know they had no topmasts, I believe only one head sail. They were very narrow, and fo one who was used to the broad boats of American waters, the only thing when aboard was just to sit still and hold on tight. I see that you give some measurements, but I do not think you are right; my recollection is that lota was 30ft. over all, and though by the plans she has 6ft. of beam, I never would have thought it, LNs were three pretty boats, finished to perfection and well sailed, The Bangor Corinthian Y. OC. has made some good sailors. Everybody who comes in, be it he or she, is rated as “‘boy’’ until he or she can makea short splice, a long splice, an eye splice, know the rules of the road at sea and various elementary bits of Seamanship. hen, having passed a formal examination by duly appointed officers of the club, he or she, as the case may be, is ranked as ‘ordinary seaman,’ and on further qualification a boat under way, got a red“ star” imprinted on his or her cer- tificate. Later came the degree of ‘able seaman,” and then that of “mate.” Only able seamen could vote and mates were alone eligible to office, You say that Wife built four boats for the club this year, and that they are sailed with ‘tsimple lug mainsails and jibs.” You may be correct, but I think that they are rigged with a jib,a balanes lug, trimmed down flat with a downhaul to the keelson, and a mizen, probably alug. This rig—a lug yawl—has always been a favorite with the members of this club. The fishermen in that part of the world are very fond of a dipping lug, with a loose foot on a mast raking away forward—but the Corinthians never took to it. By the way, 1am glad to see how the yawl tik is growing in favor. In 18821 spent the summer at Sheepshead Bay, and I there sailed about the first yawl in these waters, with a good big mizen, not the scamp that yousee in British waters. This morning when I went down for my usual wetting, there were two fair-sized yawls, and also a cat yawl. ye always had an idea that the latter is about right—that is with a heayy gooseneck that can be set up forward to carry a spinaker boom, which could be used as a boy sprit as well, GRAY JOHN, PorRT JEFFERSON, N. Y. [Our measurements and descriptions were correct in both cases. The new boats have but two sails, jib and ordinary lug mainsail.] THE MOSHER LAUNCH NORWOOD. UT little has been heard of the new launch Norwood, designed by C.D, Mosher for Norman L. Munro and built by W. EK. Pryor, of Boston, in 1889, since she came to New York last summer and was docked at Wintringham’s to prepare for a trial trip. This trial, as it happened, was by no means satisfactory, and the yacht has since been overhauled and somewhat altered, the engines, by Riley & Cowley, of Brooklyn, and the hull, by W. A. Seaman, of Branchport, N. J.; the concave run having been filled in. On Aug.19 the Norwood made another trial trip, meeting the twin screw steamer Monmouth, of the Sandy Hook Line, off Bay Ridge, and beating her easily to the dock at the Horseshoe, on the Hook, The Monmouth is probably the fastest steamer on the Bay, being good for over 20 knots, and she was quickly left astern by the little launch, but no accurate times of the latter were taken, though it is claimed that she made over 27 knots. The Norwood was designed to make thirty miles an hour, and to that end her canstruction was made as light as possible, while she was provided with very powerful engines. Though built in Boston the work was carried on with the utmost secrecy, the shop being hermetically sealed, with every crack and knot hole caulked tight, the only keys being in the possession of the designer and the builder. The hull is 63ft, 244in. long, 7ft. Sin. beam, 1ft. 6in. draft, and displaces nearly 8 tons. The keel is made of a steel girder, the frames are of steamed oak, 1/4in. square and spaced 8in.; the planking is of mahogany, the inver skin ofe3gin. and the outer one of 5gin., with alayer of canvas between. The plank fastenings are phosphor bronze screws. The engine is a triple compound, cylinders 9, 1444 and 22 by 9in., designed by Mr. Mosher. The shaft and also the connecting rods are hollow, the bore of the latter containing sticks of lubricant. The boiler is a modification of the Thornycroft type, with two steam drums in place of one. Tt is 7ft. 3in. long, 6ft. wide and 3ft. bin. high. The grate surface is 29 sq. ft.; the weight is 244 tons, while the engines weigh 1 ton, A Sturtevant blower is used for the draft, operated by a small independent engine. Mr. Mosheris now at work in connection with Mr. Wm. Gardner on the designs for a larger and faster steam yacht. SAVIN HILL Y. C.—The regatta of the Savin Hill Y. CG. on Aug. 29, for cash prizes, was sailedin afresh and variable N. W. wind, on Dorchester Bay, the times being: FIRST CLASS. Length. Elapsed. Corrected. (Maiiyawlivenkratcy wD Ded oc srerelat oases a ste 22.02 1 22 06 0 57 38 Ustane, S, No Small... ... 20... not meas. 1 20 28 Annie Maud, F, O, Vegelahn....not meas. 2 24 08 SECOND CLASS, Peri, Frank Driscoll.,............... 18.11 1 21 30 0 53 27 Caprice, R. W. Bird... .2.4.....0:--- 19.11 1 24 57 0 57 06. ee SP ed (cro i anes cet aes 19.11 1 25 10 0 58 12 POP Oae Wo A'. UIC LITVIR ls 2iete site eles treioatl 19.08 1 28 28 1 O01 14 UA Basle Ete MOLLE eile capsicw orem ot elses « .. .. Withdrew THIRD CLASS. Marchioness, C. H. Hodges...._-.... 16.01 1 23 26 0 51 62 Florrie, W. H. Besarick 1 25 08 0 54 04 Marigold, BH. D. Gay........-...5562.. 1 26 33 1 00 14 IN ATVENTETI Ss ON em TIAALed stole ieee asco ess Withdrew. : MOSQUITO—GLASS A. 1S ys10) SP gee oS ats cocina ell ge Wes rae ; 0 41 40 0 27 15 Triton, A. Horton.. .... 0 41 36 0 28 35 Rambler, Jr., G. Thayer. 0 58 40 0 45 59 Kylo, H, Regam..... .....,: , = 0 59 40 0 45 58 Hoodoo, P. F. Christie.............. 0 53 43 0 40 12 Cadet, Jr., F. Longstreet.....-...... 12.00 0 62 30 0 38 48 Spook, 8. M. Pieree........ .....,.-.- 12,00 Withdrew. MOSQUITO—CLASS D. Fancy, James Gray................-. 8.00 0 43 0 35 17 Little Marchioness, W. Hodges .... 9.00 0 54 3 0 88 19 Bobby, FE. Robinson.....i2., cis... e: 10,02 Q 41 45 036 40 Seamp, Jr, Au Nute... 1... ...5...25. 10.41 Capsized. Siko, Jr., A. R. Maeurdy............ a Withdrew. MASSACHUSETTS Y. C. CRUISH.—The Massachusetts Y. C. fleet will rendezyous off Thompson’s Island Buoy Sept.5 fora three davs’ cruise. First and second prizes will be given for sloops and schooners for each day’srun. Theruns willbe: Wirst day, Thompson's Island to Marblehead Rock; second day, Marble- head, out and around Halfway Kock, to Gloucester; third day, Gloucester to Boston. A meeting of the club will be held at Rowe’s Wharf on Friday at8 P. M- PROVINCETOWN Y. C.—On Aug. 29 an open race was sailed off Provincetown in a fresh N. W. breeze, the winners being Arie] in first class and Alice in second, OUT OF COMMISSION.—The schooners Palmer and Cavalier have already laid up, PALL RIVER Y. C. OPEN REGATTA.—The annual open te- patta of the Fall River Y. 0, was sailed on Aug. 15 in a strong N,E, breeze, the times being as follows: FIRST GLASS SLOOPS. * Hlapsed. Corrected. Shark, A. E, Austin, Providence..........:.... 2 28 43 2 38 10 Fancy, C, &, Lyman, Newport.-...-.. -..,.....2 41,06 2 41 06 SECOND CLASS SLOOPS, Jesse, John Dixon, Fall River......--....,..-.. #15 31 8, 12)-55 Hattie, G. B. Pearce, Fall River .............- 8 03 30 53 05 30 FIRST CLASS CATS. Emilie, J. P. Holmes, Proyidence...........-.. 2 57 382 2 ba 40 Surprise, J, M. Cotton, Providence...-.... ...2 57 54 2 baz Hector, H. C. Stetson, Providence....... ...... Disabled. Harvest, Edward Hathaway, Fall River......3 17 15 8 13 36 Four Brothers, J. Richardson, Newport.......5 14 08 3 10 52 Nellie, G. H. Wbbert, Wall River,. -.,-.........3 15 20 3 15 20 Addie, Geo. Hendle, Wall River..........-..... 3,13 18 10 SECOND CLASS CATS, Gladys, J. A. Foster, Shawmouth : 10 Khedive, Ban Davis, Providence,.............. 1 56 3L 51 Alice, 8. Sharp, Jr, Nyatt........--- .s-.....5. 1 a7 51 64. 45 Olivette, Fahey Bros., Fall River 1 58 14 1 56 04 Boneta, J, B. Parker, Quissett... 1 85 35 1 4 57 Victor, H. V., Bowen, Providence 2 00 02 1 59 19 ‘ THIRD CLASS CATS. Scud, H, B. Emerson, Jamestown, K. 1... _...2 05 03 2 04 19 Unknown, Elmer Young, Swanzea............. 2 02 1h 1 58 36 Ashantee, Dr, Geo. Pillsbury, Mattapoisett....2 01 57 2.01 AT Zanita, FP, P. Johnson, Fall River .......... 2 11°12 211 05 Tycoon, J. Li, Stackpole, Mattapoisett.........1 57 14 1 56°37 FOURTH CLASS OA'TS, Dido, M. Consadine, Fall River..........- ..,.2 dL 12 2.25 39 Feodora, Frank Autaya, Fall River............2 09 51 2 09 51 Mattie, J. M, Dean, Fall Rivyer.........-,.,.. -. 2138 51 211 04 Molecule. T. BH. Wood, Fall River..-...,. --+.2 45 20 2 303 Marie Louise, George Simons, Fall River.....2 12 32 2 12 32 Elsa, W.S. Wood, tall River..,.............4. 2 28 06 2213 CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET, FIFTH REGATTA, Aug, 22.—The fifth regatta of the Corinthian Mosquito Mleet was sailed on Aug. 22 off Larchmont, the courses being: Wor classes 1, 2 and 4, from buoy anchored opposite Larchmont Club house, around spar buoy on west end of Execution Light, around Matinicock uoy, leaving all buoys on port hand, to finish, 13 miles. The course for all other classes was from the same starting line, around Hxecution Reef and black spar buoy on Constable Reef, leaving buoys on port hand, thence to finish, 7 miles, The chief feature of the day was the race in the first class for the club’s subseription trophy between the two 25-footers, Needle and the Wetmore boat, and the Clapham boat Chippewa. The wind was. moderate from the 8. W., the first leg being to windward, Chippe. way gaining 39sec. on the Wetmore boat. From this out the two sailed very evenly, but Chippewa was finally disqualified for going inside the Hen and Chickens Buoy, giving the Wetmore boat the second leg forthe cup, which must be won three times. The full times were: . SLOOPS—FIRST CLASS. Start. Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. QOhippewa.........-.... 1 40 00 4 45 12 Disqualified. Needle.................. 1 40 00 4 49 U1. 3 09 O1 3 09 OL Nameless........... .1. 1 40 00 4 45 21 3 05 21 3 05 21 SECOND CLASS. Brendaigss. lds 40 00 5 09 39 3 29 39 3 29 39 TSE aatteesiok at dieietesereletetelet-f- 1 40 00 5 18 25 3 38 25 3 38 20 HORE ves oe aicteeroreeciee 1 40 00 5 07 15 382715 Not meas. FIRST CLASS CATBOATS. Doatigss.ctee oder deeds 1 40 00 4 56 14 3 36 14 & 36 14 CUpIGy a a..34- Risch sleds at (obs 1 40 00 5 25 46 8 45 46 3 45 46 SECOND CLASS CATBOATS. Siar 0bbey eye SAAN OAS 1 40 00 3 44 45 2 04 45 2 04 45 QUINCY Y. C. CLUB RACH, AUG. 22-25.—The club race of the Quincy Y, C. on Aug. 22 was also made a trace for the cham- pionship in the third class, in place of a previous race in which all the yachts sailed the wrong course, The wind was strong from S.W. The times were as follows: FIRST OLASS. Length. Elapsed. Corrected. PGsvge HASEE Ute eee» wen eee 22.02 200 36 1 32 16 Erin, John Oavanagh........:..<...5 26.11 2 08 32 1 39 28 Adolph, Henry Moebs.....---.-.<:... 22.07 2 15 25 1 47 80 SECOND CLASS. Vision, George Orane,............- ++-19.06 1 52 45 1 25 20 Helen, R. W. Sawtell...... .... .....19.11 1 56 41 1 29 43 THIRD CLASS. Freak, G. W. Maybury.... .......::-. 15.07 1 56 02 1 25 47 Flora Lee, O. D. Lanning............. 16.10 1 56 35 1 26 03 Bess, W. 0. Cherrington... .,....... 17.03 1 56 12 1 26 11 Mab alohnshaw. sees cc coos k 16.00 1 59 34 1 27 54 Freak wins the cash prize and the leg for championship, subject to protest. Mr. W.H. Shaw acted as judge. Flora Lee parted her peak halliards when in the lead and fell to second place. On Aug. 25 the sail off for first and second classes took place, the re- sult being: f FIRST CLASS. Length, Elapsed. Corrected. 1 44 09 1 18 30 White Fawn. A. H. Jones....... .... 25.00 18 POS Vellise Gs EEUU Lae tc ones oe cuunia.s 22.02 1 55 00 1 26 40 Erin, John Cavanagh................ 26.11 1 53 47 1 29 43 SECOND CLASS. diereh- i, Dini vceecreeteieces 20.06 1 38 32 11210 Madge, Thayer & Poor..............- 19.11 39 37 12 39 Erin had a good lead when she broke a peak halliard block, the delay making her last boat. The judges were W.H. Shaw and George Paffman. CORINTHIAN Y. GC. 58D REGATTA, AUG. 22.—The 53d re- gatta of the Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead was’ sailed in a light 8.E. wind on Aug. 22, the times being: FIRST CLASS, Length. Elapsed. Corrected. IVETE RCE eer iat conte cle ale scte ee eicPeti et 30.09 2 13 30 2 18 20 SRA dee te ere eae eh ed teehee eet 37.00 2 20 25 2 20: 25 SECOND CLASS. SUG acre shake acme algichalalts- oft bad z 3 21 10 : UGS CE AED Re LD ee eI ge on oer Oe 3 41 10 ae IVES OUOV EEGs es ol vies dann dil a ocimaaerncee ates epai cae 3 4413 : PAL GVOTIG® wed: Mins ak Et twee h eee ee i 3 45 00 CRUISING CLASS. MENG Ar ep leet ae eso ee neta ne redene? 83 43 18 316 18 Countess.........0...... tee een e ene meet tice 8 33 58 3 24 68 FOE Hiate sen et: ce lee a alte aad ss Saltaire seas heath 3 48 45 3°28 25 Gretchen. -..........+ 3 44 00 3 29 00 White Wings.... 3.38 43 8B 88 48 MEF GEG tienen seen.) ee 1 38 30 1 38 26 KPA BI we steht ces cucet cereubee 1 43 10 1 44 10 FOURTH CLASS. Madge............. oon tReet ate crab 22.02 1 41 50 1 38 54 MEMENTO Ha Nedtnchie Each eos heteeneee 26.01 1 45 25 1 45 25 BGs ede cele eee een coeye 22.09 1 59 30 1 57 02 TOME Hie ee ee Ee eee 1 48 25 eoeas IWerenaites cscs pee ah. Sa 2 09 00 ee Delphine............ ee ee : 2 25 00 2 Re Ad 00 Mildred, Susie, Hornet and Madge take first prizes and legs in the championship; Triad wins first prize in special class, Countess pegead and Lorita third; Memento wins second prize in fourth class. YORKVILLE Y. C., Aug. 23.—The club regatta of the York. ville ¥. C. was sailed in a moderate §.E. breeze, the times being: CLASS A—GABIN SLOOPS. Length. Blapsed. Corrected. Flying Cloud, §. Gordon. -....-...-.. 33.08 Not timed. Calamity, J. Miltner & Oo........... 31.08 4 06 18 4 (6 13 Alberta, Hd Wise ....:.. ...esee-ee:; 26.06 Withdrawn. CLASS B—OPHEN SLOOPS. Florence T,, Echs & Tate............ 23.11 4 39 5d 4 39 55 CLASS D—CATBOATS 18 TO 24FT. Anglesy, Lankenan Bros.......... .. 19.10 4 47 02 4 39 36. Ellen E., ea Senne & Nagle 22.02 4 31 )5 4 27 5b Erminie, Wm, ahn.....-......---... 28.08 419 55 419 55 ¢ CLASS E—CATBOATS UNDER 18FT. Nathie, R. Nesbit 20.2. 16.06 Crea ehe | APE RS Tramp, J. Miltmer.....2...... ....-.. 16.07 Not timed. Sadie, J. W. McKenna............... 16.04 Not timed. _ GLASS F—CABIN CATBOATS. Crocus, J. A. Wright.......2. --..05- 25.00 4 15 05 415 06 Emily, P. Quinlan... .... ... 002.255: 00 5 04 00 4 53 00 line, and were disqualified. NAHLI—ENIGMA—A match was sailed on Ang, 22 between the open catboats Nahli, owned by W-. BH. Gonner, and Enigma, owned by oe dil! ne course aie 10 piles a ine wae and return on Sandy Hook Bay in a li wind. Nahli won easil the stakes being $500, ¥ z pk 186 NEWARK Y¥. GC. ANNUAL REGATTA, AUG, 24.—The Newark Y. C, is one of several surburban clubs whicu have taken rapid growth within a very short time, and havé attained at enviable degree of prosperity. The club has Payee and handsome house on Newark Bay at Bayonne, with wharf, floats and a good anchorage for its large and growing fleet. The club course is on Newark Bay, while a sail of a few miles brings the yachts to New York Bay or by Staten Island Sound to Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook. The ninth annual sweepstakes regatta of the club was sailed on Aug. 24in a strong but variable wind with heayy squalls, bringing disaster to a number of the yachts. The course was trom off the club house, around the red spar buoy off Passaic Light, then around a stakeboat off the Central Railroad drayw- bridge, and home; two rounds making 10 milés. The start was made at 12:30, with 18 starters, but the violent squalls caused a number to withdraw. Galawater and Essex capsized, Our Own lost her mast, and Lizzie B. damaged her centerboard, The times were: CLASS 7 OA BES SLOOPS, 27FT. AND UNDER 82F7, ength. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. Seybolt......--.---.81,08 1238546 222320 14684 1 Alex Borsyth,.. .29,09 123550 22730 15140 15010 Hmimy C,,. ..-....31.06 123546 Withdrew, CLASS 4—JIB AND MAINSAIL BOATS, 23FT, AND OVER. INGE VEL eee | ee ee 22.04 124500 24155 15655 1 56 55 I Thought So...... 21.1134 1245600 24740 20240 200 40 Our Own ....--.2.. 7400 124500 Dismasted. GLASS 6—CABIN CATS, Ip ples ait serves sins 22.06 1237380 30745 28015 23015 CUE eden yee gee, ot. 22.10 123903 Did not finish. CLASS 7—OPEN CATS, 20FT. AND OVER. Pauline B. .......22.07 124800 24815 20015 23015 Lizzie B..........65 21.1144 12 50 00 Did not finish. " Torment.......... 20.01% 125000 381230 222380 2 20330 CLASS 8—OPEN CATS—I/FT. AND UNDER 20PT, Ges So-... (si e060. 18.05 12 50 00 3 17 61 2 270 bl 2 26 36 Shore House....... 19.08 124937 32045 23108 228108 PRP EOT oe ease sent e ae 18.10 12 50 00 Did not finish. CLASS S—OPEN CATS, UNDER IFT. Dove..., ...1408 125000 84109 25109 #245109 Galawater..-....... 16.02 124630 Capsized. aggie P........5.: 16.02 125000 Withdrew, HIRSOR LS ewer 16,09 1249 36 Capsized. The regatta committee included A, K, Adams and W. Penn |! Vreeland. The judges and timers were Chas. T. Munn and Phillip Lumbreyer. The Seybolt won the special prize for the best time over the course. HULL Y. C. RACING RUN, Aug. 29.—The Hull Y.-C. had a fine run on Saturday from Hull to Marblehead in a fresh N. W. wind, the times being: SPECIAL OLASS. spa apie Comet Helen, J. J, Mulcaby,..............- 9. 2 09 1 45 Bohemian, H. P. Smith.... ......... 48.00 2 0% 00 1 47 46 i See BH 00 2 25 00 1 56 4 Hypathia, KE, F. Linton............ . 8b. p BR 47 Albatross, Ue DOVELGM Ry paoterclvowees 4.02 B 26 50 1 58 14 R.H Sen Ti 81029 «1.8536 Harbinger, J. R. Hooper..... hl, wai at. 2 y WHTSROW PAM ones ale 25.01 2 15 20 1 36 58 Mariposa. A. D, Crowell. ...... ... 20.00 215 87 1 38 25 Camilla, F.C. Welch........,.. 80,04 3515.33 1 43 10 Vashti, J. A.Stetson,.-............-< 30.00 2 17 00 1 44 19 H.W, Johnston. .......--240f = 214 80° 1.85.28 Swordfish, H. L. Johnston........... 07 2 ‘ Be Moondyne, W. H, Shaw.......... ... 217 45 1 38 50 Hlité, HE. B. Rogers......... 2 Ii 46 139 11 Posy, R. G. Hunt. ..,.---. 2 21 50 1 40 03 Montezuma, EK. G. Curry. 2°25 48 1 48 10 fieho, Burwell & Isham,......-...... 2 23 43 1 44 38 Clytie, J.T, Green............+ ate eres 2 32 05 1 49 09 Vandal, H. W. & H, kK. Frieud...... Bh 2 30 04 1 47 2 FOURTH OLASS- 2.25 26 1 39 12 2-29 25 1 41 30 Withdrew. I n the special cup in her class. The visitors were very hospitably entertained by the Corinthian Y. C., sailing next day for Hull. STATEN ISLAND Y. C., AUG. 22.—The regatta of the Staten Island Y. C., sailed off Stapleton on Aug. 22, was quite a success for the new club. The courses were from a line between the club house and a stakeboat anchored to the eastward in the Bay, then to and around Swash Channel bell buoy, thence to Buoy_14, off Bay Ridge, and finishing over the starting line; 15 miles. For sloops between 20 and 2oft. and the catboats of the same léneth, to and around Quickstep bell buoy, thence to Buoy No. 14, and then to finish. 12 miles. The wind was moderate from the south. Mamie G. fouled the Quickstep buoy and was nearly capsized, The times were: OLASS A—SLOOPS 25FT. AND UNDER 83rrT. Start. Finish. Elapsed, Corrected, FEI Bas nea EEE Oe mee 1 59:00 i hse 3 16 04 8 16 04 TOPE Sekeeseeh aires Fane 2 35 00 5 16 17 3 15 42 3 13 09 Sterling ......-.....0s05 2 01,00 5 16 28 3 15 28 8 11 04 CLASS B—CATBOATS 25FT. AND OVER. TERT ron tb aamaebence 1 58 45 5 11 04 81219 8 12 19 CLASS D—SLOOPS 20FT. AND UNDER 25rT, Henrietta .............. 2 OT 24 4 2 46 20 2 46) 20 CLASS E—CATBOATS 20FT. AND UNDER 25FT. DAT DOs cos sss. ete sane 2 06-50 Did not finish. Mamie 8 2 06 55 4 45 60 - 2 38 55 2 36 27 Pi 1) tee ae REEEGB, eet Hie Beinis pene Mamie G....,.2.......4 2 0% 2 6 4 2 50 27 ZANT IAG cei Sead Bee tis hata anal es 2 0% 28 4 48 20 2 41 02 2 at 23 Dannebrog . ......-.-. 2 07 387 4 50 03 2 42 26 2 36 34 The regatta committee included Com. Matt Tyler, Jr., CG. Y. Van Duser and A. Gordon. WINTHROP Y. C 2D CHAMPIONSHIP, AUG. 22.—The sec- ond championship of the Winthrop Y. C. was sailed over the reg- ular course in 4 light S.W. wind on Aung, 22, the times beig: SECOND: CLASS. ength. Start. Elapsed. Corrected Auk, A. A, Martin............ 18.05 24100 138445 1 0405 THIRD CLASS. Magpie, H, W. Hye Gea, sone 19.00 24100 128251 102 54 Marion, Chesterton ever- BAUKE ys teen eses of enedd-Gd! 2791-00) bl i0d: “Leib Harriet, L. UT. Barrington.....20.08 Withdrawn. Mattie G., W, A. Garrett ....18.05 24100 15188 1 2058 Belch e082 4600-107 58 0 45 O1 Modoc, D. W. Belcher.....:,..15. Scud, b.8. Meston........ ... 17.02 24600 10040 0 4509 Mischief, H. 8. Beleher...... 16.08 24600 Withdrawn, Gracie, C. B. Belcher.....;-... 16.04 24600 11115 £0 49 35 The judges were Messrs, A. EK, Cook, Chas, Waggett and Willard M. Bacon. DORCHESTER Y.,.C. 2D CHAMPIONSHIP, AUG. 22,—The see- ond championship race of the Dorchester Y. C. was sailed on Aug. in a light and variable east wind, the times being: FIRST CLASS, : Length. Hlapsed. Corrected. Montezuma, G. H Curr 22.11 2 36 21 Ae, ot ee 2 OL 52 Mudjekeewis, W. P. itmarsh’....25.05 2 aT 04 2 05 27 Ustane, J. F, Small. .....-..... .-....22.00 Withdrawn. Tercamain. eon) = La kL Memento. J. FW. Small........ 2.2.22. i Scamp, H.F. Nute...............0... 18.05 Withdrawn. : THIRD CLASS. Cadet, J. F. Longstreet. .........-.... 16.08 1 47 22 1 18 36 Flora Lee, ©. D. Lanning.. ..... ... 16.11 1 52 08 1 21 87 Scamp sprung her mast and Ustane missed a buoy in the course, afferward giving up when-she discovered her error. Judges—Herbert A. Burr, Alfred W. Day, Fred Sughrue. HEMPSTEAD BAY Y,. ©., Aug. ?29.—The first annual regatta ot the Hempstead Bay Y.C, was sailed on Saturday oyer a 12-mile course, the wind beingtightS.W. The times were: FIRST CLASS—GATBOATS OVER 24F7, Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected, Brooklyn............. 4.2 52 32 5 15 27 2 22 55 2 22 55 Windward............. 2 55. 57. 5 381 33 2 35 36 2 34 46 SEH Heb een Bee) ae yor 2 52 OL 5 40 49 24848 2.45 42 SECOND OLASS—CATBOATS OVER 19 AND UNDER 249rD, TUR ON SEINE Ly ee rete esanclehte ete 64 UL Withdrew. lhe See eee 2 56 56 5 85 23 2 38 27 2 87 24 DIreaTWSs se, lca SE 12-02 84 6 42 18 ~ 2 49 44 2 48.18 A delay. -., deans 25258 638 12 245 14 2 42 56 THIRD GCLASS—CATBOATS UNDER 1997, Sweetheart.......-..-. <2 54 59 f 44 38 2 49 39 2 49 89 Monetains mcs itenees we be 09 6 40 53 24844 24619 Elise... .2. vines % OO 12 5 45 04 2 48 b2 2 45 18 Gus Be s., ceee ee, ee De 08 h 44420 2 51 46 @ 48 02 Salvator. 1, super gaa HO Be Withdvew Pt , jay We. w . ; j The regatta committee included Messrs. J, R, De Nyse, W, FOREST AND STREAM. ‘ PISCATAQUA Y. ©., AUG, 29.—The sixth regatta of the Pis- cataqua Y.C was sailed on Saturday off Kittery Pojfit, Me., the courses being 14 and 744 miles, The times were: FIRST CLASS. , : - Length. Corrected. Frolic, Stephen Decatur..................-.04. 20,02 1 51 22 Clytie, Jacob Wendell, Jr..... ..,............... 24.10 1 55 31 abel George Withame.s.i.:e0.ss.0.5-+ oe 26.07 1 57 26 Triphosa, Charles S, Drowne................... 26,10 2 06 46 Dolphin, George Wadley............ . sce... .082,02 Not taken, : ’ ‘ SECOND CLASS. Marion, Charles Bailey....... Vee edn mens 15.06 1 02 48 Winifred, Fred Bradbury,.....:................ 17.00 1 5 29 Aurora, P: T, De Normandie .. _........ 12 he Lit 04 1 05 51 Sagamore, T. O. Marvin ......................-. 21,00 1 OF 16 ENC LUTON WV De area by bn on ee een 19,04 1 08 27 Frolic has four legs, taking the cup in first class. Sagamore, CORINTHIAN NAVY, Aug. 29.—The postponed regatta.of the New York Bay Squadron was sailed on Saturday off Fort Hamil- ton, the times being: ‘CLASS A—OPEN OCATROATS, 22F7. Start. Finish, Actual, Correctad. Nankit.. Pree 458 15 2 32 58 2 30 36 Ges-so.... ..2 28 30 5 06 49 2 38 29 2 33 Ab Sea Gull.,..... ties .2 26 05 Did not finish. CLASS B—OPEN GATBOATS, LISET, POVEs inca een: az 28 00 2 39 34 11) 34. 1 05 04 Jeannetta. ............5 2 29 56 4 00 38 1 380 42 1 28 04 CLASS C—OPEN SLOOPs, 1érr. REN Weeees eee eS 2 28 Bo 3 47 06 1 18 46 118 46 Bessie: .:........ 5. ...02 25 36 3 51 48 1 26 12 1 24 b2 The regatta committee included P. C, Stis, 0. F., Hicks and A. - Gardner. MASSACHUSETTS Y. C., 188TH REGATTA, AUG. 27.—The 188th regatta of the Massachusetts Y. O., for Classes 5, 6 and 7, was sailed on Thursday, there being no starters in Class $. The wind was light S.E., and the times were: SIXTH CLASS. Length. Elapsed. Corrected. AW is ego) FRA 8 U9 Ce DI cee Oe ee ie 2 28 57 Not meas. Peri, frank Driscoll........ AE dotted si 22918 #WNot meas. SEVENTH CLASS, Scamp, C. H. Nute............ .. Dc ees 21800 Notmeas, lpaeeg Go MEG lark.) seep eieb he ce lee 19.04 2 23 10 2 04 02 Psyche, F. Gray ..... Pe a Oe 9.146 ® 24 49 2.05 49 port. PLEON Y. C. CLUB RACH, AUG. 26.—The postponed race of Aug. 5 was sailed on Wednesday last, but three boats starting. Composite was on hand, but had nd competitor so did not start. The times were: Start. Finish, Elapsed. Crusader, A. M. Brown............ 2 50 00 4 56 00 2 06 00 SECOND CLASS. Banjo, J. T. Taylor......-.. 2.20... 2 50 00 411 45 1 21 45 Midge, H. Jackson........,....2.:. 2 50 00 413 385 1 23 35 LAUNCH OF THE HALF MOON.—On Aug. 22 the new aux- iliary yacht built by the Gas Engine and Power Co. from designs by Mr. A. Cary Smith for Mr. James A. Roosevelt, of the Seawan- haka Corinthian Y. C., was launched from the company’s yard at Morris Dock, on the Harlem Riyer. The Half Moon is a comfort- able little cruising cutter, a keel boat, not unlike the run of modern craft in model and rig. Her chief peculiarity lies in the addition of 210 HP. naphtha engine and generator in the run, connected by a short shaft to a two-bladed screw of 27in. diame- ter in the deadwood. The fuel, naphtha, is carried in a large copper tank in the fore peak, separated by a bulkhead from the Test of the boat. Her dimensions are: Length over all, 45ft.; lw.L., 33ft, Gin.; beam, 10ft. 10in.; draft, bft. 6in.; lead keel, 734 tous. The hull has been very carefully. constructed, the materia! being specially picked and the workmanship being of the best. The Planking is worthy of note, all selected yellow pine in single lengths from stem to archboard, the planks being quite narrow. The frame is of steamed oak, the fastening all of copper. The sail plan shows 2 good-sized cutter rig, with housing topmast, staysail and jib, The cabin is handsomely finished in quartered oak, the whole interior being so planned as to give very good accommodations. The engine is, of course, very compact, and but little in the way when not in use; but a.speed of 64 miles at least is looked for under steam, the fuel being sufficient. for a run of 300 miles. The name is specially appropriate, the home port of the boat being at Hyde Park on the Hudson. The Half Moon, as every one knows, was the ship in which Hendrick Hundson made his voyage of discovery to the river which has since borne his name. AMERICAN MODEL Y. C.—The owners of model yachts are at present very busy ae ng their boats in the best of trim for the coming races, including the Fisher cup, which the donor has offered to the third class yachts, to be sailed for over a triangular course on Labor Day, Sept, 7. Thecup is to be won three con- secutive times before becoming the property of the winner. In case a yacht is sold the cup goes with it, Mr. Fisher has made a move in the right direction, as this all-round sailing should be encouraged more than it has. The prospects so far are good and the races will have a tendency also to bring out some new and improved models. There is some talk of adopting a sail area and length rule in place of the present rule of simple length. This haying a tendency to exaggerated sail spreads, producing large and unwieldy boats on a given length, it, is advisable to settle the future Measurement at once, as there is a number intending to build for next season's racing. There is also some talk of making the 53in. boats as first class instead of the 6din,, these yachts being too clumsy to handle with comfort. The proposition is to make three classes, namely: Ist class, 50 and under 53in; 2d class, 43 and under 46in; 3d class, 39 and under 42in, The result of this would be to keep the boats in the respective class as nearly the same lengths as possible and not to affect the present yachts. MR. BURGHSS'S SUCCESSORS,—The business of the Jate Mr, Burgess. including all the designs and calculations of the vessels built by him, has been purchased by Messrs. Geo. A. Stewart and Arthur Binney, who will carry on the two departments of design- ing and prgeerane Mr. Stewart has been for several years in partnership with Mr, Burgess in the latter branch, while Mr, Bin- ney has been one of Mr, Burgess’s assistants in ths drafting room for some years. Mr, Waterhouse, the chief draftsman, will also established himself in the designing and brokerage business, ALLEGRA.—On the morning of Aug. 27, as the new steam yacht Allegra was running from Oyster Bar to New York, with her owner, Col. Cruger, in command, a coupling of a steam pipe burst in the engine room, scalding the engineer, J. N. Shaw, and the fireman, J.T. Haines. After the explosion the two men were found on the engine room floor by Col. Cruger, who got them into the cabin and ran to Twenty-sixth street. where both men were taken to Bellevue Hospital. Shawis quite dangerously scalded, but Haines came off with some burns on the arms and body. THE OCHAN DORY RACH.—The seeond of the two racing dories, Capt. Andrews’s Mermaid, has just been heard from, hav- ing been picked up on Aug. 22 by the steamer Elbruz, from Balti- more to Antwerp, with Capt. Andrews lying exhausted on the floor. Four days before, while riding to a drague in a gale, the little craft capsized, but righted again, and her solitary skipper, who was made fast to her by a life line, climbed aboard. Atter some hard experiences in the waterlogged boat, he was picked up by the Elbruz, and yows never to undertake such a venture again, LARCHMONT Y. C. OYSTER BOAT RACH.—The annual oyster boat race of the Larchmont Y. C. was this year partly spoiled by light weather, the wind being variable and at times d Yr ing out entirely. The race was sailed over the regular Captain’s Island course, the winners being: Class1, Jennie R. first, Mary Ella second; class 2, Claudia M. first, Emma R. Martin second; class 3, Simon Banks, a walkover; class4, Jennie A. Willis first, Agitutor second; class 6, Fannie M. first, Idler second. A NEW 53PT. CUTTER.—Mr, Geo. Bullock, of Cincinnati, who last winter built the 30-footer Laxen from Mr. Gardner's designs, has ordered a 53ft. keel cutter from Mr. Gardner for racing about the coast next season. The new boat will be somewhat similar to Gloriana. HULL Y. ©. CUP RACES, AUG, 22—The cup races of the Hull Y. C., set for Aug, 22, were postponed to Sept. 12, owing to the lack of wind, the yachts giving up after starting, NEW HAVEN Y. C.—The New Haven Y.C, is preparing for an open regatta on Sept. 17, the sum of $400 being appropriated for cash prizes. GOLDEN PLEEHCE, steam yacht, Mr. ¥. P, Osborne, arrived at Halifax, N. 8., Aug. 20, from Provincetown. ' Book Asovn Inpzans.—The Forzsr ayp STREAM will mail free on application a deseri tive cireular ot Moy Guriniaglis book, B, tories and folktales," giving a tableiof contenta AY ie Es aa dean the yoluma,—aAdv. ut [Sept 3, 1891, Canoeing, Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, ete., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raves, and report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport, FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER, 45, Orange, Ann., Passaic River. 7. 9 A, M., Arlington, Ann,, 5. New York, Inter. Cup Trial, Passaic River. - Staten Island. 7. 2 P. M., Ianthe, Ann,, Pas- %. New York, Inter. Cup, Ben- Saic River. | sonhurst. 10. Rochester, Fall Regatta, 7. Mohican, Fall, Albany. Trondéquoit Bay. 12, Knickerboeker, Ann., N. Y. THE A. C. A. RACING TRIANGLE.—One great charm of the racing at the A, C, A. meets lies in the excellent view of the entire course which is always afforded to the spectators, a point that is appreciated no less by the contestants themselyes and by old canoeists than by the casual visitors. The regular triangle bas sides of one-half mile, from two to six rounds being sailed ac- cording to the importance of the race. Every manuever can be seen from the shore, thus making the race far more interesting and exciting than in most yacht race7, in which buta part of the fleet can be seen at one time. There is one objection to this course, however, especially in the longer races, such as the Trophy, with six rounds; the leading boats. after beating the fleet at the start, may overtake the rearguard near the end by gaining an entire lap, and thus be compelled to sail through the tail of the fleet, perhaps being forced to give right of way to boats that haye not the least chance of winning, No doubt a larger triangle would be an advantage in preventing such overlapping, but with mile sides the canoes would be too far distant to be seen readily, A remedy may be found in the use of two adjoining triangles, which may be combined if necessary to make the round 3 in place of 13g miles. This would be easily practicable at Willsborouch Point, the starting and finishing line being at the common apex of the inner and outer courses, just off the bluff, either or both courses being used at will. Where the races are viewed froma long, straight shore, as at Grindstone and Jessup’s Neck, the same plan might be varied a little to suit the altered conditions, A GALAXY OF COMMODORES.—The races for the New York C. C, international challenge cup, to be sailed on Monday of next week, will be carried out on a scale of magnificence never before attempted by any canoe club. The exhibit of commodores alone will be well worth seeing, tosay nothing of the racing, as there will be commodores of all grades and degrees, elect, acting and ex. The list of officials is as follows: Referee: Mr. Kirk Manroe, ex- Vice-Com. A. ©, A., ex-Com. New York ©. C. Judges: Mr. Chas, Y. Winne, Com.-elect A. GC, A., Vice-Com. Central Division A. 0 A., Captain Mohican C, C.; Mr, Lafayette W. Seayey, Com. Knick- erbocker C. C. and Vice-Com.-elect Atlantic Division A.C, A.3 Mr. Joseph Rudd, Jr,, Com. Brooklyn ©. C.; Mr. Walter KR. Par- fitt, Pres, Bensonhurst Club; Mr. Robert J. Wilkin, ex-Com. A. C, A., ex-Vice-Com, A, C. A., ex-Com. Knickerbocker ©. C., ex- Com. Brooklyn C,C. Timekeepers and clerks of course: Mr. C. Bowyer Vaux, ex-Com. New York C, 0.; Mr. William Whitlock, ex-Com. A. C. A., ex-Com. New York 0, C., defenders of the cup in 1886; Mr. Reginald 8. Blake, Brooklyn CG, C., defender of the cup in 1888; Mr. H. Lansing Quick, Com. Yonkers OC, C., defender ot the cup in 1890. When we consider that a regatta committee of three competent men is capable of handling a racing fleet of sixty yachts, we are lost in wonder at the number which the New York C, C. require to manage two canoe races, each with but two start- ers. Mr, Ford Jones, the Canadian challenger, who is to be judged, timed and accounted for in this wholesale manner, is only a plain *fore-the-mast canoe sailor, who has neyer held any offices whatever. THAT TRICKY GUN AGAIN —In quite a number of cases at the recent races of the A.C. A. meet the start was Impaired by the usual misfire of the gun, As the races were all started trom a. steam launch which was provided with a good whistle, there was no necessity for using the gun, and it would hayé been far more ornamental and none the less useful ashore, FORMING CANOE CLUBS.—We are frequently called on for copies of club constitutions, and for other information relating to the organization of canoe clubs. In the August issue of the Sail and Paddle will be found a very complete article on this subject by Mr. A, H, Sexton, of the New York C, 0, NEW YORK C. C, INTERNATIONAL GUP, T appears that through some misunderstanding the dates I ie trial and cup races of the New York ©. Clare one ee earlier than those given last week, being Sept. 5 and!/: and that the trial races will be held over the club course on New York Bay, and not over the same course as the cup races, on Gravesend Bay. The former races will begin, at least the programme so states, at 10.30 A. M,, and the club pistol has been catefully overhauled. hy Janitor Staples in order that there may be no delay in the Starting signal. The races are open to all members of canoé clu bs, but it is thus far uncertain who the competitors will be,- Mr. Butler intends to start and will probably be on hand.’ The Benson- hurst Club, through its president, Mr. Walter BE, Partitt, has very courteously placed its house and grounds at the disposal of the New York ©..C. tor Monday, and the cup races will be sailed off the club grounds on Gravesend Bay, Mr. Ford Jones, the chal- lenger, will sail his canoe Canuck, the same in which he competed for the New York cup last year, and in which he has already won _ the A, OWA, sailing trophy for three successive years. The N ew York C. O. will furmsh several competitors for the trial races, Messrs. Howard in the Aztec, Stevens in the Kismet, Barrington in the Toltec, Vaux in the Bonnie, Whitlock in the Guenn, and Schieffelin in the Lieda, provided that the latter canoe can be repaired in season, er corr ORUISING ON THE JUNIATA.—Haditor Forest and Stream: Messrs. J. C. Henderson and A. R. Long, both of Levyistown,, reached this place on Monday afternoon, having descended the tiyer in their canvas canoes. The Juniata is at a low mark, and they report some difficulty in getting down, one stretch in the Narrows and another between Bell Island and the Mifflin shore giving them hard work. he cruisers are on their vacation and not anxious tora record, but a good time. Harrisburg is their destination, which point they will make by easy runs: they ex- — pect:to enter the canal at the Millerstswnu Dam, that, being, since the disastrous '89 flood, the headwaters of the Juniata Division, Pennsylvania Canal, The canoeists launched their crafts and proceeded down this A. M.—Onygurra (Port Royal, Juniata county, Pa., Aug, 19). ; WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION.—The new officers of th Western Oanos Association, elected at Ballast Island in J iilge ae Com., G- Harry Gardner, Cleveland; Vice-Com., G. G, Oase, Jack- son, Mich.; Rear Com., C. T, Pennewell, Detroit, Mich:: Sec.- Treas,, O..4', Woodruff, Dayton, O.; Executive Committee—D, H. — Grane, Ohicago: J. H, Ware, Onicago; Geo, B. Bilard Cincinnati, Mr, Tt, J, Kirkpatrick was the first choice for commoc ore, but des clined to accent the office after being elected, ai SEP, 8, 1891.] FOREST AND STREAM. LACHINE BOATING AND CANOE CLUB. HE annual regatta. of the Lachine Boating and Canoe Olub, . formed this spring from the Lake St. Lonis Canoe Club and the Lachine Boating Club, was held on Aug, 22, at Lachine, near Montreal, the entries being numerous and the races yery well contested. The paddling was done with single blades entirely. A number of the Canadian candemen went down from the A.C. A. meet to witness or take part in the races. Mr. Archbald won the open canoes sailing race, while Mr. Muntz came in second in the singjs blade paddling, Mr. Ross paddled this race standing on the gunwales of his canoe. Messrs. Duggan and Shearwood again won the championship tandem cup,in acanoe designed by the former. The summary of the races is as follows: Open canoe sailing race, championship cup, three miles: RO Pie Ace Helene nye Pea UCN ei.) leah ce eb crs ofa ce. s a faiccees H. Routh..,. . C. Robin. ate “OM: EGU CA i tila SFE ae sdnugals 5, SRR ais we SS te nae Boys’ single scull, 17 years and under, half mile with turn: LUATERS Rs. Me Sachs hak, t oe Gens A oe nO ag eran RS See Aor etl TREATS ee ee ee BSP C ee as ARAOre MET TLE (WEL Ae Ran NR mee nnn en foe O Tandem canoe race, green, one mile with turn: Coopers’ créw.......... MET eS SEALY SAAN CE CCT LS ehie-d Wrirk sat Pee let 1 Sewells’ crew Tee wee we Ft te abe ee Sew swe we ces eee seneesans ' Saunderson and Kirby, Beaconsfield...... OH ego a eee ee z Double race. one mile with turn: Paradis and Elliott. Longueuil... 00.00.00. cece eee cece ence ee enes 1 Higginson and Claxton, Pointe Claire..... Trg oe Noted Bt bs ree oles 2 Fisher and Thompson, St. Lambert......-. 6.00 ccc ccecceesecccs eee 0 Ervine DrOwnersy SlemUAINDEDL Ue. , eee! ie eed coy Me va dewey 0 Percy Taylor, Lachine... .....--. ee tb, ie Se Sree erate Svat il NEM iebZ Oa EOud wel. cee ee peu wee obs Vo uaunl trees ace ae 2 Bvt OSSraVGn OTST cit, sce eee AONE) tg Fl eee Pat 0) Punt race, boys 13 and under, 200yds. with turn: OPPS TYTN) -'9 ace k dangle bReoeee crate al ie | FS Eee See Une 1 LEGE Bale Eolas cages cea 8S Pa bith 5! dee I eet ee tes eB bin r USS LEE CIceN Leen rer cL a BR AML oy TT ny one 0 TEAL Ma: eR lee. samen. ft WtaNepat pareeenn soy lace eee (GRENIER vere BPA cael aL Eee EI) Se aihnmre 0 Canoe race, four paddles, half-mile with turn: H. Routh, C. Routh, Ff. Fairbanks and Davidson.... ...... Diaeté 1 P, Taylor, H. Baby and Mussen brothers.....:.....+ssess22+. wes. 2 G. 5S, Lowe, A. Ross, J. G. Ross and Paton............:220+2s.---. 0 ‘ Boys’ tandem canoe race, 17 years and under, half-mile. with urn: SB. WavidsonrsnoeMun SOM. 1.25 eos eee eee ease oe , 1 C. Stewart and A. Small.... .... BBS oS Nn RS ee tee end ohne ene Eo 2 W. Leyin and H. Baird.... ..... wiacetae Wiad Sok bro emma oo epeer ct aravivera tie 0 R. Baby andHi Baby: ii... 5.2...0.. cs ae bees ae neta A Rie See bl 0 War canoe race, 15 paddles, half mile, with turn: Lachine crew. black—G. H. D RACE hd EDS 32 ce Soe theaeal eat aete |p AN BS eae Od So (oe 1 PMB VLG: eee eens. c ere uee tiet oe Feasts nc PEE Pe ee BP DAG 2 GD avidsonmests ns een eer nen a sel tetas ‘otha aboletaecets Di stele nskecke tote eek te 0 a EH LLORS seat eel ee een ete Lien ieee ae aed eri Pcs odesis eee Te 0 SSN EIETT Os teftos st > cb GGT eee bet Wine. seledt Meiana Ele 0 SECOND HEAT, SPA VAGUS ONG a penne. he Aesth, bats te Mee el ete. OT Bie hb ob il GE Volel ose seretaces PEPE resides SoA LE Daten Wil OOO eebpomeelekipieei, onan. 2 Four-oared race, club, Dixie vs. Lachine, half mile straight- away: Dixie crew—J. W. Routh, A. W. Sherrwood, — Nash, L. B. De Vebe (stroke) 1 Se ete ee we te Heeb ere een mae cert we rerereste The officers of the day were; Judges—Judge Davidson, A. J. Dawes, J. W. Grier, A. W. Morris, J. G, Monks and R. F. Mere- dith. Starter—S. P. Howard. Timekeepers—R. J. Rossand C.H. sili Rene of the Course—S. Jackson, T. Stewart and J. H-. tewart. ONE FOR THE CANOB.—“The mystery of the missing yacht, which capsized in the lake opposite Bronte, as reported in the Star, on Sunday evening, in sight of several persons, has been ex- plained by the crew, who are Torontonians and had reache d land in a canoe.”—Toronto Star, aug. 22. THE PASSAIC RIVER RACES. HE three leading canoe clubs of the Passaic River, the Orange, i Arlington and Tanthe, whose houses are close together at Woodside and Arlington, have arranged a series of three regattas to be held on Saturday and Mondaynext. The first will be that of the Orange C, C. at West Arlington, on Saturday at2 Pavey the programme being as follows: Paddling, any canoe; sailing, senior; sailing, juniors; club four; sailing and paddling combined; sailing, maneuvering and upset; paddling, senior; paddling, juniors; paddling tandem, canoes 20in. beam or over; hurry-scurry and upset; Passaic River trophy cup. The regatta committée in- eludes Messrs. G. Manley, A. Crawford and J. M. Lowden. The regatta of the Arlington C. CG. will be held on Monday at 9 A. M., the programme being: Paddling; paddling tandem, decked; paddling tandem, open; paddling, club four; paddling and sailing combined; hurry-scurry and upset; sailing upset; sailing. The regatta committee includes Messrs, RK. HE. Molloy, P. E. Brockway and C. VY. Schuyler. In the afterncon, starting at 2 P. M., the regatta of the Ianihe C..C. will be held with the following programme: Sailing, record event. Sailing, juniors, record event. Sailing, man overboard. Sailing, upset. Paddling, open canoes. single blades. Paddling, juniors, decked sailing canoes. Paddling, decked sailing canoes. Paddling tandem, open canoes, single blades. Paddling tandem, decked sailing canoes. Club fours, open canoes, single blades. Club fours, decked sailing canoes. Paddling, any canoe. Hurry,scurry. Paddling, upset. Tourna- ment. Swimming. The regatta committee includes Messrs. H. 8. Farmer, G. P. Douglas and P. W. Hart. All of the races will be under the A. C. A. rules, and open to members of other canoe clubs. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. QO. W., Victoria, B. 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Y., { Selling Agents. $96.00 _ MEACHAM LJAMMERLESS : Tor SNAP, 5 Extended Rib, In- “= : ported Walnut Pistol Grip Stock, Patent Fore-end, Full Checkered, Matted Rib, Double Under Fastening, Rubber Butt, Compensating Hinge Joint, Long Breech Frame. 10 and 12 gauge. Damascus Barrels, cite, $36.00 ND FORGUNCATALOCUE. E.0. MEACHAM ARMS CO.. Shield, which has been beld for the last two years by the Royal Grenadiers of T ronto. The competitors meeting of the Dominion Rifle Assoriation war held last nieht in the drill shed, Lieut,-Col. White in the chair. Considerable discussion took place in regard i the arrangements aes acoring in the Gzowski and the British Challenge Shield matches. Major McSpadden, of the 12th Battalion York Rangers, said that there should bea declaration made by the meeting on the que=tion of the desirability of the purchase of Martini rifles by the Government. Lient.-Gnl. White showed that the record of the Rifla League showed a good adverage with the Snider rfis, He announced that he had received 4 donation of $50 from @& genileman in Ottawa as a contribution toward a prize for the nursery aggre- gate, and a donation of $100 from a gentleman in Montreal as prizes for the highest scorers in the Bisley team, provided they ayeraged 90 each. _ Before the meeting adjourned Major McSpadden advised that the executive shouid compel Senators and members of the House of Commons in their match next Thursday afternoon to use the Snider rifles of one of the country battalions, The result, he was confident. would be that the militia would be furnished immedi- ately with Martinis. OrmTAWwaA. Sept. 2.—That Rideau ranges offer af times a remark- ably pnzzling combination of p rplexities to riflemen was well illustrated by the shonting in to-day’s matches. The constant expression among the competitors was that they are the most difficult ranges in-the Veminion, Eyen the erack skots of the lucal corps, the Governor-General’s Foot Guards, and 43d Bat- talion, O.tawa and Carleton Rifies, who know every inch of the Rideau ranges by heart, were norplussed to-day. The light was not so had. thongh at times during the dav it wustrying. It was the wind which made hayne of the nice calculations of the rifle- men. Between the butts and the long row of targets lies a valley some 500cds wide, into which, at the east end of the targets, the Rideau River sluggishly makes its way, and continues eastward to the Rideau Falls, Along {this valley to-day the winds yeered and shifted most capricinusly, At times the streamers, 89t at in- tervals of a hundred yards between the butts and the targets to show the direction of the wind. were flurtering no two in the same direction. Under there conditions the high scoring made is immensely to the credit of to-dav’s competitors, The event of the day was the Dominion of Canada match, which was hegun at talf-vast eight o'clock, and was not ended until four o'clock. Followiug sre the results: Prizes. Dominion of Cenada Match—fHor teams, $200; individ- uals, $713; total value. $9138; open tr all efficient members of the active militia, members of the staff,and offi'ers of the active force who have retired retaining rank, ann to all officers, non- commissioned officers, and men of Her Mejesty’s regular army and navy stationed in Canada, who are.also members ot the Asso- eiation. Ranges, 200, 500 and 60Urds..7 rounds at each range. Snider riflvs, position at 200yds., standing or kneeling; at 500-ds., any. with head to targe’; at G0Nyd,,any. WHirst team prize a badge to each member and $80 second $40, third $40, fourta $30, fifth $20. First individual prize $40 second $95, third $30, fourth $25. Ten of $15 each, eight of $10 each, six of $8 each, thirty of $6 each, twenty-five of $5 each: Royal Grensdisrs, Toronto.. 409 Queen’s Own Rifles, Toronto 380 13th Bats. Hamilton......... 597 6°b Fusiliers, Montreal.... 380 GG EG, Ottawa............- BOG? “Beh Batt eke alesse oan: elas 379 i2th Batt. York Rangers.... 388 431 Batt,Q and C Rifles. 37 Halifax Garrison Artillery . 387 63d Ratt ......:.......... . a7 45th Batt. Lindsay ......-. . 36 31st Batt-.e..-..),---+-..-.... 368 British Columbia Gar Art,. 33] Individual Pr’zes. Talent Revell: -eypeyss--4 ese ee Geis ot in tile 29 haa secure eee ok 88 Staff-Seret Rolston.......... Ol Staff Sergt Owe ,_............ . 88 Lieut Margetts..,...-.<8e-..5. 90 Staff Sergt MeVittie.......... 88 Tronper Langstroth,.......... 90) Pvt EMint.cmee eid ees tes 88 Seret Horsey.,...2-,..-.--...- 89) Corp MoVittie..:ii..s1 ..i.e. 87 The winners in the Snider ageregate, for which the first prize is a graphoscops, presented by J. H. Stewart. optician, London, Eng,, with additional prizes to the extent of $230 given by the Dominion Rifle Association. were as follows, the prizes heing awarded to competitors who made the highest aggregate scores in the Mac- dougall, Manufacturers’, Minister of Militia’s, Dominion and standing m itches: Staff-Sergs. Rolston. .. ..... 248 Staif-Sergt C N Mitchell...... 238 Stadt Sergt D Mitchell........240 Lieut Hlliot ... .--......-.... 233 Lieut Wilson.........-- Staif-Sergr Dent...,.,.....,.. 282 Staff Sergt Armstrong..-..... Priy D Smith is Priv Scott...... m3) Curp MeV ittie Capt Russell Capt MeMicking....... Serct Morris.....-. ......--..- 235 Ihieut Andrews EB Phieut Ravel... hi eces ev ees Bay Pere t Mall Leese csiee ee cenit 281 Staff-Seret Ogg ....-....eee Zed EI WV OR Viinvces pees > sulin 231 Capt O’Grady......-..... .....284 Stafl-Sergt McVittie,.........730 Major Sherwood The last mateh of the day was the Rideau match, open to all menibers of the association, tbe range being 500yds. Martini- Henry rifles were used,7 rounds being fired,anud any position allowed with head to target, The prize winners were as follows: Srafi-Sergt Logie Pyt Perverill.,..... 38 Lieut Dover... ....33 Corp McCrea.-.. Ls Lieut Smith.......33 B mb Hammond..23 Sergt Swaine... | Staff-Set Mitchell..g8 C-pf Rogers....... 33 Sergt Armstrong |s, Sergt Marris......- 33 Stafi-Set Simpson 33 Lieut M’Farland { Sergt Moffatt,.-... 83 Lieut Pain....,.... 3a Mr Brown ......... a¢ PvtTaylor. .......33 Li ut Davidson....33 Gorp Garroll...,.,.34 Capt Robson .:-.... a3 Pyt Norton........38 Staff-Sergt Ogg... .d4 . ; F In the President's marquee, this afternoon, Mrs. Kirkpairick was at home from half-past 4 o’clock until 6. There was a large and fashionable throne of visitors at the ranges dnring the after- noon. The band of the Governor-General’s Foot Guards played. Orrawa, Sept, 3—The riflemen to-day bad as fine weather as could be desired for the last day’s shooting, except that the wind was rather puzzlme, It was the busiest duy in camp. and the matches were most important and interesting, inasmuch as to- ‘ay determined the fortunate hundred whose names come first in the grand aggregate, and who theraby won the sight to compete for the Goyernor- General's prize, as also the chance of being selected for the next Bisley team. : The first of to-day’s matches was the Ouimet match at 600yds, range, with Martini-Henry rifles, ten rounds; seventy -four prizes, amounting in aj] to $515. Following were the principal winners: Pyt GT Sbutaman.........-.. 46 Capt W A Jamieson........,.. 43 TEeviteh ia Lite ee ceaeee nent salen s 46 Capt WP Milligan.......-..-.48 Gol-Sergt G A Mailliet.....,..45 MrH McKay — ..........,... AS Staff-Seret J Rolston. 45 Staffi-Sergt J H Simpson ..... 43 Sergei R Graham............... 44 Pyt T Hollins.,.........- phorctics # 43 Trump © Crowe.....,..-- ..... 44 The next match was the Lansdowne aggregate, open to teams made up of five members of and affiliated rifle association for the challenge cup presented by Lord Lansdowne, with $150 added by the association: 1 13th Batt, Hamilton...-....-. 878 Royal Grenadiers. Toronto.. .854 Goy.-General’s F G, Uttawa..865 Victoria County Rifle Ass’n..847 St John Rifle Association ....860 4 The next match was the Grand Aggregate. This match is set down in the official record 4s the Bankers’ prize match. Seventy- six prizes of the value of $600 in allare awarded to the competit- ors who madethe hichest aggregate scores in the MacDougall, Manufacturers’ Minister of Militia’s, Dominion, Standing, Rideau and Ouimet matches. Principal winners: NB A meal, 189], and badge—Sergt Rolston........-... -es0r est DRA medal, 1891, and badge—Sergi Marris..,.,...-.-..+--- «+510 Staff-Sergt D Mitechell....... 310 Capt Milligan. ......-.. ss... B00 Staff-Sergt Ogg...:. tytestist 809 Sergt Sbort.....-.ce. ees agent 800 Pyt Bilis... 0i0J..0..-..,..2-..808 Lieut Williamson, s..........299 Capt McMicking.....-,...-.,.804 Sergt MeVittie...-- sure ade th Ss 299 Seret Mitchell..........-... ,..a0l Capt McHohbis....... yee reese sth, Sergi SIMMEOD «1... ...- earn es? Seret GCN Mitchell...... .... 298 In the afternoon the Lords and Commoners’ match, between teams representing the Senate and House of Commons, was an innovation which attracted while it lastad all the curiosity and interest of the spectators af the ranges, Senator McKay was cap- tain of the Senators’ teem and Dr Sproule of the Commoners. Ths match was shot at 200 and 200vds, ranges, 5 rounds at each range, possible score at each range being 2b: Senators’ Team. House of Commons’ Team. ‘ 200 500 Tl 200 3500 = T) Tient-Col Boulton, 19 20 389 Robt Watson....., 1p 8 3 Sen MeKay......., JR 12% 81 Gen Gasey....... . 19 1a Sen RBoline..,..... 19 16 85 T+ Borden..... «J 29 @ Sen Power... ... , 22 8 80 Jobn MerLesn,.... 19 11 80 Sen Poirier........ 21 18 384 Jos Marshall... ... 18° 14" 32 Sen McInnes...... 1S) iG; Se DraSprodlereey ase Don meu woe 1% 86 (203 103. 92 195 House of Commons’ extra team, 187. At half-past 3 o’elork this afternoon was begun the crowning avent of fhe wholes seriss of matches, nam*ly. the competition for the Governor-General’s vriza, which is offered yearly. tn he com- preted for hy the hundred highest genre: in the grand agererate mateh. Hirst prize, a special badges an? $250: rerond prige, a badeve and. $150; third prizs, badee and $160. Fachof the seven next highest compotitora to receive badges. Ranges, 200, 100 and 609 yards: rounds, 7 at each range; “artini-Henre rifles; positions, at 200cda. standing or kneeling; at b00vds.. position any with head to fargef. and at 600rds. any. The firing in this match was con- tinucd until dark. Following are the figures prepared this evening hy the sfatisti- cal officers, They show the winners and half a dozen of the lead- me senres: Muiet ett neces cpus san 94 Saret Shart,.... .-..... peer DO Staff Seret, Rolston..........-. 938 Capt Me Robbie..,... ...-.... 8&9 Lient Dover aT ta real T time eleeu utes ave see ee st) (tie), Lient MrAnams ta Hireit MAavelipteystcs; eeepc ane Staff Sergt Mx Vittie Seret Douglss... 89 The match tor the London Merchants’ Cup, with $180 in prizes offered hy the assoriation, was shot next, This match is spen to teams *f 8 members of any afMliated rifle sssoctation, and is shot with Martini-Henry rifles at 200, 600 and 600yds, ranges, 7 rounds atech range, F’rst prizo, London cup and $180: Ontario team, 673. Second prize, Quebee team. 641, Manitnba team .....-.-...... 627 Nova Scotia team...,,.... -.618 New Rrunswick team ........ 632 British Golnmbia team... ....482 Fol owing are the results of the extra. matcher: Caron Sharp- shooters’ Trophy, presented by Sir AdcIpha Carnn, Minister of Militia, open to those belonging to a hattalion or assoriation wha bave bad a team or teams entered in the leacue of 1891. and to be won hy the highest individual snare in the Snider agg egate: Staff Seret D Mitchell........ BAe Coni Russelies ee eel n a 212 Corp W MeVittie..... -2..... Pat PA OEY LOM EAT he Ane. aon Kes 211 Staff Sergt Dent. ..........,...212 Lieut E Jiof,..... Oy. eh) The president’s prize, presented bv Lieut.-Col. Hon. J. M. Gib- aon. president of the league, onen to teams of 10 men from anv battalion having teams entered in the league of 1891; to ba won by the aggregate score of the highest ten men from »ny battalion or association in the Snider aggregate, was won by the 481 batal- ion by 9 seore of 2 011. Orrawa, Sept. 4—The Bisley term were announced to-day and show, that Seret, Rolston led hr 84 nnints over Cant. Me Micking, and with the grond score of 5'4 out of a possible 590, a wonderiul acore, being 42 points over an average of former winners 8nd by ar the hest shooting everdorenn the range, Last year Private Hutchison, 48d, led with 480. The team is composed of the 30 men who are members of the active militia haying made the highest scores in the grond segregate match and Goyernor-Gen- eral’s match. Should any of these refuse to go their placas will be Gll4d upfrom the next 70 in the grand aggregate and Goy-_ ernor-Goneral's matches, 100 being eligible. The following are the names of the first 33: S aff-Seret. Rolston......... 514 Capt. McRobbie. .. ....... 465 Cap*. MeMicking............ 483 Staff-S rat. Dent...,........ 465 S‘aff-Sergt, Mitchell.-....... 480 Lieut, Wilson.... .....-..--. 463 Staff-Seret, Ope... ......-00. 476 j\jenut, Williamson,....--... 462 Pearst, Mi APS eis ss cone ess 475 Wieut. Macadam ...,.. ...-. 40 Sersty Short soul asevaesove ATL Seti Spee gle cee 459 Pitemeilises sees ta SR bnysee 42 Capt, Milligan.......,... ., 459 Staff-Seret. Mitchell........ 489 Sergt. Horsey:..-...-. a a) Capt. Jamicson-......,.,.... 469 Lient. Pope..-.. ......-.-...- 458 Staif-Sergt. Armstrong..... 469 Col.-Seret. Fowler.....-...,, 458 Staff-Sergt. Mitehell...._... 469 Capt. Russell..., --.....,... 48 Stafi-Sergt, McYittie ...... 46% Seret. Blair_-....-........, . ABT PeteswWindath 08 uted ties eit 4f8 Staff-Seret. Wiman..-...... 427 S‘aift-Seret. Simpson... -... 465 Sergt. Fairbairn............, 457 Vjeut Revel ..., ...... ...,. 467 Lieut. Davidson..-........., 456 Lieut. Audrews-... ........- 4f6 Sergt. Grahbam......-........ 456 PapeiGamhien.yseeeetenns 466 ZBTTLER VS. CALIFORNIA.—Douring the latter part of 1890 the Galifornia Schiiz n Cloh, of San Francisco. issued an open challenge for a team maich by telegraph. The Zettler Rifle Club, of this city, promptly ac: ented the challenge, and, all the preli- minaries haying been settled, the contest took place Saturday, Sept. 5. The conditions alled for; Teams of 15 men each, 50. ron- secutive shots on the Germn ving target, 26 3in. rings, with a 12\n. bull-eye and a center 144'n,. in Giameter. position off-hand, but the usual palm rest permiried, any rifle, telescopic sights being barred, distance 200\ds., stakes $100 a side. The California phooting Club appointed W. Hayes, of Newark, to be their judge. Hayes accepted the appointment, but also shof on the Z-tiler team. Philo Jacoby was to have been the Zettler Cluh’s judge but declined, ag he acts as captain and coacher for the San Pran- cisco team. Major Adolph F Klose, rifle inspector of the Second Brigade, ©. N G.. was then asked to look after the interests ot the Zettler Rifle Club. The judges received the stakes before the contest. They were charged to collect and forward the 15 targets u ed by the contestants, tozather witb a certifiea e, signed by the judge and the president respectively of each club, verifying the ve lidity of the targets, and at the same time a tabnlated detail of each Man’s seore. The California team jneluded such well- known marksmen as Jacoby, Ut chig, 8 eiker, who made the re- markable score of 569 points on tye pnint target in 300 shots dur- ing the re-ent shooting festival at San Francisco, Helm, Rovb- weiler and F, 0. Young. The team shot on their new range near San Francisco. The Z-ttler team used the 200yds. range in Wis- sel’s Park, at Cypress Hill. The Zetilers were handicapped by the weather, as the competition started amid a heavy downpour of rain and a strong easterly wind blowing across the range, Stil] all hands shot steadily, Hayes only missing the black twice. The shooting of Dorrler was first-class, he making a score of 1,115, the best of the day, HA. Holg+s was second with 1.08). J, A. Bovken and the veteran Baroey Walther tied with a score of 1,058. M. 8, Engle shot in a poor sight and made the ir ferior scote of 947, Tha folowing are these res: W, Hayes 1.067 J A. Bo. ken 1 058, John Conper-mith 1 059, Gentge Joiner 1027, B Art- tler 981, FH Rose 1,95) FC Watts 1,042, M. B. Fnele 947, Gu Zim. merman 1,052, M. Dorfler 1,115, F, Arénbrusr 1,019, George Piaisted 1.005, GC. G. Zettler 1,028. H. Holges 1,085, B. Walrher 1,008. Total, 15,563. California, 15,491. CREEDMOOKR, U.1., 8: pt. 7.—Labor Day was ufilized by the National Rifle Aseaciation for the contesting of the fifth of the Marksman's matches arranged for the qualification of members of the National Guard to reveiye the State deroration awarded to all those showing themselyes competent to s-ore 30 points or hetter with the regulati n military rifie at 200 and 300yds.,5 shotsatia'h distance. The facilities of the range at Creedmoor were taxed to the fullest extent, more than 250 men. in unitorm, beiug in atrend- ance. With the exception of an uncertain wind the cond'tiors were favorable to fair shooting; and, as a consequence. 146 of the competitors pulled out *t the end with qualifying scores. The Seventh Regiment had 65 marksmen, the Highth 3, the Ninth 1, the Twelfth 11, the Thirteenth] the Twenty-second 9, the Twenty- third 33, the Thirty-second 2, toe Forty-seventb 1, the Sixty-ninth 5, the Seveuty-first 5, rhe Pirst Brigade Staff 1. and Troop A (cavalry) 6. The shooting was cone uuder the supervision of Brig. Gen. Coarles F. Robbins, general inspector of rifle practice, State of New York. : BOSTON, Sept. 6.—The weekly shoot of the Massachusetts R fle Association was held atifs range to-day with a large number of riflemen present, Following are the scores. distance 200yds., Standard American target. re-entry mat hes: All-comer*? off-hand mareh: J. B. Fellows 81, Dr. Bishop 66, W. P. Stevens 60 All-comers’ rest match: J. Francis 11h, F. Vanitls 114, S. Wilderdl1, W. P. Th moson 111. A. A, Ballard 109, F. W. @hesfer 107, D: Martin 105, R. EB. Towne $9, M. 0. Day $7, Dr. Bishop 88, W.B. Morton 8), B. Hastings 80. Military match: W. EF. Buck 2 W. L. Swan 41, G. Pierce 41,C G. Paul 40, H. W. Sweet 39, A, D. Sears 88, A. 8. Hunt 37, fF. W. Chester 36, J. V. Huntley 85. NEWARK —At the annual King shoot of the Newark Shooting S ciety on Monday ©. H Towns-nd won the 1831 King m-dal with a score of 61 points, W. Hayes won first prize.and George Joiner ane E CG. Ross tied for second and third prizes on the open ring arget. 7 67 (rest) 81. this place bss been rented tothe Hlektron Mfg. Co. makes electrical stpplies. Leon J. Harley, late department super- intendent of the Smith & Wesson works, goes into the new plant as general méechanival superintendent. prepare Doh atanted. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. MT. GRETNA, Pa.. Sept. 5.—The regular annnal State compe- tion *n rifle Shontipg opened on the State range Sept. 1. The day was rether cloudy in the forenoon and a severe thunder storm in tne afternoon. There was a general complaint from 9il the old shooters about the ammunition; itis the regulation U.S. make and is nof as good as it might hein several respects. It is easy to dis‘inguish the difference in the reports of the rifles when fired off; ne will give a dull thud and another like a fire-cracker, None of it teems to haye the ring like the U. M. ©. Cn. manu- faciure. Henre the tracenuntably low scores uncertain shots and misses are attributed to the defective ammunition. If the authorities of the State of Pennsylvania wish good scores at the unnual competition they must supply good ammunition, The shooting was mostly at) 200,409 and 600vds., and the first two days were taken up with practice scores. The important matches ran: State Regimental Mateh shot Sept 3.—C nditions, four enlisted men,7 shots each at 200.500 and 600vds., was wou again by the Thirteenth tgiment. with the S-cond regiment a close second With a Fenre of 833, fallowed by the Sixteenth regiment with a seore of 882, Private W. W. Youngs, of the Thirteenth reciment agsin putting up a brilliant score in the match of 96. Below is the scores af the three first teams: 18th Reet., 834; 20 Reet, 338; 16+h Regt.. 883, 9th Reel. 380, 12th Regt. 328; 1st Regt, 825, 5th Ree’, 324, 10th Reet. 312, 4th Reet. 311. 8th Reet, 307, 18th Regt. 301 Cavalry 298. 15th Roe. 293, 6th Ree, 284, 4th Regt, 277, State Wencibles 275, 2d_ Revt, 267, Arullery 232, Coleman Regimental Prizes were won by the rifle teams from the following reciments. cond tions as follows: Five m=n, 7 shots each at 200, 100 and 600yds., 4 entries allowed. highest seore to count: 16h Regt,, first prize, 437. 9th Ree. 429 18 Regt. 423, 5th Reet. 408, lst Roget. 408, 15° > Reet. 407. 8h Ragt. 405, 19th Reet. 400, 12th Regt. 399 6th Regt 399, 14th R gh. 397, 2d Regt. 388, The eom- petition came to a tinish on the 5th with the Brigade team match, the third Brigade being the winners. Haying won this trophy three times it becames their property, There were 12 men ona team, Pach firing 7 shots at 200. 500 and 600\ds. The 3d made 9383, the 2d 963 and the Ist Brigade 926 points in the possible 1,260, SYRACUSE, Sept. 3.—The Svracuse Rifle Club will hold a sup- per shoot at the new range at Maple Bay to-day. The new bulls are giving perfect satisfaction and the little club house is a model inits way. Following are the scores made on Wednesdav: Koeh- Jer 67. Smith 55. Robotham 47. Ward (resi) 105, Acker 49. Gray (resi) 48, Knapp 73, Dallev 73, Knann 68 Didlev 85, Egeléston 74, MeGornmirk (rest) 74. Smith (rest) 6 Rohotham (res') 83, Stiliman Perkins 27, Barnum (rest) 95, Leighton (rest) 95, Robotham Dal MINNEAPOLIS, Sept, 1—The Minnesota State Rifle Associa- Benet pele meeting last week elected Dr. E. H. Whitcomb, of St. Pau Lieut. Loye, of Minneapolis, secretary-btreasurer. practice work on the Lake City Ronge last week Whitcomb, Dar- president; Lieut. Lee, of Stillwater, vice-president; Dring the row and Halk made the possible 20 nits on the lying-down figure in a skirmish run of 20 shots, thus tieine the score of Capt. Akins. at Barbed elas tily a tew days ago, about which so much was said at 8 Time. CREED WMOOR MATCHES.—For the remainder of the present shooting season the followiug military matches are on the Creed- moor programme: Oct. 10 and 24.and Noy.3. The sharpshooters’ match, Sept. 19, Oct. 3, 17 and 31. Qualification and marksman’s badge, Sept, 26, SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Tbe Bullard Repeating Arms works at The company RENSSELAHRWYCK.— Albany, N. Y., Sept. 7.—The fal] meet- ing of tne Third Brigade Kifls Association will be hela at Rensse- Jaerwyck, between Albany and Tr y. Thursday and Friday, Oct, land 2. The programme, which is the mori attractive ever ofiered by fhe Association, will be issued Thursday, Sept, 10,—BueL C, ANDREWS, Sec. THE TRAP. Scores or publication should be made out on the printed blanka by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratia to club . FIXTURES. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: Sept, 8-11.—Grand International Tournament at Detroit. Live hirds a' d standard Keys one targels. Sept, 11-l2.—Harriehurg Shooring Association, new clnb house, two days opening shoot, targets and live birds; also six-men team shoots for central Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Shooting Associa- tion trophy, valued at $100. H. M. B. Worden, S+c’y, Sept. 15-17.—_Knexvilie, Tenn., Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. Sept. 15-17 —Dayton, O., Second Annual Tournament. Open to the world. First two days inanimate targets. Last day spar- rows. eens W. Scott MeDonald, Fifth and Ludlow streets, Dayton. O. Sept. 29-Oct, 2.—Virst Annual Tournament of the Pennsylyania State Sportsmen’s Association, Williamsport, Pa. Targets and live birds. N. A. Hughes, 8 c’y. Oct, 13-15.—Staunton (Va.) Gun Club, assisted by the Inter- State Mamnfacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. Oct, 21-28,—Reading’s Tournament, Flemington, N. J. Key- stones. Open to all Oct. 27-29.—Savannah, Ga., Chatham Gun Olnb, assisted by the Tnier-Srate Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. BOILING SPRINGS. RUTHERFORD, N. J., Sept. 7.— Boiling Springs Gun Club tourna- ment, biuerocks, Ke\stone rul+s, No. 1, 10 singles: ‘ Hollister .....-. v..-1111101110-8 Klees.... 22.22... ..-.011111]011—8 Outwater..... .. ---1100LI0110—7 Paul... .-,---..-.. 1111011010—7 No. 2, 12 singles, ex: ert yules: Hollister ......--- OLIN0GLI100—7F | Klees.......,....-- 010130110109—6 Qutwater..........10U111110010—8 Paul,.:.,.....-....001001000111—5 No. 3, 15 singl+s: Hoilister...... 120001011111710—18 -Panl.....-.....1001911910T0101— 9 Outwater . LID —48) Beam... ......111117011111110—13 Kelvesut one TILLOU01II111—-12_Lame.....-..... 111011011 121111—15 Wo. 4, 25 singles: Beam,,.....- oe eee ee es ewe ee- 1101101000019119911101111—21 Kileesy ebb uses: eee ey eee =e, 10(70100111701111111 11110—20 Campbell eee daa se ee 1119111110 10111111010; 01—20 @iinwalerswe 22 Mceetes au ectes en se cee 1100100) — 25 Abbott..<....: CSSeyaeee er yeah ee # Sees 1011100910010110101011101—15 PST ee ashe el, Se Ar A ory 00110111111 11001000011100—14 Treinen oe neten ated nee ack eter hots .-» - 001101! 0111019 10111119110—18 RV GUp ais Boal op alee La waeitattts setae tees , 11 10001101010110101101011—14 Me Verinaraclaeecaties pas iaaat ee eee ey eee -A1117900011111101011 11 — 23 PRL iat cn bon Meise tote eee «101010110111 1100110111101—260 No. 5, 15 singles: } Kileéa._..---..- TLNO1IN1- 14 Hollister ...,.,11111111100111—14 Outwater-.-.. VIAN 1i—1-- Panl....,--..,.101111010101100— 9 Beam....7...-. 11111111 11 —15 No. 6, 10 singles: Outwater,-.-....,. - Q11101711—8 Klees.... + - 222s veel 111001001—6 Hollister ........--.+ TIO TI 9) SPALL sete pease eee ,.-111110 011—8 Petes 1 ame pecle-|a4-F 11111100118 Lane..,............ -1U10111110—7 Kees ..... OLOMIDIOUILIIIII—-17_—s Paml......10101101101011011011—418 Hollister..11001111111011111111—17 No, §, 10 singles: SGML sem ee cient 1311711101: : 9 Qutwater...........10111T111—10 Hollister .-...-.-..+- TN0VWIN—9 Pauwh:.-.i.u...200: 1111101110— 8 Late.--.. eee creck W1111011—9° Klees.............. 1111111101—29 No. 9, 25 singles: Beams ls sace he eaamn Hoe o aa nea Opa anaoee 0110212111011111101110101 19 Ontwater..--. -1910910101119101311111101—20 leeS....- Dane etree toes ne LDL 1111110011111 1111 1— 24 PP Td Oe en es SY F -0,0732.1001110 1011 10u010—15 TNTRL STG in AAA ne aa oo yt 111410) 011110001101011114—172 VLR VC Lt Gictegttan ae ctalcly mace ed octet elaaty cial DLVOLLIGL11 1001 201011 001 — 27 SMEREZOrl sete eae ene Bere re 101007149 1007 10011111003 144. No. 10, 1 singles: ’ Lane....... ed _...1110100101—6 ~Camphell.........,.,1011011011—7 Pele en ren ewes O10 11U—s8 Ontwater......-.....1011110101—7 “TalZe.....-) --1e+LIOIOIOIII—7 Abhbot....... vee. ee OOOLINNIO—S Klees.........--+.---11U01JN—9 Panl...-............111L101010—7 Beam....;.... .. -.1131100101—8 Lawrenson..-...- -. -00101010098—8 —— = Super. 10, 1891.j FOREST AND STREAM. 188 HACKETTSTOWN TOURNAMENT. Tum first annual tournament of The Gun Club was held at Hackettstown, N.J, Sept.1to8. The meeting was under the management of James Smi h, one of New Jirsey’s most popular ge see: and was a thoroughly successful one in every particular. AS The Gun Club isa new organization, ard have not as yet fenced in its- grounds, which are nicely locaied; with this excepteon, the grounds areas good as any in the State. A neat club house has been erected, and al] necessary paraphernalia is found. The meet- ing was fayored by perfect weather, and, considering the amount of shooting that is going on in this vicinity. the attendance was good. The first two duys were devoted to bluerocks, and the tar- gets worked nicely, the trapping was excellent, and the targets when hit proved to be good breakers The programme announced that 5 per cent. of all purses and 40 per cent. of surplus in guaranteed events would go toward mak- ing a fund for averages, also that shooters would be clsssified as in the Manufacturers and Dealers’ meetings. HE. D, Miller being the only expert upon t! e gronnd during tha first day, he was com- pelled to shont under the expert rules, but was consoled somewhat by taking the average muney in his class without a sirugele, Mr. J. Van Dyke taking first nm Lhe amateur class with an average of a fraction over 95 per cent. W. E. Stewart got second with 884, per cent, First Day, Tuesday, Sept. 3. Wo, 1, 10 single bluero ks. $1 entrance: Weleesier sale eee. WI1111— 10 Mills’ ........ ....... 1111011011—7 Stewart......-.-.,-..J117110110— 8 HBrientnall.........,. 0131011140—7 Van Dyke,.........2/111001I—. 8-_—-" Te llow......... 26... 01011 11)uI—7 BAD eee ee OM Se JRCKROM weseele sce. 0110110101—6 Eager:; 2.:.:.. ,.-1011110111— 8 W Reeves............ 1111010100—6 W Smith..... .....1011011J11— 8 Van Alstine...,...., 1100101 0U0—4. Quimiby-+. eee 0117111101— 8 No, 2, 14 single hiu-rocks, $1 50 entrance; Tellow.......,.-T1I1N111—45-- Reeves...-. ,.-.111111111101010—12 Miller. ......... 1111011/M1101—14 Quimby...,,... 1311011111101 )0—12 Stewart........111111J11010L1—14_ J Smith...,....100111111110011—11 Van Dyke..... TLIIIIOIINTLIt1I—144._ Ac dison ....,..011010711010111 -10 Dsanicsiavtee ik WUVNIONII—18 -—“ Jackson ....-..01101101010 001— 8 Brientnall.....J1d111i01111J1—18 Hager.......... 111000001110010— 7 Kilees... ..,... .131111111011110—13 No, 8, 10 single plueroess, $1 entry: Want Dyke. so secs: 1147111111—10° J Smith::............ 1111011170—8 Miller .......... ». LIOI— 9 Jackson...... ......5 11011101017 Brisntnall.......... TOP Geel res © hone at 100 111011 —7 Stewarte... 0.2.5... MU1i011I— 9 ~Ardison ........... 1000110 11—6 DeaBaiee eee 1110L11 — 9 Van Alstine.....- - LO01T 1001 I—6 Quimiyer.. tise ee WIONTI— 9 Reeves............... TWWLIINO 6 FIGS Wen seit ilee ley OLOLIIII— 8 Hager........ ... 0... 0110011100—5 No. 4, 20 single bluert cx=, $25 guaranteed, $2 eutry: Stewart ..1i7111101101111117 19 ~Dean..... »11110110111110171111—17 Miller ....01211017111191110111—-18 J Smith ..10111101111101111111—-17 lees .....101117111111011117—18 Reeves.. ..11101111011111111001—16 Van DykellOi110N11—18 |W Smith ..11111010111101120011—15 Quimby ..11111111111101111100-—-17 Brientmali0111001101111110/110—i4 Vellon..... JINO1IONIIOIIII— LF ~Addison. .1111111100100u001111—18 No. 6, 14 single » u-rocks, $1.40 entry: Van Iyke..... LLUIDIVIILLi—a5 SMe ller.......... 110111111011101—12 AEST nen | W1111111111110—14 Stewart....... 1111111100/0111—12 W Smith...... WII 14 Dean,.......... 111110100011111 —11 JSmith........ 1111011 1111—14 “Klees........ »»-10117111 1010161 -11 Jackson .. ...,Q11Ji11I1II0IJ1—138 Keeves ........ 010101101111111—11 Addison....... 111111111 0011i—18 Quimhy........ 1105101211 10101—10 Brienrnall ... JU01111100—18 ~Vellon ~- DHOUIWININ0—18Vellon......... 1111V010101101i—10 No 6, 10 single bine: o-ks, #1 entry: Qari byis., 5226s 1111211111—10 Brientnall.......... 1101111101— & Stewart .....-...-. TW111111111-10 Tellon,... ....... -- J101111011— 8 Miller........ »..-.,-OlIU1111— 9 Van Alstine....... 11011U0111— 7 SIGH atv ooo ee ee WwOWMIMI— 9 Ayers... ..,.....,, LOOLULI1LiI— 7 DHGKSON, 2-22) =e WWIO0U— 9 J Smith......_. - ALWU11010— 6 Yeo tlt.ececuco les llllilivli— 9 Reeves., . «0111100100 — 5 Van Dyke.. SILOl— Yager. tt. Ov10001111 — f Dean ..... .. -O110111111— 8 Baxter ...-......... 1G00u01010— § PNA ISOs. teats 0011111111— 8 No. 7, ld single blucr cs, $25 guaranteed, $2 entry: Van Dyke..... WIWMLWIWIII—15. Tellon......... 101110111111110—12 Stewart ..-.-,. 10111115 Jackson ......-111113010111100-11 Klees... ....-..J111lvil—14 Quimbr...... 0110110130 —11 Brientnall..... TULL «14 W Smith ..... 001111100111110—10 Miller .....-.. 1111100 i1IM11—138 Baxter......... 110111011100,00— 9 Dean....,.--.-.111110L101i/2:1—18 Aadison....... 11110101001u101— 9 Ayers .. .....ALIMIOMN0INII—18 Eager........ -11111001010i'11— 9 J Smith-.......110UU110U1111—18 Reeves........ OOVOIGLIOIUIOII— 6 No. 8, 10 single biuerocks, $1 entry. Experts: IMP GTS Sasa SOTO 9S Smitthy 2809. .1110101190—6 Brientnall. ......... 0111012111—8 Amateur: Yan Dyke,” .s-+-5s- 1i011N111—9 Dean........ eee. ees, 1110111010 —7 Addison. -.,+. bese oh INT GIO) Varies ee ee, 11011011 10—7 Van Alstine,....... .O111I0lUII—8 dackson....,....... 1101111610—7 STCWCT..---.se0t-. EDIONNIIO—8> Baxter... /. 2.02. ec... 0001117 100—5 WSilthy, oo. WWW 100—7 ~Quimby.............. OUTIL I—5 Rulees els cas epee «.-.--L10111W10—7 Keeves......-.....,.. 111 L100u00—5 _AyeTS ..2..5.5 “ahieee O111111001—7 In this event Smitn and Brientnall joined Miller in his lonely fight and shot the expert ruie. No. 9, 20 single bluerocks, $1.50 entrance: Bri*ptnaiTUi LOM lI—19 Klees... .11110110111101111100 —15 Van Dykell11IOI ILL 101I—48_— Ayers..... 11010111111001111110—15 Miller ..-.11110011101111111110—17 . «011101010101 0011 | 0—13 Stewart . -OLM1111111111001111—17 111140010101111011109—13 J Smith . LOU1001—-F Jackson ..1001101101110100110J—12 W Smith 1WNIMONIWNII—17)-V ~Alstine.00 110110U011011100'—17. Dean..... OL 111ULITI011110—16 Quimby . .00110111 101100101010 —11 Addison. ,1O0MT1UII 011 111—16 No. 10, 10 single pra. $l entrance: W Smith... -.... 11—10' JackKson...........5. 1101111110—a& Addison..... :.....J011—10 : Stewart ....... 26.22, 1110111101—8 FAVES tae e bel ead VWNIIIII—10 =Miller .... 22.2.2... 0101011111—7 ANAC HRY 22) (5 ten ace 1111111111—10_Brientmall .....-... .10.0101111—7 GAT Mires terete WOMI— 9 BaxtersN... as .1010101111—7 TR BGs) eta re eee VION — 8 Qulimby..... 2.2.2... 0111011011 —7 PW STYUUOIY dees sce. WAWiI— 8 Reeves.......-- Weesas. 1101100110—6 Vil Uh cuawes seat ood 111111010 -8 No. 11, 10 smgle bluerocks, $1 entrance: ; Van Dyke....0..... 111111111—10 Brientnall......... ALOUIVITII— 8 Klees .. v- + JIM I—10 SW Smith....... 22... Q0121111101—8 Baines tebe 1TI—10 Ayers......2........ 1110110111 —8- Stewart .<:3<2.0..55 DUI—10 Quimby.............. 1110111001—7 Maller tet c22. 2 =. W101i J1I— o> addison........ ....0011011101—6 J) Smith .--.2... =-, TI1I10I— 9 ~Baxter.............. 0101101011 —6 PUCKSOM, 2 esescctye-- 1i11110111— 9 Tan Alstine......... 1011000000—8 Reeves. i... .e.ees- MOM IT —" Oy Haper 3 A ee 1LOUU010U00—2 Second Day, Wednesday, Sept. 2. The second day opened bright and warm and a few ney arrivals were noticed. - R, Hobart, representiug Von Lengerke & Deut- mold, Neat Apgar, Henry ©. Squires’s representative ano Milt F. Lindsley being the additions in the expert class, John Riegott, of Rockaway, Louis . Dougan (Davenport), of Brooklyn, Dukes, of Newark, and Al Heritage swel ing the entrics m the amateur class. A number of ladies were upon the grounds, among whom were Mrs Lindsley and Mrs. Heritage. Mrs. James Smith had the ladies in charge and helped largely to make their visit a pleas- ant one- ay, ws The average money in the expert class was divided by E. D. Miller and Neat Apgar, each breaking 88!; per cent. W. BR. Stewart (Old Texas) at last striking his gait and grinding out a per centage of 923;, yohn Riggott taking second with 898, per cent, No, 1, 10 single bluerocks, $1 entry, 4moneys: Hxperts—Neaf Apgar 10, Miller 6, Hobert 6, Amateurs—stewart 10, J. Smith 10, _ Riggott 9, Brientnall 9, Dukes 9, Heritage 8, Ayers 8, Davenport 6, Baxter 5. | No, 2, 10 single bluerocks, $1.50 entry: Experts—Miller 10 Apgar 8, Hobart 7 Amateurs: Svewart 10, Boentnall 9, J. Smith 9, Riggott 8, Davenport 8, Ayers 8, Dukes 7, Hetitage 5, Baxter 3. No. 3, 15 single biuerocks, $1.40 entrance. Experts—Miller 14, Apgar 12, Hobart 9, Amateurs —Kiggntt 15, Stewart 14, Hemtage 18, Brientnall 13, 8. Smich 12, Dukes 1, Davenport 9, Baxier 6. No, 4,20 single blu-rocks, $25 guarantecd, $250 entrance. Ex. perts: Neaf Apzarl9, Miler 18, Hobart 14. Amateurs: Riggott 20, Stewart 19, J. Smith 17, Ayres 17, Brientnall 16, Heritage 16, “Davenport” 14, “Bell” 14 ‘No, 5, 10 single bluerucks, $1 entrance. Experts: Miller 9, Hobar 8, Apgar 6, Amateurs: Siewart 10, Brientnall 10, “Daven- pas a Dukes 9, Riggott 8, Ayres 8, J. Smith 8, Heritage 7, et Wo. 6, 15 single bluerocks, $1.50 entrance. Experts: Neaf Apgar 1h, Miller 14 Hovart 7 Amaseurs: Stewart 15,Dukes 13, Ayres 18, Sriebynelt 12, deritage 12, Riggoty 12, J. Smith 12, “Daven- ort” 9, . No.7, 15 single blnerocks, $1.50 entrance. Experts: Miller 15, Neat Apgar 14, Hobart 9. Amuteurs: Dukes 14, Riggott 18, J: Smith 12, “Davenport” 12, Stewart 12, Brientnall 10, Heritage 8. ‘No. 8,20 single bluerocks, $25 guaranteed, $2.50 entrance, Ex- perts; Neat Apgar 17, Miller16. Amateurs: Hobart 19, Riggott 18. Dukes 18, J. Smita 17, Stewart 17, Ayres 16, Brientnall 15, Herirage 14, “Davenport” 11, Young 9. 7 No, 9. 10 single bloeroeks, $1.42 enirance. experts: Miller9 Neat Apgar 9, Lindsley 8, Brientnall 8. Hobart 3, Amateurs: Dukes 9, J. Smith 9, Riggott 9, Stewart 8 Heritage 7, “Davenport” 4. No, 10, 10 single blucrocks, $l entry, experts: Neaf Apgar 9, Miller 8, Lindsley 8, Brientnal] 6. J, Smith 6. Amateurs: Stewart 10, Dukes 10, Riggot! 9, Heritage 7. J. Barr 6, “Davenport” 6. Third Day, Thursday, Sept. '. This the last day of the meeting was known as live-bird day, and in consequence anew setof men are seen facing ithe traps. With one or two exceptions not a man of them is ever seen at an inanimate target shoot, but when live birds are offered their pres- erce Gan be counted upon. The birds offered were an exception- ally good lot, and the tie shoots were hotly fought, No. 1, 4 live birds, $3 entrance, 4 meneys: M Lindsley. te scrnsersecege—4 J Smith. 2... eee sciences O1L2—8 Given .....-.+ seb estacas, ceel—& Wd Smith. .....22..-222.+., 11013 W E Stewart..........- eee dith— 4 (Carino hie balsa eee nn: 0112-3 Wann Uyienette eeu pss TI —S. Hoists eee. 1622—3 J Rigeott,...... AD oinaca- WUedI 3. (Raeter et. -1s eat ae 2110—3 S PPAAGIRV Ses ces eens. llo—3 W Apear......-......22.-. o120—3 DAVE pNCispe sunheeireet pees 1120—3. McVickar.......2-..-.-... 1002—2 First div.. second shot off aud diy. by Riegnott, francis, D+ven- port and Cannon, each billing 8 birds; J, Smith dropped his 8ch, Hollis dropped out on the 45h round aud Ed Smith on the 2d, No. 2, 8 live birds, $5 entrance, 4 moneve: US mii firs we yas. ..) 21122211—8 ~Quimby,......... 4... Jo112100—5 Fiaiisama Srvaereery oc L1M11111—8 Hraneis, .. -5...- 10122200 5 WGINGEley. op veo ne Nate 22222202—7 Givens......-...--, ..-.21200220—A PE SOU reads 12102122—7 HE Smith-..,....22..... 22120 00—A BteOWAlb aie)... 2 daches 19911201 — 7 iGunnome....--. peel... 1°101010—5 VAD EAT oe Sueee eat W2olllI—6 McVicar............... 0212.012—5 Dave! port,......--... W00I= 6 Mack... .is:2-.3---3..20 200W, * BaEtar ee tS ss o2110Ni—6 First, second and third diy,, fourth won on shool-off by Hd Smith with 5 kills. No. 3, 8 live birds. $5 entrance, 4 moneys: Wayenport:,:. f....-- M12112—8 Givens... ......0..2..- 11121201—7 Qbinikvacess sane. te 122e20lI—F Brancis.....-....seee01 1201/0111—6 Pind g eve tetas ss AB22R022e° Te Miwa etissere: 10212110—f PAP eo tinis seed hc emnlaee IMM0222—-7 Gannon, +. 5.255121: ol 201012—5 J Smiths... ..12...)..20012011—7 Stewart... ....c.e... WOM 5 Hd Smith.............- 10N11112-7 W Apgar... . ..10210120—4 Hollie 2 oka ce 11z20212—( Wanda <: ¢eereszese- 02212000—4 “Wanda’’*....... ernles ae wele—4 Wiggott.... 2. s-scee- ws. 1220—8 Quimby. it eestesseaceehres 1j1—4 WN Apepar..... 220—8 “Wrangis’’,. .,--.122i—4 Givens 202—3 “Davenport” Jd —& MeVicarts 25s) .2mte 12—3 Stewart... 121-4 J Smth.. 1200 —2 VHollis? ss... 23.se.. 1RI2—4 Ed Smith!../.......5 02... 0220—2 DrakG! oretieeeeteecet li . O121—3 Cannon..-.... ee ae oe oe 0102 -2 Lindsley... .. ee — sre nV Kae ene ren) eur. 0011—2 second and third mon ys was most exciting the winners of second money, Lindsley and Giveus each killed 6,and Ed. Smith had to kill 9 n bis class to get the locre. No. 4, 4 live birds, $3 entry. 2 moneys: Quimby..-...--.-- Brera Sar Cities wee cl deve t utc 1lli-4 Tiindsl@yres esas. ay eA CRAM CIS? Te, ele yates 1201—8 FUE ROU se. Shadjgacsces see Izti—4 “Dayenport” ... 2.22.2... 1011—3 Maritignieaaetatatsenca rer e112—4 J Smith .!,...... ¢.2.-2-22101 8 FARSI Ste Oenie Deeitae rete TllI—4£ Stewart............cile.. , O1TL—3 THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE TOURNAMENT. WHILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Sept. 5.—The Executive Committee of the Peuosylvania State Sportsmen’s Association Tournament, to be held at Williamsport, Pa., Sept. 29 Lo Oct. 2, recently sent out through th> mails 5,000 invitation cards to the various gun clubs throughout the State and adj vining States. On the back rf these cards it wasstaied that all sweepstakes shooting would be con- ducted under the Expert Handicap Rules. Since mailing same, the c mmittee, ata meeting called for the purpose of discussing this matter, have decided to change this rule a little. in looking over the scores made at the different tourns ments during the part few months, itis quite appar‘ nt that the expert rule is rather severe unless the classification is drawn finer. There appear to be only a few persons classed as experts, who can make as good an average as the ayerage amateur, who shoots al unknown angles, rapia firing system, and the only solace tbe experts have had, has been in dividing the surplus in the guaran- teed even's. itis also an acknowledged fact, that the amateur shooters will nat attend tournaments and put uptheir cash on “open trars” with experts, as they stand but a slim chance of gettir g anything ont of the pot; but they are willmg to gointo events on eyen terms, and with afair show of getting a place. The committee after carefully discussing the Various ways of hardicap, have decided to run all open sweepstake eyents at this tournament on an ¢xpert handicap rule in this way, viz.: The experts will shoot their scores first from a set of traps arranged to change the angles justantly, shooting at known traps and unknown angles, rapid firing system; and the amateurs will shoot at known traps, known angles, Same system. — This the committee feel will be as near a perfect equalization as 16 is possible to make. The committee also feel that they have done their duty to both classes of shooters, and fully expect the same will be appreciated. Wrom reports received up to date,a large crowd of shooters is expected. Two sets of five traps will be in constant operation for the sweepstake events, and will he onen for practice and sweeps Monday, Sept. 28, at 10 o’clock A. M. The programmes will be out by the 10th inst., and will be sent to all shooters in the State and adjoining States, Applications are being received daily from shootersin other States. [tis appar- ent thata large interest is belug taken in our first State shoot. Programmes will be cheerfully sent toall who wish them by addressing the undersigned. Arrangements haye been made with the Trunk Line Association for one-third reduction in railroad fare, and all ticket agentain the State have been instructed to issue excursion tickets to Williams- port at the rate of two cents per mile, good gning from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, and returning Oct. 3: regular excursion rates from New York and Philadelphia. : The Williamsport Gun Club extend to all shooters in the United States and Canuda a most cordial inyitation to be present at our first State Shoot, aud; will guarantee a good time and pleasant shoot to all who accept this invitation Hyerything will be done for the pleasure and convenience of all present. The live bird shooting on the last day will be an interesting feature of the programme. We have plenty of birds, and the events can be extended to Saturday if the shooters desire. A Come on, boys. and bring your guns. There will be plenty of ammunition of all kinds on the grounds, if you do not choose to burden yourselves with an extra load. . A. HUGHES, Chairman Executive Committee. WATSON'S PARK.—Burnside, fil., Aug. 28.—The Audubon Clnuh. Kern trophy, 20 eee aes Lilinois State rules: 7 erie er. ete 1 adsworth...19 CO Morris........... 12 Aug 29.—Gun Club shoot: DrJ M Hutchinson........, mace piaereede chinese sete 1102122111—9 Blackbird medal, same day: , Br elViabha pe Mn BOUs tee de sled, ches ek Lie oa 0000001000000G000000—1 Sept. 3.—T he Port Dearborn Club for club medal, 15 live pigeons, American Association rules; Dr Hutchinson.....7 G Kleinman,.._- .13 *A W Adams,..... 11 CD Gammon...... 12 A Kleinman...... 14 *J P Adame........ 6 *Guests. Biluckbird medal, same day: G Kleinman...... 18 *A W Adams...... 15) PJ oA daivinepes-san 10 A Kleinman...,....18 *Gusts. Ties ou 18for medal: G. Kleiman 4, A. Kleinman 5.— RAVELRIGG. HARRISBURG, Pa.—The new cluh house and grounds of the Harrisburg shooting Association will be opened by a two-days? sbont, Sept. 11 and 12; $800 worth of merchandise prizes, donated by local merchants, will make he the prize list iv 18 events, and the Association will donate a $100 trophy for the 6-men team for ebhampiouship of central Pennsylvania. The grounds cover thrre acres, and are but 20 minutes’ ride from the center of the city, oie ep is under cover, and will always be dry, cool and eom- ‘ortable, JACKSONVILLE, ILL., SCORES will be given next.week, — Machting. Modrl ¥achts and Boats. Their design, making and sailing, with designs and working drawings. Postpaid, $2. YACHTSMEN AND THE LAW. [* view of the importance of the pleasure fleet as a most useful auxiliary to the navy and the merchant marine, a fact that in most maritime countries has long receiyed practical recogni- tion in the form of special privileges and immunities, the present attitude of the United States Government toward American yachtsmen is most unprecedented. The domain of red tape is universal, it is limited by no geographical boundaries, and petty restrictions and annoyances on the part of subordinate officials are common in all countries; but the credit for originating a dis- tinct policy of active hostility toward yachting interests must rest with the present government of the United States. Tf yachting fp deemed worthy of support and encouragement by a purely maritime people like the British, it needs no long argu- ment to prove that it is still more important to a nation like ours, one that is by no means a marityme one, in spite of thousands of miles of sea coast that is liable to attack, and of the absolute necessity for maintaining a commerce and merchant marine of ourown. Unlike Great Britain, France and the northern nations of Hurope, the United States possesses a vast area, with a large part of its population, at a distance from the coast and with na sympathy with maritime pursuits; while even near the coasts the bent of the people is mechanical or agricultural rather than toward the sea. The vital spirit of both the nayy and the commercial marine which sre necessary to the prosperity and independence of the nation is not, as many believe, in appropriations and subsidies, but in such a national love of the sea and pride in its navies as has given to the nations of Northwestern Hurope their independent position. This national feeling, which, though but a sentiment, is the great factor in the establishment and maintenance of a national fleet of war ships and merchantmen, finds in modern times its strongest support in yachting. The days of wooden walls, of great naval wars, and of famous sea fights and victories haye passed away, and with them has gone much of the national pride which was fostered by the achievements of the infant navy of the United States. What with deals, corners, syndicates, rail- roads, pipe lines and telephone patents, Americans are rapidly forgetting that there is an ocean, save when they rush across it on a hasty vacation on a British ship. It is under just such conditions as now prevail that yachting may he made of the greatest possible value, directly by the love of a life afloat which if inculecates in so many by the training of amateurs and professionals (the latter class in large numbers) by the encouragement to designing, building and kindred branches; and indirectly, but no less effectually by the interest in the national success afloat which follows every race of more than localimportance, From the days of the America down to Volun- teer and Gloriana the achievements of American yachts have stirred up and stimulated a healthy national pride throughout the length and breadth of the land. Considering the aid extended to yachting by conservative and non-progressiye countries. it would hardly be too much to ask for direct aid from a government whose declared policy is the pro- motion and protectien of national interests; but yachtsmen have never gone 80 far as that. They ask from the general government neither bounties nor subsidies, nothing but to be let along in the enjoyment of such privileges as are enmmonly accorded to pleasure vessels as distinguished from trading craft. All those familiar with the decay which has taken place in the merchant navy of the United States within the past thirty years, through neglect, bad legislation, or no legislation at all, will under- stand why the laws relating to pleasure vessels are no less anti- quated and obsolete than the rest of the navigation laws; but this jmouch must be said, that while the laws are defective, they have in the main been administered in a fair and liberal spirit by the officials of the Treasury Department. : Within a very short time, however, a new policy has been inau- purated, directed chiefly against the use of yachts of foreign build, but at the same time endeavoring to hamper and restrict as much as possible the use of any sort of pleasure craft. In accord- ance with this policy, efforts have been made to place all pleasure yessels on the same footing as a tugboat or canal boat, to compel them to take out documents neyer before considered necessary, to disfigure them with names on the bows, to prohibit them when under a certain limit of size from flying the American yacht ensign, anu to moor them so effectually in the meshes of red tape as to make their use as expensive and difficult as possible, In the case of yachts of foreign build the measures proposed and partly enforced are utterly prohibitive; if carried ont to the extent that the authorities desire, they must result in driving every foreign-built yacht out of American waters, To those familiar with the history of yachting, the value of a nationsl system of yachting and a large and prosperous pleasure marine is no lessapparent than is the fact that yachting js a sport that requires every possible encouragement for its growth and prosperity. Involving a very large outlay, giving no returns in money, limited to certain localities, and offering no attractions to the gambling element, it occupies afar different position from horse racing or base ball, and cannot compete with either in the number of its patrons or in general popularity. A wise and liberal policy on the part of the Government would at least, so far as home-built craft are concerned, exempt all pleasure vessels from all dues and taxes, and from such restric- tions in the way of documenting as are not absolutely neceessary for the public safety. In the case of steam in particular, certain rigid laws are essential, but they should be framed to encourge and not to prohibit the use of yachts. A glance at the condition of American yachting in 1880 and again 1890 after ten years of in- ternational competition, at the improvement in every class of yacht from the largest steamers down to canoes, will show how much Americans are indebted to the presence of a few British yachts in their waters: and the more closely the subject is studied the more convincing will be the proof that good rather than eyil must result from the remoyal of all restrictions from such craft, and the placing them on the same terms as our home-built vessels, Atthis time, however, when the tariff battle is being fought in all other branches, it is not to be expected that any special ex- ception to the general policy will be made in fayor of yachis. If the theory of protectiun be true, and the American joiner or ship earpenter is entitled to such advantage as will protect him from the cheaper workmen of the Clyde and the Thames, the utmost tlLat would be called for would be a moderate duty on foreien- built yachts, by no means such a xnm as the treasury officials are now trying to extoré from the Conqueror, a sum that would be paid withno more reluctance in the case of a yacht than in the ease of a hock ora carriage. Hyen the most extreme application 186 of the doctrines of protection offer no grounds for the present attitude of the Government toward citizens who are spending money liberally, and with no hope of return, in the development of the science of naval design. CAPTAIN NORTON AND HIS SYSTEM.—At the time when we investigated and condemned the system of air tanks und water ballast patented by Uapt. Francis L. Norton, we confined our comments solely to the technical features of the case, examining closely the models, p ans, specifications and the completed vessels with a yiew to determining the practical yalue of Capt. Norton’s claims. As we annonnced at the time, the result of our investi- gations was to proye that the peculiar advantages claimed were purely mythical, the principles on which they were based being directly at variance with the simpler and most firmly estab- lished laws of physics. Such good points as the-Norton boats possessed were shared in comimon by similar craft, lifeboats in particular, of ordinary construction, with none of the patented pipes, valves and openings that complicaisd the Norton patent. Itis often the case that the inventor ofa worthless articie is perfectly honest in his belief in its merits, and in publicly con- demning his claims and machinery we gave Capt. Norton the benefit of the doubt. At the same time we found much inthe statem=-nts of himself and. his coadjators which was totally false, ogether with many statements which were entirely unsup- ported by evidence. Thestatement that the invention had been jndorsed by the Navy Department was emphatically denied in a letter tous by Secretary Whitney. The statement was made to us, in the office of the company, that Mr. G. L. Walson had written to secure the right to'apply the system to yachts designed by him (the letter was unfortunately mislaid at the time and could not be found for our inspection). Mr. Watson denied any knowledge of the matterto usa little later, and a similar state- ment, concerning Mr. Burgess, with an alleged indorsement of the system by him, was flatly repudiated by that gentleman in conversation With us. The model which was on exhibition for a long time to “promo- ters” and inquiring capitalists, was novhing but a trick and sham devised to fool the ignorant and unwary, who were permitted to press down on one side of the machine and Zeel for themselves the actual pressure before subscrib'ng to the stock, This model was a simple arrangement of yalyes, pipes and a pressure gauge in a tank of water, and in no possible way represented the conditions of a floating vessel, a fact which Capt. Norton could not have been ignorant of, The recent history of the company and its head is well known, the esmpany has secured a large amount of money during the past four years, and has built seyeral eraft which have been con- spicuous only as failures, the last venture being the departure of one of them, a small steamer, which had on board Capt. Norton, his wife and niece, with a crew of seyen men, bound for Toulon, France. The F. L. Norton, ag she was named, sailed from New York in the middle of last November, since which time nothing has been heaid from her, and she has been given up for lost. The usual legal routine has been carried out in regard to Capt. WNorton’s estate, and the published reports state that this has resulted in the discovery that there was nothing lefi save a deficit of about $150,000, partly borrowed in various waysand partly con- tributed by the eredulous dupes who bad been permitted to feel the pressure in the trick model. No less than $10,000 was bor- rowed from the Washington National Bank which lately went to pieces. Within the past two weeks a rumor has been current that the voyage of the F. L. Norton was undertaken for financial and not scientific ends, and that Capt. Norton Jeft New York ata very convenient time, and is now safe ashore and out of reach of his creditors. The boat was so flimsy and so utterly unfitted for a winter voyage on the Ailantic that it would be a miracle if she reached port; but it may be that, together with his known skill as a searnan and navigator, Capt. Norton’s luck, which has certainly followed him for a long time, has stuck to him and landed him in some out-of-the-way nook, leaving the stockholders, officers and Jenders to mourn hisloss. It is rather amusing to read that the company still retains the patents for this worthless inyention, and has reorganized under ihe laws of the State of New Jersey. AN AMUSING DILEMMA.—It is no unusual thing for an aspiring amateur to be so csrried away by the details of design- ing and building that he gives no thought to the launching until itistoolate. We have known several authentic cases, besides the rather mythical one of Mefluffy’s canoe, in which various smull eraft have bren constructed in garrets and cellars from which it has been impossible to move them, butif report be true the same blunder has lately been carried out on a far more mag- nificent scale than ever before attempted. The new steam launch. the Vamose, built bythe Herreshoffs tor Mr. Wm. R. Hearst, of San Francisco, is now completed, and has made her trial trip and is ready for delivery. Unfortunately she was built at Bristol, R. T.,and her owner wishes to use her about San Francisco, Cal., and the question has arisen as to how he is to get her there. Uerteinly a lightly built high speed launch, 122ft.over all, is not the sort of craft for steaming around the Horn, nor could she be towed that distance. It is impossible to carry so long and deli- cate a craft on any steamer or sailing vessel, while the overland journey by rail is of course out of the question. It is stated that an attempt will be made to steam around, failing which but three courses are open; to leave her on the Atlantic coast, to wait for tue completion of the Nicaragua or Panama Canal, or to steam to the Isthmus and take her across it in a specially constructed car- riage on the Panama R. R. Toe yacht has already cost $65,000 with $4,000 bonus for each mile oyer 25, and she is likely to cost much more before she steams in through the Golden Gate. CANOE-YAWLS AND CANOE-YACHTS.—The two types of ‘eanoe-yawls” which we have lately commented on, the shoal centerboard type and the miniature cutter which we proposed to name “‘canoe-yacht,” have recently raced together in English waters, the result being summed as followsin the Field: “Same weeks back we ventured to predict, having seen the Solent }4- raters in the building yards,thatagood canoe-yawl of }4-rate would, im average weather, havea rosy time among the new ju- nior fleet. Shortly afterward a new canoe-yawl of Snake model, and, we believe, built by Smith of Oxford—the Spruce—turned up at Southampton, and competed with the finny tribe of }¢-raters. Spruce, even though not always sailed in faultless manner either as to pilotage or handling, went fast enough to win easily. Tor- pedo, another Thames canoe-yawl, followed, and also took the lead of the 44-raters and of the Spruce, This being so time after time, there can be no doubt that the canoe type has already planted an ugly sting on the quast model yacht class of fin-keel boats, and therefore, in the ordinary course of nature, either one type must go to the wall or the other must be sent there, Possi- bly at unreasoning local majority may succeed in ousting the cance type of craft from racing on account of local toes trodden ony bat the question should be tried on its merits, and general utility ef eraft should obtain public favor,” FOREST AND STREAM. eee THEY WERE NOT THERE.—'‘The anpual meet of the Amer= | can Canoe Association commenced on Aug 6, on the Lake Cham- plain, and will end on the 27th, A considerable number of the new ‘GC’ Class. 4. ¢., wider canoes, appear to be expected at the meet, and they undoubtedly are growing in favor generally in America, Once a man has satisfied himself that he can with fair ease and speed paddle a canoe of dain. or 36in. beam, he only won- ders how it is he sat so long quietly in a 30in. groove; possibly the deck seat is responsible for this.”—Field. The ‘Class C” is still as much in the air as ever so far as racing and the A. O. A, meef are concerned, This is the fifth meet since a larger class of canoes was first recognized by the Association, but the result was the same as in former years. There were three canoes present that were over the hmits, kwoneshe, Neola and another; none of them expressing a desire to race. The canoe-yawl, Class C canoe, and small craft outside of the regular canoe limits, are constantly growing in favor in America, but they do not turn up in sufficient numbers at any regattas saye the Western C. A, meet, to make a good racing class. RACE PROGRAMMES.—For some unexplained reason the blunder of last season, by which the race programmes were over- looked, and only printed at the last minute, was repeated this year, the programmes being received in camp after the races were over. The racing programme should be printed not only in the A, @. A. book, but in the usual camp circular, with camp rules, Tailroad routes, etc... unless the entire matter can be prepared in time to appear in the book. Im either case a special list of races should be struck off for the use of those in camp, and it would be well if it could include the racing numbers of the men, as no list was available this year, If the ra‘ing men could be induced to send their entries to the regatta committee two weeks or so before camp opens, a fairly complete list might be printed, blank spaces being lefi for additional entries. This list would be most useful in making up the blanks which should be provided for the clerk of the course, a gentleman who has in any cate a great deal to attend to, and whose labors might be lessened by providing him with proper blanks for recording the various races. NEW YORK YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL REGATTA, SEPT. 7, gp third annual regatta nf the N w York Y. R. A,, sailed on Labor Day, was 4 greab success, no less than 75 yachts com- peting. The wind was strong nor' hwest, with the tide a quarter ebb, when the start was made, The courses were: : Cnuree 1—Classes A, B, O, D, E and F. Wrom starting line arcund Red Nuon Buoy No, 14 (Perch and Ball), on port hand, and return; 24 nat‘ica! miles. Course 2—OClasses G, 1,2, 4,6 and 7%. From starting line around Swash Channel Bell Buoy, of port hand, and return; 19 nautical miles. Course 3—Classes 3, 5,8and9. Fromstarting line around Riack Buoy No. 9, on port hand, and return; 14 nautical miles. Gourse 4.—Class 10. HWrom starting line around Black Buoy No. 11, on port hand, and return; 11 nautical miles. = — — [Smpr. 10, 1891, ST. LAWRENCE Y. C. Aug, 29 a special unclassified race was sailed over a special ! ON O course under the auspices of the St. Lawrence ¥.C. The Start was as follows: Length. Start. Thora, W,. Jd. Wallace.....:-.....,-- Steer for. 19.04 Ji 20 Mollie Buwn, W. Kayaugh.........-...... , “6.09 417 37 Alda, Gadd. DUC AM ye a.trt t= saetetrenenee eset 24,01 417 45 Frolic, #, K Greene....,......-,5..-.-- Sees eee UT 417 50 Weilein ery 1a) J rit Uno one ene pee ek we OL 418 00 Chaperon, H. 8, Cloustan....,-....2...2. ceeeeees 29.06 418 20 Black Eagle, C. H. Leyin.... - Mee eee nOr 419 15 start, the relic of a strong gale that was blowing itself cur, and during the race the wind and sea steadily diminished until at the finish it was quite light. It was a reach to the first mark, and Viking ran through the fl-et and secured a lead which she kepji during the windward mark, although Valda was clese upon her when the turning buoy was reached. On the run home Valda& secured a goou lead, Viking carried away her goosentck and had to give up, but not before ste had been collared py Ghaperon, and Tuora took third place. The boats finished in this order, but Valda and Chaperon bad not lead enough to save their time from Thora. The time summary was as follows: Finish. Hlansed. Corrected. 6 24 55 2 07 35 1 50 39 6 20 30 202 45 1 5? 09 6 23 23 2 05 03 1 59 32 6 31 18 2 14 28 2 07 30 Black Hagle............ 4 19 15 6 29 10 2 U9 55 2 09 do Tuis is the second time this season tuat the Thora has bealen the St. L Y, C, fleet. She is simply a big St. L»wrence River skiff, with 396ft. of cotton inthe two battened batswing sails, and she does not carry a pound of ballast beyond her crew of four men who “‘sit her up” by biking te windwari canoe fashion. After the race, the finish of wnich was off the club’s house, a club dinner was beld, at which the trophies won during the sea- 80n Were presented, and which was a great success, YACHTS IN TWO CLASSES. Hditor Forest and. Stream: I noticed 1n the last issue of the ForasT AND STREAM your ar- ticle under the head of “Knotty Questions,’ and as you ceem to eriticise the decision of the committee in the matter of owner of the sloop Wanda’s appeal from the judges’ decision, allow me to say that the writer of the article in question undoubtedly forgot that this committee had to govern their decision by matter of fact rules and not by sentiment. Sentiment is all very well, but is not alwavs in accordance with common law. In the opinion of this committee the rules and regulations adopted by this club govern or at least should govern its races, and no matter what the sentimental feeling may be individually, all decisions must be ar- BND at after a careful consideration of the club laws relating to the same. : A MEMBER OF THE REGATTA ComMmirTHn, N. H. Y. C. [In commenting on the decision in question we simply pointed out the practical, not sentimental, faco that it places a yacot in two classes at the same time, apparently giving her the option of racing in either at will; something thatis contrary to common usage at least. ] BEVERLY Y. C,, AUG. 29.—The 177th race, secoud Buzzard's Bay championship, was sailed at Monument Beach, Aug. 30, in a moderate breeze, shifting to W.S W. with occasional puffs, which rendered race somewhat fuky. Mattie has been sold out of clnb and no entries appeared in first class, but the other classes filled to Mv. Bayard i Ge rik The regatta was very well managed by the regatta committee, | well. Summary as follows: Messrs. George 1. Gartland, Charles E. Simms, Jr., and William SECOND CLASS. Cagger. . Length, Elapsed. Corrected, Considering the number of starters and the weather, the mis- | Surprise, J. MM. Wadnian. sj... RT 04 @ 1 53 2 OL 26 haps were very few. The times were: Mist, G. H. bymen,. Jr. .... .....-...26-08 218 17 2°02 07 OLASB D, SLOOPS 45FT, AND OVER J8PT, Anonyma, ¥. L Dabney... De ah 2701 2 15 21 2 02 85 Start Finish. Blap-ed. Corrected. | Grampus, W. #. C. Hustis.. .... .. 27,00 @ 20 19 2 10 19 WotiiBice cease abe ties wiz 80 00 4 44 (2 4 14 02 327 Widgeon, M. Williams, Jr.........- 26, 10 2 20 54 2 OY Bt (Asyalon.as essere 12 30 00 549 45 5 29 45 44045 | THIRD CLASS. Gertrude.......ceeeeee 12 a0 00 4 50 29 4 20 29 3 29 45 Puzzle, Wm. Amory, dT.... ....5.... 22.09 1 61 59 1 41 05 CLARS BH, SLOOPS 38PT. AND OVER 32KT. Cayuse, BP. W. Sargent ........-.-. 244 22.09 153 13 1 42 19 (VEBSteRERN dasa oat w ob ti = Miole rcs Sd es a 12 38 20 5 20 16 436 55 3 45 17 Te er xEO ele eee enes OF is OLASS 3, OPEN SLOOPS 23FT. AND UNDER. day sadly inter ere aif L ee Ue ihe Bx POLE .C, for RES ous pl lee 12 33 34 4 32 10 3 58 36 3 06 17 which every preparation ha ven Made by the committee. CAGE corte 12 43 29 55S 0D 5 09 38 413 41 | Storm and mist caused a postponement, which virtually am unted Oceola....-s-1++: CLASS 4—CABIN CATS OVER 23FT ‘ i to an span ODES, thee ne mater Sore assailed os Monday 57 45 5 07 48 4 0 08 3 34 01 betyw+en Viator, scbr., an ara. cutter, the latter carryitg avay : Chia 12 22 22 Did uot finish her throat halyard and block and being unaple to finish. The *: 3 = 08 : 2 29 cabin cat class also sailed on Monday, the tims being; Henry Gray a a a we ad pe A Bl 09 8 B2 Bt bi : : Beg conde ane Mianecd Corrected Charm (2).-- at Ue oy ENO OTS Dy 330 25000 Water Lily 12 32 28 5 19 05 4 46 42 3 47 48 > 40 2.39 4 Did is i : + 40 49 esha oo ae ea S Tey rn aim Levu eye aeeeL tS a ob Be te se 2 30 49 Vivid. 3 3915 6 10 32 5 BB 17 4 37 08 In Uae one peared aes ees sailed over, Needle Guile 12 30 46 Did not finish, being disabled in a collision before the start. Falcon..-..:- abt 5 29 50 452 29 3 50 29 BASTERN Y. C.—The fall regatta of the Eastern Y. C., on § HhR-CGABIN CATS 2sFT AND UNDER, Sept. 8, was sailed in very fluky weather, Cinone beating Volun- Annie J 12 40 00 5 OF 58 4 27 AS 339 49 | teer and Mayflower, while Beatrix won in the 46ft. class. A full Mary Anna...,--..--+ 12 40 00 4 45 14 4 05 14 31649 | accownt will appear next week- Ripple..--.--.se-0060s+ 12 al 40 Did not finish, PRESTO.—We call attention to the advertisement of this fine Brunette.....+-.----+-1% 40 00 5 00 40 5 10 40 42100 | yawlinanothercolumn. She isoneof the handiest boats afloat Restless.--..+++ +++ + 1B a HS # a a k Ae 10 3 24 57 for her size and draft, hayirg been to Florida and back, Mohicateess y--+-+- "19 40 00 5 10 is coy "30 15 3 32 02 MARJO. IB, cutter, advertised on another page, was very fully ADD. ono $3 GUAgS 6—OPEN CATS 82FT AND OVER 27FT, descrihed in the FOREST AND STREAM of May 14 21 and Jone ll. Nath ett ee 12 4¢ 49 6.03 08 5 18 16 4 23 09 VENTURA, cutter, 8, J. Colford, was reported ashore and Square..--.-+.-+21 22 12 46 24 Did not finish. leaking badly off Wickford, R. I., on Sept. 7. CUASS rust ars eericia UNDER. Oa ee “2 il of Disabled. j “ - anne > I WEL -.-+-re-nle 4 5 OF Z 3 24 14 Eueey Daye tin ee ees : Canoeing. Bona Fide......--_--.12 49 51 5 34 O01 4 44 10 3 41 05 CLASS Scan Bas ASD OY 27FT. Hamrock .2...0-4--+- 2 At) At id Dot finisb. , Pauline PRA! bey sees: 12 43 42 408 41 319 59 231 CEST VRE? Mary S......-+-+es eer 12 41 47 4 39 03 3 57 16 3 07 21 SEPTEMBER. [izmietBee este tess 12 44 48 4 09 15 8 24 27 2. 34 28 10, Rochester, Fall Regatta, 1, Knickerbocker, Ann., N.Y. WMureka......ces sees ee 12 43.30 4 14 00 B 30 80 2 40 17 Trondequoit Bay. Homing....-.: +--+ 12-41 02 417 82 336 30 2 45 59 CLASS 9—OPEN CATS, 27FT. AND OVER 2dr , A ; Tormenti...+--- ee Sake) 4 29 00 38 45 2.51 55 TOLTEC.—As more or less has been said concerning the canoe Golden Rod.. Did not finish, in which Mr. Barrington has done such brilliant sailing this week ryalendestcerut Did not finish ire bad F * Karring...-..-- 4 59 20 418 35 “3 19 28 a correct account of her origin may be interesting. The Bat: Eveline B..-...+:+-+-- 4 46 54 4 05 07 3 11 00 whose lines appeared in the FoREST AND STREAM ct Web. 5, 1891, Gog Sole eeeennhioo. Fe as an " atten 32 24317 | was designed early in 1889 by W. P. Stephens, as. a cruising or geu- a ene ae me TT 2 2.18 Did not finish. eral purpose canoe to carry a heavy load. When this canoe was CLASS 10Q—OPEN CATS, 23FT. AND UNDER. puilt for Mr. Palmer in 1890, the same moulds were given by Mr_ Gracie ..---.. ee soe eas Hot 8 enitl? St 80. 49-4 | Stephens to Commodore William Willard Howard, of the New Tisea oe ee eesti) ap 18 5 O1 25 ae 19 07 3.29 59 York C. C., and a canoe was built by McWhirter, some important Galan Water...--..-+»-12 42 04 Did not finish. changes being made without the knowledge of the designer. The Jessic ERS wasted re 2 eis re alte As 2 a7 42,1 | displacement was reduced by cutting away about an inch from Hareyebe cet: a 2 +! she midship mould and less from the adjoining ones, the end CONSTELLATION, gchr,, has been sold by Vice-Com. Morgan ‘hayer, owner of Sayonara, he price is reported. moulds being placed so as to make the ends much fuller than the design. While the canoe as completed was by no means fair, and ghewed badly in the ends, the reduction of displacement had im; . - = sa — = i i - Seed, 10, 1891, } = FOREST AND STREAM, 157 A NEW BRA IN CANOEING.—Ii we may judge from the latest event in canoes racing, the introduction of cutter principles into c inoeing whieh was hinted at lass year is likely to come in a very different way fromthe one then under discussion. Instead of an alteration of model, giving acraft with great draft, the Jatest development isio the method of sailing. In place of the careful handling of sheets which is commonly essential in all shoal and unballasted craft, the erew of the Toltec bélays both Wain and mizen sheets, asin a cutter, and then climbs far out on his 5ft., “piazza,” all his attention being given to balancing there. At times on Monday he laid oub on the seat, both feet braced against the outside of the canoes, both hands grasping the seat as herapidly slid in and out in tae puffs, with one foot on the tiller when needed. If we arenot mistaken, Mr, Barrington’s strength, skill and daring, with his 5ft. seat, are likely to inaugurate a new era. in canoe sailing, the departure being as important as the in- troduction of the deck position and old deck tiller by Mr. Vaux in 12/9, and of the sliding seat and thwartship tiller by Mr, Butler in 18k6. What the effeet will be on canoes designing is too long ED question to discuss now, but it will be a yery important one. proved her for racing, and she turned out a stiff and powerful eratt, with easy lines, bun with # long fioor, and very stiff with some ballastin her, Aztec, designed this year by Mr. Stephens, aleo for Commondare William Willard Howard, was based to a certain extent on Bat and Toltec, but being designed solely for racing, the displacement was reduced and the deadwood in the ends wus carefully shaped to give easy lines. The design was very caretully faired to full size, and we believe the moulds were not altered after they left the designer’s hands. So far as model goes, Aztee is superior in every way to Toltec; but that model has little to do with canoe racing js shown by the fact that Mr. Bar- rington has tuken Aztec and besten Toltec, the long seat and skiil being the great factors. Asfor Bat, she was desiened for another purpose than match sailing, and it is hardly fair to con- demn her asa failure from a racing standpoint only. YHH PASSAIC RIVER REGATTAS,—The late date and lack of space Lhis week interfere with a fitting report of the very suc- cesstul regattas of the Passaic clubs, the Orange, Arlington and lanthe, on Saturday and Monday, but we shall give a full account next week, NEW YORK CGC, C. CHALLENGE CUP. HE fourth series of races for the international challenge cup es tablished by the New York C. C.in 1386. was sailed on Sept. 7, both races being won by the representative of the New York C. C., Mx, T, B, H. Barringion, a new Member of the club. The tiial races were sailed oo sept, 5. but owing to the uncertainty as to the date and to seycral other causes the competition was lim ited almost entirély to the New York (. 0. The morning was very stormy, a N.E. gale sweeping over the Bay, and it was not until 2:45 that the first race was started over the regular club triangle off Stapleton and Clifton, two rounds, making 6 iniles, the wind being then quite strong, with the tide on the last quarter of the ebb, The Starters were: Aztec, Com. W. W. Howard. Bonnie, C. B. Vaux. Toltec, T. H. B. Barrington, Kismet, ©. J. Steveus. Toltec carried 110it.. her eréw using a 5ft. slidmg seat. Kismet had 120fct , Aztec 110fts, and Bonnie 80. Mr. U. K. Munroe, of the regatta vomunittee, hau charge of the stacting and timing, witi a brand new pistoL The first leg sailed was to windward, directly out to mid- channel from the clio house. Kismet made a fine start, with Bonnie next, while ‘oltec tollowed Aztec so closely over the line as to foul her and tue flag tou, the poats lovking and velng separated with diffi- culty. Thesailing was very close on the first round, Kismet being ahead at the eud, On the second round Toltec led, being first ar rhe finish, with Aztec second. Kismet was third, but was ubable to pay awa) for the Jine and had toretirn and eross,in doing which sne nearly ran over Bonnie as the latter came up to finish, heeling her unul she pactly filled. Atter the first race Mr. H.C. Ward of the Brooklyn ©.G, sailed over in the handsome Ruggles canoe Torment, owned by Mr. Smythe. Torment had only two small sails, bit sue was fitted out wt the elub house with a ttainsail and Mizen, each of 40ft.,and started in the second race at 4:49 with the otner four. ‘Volec had shipped her 1401t. rig, though there was more wind than before, In sparting to Windward, the ude now having turnea fluou Inshore, Aztec stood far up on starboard teek towara Lomprin-vilie, whie the others worked Sbraigul out in shorier vacks. When the leaders came togesher, Aztec had neaded Toltec as they rounded the first mark, Torment being a close third, while Kismet withdrew. Toltec saon ran ahead in the reaching, jeading ou the orsp round. The second windward lez was sailed in che same way, Toltec maxing the buoy ju-t ahead of Aztec, witn Torment close to them. ‘nougii under-canyassed, ‘Vorment sailed very fast, but coula not caten Voltec, she finishmg first, Tor- meut secoud, AZ_e¢ third and Bonnie fourth, As a matter of course, _ Mr, Barrington was chose as the’ club's representative on the ob- ylous merits of his wouk. The weather on Sunday was no better than Saturday. rainy with a strong N., wind, and Monday morniug promised but little better, being dark and clouny; butto the grautication of hundreus of yachts- inen and canermen tos wind went ruund to N.W., and a sharp, braving breeze, iree from all taiovof fog or damp, sent the whitecaps danemg over the Uppe: aud Lower Bay, Al) previous races for the Cup in 1386, “88 and “Y0 have been salleu over the clud course oif Staple- Tob aud Clifvou, a course which vy reason of its sirong tides and cur- reuts, Huxy winds and serious obstructions 11 the forin of anchored and passing vessels anu floating debris, is most trying to strangers WhO are used only Lo Clear waters. The tact that 1c was tne club cCoursé, aud SO convenient to toe clubhouse, has caused the club to Teta if, but the oppusifion to ibonthe part of challengers has be- come sd slroug, bovh tor the trial aud Cup races, that a change to a fairer and moze heuti al course was imperative. In the trial races THIS was NOL SO easily dune, a3 there was no place available where a number ot canoes vould be housed, but fur the cap races the difficulty Was settled by the very generous offerof the Bensonhurst Ciub, on Gravesend Bay, This young but flourishing club is a social racher than aquatic organizatiun, but occupies the clubhouse and pier ab Beusouuurst, originally buiit by the brooklyn Y. U. at the point once knowns as Locust Grove. ‘ne uouse, plier, und Hoats practically be- longed to ehe vanoemen for the day and eyeuimg, the members of the hoime elab devoted all their ime to the enLerbulnment of Lneir guests. A fine junch was Sefyed Dutween the races, whe a dance ana clam bake followed m the evening, Tne clubhouse balcony and long pier aifoided bu all a very fiue view of the coutse,a triangle haying one mark off the pier, auouber half a mie off shore and dlimost in front of The ors, While Tie touird Was lucated directly up shore, in front of the Marine und Meld clubhouse. As the wiud was all day, the first leg, airéuiy off shore, was a reach, with booms Lo port, the second was dead to windward, and the enird was & tree reach with booms wi star- board, the wind being so far aft thad im the secund race 4 sheht shift SEL tne boxts down Wing aud wing. The course was sailed three times, Making & Gistance of 8 miles (estimateu), The wind all day Was Very slruog, and bemz N,W. was puify aud squally, while there Was Sea enougi in Wie Narrows to rouble a40fb. steam janneh, mak- ing Wéavy Waver OVer Lie Course for Galve racing, mr. Ho.d Jones, of the biockvilics boating Association, the chal lenger, sailed his canoes Canuck, whose tues appeared in Lhe Forusr AND STREAM OF Sept, 18, Uct, 16 ana Dev. 25, 184, a smooth outlt 1b x2uk6 cunoe by Sauve, of brockyille,in which he has for turee suc- Gussive years Wou toe tue A. O A, Saiing Trophy, bésiues other im- porlanu prizes, me used 4 d0in, slide tu the desk seat, and carried in DOLL rHées the same sail, Nos, 3 and 5, or B0Et, Dialusail and 35fr. muzeni, oft, iu all, tue simullesb ig hehas, Both were standing sails ald Cuulu nob be reeted. Mr, Barriugtun, the defender of the cup, is a new member of the New York G. C,, formerly 4 member of tue Washingtun U. 0, Heis A youly man did Comparative Novice ab cauoe racing, but he is Tai, Well DULE and WiUSsclial, 4 Byninash, an old shell Garsman, and has dada great usal of cxpericice as a vande cruiser, Ou joming the Club this spring He at ouce poueut the Vole from Cominodore Williain Willava foward, aud acter a ual hed her etitery re-built Bld siiengtusicd, Hoot unly pul avoard 10vibs, of lead, against the advice ol Coulmodore Huwaru, bul Lad two new sBhidiog seats ‘built, one 4fb. and ole Sf. log. fe as Used standing sails witn LwO Tiuigting bales, As now sailed The Caos ls Watertizut through- eu, Wine swall bucket wey, und everybuing is very gtrong, at the expense of extreme higet weigat, thus avoiding the many breakdowns oe ———— a 7 ’ for the rest of his life. of last year, Her mizen traveler is of 44in, round brass vod, The sails carried in both races were a mainsail of 8Uft. abd a mizen af 4ft., the largest sail being att, while the total area was 15ftl-sstuan on Canuck, Harly in the morning a launch caine over from the New York ©, G house with a number of canosmen and ladies, while Mr. BR. W. Gibsoa brought a party in nis new boat, a 35{t. cabin naphtha launch, tne Sirius, Other guests arrived by land, untila large number, including many ladies, had assembled. The chief feature of the day, the exhibit of commodores, must be set down as a great success, commodores of all degrees’ and variety being present, the only disappointment being the absence of Com, R. J. Wilkin, who combines in one person more kinds of commodores than any other living canoeist, He had the very poor taste to venture out in Jersey among the mosquitoes, leaving yacant his place in the “Galaxy ’’ Mr, Walter U. Lawson, commodore of the A, U. A., was present, but? cog., so to speak, not haying been invited by the club to serve as judge, Later in the day, he and Vice-Com, Winné left to attend the lanthe GC. C. regatta. Tn canoeing the unwritten but universally recognized rules of yacht- ing eliquerte in the matter of titles is strictly observed; every man who hulds the offize of commodore, yice-commodore, rear-com- modore or evén acting rear Commodore, on going oun of ufflve drops everything but the main part of the title, and is simply commodore This simple plan is chiefly esteemed by those who have neyer risen higher than the rank of vice or rear, as they always rate as full commodores, Its weak point, and one that should be remedied, is that it dots grave injustice to the man who has been several limes commodore. This whole subject was very fully dis- eussed bs Com, Alden, the ‘‘Futher of Americun Canoeists,"* aud him- self halt-a-dozen kinds of commodore, a few years sin 'e. The danger he then foresaw, of the A. C. A. being in time composed entirely of commodores, is é6ven more imminent at the present time. There was a good deal of delay in getting the boats over and the course buoyed, and it was noon before all the arrangements fora start were completed, The timers were on hand, Com. Quick having a pis- tol and watch, while commodores Vaux, Blake and stepuens were ready to take down the times. At this juocture a fat boy appeared with a small yacht cannon, which he was most anxious should be u-~ed for starting. Some delay ensued while the question was being argued by the fat boy and the starters, but the matcer was finally decided by Com. William Willard Howard, adversely to the cause of the fat boy and the gun. The boy withdrew with teare in hiseyes and the cannon Btasped tenderly in his arms; but he had his vengeance. He slipped ehind a pile at the énd of the pier and waited until everyone was eagerly watching the two canoes, when he shouteld out one word, “Commodore,” bringing up ac least a hundred heads in answer to the familiar sound. When the shot was fired, both of the canoes lay to windward of the pier and line, but atthe 4m, signal Canuck ran down, crossing 15s. too soon, she luffed around the flag for a second start, Toltee meanwwh le conling with a rush and fairly flying as her sheets were trimmed for the reach, she was timed 30s, after the eum, and Canuck 10s. later; the latter, arter luffing round the flag and re-crossing, caught a puft on the line which luffed her up, causing her to lose headway. Mr. Jones held the boom over and paid her off, bun she had lost ar least 40s., finally gathering way slowly. On this leg each time it was sailed, Toltec steered the scraiguter course, Canuck luffiog considerably. The story of the race is mainly told by the tollowing table, Tultec showing a gain at each mark on the first round. Off the wind on the third lee her small mainsail was about becalmed by the mizen. She jibed and started on the second round with « safe lead which was made still safer by a mishap to Uanuck. Mr. Jones has been peculiarly fortunate m having few or no mishaps, his canoe being very strongly built and fitted. One weak point there was, however, which had never been suspected; the heavy, steel shod sliding seat was held in place asic stid to and tro by a lanyard aftacied to two iron screweyes, one in each part of the seat, As the seat was thrown oyer in jibing, iis impetus snapped off the rusty sereweye, and the slide weut mto the water. Mr. Jones at once sat on the déck, but was unable to hold his boat up, as she had been over-canvassed before. By the instructions of Com, William Willard Howard, Janitor Staples took the seat and rowed out to Mr. Jones, overtaking him on the windward leg, but he declined to take iv. By this ume Canuck was full of water, her open cockpit and long well being unfitted for sucn seas; whilein sitting on the coaming it had been all broken on one side. Mr. Jones held on bravely through the whole second tound, lying flat on the water at times in the effort to hoid up his boat. He sailed one leg and a part of the second on. the final round, only giving up when he saw Toltec at the finish. Both contestants were loudly cbeered as they came in and were helped from toeir boats, while willing hands at once set to work to make repairs on Ganuck’s seat and coaming, The times of the first race were: first Race—Rounp 1, Start. ist Mark. 2d Mark. 38d Mark. Tolte¢...,,......12 15 30 121850 12) 32 45 12 38 09 Canuck......70..12 15 40 12 19 40 12,35 25 12 40 30 Roonp 2. "EOWUEC Lo. .ays55 12 42 00 12°55 44 1 01 30 Oamuck,,........- 12 44 30 1 OF U2 113 03 Rounn 3. Blapsed OME i ate aoe eee 1 03 15 1 19 58 1 25 30 110 30 Canuck........-- Withdrew. While all hands were at dinner the wind apparently fell a little, and Mr. Barrington went out with a larger rig, but soon returned for his former sails. Canuck was in good shape again when the second race was called at 3:57, all conditions bemy the same as in the morn- ing. This time Canuck was beautifully timed, going over within 14s., roltec being but 6s. astern. Hardly was she over the line when Mr, Barrington luffed out, and after a short brush passed to windward and across Canuck’s bows. Mr. Jones had hard work to nold up the 85ft. of sail, Canuck being over pressed; while oa Toltee Mr. Barring- ton had belayed both sheets, and was far out on his 5ft. slide, halding on at times with both hands, ore foot on the thwartship tiller, and constantly sliding in and'out asthe flaws struck him, Against such work as this, a use of the deck seat that has thus far been deenied impraeticaule, Canuck had no chance, and Toltee showed a gain, yarying a little from time to time, but increasing on each round. Down wind bota had too much sail, Toltec’s mainsail jibing a couple of times and roiling her badiy as she ran wing ana wing. When Canuck passed the pier it was seén that she had shipped a great deal of water, and she sailed a great part of the race with the water up to her centerboard trunk. Toltec took some knockdowns, but with the small bucset well and the long seat to right her by, she came out with little water aboard. At times She dragged one end of the sean to leeward. Tt was just 4:59:09 when Commodore William Willard Howard sprung on a pile and waved his cap aloft to lead the cheering for Mr. Barrington as he crossed the line, the successful defender of the New York C. C. International Challenge Cup. The times of the second race were: Second Rave—Rounn 1, Start. ist Mark, 2d Mark, 8d Mark. MOT Resta we © sscletal sale 3 57 20 4 01 00 4 10 50 417 22 Canuck,,,,...... 3 57 14 4 01 05 4 11 50 41817 Rounp 2. MONG. ite tt 421 80 4 29 50 4 86 21 Canuck...... bed> 4 22 31 4 43 00 4 38 39 Round: 3, Hlapsed Toltec.....5.4.6- 4 40 36 4 49 53 4 56 09 0 59 09 Ganuck,, ...:. i 4 43 18 4 54.15 5 01 10 1 04 10 Toltee wins by 5m. Is. When Mr. Jones came in the cheering was still more hearty and enthusiastic, as in che course of his long racing at the meets and his visit last year to ..ew York, he bus won vhe esteem and friendship of all who havé come in contact with bim, His defeat: was in a gread measure due to too large sails for such weather, and a comparatively large open well, the other canoe being plainly superior to Vanuck under existing weather conditions, but it 1s Sate 10 Say that in Mr. Barrington he was met a far more danger- ous rivalin such weather than any yeb encountered ac the meets, possibly excepting Mr. Butler and one or two more. Before returning to Canada Mr. Jones was entertained by a number of New York canosmen, all of whom are anxious tosee hint Seré agam to chal- lenge for the cup, which he pomises to do next year in a new canoe, TRANSPORTATION TO CAMP. | PSE the transportation problem this year was just ag wide ot a success!ul und practical solution as in 1889 and 1890, the chief characteristics of ine service being, as usual, delay and un- certainty, there are indications that sufficient experience has been gamed tolead to a solution of tue troublesome problem, While there aré a Dumber of things 10 be considered in transpori- ing the men and their canves from home to the camp, a great deal of the work, that of railrvad 1ranspoitation to the vicinity of the Incet, must follow aregular rouune, which cannot be altered by the iratisportation committee, Sill another parc of the work is also local and must be done by the various clubs, or by the diyi- s100 offers; sucu details as the arrangements lor special carloads of canoer, as was done this year, Mainly b ive-Oom, Dorland, hs fue aoe or New vet Boe sora The piincipal work of the A, CO, A, bran a fae mmittes, outeide of the me formal routing of the iounk Re certificates, is te transport the meénand boats over a distance of 5 to 8 miles, from the railroad termini, to the camp, The main cause of last year's failure was plainly evident when it was too late for remedy; the attempt was made to brmg men ta camp in three ways; from New York by steamer direct.from the terminus of the Long Island R,R, at Greenport, and also from the other terminus at Sag Harbor. Hach of these routes was. 2 separate and distinct failure; men arrived at one place or the other only to wait for hours and perhaps in the end were obliged tocharter private boats or conveyances. This year a similar “attempt was made to bring men by water from ‘wo punis, Port Kent and Burlington, while there was a third route by land from Willsborough. A suitable steamer is often difficult to nbtsin, and expensive 48 well, and the best that could he had without too great expense this year was entirely unfitted for the service, The boat was too small to carry the required load, being licensed for but 20 persons, she was unfitted for the route in any but falr weather, and her ceptain was old and timid, his eyesight being very defective, Under these conditions it is no wonder that the two trips to Port Kent were not made on time m all weathers, or that there was no certainty about getting to or from tha camp at any given time. Worst of all, inorder_to connect with the steamer of the Lake Champlain Transportation C»., which met the trains from the north at Port Kent, there was a dreary wait of nearly five hours forall who came from New York, Albasy or the west, both by the morning and affernoon traits. The service to Burlington was little if any hetter, the Lake Champlain Transportation O», making the few stops withyreatreluctance: Their large steamers were of course able to carry all canoes and difile, hut the launch was bardly able to carry tht personal luggage of the Port Kent arrivals, the canoes and trunks being lightered down in a flat scow, either sailed or towed by the lauoch. The essential features of the transportation problem, so far as the committee are concerned, are three; Certain and quick trans- portation for men between the camp and the principal express \raing; convenient transportation of canoes and luggage between eimp and railroad terminus; reasonable facilities tor visiting the Tearest city and returning the same day, The first point is by far the most important, in factit is absolutely essen‘ial to w# full at- tendance at camp. It is safe to say that a large number baye been kept away from recent meets by such annoyance, delay and ex- pense as was Decessary to get to Bow Arrow Point from Platts- burgh, to Stave Islandfrom Clayton, and t+ Jessup’s Neck from Sag Harbor. If the committee can guarantee, early in the season when men are planning their vacations, that a suitable steamer will meet the two principal trains each day, and run direct to a dock at the camp, and that canoes and duffle will be carried Oa her nr promptly sent in some other way, the greatest obstacie to a large attendance will be removed. In order to do this, two things are necessary, to charter a enod boat, and to concentrate the service on one point, to the exclusion of all others. If the meéet is to be held at Willsborough next year, then the depot shonld be Burlington, canoeista being instructed hy the committee to came there from all quarters, and nor to Willsborough or Port Kent. This would be perfectly practicable both from Albany and Montreal. If the meet is held at Griod- atone a double service must be arranged at Clayton, five miles distant on the New York side, and Gununogue, seven mules, on the Canadian side. We believe that there has been no trouble in the past in arranging with the regular boats between Ganimoque and Grindstone, several small steamers plying among the islands. Between Clayton and the camp a special staunch ot steamer would be needed, ro meet the morning train st about 6 o'elock, bringing men to camp in time for breakfast, running over to meet the train at noon, and lesying camp to connect with the train for New York at about 7 P. M., lying over night at Clayton. If another meet. should be held at Jessup’s Neck, which is by no means improb- able, there willne a daily steamer between New York and the camp, instead of on alternate days, and with a stronger whart a cheap and satisfactory means of reaching camp cou'd be had, In addilion, however, it would be necessary to run a good jaunch to Greenport, connecting with the railway and with the steamers from New London, leaving Sag Harbor entirely ouc of the ques- tion. There might ba some reason for choosing Sag Harbor in plare of Greenport, but in any avent the camp launch shonld attempt to run fo one place only. Unless specially favorable arrangements can be made with the local steamers, which is seldom the case, the c mmittee should charter 9 boat that they can have exclusive control of, and witha captain whois both soner aud competent, An ordinsry steam Jauncb of 60ft. length, with a cabin or good awning, should be able to make the regular trips on the St. Lawrence or Lake Champlain in any weather, and tocarry 48 mauy as would be required, as well as most of the trunks and duffle. With such a boat ready within 20yds. of the incoming train, as would be possible at Burl- ington or Clayton, the trip to the camp would be mere fun, in- stead of hard work and worry. The financial aspect of such a venture is a most important one, and the Associa'ion cannot afford to run a boat at a lose; but from ths experience of past years there is eyery reason to believe that with ordinary good management the work could be done ata very low rate of fares. If the travel cam be concentrated on the camp boat, the average attendance will afford some basis for figures, Even this year, with a very small attendance—only ahour 190 names on the register—it is sate to say that there were 250 people who made the round trip to camp and back from Port Kent, Bur- ington or Willsboro, not including the many who made exira trips for pleasure or business. Could all of these have been car- Tied on one good boat at a fare of 50 cents each, thers would have been an absolute certainty of sufficient T+ceip‘s to pay for two weeks or eighteen days’ service, about the duration of the camp. With a regular and reliable service, at leastas many more persons might have been carried to and from camp during the three weeks, while a charge of 10 cents orso on trunks would have still further swelled the receipts. It is probable that with good management the boat might be run ata profit on 25-cent fares, but in one way the rate of fareis a smal! detail. Our p-rsonal experiences this year, involving de- lay and risk of loss of baggage, were no worse than many others: but we would gladly have paid $4 for the round trip from Port Kent to camp and back could it have been made ina fairly prompt and satisfactory manner. res WS E88 OubE sess aun g 8 2 ns THE NUTRIMENT Co. s$ The Elastic TTR 00 makes it eee of producing S 8 Eieb: oper’ s & el paws Ei = ie) diferent sound () Seis else Berti: & PS | om 2 koa H&E iz FLUI 'D) Se: Parfact Dow oy Ounik ally 25 ote. OS § S esi la terres? Es ele es Dealers write for Discount. fy 9 FES | e Su | & g 8 sf x. 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FOR SALE BY FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO, “Ve are now perfecting arrangements which will shortly enable us to say that BRVERY NOTABLE MAKE OF & SHoT Gun, RIFLE oR REVOLVER .S REPRESENTED IN OUR STOCK Where else can you find such an assortiment? Mesens Mae 111 to 116 Michigan Ave. CHICAGO Notice to Fishermen. Cut Prices for 1891. Here I am again as usual cutting the prices of Fishing Tackle. Low prices and good quality of goods increases my business. It will pay you to buy your tackle in Brooklyn. No. 1, 3 joint, 6 strip, Split Bamboo Trout or Black Bass Fly Rods, solid reel seat below hand, nickel mountings, silk whippings, extra tip, all complete in wood eee length % 10, ft., weight 1,8, 90%. cee ce keene ccc ccc n cence teense ee sete eeeeeen: thee rn teen seesee seen sepa cene eres reesnnssgererstsssenesenstassesetssearsesseseseteseseesesbascsessetiecer seas Price $2 72 No. 1, G, same as above bib is Jermain Silver Mounted <.. - Jiscbe alos cle ce obi Sem ae Loney sets caeeious ee aot oa L Pealenn Faltis pia Meneses See Coan om Uta srrlanne ce 2 om ett ate lp melee eta eae celal oe ast No. 4 3 ioint, 6 strip Split Bamboo Black Bass Bait Rod, Raised Tie Guides, solid reel seat above the hand, extra tip, silk whippings, nickel mountings, complete in wood form, length sen 9, 94, 1Oft., weight 9, 10$, 12, 1802. 0.0... seen cee cece eee nee e eee e tect ee cette ee eee eens eng eset nese ceee nese etenctesrsnseretanscesesnestesenserscrseseseeseetacereeseeeererters Price 2 72 No. 4 same as above but is Garmiai Silver MOlibee§ no sacle hove occvo clas dens oittca otal hele water iecceunds rani Png, a ole Noten CUrbas ches ag ct Riese cs end ot oo lays acl ce a grate ate CaN caplet oe ae eR ay) No. 7, 6 strip Split Bamboo Salt Water or Lake Trolling Rod, 2 ont: solid reel seat above the hand, double tie guides, nickel HiOUnHES, length 8ft., weight 200Z........-.s+.-+000+ . 2% No. 8, same as No. 7, batis 3 joint:....... cece cece eee ce cence encore nese c sees eee eeetremtesen reat ance srencese teen sabenrseseceaccersanensseteaceeessettsssnns seebearererarcre nes ne oF, x 3 75 No. 280, 3 joint Ash aud Lancewood Heavy Salt Water Bass Rod, hollow butt, extra tip, | ac TYVOUWIMG INS 9 Etiaets oetarare ters Nua beibedpe cferalbee Aisie, alee si ste teatere ectees gis srateabter¢ ete iota tee wheal ceatete soln erretot a te Pam 90c. Brass Multiplying Reeis, Balance Handle, Screw Oil Cup, fine finish, 2yds., 85c.; 40yds Slidine Choke Nickel Plated, 40yds., $1.75; 60yds., $2.25; S80yds., $2.50; 200yds., $3. wae “hraided’ Tinon Reel binea on Block) Newt, 2 804.5, 6. 800ft., 4 Lines on Block, 300ft., 1) thread, 38¢.; 12 thread. 4Bc, « 15 thread, 46c. ; 18 thread, 58c. Brass Swivels, 15c. per doz. Best Quali Hooks on single gut, per doz., 10c.; double gut, 15c. ise doz.; treble gu, 20c. por doz. ‘Single Gut Leaders, ttt. +) DOr doz., 150. ; 2ft., per "doz, 80e.; 3ft., per doz., 45c. Double Gut ers, 1ft., per doz,,15c.; 2ft., per doz., 30ce.; 3ft., doz, J. F. MARSTERS, 51, 53 as 55 Court St., Broolly?y N.Y. - @end Ze. tamp for Dlustrated Gatalegue for 1891. GQPEN EVENINGS, 60yds., $1.05; eae $1.15; 100yds., $1.25. Hard Rubber iiuitipiving SARE Ne) Handle. rand Linen Ree « FOREST AND STREAM. 159 DALY AUTOMATIC EJECTOR SEPT. 10, 1891.) cee “The Acme of Perfection.” HAMMERLESS SHOTGUN No. 250, “Diamond Quanity,” Highest Grade Damascus Steel Barrels, beautifully engraved locks and mounting, finest Turkish Walnut Stock, with the Deeley Patent Automatic Shell Hjector, equal in finish, shooting qualities and workmanship to Purdey’s, Grant’s or any other highest grade London make, 10, 12 and 16-gauge HE ESE Re ot eee pot at $275.00 No. 150, Same action as above but plain finish and f ne Damascus Barrels. ......2...52 02s eee eee e eee ete ce ee cece cnet enter en eens enn ene ee eee eree eerste ar nsctcarecsenenet Peas Ase cae 175.00 WE ALSO CARRY A STOCK OF W. W. GREENHER’S EJECTING GUNS ........ 2... c ee eee eee eee eee $250.00 to $400.00 W. & C. SCOTT & SONG.......... 0... cece eee eet essences cee eee e sss $275.00 to $400.00 WE INTRODUCE THIS YEAR J. P. CLABROUGH & BRO’S. LATEST INVENTION—A Fine Hammerless Shotgun with Automatic Ejectors and Damascus Barrels, ra 3 PUA MNTiTPTSH Ie ane ts WU We caer Slee eR = t pease asp et ans Calne distinc ba tiniaa spats ass etarr tugs te es reste asses snce sta rlacs feces dai ge dsitinaddraee hes Saeed anes see tiniecltinessed ; Same as above, Greener Crown Bolt, Fiae Damascus Barrels, Fine Engraving, the finest pun they make. ii .i.. 0. oc. eee ce cle thea ta Nes Beds oe Sede tle Se ween ee ele Ge se eres bese ernst tess s 135.00 . We claim for these guns everything that may be desired.” They are well fitted, nicely engraved, the action works to perfection and can be fully guaranteed. THE DALY 3-BARREL IS THE ONLY COMBINED GUN IN THE MARKET. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302 Broadway & 84 Duane St, - NEW YORK. An Old Un in a New Dress. |... s.ancctte qun. : RON 7F ST ATUFTTES American Western Subjects. Finest Rods and Tackle. Imported Goods. Statuettes in plain or silvered bronze of subjects comprising Cowboys, Trappers, etc., Hand Loaded Shells. This is the size of the fish he caught | Upthegrove’s Fine Hunting of a size suitable for table and office orna- ments, by Walter Winans. and carried home to-day. and Fishing Wear. Any Good Article You Want. Some Articles Not Found Elsewhere. Our Specialty is QUALITY. VON LENGERKE & ANTOINE, 246 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. | 246 , |. Patent ited Sinker Are made in two sizes, and by remoy- ill} ing the center sections are | quickly changed from a 34 to 13g or 20z. with | a No. 2, ae froma 3 to 5% or 80z. with the No. 8 All changes are made H without disturbing balance of rig. Extra center sections furnished to increase the weight as may be desired. Ask your dealer for them, or send 10 And this is the size of the one he hooked. But the blamed thing got away, because he didn’t buy his tackle from H. H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Send for °91 Illustrated Catalogue. SUBJECTS AT PRESENT READY: “Standing off Indians.” | “Shot.” (Trapper with pony). (Wounded cowboy falling off pony.) is Bay,” “An Indian Fight.” t (Large group consisting of three cow (Cowboy shooting over dead pony.) boys, a trapper and four bronch ponies; head of Sioux chief in wa feather bonnet on base.) A “Trotter being Speeded to Sulky,” &c., &c. “Bucking Broncho,” “Sioux Chief,” &c., &c., IN PREPARATION. oe fora No. 2, and 20 cents for a TOMLINSON & CO., ESTABLISHED 1837. 51 John Street, J.B, CROOK & 60, |p © 1 som sie FISHING TACKLE renccting Lamps, 1191 BROADWAY, _ @ UNIVERSAL LAMP, Bet. 28th & 29th Sts, NEW YORK CITY. i With Adjustable Attachments, SEND FOR OATALOGUE. For Sportsmen and Others. Combines Head Jack,> Boat Jack, Fishing Lamp, Camp Lamp, Dash Lamp, Belt Lantern, Hand Lan- tern, etc. EXCELSIOR DASH LAMP, | The Adirondacks. ap of the Adirondack Wilderness. Pocket edition on mapsnond paper $1.00. “Tt is the most complete map of the Adirondack region ever published. Forest and Stream. ee Map of Lake Champlain and Lake George. Map-bond paper, 40 cis, Guide pauses —The Adirondacks, illustrated, 16 Mo., 272 pages, pseudo cloth cover, 25 & Lake George and Lake Champlain, "25 cts. Address & KR. STODDARD, Glenrz Falls, N. YY. mone Hl lise at =a ane fy 7 and 11 Cents Mach. QP. CHICAGO Fi PISHING TACKLE FACT’Y ss ,» ENGLEWOOD, ILLs. Ten Cents for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, Et aes — — eri seapibes : ~~ Superior to all oth Send stamp for Illustrated Boa sere ALBERT FERGUSON, Office. 65 Fulton St. N.Y. WELT NOT? Send stamp for illustrated catalogue of firearms, etc. Fine shooting small-bore rifles a specialty. eet orders receive careful and prompt attention. REUBEN HAI! RWOOD (iron Ramrod), Somerville, "Mass. These can be had in silver if preferred. For further particulars and price list address | SUSSE FRERES, 5 E AF sciccmereoe | 9, Pp d cA Senet ete ae etebeeer 81 Place de la Bourse, ~ Paris, France. 160 FOREST AND STREAM. iSzpr, 10, 1891, AGENT For B. C. MILAMS’ Celebrated =, : = sSeaweey Reels. ‘ : FIREARMS, FISHING TACKLE, BICY- — ; OLES, TENTS, LAWN TENNIS, MUSICAL \ INSTRUMENTS, SPORTING GOODS, &c, Illustrated Catalogue, with low cash prices, sent on application to those mentioning FOREST AND STREAM. JAMES H. FISK, 193 La Salle St., Chicago, Ill, Brass Reel. “Nickle =“ r\/ Bronze ¢ Alumiomn ‘* Send for Catalogue, L ALU Tee i ROCHESTER, N, Y. SYRACUSE BAMBOO FURNITURE Co. Successors to SYRACUSE FISH ROD CO er a es er a MANUFACTURERS OF Fine Split Bamboo Fishing WITH CORK AND OELLULOID HAND GRASP. (Patent applied for.) Rods, It is light, fits and will not blister the hands. Recommended by the most experienced anglers in the U.S. Order one through your dealer for inspection, and if not satisfactory can be returned. The U.S. Net and 'wine Co. are agents for New York City. The glittering gang trolling baits which we are manufacturing are the coming bait. It takes the place of the phantom minnow, and is warranted to take two fish to one on any other bait. For sale by all principal dealers in New York, We are also manufacturing all the popular spoons, such as fluted, kidney and hammered. For sale by all dealers. Send for catalogue. Syracuse, N. Y. HENRY LOFTIE, Manager. Fly-Fishing & Fly-Making FOR TROUT, BASS, SALMON, Etc. By J. HARRINGTON KEENE, With plates of the actual material for making flies of forty-eight varieties. Mlustrated, second edition. Revised and enlarged, Price, $1.50. This is 2 new edition of a work that has already proved a great success. It is first of all ractical; the iustructions are plain and full, Numerous illustrations make every step clear. he actual specimens of materials show precisely what the fly-tyer requires. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 318 Broadway, New Yortk. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By “SENECA.” A piactical cook book for canoeists, Corinthian sailors and outers. Practical because the author gives explicit and intelligible directions for preparing such dishes as he has him. self actually tested in camp and ona cruise. This is just where the recipes differ from the absurdly impracticable dishes given in some so-called camp cookery books. The coo outfit is described, and numerous hints on camp economy add to the value of the work Cloth, 98 pages. Price $1.00. NEW YORK: Forest anD STREAM PURLISHING Co., 318 Broadway. $36.""_p _ MEACHAM }HAMMERLESS Ya the Sind, CON ST. BERNARDS. AT STUD. WIN DE. This grand young dog is the best son of cham- ion Otho out of Lackme, adaughter of champion ferchant Prince. He is 33in. high, of a rich orange color with complete collar and perfect markings. He is a wonderfully vigorous young dog, and has proyen himself a great stock getter, Asa stud dog he is unsurpassed. Fee $50. Puppies for sale. THE ABBEY KENNELS, Riverside and Grafton avenues. Woodside, N. J. R. T. RENNIE, Prop. AT STUD. IMPORTED IRISH SETTER CHALLENGE INCHIQUIN. (A.S.B. 18,191). Breeder. Rey. R. O’Callaghan, by champion Shandon II.—Iona. The most phenom- enal young dog of *91, winner of first and two specials at four consecutive shows. Write for particulars, pedigree and press comments. JOHN J. SCANLAN, Box 389, F'all River, Mass. RIDGEFIELD ST. BERNARD KENNELS At Stud. KINGLIMMON. Fee $40. 16,366.) Kinglimmon is orange in color with perfect white markings and black shadings, stands 34in. high and is the sire of some very promising youbgsters. Young stock sired by the above dog for sale:at all times. Address Oo, A. HOUCK, 923 Madigon aye., Albany, N.-¥; Top SNAP, = 7 Ay Extended Rib, Im- : “ ‘Aly ported Walnut Pistol Grip Stock, Patent Fore-end, Full Checkered, Matted Rib, Double _Under Fastening, Rubber Butt, Compensating Hinge Joint, Long Breech Frame. 10 and 12 gauge. Damascus Barrels, orci! D Mls, crokea, BG E.G. MEACHAM ARMS GO..sT.Lous. mo. CHRISTIAN ——— HAHN, PRACTICAL Glass Slower, And Manufacturer of Artificial Eyes For Birus, Animals anu Manufacturing Purpuses, 16 North William St., New York. Send for Price List. THE EACLE The Easiest Running Bicycle in the World. =a a A THE EAGLE BICYCLE MFG. COMPANY, STAMEORD, CONN. Forest & Stream File Binders PEIOE 61.00, Hu the Stu. GLENMORE KENNELS. THE CHAMPION IRISH SETTER KENNELS OF AMERICA. E. B. BISHOP, Owner, 43 St. James Ave., Cincinnati, O. AT STUD. Challenge BEAU BRUMMEL, Fee $25 The most phenomenal dog of the times. (A K.C.S.B, 19,961). The Champion Three. Chmp. Ruby Glenmore, The champion Irish setter bitch of America. Imp. Sarsfield, - Fee $25|Champ. Molly Bawn, The greatest Livia bie setter sire. (A. BK,.C.S.B. 10,3854,) Imp. Dan Mylrea, Fee $20 A noted first-prize winner. (A.K.C.8.B, 19,173). The ex-champion Irish setter bitch of America, Champion Winnie II., The only imported champion Irish setter dog in America to-day. Young stock always on hand. Write for circular and prices. AT STUD. ARISTOCRAT. WINNER OF MORE FIRST PRIZES AND SPECIALS DURING 1890 THAN ANY OTHER ST. BERNARD. FEE, - $50. DUTCHESS KENNELS, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DAVID E, LOVELAND, Manager, AT STUD. Kingston | Regent. This grand dog is the best son of the great PRINCE REGENT, by Lady St. Gothard. He is 384in. high and has the heaviest bone and richest dark orange coat of any St. Bernard in America. His head is remarkable for its character, depth of muzzle and expression. He was born February 26, 1889, and is wonderfully strong and vigorous. Fee, $50. Champion Hector. winner of sixty-six first and special prizes and stud cups. He is the sire of Champion Cleopatra, Caleb, Lord Hector, Major Hector, Duke of Sparta and many other noted St. Bernards. Fee, $40. PUPPIES FOR SALE. NEW ¥ORK ST. BERNARD KENNELS, 138TH STREET AND THE HUDSON RIVER. FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. Champion Raby Mixer........§15 Russly Joker.........---.-.+55 . 16 Reckoner........-...+-- dears, oeVyshyreta len GED Suffolk Risk...........-.....-+-. 10 Pitcher.....-..-... Pilste Sane Seca 25 Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. READ THES! READ THIS MASTIFFS. At Stud.—Ormonde; sire, Ch. Victor Hugo; dam, Ch, Cambrian Princess. Ormondeis a p1ize winner every time shown, bothin England and America, and his young stock is proving him an exceptional sire. I have always on hand young stock for disposal at fair prices. I have no blood but the most fashionable in my kennels. Write CHAS. E. BUNN, Peoria, Il. Mastiffs and Bloodhounds. IN STUD: W. K. Taunton’s Champion Besufort. His success as a stud dog and his record on the show bench for the last five years prove him the greatest and best dog living. The only kennel of English Bloodhounds in Amer- ica. Choice ones forsale at all times. or imported. Mastiff pups from the Albion and Beaufort litters also out of well known and proved breeders of champion and great prize winners. Photographs, 25 cts. J. WINCHELL, Fair Haven, Vermont. epee ee N THE STUD.—THE ETHAN ALLIN SET- ter Al, fee $25. Al was bred by the late Mr. ‘Allin and trained on ruffed grouse by his handler. Two puppies by him for sale. Address F. L. NICHOLS, 54 Taylor street, Springfield, Mass. tf ‘pe SS AtStud.-Hnglish greyhounds. Gem of the Season, winner of over 50 ist and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and special; Dexter, corded coat poodle. Pups from theabove forsale, GREYHOND AND POODLE KENNELS, Salem, Mass, {2s If you mention this paper 5 per cent. discount will be allowed on all sales. Si, Bernards Seuinole Kemels CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, PA., OFFER THE SERVICES OF THE FOLLOWING STUD DOGS: Rough-Coated Collies. The qui CHAMPION 6 squire Ty (E. ont Fee ee HYMAN WILKES, Roslyn Conway.) caisson Sir Kelpie, ROSLYN DANDY, (A. 14,735). Fee $15. (A, 17,577). Pee $25. ENGLISH PUGS. CHAMPION K ash, Jr i) "9 Treasure, (A. 17,804). _ (A. 10,596). Fee $15, Fee, = - - - $16. IRISH SETTERS. SEMINOLE, ELEO, (A. 20,088), Fee $20. (A, 11,450). Fee $15. Extended pedigrees of any of the above on ap- plication. Bitches entrusted to us receive the best of care. Fine specimens of the above breeds for sale at reasonable prices, including several good stud dogs and brood bitches in whelp. Young Stock Always on Hand. WYOMING KENNELS, The LARGEST and BEST kennel of ROUGH-COATED SAINT BERNARDS in the world, comprising the following _ noted STUD DOGS: Champ. SIR BEDIVERE (19451), Acknowledged by the best Judges to be the most typical and perfect St. Bernard living. Winner of 53 first and special prizes, all in the best of company. Prizes include The One Hun- dred Guinea Challenge Cup four times, the Hal- sey Trophy twice, and the Deacon Challenge Cup TWICE SoU NeGi yes sire desserees preci tel acre $150.00 Champ. PLINLIMMON, JR. (6864). This grand young deg is a son of the world- renouned Ch. PLINLIMMON, aud although only a little over three years old, is the winner of 27 first and special prizes, and sire of some yood stocks ‘Sbhuditeer: sees css eel ee stake . $50.00 LOTHARIO (18271). This grand headed young dog is by the famous Ch. VALENTINE out of that well known bitch SAPFRON. He is the only son of Ch. Valentine at stud in America, and from his breeding, and low stud fee, should be much sought after by St. Bernard breeders. Stud fee.............,... $25.00 St. Bernard Puppies For Sale. A select stock most always on hand, sired by the above dogs out of prize-winning bitches, at reasonable prices. WYOMING KENNELS, Melrose, Mass JAS. E. GREEN, Manager. AT STUD. FEE §50. KING OF KENT (A.K.C.S.B. 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rap, Zig-Zag, Tapster and Maid of Kent. Pointer Puppies for sale. Apply to JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Club. Babylon, L. I. St. Bernards at Stud. 1. 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The upland woods, too, areawakened from the slumber of their late summer days. How silent they had grown when their songsters had departed, rarely stirred but by the woodpecker’s busy hammer, the chatter and bark of squirrels and the crows making vociferous proclamation against some winged or furred enemy. The grouse have waxed fat among the border patches of berry bushes, rarely disturbed in the seclusion of the thickets but by the soft foot-fall of the fox, the fleeting shadow of a cruising hawk and the halloo of the cowboy driving home his herd from the hillside pasture. But now come enemies more relentless than beast or bird of prey, a sound more alarming than the cowboys distant call—man and his No. 318 BROADWAY, CONTENTS. *Repteuher Daye “ths Hamilton, Show. companion the dog, the terrible thunder of the gun, oolis otel Men. oronto Dog S ji i -for- Soop atste: US Mold Grial Clab Entries. A new terror is revealed to the young birds, a half-for gotten one brought afresh to the old. The crows have found fresh cause for clamor, and the squirrels lapse into a silence of fear. Peace and the quietness of peace have departed from the realm of the woods, and henceforth while the green leaves grow bright as blossoms with the touch of frost, then brown and sere, and till long after they lie under the white shroud of winter, its wild denizens shall abide in constant fear and unrest. So fare with the wood-folk, these days of September, wherein the sportsman rejoiceth with exceeding gladness. Trish Setter Club. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallerv. Brooklyn vs. Washington. Rensselaerwyck. The Trap. Central Illinois. Atlantic City Tournament. Detroit International Tourna- THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. No-Man’s Land and Beyond. NATURAL HISTORY. | The Beaver’s Woodpile. GAME BAG AND GUN. Not Till Then. The Saginaw Crowd. Texas Game Galore. Ways of the Ruffed Grouse. The Hunter’s Badge. Game Warden Darling, Nova Scotia Licences. Chicago and the West. SHA AND RIVER FISHING. Black Bass in White Oak. Fishing in the St. Lawrence. Fishing on the Broad Ripple. Illinois River Work. Gallatin River Grayling. South Jersey Sea Fishing. men Harrishurg Opening. YACHTING. The Future of Yacht Racing. British Competition in Yacht Building. Eastern Y. C. Fall Regatta. Corinthian Y. C, 52d Regatta. Chicago and the West. The Right of Way ata Mark. A Morning on the Cascapedia, Yachting Notes. Our Trip to the Little Jo Mary. | CANOEING. FISHCULTURE. Passaic River Regatta. Mysterious Stocking. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, FOOLISH HOTEL MEN. Re observe that proprietors of sportsmen’s resorts are extremely foolish, who encourage or permit their guides and other employees to kill fish and game for market, would be perhaps only stating an axiomatic platitude. And yet it is a curious fact that scores of these proprietors have not found out their folly until too late to repair it. We can name more than one water and more than one game district where the landlord’s patron- age has fallen away for no other reason in the world than that his boatmen have caught for market more bass than his guests have caught for fun, and his guides have killed deer for themselves and for greenhorns, until decent sportsmen have left in disgust. Tt might be thought that when a hotel keeper builds a house on the shore of a lake noted for its black bass, and derives a generous revenue from the fishermen who register with him, drawn thither solely by the fishing, he would observe carefully every precaution to keep up the supply of fish, to curb the silly greed of the count-fisher, and to forbid entirely the shipping of fish caught by his boatmen to market. And yet, in spite of the certainty that with the ruin of good fishing must come empty hotel rooms and lessened receipts, we often see that landlord bathing his hands in imaginary water and smiling blandly over the competitive fishing of his guests, and fatuously sharing the paltry profits of the fish his servants catch and send to market. By and by the report goes abroad that the famous bass fishing at his house has ‘played out,” and his former patrons study up other routes, and ) their money finds its way into other tills. SEPTEMBER DAYS. EPTEMBER days have the warmth of summer in their briefer hours, but in their lengthening evenings a prophetic breath of autumn. The cricket chirps in the noontide, making the most of what remains of his brief life; the bumblebee is busy among the clover blossoms of the aftermath; and their shrill cry and dreamy hum hold the outdoor world above the voices of the song birds, now silent or de- parted. What a little while ago they were our familiars—not in more than occasional song, but noted all about us in their accustomed haunts—sparrow, robin and oriole, each trying now and then, as if to keep it in memory, a strain of his springtime love song; and the cuckoo fluted a fare- well prophecy of rain. The bobolinks, in sober same- ness of traveling gear, still held the meadowside thickets of weeds; and the swallows sat in sedate conclave on the barn ridge. Then, looking and listening for them, we suddenly become aware they are gone; the adobe city of the eave-dwellers silent and deserted; the whilom chor- isters of the sunny summer meadows departed to a less inhospitable welcome in more genial climes. How unob- trusive was their exodus. We awake and miss them, or we think of them and see them not, and then we realize that with them, too. summer has gone. This also the wafted thistledown and the blooming asters tell us, and though the woods are dark with their latest greenness, in the lowlands the gaudy standard of autumn is already displayed. In its shadow the muskrat is thatching his winter home, and on his new-shorn watery lawn the full-fledged wild duck broods disport in fullness of feather and strength of pinion, Evil days are these of September that now befall them. Alack, for the callow days of peaceful summer, when no honest gunner was abroad and the law held the murderous gun in abey- ance, and only the keel of the unarmed angler rippled the still channel, Continual unrest and abiding fear are | THE governments of the world have been actively com- peting in the invention and development of smokeless powders; and now a report comes from Washington that the naval officers of the torpedo station at Newport, who have been conducting a series of experiments upon various formulas, have found an ideal powder for small- arms, The new composition is declared to be safe, con- venient and cheap, and it has given a rifle ball a velocity of 2,180£t. per second, with a low pressure in the powder chamber. Gun-cotton is said to be the base, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 17, 1891. now their lot, and henceforth till spring brings the truce More silently than the fisher’s craft the skiff of the Noiseless as ghosts paddler and shooter glide afong the even path, till alarmed by some keener sense thanis given us, up rise wood duck, dusky duck and teal from their { VOL, XXXVII.—No. 9. No. 318 BRoADWAY, Nnw York. SNAP SHOTS: if is reported, but we hope without authority, that the Codification Commission appointed to revise the New York game law will submit to the next Legislature precisely the same bill that was rejected last winter. To do this would be to court for it a similar fate, The game and fish interests of this State are far too important to be made a vehicle of personal interest by those charged with the duty of law amendment. The obnoxious provisions should be stricken from the bill. In these days returning tourists bring out of the North Woods heads and antlers of deer and regale their friends with long stories of skill and luck in the chase. The average deer slayer is not averse to dilating on the sport; but now and then a man who kills a deer not only makes no show of trophies, but maintains a gloomy silence about the entire proceeding. Blank was out on an Adiron- dack lake and the ‘“‘guide” was rowing him with stout strokes in pursuit of a deer which had been driven into the water by the hounds. ‘‘Now you’re near enough; shoot!” exhorted the guide. Blank was near-sighted; he had never seen a live deer outside of a menagerie, and to him the object appeared very dim and very small. But the guide insisted that it was a tremendous buck with phenomenal horns, and Blank blazed away, the first shot of his life. The guide pulled the game out of the water, a tiny fawn, as yet unweaned; and then Blank and the guide went ashore and buried the carcass in the woods, and went back to the hotel and Blank added any another “hunter’s yarn” to the thousands that have been told, but his story was not an exaggeration like the rest, for he protested that he had killed no deer at all. The Bangor News prints a letter from Edgar E. Har- low, of Greenville, Moosehead Lake,gand the News appears to think the statements in the letter worthy of credence. ° It recounts the following list of game animals recently discovered by Kineo guides, and says that not a single offender has yet been brought to justice: ‘‘One dead cow moose at Thoroughfare Brook, Hagle Lake; one dead moose on Russell Stream; one dead caribou on Russell Stream; one dead deer on Russell Stream; one dead moose at Duck Pond; one dead moose at Eagle Lake camp: ground; one dead moose at Caucomgomoc Lake; one dead caribou at Black Pond; one dead deer at Horse Race, Caucomgomoc Stream; one dead moose at Spencer Pond; three dead deer at Spencer Pond; two dead moose at Soper Brook, Eagle Lake.” We;would be glad to learn that this report is an exag- geration, for if the facts are actually as given they indi- cate in the Moosehead region a demoralization worse than that already described in the FOREST AND STREAM as existing in other sections. It must be remembered that the open season for moose, deer and caribou will not be- gin before the first of next month. Here is an incident of bird life that may afford an in- teresting theme of speculation. Mr. HE. R, Wilbur brings us from Sayville, L. I., a robin’s nest containing two eggs, which was abandoned so late as Sept. 1. Did the belated mother bird’s robin wisdom tell her that it was too late in the season to bring her fledglings into the world, or did the spirit of wildness, which takes possession of the robin tribe, triumph over the maternal instinct and com- pel her abandoning the nest in the grape arbor to join her squawking mates in the woods? The conventional Indian orator declaims with many a fervid figure of speech against the white man who has usurped his ancient hunting grounds; but here comes the Sioux with figures of another style altogether. Young- Man-Afraid-of-His-Horses and 792 others have sent to Washington a claim against the Government of $10,000,000 for the destruction of the large game that abounded in the West and furnished their subsistence. Colorado’s bounty on bears and mountain lions is said to be working most disastrously to her supply of elk and deer, large numbers of which have been killed for use as bait in the bear traps. Dr, J. A. Henshall is now in this city in the interest of the Angling Exhibit at the World’s Fair, which he reports to be in capital condition, 162 FOREST AND STREAM. [Sepr. 17, 1891, Che Sportsman Conrist, NO-MAN’S LAND AND BEYOND.—II. B were all invited to supper at Harlan’s camp, and had an excellent meal of buffalo steak, It was very good, and Lee told me to take what meat I wanted. I took a 101b, chunk, and would have taken more but we had plenty of antelope meat, and I hate to rob a man of meat worth 9 cents a pound. The next morning it was very cold, but we started south and left the Springfield men still camped, We made a dry camp on San Francisco Creek, 35 miles south, that night; and only had some water for coffee and half a bucket each for the horses, We had plenty of wood and some coalin the wagon, and were reasonably comfortable, though I can’t feel good when the horses are suffering for water. With an early start, we reached Cold Water Creek, Texas, at noon. Found good water, good grass, and enough cone chips for a dozen camps. Saw wild horses and antelope just before we made camp, and I shet some mallard ducks in the afternoon, while the rest hunted antelope. The ducks were big and fat and I potted them sitting. There were nice little springy ponds with high banks and open water. We had stewed duck for supper; and parboiled and roasted a dozen, I wanted to stay ‘ there and hunt a few days, but Price, who was somewhat of an old granny, was afraid we would get caught ina storm away from wood; and so we pulled for Palo Duro Creek in the morning. J left my cough about here—wore it out or froze it out, Reached Palo Duro Creek at noon. A Texas cowman‘s ranch every five miles; plenty of wood, good water, lots of cattle and no game. Price concluded that the Cana- dian was too far, and wanted to edge toward home, so he said he wanted to go down Palo Duro and in east of Beaver City on the Beaver. The other boys didn’t care, so we we went down Palo Duro 20 miles, and overtook three hunters with two wagons loaded down with deer and turkey, straizht from Moore Creek on the Canadian River. Wecamped with them, and the next morning went back up Palo Duro, heading for Moore Creek. Camped at a post office called Zulu, at Cater’s ranch, where I could not make Cater believe but what I was a land hunter seeking a ranch. He could not understand why a man with good teams should be strolling around the country if he was not a market-hunter or hunting a ranch. Hanny said, *‘Curse the ranches, I would not take the whole Panhandle of Texas if you would giveit to me.” To tell the truth, I felt the same way, for I had a wife, four young ones and a home 200 miles north, and I sometimes wished that I was home a little, when the bed felt hard at night and I could not sleep. We went twenty miles south next day, and struck broken ground; ten miles down a slope and we landed ou Moose Creek. It was a beauty—a valley a mile wide and about six miles long, with beautiful groves of big timber on both sides of the creek at intervals, with fine clear water and good grass. Oh, what a camp we made under a big cottonwood ona lawn as level as a billiard table, with a spring close behind the tent in a Jiitle hol- low; deadwood lying around wanting to be broke up for the fire; and the north wind that had followed us for many a day blowing harmlessly over our heads through the tops of the giant trees that sung all night like Molian harps, while the Texas owls—big fellows that looked as large as turkeys—sat around after dark and said who, who, who, There were deer tracks all over the bottom, and turkey tracks on the bank of the creek behind camp. I went down the creek a mile and found our Springfield hunters who.didn*t seem much pleased to see me, but didn’t say much, They had a fine camp; had arrived there two days before us and had a deer hung up, three turkeys and ducks till you couldn’t rest. Trout told me that the deer were all scared away, and that they were going to move next day, I told him that I had plenty of meat and should stay a week anyhow, deer or no deer, Hanny got up first next morning, and began getting breakfast. When he came back from the spring with the waterpail he told me that there were a flock of quail in front of the door. I jumped up and had pants and boots on in a minute, grabbed the 10-bore and stepped out bareheaded, The quail were just starting into some brush about 40yds. from the tent. I let go the right at them on the ground, and got one more as they rose; picked up an even dozen (there were about forty in the flock); and was back in the tent getting warm in about five minutes. After breakfast, when I went to drive up the horses to feed them, I heard a rifle crack twice about a mile up the creek, and shortly Trout came past and said he had killed adeer. Isaw he must have gone past our camp before day, and now I began to see why they wanted us to leave, We were camped between them and the best hunting ground. The boys all struck out after breakfast, Hanny withmy shotgun, which he tried to appropriate from that time. I took itaway from him occasionally, but he grumbled awful when I did. He said that I could shoot a rifle and he couldn't; that Thad better kill big game and let him kill the little birds. When the little birds are i6lb. turkeys, big fat mallard and spoonbill ducks, great flocks of quail and a few prairie chickens for a change, I kick. It is more fun to loaf along Moose Creek with a shot than to walk over slippery sandhills hunting deer for hours with a rifle. Price went east about four miles on foot to another creek called Carson Creek. Noah went off no one knows where, and I saddled a pony and tried to get the lay of the coun- try up and down the creek and around. I rode about forty miles that day and saw a few turkeys and two flocks of quail, but lots of deer tracks. Ifounda place two miles up the creek where deer bedded every night, and I could see Trout’s tracks where he had jumped them before he got near them eyery morning. That was what I was after, and I went to camp early. Hanny had a quail supper about ready, Price came in packing a big fawnonhis back. Hehad found a bunch of deer; afew had jumped up at 50yds. and he had killed it. Theshell stuck in his Sharps, and while he hammered and dug at it, a big buck got up and looked at him a while. Then several does got up from the tall grass, and all of them scooted, leaving Price fool- ing away with the empty shell, Then pretty soon itcame outeasily. Before Price had done talking about that buck one would have thought it must have been the biggest deer in Texas, When we sat dosyn to supper we had a treat, Hanny had skinned the quail, cleaned them out and boiled them 28 you would potatoes. Poor little fellows; they looked lonesome and shriveled, They tasted just the same as some boiled chips. I guess it was because I had acted so mean to them when I shot them on the ground. Noah came in while we were eating and looked sour. He did not kill a deer or antelope the whole trip, and he set out intending to make money hunting. He hunted faithfully every day. He could make as much noise going up a creek through the brush as a four-year-old steer, and I often came in at the head of the timber when I knew he was going to hunt up a creek,and would catch a deer sneaking out occasionally before Noah got within half a mile of it. Price asked Noah if he had seen any- thing. ‘‘Yes, I have seen lots of fresh tracks. What did you get, Hanny !” “I got a string of ducks, and got them all out of two little spring ponds down below Trout’s camp.’ After eating a lot of meat cooked by myself, and trying some of Hanny’s experiments he and I washed the dishes, and then the youngsters, Noah, Hanny and I, went down to Trout’s camp visiting, leaving Dad Price seated by the fire reading an old newspaper. The Trout party consisted of four—Trout, a man of about twenty-five, 6ft. tall and very slim; a Scotchman who was as tough as a mule, and who hunted all the time but didn’t kill much: a man named James who said he was Jesse James’s cousin, and who occasionally told us how desperate he was himself (he was, in fact, a mild-mannered, little old bald-headed, pop-eyed man of about forty-five); and a real nice young fellow of twenty-five whose name I forgot. They hunted so steady that they couldn’t help getting game, and Trout was a dandy in spite of the French horn and his long tongue, We played seven-up a while and then went home. Price was abed and grumbled when we came in, ‘You boys stayed out late.” I am forty, rather an old boy. We set the alarm for 4 o’clock and it seemed as if I hadn’t slept five minutes when the thing went off, and I crawled out and got breakfast, ate it and struck out up the creek well out on the hills. I was above Trout’s deer bed before a person could see through his sights, and lay down on the bank where [ could see all over the bottom. Just after it got light I caught glimpses of a man slipping through the groves away down the creek, and in a few minutes here came five whitetail deer, slipping along a long way ahead of him and looking back as cunning as a man, Nearer and nearer they came to me until they stood in full view about 100yds. away. They had got to decamp soon, for Trout was coming, and so I shot at the buck, aiming behind the shoulder, and broke his backbone, He was below me and my gun is sighted for 12byds. any- how. Two or three shots at the others did not hit any- thing, and I went down and was dressing my deer (a pretty fair buck) when Trout came up. He grinned and said he hated to play dog, but he guessed he had. We went on up the creek together. We saw nothing more and went back. Reached my camp by nine, ate another big breakfast and went to shooting at mark, Trout beat me out of $3 at a dollar a shot, and then gave me back the money and advised me to buy cartridges with it and practice before I shot against a man! He put all three shots into a 3in, ring at 100yds. off-hand, By some real nice talk I got Noah and Hanny to go up and get my deer, and I sneaked off down the creek with my shotgun and went to sleep in the sun near a nice ‘spring pond. I woke up at last very chilly and saw as beautiful a sight as it often falls to the lot of man to look at. A doe and two big fawns had drank at the fur- ther edge of the pond, and the fawns were playing around on a flat not over 150yds. distant like two little kids as they were. The old doe seemed to be watching their gambols proudly, A flock of mallards were quacking and eating at the spring not over 60yds. from me, The sun was going down, [I lay still and watched the deer, hardly daring to breathe, the air was so still, until finally I heard some one coming down the creek; the deer ran away into the sandhills as silently as shadows; I got up and*threw a stick at the ducks, and they flew with whistling wings in a circle and then wentatraight as arrows down Moore Creek for the Canadian. Pricecame up with his rifleand I met him in the dim trail that runs dows the creek. I told him about the deer and how I ; let the ducks go (for we had plenty of them in camp), and he said, ‘‘Il suppose I could get one of those deer if I followed them up, but I really left camp only for a (prans: let us go back.” So we went home to camp in a very contented frame of mind, Noah and Hanny were cooking supper when we got there; and after we had eaten Hanny and I played seven- up to see who should wash the dishes; he lost, but I com- promised and wiped them. After supper Trout’s gang dropped in, and said that they were going to start for home in the morning. They said that the game was too scarce and wild. They asked when we were going; and we looked at each other and laughed. ‘I dunno,” said Price, ‘‘it’s as Dick says.” I said, ‘‘If I only had my wife and young ones here, I don’t believe Id ever go back.” Hanny remarked cheerfully, “We are doin’ pretty well here;” and Trout sighed and said that he had a great mind to stay another week. So we played some seven-up and had some more supper at about 10 o’clock, The Trout gang went off to their camp by moonlight; and the owls said whoo! all around us as we went to sleep 200 miles from nowhere, When the Trouts passed our camp at daybreak next morning I sent a letter to my wife, to be put in the first post office they struck. I inclosed the tip of a turkey’s neck feather in it, also a lock of deer hair, and prom- ised to be home some time, I was a little homesick when Isaw them disappear; but there was only one twingeand it was gone. : Trout had said that there was a ranch near the mouth of the creek; and Hanny and I decided to go down and see if any one was there. So when breakfast was done we took the buggy and drove down. Found a good house and three men. It was the D. B. L. ranch, I asked the foreman what D, B, L, meant. He said that formerly it meant Damn Big Luck, but that for the last three years he had concluded it stood for Damn Bad Luck. with hunters who kill cattle or set fire to timber or prairie carelessly, They said that they had heard us shoot, and knew we were camped up the creek. I promised to be careful about tire; and wedrove on down to the Canadian River, and forded it with the buggy to try it. It was shallow, but with a very soft bottom of quicksand. So we forded back and went to camp. : Price came in with a deer on his mule at sunset, and we decided to cross the river the next day and go on to Bear Creek, which the D. B. L. foreman had told us about, He said there were lots of turkeys over there. We started early the next morning and forded the river, after storing some of our supplies and most of our meat at the D, B. L, ranch. The ford was better than when I crossed the day be- fore, and we soon pulled up the bed of Bear Creek—sand six inches deep and no water for seven miles; and then I found a spring in a side cafion, made camp and Hanny and I hunted for a turkey roost for several miles up the creek by moonlight, Didn’t find anything. Next day hunted all day. I saw three deer tracks and a little turkey sign. When I came in I saw wherea panther had followed Hanny and me around the nicht before. He must have been quite close tous. His tracks were 4in. in diameter. Noah said that night that we had better go back across the river, for the water might get up and then we couldn’t get back, Hanny meowed like a cat, and Price grinned a little; but we went back. We got our meat and corn and went on to Carson Creek, where Price had had the fisht with his shell in the gun and had killed the fawn. He had talked every day about that big buck and I wanted a crack at it badly. We camped near the ereek on a little sandy bank of grass, sheltered by a big sand bill, The grass was full of sand burrs and we sat on them some for the next two days. Hanny found a flock of quail before we got the tent up, and was off after them with my shotgun. He came back to supper with about twenty quail and twelve prairie chickens, mostly killed sitting; but they were fat and tasted as good as if they had been killed over a dog on the wing. I remarked just for fun that I thought that I should use the shotgun next day and Hanny fairly begged, ‘‘Now, Dick, you know I can’t shoot a rifle and I want to try to killa deer with buckshot.” Imade him promise to get up and build fire in the morning every time it was my turn and then told him that I was only joking about the gun. I asked Price the lay of the creek and he said that he thought that the best hunting was up the bottom through the timber: so we all went out at daylight after a good breakfast. The creek had about a mile of scattering scrubby timber on one side of it in the bottom, interspersed with a little brush. We went up the creek abreast with Noah where he would make the least noise, but IT know I could have heard him half a mile if I had been listening. There were several deer ahead of us, but they got out before we got a shot; I saw one running like a ghost and tried to get a sight for a running shot, but he was gone too quick, There was some more timber up the creek, but Price decided to go over where he killed his fawn the time before; and Noah followed him, to my relief, and Hanny and I went up the creek, Wesoon came to good deer ground—more brush, low trees, little corners, where there were hollows setting back forty yards or so from the creek, full of brush, I was standing on a little ridge that ran down to the edge of the creek (which was 100yds. wide here and with no water but just a sand bed), where Hanny, who was bunt- ing on the head of the hollow behind me, shot off both barrels of the shotgun, and a fine buck ran out of the brush a little aboye me, Isighted about five inches ahead of his breast as he trotted across the sand, and at the crack of the rifle he came down, just as he gained the grass on the otherside, ‘‘Did you hit him?” yelled Hanny, who could see me but not the deer. ‘‘Yes.” “I don’t believe it. I killed mine though,” said he, ‘Go quick and bleed it and then come to me,” I said; and I stood with my gun cocked so that if my deer got up I could knock bim down again, till Hanny came up with his hands bloody, and then we walked cautiously up to mine. He was a good five-prong buck, and stone dead, shot through the heart at 125 paces. AsI looked at him I felt good, ‘That’s better than hitting a four-inch ring at 100yds.,” said Hanny; and I, well, I just loved myself, We hung him ina tree and then went to Hanny’s doe. He had hit her all over with buckshot, but he had her, and Hanny smiled unutterable contentment after we had her hung up. We went to camp, got the buggy, and re- turned for the deer. Coming back with the deer, we saw a big flock of mallards on a spring pond, and Hanny shot three at two shots. They were in the middle of the pond and I encouraged Hanny until he stripped off everything but his little short undershirt and waded in after them. It was awfully cold water with someiceinit, There was a tree lying with its butt on the bank and the trunk under water. He walked out on that till the water came above his knees, then his feet slipped off the log and he went in up to his waist. Oh, how he yelled, but I howled, ‘‘Go on! go on! they are only ten feet further;” and he went for them reluctantly, but got them. When he came out IT rubbed him down till he was asred asa lobster all over, and then he put on his clothes and ran to camp on foot behind the buggy. I produced the whisky: he took a big drink and the wetting didn’t hurt him a bit. We hung the deer in front of the tent on a tree before Price and Noah got in, and got a late dinner or an early supper of fried liver and bacon, fried potatoes and fried onions. The coffee was strong, and when the other boys got in we had a second instalment ready for them. They had seen two bunches of deer, but had not killed a thing; and old man Price actually almost cried when he told how his rifle snapped twice when he had a dead aim, It was tough. Noah’s feelings were alnrost too deep for utterance, and I will not repeat his remarks, Hanny went down the creek after dinner, and came back at sundown with several ducks and a sora rail. He said that there was a swamp full of rail a mile down the creek. After dark we had a little supper, and soon after, while we were smoking, and it was pitch dark (for the moon had not risen), we heard a coarse meaw, meaw, down near the trees in the bottom, not over 10Uyds. from camp. The horses and mules were picketed between us and the trees, I grabbed the shotgun, loaded with buck- shot, the rest their rifles, and stepped out of the tent. The thing kept yowling, and I told Hanny to get the lantern and come down and get the horses and mules up thi They seemed a little stiff at first; but finally thawed out | to camp, for any minute I expected it would ‘hati one . 1¢ shotgun, and proved ni¢e fellows, They occasionally haye trouble | of them and kijl it. I said, r T will carry <_) ROWNVILLE! Brownville!’ The train came to a standstill before the little railroad station Down Hast, in the State of Maine—the El Dorado of Hastern sportsmen. All was hurry and bustle, as passengers with bundles alighted from and entered the train, the hearty and. cordial greeting of reunited friends on the one hand making strange contrast with the tearful, tender good- byes and sad farewells on the other. So if ever is, ex- tremes meet, but the pilgrims from the old Bay State have no time to indulge sentiment as the morning is well advanced and they are many miles from their des- tination. L. M, Gerrish, our head guide and chej, is on hand to receive us; and quickly changing our habiliments of ciy- ilization for those of the woods at the littlecountry hotel, where all superfluities areleft until our return, our party, consisting of Harry 8, Seely, wife and little boy; Nat, the writer and his wife and three guides, together with generous supplies for the inner man and necessary camp duffle, are on their way with two teams to Schoodic Lake, some six miles distant. There we board a rowboat and acanoe. 4Z, B. Knight, the stalwart yeteran boatman, whose residence is near the lake shore, had been engaged to row the party to the upper end of the lake, and right well did he perform the task, rowing the eight miles in something less than two hours. When we pushed off from the shore we left civ- ilization behind, but what a panorama opens out before us on every hand! Bold headlands jutting out into the lake covered with rainbow-tinted foliage, white birches like belated ghosts in broad contrast with the sombre pines, whose extended branches seemed like outstretched arms as if to give us welcome: hilltop and mountain vie- ing with hilltop and mountain until in the dim distance their outlines look like steel engravings, suggesting such “A pomp of scene, The noblest sure that nature in her play Of power e’er shaped.” An element of danger is the enormous rocky cliffs and boulders whose dangerous heads lie concealed beneath the surface of the water, We came very near to paying sad tribute to their presence by the bow of our heavily laden boat running upon one, which, but for the presence of mind and skill of our boatman, might have resulted in serious consequences, ‘Keep still! don’t move an inch!” were his words of caution as he put forth his best effort to keep the boat from drifting around with the wind and capsizing. But the stiff breeze and heavy freight were too much for his strength: and the writer who was sitting in the bow cautiously stepped out upon the boulder, and lift and push, the craft was afloat again. A sharp look- out thereafter prevented a repetition of the thrilling ex- perience. Landing was made soon after midday, a hearty lunch partaken of, and the procession moved onward on its march of a dozen miles along an old tote road, through an unbroken wilderness—a journey we were informed that no lady had ever undertaken before. A staunch team had been provided over which Steve Thomas, a backwoods character if not a genius, held the reins. Words would make but a poor showing, were they used as they best might be, in an attempt to give an ade- quate description of the voyage, for certainly the vehicle in its ups and downs over stump and boulder, over hillock and slough and rickety corduroy, more nearly resembled a craft on a turbulent-and tempest-tossed ocean than any organization on wheels on terra firma. But our jebu was a character; and in addition to his exceeding care in the management of his team, his keen wit, droll humor and skillful repartee kept the ladies in a roar of laughter, which, combined with the novelty of the experience, ren- dered this not among the least enjoyable features of the trip, On going through an unusually bad piece of road, if there was any that would justify such characterization, one of the horses cast a shoe, which was lost in the mire; but the backwoodsman let no such small things disturb his equanimity. The horse liberated from his fellow, the utility box is brought out, and before the lapse of many minutes another shoe has replaced the lost one. The afternoon rapidly wears away, and the lengthened shadows warn us that we cannot reach our destination that night, and hurry along as best we may in the gloam- ing we do not reach ‘‘Hbeme Lodge,” a log camp by the wayside, until “Night had let its curtain down And pinned it with a star.” Here we camped for the night, and after the fatigue of the day we have no inclination to prolong the evening hour, but are soon lost in refreshing sleep. We had not the forethought to propitiate the weather clerk before retiring, and so awoke in the morning only to fiud our- selves in a dreary, dismal downpour of rain, that prom- ised a bar to further progress that day. Our party was made up of those with whom, when on an outing in the woods, ‘‘everything goes;” and hence no grumbling or fault-finding was openly indulged in, whatever might have been the inner sentiments, Toward midday the rain ceased falling, and loading the ladies and dunnage upon a jumper, as a wagon could go no further, we take our leave of the friendly roof that had furnished us such welcome shelter. The skill and care of the reinsman at all times, and the strength of two guides were many times, called in requisition to keep the craft from capsizing, as it rolled, pitched and tumbled about over knoll and crag; but everything went well until one runner became so firmly wedged in between three boulders that snap went the great cable to which the team was attached, and yet not a part of the jumper broke or gave way, so well was it constructed of green hornbeam, and there was not an iron bolt or brace in the structure. Hastily cutting a sapling for a lever and pry- ing up the runner, the draw chain meanwhile being toggled, we are again on our way with but a few minutes delay. Wereach camp in the early evening and find everything neat and tidy, dispose of a generous supper and are soon lost in pleasant dreams on our beds of fra- grant spruce and hemlock, while a roaring camp-fire blazes high without, The fatigues of the previous days contributed to a lengthy morning nap, and we were aroused from our slumbers by the presence of strangersin camp. Turning out and making a hasty toilet, we find the genial Dr, George F, Emerson, of Boston, and guide, in waiting to tender the compliments of thei: camp on the Middle Jo Mary, some six miles distant, where some half dozen professional and business men for many years have fol- lowed Thoreau’s example and made their camp on ifs | With kindly forethought, knowing ° romantic shores. that we would be fatigued after the journey, they brought with them numbers of beautiful trout, that our feasting and enjoyment of life in the woods might begin with the first morning. Courtesies that were highly enjoyed by us were frequently exchanged between the camps, and the writer indulges the hope that he may again grasp the friendly hands and share the boundless hospitality of the jolly campers on the Little Jo Mary. Going down to the water’s edge, we find an oblong lake some four by five miles in extent, surrounded by dense forest growth, with tier upon tier of mountains in the distance, now looming up in the morning sunshine with the summit of Kathadin in the background some twenty ee away. As we look out upon the scene we realize that— ‘*High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture.” What a quiet, restful scene! How we expand our lungs and drink in the health-giving ozone! There in the cove yonder are a mother doe and her full-grown young disporting himself in the water, here within a few rods saunter about a black duck and her brood of duck- lings as proud and unconcerned as if no enemy were near, there a break in the water as some monster trout completes his morning meal, Our reverie is disturbed by the advent of a canoe and a cheery voice sings out: ‘‘Get aboard, and let us at them.” We are soon enjoying the pleasures of the sport, and pro- vide an ample supply for the larder, returning to the band all that could not be used, as it is our rule never to waste. The declining sun found us at the water’s edge in won- derment at the play of colors in cloud and on mountain top. Streamers of green and gold shot up to the zenith until it seemed as if the dome of heaven was decorated by angel hands, and the mountain tops were clothed in a living, brilliant purple that shaded into darkness with the setting sun. The day ended, we gather around the camp- fire, with trees hoary with age for companions all around us, “oTis eve, bis night; a holy quiet broods O’er the mute world; winds, waters are at peace; The beasts lie couched amid unstirring woods, The fishes slumber in the sounds and seas, No twittring bird sings farewell from the trees.” The evening wind sings a crescendo through the sur- rounding forest, and swings its censer of incense breath- ing balsam and pine; and we drop off in blissful, restful slumber until again “The vapors round the mountains curled Melt into morn and light awakes the world.” And so go days and weeks; and who shall say that we did not regret when the hour of parting came? Bub stern duty calls, and as if from a gentle reverie aroused we re- turn to the treadmill of every day life, looking forward in fond anticipation to the time when we will again make our camp on the Little JoMary. Gro, McALEER, WORCESTER, Mass. BLACK BASS IN WHITE OAK. HITE OAK CREEK is a beautiful stream of water, elear and cold, Itis fed by many fine springs: ib is very rocky, and in places narrow and swift, thus open- ing out into deep, dark pools, the ideal hiding for the wary bass. White Oak rises in Dickson county, Tenn., runs through Houston county and flows into the Tennessee River. Tt has long been noted for its fine game fish, I don’t believe we have a better fishing stream in this State; fish ranging from 1 to 74 lbs. are caught, and they are good fighters, too. White Oak is reached by the L. & N. R.R., Memphis Division. Stewart Station is the place to get off, then overland four or five miles puts you at White Oak. Teams at Stewart's can be had at reasonable rates. White Oak, like a great many of our fine streams, will in a short time be depleted. if it is not protected, Only a few days ago I heard that some parties had heen killing great quantities of fish, of all kinds and sizes, by liming the deep holes; they would throw a quantity of un- slacked lime in the water, and it would soon kill every fish in the hole. They secured all they wanted, and hundreds of dead fish Hoated down the stream, causing a sickening, disgusting sight. I think the parties are known, and will be made an example of. I thought I had heard of all the illegal ways of killing fish, but the lime was a new one to us. Taking fish with hook and line is the only legal way in this State, What we need is the enforcement of the law. With seines, nets, traps, gigs,poison and dynamite, in the hands of men who respect neither the laws of God nor man, it is a wonder that our streams have any fish atall, Give the fish a chance, and there will be plenty of sport for all sportsmen. B. A MORNING ON THE CASCAPEDIA, ] MUST tell you about my luckthis year on the Cascape- dia. The same as the rest of the anglers, [found the salmon fishing very poor; only killed two fish in the 10 days fishing. But I celebrated the Fourth of July morning in great shape. Had my wife in the boat with me and she was as much excited as Iwas. I found a spot where I had taken a great many large trout, several weighing from 2 to dlbs., and had a rise, the fish not showing him- self, and could not make out what I was fast to. After a long struggle I succeeded in landing two trout, one weighing 3} and the other 4lbs.—74lbs. at one cast. never heard of this being equalled; that is, two fish as large as these at the same time. Went back and in a little while had a grand fellow; came clear out of water for the fly and after a fight of nearly half an hour 1 landed him, a trout that weighed 541bs, plump. He made the greatest fight of any fish that I ever had hold of, not excepting asalmon. I had 50yds. of line on my reel and he took if all out twice; would come at full speed and jump out of the water higher than your head and start off again in the instant he would strike the water. My guides thought I had a grilse but I knew better. Myarm ached when I got through and my little rod was sorely taxed, I can assure you. I got 36 trout thab morning. This was the last fish I had, for afterward it rained very hard and the water became so discolored that the remain~- ing few days of my stay there was no fishing. ; W. B. MERSHON. Care Cop Notrs.—Scup and sea bass made their ap- pearance at Woods Hell in large numbers Sept. 1. A party of four caught 50 scup and 22 sea bass in about two hours, using cut menhaden for bait. On the following day three lines took 125 fish, chiefly scup, with soft clam (Mya arenaria). On Sept, 2 Will Goffin caught a blue- fish weighing 74lbs., and on the third the largest of the season, a beautiful 11-pound fish, was taken on a trailing line with menhaden bait. Several smaller ones were captured in the ‘thole’ on the 4th, The first Spanish mackerel seen here by us during the summer came in from Buzzard’s Bay Sept. 3; the largest weighed about 641bs.—all of the half dozen were prime and beautiful fish. A young dolphin (Coryphena hippurws) strayed into one of the pools at the Fish Commission laboratory, and was captured alive after a long chase. It swam at the surface, frequently darting under the shelter of a patch of floating sea weed, and eluded all efforts until a long seine was set around it. The fishis now living in one of the aquaria and has begun to take food. This is the famous dolphin whose changes of color in dying have — excited theimagination and stimulated the word painting of the poets, A blue-striped trigger fish (Balistes vetula), like the one described and figured in FOREST AND STREAM of Jan, 29, 1891, was received from Buzzard’s Bay on Sept. 3asa present from Capt. 1. Spindel. This is ex- tremely rare in the locality and attracted a great deal of notice. It was found to contain the remains of spider crabs.—T. H, B. (Woods Holl, Mass., Sept. 7). A Bic BRULEE BRook TRouT.—Hast Saginaw, Mich., Sept, 12.—A brook trout weighing 43lbs. was sent to me the other day, caught by a fellow townsman, C. W. Wells, fishing on the Brule River near Duluth.—W, B. M. BLUEFISHING off Fire Island Inlet is now in full swing with the fall run of big fish. Some large strings haye been taken. Boats go out from Babylon and Islip. There is no fishing in Great South Bay. Sishculiurs. MYSTERIOUS STOCKING.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Except the ‘big catch of suckers nofed in my last, I have heard of little fishing of any kind about here. I haye a pond, fed by a spring, made three years ago and never stocked with any fish so faras we knew, We were therefore much sur- prised when some children recently madea large cateh of small perch from this pond. ‘‘Where got the apple in?” [Zhe fish may have been placed in the pond by some one unknown to the owner, or the eggs, which are adhesive, might have been carried on the legs of wading birds. Wish are often transported long distances by wind storms and conveyed by underground water courses, Birds sometimes drop living fish into bodies of water. | Che Kennel. FIXTURES. DOG SHOWS. Sept. 14 to 1s.—Toronto Industrial Hxhibition Association Third International Dog Show, at Toronto. C. A, Stone, Sec’y and Supt. Sept, 22 to 25.—Imaugural International Dog Show of the Mon- treal Exposition Company, at Montreal, Canada. Entries close Sent. 8 J. S Robertson, Secretary. Sept. 23 to 26.—Imaugural Show of the Blue Grass Kennel Club, at Lexington, Ky. Rogers Williams, Secy, | Sept, 29 70 Oct. 1.—Third Annual Dog Show, in connection with the Central Canada Pair, at Ottawa, Ont, Alfred Geddes, Supt. Dee. 4 to 8.—Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, I). Dec. 10 to 14,—Inangural Dog Show of the f'reeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, Ill. T. HK, Taylor. Sec’y. Dee, 30 to Jan. 2.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk Valley Poulfry and Kennel Chib, at Gloversville, N.Y. EF. B. Zimmer, Sec’y. ree Jan. 5to9.—Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Poultry ape Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S. GC. Benj. McInness, Sea’y. Jan. 13 to 16.—Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Kennel Association, at Columbia,$.C, F. F. Capers, Secretary, Greenville, S. C. ‘ Feb. 9 to 12.— fourth Annual Dog Showy of the Mascoutah Ken- nel Club, at Chicago, 1. Jobn Ll, Lincoln, Jr., Sec’y. Feb. 28 to 26.—Sixteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, at New York. James Mortimer, Supt. March 1 to 4.—Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, Pa, E.S. Brown, See’v. Mareh 15 to 18—Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne Kennel Glnb, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W.H, Littell, Sec’y. April to 10.—Seventh Annual Dog Show of the New England Kennel Club, at Boston. Mass. H. H, Moore, Sec’y. April 20 to 23.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Southern Cali- fornia Kennel Clnb, at los Angeles, Cal. O, A. Sumner, Sec’y. May 4 to 7.—Annual Doz Show of the California Kennel Club, at San Francisco, Cal. H. L. Miller, See’y. FIELD TRIALS. Nov. 2.—Inaugural Trials of the United States Wield Trial Club, at Bicknell, nd. P. 'T. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. Nov, 10.—Second Annual Trials of the International Wield Trial Club. af Chatham, Ont. W. B. Wells, Sec’y. Noy. 16.—Eastern Field Trials Club's Thirteenth Annual Trials, at High Point, N. C. Members’ Stake Noy. 12, W. A. Coster, Serretary. Noy. 28:—Irish Setter Club’s Field Trials, at High Point, N. C. G. G. Davis, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. — ; Nov, 23,—Gordon Setter Olub’s Field Trials. at High Point, N. . L. A. Van Zandt, Secretary, Yonkers, N. Y. Nov. 23,—Second Annual Trials of the National Beagle Club, at Nanuet, Rockland county, N. ¥, FP. W. Chapman, Sec’y. | Nay. 30,_Central Field Trial Club’s Third Annual Trials, at Lexington, N,C. C. H. Odell, See’y, 44 and 46 Wall street, New York city. 2 : Dec. 14,—Philadelphia Kennel Club's Field Trials. Charles HE. Connell, Secretary. 1892. ; Jan, 10,—Second Annnal Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Club, at San Antonio, Texas. G. A. Chabot, Sec’y. Amateurs only, Jan, 18.—Trials of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersfield, Cal. J. M. Nilgarif, Sec’y. . . ' — -.—Pourth Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials Club, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Sec’y. HAMILTON DOG SHOW. Es inaugural show of this enterprising kennel club which, during the past year, has shown itself well in the lead as far as an endeavor to promote the interests of dog breeding in Hamilton is concerned, was brought toa successful close last Friday. ‘The entries were of excellent quality and numbered 308, which, considering puppies were barred out, brings it on the level of a 400 dog exhibition. The first thing that struck one when entering the Thistle — Rink, where the show was held, was the excellent arrange- ment of the benching and two rings. Everything seemed to have been provided for, even to stretching wires ove - — => | 7 ——= Supr, 17, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 169 each row of benching and therefrom hanging large cards with the name of the breed under it and the numbers the class included. The arrangements for the judging were first-class, tables proyided, messenger boys in each ring to take the awards to the committee room as soon as made, blackboards, and what was most appreciated by the specta- tors, each handler was compelled to wear conspicuously a neat card giving the number of the dog he was showing, and in no instance was this allowed to relapse throughout the judging. Committee rooms were provided and an ex- cellent room was set apart for the exhibitors, to which only admission was had by badge, with which each exhibitor was provided, A side entrance was also set apart for their benefit. Im fact there seemed to be no detail that escaped the watchful eye and executive ability of the president and superintendent, Mr. A. D. Stewart. There was no ruuning away after the first day, as is often the case, all the officials staying to the end, and ever willing and anxious todoa courteous action. Naturally exhibitors and visitors were loud in praise, forit was certainly the best managed dog show I eversaw. Spratts’ newly galvanized and painted benching was used, so all was sweet and clean, and with Messrs. Ehrmann and Murphy looking after things every- thing went well. The only alteration 1 could recommend would bein having one book for each judge with his classes written in in rotation, instead of a Separate book for each class. While this plan caused no delay, still the book is handier, and not so liable to he lost. The exercising ar- Tangements outside the building were also much appreci- ated, and it is sate to say, should the Hamilton Kennel Club hold another show, they will get a bumping entry, and they deserve it, Judging commenced at 2 P. M. on Tuesday, and it was well into the afternoon on Wednesday before it was finished, specials and local prizes taking up a good deal of time. With these few words I may as well pass on toa review of the awards. MASTIFFS—(H, W, LACY), The mastifis present, although small in numbers, showed on the ayerage superlative quality. Im the challenge class for instance,t{one seldom sees such a trio as Ilford Chancel- lor, Caution’s Own Daughter and Lady Coleus, and they were. placed in the order named, for in spite of C.0.D.’s superb quality and beautiful head there is hardly enough of the latter, her skull not filling out as it might do. Lady Coleus still had that unsightly sore on her back, although otherwise in excellent condition, The open class was a mixed one and quality and truer type was responsible for the award, Miss Caution getting the verdict over the good headed Mode, who here showed his forelegs just about as bad as he well could, turning them in and out to great dis- advantage. Miss Caution bas made excellent improvement since the spring, andis quite a good mastiff, Minting Minor, described last week at Kingston, came next to Mode again and the former in turn beats Grimsby Caution, vhe., in head, chest and loin, Ilferd Bess, taking he,, loses in muzzle, bone and hody, and is very lightin eye. Czosar, c., has a good body to recommend him, One or two local dogs were sent out for lack of type. ST, BERNARDS—(MISS ANNA H, WHITNSY). We tully exnected to find larger classes in this breed, but somehow St. Bernards are not making the progress they should doin Canada and the principal kennels in the States, as usual, do not patronize the fall shows. In the challenge class for both types champion Hector had a bloodless vic- tory; he is improving in condition all the time and is still a young old dog, and Mr. Peters must be congratulated on his purchase. Itis a peculiar coincidence that he should again be owned by a kennel named the Hospice. In the open division tor dogs of both types Kingston Regent, put- ting on flesh rapidly, smothered his competitors in type, head, bone etc., though Othello, barring head, is a good second; a nicely-formed dog with one of the best fronts I ever saw, and though his head is well marked there is not enough of it, he was also shown too fat. The long-headed Caspar made a fait third; this dog has not improved with age, although still a good-bodied, active, well-formed dog, though his long, plain head will always be against him in close company; he was removed from the show after the first day, forfeiting prize money, etc. Don Phyllis, reserve, is straight behind, has enormous bone and is well fronted, head long and no depth about it, but nicely marked. Beu- more, Jz., and Bruno Il. were he. BrunoTl. is a nice big dog, wrong in color, almost a cream, no shadings and loses in depth of muzzle, poor expression. Benmore, Jr., has a front too much like a fox terrier, not foot enough, his head is small and a bit long, and coat could also be improved. In bitches the order was the same as at Kingston, Republi- can Belle just beating Zenith, as stated last week. Glenisla does not come up to either in head, ears or forelegs. Nun Nicer, as stated, was out of coat and was rightly placed. Mary Jones, vhe., has a small, snipy head, feet turn out a bit, her body, however, is a redeeming feature, GREAT DANES—(W. H. LAGY). Quite a fair lot of dogs, and should have been judged by Miss Whitney, but by mistake were broughtinto Mr. Lacy’s ting and judged before the coniretemps was discovered. Miss Whitney looked them oyer afterward in her own ring, and without knowing how they had been placed, put them in the same order, Fawn was brought into the challenge class and awarded first, but it was afterward found she was not entitled to challenge honors and was disqualified: she should have been transterred. She has faulty quarters and does not move freely. In open class Brutus had some diffi- culty in scoring; he beats the second winner in head, that is, muzzle, but Minerva Fawn’s well turnred body and excellent legs and feet cannot be overlooked, and under Ben Lewis’s skillful manipulation she was quite a gallery favorite. Pascha II., third, has a nice head, but his feet turn out and heis straight behind. Gelert, yhe.,is faulty in loin, too flat, and isnot up to the mark infront Ultima Playia, c., is faulty in front and too throaty. We are glad to see the old Wolverine Kennel and Dr. Nicolai to the front again, this gentleman having imported several from the Fatherland. Newfoundlands had one entry, a nice-coated dog, but too light m body, long headed but heavily boned; second was all he deserved aud received. GREY HOUNDS—(H, W. LAGY), A splendid showing. Gem of the Season and Maud Tor- rington meeting again, Gem beating in ribs, loin and quar- ters. Maud not looking so well as when we saw her in the summer. The open doz class was a hot.one, Mr. Purbeck’s new dogs making their début, and it is little more than a toss up between Ornatus, first, and Pious Pembroke, the former just beating in head, better in stop and muzzle, neck cleaner and better placed, a little better in loin and front feet especially, Pious in turn beating Ranger, who does not show so much quality in neck, legs and feet, back and action, Prince was outelassed aud could not be commended in such company. In bitches there was also something nice, Bestwood Daisy beating her kennel companion, Lily of Gainsboro, in head, ribs, loin, quarters.and let down of stifie; in front they are about equal. Grimsby Jess was compli- mented with c.; too light throughout. An excellent show- ing, and Mr. Purbeck has a team he can well be proud of. FOXHOUNDS—(H. W, LACY), Two entries and neither up to form, WPirst was withheld, and second and third giyen to Stormer and Ranger, the former being better in legs, feet and head, but loses to the other in coat and body. ‘BEAGLES—(H. W. LAQY). Another fins showing, Racer, Jr,, upholding the breed in the challenge class. In open dogs, Roy K., improving a bit, beats True Boy in head, shoulders and body, True Boy GEES cloddy and snipy-headed, Banjo, third, is too coarse ant big. The others in the class were too big and coarse to re- eeiye recognition, Im bitches a nice new ove turned up in Juno, a bitch of good type, cobbily built, and with a well- shaped head: hardly straight enough in front, but a nice mover and carries her brush to perfection; Hmmeline, second, losing in head, bone and depth of body, and shein turn beats Dainty, third, in head and moyement, though the lat- ter is better in front. Fanny K., reserve, stood out in front this time, and is too long cast. A class was made for har- riers, but none turned up. POINTERS—(H. W. LACY). The challenge class was nicely filled with Pommery See, Fan N. and Bell Randolph, which were placed in that order as [thought Pommery beats Fan N, in loin and quarters. It is a tight squeeze, however, and their movement in the ring decided the point, as Fan hardly did herself justice. T have frequently spoken well of her. Belle is too loaded in shoulders, fat and was in whelp, She is well known. In open dogs, seeing them together in the ring, Ll put Ossining over Tempest, Ossining winning in shoulders, forelegs and hind, and his action in thering was better. In bitches Lady Graphic just managed to get the verdict over Phantom, beating her in style and body, head and front equal. Al- though the entries were few in this breed, they were all dogs of well-known merit. : ENGLISH SETTERS—(H, W, LAGY), A splendid showing, no less than twenty-four being benched. The writer may as well say a word about. these classes. While having a general idea and a knowledve of what is accepted as a proper type, or what used to be, he did not feel altogether competent to judge a hot class, knowing the keen rivalry in these breeds, and therefore endeavored to have them assigned to some one elsein whom the breeders might haye more confidence, but as the management-wrote him that the exhibitors had expressed themselves satisfied, and this the entry bears out, the writer was persuaded to accept the thankless task, and if any mistakes were made it was not from lack of conscientious endeavor to be consistent, With this little explanation I will return to the dogs. Cambriana, well known, was alone in challenge class. The open dog class crowded up the ring and was a particu- larly difficult one to judge, for while there was nothing of superlative merit there were several yery good servicable- looking dogs, and condition played a prominent part in dividing the position of several, especially the new Mnglish dogs, so that when they have gained their true form no doubt they will be placed higher, HWdgemark’s superior condition, head and quality soon madeit apparent heshould win, bis strong back and loin also being noticeable over the second, Romney, a new one bred by Mr. Wells, who is a bit hetter in front than the winner and equally as good in head; Viscount, third, is a well-made dog, faulty in quarters, head a bittoo narrow and long, good bone and front, is out of Shape but will do better. Tony Gladstone, reserve, was well up, 1s not so good in head and wasalso wanting in condition. Matane, vhe., loses in head, not stop enough, and was hardly good enough in front; Benzine was also yhe. All these dogs are pretty nearly one as good as the other, but a difference must be made and one little point was apt to turn the scale. Oscar, he,, loses in shoulder and neck; Jack is too coarse, but well formed. Sir Edward, c., was described at Kingston, and Mount Royal Birch got all he deserved with one letter. The bitch class was another keen competition, the new bitch Victress Lewellin, by her better size, roomy body, heavier bone and better bead, was placed over Albert’s Nellie, who though well formed, was out of coat and is too small, and might have changed places with Nia, another new one, who loses in head and showed very narrow in front im the ring, and perhaps had her owner handled her she would have been higher up, she is a fairly good bitch and nothing more and needs conditioning. Norah III. is a bit short in neck and throaty, boasts a nice head. Dinah,c., is short and thick in neck, nice head and forelegs, but hardly has liberty enough in action, here were several others given he, who well deserved their cards. IRISH SHTTERS—(H. W. LAGY), Here the competition was by no means so keen. In dogs Seminole’s superior body, legs and color placed him nicely oyer Glen Jarvis, who is going off his head, is of good type, however, he is too leggy and carries a bad tail. Eleo is too much on the English setter type, nice colorand well formed. Other. dogs in_ this class were sent out for coarseness, lack of type, etc. In bitches a nicely made one turned up in Goldsmith Maid, winner of third at New York, she beats Belle, second, in head, front, ribs and color. Aurore we spoke of at Kingston; she is hardly up to form, though when we saw them better than Rose Palmerston, vhe. This was a poor class, BLACK AND TAN SETTERS—(H, W. LACY). With Ivanhoe, Leo B,, Duchess of Waverly to show up in the challenge class, competition was keen, Ivanhoe’s supe- rior head and tan getting him the verdict, Becky Sharp was absent, In open dogs first was withheld and second given to a weedy animal, light in tan, not square nor deep enough in muzzle. Victor was lucky to get c. The only one in the bitch class deserving recognition was Lady Wayerly, who won, and the others were sent out. A poor showing for Canada. SPANIELS—(J, F. KIRK). As might be expected, spaniel men turned out in force, and the show was as good as can be brought together in the Dominion, and when we know what that means Mr, Kirk must be pleased with his reception. Some of the classes in the cocker division must have tried him pretty hard, and it is no sinecure judging spaniels here, there is so much keen rivalry between the different kennels, the owners of which are all personally well known to the judge. There was only one Irish water spaniel, and he not much good either, as he was only given second, first withheld, faulty in head, coat and front, ‘‘Olumpber’’ had his kennel of that breed, but we must say he was ill-advised in showing Boss III..and Bro- niine in their present condition, these dogs attract so much attention from the public that they ought to be as usual in splendid shape. Mr. Mercer’s illness no doubt is the cause ofthe slip, Lady Bromine beat Boss III, as usual, and Johnny, Jr., had the dog class to himself, and so had Lady Joan; these two were in nice shape, and they are all so well | known itis needless to say more of them. Field spaniels did not fill well. In the absence of Saybrook Dolly cham- pion Bridford Gladys had the challenge class to herself: she was in fair shape. In open dogs Samson was picked out for the winner, beating Brantford Mohawk in head; Toby, third, entered by the unknown exhibitor, is a good stauip of leggy, working spaniels. The challenge class in cocker dogs was ared hot one, and were correctly placed. Black Duke improves, though coatis wavy and he is a bit too full in eye: little fault can be found with Red Jacket, he is well Known, and so is King of Obos, third, who loses in muzzle and front. Champion Rabbi had to be content with vhe., a novel experience. Old Miss Obo IL., showing gray nowa- days, and rough in coat, took her usual position at the head of affairs again, though she was out of coat and looked tucked up in loin; Bessie W., second, is beaten in skull, muzzle and ears. Open black dogs hail a good one in Black Dufferin, who won in cpen and novice at New York, a greatly improved dog, excellent head, front and body, he is well ahead of the well-know Oban, who was wrongly placed over Ohadiah, we bave described these both before, his nicely made body. Brock, bc, is a bit large, weak in pasterns, and long-faced. King Raven, ¢., is a bit too much on the legs and of field spaniel type. In the ladies division there was no gainsaying I Say’s quality, despite her lack of coat, Another nice one came second. Flirt, a new face, is only beaten in head, muzzlefaulty. Third went to Jeal- ousy, a bitlarge and not clean enough round the head; too miich hair oo skull. Topsy, reserye, is a bit blunt in muz- zle and skull too round, is also a trifle out in front. Another Topsy, owned by Mr, Searles, won vhe,, but is too wide in front and too high in skull. Clio II, also yhe., is not Straight enough in front, faulty in muzzle and hardly ribbed up enough, otherwise all right. Lady Aberdeen, he., is out at elbow. Cora is a bit high in skull, but her other good points entitled her to another letter. Woodland Susie, also in the same division, is faulty in quarters, muzzle and forelegs, nice body. This, as may be surmised, was an ex- cellent class, and took some time for decision. In other-than black dogs, Bambo, on the improve, won, and Brantford Red Man, a bit broad in skull and hardly true in front, scored second. Garry, c.,is abit ontheleg. In bitches, Red Rid- ing Hood, plain in muzzle and a little long cast, won with very little to spare over Gipsey Queen, which stands a little wide and is faulty in expression, otherwise a nice one. Lany of Learning, pushing up close, was third. Brantford Dolly Varden. vic., is a bit leggy, and muzzle conld be improved. Little Red Riding Hood isa trifle bowed. Blushing Rose, bad in disposition, would perhaps have been better placed could any one get near her, COLLIES—(H. W. LACY). The collie classes had a fairly good entry, some good Canadian dogs being on hand. In challenge class Roslyn Dandy, in Metchley Surprise’s faulty condition, won nicely, is better in front and bone; Roslyn Wilkes was reserved for specials. In the dogs, the second novice winner at New York, quite a nics one, beat Sir Walter Scott Il].in head and coat; the latter is a promising youngster, thongh a trifle short-faced, and ears a bit big. Rowdy was a little behind in this class, though he was as good as any in head, he is not rightin body. Moonstone, reserve, is too cloddy, though he had the best coat in the class, his head is coarse and he stands a little wider in front, evidently a collie gone off from his puppy form: the others call for no very particular mention, though Ballantine is a fair dog. In open bitches May Flower and Vanity, from the same kennel, wou the money, the former beating Vanity in head, coat and front, and is a nice little bitch; Vanity beats Cora II. in head and body, the latter being too fat and cloddy, and coat needs straightening. Nancy, reserye, is beaten in head, front and ears. Parton Ella, vhe., is beaten in coat and front, is a little out at elbow, BULLDOGS—(H, W, LACY). Only one entryin each class, but those were two good ones, Bo’swain and Bloater Girl. The latter should not have been shown as she had'scabs on her and her skin was bare in places. BULL-TERRIERS—(H. W, LACY), An excellent display, especially forsuch a show. Starlight, looking quite herself, was alone in the challenge class, The open dog class was a hot one, several new importations ap- pearing. Wirst prize went to Prince Bendigo. who beats the second, Common, in condition and body, the latter isa little long in coat, but has an excellent long head and good eye; he beats Watchtul Wagtail in front, the latter bowing out. Mister Dick is too coarse and short-headed, Duke of Well- ington and Baron I1., vhe., both deserved their letter, as they show a good deal of quality, but are not true in fore- legs. Top Sparkle perhaps deserved another letter, but he is faulty in head. King of Hearts is well known. This was a warm Class, but was graded according to merit aud condition. The bitch class was not so-lurge nor so good, Queen of the Dale, another new one, is better in head, front aad body than Hdgewood Fancy, who in turn heats Grove Duchess, whois a bit ecloddy and snipy muzzled. Belle of Edgewood is young, 6mos. old, is bad in front and light in muzzle. Bull-terriers are evidently taking a new lease on popular favor, FOX-TERRIERS—(EH. W. LAGY). Here was some of the hottest competition in the show, many new Hnglish dogs appearing, and these when filled out and in condition will do better. No challengers. In open dogs the Kingston winner, Blemton Trump, again came to the front, beating Painter, as before: and Hndcliffe Spice, third, is beaten in body, head and front, and he in turn beats Diver IIL. in head, forelegs and feel of coat, though beaten himself in loin and ribs. Nobody’s Child. could do no better than vhe. in this company, though his head was the best. Bob, vhe.,; is out at elbow and light in muzzle. Jack is beaten in head, carriage of ears and front. Several other entries had no business with the terriers men- tioned and were sent out early. The winner in bitches turned up in a Thayer-bred one, Hillside Baroness, nice front, head and carriage of ears, coat of good feel. Yenus, another new one from the other side, ishardly up to the winner in head or the above named points, but beats Row- ton Safety, a black-headed, taking little bitch, young yet and not let down, front pretty good, ears carried too high, skull round and full, muzzle bit pinched, good eye and, no doubt, will make up into something better than the avyer- age. Suffolk Riotissmall, loses in head, coat, front and body, not filled out enough yet. Vic, vhe., beats Dot, be., in head, carriage of ears and forelegs and feet. Wire-hairs were exceedingly well represented, for it is not often we find eight in the dog class, The small ring and the exceeding pugnacity of the competitors made this a bad class to judge, but I liked Adswood Jim II. for premium honors, thinking him better in head, not too widein front and harder in coat. Stanly second. Eskdale Bloom 1 did not like so well in head, too thick and wide in front and coat not so wiry. Barton Sting is better in head but loses to Bloom in most of the points. Green Gale Patch, vhe., is a fairly good one, but losesin front and head. Jack is too wide in front, otherwise a fairly good terrier Wentworth Wonder is well known, but did not like its head, norisit so good in body. In bitches a nice-shaped one, Repero Rosanna, short of coat and a trifle long cast, has an excellent front and nice long head, with ears well carried, She is also an emigrant. Sally, secoud, is a pretty little terrier, better in head; body and front than the third one, Miss Taylor. BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS—(H. W. LACY). The winners in these classes are well known. Champion Meersbrook Maiden had her class to herself. She is not in good coat and was not feeling in her usual active condition the first day or two of the show. Broomfield Sultan had an easy win in dogs over Rochelle Scot, who had, though coarse himself, an easy defeat of J. M. Gibson, who is too thick in head and cloddy in body, markings too light. Prince Regent did not compete, was out of condition, and Prince Raglan was absent. In bitches Matchless, well known, had the class to herself, Meersbrook Empress not turning up. SCOTCH, SKYE AND DANDIE DINMONTS—(H. W. LACY), Here was a troublesome class and not quite a fair one, three good dogs of different breeds standing out before the rest. Hyentually the Skye, Sir Stafford’s superior condition told over the typical Scotch terrier Kilston, who was out of shape; the Dandie, King of the Heather, is wide and out in front; Mena, a nice stamp of Dandie, hardly up to King in body and head, was reserve. Han loses in texture of coat and front, too bowed; Valentine, he., loses in head and front, no difference between the hair on head and body. ‘| | dex ] Sport, | This was a splendid show of Dandies for this country, and -vhe,, is out in frent, wide in skull, but gains recognition for | most of them are owned in Foronte and Milton, Ont; 170 FOREST AND STREAM. [Sepr, 17, 1891" - BEDLINGTON TERRIERS—(H. W. LACY), Sentinel 11. won easily in this class of three, beating Net- tle in head and coat, though beaten in arch of loin. Phoebe, too short-faced and not straight in front, was third. YORESHIRE TERRIERS—(H. W. LACY). Champion Toon’s Royal had an easy win over Venus from the same kennel in the challengeclass. Toopn’s Royal George was given the only prize in the open dogs, and a silver, Tot, from the same Kennels, took the prize in the ladies’ division. PUGS—(MISS ANNA H. WHITNEY). Miss Whitney was honored with quite a good string of entries in this breed, the challenge class mustering four, Bessie had to lower her colorsto Bob Ivy. Cassina, the black- headed one, coming third. Hberhart’s Cashier had a clever win in open dogs. Thisdog, though he might be shorter in muzzle, improves with age,and his curlisa byword. Our- tis, showing too much black, was second, and deseribed last week, Fritz, third, has a nice head and body. Barney is leggy and ears carried too high, but has a nice head. Kash, Jr., though his coat is too thick, might have done a bit bet- ter. Fritz Hmmett, h.c., was here outclassed. Sateen won again in bitches, beating Mabel EH. in headand body. Fanny K., third, is a bit tucked up and her ears are not well car- ried. Peggy Pride, reserye, we did not see, but will de- scribe her at Toronto, Lady Victoria and Cribbage had to be content with vyhe, each; this time they are well known. Fanny, also vhe,, is a nice stamp and will improve in head, TOYS AND PETS—(MISS ANNA H. WHITNEY). Minnie, with fawn-colored ears, a sort of Maltese terrier, won, with Daisy, a Mexican poodle, second. Beauty, a toy black and tan, should have won easily, for she was quite a fair toy as they go. MISCELLANEOUS—(MISS ANNA H. WHITNEY). Miss Whitney very kindly relieved Ma. Lacy of the toys iu DT. and this class after the dachshunde had had a separate class made forthem. The bloodhound Jack Shepherd had a close win over the King Charles spaniel Calumet Alice, third go- ing to Floss, a Barbet (?). Daisy, a supposed King Oharles, should haye been left out, for she is too long in head, like a snipy cocker. Worry, Mr. Rickett’s clever-looking Aire- dale, short in head anc body, stands on excellent legs and feet, and has a good feel of coat. Two sort of heavy harriers, misnamed Bassets, were judged separately; they were of no account as show dogs, but are no doubt excellent deer trail- ers, as the owner informed us. DACHSHUNDE—(H. W. LACY). Windrush Rioter, faulty in hind action, but of excellent type, wou over Lena L., well known, better in length, nearer to the ground, and better in crook and texture of coat. Kelmark should have been second, though he is not so long in body, butis stronger in front. With the judging of thespecials for Hamilton dogs and the kennel prizes, this brought the judging to a close. AWARDS, MASTIFPRS.—CaALLENGE—18f, 2d and 3d, Flour City Kennels’ Ilferd Chaneellor, Lady Goleus, and Caution’; Own Danghter,— OpgEN—ist, Flour City Kennels’ Miss Caution; 2d, Hugh Paleconer’s Mode; 44, Flour City Kennels’ Mina Minting. Very high com., and ligh ecom., W. D. Porhes’s Grimsby Cation and Ilford Bess, Com., M. C, Beasley’s Cresiar. ST. BERNARDS.—RouGH OR SmMooru-CoOATED—CHALLENGE —ist, Wm. G. Reick’s champion Hector.—OPpEn—Dogs: 1st, Wim. GO, Reick'’s Kiggston Regent; 2d, J. C. GQuillets Otheile; 8d, Pen- ipsular Kennels’ Caspar. Heserye, PottersLurge Kennels’ Don Phyllis. Highcom., V.L Wrancis’s Benmore, Jr., and Horan & Sweetman's Bruno Il. Bitches: lst and 2d, Wm. C. Reick’s Re- publican Belle and ZAsnith;s 3d, Pottershurg Kennels’ Glenisla. Reserve, F, E. Lamb’s Nun Nicer. Verh high com., H. P. Breay’s Mary Jones. GREAT DANES.—CHALDLENGE—3d, Woolverine Kennels’ Favor. —OPrnn—ist and 3d, Wonlyerine Kennels’ Brutus and Pascha IL; 2d, Dr. Wesley Mills’s Minerya’s Fawn. Very high com.,, Senator Santford’s Gelert. NEW FOUNDLANDS,.—2d, Chas, Clohecy’s Jambo. BARZOIS AND IRISH WOLFHOUNDS.—Iist, Miss Hendrie’s Leprichaun. GREYHOUNDS.—CHALLENGE—Ist, A. W. Purbeck’s Gem of the Season; 2d, A. C. Page’s Maud Torrington.—_OPEN—Dogs: Ist, and 2d, A. W. Purbeck’s Ornatus and Pious Pembroke; 3d, Seaton Kennels’ Ranger. Com.. Ernest Farrett’s Jute. Bitches: lst and 2d, A. W. Purbeck’s Lilly of Gainsboro and Bestwood Daisy. Com., W. F. Randall's Grimsby Jess. FOXHOUNDS.—1st, withheld; 2d and 3d, Wm. Propetr’s Stormer and Ranger. BEAGLES.—CHALLENGE—Ist, Rockland Kevnels’ Racer, Jr.— OQPEN—D0ogs: Ist, Rockland Kennels’ Roy K.; 2d and 3d, Chas. Campion’s True Boy and Banjo. Bitches; 1st, H. P. Breay’s Juno; 2d and res., Rockland Kennels’ Hmmeline and Fanny K,; 3d, Col. Maybee’s Dainty. Com., Chas. Campion’s Stella, POINTERS.—CHALLENGE—Ist and 2d, Wm. H, Hyland’s Pom- mery Sec and and Fan N,; 5d, Robert Leslie’s Belle Randolph.— Opex—Dogs: 1st, Wm, H. Hyland's Ossining; 24d, Wm. Ledyard’s Tempest. Bitches: Ist, Wm. H. Hyland's Lady Graphic; 2d, Fred W. Shaw’s Phantom. ENGLISH SETTERS.—CHALLENGE—Ist, W. B. Wells’s Cambri- ana.—OPEN—Dogs: ist, F.S. Rrown’s Edgemark; 2d and reserve, Mount Washington Kennels Viscount and Tony Gladstone. Very high com. and com., W. B. Wells’s Matae and Romney. High com., G. C, Thomson’s Oscar, P. H. Hamilton's Jack, H, North- wood’s Benzine. Com., C. G. McIntyre’s Mount Royal Birch, Jas. EK. Hairs Sir Edward. Bitches: Ist, ad and reserve, Mount Wash- inton Kennels’ Victress Llewellin, Nia and Norah TIL; 2d, A. J. Hartman's Albert’s Nettle. Very high com and high com., W. B. Wells's Dinah C. and Daphne. High com., Jolin Smith’s May Geo. C. Hore’s Blue Dora. Com., Geo. C. Hore’s Queen awn. > IRISH SETTERS.—CHALLENGE—NOo entries. -OpEN—Dogs: Ist and 3d, Seminole Kennels’ Seminole and Hleo; 2d, Glen Dyne Kennels’ Glen Jarvis. Bitches: ist, Battersby Kennels’? Gold- smith Maid; 2d, Chas. Canipion’s Belle; 3d and very high com,, Seminole Kennels’ Aurore and Rose Palmerston. BLACK AND TAN SETTERS.—CHALLENGE—Ist, 2d and 3d, Dr. §S. G. Dixon's Ivanhoe, Leo B.and Duchess of Waverly.— OPpEN—Dogs; 20d, R. Evan's Gordon. Com,, G. Flett's Victor. Bitches; Ist, Dr, 8. G. Dixon’s Lady Waverly, WATER SPANIELS.—2d, G. Knox’s Jack. CLUMBER SPANIELS.—CHALLENGE—Ist and 2d, Mercer & Middleton’s champion Lady Bromine and champion Boss IIl.— OpEn—Dogs: 1st, Mercer & Middleton's Johnny, Jr. Bitches: 1st, Mercer & Middleton’s Lady Joan. FIELD SPANIELS.— CHAatnence—Ist, Andrew Laidlaw’s champion Bridford Gladys,—OPan—Dogs: ist, Audrew Laidlaw’s Samson; 2d, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Mohawk; 3d, un- known'’s Toby C. Bitches: No entries. COCKER SPANIELS,.—CHALLENGE—Dogs; 1st, Luckwell & Douglas's Black Duke; 2d, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Red Jacket; 3d, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ King of Obos, Very high com., Andrew Laidlaw's champion Rabbi. Bitches: ist and 2d, Andrew Laidlaw’s champinn Miss Obo II. and Bessie W.; 3d, Luckwell & Douglas's King Pharah’s Sister.—-Opun—Black Dogs: lat, Luckwell & Douglas's Black Dufferin; 2d, Andrew Laid- law's Oban; 3d, Ancient and Modern Cocker Spaniel Kennels’ Obadiah. Very high com., Martin O’ Neil's Sport; high com., Andrew Laidlaw’s Brock; com., Josepn Kennedy's Kine Raven. Black Bitches: 1st, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ I Say; 2d, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Flirt; 61. Luckwell & Douglas's Jealousy. Very high com., Charles Searlrs’ Topsy, Andrew Laid- lay's Clio Il.,and Luckwell & Douglas's Woodland Snsie; high com,, Henry Tyson's Lady Aberdeen,and J. A. Spraclin’s Cora and Topsy If, Reserve, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Topsy. Dogs other than Black: 1st, Andrew Laidlaw’s Bambc; 21, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brsanttord Red Man, Com., Hon. Senator Sanford’s Garry, Bitches other than Black: 1st, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Red Riding Hood; 2d, Wr. McDonald’s Gipsey Queen; 3d. Andrew Laidlaw’s Lady of Learning. Very high com., brant Cocker Ken- nels’ Brantford Dolly Varden; high com. Wm. McDonald's Queenie and Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ Litile Red Hid he Hood; com., Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ Blush- ing Rose. COLLIBNS.—OnALLENGE—Ist and 2d,Seminole Kennels’ Roslyn Dandy and Metchley Surprise.—_OPrnn—Dugs: Ist, McEwen & Gib- son’s Metchley Wonder II.; 24, John Hawkes's Sir Waller Scott III: Seminole Kennels’ Rowdy. Reserve, A. Burland’s Moon- stone. Onom., McEwen & Gibson's Ballentine, H. P. Harrison's Toronto Wonder. Bitches: Ist and 2d, McHwen & Gibson’s May- flower and Vanity; 3d,Seminole Kennels’ Vora II, Reserve, H. P. Harrison’s Nancy. Very higk com., T, R. Billett’s Purton Hila. Com,, Geo. Webster’s Lassie. BULLDOGS.—Dogs: Ist, E, A. Woodward's Bo’swain. Ist, A. J. Hatch’s Bioater Girl, _BULL-TERRIERS.—CHAttEence—tist, F. F. Dole’s champion Starlight.—Oren—Dogs: Ist, Wred. Church’s Prince Bendigo; 2a, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Common; 31, Dr. W. C. Sne- den’s Watchful Wagtail. Reserve, John Moorhead, Jr,’s Mister Dick. Very high com., R. Wright's Juke of Wellington, Arch, Inglis’s Baron II. High com., F. F. Dole’s Topsparkle, Anglo- American Terrier Kennels’ King of Hearts. Bitches: Ist, Anglo- American Terrier Kennels’ Queen of the Dale; 2d and very high com.. I’, F. Dole’s Edgewood Fancy and Belle of Edgewood; 3d, A. T. Wilgress’s Grove Duchess. FOX-TERRIERS.—SMOOTH-COATED— Dogs: 1st, J. K, Macdon- ald’s Blemton Trump; 2d, Harry Northwood’s Painter; 3d, Anglo-American Kennels’ Endeliffe Spice, Mount Washington Kennels’ Rowton Safety, Reserve, Mount Washington Kennels’ Diver II. Very high com,, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Ken- nels’ Nobody's Child; J. A. Spraclin’s Bob. High com., Miss Adelaide Dewar’s Jack. Com, Geo, W. Prescott?s Punch. Bitches: 1st. Mrs. A. D. Stewart's Hillside Baroness; 2d, Anglo- Auierican Terrier Kennels’ Venus J, Reserve, A. D. Stewart’s Suffolk Riot. Very high com., J. A. Spraclin’s Vie. High com,, G. W. Preseoti’s Dot. Com.. J. A. Spraclin’s Tricksey, G. W. Prescott’s Arden Belle——WziRkE-HAIRED—OPEN—Dogs: ist, Bat- tersby Kennels’ Adswood Jim 1l.; 2d, Robert Junor’s Stanley; 3d, Hendrie & Muir's Wakdale Bloom. Reserve, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Barton Sting: Very high com., Hendrie & Muir’s Wentworth Wonder, Battersby Kennels’ Green Gale Patch, Miss May McGiverin’s Jack. Bitches: 1st, Battersby Kennels’ Repero Bea 2d, Miss May McGivern's Sally: 4d, P. J. Smyth’s Miss aylor. TRISH TERRIERS.—Iist, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels‘ Exile; 21, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Jack Briggs. BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS.—CHALLENGE—Ist, Rochelle Kennel’ champion Meersbrook Maiden.—OpEN—Dogs; Ist, Ro- chelle Kennels’ Brnomfield Sultan; 2d, Miss L. Wright’s Rochelie Scot; 3d, James Cronk’s J. M. Gibson. Bitches: 1st, Anglo-Ameri- can Terrier Kennels’ Matchless. SCOTCH, SKYE AND DANDIE DINMONT TERRAIERS.— ist, Clifford A. Shinn’s Sir Stafford; 2d, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Kilston; 3d, Ed. Brooks’s King o’ the Heather, Reserve, J. Butterfiela’s Mena. Very bigh com.. U. J. Daniels’s Fan. High com., C, J. Daniels’s Valentine and J. Buttertield’s Gayaa. BEDLINGTON TERRIERS.—Ist, H, Bedlington’s Sentinel; 2d, Allen Trebilcock’s Nettle; 3d, H. Bedlington’s Phoebe, - YORKSHIRE TRRRIBRS._CHALLENGE—Ist and 2d, Angilo- American Terrier Kennels’ champion Toon’s Royal and Venus,— Orren—Dogs: lst, Anglo-American Terrier Kenoels’ Toon’s Royal George. Bitches: 1st, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Tot. PUGS.—CHALUPNGE—Ist and 3d, Dr. M. H. Cryer’s Bob Ivy and Bessie; 34. Seminole Kennels’ Cassina.—Open—Dogs: 1st, Eber- hart Pug Kenvels’ Eberhart’s Cashier;2d, Mrs. M. M. Ballentine’s Curtis; 3d, C.H. A. Lees’s Friz. Reserve, A. G. H. Luxton's Very high com., Seminole Kennels’ Kash, Jr. High com., Dr. H. M. Cryer’s Fritz Emmet. Bitches: 1st, Howard Bros. Sateen; 2d and 3d, Bherhart Pug Kennels’ Mabel and Fanny K. Very high com., Dr. M. H. Cryer’s Lady Victoria and Crib- bage, A. G. H. Luxton’s Fanny. High com., Seminole Kennels’ Pearl! de Jardin, Wm, Bijiott’s Floss, TOYS AND PE'DS.—Ist, M. Ii. Bessey’s Minnie; 2d, W. Halling’s Daisy; dd, 1. H. Church’s Beauty. DACHSHUNDE.—Is!, BH. A. Manice’s Windrush Rioter, MISCELLANEOUS,—Ist, R. G. H, Huntington's Jack Shepherd (bloodhound). Bitches: SPECIAL PRIZES, Kennel Specials.—Eneglish setters, Mount Washington Kennels; collies, Seminole Kennels; mastiifs, Pour City Kennels; St. Ber- nards, Wm. B. Reach; Great Danes, Wolverine Kennels; Clumber spaniels, Mercer and Middleton; cocker spaniels, Luckwell & Douglass; pugs, Eberhart Kennels; fox-terriers, smooth, J. A. Spraclin; black and tan setters, Dr. 8. G. Dixon; beagles, Rock- land Kennels; Yorkshire terriers, Anglo-American Verrier Ken- nels; Irish setters, Seminole Kennels; special of $5 for best of each breed, competition confined to Hamilton dogs only; wire-haired fox-terrier, Miss May McGivern; setter, George C, Thompson; beagle, H. P. Bray; Yorkshire terrier, Mrs. F. Ry Close; cocker. dog, Martin O’ Neil: pug, A. G. H. Luxton; St. Ber- nard, Horan & Sweetman; Great Dane, Hon. W. H. Sanford; New- foundland, Chas. Cloheey; collie, T. R. Billett; toy. under 7lbs., M. EK, Bessey; mastiff, M. C. Bessey; wolfhound, Miss Hendrie; prernaanss Hrnest Jarrett; water spaniel, George Knox; Bed- ington, H. Bedlington; Airedale, W, R. Ricketts; foxhound, Wim. Proper; black and tan terriers, James Crooks; tox-terrier bitch, smooth, Mrs. A. D. Stewart: fox-terrier deg, smooth, Miss Adel- aide Dewar; cocker bitch, Wm. McDonald. Largest entry made by a member of the Hamilton Kennel Club, A. G. H. Luxton, DOG CHAT. 4 Dee following railroads have agreed to sell round trip tickets to the Blue Grass Kennel Club’s bench show at Lexington for one and one-third fare and pass all dogs free in baggage cars when accompanied by owners: Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific, Louisville aud Nashville, Kentucky Central, Newport News & Miss. Valley, and Ken- tucky Union and Chesapeake & Ohio. Entries close Sept. 13. Mr, W. 1. Irwin has resigned his management of the Moore- field Kennels to accept a similar position with thg Glen- more Kennels. He reports all the dogs doing well upon chickens, the whole kennel of reds now in Kansas being worked upon game daily. A word of praise must be given to Messrs. Tuckett, Mole, McDonald, Becay and several others whose names we did not catch, for their untiring labor, which contributed no little to the Hamilton show’s success. The black and tan Prince Regent was missing for some time during the show, Having broke loose from an attend- ant, he ran round the streets for some hours. He was eventually found and brought hack tothe building, The cocker Black Duke also gave the show people a scare by slipping his collar and hiding himself behind a collie in the latter’s stall. Half the keepers were running round the streets and building after it, and it was given up as lost, when his black coat was just seen from under the collie’s mane, “No,?? said the young lady pontaphennlys *“T don’t like them coolies, and the bugle dogs is horrid; but them cookie spaniels is too sweet for anything.””—Aamilton (Ont.) Spec- tator. The largest emigrant in the way of dog flesh arrived in New York Sept. 10 on the White Star liner Normandie. This is Lord Bute, of whose purchase by the Menthon Ken- nels we spoke some time since. The price paid to Mr, Shilleock, we understand, was about $3,750. That Lord Bute is.alarge dog there is little doubt, but we question whether he can overtop Lord Melrose, which we measured at 17mos. old as 4544in. Lord Bute has an enviable record as a getter of good stock, and we trust that the enterprise of Menthon Kennels will receive its due reward and that be- fore long some of the prototypes of the cracks on the other side of the water by this sire may be produced and raised from him, Dr. Foote’s black and tans were protested for late arrival at the Hamilton show. The dogs, however, were shown under protest and won, It was then found that the train they came on from New York was three hours late in arriy- ing at Hamilton ‘Tuesday morning, and the protest was oyerruled. Broomiield Sultan was catalogued at $30, and several made tracks to the secretary to lay claim to him Ben Lewis getting it first paid ten dollars to bind it, O course it Was a mistake, as Dr, Foote had placed no price at all on his entry form. It is a noticeable feature of our shows that so few dogs are claimed through the secretary, for we scarcely ever hear of a case, The cause may be found in the fact that there are few good dogs running around loose, and again that owners of dogs they think fit to show have an in- ordinate idea of their dog’s value, and fill in the price ac- cordingly. This reminds us that at Hamilton we dropped across a capital fox-terrier pup, by Mr. Mortimer’s old dog Suffolk Coronet, that he sold to Mr. J. W. Morden, of Hamilton, out of Bacchante, by Bacchanal—Venatrix; Suffolk Coronet by champion Result—Diadem, This is excellent breeding, and if Suffolk Coronet is going to breed such pups ag this one he will do a lot of good for Canadian fox-terrier breeders. A tempting offer of the coin of the realm persuaded Mr. Morden to part with the pup, and FOREST AND STREAM now has an office dog, It is astonishing to see the number of H, K, C. members’ badges in walking along the streets of Hamilton during the dog show. Nearly every other man seemed to bea member, and this is not astonishing when one finds that this club counts 298 names on its roll, making it, without doubt, the largest kennel club in the world. Some $2,400 was placed in bank as a guarantee fund, and before the doors of the show were opened they were quite able to pay off every in- debtedness that might be incurred. As an instance, the very first morning of the show Spratts’ agent was paid their bill of over $400. There was no lack of attendants, and they were made to do their work, too. The watalogues were printed and ready for sale on the Saturday before the show, nearly three days ahead, very few mistakes could be found in it, and those only of a typographical nature. The catalogue was well arranged with breed index and list of exhibitors’ addresses. We mention these little things to show that all these items go to make a well-managed show and that others can take a wrinkle from the H. K. C. On the evening of the closing day Mr. Stewart, the super- intendent of the Hamilton dog show, was the recipient of a handsome testimonial from the exhibitors and handlers, in the shape of gold locket, as a token of their appreciation of his uniform courtesy and kindness to theni, On the face was engraved his monogram ‘fA. D, §,,’’ and on the reverse, “Presented to A. D. Stewart by the exhibitors and handlers at the H. K. C, show, 1891.” Mr. S. I. Boggs, president of the Mascoutah Kennel Club, made the presentation, and in the course of a neat speech said: “It is my pleasing duty to present you with this small token of our esteem and good will, and may you live long to wear ib in remembrance of the happy and enjoyable time we have spent here in Ham- ilton, Lhaye been appointed by the exhibitors and princi- pal handlers to show that they appreciate the efforts that you have made in their behalf. Most of us had noidea that there was such a glorious place as Hamilton, and no such reception has ever been offered us as by the committee ot the Hamilton bench show. I feel satistied that we shall all _ return with twice the number of dogs next year. hatis, I fam sure, the sentiment that actuates all of the men.” Mr, A. D. Stewart, in his happiest style, thanked the whole of the exhibitors for the yery hearty manner in which they had contributed to the success of the fitst Hamilton bench show, and he felt great pleasnre in accepting the yery handsome locket, not for its intrinsic value, but aS a memento of the first attempt to hold a dog show in theecity. He would wear the locket. on his watch chain and ever remember the sur- prise. He required no thanks. he satisfaction that he had in the work which is now over, was the greatest reward that he could receive. Thelocket he should treasure as a pleas- ing reminder fromall of those present of their esteem and good will, and for that, and that alone, he would wear it for the rest of his lite. “Captain” Murphy, Spratts’ well-known and energetic bench erector and biscuit caterer, will receive a gold medal from the Hamilton Club, As usual he gave entire satisfac- tion by the manner in which he attended to the feeding and disinfecting. The caretaker of the rink in which the show was held was not forgotten, the exhibitors and handlers presenting him with a handsome purse which had been subscribed for the purpose. We learn that there are less than 200 entries at the Montreal show. It seems strange that the liberal prize list given — there should not have induced a larger number of exhibitors to enter. We think the early date of closing must bein a great measure to blame. These is likely to be an exciting and interesting meeting of the Canadian Kennel Clubon Wednesday during Toronto show. The important office of secretary-treasurer will be contested by Messrs. A. D. Stewart, of Hamilton, and H. B, Donovan, of Toronto. Since witnessing the former gentle- man’s executive ability and energy we are inclined, without any prejudice to Mr, Donovan, to think no better man could be found for the position. As we intimated recently it is proposed to make the office a salaried one tor the future, so that a clerk may be employed todo the heavy work, We also learn that Mr. F. H. F’. Mercer proposes to offer to publish the stud book for the club annually free of charge, and to supply every member with a copy gratis. Asalarze number of dogs are already registered and there is no pub- lication in which they appear, the benefit of this step to the Canadian canine interests will readily be perceived. We understand, on no less authority than a letter from Mr. Mortimer, that puppy classes will still be offered at New York. It is needless to express our regrets at this intelligence, as we fully expected that the abolitiot of this useless, not to say cruel, adjunct of dog shows would re- ceive its death blow when discountenanced by the powerful W.K.C. Whatclubin the United States will have the pluck to follow the lead of our Northern friends? Tt is more than probable that a magazine of the highest class will shortly be published in Canada, which is to be entirely devoted to dogs. They say that judging dogs is not quite so easy in practice as it seems to be to the uninitiated. At length it would seem that Airedale terriers are to re- ceiye some attention. Mr. Ricketts, an Englishman resident in Canada, has become infected with the feyer, and intends visiting Hngland shortly with a view to founding a kennel of the breed. We bave often said that this breed deseryes attention, as there is no terrier better suited to a rough country than the native dog of the Vale of the Aire. Since boyhood we have known these dogs intimately, and certainly no more game aud hardier dog exists than this rough and tumble type. No one can call them handsome animals, still many breeds even more destitute of beauty have their thick and thin supporters, and no breed better befits the saying, “handsome is as handsome does,” than this giant of the terrier tribe. There is a most remarkable dog@in Hamilton, Canada. He is a rough-baired mougrel terrier and rejoices in the name of ‘Jack, the policeman’s dog,’’ Wifteen years azo his master, a night watchman, was shot while on duty. Supt, 17, 1891,] FOREST AND STREAM. 171 The dog, who was with him, ran home and by whining at the door and scratching attracted the attention of the in- mates, whom he at once guided to his dying master. For the three days that the man lingered between life and death the dog lay at the foot of his bed and never stirred until the body was removed to the cemetery, when he followed in the funeral procession to the grave. Thence be went to the police station, and every night since then he has attended the men while on duty. Atsix A. M., when the men are lined up for dismissal, the dog takes up his post at the head of the line. On the command, ‘‘Dismiss’” being given he barks and immediately disappears down the street, running at his utmost speed. No one knows where he goes nor what he lives ou, All but his “public”? lifeisa mystery. In the iniscellaneous class at the Hanjilton show his entry reads: “305. Hamilton Police Force. Jack, the policeman’s dog (rough terrier), 15 years old, Not for sale.”’ Miss Whitney awarded him yhe., doubtless more in recognition of his unique teputation than anything else. Next week we shall have a portrait of Mr. A. D. Stewart, the popular president of the Hamilton Kennel Club. We have received from President August Belmont, too late for insertion this week, 4 communication in reference to our article in issue of Aug, 27, ‘Is It Not Worth Consid- ering?”’ his will be printed next week. UNITED STATES FIELD TRIALS CLUB. a NDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept, 15.— Editor Forest and Stream: Seventy-four Derby entries remain in at the close of our second forfeit. ‘The list is as follows: POINTERS. J, H. & J. A, Hunter’s Black Wonder ([ke—Bang Bang’s Pride). Frederick Joy’s Abbess of Kent (King of Kent—Louise Bejan), Oue & Shuttleworth’s Dude N, (Ossian—Fancy). R. A, Baker’s Sarah (Black Joe, Jr.—Scudder’s Queen), W. B, Sheldon’s Shot S. (Springhok—Flush). Thos. W. McManus’s McManus’s Hero, McManus’s Alone, McManus’s Countess Wanda and McManus’s Wishbone (Black Joe—Dianorah) and McManus’s Ace of Spades (Black Joe—Scudder’s Queen). Horace Ff. Wood’s My Lady and Forest Lassie (Shot—For- est Queen). Jas, M, Vaughn's Don (Crup—Peach). Dr. J. G. EF. Holston’s Fannie Kirk (Kirk—Croxteth Nellie), and Doc Fauster (Count Wauster—Croxteth Nellie.) Scudder & Munson’s Black Chloe (Black Joe—Seudder’s Queen, and Manitou (Luck of the Goat—Clary), Dr. John R. Daniels’s Promotion (lord Graphic—Belle, St. Mark M. Mundy’s Phantom (Krup—Zeka). Ossian Pointer Kennels’ Hops LL. (King of Kent—Hops), Ye A. Fishel’s. Little One (Nicodemus—Fannie V. Crox- teth). A. J, Gleason's (Agent) Roxiana (Cornerstone—Guenn), Geo. A, MeLin’s (Agent) Don of Ossian (Ossian—Cherry- | stone). TRISH SETTERS, Gus Leisy’s Kildare Carmen (Eleho, Jr.—Ruby Glenmore). B. F. Kramer’s Brie Hlcho (Lee Grouse—Della), Tom Tagyart’s Fannie (Dick Swiveler—Frankie), DPNGLISH SETTERS. : J. WH. & J. A. Hunter’s Sandborn (Ben Hill—Daisy Hunter), Dad’s Mark and Hoosier Girl (Dad Wilson—Daisy Hunter), H, J. Smith’s Firenzi (Gath’s Mark—Flame Gladstone), Ruby Gladstone (Gladstone’s Soy—Diamond) and Prince Fonzo (Gath’s Mark—F lame Gladstone) J, BE, Robert’s Race Noble, Jr. (Race Noble—Fannie S.). Blue Ridge Kennels’ Bob Cooper (Roi D’Or—Miss Nellie Y.), Lady Eveline (Gath’s Mark—Flame Gladstone), Reel (Roderigo—Lufra), Dad’s Girl (Dad Wilson—Bohemian Girl) and Lucy (Roderigo—lu Giadstone). mont H. Gatzion’s Hildegard (Monk of Furness—Countess Amelia). Poston & Burdell’s Latonia IL, (Paul Gladstone—Latonia), A. Corrodi & C. S. Greer’s King [vex (Coin Gladstone— Blanch Roederigo). ’ G, A. Day’s Druid’s Lally, Druid’s Pride and Count Druid (Ruby’s Druid—Cricketer),. Allen Mehle’s Miss Prim (Roderigo—Queen Ella Noble). J. R. Hays’s Don (Dom Pedro—Fanny). M. C. Wiles’s Frank Doncaster (Gladsom—Ruby Don- caster). T. J, Widrig’s Tough and Boy (Ben W.—Nellie W.). G. T. Kerr’s Nellie Noble (Race Noble—Fannie §.), B, Ridgway’s Booth (King Noble—Queen Vashti). Bert Crane’s Ligero, Cazador and Piel (Roderigo—Mand). J. M. Avent’s Sappho, Iza, Robespierre and Chas. Kean (Roderigo—Ollie 5.). pene: W, 'Travis’s Doce Quinn (Monk of Furness—Merry xir ). ; A.J. Gleason’s (Agent) Maid of Alma, Belle of Alma, Queen of Alma and Gloriava (Dan Foreman—Don’s Nellie). U. T. Harris’s Flyaway (Gath’s Hope—Dimple), Thos. Johnson's Manitoba Pet (Dick Bondhu—Manitoba Belle). J. 1, Case, Jr.’s Mounie and Lady Higin (King Noble— Queen Vashti). W.dJ- Hutchinson’s Pembroke’s Blue Don (Pembroke’s Don—Blue Cubas). R. B. Morgan’s Bruce M. (Richard 1V.—Rural Neva) and May Girl (Roderigo—May M.). Mrs. S, A, Elliott’s Mark Twain (Ben W.—Cybella Lea), D. EH. Rose’s (Agent) Hope’s Mark (Gath’s Hope—Lady May), and Wun Ling (Capt. Bethel—Enid). : A. M. Hildebrandt’s Bessie L. (Noble Dan—Tennessee). P. T, MADISON, Sec’y. IRISH SETTER CLUB. Editor Forest and Stream: At a meeting of the executive conimittee of the Irish Set- ter Club, held in Philadelphia, Sept. 9, there were present Messrs. Child, Thompson and Dayis, and N. Rowe and F, L. Cheney by proxy. Mr. E. P. Bishop, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mr. Boyd D. Rothrock. of Williamsport, Pa., were elected members. Mr. BH. P. Bishop was elected a member of the executive committee, to fill the vacancy caused by the withdrawal of Mr. Moore. The secretary announced that Dr. William Jarvis had promised a valuable cup to be known as the Hlcho cup, to become the property of the winner of the All-Aged Stakes; also that the gun editor of the Philadelphia Mem had prom- ised a handsome cup or trophy for the winner of the Derby. A contribution was receivedfrom Mr. H. P. Bishop of $50 to the winner of the Derby, and $50 to the handler of same. — It was decided that the stakes of the approaching trials will be as follows: For the Derby, to the winner of first $150, donated by the club, $100 donated by Mr. Bishop (one-half to go ta the handler), and the Philadelphia Jien cup; to the winner of second, $100; tothe winner of third, 850. For the All-Aged Stake, $200, and the HMlcho cup, to the winner of first; $125 to the winner of second, and £75to the winner of third. The cash prizes in the All-Aged Stake will probably be increased later. The treasurer announced #419 contributions to the field trialfund. Wehave Dr. Jarvis’sand the Philadelphia [tem cups, 145 in the treasury from dues besides, and will have the entrance fees in addition. G. G, DAvis, Sec,—l'reas. TORONTO DOG SHOW. [Special to Forest and Stream.) ppenes TO, Ont., Monday evening, Sept. 14.—The Toronto show opened at noon to-day with an excellent entry of dogs including most of the principal ones shown at Hamilton, The building is the same as last year and is well adapted for the purpose, A number of well-known dog men and visitors are here, among them Dr. Foote and Mrs. Foote, Mr. and Mrs. N. Q. Pope, C, S. Wixom, H, Hagans, R. Gibson, L. lL. Boggs, Andrew Laidiaw, C. M, Nelles, Luckwell and Douglas, F. W, Morden, T. G. Davey, John H. Naylor, FP. A. FB. Mercer, Alf Mberhart, Dr, Kimball, and others, besides the regular handlers with their usual strings. Judging commenced in three rings, two downstairs and one for Mr. Wilmerding up in the gallery. Miss Anna H. Whit- ney and Messrs. John Davidson, C. H. Mason and A. C. Wil- merding are the judges, The work has progressed fairly well and will be well finished to-morrow afternoon, The fair is in full blast and to-morrow some of the greyhound races will come off. Some of the classes are strong, notably spaniels, pugs. greyhounds, one of the best seen yet out of ew York, setters and pointers, ete, The following is a list of awards made to this evening: MASTIFFS.— CHAaLLance—Dogs: ist, Flour City Kennels’ Iiford Chancellor. Bitches: lst and 2d, flour City Kennels’ Lady Coleus and Caution’s Own Daughter.—OPpEN—Dogs: Ist, Dr, Kimball’s Elkson;2a, Hugh Faleoner’s Mode. Bitches: lst and 2d, Flour City Kennels’ Miss Caution and Minna Minting. Puppies: ist, Dr. EH. L. Kimball’s Elkson. ST. BERNARDS.—Rover-Coatap—Dogs; Ist, W. C. Reick's Kingston Regent; 2d, ¥. Stetfenbens’s Hespec’s Son; 3d and 4th, J. §S. Williams’s Monk and Monarch. Reserve, Pottersburg Kennels’ Don Phyllis. Very high com., G. A. McGillivray’s Sir Leonard. Hich com., 8. F. Glass’s Bruce, Geo. Wright's Oscar. Com., V. Iu. Francis’s Benmore, Jr. Bitches: lst and 2d, W. C. Reick’s Repub- lican Belle and Zenith: 8d and reserve. Pottersburg Kennels’ Glen- isla. and Phyllis; 4th and bigh com., J. 8. Williams’s Beulah and Norah. Very high com., Vaubladicom & Ferguson’s Daisy May, Gom., G. A. MeGilliyray’s Nell Maida.—Puperes —Dogs; Ist, G. Bell’s Sir John; 2d, F, Stettenbens’s Hesper’s Son; 38d and reserye, Pottersbure Kennels’ Don Phyllis and Hildonsn. Very high com., J. 8. Williams's Elector and Dictator. High com., V. L. Francis’s Benmore, Jr., G. A. MeGillivray’s Kenmore, Com,, A. J. Groyes’s The Premier, Jas. Miller’s Bitehes: 1st, Pottersburg Ken- nels’ Glenisla; 2d, C. Hanschidt’s Theben; 3d, J, S.Williams’s Lady Maud.—SmootTH-CoATED—CHALLENGE —Ist, W. C. Reick’s Hector. Oppn—Bitches; Ist, R. W. Tuck’s Lady Swiss; 2d. Vanubladicom & Ferguson’s Dell; G. Hanschilit’s Gemini; 4th, F. BE. Lamb's Nun Nicer.—Novror—Dogs: 1st, G. Beil’s Sir John; 2d, F. Stettenbens’s Hesper’s Son; ad. Pottersburg Kennels’ Don Phyllis. Reserve, J. S. Williams’s Monarch, Very high com., Geo. Wright’s Oscar. Bitehes: 1st, J. 5. Williams's Beulsb; 2d, Vanbladicom & Fergu- son’s Dell. GTEYHOUNDS,—CHRALLENGE—Dogs: Ist, A. W. Purbeck’s G-m of the Season. Bitelics: 1st, N, Q. Pope’s chainpion Cassandra; 20, Woodhayen Kennels’ Spinaway.—OPpk&N—Dogs; Ist, and 2d, A, W. Purbeck's Ornatus and Pious Pembroke; 3d and reserve, N. Q. Pope’s Old Stone and Highland Donald. Very high com.,, Sea- ton Kennels’ Ranger, Highcom.,. F, Dixon’s Dick, Com., Harry Habart’s Blucher. Bitches: 1st and 2d, A. W. Purbeck’s Daisy and Lady of Gainsboro, FOX HOUNDS.—EnGuisu—Dogs: 1st, J. Gibbs’s Genius; 2d, J. Johnston’s Rouser; dd. FP, W. Gray’s Preacher. Bitches: Ist, J. Gibbs’s Vexation,—AMERICAN—Dogs: Ish and 2d, Dan O’shea’s Ranger add Ringwood; 30, H, B, Nicol’s Bingo. Very high com., H, Hulse, Jr.'s Bruce. Bitches; Ist and 2d, Dan O’Shea’s Hasty and Cuuntess. HARRIERS.—Dogs: 1st, fF. L. Maybee’s Racer; 2d, D. O’Shea's Dandy. Bitches: 1st, withheld; 2d, D. O*’Shea's Molly. POINTERS.—CHALLENGE—Bitches (60lbs. and over): Ist, Robert Leshe'’s Champion Belle Randolph. —-OrpHn—Dogs (55lbs. and over): Ist, W, Ledyard’s Tempest; 2d. T. G. Davey’s Westmiuster Drake. Bitches (A0lbs. and over): Ist and 2d, T. G. Davey’s Revelation and Ichtiield Madge,CHALLENGR—Dogs (Under hdlbs:): Ist, Wm. H. Hyland’s Pomimery Ser. Bitches (under 50lbs.): Ist, Wm. H. Hy- land’s Fan N.—Open—Dogs (under 455lbs.): Ist, Wm. H. Hyland's Ossining; 2d, J. & ¥. Mackle’s Shol; 34, 7. G. Davey’s Artel King Don. Very highcom, S. Holmes's Sam Com., W. G. Cassells’s Suipe. Bitches (under 50lbs.): lst and 2d, T. G. Davey'’s Lady Gay Spanker and Miss Rumer; 3d, f. W.Shaw’s Phantom. Reserve, W. 4H. Hyland's Lady Graphic. Very high com.,8. Holmes’s Dodo. —Novicr—ist, 1. G, Davey’s Ighttield Madge; 2d, S. Holmes’s Dodo.—PuPPrus—Dogs: Ist, 5. Holmes’s Sting, Bitches: Ist, I. G. Davey’s Bessie Girl; 2d, 5, Holmes’s Pepper, ENGLISH SETTHRS,— Dogs: Ist, F.8. Brown’s Edge Mark; 2d. T. G. Davev’s I¢httield Rhuilas; 8d, Mount Washington Kennels’ Viscount; 4th, H. Northwood’s Benzine. Reserve, Mount Wesh- ington Kennels’ Tony Gladstone. Very high com., Mount Royal Kennels’ Mount Royal Stride and J. EH. Hair’s Sir Edward. High com, A, H, Davis's Forest Tatton. Bitches: Ist and very high com., Mount Washington Kennels’ Nia and Nora I1,; 2d, reserve and very high com., T. G, Dayey’s Forest Heather, Canadian Lil- lie and Monk's Fan; 34, Dr, J. A, Hartman’s Nellie; 4th, Mount Washington Kennels’ Victress Liewellin, Very high com., Sam Holmes’s Vic. High enm,, Forest Kennels’ Forest Gladys and H. J. Walsh’s Scottish Belle. Com., D. J. Keely’s Dell and M. Vells’s Daisy. Pouppres.—Dogs: 1st, R. W. Boyle’s Field Marshal; 2a, BE. J. Walsh's The Sultan; 3d and very high com., Forest Gem and Forest Prince. Bitvhes: lst, A. E. Davies’s Queen of Fashion, CLUMBERS.—CHALLENGE—Dngs: Ist, Merece & Middleton's Boss lil Bitches: 1st, Mercer & Middleton's Lady Bromine.— Open—Dogs: Ist, Mercer & Middleton’s Johnny Junior; 2d, George poene Smart’s Darby. Bifcfes: Ist, Mercer & Middleton’s Lady 0. FIELD SPANIELS.—CHALLENGE (over 28lbs.)—Dogs: Ist, Rose- dale Kennels’ champion Newton Abbott Laddie. Bitches: ist, Rosedale Kennels’. Bridford Ruby.—OPEN—Dogs; BuAGK—lst, Andrew Laidlaw's Samson; 2d, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Mohawk. Bitches: Ist and 2d, Rosedale Kennels’ Rosedale Bess and Rosedale Belle,—LrypR—Ist, Rosedale Kennels’ Beau.—ANnyY OTHER CoLtor—tlst, Andrew Laidlaw’s Fancy; 2d, M. H. Douglas’s Billy;3d. T, J. Fitzsimons’ Toby, Puppies: ist, P. J. Keating's Bob; 2d, Rosedale Kennels’ Rosedale Scamp. COCKERS.—Nor Over 28L8S.—CHALLENGE — BLACK — Dogs: ist, Andrew Laidlaw’s champion Rabbi; 2d, Luckwell & Douglas’s Black Duke. Reserve. Brant Cocker Kennels’ Champion Brant. Bitches: 1st, Andrew Laidlaw’s champion Miss Obo IL; 2d, An- drew Laidlaw's Bessie W.—CHALLENGE—ANY OTHER COLOR THAN BLACK—Doys: Ist, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Red Jacket. Bitches: lst, Luckwell & Douglas’s King Pharoah’s Sis- ter,—OPHN—BLACK—Dogs: 1st, Luckwell& Douglas's Black Duf- ferin; 2d, Andrew Laidlaw’s Oban; 8d, Mitchener & Harwell’s Dono; 4th, Mitchener & Farwell’s Black Brant. Reserye, An- cient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ Obadiah. Very hizh com., Andrew Laidlaw’s Brock. High com., F. H. Cunningham's Major. Bitches: 1st, Herbert P. Mullens's I Guess; 2d, Andrew Laidlaw’s Woodstock Cora; 31, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ I Say; 4th. Andrew Laidlaw’s Cleo IJ. Reserve, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Flirt. Very hight com., Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brant- ford Topsy. High com., Luckwell & Douglas's Wuodland Susie and Jealousy -OPEN-ANY OTHER COLOR— Dogs: Ist, Brant Cecker Ken- nels’ Brantford Redman; 2d, H. G, Charlesworth’s Nugget; 3d, An- drewy Laidlaw’s Bambo; 4th F. J, Leigh's Rufus, Bitches; 1st, Thos. J. Fitzsimmons’s Mollie; 2d. Andrew Laidlaw’s Lady of Learning; 3d, Brant Cocker Keanels’ Brantford Red Ridinghood; 4th, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Dolly Varden. Very hign com., Ed- ward Richard Marks’s Northern Queen, Ancient and Modern Spanie] Kennels’ Blushing Rose.—Noyica—ANnY CoLOR—Dogs: ist, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Redman; 2d, Mitchener & Farwell’s Black Brant; 3a, W.B, Palmer's Ontario. Very high com., Jeff Worden’s Von Hood, High com., f. H. Cunningbam’s Major. Com., H. B, Cooper’s Chesyey. Bitches: Ist, Herbert P. Mullins’s I Guess; 2d, Andrew Laidlaw’s Woodstock Cora; 3d, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels? I Say. teservye, HKrant Spaniel Kennels’ Red Ridinghood. Very high com., Mitchener & Parwell’s Topsy. High com., Dr. Henry B. Nicol’s Mirza.—Pup- Pres—Dogs: 2d, Mitehensr & Farwell’s Black Brant; 3d, Geo. H. Alward's Black Robbie. Reserve, W. 5. Palmer's Ontario, Very high com., Luckwell & Douglas’s Mahdi, High com.. Jef Wor- den’s Von Hoad. Bitches: Ist, Herbert P. Mullens’s I Guess; 2d, Aucient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ I Say; 3d, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Red Ridinghood, Reserve, Andrew Laidlaw’s Beatrice. Very high com., P. J. Keating’s Jennie, Harry Nicol’s Jill IT, High com., Robi. Clark’s Yoho, PUGS—CrALbENGE—Douys: Ist, MH. Cryer’s Bob ivy. Bitches: Ist, M. H. Cryer’s Bessie; 2d. Seminoie Kénnels’ Casrina — Oran— Doys: 1st, Rberhart Pug Kennels’ Eberbart’s Cashier; 2d, MW. M, } Ballantine’s Curtis; 3d,J. Broomback’s Rowdy. Reserve, Dr. M” H. Cryer’s Fritz Emmett. Very high com,, Seminole Kennels’ Kash, Jr. Bitelies:; Ist, Howard Bros.’ Satin; 2d and very high com., Hberbart Pug Kennels’ Mabel . and Wannie K.; 3d, M. H. Cryer’s Cribbage, High com,, Seminole Kennels’ Princess Nellie. —Puprins—Ritenes; Ist, Hherhart Pug Kennels’ Peggy Pryde; 2d, Mrs, Webster's Topsey. ToRONTO, Sent. 15.—Judging went on again this morning and the following are the awards made to-day: BLOODHOUNDS.— Ist, Jack Mathew’s Beauty. GREAT DANES.—Doys: Ist, Imperial Kennels’ Imperial; 2d, 3d, and 4th, Wolverine Kennels’ Favoy, Brutus and Pascha II. Bitches: 1st. Mount Royal Kennels’ Minerva’s Fawn; 2d, Wolver- ine Kennels’ Ultima. Puppies: ist, Minerva’s Fawn; 2d, Ultima. Very high com. and com., White's Seigfreida and Pollux. TRISH SETTHERS.—Dogs: Ist, Seminole Kennels’ Seminole; 2d, Dougilas’s Parnell; 8d. Glendyne Kennels’ Glen Jarvis; 4th, Dun- nigan’s dog. Very high com., Pearsall’s Erin Lad and Douglas’s Larry. High com,, Seminole Kenneis’ Hleo and Farmer’s Hia- watha. Bitches: Ist, Douglas’s Irene; 2d, Dunnigan's Duchess of Avondale; 8d, Munroe’s Goldsmith Maiq; 4th Seminole Kennels’ Palmerston. Reserve, Douglas’s Nellie D. Very high com., Rex Warmer’s Minnebaha. High com,. Seminole Kennels’ Aurore and Pearsall’s Lady Alice.—NOvVICE— Dogs; Ist, Coulson’s Rufus; 2d, Pearsall’s Erin Lad. Bitches: 1st, Seminole Kentels’ Rex Palmer- ston: 2d, Pearsall’s Lady Alice.—Puppres—Dogs: ist, Douglas’s Parnell; 24, Glendyne Kennels’ Glen Jarvis; 3d, Dununigan’s dog. Reserve, Boulson's Rutns. Bitches: Ist, Pearsall’s Lady Alice; 2d, Campion's Belle; 3d, Quill’s Rese Elcho. BLACK AND TAN OR GORDON SETTERS.—CHALLENGE— Dogs: 1st and 20.8. G. Dixon’s [Ivanhoe and Len B, Bitches: 1st, 8. G. Dixon's Duchess of Waverly; 2d. J, L. Campbell’s Becky Sharpe.—Opren—Dogs: Ist, 0. A. Gibbs’s Clyde; 2d, J. L. Campbell's Pendennis. Bitehes: 1st. J. L. Campbell's Dorothea; 2d, C. A. Gibbs’s Annie Gordon.—Noyrcen—2d and 3d, J. LL, Campbell’s Pen- dennis and Cherry Ripe. Puppies: ist,C. A. Gibbs’s Annie Gor- don; 24,8. G. Dixon’s Lady Waverly; 3d, J. L. Campbell’s Pen- dennis. COLLIES.—CHALLENGH—Dogs: Ist, Seminole Kennels’ Roslyn Dandy. Bitches: lst. Seminole Kennels* Metchley Surprise.—OPEN Dogs: Ist, McEwen & Gibson’s Dowrv; 2d, A. Burland’s Moonstone; dd, J. Hawkes’s Sir Walter Scott II]. Reserve and very high com., Seminole Kennels’ Roslyn Conway and Rowdy. Hieh com.. P. Harrison’s Toronto Wonder and M. Walker's Wait ‘’a Wee. Bitches: Ist, H. P. Harrison’s Nancy; 2d, Seminole Kennel’s Dot; ad, W. Rolph’s Belle; 4th, A.G. WW, Luxfon’s Reta. Very high com., T. MeNally’s Maid of Dundee.—Novice—Dogs: Ist. John Hawkes's Sir Walter Scott I11.; 2d, McEwen & Gibson's Hzgling- ton; 3d. H. P, Harrison’s Toronto Wonder. Very high com.. T. Jackson’s Napoleon. Com.. A. G. H. Luxton’s Ress. Bitches; 1st, McEwen & Gibsou’s Fury; 2d, W. Robertson’s Heather Belle: 3d, A. G. H, Luxton’s Reta. Very high com., M. Walker’s Bessy.— PuPrPiEs—Dogs; Ist, Seminole Kennels’ Scotilla TV.; 2d, WeHwen & Gibson’s Hvlington; 37, H. P. Harrison’s Toronto Wonder. Bitches: 1st, MeHwen & Gibson’s Fury; 2d, W. Robertson’s Heather BelJ; 84, AG. H. Luxton's Reta, BULL-TBHRRIERS.—CrALLENGE—Dogs: 1st, W. Bryson’s Duf- ferin, Biteles: F. F. Dole’s Starlight,—OPpmNn—Dogs: Ist. FP. F. Dole’s Topsparkle; 2d, Henry Wrizht’s Ben Battle. Reserve, H- H. F. Church's Prince Bendigo. Very high com., Toon & Sy- mond’s Common and King of Hearts, High enm., Dan O’Sh: a’s Royal, Jobn Moorhead, Jr.’s Mister Dick and Arch. Inglis’s Bux- ton Baron LI. Bitches: Ist, A. T. Wilgress’s Grove Duchess; 2d, F. F. Dole’s Edgewood Fancy; 3d, Toon & Symonds’s Queen of the DaJe. High ecom.,G.Jordan’s Heb. Pupnics: Ist, R, Right’s Duke; 2d, F. F. Dole’s Belle of Edgewood. DACHSHUNDE.—Dogs: Ist, E. A. Mannie’s Windrush Rioter; 2d, J. Lewis's Feldman. Very high com., T. J. Fitzsimons's What's Theat. Hizh ecom., W. B, Mackay’s Bismarek. Bitehes: Ist, B. F. Lewis's Gill; 24, J. Lewis’s Lina OL. Very high com,, J. H, Ames’s Nettie. BEAGLES.—CHALLENGE.—Dngs:_ Ist, Hornell-Harmony Ken- nels’ champion Royal Krueger. Bifches: Ist, Hornell-Harmopy Kennels’ champion Una.—OPEN—Dogs; Ist, Hornell-Harmony Kennels’ Tricotrin; 2d, H. L, Kreuder’s Roy K,; 3d, John Smrllie’s Rosco; 4th, A. B. Cooper’s Tallyho. Bitches: 1st, Hornell-Harmony Kennels’ Hilf; 2d, Dan_O’Shea’s Ruby; 3d, John Smellie’s Peri- winkles. Puppies: lst, Henry B. Nichol’s King Krueger; 2d, Hor- nell-Harmony Kennels’ Guy. Best beagle under 12in., Hornell-Harmony Kennels’ Aya W. FOX-TERRIERS.—Dous: Ist and 5d, D. Munro’s Dohbin and Starden’s Jack; 2d, J, K, Macdonald's Blemton Trump. Reserve, Mt. Washington Kennels’ Diver Third. Very high com., Toon & Symonds’s Wndcliff Spice, H. Northwood's Painter, D. Munro's Woodal Rival. High com., Ancienfand Modern Spaniel Kennels’ Nobody's Child. Bitches: ist, D, Munro’s Ebor Nettle; 2d, Mount Washington Kennels’ Rowton Satety; 3d, Toon & Symonds’s Venus. Reserye and very high com., D, Munro’s Woodale Radi- ant aud Wonodale Refusal—Puppies— Dogs: Prizes withheld. Bitches: 1st, Mt. Washington Kennels’ Rowton Safety; 2a, D, Munro’s Woodale Radiant.—Wire-HAIRED—Dogs: ist, withheld; 2d, Toon & Symonds’s Barton Sting. Very high com., R. Junor’s Stanley. High com., P. J. Smyth's Sly Boots, Battersby Kennels’ Adswood Jim II. Bitches; Prizes withheld.—Novice (emooth and wire-haired)—Dogs: ist, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ Nobody's Child; 2d, J. Bryce’s Live Bootban Spice; 3d, P. J. Smyth’s Sly Boots. Very high com., C. F. Wagner’s Gen. Grant iJ. Bitches: Ist, Mt. Washington Kennels’ Rowton Safety: 2d, A. D? Stewari’s Sufiolk Riot. Reserve, G, W. Presecott’s Lady Zig- Zag. High com,, P. J. Smyth’s Lady Belle, G W. Prescott’s Ot. q Huntington's Shepard; 2d, IRISH TERRIERS.—Dogs: Ist, Toon & Symonds’s Jack Briggs; 2d, B, Lever'’s Nailer; 3d, W. Scully’s Evictor. Bitches: lst, Toon & Symonds’s Exile; 2d, lf). Lever’s Kathleen. DANDIE. DINMONTS.—Dogs: Ist, E. Brooks’s King o’ the Heather; 2d, C.J. Daniels’s Valentine; 3d, J, Butterfield’s Goyoa. Bitches: ist, C. J. Daniels’s Fan, BEDLINGTONS.—Dogs: ist, Norman Baldwin's Plea; 2d, David Porkess’s dog; 3d, Dan O'’Shea’s Sir George. Bitches: Ist, Wil- i Jerry; 2d, Dan O*Shea’s Zulo; 3d, Allen Trebileock’s Nettle. BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS.—_CHALLENGE.—Bitches: Ist, Rochelle Kennels’ Meersbrook Maiden.—OPEN—Dogs: ist, Ro- chelle Kennels’ Broomfield Sultan; equal 38d, G. R. Howard's Buffalo Rex and Miss Lizzie Wright’s Rochelle Scott. Bitehes; 1 t, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Matchless; 2d, Rochelle Kennels’ English Lady; 3d, A. F. Elmer’s Grace. Very high com., Dan O’Shea’s Merry. Puppies: lst, Rochelle Kennels’ Rochelle Carmencita; 3d, Geo. Jack’s Rex. YORKSHIRES.— CHALLENGE—Ist and 2d, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Toon’s Royal and VYenus.—OpmENn—Dogs: ist, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Toon’s Royal Gem. Bitches: 1st, A, G. White’s Miss Halifax. High com., Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Tot. SPEOCIALS.—Spaniel Club Cup, Luckwell & Douglas’s Black Dufferin. Kennel of Clumbers, Clumber Kennels; cockers, Laid- law; field, J.P. Kirk. Money awards follow in rotation. GREENVILLE SHOW ABANDONED.—Greenville, S.C., Sept. 9.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Please announce through your columns that the South Carolina Kennel As- sociation will not hold a bench show in January as pre viously intended.—F’, #. CAPERS, Sec’y. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. There is no charge for answertig questions under this head. Alt questions relating to ailments of dogs will be answered by Dr. T. G. Sherwood, @ member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel Management and dogs will receive careful attention. A.J. M., Waterville, Me.—l. The address of the A, K.C. is 44 Broadway, New York. 2. For particulars about Ohief address Mr. Max Wenzel, Hoboken, N. J. ¥. A., Brockton, Mass,—A, B and C engage pups of me in the order named. Am T obliged to give A his pick, or can T sell to B and ©, who come fitst, aslong as ]l reserve apuptfor AY Ans, A 18 entitled to pick of litter, and if he does not choose if when ready to be weaned, you should pick out what you consider the best and notify him of the fact, then sell to the others in their order. 172 FOREST AND STREAM. [Szpr, 17, 1891. W. G. C., Reno, Nevada.—l have an English water spaniel dog, about 11 months old, subject to fits, About the first of May I let him go in swimming in the Truckee River befare ha had his breakfast. After swimming around for about ten minutes he came out and the day being very warm we walked slowly away. In about five minutes he was taken with a severe fit, and after recovering he seemed to be blind, but got over that in a few minutes, To-day he had the second one, although not quite so severe and under exartly similar circumstances. Occasionally his breath smells horribly, butit don’t seem to last but a few minutes atatime. Heisfat, not corpulent, and is well taken care of. He also has very red eyelids and part of the eyes are in a similar condition. He is very active, affectionate and bright, and if you can suggest any remedy to fit his case would be greatly obliged, These fits do not seem ta leave any apparent bad effects, his scenting powers do not seem to be affected in the least. Ans, Give an aperient (say two compound coleynth pills) once a week and the following mixture: Pot, bromid., 2 drachms; liq. arseni- calis, 48 minims; water. 3 ounces. One dessertspoonful three times aday. Keep the dog as quiet as possible, do not take him out for exercise and da not let him get excited in any way. Weed on sloppy foods as much as possible. Rifle and Qrap Shaating, RANGE AND GALLERY. BROOKLYN VS. WASHINGTON, ASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12.—The Twenty-third regiment rifie team accomplished two things to-day, They walloped the brigade team of the Districh national guard and made the next highest score that was ever made on ariflerange. In 1885 the Massachusetis rifle team made the score of 1,091. To-day the Brooklyn boys made 1,089, beating the national capital pets by 104 points, the latter making 985. The contest took place on the United States arsenal grounds this afternoon and was witnessed by 5,000 people, many regular army and nayy officials being present. Captain Lancaster ofithe Third United States artillery acted as range officer. Colonel Partridge was present and Jooked aiter ths interests of the Brooklynites, while Brigadier General Albert Ordway was on hand to cheer the Washington soldiers. The Brooklyn team was composed of Captain John 8. Shepherd, Private 8. C, Pirie, Sergeant H. D, Hamilton, Sergeant R. Findlay, Lieut. F. A, Wells, Sergeant George T. Musson, Corporal George Ball, Lieut. Joseph T, Hull, Captain H. De Forest, Lieut. @. F. Hamlin, Corporal H. McField and Lieut, Wm. P. Pickett. Major Haywood O. Brown was team captain and Ordpance Sergeant Chas, E. Bryant was busy in assisting him. The Washington team was made up of Major Pollard, Captain W. L. Cash, Captain James ®. Bell, Lieut. Geo, H. Harries, Lieut. J. M. Stevens, Lieut. PF. L. Graham, Commissary Sergeant Chas. H, Laide. Sergeant A. O. Hutterly, Private Himbaugh, Private Walter S. Cash, Sergeant R. B. Smythe, Private CO. W. Dickey, pugeee Clay and Lieut. Vale were alternates. The following is the score: Brooklyn Team. 20Nyds. HPO rds. 600vds. Shepherd......,.. -.....5444448—28 445555588 4545555288 pba ieee eorex ee 4454425—29 ()434545—25 fddidd8—28 Musson ..:....,.-......,5445553—30 6444245-28 $8h4h554—81 Wells..............--....5535385—81 6455545838 4555554—38 Deillarests-.-t. 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Cla cl2n eed 10 Doyleliil rigs. 01120011137 Tremblet........... 1010121112— 8 Grosby.... .......... 1110121122—9 hewwes or ae eee -2022121112— 9 Hines......22..2..22. 1101112222—9 OB Still... 00252 O002121111— 7 Strawn............... 101111 11—9 Dewey.............- IOMANITI— 8 Northsics na... 0222112121—9 DICK eevee dane 1121111111—10 Mead,....... aise tate 0102111111—8 PBT E ya eA atatehact O- 112102217210 Seott...5..--......0.. 1211212010—8 VRID an AA Sakae an as T111212111—-1) Watts. ...... ...... 2111110211—9 Ties div. No. 12, § singles and 3 pairs: MOT he ees DI SpyiGeressesenstie et 8 Westfield...... . Dyrckihittore nase ae 10) Gabber rene. 10 Jenks... .0se, ‘Blackwoe yea e ll Shortridge......... Fb leteherinenaewys. IBTOW Ms itecststeuste YU Baierroe 2256 ee 8 Dewey.......... Powers...-, ---+- UP W@arterwe iis sate. 10 Crosby. SDEUCEI.., sssees es 18 Strawn...... Grea LUE SNAG arrm peed, a ML a Wikkgeetieyoree oO ae 14. Warren. 4 LB et sS:eh fata yet oe by Morrison........... LDN Ts have/\peeire sy euetagre ll Whiteé.......... Ci a a es TEAS Dic} aS ry, 8 Begs....... 22... RAID LUC ee 1s AS Ses 12 Solomon,........... 9 Stice..... No. 18, 15 singles: Taylor is Siaore tao de AA dco le on, eed 18 Grubbs............. BACK Haass. tame 18 Landers,..,... reel) DRI ae se oe PDEN COs igrunnuee ye 14 Dickhut. 2/8 Strawm.....2) POW EL BS beet ic tnhlelany I SW ehiteses Settee Ul Canes: he eee Westfield .......... 6) -StiGehls) conaseesae 14 Dick . R-WteP so Agee sis ae TS VOMCSsscteee peters 10 Mead......... Morrison..... ered even sii heewe es were 13 Solomon .... .. McBGath juss sips le SEA UL) Gee petit pdeoeyre rye Wave orbits, SBR BLO WHI es eeene oe Girton: oe ees 10 Bass ee Om bie rent ier 15 Shortidge. ......., No. 14, 10 singles: Fea hen tien atts 8 Warren:.:........s3 9 EPA WI eS ielctiie see: {i= (Carters: Sa.heos a4 5} 1B yei eS eee ee) 6 Ey Duere i ae f eylOviers optics este 6 Spencer......... .. 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[L finesy- Match beftween Mead, of St. Louis, and Strawn, of Jerseyville, Cheerios d= > race tse ate eS 2 KS 111101100111111101111 —16 : f 011111011101011111011—16 ~ Strawn won by breaking 6 straight on tie, Immediately after this Mead made a match with Black, of Mead ete ative AaaiWlG leis) bjelevaje pewta city bp HEYe Ss eo Kirkwood, Ill, 25 singles, $10 a side, when Mead won, as follows: Mead)....5... te ices cre pee bo alt 6 FAAAA Tei 111111711101111111101111i1—23 tells he Oe ncrinmn neem nica are ct Meee eer i 1011101111110119101111111—21 No. 17, 10-bird match: — AM AR yaa iy nein sence Gilbert.) ae 8 Westfield......., seed Bess. Sag oe oe . Oe pat SN OED Weenie Ae BaeEs: sahiaones Sateeer whi oR eer nalpie eee tS O BECkss. acs ovens i!) NONCKCA TIE Weer eens % Crosby......1.- 9 Morrison 9.2 2.. | SOANGOT fh dela mises 10 Hinks. saveebaeh OVEHI TERS eae Yah caterea ese se OI CRE UGS yee rei, ees dl JONI he No, 18, individual amateur State championship: p IEGCRE Ror one ee ies Sit aes on Cen 111101000110111001111111 Sen Gerace te Meee ceco Las be +» eee017011111911 101110111111 —22 EV AKO (on ache mere dtct tana steerer eee W001. 111 — 25 BAG Kise scatisc alee tt cehebe earee eters >» -LOJO201111110111101 141111 ~ 21 DH GLOW DDS. ct aot os ee eae et . -1111111101011010011111011—19 SERA Wie aaads ij betaes tad ee Ares ree ¢ee-1111010101111101110111111—20 White)... .....-.2 BA et eer: rrr ne 1019001994.91919.1111 1110) —24 Gigs Gases olen: Pa rate aerny ys ee eeee AIIM 1 0124 Supe. 17, 1891,] - FOREST AND STREAM. 178 «<2. 0010079911 111101110101011—18 TT sacs proce peggy Un meet aE hee Dd Ce yee es iene as ad fe. ta .. , -0101701119.191011011111111— 21 WRU R Rn Oe ore FE - 1141910110110 0111111 — 28 AVG HPS wrets ss gated ee eas ely .~ » 007011710111010111 1010111. —18 TGRCAPILVES FOVYs et peeve by tea sod a eee et ntee cutee ca atone 111.1101.111111011111111111 —23 THES BA wt fe TERRES BAAR AS meas tA 00001111011011.0011100001—13 No. 20, team shoot: White........ 001011111111111 BoWere. 2s 5--- 1011111111 1011 Powers ......: 111011011101011—26 Morrison. ....,101011100101101—2: Spencer........11717101011101 Diekhut,...... OOOTITIIAI101 Strawn ...... ..111411110100111—26 Crosby......... 101 111011110101—24 Ges a Dee --L10019111116111 Hines.......... 000111000010101 Rex e ti eer HIWOI11111—28-_ Gilbert...,.....101000101100001—16 Fskaichs seve 1111170111111 McBean...... 101111111101071. Tayler. ....... W111i111—3t Hurd...,... ....Jn1—29 No. 21, 15 singles, $3 entrance; : BS TaiGoeeerts itemise: 12 RD TS WV GG ta). pete 14 Morrison i) Sriphievee ses rs eel. 13 Strawn bre et U6 SAS AOS 14 Spencer BELG O desde es x genie) sy 14 POWETA. «2... 005ee McBean,.......... 2 No. 22, 10 singles: Tesceee ee eee m0: Whites. snes 9 Spencer... ........4- 10 ‘Dittmer aes Dickhut.:...-+:.. 46) SESE Wit cS + nas vf REE SRS Sees 10 Morrison.......... be eh ELINOR TE eh bg Sven 8 LG Ore ARSE 0 Taylor... 7 Hawk. Sud stad aS Pee vic uous nes 97 (Réottieas tibetes » 9 Coar.-:. irks ae T Powers.....--. .-- . 9 Hines..... OUR in 0A able PUL Aine sews: 4 Nal OY WS ce a eygh es Ae ; McBean... :ci::46. 9 Adams ...:... ii StTawn. ...-.-.+.++- § “Grosby... 2 ire 9 Shortridge..... ... 8 No, 23, 15 singles: SteGses tee eee eh pS eWV OTE: ss. mayest 1b Baner...... Wteees 18 RGSS ee eee aids TRADUGTs wit aties ss 6 18 Shortridge......... 10 SULAWH: ses corse e ss Td BYR GR SE os encselen sh lawk, ..... 2 IPOWWerHeesictes- os 14 Diinn,....-- tS ANS ir Raed P bisik x3 We, Mpeg oe he ~ 8 PA VIOT tei wesc elt NWEStROI so nyespcurll Danese. ey 8 NOs Ghia sara ease Spd yO Une cote x nwtineens ele SbER tes 225 2 eee: 12 Spencer......-.....14 Diekhut............ 12, McBean ..,... ... i No, 24, 10 singles: ; get ake RT” ER AR OV ANG epee ees roan LOR ABCD Ress suse 5 RGR ee er neath & Spencer........-... OF Tienes bh ee iets 5 ETeVa pI Shey Ae bee ne ary Wwrow SUGGS ersten es Br @rosbyrars seeack te 7 SROMWETS2-.<0 25s sn. . 8 RDuer.. 0" Burleighy.. 200.2 5 SLRITGUR preset tor tel teres & (Biekhitte Sey BW ae pele SEG LEU eee eee BO # Mines 22.228 9 Jas McBean. ....,. 8 Straiwt..-.......... i) No. 25, 12 singles, $2 entrance: , Taylors Aes HT See rieiee iee 4.0 sich We MENGES ee eee a5 BDBLCOM sp rmpre tga e- Wa pat aGke Mylo. ee 10 Westfield....... 1.0 BrGreey doc nowrun Ors 1m MIGBen ess cil eae Be Gmbh: oot ee 6 FWRI TES HOE lee 12 Ties on 1? carried over to next shoot, 11 and 10 diy. No, 26, 15 singles, aes Black...... a rebate Cl oaees se tnacnle pass BO UWwoada sea et aml Spencer, seat dole TUS eee ae ss 18 McBean 18 Strawn okey al? heer Roe a fe 0) OLB Ss ee 1 eax .. Milos IGEN eras i a 10 McAvoy. 2 White .. 15 Smith ..-. <2... 6c. 6 Tremblet.. ai Westfield) .2......10 Button ........2..44 . 9 Robertson .. oo 6 No. 28, 10 singles: ‘ Spencer.......5. ae Sard GVGICS Dinca renee fier i NGtro... -. sri Strawn.... Wi¢Besamy: level. 10 Mesby... a) Rex,..; STDC er cle ne 6 Duckett. 6 Black MeDonald......... 4. Wood) o.55 i344. ay White Jameson.......... Se aLO LUE ren en . 8 Summer BWSODT Sel eek 8 Hackett .........04 Ties div. No, 29, 15 singles, $3 entrance: Teavil Glee ee, Geemoen VVIIDGS one sue weet CBE tag eee 13 Spencer ., Black.. Crosby, wld Strawn.... Duckett Ysbyty 9 Rex... as, aay s+sel4 Westfield)... .: Lees. 8 -__ No. 30, f singles and 2 pairs; Black. - Dy NWO sea gecs oe 8 Depeywesns. on, 6 Rex... . 8 Jasper... Sapte ERSTE Goer 8 IPAWE ees Soe ven oD ach cilrlare ey eee eeets he Duckett.) sificwe Spencer..........-. 8 Hendergon..-.,,-., 6 Metcalf... 200.22. 5 Ties div. No. 82, 12 singles: St@awit,...l22 6... 32, White i sssiat 16! Pe One gare. 10 TEAC hae ae lenge 2 Henderson......... BE SIniaaee eens oki SPENGCEL.........2-. It Sareea eee Ch 4D Ets eae Sa Re 4 Renae Pacey a vette EL a SIMAESICYs nT A ere Sy eeraye, (16 Ties div. f ; Mateh at 26 live birds, 28ydk. rise, use of one harrel: JS Fae} ola a ee ala alee yeladecael lao bg agaglln al Dah fage il 1111111110111001111100111—20 Whites... .. eevee ee eel t1110191111001011011101117—20 The tie was not shot off; reason unknown. Match at 10 liye birds and 10 targets each, $20 aside: LUNE Saee obe er cern are Sheen 5 1211211012— Li 1110 —9—18 1k eR va iebenk 2 SObE Ce Line ee blab b ard 1012012212—8 = 1011011011—7—15 Team mateh for a pair of birds, at 10 live birds each: Strawi....... .. 1211 120121— 9 Spencer... .., 1112111211—10 PRLog SSP Be Seta « 1211711211—10—-19 White........ , 4111112111—10—20 DETROIT INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT. TH tournament held near Detroit last week was far from being the success it deserved, the attendance being very slim. The affair was in competent hands, and the managers, Messrs. Pen- rose, Parker, Gillman and Barnes deserved better patronage, The island of Des-chru-shos-ka, on which the tournament was held, is a lovely spot in the river eight miles below Detroit. It comprises something like 2,500 acres, 1,900 of which is ducking march, the balance farm and orchards. The hotel upon the island is man- aged by Gilman and Barnes, both thorough sportsmen, and they ireated the visiting sportsmen in a right royal manner. The badge presented by them forthe international contest was a handsonie trophy and cost $150. The attendance on the day of the badge contest numbered upward of 600,and a more enthusi- astic audience never was seen at a pigeon contest. The winner, Louis T,. Duryea, is one of the most popular sportsmen in the Hast, and his friends throughout the country will be heartily pleased to hear of his success. Messrs. Gilman and Barnes are not at all put out at the non-success of their first annual, and declare that next year they will offer such a programme that will draw the largest gathering of sportsmen ever known, and they deserve to. No. 1, 10 single Keystones, entrance $1: D, Smith 10. Waruf 9, Sanford 8 W. W. Essig 7, Parker 8, Penrose 8, Donaldson 8, D. epee & Walton 10, Davenport 7, Butler 10, Smally 10, Hastings 8, endt 9. No. 2,15 singles, entrance $1.50: Penrose 13, Butler 12, Walton 10, D. Leitch 13, Donaldson 138, Smally 12, Sanford 13, D. Smith 15, EERE ve: Warut 15, W. Essig, Davenport 8, Wendt 12, Hastings . Ford 9. No, 3, 10 singles, entrance $l; Parker 8, Butler 6. Walton 8, Smally 8, D. Leitch 10, D. Smith 9, Davenport 9, Essig 9, Sandford 4, Penrose 8, Warut 10. No. 4, 20 singles, entrance $3: Penrose 14, Davenport 15, Sanford 18, D. Smith 18, H. Waruf 16. Parker 19, W. Donaldson 14, Hast- ings 18, Walton 17, Smally 17, Butler 10, Leitch 15, Smally 18, D, Leitch 18, Donaldson 11, { No. 5, 1b eine rces entrance $2: Penrose 15, D. Smith 14, Sanford 10, Parker 15, Ford 9, Walton 12. No. 6, 10 singles, entrance $150: Walton 10, Smally 8, Smith 9, Penroge 9, Sanford 10, Parker 9, Davenport 6, W. Hssig 8. No. 7, 25 singles, entrance $5: Donaldson 19, Walton 21, W. ayson 18, Dick Smith 24, Davenport 17, Parker 23, Sanford 23, aruf 25, Penrose 22. No. 8, 5 pairs doubles, entrance $1: D-. Leitch 5, Butler 4, Don- aldson 7, Cole 8, Hastings 6, Penrose 8, D, Smith 9, Howard h, San- ford 8, Parker 7%, Avery 3. No. 9, 20 singles, entrance $2.40; Waruf 17, Leitch 19. Hastings 20, Lefever 17, Youngblood 20, Avery 15, Cole 14, Smally 18, Daven- port 11, Butler 14, Donaldsun 16, D. Smith 20, Penrose 17, Walton 18 Parker 14, Sanford 18, Howard 17. _ Wo, 10,15 singles, entrance $1.50; Penrose 12. Smith 14, Parker J5, Walton 15, Sanford 12, Howard 14, Payson 10, Cole 14, Smally ll, Letever 12, Avery 12. A few extra sweeps followed. No. 11, 6 live birds, $6.50 entrance, 3 moneys: Donaldson 4, Par- ker 6, Sanford 6, Penrose 6, Waruf 5, Butler 4, Avery 6, Davenport 6, Dayton 9. Ties of G6 shot off and divided by Parker, Sanford and Penrose, Second Day. Sept. 9, Mo. 1,5 live birds, $4 Se Panrasen ce 0. Lue oe TASS Oat tonitee ws. poles ss yee 02222—4 MBMGH Middaensideladoreens 1112—f Santords. 0.2 lk 02111—4 Colom peee ee a sean Ad IPAGHIESSy Veith (rey Sa RROeN, GORA 21100—8 Pamicetiaesr sve sees ae 10121—4 Donaldson. .......,......01001—2 Davemport...--..-.......-. O21—4. Ties on 4 for Second money: . Davenport... -.11211111111221—14 Dayton... .... »22211221222200—12: ‘Santord -.....1117221120132—14 Parker.._.......121220w,, _ Davenport and Sanford diy. No. 2, 10 live birds, $7 entrance: Penrose.....--..««. 111201212110 Dayton ......- Aare 0211021211—8 Bailvors (eee sent 1221211120— 9 Donaldson....,-....- 2012021121—8 Davenport.......-.. 2121221210— 9 Butler ....,......+)--1102110220—7 Ties div. No. 3, 10 live birds, $10 entrance: Penrose 9, Parker 9, Dayen- port10, Dayton 9, Leitch 8, Butler 6, Gillman 10. ; No. 4. 6 live birds, $6 entrance; ‘'Newcomer’’d, Mleischer 5, Don- aldson 5, Butler 3, Leitch 4, Glenn 5, Penrose 6, Gillman 6, Daven- port 6, Avery 3, Dayton 6. Tiss on f shot off and div. by Penrose, Dayton and Fleischer with 2 each, Turd Day, Sept. 10. No.1, 10 singles, entrance $1: Renick 6 Cole 9, Osmund 2, But- terfield 6, Youngblood 8, Sanford 10, Longfield 1, Ward 6, Cooper 9, Howard 6, Lever 4, Donaldson 7. D. Leiteh 7, Smalley Parker 6. No, 2, 15 singles, entrance $150: Renick 13, Howard 15, Garrison 10, Lefever 14, Parker 13, Leitch 15, Osmun 11, Sandford 11, Ward 12, Donaldson 10, Butler 12, Youngblood 18, Cole 14, Cooper 10, Smalley 13, . J No. 2, 10 singles, entrance $1.50: Gillman 5, Parker 7, Renick 10, Sunford 9, D. Leitch 6, Lefeyer 7, Ward 8, Youngblood 7, G, Word 5. No. 4, 20 singles, entrance $3; Gillman 19, Howard 18, Leitch 15, Parker 19, Sanford 20, Renick 19, Donaldson 11, Cole 20, Lefever 17, Ward 16. Gillman second on shoot-offt. J Wo. 5, 10 singles, entrance $1: Osmun 8, Longfield 8, Essig 8, Le- fever 8, Baker 10, Leitch 8, Gillman 10, Sanford 9, Keyeney 5, Youngblood 8, Parker 8, R. Word 6. Howard 8, Smalley 9, Renick 9, Cole 6, G. Word 7, Ward 8. Tie on 8 shot off and won by Lefever, Howard and Ward. . No, 6, 15 singles, entrance $2: Osmun 18, Ward 13, Sanford 13, Smalley 6, R. Ford 14, Butler 9, Renick 15, Lefever 15, Howard 14, Pursey 10, Penrose 14, Dolaldson 7, Parker 9, D. Leitch 15, Avery 14, Hebel 13, Cole 12, Gillman 12. : , _ No, 7, 23 singles, entrance $5: Donaldson17, D, Leitch 22, Howard oa Penrose 238, Avery 22, Parker 21, Stillman 18, Sanford 23, enick 20. No. 8,5 pairs of doubles, entrance $1: Avery 8, Sanford 10, B. Ford 6, Parker 6, Donaldson 7, Ward 9, Purcy 5, Leitch 7, Howard 9, Comodore 5. Fourth Day, Sept, 11. A tew extra sweeps preceded the grand international race, open to all, for Gillmore & Barnes’s $150 cold medal, emblematic of the international championship of the United States and Canada, 25 live birds; entrance for medal only, price of birds; entrance for sweep inclusive of medal, $10; sweep divided 40, 3), 20 and 10 per cent,, revised Hurlingham rules to govern: TY Daven pGrt cat ecav ences seescaam es 1112111111211112121121112—25 *D Leitch. .....- BS eiie ns: de HES Se eos ,2211111111112122211111122—25 Sanford........+ Ao Aa aaote Al crer ea ,2210212112101211211121112—28 1eteanaltjslep: apes oe este whereas vee ».-e1111011211201211 1122 1111—23 BUGLE Rae ete rest eaesturtelineitmdey sama bso 2222111212200112222101111—22 RUGSGH GIRLS ep ttees peste w cers m claladual 0020111111111211121112112—22 “Parkers cate os Rates Sates eid ett tetris se 2010212210110201111111102—19 WAVOLYV .iccpcstesseee Na ae we 0211011020201200011122221—17 TAOMBIASOM Ss: wees yiials Ferg d ee eda . .. 0112010210200301112112120—17 *Not in sweep. i The tie between Louis Davenport, of the Fountain Gun Club, of Brooklyn, L.1., and Dan Leiteh, of Hamilton, Ont., was at once shot off at 5 birds, resultin again in a tie, each killing 4. The second tie was at 10 birds, eitch dropping his eighth bird and Davenport killing straight; DARE SBE eet onMe>ropern aenpabinnn bit 1W220l = B122111211—14 baeene ae Shot anes ante petty it so ee) Seep 201 111 12120w—11 ATLANTIC CITY TOURNAMENT, LABOR DAY saw the opening of the three days’ tournament of the Atlantic City Gun Olub, given under the management of Harry Thurman, of Germantown, Pa., and Enoch Miller, of Springfield, N. J. The weather was superb throughout the entire meeting, but the attendance was far from reaching the expecta- tions of the managers, and only upon the opening day was there anything like a fair number of participants. Why this should be so is unacountable. The managers, Messrs. Thurman and Miller, are sportsmen who are favorably knownto almost every trap shooter in the East, and the more than successful tournament of the Atlantic City Gun Club, given in June last, was assurance for alarge attendance. Still the fact remains, that the meeting in point of numbers was not an over successful one and only the lack of proper advertising, in the way of circulating programmes, or more probably to the many local meetings being held upon the holiday, can the slim attendance _be attributed. To those that failed to attend I can say that they missed a pleasant outing. Atlantic City is one of the most delightful places I have ever visited for the holding of a shooting meeting, and the grounds of the gun club, situated as they are at the mouth of Absecom Inlet, with a gem of a club house and perfect equip- ment are by far the prettiestin the State. The background, too, is of the best, the shooter faces the waters of the inlet and has not a single obstruction. ; Upon my arrival on the opening day I found the ball had been started and a preliminary sweep under way. Harry Thurman at once enlisted my services, the gentleman who had promised to take charge of the office duties had failed to put in an appear- ance, so | took hold and found myself anchored forthe meeting, notwithstanding that I had given up the pleasure of shooting and thereby had no opportunity of squandering my good money. I had a most enjoyable lime and made many new acquaintances, among whom were J. Howard Brouse, of Philadelphia; R. T. Dawson, Jr., of Berwyn, Pa.; Col. C. L. Terry, John Hvans and J. B. Cleaver, of Camden, Del., the former gentleman a m*mber of the staff of Governor Reynolds, of Delaware. Mr. P. Kling, of St. Louis, Mo., one of the crack live bird shots of that section, and one who has given Jim Haggerty and Jack Winston many a hard fight, was another whom it was mv pleasure to meet. Mr. Kling, who is on a business trip to New York, had run into Fred Quimby’s on the Saturday previous inquiring for some shooting. On being told of this meeting he at once borrowed a gun and hied him to Atlantic City. Another from afar was Mr, R. A, Eddy, of Montana. Mr. Eddy is a gentleman of leisure and is not un- known to some of our Eastern shots, having upon occasional visits to New York paid several visits to our local grounds. Of the regulars who put in an appearance was Milt Lindsley, Neat Apgar, of Henry U. Squires, and W. R. Hobart, of Von_Lengerke & Detmold, each having one eye on business, and Willand J. Wolstencroft, of Frankford, Pa. Of the local men the most prominent were Charley Minered, A.C. and R. C. Griscom and Chris Sander. The majority of the visitors made Minered’s Hotel their headquarters, and to Capt. Minered and his pleasing wife the boys arecndebted for many fayors, and it is safe to say that at future tournaments the boys will be found hanging up. their hats at Minerrd’s. First Day, Monday, Sept. 7. The shooting of the first day was more than difficult. A stiff northwest wind twisted the bluerocks into every conceivable flight. The shooting was donefrom ten traps, the experts being handicapped in all amateur races, the moneys being divided 40, 80, 20 and 10 per cent,, except in the guaranteed events, when five equal divisions were mace, The targets worked well, but the pulling was hardly up to the standard, frequent balks occurring, The club should invest In one of the modern trap-pulls, and this great nuisance of balking the shooters would be obviated. No. 1, 10 single bluerocke, $1 entry, 4 moneys. Hxperts: Neaf Apgar 9, Lindsley 7, Hobart 7. Amateurs: Landis 9, Cleaver 8, Eyans 8, Kling 7, H. David 7, Minerd 7, R. Dawson.6, J. Thurman 6, Brouse 6. Saunders 6, Terry 6, Trego 5, Lane 5, Carlisle 4. No, 2, 15 single bluerocks, amateur rules, open to all, $1.50 entry, 4 moneys: Lindsley 14, Minerd 13, Miller 13, R. Daw- son 12, Apgar 12, Landis 12. David 12, Young 11, Hobart 11, W. Wolsteneroft 11, Terry 10, J. Thorman 9, Hvans 9, J. Wolstencrott 9, Adams 8, Brouse 8, Cleaver 5, Lane 8, Kling 6, Saunders 6. No. 3, 10 singles, $l entry: Experts—W. Wolstencroft 10, Miller 10, Lindsley 9, Apgar 9, Hobert.5. Amateurs—Brouse 9, Lane 9, Cleayer 8, E. Dowson 7, Minered 7, R. Dowson 7, L. R. Adams 7, J, H, Adams 7, M. Saunders’, J. Wolstencroft 7, Evans 7, Landis 7, Garlisle 6, Kling 6, Trego 6, David 6, Lysinger 5, VW. Z. Adams 5, Joe 4, Martin 3, Terry 3, Langan 2. Call 2. No, 4,20 single bluerocks, $40 guaranteed, amateur rules, oven toall, $2entrance: W. Walstenecroft 20, Miller 19, Apgar 17, J. Wolsteneroft 17, Lindsley 16. Hobart 16, Qleaver 16, H. Adams 16, H, Thurman 16, Brouse 16, R. Dowson 15, Kline 15, Evans 15, Minerd 14, J. Thurman 14, Sanders 11, Carlisle 10, Lane 9, Terry 9, Lysinger 7, Levering 4. No, 5,10 singles, $1 entry: Experts—Weller 10, W. Wolstencroft 9, Hobart 9, Neaf Apgar 8, Lindsley 7. H. Thurman 7. Amateurs —Minerd 10, Brouse 9, R C..Griscom 9, Landis 8, Cleaver 8. Kling 7. R, Dowson 7, Evans 7, E. Adams 7, David 7, Lysinger 7, A. C. Griscom 7, Bob 7, Saunders 6, J. Wolsteneroit6, J. Thurman 6, Terry 5, Martin 5, Lane 4, EK. Dowson 4, Trego 4, W. Z. Adams 3. No. 6. 20 singles, $8 entry, amateur rules. open to all, $40 guaran- teed; Minered 17, W. Wolstencroft 17, Kling 17, H. Thurman 17, Hobart 17, Neat Apgar 16, David 16, Miller 15, Brouse 15, Landis 15, Hyans 14, A, C. Griscom 13, Terry 13, J. Wolstencroft 12, R. Johnson 12, Lindsley 12, Cleaver 19, Lane 11, Carlisle 8. No, %, 16 singles, $2 entrance, amateur rules, open to all, $25 puaranteed: Minered 15, Miller 14, H. Thurman 14, Neat Apgar 18, Evans 13, Ireland 13, A. ©. Griscom1?2, Wright 12, Hobart 12, . Wolstencroft 12. Lindsley 11, Kling 11, Landis 11, J. Thurman 11, J, Wolstencroft 10, Brouse 10, R. G. Grisecom 10, Cleaver 10, R. Dawson 9, C. Sander 9 Dayid 9, Eddy &, Terry 8, Adams #8 Lane 8. No, 8, 16singles, $1.50 entrance, amateur rules, open to all: Mil- ler 15, Eddy 16, Hobart 15, Neat Apgar 14, W. Wolstencroft 13, Ire- land 13, Lindsley 12, Kling 12, J. Wolstencroft12, Minered 12. Lane 12, CG. Sander il, M. Saunders 10, A. ©. Griseom 9, Wellis 9, R. age 8, Hyans 8, Cleayer 8, Brouse 8, H. Thurman 8, Carlisle Re erry 6. No, 9,10 singles, $l entry, experts: Miller 10, Hobart 10, Linds- ley 8, W. Wolstencroft 8, Apgar’. Amateurs: Kling 9, H. Thur- man 9. A. ©. Grircom 9, R. Dawson 8, Wrieht 8. Hvans 8, C. San- der 8, Cleaver 8, Ireland 8 J. Wolstencroft 7, Minered 7, BD. San- ders 7, KH, Adams 7, Hddy 6, R, C. Griscom 6, Brouse 5, Terry 5, Bob 4, M. Saunders 4, No. 10, 15 singles, amateur rules, open to all, $1.50 entrance: H, Thurman 15, Hobart 14, Lindsley 13, Avgar 13, A. C. Griscom 13, Kling 13, W. Wolstencroft 12, Miller 12, C. Sanders 12, Tee Kay 12, Eddy 11, J. Wolstencroft 11, J. Dawson 9, Brouse 7, Second Day, Tuesday, Sept. 8. The attendance was -omewhat light, but what was lacking in number was made Ep in enthusiasm. and the shooters managed to enjoy themselves hugely; every one seemed to be keeping books, and as the blackboard was just back of the shooting stand, each man generally dropped into the softest spot, The conditions were much more favorable to een ah good scores, there béing no wind Of any consequence, with the bluerocks thrown at an ayer- age height of 10ft. No. 1, 10 singles, $lentry. Hxperts: Apgar 9, Miller 9. Amateurs; Minered 10, Evans 10. Cleaver 10, R, Dawson 9, King 9, Thurman 8, Carlisle 7, Brouse 7, Terry 7, Trego 6, Saunders 5 No. 2,15 singles, amateur rules, open to all, $1.50 eniry: Apgar 15, Brouse 15, Evans 15, Kling 14, R. Dawson 13, Miller 18, Minered 13, Thurman 12, Bob 12, Trego 11, Cleaver 11, Lindsley 10, Terry 9, J. Wolstencroft 9, No. 3, 10 singles, $1 entry: Experts: Apgar 9, Miller 9, W. Wolstencroft 8, Lindsley 6, Eddy 5. Amateurs: Minered 10, Cleayrr 10, Kling 10, Brouse 10, Saunders 9, Thurman 9, Young 8, yeas Sy J. Wolstencroft 8, Bob 7%, C, Sander 6, R. Dawson 6, erry 4. No, 4, 20 singles, $2 entry, amateur rule, open to all, $25 guar- anteed: Apgar ?0, Brouse 20, Minered 19, Miller 19, Cleaver 19, M. Saunders 18, Thurman 18, Evans 18, W. Wolstencroft 18, Ho- bart 17, Eddy 17, J. Wolstencroft 17, Lindsley 16, Kling 16, R. Daw- son 16, Wright 16, Young 11, H. M. Cooper 10. No, 5, 10 singles, §1 entry: Experts: Miller 10, Hobart 10, W. Wolstencroft 8, Apgar 7, Lindsley 7. Amateurs: Young 9, J. Wolstencroft 9, Cleaver 6, Thurman 9, Minered §, Kline 8, Brouse 8, Cooper 7, Bob 7, Terry 7, Evans 7, C. Sander 7, R. Dawson 6, Saunders 6, Trego 6, Wright 6, Eddy 2. No. 6, 20 singles, $3 entry, amateur rule, $40 guaranteed: Miller 20, Apgar 19, Hobart 19, Kling 19, Cooper 19, W. Wolstencrott 19, Dawson 18, Thurman 18, Gorman 18, Minered 18, Cleaver 18, (. Sander 18, Eddy 17. Brouse 17, Lindsley 16, A. C, Griscom 16, J. Wolstencroft 15, Eyans 15. No, 7, at 15 singles, $2 entrance, $25 guaranteed, amateur rules: Apgar 15, Kling 15, Minered 15, Miller 14, W. Wolstencroft 14, Cleaver 18, Hobart 12, Cooper 12, Evans 12, J, Wolstencroft 12, Thurman 11, C. Sander 11, A. C. Griscom 11, Tee Kay 11, L. Adams 10, Lindsley 9, Saunders 7. 4 No, 8 15 singles, #150 entrance: Miller 15, C. Sander 14, Minered 14, Hobart. 14, Apgar 14, A. C. Griscom 14 Kling 18, Lindsley 12. Thurman 12, Cooper 11 W. Wolstencroft 10. No. 9. 10 singles, $1 entrance: Apgar 10. Cooper 10, Hobart 10, es oy Lindsley 4, Thurman 8, Minered 7, Adams6, Kling 6, C. ander 4. No. 10, 10 singles, $1 entrance: H. Thurman 10, Cleaver 10, Hyans 10, R. Dawson 9, M, Satinders 9, Apzar 9, Kling 9, Brouse 8, Miller §, Minered 8 Trego 7, Terry 7, Carlisle 6, Tee Kay 6. Third, Day, Wednesday, Sept, 9. The attendance to-day was the slimmest of the meeting, and it was with difficulty that the guaranteed events were filled. Tha shooters did not wish to hold the management to the programme at all, but it was decided to run itofi as adyertised, with the exception of eyent No. 6, for a gliarantee of $40, which was omitted. ] No. 1, 10 singles, $1 entry, Expsrts; Apgar 9. Miller 8, Hohart 8. panei eee ene Kay” 10, “Bob” 10, Cooper 9, Thurman 8, Brouse 7, “Green” 6. No, 2,15 singles, amateur rules $1.60 entry: Apgar 15, Miller 15, Lenehan 14, Brouse 14, Thurman 14, Lindsley 12, Cooper 12, “Green” No, 3, 10 singles, $1 entry: Experts: Apgar 9, Hobart 8, Miller 7, Lindsley 6. Amateurs: Cooper 10, Brouse 9, Thurman 9, “Tee Kay’ 8, Boo" 8, “Green” 7. No.4, 20 singles, amateur rules, open to all, $2 entry, $25 guaran- teed: Cooper 20, Hobart 19, Plumb 19, R. ©. Griscom 19, Miller 18, Thurman 18, Minered 18, Adams 18, Apgar 17, Lindsley 17, Brouse t, “Green” 16, A. C: Griscom 16, **Tee Kay” 16. No. 5, 10 singles, $1 entry. Experts: Lindsley 9, Miller 8, Hobart 8, Apgar 7. Amateurs: Thurman 9, Green 9, Wright 9. Cooper 9, Bob 8, Brouse 8. Wo. 7, 15 singles, $2 entry, $25 guaranteed: Apgar 15, H. Thur- man 14, Minered 14, Miller 14, Hobart 14, Conper 13, R. C. Griscom 13, Lindsley 12, Plumb 12, C, Sander 12, McCormick 12, Tee Kay 12, Brouse 11, Green 10, Bob 9. No, 8, 15 singles, $1.50 entry, amateur rules, open to all: Miller 15, Cooper 15. Hobert 15, Thurman 14, Brouse 14, Apgar 18 Green 13, Lindsley 12, Wright 9. No. 9,10 singles, $1 entry. amateur rules; Apgar 10, Miller 10, Thurman 10, Bob 10, Green 9, Hobert 9, Cooper 9, Brouse 8, Wright 8, Lindsley 7. No. 10, 15 singles, $1.50 entry, amateur rules: Miller 15, Brouse 13, Thurman 13, Apgar 13, Hobert 13, Lindsley 12. - The last event found but a half dozen willing to enter, the balance busy in packing up guns and traps ready for departure, A few stayed over until the following day and took in a fishing trip outside the Inlet; the writer was one of the party, and a most enjoyable trip was hid; the weakfish were biting fairly well, but myself and friend Garvin were not able to handle the lines for Some little time, as we had suddenly become somuwhat tired of watching the roll of the waters. We managed to land. afew however, and they were beauties, none scaling less than 2lbs, and the largest one tipping the scale at 5!4lbs. The Kay, . PASSAIC, N. J.—Last Saturday the Passaic City W. and A, A. held their first field meeting on the Passaic avenue grounds, which are most pleasantly located under the shadow of the woods, and conyenient in every respect. Several friends of the members and well-known devotees of the gun and trap, participated in the shoot. Among them were W.F. Quimby, of New York, who is a familiar figure in all the great shooting events in the country; Al. Heritage, of Jersey City, the owner of Marion Park; P. M. Kling, of St, Louis; J. K. Seeley and R. H. Peck, of the Boiling Springs Gun Club; Thomas Gould, of Roseville; W.S. Canon, of Newark, the best one-armed shot in the country, and W. R. Hobart, of the South Side Gun Club, who is organizing the shooting section of the Manhattan Athletic Club, in New York. Among those present were Mayor Brown, President Granger, of tha P.C. W. & A. A; W. C. Kimball, President of the Board of Trade; E. M. Hale, the editor of the Daily News and quite a number of ladies. The club was well represented, seven members breaking 111 birds asagainst 114 broken by the seven expert shooters who entered for the regu- lar score. The shooting of Luquesand Hollister was especially fine, the former being beaten by Hobart by one bird only. The traps were set to throw at sharp angles, and the best shots failed. to cover allthe birds. The following is the score, each man shoot- ing at 30 birds: Hollister 24, Quimby 18, Heritage 18, Burns 18, Brown 10, Luques 26, Hughes 10, Gould 12, Rice 15, Kling 14, Kil- gour 2, Hobart 27, Seeley 10, Canon 15, Dow 8. The yisitors ex- pressed themselves aS much pleased with the grounds and the showing of the club. They said the trap house, which was made from the original plans drawn by C. R. Van Deusen, of Passaic, was the best and most conyenient they had ever seen. Much credit is due Captain Burns for the efficient and successful man- ner in which he has organized the shooting section of the P. ©. W. & A. A., and it is safe to say that another element of wholesome sport has been added to Passaic’s list, and thatit has come to stay. Any member of the Wheeling and Athletic Association is also a member of the shooting section without extra dues, it he wishes to shoot, and need not necessarily own a gun, as there will always be guns and shells on the ground for his use. The regular shoots will occur once in two weeks, on Saturdays at2 P. M,, the next one being on Sept. 26, Practice shoots will be held every Saturday at3 P. M, BALTIMORE GUN CLUB will hold 2 tournament at Acton’s Park, Sept. 23-24; programmes will bs mailed by W. H. Linthicum, 14 St. Paul street, Baltimore. 174 HARRISBURG OPENING, HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 12.—The Harrisburg Shooting Associa-~ tion held their opening shoot Sept. 1] and 12 at their new quar- ters, situated on the banks of the Susquehanna, at the western terminus of the city, where they have secured a plot 300ft. square, gradually sloping toward the east. On the western line they have erected a very commodious shooting house, two stories high and 40X60ft., with lockers, gun racks, storage room for tar- gets and all extra paraphernalia.sPacing the traps there is a roof extension 12x60ft., forming perfect protection from sun and storm, There isa trench 60ft. long by 4{t. deep running parallel with and l6yds. distant from the shed awning, which forms the protection for the trappers from rain or storm, the roof which protects them from injury affording the same protection from the weather. Directly north on a Jine with the house was a large dining tent and south one of like size facing a second set of five traps. Immediately between and on a line with the shoorers stood the large donble 9X20ft. blackboard, manned by a compe- tent set of faur scorers and two refereés, an all shooting during tournaments is conducted from two sets of five Keystone traps, The tournament committee, J. H. Worden, H. A. Bsch and J. C, Nutt, assisted by its worthy president, Mr. ©. B, H. Brelsford aud Secretary H. M. F'. Worden, had gone to a great deal of trouble to procure what they believed would prove an inducement to offer the boys free of entrance over $300 worth of valuable merchan- dise prize, donated by the leadiug merchants of Harrisbure, and this shows with what fayor this organization is looked upou by its l‘ading citizens. In connection with this the association have purchased a yery handsome silver gold-lined cup yalued at $100, open to contest by teams ofsix men from any regularly organized elihb in central Pennsylvania. The weather opened beautifully, and by 9 o’clock standing | room was at a premium within the club house, and all seemed glad to know that they were living to participate in the opening event ofthe new quarters. There were many well known faces and yery many new ones, The line of spectators ran up into the hundreds, and the exclamatious of admiration at the beautiful grounds and excellent shooting were many. At 9:30 sharp the shooting began, and without any cessation was continued until too dark lo see. Onelittle incident which occurred during the day had a tendency to drive some of the shooters away: Krue- ger, of Wrightsville, was supposed to have been handicapped by the Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association, and we had adver- tised that the handicap should be strictly enforced. Krueger, however, claimed not to be included in that handicap and was allowed to shoot from an amateur standpoint. Ue should be in- cluded in the handicap, as his record is far above the requirement. Another and very pleasant feature was the new rule adopted by this association, that 10 and 12-gange guns must shoot from the i6yds. mark, each using 1402. shot. No one went away with powder in his tace and all to a unit favored its adoption. Wo. 1,15 singles, entrance $1: Wulford 13, Crane12, Lefever 6, Shuck 10, Pennypacker 7, Smith 5, Spicer 8, Nutt12, Corcoran 11, F. Smith 8, Rohrback, 11, Phile 11, Leachy 8, Crownshield 4, Dill 10, Scott 9, Witmer 11, Coder 4, Kinzer 14, Brewster 11, Anderson 9, Huff 9, Clark 9, Ning 9, Bausman 6, George 4, Dinger 13, Krueger 14, Fry 11, Fieles 11, Dustin 14, Choate 9, Park 13, Kiger 6, Roat 10, Set fuller 13, Domner 13, Brelsford 15, Mata 10, Hart 7, Wer- den 12. No, 2, championship team race, teams to consist of 6 men each, open to all regularly organized gun clubs in Central Penneylya- nia, The prize for this contest was a silver trophy, donated by the Harrisburg Shooting Association, and must be contested for in September of each year, the club winning it to guarantee to give a tournament the following year, when the trophy is to be shot for under the following conditions: 25 singles per man, 150 pet team, known angles, l6yds. rise for both 10 and 12-cauge, 11402. shot. The trophy is a very handsome oné and valued at $100: Harrisburg Shooting Association No. 1. 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Rohtback. ...-..,--.. -- --..+-.+--- L1101000110111111111 1111 — 24 STRESS, WO oe ee ae a ee 1060000110110011111100100—12 PV AU IID Ta tet cet or bes lay ca wieecrrins pi tle (0101.101010111001101010110—14 [Brandt de a ae i a es SS ee ot 1101101000111001111101001—15 1S CLG Fe Riots icra Beare aes erate ee ge cae 1101011110111100131108011—17 Sete CU CSR TRS es ohh Oe a es 8 101011011101001111010010iI—15— 97 The trophy being won by the Hurrisburg Shooting Association team No. 1, the trophy shall be carefully cared for and in Sep- tember of "92 we will be most happy to meet all teams of central Pennsylvania. AUBURN GUN CLUB.—Autburn, N.Y., Sept. 9.—The eighteenth prize contest brought out a large number of spectators, Who were interested in watching some good double shooting. The day was fine, with quite a strong wind, and the traps were new and threw hard birds. The race was1? pairs. The score tells its own story: A Class. 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Although the elub starts with a small membershipit is canlidently expected that it will be largely Increased at ifs next meeting. Any club wishing to cortespond with 1his one may ad- dress the secretary, Dr. H. i. Parmore, Ottawa, Kansas.—E. B. FOREST T THE HILL TOP GUN CLUR, of Pompey, N. Y., held their an- nual shoot at Pompey Hill, N, Y., Sept. 9. ‘Phe weather was de- lightful and only more shooters were needed to make it a complete AND STREAM. success. ok ga 8 23 08 3 20 43 Tantrum, J. FP. Small...........6.. 005 3.22 12 3 22 07 Nellie: J, OUMeGary .2 cic sccsan ceoae es withdrew. Nadine. D N, Palmer................ ; withdrew. ——, C, Conant..........0..-:e cease 12.10 withdrew. Grace, D, Smith..... 00. ccc. st ey eee es 12.11 dismasted. The judges were Messrs. W. T, Fisher, T. A. Maguire, J. F, Barry. M. W. Ransom, WW, O. Elliott. SIPPIGAN Y. C.—The 16th open sweepstake regatta of the Sip- pican_Y. OC. was sailed at Marion, Sept. 5. The courses were: Sec- ord Class—From judges’ yacht, leaving Nye’s Ledge and South Hast Ledge buoys on port, to judges” yacht, 15 miles, Third and fourth classes—From judges’ yacht, leaving Bow Bells and South Bast Ledge buoys on port, to judges’ yacht, 8 miles. Wifth class— From judges’ yacht, leaving Seal Rock Buoy, stakeboat off Phan- tom Island, judges’ yacht, Seal Bock Buoy and stakeboat on port, to judges’ yacht,’ miles. The weather was cloudy, but there was a fresh N.H. breeze. Anopyma sailed a wonderfully good race in the second class. In the third class Tycoon did well. Daisy, in her small rig, beat the fleet going to windward, but was outrun. Puzzle was disabled by carrying away her mast. In the fourth class Edith and Charmion ran best, but Charmion was not in it in the windward work, in which Cat and Squall did best. Worry sailed well in the fifth. The summary: SECOND CLASS—OATS. Length, Elapsed. Corrected. Lie 20 5 Anonyma, F.L Dabney....-........, OL 2 20 59 2 06 14 Widgeon, M. Williams, Jr........... 26.10 226 45 = 211 45 Grampus, W. EB. C. Hustis.. .... ... 27.09 2-27 (4 #13 25 Bonita, J. M.D, Parker............. 26.04 Withdrew, THIRD CLASS—OATS, Tycoon, J. Li. Stackpole, Jy.......... 23.01 1 34 26 1 23 18 Hina, J. Parkinson .........-.......5 2.10 1 36 18 1 24 46 Daisy, Howard Stockton ............21.01 1 3Y 01 1 25 39 Parole, W. H. Davis................., 22.05 1 AT 46 1 25 48 Hermione, R. L, Barstow........,..- 22.11 1 39 2 1 27 58 Buzzard, A. B, Shepley.... ...,. ..23,07 1 41 35 1 30 46 FOURTH CLASS—GATS. Gat, Bruce OClark...........,...- eae 19.03 1 43 86 1 28 05 Edith, G. Van Hensselaer....... eee 04 1 44 57 1 29 33 Squall, Jy. Paliveyie i oie 19,11 1 45 49 131 07 Charmion, J. Crane, Jr........, ....: 19.0544 1 4119 1 36 04 FIOTH CLASS—CATE. Worry, H. W. & R. P. Bellows...... 15.10 132 08 115 20 Trana, M, Crane... ... font oe rat Nosy 14,0444 1 45 39 115 42 Judges: Dr. J. 8. Whiting, J. H. Clark, Jr,, W. A. Andrews. BEVERLY Y. C. 178TH REGATTA. — Marblehead, Sept. 5.— Course No, 1, distance 10}4 miles, weather thick, wind good 8.H, at start, lighter at finish. FIRST CLASS. Blapsed. Corrected, Waney, ©. F. Lyman, Jr....-........ 215 50 214 37 Aawk, Gordon Dexter,....... ...... 38 OF 2 al 21 2 20 31 One hundred and seventy-ninth regatta, open race, Monument Beach, Sept, 7.—Courses: Second class, No, 2, 1044 miles; third class, No. 7, 814 miles: weather very thick, blinding rain; wind W.E., very strong. SECOND CLASS. Length. Sa Ss Cerne grads Anonyma, FE. L. Dabney, B. ¥.C....27.01 2 08 a Defiance, H. ®. Perry, Mon. Beach 26.04 2 08 45 1 52 59 Surprise, Thos. Codman, B. Y.C. ..27.04 2 06 31 1 65 47 Widgeon, M. Williams, 7 r., B. ¥. G:26.10 Withdrew. ; THIRD CLASS: Parole, W. H. Davis, B. Y. C........ 22.08 2 04 17 1 52 18 uzzle, Wm. Amory. Jr., B. Y. ©... .22.09 2 07 05 1 55 06 Daisy, H. Stnekton, B. ¥.C ......... 21.01 212 11 1 68 12 Bina, J. Parkinson, B.Y.C... ...... 22.10 Withdrew. Boats from a distance were unable to get up owing to the calm of the morning, and the exceedingly nasty weather and blinding rain reduced the starters from twenty-five to eight, All the boats came home reefed, most of them with every reef tied in, but Parole gave a wonderful exhibition of lugging sail by getting over the course under a single reef. Anonyma had race well in hand, but lost it by over confidence at finish. Winners; First prize, class two, Defiance; class three, Parole; second prize, class two, Anonyma; class three, Puzzle. Judge: -W. Lloyd Jeffries, ROYAL CANADIAN Y.C., PRINCE OF WALES CUP—The annual race for the Prince of Wales cup, open to yachts of the Royal Canadian Y.C., was sailed on Sept. 8 over a 15-mile triangle, two rounds, off Toronto. Only two yachts started, the 70ft. schooner Oriole and the 46ft. cutter Vreda, the cutter receiving an allowauce of 17m. 23s.in the 30 miles. The wind was moder- ate, freshening at times, but rather fayoring the amaller boat, he times were: The times w' Migpeed, Oorrected. 5 41 00 5 Ba BB NGI Ga yep hiehyehny Clann rhea yabibee cppancegedeneia Ovlol@iiiscrevtuecerreetts Rana ee it hol nea € Cosine BY by) ‘ JEFFRIES Y. C. OPEN REGATTA, SEPT. 12.—The annual open regatta of the Jefiries Y. ©. was sailed on Saturday off the elnb house, Hast Boston, ina fresh S$.W. wind. The times were: BIRST CLASS—CENTERBOARDS. : . Elapsed.’ Corrected. White Fawn, A. E, Jones..... .., eee Gee eens 1 84 47 Strideaway, J. W. Gannon ... 0... 2.2.6... 005. tet Se, 1 386 51 FIRST CLASS—EHELS. Swordfish, Hall & Johnson............ 0 1.025. 1 40 05 1 38 16 SR ETIGS! So Acne i eee ee ee ee a 1 46 11 1 46 11 SECOND CLASS—CENTERBOARDS. Black Cloud, Putnam & Ingalls............ ..1 387 40 1 a7 40 Seachird HOD LA Ovs tee oe eee ws 141 16 1 40 10 Rosy, Pies pape ere: weneee anette a arr nee 1 41 39 1 40 22 Expert, Jones & Chase...............2.05. -..,1 43 45 1 43:13 ; ; SECOND CLASS—KEELRS. LCD We eee CO eee Seen Onin eae. wr 1 4) 44 1 4117 TUEH EAC CA TITISHEU pee e Heteniein on aiun nme mnany as 1 42 09 ; THIRD OLASS—CENTERBOARDS Flora Lee, ©. D. Lanning ........0....... eet AL gAt 1 26 U8 PANIC Sn Eh oie oy Werte Rates tra I 28 59 IRickaninneles eshte tee ere ah parte 1 30 40 THIRD CLASS—KEELS. SABLLOR, Re WL BeUMeTIS Eee sore eepeene rats 1 24 02 1 24 02 Geto eyes Dib Ly Gime uh see eee eee ne en a 1°29 25 1 26 54 a SPECIAL CLASS. True Blue, H, Hutebimgs. 2... 1 18 17 1 16 54 Auk, A. A. Martine ....0023....:....., eyes veol 20 08 1 19 08 Zoe, R. #. Farmiloe........02....... 2 eee eee yl 26 5d 125 29 Be Baal ta acho rei pe tee ee Bel LD 27\41 The jndges were W. 8. McLaughlin, 0. A. Brainard and W. D. FALL RIVER Y. C., SEPT. 7.—The seventh annual regatta of the Fall River Y. C. was sailed on Labor Day ina N.H, storm, with rain and strong winds, the times being: SLOOPS UNDDER 30PT. Hattie, Hall River....-. 2. j2.nc.cesseagen tie tithes Tahenia, Wall-River. oo... ...secse es cecees senssee 2 37 36 2 18 37 , , UATBOATS, 2467, AND OVUR, Winnand, Wall Rivyér ............. ... Foticeen 02 20080 2 20 33 Four Brouhers, Newport...................00.6 2 18 00 2 14 34 _ SALBOATS, Z1PT, AND UNDER 24P7, Hila, Fall River.... .. RR ree Beer ered, 1 84 24 1 34 24 Olivette, Pall River ........... ie Paree ree tn 1 86 56 1 36 09 CATBOATS, 18FT, AND UNDER 21FT, Unknown, Swansea... .. 2.2 .eeve sce e cess eceueaee 1 43 12 1 39 47 Hrminie, Bristol, Dg! a fect te LT Wig ate Broke down. Nereth Waclford Holes pipes etseeaseeeeets 1 At 37 1 44 87 Yaura,; Fall Rivet... 2.0.0.2 0..: wl Sala jes Withdrew. ; CATBOATS, 18F7. AND UNDER, NECHIGSSDMETSOLA ter nase tae Ki bee 53 1 57 06 Redonda GIVE T yecee ocho cine sees Rann kee 1 65 35 1 55 35 Marie Louise, Wall River_................0. 0: 1 58 45 1.58 45 Winners; Hattie, Four Brothers, Ella, Unknown, Fedora, NEW BEDFORD Y. C. FALL REGATTA.—The fall regatta of the New Bedford Y. C. was sailed on Sept. 2in a light wind with rough water, the course being 10 miles. The times were: Start. Finish. Hlapsed. Corrected. Medea........:.-..- 1.42 02 27 4 13 48 211 16 2.09 19 LT Se eaeeoeoeeo cor 2 00 51 4 14 31 2 18 40 2 09 27 Julia..... a 02 56 4 26 28 2 2a de a pie WEG nhs lalelnte| t-te 2 00 32 433 30 2 82 58 282 18 WINTHROP Y. C. CHAMPIONSHIP.—The postponed race for the first class of the Winthrop Y.C. second championship was sailed on Sept. 2 in a light S. H. wind. the times being: ¥IRST CLASS. Length, Elapsed. Corrected. Pilgrim, H. W. Dixon,...............28.10 1 26 30 1 01 05 Alda, #. HK. Wilmarth....... ......:5 25.06 1 42 48 1 14 22 Nimbus, J. 5. @tishing........-....... 84.03 1 28 45 102 25 WINTHROP Y. C., Sept1?2.—The race of the Winthrop Y.C. on Saturday, for cash prizes, was sailed in a fresh S.W. wind, the times being: THIRD CLASS. Length. a ct an Corrected. Harriet, L. A, Harrington...........2 0.1 28 16 1 00 26 Marion, Chesterton & Devereaux...20. 1 30 2! 1 01 36 Fancy, Cade & Riggs... ........... 20.08 1 61 13 1 02 41 Mattie G., W. A. Garrett............ 18.05 Withdrawa. Susie, Frank MeNeil................ 19.10 Withdrawn. FOURTH CLASs, Modoc, Dallis Belcher.............. v.08 0 AB 26 0 85 29 Seud, Lyman Meston...............,, 17.02 0.59 O01 0 37 80 Gracie, Charles Belcher ............. 17.00 Withdrawn. HULL Y. C.—The postponed race of Aug. Ji was sailed by the Hull Y. C. on Sept. 710 a moderate breeze from the east, the times being: SHCOND CLASS. Klapsed, Corrected. 6 27 2 18 20 White Fawn, A. #. Jones.....-........2.45- +...8 0 8 Mignon, H. Babson...........-... yieelaee sy- 5 0B4¢ aed 22 Harbinger, J. R, Hooper..........2.5.2:452. 5.2. 3 13. 82 2 29 56 THIRD CLASS—KEELS, Swordfish, H. 8. Johnson...... te ee orapraate Le Oe 1 31 45 Echo, Burwell & Isham........ . 2 08 57 1 34 35 Toned. Soyer: 820 fink ee as ao ee 2 03 38 1 35 48 THIRD CLASS—CENTERROARDS. Pasys Re Gelato eee eee ee eer ree va 2 02 51 1 al 22 FIFTH CLASS—KEBLS. Composite, J.. McIntyre... .2..0.12. cee eee cee 1 52 09 1 25 24 HULL Y. CG. CHAMPIONSH[IP.—The sail-off of the Hull Y. Cc. fifth class centerboards, ou Sept. 11, resulted as follows: Elapsed. Corrected. Geria, HP AVWWHT Cs yc. se nnn eeeneecedae see wipe 2 01 8 1 38 2 ‘Atata, B. F. Linton... .........0 0000... AER 72 0229 1 ag 17 Judges, Isaac KR. Burwell, Clarence V. Souther, Hdward L. Bar- well, The championship winners for 1891 are: Wirst class, Albatross, J. J. Henry owner; second class, Pilgrim, EH, W. Dixon; third class centerboard, Posy, K..G. Hunt; third class keel, Sword- fish, H, L. Johnson; fourth-class jib and mainsail, Idler, FB. L: Dunne; fifth class centerboard, Eeeria, Prancis Ware; fifth class keel, Composite, J. McIntyre; sixth class, Rocket, H. M. PWaxon, AMERICAN MODEL Y. C.—Gn Labor Day, Sept. 7, the Ameri- can Model Y. ©. sailed three races on Prospect Park. Thesecond class race was won by Marguerite, the third class by Jenetta and the Fisher cup by Henrietta. A challenge has been made for the — cup, and the race will be sailed Sepr. 19: THIRD CLASS—FIRST HEAT, St.rt. Finish, Hiapsed. Corrected. Star. G. W. Townley. .:..-.11 0610 Did not finish. Marjorie, H. Fisher..... 110620 11600 940 10 00 Hlecura, J. Perffer...........1105 42 11435 853 916 Jenetta, G. W. Lyon...:....1105 40 1113 05 7 25 7 344 THIRD ee eee ait ‘oe MATIOLIC:..1:Ga:-roeeceet te 11 28 5 rouled finish flag. Mature ASN doeieme 3 Wek ke 11 28 28) «©>0s Outside flag. Tenettitn: ware en eee 112930 113640 710 7 8434 SECOND CLASS—FIRST HEAT. Normandie, GC. Van Ness.... 1 U8 42 abalswessy yaa 7 33 Kate G., @. Sheridan........ 1 09 07 Pa6-20 «(7.13 719 Marguerite, H, Wisher....... 1 09 04 11535 6230 6 49 SECOND CLASS—SECOND HBA. Normandie... -.0000.+-.2+-00-- Proresting did not start. ate Oieec tree er nae e enn ae Protesting did not start. Marguerite...,.-..... ....... 1 27 15 13305 5 50 6 09 ; THIRD CLASS—TRIANGULAR GOURSD. Marjorie, H. Wisher.. .....- 2 26 20 25345 2725 27 284), Blectra, G. Peiifer........... 225 00- Failed to round stakes, Harrietta. G. W. Lyon...... 2 25 00 24716 2215 22 133,, Anna, J. ©. Meyer.....- =....Garried away main boom. CORINTHIAN Y¥. O. CHAMPIONSHIP.—The championship ‘'sail-off of the Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead took place on Sept. 12, the competitors being Mildred, keel, and Hawk, centerboard, each having won two legs. ‘The wind was fresh from §.., club- topsails being carried. ildred made a big gain on the windward work and won easily as follows: Start. Finish. Elapsed. (or. Mildred, W. H. Wilkinson....2 95 00 4 28 19 1 AB 10 1 61 50 Hawk, Gordon Dexter J...... 2 35 00 4 32 26 1 57 26 1 56 04 The judges were Messrs, Field and Taylor. As Mildred is now champion in first class, Hornet in third and Madeein fourth, only the second class remains to be settled, and Susie and Ions will sail off this week, AMERICAN Y. C, CHAMPIONSHIP, SHPT, 12.—The third championship race of the American Y,C, was sailed off New- buryport on Sept. 12, the times being: ‘ Hlapsed. Oorrected. 1 20 50 Gleam, Piods-LOWelL, .pscceateess cu svete «pastes ad eee ath Hazard. Pierce & Moody,............ Siaroae , +1 22 51 1 22 51 Budge, BY, G. Harringtoa,....4,. s..,e-.s..+--,-d Bl pt 1. 26 24 aes judges were H, L, Noyes, Frank Hart, J.P, Noyes and W, » OYE, - Supt, 17, 1891. FOREST AND STREAM. 177 PLYMOUTH Y. C., Sept. 7—The Plymouth Y. ©. sailed its final regatta on Labor Day, the times being as follows: EIRST CLASS—CATBOATS WITH MATINSAIL AND JIB. Length. Elapsed. Corrected. Harold E., H, EK, Nickerson, .-..,..-.24.00 1 42:15 1 12 22 Duster, W. K. Nickerson........ weeepe OL 1 44 59 1 18 00 Aniel oe Searsires uO usa oe 21.06 1 48 5b 1 16 14 MnO As WED aTiGyee ss tete oe esy 22.00 2 14 19 11214 Curlew, L. W. Lawton.............. 22,09 Withdiew. SECOND. CLASS—CATBOATS WITH MAINSAIL ONLY. Dazzler; HG. Radtord f...0..) s 22. 2.01 16 1 29 10 Mildred, A. Holmes... ................18.00 2 34 14 1 36 49 THIRD CLASS—SPRITSAIL CANTERBOARDS, Pair Play, G. D. Bartlett............. 16,10 21211 1 32 55 Puritan, G. D. Craig........ Js ...0 16.11 5 19 37 1 40 29 Jessie. J. Morton,. .............--.. 15.07 2 29 30 1 48 02 Katie L., J. Bagnall ............. yee 09) 2 29 20 1 51 08 Watermelon, W. W. Burgess,,.... .15.04 2 35 80 1 53 39 Peerless....... -.....- .s-. A wth ee 16,04 2) Bb 5, 1 55 45 Pilgrim, A-Bartlett.....20..0.)0..1.: 16.27 Withdrew. OWEENE AND ALBORAK.—On Sept, 10:a private match was sailed off Marblehead between Oweene, Mr. A, B. Turner, and Alborak, Mr. J. B. Paine, in order to test the improvements Made in the latter boat. The course was from off Marhlehead Rock, around Harding’s bell buoy, 1244 miles to windward and return. The start. was given at 11:45, Oweene sailed by Capt. Chas. Barr, going over at 11:46:26, while Alborak, steered by Capt. Hank Haff, crossed at 11:47734, On the first tack oif shore a slight shift of wind helped Oweene a little, but she was gaining steadily all the way, both in pointing and footing, the times at the weather mark being: Oweene 2:00:00, Alborak 2;08;20; Oweens had gained Mt, im. 2s., which lead she held in running home, the full times being: Start. Finish. lapsed. Corrected. OWweene..... 005. 0ee eee 11 46 26 821 84 8385 08 8 84 08 SAD OU IC teases nian 11 47 34 8 30 00 & 42 26 3B 42 26 Mr. Geo. A. Stewart acted as judge. : HULL CORINTHIAN Y. C.—The sail-off for the championship of tue Hull Corinthian Y. C. took place on Sept. 10 in aS.H. breeze, the times being: Length. Hlapsed. Corrected. Madge, W. H. Thayer............ eee rahh 1 41 389 118 33 BEgeria, R. D. Ware,.-......:5..--.-5- 19.11 1 42 58 119 dL The judges were C. Y. Souther and #, H. Smith, VIATOR AND REBECCA.—On Sept. 12 a match race was sailed between the keel schooner Viator, W. G. Brokaw, and the centerboard schooner Rebecea, PF. M. Hansling, oyer the Captains Island course of the Larchmont Y. C., with Messrs. Scott an Sarony as judges. The wind was light from 8.W. The times at Captain’s Island were: Bebecta.ce. acces eee F 41037 Viator..... iP neO SS Petia he 4 12 15 The tull times were: 1 Start. Finish. lapsed. Corrected. REOUOe ato ba hk eee 3 36 37 618 16 8 36 39 3 39 Rebecea...... 2.2 eee 3 3) 37 6 13 86 3 87 59 3 87 59 “WHO WON?’—The 1891 edition of Capt. Summers’s standard book differs from that of last season mainly in the added accu- racy and more compact form of the immense amount of informa- tion which it contains, The reputation of the book has been so firmly established by the previous yolumes that we need only say that the last is the best of all. EDWARD BURGESS AND HIS WORK.— The September number of the New England Magazine contains a yery able and interesting article under the above heading by Mr. A. G, McVey, yachting editor of the Boston Herald. The illustrations, includ- Ing a portrait of Mr. Burgess, are very good. Ganoging. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to FOREST AND SvREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and Teport of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested toforward to FORHST AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their loeal waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. ADDRESS WANTEHED.—We have heard a number of pressing inquiries lately as to the identity of the writer of the following comments on the meet, which appeared in the Tribune a short time since: ‘Too many of the races were called to suit the pleas_ ure of the ladies’ camp and not to serve the convenience of the canoeists. Thefactis that the ladies’ camp has grown to be an altogether too important factor in the meets. Apparently it often dictates the policy of the camp: certain it takes the attention of many from their canseing duties and requires more attention to the dress than should be required. Wither the ladies’ camp must be made of less importance or else the active canoeists will with, draw from the American Canoeists’ (?) Association and form a new association, without any such appendage as ‘Squaw Point.: Such a threat was heard frequently in the course of the meet, but | 1 t a. a ooo it is not likely to be carried ont unless the situation as to the ladies’ camp grows worse.”’ We venture the opinion that without the infiuence of the ladies’ camp the meet would lose the attend- ance of many of the older aud steadier members of the A. C. A., non-girling mien at that, who are never seen at Squaw Point. THE PASSAIC RIVER REGATTA. HE canoeists of the Passaic River held a vary successful meet on Sept. 5, 6and 7 in the neighborhood of the Ianthe, Arling- ton and Orange Canoe Clubs. No tents were pitched, the canoeists preferring tosleepin theclub houses. Members of the Bayonne, oboken and Crescent Manoe Clubs cruised up the river several days before the date of the meet, and canoeists from Rutherford, Passaic and other points armyed on Friday night. Saturday afternoon at 2 P. M. the first eyent on the programme of the Orange OC, C, was called. It was uhe junior sailing race, and was won by W.H. Smiley, of the Orange U. C., in canoe Scout, the other contestants being unable to finish the race on account of lack of wind. The paddling races were called next, and resulted as follows: Senior Paddliig Race—L. B. Palmer, lanthe. Jtmior Paddling Kace—J, Stewart, lanthe. Paddling Tandem Race—Pockman, Orescent, and Simpson, Yonkers. Paddling, any class—Geo. Metze, [anthe. Hurry Scurry Race--Metze. ; Record Paddling for Passaic River Record Cup—L. B. Palmer first, G. P. Douglas second, F. B, Collins third, Pockmam fourth. ae Four Paddling—Douglas, Palmer, W.Stewart and Duguid. anthe, j The hurry scurry race was the most interesting of all. Edinger followed Palme¢r’s course last year and ran up the river bank, and then swam with the tide to his canoe, whith he reached long be- fore Metze, the only other contestant, conld cover the distance Swimming against the tide. Mdinger upset at the signal, and would haye won by along lead, but by upsetting again by request before crossing the finish line, he was passed by Metze before he could regain his canoe. During the eyéning the visitors were en- tertained by the Grange Club. On Sunday many of the canoeists paddled up the river as far as Passaic, where dinner was served. On Monday morning the canoeists were astir at an early hour and the first race of the Arlington regatta was started promptly at nine o’clock, and proved to be as good a race as has been sailed onthe river. Seven of the canoes were upset by the strong N.W. breeze. Douglass finished first, Palmer second. Louis Simpson, of Yonkers, won single paddling race, with Du- guid second, Paddling Tandem, Decked Canoes—Douglass and Duguid first, Pockman and Simpson second. Paddling Tandem, Open Canoes—Palmer and Hart first, Stewart and Archibald second, Padddling club four, won by Ianthe crew. Paddling and Sailing Combined for the Passaic River Record— Palmer first, Douglass second. Hurry Scurry and Upset—Hdinger, Crescent C. C., first, Dudley, Knickerbocker ©. C,, second. Eee the regatta lunch was served and handsome prizes pre- sented. The principal event, the regatta of the Ianthe C. C. on Monday afternoon, was very well managed, the full programme, a long one, being promptly run off before dark, The winners were: First event—Sailing, seniors, record event; first, G. P, Douglas; second, Ll, B, Palmer, Second event—Sailing juniors, record event; H.S. Des, Brisay. -Third eyent—Sailing, man overboard; first, G. P. Dougiass: second, G, Baxter, Fourth eyent—Sailing, upset, G. P, Douglass. Fifth event—Paddling open canoe, single blades; first, W. J. Stewart; second, fF. MceClees, Sixth event—Seniors, decked sailing canoesg; first, L. B. Palmer; second, James Duguid. Seventh event, paddling, juniors, decked sailing canoes: First, H. Kretzmer; second, Joseph Stewart. Highth event, paddling tandem, open canues. single blades: First Duguid and Archbald; second, Warmer and Wredericks. Ninth event, paddling;tandem, decked canoes: First, Palmer and Douglas; second, Pockman and Simpson. Tenth event, club fours, open canoes, single blades: Wirst, Tanthe; second, Arlington. Eleventh event, club fours, decked sailing canoes: Jirst, Tanthe. Twelfth event, paddling, any canoe: First, F. McClees. eg ee event, hurry-scurry: First, Edward Edinger: second, almer, Robert J. Wilkin acted as judge and starter. The 16 events on ne ee SN were started promptly, and the last race called at This was the most successful regatta, ever held by the Ianthe C. C.,and the guests of the club were continually interested. During the evening there was a large number present at the sup- per of salad, coffee, sandwiches, ete.; Vice-Com. Winné, Sec’y- elect Wackerhagen, and other Mohicans; W. L. Dudley, J. K. Hand, of the Knickerbockers; R. J. Wilkin, H. A. Smythe, and others, spent the evening with the club. The Passaic River Record Trophy, a handsome silver mug, was won by Palmer, in canoe Cricket, whoscored four points; Douglas was second with two points. HOLYOKE ©, ©., SEPT, 7.—The second annual regatta of the Holyoke C. C. was held on Labor Day, the first race being the half-mile sailing tor the Sans Souci prize cup, The starters were Emil Knappe. W. EH. Parsons. F. H. Metealf, Louis Lamb, ©. F. Sehuster and Will Ladd. Knhappe won, with Metcalf a close second; Schuster upset. The tandem, single blade paddling race, 144 mile. was won by Knanpe and Hodgden; standing paddling | race, 109yds,, hy Ladd; single paddling race, 44 mile, by Hodeden and Mctealf; sailing race, 144 miles, declared off; hand paddling race, 100yds,, was won by Galbraith; upset race, by Metcalf and Banks: the tandem paddling by Ensou and Sardner; the hurry scurry by Metealt, Schuster and Banks; the single paddling, 4 mile, by L. H. Towne: the championship race, 4% mile, by Metcalf, Selden and Brown; umbrelia race, declared oft The special one mile sailing race was won by Knappe, The offirers were: Regatta committee, Capt FP. B, Towne, First Lieut. F. H. Metcalf, Second Lieut. H. EH. McKwain, Judges, William Reed, H. L, Russell, W. M. Reynolds, Starters, R. T. Wyckoff, HE. 8, Towne, B. l. Syms and I’, J. Morrow, VESPER BOAT CLUB REGATTA.—A regatta will be held by the Vesper Boat Club on Sept. 26, cpen to members of the club and to members of the American Canoe Association. The events willbe: Single canoe—one mile, with turn. Tandem paddling— half mile, straightaway. Single scull—two miles, with turn. Wour-oared working boats—two miles. Double working boats—two miles. Sailing canoes—four miles, unlimited, A. C, A. rules to fovern canoe races. Rules of National Association of American Oarsmen to govern towing races. Entries close on Sept. 23, to be made to Paul Butler, chairman of regatta committee. Address, Lowell, Mass. Our prizes, while creditable. will not be of great intrinsic value, but we will try and have some sport. No postpone- ment on account of weather. A.C. A, MEMBERSHIP.—Central Division: Egbert C. Everest, Chas, Russell, Albany, N. ¥.; Rev. Chas. H. Snedeker, Poughkeep- sie, N.Y. Wastern Division: Chas. O. Murray, Horatio Hickok, L, H. Woodhouse and W. M. Crombie, Burlington, Vt.; H. M. Mott-Smith and J. L. Dean, Boston, Mass.; John B. Richards, Fall River, Mass,; Albert H. Copeland, A. N. Knight and H. Frost, Worcester, Mass. Atlantic Division; William T, Demarest, New York Uity. MANHATTAN ATHLETIO CLUB.—The first “carnival of sports” of the Manhattan Athletic Club, on Sept. 19, atthe grounds, 1hbth street and 8th avenue, New York, will include a series of canoe races, under the direction of Mr. W.S. Elliott, the director of canoeing of the M. A, © ENICKERBOCKER C. C.—The fall regatta of the Knicker- bocker ©. C,, set for Sept. 12, was postponed to a future date. A notice of the postponement was sent but reached us after we had gone to press. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. T. K.—The gun has not been tested by us. ¥F, S. L., Mandan, N. D.—Can you give me any information as to fishing in southern California? Are there any fish? Ans. There are trout in the mountain streams, and in salt water are redfish, eS rock cod, barracuda, Spanish mackerel, flounders and others. Onyvsurra.—lI. Should not fish be killed at once on taking, and what is the neatest and most humane way of dispatching?., 2. Ave both the large and small-mouth black bass found in the Juni- ata and Susquehanna rivers? Ans, J, Yes; cut the throat. 2 te Small-mouth only, as far as we know. J. Hi. D., Brooklyn.—What is the direction of the trajectory of a ball? Is ita straight line from muzzle to object, or is it a curved line? If a curved line,is it above the center line or below it? Ans. It is the curved line of flight of the ball, and must necessa- rily rise above the center line, if by thatis meant a straight line from muzzle to target. J. D. B.—Can any deer or large game be taken out. of Maine? And will vou give the Maine game law for this season? Ans. The law permits hunting tor moose, deer and caribou between Oct, 1 and Jan. 1. Itis forbidden to use dogs or to kill cow moose at any time. One person may kill only one moose, two caribou and threes deer in a season. Transporation and exportation permitted (within foregoing limit) if game carcasses are plainly tagged with owner’s name and accom panied by him. H. H. A,, Lancaster, Pa,—Please give the names of the trap- shooters who have been placed in the expert class. At the shoot of the Harrisburg Association there were shooters whom it was desired to handicap, but they claimed they were not liable under the rules, as their record of 90 per cent. was not made at an Asso- ciation shoot, Ans. This list is given in the Association pro- gramme of the Knoxville shoot, which closes to-day: “The fol- lowing list of experts will have to shoot at unknown angles: H. McMurehy,C. W. Budd, R. O, Heikes, J. R. Stice, W. Crosby, W. H. Wolstencroft, John Ruble, F. D. Kelsey, H. B. Whitney, KE. 8: Benscotten, H, D, Miller, W. 8S. McDonald, Al. Bandle, M. F. Lind- sley, F. Parmalee, J. Winston, A. G. Courtney. W. E Perry, 0. R. Dickey, H. G. Wheeler, Mr. Stanton, J. A, Sherman, H. A. Pen- rosé, W. C. Cady (Brooks), N. Apgar, Ed. Collins, H. A, Andrews, C.E, Barrett, B. &. Schumeier (Hamline), Dr. Bond,” Chas. 8. Sanborn, Fred Bennet (White), S. Bowker, 8S. A. Tucker, Geo. Os- borne. J. A. R. Elliott und all others whom we know to be better than 90men. As soon as an amateur proves to be shooting strong enough he will be advanced to the expert class and be compelled to shoot in the higher class.” FERGUSON’S PATENT Reflecting Lamps, With Silver Plated Locomotive Reflectors. UNIVERSAL LAMP, With Adjustable Attachments, For Sportsmen and Others. Combines Head Jack, ) Boat Jack, Fishing Lamp, Camp Lamp, Dash Lamp, Belt Lantern, Hand Lan- tern, otc, EXCELSIOR DASH LAMP, 6 Superior to all others, Send stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. ALBERT FERGUSON, Office, 65 Fulton St. N.Y, The Adirondacks. Map of the Adirondack Wilderness, Pocket edition on map-bond paper $1.00. ‘Tt is the most complete map of the Adirondack region ever published.’—Forest and Stream. Pocket Map of Lake Champlain and Lake George. Map-bond paper, 50 cts. Guide Books,—The Adirondacks, illustrated, 16 mo., 272 pages, pseudo cloth cover, 25 cts. Lake Gearge and Lake Champlain, 2% cts. Address 8. R. “TODDARD, Glens Falls, N. ¥. Trout, Bass and Landlocked Salmon Flies. Anglers about to visit CANADA, MAINE or the FAR WEST will find it to their advantage to consult us about size and patterns of flies adapted to these localities. Special Patterns for the Lake St.John Waters, Nova Scotia, Yellowstone Park, etc. Send 10 cents to cover postage, and we will mail you our 136 folio page illustrated catalogue. ABBEY & IMBRIE, 18 Vesey St., New York. Notice to Fishermen. Here I am again as usual cutting the prices of Fishing Tackle. my business. No. 1, 3 joint, 6 strip, Split Bamboo Trout or Black Bass Fly Rods, solid reel seat below hand, nickel mountings, silk whippings, extra tip, all complete in wood for, length oe 10, 10;tt., weight 7, 8, Cut Prices for 1891. Low prices and good quality of goods increases It will pay you to buy your tackle in Brooklyn. DZ iho We clan crises eeeice spe as JBI GA RE Aaah Sten Ag atures cree iieth Str anion see ote tor note ceric tra Se are (eli Recher Pre Arete ne Were Wet een te Puocr oa pares teed Meenas eg teanuleelat sory (4 No, 1, G, same as above but is serman Silver Mounted ...........6-..0.-+00- Ria) rcng ahs cain slats Rierialare blag shear Smee Waite waa dadantt tele ts SOE cee ears. tri eeere seo perastat bepusrt ack ah pert ote ruses aC No, 4, 3 joint, 6 strip Split Bamboo Black Bass Bait Rod, Raised Tie Guides, solid reel seat above the hand, extra tip, silk whippings, nickel mountings, complete in wood form, length Se 9, 98, LOE SWiRISht O) LOR TAT BO Zo foe nese wsetince ns ene we cs fan) BeloRtuDy Bot Guild ote apse 6 dee eeaardares Bare ets Apnoea Ween Pek ice Wert ee ba) ieee eet ioe he eaten Pusat ner dawt harnesses kTICe Anta No. 4, G, same as above but is German Silver Mounted.......... AC at He Rote toa pstes ROP sce ne peers Ne the wore Soke water dees cost earn tales We anno vets clei 5 Saat ra dtes ee eN ee Ret apse ceeorne WS) moses No, 7, 6 strip Rp Bamboo Salt Water or Lake Trolling Rod, 2 joint, solid reel seat above the hand, double tie guides, nickel mountings, length 8ft., weight 200z.........esee0.... ‘ 2 95 OSS SHIT Obes oO Caw (et UL Lel coe] EDU eee Napeal pele tele ealen eee tina era candies svanttiase ate wiser cosiaielyirce aici teate c sete. Aso tan eres Le 2a ofa ste ee eee Piet cereale ere tees erp alr Se he anger gee SEA EAN oe Se TCR ets BG No, 280, 3 joint Ash aud Lancewood Heavy Salt Water Bass Rod, hollow butt, extra tip, brass mountings, 9ft........,.. wah els Calves OUG: ‘Braided Linen Reel Li $1.15; 100yds,, $1.25. Hard Rubber 1 . . 178 FOREST AND STREAM. [Supr, 17, 1891 \Ve are now perfecting arrangements which will shortly enable us to say that BRVERY NOTABLE MAKE, OF iS REPRESENTED IN OUR STOCK Where else can you find such an assortment? MoE SHot Gun, Riete or Revotver 111 to 116 Michigan Ave. CHICAGO _ Wherever shooting is done, in all parts of the world. the Stevens Rifles and Pistols are being introduced, and on account of their superior accuracy are preferred. STEVENS PISTOLS have made more brilliant records and have done finer work than any other pistol ever made. STEVENS RIFLES have made records which were considered impossible. STEVENS POCKET RIFLES are carried by ladies, anglers, tourists and hunters. They are marvels of accuracy, compactness and beauty. STEVENS LADIES’ RIFLE isthe proper rifle for ladies. It is wonderfully accurate and has no recoil. The .22 long rifle and the .25 rim-fire cartridges, the most accurate small-bore cartridges made, were originated by this company. These celebrated rifles and pistols are manufactured by THE J. STEVENS ARMS AND TOOL CO., Send for Catalogue. P. OC. Box 4102, Chicopee Falls, Mass. “THE OLD REMINGTON GUN STORE.” Everything Pertaining to the Out- fitting of Sportsmen. . CORNWALL & SMOCK, 281-283 Broadway, N. ¥. New England Arms Co.’s MACHING-MADE GUNS. Guaranteed in Every Respect. All Improvements. RECORD OF SHOOTING WITH EVERY GUN. $24.00 $28.00 $35.00 $40.00 SEND FOR 44-PAGE DESCRIPTIVE LIST. Sole Agent, CHAS. J. GODFREY, 7 Warren St., N. Y. Send for Catalogue. th) Gc ime) 4 \ rc A i iy i . _ 4 For Harness, buggy Tops, Saddles, Fly Nets, Traveling Bags, Military Equipments. ete, Gives a beautirae ae rege yw OL BeCHOE EAC off, Se or crock by handling, does not lose its lustre by age; dust will not stick to work finished withit. Is notavarnish. Contains i Geotol or other injurious articles. Sold by all Harness Makers. Be ReneS: eon Zine. NA DEe 2246 The Francotte Gun. Finest Rods and Tackle. Imported Goods. Hand Loaded Shells. Upthegrove’s Fine Hunting and Fishing Wear. Any Good Article You Want. Some Articles Not Found Elsewhere. ' Our Specialty is QUALITY. VON LENGERKE & ANTOINE, 246 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill, 222 | Two-thirds size only. "DEL: “SURPRISE WHISTLE,” The Loudest Whistle Known. The Elastic Tip makes it. capable of producing 1, different sounds. Perfect Dog or Quail Call, 25 cts. Dealers write for Discount. Manufactured only by AMERICAN PIN CO,, Waterbury, Ct, TEMA Ht i i iy, em Whee" eres STIFF CUT PUG = SMOKING TOBACCO.. A pure Virginia plug - cut smoking tobacco that does not bite the tongue, and is free from any foreign mixture. More solid comfort in one package of Mas- tiff than you can get out of a dozen others. Packed in canvas pouches. J. B. PACE ToBAcco Co., Richmond, Virginia. Se eS An Old Un in a New Dress. This is the size of the fish he caught and carried home to-day. And this is the size of the one he hooked. Bu he t the blamed thing got away, because didn’t buy his tackle from H. H. KIFFE, 318 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Send for ?91 Illustrated Catalogue. ESTABLISHED 1837. J.B. CROOK & C0. FISHING TACKLE 1191 BROADWAY, Bet. 28th & 29th Sts. NEW YORK CITY. ey SEND FOR OATALOGUE, CHICAGO FISHING TACKLE FACT'Y 5654 Atlantic St., ENGLEWOOD, 1LLs, Trout Flies at 3, 5, 7 and 11 Cents Each. Send Ten Cents for ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. CHAS. |. GOODALE, Taxidermist, For the past 20 years located at 93 Sudbury St., will now be found at 144 Friend St., Boston, where he will give the same personal attention to all 6 70 rk intrusted to his care as formerly, »STANDSoy te MERIT | Toorists, Campers and Hunters. THE NUTRIMENT CO.’S FLUID BEEF! @ ls fu { \ yi oe Ne 1 \) eeu pid] cy Will give immediate relief from fatigue after a day’s tcamping or exposure. Needs only to be mixed with hot water and seasoned with salt and pepper. Invaluable in the camp kitchen, as the most delicious soups can be prepared from it in a moment. Take a bottle with you on the next trip. Sold by all dealers in sporting goods and the leading grocers everywhere. Manufac- aes with the most scrupulous cleanliness and care by THE NUTRIMENT C0., Chicago, Ill. Henry C. Squires, 178 Broadway, New York, carries a full line of our goods. @ALIGRAPH. GREATEST SPEED! Best for Manifolding. 100,000 Daily Users. S SS THE MOST DURABLE. Single Case, No.1, - = - - 870.00 Double Case, * 2, = My [et - - 85.00 New Special, * 3, a - 100.00 For account of speed contests and circulars, address THE AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE CO. HARTFORD, CONN, Branch Offices: 237 Broadway, New-York. 14 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, O. 1003 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ENGLISH FACTORY, COVENTRY, ENGLAND. Patent Jointed Sinker Are made in two sizes, and by remoy- fh ing the center sections are quickly li changed from a 34 to 13 or 20z. with | a No. 2, and from a 3 to 5}4 or 80z. with the No. 8 All changes are made twa Without disturbing balance of rig. | Extra center sections furnished to iii increase the weight as may be desired. ii Ask your dealer for them, or send 10 i cents for a No, 2, and 20 cents for a | No.8. reviinttg) | *) TOMLINSON & CO., y 51 John Street, NEW YORK, re — “a. — ais Sern, 1%, 1801.) FOREST AND STREAM. 179 DALY AUTOMATIC EJECTOR “The Acme of Perfection.” HAMMERLESS SHOTCUN. No. 250, ‘Diamond Quality,” Highest Grade Damascus Steel Barrels, beautifully engraved locks and mounting, finest Turkish Walnut Stock, with the Deeley Patent Automatic Shell Ejector, equal in finish, shooting qualities and workmanship to Purdey’s, Grant’s or any other highest erade London make, 10, 12 and 16-gauge pe A lie ate opens rcs $270.00 No. 150, Same action as above but. plain finish and f ne Damascus Barrels, ............ssscen ees e cece ence estes nsec n nese eee ee eb ete e tebe ne ee eee etree eee tentaeeaecseesen eens eteeera seas ners 175.00 WE ALSO CARRY ee STOCK OF W. W. GREENER’S EJECTING GUNS ...........: eee e ee sete eesti eee $250.00 to $400.00 BWA Goa ns © OUD AAS ONS 3 cece uterus cto, cinerea =f ater sters verte terete ie See nl alecFage $275.00 to $400.00 WE tear hg THIS YEAR J. P. CLABROUGH & BRO’S. LATEST INVENTION—A Fine Hammerless Shotgun with Automatic Ejectors and Damascus Barrels, Sanne plain fimish.... 2.0... 5c cee cee ee cee tebe eee ee eee ene eee eens nese anes en ene eee cencenaaeestest reese cee eee eer ee sen eense ees senen eran cer saree ererecee ence rerssrarersesceatcarassrsess : Same as above, Greener Crown Bolt, Fine Damascus Barrels, Fine Engraving, the finest gun they make ............ +00. see cess ence eens rene teen ee nse neeeeeceeees et eoiecpecenth orate, 135.00 We claim for these guns everything that may be desired. They are well fitted, nicely engraved, the action works to perfection and can be fully guaranteed. THE DALY 3-BARREL IS THE ONLY COMBINED GUN IN THE MARKET. SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302 Broadway & 84 Duane St. - NEW YORK. The Celebrated Smith & Wesson Revolvers ‘ HAVE BROKEN ALL RECORDS FOR REVOLVER SHOOTING: The Most Perfect Small Arms EVER MANUFACTURED. Unrivalled in Beauty of Finish, Durability and Accuracy. Manufactured in calibers .32, .38 and .44-100. Single and Double Action Hammerless Safety and Target Models, with all latest improvements——Automatic Shell EEIMET OO Rebounding Lock and Patented Safety Device. | The Smith & Wesson Revolvers are constructed entirely of best eonoueht steel, carefully inspected for workmanship and stock, and GUARANTEED. Do not be deceived by IMITATIONS largely manufactured of malleable cast iron, and often sold for the genuine Smith & Wesson. All of the Revolvers of this firm are stamped upon the barrels with their name, address and dates of patents. If dealer cannot supply you, orders sent to address below will receive prompt and careful attention. Catalogues and prices furnished upon application. SMITH & WESSON, a? on Be a SPERIIW GEIELD. MASS. FOREST AND STREAM. AGENT FoR B, C. MILAMS’ Celebrated Kentucky Reels, INSTRUME mentioning FOREST AND STREAM. < FIREARMS, FISMING TACKLE, BICY- ; OLES, TENTS, LAWN 'TENNIS, MUSICAL 8. SPORTING GOODS, &e. Wiustrated Catalogue, with low cash prices, sent on application to those JAMES H. FISK, 193 La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. BRONZE STATUETTES American Western Subjects. Statuettes in plain or silvered bronze of subjects comprising Cowboys, Trappers, etc., of a size suitable for table and office orna- ments, by Walter Winans. SUBJECTS AT PRESENT READY: “Standing off Indians.” | “Shot.” (Trapper with pony). “At Bay.” (Cowboy shooting over dead pony.) (Wounded cowboy falling off pony.) “An Indian Fight.” (large group consisting of three cow boys, a trapper and four bronch ponies; head of Sioux chief in wa feather bonnet on base.) A “Trotter being Speeded to Sulky,” &c,, &c, “Bucking Broncho,” “Sioux Chief,” &c, &¢c, IN PREPARATION. These can be had in silver if preferred. For further particulars and price list address SUSSE FRERES, 31 Place de la Bourse, - Paris, France. WE HANDLE A FULL LINE OF POCKET COMPASSES. Sizes. Sizes. No. ae ag 134. Tai No. 805. ee "156, 1% 807..1384in “ 803. os 144, 182. login. “* 809. .15 sin, For Sale Everywhere. Ask forour rea ACCURATE AND RELTABL Send 50 cents for ene OE mailed free, with our ue price list. UFACTURERS OF High Grade Guu Im plements, A COMPLETE LI THE BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT CO., DEPOT FOR SALES, 313% BROADWAY, NEW YORK. $36.10 eee MEACHAM H{AMMERLESS ‘GUN. Tor SNAP, = if Extended Rib, In- == : ported Walnut Pistol Grip Stock, Patent _ Fore-end, Full Checkered, Matted Rib, Double Under F Fastening, Rub ber Butt , Compensating Hinge Joint, Long Breech anes and 12 gauge. Damascus Bartels, crits, $2G,00 SEND FOR CUN CATALOGUE. E.C. MEACHAM ARMS GO..sT. Lous. Ma. ee ereneer? Tee, parva eee) HAHN, PRACTICAL, Glass Blower, And Manufacturer of Artificial Eyes For Biras, Animals and Manufacturing Purpuses. 16 North eWvilliam St., New York. Seud for Price List. THE EACLE The Easiest Running Bicycle in the World. ‘ Z SPEED, COMFORT, SAFETY. ie takes Illustrated Catalogue Free. THE EAGLE BICYCLE MFG. COMPANY, STAMFORD, OONN. Re i EE NESS AND HEAD NOISES CURED by Peok’s Invisible Tubular Ear Cushions, Whis: pera heard. Successful when ull remedies F RE E fall, Geléenly by P. Einccz 253 Bway, H.¥. Weits Ser book ef poeei: nia aittnensieallia eal Reman ne ou the Stud. ST. BERNARDS. AT STUD. W EIN IDE... This grand young dog is the best son of cham- pion Otho out of Lackme, ad nl HUET of champion Merchant Prince. He is 33in. high, of a rich orange co.or with re collar and perfect markings. He is a wonderfully vigorous young dog, aud hag proyen himself a great stock getter. Asastud dog he is unsurpassed. Fee $50, Puppies for sale. THE ABBEY KENNELS, Riverside and Grafton avenues. Woodside, N. J. R. T. RENNIE, Prop. AT STUD. IMPORTED IRISH SETTER CHALLENGE INCHIQUIN. (A.8.B. 18,191). Breeder. Rev. R. O'Callaghan, by champion ShandonII.—lona, The most phenom- eual young dog of *91, winner of first and two specials at four consecutive shows. Write for particulars, pedigree apd pres’ comments. JOHN J. SCAN NLAN, Box 339, Fall River. Mass. RIDGEFIELD ST. BERNARD KENNELS At Stud. KINGLIMMON. Fee $40. | 2 (16,366,) Kinglimmon is orange in color with perfect white markings and black. shadings, stands 34in, high and is the sire of some very promising youngsters. Address ©. A. HOUCK, 928 Madison ayve., Paap eV G@REYHOND AND Poopis KaNNELS, Salem. Hu the Stud. GLENMORE KENNELS. THE CHAMPION IRISH SETTER KENN ELS OF AMERICA. E. B. BISHOP, Owner, 43 St. James Ave., Cincinnati, QO. AT STUD. The Champion Three. Challenge BEAU BRUMMEL, Fee $25| Chmp. a Glenmore, The most phenomenal dog of itis times, ; ( The champion Irish setter bitch of America. A K.C.S,B. 19,961), Imp. Sarsfield, - Fee$25|Champ. Molly Bawn, The ex-champion Irish setter bitch of America. The greatest living Irish setter sire. SRM Champion Winnie II I mM p. D an M y | rea, Fee $20 The only imported champion Irish setter dog ie A noted first-prize winner. (A.K.C.8.B. 19 173). America to-day. Young stock always on hand. Write for circular and prices. (25° If you mention thia paper 5 per cent. discount will be allowed on all sales. St, Bernards'Seminale Kennels CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, PA., AT STUD. OFFER THE SERVICES OF THE FOLLOWING STUD DOGS: Rough-Coated Collies. ee ate CHAMPION ARISTOCRAT, WINNER OF MORE FIRST PRIZES AND SPECIALS DURING 1890 THAN ANY OTHER ST. BERNARD. EE al TS (A. —). Fee $35. FEE, - 850. Roslyn ¢ BNE CHALLENGE DUTCHESS KENNELS, /|Sir Kelpie, | ROSLYN DANI, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.| (A- 14,785). Fee $15. (A. 17,577), Bee $25. DAVID E. LOVELAND, Manager. ENCLI SH PUGS CHAMPION : — > »] (A. 17,804). - - oe ne Kingston Regent. (A. 10,596). Fee $15. Fee, $15. This grand dog is the best son of the great a a, PRINCE REGENT, by Lady St. Gothard. He is IRISH SETTERS. 33}4in. high and has the heaviest bone and richest dark orange coat of any St. Bernard in America. SEMINOLE a ELEO, His head is remarkable for its character, depth (A. 20,088). Fee $20. (A. 11,450), Fee $15. of muzzle and expression. He was born February 26, 1889, and is wonderfully strong and yigorous. Fee, $50. Champion Hector. winner of sixty-six first and special prizes and stud cups. He is the sireof Champion Cleopatra, Caleb, Lord Hector, Major Hector, Duke of Sparta and many other noted St. Bernards. Fee, $40. PUPPIES FOR SALE. NEW YORK ST. BERNARD KENNELS, 138TH STREET AND THE HUDSON RIVER. Extended pedigrees of any of the above on ap- plication, Bitches entrusted to us receive the best of care. Fine specimens of the above breeds for sale at reasonable prices, including several good stud dogs and brood bitches in whelp. Young Stock Always on Hand. WYOMING KENNELS. The LARGEST and BEST kennel of ROUGH-COATED SAINT BERNARDS in the world, comprising the following noted STUD DOGS: Champ. SIR BEDIVERE (19451), Acknowledged by the best Judges to be the most typical and perfect St. Bernard living. Winner of 53 first and special prizes, all in the best of company. Prizes include The One Hun- dred Guinea Challenge Cup four times, the Hal- sey Trophy twice, and the Deacon bee ana FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. twice! UStud feete saree cratic ewe <5 Champion Raby Mixer........ $15 | Champ. PLINLIMMON, JR. (6864), Russly Joker bRecc ee ereectaeerie 15 This eae SPER MMON: So Ate NGEGS renoune an lough only Reckoner. (hte the ak ee mY 15 a little over three years old, is the winner of 27 Suffolk Risk...........2.5.08..00- 10 | first and special prizes, and sire of some vood Pitcher 25 gtockd Stidifeeuees sae ee eae lta . $50.00 LOTHARIO (18274). This grand headed young dog is by the famous Ch. VALENTINE out of that well known bitch SAFFRON. He is the only son of Ch, Valentine at stud in America, and from his breeding, and low stud fee, should be much sought after by St. Bernard breeders. Stud fee..........-...... $25.00 Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. READ THIS! READ THIS MASTIFFS. At Stud.—Ormonde; sire, Ch, Victor Hugo; dam, Ch. Cambrian Princess. Ormondeis a prize winner every time shown, both in England and America, and his young stock is proving him an exceptional sire. I have always on hand youn stock for disposal at fair prices. I have no bloo but the most fashionable in my kennels. Write CHAS, E. BUNN, Peoria, Il. St. Bernard Puppies For Sale. A select stock most always on hand, sired by the above dogs out of prize-winning bitches, at reasonable prices. WYOMING KENNELS, Melrose, Mass JAS. E. GREEN, Manager. AT STUD. FEE $50. KING OF KENT (A.K.C.S.B. 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rap, Zig-Zag, Tapster and Maid of Kent. Pointer Puppies for sale. Apply to JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon, L. I. St..Bernards at Stud. 1, Soggarth, immense rough-coat, the only son of Loot Bute at stud in Aiea 2. Patrol, one of our best smooths, fee $35 ea Boe HN BEBE 195 >in St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mastiffs and Bloodhounds. STUD: W. K. Taunton’s Champion Beaufort. His success as a stud dog and his record on the show bench for the last five years prove him the greatest and best dog living. The only kennel of English Bloodhounds in Amer- ica. Choice ones for sale at all times, or imported. Mastiff pups from the Albion and Beaufort litters. also out of well known and proved breeders o champion and great prize winners. Photographs, 25 cts. J. WINCHELL, Fair Haven, Vermont. Sa EE [* THE STUD.—THE ETHAN ALLIN SET- ter Al, fee $25. Al was bred by the late Mr. Allin and trained on ruffed grouse by his Upantise wo puppies by him for sale. ddress F. L NICHOLS, 54 Taylor street, Springfield, Mass. tf ees AtStud.-English greyhounds, Gem of the Season, The Squire, | ROSLYN WILKES, winner of over 50 ist and specials: Pious Pem- | show repo eae Yorkshire ‘in America.” _ broke: apnnedes over 20 firsts and special; pester. Pedigres and yin photoes 50cts. A — ed coat poodle. Pups from the above for limi number of ies uppies. for sale, P. Hy m, Mass, CoO. , 1 Exchange Bangor, Me. a 1 a “« eo — aa r . : FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. TERMS, $44 YEAR. 10 Cts. A Copy. Six MonvaHs, $2. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 24, 1891. { VOL. XXXVII.—No. 10. No. 318 BROADWAY, NEw YORK. OORRESPONDENCE. THE FOREST AND StRHAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications on the subject to which its pages are devoted are respectinlly invited, Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No naine will be published except with writer’s consent. 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Wilmington Dog Show. Toronto Deg Show. The Irish Setter. Irish Setter Trials. Alberta a Field Trials. Montreal Dog Show. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallerv. Revolver Shooting in England The Trap. Michigan State Tournament. Dayton Second Annual. ‘ne Inter-State League. Dexter Park Tournament. Hints for Woods Life. YACHTING. Still_ Hunting Deer With Bird Ge ateenoards as Shifting Bal- ast. New Haven Y. C, Regatta. The Clyde Centerboard Dora. CANOEING. Aluminum UCanoes. Rochester C. C. Fall Regatta. Big Pine Creek and its Rapids A Special Canoe Race. Value of Design in Canoe Rac- Dogs. Canada Moose. SHA AND RIVER FISHING. - Alewives as Egg Destroyers, Perch ys. Trout. Angling Notes. Tamagamamingue Lake Trout Black Bass in Hemlock Lake. Where Bass Abound. Fishing With Trained Cormo- rants. -I, ing. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. CENTERBOARDS IN INTERNATIONAL RACING. N nearly all the international races between American and British yachts the centerboard has played a most important and clearly defined part. It has not only been the chief weapon of the contestants, on one side, such victories as they have gained being due largely to its aid; but ib has been used solely by this side, being opposed with equal obstinacy by the keel in the hands of the other party. Up to the beginning of the present season the results were plain and unmistakable; in the larger class of yacht, where absolute draft of water was so impracticable as to make necessary a comparatively shoal hull, the centerboard has thus far proved the con- trolling factor, In all smaller classes, probably from _4Oft. lw.l. downward, the superiority of the keel type has been made manifest in the gradual abandonment of the centerboard, the condition being changed from one in which the whole fleet was composed of centerboard craft, as in 1878, to that in 1890, in which the centerboards had practically abandoned the racing courses in all classes _ where good keel boats were found, such as the 30ft., 40ft. and 53ft. Starting with all the odds in its favor, the centerboard had year by year lost ground, and even in the most modern racing craft, such as Shark, Hawk, Ventura and Gorilla, had failed to make a fair showing against the keels, Taking the results of years of racing on both sides, there was little to justify the adoption of the centerboard in aracing yacht of 18ft. draft or less, equivalent to TOft. I.w.1., and the news that Mr. Watson had decided to place a centerboard in a racing boat, and, moreover, in one which was intended from the first to top the 10-rat- ing class on the Clyde, came as a surprise on both sides of the Atlantic. Considering the keel boats in the class, Yvonne, Encore and the rest, and the responsibility of . maintaining the prestige won in the old Doris, the experi- ment was a daring one. At the same time two smaller centerboards were built for the 24-rating class, to meet half a dozen crack keel craft. While all three were in a measure allied to the compromise type, so common of late in America, they differed in one marked respect, the centerboards being of metal, instead of wood, and very heavy. Until quite late in the winter it seemed that Americans had done with the board so far as racing is concerned, all of the new 46-footers being keels, but at the last moment Mr. Burgess and that good friend of the centerboard, Dr. Bryant, took hold in earnest and turned out one represen- tative, a wide compromise of the general type of the 30- footers Shark and Hawk. The results of these two experiments are now known, the season being over. On the Clyde the performance of Dora against the keel tens has been a succession of victo- ries, backed up by similar work on the part of the 24-rat- ers Elfin and Ownsay. Atthis distance, and with incom- plete data, it is impossible to gauge exactly the extent of the victory or its probable results, but it is certain that the centerboard type has made a far better showing against the keels this year on the Clyde than it has ever done in America. On this side the result is less conclusive, but there is no ground for doubt that Beatrix, the Burgess center- board, is inferior to Gloriana, in fact the question of second and third place is open between Beatrix and her keel sister Oweene. Beatrix is certainly a very fast boat, probably the best centerboard that has raced in the classes below the 70ft., but at the same time her performances are overlooked beside those of Gloriana, and the keel is undoubtedly still ahead in America. The prospects of a renewal of international racing are | very poor, save in the direction of Constellation, the big schooner, but should a challenge pass from either side, the positions would present a curious contrast. On the part of America, the triumph of Gloriana against such a field as the new 46ft. class, the highest achievement of a decade of hard racing and rapid evolution, would natur- ally suggest the propriety of adhering to the same type in any class under 80 to 90ft. On the other side, where the effect of Volunteer’s cen- terboard as opposed to Thistle’s keel has if anything been overrated, and with the newly acquired evidence offered by Dora as opposed to Yvonne and the other keels, there exists every inducement to try the experiment of a heavy centerboard in a larger craft, A keel cutter from Bris- tol, R. I., opposed to a centerboard cutter from the Clyde would make a race that would give to yachting the stim- ulus so much needed just now, and would shed new light on questions which are apparently still wide of a final settlement. SONG BIRDS FOR CALIFORNIA. Re people of California are engaged in an enterprise to introduce foreign song birds, The first to pro- pose the scheme was Mr, Horace F. Cutter, who urged it in the San Francisco Bulletin; then Mr. F, R. Webster, president of the Country Club, took it up; and county movements have followed in Santa Cruz, Napa, Sonoma, San Mateo and Sacramento counties. The birds, which it is proposed to import, will come for the most part from Germany, and will comprise thrushes, bullfinches, gold- finches, nightingales and sky larks. To these will be added red-breasted robins, with mockingbirds from Lou- isiana. Santa Cruz county has raised funds for 100 pairs of the European species named, and the Country Club will bring out 200 pairs. Naturally in a fruit-growing country there will be a certain degree of prejudice against the new comers be- cause they will destroy some fruit; but intelligent study of their good work as insect destroyers will certainly overcome any possible feeling .against them. It is re- ported that a fruit grower in southern California, who introduced a colony of titmice into his orchard, has determined that while the birds destroyed 10 per cent. of his fruit, they have proved so efficient in warfare on the insect hordes that the trees are decidedly healthier and the fruit crop one-third larger than it would have been without the birds. This song bird colonization enterprise of the people on the Pacific Coast will be watched with decided interest; and the FoREST AND STREAM hopes. in future years to chronicle its full success. LABRADOR EXPLORATION. pas Bowdoin College expedition to Labrador, an- nounced in our columns April 30th, has returned with collections and information of very great value. The objects of the leader, Prof. Leslie A, Lee, were the collection of natural history specimens, the study of the native tribes between Hamilton Inletand Cape Chudleigh, and the determination of the existence and character of the wonderful Grand Falls of southern Labrador. The zoological collections include numerous shells showing the close relationship of the present molluscan fauna to that of Maine and Nova Scotia, a large series of birds, many plants hitherto not recorded from the region, and twice as many species of fishes as were known from previous explorations, A small collection of valuable minerals was also secured. Remains ofan Esquimaux village were found on Grand River containing sleeping-shelves on the sides of the wooden walls and with floors made of large flat stones. Various implements and utensils of bone» iron and stone were discovered here, among them knives, spears, sled-runners and lamps. Skin clothing and ivory ornaments were obtained. A race of Montagnais Indians, hitherto unknown to white men, was met and critically studied by Prof. Lee, who made full measurements of these interesting people and notes upon their character- istics, The falls of Grand River have a vertical descent of 200ft. and are continued by rapids to the extent of 500ft., making one of the grandest gorges of North America, Another expedition to this wonderland was led by Mr. Bryant, of Philadelphia, and as the region is accessible and will undoubtedly be fully described we may be sure that its charms will soon be known to the tourist. The proximity to superb trout and salmon streams will add to the attractions of the country. : SNAP SHOTS. ERTAIN American fishermen who have been trouting in Nova Scotia this year, have killed such moose as came in their way, and having no special use for the carcasses have left them to rot on the shore. This has so far promoted the good will of the residents of that Prov- ince toward sportsman visitors from the United States that they are doing what they can to lighten the lot of the Americans by relieving them of their superfluous cash. In addition to the non-resident license fee of $10 for permission to kill feathered game and $30 to kill moose and caribou, the sportsman is now com- pelled to hand over an impost tax of 20 per cent. on the value of his shotgun and rifle. The lawful numbers one person may kill are two moose and four caribou. Exportation of a carcass or any portion of a deer or caribou is forbidden. There are reported to be many moose in Nova Scotia this season. Last week we printed a list of the officers authorized to issue game licenses. If there are any Americans who hold that the Nova Scotia non-resident restrictions are too lax, some more slaughter of moose in the summer time will no doubt prompt a speedy remedy. The introduction of English pheasants on Jekyl’s Island has provided a supply of choice food for the chicken snakes which have thrived and multiplied apace. The pheasants have demonstrated their adaptability to the climate and cover, but how to keep down the swarming hosts of vermin is now the problem perplexing the man- agers. We begin to-day the publication of a novel series of papers on cormorant fishing, They will be found ex- ceedingly interesting, for one thing, as showing what it is possible to accomplish in taming and training these wild feathered creatures. Beaver hats are to bethefashion. Beaver skins will be in demand. Beaver trapping will bestimulated. Beaver colonies will be destroyed. The whims of modistes in Europe influence animal life in the wilds of America, Admirers of Mr. Rowland E. Robinson’s sketches of the Danvis folk will be glad to know that some of Uncle Lisha’s friends are to appear in the forthcoming number of the Atlantic Monthly. The Commissioners sent out by the Government to in- vestigate the seal fisheries,have returned to Washington, but no report has yet been made public. 182 FOREST AND STREAM. F a [Sepr. 24, 18P1, The Sportsman Gonvist. MUNSON'’S FALLS. MANCHESTER, VT. @ PLASHING, dashing, clear as crystal, Ko lashing back the sun’s bright rays, Runs the brook o’er time-worn boulders, Babbling forth its liquid lays. Racing, leaping, restless waters, Why not be content like me? Rest awhile along the journey— Fain am I to talk with thee. On it rushes, laughing, gurgling, Eyer onward to the sea; In each drop a rainbow glistens, While each pool reflects for me Pictures such as no man painteth; Hyer changing, ever true; Set in frames of mogss-grown granite, Tree and shrub of wondrous hue. Pretty streamlet, happy water, Free from care, restraint or guile: Fare thee well and may God speed thee To thy journey’s end, erewhile) NEw YORK. ALFRED H. TomMPKINS, STORIES OF THE SANTA LUCIAS. HE California Coast Range goes by many names; it is 80 broken into groups of mountains by long narrow valleys. These local names do not always appear on any except county maps, but they are worthy of perpetuation and often more distinctive than most mountain names, preserving old Indian and Spanish terms of great beauty, The Mayacamas, the Gavilans, the Gaviotas, the Santa Lucias, are illustrations of these local names. But one must know how to pronounce such names or their musical possibilities are lost. The rolling hill country east of Paso Robles (the “Gateway of the Oaks”) zoes by the name of ‘Auer Huero.” When this name was sent to the Postmuster-General, a new settlement de- siring a post-office, the horrified officials wrote back that such a collection of consonants was not to be considered for a moment. All the settlers, however, pronounce Huer-Huero ‘‘war-warro” and so give it a decidedly Australian sound. The Santa Lucias occupy a great portion of the ocean- bordering townships cf Monterey and San Luis Obispo. Cattle ranges, a few farms, timber lands and mines of quicksilver and other metals are found there. Being but thinly settled there is more game than in any other part of the southern coast range, and no finer section for summer Camps can be found in California. The old set- tlers will tell you that there is no game left, but there is a good deal, Hardly a day passes that deer are not seen crossing the mountain highways; bears and California lions still carry off calves and sheep; the trade in skins of wildcats is still quite an industry. Of course the days that I remember, in which old ‘‘Uncle Nate Morehouse,” one of the first settlers at ‘‘The Summit,” could “kill a deer every week in the year” on his own 300 acres, are long ago ended. But if the temporary rest that the new game law of California commands is strictly observed, there will be great times again for every sportsman who visits the Santa Luciag. A long time ago—I do not like to say exactly how long —I made my first visit to what then had no particular name, but is now called the Adelaide district. Twent miles square, it lies between Paso Robles, in the valley of the upper Salinas, and the dairy farms of the coast along the Cayucos. When I first saw it, the railroad had stop- ped away north, near Castroville, and one staged from the terminus clear through to Los Angeles, a wild, hard and always memorable journey, A hundred towns that have since sprung upalong the route were then unfenced pastures; cities of to-day were but ancient, dreaming Spanish villages of the Highteenth century, in whose midst a few Americans were fighting and working, In the clear gold of sunrise, as the stage-coach hastened across the Salinas plains (then a desert, now a wheat- field), the driver halted and called my attention to what was even then a very rare sight, that ofa band of ante- lope on the mesa. When J. Ross Browne, some time in the early fifties, had ridden alone across the Salinas Val- ley, deer, wild cattle, grizzlies, antelope and other large game were everywhere in the beantiful oak-studded levels and slopes. Long after the antelope had been driven out of the upper Salinas, they were in the Mohave and Colorado deserts, where they held their own until the advent of the railroad. , Deer, too, still dwelt along the Salinas. The stage drivers often saw them, and travelers on the highways had come into the stage stations with deer they had shot from horseback. But the home of game was west of the valley, in the mountains, There was nota fence except aféw brush walls about the corn patches of the pioneers, Nothing had been surveyed; cattle trails ran on every hillside, and made so perplexing a maze that it was often difficult to keep the bridle paths. Practically speaking, one could ride anywhere that his horse could carry him. There were mountain paths of astounding steepness, where the greenhorn and his saddle would inevitably slip over the horse’s tail long before he was half way up the grade; my friend Daniel, then a plump little school- master, now a wily politician, once spent a whole after- noon in recovering his luggage from the tops of the man- zanita bushes 300yds, below one of the grades of the San Josefa trail. One morning ! went out from Uncle Buck Wright’s cabin and walked up the gulch. There was a rare flower there, one of the labiates, that had long puzzled my slender stock of botanical information, and I wanted to find out more about it, I climbed upon a shelf of lime- stone projecting over the gulch, and sat down under the shadow of the live oaks, looking: at the hills’ blue distance, at the sunrise, still rose-purple. I sat there for perhaps half an hour vesting quietly. Then I heard a sharp tinkle below, as if two pebbles had been struck to- gether, and in a little while | caught other sounds that aroused my curiosity. By standing up I was able to look over and down upon a lower shelf overgrown with trees and shrubs—a peculiarly lovely spot, fresh with the sparkle of water from a spring, and yet arched over with clear blue sky, and sprinkled with sunlight and shadow. Just here, in a space like a lady’s parlor, a doe and two fawns of six months age were playing in the most home- like way, They had climbed up from the bottom of the ravine, and circumstances had so greatly fayored me that I was actually within 25ft. of the unconscious crea- tures, The heavy boughs of the live oak hid me, but a small opening enabled me to see clearly and the wind blew from the doe, so that, as I said, it was a rare oppor- tunity, A naturalist might have had some theory to de- fend or demolish, but I was well content to enjoy the scene without thinking of it as ‘“‘material.” I remember that I was especially pleased by the refined way in which the doe nipped off a leaf here, a small twig there, in the intervals of her play with the fawns. It was breakfast time, but when I went down to the place after they had gone, the keenest scrutiny could not have seen that any- thing was marred or spoiled. Nature’s wild garden was the wild garden still. They tripped away as easily and gracefully as Spanish dancing girls, and the memory of their haunt in the cafion by the mountain springs was one that kept me in hopes of another such experience. Hiram Selby was one of the mountain-bred boys, a phenomenally good mustang breaker, a fine shot and a companion you could trust. I have told many stories about him in those Santa Lucia days. Poor fellow! An oak that he was felling killed him years ago, and the Selby cabin, where he lived with his feeble old mother, is fairly rotting into a place like a burial mound, so quickly the wild clematis and blackberry have seized upon it, I rode past it a few days ago, and some of Aunty Selby’s marigolds were still blooming around it, The old oak still remains on which Hiram used to nail his ‘‘skins an’ varmint an’ hides.” “Skins” meant deer or ‘‘bar;” “hides” meant calves or cattle—the tamed, domestic element one might say; ‘‘varmint” in Hiram’s mind meant coons, foxes, wildcats, coyotes and badgers. In these days Hiram would be ranked as a cowboy. But he was more of a wood ranger on horseback. He drove cattle for the wealthy ranchers, and earned a fair living; but he preferred to be his own master and to ride all day long over the Santa Lucias, with his favorite weapon, a large army revolver, “‘peggin’” at things, “Ground squirrels an’ jack rabbits they give a man prac- tice,” he used to remark tome, ‘‘Varmint, them’s better and wuth a little. I reely like to drop a wildcat with my six-shooter.” For large game he carried an old muzzleloading rifle, as most of the boys of the district did, untila few years later Henry rifles or old model Winchesters came in, Sometimes for a year or two at a time he made his living by ‘‘huntin’ an’ tradin’ hosses,” as he once told me. Once a year he went to camp-meeting, and was always mightily stirred up before its close, leading the mourners and confessing all his sins of omission and comunission. Then he came home rejoicing to Aunty Selby, and for a few weeks the work he did in the garden would have done credit to any professional horticulturist. After a little the charm of the unfenced mountain wilderness again overcame him, and the giant oaks about the log cabin began to be covered once more with his “‘skins, hides an’ varmint,” The type is old, but itis vanishing; it is already hard to find on any oa of the Pacific coast; forty-acre farms occupy the valleys, and men are planting orchards by the hundred in the sunny shelters of the Santa Iucias. There is still a certain sort of pioneering to be done there, but it is a tame and tiresome sort compared with the book of the days of the beginnings, when the first trails were made, the first grizzlies shot, the first squatter fights fought out between cattlemen and cabin builders on the Naciemiento, CHARLES H, SHINN. BOSTON SPORTSMEN. OVERNOR RUSSELL, of Massachusetts, knows how to take a vacation, He was greatly pleased with his trip to Birch Lodge, at the head of Richardson Lake, Maine. In the first place, the camp is all that heart could wish in the shape of a hunting and fishing camp. It overlooks the whole length of the lake, with the wooded mountains beyond. Rustic, yet almost palatial in its fit- tings, the hunting and fishing home of a millionaire, Mr. Bayard Thayer, who, with his brother, Mr. John HA, Thayer, of the Goyernor's staff, is entertaining the Gov- ernor and a few friends, The doings of a single day will picture other days of the Governor’s stay in the wilder- ness, Clad in corduroy, with leggins and a slouch hat, Mr. Russell, with his guide, Steve Morse, a veteran in that section, embark in a skiff, morning and evening, to try the trout witha fly. The Governor is getting to be an expert with the fly-rod. Twenty-four handsome trout were the result of one morning’s fishing, with half as many inthe evening, But thisisnotall. After fishing and a rest at the lodge the Governor shoulders his gun, and half a dozen partridges are the result of a few hours’ delightful tramp in an old lumber trail. All the birds are said to have been taken on the wing, for how else should a Governor hit a partridge? Mr. R. B. Foster, of the firm of Foster & Weeks, of Boston, is not altogether unknown to the readers of For- HST AND STREAM. Mr. Foster isa sportsman from first to last, but more in love with rod and line than almost any man I know. This time, however, he has just re- turned from a most successful salt-water fishing excur- sion. Mr, Horace W. Jordan is a sportsman well known in Boston. _ Several years ago he met with one of those terrible gun-in-carriage accidents that deprived him of his right arm, and since that time he has had to be more contented with fishing than shooting. But he has been far more fortunate in money matters than most men with two arms, and baving accumulated considerable of this world’s goods, of late years he has been able to grat- ify his tastes. He has a fine camp on Jordan’s Island, sixteen miles from Bar Harbor, and here he delights to entertain his friends. Mr. Foster isa friend fast and true, and it is down there that Mr. Foster has been by pressing invitation. The little steamer and the help and the camp are at the service of the guests, with the genial company of Mr, Jor- dan into the bargain. They went one day down to Sea- vern’s Ledges, a point some sixteen miles from camp. The captain ran the steamer on time; that is, he ran at_a certain rate of speed, and measured his distance in search- ing for the fishing grounds by the distance he had run, About the last ten minutes of the run he commenced _only form, doubtless, occurring in our State as ar sounding, and to the lead was attached a baited hook, When about seventeen fathoms of water had been reached he drew up a codfish. Then the anchor was hove and the steamer brought toa standstill, All hands went to fishing. Such fishing it is seldom in the luck of sportsmen to get, Soona fellow drew up a big cod amid scores of smaller fish. It weighed only 50lbs. The catcher was high line for some time. But soon another came. The captain estimated it would weigh 65lbs., ean on the scales three hours after it actually weighed 621bs. For a time this gentleman was high line, and, in fact, so to this day, of that trip, though it looked for a time as though he was badly eclipsed. One of the sportsmen felt a pull at his line that was a pull, and the line was running through his hands in spite of every effort. He called for help and another man took hold. By snubbing the line over the rail of the boat they managed to hold the fish. The captain of the steamer recommended the embarking of the fishermen who had the line in hand, in a boat, in order that they might let the monster they had in charge run, and, if possible, tire him out, They did so, and after a hard fight of nearly an hour they had their fish to the surface, It was an enormous halibut, esti- mated to weigh between 800and 500lbs. They had nearly brought him to the gaff, when by a sudden turn he tore out the hook that was fast in his mouth, and the second hook, also hooked fast in his side, was straightened out like a piece of wire. The hooks were very heavy ones indeed, and considered safe for almost any fish that swims the ocean. But the greathalibut was gone. When they got to camp they had 240 codfish, all taken in less than three hour’s fishing. Mr. John Ross, of Bangor, one of Maine’s largest lum- ber operators, has been entertaining his friends at his splendid place at the head of Moosehead Lake. Among his guests haye been Mr. and Mrs, Otto Greely and son, of Minneapolis; Miss Alice Gillis, of Somerville, Mass.; Mr, W. W. Case, of Rockland; Mr, Harry F. Ross, of Bangor; and Mr. and Mrs, ©, V, Holman, of Boston, They are all out fora few days hunting and fishing at Moosehead. The Lake Auburn, Me., Fish Protective Association held its annual meeting the other day, President Han- son was in the chair, with secretary Gifford at his post, The folowing directors were elected: Henry H. Hanson, J, W. Ricker, D, BE. Parlin, George G. Gifford, J. B. Daniels, John N. Wood, Lem Baker, G, B. Baarce and Frank R. Conant, The directors immediately re-elected Henry H. Hanson, president, G. G, Gifford, secretary, and Geo. EH. McCann, treasurer. An expert from the Government hatcheries at Orono told the members of the association that they had been remarkably successful in hatching trout and landlocked salmon at their works, they having succeeded im hatching over 80 per cent. of the eggs takan, while the Government hatcheries rarely do better than 85 to 90 per cent, Mr. C, Z, Bassett, of Appleton & Bassett, fishing tackle dealers, started Sept. 19 for a 10-days’ gunning outing in the vicinity of Northfield, N, H, Ie is accompanied by W. H. Thairwell, the owner of the celebrated fish preserves at Plymouth, and Dr, 5, W. Langmaid, a cele- brated physician and hospital surgeon, Dr, Langmaid is also. a devoted salmon fisherman. These gentlemen are aiter grouse and the native woodcock on this trip, and it is expected that fine sport will fall tothem. They will also go to the same sechion in October for the late flight of woodcock. Their dogs are on the ground already, and are in the best of training. Mr. C. H. Johnson, of Mattapoisett, Mass., with Mrs, Johnson, will start for Richardson Lake, Maine, on the 21st, for a couple of weeks hunting and fishing. They will be quartered at Camp Stewart, in which Mr. John- son is interested. They will be followed a couple of days later by Mr, and Mrs. W. K. Moody, of the same camp, and Mr. H. S. Kempton, sub-editor of the Boston Herald, as guest, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Freeman, of the same party, are prevented from sharing in the outing by the sickness of Mrs, Freeman. Mr, W. 0. Grout, one of the assistant editors of the Boston Herald, will start for the Upper Dam, Richardson Lake, about the 25d, accom- panied by a party of friends. They will remain several days for hunting and fishing. Mr. P. H. Kelley, the well known builder of Catholic churches, of Cambridge, is at the Upper Dam, on his fall fishing trip. There is no man in the world more thoroughly devoted to fly-fishing than Mr, Kelley. It is said that he can cast with arod in each hand, and he has promised the writer of these lines to show him the feat this fall, It is suggested that he may land doubles on each rod at the same time, and if he doesthe ForEST AND STREAM shall have the benefit of the story. Mr. Kelley is accompanied by his friend, Mr. Bateman, the gentleman who caught the big landlocked salmon at the Upper Dam last spring, an account of which Forest AND STREAM has already had. SPECIAL, alatnyal History. PENNSYLVANIA BIRD NOTES. P ROF. AUGUST KOCH, the Lycoming county natural- ist, in the early part of July last secured five speci- mens—adults and young—of Bewick’s wren near his home in South Williamsport. This bird is quite a rare suminer sujourner in the eastern, central and northern portions of our State, but from reports of different ob- servers it appears to be tolerably frequent as a summer resident in some parts of southwestern Pennsylvania, The tree, or white-bellied, swallow is a regular and rather plentiful summer resident at Renovo, Clinton county, on the Philadelphia & Hrie R.R., where ib breeds usually in bird-boxes in the yards and parks, _ ; An albino rattlesnake captured July last in Clinton county is said to be on exhibition in the city of Williams- ort. Prof. Robert Ridgway, of the Smithsonian Institution, recently examined a pair of ravens taken in the moun- tains of Center county, kindly sent to him for examina- tion by Mr. Chas. Eldon, of Williamsport. Mr. Ridgway described the birds to be Corvus corax principally, te ent. The act of Assembly, approved May 14, 1889, providing for the protection of song and other birds in our State, lita Supr, 24, 1891,] FOREST AND STREAM. 188 was amended at the last session of the State Legislature as follows: . “ist—That the birds commonly known as reed birds are not included in the list of insectivorous birds which can be taken legally in Pennsylvania only by persons who haye permits for collecting birds, their nests and eggs for strictly scientific purposes. 2d—The various species of hawks, owls and crows are not included among the birds protected by this act, 8d—In all actions for recovery of penalties under the act one-balf of the fine ($10 to $50 for illegally killing birds specified or destroy- ing their nests or eggs) shall be paid to the informer. The act of 1889 made all the fine payable to the county treas- urer of the county where the offense was committed. Reed bird shooting is a popular pastime with large num- bers of sportsmen who visit the shores and marshes of the Delaware River. The change in the act previously mentioned was made in deference especially to demands from residents of Philadelphia and Delaware counties. Tn northwestern Pennsylvania, particularly about Presque Isle Bay and Conneaut Lake, farmers and many sports- men know the red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeni- ceus) in the fall as “reed bird,” amendment will enable persons so disposed to shoot the red-wings without fear of legal hindrance. Observing farmers and poulirymen yery generally threughout Pennsylvania regard crows with disfavor because of the fondness they manifest for both the eggs and young of domestic fowls, andas naturalists concurred in condemning the thieving crow, and made his character as black as his sable garb, the change already indicated was deemed advisable by our lawmakers. Until within a very few years past every member of the hawk and owl tribe was regarded with disfavor by the average farmer and poultryman, as well as by nearly all sportsmen, on account of the popular idea that all these raptores—large and small—subsisted almost ex- clusively on poultry and game, The careful and system- atic investigation conducted under the direction of the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture proved the real yalue of these much-abused birds, and to-day hawks and owls, collectively considered, are protected by many far- mers and others who but a few years ago were earnest in advocating their destruction. Although a large majority of farmers and horticultur- ists favor the protection of most of our hawks and owls, it was not considered wise to have in force a law (as it was believed was the case with the act of 1889) which made it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court, to shoot or trap predatory birds, such as the goshawk, Coopex’s, sharp- shinned and duck hawks, all of which are known to be destructive of poultry and game, Ww. REARING GAME BIRDS. Editor Forest and Stream: In FOREST AND STREAM of Sept. 3, I see several articles on rearing game birds. My grandfather, Wappert de Mélis, an old officer of Napolean I., was an ardent sports- man and took great delight in rearing in confinement English and Chinese pheasants, and partridges (the red partridge of the British Islands and the continent of western Europe). The pheasant eggs were obtained from other estates or from the zodlogical gardens. When mowing green food for the stock on the estate, the men sometimes discovered a nest of partridge eggs, and when too late to leave some grass around the nest and leave it undisturbed (as were his orders), the eggs were taken home, They were all hatehed under common barn fowl. The coops were about 20x10ft., facing the south and with wire netting front and covered by a roof, the whole being called a voliére. There was sandy, gravely and dry bot- tom with a little plot of grass and a few small pines for shelter. How well I remember, when a boy, I accompanied one of our old servants, who had been over thirty years in the family—Jantze the Stocker—to the pine forests, in search of ant eggs. We have in Flanders, in the sandy portion, a species of big black ant, which build large nests of dry pine needles, dead grass, little sticks, etc. After finding one of these nests, Jantze would shovel ants, eggs, nest and all into a large grain bag (and how he did get bitten by the infuriated ants, but he did not seem to mind it), and carried the whole thing home. There the bag was emptied into an old flour barrel, covered with a coarse woven bag well tied over the open- ing to keep the ants inside. The ants would then collect their eggs into the center of the barrel, where we could find them whenever needed. This was excellent food for the young pheasant and partridge chicks, but somewhat heating and must be intermixed with a diet of chopped hard boiled eggs and lettuce leaveg, clover seed and seeds collected when winnowing rye or wheat. The ant eggs supplied the natural animal food of the birds, and the seeds what they would about find on the fields. After they became larger we would feed them table crumbs, grain and almost anything. The young chicks are very sensitive to wet, and a piece of matting should be set against the inner wall for shel- ter, They liked to run in the little grass plot and to eat some of the leaves; and the little pine trees provided shade and comparative shelter, Grandfather had quite a success in rearing both pheas- ants and partridges. The partridges would be wild in the beginning, but became gradually tame, and I remember two old birds who fed with the chickens in the yard and ran around, never attempting to escape. We fed the old birds also meal worms from the old windmill on the estate, This food they were very fond of, but it is very strong and heating diet and should be given in modera- tion. This we fed also to two nightingales we had in captivity. ; I never found these big ant nests in the woods of cen- tral and western Pennsylvania or New York, but think they exist in the sandy portions of the New Jersey coast and the sand dunes along the Atlantic coast, or other sandy portions of the continent, where they must be easy to procure, Young game birds in their wild state feed mostly on grubs, ants and ant’s eggs, small insects, seeds, etc., and the nearer you come to their natural food and surround- ings in confinement the better will be your success in rearing them. Care should be taken to keep the coop _ well supplied with clear drinking water, keep the grass plot green by sprinkling or put fresh grass flakes in from time to time,and keep everything clean and tidy, for Doubtless the reed bird’ they will otherwise be bothered with lice. Rats, cats and weasels are their great enemies, and should be carefully kept out by close wire netting at least 3ft. from the ground above the larger netting, This all reminds me of the halcyon days of my youth, and if this may be of any use to my brother sportsmen, it will be ample reward of old JULIUS THE FOXHUNTER, LATE BIRDS’ Editor Forest and Stream: On the 26th of August I found a quail nest with eleven eggsinit. It was located in the corner of a rail fence, and the old bird flew away when I jumped over. The eges showed a decided reddish hue, and, therefore, I ex- pect that the young ones came out a few days afterward, On the same day I also found the nest of a redbird with young ones not over four or fivedays old, All birds have been late this year, and 1am not much surprised about the redbirds, as they always hatch two or three broods; but quail eggs I never found so late before. No doubt it was a second brood,and it shows that our law, which allows quail shooting only after the 10th of November, is not too late at all, The birds are pretty scarce in our neighborhood this year, D. W OrncrnnaAtr, O., Sept. 3. NESTS. Editor Forest and Stream: While out partridge hunting Sept. 8 I found a quail’s nest with 11 eggs in it. The mother was on the nest, which was in a hollow between two roots of a stump. Some one had placed a screen in front of the nest so the quail could not get out. He had fed the quail but had given her no water. I didnot break any of the eggs, but they were dark colored and looked as though they were about half incubated, I removed the screen and posted a notice informing him of the penalty for having quail in possession before Nov. 1. I suppose he intended to try and rear the young ones. Going through a dry marsh on the 3d inst., I came upon a quail and young about three days old, Calling my spaniel to me, I showed him where they had been, and he trailed them up and brought me one uninjured, which T let go. A. G, B, HOLLAND, Mich. THE CAROLINA PAROQUET IN FLORIDA. Hditor Forest and Stream: I noticed some inquiry made in your columns as to the Florida paroquets. I have been collecting animals, rep- tiles and birds for a museum in St. Augustine for four spring seasons. I find each season that the paroquet is ecreasing in number. Last spring I saw about half a dozen small flocks, six to eight in number, in a mulberry grove in the eastern part of Hernando county. Two seasons ago I found large numbers of them there. It is a habit of the paroquet to visit orange groves for the oranges in January and February; and more of them have been killed for this than for any other reason in Florida. I knew one man who killed over 200 two years ago in one week in his grove. When one is wing-broken and begins to cry, the drove will go to its rescue and easily be taken in, They nest in hollow trees similar to the woodpecker holes, and have two young. JOHN M. McCrary, Editor Forest and Stream: In the Aug, 6 issue of FOREST AND STRHAM, Mr, Frank M. Chapman made a request concerning our only repre- sentative of the family Psittacide, the Carolina paroquet. In writing this [ think perhaps it may be acceptable, to add my little mite for general information and possibly help to encourage correspondence of others. Tn several successive years, when hunting about the cypress swamps of West Florida in April, I put up with an old resident planter who lived within a few miles of the bank of the Apalachicola River, and who appeared to be well informed about all bird life in the vicinity and through the river swamps. My inquiry about paroquets he answered, ‘‘Very soon the nasty things will destroy all the fruit of my mulberry treez, which fruit is just about getting ripe.” How I wished the birds would soon start in on their work of destruction, but I was not destined to get the few desirable specimens I wanted, on the mul- berry trees. One day, however, when I was after a gobbler in the river Swamps, in company of the planter’s son, we were suddenly startled by a grating and metallic sound, at which the boy hurriedly said ‘‘Parrots!” Standing still for a time, we noticed several birds suspended by their feet, head downward, feeding on the red blossoms of a speciesof maple. After carefully changing my cartridges I shot one bird with each barrel; when about fifteen to twenty more birds darted from the opposite side of the maple tree with the motion and appearance of wild pigeons. The next morning we visited the same place and again were so fortunate as to hear the note of the parrots, Standing in hiding beneath some foliage, we waited at least ten minutes to hear that note again, to make it pos- sible better to locate the birds, but all in vain. By ecare- fully examining the leaves of all the trees near by, I came to notice large yellow flowers with orange centers, which appeared to be distributed over one of the trees. Soon after I distinguished the green bodies of birds, which were attached to the seeming flowers, and once more the parrots lost a pair of their company. Several times on succeeding days their call was noticed, though now the birds mistrusted us and further approach was useless, On the third and last occasion, April 6, 1889, when crossing a piece of piny woods near the plantation, I noticed a small flock of rapidly flying birds, alighting on one of the more distant pines, with the fluttering motion of our mourning dove. Im another instant some of the birds were suspended from corresponding limbs and three parrots were secured while a fourth, shot on the wng, dropped in a near field, whence one of the boys at Work there brought the bird for me, to be added to the other valued specimens. As Dr. Allen rightly says: “Extermination of this interesting and beautiful bird is not only due to wantonly shooting them for their meat and feathers and by sportsmen—not to mention the few specimens for natural history specimens, but by cruel and most destructive netting by calling them down through caged companions.” Like our wild pigeons, these poor birds have been netted until further supply gave out, Oneindividual in particular, visited the above mentioned locality, year after year, always in July, when the young birds were collected in flocks; and netted the parcquets as well for our Northern as for the European markets. Thus I was informed by residents. We regret to say that this beautiful and interesting bird is certainly and rapily disappearing from our fauna, There is very little hope of just a few of them to survive Inany years, The most remote swamps only protect them at times; they are bound to leave the woods, to feed in river bottoms on the much coveted cockle-spur, ard ag stated above, will also visit such fruit as mulberry and banana, The banana appears to melt away when the paroquets go to work with their heavy bills, and have taken it into their heads to visit a plantation regularly, to appease their very exorbitant appetites. AUGUST KOCH. PENNSYLVANIA, Game Bag and Gun. THE FULL TEXTS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Provinces are given in the Sook of the Game Lanws. NOTES FROM THE GAME FIELDS. V ERY discouraging chicken reports come in from all parts of Kansas. It seems that the birds are shot by farmer boys and market-hunters as soon as hatched, What Kansas needs is absolute protection to game birds for a period of years. Last week it was the writer’s pleasure to enjoy a hunt in the northwest corner of Iowa, near the Sioux River, as the guest of the Porter Bros., who have a large model prain and ‘cattle ranch in that part of the State, just a Foy miles distant from the South Dakota and Minnesota ines. We found the chickens scarce as compared with former years. The Porters have an elegant English setter, Buffer, who could scent a covey a mile off. As soon as flushed the birds would go to the cornfields, making the shooting quite difficult. We hunted mornings and evenings, and three of us generally succeeded in bagging a total of 20 or 30 birds each trip. The coveys were all small, ‘This is explained by the fact that English hunters had been shooting a month before the law was up. Uponone occasion we found a remarkably tame pair of birds. We walked to within ten feet of them in stubble. The hand- some birds seemed as tame as barnyard fowl, and were flushed with difficulty. It seemed a pity to slaughter such elegant and fearless birds; but the relentles 10-bores showed no mercy, LEAVENWORTH, Kan,, Sept. 12. By observation and by what can be learned from land owners and local sportsmen in and around this section of southern New Jersey quail are more numerous now than at any time before during the past ten years. Owing to the dry weather during last spring and the early part of summer in the time of their nesting and the rank growth of vegetation later on affording an admirable cover for the birds, they have increased wonderfully. An observ- ing gentleman residing near here, Mr. Nicholas Waln, tells me that he “‘never saw more and larger coveys of quail and of a better size at this season of the year than at the present time.” And what has been said in regard to the number of quail will also apply to rabbits; the dry weather earlier and the rank vegetation during the ° greater part of the summer having been conditions suit- ing their increase and protection. Squirrels also seem to be numerous. Perhaps they show themselves more on account of nuts being so plenty this fall. In regard to partridges, from what I have seen and heard their num- ber is about up to the average. Taking it altogether, the quanity of game this season around here is far above the average, and the sportsmen are looking forward with high hopes to splendid shoot- ing, especially in the line of quail, when the season comes in, A, lL. LB, Monmoutu County, N. J. We have large numbers of quail here this fall and ex- pect great sport. Ducks, mostly woodducks, were plen- tiful opening day, and a few good bags were made, A party of three bagged 28 woodducks a few miles south of here. A. G. B. HOLLAND, Mich.,, Sept. 9. Every one reports grouse very plenty this year in this section, Although I have not been afterthem yet I hope to go as soon as the weather gets a little cooler. Isawa number of them in the spring when trout fishing, which shows that they wintered well. EH, W. R. Post Mraxs, Vermont. Ducks are very scarce so far this fall. Hares are ver plentiful, also foxes. Snipe are nearly all gone. ais plover there are few, and we expect some good flights of ducks next month, Good bags of game can be got some twenty miles east of us at any time. Deer have been seen around this past summer. Hor, BEDFORD, Quebec. Woops Hott, Mass, Sept. 14.—A bunch of white wing scoters has lived in Buzzard’s Bay, near here, all sum- mer; these are not cripples, it is said, for they fly readily when approached, The first flying scoters seen by me were eleven going to the eastward across Vineyard Sound Sept. 10, Five sheldrakes were seen in the Sound on the 11th. A wild pigeon has remained in this locality during the summer and has been seen occasionally by Mr, V. N. Edwards and others.—T. H, B. THOSE WILDFOWL PictuRES.—A Pennsylvania reader writes: ‘I wish to express my personal obligation to you for illustrating your paper with woodcuts of wildfowl. They are very natural, Personally I would rather see a picture like the one in the last issue than read the most exciting gunning story.” Tur FOREST AND STRHAM’S Book CATALOGUE has been exhausted, A new edition will be ready about Oct. 1. 184 ON LITTLE PETE’S POINT. T was November and the time had come at last for starting upon our long anticipated trip. Many had been the evenings that Frank and I had talked and planned about this shoot; the discussions as to charges, sizes of shot and number of shells to take had been in- numerable, for I know of no greater field for discussion than ammunition for wildfowl shooting. Wehad decided, howeyer, to take some 500 shells apiece, with our heavy 10 and light 12-bores. Highteen hours by rail with the customary waits, nine more on the water, found us just at dark located at one of the numerous clubs on Currituck Sound, N. C, We found the prospect for making a big bag was not very en- couraging, as the weather had not been sharp enough in the north to send the fowl down in great numbers. At 4 the next morning with our man Billy we are off in the dark, huddled up in the skiff, decoys and all, while Billy sends us along nicely. Three-quarters of an hour later finds us settled in the blind, and just discernible about 30yds, off, bobbing up and down on the water, are three swan, a dozen geese, and some sixty odd duck de- coys of different’kinds from canvasback to teal. It is a bit chilly sitting here in the blind, but we don’t have much time to think of the cold. The dawn is just coming, and we are beginning to locate the con- stant swish and whistle of fowl which we have been hearing over our heads. Bang! right over my head, Splash! The fun has commenced, and Frank has scored first blood. Out goes Billy after the bird; but whatis this? ‘Down, Billy!” Too late. Five geese, coming straight at us and seeing our man, sheer off in the dusk just too soon. IJtisno use to call now; they have seen too much. Our first game proves to be a sprigtail. Frank is bemoaning our luck with the geese when Billy’s quick ear has caught the sound of some honker and answers. Sure enough three geese are coming in and are not S0yds. away now. ‘Let them have it, Frank, Now for your first goose.” His two barrels are followed a, little later by mine. Never a feather touched, and with an afirighted honk the geese are off. Billy says noth- ing, but I can see that he is wondering whether we expect them to light on our guns. “Too big, wern’t they, Frank ? First ones, you know, but neyer—”* My remark is cut short by Builly’s ‘*Mark left quick! black duck!” We each succeed in dropping one out of a fiock, missing with our second, as they do not come in well and the shots are long ones. It is getting quite light now and we can see many flocks of mallards, sprigs, black duck, teal, widgeon, and occasionally canvasback and redheads scur- rying down the sound; and we hear the booming of the bat- tery men’s guns away out. Now comes a flock of sprig, well in this time, and three go down; give that wounded one another barrel; that’s it; let them be: down. A couple of widgeon right and left fall to Frank and both are killed clean. Weare getting quite a respectable pile now, and have all we can do for they are com- ing thick and fast. I just suc- ceed in dropping a couple of teal, when a lone honker comes in and Frank redeems himself by fillmg him full, and right after comes a flock of a dozen with Billy just drawing them in with his goose music. Talk about your baritones. tenors and sweet-voiced sopranos. Give me Billy’s goose yoedel. Look at them come. Thag fel- low leading does not suspect the reception awaiting him. Now softly, gluck! gluck! They are setting their wings. They look as big as houses. You take the head ones, Frank, Our first discharge is instantly followed by the second. Three are down. See that other fellow; he has separated from the flock. Is he going down? No. Yes,sir. There he goes all ina heap stone dead. How could he go so far? Four of them. This rather beats the shooting up our way with the ther- mometer at 10° or 15°, eh, Frank? Numerous flocks of swan have from time to time been passing over, long gunshot off, and we have let go TT's at them backed by 5drs., with the result of having the shot bring up against them with a thr-r-wp, and seeing them shake themselves and keep right on. We stay till 4 o’clock with varying success, making many misses and some good shots. Counting up we find BuAck Duck. our bag-for the day shows seven geese, six black ducks, ten sprigs, three shoyellers, seven widgeon, four teal—a total of thirty-seven birds. Not such a big bag, you will say, but big enough, we think, and the best we have yet done in duck shooting. By dark we are at our landing again. After supper we adjourn-to the room with an open fire, our pipes are lighted and we give ourselves to that comfortable sort of drowsiness which comes oyer one after a day’s work of- this kind, nodding in front of the fire with an occasional comment as to how we might SEE HIM JUMP! Bedtime, which soon comes, and with it Billy, to find out the mMorrow’s plans, or as he puts it, ““What youse gem- mens was wantin’ to do to-morrer.” We decide to try Little Pete’s Point again in the morning, with the fore- most idea of securing that beautiful and majestic bird the swan. In the afternoon we wili try the Broad Creek, where we may expect some mallard and teal, and so it is arranged. We take the sneak boat this morning, for there is a fair wind. ‘The sail is up and we are off down the creek with its intricate turnings, grounding now and then, but mak- ing good time. Our decoys are soon out and the fun commences again. Sprigs, widgeons, shovellers, black duck and four geese, perhaps twenty birds have fallen to our guns, and we have shot some half-dozen shots at the swan with the same result as yesterday, when Billy says, “Mark south!” Wuf-woo-o000-wujf-o00 comes the plain- tive call to our ears, and Billy answers with truly won- derful imitation (for he can call swan to deceive the wariest of the flock). They are coming this time, and now if they do not sheer off just out of range as they always have before we shall getashot. Fifty yards high, straight as an arrow, they come for our decoys. N earer = - = = —_ ——— = — Set — = —= = = — - —<— | have shot this one, and why we did not get that one- mallard, teal, widgeon and two geese. We made a mistake though in not taking our light guns, for those little greenwings would come in like bullets, take a shy at the decoys and dart off before we could swing our big guns on to them, What we did stop made it the more gratifying though, for with their erratic flight we would have to be pretty lively with our light guns, We reached the house a little after dark, well satisfied with our second day’s sport. I might go on and tell you how we spent the two remaining days after snipe and bay birds, but I have now made a long story. We shot dur- ing our stay the following varieties: Swan, geese, read- head, canyasback, mallard, teal, black duck, widgeon, sprigtail, shoveller, blue peter, shell drake, jacksnipe, beetle-head plover, yellow-leg, marsh quail, besides several varieties of shore birds, and I will venture to re- mark that one does not often get in four days’ shooting in one place such a various collection as the above. The result of our trip was more than satisfactory, and fulfilled all our expectations. SIPPIGAN, PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island. Uran Wakes Up.—tLast Monday Game Commissioner Barrett had J. BH. Oliver and I. W. Little arrested for killing ducks out of season. The game law expired on Tues- day, but it seems that these sportsmen anticipated it by one day, with the resulé stated. They were taken before Com- missioner Platt and pleaded guilty, and a fine of $50 each and costs was imposed. The gentlemen thought this was pretty steep, and stood the judgment off for a few days, but finally settled up yesterday. Commissioner Barrett is no re- Specter of person, and says that the game law must be obeyed so long as he is commissioner, Salt Lake Herald, Sept 6. THE ADIRONDACKS LEAGUE CLUB, itis said, has commenced an action for trespass against Supervisor M, M, Mayhew, of Marey. The club posted notices on its preserve of 150,000 acres in the wilderness some time ago warning the public against trespassing thereon, but this had only a temporary effect, and for the last two months people have been fishing or hunting on the club’s lands without any apparent regard to the possible consequences. About Sept. 1, the date when the season for hunting deer be- gan, Mr. Mayhew and party visited North Lake with a number of dogs, presumably with the intention of hunting. It is not known that they killed any deer, but the act of tres- pass under the existing law was evidently considered sutti- cient cause for action. It is understood that the club pro- poses to make this a test case. —Boonwille Herald. THIS RESCUED ROOSTER LivED TO Crow.—A peculiar Incident was described to me a few days ago by the actor Mr. Murr Brown, of Camptown, Pa. Tn his way I give it: “Coming home from Wyalusing with my gun, a few days ago, 1 came across the woods back of Hili- ott’s. I saw a motion on the ground in a thicket, and made out that it was a hawk picking atsomething. Ishot the hawk, and found he was picking at a large rooster. As lapproached the fowl seemed to move its eye, and J found that it was AMONG THE WILDFOWL.—IYV. Quick! HOLD ABOUT THREE FEET AHEAD AND HE IS YOURS. they ceme, seven of them—80, 60, 50yds. from us, and our guns roar. The leader drops, whirls a few times and strikes the water with a tremendous splash, a confused mass of neck and wings. Our first swan. I say our, for we both singled him out in our anxiety to make a sure thing of it. It is a beautiful specimen, weighing 22lbs. He is carefully put away, for Frank is to have him mounted to grace his billiard room. We now feel satis- fied with our morning’s work, and conclude to pull up and get back to the house for some lunch in order to reach Broad Creek by 2:80. We got to the blind on the creek by 8 o’clock, but on our way down I had an experience which made me any- thing but comfortable. Seeing some ducks drop into a slough on one of the islands we attempted to stalk them, but found the land very swampy and the reeds high. We located them at last, and saw some fifty or more mallards and black ducks bunched in a little pond-hole not 30yds. across. As I was getting inte position to shoot I stepped into a soft place, and down I went full length into the mud and water. Frank was so rattled at my sudden dis- appearance that he succeeded in dropping only one as they rose. I did pull myself together in time to get one too, but to finish our luck we could not find either of the dead birds in the thick reeds. We were somewhat con- soled, however, by our work on the creek, killing seyeral warm. I coneluded that it « might be good to eat and took it along homeward. It soon began to revive, and by the time I got home it was right lively, and now it is out yonder with the rest of my fowls as - wellas any of them. It wasa brown leghorn, just what I had been wanting to get.” Itseems to me that it would be well to call the progeny of that rooster Brown’s Hawkeyes. Only to bear in mind that this suggestion is counting chickens before they are hatched.—GEO, W. Lune. CANaDA MOOSE.—On a recent trip to the Ottawa River we heard of one hunter who last spring killed forty- seven moose and used the carcases as bear bait. There is still good moose hunting at almost any point on the Quebec side of the upper Ottawa. Steamers run from Mattawa to the head of Lake Temiscamingue, 125 miles further north. Half a day from the steamer will take the hunter into good territory for moose, and by three or four days’ canoeing from the head of the lake good eari- bou hunting may be obtained. Ruffed grouse are plenti- ful everywhere. In addition to all this the scenery of the upper Ottawa, particularly of the Seven League Lake, traversed by the steamer, and of Lake Temisca- mingue is very fine. Parties desiring as a trophy of skill and prowess a head of the mcose will make no mistake in seeking the upper Ottawa,—s. R. CLARKE. CONNECTICUT RAIL BrRD SHOOTING is reported to be poor this year. _ Sept, 24, 1891,] FOREST AND STREAM. 185 HINTS FOR WOODS LIFE. Editor Forest and Stream: _ As hunters are too poor to carry a hotel with them I propose to give some of the ins and outs of woods life. Tf it rains in summer peel a piece of spruce bark, say 2ft. square, cut a hole in the middle for your head, stick your head through and g’long. Likewise spruce bark your shelter at night. Tf you are nervous about animals remember that fire is their terror. Even a womancan easily drive any animal from her path by a piece of birch bark lit with a match. I believe any one could hold at bay a hundred wolves: if he would place his birch bark in a split stick 4ft, long, back up against a rock or tree and dexterously handle his “terror.” But in winter we have another foe to fight—Jack Frost. This requires a knowledge of camping out. A very good way (if you have no tent) is to select a large standing tree (leaning somewhat to the leeward), Build your fire on the windward side, standing your wood endwise short at first, but finally about 43ft. long. The heft of your fire will be at the top of your wood. There will be a little smoke, but what there is will eddy around the tree and spiral upward nicely. Now get something to your back and you are all right. Another way is to select a sleeping chance on the lee- ward side of a big log (the bigger the better). Build your fire 4ft. in front, high up as possible, and provide several logs, one above the other, for back-log and chimney- back, Now then, you want your fire so hot as to drive your enemy Jack Frost weil back. Then your friend, the fire, turns your enemy anc drives you too. To remedy this break half a dozen evergeen boughs and stick them in front of you, thus grading the heat to a dot. Then let the fire and Jack Frost charge and recharge right over your heads, you’re all right. Now you can look the fire right in the face, go to sleep and dream. Another good way is to find a large tree turned up by the roots and select your sleeping apartment in the angle formed by the body of the tree and its turned-up root. But in winter when the snow lies 4ft. deep it is hard at the best. I generally try to find a dry stump or tree and pull it across something, if possible, to break it up and save chopping. Then I take it as best I can, in any way I can invent at the time. There is not much sleep about it, anyhow, till just before morning, when your fire has melted the snow away, when you may pick your chance and catch alittle ‘nip-nap.” Wesometimes shovel down to the ground, using one of our snowshoes for a shovel, but it hardly pays for a single night’s camping out. A fatigued hunter will often start a fire, eat his supper, then lay himself away for an hour or so, then chop wood by fire-light, sometimes by spells all might. Sportsmen know but little of this, Ihave often been surprised at some of their writings, so topheavy with scholarship but with so little ballast. D, STILL-HUNTING DEER WITH BIRD DOGS Haditor Forest and Stream: “Aztec” requests information in regard to my method of training bird dogs to still-hunt deer: Thave no speciai method of training them for that pur- pose. Before using them in hunting deer they were thoroughly trained for birds; that is to say, thoroughly broken according to my idea of training. When thus broken they will take to hunting deer as readily as birds. Get one deer down and the dog is fully broken thereafter, He will show more happiness over one deer than over a hundred birds, Hunting deer in no wise injures the dog for bird hunt- ing. In fact I believe it is a benefit, because you will be more rigid in your discipline when after deer than when atter birds. T have no choice between the pointer and setter for deer. As for courage, the setter has enough. Theonly trouble isa lack of discretion in attacking a wounded old buck, sometimes. A single dog cannot manage an old buck as a pack of foxhounds can, but soon learns to bring him to bay and keep him there until you are within gunshot. iu a race of a mile or two after a wounded deer that dog will outstrip any foxhound I ever saw, and I have seen many such a race. T break my dogs when yery young as far as possible before taking them into the field. I take them in walks and discipline them to walk just in advance of me, and do not allow them to leave that position without leave, by awave of the hand. When in the field, often in hunt- ing up wounded or dead birds, I require them to maintain the same position. Also to slow-trail in that position birds that may be recovering, having only a broken wing. When they are thus broken, you will haye no trouble in still-hunting deer. HH. L, KANEAKEE, I). PARTRIDGES THAT ARE GROWING WISER,—Bedford, Quebec.—Our dogs are not fit for partridge. We use only spaniels, and the birds are so wild they won’t tree as they did some few yearsago, and it is my candid opinion if we used a good pointer or setter there would be good bags of partridge got in and around this place. Ihave seen some account in the FOREST ANP STREAMthat a man that would shoot a partridge on a tree was nothing but a pot-hunter. Well, I would only be too glad to have some of those fine shots up here for a week or two. You go in the woods, hear aroar. and off goes your bird; perbaps you never see a feather of her. Then talk about not taking your chances on the ground or in a tree.—HorT, HuntTIng AND FISHING IN THR NORTHWEST. -Are you plan- ning for an outing tuis summer? Have you ever looked up the famous resorts of the Northwest? Itisnotan exaggeration to say that the best hunting and fishing grounds in North America are found in the territory tributary to the Northern Pacific Rail- road. The lake park region in Minnesota affords pickerel, pike, bass and mascalonge; rock bass are found in numerous streams, and deer, elk and bear abound in the forest regions; antelope are found in North Dakota. The Snowy. Bitter Root, Grazy, Rocky and Cascade Mountains are the home of moose, elk, caribou, cougars, Rocky Mountain sheep and goat and other large game, while all of the Northwestern States abound in feathered game. Rocky Mountain trout and grayling are caught in the Yellow- stone, Gallatin, Madison, Jefferson, Clark’s Fork and Green Tivers, affording unrivalled sport. An imteresting pamphlet, “Game Preserves of North America,’ can be obtained free on application to CHAS. S. Pes, G. P. & T. A. of the Northern Pacific R. AR. at St. Paul, Minn. Descriptive publications concerning Yellowstone Park, Pacific coast and Alasks will also be mailed on receipt of application, referring to FoRmsST AND STREAM.—Adv, epontan ieee douripays cheer a85ke ella wea free on application ’a descr. vein cular of Mr, Grinnell'’s book, 'Pawnss Stories and folk-tales,” giving a table ofcontentr and spscimen iWustrations rom the yolume,—A dy, vail THE YELLOWSTONE PARK, XTRACTS from the report to the Secretary of the Interior, by Capt. Geo. J. Anderson, Acting Super- intendent: PROTECTION OF FORESTS. Thus far the season has been extremely wet and we have had very little trouble with forest fires; the few that have appeared have been extinguished by the patrols without calling out the troops for assistance, I sincerely trust the same good fortune will attend us to the end of the season, but itis scarcely probable. There are more camping parties than usual in the Park this year, and it requires ceaseless vigilance to compel them to thoroughly extinguish their fires. Other sources of fires are carelessly thrown cigars and cigarettes, lightning, and probably even the rubbing together of partially fallen dead trees as they are swayed by the wind, he serious consequences of a fire here can only be under- stood by those who have observed the almost impenetrable thickness of the pine forests with their dense masses of fallen and decaying trees. OUTPOSTS IN THE PARK, Up to the present time there has never been an outpost near the south line of the Park, As settlements are rapidly springing up near Jackson’s and Henry’s Lakes, and these regions are becoming the famed resorts of hunters and hunting parties, a permanent station somewhere near the junction of the Lewis and Snake Rivers will become a necessity. Lhope to send a small party there to spend the winter of 1891-'92, and render needed protection to the im- mense herds of game in that vicinity. TOURISTS. The most ceaseless vigilance is needed to prevent tourists from mutilating the beautiful formations in the Park. Ido not believe 10,000 men could entirely accomplish it. ladies are the greatest specimen hunters, and often they do not carry their trophies further than the hotels. By a careful supervision of the guides I have managed to keep this form of vandalism at a minimum. Another source of great an- noyance is the persistence with which men will write their unlovely names on everything that is beautiful within their reach. This form of barbarism is confined almost entirely to men, and, if we may judge from the writing, to the boor- ish and illiterate. About a week ago a stage coming inte the Park from Beaver Cafion was held up and robbed about 20 miles beyond Park limits. I gave immediate orders for a careful search by all the patrols in that direction, but so far have got no trace of the thieves. There is ap unusually large number of people entering the Park with guns of various/kinds. From those who are simply making a tour of the Park, with the purpose of returning this way, | take the arms and restore them to the owner on their exit, A great many parties, howeyer, come this way with intention of going out by Riverside or Jackson's Lake, For such parties I can only seal the guns, with admonitions not to break seals within Park limits. This is only a meas- ure of security with such people as would not hunt inside the Park in any event, If others get in unfrequented locali- ties I fear temptation would prove too much for them. Tam constrained to recommend that sufficient notice be given that from a fixed date, say June1, all carrying of guns within the Park will be strictly prohibited. Exceptions can then be made and special permits granted by the Super- intendent to people of undoubted reliability. FISH. For the most part the lakes and rivers of the Park are literally filled with trout; [have never seen so many fish elsewhere as there are in the shoal waters near the borders of the Yellowstone Lake. Two years ago the Fish Commis- sion began stocking the streams that were destitute of fish and the work was continued last year. At the present time some members of the Commission arein the Park making an examination of these plants. I hope they may yet stock some of the smaller lakes with black bass and thus afford a variety of sport to the angler. POACHERS. So long as there is no law within the Park for the preven- tion of hunting and trapping, it willbe a most difficult mat- ter to break them up. Cook City, just off the northeast corner of the Park, is fed entirely on elk meat, and I doubt not a large proportion of it has been killed within the Park limits. On my arrival here I was told that one Van Dyck was the principal hunter for that place, and that his hunting ercunds were near Soda Butte. I sent out three separate expeditions for him before he was finally taken, in his camp near Lamar River, with beaver traps and other evidences of his trade in his possession. I kept bim in custody for over a month awaiting the Secretary’s orders, and then turned him loose after confiscating all his property. He is now in Cook City once more, but Ll hear that he is conducting his expeditions outside the Park. As the killing of elk in Montana is absolutely prohibited by law for aterm of years, it seems strange that this traffic at Cook cannot be broken up. Tam satisfied that both hunting and trapping are carried on within the limits of the Park over the western border. [shall make an endeavor to ‘‘encourage’’ the majority of Lee trespassers by bringing afew of them to justice this fall. Mr. Ed. M. Wilson, who has been a most invaluable man as a scout, guide and hunter, mysteriously disappeared on July 27 and left no trace behind. It will be quite impossible to replace him, for there is no man in the region who at once has the intimate knowledge of the country, and of the hunters and their methods, that he had. 1 learn of three or four buifalo heads that have been mounted in Bozeman, Livingston, and other neighboring towns within the past year. I doubt not all of these were killed within the Park, or very close to the line without it. Such specimens are become yery rare, and fine ones are held at $400 to $1,000. Such prices tempt the cupidity of the border pirates who live near, and with small equipment they can enter the Park on foot and take their chances of RM and the confiscation of their small stock in trade. ‘The most effectual way to break up this business would be the prosecution of the taxidermists who purchase the specimens—possession of which is prohibited by the laws of all the adjoining States. 1 have abundant evidence, how- ever, that the buffalo are contented and quiet in the Park and that they are on theincrease. Some tourists who went through the Park in May saw a herd of about thirty, with several small calves, near the Trout Creek lunch sta- tion. About the same time some employees of the Yellow- stone Park Association saw what was probably the same herd, and I saw there an abundance of fresh signs the first week in June. In July Isent Wilson out to obserye the herd that ranges near the west line of the Park. He found two small bands of about thirty each, one with twelve or fifteen calves; in addition he saw several single ones and small bunches. I do not think it is exaggeration to say there are200 and probably there are 400, within the Park, and that they are thriving and increasing. The elk haye increased enormoussy, and most conservative estimates place their numbers at 25,000, and I have no doubts of the presence of that many. Their continuance in the Park is assured, and their overflow into adjoining territory will furnish abundant sport for the hunter, Mountain sheep, deer, and antelope are tame, numerous, and on the increase; as they are hunted but little, if at all, they are certain to be preserved. There are a few moose in the extreme southern part af the Park, whose numbers I shall endeayor to approximate during a trip that I hope to make to that country in October, I presume trapping of the fur-bearing animals is carried on across the Park lines, but careful watching and one or two arrests haye reduced it to a minimum, One or two more examples like that of Van Dyck will put an end to it. CAPTURE OF ANIMALS. On my arrival here I found authority to capture animals for the National Zoélogical Gardens, at Washington, D. C The appointment as hunter was given to Mr. Elwood Hofer, the most competent man in the country. Owing to s:arcity of funds with which to pay him heresigned his appointment after two months, but continued to collect specimens. He has caught and turned over to me, and I hold awaiting shipment, two black bear cubs, three young foxes, two elk, and a black-tailed deer. l also had two antelope, but one night about two weeks since some carnivorous animal broke into their inclosure and killed and ate them. When the time for shipment comes I can readily trap and add to the collection a number of the smaller animals, like wolyerines, wolves, lynxes, martins, badgers, porcupines, beavers, etc, All can be shipped in one ear, which should go under charge of an attendant, Bears have become very troublesome at all the hotels, camps, slaughter-houses, and other places in the Park where there is anything for them to eat. They haye not proved at all dangerous, but itis impossible to keep provi- sions anywhere within their reach. L authorized the capture of one at the Fountain Hotel, but he died of a rupture of the heart in bis struggle to escape. I had another caught in a trap there and he is now in the Washington gardens, Thaye had four small bears caught; two I haye still, one broke his chain and escaped, and one was eaten up by an old bear while he was chained in front of the house at Yan- cey’s. As winter approaches I may find it necessary to kill an occasional one, especially if they become destructive of the game, or beef and mutton herds. By another season I hope to be able to supply specimens of all the animals native to the Park; their retention here during the season has proven very interesting to the tourists. LAW IN THE PARK. Tt seems hardly necessary to call your attention to the need of laws for the government of the Park. Senate bill 491, first session Fifty-first Congress, as amended and re- ferred to the House Calendar, has much to commend it, and with afew modifications would effect all that can be de- sired. For convenience the jurisdiction of the court should be on the Montana side and the railroad charter (section 11) should by all means be omitted. Otherwise the bill is as nearly perfect as may be, and I trust the passage of it, or one similar to it, may be pressed and accomplished. Sea and River ishing. THE FULL TEXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, Territories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. ANGLING NOTES. NV R. ALFRED C. HAND writes from Pequaming, Michigan, that the season is now over for trout fishing with them, and the anglers are regretfully putting away their tackle for the winter. He says that it has been a good season in that section for trout. His best average was 5 fish weighing 8lbs. 20z., and the largest Qibs. loz., but he landed one for a companion that weighed Albs. 4oz. This fish was taken ona No. 6 silver-doctor, though as a rule he thinks that the old fashioned brown- palmer is about the most killing fiy in that country. Mr. Jas. L, Livingston recently caught a 3lb. 202. speckled trout in Preston Pond, the last fish of the season. He had just told his guide ‘‘Here goes for the last cast!’ and it was a lucky one, Mr. Chas. F. Imbrie has returned from his trip to the Adir- ondack Club. He had very little fishing, but hisson Andrew killed two fine bucks with his Winchester, not inthe water, but running. Professor Vail dropped in to show some of his photographs taken on a trip to Nova Scotia. They are very beautiful, and some of the strings of trout are enough to make an angler wish he could try that wonder- ful country. Though rather late, yet there is time between now and Oct. 1 to make the trip. One of the happiest of the army of anglers recently re- turned is Dr. Hasbrouck of this city, who killed 6 salmon and 16 grilse on the Miramichi, It was his first trip after salmon and it is worth while to hear the Doctor describe how he lost his two first salmon the same day he arrived at the camp, and how he covered himself with glory the next day by landing two without gaff or guide. I never have caught a salmon, but I know just how he felt, The man that kills his first caribou after a successful stalk feels just that way. In answer to inquiries as how to best preserve flies through the winter, I would advise keeping them in an empty segar box, first seeing that there aye no moth or eggs amoung them. Wrap box up in paper, but there must be no holes, and fasten securely. Moths will not eat through paper, but I think they rather enjoy camphor. Bluefish are running ‘‘outside” of large size and fine condition, but there do not seem to be many in the bays. The best way is to go down to Patchogue the night before and make an early start. Boats and bait are plenty there, Striped bass are being taken in fair numbers, but they require hard work and good fishing. The largest I fake heard of lately was taken at Woods Holl, weight dlbs. Somebody is trying to boom Stamford and Greenwich, Conn., in one of the daily papers, but if the reports are true, the fishing must have improyed very suddenly. SCARLET-IBIS, THE GRAVEL CountEp.—Albany, Sept. 15.—Belle, nine years old, caught two pickerel one day weighing 6lbs. and 6lbs. 100z. respectively; but George beat her record last week by taking a7-pounder, Little Bellesaysif they had preety the gravel off him he wouldn’t beat her record,— EXTER, 186 FOREST AND STREAM. —_— a (Smrr. 24, 1891. FISHING WITH TRAINED CORMORANTS By Capratn Ff. 8S. Duemorn, R. N. R., Master of the Falconry Club 1878 to 18838. APOLOGIA. N the Chinese Empire, the traming and the serious use of the cormorantas a bread-winner constitutes an in- dustry by itself, receiving the entire attention of a large class of professional fishermen, to whom this bird is as much a necessary implement of thei calling as the gill- net is to the mullet-catchers of the Gulf of Mexico. In Hurope, on the cther hand, for the last two hundred years, the cormorant has had little care bestowed upon it; unless for its destruction by the owners of valuable fish- ing rights. A team of fishing cormorants has seldom if ever been kept except as an adjunct, and a comparatively unimportant adjunct, toa stud of trained hawks; attended to only in the spare moments of the master or his falcon- ers, and very rarely used except when the weather, the season or accidental circumstances made the infinitely more exciting and absorbing sport of falconry out of the question for the time being. Tt is rather strange that such should be the case; since, while anything like real proficiency in the science cf fal- conry in its numerous branches imperatively demands the study of a lifetime, the entire details connected with the training of cormorants, and their use for fishing pur- poses, are so simple and so easily acquired that any person of ordinary intelligence and of a nature sympathetic with the animal creation can master the whole thing in a fortnight; with a little skilled guidance he can become a proficient in less than a month. Moreover, while the maintenance of a falconry estab- lishment is an exceedingly costly undertaking, a team of trained cormorants is comparatively inexpensive. So that it would appear somewhat remarkable that many lovers of sport and of animated nature whose leisure or whose means have not permitted them to in- dulge in the ‘noble art’ of falconry, haye not gone in for the only less pleasurable excitement so easily obtain- able from the ‘‘coursing of the waters,” as cormorant- fishing has been not inaptly designated. It is more than thirty years since I began my own apprenticeship to the art of falconry; and yet—though I have lost no opportunity of picking the brains of such experts as the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, Colonel Delme- Radcliffe, the Rev. Gage Harle Freeman (‘*Peregrine” of the London Field), the late John Pells, falconer to the Dukes of St. Albans; the late Robert Barr, falconer to the Champagne Hawking Club, and his still more celebrated brother, the late John Barr, for some years my own head falconer; as well as of studying the methods of Greekand Turkish falconers on the shores of the Sea ef Marmora; although, too, I have owned considerably over a thousand hawks and falcons of all kinds, and haye myself, unaided, carried out the entire training of hundreds of them—yet, I say, to this very moment I never meet and compare notes with a brother faleoner without discovering how much I have yet to learn, It is vastly different with cormorants, John Barr and I, between us, taught the late unfortunate Crown Prince of Austria—a glorious sporfman and a very apt pupil— how to handle and use them for fishing in a couple of days; while it took less than aweekto impart all requi- site instruction in their management to the Count yon Eltz, whom the Empress of Austria sent to Brougha!l Castle (my then residence in Ireland) to receive over for conveyance to Vienna a team of six trained cormorants presented by me to Prince Rudolph, Of course a practical falconer has a great advantage over any other learner, from the habit, acquired by long experience, of reading the thoughts, divining the inten- tions, and thereby being able to anticipate the actions, of his feathered intimates. But i will guarantee that any sympathetic lover of nature, possessed of average intelli- gence and patience, and of a reasonable amount of com- mand over his temper, can, by following the plain direc- tions 1am about to furnish for his guidance, learn the entire art of cormorant training in a fortnight, and become a thorough proficient in taking fish with these birds after less than a month’s practice. The sport is one that is preéminently well adapted to this continent, Tt demands very little time and very little outlay. There is scarcely a part of the American coast where the birds for training cannot be cheaply procured with- out the slightest difficulty; they are found even on most inland waters of any great extent. ; There are very few places where coarse or refuse fish cannot be inexpensively obtained for their support, a great advantage over Hurope, where I have had to feed my birds on beef, mutton, horseflesh, bullock’s liver, or even rabbits, none of which are calculated to keep cor- morants in good health for any length of time, while all of them, excepting liver, which at best is only fit for a makeshift, are rather expensive diet for birds requiring daily from 1 to 8lbs. weight a head. Tinnen in America there is such an enormous extent and such infinile yariety of practicable waters available for fishing with cormorants, without interfering with vested rights, or provoking fancied grievances, You have all the grand estuaries of the Atlantic seaboard, with their in- numerable creeks and ramifications, fishable to their very heads wherever so much as a yard wide and two feet deep; the clear rapid rivers of Florida, where not a move- ment of the birds or their quarry is hidden from the sportsman; and in more mountainous States, bright rushing brooklets and trout streams, far too small for fly-fishing, but along whose banks the owner can run un- obstructed, keeping up with his birds in their lightning- like dashes and sub-aquean doubles after the speckled beauties, Prejudice, and prejudice only, might for a time interfere with their use, or, at least, render it inex- pedient, in preserved trout waters, which should as a rule be avoided. Unlike the Old World, with its artifi- cialisms and conventionalities, prejudice in this great country is a very fleeting and temporary affair. People like the Americans, accustomed keenly to sift every statement that is put before them, never keep a long ora close hold on a prejudice that has not good sound reason at its back; and the cormorant-fisher would do well to respect the prejudices of his brethren of the angle until they shall have learned them to be utterly without reason or justification | The destructive capabilities of cormorants, especially when domesticated, are not quite what they are popularly imagined to be, nor is the working capacity of a trained bird by any means unlimited. Against the current of a mountain brook—and our course is always up stream—ten minutes’ consecutive work for each bird is more than enough, and will neces- sitate nob much under half an hour’s cessation for rest and drying; for, strange to say, and paradoxical as it may appear, 2 cormorant cannot work under water when once wet through, He requires todry himself thoroughly with many wing flappings in the sun and wind, after which he will carefully dress his plumage over with oil obtained from two glands just above the tail, by the pressure of his powerful beak. Unlike the “trout hoe” of the Adirondacks, traimed cormorants despise fingerlings, especially when anything better is obtainable. ing i so strong that they will always single out the largest fish within their powers—sometimes above them, Their sporting instincts seem to be Needless to say, there are no pricked fish to be returned to the water, sonie'to die, others to scare their fellows with the tale of their narrow escape, which fish, like ants, undoubtedly have some means of communicating in a language of their own. All things considered, I have no hesitation in asserting that preserved waters will be no more injured by cormor- ant fishing, within reasonable limits, than by customary legitimate angling, also within reasonable limits; far less than by the exploits of the Adirondack trout hog, as so often chronicled in the charming pages of FOREST AND STREAM, The most rapid destruction I have myself ever accom- plished with cormorants was twenty-two trout taken in fifteen minutes by three birds, mountain stream flowing into the Shannon, averaging scarcely more than 2ft. in width, and absolutely unfish- able by ordinary methods, in rising a trout therein with a fly, and I never heard of any good being done by the use of worms, two trout averaged about three to the was but one unsizeable fish in the basket, though I could see numbers of small fry in the water, This was in arough Irish No one had ever succeeded The twenty- pound, and there Fishing (by permission) a stretch of preserved water in Oxfordshire, a fine basket of trout (some of which turned the scale at 3lbs.) caught by my birds contained not a single fish under a pound in weight, though.the pool, generally kept artificially closed at both ends, was noted as a breeding place. In fact no one had ‘any idea that this water contained fish so large as those taken out of it by my cormorants; greatly to the advantage, l imagine, of their smaller comrades and customary prey. But in so large and various-featured a country as America, there can be no excuse for (uninvited) encroachment by the cormorant trainer on the domain of the fly-fisher. Tam myself personally acquainted with innumerable lakes, tarns and mountain brooks in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland and Canada on which no one within the memory of man has ever succeeded in getting a rise, and on some of which trolling tactics have been scarcely better rewarded. Traveled Americans will doubtless remember a loyely clear blue-green river—I have often vainly flogged it— near Cannes in Proyence, teeming with fish which are never caught by other means than netting; and many of the tempting looking streams of northern Italy are simi- lary circumstanced. Conditions approximately identical prevail in many parts of the United States, as indeed in neatly all parts of the world. I have found them in Asia Minor, and far in the interior of Africa, north and south, A rod and line are useless in a mountain rivulet a foot wide, and not much better in the long narrow creeks up which the gray mullet love to run in close-packed silvery shoals from the grand estuaries of the coast. But these same foot-wide rivulets and ditch-like creeks afford the very best opportunities for the cormorant trainer without interfering in the slightest with other people’s sport. (There aresome splendidly stocked creeks running into Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor, in Florida.) Here, then, I would advise the cormorant fisher mainly to seek fresh worlds to conquer, fields wherein to exercise the prowess of his feathered friends “with a clear conscience, void of offense.’’ I would counsel him to follow my own practice of eschewing waters, even unpreserved, that are frequented by brethren of the angle, unless on exceptional occasions when their owners desire to see an exhibition of his birds’ attainments. Readersof FOREST AND STREAM need no reminder from me that ‘‘live and let live’ should be the first maxim of every true sportsman, no matter what may be the particular branch of sport that claims hisown individual sympathies. I will not occupy my reader’s time with a long disqui- sition on the natural history or habits of the cormorant— in a state of nature—though [ shall haye much to say about him in a state of grace, 7. €., training, which effects certain not inconsiderable changes in his entire constitution. For his natural history any good ornitho- logical workcan be consulted. Round the British Isles we have two species of cormo- rant, the shag, or green and crested cormorant (Pelecanus cristatus), a lovely little bird, and very docile, but too sinall to take a fish of any size; and the common black cormorant (Pelecanws carbo), which, however, varies somewhat in form in different localities, being evidently adapted by nature to the particular waters in which its living has to be obtained. Atone time I used to draw my supplies of young cor- morants for training from Lulworth, near St. Alban’s Head in Dorset. In this district (the Isle of Purbeck, famed for its marbles) the cliffs for the most part go down sheer into the water, which is very deep close into the shore. Consequently the local cormorants would starve unless possessed of exceptional diving powers. I found tae conformation accordingly of a rather peculiar type: long, slim, greyhound-like bodies, large feet, and very long tails; the tail and feet constituting the bird's diving apparatus, and haying developed through long genera- tions to suit its peculiar habitat. On the other hand, round the Farne Islands of the Northumberland coast, the sea is shallow, but little diy- ing is required, andthe fishrun yery large. Accordingly, a cormorant I procured thence had an exceedingly short tail, was of powerful thickset build, and weighed half as much again as the Dorset birds. Timagine a similar rule holds good along the American coast line. of Mexico, on the Florida shore, appear to be rather smaller and weaker than the British black cormorant. But I have seen larger birds off Labrador; and I little may not be superfluous, The cormorants I have seen about the Gulf doubt that anywhere in the north, near Cape Cod for example, much stronger and better specimens could be procured; and be it remembered, that size is the most im- portant requisite, since the larger the bird, the larger the fish he can tackle. one of my own cormorants to bring ashore, pouched, weighed a little under three pounds anda half. But my big Northumbrian, aided by another bird, succeeded in drowning and dragging from the Thames—for he could not lift or pouch it—a pike of over 5ibs,, after a grand battle royal, lasting fully a quarter of an hour. The largest fish I have ever known few words as to the cormorant’s methods of work They plunge first, But while We take advantage of our knowledge of these facts to cut one wing of a cormorant, greatly facilitating its training, especially in the case of an old-caught bird, and in no way interfering with its work: while we avoid with the utmost care breaking so much as a single feather of its tail, as the bird would thereby be heavily handicapped in twisting and doubling under water, es- pecially after a fish that succeeded in breaking back past its pursuer when working upstream. [TO BE CONTINUED. | PERCH VERSUS TROUT. i Pe following series of questions about the relations of predatory fishes like the perch to successful trout rearing recurs so frequently in our correspondence that we give the communication in detail with answers based upon experience, and would be glad to receive expressions of opinion and records of experiments in this direction from others, Editor Forest and Stream: Tam about renting a small lake here, about 400yds. in length-and from 80 to 100yds. in width, for the purpose of stocking it with speckled trout, Before doing so, how- ever, I wish to obtain some reliable information on some — ~ points, and have concluded that I could not do better than make application to your paper in the form of questions, which J think it almost certain either you or some of your correspondents would be able to answer, The lake in question has a spring of cold water at the upper end coming out of the rock, and for about 20yds, that end of the lake is covered with stone and gravel, the rest of the lake is mostly mud bottom. Up to about nine years ago the lake was well stocked with speckled trout, but was then nearly cleaned ont by netting, and about the same time some one put in perch, which have in- creased enormously, as the lake abounds in food, For the last four or five years not a single trout has been seen in the lake, and my objectin writing is to obtain, if possible, the following information: 1, Has the introduction of perch caused the extermina- tion of the trout, or must we conclude that the trout were exterminated either by netting or some other means before the perch were put in? 2. If the perch haye exterminated the trout in what way was it brought about? Is it because the perch de- your the trout, or the trout spawn, or because the large trout devour the young perch and the spines on the back ot the perch kill the trout? 3. Is it possible for trout and perch to live together in the lake I have described? 4, Isitadyisable to exterminate the perch before at- tempting to restock with trout? 5. What is the readiest and most effectual method of exterminating the perch? Is there any way of doing it? 6. Are there any other varieties of fish besides bass and pike that could live and hold their ground along with erch? E 7. Would salmon trout live and increase in numbers in the lake I haye described? 8. What other variety of fish would you advise me to put in along with perch in case trout will not live with them? James P, TELFORD. The probability is that netting caused the extermina- tion of the trout. We infer from your letter that the trout was reproducing naturally in the lake at one time and found suitable food. The spines of the perch will not injure trout, for the latter swallows sticklebacks, which have stouter pines than the perch. If the perch haye diminished the trout, they may have accomplished this by taking their supply of food. Perch and trout live in the same body of water, but the general opinion is that they cannot be reared together successfully, because the former is more prolific and spawns later, so that it devours trout eggs during the whole spawning season. If is, therefore, advisable to remoye the perch before intro- ducing trout if you can; but this will be difficult, to say the least. Black bass have so thinned out the perch in Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire, that they no longer in- terfere with the brook trout, and the latter are increasing rapidly; but many persons object seriously to placing black bass in trout waters, because of their predatory character. Rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris) and calico bass (Pomoxys sparoides) will thrive in the company of perch, and both of these are excellent game fishes and accessible to you. Salmon trout, might live in a small Jake such as you describe if the water is very deep in some places and cold enough, and they would dispose of your perch in short order. Whatever fish of the salmon family is deemed suitable should be represented by well- grown individuals and not by fry, which the perch can dispose of faster than you can furnish them, THE BEARDSTOWN Rop AND GUN CLUB sends us a ker- chief invitation to their first annual fish fry, Sept. 25, which promises to be a most enjoyable affair, ’ The pelican, gannet and booby do their hunting in the air, only plunging into the water to seize prey already foundand marked, The cormorant and razorbill (Alcea torda) and sundry other diving birds, do all their hunting under water, before seeing their prey, seek it under water, and pursue it under water until caught, when they bring it to the surface, and in the case of the cormorant, chuck it up into the air in order to get it head downward into the elastic neck pouch, preparatory to swallowing, or when a trained bird is concerned, bringing it ashore, the razorbill uses its wings and would be crippled with- out them, as it literally flies under water, the cormorant keeps his folded as tightly as possible to his sides, depend- ing entirely on his feet as a propeller, twin-screw fashion, and on his tail asa quick and powerful rudder, (Vide illustration 1,), Supr. 24, 1891.]9 FOREST AND STREAM 187 ALEWIVES AS EGG-DESTROYERS. Hditor Forest and Stream: ] In your issue of Sept. 10 I noticed an editorial regard- ing the alewives in lakes Ontario, Cayuga and Seneca, As regards their migratoay habits from Lake Ontario to the sea I know nothing; but from observation of their habits in Seneca Lake I consider them the direct cause of the decrease of tie game fishes in Seneca and other waiters. They feed entirely during the spawning season upon the eggs of the trout, pike, bass and perch. Of acer- tainty the trout and pike feed to a small extent upon the alewives; but there is so much other food that is more palatable, namely, the stone perch, swifis, shiners and sucker fry, that the fish have no necessity to rasp their throats with the serrated belly of the alewife. I have watched the alewife time and again around black bass beds. They would hector the mother bass until she be- came exasperated beyond measurs. The moment she left the bed to drive the intruder away dozens of them would pounce upon the unprotected spawn, and ina short time there would be an empty bed. The same with the rock bass, and the beds of the trout, pike and perch being unprotected fall an easy prey. When our Fish Commissioner stocked Seneca Lake with alewives for the purpose of feeding the fishes he caused more direct damage to the fish and fishing than all the nets and spears that were ever used, In closing I would say stock the inland lakes with game fish and let the lice of the ocean, or the American Sardine, remain in its naturalelements. LANCHWOOD, BeLiona, N. Y., Sept. 12. [The above shows the alewife in a new role, and it would be well to make sure that there isno mistake about the identification of the robber. Some of the small whitefishes or ciscoes consume eggs in vast numbers, but alewives are supposed to feed at or near the surface, chiefly on small water fleas, ‘‘Lancewood” might serve the cause of science by catching one of the fish engaged in eating eggs and mailing it in salt to the office of For- ESS AND STREAM for identification. | TAMAGAMAMINGUE LAKE TROUT. Editor Forest and Stream: Referring to the trout caught in Lake Tamagama- mingue, of which I wrote you last June, Mr. Samuel Wil- mot, superintendent of fishculture in Ottawa, writes me that they are the Salmo namaycush. On carefully study- ing the description and drawing of this trout in Richard- son’s work, [feel no doubt Mr. Wilmot is correct, Itis supposed that the lake in question is fed by salt springs. With the exception of the moisture fram the clouds it has no other visible means of support, though it discharges a considerable quantity of water, more par- ticularly at its southern outlet. There are none of the Salmo fontinalis in the lake or in the streams issuing therefrom, though the southern is for fifty miles in ap- pearance an ideal trout stream, with water as clear as a diamond swiftly flowing over a pebbly bed. Whitefish and black bass are also taken in this lake, the latter sea green in color, the former having a strong shade of purple beneath their shining, silvery scales. The namaycush will not bite during the summer months, as they retire to the deep water. I have just returned from a second trip to this lake in company with Robert 5. Lewis, of Rochester, and everything I have previously said as to the edible qualities and extraordi- nary beauty of the namaycush I feelinclined to repeat with emphasis. 8. R. CLARKE. WHERE BASS ABOUND. Editor Forest and Stream: “QO, O. 5.” in the FOREST AND STREAM of Sept. 3 accuses my friend and I of being “uncommonly glutionous” be- cause we caught 115 fish in five hours. Well, ‘‘maybee we was.” but it can’t be helped at this date, and we kept no small fish, putting all such back, and I can assure him that none of the fish were wasted, and that we didn’t have enough to go around even then. As for the state- ment that it was nothing out of the common to take twenty or More any morning during the season, and that he con- siders it ‘‘considerably out of the common,” if he will come out here and try a few days’ fishing he will forever forswear bass fishing in any other region. I can assure him that the fish are the gamiest on earth, and that he will not stop to count them when he is so engaged in catching them. Iam not a market fisher or hunter, and never, to my knowledge, wasted a pound of fish, and our waters will not be depleted by the amount of fish that can be taken by legitimate fishermen. I think “O,0.S.” must be somewhat cross-grained, and if he will come out here next season J will guarantee to give him a good time with plenty of fishing, and he will not begrudge the waters we fish over any of the fish we carry away. Minnesota has more bass waters than any State in the Union, and a visit to our shores will make a new man of 0,079.7 BE, J. L. West Dubura, Minn. BLACK BASS IN HEMLOCK LAKE. A NGLERS who enjoy the fine fishing for black bass in Hemlock Lake, near Lima, N. Y., will be interested ito learn that the lake was stocked more than 30 years ago by the Lima Angling Club, The Rochester Post Hxpress thas recently learned the history of the transaction from one of the members of the club, Mr, Geo, A. Pierce, The basis of the planting was the following agreement: Itis agreed between G..A, Pierce on one part and H. J. Kintg of the other part that Mr, Kinta will within ten davs deliver at the ‘Genesee Valley depot, in Rochester, (5 live black bass, in goad live healthy condition, for the consideration of $25, to be paid as follows: $10 cash in hand paid, $10 on delivery thereof at Roches- ter and $5 on the said fish beiug put into Hemlock Lake, the expense of barrels or vat to be paid for by Pierce, March 30, 1859. Henry J. Kny7z, Georer A. PreRcE, B,J. Woon, G. A. Prerce, - Committee. : z Dr, J. Rear, _ Fulfilled April, 1859, and March, 1860; 10 put in April, 1859, and 4) April, 1860. The time was extended because Mr. Kintz was unable to get the bass during the first year; but in 1860 the num- ber of 50 was completed and the result of the stocking goon became apparent, The fish were mature and pweighed from 2 to lbs. each, Hy a bog j x Rainzow Trout FiAvor.—Highlands, N. C., Sept. 18. —Kditor Forest and Stream: Thave to differ with Mr, Ripley (FOREST AND STREAM, Sept. 10) in regard to the eating quality of the rainbow trout, Itis in the cooking that this gentleman must have failed to get out the fine flavor of this splendid fish. If he will takea 2 or 3-pounder and broil it, as a shad should be, he will find that it has fat enough to broil well, and will then be a toothsome meal for the most exacting fisherman. I can corroborate his statement that this fish breeds well and grows with great rapidity. The progeny of a hundred of these fish in my water three-years ago have stocked the stream for nearly 20 miles down, and they are rapidly becoming as numerous as the common trout, while they grow much more rapidly. ‘The old fish are sometimes met with, but in my narrow and rapid stream always break the tackle at the first dart, which they make with so much vim that along reach is necessary to hold them, The last large one was taken last year, and weighed 34lbs., at the age of three years. It was in the pond where the finger- lings were planted.—H. STEWART. NANTUCKET FIsHING.—Capt, A. C, Adams, of the Fish Commission, went to Nantucket early in the week and brought us some news about the fishing. The large ponds—Miacomete, Seachaca, Long and Tom Nevers— contain white perch, eels and pickerel, the last occurring in Tom Neyers only. Anglers have had fairly good suc- cess during the summer, but overfishing and winter sein- ing have thinned out the perch considerably. The cat- boats employed there in fishing on the shoals during the spring and fall for cod are engaged by sailing parties in the summer, These boats, about thirty in number, are splendid craft for sailing and fishing, They take had- dock, pollock, mackerel, scup and bluefish in their season around the island, Mr. A. H. Adams is a dealer in fish- ing tackle and takes pride in telling visitors about the resources of the waters. Scallops are very abundant on the sandy bottom and quohaugs are obtained in;moderate quantities, TARPON AT ST, AUGUSTINE.—A tarpon weighing 170Ibs. Was captured in the Matanzas River this morning by Messrs, A. J. Kolb and J. W. Traver, The fish is the largest ever landed in the waters about St. Augustine and is a beauty, The two gentlemen started out early this morning with the determination of landing a king of the finny tribe. At 7:30 Mr. Kolb-had a bite and im- mediately the prize began to churn the water. It took just one and a half hours to land the 170-pounder, during which time the fish dragged the boat from Mr, Kolb’s *wharf on the Matanzas, near Moultrie, up the river several miles, notwithstanding Mr. Traver’s efforts at the oars to keep the boat nearhome. The fish is now on exhibition in Mt, Traver’s store on King street. It will probably he mounted and placed on exhibition.—St, Augustine | Fla.) News, September, _ Wait Perce in MArne.—Among the beautiful fish- ing lakes of Maine is Matamiscontis, about 50 miles above Bangor. The Lake Megantic Railroad runs past it and carries Many campersintoits forests. Capt. A. C. Adams informs us that the fishing for white perch is superb, and especially in August. In company with three friends he caught 150 fine perch in an hour and a quarter, his own line taking 79. Having no other bait, they begun fishing with pork until they had caught a few fish, when they used pieces of the throat and tailof the perch. The lake is surrounded by forests, and the only settlement is Whitney Ridge. Boats can be had for $1 per day. Capt. Adams fished in about 12ft. of water. With suitable tackle the perch of thislake would furnish rare enjoyment. THE JUNIATA NevTs.—Port Royal, Pa., Sept. 18.—Act- ing under orders received from the Fish Commissioners, John Mateer, warden and two assistants, all of this place, started down the Juniata River yesterday morning in a skiff; they expect to be gone some days and will remove all illegal obstructions in the river down, as far as its mouth. This work should have been done lony ago; this stretch of river, especially below the Millerstown dam, is notorious for the number of fish dams, baskets and other illegal contrivances.—ONYJUTTA, A Big MACKEREL was caught in 45 fathoms of water off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, on Aug. 6. It measured 26in. from the tip of the nose to the fork of the tail, and was 10in, in girth. This is remarkable because of the great size of the fish and the depth in which it was taken. Capt. Pothier, who caught it on a cod hook, thinks it is the largest mackerel ever seen on the coast.—OCHARLES HALLOCE, PUGET SOUND and Commencement Bay are filled to overflowing with salmon, so that many of the fish are killed by the wheels of steamers. No such run has been seen before within the memory of the oldest inhabitants: even Indian traditions contain nothing to equal the present abundance. A LARGE CHANNEL Bass.—Mr, Charles 8. Higgins, of Brooklyn, caught off Fire Island, last Saturday, a channel bass weighing 3llbs. and measuring 4ft. Zin. The fish was taken with rod and ree], and only after 40 minutes of hard fighting did the angler succeed in bringing the monster to boat. “Forest and Stream’ Witt, Two Vermonters a-fishing went, One August day - In Missisquoi Bay, And caught some bass for the President, But while covered with glo- Ry the anglers blow. The bass, Alas! Can never know How grand a go They had down the throat of a President. Nursery Rhymes. NAMES AND PORTRAITS OF BIRDS, by Gurdon Trumbull, A book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its uae they can identity without question all the American game birds which they may Kill, Cloth, 220 pages, price $240, Por sale by Fonuet AnD Rinna, | Sees Che Kennel. FIXTURE’. DOG SHOWS. Sept. 22 to 25.—Iaugural International Dog Show of the Mon- treal Hxposition Company, at Montreal, Canada. Hntries close sept. § J. 5. Robertson, secretary. Sepf. 23 to 26.—Inaugural Show of the Blue Grass Kennel Club, at Lexington, Ky. Rogers Williams, Sec’y. Sept. 29 to Oct. 1—Third Annual Dog Show, in connection with the Central Canada Fair, at Ottaywa, Ont. Alfred Geddes, Supt. Dec. 4 to 8.—Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, I]. Dee. 10 to 14.—Tnaugural Dog Show of the Freeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, IU. T.E. Taylor, See’y, Dec. 80 to Jan. 2.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, at Gloversville, N.Y. FF. B. Zimmer, Sec’y. ext Jan. 5 to 9.—Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S.C. Benj. McInness, Sec’y. : Jan. 13 to 16.—Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Kennel Association, af Columbia,$.C, F. F. Capers, Secretary, Greenville, S. C. : Feb. 9 to 12.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- nel Club, at Chicago, IN. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Sec’y. Feb. 23 to 26.—Sixteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster Kennel Olub, at New York. James Mortimer, Supt. March 1 to 4.—Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Olub, at Philadelphia, Pa. F.S. Brown, Sec’v. March 15 to 18.—Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne Kennel Club, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W.E. Littell, See’y- April 7 to 10.—Seventh Annual Dog Show of the New England Kennel Club, at Roston. Mass. H. H, Moore, Sec'y. April 20 to 23.—Fourth Aunual Dog Show of the Southern Cali- fornia Kennel Club, at Los Angeles, Cal. ©. A, Summer, Sec'y. May 4 to 7—Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, at San Francisco, Cal. H, lL. Miller, Sea’y. FIELD TRIALS. Noy. 2.—Inaugural Trials of the United States Field Trial Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P.T. Madison, Indianapolis, Ind., See’y. Noy. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the International Field Trial Club, at Chatham, Ont. W.B. Wells, Sec’y, Noy. 16—Eastern Field Trials Club’s Thirteenth Annual Trials, at High Point, N. C. Members’ Stake Noy. 12. W-. A. Coster, Secretary. .! f c Noy, 28.—Irish Setter Club’s Field Trials, at High Point, N. C. G. G. Davis. Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. Noy. 23.—Gordon Setter Club’s Field Trials, at High Point, N. OC, L. A. Van Zandt, Secretary, Yonkers, N. Y. Noy, 23.—Second Annual Trials of the National Beagle Club, at Nanuet, Rockland county, N. Y. FF. W. Chapman, Sec’y. Noy. 30.—Gentral Field Trial Olub’s Third Annual Trials, at Lexineton, N.C. ©. H. Odell, See’y, 44 and 46 Wall street, New york city. Dec. 14.—Philadelphia Kennel Club’s Field Trials. Charles B. Connell, Secretary. 1892. Jan. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Club, at San Antonio, Texas, G, A, Chabot, Sec’y. Amateurs only. Jan. 18.—Trials of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersfield, Cal. J. M. Kilgarif, Sec’y, —— -,—Fourth Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials Club, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Sec’y. TORONTO DOG SHOW. HE third annual dog show of the Industrial Exhibition Association of Toronto opened on Monday, Sept. 14, and closed Sept. 18. The account of the opening of the show and the regular awards sent by telegraph appeared in our last week’s issue, The result of the show was a successful one in eyery sense. While the crowds that swarmed into the building last year were to some extent smaller on this occa- sion, still it must have been quite a financial suécess, as the people were on the move most of the day, and at times the aisles were uncomfortably crowded. The arrangements this year were much better than last, Aisles were kept clean, the building was well disinfected and we are doubly pleased in having to compliment Mr. C. A. Stone on his courteous treatment of exhibitors, and the indefatigable energy he displayed throughout the show. The Toronto Fair people are noted for their penchant for red tape, and a dog show manager there meets with many obstructions through the ignorance of those in power of the needs of dog men, which requires considerable tact and patience to overcome. This Mr. Stone accomplished. The obnoxious port to port cus- toms regulations also add considerable bother and labor to his position, as papers must be made out for every kennel and individual dog before they could leave for the States or the Montreal show. The building is exceptionally well adapted for the showy, in fact is built for the purpose. The feeding was a great improvement on that of last year, and we saw very little scouring. Spratts’ biscuits were used. The judging commencing on Monday at 2 P. M. dragged on till Wednesday noon. Messrs. Kirk, Massey, Junor, Mitchener, Donovan and Capt. Harston were actively engaged during judging and throughout the show in help- ing things along. The weather, excepting on Friday after- noon, was all that could be desired, perhaps a little warm, but the dogs in the cool, airy building did not suffer. The class of dogs was about the same as at Hamilton the preyi- ous week, but the addition of puppy and novice classes ac- counted for the increased entry without any improvement to the show, as we saw several litters of puppies that had been better ab home, The judges’ names are given with their respective breeds reported upon, and little further can be said except that Toronto has added oné more most suc- cessful show to its list of past triumphs. The criticisms of the different classes follow the order of the catalogue, which was a great improvement on that of last year, and had few mistakes, MASTIFFS—(CHAS. H. MASON). The exhibit in this breed this year was a great improve- ment on that of 1890. The presence of the Flour City Ken- nels showing the Canadians what really good mastiffs are like. Ohampion Ilford Chancellor had a bloodless victory in the dog challenge class, and _was still in his good form; in the next class Cantion’s Own Daughter had to give way to Lady Coleus, for the reason that I pointed out last week, not skull enough, though positions were reyersed at Hamil- ton. In open dogs, HlKson, an improving dog, and filling out nicely, though still too tucked up, was placed at the head of the class, beating Mode in size and forelegs, though I like Mode’s head better, he does not show so much dewlap and skull is of better shape; third prize was withheld, and only he. cards given to Trust, who is long-faced, feet turn out and hardly bone enough; King has also not the type of head desired; Minting Minor, first last year, was absent. Miss Caution repeated her Hamilton yictory in bitches; a new one, Minna Minting, coming second: she is small sized and loses in bone and body to the other, though she has a nice head; Bess occupied the same place as at Kingston in a much better class; Greenwood Juno, vhe., is fairly good, but loses in head and front; Blondie is not massive enough in head and would do with more flesh, her forelegs are very good; Ilford Pess was absent. In the puppy class Elkson smothered his only competitor, Flora, from whom second was rightly withheld. Im novice class first was withheld and second given to King, who was out of shape and has a poor head, ‘The Flour City Kennels of course took the ken- nel prize, and Mr. Hugh Halconer that for the best four Owned in Canada, ST. BERNARDS—(MissS ANNA H. WHITNEY). These classes were a marked improvement over those cf last year, several yery fair lanal daga being shown, And the 188 presence of the New York St. Bernard Kennel added con- siderable quality to the exhibit. Challenge rough classes proved blank. In the open dog class Kingston Regent’s gcod quality, massive head, bone and good color could not be denied, and he was an easy winner. The more cne sees of this dog the more certain it is that he will prove a very hard dog to beat in_the very best company; second went to Hesper’s Son, a dog of nice quality, lacking in massiveness ot head and dark shadings, but well formed in hody and forelegs, hindlegs a little too straight, he is only 14 months old and will yery likely develop into a pretty nice dog; Monk, third, is nicely marked but long in head, good bone and shows lots of quality; Monarch, from the same kennel, lacks blaze, is light in body, weak in pasterns, and bead not short enough; Don Phylis, reserve, was at Hamilton; Bruce, he., is snipy-muzzled and long-faced, his head is also almost black: Oscar, also two letters, I did not see; Benmore, Jr., lost a letter in this company. The orderin bitches was the same as at Hamilton, Republican Belle, Zenith and Glenisla, Beulah, fourth, loses to the others in head, a very poor one without blaze, though in body and bone she is very good; Phyllis, reserve, is long in head but good in body; Daisy May hardly deserved yvhe., she is not much better than a coarse collie, with very little St. Bernard type. Nora, be.,is much better, thongh faulty in head properties, snipy and so on, but is fairly good behind that part of her inatomy. Nell Maida, c., is of poor coloring and quality. The puppy class for dogs was a big one and some fair Stock was shown, the winner turning up in Mr. Bell’s “pick up” at Chicago, Sir John, He is a well made dog, but on account of his twitch- ing from chorea, should have been put back. He will, per- haps, eventually grow out of this, as it has already left his shoulder, but as it is this infirmity should count against him at present, He has a fairly good head, excellent bone, is of good size, nice coat, and wheo filled out his body will be good. Hesper’s Son, for the reason stated, should have been first; Don Phylis came third, reserve going to Kildonan, showing very good bone but not straight on his pins. The other mentioned ones I did not see, they having been taken out. In bitch puppies Lady Maud, the winner, is too houndy headed. heben, second, has only bis niee body and legs to recommend; lacks type, head very poor. In challenge, smooths, ch, Heetor had anotherlonely yictory. By afoolish mistake Othello, who could have taken second in the rough dog class, was entered in the smooths, and the inistake not being Known until the smooth class was called, he was thrown out and did not compete at_all, In open bitches a yery fair lot turned out, Lady Swiss, the winner, lacks blaze, but is nicely found in body and legs. Dell, second, T failed to see, Nicer came fourth, though she deserved a higher place. Nero, in dog puppies, could do no better than second with- out competition; body the best part of him even now. Gemmi won without competition in her class. hers in the novice classes have all been described above, Altogether this was the hest lot of St. Bernards ever shown in Canada, Mr. J. S. Williams having four roughs, took both those kennel prizes, but the smooths did not fill. BLOODHOUNDS—(CHAS. H, MASON). Only two entries, and Jack Shepard completety smothered Beauty, who was far away from him in head, though nearly as good in body and legs. NEWFPOUNDLANDS—(CHAS. H, MASON), Champion Leo added another to his score, although far from a good one. Major, second, loses in depth of muzzle, but had he had a little attention would be quite as good in coat. Neither are really true types, GREAT DANES—(MISS ANNA I. WHITNEY), Thanks to the Wolverine Kennels there was quite a fair showing in this breed dear to the hearts of the Germans. Considering the great’ number of Germaus in this country it is a wonder the number of this breed shown is not larger, though perhaps the difficulty in keeping them is the chief obstacle with the majority. No entries in the challenge As was the case last year another exceptionally good great Dane was shown in the open class for dogs; this classes. was Imperial, a much improyed dog since Chicago, though he can still carry many pounds more flesh. He was a great attraction at the show; in fact the chief one; he is many points ahead of Favor, this time in his right class. Brutus, third, is light in body, straight in stifles, has a fairly good head and nice bone. Pascha II. was at Hamilton. marck, ¢., has a bad head. Minerva’s lawn, in competition with those of her own sex, here took premier honors, Ultima They also oc- coming next; both were described last week. cupied the same position in the puppy class. faulty in head, vhe. RUSSIAN WOLFHOUNDS—(CHAS. H. MASON). Only three were entered. Valdemir had no competitor, Siegfrieda, He is not filling out ashe should do in body, neither is Princess Irma, who beats her litter sister Modjeska in head, sizé and bone, the latter is better in loin, but loses again in pasterns. ; DEERHOUNDS—(CHAS, H, MASON). The only one present was Silver Queen, short in muzzle, heayy in shoulder, but otherwise fairly good; two other en- tries were absent. GREYHOUNDS—(CHAS. H, MASON). Though in numbers not as large as last year, still the qual- ity shown was about the best we have, Hast at any rate. Gem of the Season had little difficulty in beating the slack- waisted champion Highland Chief in the dog challenge class. Champion Balkis entered not for competition, In bitches, champion Cassandra, whose six years or more of usefulness are beginning to tell on her, was well ahead of Spinaway in head and ribs. The next class was a repetition of Hamilton as far as Ornatus and Pious Pembroke were concerned, Mr. Pope’s new dog, Old Stone, third. losing in feet, ribsand hindlegs. Highland Donald, gone off in front, coming next: he is well known. Ranger had to put up with three letters this time. Dick, he., is badly pig-jawed and long cast. Blucher, c., best parts are ribs and loin; hind parts, feet and pasterns faulty. An excellent class, showing ‘lots of quality, and the awards were fully indorsed by the ruuning of the dogs in the races afterward, proving that bench show form is compatible with good work in the field. The bitch class was also good as far as the top ones were concerned, Bestwood Daisy and Lilly of Gainsboro being the order for the money; the latter has the better head and is stronger in loin and better ribbed, also more let down in stifles; the names as given in Hamilton report should be transposed. KBestwood Daisy is brimful of quality. Bert of Fashion, a name dangerously near that of the noted Hoglish bitch, was third, but I did not see this one. Lady Langtry, reserve, is weak in pasterns, light in loin. Grimsby Jess is not of much account, while Elsie II., by her good front, guined two letters also, (Galatea, c., is heavy in shoulders, not straight in forelegs and lacks rib deyetopment. The puppies were divided. The winner in dogs, Misterton, has a poor head, but is good in front; body needs time. Jack tock second; he was out, The winner in bitches was Bed of Stones, Miss Glendine coming second. She has nice fore- legs, but feet are open; is a bit overshot and light in eye. Thouch local entries were few, there was no mistake about the quality of the American dogs. FOXHOUNDS—(JOWUN DAVIDSON). As usual in Canada, there were some fairly good Hnglish hounds shown, the winter last year, Genius, again being placed in the yan, with Rouser, not so well-ribbed up or as good in head, second; both have good hound coats, Preacher, third, has splendid well-bonea forelegs, but is snipy in niuz- Gemmi, third, is faulty in head and Nun The win- Bis- and first went to Nancy, who has a soft woolly coat, is too heavy in shoulders, and faulty in muzzle and ears; Dot small, but typical, should have won, is out of coat, but what FOREST AND STREAM. {Sepr, 24, 1891, ne ! zle and stifles are not bent enough. Vexation, second Jaste there is has the right feel; Belle, third, excels in forelegs, year, was the only one in the bitch class; she is a bitch of has a fairly good top coat, but no under; Reta, fourth, is a good parts. Classes were also made for American hounds, little wastrel; Maid of Dundee, vhc.,is light-eyed, bad head, several of those shown being weedy hounds and of the , poor feet, and not deserving a card. A poor class on the English type, The winner in the dog class belonged to the | whole. The noyice class awards followed the open, Mgling- only and well-known Dan O’Shea, Ranger, better in legs | ton takiug second here and Sir Walter Scott first. Tuo and feet, winning oyer Ringwood. Bingo, third, is more on | bitches. Fury, the winner, is nice type, might be better in English type and a bit straight behind. Bruce, vhe., I could | front; Heather Bell, second, has a nice head but ears are too not find, Dan_also had the two winners in the bitch class, | big, is ight in body; Bessy’s poor head was counterbalanced Countess and Hasty, the latter a fair American. In har-j| by her nice texture of coat. The puppy winners haye been riers the winner is a fairly good one, though feet and pas- | mentioned, with the exception of Scotilla 1V., who won terns might be better. Tomboy is a foxhound puppy of | nicely in head and coat. American type. In bitches Molly could do no better than BULLDOGS—(GHAS. H, MASON). ecegntively ANDY ne ioe Het ee f This breed did not show up very well, though Bo’swain in POINTERS—(JOHN DAVIDSON), dogs and Bloater Girl in bitcbes were of a good sort and the A better lot than usually seen in Canada. Mr. Dayey | only entries. The latter was looking better than the week showed a very nice team, and as their breeding is tip top | previous. there should soon be a good lot of pointers "unning round his bailiwick. Challenge heavy bitches had champion Belle Randolph, the winner, in Devon Nell’s absence. In heavy open dogs Tempest beats Westminster Drake behind the head. Revelation was the winner in heavy-weight bitches, She is a bit straight-faced, but otherwise well formed, ex- ceptiug a little weakness of pasterns, she was also too fat; Ightfield Madge, second, one of Mr, Davey’s new ones, is ex- cellent in front and bone. In challenge classes for light- weights Pommery Sec and Fan N. won the prizes for Mr. Hyland in their respective classes. Both looked well. The open light-weight dog class produced a few more entries, and to Ossining went the blue ribbon; Shot, second, losing in hindlegs and chest; Axtel King Don, whose front might be better, and expression and muzzle hardly the thing, otherwise fair, coming third; Save, vhc., is not a bad stamp, while Snipe, c., is too houndy-headed and throaty. In bitches, that natty piece of dog flesh, Lady Gay Spanker, true to her name, an elegant mover, was well in front; Miss Rumer, second, is nicely fronted, though at times one elhow goes out a bit, but little fault can be found with her; Phan- tom, third, has been spoken of before. Lady Graphic, re- serve, occupied an unusual place; in vheé., Dodo, is a bit short in muzzle, feet open, and is a trifle long cast. In novice class the order was Ightfield Madge and Dodo, Pup- pies were fair, Bessie Girl being the best. ENGLISH SETTERS—(JOHN DAVIDSON). Mr. Davidson, as is generally the case, had a big welcome in English setters, As most of the dogs were commented on in Hamilton report it is no use going over them again in detail. Hdgemark again proved himself a winner, and this must qualify him for the challenge class; second went to Ightield Khuilas, with whom little fault can be found, might be a bit straighter in front, ears in carriage could be improved; Viscount, a little better looking as to coat than at Hamilton, was placed third; Tony Gladstone, reserve; Sir Kdward, vhe., have been spoken of before; Mount Royal Stride is not straight in front, feet turn out a bit, but head fairly good; Forest Tatton, he , loses in feet and loin and is throaty, In bitches Nia was this time placed first, she looked cleaner and in better shape, though still heayy looking and moving queerly behind; Forest Heather, second, is throaty, but otherwise well formed; Albert’s Nellie went still a pez lower to third place; Victress Lewellin, fourth, first at Hamilton, needs no further description; Canadian Lillie, reserve, is hardly strong enough in muzzle, but in legs, feet and body is still good; Monk’s Fan, from the same kennel, isa daughter of Monk of Furness, and is much of his type: Vic is a bit wide in front and not ribbed up enough; Nora ILI. again captured three letters; in the he, Jot Forest Gladys is a bit wide in. front, skull too thick and eye prominent. Novice dogs had the same as above, excepting Toby, a large well-made dog, heavily marked but well formed if he is a bit coarse throughout, In novice bitches Victress Lewellin was ahead, beating Queen of Fashion in body; Vic, third, is only a moderate one. In puppy dogs Field Marshall, the winner, is long-cast, the others were fair, but most of them had been removed when I took my notes. IRISH SETTERS—(JOHN DAVIDSON). The dogs in these classes were fully up to the average, and many of them had been at Hamilton the previous week. Challenge classes were drawn blank. Seminole again proved the winner in the open dog class, beating Parnell in head and front, Glen Jarvis, now well known, coming next. Dr. H., fourth, is a big, coarse-looking pup, leggy and Heed showing quality enough. Hrin’s Lad is a promising pup, nice head, and Larry, faulty in front. well deserved his let- ters. Eleo, though lacking type, should have had another letter, and Hiawatha, faulty in head and forelegs, and not ribbed up enough, also took two letters. In open bitches, Trene, the winner, is a nice setter; skull is a bit broad, but otherwise she will do. Duchess of Avondale, second, is throaty, but of fair type of head, a little long cast in body; Goldsmith Maid is too fine in muzzle, and feet turn out a bit; Rose Palmerston I have commented on before. Nellie D., vhe., is light throughout, lacks character in head, and is faulty in quarters. Minnehaha, in the same division, is too prominent in brow and needs more flesh. Aurora, he., is now well known in these columns; Lady Alice is narrow- chested, light in body and faulty behind, otherwise of fair type. Novice dogs—Rufus, the winner, beats Hrin’s Lad in head, and Rose Palmerston was again placed over Lady aes in bitches. Puppies were a repetition of other classes, BULI-TERRIERS—(CHAS, H. MASON), Nearly all the same dogs as at Hamilton, consequently, as stated, a good lot. Their positions, however, were reversed in most cases. Dufferin was the only challenge dog and the well known Starlight also had her class to herself. In dogs Mr, Mason thought Topsparkle the best, his coat, or lack of it, not to mention his head, should have put him back. Duke of Wellington, a heavily boned pup, came second; heis good in front, that is all. Ben Battle, third, has a good eye, but is shortand heavy faced. Prince Bendigo, losing flesh, was reserve this time. Common, King of Hearts, Watch- ful Wagtail, formerly Little Donovan, were all vhe., and are well known, and so is Muster Dick, he. Royal is more of a business dog, and Buxton Baron, second. He loses in body and loin, fair head, In bitches Grave Duchess won again this year. Hdgwood Fancy and Queen of the Dale were both put over her the week before; the latter is not improying in condition, Heb, he,, was in bad shape and head is nothing extra, In puppies Duke of Wellington rightly beat Belle of Rdgewood. Au excellent showing and something Oanada has not seen before this year, POODLES—(CHAS, H. MASON). Only one entry in dogs, and that the ‘‘African poodle” Friday. First withheld and second awarded and Frost, though deserving a letter, was debarred from participating in the spoils in the bitch class. SPANIBLS—(A, CLINTON WILMER DING), Not “A, Clinton, Esq., Welmerding,” as the catalogue had it, Of course Mr. Wilmerding’s first appearance as a spaniel judgé in Canada was a signal for a big turn out in the spaniel classes, and especially in cockers. He had a good light in the ring upstairs and rather upset some pre- vious decisions, An indifferent Irish water spaniel was given a second.. Clumbers saw the usual faces on the bench. Boss III. had his challenge class to himself and well it was so; Lady Bromine, the same, though not recovered, they are better, but still should not be shown. In dogs it was a tight go between Johnny Junior and Darby; the latter’s head is s0 much_better type and front is so superior that Johnny’s good body can hardly counteract it, Lady Jo had the biteh class to herself. Field spaniels, with Mr. Kirk an exhibitor, were better off for quality, Newton Abbott Laddie and Bridford Ruby each taking a challenge first. In open black dogs Rideau Bob has good body, legs and feet, is faulty in skull and muzzle, not Square enough. ‘Samson, second, is well known and Brantford Mohawk I spoke of last week. In bitches Rosedale Bess, a promising youngster, beats Rosedale Belle in head and front. Liver dogs saw old Beau, the winner, looking quite himself. Any other color was a mixed lot; Fancy, first, is better in head and coat than Billy, though the latter is better in front, Toby, third, is beaten in fore- legs and is a bit leggy. Bob beat Rosedale Scamp in pup- pies, but both want propping in front, The cocker black challenge dogs were a hot lot, and Rabbi moved considerably up this time, going to the top of the class, with Black Duke second, the latter beating old cham-. pion Brant in head. Miss Obo II. had an easy win over Bessie W., both from the same kennel, in challenge bitches. Any other colored challeuge dogs were a gift io Brantford Red Jacket, but King Pharoah’s Sister is not up to chal- lenge form, anda dipioma would have suited her style of head better. Open black dogs saw the well known Black Dufferin a good winner, beating Oban in head and very much in body and quarters. Dono, third, is equally as good as the second winner and has improved. Black Brant, fourth I did not see. Obadiah, reserve this time, is an oft-describe dog. Brock, vhe., is too big and long in head. In bitches T Guess, a sister to | Say, was put at the head of affairs, I like her better in body than I Say, has an excellent front, but not so good in muzzle as the latter. Woodstock Cora no doubt went over [ Say on account of condition, coat, etc., as sheisnotso good in head but hasa nice body and is well fronted, Cleo II. was described last week, and so was Brant- ford Flirt, reserve, and Brantford Topsy, yhe. Woodland Susie, and Jealousy, he,, may also be passed over with the same remark. Any other color dogs had the winners in Brantford Redman, described last week; he beats N ugget in forefeet and behind to shoulders, which dip a bit. ambo and Rufus, third and fourth, need no further mention. Molly proved herself superior to Lady of Learning, the ma- tron, in condition and body. Brantford Red Riding Hood, a little long cast, came third, and Dolly Varden, from the same kennel, could get no higher than fourth on account of herlegs, which are slightly out of fashion. Blushing Rose, vhe., well known. and Northern Queen, also, vhe., faulty in head, too much cut out before the eye, completed the class. The novice class awards were nearly all taken by dogs pre- viously mentioned, though Ontario, a new face, third in dogs. is too domy in skull, but has an excellent cobby body, - and Van Hood, vhe., isa little on the leg, The puppy win- ners have also been described and their places can be found on referring to the prize list, BEAGLES—(JOHN DAVIDSON). Most of the winners are well known, champion Royal Krueger taking the challenge dog prize, atid champion Una the sume for her sex. Tricotrin again yon in dogs, with Roy K, second. Hoscoe, third, is coarse but is a good stamp of working hound, a little large sized. Hornell-Harmony Kennels also supplied the winners in bitches, with Hf; she beats Ruby in bead, body and frout. Periwinkle, third, is nice type, but light and a little out of shape, has a good hound coat. King Krueger won in pilppies; is long in body and large even now: he wins over Guy in muzzle, feet and coat. The under 12in. class had one entry, Ava W. well- Known. GORDON SETTERS—(JOHN DAVIDSON). The same old crowd, Dr. Dixon’s team scooping in all the money in the challenge classes. Ivanhoe and Leo B. classed as at Hamilton in dogs, and Duchess of Waverley, beating Becky Sharp in head, in the bitch class. Two turned up in open dogs. Clyde, the winner, beats Pendennis in coloring and head. Dorothea, the winner in the bitch class, is light in tan, faulty in muzzle, and was shown fat; she beats Annie Gordon in head and ribs. The third one was a late entry and not named. Miss Muffit, fourth, is faulty in ribs and head, and Cherry Ripe’s light body and lack of rib could get her no more than three letters. The puppy and novice classes were filled by these previously mentioned. Outside the chal- lenge dogs there was little quality shown, most of the ex- hibits lacking depth of muzzle and bone. COLLIES—(JOHN DAVIDSON). The absence of the Chestnut Hill Kennels leaves compe- tition in these classes more euED) as, though the Seminole Kennels showed.some of the old winners, still they are not put on the bench as they should be. Conditioning collies and keeping their coats in show fettle is an art not learned inaday. Roslyn Wilkes not being for regular competition let Roslyn Dandy in for the challenge dog prize, and in bitches Metchley Surprise had a walkover, In open dogs many of the dogs were reviewed last week, the winner, Dowry, although well coated is very faulty in head, coarse, light-eyed and short-faced; I liked the Hamilton winner, Metchley Wonder II., fourth, for the place, he is truer to type, though out of coat; second went to the coarse Moon- stone, spoken of at Hamilton; Sir Walter Scott JI., barring coat, should have been above him, ‘‘Square Deal’? Eberhart haying trained his tail ‘down to the ground;”’ reserve went to Roslyn Conway, who, though out of coat, is better type than some of those over him; Rowdy, vhe., got all he de- served; Wait-a-wee, he, is too high in skull, faulty in ribs and front; ‘Toronto Wonder, same division, not straight in front, lacking in ribs and soft in coat. The bitches were only a poor lot. Masilla, the winner last year, was absent, FOX-TERRIERS—(CHAS. H, MASON). A glanee through the catalogue shows the names of nearly all Taka at Hamilton the previous week, Dobbin being about the only new tace worth mentioning, The challenge classes did not fill, In open dogs the Woodale Kennels’ new dog made his first appearance, He is a nice terrier, showing lots of character, a fairly well-formed head, though a little too much stop, excellent front and good bone and coat, ears well carried; he beats Blemton Trump nicely, who in turn was placed over Starden’s Jack, reserve going to Diver Third, whose faults I spoke of last week; Painter this time doing no better than vhc., as was Hndcliffe Spice; Woodale Rival, in the same lot, is faulty in muzzle, a bit round in skull yet, trifle long in body but nice and straight in front. Nobody’s: Child, hc. These are with the exception of Rival familiar names now. Pepper is pinched in muzzle but coat of gsood texture. In bitches first went to last year’s winner, Ebor SEPT, 24, 1891,] FOREST AND STREAM. 189 Nettle, who beats Rowton Safety in head, ears and body. Venus, third, was commented on before. Woodale Radiant, fourth, was out of stall, a puppy. Woodale Refusal is not ribbed enough, fair head and front ears trifle thick, and just fair in coat. Dog puppies were of no account, prizes with- held, and in bitches Rowton Safety, Woodale Radiant and Arden Belle was the order. - _ In wire-haired dogs the judge was severe; withholding first: and giving Barton Sting second; Stanley, vhe., neither as good as Adswood Jim II., he,; Gale Green Patch, c., all commented on before, The prizesin bitch class were with- held. In novices Nobody’s Child had an easy win in dogs, and in hitches Rowton Safety and Suffolk Riot outclassed the others. IRISH THRRIERS—(CHAS. H, MASON). In open dogs Jack Briggs scored. having been conditioned a bit since the week before, over Nailer, the latter losing in body, legs, feet and coat; Hyictor, thick in skull, faulty in muzzle and short in coat, third. Two nice bitches turned up in the next class, Mxile’s stiperior head, coat and front gaining the verdict over Kathleen, DANDIE DINMONTS—(GHAS. H, MASON), Quite a show of these quaint terriers noted rather for their gameness than their good looks. King of the Heather’s superior head, coat and hody led him out ahead of Valen- tine, whoin turn beats Goyoa in front and length of head and muzzle. Kan won again this year in bitehes, she is out in front, has afair head, good coat and hindquarters, A third only was given to Saba, out of shape, having puppies at the show—a erying evil. BEDLINGTONS—(CHAS, H. MASON). Pica won in dogs, better in front, body and feel of coat than Porkess, who also in turn beats Sir George in head: Sting, coat of poor texture, deficient in tips and topknot, was vhe. In~bitches Jerry the winner in topknot and arch of loin, theugh Zulo is better in head; Nettle, third was described last week. SKYE TERRIEKS—(CHAS. H. MASON). Sir Stafford had little difficulty in beating Sir John, who loses in head, coat, length and bone. BLACK AND TAN TERRIWRS—(CHAS, H, MASON). Meersbrook Maiden, looking a little more like herself, was alone in the challenge class. In open dogs Broomfield Sultan had little difficulty in winning over Rochelle Scot and Buffalo Rex, which two the judge could not or would not separate. Rochelle Scot has the better head and richer tan, butlosesin body. Buffalo Rex was badly breeched. In bitches Hnglish Lady lost first place on account of her mouth, so it is said; she also loses to the other in head, quarters and chest, butis richer in tan. Grace, third, was not in it in this company, nor yet was Merry. Puppies with the exception of Rochelle Carmencita were poor. Somehow with ali the fairly good dogs imported our black and tan breeders are showing very little result. YORKSHIRE TERRIERS—(CHAS. H. MASON). Toon’s Royal again placed himself in front of his kennel mate Venus in challenge class, and Toon’s Royal Gem was alone in dogs, In bitches the silver Tot had to succumb ‘to Miss Halifax, true in coloring, though a poor one, getting third prize only. PUGS—(MISS ANNA H. WHITNEY). Same old faces again. Bob Ivy, Bessie and Cassina in the challenge classes. Hberhart’s Cashier leading all again in the open dogs, Curtis coming next; same order as at Hamil- ton. Bradford Rowdy, third, has a nice skull, but muzzle is wrong. Iritz Wmmett took reserve; his faults have already been heralded, Kash, Jv., vbe., should have been above him, In bitches, Satin won again, Mabel EH. and Cribbage coming again in the same order, Manny K. taking three let- ters und Princess Nellie hc. Peggy Pride was the best of the puppies. TOY TERRIERS—(GHAS. H. MASON), Three fair little toys as they go over here were shown, first going to Trix, beating the other two in markings and legs. KING CHARLES SPANIELS—(CHAS. H. MASON). Tn dogs, the large-sized but well-shaped Royal Duke won, Calumet Alice held her own nicely, beating ‘Topsy in muz- zle and volume of skull; Ruby, third, too long in muzzle and flatin skull. In Blenheims, Romeo, good in skull, but long in muzzle and large-sized, claimed the only prize in Calumet Cromwell’s absence. Inthe toy spaniels class the prizes were withheld; more like small, snipy cockers than anything else. Miscellaneous had the Scotch terrier Kilston for the winner, other prize withheld from a moderate-look- ing Japanese, H. W. i. SPHCIAL PRIZE LIST. Best Mastiff dog, Ilford Chancellor; bitch, Lady Coleus. Smooth- coated St. Bernard, dog, Hector; bitch, Lady Swiss. Great Dane, dog, Imperator; bitch, Minerva’s Fawn. Greyhound, Gem of the Seacon. Deerhound, Silver Queen. Barzoi, Valdemir. Collie dog in open class, Dowrey; bred hya member of the Collie Club, Pury, Beagle, Royal Krueger. Smooth fox-terrier, doz, Dobbin: bitch, Ebor Nettle, Wire-haired fox-terrier, dog, Barton Sting. Kennel prizes: Mastiffs, Mlour City Kennels; owned in Canada, Huzh Faiconer. Great Danes, Wolverine Kennels. Greyhounds, A. W. Purbeck, American foxhounds, Dan O’Shea. Pointers, T. Gt, Davey; owned in Canada, T. G. Dayey. Hnelish setters, Mount Washington Kennels; owned in Canada, T.G. Dayey. Irish set- ters, Douglas & Chambers; owned in Canada, Douglas & Cham- bers. Gordon setters, Dr. 8. G. Dixon; owned in Canada, J. Lorne Campbell. Collies, Seminole Kennels; owned in Canada, McHwen & Gibson. Bull-terriers, Frank Dole. Beagles, Hornell-Harmony Kennels, fox-terriers, Woodalé Kennels; owned in Canada, Ar- den Kennels. Black and tan terriers, Rochelle Kennels. York- shire terriers, Toon & Symond. Pugs, Dr. Cryer. WILMINGTON DOG SHOW. [Special Report.) ONSIDERING that first prize was only $4 and second $2 / and that the show was not advertised, 129 entries must be pronounced a success for the second annual dog show, held in connection with the Wilmington fair, The quality throughout was above the average, and some of the classes were well filled, the Hnglish setters numbering 20 entries and the collies 16, and there were but fewabsentees, Mir. FP. R, Carswell made a capital and persevering superintendent, and had everything in good working order with good abtend- ants to carry out his orders. The building in which the dogs were benched is not at-all a good one for a show, being dark and anything but weather proof. The weather was very bad on the first day and the judging hadto be done inside. It cleared up beautifully, owever, for the remainder of the week. Mr. H, B. Blliott made the awards in all the classes, and his decisions in most instances were well received. Mr, #, 1. amb acted as aie steward, and the judging was got through without delay. Only two mastiffs were entered, and Jefferson easily dis- osed of his opponent, Brandy, who was not worth a card. y efferson is good in body, but is sadly lacking in head prop- erties and color. ‘ In St. Bernard dogs King Regent, son of the defunct Prince Regent, was placed over Sir Lion. The correctness of this decision was questioned by some on account of King Regent’s bad legs, but he is so much superior in size, sub- stance, expression and character than Sir Lion, that we think the decision correct. Sir ion is a good dog, but too jow at the shoulders, and lacks leigth and breadth as well. Jo bitches Margharita, by the great Plinlimmon, secured ! % _ — ! | - the blue; her superior bone, substance, girth of skull and depth of muzzle made her score decisively over her two com- petitors, in spite of her bad condition. Lady Castlereach, second, has good expression and character, but her muzzle is hardly square enough cut. Dart, third, is a fine roomy bitch, but does not show the quality of the other two. Only oné wretched specimen of a smooth St. Bernard put in an appearance, and the prizes were very properly withheld, \ good, new Great Dane made her début in Minka, a re- cently imported bitch; she is a dark golden brindle in color, has capital bone, a good and typical h ead, a little strong for a bitch, but is too straight behind; she was all out of con- dition, showing eyidences of maternal duties, but when in good trim will be able to do a lot of winning, Greyhounds had only one entry and that was a bad one. In heavyweight pointers the well-known Lad of Kent, of course, won easily; he is a good all-round dog, full of quality, but hardly sprung enough inribs. His only oppo- nent, Don, was a sorry spectacle beside him and was only awarded third, second prize being withheld. Major, a fair dog, won in lightweight dogs, the other entry, Dallas, being a. rank bad one, and the prizes were consequently withheid, There were no entries in either of the pointer bitch classes. Glendon, second in Hneglish setter dogs, showed himself very badly and was not in condition. He is a promising young dog and will doubtless do better another day. Oarl- ton Pero, the winner, is a nice stylish dog, with a good skull and ear, but.a bit short in muzzle. He won well, as be has a Gaba hody and is a beautiful mover and shower, Third went to Dick Roy, last year’s winner, shown very fat. He is too filled up and short in muzzle, otherwise a good dog, with capital coat and feather. In bitches a very typical one full of quality was placed first. She is grand in expression, formation of skull and set on of ear, and has a capital body, with the best of legs and feet. Peggie Dortch was second, a nice orange ticked bitch, but out of coat, She shows great, character and style and is a good mover. Third went to Rustic Clip, a very promising puppy, with a capital head, neck, shoulders. legs and feet, with wonderful style. The Winner in this class last year could get no higher than yhe., and in both the classes the competition was very strong. In Ivish setter dogs, Captain won. He has a capital coat and color and a fairly good head, Shanmore, second, is more typical in head and body, but was out of condition. Dennis the Gossoon, what a name! is light in color and wanting in Irish setter character. In bitches, Bessie Glen- cho, in poor condition, nevertheless won easily, as she is far the most typical of the three exhibited and shows a deal of quality. Leda Glencho, second, won here last year. She is a fine roomy bitch, faulty in head and color, Lassie, third, is light of bone, pale in color, and lacking quality. In Gordon dogs, Duke, a poor specimen, was given second, first being withheld. In bitches Viola, just a fair one, ob- tained the blue ribbon. A good foxhound in Dixey was alone in his glory and car- ried off first prize. In field spaniels Toady Obo, easily defeated Pascha, as he was all out of coat and condition. In cocker dogs, Snowball romped away from Banjo, who lacks quality all over. In bitches a. beauty in Beauty won first. Sheis a smart little buff cocker and will doubtless do some winning in good company. Lady Gay, second, a red, is full of life and shows plenty of character. She carries her tail too high. Brownie, a good liver, and Busy Bee, a nice little black, completed the class. Tn collies, Major Jum, a smart black, white and tan, with profuse coat and nice expression, was first; Dell Wilkes, small and out of condition, but a promising puppy, came second. Boskie, third, lacks quality and pricks his ears, but is well made, with good legs and feet. Prince Wilkes, re- serve, is a large, unfurnished, promising puppy, showing a lot of quality. The Scamp, vhe., might have been higher, but has bad ears. In bitches, a very sweet and typical bitch in Nancy Hawks won; she was quite out of coat, Collie B., THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN KENNEL Cius, l 44 BROADWAY, NEw YORK, Sept. —. | Hditor Forest and Stream: I have just read the editorial article concerning the Amer- can Kennel Club, published in the issue of your journal dated Aug. 27 (at which time I was absent from the city), and entitled “Is it Not Worth Considering?” and also the article under the heading ‘‘Dog Chat.” Imust believe these articles to have been written with theintention of promoting the best interests of the American Kennel Club, as otherwise you would hardly consider. it your duty or privilege to advise the individual defendants in the litigation referred to, who are acting under advice of their chosen counsel as to the course thatshould be pursued by them, or to advise the officers of that club as to the course to be pursued by them, so long as their present action has not been questioned by the membership of the elub, to whom they owe their official position and duty. It may be conceded that were the situation such as it is stated in those articles to be, the advice given might be per- tinent and sound, But the situation stated to exist doos not exist, and as it is always well before treating a case to have @ correet dixgnosis of it I will take leave to review the actual situation and contrast it with that portrayed in your journal. It is first said: Certain men whose names have been published among the dis- qualified and suspended list in the American Kennel Club (Gazette), feeling themselves aggrieved, are bringing suits for heavy damages, From this it might beinferred that numerous suits of this character had been brought, There are in fact only two such suits now pending, one brought by Mr. Geo. B, Gallup, of Albany, N. Y., and the other by Mr. Charles J. Peshall, of Jersey City, N. J. Again you state: The overruling of the defendants’ demurrer in one of these suits at Albany bas determined that the publication of the names in the Gazette is-a libel, and the cause must, therefore, go to a jury. The rendering of this decision has heen a signal for 1:umerous other suits of like, character. The American Kennel Clib officers and various associate members haye been made defendants, [tis true that the defendants’ demurrer to_ the complaint in the Gallup case was overruled by the Special Term of the Supreme Court, butit is not true that such decision thas determined that the publication of the names in the Gazette is a libel,” nor is it true that ‘the rendering of this decision has been a signal for numerous other suits of like charac- ter.”’” No action has been brought by any person since that decision. As to the Gallup case and the effect of the decision ren- dered, I am glad to have an opportunity to make a state- ment of the facts for the information of all your readers who are interested in kennel matters. Mr. Gallup in his ’ complaint alleges that he was personally libeled by the pub- lication of an article in the Kennel Gazelle, in which it was stated (1) that on Sept. 9, 1889, the advisory committe of the American Kennel Club ordered the suspension of the Albany Kennel Club for the non-payment of its prizes at the show held in March, 1889, and passed a resolution that if the prizes were not paid within thirty days the penalty under Rule 28 should be enforced; (2) that on Dec. 18, 1889, the thirty days having expired and no official notification of the payment of the prizes having reached the office of the Ameri- can Kennel Club, the president of the American Kennel Club suspended the officers of the Albany Club under Rule 28, of which suspension notice was given to Mr. Gallup and the other officers; and (3) that subsequently the executive committee of the American Kennel Club, acting under the provisions of the by-laws, “disqualified” the officers of the Albany Club until the awards giyen by the club were paid, He also complains because of the publication of his name in the list of “‘disqualified’? members in the Kennel Ga- a Smart youngster, came second; nice coat and ears, but a | zettc, httle domed in skull. Fridena, third, is weak in face and somewhat weedy, but good in coat. The collie classes were good, the coarse-headed, bad-expressioned, common speci- mens so.often seen being conspicuous by their absence. In bulldogs first was withheld, second going to a poor specimen in Young Tiger. Duchess of York, a good bull-terrier bitch, shown very fat, was awarded first. Two good and promising Basset hound puppies comprised the next class. There was not much to choose between them. In beagles, Tony Weller, in poor form, won from Pete, a promising puppy. lady, a pretty little one, was first in bitches. ; Regent Brisk, a smart terrier, was first in fox-terrier dogs, He has a capital body and is a nice size, with fair head and neat ears. Regent Domo, second, is large in ears and lacks expression and character, but is better in muzzle than the winner. Dandy B., third, is common in head and heavy in ears, with a good front, legs, feet and coat. Rosalind, the winner in bitches, is 4 terrier all over, but short and weak in head. Positive, second, is better in head, but in all other respects she is inferior to the winner. Ivish terriers had only one good one in Breda Jim. Ire, second, was the best of the remainder. Skye terrier, won in the class. Jn black and tan terriers the prizes were withheld. In black and tan toys first was awarded to Dot, a moderate one, and second withheld, Pugs were poor, all lacking color and head properties. Two fair King Charles were in the toy spaniel class, Philadel- phia Charlie winning easily from Manchester Teddy. Tn the miscellaneous class Beauty, a good smooth-coated collie, easily won frem a moderate black poodle, Two poor Ital- jan greyhounds and some smart Yorkshires complete the list. Tub BARD. Lady Pedro, a good BRUNSWICK FUR CLUB TRIALS.—Princeton, Mass. —fHditor Forest amd Stream: The Brunswick (Maine) Pur Club have arranged to visit this placein November for their annual foxhound field trials. They will be here by Nov. 9, and it is believed it will bring together the lanes number of fox hunters ever seen in the United States. he hillsides of this town, Wachusetts, and Little Wachusettsy Mountain are excellent hunting grounds. Having stated explicitly in our issue of Sept. 10 that the article of Aug. 27 was written without suggestion of any- body, we are at a loss to understand how one can ‘‘sincerely”’ ov otherwise than with an ulterior purpose repeat the insinu- ation (then disposed of) that we had been prompted to an action by a suppositious forger of telegrams, ‘This forged telegram story by the way is fishy. ‘he telegram was pub- lished the week after our article of Aug. 27, but with an ex- planation that it had been received a month before in July. Now comes Mr, Belmont, who tellsus that thetelegram was sent on the day own articles were published. Who sent it? Why was itsent? Why the eager endeavor to connect it with # somebody who has been influencing the Forest AND STREAM? The whole thing, weak at the best, appears to us to have been clumsily conveiyed and executed bunglingly. Advertisement, LIBERAL REWARD WILL BE PAID for the current number of any journal with a Kennel De- partment as newsy and up-te-the-times as that of the Worresn AND STREAM. Address the DoG Nkws DPARTMENT, cate of These two articles were truthful statements of fact; that is to say (1) the advisory committee, the president and the executive committee of the American Kennel Club did take the action with reference to the Albany Club which is stated to have been taken; and (2) Mr. Gallup, with others, was dis- qualified by the resolution quoted in the publication, because he was an officer. No one, so far ag 1 know, has ever im- puted any personal misconduct to Mr, Gallup or any other person, , : Now, Mr. Gallup’s complaint does not, when strictly con- sidered, admit that the action was taken by the Kennel Club or that he had been disqualified, as stated by the Kenne Gazette, and then claim that the Kennel Gazette libeled him by printing those true statements; but, onthe contrary, the complaint alleges that the articles were untrue and the statements contained in them were false, thus asserting that the American Kennel Club did not, in fact, take the action which was stated to have been taken by it, and that he was not in fact disqualified. At the same time it does not assert that the awarded prizes were in fact paid. To this complaint the defendants demurred, upon the grounds that even if the statements contained in the article were false and untrue, the publications were not libels upon Mr. Gallup. This is the question which was passed upon by the court, and in oyer-ruling the demurrer the court decided merely that if the statements of the articles were untrue and the suspension and disqualification therein stated to haye been visited upon Mr. Gallup were not, in fact, imposed as stated, then the articles are libels, and Mr, Gallup is entitled to recover damages, The defendants have appealed from this decision, and that appeal was argued last week. They expect to sécure a reversal of the decision. But even if the decision of the Special Term should be affirmed, the defendants will still have a right to defend the action and sbow that the statements of the articles were true. In view of all the facts the extreme improbability, and I may say impropriety, ot Mr. Gallup recovering a verdict in the action, will be appreciated by all those who feel any interest in the controversy. For, I suppose it to be common knowl- edge that it is not a libel to print of a man anything which is true concerning him, Again your article says: Other suits are apprehended in which other associate mem- bers will be sued before the affair is settled. If allowed to ge on in this way every associate member who has any property that can be attached will probably be sued. The juries may award no more than nominal damages, but eyen in this event there will be costs and interminable annoyaiice. As to this statement 1 beg to say that the officers und members of the American Kennel Club have no reason to apprehend that any other like actions will be brought. Mr. Vredenburgh has one letter;forwarded to him in which the gentleman addressed is solicited by Mr. Peshall to bring such an action. That gentleman has declined to do go. Whether others were similarly importuned I do not know; but if so they have not as yet complied. It may also be said that even were the American Kennel Club or its officers privately liable to be muleted in (damages because of the publications complained of (and we are advised by counsel that there is no such liability), there would still be no liability resting on the associate members of the organ- ization, and the actions would have to be dismissed as to them. j As to your statement that the liabilities of the club and associate members are daily being added to by the sending out of new copies of the libelous publication, 1 beg to say that the Aevriel Gazelie did, as long as the bench show sea- son lasted, continue to publish the names of persons who had been regularly disqualified by the American Kennel Horest and Stream Publishing Oo., No. 418 Broadway, New York. | Club, but with the end of the show season the publication : ; a : 190 FOREST AND STREAM. [Surr. 24, 1891, ; . j |! was discontinued. This course was pursued for the mani- fest reason that subordinate clubs and their officers might be kept advised as to who was and who was not on the list of disqualified persons and thus avoid disappointment and embarrassment in doing business through agents at the re- spectiye bench shows. This was done under advice of coun- sel, that such publication in the official organ of the Ameri- can Kennel Clubis a publication privileged and protected inlaw. Again you say: There are frequent notices in newspapers regarding these libel suits. The American Kennel Club is acquiring an unpleasant notoriety in which the associate membera are sharing, since their names are published as defendants for suits for libel, ete, Itis true that there have been frequent notices in the public press as to the actions brought by Mr. Charles J. Peshall, For example, by serving the summons and the com- plaint at different times, instead of at the same time, as is the general custom, opportunity has been given for repeated press notices of the same action; and whether inten- tionally or not, the impression may have been conyeyed that the suits were twice aS numerous as they were, As tothe ‘unpleasant notoriety” referred to, lunderstand that Ma, Peshall has repeatedly stated his intention to be to drive every associate member out of the club, and if this is true I presume that in making them defendants in his action he has been actuated more by this intention than by any ex- paciatlon ot finally enforcing a liability against them, You add: Ina word, the American Kennel Club is being plunged deeper and deeper into expensive lawsuits. There is every prospect that the end of the litigation will be disastrous. If these things con- tinue as they have begun, suits wil] be piled on suits until the ex- penses of defending them will be more than the club or the members cam spend. Of this prophesy as to the end of things, I will not speak, haying no disposition to enter into competitive prophesying; but, as I have shown above, it is not truethat “the American Kennel Clubis being plunged deeper and deeper into ex- pensive lawsuits;’’ nor is it true that “there is every prospect that the end of the litigation will be disastrous,’ So far from the prospect being that the end of the litigation will be disastrous, I feel, as do the officers and such of the associate members of the club as have talked with me upon the sub- ject, that the end of the suits will result in such a clearing up that thereafter every one having a genuine interest in kennel matters can feel that the day has passed for virulent criticism, which, having no foundation of good motive, springs from a desire for newspaper notoriety and an inten- tion to harass and annoy all those who cannot be controlled. Ido not know to whom you refer by the expression “many of our best dog men,” but ldo know that the prospect is that the “‘best dos men” will stay, and that those who go ae probably be of those who can be spared with a gain of credit. Now as to the remedy proposed, namely, a compromise. The officers of the American Kennel Club are discharging their duty toward the club as they see that duty. Their judgment may be bad, but they are honest in their pursuit of a course of action which they think best, and there has never been any time when their action was nob subject to full inquiry and consideration by the American Kennel Club, and subject to reversal at the desire of the member- ship of that elub. Thereis a broad view to be taken of the portée of the Peshall and Gallup suits, It seems to me that, as a sport- ing paper, you would hail a decisive result as widely benefi- cial, inasmuch as it will establish for the benefit of all sporting organizations the question whether they haye a right or not to publish in an official paper or even any paper the punishments which they may have inflicted upon their members for breath of their rules, and which publications are intended for the general protection of all interested in the sport over which each organization may be presiding, On this account, every one haying the interests of the American Kennel Club at heart, should want to see this matter through, As far as the expense is concerned, I shall be careful to guard the American Kennel Club against in- curring any. As far as the associate members are concerned, they cannot suffer any annoyance, inasmuch as their in- terests will be taken care of without expense to them and without any personal inconvenience. Outside of the two libel actions above referred to, which are the only actious in which any associate members are de- fendants, there are but three other actions pending, in one only of which has the American Kennel Club any interest. That is a proceeding in which Mr. Peshall is plaintiff and the clubis defendant, and in which he asks that the club be compelled to restore him to membership. Of the other two, one is in action for malicious prosecution brought by Mr. Peshall against Mr, Vredenburgh, Mr. Anthony, Mr. Wilmerding and myself personally, based upon the result of the trial of the indictment for criminal libel found against him by the Grand Jury of the County of New York in September, 1890, and the other is an action for libel brought against Mr. Vredenburgh by Mr. Leshe Bruce, editor of Turf, Ficld and Farm, because Mr, Vredenburgh had written a letter in which Mr. Bruce’s name was asso- ciated with Mr. Peshall’s, and with the article for the writ- ing of which Mr, Peshall was indicted. Outside of the actions brought by Mr. Peshall, we have therefore but one action in which the American Kennel Club is interested, viz,; that brought by Mr. Gallup. As to that action there may be room for compromise, not because the legal position of the defendants is wrong, or because they are subject to liability, but because I believe my fellow offi- cers and members would, and | would, be glad to see the suspension which the American Kennel Club was forced to visit upon the Albany Club removed, and the latter again a coustituent in good standing of the former. But as to the three actions brought by Mr. Peshall, why should there bea compromise? The defendants in the action are men of standing in the community, in their every rela- tion toit. It there is any liability they must answer to it, and being responsible, they certainly would not proceed in a courses which would subject them to an increased liability. They are not asking any compromise, nor do they believe a compromise desirable, Why under all the circumstances it should he thought desirable to swerve them from a course of action which as officers of the club they owe it to the club to persist in; or relieye them by compromise from a liability as individuals of which they do not ask to bere- lieved, is something which I leave for others to determine, Your articles, as I said before, were undoubtedly well meant, and I am grateful for the interest which you take in promoting the interest of the American Kennel Club. Ido not know from whom the suggestion of comproniise has come, but it is somewhat of a coincidence that upon the day your articles were published, the American Field was the recipient of a telegram asking that it recommend a compro- mise; which telegram purported to come from Mr. J. Otto Donner, but whichis declared by that gentleman to bea forgery. Some one apparently desires a compromise very much, Perhaps, since you haye given us your_advice, you will be disposed to accept from mea little in return, which I assure youis not given by way of retort, or captiously, but sincerely and with good feeling. Itisto consider whether the person who so desires compromise may not be the same who forges telegrams to the Field, and whether he may not also be capable of abusing the confidence of PoREST AND STREAM with false information and suggestions of compro- mise to further his ends. Requesting you to kindly give space to this letter in your columns, remain, - =~ © ATIGUST BEEMONT, : aie ; Pray. A, K, C. ' or DOG CHAT. ()* EK of Canada’s cleyerest vets is Dr. Mole, of Hamilton, Ont, He is one of the few who has made a study of the dog, and his papers read before the Hamilton Kennel Club at their members’ shows are always interesting. He has effected some fine cures in Hamilton in cases of acci- dents to dogs. Miss McGivern’s wire-haired Jack was fight- ing with another dog when a man, to part them, struck him oyer the eye with a billet of wood. For acouple of days the dog acted aetna getting visibly more and more dazed. Dr. Mole haying noticed it found that the skull was frac- tured und suggested trepanning. About this time the dog had a fit, and its struggles so aroused the sympathies of the fair owner that she declared that no expense should be spared to save him. Jacl was taken to the hospital, and with the aid of one or two doctors he raised the skull and took a piece of bone out about the size of adime which had pressed on the brain. The dog began to recover, the skull closed up, and he is still one of the gamest wirehairs in that town and a terror to everybody’s ‘‘felines.’? He won vhe, at the show and special for best local dog of his breed. Dr. Mole has now a Skye terrier in his care belonging to Mr. Crook, a hotel keeper, which fell along distance down an elevator shaft and was almost crushed to pieces. The dog is still alive and may very likely recover, This doctor has also made a cure in the case of a dog with paralysis and chorea. The dog dragged his hindquarters along the gronnd, After much patience and careful treatment the dog is now running round as strong as ever. This shows what can be done even in the most extreme cases, with patience and a knowledge of just how to use that patience to the best effect. We present our readers with an excellent portrait of Mr. A. D. Steward, the well-known president of the Hamilton Kennel Club. Wehave had experience with many shows, but Mr, Stewart's second venture as a dog show superin- tendent, in excellence of management, surpassed anything we haye yet seen. Mr. Stewart is a giant in height and size, standing G6ft. 4%in. in his stockings, while he is large in pro- portion. A Scotchman by birth, he graduated at Hdinburgh University, and, after traveling for a time, finally settled in Canada, where he took a position in the Bank of Montreal, at Toronto, and while there, although it is not generally known to the present run of dogmen, he superintelded and managed the dog show held in that city in 1878 when Messrs. John Dayidson and James Watson judged the dogs. Winally Mr. Stewart drifted to Hamilton, where he became Chief of Police, and was yery popular on the force. Among other celebrated arrests, he effected that of the notorious ‘‘Mother”’ Mandelbaum. Afterafew years he resigned and, coming to New York, joined Pinkerton’s staff of special detectives, Finding, however, that the climate here did not agree with him he returned to Canada and opened a brokering and real estate office. He was elected an alderman about two years ago, apd takes a lively interest in the politics of the Dominion, Mr. Stewart is a man of about 87 years of age, and in his younger days was a celebrated athlete. While at college he wonthe mile swimming championship of Scot- land. He was also accounted the best all-around athlete in Canada In addition to being president of the Hamilton Kennel Clnh, he is secretary of the Bicycle Club and a mem- ber of most of the clubs of the city, A dog with a historic pedigree has turned up at the Dun- dee dog and cat show. The animal, which has taken the firsb prize in the Bedlington class, is uamed Baccarat, and belongs to a Glasgow gentleman, The catalogue states the pedigree thus: “Baccarat, date of birth 6th Angust, 1889. Breeder, By Scandal, of Tranby Oroft.” Visitors may be inclined to regard this as a joke, but we are told that the pedigrees of all animals are revised, and if any mistake occurs the dog concerned is struck off the list—a probability which the owner would not be likely to risk.— Patt Matt Gazette. The number of dogs registered in Ireland last year was 384,007, The amount of dogs’ license duty received was £38,409. One cf the most interesting features of the Toronto show was the greyhound racing. On Tuesday afternoon the race for the prizes offered by the show people took place, and after some unsatisfactory running, owing to the crowded state of the infield and the poor running of the several un- trained contestants, few particulars could be obtained be- yond the fact that Pious Pembroke, Mr. Purbeck’s new greyhound, proved the winner. The races were unsatisfac- tory and gave rise to considerable talk among the owners, the owner of Why Not, the crack Toronto racing grey- hound, offering to run the winner then and there for $50. Profiting by experience, the races on Thursday were much better managed, the running taking place on the track, a straightaway course of 170yds. being obtained. The going was hard but did not seem to affect the dogs very much. A rabbit was used by George Thomas to inyite the dogs to do their utmost. This race was a sweepstake of $5 each, and the winner to receive a medal from the society and to be known as the champion of Canada. The dogs were entered and drawn as follows; W. Purbeck’s Ornatus against T. 5. Thompson’s Why Not. A. W. Purbeck’s Pious Pem- broke against Fred Dixon’s Dick. C. A, Burns’s Sam against Harry Habart’s Blucher. A. W. Purbeck’s Lily of Gainsboro against A. G. Fenton’s Lady Langtry. In the first round Ornatus made short work of Why Not, though it must be said of the latter that she was running almost on three legs, having cut her heel, and the hard track was too punishing. Ornatus had Gyds. worst of the start and won by about ten lengths, : In the next race Pious Pembroke had the foot of Dick to the tune of some twenty lengths after a false start. The race between Sam and Blucher was won by the former after playing with Blucher all the way up the track. The last heat in this round between Lily of Gainsboro and Lady Langtry was rather unsatisfactory, Lily had a bad start, but picked up at the finish and won nicely. In the second round Ornatus and Sam ran off. bué Ornatus played with him and won.as he pleased. Mr. Purbeck’s dogs were then the only ones left in, and as the sean Gia had to be decided George Thomas withdrew Lily of Gainsboro and ran Orna- tus and Pious Pembroke together. It was a clipping race, tunning head to head when Ornatus got the verdict by a neck and was declared the champion and Mr. Purbeck is entitled to the medal, which we are told is something quite worth winning, Mr, John Davidson acted as judge. ‘“Hon- est John” delights in a bit of sport and can always be found on hand when anything like this is on the tapis. With proper training, like whippets, such races are verv interest ing, although at the same time it savors too much of the drag hunt, and we would rather see the real thing, Orna- tus’s time, as taken by a practical horse timerin the judge’s box, was for the 17lyds., 1034s. With a live harein front of him no doubt be could improve this by a second or two. It was quite pleasing to those who uphold bench show form to find these three winters more than holding their own in the field, and especially as they have been doing summer shows in Hngland and are only two or three weeks off the ship. = iy show: The exhibition wasto be opened as soon as Lord Stanley arrived at the show last Tuesday. Mr. W.C. Reick seems to be doing better with Prince Regent’s sons than he did with the father. Kingston Regent is taking all before him in Canada, and now he has safely landed his litter brother Marquis of Ripon, whom he tells is almost a counterpart of his noted sire, in fact, when he saw him looking out of a state-room door when he went on board the Hindoo, Sept. 14, it seemed as if the old dog had come to life again. Marquis of Ripon is about two years old, and stands about 33in. at the shoulder. Just now he is very much out of coat and low in flesh, but this can soon be remedied. Heresembles Prince Regent greatly in markings and color, Although he has won prizes on the other side he has not been extensively shown, owing to a slight chorea in one shoulder, but with care and change of climate this may be cured. Mr. Reick has shown good judgment and consider- able pluck in securing these sons of Prince Regent, and we hope his zeal will be rewarded by what is the height of his ambition in that line—to breed a winning dog himself. Mr. Frank Thompson, vice-president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is known as a great lover of dogs, and alwuys takes an interest in our shows. Dog mien will therefore he sorry to hear that on Sunday his magnificent stables at Merion, Pa., were burnt down, and one yaluable horse and several of his favorite dogs meta horrible death. The coach- man, Jomes Baker, was also severely burned, Mrs. Rugene Clarke must be congratulated on her Jap- anese spaniel Ootah’s successful delivery of five puppies. This is a most unusual pumber, two or three being as a rule the limit. They are by Kioto, a well-known winner at New York shows. Heis a black and white, while Ootah is what is called a “custard and white,” and a very pretty animal it is, Japanese spaniel mothers are, as a rule, scarcely as affectionate as they might be. They have an objectionable habit of making away with their young by performing the “happy ease on them in just the same manner as the subjects of the Mikado do hari-kari, using their teeth in- stead of a knife, Ootah is said to have come from the Mikado’s kennels, and is herself an exceptionally affection- ate mother, the benign influence of Western pivitsation no doubt having a restraining infimence on her ‘“‘hari-kari”’ notions. An advance copy of the list of preminms is out for the World’s Fair dog show in Chicago, As westated some time since, no dogs will be allowed to exhibit unless registered in the stud books of their respective countries, and applica- tion for entry will be considered by a committee of three appointed by the Chief of the Department of Live Stock, and their report will determine the eligibility of the entries, The prizes in the classes for mastitis, great Danes, St. Ber- nards (separate classes for rough and smooth coats), deer- hounds, greyhounds, foxhounds, shaggy foxhounds, blood- hounds, Russian wolfhounds, pointers (separate classes for heavy and light weights), Hnglish, Irish and black and tan or Gordon setters and griffons are; Challenge classes, dogs, medal; same for bitches. Open classes, dogs, first, $40: sec- ond, 720; third, certificate of merit; same for bitches. Inthe classes for Chesapeake Bay dogs, Irish water spaniels, Clum- ber spaniels, field spaniels, cocker spaniels (separate open classes for black and other than black), bob-tailed sheepdogs, retrievers, King Charles and Blenheim spaniels (no chal- lenge classes in these two last-named), poodles, bulldegs, bull-terriers, fox-terriers (smooth), fox-terriers (wire-haired), Irish terriers, Dandie Dinmont terriers, Skye terriers, York- shire terriers, black and tan terrier: (under 7lbs.), Scotch terriers, Bedlington terriers, Clydesdale terriers, toy terriers (other than Yorkshire, under 7ibs.), whippets, and pugs, dachshunde, beagles and Basset. hounds, the prizes are: Challenge classes, dogs, medal, bitches the same, Open classes, dogs, $20, &10 and certificate of merit respectively; bitches the same. Collies, rough-coated, challenge classes, dogs, medal; bitches the same, Open classes, dogs, $25, 815 and certificate of merit respectively; bitches thesame. The same in open elasses for Newtoundlands, The annual meeting of the Canadian Kennel Club was a most interesting one, and we were particularly pleased to see the number of Canadian fanciers who took part in the Brace ities at the Russin House, Toronto, on the Wednes- ay night of theshow, We counted over thirty local men and visitors, The report of the secretary showed that there were 814 dogs registered during the past year, and when a stud book is issued and pedigrees, etc., are made public, this number will be greatly increased. The financial report showed a balance of $278.16 to the credit of the club. As we intimated some time since, it was intended to make the secretary’s position a salariei one, and after discussion it was voted that 5150 a year should be paid this official in the future. Then several changes were made in the by-laws of the club. One of the resolutions passed, and a good one was that no show held under the auspices of the club should last longer than four days. How this will affect the Toronto Hair show remains to be seen, but five days is too long for everyone concerned. A motion to abolish puppy classes was unfortunately lost, but we hope this happy result is only postponed, as if must come sooner or later. The election of officers was a matter of great interest, and we congratulate the club on their choice of president, for Mr. Dayey has done more than any one to improve the breed of sporting dogs in the Dominion, The secretaryship was keenly competed for by Mr. H. B, Donovan and Mr. A, D. Stewart, the Toronto element, however, proving too strong for the Hamilton representative. The following is the complete list of officers for the year: President, T. G. Davey, of London; First-Vice President, Dr. Mills, of Montreal; Second Vice-President, Dr. G. S. Millar, of Victoria, B. C.; C. H. Corbett, of Kings- ton; P. J. Keyes, of Ottawa, and Thos. Johnson, of Winni- peg: Secretary, H. B. Donovan, of Toronto; Treasurer, §. FP. Glass, of London, ; During the Toronto show Lady Jane, the well known Clumber, was replevined by her whilom or rightful owner. Another sample of Mr, Mercer’s good luck. It seems he sold the bitch as a puppy to its present owner, and when it was grown either lent or gave it to his son, who in turn sold it to Mr, Mercer, the latter of course purchasing it in good faith. The father coming to the show recognized his dog and claimed that the bitch was his and his son had no right to sellit. Mr, Mercer received a lawyer’s letter and summons to deliver the dog to its proper owner at the close of the show, which Mr. Mercer did. Whether Mr. Mercer will be reimbursed is problematical and it is unfortunate as it breaks his team for the other shows. Weare often asked where reliably-bred Chesapeake Bay dogs can be purchased, as most of the good strains of these dogs, indispensable to the duck shooters, are owned by pri- vate parties who do not advertise. We hear that Mr, J. G, Morris, of Haston, Md., has an excellent strain of this breed and DBs now both puppies and grown dogs that he can dis- pose of, a ; ty - oo al — “a pe) © ke) am. - Supr, 24, 1891] FOREST AND STREAM. 191 sister to Dominica, Mr, Logan’s crack bitch. She has thrown since her arrival six puppies by the great D’Orsay. Another good one was Brockenhurst Queenie, purchased from Mr. Tinne, and before she left was served by Venio, and she now has four promising puppies. Another one from Mr. Tinne’s kennel was the bitch Grouse II., served by Mr. Redmond’s celebrated Dominie, and from her he has five puppies. Sa it will be seen in starting the kenuel Mr. Hanks has secured young stock of the very best blood. While in Russia he succeeded in buying three good Barzois, 7. ¢., the dog Duk- hoi, from the kennels of Prince Galitzin, a bitch, Zlodeyka, from the Czar’s Imperial Kennels, and a bitch, Svodka, from A. J. Rousseau’s kennel. These Barzois left St. Petersburg Aug, 31, and are now on their way to this country, and it is to be hoped that they will arrive in better shape than Mr. Hacke’s recent importations, The bitch Syodka was served before leaving Russia by the celebrated stud dog Otaman,. We shall therefore soon haye a yery respectablecollection of this breed in this country, and shall therefore need some definite standard to judge by, as they have evidently pecu- liarities of form that cannot altogether be judged om grey- bound lines, We remind our sportsmen readers that intend running dogs at the Hastern Field Trials in November next, that the entries for the All-Aged Setter and Pointer Stake, with prizes of $500, $250 and $150, close Oct.1. Horfeif $10, with $20 additional to fill. The Champion Stake also closes on that date excepting for dogs that win an All-Aged Stake after the date of closing of entries; these may enter the ae before running. Forfeit $10 and #15 additional to fill. All entries must be sent to Washington A. Coster, Saratoga Springs, N. Y Mr. Watson informs that arrangements haye been made whereby those who desire to attend the great coursing: meeting at Great Bend, Kan,, in October, can do so for a fare of $50 there and back, Thisis a big concession, and further, if eighteen people signify their intention of going, a Pullman hunting car can be secured. The trip will last ten days, starting on Oct, 17; and surely there is a sufficient number of sportsmen who will send their names to Mr. Watson, 371 Fulton street, Brooklyn, to secure this privilege. MR. H. C, CORBETT, KINGSTON, Having the hunting car will allow of several dogs being takeu along free. Mr. John Grace, of San Francisco, will judge at the American Coursing Club meeting at Great Bend, Oct. 20, eae a good selection, judging from reports of his previous efforts. Mr. Jamrach is dead, Mr. Jamrach was noted the world over as a naturalist and importer, trader and exporter of wild animals. When Barnum was burned out he supplied him with many of his animals. Todog men he was known as an enthusiastic breeder of long-haired Russian greyhounds and Japanese spaniels. Mr. Moorehead has sent us some further information regarding his newly imported bull-terrier, Streatham Mon- arch. This dog as a puppy was advertised for sale by Mr. Copeman as being “‘the best bull-terrier puppy living at his age, he being then four and a half months old, price, twenty- five pounds,’”’ The pup was sold at this price, but on the day of delivery fell ill with distemper, and after being nursed through a very bad attack, being at death’s door for six weeks, he pulled through and was sold for fifteen pune His sire is a fine large dog, named Streatham lyer, he by Gully the Great out of Daisy. His dam is the well-known Trentham Baroness,a daughter of the well- known bitch Miss Glendyne, now called Attraction, and at present the property of Mr. Mariner, of Milwaukee. He therefore combines the blood of the very best of his breed. Forty-eight winnings have been placed to his credit, and these have been won under fifteen judges. ~ Streatham Monarch is two years and two months old, weighs 48lbs., and is a most prolific stock getter, two bitches having whelped to him twenty pups, two litters of ten each. _Mr, Geo, H. Hill writes that the entries for the Blue Grass Kennel Club’s inaugural dog show, to be held Sept. 23 26, closed with 461, divided as follows: 12 mastiffs, 28 St. Ber- nards, 4 Newfoundlands, 10 Great Danes, 1 deerhound, 53 grevhounds, 6 Russian wolfhounds (Barzois), 24 pointers, 62 Hnglish setters, 14 Irish setters, 9 Gordon setters, 4 Irish _ water spaniels, 2 field spaniels, 4 cocker spaniels, 3 beagles, 89 American foxhounds, 6 shaggy foxhounds, 5 English fox- hounds, 12 collies, 4 bulldogs, 3 bull-terriers, 1 Scotch ter- rier, 1 Dandie Dinmont terrier, 40 fox-terriers, 14 black and tan terriers, 1 Yorkshire terrier, 28 pugs, 5 Italian grey- founds, 3 Mexican hairless, 13 miscellaneous. This is a eplendig showing, and such # co))ection of foxhounds, grey- - a hounds, Hnglish setters and fox-terriers will, no doubt, be a sight to cheer the heart of every sportsmen. The coming dog show at Cincinnati, Oct. 14 to 1%, is the talk of the town. Many calls have been made for premium lists, which are nowin the printer’s hands and will be mailed this week, The entries close Oct. 3; entry fee $1 for }, first and 50 cents for each additional dog. The show will be fed with Austin’s dog bread. Letters to the secretary must be addressed to 8 Kast Fourth street, Cincinnati, O. Mr, Frank C. Wheeler judges all classes, We have received a printed copy of the code of rules for coursing of the National Greyhound Club and adopted by the American Coursing Club. We notice that one of the tules provides that all dogs to compete in coursing meets of the club must have been registered in the National Grey- hound Club Stud Book, The Greyhound Stud Book will be published by the National Greyhound Club. Captain Edwards, of whose breed of terriers called the “Sealyham terriers’? we spoke recently, writes to ‘‘Peto”’ of the Canine World some interesting accounts of their lucky doings. In speaking of their hunting capabilities, he gives the following account of one of the smallest of his terriers: “She was not bigger than a tom cat and got last winter into an earth, which ran from a cover right up into a field. I could hear the little terrier fighting terribly not a foot from the surface. I sent for a spade, and there was a great crag fox and the terrier, the latter’s face and head a mass of blood. I got her out, and in order to further test her pluck, let herin again. At him she went as plucky as eyer, That day the Pembrokeshire hounds were drawing the opposite side. There was a river between us. They dvew their side blank, Myr. Lort Phillips, our M. F. H., had one of his ‘whips’ my side, and the curious part of it was that when digging out the fox I could see the whip’s horse had been standing for many minutes right over where the fox was, not a foot from the horse’s hoof. Our M, F, H, did not know I had marked a fox. However, I bagged this great gray dog fox, and soon after, in going home, I met Mr. Phillips and the hounds, and I told him I had a bag fox, So we turned him off there and then. It was a quarter to 3. CAN. The fox went off like a bolt; the hounds, getting a view, nearly had him going through a fence; but he beat them after all, although they ran him till nearly 8 o’clock. And this is how he did it; Running parallel with the field in which we turned him out was a road; down this he went, then over the fence, then back into the road, over the fence again, and so on, ultimately getting well ahead, and at last got clean away and beat us.” Some people seem possessed of a mission to treasure up mementoes of celebrated people, but a certain lady of noble birth is original in her method of expressing her hero wor- ship. She managed to despoil Bismarck’s favorite dachs- hund of some of his hair which she had set in a gold locket. This reminds one of the struggle to shake the hand of the man that shook the hand of Sullivan, “Strange, true and amusing,’’ says the Herald, in an editorial, when ‘grim visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front,’’ he proves to be quite as soft hearted as any member of the peace society. Eor instance, our war ship Marion was mearidering about in the North Pacific a short time ago when a cur dog, who is an irregular member of the crew, sticceeded in falling overboard. Nothing on earth is so worthless as a cur dog, except another animal of the same kind, yet there was a general hubbub aboard the Marion when the loss was announced, the vessel was stopped, a lifeboat was lowered, the beast was picked up, and then the vessel proceeded on her course. There was nothing wrong in the incident. It showed what tender- chaps our tars are when no killing is to be done; butit is nae when you think about it.’? Why? adog’s a dog for a’ at. While it is gratifying to be told that of the five suits grow- ing out of the A. K, C. troubles only three concern the club, we are still of the opinion that, if these suits could not have been ayoided in the first place, their early compromise, if practicable, would have promoted the interests of the club and of the kennel world. That they have worked harm, and are working harm to those interests, no well-informed per- son will deny. Of the personal suits we have never assumed to suggest any compromise. The National Greyhound Club will submit to all its mem- bers the question whether they desire to havea list of judges. Some of the members have expressed a contrary desire, and in this way the point will ba settled. Those who favor the list will be asked to nominate those they desire bo ach. A. | handsome silver cup has been provided for the Derby at the American Coursing Club meeting of Oct. 20. The finances of the N, G. C. are in a flourishing condition. The com- mnittee reported that wax impressions of{the medal tobe given at various dog shows were looked for every day. Kennel Notes deferred to next week. IRISH SETTER TRIALS. Hditor Forest and Stream: The following are the entries for the Derby Stakes of the coming Irish setter trials: 1. NuGeEr (AH, B. Anderson), whelped Jan. 3, 1890 (Red- fern—Gypsy Maid). Breeders, H. B. Anderson and W. B. Burlingame, 2. FINGLAS (H, B, Bishop), whelped April 13, 1890 (Fingal IIl,—Aveline). Breeder, Rev. Robt. O’Callaghan. 3. COLERAIND (EH. B. Bishop), whelped April 13, 1890 (Fin- gal I1].—Aveline), Breeder, Rev. Robt, O’Callaghan. 4, ROSE OF CLAREMONT (Geo. H. Kunkel), whelped Jan. 20, 1890 (Claremont Patsy—Nino). Breeder, I. H. Perry. 5. PRIDE Of PAtsy (Hf, H. Perry), whelped Jan. 20, 1890 (Claremont Patsy—Nino). Breeder, I. H. Perry. 6. Aponts (A. HK. Richards), whelped July 29, 1890 (‘Tim— Ourrer Bell III). Breeder, Dr. G. G. Davis. 7, BESSIE MAVOURNEEN (B. Masden Vaughan), whelped if uly 29, 1890 (Lim—Currer Bell III.). Breeder, Dr. &. G. avis. 8. Leigh DOANE VI. (Wm. H. Child), Waeees Jan. 3, 1891 (Fly—Betsy leigh). Breeder, Wm. H. Child, 9, Squaw (Hudson River Kennels), whelped April 15, 1890 (Darrah Pat—Ruby Glencho). Breeder, L. A, Van Zandt. 10. QUEEN Bon AIR BuurFr (R. R. Jones), whelped Oct. 3, 1890 (Klcho, Jr.—Flipper), Breeder, U.S. Kennel Club. il, FRANK BLYE (J. Frank Byers), whelped Oct. 8, 1890 (Hlcho, Jr.—Flipper), Breeder, U, S. Kennel Club. 12. MAID oF BorsTAL (Nelson McIntosh), whelped Dec. 10, 1890 (Inchiquin—Onoto Belle). Breeder, Nelson McIntosh. 13. Hicno’s MAID (George EK. Gray) (Hlcho, Jr,—Maid). Breeder, Dr. Jarvis. _ While the entry is not as large as I desired, still I think it is fair, particularly in view of the fact that an interested MR. A, D. STEWART, HAMILTON, CAN. member of the club wagered a bottle of wine that we would not receive twenty entries in both States together. In view of the fact that there is $400 in cash and a valuable trophy to be divided into three prizes, [rather expect to see a goodly proportion to fill. Some of the handlers I know mean to do their best. Now for the All-Aged Stake. We are going to make that interesting. Iam going to take a hand in it my- self Let us all make some entries, and may the best dog win. G. G. DAVIS, Sec’y and Treas, MONTREAL SHOW. [Special to Worest and Stream.] Nip eee Sept. 22.—The Montreal bench show opened to-day. Weather very hot; management behind. Judging commenced at 1 P. M. with mastiff class, which is good in number but very poorin quality. Flour City Ken- nels absent. Entries number over 850, with many absent, Catalogues not out first day, At 9 P.M, over ten thousand people had passed the turnstile to the building, which is too Small for comfort, The show promises to be a big success. Winners mostly so far are circuit dogs. Many new ones are entered. Kingston Regent, Republican ‘Belle, Zenith and Nun Nicer won in St. Bernards. Gem of the Season first, Scavenger second in challenge greyhounds. Maud Torring- ton first, Spinaway second in bitches. Open dogs, Ornatus first, Pious Pembroke second. Bitches, Second Sight first Bestwood Daisy second. Spaniels of good quality. In fiel spaniels, challenge dogs, Sampson first; bitches, Gladis first. Open dogs, Mawauk first; open bitches, Woodland Sally. Cockers, challenge dogs, Red Jacket first, Oban second, Rabbi reserve. Challenge bitches, Bessie W. first. Open dogs, Dufferin first, bitches, Essay first, Cora second, Flirt third, Judging postponed until 10 o’clock Wednesday. Dragging along in this way should be done away with. BURLINGTON Routze.—But one night Chicago to Denver. ‘The Burlington’s Number One” daily vestibule express leaves Chicago at 1 P.M. and arrives at Denver at 6:15 P.M.the next day. Quicker time than by any other route. Direct connection with this train from Peoria. Additional express trains, making as quick time as those of any other road, from Chicago, St. Louis and Peoria to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Cheyenne, Denver, Atchison, Kansas City, Houston and all points West, Northwest and Southwest.— Adv, : FOREST AND STREAM, Box 2,832, N. Y. city, has descriptive illus- trated circulars of W. B, Leffingwell's book, “Wild Fowl Shoot. ing,” which will be mailed free on request. The book is pro-. founced by “Nanit,” “Gloan"” “Dick Swiveller,” “Syhbillene’’ and ora pomiperent authorities to bp the bast treatise on the subject : 192 ALBERTA, CANADA, FIELD TRIALS. eee second annual field trials of the Calgary Rod and Gun Club took place Sept. 9, says the Calgary (Can.) Tribune, at a poimt about twelve miles from Cochrane, Members of the club and their friends left the evening pre- out to Cochrane fo ac- commodate the party, who left at an early hour for the Scene of action, when the dogs were drawn in the following vious. Conveyances had been sent order: Don ys. Royal, Norah ys, J ury, Psyche ys. Ben Hur, Dot vs. Ranger, Prince vs, Blarney, Dash B., a bye. At 7:25 in the morning H. H. McCullough’s pointer dog Royal and J, B, Smith’s pointer dog Don were cast off in a hilly country, interspersed with bluffs, Both dogs. started ab a great speed; Royal raced up to a bluff and came to a magnificent point, Don, at the time, being in another diree- tion, The birds had ran to a bluff lower down the hill, but Royal was equal to the occasion and roaded them nicely, MeCullough, ordered by the judge to flush, did so, Don in the meantime was poiuting in another direction. Birds were very plentiful here but were running wildly. Hach dog roaded and pointed in quick succession, some fine work being shown in this heat, in fact it was generally couceded to be the best heat run during the trials. After being down thirty minutes the heat was awarded to Royal. The committee at this time thought this part of the coun- try too blutty to see the work of the dogs properly, so a moye was madeto a place about five miles further on, when at 9 o'clock E. Hodder’s Irish setter Norah and ©. C, McCaul’s English setter Jury were put down to compete. , which work just like those on the double-end rat trap, and operate, each, two slicks which serve as stretchers or supports for the netting which makes the body of the trap. This netis made of two sections, which meetin the mid- dje when the trap is sprung, making a cover over the imprisoned birds, which is precisely like an A tent of netting, about 18in, or so in height. When the trap is set, the supporting sticks are laid back, end to end, and stuck into the hollow frame of the ground work, The net is also tucked neatly into the hollow irame and the burlaps flaps are drawn over all. All you can then see is a frame 5ft. square, its sides say of din. section, the top covered with a strip of gunny sack. Bury this frame if you like, or coyer it with straw. and cover the ground within with bait, and you are ready for business. This trap can be made large or small and can be extended indefinitely by adding more net. Mr. Buntain has one covering 144sq. ft. He sets this big trap in an orchard, and has caught 3.000 sparrows at that one place. He has caught 53 spar- rows at one haulin the little 4Xofb. trap. ; “At first sparrows are very shy of the trap,” said Mr. Buntain, “unless you bury it or coverit very well, but they soon get used to it and will get to lighting on theframe. I bait with cracked corn, and after a while they will get to feeding there in flocks, When you see a lot of birds in the trap yon just pull the string and you've £0t’*em. Not one escapes the net.” “Vou have to be very careful in getting the birds out of the net, and notlet any get away. If you let a bird get off, he will cit around there all the time, and giye the thing away in sparrow English to the other birds, You won't catch any more sparrows till you kill that bird. I keep a Flobert for those fellows, though very few ever get away. Sometimes I have an opening in the net, and put a box with a false bottomin it pext to this opening. The birds go into this, thinking that is the way out. It is easy, however. to get them out of the net by hand. I just reach in and take them out, 5or6 ata handful.’ In captivity the sparrows fight a great deal and injure each other, but they are hardy. Cracked corn is the best feed for them, and plenty of air is necessary. Birds keptfor a week or so after netting are beter flyers than when handied on therame day they are taken, as in the latter case they are weak from efforts at escape. Ju the shooting to-day the handling was done by Mr. Buntain, assisted by 5 boys who put the birds into the traps. The birds were in two-story boxes. 50 in each compartment. Mr. Buotain thrust his hand in through the wire gate (or sometimes through an old stocking, arranged eel-irap fashion, for a door) and brought out a handful of birds ata time, The boys were instructed to hold the birds by the neck, the body below tha thumb, and the head ont. The traps for the shooting were 5in number, very neat little things, a! out4 » Gin. They are the invention of Dr. Parker. of Dayton. Each consists of two sections, closing together, box form, by two spiral springs inside, The pull onthe cord draws the springs apart, the box falls in half, leaving the bird on the bottom, If at all normal, the bird starts at once, and the sharp clap of the trap closing together behind it gives it a good scare to make it go uhead. Thisit does very often successfully. At ®6yds. rise the bird looks aboup as big asa bumble-hee. Out of No. land No.5 trapsit 1s only 45ft. to the 25yd. boundary (measured from No.3 trap): You must stand ¢lose behind the sbooter to see the fun clearly, but fun enough it isto see the wiry little rascals dust out of it. The scores will show how often they du that. Vhe proper load for sparrows would seem to be No. 12s. Most of the shooters used No. 10s. Lliked the shooting of Mr. Sanford, of Townsend, very much. and ke teld me he used 123 in both har- rels. The birds should be grassed close to the traps, as their twisting flight will saye them, asthe fine shot do not always by aly means knock them down, and the pattern rapidly spreads and weakens after 30yds. Fine shot have not the velocity of large and need some driying power behind them. Mr. Sanford told me he used 41 rs. of 10-bore trap wood powder, about 452zrs., in his 1?- gauge guns. This because he could not get the 12-bore grade at hand. Mr. Young, the cleyer trap shot from Springfield, very successfnl at targats, had hard luck at the sparrows, and so did “Shorty” Brown, the pride oi the Miami Valley, Allinall, spar- ‘ing of the three men. row shooting is a grade of sport in itself, ond needs study, experi- ment and practice. Seott McDonald, Dr. Parker, and others of the Dayton men are good at it. Ishould like to see jhe sport take hold in Chicago. We have birds enough there. snd they can be caught. At the next Illinois State tournament this sport should have a showing, and to insure smoothness Mr, Buntain should be induced to take charge of the details. As conducted here at Day- RT spatrow shooting is a sport and one which should be fostered. The usual price paid at Dayton for the sparrows is 3 cents a piece. The State offers a bounty of 30 cents a dozen, I believe. Ufinois pays 2 cents a head during December and January. The birds were shot to-day at 10 cents a bird, which makes this shoot: ing a very good thing for a management, At 4cents a bird if that were possible, this target would be more popular, but the slowness of the shooting would render that price impossible, doubtless, though, it is far more rapid than pigeon shooting. Polinwing are the scores: Wo, 1, 10sparrows, $2 birds extra: Mumoia, .. -2/00100112— 6 Sanford............. 1113111111—10 Dr Parker -2112121121—10 Protsman.. . .1202002001— 5 Hike... . O1NIZ12101— F¥* ~MeDonald. 1111210211 — 9 VYoung.... ..01L1211001— 7 Hannah .. 1011212101— 8 TOT ers es 536.8 LOI L00I— 7 Shorty, 11111111 11—10 Parker, Sanford and Shorty div, first. MeDonald second alone, Hanuab third alone, Rike, Youve and Troup diy, fourth, Wo. 2, special, 15 sparrows, $2.50), birds extra: Hanuah....... 01110212112100I—1 Ss Mumma,....... 010220110222110—10 Uke... ...... 1111012 1120)1—12, Shorty... ..,... O11011110112100—10 Troup... -010100100122010— 7 MeDonald.....121221112021110—18 B -111101011010111—12 Sanford........ 10011121111 0171—12 D . 0212101210212 +=Young........ ~-L00000101110110— 7 Craig,,. woe ee ee -112101191121101—18 Rike, Craig and McDonald div. first, Parker, Baggs and Sanford div. second, Hannah third alone, Mumma and Shorty diy. fourth. No. 8, special, 10 sparrows, $1,.4 moneys, birds extra: McDonald MUTTON — 9" Bikers... 2255.) . 10101 11i— 8 OUT eshte . 1220000101— 6 «~Kirby... . 112 100010I— 6 CUTOUT ee ea eae ..110200100I— 4s Mumma, -WODLLIT12— F *Nesgtor ... ...... _ -0000201120— 4 LC...... -. 1111111122—10 *Amall Weed,...... 0001110011— 6 Sanders.. - -1102100020— 5 Sanford, .........-- W11111111—10 4 AHannah............. 0007101120— 5 CA Johns........,. 2002011111— 7 Bages..........-.... 1i10L1101I— 8 UR Ca ee aero LIOQIOIWWI— 7 Bages..........-.... 1210111000— 6 Parker..............2101111111— 9 Porterfield...,,.....0102111011— % McDonald.......... TATINTESIO—9 NOG Se Flee le eey ee 0012020101— A OS Johns... 2... 7101110212— 8 Young,...,-..,..-... 2212171000— 7 Kairby co... ---+.-elLI@l2—10 Hanna.........--.-. .1102112202— 8 RT ROT Gs epee toe abby iT Ee eg een, ee ae 2110T11111— 9 G Sanders....-.-... O122022111— 8 Shortv.-............ 11002011 22— % Kirby first alone, Parker, McDonald, Sanford and Rike div. second, Johns, Sander and Hanna diy, third, L. C., Porterfield, Young and Shorty div. fourth- No. 5, $50 guaranteed, 25 sparrows, $5, birds extra; MrDonnld ions i ccees ccc ess ceeness «eM - OLIPITEIIILI een i—ee Tee ea Ae betta oc s EEN eee 10101! 2422011201111 11111—22 Cee ks peer AY A deoit de eta geass 10(99012110102111222111201—18 LeoP EY rae eee eine Gee aceat eer ere 2112121112211212110121221—24 Joye ys4e¢c Pye tA ieee parece abt te 1 1001919111121 21111111100—21. DEAIAITUTY Dy arettay te Hivtates ath oteents cere atm rcteraiofeselral= clare eee 2102121011121121121111001—21 fe An lols t Une pero ean nan eno tore hee aison nbn 1010012212112200110211102 —18 Nyt AeOd 20 lary Ares epi eer eseeocbte AHH i 1411112111111111111011111—24 DPC TIT Of aa ag bee ect lh hag laa ental aie ee es 2791111022010111111174110—21 KADY, yee saceecasens cess ccs tw ge vets e se oe LIPIOIMIZIIZ2IIZITI110—238 BH OLGY 5. nenie ietoee ye bap oargeee sce eeistae ie at" oMniecaly (111011011 122011120111111—20 MeDonald, Parker and Sanford diy. first, Kirby second alone. Rike third alone. Boers, Hanna and Young div, fourth. At the close of the 25-bird event it was nearly sundown. Con- fiderable dissatisfaction was expressed among the shooters that the 15-bird event, $745 guaranteed purse, was not shot as pro- grammed. This could have been shot as billed, instead of delay- ing it till so late it was impossible to shootit; but as other guar- antees had been left out or modified by consent, and as several of the shooters had expressed a willingness for that course out of courtesy for the management, the latter ayailed itself of the sug- gested relief and the heavier guarantee was notshot. It will have been noticed that the $75 purse guaranteed by the Parker gun people was not modified. hut shot. This seeming unfair to a non- resident and simply courteous firm, I inquired of the management whether the Parkers would be asked to foot the loss,and was told that the management would make good all or part of such to Parker Bros. This, under the circumstances, would be the only fair thing todo Trap-shooting as a sport is governed only by a loose and indefinile code, haying no ruch firm rules, for instance, as has the turf for guidance. Shooters come to a tournament, atiracted by good guarantees advertised. A guarantee is no fuar- antee, and not, therefore, good faith, unless paid or modified by consent. Such consent should be general and unmistakable, and this alone is the test of the ethics in the case. I haye no doubtin the world that so fair and generous men as these thought that consent absolute, or they would themselves bave insisted ona strict following of the programme. There seems buf small moral in this, except that managements should be extremely careful in offering guarantees. I fancy, for instance, that the Interstate Association has had to foot its guarantees when they did not fill. It is the supposition that this is to be done in any such case and under any Management. { think the boys will all be back next year ab Dayton, however, and will have a good time again. Thave not figured thé individual winnings very closely. San- ford told me he was about $50 ahead at the close of the second day. He won also to-day. Osborne must haye been something like that ahead on his two da‘s, as he and Sanford shot close to each other. Penn, McDonald, Young, Rike and others must haye been substantially ahead of the game, Besides the four moneys each event had one or more special merchandise prizes, the total of these footing $200. These were apportioned finally as follows: Young and Weed # pair of vases; Courtney, Porterfield and J.W., a pair of trousers, ownership not yet concluded, though Courtney claims them; Protaman, a whisk broom and_holder; Parker, a box of cigats and a picture,a hunting scene; Ralston, a Heikes hand prolector; Tayior, a silver cup and a silk hat, Courtney pre- senting his halt of the latter; Mumma and J. W. each a quart of whisky and a band protector; Young, a hand protector; Weed, a hunting Coat; Buntain, Craig, Mumma, Stone, Rike and Gene, each a hand protector: Pierson. J. W., Stofie and Brown, each a quart of Gol. Pepper's firewater; Pierson. a hand protector; Pier- son and Osborne, a shell ease, ownership now yet settled; Rike and Porterfield, a hat between them; Penn and Brown, a silyer cup, not decided; Courtney, a silver cup and a lot of perfume; Barrs and Wahl. a hand protector; Mumma, a hat; Shorty, a bamboo rod; Baggs, a hunting coat. All these various things were contributed by the generous local merchants, after the ancient and inexplicable custom by which trap-shooters and man- agements go begring and get something for nothing from those who often have no interest, financial or other, in the sport. : Dayton as a trap-shooting city is of the best,and her promise for the future is good. Thetownis also the center of an excep- tionally strong game protective society, and the observance of the law is enforced for a large section thereabout, Deyton has further a strong kennel club and a good rifle ese EE . HoucH. WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 12.—The meet this week at Coal . Mine Brook range of the Worcester Sportsmen’s Club was the last before the opening of the bird season, The principal event was the last of the series of the classification series. Hach man bad a possible 30 clay pigeons in the classification and 10 in the class. The work of eact follows: G. J. Ruge 26, M. D. Gilman 24, J, K. Tolman 24. Tbe money was divided according to the stand- Following is the classification and class B shoots, the first at a0 birds and the second at 10: Edward Welsb......-..--. 20 8 Chas Worehand............ 20 5 ABR Glatlin... }....+..5 4 SEAS Py Grilasrainiee den ieee i 6 HS Knowles............. PAI OFT E IST ISIS uh weenie tes BA coe ter ABF Kinney..-.. -......16 Y DE Gaheler ye) ice 28 Geo Holden ..,....5-.. 2.0% 6 Hdward Parker... ....... 14 3 BEE Swan, ..,.-. ......,..12 6 Joseph Bertels............ 10 43 Geo McGlellen .....-,.... 4 6 BOSTON, Sept. 20:—The weather conditions were perfect for shooting this afternoon, and there was a good attendance of mem- bers of the Jamaica Plain Gun Club at its range at Clarendon Hills. Some excellent scores were made by the marksmen. The merchandise match was the first event, the scores resulting as follows: Ten bluerocks: Snow 8, Moore 8, Needham 7, Adams 5, Barrett 8, Wadsworth 5, Wetherbee 9, Swan 4, Webster 1, Heffner. 1, Johnson 6, Wetherbee first, Snow, Barrett and Moore second, Needham third, Seventeen sweepstake matches were shot im- mediately at the conclusion of the merchandise match. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.- The crack Pencoyd Gun Cluh, of Manayunk, was defeated by the Modoe Gun Club, of Clifton Heichts, in an exciting contest on the latter’s grounds tr-day, at 25 Keystones per man, 6-man teams, by a score of 108 to 101. 194 FOREST AND STREAM. - . — = — [Sepr. 24, 1891, THESINTER-STATE LEAGUE. HE third of the series of five contests for the Inter-State live bird championship came off Thursday last upon the grounds of the Central Gun Club, at Branchport, N, J. The first of the Series was shot on the grounds of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club, at Coney Island, in May, and resulted in a victory for the Newarks with a score of 87. Thesecond contest, in July, upon the grounds of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club, was a tie on 86 between the Newarks and Centrale. On this, the third meeting, the old Fountain Gun Olub came to the front and won in a walk, killing 94 out of a possible 100, thus establishing a record that is likely to stand for many a day to come. The best on record for a ten man team, previous to the wonderful performance of the Mountains, was that made by the Newarks against the Allentown (Pa.) (lub, at Erb’s in 1890, when from fiye unknown ground traps they: killed a total of 93. The weather conditions on the day of this, the third contest, were superh, and an enthusiastic audience of fully 500, among whom were a large number of ladies, witnessed the contest. The new grounds of the Centrals are conyeniently located to the rail- road depot at Branchporb and were only recently secured, the Bhopits house and fences having been erected within the past month. Promptly at 11 A. M. the captains of the different teams, Quimby for the Newarks. J. L. Price of the Centrals, Judge Ken- neth Sutherland of the Atlanties, Hugh McLaughlin of the Coney Islands and A. W. Phelps of the Fountains came together and agreed upon Hugh Goodwin, of Brooklyn, for referee. In drawing for positions the Atlantics came first, Coney Island second, Newark third, Central fourth and Fountain fifth. The shooting was in squads of five,one man from cach clmb, the traps being shot down according to indicator, cach contestant knowing his trap. Before beginning the shooting Secretary Pentz announced that any man leaying or furning from the score with either loaded. orempty shells in his gun would be fined. This commendable ground rule was rigorously enforced and considerable merriment was caused by Ben West in collecting the penalties. Ati115 A.M., R. E. Morris, of the Atlantic Club, stepped to the score and the match began. ‘Fountain G..C. of Brooklyn. LT Davenport (28) .1212222112—10 Ress Van. Riper (28)2221111122—10 A Eddy (80). -....-..1102212121— 9 C Fisher (28).......,1212111021— 9 J “dames” (30)... ..1222212121—10 EA Garrison (80). .o201212112— 8 Ben Weati (28)...,.. 1117111261— 9 Atlantic R. & G, C. of Coney Id. C BH Morris (39)..... 2111212121—10 BR Dwyer (30)... ..2212211111—10 Ed Maginis (30)... ..1211121212—10 J B Voorhees (30). .2111210200— 7 J Bennett (80)...... 1111220121— 9 E Helgens (28)......2122111210— 9 BF Lancake (80). ..0122212121— 9 W Levens (28)...... 111123121210 §S Balzer (28)........2222101101— § Dr Wynn (28). .....1112222111—-10 H Kronika (80)..... O111122211— 9 C Wingert (80),..,. 1111011211— 9 S$ Northridge (28). ..1121121111—410 94 a Newark G. C. of Newark. Sam Castle (28)..... 0111111102— § Quint McGall (28). .1212000122— 7 CM Hedden (28)....206022221»— + Wim Green (28) .., .001122122/— 8 Central G. C, of Long Branch. Geo Cubberly (28). .2221iJol11— 9 E Francis (28),..... 1222211021— 9 E E Tabor (28)......2022120111— 8 © A Wooley (28)... . 122212121210 EW Price (28).... .,2212122212-10 A Freche (28)....... 2221111111—10 EM Cooper (28) ...2112101lc22— 8 Dr Ziglio (28)... ...2222122222 10 J L Price (28).....,..0212212120— 8 Ed Collias (28) ....1220192101— 7 AC White (80) ... .21111olol2— 8 1 Lumbreyer (28). ..0102222111— 8 J Van Dyke (28)._..2111212212—10 88 Coney Island Rod and C Deilefsen (28)... .1212212122—10 Fred Pfaender (28).2201012122— § Dr Van Ord (80)....0121222122— 9 I Hyde (80),... ... .0111011112— 8 H A Penrase (28)...1121222110— 9 CbrisRein hardt (28)1201121101— 8 W Fred Quimby (80)1211121212—10 84 Gun Club, of Brooklyn. J Schmadke (30)....2121210211— 9 Adam Hppig (80). ..0200522210— 6 W Lair (30)......... 2121220201— 8 HA McLaughlin (28).0021111010— J Schlierman (28)., 0211001111— 8 — Frank Lanzer (28), .0201221212— 8 ve) At 420 P.M., just 5 hours and 5 minutes from the start, the con- test was concluded, and hearty cheers range out for the victors. The contest throughout was a pleasant one, nota jar of any kind occurring. The referee, Mr, Good win, undoubtedly, tried to be im- partial and although on three different occasions his decisions were manifestly incorrect they were accepted by the captains withouta murmur, The first of three decisions occurred on Van Riper’s eigth bird; the bird, slightly hit, was coming in when one of the trapping boys jumped and caughtit; the bird would cer- tainly have given out, still the referee allowed another bird, which was killed. The second decision was on Hedden’s third bird; both barrels had heen discharged and no challenge had been made. When the next man had shot the bird got up and flew out of bounds; the bird could have been easily gathered but the referee decided lost bird. The third was on J. L. Price’s second bird, which lit in a tree on the back boundary, the bird was ata much greater height than the inclogure, buf a dead bird was allowed, As soon as the contest was concluded Mr, Ben West announced that the clam bake at Price's Pleasure Bay Hotel would be ready at 5 o’clock, and on behalf of the Central Club he inyiled the visiting teams and their friends to take the carryalls that were in waiting to convey them to the hotel. As there was time for a sweepstake a 5-bird affair was gotten under way, and with 28 ames on the score card was soon run off under the rapid-firing system with the following result: Sweepstakes at 5 live birds, $5 entrance, 8 moneys: < Wd Gollins.....-.,......-+ 1WI—F— W EF Quimby.:..::.. .... 22210—4 CUA ey gon ayhecdel cane ecen DV SUSDECM. cirtkah diye tie 02121—4 CGM Hedden...-..-. ..-. W H Perrine.......-..... 21202—4 J Lumbreyer.....--.,....212 HM Cooper........s..... 12120—4 EH Garrison..-..-....-. J Schliermann......-.... O2211—4 L Davenport......-....-. HW) Mrancis. -)).02.22.,..011011—4 GH Wooley... ......- A WTECKO liste es bene ee C0122—3 Ve Gra i settee wi ysis ASH DDie isd ase eas oe 20121—3 Vor AGS soa is ares sees Hitler ee Nn the 00112—3 WE Bealee oa peccicceneenes-3 Boeee Oo Wi Gadiye iil Se eed 00111—3 Dr Wynn....- ol nay ise tax erate 1ii—5. P Daly, Jr............_... 00110—2 Bley erei igre mer wi coonone cee 12222—6 Ties div Upon arriving at the Pleasure Bay Hotel tables were found arranged upon the lawn, with covers laid for 300. The party im- mediately satdown. For an hour the dusky waiters were kept busy serving the hungry sportsmen. Upon the veranda a table had been reserved for the ladies of the party. among whom were Mrs. H. B. Wallack, Mrs. B. W. West, Mrs, Geo. W. Brown, Jr., Mrs. Howard Stokes, Mrs. KE, EH, Tabor, Mrs. Fred Beale, Mrs, Jus. G, Lane, Mrs. F. W. McGilnery, Mrs. Chas. W. Wingert, Miss G. Wingert, Mrs. Adfur Hddy, Miss Lulu Rogers, Mrs, Hugh Mc- Laughlin, Jr., Miss L. Conk, Mrs. A. M. Rogers, Mrs. WH. A. Cur- rier, Mrs, Conrad C. Meyer, Mrs. Jephia Van Dyke. Mrs. A, P, Cubberly, Mrs. W. Levens, Mise 5. Levens and the Misses Flora, Clara and Eva Ward. Among the gentlemen who partook of the hospitality of the Central Club were the following: A. W. Phelps, Hugh McLaughlin, Hugh Goodwin, C. W. Wingert, Adfurd Eddy, tT. S. Van Name, John A. Carney, Hd. Garrison, Samuel Crook, R. D. Yan Name, Thos. Blankley, John D. Goodwin, Jas. EB. Orr, Louis fT. Duryea, A. M. Rogers. Wm. Siebert, Dr. Wynne, J. C. Blauvelt, Chas. B. Wisher, J. H. Lake, BH. J. Magnus, C. H. Coffin, W. H. Loomis, D. F. Lloyd. John C. DeFrame, Wm. Lair, Blias Helgens, Jos. Bennet, Prof. Wm. Green, H. Kronicka, Scott Jam- erson, Dick Dwyer, Wm. Weber, Chas. Morris, Jas. Voorhees, Chas. Detlefsen, Sam Northridge, Frank Lanzer, Judge IK. T. Sutherland, Geo. Kleist, Henry Bolzer, John Garyin, Geo. T. Shaw, T, O. Tingling, Quint MeGalil, W. H. Cleyeland, Dr. Ziglio, G@us- tave Freche, John Riggott, H. A. Penrose, Samuel Castle, Walter Cady, W. R. Green, Eadie Collins, W. Fred Quimby, Jacob Pentz, CG, R. Hedden, Monroe Lissman, H, H. Slocum, Dr. Robt. ‘Taylor, Arthur Lussman, Robt. C, Cox, Phil Lumbreyer, Fred Lumbreyer, John P. Walcott, J. A. Simme, Burt Onbberly, A. Jones, FL A. Beale, EK. W. Reid, Jos. W. Clinton, J. Townley Crane, Walter Taylor, Dr. Oharles A. Vanderveer, D. U. Reed, Edmund Wallen, Dr. George W. Brown, Walter 8. Reed, W. H. Barber, A.B, Sherman, Wm. D, Pontin, W. Fred Boettche, F. W. Bates, Adam Eppig, 8. Eppig, J. Albertson, A. Anderson, J. f. Beehe, A. B. Magee, Chas. Moppy, H. M. Cooper, H. C. White, C. Hesse, M. F. Cornwall, Henry Field, Hdmund W. Throckmorton, H. M, Morford, Jos. 1. Burrowes, Dr. J. W. Taylor, L. W. Campbell, R.P. Dobbins, R, VY. Beebe, W. R. Walmot, Jr., Col. Chas, Hen- drickson. . At the conclusion of the repast Mr. West called for Mr. Rwing Patterson as spokesman for the Central Club; that gentleman having made his departure Col. Chas. Hendrickson responded for him, and in afew well chosen words welcomed the Visiting clubs and their guests. Mr, Hugh Gordon read a letter dated at Paris from Abel Crook, the president of the league, in which he sent regards to all and expressed a wish for the ssuccess of the meet- ing. Mr. Hugh McLauglin was catled upon, and he responded for the clubs of Brooklyn. W. Fred Quimby said he felt happy to speak for the Newark team and said that although he had cap- tained a losing team he did not feel at all sore and promised in behalf of his club a pleasant time for the boys at the next meet- ing, which was to be giyen under the auspices of the Newark Olub. Three hearty cheers were given for the members of the Osnira} Olib, who had proven themselyes such jolly hosts, and. the party departed for the dépot to catch the train for New York. The meeting was a glorious success, and to the entertainment committee, which consisted of Ben West, H. B. Wallack, EH. BR. Tabor, A. P, Cubberly, Phil Daly, Jr.. R: Joline and f. W. Price, much credit should be given, not forgetting Mrs. H. B. Wallack, who attended to the wants of those upon the Sree e EH KAY. DEXTER PARK TOURNAMENT. THE second of the annual contests for the Louis Miller trophies was started on Monday at Dexter Park, L.1. The clubs compet- ing were favored with magnificent weather, and a large audience Witnessed the contest. Among the noted sportsnien present were noticed J. T. Dayenport, Hugh McLaughlin, Dr. Hudson, Dr. Leveridge, Al Heritage, R, Regan, Dr. Cassabeer, W. J. Compson, Major G, Remson, G. Blake, H. Otten, A. Purdy, J. Cahill, W. A. Harteye, M, E, Hayden, R. 8. Vanaile, N. Maesel, M. Bonden, H. T. Wissett, H. Pitt, M. J. Quinn, T. A, Lackman, J. Hoops, L. Mountford, J, Brogan, C. Magee, J. J. Garrity, J. Wosson and N. W. Linington. The conditions of bhe shoot were as follows: The event to ba shot in squads of 5 men on consecutive days, open to teams of 10 men representing any cluh shooting at Dexter Park, 10 birds each man, from 4ground traps, the gun to be clear below the elbow until the bird is on the wing, the boundary 80yds., and the use of both harrels allowed. The badges, presented by Louis Miller, to become the property of the two clubs making the high- est scores. Under these conditions the following eight clubs en- tered. Emeralds, of New York, captained by Col. J. H. Voss; Glenmores, of Brooklyn, Capt. T. T. Hdgerton; Parkways. of Brooklyn, Capt. Bennett; Acmes, of Brooklyn, Capt. T. Short: Un- knowns, of Brooklyn, Capt. J. A. Hoffman; New York German, of New York, Capt, Frank Louter, and Jeanettes, of New York, Capt. G.E. Loeble. Mr. Jacob Penta was chosen as referee, and at 11:15 A. M. the contest was started. and at 5:14 P, M. one-half the con- test had been run off with the following result: Unknown G. C,, of Brooklyn. Jeanette G. C.. of New York. ' First Sanad, First Squad. M Chichester (25)...1122111112—10 GC Steffens (25) ....1111211101— 9 EH Vroome (27)...... T2111 1111J—10 © Busch (27)........ 0121200111— 7 1 Hyde (27)......-...101121211— 9 J PF Rottmann (27)..2020221012— 7 D Monsees (27)...... 1222022201— 8 A J Christian (25)..2101101022— 7 I Housman (27)...-. 121111271]—-10 G E Loeble (25).... .0200112011— 6 4 - 36 Emerald G. C., of New York. Parkway G. C., of Brooklyn. Pirst Squad. Major Remson (27),0112111112— 9 J Blake (25). ....... 1211121121—10 J Maesel (25). ..,....12201)1111— 9 A Andrews (25)..... 0220020110— 5 W_l Quimby (27).. .1211012112— 9 J Savage (27)....... 1122111111—10 G Nowak (20) ...... 1010211 202— 7 L Miller 7)_....... 0111022111— 8 W J Simpson (25). ..11?0211111— 9 A Botty (2%)......... 7111120112— 9 42 Manhattan G. C. of N. ¥. Wirst Squad. 2 A Hoftman (25),..0121202001— 6 Sebillingy (25)....... oOsO0OU0D0— 0 A Lueas (25). ..... 2010201020— 5 Aeme G. C, of Brooklyn. _ First Squad. HL Mair (24)..... ..0120201011— 6 E Rausch (24), ..... 1OL1102010— 6 Chas Keppell (25).-.0110010100— 4 J A Hoffman (25)..-22211200U0— 6 J Tink (25) .........0220002100— 4 ALucas (2a) .7..... 0200101221— 6 T Short (25),........ 1011212221— 9 N. Y. German G. C. of N. Y. First Squad. F Souter (27).... .-. 1011112102— 8 C Widman (27)..... 0002202101— 5 C Wellbroek (25) ...o21000111a— 5 J Goerlitz (27) -.... 1100122111— 8 O Wellbroeck (25). ...1021012010— 6 Glenmore G, C. of Brooklyn. First Squad. D Van Wecklen (27)1020112112— 8 Adam Eppig (27)...1200221112— 8 W Selover (27),- . .0212010100— 5 J Vau Weeklen (27) 1201110292— 7 G Pfohlmaan (27). .1100212011— 7 BE, aa The birds, taken as a whole, were only a fair lot. Those of the first half of the day’s shooting were a good strone lotof flyers, but toward the latter end they were ot a very inferior quality. Quite a number of birds scored as lost were kilied in bounds. but scored lost on account of the position of the gun, the unfortimate ones 80 paralyzed were Keppell, of the Acmes, who lost his Ist, Tth and 9th; Seloyer. of the Glenmores, who lost ois ist; Well- brock, of the New York German, his 4th; Widman,of the same club, bis Ist; Hoffman, of the Manhattan, also his Ist; Hoffman, on re-entry tor the Manhattans, again lost his 8th, and Wellbrock did likewise on his 4th. The Acme Olub, after shooting three men, found themselyes short and were allowed to shoot Hoffman and Lucas a second string, Wellbrock also shooting a second score for his club. : Second Day, Tuesday, Sept, 32. The second day of the Dexter Park tournament was a lovely one, and a large audience of interested spectators were on hand to ses the wind up of the contest. The birds were a much better lot than on the opening day, particularly those trapped in the latter part of the contest. The Unknowns lost the commanding Irad of the first day upon its first round, their representative, Mr. Hubbell, falling down to 5, thus enabling the Hmeralds to tie them, Louis Schortemeir, of that club, killing 9 in clean style. The contest between these two clubs was watched with interest, and not until Col. Voss, one of the usually reliable shots of the Emeralds, hand missed 2 of his first 3 birds did the followers of the Emeralds yield up the ghost, The different captains profiting by their éxperience of the first day, cautioned their men as to the holding of the gun, and in consequence but 3 birds were scored lost. Levens, of the Glenmores; Ryder, of the Parkways; and Messerschmidt, of the Manhattans, each losing one. Acme G. G.—Second Squad. © Wissel] (25)... .- 1100112110— 7 W Voorback (25)...2111111222—10 M Schoettler (25). , .1211111122—10 © Dethloff (25)...... 1012121202— 8 © Detbloff (2). ..... 2000102212— 6 Dr Powell (27)...... 1111221011— 9 W Levens (25) —....1220211120— 8 T T Edgerton (27)..2101/11111— 9 ceed ey 2001001221— 6 rm 42 First squad.... ........ 29 First equad......2.. 22, 35 70 17 Unknown G. C,—Second Squad, CG Hubbell (25).. .. 1001J01001— 5 J Flynn (27)...--..-- 1022123722— 9) Dr Schwartz (27). .2211211222—10 C a easel €25).1011111111— 9 H Knoebdle, Jr (27). .2102221000— 6 ‘ 39 PP SURES wpe ce ee eet AT 86 Manhattan G. C —2d Squad. M Litchtenberg (26) .2211220101—8 F Lambrecht, (25).. .201U1o00222—6 EH. Piegenheimer(2s) .1100221122—9 J Boyer (2)..--....-- 2201002001—5 NMesserschmidt(24)1010101111—7 35 Virst equad............... 23 58 Jeanette G. C.—Second Squad. H Otten (27)........ 2112101112— 9 J Krager (27) .....: 1200001111— 6 GC N Brunie (27)..... 2120122110— 8 MeBarn (2%) 1755 secs 0111227201— 8 C Meyer (25)........ 2012111111— 9 40 First Squad... ... .....: Bly Hmerald G. C.—Second Squad. L Scbhortemier (25).1111011111— 9 C M Hathaway (25).1221001202— 7 LO Gehring (25). ... 121121212210 Dr Leveridge (25)..2212211101— 9 Gol Voss (27).-...... 2002122010— 6 4] First squad..........., «43 N.Y. German G. €—24 Squad. H Noble (27)......... 22000001 12—5 J Seblicht (25)... ...0021112521—7 P Garms, Jr (25). .-. .1222110220—8 H Thomford (27),...2001001021—5 J Klein (25).......... 0010002101—4 2 Hirst squad....,.,-....... a 61 Parkway G. C.—Second Squad. E Steinheuser (25). ,2011202012— 7 J Ryder (27) ....... , 0102100202— 5 J Bennett (27)..-..; 1221111021— 9 A Lehmen (27), .....1222111012— 9 E Helgens (25)..,, ..1211111122—10 40) Hirst Squad ;...1......... 42 MICHIGAN STATE TO URNAMENT. LANSING, Mich., Sept. 14.—Hditor Forest and Stream: I send you scores Made at our recent State Tournament, held at Rumsey Grove, in this city. on Sept. 8 and 9, Wairer weather could not have been desired. The attendance was large, and everybody seemed to be pleased with the arrangements: No, 1 was an extra sweep, over 10 birds per man, and resulted as follows: Osmun 5, Brummitt 7, Davis 6, Sweet 8, Grubbs 8, Wig- gins 9, Webb 6, Shelling 10, Hammond 5, North 5, Httienne 6, De LaVergne’, Thresher 7, Nishburn 5, Cooley 9. Bates 8, Nichols 8, Soe 5, Spanogie 10, Hall 9, Schifter 10, Huntley 5, Aldrich 6, 0. ie No. 1, programme, 10 single birds: Shelling 10, Brummitt we Aldrich 9, De LaVergne 8, Webb 3, Hall 10, Osmun 9, Wiggins 9, Spanogle 10. Bates 8, Hammond 9, Huntley 10, Hitienne 6, Grubbs 9. Schiffler's, Cooley 9, Fishburn 6, Holt 7, North 6, Whitehead 6, Davis 7, Eddy 6. No, 2,10 singles: De Lavergne 8, Hammond 10, Bates 9, Brum- mitt 8, Webb 4, Holt 8, Pancost 9, Eddy 7, Bell 6, E. Hall 9, Etti- enne 7, Huntley 7, Osmun 5, Wiggins 4, Spamogle 10, Cooley 10, Fishburn 9, Whitehead 6, Schiffler 10, North 7, Davis 9, Hall 4, Grabbs 10. No, 3, 15 birds: Paneost........ 00111111101101I—1i_‘North......... -10101001101N101— 8 Grubbs, ... ,...111011111000010— 9 Huntley...._.. 11016010110101— 9 fishburn..,...0111111011011J1—12 Schiffisr....... 1111111110114 4 Thresher......010011001110100— 7 DeLaVergne. .011111111101111—13 LSPA ei sts Aaron OOL111101011000— 8 Halladay...... T1111110101113—44 Wicd Giyesene so! 010100110001010— 6 Sparrow--.....010101110011101— 9 Tompson,...., 11111011011110—-12 Gordon.., ..-.101111000111101—10 Nichols. ....,10111111011101j—-12 Sweet. .......,111111111191111—15 Dayis....,.....111111000111101—11 Aldrich...... + +101101100111101 11 Be) ee eee 100001011011000— 6 Cooley........ -117111011111110 ~18 (Be Wie ,, 011011001130100— § Osmun........ 110111101711101—-13 Holt... 00... OLOILOLOLUNIII1— 5 Wiggins... .. 111971011911131—-14. Brummité...,,011M1011101011—-10 Spanogle ..... 11171 11101111—14 Fittienne....,..101101111011101—11 Shelling. ...... 010110101011111—70 Thorburn... ..W011111111010—-12 ~“Hammond....,11111011110110—13 No. 4, 10 singles: Fishburn......... + 1111111101— 9 Grubbs............. 1101001011— 6 Nichols”, fees thee WINTIO— 9 Halle... 1001000110— 4 Gordonue- se en OWCIO100WI— 8 Hammond......... N11 10 Sweebinee smd 1114111110— 9 De lua Vergne...... 0110001100— 4 Thompson.......... Q11010001I0— 4 Shifler.... 2.0.20... 1101110111— 8 Hidiyas tes ckas cemed AITIOIN0I— 8 Huntley .... ... «.--1111110101— 8 IN Gah hieiee soe cen ers OLLOOOIN0I— 4H ~=Wiggins............ 0111011111— 8 Batepy oo. eee ate 1101101900— 5 Holt... 22. 22.2... 111100011— 7 ns{il bees eer eoeetee aN QOLLMOI0— G6 Osmun.....--0...,. 1100010001— 4 Thresher........ +. .0101001110— § Schelling........... OUI1NII— 9 Kttienne,......20.0. 0011000011 4 _Halladay.... ...... WOMI1I— 9 PaTICOBE: 2) Ose se tr 110101J119— 7 Spanogle........... O170111111— § WWieb tiers t8 aan 1101110110— ‘7 Sparrow........ ... 1101711 111—10 Bauer ..c..... ee 1OMIN01IOI— 6-—SCooley......-....,.. 1117101011— § Brummitt.......... TAW0TI1— 9 Wo. 5, medal shoot, 20 singles, $40 guaranteed with $10 gold medal to first: 5 Davis..... WOM I—18_- Schelling .11100111111111111311—18 Burgess. ..10110111111111111101-17_ - Halladay .11001191111191110111 17 Eddy...... 1010010011010100'011—12 Hamm'nd111111111 1011111111119 Brummitti1111111001110010011—14 Pancost ..11111100111111111110 —16 Hitienne..00110101110101111110—13 Sweet..... 11111110310111111111—18 Thresher..1010100101001000000I— 8 Cooley. ...100191111110111117111—17 Spanogle .11111110110117101111—18 Wiggins. 11101101111111111111—18 Shifler.... UMONTMOMMIOIMII—1IT Whiteh’d.011100v0000101001100— 7 Huntley ..00110111110113011111—15 Worth..... 1001111101101 1019711145 Osman .. 1101110011111010110I—14 | Nichols... .1111111111101110111148 Aldrigeh...10101101110010011100—12 Fishburn .1001111111100111111116 Delav’ene 1111110011001 01—16 ~Holt...... -19111111111.1011170—18 No. 6, 10 singles: Httienneé 5, Shifler 6, Huntley 8, Hotblast o, Aldrich 5, Philhps 4, Webb, Cooley 8, Spanogle 6, Wiggins 9: Halladay 9, Holt 9, Brommitt 8, Pancost 6, Davis 5, North 7, Bur- gess 6, Parker 5, De LaVergne 7, Bauer 6, Whitehead 8, Shelling §, Hammond 7, Osmun 4, _ No. 7, 10 singles: Shelline 7, Parker 8, Webb 4, Brummitt 7, Bauer 7, Holt 4, Hammond 10, North 8, De LaVergne 9, Paneost 9, Kttienne 7, Shifler 7, Bell3, Halladay 6, Burgess 10, Thresher 5, Fishburn 7, Hotblast 8, Spanogle 6, Whitehead 8, Cooley 7, Wig- gins 8. Osmun 7, Davis 8, ; o No. 8, 20 singles: Osmun 18, Whitehead 15, Pancost 14, Halladay 15, Sweet 14, Hotblast 12. Fishburn 12, Nichols 14, Webb 12, Aldrich 16, Halley 11, Holt 14, Cooley 19, De LaVergne 14, Rurgess 17, Shifler 16, Brummitt 14, North 16, Wiggins 16, Huntley 14, Spanogle 18, Hammond 15, Shelling 16, Davis 9. No, 9, li singles: Sparrow 9, Sweet 14, Tompson %, Pancost 9, Webb 6, Holt ll, Eddy 11, Hothlast 10, Halladay 13, Ettienne 9, Burgess 14, Whitehead 10, De LaVergne 12, Hammond 14, Huntley 12, Cooley 13, North 8, Shifler 9, Spanogle 11, Shelling 14, Wiggins 14, Osmun 11, Brummitt 9, Bauer 10. No. 10, 10 singles: Bell 6, Sweet 10, Powell 8, Nichols 9, Fishburn 6, Phillips.5, Thresher 7, Ettienne 3, Hotblast 6, Bauer 8, Hailstone §, Holt 9, Burgess 8, Cooley 9, Huntley 8, Grubbs 6, Whitehead 7, North 9, Brummitt 7, Webb 8, Spanogle 9, Eddy 6, Black 4, Shifler 9, ve eerie 10, Hammond 8, Shelling 6, Wiggins 9, Osmun 8, Halladay 9. Second Day). No. 1,10 singles: De LaVergne 6, Hall 6, Thresher 4, Huntley 5, Sweet 10, Holt 7, Hopkins 9, Wiggins 9, Spanogle 8, Bushnel 5 Shelling 9, Yost 7. No. 2, 15 singles: Yost 9, Bushnel 12, De LaVergne 12, Hail Stone 11, Pancost 14, Holt §, Wiggins 13, Shelling 11, Spanogle 14, Car- penter 7, Hopkins 9, Lee 6. : No. 3, 20 singles: Hall 11, Nichols 7, Wishburn 17, Bell 11, Thresher 14, Pancost 19, Sweet 12, Kingsley 15, Dayis 15, Les 11, Holt 1a, Cooley 17, Hopkins 16, Huntisy 16, Ds LaVergne 17, Bush- nel 14, Yost 15, Spanogle 17, Wiggins 16, Grubbs 12, Carpenter 16, Schelling 14, Andress 10, Comshire 1. No. 4,10 singles: Lee 8, Davis 9, Thorburn 8, Sweet $, Fishburn 7, Thresher 7, Bushnel 7, Carpenter 10, Huntley 8, Grubbs. 7, De La Verane ‘ ar 6, Schelling 7, Kindler 8, Spanogle 9, Andress 6, Yost 6, Hall?. ’ Sweeter cealses sce reese obie tes peer eater 1011101119111111111111101— 22 BIRGEMOUG. ese seaneee acetates se aceen tae 1101101001001101001101000—12 Po welt se ee hore nee ony ween -000110100101001111101100I—13 Wshhupiicen seteee cr eek Late Lee ¢-111011191110101011 101 110—29 CH BPRNTORI vcr eres etek dent are 1011111611111110100111010—18 (Sp rldiry Pherae cst ae tricia ety ears Bt 1011910019031110111101111—21 ATG OSG Lia ty tact tocee Seti | eee oe nieese 1111110110111011011111101- 20 BGHOlINg ete seme nite he nad Sh eee? 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Mihere herabtnbapeste: tose ss 10010001.10101110011011101—4 4 CED ele 0) earings Pretest tate tei 1111100001010011101000110—13 IRQIIPSOTLL ates mse ere nee fos +++» 1010100001111101100100000—11 [SNe Retry autre 4 irre ach brik yt VA-8p 103.1011 00101100111.101.0011—15 CDA fie eta) Sais enue etc bt epee 1011111113 0011010010111 1—18 (B[eyn apne tng ee cs se achary chime en 4401111111111 10111111111— 28 TSC bene peter Merete cor ups cinobiehs es +» L101 00101, 11101111011 11— 27 No. 6, 10 singles: Carpenter 7, De La Vergne 9, Wiggins 8, Hunt- ley 9, Cooley 9, Sweet 8, Hopkins 9, Sutton 6, Burgess! 7, Yost 9, Kindler 7, Bushnell 6, Blackmore 45, Davis 7, Hall 7, Spanogle 8, Schelling 5, Holt 7, No, 7, 15 singles: De La Vergne 12, Akers 11, Blackmore 10, Hopkins 13, Fishburn 12, Holt 13, Schelling 11, Burgess 12, Davis 9, ro 6 82 The total of the Emerald Club differed ons bird from that kept by myself, as Voss’s sixth bird was declared lost by the referee. The score given here is as declared by the official spon fen EE KAY. BRICK CHURCH, WN. J., Sept. 21.—The Fast Orange Gun Club f held their second annual tournament to-day at Harrison, on Chris Dunn’s grounds. A large crowd was present and the shooting was spirited, The event of the day waa the team race batween the Hast Orange and Woodside Gun clubs, and was won by the latter with a score of 28 out of 30, ASBURY PARK, N. J.. Sept. 22.—A shooting match at Long Branch to-day at 100 live birds a side proved to be an nnusually interesting eyent. The contestants were Frederick Hoéy and Louis T, Davenport, of New York. The birds came from Penneyl= yanla and were exceptionally strong flyers, Mr. Hoey waa in great farm and won the match hy one bird, 83 to B4, |" Cooley 18, Bell 6, Carpenter 13, 5utton 10, Yost $, Aall 7, Kindler 12, Huntley 11, Spanogle 12, Bushnell 11, No. 8, 10 singles: Wiggins, Sutton 5, Burgess 10, Cooley 9, Car- penter 7, Sayers 5, Schelling 10, Kindler 5, Davis 8, De La Vergne 7, Carpenter01111001111111101000—18 Pancost. ..01101711111011111111—17 Kindler. ..11111111111011010110—16 Burgess ..11701111011101111110—16 Dayis..-- .11110111101111010110—15 Cooley. ...11011110111011111111-17 Sweet. -.,.11101111100111101111—16 Blackm’re01101001011101000000— 8 Wichols, .,.11111111101101311111—18 Wo, 10,10 singles; Burgess 10, Schelling Whitehead 9, Southerland 4, Carpenter 38, Dayle}, Pancost Hall 2, Spanogle 8. Bushnell 5, Yost. 7, Holt 4. No. 9, 40 Ciieles $40 cuaranteed, with $10 gold medal: Huntley. .11011111111101111101—47 Fishburn .11011110111111111011 418) Holt....... OUI 00111111417 Sutton... .1101111010111010111 15 . Wiggins. .17111110111111111111—19 Thorburn 01010111111111011101—15 Spanogle..11101111111111111111—19 DLV er'n11111014101110111111 47 Schelling .01101111111101011011—15 8, Sutton 9, Wiggins 7, Oooley 10, Spanogle 4, 7, Holt). : ; We By NIGHOTS: Reoty Lansing Rod and fiyn (nh, — oo —_ _— 4 SEPT. 24, 1891,] é wa Sree 5, 52 fi birds, 3 weep No, 5, $2 entrance. f birds, 3 moneys: q Penrost:<-figt Gee. eres 111J1—6 Castles:.......6...0.0..006 ae —b Stewart. ....::.........-1]1111—6 Quimby 798 Se alloeie—5 Audson. s..2s..,..-...5,221/12—6 Oannon..... -...-......11221—6 Doeinck....... toasts 3 1121-6 Leveridge....:.......- peeeell20—5 Hindsleys eaves. 2h eer ep2222—6 Hoff......... PE CCINOEE ENTS 011122—5 Wen Pet sees il ee Po2ll0—5 Hathaway.......-.-.....21L/11—6 Mauller.... ......... ...01011—5 Francis..... Peete 111012—5 Wiglio..... mary Be 38 aes. eLD1D22—6 udson and Doeinck withdrew pro rata in first money tie; the others shooting off Lindsley, Penrose and Ziglio div. with 9 each. A-second match was made between Quimby and Hathaway, 25yds. rise, use of both barrels, Quimby 25yds., to use one barrel only, to bé shot at Marion, Saturday, Oct. 5.—Tern Kay. THE HSSEX TRAP LEAGUE.—Newack, N.J., Sept. 19.—The sixtb and final shoot of the series of the Trap Shooters’ League, of Hssex county, which took place on the Riverside avenue grounds of the Woodside Gun Club to-day, was attended by a large contingent of shooters from different sections. The day was an ideal one for the sport, the wind being just cool enough to temper the rays of the sun so that evyeryborny kept comfortable. The sport was announced to begin at9 A. M., but it was after dinner time when the first gun was fired. Ernest A. Geoffroy was general manager of the shoot. The team race, which called for teams of six men each, each man to shoot at 25 bluerack targets, Was started at 3 P. M., W. R. Hobart acting as referee and C. H. Townsend as official scorer. This resulted in another victory tor the team of the Maplewood Gun Club, the scores being as follows: Maplewood G. C. Woodside G, C. Roseville G. C. oe See 28 EF Van Dyke 20 Alfred Whatton.. 17 T Sigeing...........22 M Puerth......... 13 Alber Whatton.. 18 BR Drake.. wee 20 Ri Walterss.2.) 0.5.20 GG Hufie oe... 18 ODeaths.201. 0. 22 A Osterhont...... 18 P Gantz 19 J W Smith........ 24 RB Sickles........ Ponca NV VED Ulitao lees vi A Sickley........... 21 EA Geoffroy..... 23 P Cockefair....... 20 132 110 94 This victory gives the Maplewood team fiye out of the six con- tests, the South Side team having won one, and gives them the league trophy. The score of to-day was the highest madé during the series. The score of 25 straight, made by Sickles, of the Woodside team, was the first of the kind eyer made on the grounds. The Maplewoods are justly proud of their victory, which proves conclusively that they have the strongest team in Essex county. The regular programme of events, nine in all, were shot offin order. The finest work of the day was done by Sickles, who Missed but 3 out of 95 targets. FIRST TEXAS FIELD TOURNAMENT will take place at San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 9,10 and 11, managed by Oscar 0. Guessaz. American Association rules, excepting in the live bat matches. All target matches will be shot according to the rapid-firing sys- tem, Plenty of live pigeons and bats guaranteed. KNOXVILLE TOURNAMENT SCORKES haye come to hand too late for insertion this week. ddach ting, Model Yachts and Boats. Their design, making and sailing, with designs and working drawings. Postpaid, $2. CENTERBOARDS AS SHIFTING BALLAST. T is a curious and amusing fact that while with almost un- limited experience with the centerboard in America, the board has never been used as ballast, the first successful experi- ment with centerboards in Great Britain has been made in such & way as to bring up a very complicated question. Heavy metal boards are quite common here in canoes and open skiffs, and not entirely unknown in larger open sailboats, but in decked yachts of any size the weight of the board, though often considerable, has been merely incidental, and hardly estimated as an element of stability. The boards of Volunteer and Mayflower, for iustance, of 4in. oak with steel bolts and shoes and sufficient lead as well to sink them, are by no means light, but still bear a very small ratio to the total ballast. Very heavy boards have been tried at times, 28 in the old Maria, but notin recent years, and the question of their standing'as shifting ballast has never been raised. This year for the first time have centerboard yachts competed with success in British waters, the 1l0-rater Dora topping her class, while the honors in the 244-rating class are divided by her Bisters Elfin and Oronsay, all being Watson boats. The success of these three craft, pitted against good fields of keel cracks would be enough in any case to excite very strong feeling among the conservative Scotch, and it is no wonder that there is just now a terrible hubbub over them when we learn that Dora, for in- stance, has a centerboard of jellow métal weighing over a ton. while the other two are generously weighted in proportion, While the limit of the Y. R. A. rule, that the boards shall be handled only by manual labor, has not been exceeded, in one club the prizes have been withheld from the smaller boats on the ground that their centerboards are shifting ballast, which is specially prohibited. f Absurd as this may seem to Americans, some allowance must be made for men who have grown old in the belief that the hated and prohibited “shifting keel” was the invention of the Evil One, and who are now called on to face & ton weight raised and lowered at willin a yacht only s6ft. long and 10ft. wide. Wohai the out- come of the present agitation may be we cannot say, but itis a little unfortunate that the centerboard experiment has been tried aaoder conditions which must eall out an extra amount of preju- dice against the new eraft. The claim that the centerboard is really shifting ballast, though in a measure favored by the fact that a heavy weight, almost equivalent to a lead keel, is lowered at will, is easily disposed of when we look closely into the origin and intention of the most ex- - eellent rule which is now almost as generally respected in Amer- ica asin Great Britain, by which all shifting of ballast is prohib- ited. Although there is no more flagrant. offense which a yachts- man can be guilty of than the violation of this rule, there is at the same time nothing morally wrong about the mere moving of weight. up or down, or from one part of the boat to another. The sole reason for the rule lies in the fact that the great sail-carrying power which may be had by piling sandbags on the weather rail, or as was once the fashion in England, of heaping up shot bagson the windward transom, isobtained only at the risk of capsizing, while the form of vessel which is developed by the use of such ballast is avery bad one for every purpose. In order to prevent 7 Tr. =< a _ = ; EEE CENTERBOARD CUTTER “DORA,” 195 —=— — ——————= —s ———— SS = = 10-RATING. DESIGNED BY G. L. WATSON. the use of craft which are unsafe from the nature of their sta- bility at all times, and still more dangerous when canght with ballast to leeward, the shifting of all ballast or heavy articles from one side of a yacht to the other is now most strictly probib- ited save in a few American clubs in which the sandbagger is still Tecornized, The principle on which this rule is founded, however, does not apply in the case of a weight suchas the centerboard, which is always kept in the middle line of the vessel and never shifted to the weather side. In the case of American yachts, the stability is not materially increased by the lowering of the board, or at least the yacht is now designed to have a perfectly safe range of stability with the board housed. Inthe case of the Scotch yachts, while the stability is greatly increased by the lowering of the heavy beard, on the other hand it is not diminished to a danger- ous degree by raisingit. A yacht like Dora, with considerable displacement and a beam of 10ft. on 36ft. waterline, with a heavy fixed lead keel, should be perfectly safe from all danger of cap- size eyen with the board housed. Apart from the question of shifting weights and stability, there is an objection to very heavy boards and yachts of any size which may prove serious, and that is the danger of carrying a heavy movable weight hung from the keel. The strain of such a weight in a seaway must be very severe, far worse than if bolted firmly under the wood keel. This, however, is a structural diffi- culty that may bea overcome, and is no worse than the danger from some fixed keels in the hands of ignorant builders. We judge from our exchanges that one strong ground of complaint against the centerboard boats is that by housing the board they cut off corners, besides being able to take risks in slioal water where the keel craft would certainly ground. In America the courses are in nearly all cases so located as to prevent any great adyantage te the centerboard in this way, and if some remedy should prove necessary abroad it must take another form than the prohibition of the centerboard or even the compulsory use of it in one fixed position during the race under the plea that it is shitting ballast in the sense intended in Y. R. A. rule No. 15. ONE GUN STARTS—ME ASUREMENT.—Two proposals have lately been made in the Fieldi for very important changes of the racing rules. One, made editorially, we quote elsewhere, relating to one-gun starts. The plan of starting with an interval of from 8 to lim., in which a yacht may cross was once universal in Amer- ica, the interval gradually being reduced to 5 and recently to 3m., while in Many cases the one-gun staré has been tried with suc- cess. The objections to the plan of timing at the line are much greater than indicated in the Field, where fleets of any size are concerned. It looks very pretty in print tosee thirty or fifty yachts timed to a second in starting, but those who have had ex- perience en regatta committees know how little is accurate and how much mere guess work. Hyen in experienced hands it is difficult or impossible to take the times of twenty yachts crossing together, many of them covered by larger craft. The other propo- sition is for the abolition of the length and sail area.rule and the substitution of a measurement of “size.” The ‘pound of putty” theory has played a very important path in all measurement dis- cussions in the past, but still'survives, in spite of the plain fact that it would produce a saucer-shaped craft with a deep lead fin and ellormots rig, STHAM YACHT RACING.—The promised race between the Vamoose and the Norwood is apparently as far distant as ever. The latest development is the breaking down of the Norwood’s engine while on her way to the Harlem River on Saturday last, where she proposed to do somes very fast steaming. This incident has proyed a fruitful topic of discussion during the week. Itis a fact, however, that the arrangements for a real race have actually gone so far that a letter has been written to the secretary of the American Y. C. requesting the club to take charge of a race to which Javelin, Now Then and the torpedo boat Cushing shall be invited, NOVELTIES IN YACHT NAMES.—The great Weat has lately contributed two striking names to the yacht list; Mr. Hearst’s new Steam launch rejoices in. the suggestive name of Vannoos 6, 2 Western synonym of the Arabie “‘Imshi’; while a large and handsome steam yacht lately built on the Lakes bears the name of her owner, a fashion which Is peculiarto Western yachtsmen and canoeists. THE CLYDE CENTERBOARD DORA. Ww. are indebted to Le Yacht for the accompanying sketch of the first centerboard cutter built on the Clyde, the Dora, designed by G. L. Watson for Allan Bros,, former owners of the famous 5-tonner Doris. Dora is a “compromise,” with moder- ately deep hull and a lead keel, in addition to which she carries a canterboard of Delta metal weighing 134 tons. Her success with the keel boats has been the remarkable feature of the season in British waters. NEW HAVEN Y. C. FALL REGATTA, SEPT, 17. HE annual fall regatta of the New Haven Y. C. was sailed on Sept. 17 in a moderate 8. W. wind, the course being trom Par- dee’s Bar Buoy around buoyin mouth of Housatonic River and return. There was no wind at 10 A, M., and the start was post- poned until 11:15. The sat is timed: lora...s.-.. Seen eee 5 MULAN eT. aes eek. pane --11 16 40 Ripple mee 1115 36 Vidette......... rein «s--L1 17 00 Een yee pee ee ns Se OL ISS * Hiding aes be ies. oe Ti 17 10 PIGneGsrrs.. Site ae eee 011558 Phantom...... aap ES ant tied 11 17 40 Dare: (evils si siesteces se: 111612 Fleetwing....... ..11 18 05 Pav his os nesses Feras- ll 16:16) (Seabellet se) Peas bP 11 18 47 Warries Wi fae ea oe abil Tbs00) bibpied. ie s-.y, cer ee 11 19 09 HEY Da tes tage netic one eee 11 1683 Mariota........ Wau tareeaies il 17 30 GD VE. ceatdin's Peiietctlals SUAS Gals) ey CRP p meee BO 11.16 23 HIPeriaAn Qe a bat tec ahs cel i 16 35 Phyllis broke down and Ripple sprung a leak, both withdraw- ing early in the race. Phantom fouled the outer mark and Flora turned from the wrong side, both being disqualified. The order at the mark was Phantom, Stranger, Hurybia, Zephyr, Carrie, Flora, Dare Devil, Libbie. On the run home under spinakers Hurybia passed Stranger and won in her class. The times were: CLASS 2. Start. Finish. Hlapsed. Corrected. Phantom.....:.... 11 17 40 Disqualified. Carrie W ........ » verll 16 28 5 02 23 5 46.00 5 46 00 Mariota..-..2.5.+--sss1l 19 30 643 06 6 23 36 6 21 18 AUOTAN, 2. tie tere ee ae 11 15°36 Disqualified. BULybia) oss ees cece 11 16 27 4 55 47 5 39 20 5 38 12 CLASS 3. Seabelle.......-....... li 18 47 5 54 14 6 35 27 6 35 27 Stranger .--.-........- 11 16 40 4 56 25 5 39 45 5 33 51 Phyl ieee yer aoe tl TE 1G Withdrew. Vidette,...-....--....-l1 17 00 4 59 16 6 42 16 6 36 22 Ss 6. Dare Devil............ 11 16 12 5 05 55 5 49 43 5 49 43 CLASS 7. Ripple............ .,-..J1 15 2 Withdrew. feria ees th Paloas Withdrew. CLASS. 8. Libbie...............05 11 19 09 519 15 6 00 06 6 00 06 Plestwing. ...........11 18 05 5 29 58 6 11 48 6 06 27 Pioneer.........-......11 15 58 6 22 16 7 06 18 6 59 17 OLASS 9. WiepWyLe. + itiicctieeess Tl 16 27 5 02 33 5 46 06 5 46 08 ATAWEEL! £02 ack’. . wit 15 58 Withdrew. Gam. were sore 11 17 10 6.14 06 6 56 56 6 54 08 Avis to 229. vats 11 16 23 Withdrew. A race for naphtha launches was won by Isabel, Plover break. ing down while in thelead. The prizes were as follows: Class 2, Eurybia first prize, $30; Carrie W. second prize, $10. Class 3, Stranger first prize, $20; Seabelle second prize, $10. Class 8, Lib- bie first prize, $20; Pleetwing second prize, $10. Class 9, Zephyr first prize, $15; Hdna second prize, $10, Class 10, Isabel first prize, $15, The judges were W. W. Price, RK. B. Farren and J. CG. Gallagher, ONE GUN V8. TIME STARTS.—“When the Americans adopted our plan of underway starts, they also took over the timing busi- ness in crossing the line; they have found it to work satisfactorily, and so have the French. The plan was abandoned here mainly because of the trouble, and because one or two committees got befogged in attempting to time the starters. There is no fear of the latter occurrence in these days, and so far as the trouble is concerned, we are sure no committee would mind that. Another objection to the timing is, that the public and competitors would be worse off than eyer in ascertaining which yacht is winning; but so far as the competitors go, they would form a pretty near estimate if no more than three minutes were allowed. There is also the objection to taking time at the start that it would tend to check the keenness and smartness at present exhibited at a start: this in some measure is true, but the deterioration would be small if n0 more than fiye minutes were allowed. One great advantage of reyiving the plan, and one which, we are sure, sailing commit- tees would much appreciate, is that it would practically do away with the necessity for recalls. The trouble, bother, and vexation caused by the ‘recall’ are indefinitely greater than that of clock- ing the yachts over the line; and we feel sure that, if the planis Made permissible, most sa committees will act tpon it, and Most yacht owners appreciate it." —Hidd. 196 ny FOREST AND STREAM. : a [Smpr, 24, 1891, YORKVILLE Y. C. OPEN REGATTA.—The open fall regatta of the Yorkyille Y. C. was sailed on Sept. 22, the courses being: A stakeboat anchored off the club house at 102d street and the East Riyer to and around Gangway Buoy and return. for classes A, B,C, F,Gand J, anti to and around Stepping Stone Lighthouse and return for classes E.H and I. The times were; CLASS A—CABIN SLOOPS OVER 30FT. Start Finish. Hilapsed. Corrected. Mharles Welde ...... -11 06 00 7 21 av 8 15 30 8 13 380 GR eT UG Y 2 dete ete 1 06 00 Withdrew. Hmma and Alice......11 06 00 6 55 00 7 49 00 7 49 00 CLASS B—CABIN SLOOPS UNDER 30FT. Abertat . -:eeeete ood li 05 00 Tad 4 8 18 40 8 13 40 Trene........ RDI y PR Sas 11 06 00 Withdrew. : GLASS C—OPEN SLOOPS OVER 24ET. ONY TY £2 UNC [ney eee prorat warn 1i 06 00 5 49 15 6 43 15 6 48 15 J A Cameron.....-.-- 11 06 OU § 46 04 6 40 05 6 38 25. GLASS D—OPRHN SLOOPS UNDER 20FT, ip Topy....ers ve 11 17 00 4 36 00 5 19 00 5 19 00 1e{epob hg: MS Seep e pClass 11 15 15 4 37 05 5 21 50 5 21 06 OLASS F—CATBOATS OVER 24 FT, TBR DUET chee epee oe 11.09 40 4 25 20 5 15 30 5h 15 30 PT ayiteade wks os kee 11 12 00 6 06 00 6 54 00 6 52 30 CLASS G—GATBOATS UNDER 2. ANE OVER 20RD. Emmie... ......--» _-.-11 12 00 7 36 10 8 24 10 8 24 10 Killens sees a= 11 12 00 Nor timed, Rastless............--.11 12 00 7 05 0D 7 53 00 7 50 00 CLASS H—CATBOATS BETWEEN 20 AND 17F7. Amnglesey....-.....--.. 11 15 25 4 43 40 528 15 § 28 15 (ESOT ROT sy eae «ices 11 15 15 4 44 20) 5 29 05 5 26 55 CLASS I—CATBOATS UNDER 11PT. ERED recto tg tele a elebeteterel- Ui 16 A0 4 59 55 5 43 05 a 43 05 tte ae eeee ea ee 11 17 00 Not timed. Hattie 11 17 00 5-27 BL 6 20 81 6 19 01 ADEN rising Sooty 6 58 Bost) 11 16 00 4 47 50 5 dl 50 5 81 26 ivclinies ease. ee ee li 17 00 6 03 45 4h 45 5 46 45 CLASS J—CABIN CATBOATS, Grocus..-.... ,..-1L 06 7 20 00 214 00 § 14 00 STOVER Teh AP oodr obser 11 06 00 Withdrew, . TFTA) 4 ie el ogre -11 06 00 7 36 30 8 30 20 8 20 80 BROOKLYN Y. C., Sept. 19.—The regatta of the Brooklyn Y. C. on Labor Day was very unsatisfactory, but the club rules prohibit more than one regatta in a season. In order to have one good race, Com. Sutton, of the sloop Mull, provided prizes for all classes for a Special race, nominally a cruise, on Saturday. The race was started eo late, 445 P. M., that the finish wus made by moonlight. The times were: CLASS 1—CABLIN SLOOPS, Start. Pinish. Hlapsed. Corrected. MS AR Cs ec eae 4 48 30 711 80 2 23 00 2 23 00 Clara May.........-....4 48 80 Not timed. 1% Hoyt ieee aa ey gr ae Pe 4 46 42 6 52 45 CLASS 2—CABILN SLOOPS, TEQGUWD1Si eats ee eeeenst oe 445 45 7 OL 215 05 215 05 aVO RC: | prewar hh Ee te ee 4 48 30 Not timed, CLASS 4—CABIN CATS, Pancheda.....:..- 2.55 453 40 Not timed. BITES ery ort 3 ae 4 50 03 7 10 30 2 20 27 2 20 27 CT.ASS 5—VYAWLS. ef yar ity go eee teenie 4 48 30 7 18 1 2 29 40 229 40 Mariquita..... ..:..... 447 12 7 14 40 2 27-26 CLASS 6—OPEN CATS. PANIIT Reet e Cee ei eas 4 54 00 § 32 450 137 50 1 37 09 Au Alamshae cores ee eres 4 ht 09 6 08 53 1 89 438 1 39 53 Dada. eee y= 8 4.62 10 6 30 35 1 38 25 1 86.51 TMGVt ha Be eases 4 54 O00 6 38 42 1 43 42 1 48°47 OLASS 7—OPEN ats, DEI ret. eee ee ee 4 64 00 7 U0 00 2 06 00 2 06 00 Matinee ei eNeeeeety 4 63 00 Not: timed. GLASS B—MIXED, HMDS hoes eee ur 4 42 Of Woh 45 2 28 40 2 2a 40 TSHldees yao ee. ee eee eee 4 51 46 7 10 00 2 18 14 prize. BEVERLY ¥. C.—The 180th race, sixth sweepstakes, was sailed at Monument Beach Sept. 12in a good whole sail breeze, smooth water and a clear sky by way of variety. Hector wason hand in first class bub had no, competitors. Race in second and third classes was very close. Courses were No. 1, 1044 miles, No. 7, 8144 miles, and Na. 9%, 5 miles, for second, third and fuurth classes re- spectively. Judge, T. 8. Edmands. SECOND CLASS. _ Leugth. Elapsed. Corrected Surprise, J. M. Codman, B. Y. C,. ..27.04 2 0A 56 1 56 12 Anonyma, IW. . Dabney, B. ¥. C....27.01 2 06 11 1 56 11 Defiance, H. E. Perry, Mon. Seach..26.04 2.0815 1 6% 29 Mist, G, A. Lyinan, Jr., B. ¥.C...... 26.08 2 08 21 1 57 56 Widgeon, M. Williams, Jr,, B, Y. 0.26.10 2 11 48 2.01 83 Grampus, W. B.C. Hustis, B. Y. ©..27.09 Withdrew. Wiidéat, T. N, Norcross, Mon. Beach 26.04 2.13 25 2 02 39 THIRD CLASS. Hina, J. Parkinson, B. Y.C... ...... 22.10 1 48 38 1 41 44 ™ycoon, J- L. Stackpole, Jr., B. Y. 0.23.01 1 53 47 1 42°08 Puzzle, Wm. Amery. Jr., B. Y. C....22.09 1 55 45 1 43 46 Daisy, H. Stockton, B, ¥. C ......,..22.01 Withdrew. FOURTH GLASS. Cat, B. Clark; BoYs@s... 0. eee. 19.03 1 23 51 1 14 09 Edith, G. van Reusselaer, B. Y.C,..19.04 1 26 27 1 16 48 Charmion, J..Crame, Jr., B. ¥, C.,...19.08 1 32 07 1 2? 37 Posten. Lo bye Glee suse cee ewe tie 19 11 1 32 37 1 28 26 Winuers in second class were; Anonyma first, Surprise second, Defiance third. Third class; Hina first, Tycoon second. Third class: Cat first, Hdith second. AMERICAN MODEL Y. C., SHP'T, 19—The second leg for the Fisher Cup was sailed off at Prospect Park Lake on Saturday, four yaclics coming to the line in a whole-sail breeze, north at the start, chopping around to northeast just as first mark at end of first leg was rounded. A triangular course was laid off, the first leg being abont 19,9 of a mile, tne second leg 74,99 and the third 15), making in all 44 mile by chart. The first yacht to cross the line was the Harrie.ta (bolder of cup) at 3:27:30, with wind on port quarter, Making a very good steady run for first turning stake and sailing very fast. The Marjorie crossed at 3:29:45, Hlectra at 3:30:15 and Star at 3:30:25, the last yacht gaining on others very rapidly, rounding frst mark lmin. 30sec. behind the Harrietta, having gained Imin. 15sec. on the leader. The others rounded clore up all in a close reach for second mark. Harrietta was in trouble with her main sheet, thereby losing considerable head- way and allowing the others to'get close up; but she managed to round the third mark ahead at 3:42:30, the Hlectra at 3:42:45 taking first place, Star falling back to third place, Electra having gained Imin. 45sec, on Harrietta and Imin, l03ec.on Star. Now they had the wind aft, with booms broad off to port, with prospects of a fast run, but the wind petered out somewhat at finish, the Harri- ettia crossing the line at 3°45:20, Electra 3:45:40, Star 3:49:22, Mar- jorie 3:50;25, the Harrietta making up 5sec. on this leg, Star gain- ing 3sec. on Harrietta, Marjorie Imin, 20sec. taking third place. The times were; Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected Bere Meee, ae cosa 3 30 25 3 49 22 18 5 18 50 Marjorie.........-22----2++ 3 29 45 3 50 25 2) 4) 20 40 Pisurrie wees essen 3 30.15 348 40 18 25 18 25 Plarrietta ... . B27 30 3 48 20 2050 > 20 50 Hlectra wins by 32sec, elapsed time and 25sec. corrected from Star, and by 2min. 25sec. elapsed and corrected from Harrietta, former holder of the cup. The next leg for the cup will be sailed on Oet. 3. CATBOATS ON THH BAY.—On Sept. 20 a race between l6ft, skiffs and skipjacks was sailed on New York Bay, the course being from the Battery, around a mark off Liberty Island, a sec- ond mark off Governor's Island and home. The prize was a silk pennant, presenied by Policeman Dick Ganley. The times were: Start. Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. 10.1500) 0) hhc paseo ec wo 13 00 4 4) 00 1 28 00 1 27 10 jae Sie icone oan 3 12 00 4 42 30) 1 30 30 1 29 30 Good Enough..-....... 3 14 00 4 43 30 1 29 30 1 29 30 UT We ka kan cou eee sae 2 56. 00 Withdrevy. Aheisienkerd Was 5 ener ee eee 8 12 30 4 45 00 1 32 30 1 32 30 Puritan.........--.e.e 3 14 00 Withdrew. jigs i PDRAR AG Sade eer ot 3 02 00 Withdrew, Maeeie. fea eee 8 12 30 Withdrey, DIO ieee ee tle ot anak ,..8 00 00 Withdrew. PAVONIA Y. C.—On Sept. 20 two races were sailed by the Pavonia Y. C. on New York Bay. the times being: MATCH RACH—OATS, Starr. Finish. sy one Qorrected, MAING sc corahes eenaearitlecnt aeD § 52 53 4 36°28 4 35 38 Christing.....-..2++-,.12 of 48 5 87 16 439 81 439 31 } JIB ria ie eel 9 + 38 68 fais ” , ec theres ae ee ee ee ————————— Eee es a WINTHROP Y. C.—The postponed races of Aug. 21 of classes 3 and 4 weresailedon Monday evening in a strong N.W. wind, the times being; THIRD CLASS, Length. Elapsed. 9.00 42 40 (Vise ier tian Ve eiyvc eeu. nee nn een: ae rei 19. Marion, Chesterton & Devereux......., ......-.-20 00 42 43 Mattie Gi, WA. Garret. 20s fl en Pacers 18.0 36 15 FOURTH GLASS. MOTD CD SVWesHeleher...- isa seeeten eine eens 15.08 43 27 Soi, 12.8: Merton sa sccate eee eye tens eens 17.02 46 16 Cade ron DiSrniithh se oo se dalled ei eneeeen 1 B09 47 00 Gracie, Clas. Belcher... ye ccc eee ee ee 17.09 48 00 STEAM YACHT RACING,—The following notice has been sent ou! this week: American Y. O,, Milton Point, Rye, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1891.—The American Y. CO. offer a special prize valtied at $500, to the steamers Cushing, Stiletto, Javelin, Now Then, Notwood and Vamoore, for competition over the club straightaway course of 80 knots, starting from a stakeboat anchored 414 knots Ei. 14 N. from Race Rock, and finish off the club house. UWourse W. 348. tothe huoy off the Scotch Caps. The race to take place on Saturday, Oct. 3, or al a later date, as may he agreed. Two or niore to start intherace. The boats to comply with the sailing reeulations of the club in that ‘the amount of steam carried shall not ne in ex- cess of that allowed by the inspecior’s certificate.” The prize will be presented to the steamer which makes thé shortest time over the course without reference to allowance of time. Hntries to be addressed to No. 115 Broadway, New York city. GrorGEe W. HALL, Chairman Regatta Committee. A HANDSOME YACHT TENDER.—Messrs. CO. L. Seabury & Co., of Nyack, launched on Sept. 17 a very fine mahogany launch for W. K, Vanderbilt’s steam yacht Alva, to take the place of the English launch used for several years. Tie launch is 80ft. over all, Git, Gin, beam, and 2ft. 2in. draft. The frame is of white oak, with mahogany planking throughout. with all fastenings of cop- per. The engine is compound, of 12 H.P., with a safety water tube boiler, both bsing designed by the builders. The boiler is tested to 225lbs. All steam pipes, connections, jackets, ete,, are of copper or brass. There are two cockpits, covered by folding hoods, the interior work being of mahogany and quartered oak. ue weight of the launch is 2,500/bs., or 1,500! bs. less than the Eng- ish one, ENGINEERS LICENSHS.—The Steamboat Inspection laws Make a difference between licenses for engineers of coastwise vessels and engineers of ocean steamers, An ocean steamer, specifically, is a vessel which navigates the high seas, and the high sea is three marine leagues from shore, say nine miles. As coastwise yessels are often on the high seas in the course of a yoyage, it follows that an engineer of a coastwise vessel is not a lawful officer of the vessel when she is outside the three marine leagues, and cannot be held accountable for disasters, for he did not go outside the legal limit of his own will, It is well to re- jnember this point.—The Hngineer. COMING RACES.—The Larchmont ¥Y. CG. is making an effort for a final race on Saturday, in which Cinderella and Clara will meet, while the schooners Viator, Rebecca and Princess are expected. The annual clambake will ba held on Oct. 3, and the club will go out of commission on the Monday following. The Douglaston Y- ©., of Douglaston, L, L., has arranged a sweepstakes race of $25 a boat for open yachts belonging to the club, to be sailed on Sept. 26, over the club course on Little Neck Bay. Silk pennants have also been offered to cabin yachts to be raced for on the same day. ROCHESTER Y. C.—On Sept. 17 a race of the Rochester Y. C- was sailed off Ontario Beach, the times being: 30RD GLASS, WV GINGUbG dae ffs Sdosehe Lane 235 40 Amelia...., Sade tie es a 2 42 17 2B). CLASS. SEU CTL LES tebe nna coche estate Nn aie! SRA Ob Toh Aes} Peet, | SEAR Oe ree 8 05 30 Amelia protests Velnette, no decision having yet been made. THE SAILOR’S HANDBOOK AND INLAND MARINE GUIDE.—We have received from the publishers, Smith & Swain- son, of Cleveland, Onio, the fourth annual copy of Beeson’s “Sailor's Handbook and Inland Marine Guide,” containiny a great deal of information about the great lakes. Complete lists of all steam and sailing vessels are given, with tables of distances, lists of harbors and of charts, custom houses and officials. he book is indispsnsable to all yachtsmen on the lakes. A ORUISE OF A LAND YACHT.—There is very little water in the “Cruise of a Land Yacht,” lately published by the Authors Mutual Pub. Co., of Boston; but the author, Sylvester Baxter, has written a charming story for boys. The “land yacht” is nothing Jess than a private car, in which the hero snd his friends cruise about toe United States and Mexico. ‘Nhe bonk is hand- somely made, with many clever illustrations by L. J. Bridgeman, CONSTELLATION.—Capt, Nat. Watson, of Huron, Pappoose, @none and Sayonara, will bein command of Constellation next year, with Capt. Richardson, an experienced navigator, as mate. Japt. Watson has gone to Newport for the yacht, and after call- ing at Hempstead Bay for some of her gear, he will take her to Beverly Bridgesiolay up. Later inthe season she may fit out for a ertise to the West Indies. LAYING UP.—Beatrix is now laid up at Salem; Alborak, Sayo- Dara and Iiderim at Lawley’s; Nautilus aud Mineola at Bay Ridge. OWweene is still in commission. Jessica is in commission at New London, but is for sale. Volunteer is laid up at Lawley’s, and Capt. Haff has gone home to nurse his sore leg, the result of an Inga’ while the yacht was fitting out, which has lately become painfal., MIMETTEH.—This cat yawl, advertised in another page, was designed for cruising, and with all her accommodation she is not too large for a singlehander. Sheis of modern design and build and yery carefully constructed. PHILADELPHIA Y, C.—One of the handsomest club books of the year is that of the Philadelphia Y.C., an organization now numbering 160 members, with a fleet of 56 yachts. SOUTH BOSTON Y. C.—On Saturday the review and final sail of be South Boston Y. C. took place on Boston Bay, a very large number of yachts taking part. : ROMOLA, steam yacht, late Catarina, has returned from Europe and is now laid up at Tebo’s. Canoeing. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to FOREST AND SpREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc,, of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raves, and report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local witers, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. ALUMINUM FOR CANOES.—A correspondent -suggests the use of aluminum in place of wood for the hull of a canoe, but so far as we can learn there isa serious obstacle in the liability of the metal to corrosion, especially in sea air. A rudder of alum- inum, bronze, a casting nearly #éin. thick in places, has bean used during the season on # canoe in New York, the boat only being immersed at intervals and lying afloat buta few hours at a time. In the course of a few months the metal has honeycombed, and after each immersion the surface is covered witha fine white powder which rubs off easily. The texture of the metal is de- stroyed and its strength is gone, From this testit would seem that the durability of thin sheets would be very limited, and that a canos would not last out a season. THE LAST RACE.—The open race of the Marine and Field Club, which is announced elsewhere, promises to be the most im- portant eyent of the year in canoeing, asit will bring out nearly allthe best menand canoes at the time when both are in their best racingform. The Marine and Wield Club has done a very wise and at the same time a yery sportsmanlike thing in offering the prides for such & race, BALLAST IN CANOHS.—One of the strongest opponents of the use of ballast in racing canoes is Com. William Willard Howard, of the New York ©. C., who last year sailed the Toltec, a large canoe, without an ounce of ballast. Within the past three weeks, however, Com. Howard has owned up to the soft impeachment of carrying ballast in his new Aztee, but only “a little for trimming purposes.” At the same time two 25lb. bags of shot are missing from their accustomed place im the club house. Another member of the club has just ordered a new 4ft. slide to replace a 3ft. one, the largest he has eyer used thus far. BIG PINE CREEK AND ITS RAPIDS. ape canoe club had been taking a, little run on the riyer by moonlight, and as they returned to the boat house the men hegan talking of their usual summer cruise. Some had made the entire run of the upper Susquehanna and wished to try some wther stream, and Will snegested the West Branch of the Susquelianna. As it would take ennsiderable time to get to the headwaters of this slLream, some thought it pos- sible to reach it by another route and found by the map that Big Pine Creek, in Tioga county, would be easily reached from their home and give a nice cruise, From ali inquiry they found Big Pine Craek to bea a narrow mountain siream, very rapid and somewhat dangerous, This struck their fancy, and, wishing some excitement, iu was decided to take this course, But out of tre whole number who signified their intentions of going only three were found ready on the morning of July 26 to take the Lehigh Valley R,.R. for Addison, N. Y., where a change of cars was to be made, These three were Tom, Jim and Will, companions together on many a previous trip. : The party reached Addison at 6 A, M., and aftera stroll and breakfast at the leading hotel took the Addison & Pennsylyania Railroad to Gaines and enjoyed a ride over this narrow-gauge road. The train arrived at Gaines in time for dinner, which was eaten at the Vermilyea House, After dinner a team was engaged ta take canoes, grips and box of provisions to the stream, but a short distance away. While they are unpacking it may be well te briefly describe the fleet. Tom’s canoe was of his own manufacture, and a credit to him, being avery pretty model, [4ft. long, 251m. wide, weighing 40lbs. Jim’s was nearly the same size, but Will’s was smaller, being ouly 22in. wide. All were of the canyas order, decked and with rubber apron over ail and supplied with double blade paddles. When the provisions had been divided and packed in the canoes they found them loaded somewhat deeper than desirable, but aiter starting they glided along very steadily. The stream was quite muddy, so they could not see the bottom — or pick out the course, but trusted to the looks of the water. The cutrent began to run swifter, and the canoes glided along with- out any effort on the part of the canoeists, while the trees which bung over the water’s edge and the high rocky mountains rising almost perpendicular above to a height cf seyeral hundred feet, made a cool retreat from the sun. All they could do was to watch the narrow stream ahead, pick- ing out the course here and there, now running around a huge rovk on the right, a few quick strokes of the paddle and around another on the left, then backing water with might and main to ayoid one in the genter, working until the canoe was on one side nerere they could feel free to lift the blades again and shoot forward. But a few miles below they came to quite a swift dangerous Place, the stream was quite narrow and ran with considerable force into the face of a high, steep rock and then made a sudden turn to the right. Will passed through safely, but came very near being thrown against the side of the wall, The others followed, and Jim narrowly escaped a capsize, only the vigorous use of the paddlessavyinghim, : This was only the beginning of the sport, and all were feeling very gay, singing snatches of songs or exclaiming as to the grandeur of the scenery, which is beyond power of description. But for the most part, Pine Creek is a narrow, rapid mountain stream with a constant wild current, but few pieces of dead water or even an eddy where one might stop forrest. On the west the creek flows almost under the high, thickly-grown mountain side, in some places very craggy and steep, now and then cut by a deep, narrow gorge which looked dark and gloomy, fallen timber, high stumps, and roots of frees and logs filled these places at the bottom, showing how the heavy rains had done their work. The east side differed but little,the mountain being further away teort the stream, only at times approaching close to the water’s edge. A few miles down they passed a large tannery, and had slower running where the Channel was somewhat wider; then the creek narrowed up and began a wild rush, A short distance below there was a pretty sight, a high shelving rock extended out seyeral yards over the water, anda mountain stream running its water over the edge formed a miniature Niagara in the form of a half circle, It was but the work of a moment to push the canoe for- :ward, duck the head ana run under, then to look out where the water was pouring over in a steady stream, completely shutting one inj a shove on the paddles and a shoot out intodaylight again, With uw little water running down the back of theneck. The stream was too muddy to seé bottom, but they could tell by the paddles the depth, and had but little trouble in getting throuch. This kind of running continued, the stream now and then changing its course and running under the base of the mountain until one began to think it would go into a tunnel, but soon it would come 10 a sudden bend, and as the canoe elided sawiltly around anew view full of beauty would present itsell!. Now they would spin along through a narrow, rocky, crooked course; then another curve, and they pass along the edge of a hay field, where the industrious farmer is “making hay while the sun shines.” At a blast from the horn the farmer drops his scythe and runs to the fence. “Say, look a-here!” he yells, “how far you fellers goin’? Hain’t them pretty small boats toridein?” Jim answers, “Oh, no; lots of room, conldn’t tip over if we tried.” By that time some of the farm hands had arrived, and began discussing the merits and demerits of the fleet as it passed out of sight around another bend. j i p After some 8 miles of the most charming canoeing, Ansonia was teached with the Pine Creek R.R., which follows this stream to its mouth, . ' As ibe water is somewhat steadier here, the party floated along éasily, fixing the aprons more tightly and making ready for another hard run. Ina short while they are in the swirl and swash of the rapids. First there is a rush, then a splash and dash of water over the de: k and apron and almost into the face, a jump, thump, bump, and the canoe just grazes a huge rock, over which the water is boiling in a mad fashion. It does not seem possible to avoid all the rocks, and there is many a narrow escape, sometimes holding the breath as one sees the bows almost on a boulder, tlien follows a furious use of the paddles— backward; and then, working the canoe one side, we breathe easier as she shoots by. Will was the last one to go through, and as Tom went into the rapid ahead it seemed as though he had aunk, as only his head and shoulders appeared above the water, but as Will followed on he came to the beginning of the fall, and to look down through that rash of wild boiling, splash- ing water it did not seem possible that a canoe could go through Without an accident. Fortune fayored them, however, and they escaped without a wetting, then reaching a small eddy, or resting place, which is just long enough to give a chance to arrange the blanketa, throw off the water from the top and make it secure ain. . ‘A short distance below they run into Barber Riffs, one of the worst and most dangerous places to run in the whole river, and many a raft has been wrecked in here. As the canoes run swiftly into the narrow channel the owners can see plenty of rocks, snags and foam, which indicated a hard struggle around the rocks, which seem to fill the stream from shore to shore. At times they think an end has come, as the channel seems almost entirely cut off, but as the canoe comes nearer and nearer there appears a narrow opening between two huge boulders, where the water is boiling and foaming and splashing into the air. It is the only chance, and as the light craft run through with a rush, a jar and a thump, the skipper knows they have had a close call. Thus the running continues, now and then a little chance for rest, but they do not stop, the sport is too exciting, and one after another the canoes rush along, sometimes coming to a riffle which looks as though they would have to get out because of the low water; but appearances are deceitful, and by holding the canoe back as much as possible the shallows are passed in safety only now and then the sudden jarand bump as the keel tries to scrape an acquaintance with some of the rocks which “stand high” on the river bottom, on . About 6 P, M. Four Mile Run is sighted. Itisasmall station on the Pine Creek R. KR, and consists of a logger’s cabin and a 6x10 depot. The axe was doing its work here, as the side of the moun- tain was covered with peeled hemlock logs which shone with silyery whiteness iu the fading light, é A number of loggers were preparing for their supper as the Supr, 24, 1901, FOREST AND STREAM. 1947 canoes passed by, and the crew were watching them too intently to notice on the opposite side a log cabin with seats, Swings and ham- mock swinging under ihe trees until too late to make astop, ad the current, which ran yery swiftly here, soon carried them around the bend and out of sight. A sudden fall over a rock dam caused a holding of breath, and as the canoe shot over it the water came roiling in, but the rubber blanket did its duty well. A few yards beyond an eddy is spied, and quickly the canoes are steered for it, a landing is effected, and while Jim and Will put vip the tent, Tom prepared supper, as he had been elected “chef” in the culinary department, The iri¢d potatces were good, but those on the bottom looked like Saratoga chips in chocolate; the cottes was fine,in tact almost too fine. The bread and honey passed well, and soon supper was finished, and cutting hemleck boughs for the bed was in order. When this was ready they packed things snug for the night, as a beavy fop was rolling up the stream. Then they turned in, and each related his experience and told of the escapes he had had. The noise of the rapids made pleasant music, and soon three tired canoeists were lulled to slumber, Sometime during the night Will was aroused by a rap on the head, and opened lis eyes to see-Jim sitting upright moving his arms a8 though he was paddling a race for his life. A good shake aroused him and he gave & startand exclaimed: “TI thought I was going over the Elmira dam; 1 could hear the roaring, and was almost gone, ou hadn’t wakened me up i should have gone over sure,” aud the poor fellow struck a match and looked at his hands to see if he had blistered them. The roaring sound was explained as the red light in the caboose of a coal train disap- pesied around the distant mountain, and soon all was quiet again, save the constant rushing of the waters in the near by siffle. At 6 A. M. all were astir, and by a two-thirds vote Will was elected to wash last night's dishes, Jim took down tent and folded blankets, while ‘tom prepared breakfast. It was a decided improvement on the supper, as the polatoes were excellent, the collec was better and as sirong as the butter, and was able to stand on its own grounds without the aid of stimulants; a few flies and ants in the honey did not affect it materially. The canoes were s00n packed and again afloat, passing a long Tip-rap work of logs, which guarded the railroad, while opposité was a chute some 10ft, high and 30 to 40ft. long which probably had been built to guide the water from the mountain gorge; be- tween this chute ran a clear and bubbling spring, which supplied a cooling draft. , As they continued on the stream became quite shallow, and at times forced'the canoeists to jump out and lift over, at one place a fallen tree lay completely across the stream, and the water ran quite swiftly underil. Will piloted his canoe through safely, but Tom narrowly escaped a capsize, and Jim became stuck on the tree and staid nearly ten minttes before he could get loose from the branches and proceed on his way. When he had catght up to Will and Tom, who had pulled under some rocks and were enjoy- ing the coolness, he dropped his paddle and, with a forlorn look on his face, exclaimed, “Boys, I have forgotten something!’ That meant along and tedious wait for his companions and a walk for him, so slowly Tom asked, ‘Well, what did you forget?’, “Oh, there was a rock back in that riffle and Il forgot to run into it.” Then all took a drink from the spring close at hand, and shoying into the current were soou on their way. A few miles below Pour Mile Run is a nice cottage owned by some Wellxboro parties and occupied by their families. 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Send stamp for illustrated Catal ceue of firearms, etc. Fine shooting small-bore rifles a specialty. Mail orders receive careful and prompt atiention. REUBEN HARWOOD (Iron Ramrod), Somerville, Mass. 7 Oe ! no ih -ll sid THMASTIFF CUT PLUG SMOKING TOBACCO. A pure Virginia plug cut smoking tobacco that does not bite the tongue, and is free from More solid comfort in one package of Mas- any foreign mixture. tiff than you can get out of a dozen others. Packed in canvas pouches. J.B. Pack ToBAcco Co., Richmond, Virginia. SSS DECOYS. Send for price list of the finest decoy ducks in the world. H. A. STHVENS, Manufacturer, Box 154, Weedaport, N. Y. Hn the Stud. SIR FREDERICK (21,741) Champion Royalty—Olinda. The yery cream of all England’s breeding; no better bred Huglish setter lives. Winner of 44 first prizes, seven seconds, seven silyer cups and two gold medals. Extended pedigree with litho- graph, by mail. Imported August 8, 1891, Fee $50. DAD WILSON’S BOY (12,880). Will give you the much coverted Gladstone Druid and Count Noble blood. Swift asthe wind, pretty as a picture, full of bird sense. Pee ®25. G. O. SMITH, WHEELING, W. VA. ST. BERNARDS. AT STUD. WIN DES. This grand young dog is the best son of cham- pion Otho out of Lack me, a daughter of champion Merchant Prince. He is 33in. high, of a rich orange color with complete collar and perfect markings. He is a wonderfully vigorous young dog, and has proven himself a great stock getter, Asa stud dog he is unsurpassed. Fee $50. Puppies for sale. THE ABBEY KENNELS, Riverside and Grafton avenues. Woodside, N. J. R. T. RENNIE, Prop. LS AT STUD. IMPORTED IRISH SETTER CHALLENGE INCHIQUIN. (A.S:B. 18,191), Breeder. Rey. R. O’Callaghan, by champion Sbandon II.—Iona. The most phenom- enal young dog of *91, winner of first and two specials at four consecutive shows. Write for particulars, pedigree and press comments. JOHN J. SCANLAN, Box 339, Fall River, Mass. RIDGEFIELD ST. BERNARD KENNELS At Stud. KIN GLIMMON. Fee $40. 16,366.) Kinglimmon is orange in color with perfect white markings and black shadings, stands 34in. high and is the sire of some yery promising youngsters. Address C. A. HOUCK, 928 Madison ave., Albany, N. Y. AT STUD. Challenge BEAU BRUMMEL, Fee $25 © most phenomenal dog of the times. (A.K.C.S°B. 19,961). The greatest WNiecee Sit setter sire, (A. K,C.S.B, 10,354.) Young stock always on hand. AT STUD, ARISTOCRAT WINNER OF MORE FIRST PRIZHS AND SPECIALS DURING 1890 THAN ANY OTHER ST. BERNARD. FEE, - 50. DUTCHESS KENNELS, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DAVID E, LOVELAND, Manager, AT STUD. Kingston Regent. This grand dog is the best son of the great PRINCE REGENT, by Lady St. Gothard. He is 8e4in. high and has the heaviest bone and richest dark orange coat of any St. Bernard in America, His head is remarkable for its character, depth of muzzle and expression. He was born February 26, 1889, and is wonderfully strong and vigorous. Fee, $50. Champion Hector. winner of sixty-six first and special prizes and stud cups. Heis the sire of Champion Cleopatra, Caleb, Lord Hector, Major Hector, Duke of Sparta and many other noted St. Bernards, Fee, $40. PUPPIES FOR SALE, NEW YORK ST. BERNARD KENNELS, 138TH STREET AND THE HUDSON RIVER, FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. Champion Raby Mixer........ $15 Russly Joker.................. ca Reckoner..........-.-...... poate ats Suffolk Risk............ ac at ee 10 Pitcher:d 4-4 .. eh iscsi 25 Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. READ THIS! READ THIS MASTIFFS. At Stud.—Ormonde; sire, Ch. Victor Hugo; dam, Ch, Cambrian Princess. Ormondeisa prize winner every time shown, both in England and America, and his young stock is proving him an exceptional sire. I have always on hand young stock for disposal at fair prices. I have no blood but the most fashionable in my kennels, Write CHAS. E. BUNN, Peoria, Ml. MASTIFFS AND BLOODHOUNDS. W. K. Taunron’s Ch. BEAUFORT will re- main in America but a short time longer in the stud. Breeders should improve their only chance. A few choice Hnglish bloodhounds for sale al all times. Three’ grand litters of smastif pups for sale, sired hy Ch. Beaufort, Beaufort’s Black Prince and Beaufort’s Colonel, of great promise. Dams the best and most noted breeders, imported particularly for this special mating; or American bred ones of equal merit. Photograph 25 cents. J. WINCHELL, Fair Haven, Vt. (Ws se a 8 ee N THE STUD.—THE ETHAN ALLIN SET- ter Al, fee $25. Al was bred by the late Mr, Allin and trained on ruffed grouse by his handler, Two puppies by him for sale. Address F. L. NICHOLS, 54 Taylor street, Springfield, Mass. tf a ee At Std Roe al ere wigs Gem of the Season, winner of over 60 ist and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and special; Dexter, corded coat poodle, Pups from theabove forsale, GREYHOND AND Poopis KENNELS, Salem, Mags, Imp. Sarsfield, - Fee $25 Imp. Dan Mylrea, Fee $20 A noted first-prize winner. (A.K.C.S.B. 19,178), (25 If you mention this paper 5 per cen [Serr 24, 1891, In the Stud. GLENMORE KENNELS. THE CHAMPION IRISH SETTER KENNELS OF AMERICA. E. B. BISHOP, Owner, 43 St. James Ave, Cincinnati, O. The Champion Three. Chmp. Ruby Glenmore, The champion Irish setter bitch of America. Champ. Molly Bawn, The ex-champion Irish setter bitch of America. Champion Winnie II., The only imported champion Trish setter dog in America to-day. Write for circular and prices. t. discount will be allowed on all sales. St. Bernards| Seminole Kennels CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, PA., OFFER THE SERVICES OF THE FOLLOWING STUD DOGS: Rough-Coated Collies. The Squire, ROSLEN WILKES, wnat : A.—). Fee $35. Roslyn Conway, ae Sir Kelpie, NOSIN DANI, (A. 14,735), Fee $15. (A, 17,577). Wee $25. ENGLISH PUGS. CHAMPION K ash Jr. Treasure, | i sto,” (A. 10,596). Fee $15. Fee, - - - - $16. IRISH SETTERS. SEMINOLE, ELEHO, (A. 20,088). Fee $20. (A, 11,450), Fee $15. Extended pedigrees of any of the above on ap- plication. Bitches entrusted to us receive the best of care. Fine specimens of the above breeds for sale at reasonatle prices, including several good stud dogs and brood bitches in whelp, Young Stock Always on Hand. WYOMING KENNELS, The LARGEST and EEST kennel of ROUGH-COATED SAINT BERNARDS in the world, comprising the following noted STUD DOGS: Champ. SIR BEDIVERE (19451), Acknowledged by the best Judges to be the most typical and perfect St. Bernard living. Winner of 58 first and special prizes, all in the best of company. Prizes include The One Hun- dred Guinea Challenge Cup four times, the Hal- sey Trophy twice, and the Deacon Challenge Cup twice. Stud. fee: -eyeel.. oes ee ue _.. $150.00 Champ. PLINLIMMON, JR, (6864). This grand young dog is a son of the world- renouned Ch. PLINLIMMON, and although only a little over three years old, is the winner of 27 first and special prizes, and site of some vood stock, Stud fee..... are Ne ee Sith . $30.00 LOTHARIO (18271), This grand headed young dog is by the famous Ch. VALENTINE out of that well known bitch SAFFRON. He is the only son of Ch. Valentine at stud in America, and from his breeding, and low stud fee, should be much sought after hy St. Bernard breeders. Stud fee.......-......... $25.00 St. Bernard Puppies For Sale. A select stock most always on hand, sired by the above dogs out of prize-winning bitches, at reasonable prices. WYOMING KENNELS, Melrose, Mass. JAS. E. GREEN, Manager. AT STUD. FEE $50 KING OF KENT (A.K.0.S.B. 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rap, Zig-Zag, Tapster and Maid of Kent. Pointer Puppies for sale. JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel! Club, Babylon, L. L. St. Bernards at Stud. 1, Sogearth, immense rough-coat. the only son of Lord Bute at stud in America. 2. Patrol, one of our best smooths, fee $35 each. JOHN KEEVAN, 195 King st., Brooklyn, N. Y. Y ORKSHRIRE TOY TERRIER. Champion Bradford Harry, described in show reports as “best Yorkshire in America.” Pedigree and winnings free, photos 50cts, A limited number of his puppies for sale. P. H. COOMBS, 1 Hzchange Block, Bangor, Me. Apply to - FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE Rob AND GuN. TERMS, $4A YEAR, 10 Ors, 4 Copy. I Src Montras, $2. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 1, 1891. { VOL. XXXVII—WNo. 11. No, 318 BRoADWAY, Naw YORK. CORRESPONDENOE. THe FOREST AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, Communications on the subject 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, ADVERTISEMENTS, Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. 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Sampson Low, Marston, Searles and Riving- ton, 188 Fleet street, and Brentano’s, 430 Strand, London, Hing. Brentano's, 17 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris, France, sole Paris agent for sales and subscriptions. Foreign subscription price, $6 per year: $2.50 for siz months. Address all communications Ferest and Stream Publishing Oc No, 318 BROADWAY. Naw Yorr Crry. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. | THe KENNEL. Lost. Lexington Dog Show. Sharks in Northern Waters. D-ath of Watch. A Venerable African. American Keunel Club Meet- Put Out the Fires. ing. Snap hots. Otiawa Dog Show. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Notes and Notions. Tales of the Old Woods. Dog Chat. The Pelicans ou Whiskychitto.| Kennel Notes. A Day en the Kalamazoo. Answers to Correspondents, WaToRAL HistoRY. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. How to Coilect Birds. Range and Gallerv. GAME BAG AND GUN, National Guard Inter-State A Grouss Huntin New Hamp- Sheot. Tne Aettler Rifle Club. shire, North Carolina Game Regions| Massachusetts Rifle Associa- To Massachusetts Sportsmen. tion. The Chatham Association. The Dayton. Sharpshooters. Chicago and the West. The Trap. SEA AN: RIVER FISHING. The Knoxville Inter-State. Camp Life on Muskoka Lake. The Arrow Rocks. Fishing Wiih Trained Cormo- East Orange. N. J. Tants. DH. Dog Tavern Gun Club. Chicago #nd the West. YACHTING. | Ar gling Notes. A Uorinthian Cruise. Waslington Anglers. Massachusetts Y. C. EFISHCULTURE. Gloriana. Rainbow Trout Planting. Facts and Fallacies About THs KENNEL. Giloriana. Spaniels Used for Snort. CANOEING. Ganocing in 1891, Vesper BK. C Regatta. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Acclima'ization of Dogs. Tne Irish Setter. Montreal Dog Suow. SHARKS IN NORTHERN WATERS. Ae. unusual number of large sharks has been reported -\. during September in Long Island and Fisher’s Island sounds. To these the name of man-eater is gener- ally applied. Asa matter of fact, however, the trueman- eating shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is rarely seen on our coast. This species grows to a length of 25ft. and to the weight of one ton, being surpassed im size only by the basking shark. It is a relative of the enormous shark whose teeth occur fossil in the phosphate beds of South Carolina, Any shark measuring 9 or 10f¢, in length is liable to be called a man-eater, and not without warrant, for all of them will attack man with slight provocation or when suffering from hunger. A few days ago Mr. Willard Nye, of New Bedford, Mass., was attempting to feed a small dusky shark at Woods Holl with the meat ofaclam, He hada theory that the animal would turn before taking the food and would be slow in its move- ments; but to his surprise the shark snapped sidewise “as quick as lightning,” took the clam and three fingers of the hand that fed it. Other sharks in the pool, at- tracted by the sight of blood, dashed up to the edge and would have made serious work if a victim had been within reach. The notion that sharks always roll over when taking food is deeply rooted in the popular mind, but the foundation for this theory is not evident. But we have seen them taking menbaden in the side of the mouth while in the upright swimming position, shaking the head like a dog until the sharp teeth cut off a portion of suitable size and afterward picking up the remainder of the fish, provided some other shark had not captured it, As Mr. Nye says, the shark is totally depraved and swift in his depredations; it is, therefore, a dangerous associate in close quarters, and bathers who fear it are wise, Its indifference to. pain is notorious; at Woods Holl, Mass., some years ago a great many examples were cut open to ascertain the nature of their food and in- ternal parasites, and in some cases the contents of the abdomen were removed entirely, It was supposed that such rough surgery would kill them; but some of the evisverated specimens were seen swallowing food after the operation as readily as if nothing had happened. THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. pee time has come for the fixing of shooting dates in the Amateur Championship for revolver shooting, In fixing the conditions, ForrsT AND STREAM, with an eye to the greater convenience of the greatest number, discarded the ordinary match method of getting all the contestants together for one grand simultaneous shoot, with all its inconveniences and virtual handicap tomany of the competitors. Instead, it was decided to have the competition fixed to suit, as far as possible, the conveni- ence of the shooters. This was the more readily decided upon since the distance—20 yards—permitted the use of galleries, where the conditions are practically uniform, and where various dates of shooting would not involve the chances of differing weather conditions. From the number of trial-practice targets called for and sent out since the conditions were announced some months ago, it is certain that much preparation has been going forward in anticipation of possible participation in the match, If those wishing to make record scores now will write to ForEST AND STREAM, places and dates will be arranged for the shoots. These, of course, will be public trials, and due notice will be given in our columns of all steps taken. The conditions, it will be remembered, are framed on the most liberal scale, with the intention of permitting the best arms to come to the front in the setting of a very high standard of revolver work. PUT OUT THE FIRES. A ees distressing reports of forest and prairie fires in the West, with consequent loss of human life and destruction of property, have in them a warning for shooters and campers. Particularly should the caution be heeded in areas affected by drouth, where the burn- ing of a discharged gun wad or the spread of an aban- doned camp-fire may cause a conflagration. It is.a curi- ous trait of humanity that individuals who are sensible enough in the customary walks of life manifest excessive stupidity and a thoughtlessness little less than criminal the moment they step aside from the rut. A grown up man will fool with a camp-fire in a dry time with all the innocent glee of a baby playing with a can of nitro- glycerine, and quite as unconscious of any possibilities of harm. The careless woods visitor who starts a forest fire usually pleads thoughtlessness and ignorance; but this is at best a poor plea and less worthy now than for- merly, In these days of forestry commissioners and sports- men’s literature, no reasonable man can pretend that his ignorance should relieve him of the consequences of his folly. For one thing, if a person would share the enjoy- ments and reap the benefits of a forest outing, he ought first of all to acquaint himself with the rudiments of woodcraft; if he will kindle fires in the woods, he first must inform himself about woods fires, and how to care for them. As for them who will not so equip themselves and with information so forearm themselves, let them be debarred from the woods, and confined to the town where fire departments are maintained. LOST, TORIES are told of guides who have dropped sticks into streams to find which way they were flowing, and when the sticks went in a different direction from what they thought was right, disregarding their plain testimony, and avowing that the stream was running up hill, Other stories are told of hunters who have been found frozen to death in the depths of tangled swamps with compasses picked to pieces because they would not point the way the bewildered man thought they should, and so were plainly out of kilter. These stories, though individually unreliable, bear wit- ness to a general truth. The fact is that itis the easiest thing in the world under certain circumstances to become “turned around” in the woods, and noone is exempt from this failing. . Old hands know and understand this fact. It is only the tyros who do not, and who ridicule those who own up to haying been lost. And when these scoffers go into the woods themselves, nine times out of ten there comes a night when they do not turn up at camp. Then there is rejoicing among those who have borne their arrogance, for it is the turn of these to crow, and they who laugh last laugh best. In a fiat wooded country with the sun obscured and no compass to guide him the best woodsman is apt to lose his way, Under less unfavorable conditions the same thing often happens from preoccupation. Interest in hunting or fishing drives away all thought of one’s course till suddenly he is rudely roused to find that he is in an unfamiliar wilderness with no notion of the way out. SNAP SHOTS. A MICHIGAN law of this year embodies a principle unquestionably sound, but quite generally disre- garded, respecting the stocking of private waters at pub-, lic expense. The statute provides that when any nayi- gable or meandered waters shall have been stocked with fish by the State or by the United States, the fishing in such waters shall be free to the public and limited only by general legal restrictions as to times and methods. The people shall have access to the waters for fishing, and no proprietor of adjoining lands shall recover for trespass more than any actual damage sustained. We believe that Michigan is the first to adopt suchalaw. It is the common practice in most States having fish com- missions to supply fry to individuals and clubs for private waters. While these recipients of State bounty are to be felicitated upon their good fortune, it is ditficult to un- derstand why their fellow men should be taxed to supply them with infant trout, any more than with infant pigs or chickens. Mr. Henry J, Thayer’s appeal to the sportsmen of Mas- sachusetts to spare the introduced grouse will meet with a cordial response. While the result of the under- taking to stock New England covers with Western grouse must for several years remain doubtful it should not be said that the Association failed, because the birds were killed off before they had fairly been given a chance. It is hoped that any observations of the grouse by gunners this autumn will be reported to Mr. Thayer, whose office is in the Stock Exchange Building in Boston. We print a 32-page paper to-day, fo make room fora large budget of newsy material. ; A VENERABLE AFRICAN. N® long ago we showed that the story of the man who was pulled up out of a hollow tree by a bear was very ancient, and had been told and retold as original in widely separated parts of the world. There are num- erous other pleasant little tales equally widespread, equally credible as of local happening, and not a whit less ancient. The other day a reader sent in for our ‘‘Camp-Fire Flickerings” (where, it must be confessed, some venerable jokes have been printed), a deer-hunting story, which he vouched for as never having been in print. It was recognized as an oft-told tale. The FOREST AND STREAM printed it more than ten years ago. It was given in the Spirit of the Times away back in the 380’s; and no doubt one familiar with earlier shooting literature of Great Britain could trace it further still. Here is the story: “That reminds me.’ Ionce heard a good story that Ido not think has ever been in print. We were camped one night on the St, Francis River in the Sunk Lands where we were hunting. In the party was an old hunter, a typical Southern gentleman of the old school, who told among others the following story: In the old days, before the war, 1 was living on my plantation in Louisiana, and ajl my neighbors, prosperous planters, were ardent sportsmen like myself. In those days every Southern gentleman had a body servant who was always with his master and acted as his general factotum, and usually between the two there was a sineere and kindly regard. A neighbor of mine, who was devoted to field sports, had a seryant.of whom he was very proud and who also had 9 natural loye for fhe chase. So, whenany hunting was to be be done. master and man were alwas found together. One night a party of us were on a steamboat on our way to New Orleans, and among the party, who were all neighboring planters. was my friend George and his inseparable body servant Joe. We were sitting in the cabin one night and had told many stories of the chase, and George had distinguished himself particularly for the many seemingly improbable stories that he told, but whem we seemed incredulous and inelined to question he would eall Joe in, who would verify the story and explain how such a wonderful shot wasmade. “One evening,” said George, “T was hunting ina 202 \Ocr, 1, 1801, -— FOREST AND STREAM. Swamp near my plantation. Ti was getting late in the evening and Joe had tied the horses and was following me up. I came to an open spacein the treesand paused, and while standing there a fine 5-point buck came outintotheopenand stopped. Iraised my rifle and fired:andthe buck jumped intotheair andfell dead. Ithen went up to bleed him and to my surprise I found him shot through theshead and through the hoof of his hindfoot. This, gentlemen, is the most wonderful shot I eyer made.” Some remarks were made which were calculated to cast suspicions on the truthfulness of the story and Joe was called in to dispel any lingering doubts, as he had seen theshot made. ‘Yes, sah,” said Joe, scratching his wooly head, afterjhe had been told the story, “I was with Massa Gawge when he shoot dat bick, and he act pow’ful queer, dat deer did. I was standin’ right behind Mars Gawge when he shoot and I was watchin’ dat deer, and jes as Mars Gawege threw up his pun to shoot dat old buek looked round awful curis likeand den, jeaas Mars Gawge pulled de trigger de old buck reached forward with his hindleg and scratched his nose with his foot, and de bullet bit ‘im in de foot and den went into his head jest at de year and killed ‘im.’ And Joe rolled up the whites of his eyes and showed his ivo- ries in a smile that’wascontagious. Later that night Joeand his master were together at the bar of the boat just before retiring, and Joe was heard to remark: “Dat was pow’ful close, Mars Gawege, when IT had to explain dat shot, but all at once I *mem- hered seein’ a deer feedin’ down by de byou, and all of a suddin he reached for’d with his hindfoot and scratched his year, and den I seed how it was done. But it was pow’ful elose, Mars Gawege.” Another version is contained in the entertaining little volume of “Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast,” by Mr, C, C. Jones, Jr, had a place with the Buh Rabbit stories: Er Buckra man bin berry lub fuh hunt deer. Eh nussen fuh brag too. Eh hab er Serbant wuh always gone wid um der wood fub dribe de deer. Him bin berry fond er eh Mossa, an eh ready any time fuh schway ter de tale wuh him tell bout how much deer nem killand way dem shot um. Onetime dis Buckra man bin tell eh fren say him shoot er deer long er rifle, an wen eh gone fuh zamine um, eh fine say de ball shoot off en hine foote an hit umeen eh yes. Him fren couldn’t see how dat happne, an dem yent bin want fuh bleeye de tale. Den de hunter man call pon topper him Serbant fuh proobe wuh him binsay. De Serbant speak de wud same luk him Mossa bin talk um, Den de gentle- mans ax um how de same ball could er hit de deer een eh hine toot an een eh yez same time. De Nigger cratch eh head an den eh mek answer: “Gentlemans, me spec wen Mossa fire pon top- per um, de deer mus be bin er bresh fiy offer eh yez wid eh hine foot.” Dat sorter saterfy de gentlemans, and sabe de Buckra man wud, Arter the gentlemans done gone, de Serbant call eh Mossa one side an eh say: “Mossa, me willin fuh back anything you say bout hunt an kill deer, but lemme bague yon nex time you tell bout how you shoot um, you pit the hole closer. Dis time you mek um so fur apart me hab big trouble fur git um togerruh.” Che Sportsman Courist, TALES OF THE OLD WOODS. A [apantses years ago the South Shore of Lake Superior was a great wilderness, save a few scattered towns along the shores. Back in the woods there was an almost impenetrable forest for a hundred miles or more. There the explorer found much to interest him besides the valuable minerals which he was in search of. The game was in the greatest abundance, both small and great, and the remembrance of it lingers pleasantly in my mind to thisday. The student of natural history too had much to learn of the habits of animals now quite ex- tinct in that region. It was there that one could study the habits of the black bear, the various fur-bearing animals, and fish in great variety. Bear, beaver, otter, lynx, and even the rare black wolf, were to be found without the seeking, they ran across one’s path continu- ally. I have met the bear face to face within 10ft. and neither of us flinched. Once I left the trail to gather a few luscious blackberries that hung temptingly over a big fallen pine. A rustling on the other side drew my attention and looking up there wasa bear so busily en- There it is given in the vernacular of the Sea Island negroes, among whom it appears to have was all that was left of some poor fellow who had been lost, and lost his reason in his fear and despair. After- ward we were told that a man had gone hunting from a pais and had never returned. We gave the bones to mother earth, and carried away shreds of his clothing and his sandy beard; but no one could identify them. A sad tragedy, of which those woods might relate several, Beaver were so abundant at that time that one of my men took over $800 worth of furin one winter. It was a grand opportunity for studying these curious creatures, And this reminds me of a matter recently mentioned in the FoREST AND STREAM, Itisin regard to the sinking of the wood laid up by the beavers for their winter rations. These sticks are kept at the bottom of the water in the same way that the boy’s toy called a sucker sticks toastone. The sticks are partly sunk in the mud and cannot rise because the water presses on them and cannot get under them to float them. There are many little scientific toys used in popular science based on this prin- ciple, only it is the air and not the water that is the material used. I had a water mill there and took the water from a well inhabited beaver pond. The water kept stopping in spite of all our tapping of the dam, which had been made by beavers. It was the beavers which I had seen bringing sticks to fill the opening we made in the dam. It wasa choice between the beavers and the mill which should have the water, and to my great regret the beavers had to give up possession. I shot the last one bringing sticks to close the dam and saw him beat them down and stir up the mud and dead leaves with his tall to fill the crevices between the sticks, Then we had the water in peace, These animals are as playful as children. I haye watched them for an hour at their slide on a steep bank, which was worn quite smooth by use. They would crawl up the bank, or rather wabble in an ungainly way, and run around to the slide and coast down into the water, where they would chase each other about as so many boys might do. The hindquarters of the beaver are delicious meat, The canyasback duck is not more toothsome, and the tail is a mass of rich jelly-like fat. For years it was one of the delicacies of our camp life. A bear’s ham often varied it when we were tired of it, It was here that Mr. Mor- gan gathered materials for his book on beavers, the only one extant, I believe, and IT had the pleasure of taking him to many of their dams in this neighborhood, One dam I showed him was nearly a quarter of a mile long. Then the deer were so numerous that one day in the early winter I saw more than 300 brought into the village, that had sprung up by that time around the iron mines, and I bought a fine buck that weighed over 300lbs for $1, The fat was three fingers thick on his loins. The skin made a fine sleigh robe, southward at this season. The trout, now alas all gone, were of the finest. to 5lbs, one. off the log and found myself up to my neck in the water, with all I could do to keep myself from going in deeper. I thought I had a lake trout about a 100lbs. weight on my Four of hook, But it was only a 5dlb. speckled trout. us took as many as we could pack home (it was 60 miies away) in one day’s fishing. We carried salt with us to cure the fish, and smoked them, after a light salting, over a smudge of birch bark. Thus prepared, these large trout are delicious, But they will not keep over a few days, or the over salting spoils them. One hour in the salt is enough. And so is my story for this time. ae THE PELICANS ON WHISKYCHITTO. “fTXHE PELICANS” are unique. They (or it) are (or is) a club—but a club without organization, without constitution or by-laws, without officers or members, without even a name, Sometimes they are called ‘Peli- cans,” on account of their fondness for fish, and their capacity for catching and eating the same; sometimes the **P, D. Q.’s,” because, when they make up their minds to go a-fishing they are off with a celerity that astonishes more slowly-moving persons; sometimes ‘‘The Truthful Jimmies,” on account of the strict veracity gaged in the same pursuit that he seemed in no way dis- { which marks the narration of their exploits, and some- turbed at my appearance. He went on picking berries, gathering the vines in his arms and eating indusiriously, while I was picking my way backward and left him to his enjoyment, being unarmed. I had several camps in the woods which were used oc- casionally, and it was impossible to keep these animals out of them. They burglarized them constantly, and made shreds of the blankets. Going to one of these camps one day, with one of my men, a half-breed Frenchman, we heard a terrible scrambling, and when near the camp saw a most comical sight. A big bear had been licking out an old butter keg, and had got his head fast in it. There he stood on his haunches, pawing for all he was worth to get the keg off his head. How he danced and rolled in his efforts was a sight never to be forgotten. We had no weapons with us or I could have got the finest skin I ever saw, It shone like silk, and waved as he danced about, like the long fur on the shakos of one of the old English lifeguardsmen. My Frenchman was in ecstacies. ‘Voila! voila!” he cried out. See him danser, See him pirouetter. Sacre N. de D.,” and roll- ing on the ground he laughed until he was black in the face. J] was equally incapable of doing anything, if any- thing could be done, This went on for several minutes, while both of us made the woods ring, and so scared the bear that he bolted against a big tree and burst the keg and went off without saying good-bye, with the hoops about his neck. That camp was never disturbed after that. The mosquitoes and black flies were past belief for quantity. 1 have struck my pick in the moss on the rocks and raised such a cloud of them that it was impos- sible to breathe, and a sudden retreat had to be made, Once one of my men was so tortured by them that he became insane and ran off like a deer, and althouch I had him searched for for several days we never found him. Men were frequently lost in those woods. One day IT came upon a melancholy sight. The branch of a small birch was bent nearly to the ground over a ghastly heap of old clothes and bones.. The small end of the limb was looped, and twisted in it was a-bunch of sandy hair, Thig — times by other names, complimentary or otherwise, none of which they acknowledge. But as, for the purpose of these chronicles, they must have a name, that of ‘‘Peli- cans” will do as well as any, It was a typical mid-summer Louisiana day when the Righter, hot and perspiring from his eight-mile drive from his plantation on Bayou d’Anglais, dropped into the elub’s headquarters, in Lake Charles, to seek a glass of ice water, a fan, an easy chair and a whiff of the cool Gulf breeze. There he found The-Old-Man-Who-Bakes- Fish and the Maiden, clad in the scantiest vestments that decency would allow, wiping the sweat from their brazen foreheads and, as they smoked their pipes, discussing ways and means fora trip to Whiskychitto after bass, or, as we misguided Southerners call them, trout. To them the Righter listened in silent contempt for a while, and then, in choice and forcible Anglo-Saxon, gaye his opinion of any set of blanked fools who would ride forty miles in a lumber wagon, under a broiling August sun, to a place they none of them knew anything about, in a helpless attempt to catch fish in a season of the year and a stage of water when nothing but gars and mud-cats would bite. And if they expected him to make such a variegated and consummate ass of himself as to join such an expedition of cranks and lunatics, they were big- ger fools even than he had always known them to be, if such a thing were possible. When the Righter’s breath and his stock of objurgations were equally exhausted, the Old Man said, placidly, ‘‘We’ll leave here about 5 o’clock Wednesday morning and be at your place in time for breakfast. Have your traps all ready and half a dozen big watermelons on ice.” “All right,” promptly responded the Righter, ‘-P'll be all ready for you.” So about § o’clock on the appointed day up rolled the wagon to Bayou d’Anglais plantation, and out tumbled the Old Man, the Maiden and the Churchman, hungry from their long ride. Breakfast was soon done with, and off they started, anxious to make as much headway as possible before the sun became too hot. - ge As the Maiden was the one who had proposed Whisky- The Indians had caught these deer in their long <-shaped fences as they migrated Ata river then called the Yellow Dog, I have taken them up The first experience with this river was a wet Istood on the end of a log projecting over the water to avoid the brush, and cast my hook baited with a grasshopper. Before I had recovered myself I was jerked chitto, they naturally looked to him for guidance; but he, with that shy modesty which befitted his name, had failed to reveal to them the fact that he knew nothing about the place, and still less about how to get there, As none of the rest knew anything more than he did (about the road, I mean), they began to inquire the way of every one they met. This was a well-conceived scheme, and might have worked all right had they met any one who knew the road, But no one did, and as each wayfarer met was 100 kind-hearted not to do the best he could for them by sending them in a new direction, and as they implicitly followed each one’s advice, the result was that their tr: ck, if platted, would have looked like a streak of forked lightning. They had intended to camp for the night at Phillips’s Bluff, and, from the directions received, began to think that Mr. Phillips must own every bluff on the river for a hundred miles from itssource. They went N.N.E. by W_S.W. and 4 N., with an occasional change of course to E,S,W. and + N W, by W_N.W., varied with tacks to H.N.E, by W., or W.N.E, by S. And4 s0 on, over the prairie, across_bélts of pine woods, through stretches of cypress swamp they kept their dogged way, scorched hy the blistering sun, soaked with sudden tropical showers and bitten and punctured by sandflies and gallinippers, and through it all the Old Man kept his cheery good humor, the Maiden quietly sucked at his pipe or blushingly told modest little stories of his experiences with Redbones and with preachers; the Churchman placidly flicked gigantic horseflies off his near mule or cracked a dry joke when the road or the heat was worse than common; while the Righter heaped maledictions upon all fools who went afishing and an- athematized roads, people, weather and the universe in general. When at last they stopped for the night at old Belizare’s they only knew that after a day’s-steady travel they were seemingly no nearer the fishing grounds than when they started. To them, in this state of doubt and despair, cameriding by on his way home, a certain Creole, named Meel-yaw (by phonetic spelling), who kept a ferry on Upper Dar- bonne. He reported fish plenty there, and told such a glowing tale that next morning the Pelicans moved on to his place, guided through the swamp and woods by old Belizare, who, with the courtesy and kindheartedness so characteristic of these people, neglected his own business and rode miles out of hiv way to do a kind act to a party of entire strangers. But, alas! either Meel-yaw was mis- taken or the fish were not in a humor for biting. For three days the Darbonne was fished persistently, but, with the exception of a few small ‘‘pearch,” the results were nothing. The weather was torrid, and ticks and red bugs by day, and gnats and mosquitoes by night, made life hardly worth the living, “Mr, Tanner,” the colored gentleman who acts the combined parts of guard- ian angel, caterer and cook to the club, had a hard time - of it during those three days. Had he been taken out, tied to a tree, and ‘‘given forty,” one-tenth as many times as that procedure was threatened, he wouldn’t have had skin enough left on his back to cover a flea, And, as if his tribulations by day were not enough, his nights were one prolonged torture, for, with the improvidence of his race, he had neglected to bring a mosquito bar, and those bloodthirsty wretches consequently made his life a bur- den, grievous to be borne. But his unfailing good humor and politeness never forsook him, and his cuffee waa as clear and strong, his fried fish and squirrel stew just as delicious, and all the duties of his position as aptiy and cheerfully performed, as though life were a bed of roses, and he in receipt of a princely salary, instead of doing and enduring it all for the mere love of it. For Mr. Tan- ner is as big a crank as any of the rest of the Pelicans, He’ll drop his work any day to go fishing, and the club could not exist without him. Sunday was a blue day in camp, The expedition so far had proved a failure, and the Righter’s *‘damnable iteration” of ‘‘I told you so,” didn’t tend to soothe ruffled tempers. If they hadn’t told their friends when they left that they were going to stay a week, they would have packed up and gone home, but, with that stubb rnne:s which had won for them the name of ‘'The Mule Team,” they were bound to stick it out. While ‘cussing and dis- cussing,” a visitor came in the person of Ben H. Ben was a long-lost brother-in law of the Maiden’s, though the latter, with his usual modesty, had failed to mention it, Ben told them that they were only five miles from the Whiskychitto, which was as full of bassas the pine woods were of ticks, and that if they would come and camp at his place he’d fill’em to the muzzle with peaches and melons, The Maiden replied, “Ben, you’re a liar, and you know it. There isn’t any such stream as the Whiskychitto —there’s not a bass in all Louisiana—and you haven’t got a melon or peach on your place, But no place Gan be worse than this, so we'll go—if only to make you ashamed of yourself.” And go they did, and it was a case of ‘Paradise Regained.” Ticks, mosquitoes, sand flies and red-bugs vanished as by magic, The weather smiled upun them clear and cool, like October in the Highlands. Eyery eddy and pool of the swift-flowing, sandy-bottomed stream was full of lively bass, ready to take the bait and try their tackle to the utmost. And, best of all, cheery, jolly Ben and his big-hearted sisters made them welcome in a way which excelled even the proverbial Southern hospitality. Nothing in, on or around the place was too good for them. Butter, eggs, milk, cheese, melons, peaches— everything was theirs, By day, Ben paddled them in the pirogue to the likeliest holes for bass, and at night or- ganized coon hunts for their amusement. It will bea long and cold day before the Pelicans forget what they owe to the Ben H. family. As soon as the first string of bass was taken, The-Old- Man-Who-Bakes-Fish proceeded to show how well he deserved the name. Sing, O Muse! the triumphs of his zeal and skill! How deftly he split them from head to tail, removing back-bone and fins; how tenderly he placed imside the slice of lemon and of onion, the pinch of pepper and of salt: how daintily he larded them with the sweet, fresh butter; how snugly he wrapped them in their envelopes of wet, brown paper; how cosily he tucked them away in their bed of hot ashes, and how the fire of genius lit his eye as he compounded the sauce, stirring and tasting, adding a drop bere and a pinch there, till it was neither too sweet nor too sour, too strong nor too weak, but simply and absolutely perfect. But what shall be said of the result, when at last the glowing embers were raked aside and the crisp wrappings were removed, while the fragrant steam arose, and the palate was stirred OCT: 1, 1891.) by a new and undreamed-of delight. The first few minutes passed in silence, for pleasure was too deep for words; then the Righter, laying down his knife and fork, arose and solemnly addressed his companions: a “T have eaten terrapin and canvasbacks on Chesapeake Bay, clam-chowder from Harpswell Point to Stratford Beach, broiled mackerel fresh from the Banks ere death had time to dim his prismatic hues, crab-2umbo in-the ald French market in New Orleans, salmon-roe on Puget Sound, kippered herring from Heligoland and flounders fresh from C ileasieu, but never in all the long years of a wandering life has anything so filled and satisfied my gastronomic longings as does this last triumph of the genius of our incomparable comrade The Old-Man-Who- Bakes-Fish. Giye me another3 pounder, please !” And the Churchman, breaking the philosophic silence which usually enwrapped him as the shell enfolds the pearl, said, calmly but firmly, ‘'Them’s my sentiments, too!” He By Os A DAY ON THE KALAMAZOO. HEN one goes a-fishing there is nothing like having a proper companion, and when I jointed my rod on the shady banks of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan a few weeks ago, I felt I was in great luck, My com- panion was the Sophomore of the University of Michigan. He had been with me several times before, but then only as a plain everyday youth who acknowledged there were many things yet to learn in this world of ours. But when a youth gets to be a Sophomore then his knowledge is supreme; he solves all problems off-hand; nothing is too deep for his understanding or his upperstanding. Never- theless, the Sophomore loved angling as a boy loves to steal watermelons, and his book lore on fishing was im- mense. He could quote from Prime and Nessmuk, from Walton and Henshall. And he had some ideas of his own, and good ones too. His great motto was ‘‘test your tackle,” “for,” said he, cocking his hat at a sophomoric angle, “many fish are lost at the critical moment from a failure of the tackle which a proper examination might have pre- vented.” This wassuch sound advice that Izaak, Jr., could not help saying, ‘‘Correct my boy. But we all know a heap sight more than we practice. When I was a Sopho- more like you many years ago I also was full of know- ledge; but as the years go by I am gradually unlearning, and if f live long enough I will yet know something,” Discoursing thus, we arrived at a choice stretch of fish- ing ¥round along a green, shady bank, where the river current was deep and strong, and where the bronzed old bass were wont, in times past, to ply their vocation and their avocation, And now, what a sight met our eyes! Along this choicest stretch of river was congregated a church picnic party, with all that it implies. Throwing sticks into the water, and splashing along the shores, seemed to be the principal pursuits of these excursionists, and while it was no doubt fun for them, it was exas- perating to us. So we turned the boat up stream for a mile above, where was another good reach of water, ‘‘I’d like to know,” I said to the Sophomore, ‘‘why, as soon as one finds a good spot for fishing, these blasted excursions and picnics have to come nosiug around and spoil one’s sport. Ain't this world big enongh without their haying to fol- low up the poor angler wherever he goes to render his life miserable? in your fence northeast to Horicon Marsh, the headwaters of the latter stream, where there is the great- est breeding ground in Wisconsin, and untold abundance of wild rice, though no celery. Thence the angle of the northern birds, not those bred on Horicon, bends north- west again to Puckaway Lake, celery and rice. Puck- away Lake is strung on the northern Fox River. which flows into big Lake Winnebago, thence via the Neenah River along the old Indian water trail from the Great Lakes, Still another angle the birds must make to get to aoe 205 Winneconne and Poygan marshes, about twenty miles from Oshkosh. Poygan Lake is strung on the Wolf River, which joins the northern Fox for Winnebago waters. We shall not follow the rail fence any further, and indeed I do not know whither it goes further, though the next jump must be a long one, for when the northern birds get in to Winneconne Marsh ahead of a storm they are very tired and hungry, and must have come a long way, certainly from far above the north line of Wiscon- sin, for we now have touched the last of the greater feed- ing grounds, Of all these grounds, the Horicon Marsh is the greatest natural breeding ground, and has been so for years. Indeed, we are now upon historic country, and could, if we liked, leave shooting for a time, and go into history of Indian and white man not altogether without pleasurable interest, Near the quiet little country village of Horicon, one of those old, old towns that never grew. you may see to-day, on the pleasant wooded biuifs which skirt the great marsh, the corn hills still intact, which mark the plant- ing grounds of the old Winnebago tribe, the first hunters, probably, who ever tasted the inimitable possibilities of that spot. Probably the Winnebagoes did little damage to the fowl beyond stealing an easy livelihood out of their eggs. They were lazy, like all Indians, co lazy that they planted their corn in these same hills, year after year, until the stalks dwindled and dwindled and hardly bore an ear. Even so the tribe dwindled, and when the Diana Club was formed the last of the few Winnebago families around the great marsh faded away from the old haunts and silently joined that infinitely pitiful procession of an almost forgotten race. But now we have overshot other history more directly essential toour purpose. In the earlier days white hunter and Indian hunter crossed each other’s trail in all this country, and the smoke of the wigwam answered that from the cabin of the pioneer. In those days the great strip of rice and boglands was known to the latter as the “Winnebago Marsh.” It was then, as it isnow, between twelve and fifteen miles in length and six miles wide at its greatest cross section. Then, also, as now, it was a wilderness almost impenetrable of bayou, bog and slough, covered with the densest conceivable growth of rice, flag, cane, grass, reed, weed and all the infinite vegetation of the marsh. The banks were wide apart and gradually sloping. Somewhere between the two rolling banks the channel of the Rock River formulated itself. At the vil- lage of Horicon it passed over and through a rocky ledge where it was possible to confine its waters with a dam, At this point that ancient citizen, Mr. Martin Rich, whom you may see to-day in Horicon and shake by the hand as I have done, built the dam for his big mill, “Mart” Rich’s dam was built in 1845, when this region was just beginning to settle up. It was a good dam. You can see proof of this yet in the timbers thereof which lie in ruins. It held the waters, but it could not stand the law. The farmers all claimed that it stepped on their riparian toes. Naturally from the configuration of this country this dam on the ledge at Horicon village backed the waters far and wide over the shallow basin, through which they flowed so sluggishly, The ‘‘Winnebago marsh” disap- peared from the face of the earth, and ‘‘Lake Horicon” took its place. This beautiful sheet of water, 16x6 miles In extent, filled all the basin up and lay high upon the sides of the timbered bluffs, as you may see by the water marks to-day. Jt wasa fine sheet of water. The wild- fowl! shooting was then simply magnificent, and the fish- ing also was remarkable. In the winter the ice held hundreds ef fishermen’s shanties, 206 FOREST AND STREAM. [Oct. 1 1891. Now, all this land under the lake was of questionable value at best, but some men Jove a law suit, and pioneers were eyer jealous of their rights. It seemed best for them to sue Martin Rich for backing water over their frog preserves or something of the sort. One by one they sued him, and one by one he beat them, till finally his purse gave out, which in the eye of human justice is the end of everything. Sothedam had to come out. Mart. Rich destroyed it in the fall of 1867. A great rush of devastating water lasting for days, a destruction of millions of pounds of fish, an unsettling for the nonce of all wildfow! plans, and the great lake was again a great swamp, only this time its name was changed to the ‘*Horicon marsh,” as it is known to-day. So the farmers got their hay lands and frog lands back again, and dreamed they owned the earth, because they. had purchased or stolen from the Government on very reasonable terms, Speculation in these swamp lands fol- southern and best portion of the marsh, had been leased for twenty-five years, the annual rental being $100. This lease has now been provided for out of the club’s sinking fund, Originally only 25 memberships were cold, and the bulk of these were placed in Horicon and Milwaukee at first. It chanced that Mr. Percy F. Stone, one of our prominent Chicago sheoters, who was born and raised in Wisconsin, happened to be passing through that part of the State when he heard of the starting of this club, in the spring of *85. He knew the marsh, and was interested at once, so much so that he telegraphed to the incorporators to meet him at the train as he passed south. To them he said, in brief, and while the train was waiting, ‘‘I will take five memberships.’ Arrived at Chicago, he forth- with tcok in on his spare tickets his friends J, O. Pierson, C. Hi. Cole, E. J. Marsh and ©. C. Germain. These five formed a club within a club, and put up what is known as boat Lt la nd ——___ _——. eS MAP OF HORICON lowed, and the upshot of it all was that the taxes never got paid, and the land reverted to the United States Goy- ernment. Enter now upon the scene of one of those things known as a syndicate, in which Mr. Truman A, Woodford, Mr. Shepherd and Mr. G. H. Lawrence figured principally, This syndicate was known as the ‘‘Mechanics’ Union Mfg. Co.,” and it bought of the Goverment at auction sale at a price so low as 7 cents an acre a large body of the 25,000 acres covered by the marsh. -The wildfowl clung steadily to the Jake or marsh all this time, paying no attention to the litigation, and within the last decade the desirability of a great wild- fowl! preserve here became apparent to a number of Wis- consin sportsmen, The Diana Shooting Club of Horicon was formed and incorporated, the charter members being Messrs. 8. E. Davis, W. A. Van Brunt, C. A. Hart, J. B. Hayes and Geo. H. Lawrence, June 8, 1883, was the date of the club’s incorporation, but on March 20, 1883, a lease had been arranged with the syndicate above men- tioned, by which 5,800 acres of land, comprising the CLUB GROUNDS. , the Chicago Shooting Box, where things were long run in a highly exclusive and bang-up style, dinner in courses, white caps on the cooks and waiters, and all that sort of thing, This comfortable club house, four rooms, with plenty of bunks and lockers for chance guests, made the only club building on the grounds. A Milwaukee and Horicon contingent built a big and roomy cabin boat, which is annually anchored at the edge of the marsh, as high up as the channel will permit, and other parties 7) have put up shanties on the drier portions of the még for as may well done and highly useful, both to the reader and to shooters interested in this marsh. As explanatory of the map, we may quote from the club history written some years ago by a gentleman who was a member of Con- gress, or of the Legislature, or something, and who may therefore be supposed to be way off better able to write about itthan I am: Nearly every species of migratory water fowl known to the in- land waters of North America can be found here. Mallard and be seen by reference to the accompanying nyer hia The latter is the personal work of Mr. Stone, and ifuye blue-winged teal breed here in immense numbers. Woodduck, wWidgeon, spoonbi]l and redhead are plentiful. The canvasback is occasionally taken,and when the autumn flight southward fairly sets in, the pintails seem to outnumber all other varieties. While this entire mgrsh tract presents attractions for sports- men unsurpassed, except in the far West and North, the grounds controlled by this club are the choicest to be found in the exten- Sive area covered by the marsh. They are easy of access, especi- ally from Horicon by the river, which winds circuitously north- ward for a distance of about three miles, when it becomes lost in an infinite number of channels, bavous and sloughs trending in every direction and of every conceivable shape. Followingtothe eastward this labyrinth of bog and channel, one soon reaches the *‘Four-mile-island Bay,” a sheet of water covering an area of about three hundred acres. On its eastern shore rises a ridge of hard land, not many years ago denuded of its timber, but now thickly covered with a growth of young trees, which is known as “Four-mile Island,” the favorite resort of camping parties. To the north of this bay is the “Skirmish Line.” A channel connects the *\Four-mile-island Bay’? with a sheet of water covering about an equal area called “Malzen’s Bay,” into which the east branch of the river debouches its waters and affords access to the grounds from the east. West of the ‘‘four-mile-island Bay,” and con- nected with it by several channels, is a sheet of water covering about one hundred acres, which from the shallowness of the water and the interminable depth of the mud, is known as “Mud Bay.” West of this, one again enters the maze of bog and bayou, but after wending a distance of about two miles, reaches another sheet of water ot about two hundred acres called ‘‘Mieske’s By.” A mile north of this is the largest sheet of water on the grounds of the club, known as the “Big Lake,” and covering about twelve hundred acres, and continuously supplied by the waters of the West Branch. From all these principal sheets of water innumer- able inlets, estuaries, bayous and sloughs, bordered with sedges, flags, reeds and the various rank vegetation of the marsh, trend and windin all directions and for seemingly endless distances, thus forming thousands upon thousands of acres fitted to the very highest degree by nature as the home of the waterfowl. One lost in the infinite intricacies of these morasses, at the gloam'ug just preceding nightfall, when the myriad animal life 18 momentarily silent, cannot fail to be deeply impressed with the sense 0: utter seclusion and desolation which everywhere per- vades the place, But in a hazy autumn afternoon, when the fields and woodlands that fringe the great basin in which you stand are clothed in brown, and yellow, and crimson, and gold all around the horizon, and the western sky is bathed in the warm, soft tints of an October sunset, the desolate, uninviting picture, upon which a mere spsck you are penciled, is lost and forgotten in the gorgeous beauty of the frame in which it is set, It will be observed that the grounds leased by the Diana or ‘‘Horicon” Club are about 5x3 miles in extent, and cover all the open waters and channels of the marsh, Another club, with headquarters now at Milwaukee, con- trols all the marsh north of the Diana grounds; so that the whole marsh is preserved, A visit to the marsh shows it to be the most easily guarded territory imagin- able, The ground covered by the marsh growth is too soft for a trespasser to attempt on foot, and the few chan- nels which lead in to the shooting places can easily be covered by two or three watchmen. The club has two regular watchmen, both deputy wardens. Trespassing is practically unknown. For a time the club sold shoot- ing permits, but even these have now been abolished, and a few guns only own this magnificent preserve. The result of all these natural and artificial conditions is that the supply of wildfowl is simply astonishing, as I shall later mention in detail, At this very point, however, it should be chronicled that, law or no law, the club never has nor will permit spring shooting. The clubrules are so euaple and admirable that they are herewith appended in full, RuLH1. The open season for wildfowl shooting on the grounds of the club shall commence Sept. 1 and end Dec. 1 each year. RULE 2. Sec, 1. No person not a member shall be allowed to shoot upon the club grounds except asa guest of some member, pri thet: only upon a written permit issued by an officer of the club. Sec. 2. No member shall be allowed more than one guest to participate in the shooting privileges at any one time. Rue 8 Sec.1, The following table will govern the time for commencing and ceasing shooting for each day, viz.: Begins, Closes. GD be GORE. via beers meat et es 5:15 6:25 SepteIGtioslring sekesstcg aes. seblee bisa 6:00 Och Lieb ies ee eee 5:50 5:38 Ochs Lo tocol. ba ee 6:00 5:15 INOW: od houtipee 00) ed oot gue ance 6:20 4:55 OV SS LCLO OUss eee eee te) ole 6:40 4:35 Sec. 2. Any member violating this rule shall be liable to sus- pension or expulsion, at the discretion of the board. RuxLe4. No member, hired man, invited guest, or person hold- ing a Pens shall be allowed to shoot for the market on the club grounds. : : Rue 5. No one,member or otherwise, shall be allowed to bait | birds op the grounds of the club for shooting purposes under pen- alty of expulsion. ee Ruwes. No rifle, pistol, revolver or similar weapon shooting a ball at either game or targets will be allowed. and no gun of larger caliber than the ordinary 10-bore shotgun, fired from the shoulder, shall be permitted on the grounds under any circum- stances. There is no hobbledehoy business about this club. The men you meet there are gentlemen who observe only quiet and sportsmanlike methods. . But to return to the definite history of the club. The Chicago Shooting Box pursued its way very happily until death called away two of its members, Mr. Cole and Mr, Pierson. Their places were filled, but finally things so shaped themselves that it seemed wiser to turn in this property to the club, to extend the sale of memberships up to 40 out of the 50 to which the charter limits the club, to protect the lease, make some improvements and eventually to build a larger club house, In fine, this is the present policy of the club, the 40 mark has already practically been reached. The memberships are rapidly taken at the ridiculously low sum of $150, this, with the annual dues of $15, being cheap pay for such privileges. Little money is needed for spending on the marsh, for it needs small help to make it perfect, barring the-few watchmen and the expense of a ditch or two. The rey- enue from the dues will soon be enough to cover the ex- penses of this tight little corporation. Another novel source of revenue is the ‘‘rat money.” The marsh swarms with muskrats. Last year the club leased the trapping right to ‘Old Man Miescke,” a German farmer, whose land adjoins the marsh, and who has been a great help to the club in many ways. Miescke cleared $400 on the rat deal that year. An odd character, Miescke. Hecame to this spot forty years ago, when the country was perfectly wild. His fine house and barns show his success, as well as do his broad acres, He bought his farm with wild aeks, baited and slaughtered witha 4-bore. He killed ‘8 deks at one shot, once upon a time, The ducks, the anid last of all the club men, who need teams, push- 8, milk, eggs, chickens and what not, have in turn yielded golden harvest to this thrifty, dried up, but still hearty and vigorous old-man-of-the-marsh, . Connected with the club from the start, and so thor- oughly acquainted with its requirements, it was natural that Mr. Percy Stone, so good an executive officer withal, should have prominent place in all this recent work of reorganization and preparation, It was Mr. Stone that shouldered the responsibilities and infinite detail of get- ting ready for the opening of the season this fall, and each year, the day of days, tne “‘opening day.” — boats. Ocr, 1, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 207 converged all the chaotic wishes of his fellow members | deer and bear hide. Deer are very plentiful this year, into the happy focus of that event so eagerly avai ig year he had an additional and most serious source of trouble—the water on the marsh was too low to let in the This occurs about once or twice in five or six years, and while it does not affect the number of ducks, it does seriously affect the shooting, About four weeks ago, therefore, Mr. Stone had a dam built across the river, just below the ‘‘first channel,” about opposite the spot marked on themapas “Stony Island.” The river here runs through banks of peat and muck, its bottom yards down in fairly fathomless mud, The dam was builtof plank, peat, hay and mud, Theriver promptly burrowed under the dam, and blewa great hole out of it, This - was temporarily filled, and 19m, of water at the dam set the water’ back inthe channels so that the boats could goinallright. This was justin the Jastof August, but unfortunately, only a few days before the moment- ous Ist, Mr. Stone got a telegram that the dam had fone out again. It was therefore with some despond- ency that the shooting party started for the marsh. Work on the dam was continued persistently, and on Sunday, the 30th, the leak was gotten nearly under control. There seemed to be no bottom to the mud, Isaw a 16ft, fence board driven clear to the end into the mud at the dam, and the last blows of the sledge seemed to send it on down as easily as the first, No one can fathom the mud on Horicon Marsh, When this was Horicon Lake, the whole bog, rice, reeds and all, rose and floated, miles and miles of it. When the water was drained off most of the bog sankagain, If the water rises the bog rises also. There are two kinds of mud on Horicon, the kind that floats and the kind that sinks, If you break through the bog while wading through the wild rice, you may sink up to your hips, or up to your waist. You may strike terra jirma ina layer of sunken peat, or in one of the solid ledges which underlie portions of the marsh; or then again you may sink a thousand feet into the soft mud, the kind which doesn’t float, I dropped my jack knife while putting out my decoys. It fell in din. of water, but though I plunged my arm up to the shoulder after it, 1 never caught it, and think it is going yet. Study the infinite combinations of these two kinds of mud, the kind that floats and the kind that does not float, and you will soon learn that pushing a boat on Horicon Marsh is better when the dam holds. Tt held all through the Ist, 2d and 3d, but the water rose all too slowly. This dam cannot be permanent, It is much an engineering feat to make one permanent that side or Horicon Ledge; but granted that, and you have the key to the prettiest shooting situation in this part of the West. We have no marsh here which appraaches it. The fastnesses of the marsh protect the birds, and they are there in untold thousands. K. Hover, NORTH CAROLINA GAME REGIONS. gi eS from the immediate vicinity of the region of which Lam writing comparatively little is known of the attractions offered the sportsman. Little do the disciples of William Henry Herbert dream of the para- dise for the lover of sport in the Albemarle section of North Carolina, of the numberless resorts for water fowl .on its boundless waters, of the endless chains of forests, abounding with deer, and bear and turkey, and of the ‘broad fields where the quail and partridge feed. Curri- ituck Sound has enjoyed an enviable reputation among ishore shooters, long unchallenged by any rival within ithe United Siates, but of the other vast tracts of inland waters, and of the Southern home of field and forest game which has not been pounded to death by the con- tinual hammering of the holiday shooter, an ignorance ‘exists which is almost unjust. The design of this paper is not to depict incidents of iield life, but to afford specific information to those who care to enjoy it, consequently I shall confine myself mainly to pointing out localities which can be readily reached, To enjoy the sport in the Albemarle section ‘one must take several days if he be from the North, but ithe expenses need not be heayy, as all of the points I shall mention are within a few hours ride of Norfolk, by ithe Norfolk & Southern Railroad or its steamers. Nor- folk is connected directly by rail with nearly every por- tion of the United States, and by daily steamers with ‘Baltimore, Washington, New York, Providence and Bos- iton. The fare for the round trip from the two latter ‘cities is $18, by the Merchants’ & Miners’ steamers, and ifrom New York by the Oid Dominion is $13, These jprices also include meals and staterooms. At Norfolk the isportsman should stop at the New Atlantic Hotel, which mot only provides the comforts of a Northern hostelry, ibut a special rate is given, Currituck Sound, on the coast of North Carolina, un- doubtedly affords the best duck shooting to be found in this country: and it does notrequire a greater expenditure of time and money to indulgein it than the sportsman _ Swarm, ies a (can usually afford. All the conditions of shooting there ‘are pe for although, as in other places, there are good and bad days, still when the fowl do fly, they fairly Tt is nothing uncommon for a sportsman to kill 150 head of geese, swan and duck in a day’s shooting. Then again there is little or no exposure or hard work about it; the points are not remote, and the thermometer rarely falls below 40°; the grasses and reeds, not being cut down by the heavy frosts as they are further north, afford natural blinds, where one can stand or sit at pleasure without finding it necessary to lie on his back; deed, one often sits in a chair and waits for the birds. The Cur- fituck, the Swan island, the Lighthouse, the Narrows sland, the Palmer Island, and the Monkey Island clubs have shooting stations there. The shooting is best during the winter months, and in the main is done from a. Snipe shooting in the blind, a battery, or over decoys. marshes is yery good in season, and the forests are full of deer and bear. The route to Currituck from Norfolk is by the Norfolf & Southern Railroad to Snowden, the fare’ is $1.20, then by stage to the shooting grounds. Board is $2 per day, and the use of a boat and decoys about the same. At Snowden the fields are always filled with coveys of artridge. This year the birds are unusually plentiful. indeed, they are almost as numerous as English sparrows jn Central Park, The law is off Noy, 16, Living is reasonable, about $2 per day, : - From Snowden one also enters the Dismal Swamp, where and bears so unusually promiscuous that all the farms are posted with danger signs warning the sportsmen to look out for the bear guns which are planted in every concetvable locality. Narrow Shore, Church’s Island and Collington Island are most readily reached from Shawboro, which is 35 miles from Norfolk, fare $1.30, 01 the Norfolk & South- erm. The first two are best fo: duck, geese and swan, while Collington Island presents unusually good opportu- nities for the killing of deer, which, as I have said before, are yery plentiful this year. At Elizabeth City, 44 miles from Norfolk, on the Norfolk & Southern, fare $1.70, the grounds lie adjacent to the town, and snipe, squirrels, partridges, duck, fox, deer and bear are abundant. Fox driving is a very popular sport. The new Albemarle Hotel provides the best of accommo- dations at $2 perday. Bear hunting from boats in the Pasquotank River and Dismal Swamp Canalis very good. Nag’s Head, reached from Hliz ybeth City by the steamer Neuse, which, by the way, is an ocean steamer, fitted for ocean travel with its necessary accompaniments, presents good all-around shooting all the year around. Inthe season, snipe, curlew, willet, duck, geese, brant, swan, rabbit, squirrel, deer and bear offer excellent shooting. At Okisko, 58 miles from Norfolk, on the Norfolk & Southern, fave $1.95, squirrel, partridges, coon and bear are found. They are also prevalent at Winfall and Yeopim, {fAt Avoca, on the Chowan Rtver, near HEdentin, and reached by the Norfolk & Southern steamer Roberts for $8.70 from Norfolk, can be found nearly allgame. Tur- key is especially abundant, Bear and deer also offer ex- cellent sport. Dr. W. R. Capehart, who las there a plan- tation of several thousand acres,can furnish all particulars, An excellent inn has recently been erected at Bell Haven, on the Norfolk & Southern, for the express ac- commodation of sportsmen. It is 113 miles from Nor- folk and the fare is $4.05. Good waterfowl shooting may b3 had thereabouts, but deer are the attraction this year. Fourteen were shot in one day by two men recently. No man who has not visited the Albemarle section of North Carolina can have any conception of the plentitude of game, During the winter months the streams are alive with waterfowl. In the fields and forests is game without limit. No great judgment is required in select- ing a good spot, for the game is there, and any one who can pull a trigger can find satisfactory sport. FRANE A, HEywoon. THE CHATHAM ASSOCIATION, Editor Forest and Stream: Your readers have been advised from time to time of the yery commendable and successful efforts of the Chatham Fish and Game Agsociation to restock the lands in the Upper Passaic Valley with game birds and the river with game fish and prevent illegal shooting and fishing. The association is an incorporated body, and the statutes of New Jersey give power to members of fish and game protective associations io arrest without warrant any parties found illegally trespassing in shoot- ing and fishing. It may not be known, however, to many of your readers that the laws of New Jersey also forbid the shooting on such territory by any one not a resident of New Jersey. The penalty is exceedingly seyere, being not only a fine, but imprisonment and con- scation of guns, The territory included in the reservation of this Asso- ciation lies in the townships of Hanover, Livingston, Millburn, Summit, Madison, Chatham, New Providence and Passaic. The lands haye been thoroughly posted with ‘‘No Trespass” notices, and printed condensed state- ments of the game Jaws have been widely distributed. We learn that it is the intention of the Association to defend fully the rights given them by the statutes and through their contracts with land owners. It will there- fore be wise for those who are now arranging for locali- ties to be visited at the opening of the season to seek other points. We are heartily in sympathy with the course pursued by the Association, which seems to be the only effective way of restoring to the lands and waters the old time abundance of game and fish, A large number of quail were turned out in this terri- tory last spring and numerous coveys have been seen daily during the summer and fall, but the number that may be shot by any one member has very wisely been limited. The Association isin a very flourishing condi- tion. It has raised among its members a very large sum of money for further stocking the lands and waters, as well as for the erection of a commodious club house. The contracts for the erection of the building have been let. Its location is very central and extremely conven- ient for members and Jand owners, It is situated on Fairmount avenue, opposite the station of the D, L. & W. R,R, at Chatham, JERSEY BLUE. TO MASSACHUSETTS SPORTSM EN. PARTICULARLY OF MIDDLESEX, NORFOLK, PLYMOUTH, BRISTOL AND BARNSTABLE COUNTIES. HE Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion, in its efforts to restock the public shooting grounds of this State, last spring loosed 250 or more pin- nated grouse (prairie chickens) in different parts of the above mentioned counties, From reports received thus far it appears that the birds have thrived so well that at the present time there are probably atleast 700 to 1,000 scattered throughout the eastern portion of the State; and jvithout doubt many will be seen this fall by sportsmen. The association, through its committee, most earnestly requests that every sportsman let go unshot at, any of these birds, thereby helping toward success a work being carried on entirely by private subscrivtion for the benefit of every person in the Commonwealth who loves a gun. If not molested for a few years a splendid addition to our game will result, and Massachusetts will be the only State on the Atlantic coast where sportsmen may find this kind of game, Nothing exvept failure can be expected, however, unless eyery sportsman shall aid in protecting from harm these birds now for the first time in this State for over 150 years. Give the birds a chance to live. Henry J. THAYmR, Seo’y of Committee, Bosvos, Sept. 28, Matna’s Big GAMn,—We referred the other day to a letter written by Mr, E, HE, Harlow, of Greenville, Me., in the Bangor News, stating that several moose, deer and caribou had been wantonly killed in the vicinity of Moosehead Lake, by persons undetected, The News re- turns to the topic, and says: ‘‘Hrom a personal acquaint ance with Mr. Harlow, the News knows him fo be the soul of truthfulness, He has been around Kineo and Greenville for several seasons past, and knowsa majority oi the guides intimately. Hence, he is not liable to be im- posed upon by ‘hunter’s yarns. The inference is that he was rightly informed, that the guides saw what they re- ported, and thai Mr, Harlow consequently gave a correct account of actual events. Since printing Mr, Harlow’s communication, the News has taken pains to ascertain how far the Jaw is violated in the Moosehead region, and while if is not ready to publish all the details learned, enough was found out to show that Mr, Harlow’s report did not half tell the tale of illegal slaughter that is prac- ticed in that vicinity. Hmployees of the Bangor & Pis- cataquis Railroad state that deerhounds and foxhounds are constantly going ‘up Moosehead way, and that the owners of these dogs declare openly they are going to dog deer. Names of parties who keep dogs at Greenville for the purpose of chasing moose were also given, and many other valuable pointers to show where the law breakers hide, The same story with variations comes from other parts of eastern Maine, The name: of a sporting rendez- yous at Chemo where dogs are kept to run deer has been given to the News with other particulars that would be of value to, and is available for any honest game warden in the State. The FOREST AND STRHAM, with the instincts of a true sportsman, would be glad to learn that the re- portsare exaggerated. So would the News; and while the News is practically convinced that the reports are true, it still waits, hoping to hear of arrests for law breaking. or, what is better still, a cessation of the most unholy prac- tices that now prevail. The State of Maine is a grand old State, It is full of brave, law-abiding men and noble women. Ibis ashame, the News confesses, that there are cowardly lawbreakers who lay claim to citizenship, Yet itis a lasting shame and disgrace to the game commis- sioners and wardens to allow such deeds to go on from year to year without making a vigorous attempt to bring the offenders to justice. In conclusion, the News requests all persons who know of parties who are violating the game laws of this State to send full particulars to this paper. The names of those sending the particulars must accompany eyery letter, but will not be used if the writers desire to remain unknown, It is time that the pirates of Be forest were shown up, They have ruled the State too ong. WAYS OF THE RuFFED Grousy.—The ruffed grouse be- hayes at times in so strange and unusual way as to lead the most experienced observer and keenest student of woodcraft to wonder what its motives are. While in pursuit of this bird, in company with my brother, I was walking on a pasture land along the edge of a woods and had stopped at a point 1 deemed favorable, my brother being at the time some distance within the cover, when a grouse started, The bird flew toward me, and making a rapid swerve alighted on the greensward directly in front of me, just outside of the woods, He certainly was not over 25ft, away. As soon as he lit, as is their habit, he straightened up, and turning his head from side to side, looked around him, Gn the impulse of the moment without thinking, being somewhat excited perhaps, I drew up,and without taking aim fired atthe bird. I had now done an unsportsmanlike act, and yet I had not shot a grouse on the ground. For strange to say not a shot had hit the bird, The whole charge went over and tore to atoms the foliage behind him. When I took the gun down there was the bird as before, he had not moved aparticle. Thus we stood looking at each other for about a half minute, when my brother having heard the report of the gun, approached, the bird turned his bead at the noise, and then taking a fewsteps Hew and like a bolt disappeared through the foliage. When my brother came up I related the incident .to him, and it was his opinion that the grouse remained after I had shot af him because he was paralyzed with fear. Was this the fact? or was it courageous conduct, combativeness? or was the bird fascinated by the sound of the gun? I leave the reader to decide this point and add another to the ways of this mysterious bird of the woods.—Dorp, Hunting DEER with Bird DoGs.— Portland, Ore. — Clear out here (at so near the ‘“‘jumping off place” that we smile when reading of people going ont into the far western wilderness of Montana or Dakota, which to us seems a long way east), l wish to echo the request of “Aztec” that we may hear more from ‘‘H. L.” or others who know anything about still-hunting deer with bird dogs. Although it is hardly necessary in this compara- tively little hunted country to use a dog, yet a dog com- panion is naturally desirable. Hspecially is it the case with one who as myself much prefers hunting alone rather than with human company, cronies excepted of course. Now, if we can train our faithful bird dogs to assist us in locating close game or in tracing the trail of wounded ‘‘meat,” cannot we all see how much more of a fellow feeling and love we may justly claim for our glossy chum of the silken ears?—Lovuis B. AKIN. HAMMERLESS GuNSs.—The reason why I mentioned hammerless guns as being dangerous was that many persons are apt to be careless in their use on account of their fancied security, not that 1 intended to hint they were insecure because of their mechanism, A gun, no matter what make or character, should, like the working end of a strange mule, be treated with consideration.— REIGNOLDS, For ‘‘CHICAGO AND THE WEST,” see page 221. OnE Moment, PoEASE.—Do you contemplate visiting Dubudue, St, Paul, Minneapolis, Marshalltown, Des Moines, St. Joseph, Leayenworth, Kansay City, or any point in the Northwest, the Puget Sound resinn or the balmy South or Southwest? The Chicage, St. Paul and Kansas City Railway will furnish you transportation enabling you to safely, quickly and comfortably Teach your destination. Its splendid eqhipment_and excellent management haye made it a popular favorite, H, Lorn, Gen- eral Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago, I1L—Adu, em A Boor Axsour Inprans.—The FOREST AND STREAM will mail frase on brphoation & descriptive circular of Mr, Grinnell’s book, “Pawnee Hero Stories and Wolk-tales,” giving a table of contents ' gnd specimen ilustrations from the yolume.—Adv, 208 WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 26.—At the meeting this week of the Worcester Fur Company the following names were proposed for membership: Arthur C, Moore, Sturbridge; D, F, Joslin, M, A. Moffit, H. M. Ingraham, EJ. Bates, A. L, Joslin, Oxford; H, C. Newell, Ashburnham; W, P. Brigham, Boylston; F, EK. Harrington, West Brookfield; Samuel South, Wilson White, Hopkinton; BH, W. Gill, Princeton; Byron Stewart, Millbury; W. L. Taft, Whit- insyille; Chas. Crompton, H. W. Wyman, Harry W. Smith, Gilbert J. Rugg, W. B. Gage, Col. H. B. Verry, Cnas. A. Merrill, Milton Rand, Chas, A Alien, Asa R. Jacobs, Oliver A. Benoit, J. Henry Locke, Jos. A. Smith, C, Harry Morse, of Worcester. AWN INDISCREET BRAGGART named Helm, of Hartford, recently buasted in a Chicago shooting paper that he had been out shooting on Sunday and had eluded the vigil ance of Game Warden Collins. Now, Mr. Collins lives in Hartford, and it was not to be supposed that he would let such a case as this go by default; he haled the Sun- day game killer into court and compelled him to put his helm hard to starboard with fine and costs asin such cases provided. Mr, AUSTIN CoRBIN sends usa map of Blue Mountain Forest, his extensive wild game park in New Hampshire, which was described at length in these columns last spring. Coons AND Coon HunTERS.—The season is drawing when the FoREST AND STREAM will have another full page (and perhaps a column or two more) for the coon hunters, The Book of the Game Laws. A WORD WITH THE ADVERTISER. THE question is often asked: What Makes the Best Advertising Medium? The answer generally given 1s: The best advertising medium is the one which places the adver- tiser before the largest number of the right sort of people in the way best calculated to produce the effect i: is desired to produce and at the smallest cost, FOREST AND STREAM. ee [Ocr, i, 1891, — — The young birds should not be taken until nearly | mouth and outstretched neck; and then the food recep- fledged, with black feathers showing plentifully through | tacle, again rattled loudly. should be lowered among the the white down of the infantile period of their existence. | eager throng, who will very speedily empty it without Supposing that the embryo trainer can procure old or | young birds with equal facility, it will be well for him, before deciding, to consider well the comparative advan- tages of devoting his energies to old-caught birds or nest- lings, He must remember that nestlings are much the easier to fame, wild birds by far the easier to train, after the indispensable preliminary of taming has once been got over, And old-caught birds are generally much the best_and most intelligent workers, though I have had nestlings that could not possibly be surpassed, Nothing in the world can be easier than the taming of the young birds; in fact they tame themselves, and rapidly become even troublesomely affectionate and familiar, The only difficulty comes after they have learned the lesson of obedience, and consists in teaching them to catch fish, This difficulty disappears if their owner possesses even one bird that has previously gone through this very necessary part of his education, as his. companions will very quickly learn to follow his ex- ample; in no birds is the spiritof emulation more strongly developed; so that an efficient working team can always be kept up, and strengthened from time to time without any difficulty, so long as one properly trained bird and good worker remains on hand. I consider it quite worth the while of a novice in the art, who does not care or feel competent to work ordinarily with wild-caught birds, to keep one or two of them, even if only half trained and scarcely manageable, solely for the purpose of saving many an hour from being lost in teaching the young birds how to fish. Hialf-trained wild birds that cannot be trusted in open waters may yet be worked with success in small ponds or in narrow brooks. One objection to them is that they do not take to changes of diet quite so readily as young birds; this may be rather awkward in Jocalities, few, I believe, in America, where the fish supply is apt to run short, rendering a temporary recourse to butcher’s meat un- avoidable, For myself, I infinitely prefer the old-caught birds (a similar rule holding good in falconry), while notwith- standing counselling the average beginner to go in for This is just what the Book of the Game Laws does for advertisers | nestlings (when procurable), with which his ultimate of sportsmen's supplies, success, though much longer delayed, is an absolute I. There is no waste circulation among those who are not sports" | Certainty. men—every copy goes where it will do must guod. II, Advertisenients are placed opposite tresh reading matter, where they will be read, Ill. Tne Book is kept for reference and the ady. thus exerts a lasting injiaence upon the purchaser. LV. Tne advertising rates are reasonable, Write to us about it. FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 318 Broadway, New York, Sea and River ishing. THE FULL TEXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, Territories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. FISHING WITH TRAINED CORMORANTS By Caprarn Ff. 8. DuGMoRE, R. N. R., Master of the Falconry Ciub 1878 to 1883, [Continued from page 186.) OHAPTER I.—HOW TO PROCURE CORMORANTS FOR TRAIN- ING, Wt the foregoing preliminary explanations, I will now pass on to consider the practical questions that present themselves at the outset to the would-be cormorant trainer. In the first place, following the precedent set by Mrs. Glass in her well-known directions for cooking a hare, I will tell him how to obtain the birds for training. If he is sufficiently ambitious and self-confident to go to work at once with old-caught birds, there is no difficulty in getting them. It is only necessary to ascertain their favorite resting places in any tidal estuary; usually the summits of isolated piles, stakes or beacons, or—not quite 80 convenient for our purpose—a channel buoy. A large steel trap without teeth, or with the teeth thoroughly well masked with tow, oakum or sacking, as indeed even toothless jaws should be, and concealed by a little sea- weed, will quickly supply our needs. The trap must have a line attacned of sufficient length to allow it to fall into the water, or the bird’s legs may be broken in its strug- gles. The best style of trap is that used on poles for catching hawks, with a semi-circular spring round and under the table, instead of at the side. But the ordinary rabbit or fox pattern will suffice for use on a buoy, if largeenough. I always use very large traps, made especi- ally for me in Birmingham (England), as if too small a toe may be taken off or the web injured. A noose, if cleverly set, can sometimes be used with advantaye. Or if the water be muddy and opaque, a trammel net can be set beneath the surface round the resting post or buoy, off which a cormorant, when scared, will sometimes slip into the water and dive at once without taking flight. This net, however, must be closely watched, or the bird will be drowned if not promptly extricated. A dollar or two judiciously disbursed will often get a wild cormor- ant brought home uninjured by fishermen in whose nets he has got entangled. In fact, an unlimited supply of the old birds can be procured almost anywhere and at any season, : Wich the young birds it is very different. The breeding places must be ascertained and visited at the right moment, and a supply obtained in the spring sufficient to coyer possible loss by casualties of various kinds that are pretty sure to happen before next breeding season comes round, In the North the dangerous ledges of precipitous cliffs must be visited for the young birds, while in the South, especially in Florida, the cormorants nest (toward the middle of April) on low trees, mangroves and other brushwood growing out of the water in some secluded bayou, generally very easily accessible. North and South alike, they breed together in large and unsavory numbers, in “rookeries,” as their colonies are named in Florida; one such breeding place will probably accommodate for domestic purposes all the cormorants resorting to a stretch of fifty or sixty miles of coast. I once trained a wild green cormorant so rapidly that I took fish with him in the Froome River in Dorset, Eng- land, a fairly broad stream, as old country rivers go, just forty-eight hours after his capture, This I believe to be the fastest thing on record, and possible only in the case of a particularly gocd-tempered bird, and with a trainer like myself, able to read the bird’s thoughts and to com- municate his own. CHAP, II.—TREATMENT OF YOUNG BIRDS; TRAINING TO THE DINNER SIGNAL, We will now proceed with the management of the young birds as soon as taken from the nesting-place. The best possible place for them is a pig-stye, or a lit- tle yard or pen arranged like a pig-stye—if paved, so much the better—with a shelter at one end in case of rain and a few large stones for the birds to sit upon, sufficiently high to keep their tails well clear of the ground. With a fence of upright laths, planted close to- gether, clear of any horizontal supports inside, there will be no fear of their climbing over for some time to come, at any rate. If they do get over they will make a straight beeline for the kitchen, where their presence will scarcely be appreciated, their habits not being so scrupulously cleanly as might be wished, and their odor being about as musky as the scent of an“lligator. The first thing is to give them plenty to eat—failing fish, meat without bone or fat, bullock’s heart, or occa- sionally bullock’s liver—until their feathers shall have finished growing and their bones shall have become well- knit, the utmost pains being taken to promote the great- est possible development in size and strength. They should be fed, at first, three or four times a day, at least, with a gradual reduction to twice a day, morning and evening, On no account whatever are they to be allowed to get into the water for a moment until all the white down has disappeared; the result would probably be quickly fatal. When first taken from the nest the Jess they are on their legs the better; so long as they will be contented to lie still and open their mouths, convenient pieces of fish cut into long strips, clear of fins and sharp bones, should be quietly slipped therein, When, however, they begin to walk about and to look out for their feeder, it will be time to commence their training by making them acquainted with a call meaning dinner,” and, simultaneously, with the basket or metal can into which they will eventually be required to sur- render the fish caught by them for their master’s benefit, It is important that their infantile minds should be early and permanently impressed with the idea that this basket, can or pail, answering to the ‘‘lure” used in fal- conry, represents their dinner table. ‘ost traimers use a wicker fishing basket, but a reson- ant metal pail or can of fishing basket shape, something like a live bait receptacle but larger and much deeper, pos- sesses the very great advantage that a loud tap on it will always serve asa dinner-bell; and on working days will generally bring the laziest or most inattentive and dis- obedient bird helter-skelter to the bank, As a compro- mise, a tin pot, for the purpose pure and simple of noise- producing, can be attached to a wicker fishing basket. The vocal call used at feeding time and invariably re- peated loudly while the trainer is approaching their in- closure with food may be ‘‘Come along, come along.” Hig. 1. Or a peculiar whistle may be used, but with less adyan- tage. Arrived at the pen, morsels of food should be taken out and dropped back into the basket or can in full sight of the young cormorants while the call is being sounded and the vessel noisily rattled; a piece of fish may be thrown to each bird, to be cleverly caught with open further assistance or persuasion, I should have premised that the scissor-like edees of a cormorant’s beak are capable of inflicting a very nasty gash, perhaps accidentally in the general scrimmage for food, and that the trainer should on this account be pro- vided with a strong pair of thick leather gloves or gaunt- lets. Horsehide is preferable. The hooked end of the upper mandible, too, is apt to give a severe scratch or tear if the bird should chance to strike at the face or eye. Nearly all cormorant trainers are in the habit of protect- ing themselves by a wire fencing mask; in fact Y imag- ine lam the only European member of the fraternity that has never adopted this precaution, preferring to make myself sure of the bird’s good wili—I may say affection—for except the goshawk, the cormorant is per- haps the most affectionate of winged beings—before allow- ing it to perch on my arm within dangerous distance of FIG. 2. my face. Ihave never met with the slightest accident in this way. Still I should be slow to advise less experi- enced trainers to risk an eye, which could be lost much more quickly and easily than it could be replaced. All this time, while the young cormorants are getting their feathers, they can be gradually accustomed, at feeding time only, to more or less handling, always about the head, beak and neck. Thus, if one bird is observed to be crowded out and unable to get his head into the food receptacle, an out- stretched right hand may with advant:2e meet his eager head, just touch the upper mandible, glide over it and over the crown of his head, gently seize him by the neck and raise him on to the left fore-arm, presenting him with a delicate mouthful of fish before he has time fo under- stand or protest against his sudden elevation, And so, in the course of a few days, it will come to pass that a motion of the helping hand will be eagerly looked for, and met by a general clamor of ‘'Lift me, too!” in cor- niorant language; the fortunate bird often coming in (after the manner of humans) for a jealous bite or so on being relegated from the post of honor back into ‘the madding crowd.” All this takes some time and trouble to explain, because Iam anxious that my pupils should thoroughly compre- hend the rationale of ail that 1 ask them to do—a perfect acquaintance with the why and the wherefore is the surest foundation for proficiency in any art, and, above all, inone dealing with highly intelligent living creatures; but the beginner will find it all wonderfully plain (and quick) sailing when he comes to pnt itin practice. It is necessary for me to tell him precisely how to touch or to lift the bird, to save him from the mistake of roughly collaring it by a wing, round the body, or by gooduess © knows what part that might first present itself to his grasp; with the result of a ecrimmage, possible injury to both parties, and consequent certain loss of just what we want to gain and keep atall hazards, the bira’s confidence and good will—I might add, self-respect. A. cormorant must never be laid hold of excepting by the beak and neck. In grasping the neck the palm of the hand should lie on and cover the entire top and back of the head, leaving the eyes clear; the fingers, excepting the forefinger, bending round under and behind the lower jaw, and the thumb pointing down the neck, the back of the hand alwaysupward. (See Fig.2). Whileso holding it a slight caressing motion of the fingers can be em- ployed to tickle the bird about the ears, the surest method of appealing to the affections of all feathered beings that will permit of the liberty being taken. Singularly enough, while falcons (long-winged) will rarely, if ever, allow this familiarity, it is used with ease and with the greatest advantage in the training of hawks (short-winged). When the feathers are fully grown it will be necessary to decide whether or not to cut one wing, In the case of old-caught birds this is, unfortunately, de rigueur. With nestlings it is quite optional. They will never fly away, or, if they do, will speedily return. Its only advantage with them is that it prevents them from taking liberties, that in the exuberance of their afiection are apt to become somewhat overpowering and embarrassing, It is all very well taking our walks abroad with a mob of clamorous birds thronging round our legs like a flock of geese, but when it comes to half a dozen great lumber- ing fellows with flapping wings disputing for the perch of honor on one’s shoulders, or on top of one’s head, a man’s equanimity is not always quite on a level with the occasion. Personally, I havesucha horror of interfering with beneficent and always beautiful nature, or of crip- pling, however slightly, the powers given by nature, that I always leave some at least of my nestlings in full pos- session of their means of flight, and put up with such trifling mishaps as getting my hat occasionally knocked over my eyes by their unintentional buffets. If, how- ever, it is decided that the quills of one wing are to be cut, it should be the left, always supposing that the trainer means to follow my own practice of carrying the bird on the left arm, leaving the right free to handle the head and neck, and to parry any little playful dashes at the face. Cut quills on the right wing would mean a left cheek constantly scratched instead of lightly brushed. [TO BE CONTINUED. | ADIRONDACK TROUT.—Wawbeek Lodge, Adirondacks, —Wawbeek, N. Y., Sept. 26.—Trout fishing in September was Certainly shown up atits best on the 15th of this month, Mr. R. L. Banks, Jr,, of Albany, stopping here, caught 10 lake trout, weighing 66lbs., in five hours time, the largest weighing 133lbs. This is the largest catch made in the given time in the Adirondacks this year,— T, EDMUND KRUMBHOLZ, ; .a menl at the stove, Oct, 1, 1891,] Py FOREST AND STREAM 209 CAMP LIFE ON MUSKOKA LAKE.—IL (Continued from Page 82.) es next morning the sky looked very threatening, and ib was a question whether it would be policy to strike camp or wait until more favorable weather, ‘‘Heads we 20, tails we stay.” We went, and the weather was with us. it was a hard paddle, for the nearer we got to the mouth the thicker the logs bec:me. Turning one of the river’s numerous bends, we sighted the little shanty that gives shelter to the lone logman who guards the cut; as we slowly crowded our way toward the opening a figure emerged from the hut, and then there arose in the air a yell, sucha yell, a combination of a war whoop and the cry of a catamount. Ihave heard many try to imi- tate it, but none to equal ib, it is the sole accomplishment of Johnny the Frenchman. Thereis no affectation there as he culis out, “Gentlemen! Gentlemen! I is glad to see you.” Weare soon on land shaking hands and compar- ing notes with Johnny. Bidding good bye to Johnny, who had thrown a couple of nice pickerel into the canoe from his well-stocked fish pound, we made our way through the cut and into Mus- koka Lake. Skirting the shore, we made for a bluff about a mile further up, where we expected to pitch a tempo- rary camp, for our intentions were to go back to the shanty as soon as the logman left. The bluff made a poor place for a camp, as it had no trees of any size and caught fie full benefit of the wind which is so prevailing on this ake; but the mosquitoes did not bother us, on account of the wind, Early next morning, after breakfast, we took one of our American flags and climbing to the top of a solitary pine which guarded the door of our tent, tied it to the topmost braneh, thinking that if any Yankees should pass by they would be more likely to give usacall, While here our butter was procured from a farmer, if I may call him such, He is the owner of one thousand acres, of which about fifteen are tillable, Living up the river about three miles, he keeps his cows down at the lake: and each morning and evening rows down the river, makes a portage into Mud Bay, and from there over to the point where the cows are. One would think this was. farming under difficulty, but the old man don’t mind it,as the boys row the boat and milk the cows, while he sits in the boat and smokes his pipe. _ Before many days we came to the conclusion that it would be necessary to look for another camping ground, as the wind sometimes made it almost impossible to cook We settled on the southern. point of an island about two miles from shore, it seemed to fill all the requirements needed, and later on confirmed our good judgment, for we stayed there during the length of time we were in camp. The island was called Gowan’s after its owner. Years ago he had built a cottage on the point where we intended to pitch our camp; but the cot- tage had gradually fallen to rack and ruin, On the east side of the island high rocky points ran out into the lake, affording excellent fishing grounds. A small wharf had been built near by in front of an intended camp, but like the cottage was gradually falling to pieces. It was not long before we had here an ideal camp, The tent was pitehed under the trees about 80ft, from the water, on an elevation of 5 or 6ft.; as we lay on our cot at night we could hear the waves dashing themselves on the rocks at our feet. One morning while getting breakfast we sighted a boat making around the point of Big Island, about three miles down the lake. As she drew nearer we recognized the Bertha May, the only tug on the lake, and owned by one of the lumber firms, who use her for towing logs and scows of lamber from their different mills. Seeing she was beaded for our camp we went down to the old wharf to give her a welcome; as she drew nearer they recog- nized us by our canoe, and toot after toot of the whistle rang out, proclaiming they were glad to see us once more among them. The Bertha is soon tied to the wharf and we are shaking hands with our old friends, Capt. Bill, Old John the engineer, Jack the cook, and Bob and Hank the hustlers. They tell us they came up after a couple of bags of logs to take to the company’s mills at the southern end of the lake, but as there is a head wind blowing they will not be able to do anything until if calms down, so we spend a pleasant afternoon lving in the shade and listening to the stories for which Old John has a remark- able memory. We have heard him tell hundreds of yarns and no two alike; whether he makes them up as he goes along or draws on his memory is a question which he refuses to answer. The Captain told us before leaving that he heard there was going to be a dance on Friday night at a settler’s house about twenty-five miles up the lake. He would try and arrange things so they would be up after a bag of logs on that day; and (with a wink of his eye) if there was a head wind we would go up to the dance, : Friday afternoon came and with it the Bertha May. The captain decided the wind would not allow them to van out with a tow, so it was agreed we should go tothe ance, The crew shaved and cut each other’s hair; jumped in. the lake and had a swim, and then were ready for the “‘blow-out.” We started about 6 o’clock, and had not gone far before the captain made a proposition which showed had he been a financier instead of a tugboat captain he would have made a grandsuccess. It appears that at a dance of this kind whisky’is as necessary as a cake at a wedding: so the captain proposed running into Prouse’s, where a supply could be bought, and getting a gailon jug filled; then he was going to take about half of if out and fill the jug up with water. When we would get to the dance they would all want whisky; we would then take up a collection, return part way to Prouse’s, and bring them back the gallon jug, while the boat would have the two extra quarts of pure whisky for nothing. All thought this a pretty good scheme, so the whisky was bought, divided and adulterated; but when we got to the dance aud came to take up a collection, not a picayune could be raised; so the tug had a supply on hand which lasted them the entire season. We arrived about 9 o’clock and found the dance going on in the barn, this being much larger than the house, which was a one-room log, A few lanterns hung up on convenient nails furnished light for the two sets of dancers who had the fioor. We sawat a glance that there was & séarcity of the gentler sex: the contin- gent comprised six forlorn maidens; and one of the sets was danced @ la stag. About two dozen fellows were standing in front of the big barn doors watching the dance, while another dozen were scattered around the barn, sitting on plows and fanning mills. The next set saw the crew of the Bertha May in line; they had taken time by the forelock by asking the maidens for the next dance while they were still dancing im the first set; we found that this was quite the proper thing, for we noticed the Bertha’s people held the floor for the next two or three dances. Willand Isoon joined the crowd at the door, and found them indulging in society topies, such a8 the amouat of hemlock bark Pete Brows was getting out, ete, We struck up an acquaintance with a young fellow, who asked us it we had a bottle; we replied in the nega- tive; he then asked usif we were hungry, a question which only has one answer in that country. He said he heard there was going to bea ‘‘feed” later on, but he doubted it, for if there was there would have been some- thing said about it before this, but perhaps we had better go down to the huuse and see for ourselves. So to the house we went, where we found the room occupied by a woman and a couple of men, while a baby lay asleep in a rude cradle near the stove. A bedstead in one corner. a dresser with some crockery on itin another, and a few chairs and table comprised the contents of the house. On the table were a few pies and something else which looked like sandwiches. We noticed that our friend kept near the table, while we talked of the weather, the high water of the lake and other leading topics; but not a word about pie was said. Will became discouraged and proposed going back to the barn to ses how the dancers were get- ting on, After we got outside our friend began to abuse the folks about inviting people to their dance and not offering them anything to eat. “Why,” said he, “if a fellow did not keep his eye peeled he would have to go hungry.” With that he produced a pie from underneath his coat, Making an equal division, we left the plate on top of a stump, and made our way to the barn where our friend informed every one that supper was ready, and they wanted the crowd at the house rightaway. They needed no second invitation. Will and I did not want to see what the outcome was but made for the tug, where we crowded in a couple of bunks and were soon fast asleep, How long we slept I cannot say, but we were awakened by loud talking on the shore; going on deck we found the crowd down by the side of the tug and it looked for a short time as if there was going to bea general fight. During the sup- per numerous bottles had been produced, with the result of Hank and another man stirring up a quarrel of old standing. About a year before Hank had lost a deer hound; several weeks after it was found dead, shot through the body, lying in a piece of timber belonging to this man, He denied shooting the dog’, although he said he had shot dogs for running deer out of season and would have shot his had he seen him, We finally got Hank on board and casting off our line started back for camp. It was so dark we could hardly see our hands before us, but it made no difference to the Captain, who seemed like another man as soon as his hand touched the wheel. Crowding on all steam, the little tug made her way through narrow channels, twisting m and out among the numerous islands, rounding points which seemed to stretch across our path, threatening destruc- tion to crew and boat alike. Whether the Captain steers by instinct or not we cannot say, but he claims to be able to navigate blindfolded the lake from one end to the other. It was after 3 o’clock when we arrived at camp and it did not take us long to turn in, Next morning when we arose the Bertha May and her tow were not in sight; they must have pulled out a short time after land- ing to enable them to get the start that they had. We began to notice the fish were not biting near so freely as they had been. Johnny, the Frenchman, claimed it was on account of the low water, the lake having fallen over 2ft. since our arrival, We have been doing most of our fishing with the troll, catching princi- pally pickerel, and we knew from experience that as s00n as they stopped biting the bass fishing would im- prove, which turned out to be the case. For a steady fish diet we would prefer the pickerel to any other fish we ever ate. During the twelve weeks we were in Gamp we had fish once and very often twice a day, and can truthfully say the last meal was relished fully as well as the first. For the other nine months of the year we never have any desire for fish, and should it be placed on the table the chances are it would go away untouched, There are several reasons for this, the appe- tizing zest of the camp life, and the freshness of the fish being the principal ones, Fish caught at night and kept until morning taste altogether different from those caught, cleaned and put into the frying-pan before they are done kicking. Day after day went by, each day having some new adventure to distinguish it from the rest. Some morn- ings we would start out with our tackle to be gone all day, exploring different parts of the lake, trying new fishing grounds, filling a pail with huckleberries from some small island, or lying in the canoe and drifting with the wind. The Bertha May was often tied up at our camp, one time waiting a day and night for a change of wind, The nights they were with us Johnny would come over from the mouth, and we would all gather around the cheerful blaze of an immense camp fire, while old John would spin his yarns, the Captain would play the fiddle and Johnny wake the night with his fearful yells. Johuny was a great character, take him all in all, Having a mixture of French-Canadian and Indian blood, he was supersttiious, and had an utter disregard for the truth, especially in his fish and hunting stories. Never have [seen him throw his hook in the water without carefully spitting on it, He alsa carried a bone which he claimed .was taken from the back of a sturgeon caught while the moon was at a certain fullness, and this he eeype rubbed on the spoon before starting out fora troll. THE PRIZED GRAYLING, of Michigan, is by no means extinct. One of our Michigan correspondents reports ‘some good times with the grayling, too. Do not know as I said anything to you about that. Was up on the Manistee River twice and had good success each time, I have taken seyeral large grayling this year, two that SOUHERN CALIFORNIA ANGLING, si Deere devotee of the art of angling may find very satis- factory sport in several of our streams. While in northern California all mountain streams are tributary to streams flowing into the Sacramento or San Joaquin and thus affird a passage to the sea during at least a por- tion of the year, thestreams of southern California never reach the sea except during the winter freshets in yol- ume large enough to be passable for spawning trout. During these freshets the streams are very muddy and move with great velocity, the fall from the foothills of the Sierra Madre being 1,400ft. and the longest river course, the Santa Ana, not exceeding 70 miles, During the spring and summer the water is nearly all taken for irrigation and the remainder sinks in the loose sandy and gravelly soil of the various wide valleys which lead to the sea, There are, however, two streams—the Santa Inez and Santa Clara—which are passable for trout at all seasons; they drain the western spur of the Sierra Madra—the Santa Inez mountains. In all of these rivers the.trout are uniformly the rainbow (Salmo trideus) with variations on account of location, which I shall now detail, Thetroutin the Santa Inez and Santa Clara, whose tributary—Sespe Creek—is supposed tu be one of our best fishing streams, are coarser in meat and have larger scales than elsewhere iu southern California. The trout average about 6in. in length, very rarely reach Sin. and are extremely wary. In the main range of the Sierra) Madre the Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel River, San Antonio Creek and Bear Valley Reservoir, with its feed- ers, are the principal resorts for anglers. The larges and longest running of these streams is the San Gabriel; its greatest width is about 50ft,, depth possibly 4ft. in sumroer stage, and its bed is filled with immense granite boulders, between whose shady shoulders, in deep pools, the knowing and agile Salmo finds a home, As in the Santa Clara, the trout are small, but are said to furnish capital sport. Im all, the fishable branches of the san Gabriel comprise about 30 miles of the toughest climbing to be found in this vicinity, noted for its precipitous granite mountains. But when we come to Bear Valley Reservoir, we find the rainbow at his largest, and epicures say, too, that his flavor is in proportion to his size. This reservoir is maintained for irrigation pur- poses, and supplies 50 000 acres of land, It is an artificial lake, formed by building a rock wall across the course of Bear Creek where it flows through a gorge 300ft. wide. The depth at the dam, which is constantly overflowing, is 5dft., gradually diminishing toward the upper end of the lake, which covers 4,000 acres. There is plenty of food for trout in the reservoir. its water supply is con- stant, plentiful and icy cold, so with no cares to fret him the trout grows very large and lazy, ‘The largest so far caught weighed 124/bs., and individuals of 7 and 8lbs. are quite usual, They do not vary much in appearance from ihe smaller trout of the running streams, and are said to maintain ail their delicacy of flavor, Fishing in the reservoir is by permission, so the fish are protected from indiscriminate slaughter, The close season for trout is from Nov. 1 to Aprill1. Besides trout fishing, the sea fishing at the present time is excellent, Good catches of barracuda and Spanish mackerel (Sarda chilensis) are made daily. The yellow-tail (Seriola dorsalis) is just com- ing in. Good catches of rock cod (Sebastichthys) and bass (Serranus clathratus) are made from the reeky points along the shore. The best season here is usually from Aug. 15 to Christmas. At other times fish are not plenti- ful, so the fishermen say. FRANKLIN BOOTH. Los ANGBLES, Cal., Sept. 8. ANGLING NOTES. EN. LOUIS FITZGERALD with a party of friends visited Barnegat Bay last week in search of weak- fish and bluefish, They did fairly well, particularly. Major A. P. Montant, who covered himself with glory. The party were drifting outside of the beach when the Major struck a big fish. He was rigged very light, only expecting weakfish, and was using an 8o0z. Abbey & Imbrie split-bamboo rod; fortunately his reel held plenty of line, forthe fish was at firstutterly uncontrollable. The General had the deck cleared for action and timed the tight. The great fish made four complete circles around the boat and finally when the General called ‘‘time’ a magnificent channel bass lay on his side, used up, played out by the skillful Major, who was almost, if not quite, as much exhausted as the fish. Time, 57min.; weight of fish, 38lbs. Major Montant was a happy angler and is having the fish mounted as a trophy of his skill by Wal- lace. Every season one or more of these Southern visitors are caught in our waters. This is the second heard from this fall, Last year, the readers of FOREST AND STREAM may remember, Mr. H. C. Wilson, of 28 Beek- man street, caught one off Fire Island on a light black bass rod; this fish weighed 35ibs. The season before T, H. Stead and party Janded two large ones and lost three or four—also while fishing cff Fire Island. No doubt more could be caught if people only fished for them at this time of year. Mr. Watson Tomkins, of Stony Point, N. Y., caught a fine shad one day last week while fishing in the Hudson River. Unfortunately he bad no landing net and only a single snell hook. When he lifted him in the boat the gut parted andthe fish struck the edge of the boat and fell in the water. He thinks it wouid have weighed be- tween 3 and 4lbs. I suppose it is useless to prevail upon anglers to have their rods put in order before putting them away for the season, but if they only would do soe it would be far better for the rods. Most people will put them away just as they last used them, often badly bent and out of shape, until a few days before they start out in the spring. The result is, that the pieces having been so long crooked re- main so, and it is almost impossible for the workmen to get them back into shape again, to say nothing of the difficulty in getting the varnish to dry in so short notice. t takes from four to ten days for good rod varnish to get thoroughly hard, and anglers generally want their re- pairs ready the same day. SCARLET-IBIs, SENECA LAKH Bass.— Watkins, N. Y., Sept. 26.—This promises to be a great bass season in Seneca Lake. I[ have caught a number of two-pounders already, and weighed iilbs. each, and one that weighed good plump | after the frost brings the big ones willsend you a stick 121bs.” full of fishing notes,—M. M. C., JR. 210 FOREST AND STREAM. Ber. 1, 1801, WASHINGTON ANGLERS. WN R, CHARLES H, LATRD, of the U, 8. Post Office, had a very successful trip to Point of Rocks last week, when his party succeeded in taking upward of 100 bass. Mr. Laird says that these fish ran the best of any he has seen from the Potomac, and he has caught his share of them, Quite a number were taken weighing from 3 to 5lbs. each. Mr. Wetgel, another of Washing- ton’s well-known anglers, spent a day at Riverton last week, but was not so successful, securing only 4 bass, Mr, &, A, Parker, of the Smithsonian Institution, reports good bass fishing in Goose Creek, Virginia. Hecaptured 9 one day, while another gentleman, fishing the same stream, took 18. The first were not so large, weighing from 4 to 11b.,; but as Uncle Thad, Norris used to say of small trout, ‘they were veritable firecrackers.’ Mr. Parker also caught a nice bass off the sea wall at the foot of Seventeenth street. Yellow perch fishing is opening auspiciously. It is in- teresting to watch Capt, Blake, of the Mount Vernon steamer, fish for perch from the Marshall Hall dock, Of course the fish are small, but make up in numbers what they lack in size. W. ©, Kendall, of the U. S. Fish Commission, called a few days ago and told us some interesting things about the Chesapeake. Capt. Platt, of the steamer Fish Hawk, has preserved the skin of a 5ft. tarpon, which was netted at Cape Charles City. Trout (weakfish), both spotted and plain, were observed at Crisfield early in September; a good many Spanish mackerel were present also; those taken weighed from 1 to élbs, each, Croakers, spots and sea bass were in their usual abundance. Messrs, J. H, Parkhurst and Clifford Wright had fine sport at Colton’s Farm, near the mouth of the Potomac, early inthe month, Silver perch or yellow tail (Bairdi- ella chrysura) were taken in large numbers, It is an ex- cellent fish, and very abundant in the Chesapeake and its tributaries; as far as we are aware the silver perch is never found in fresh water. It is a small member of the weakfish family, and is not so closely related to the white perch as its appearance would lead one to suspect, The largest we have seen measured Jin. and weighed about 41b. BoNART, WASHINGTON, D, C., Sept. 26. Sr, Louris Norms.—A couple of weeks ago some of the members of the Calhoun Hunting and Fishing Club, finding gar-pike s0 abundant in the Gilead Slough, ob- tained permission of the fish warden to seine out the gars, They made one haul and got over 4500lbs, of the reptiles, and the next day started to make another haul, when the sheriff swooped down on them, and in spite of the fish warden’s permit they were each fined $10. Illinois off- cers seem to be on their mettle in a manner that would even satisfy Brother Hough. ... The State Fish Com- mission of Missouri have at the St. Louis Exposition a fine display of native-fishes in two large tanks. Another small tank has a beautiful lot of rainbow trout also taken from Missouri waters, The fish exbibit attracts as much attention as anything in the exposition.—A BERDEEN. -CurryHunK Bass.— Cuttyhunk Club, Cuttyhuuk Island, Mass., Sept. 20.—WMditor Forest and Stream; I note in your issue of Sept. 17 under the head of ‘“‘Cape God Notes,” that “‘a party of four caught fifty scup and twenty-two sea hass in about two hours, using cut men- haden for bait.’ On the 17th, in Buzzard’s Bay, off Quick’s Hole, I caught in less than two hours fifty-four scup and twenty-eight sea bass with menbaden and lob- ster for bait, to say nothing of the large cunners, flukes, and. old maids (skate) caught by me at the same time. Yesterday afternoon from one of the stands on our island I took three striped bass, 203, 18 and 1521bs., 544lbs, in all; in less than two hours, also one bluefish 52lbs, which (bluefish) we do not count. In July 1 caught while fish- ing for bass thirteen bluefish, smallest 52lbs,, largest 18lbs., all taken with a light rod.-Hpnry P. McGown, A Big CHAMPLAIN Bass.—St. Albans, Vt., Sept. 26.— The largest bass of the small-mouthed species ever known to have been caught in the Great Back Bay of Lake Champlain, was captured near Samson’s Lake View House, on Woods bar, so-called, on the 24th inst. by Mr. Jos. M. De Vean, president of the Mount Morris Bank, New York city, John Armstrong guide. Thetish weighed 53lbs, At the same place and same day Mr. A. F. Troe- scher, of New York city (Joe Armstrong guide), caught two large bass, one weighing 4}lbs. and the other 3$lbs. Mr, De Vean also caught a pike that weighed 94ibs. He declares it was about as gamy a fish as he ever caught here. The 52lb, bass was photographed by Miss Troescher and isto be mounted by Mr, Goron, Vermont's celebrated taxidermist, for Mr. De Vean.—HA. L. SAMSON. Buack Bass FISHING IN THE UPPER POTOMAC is very good at present, and members of the South Mountain Fishing Club just returned from a successful trip say that the number of young bass of the year is unusually large; the conditions were favorable for the spawning and the early life of the fry, The chief difficulty now lies in the bait supply, which is hard toget. The famous stone catfish of the Susquehanna, although it occurs in the Potomac, seems to be absent from the region near Harper’s Ferry, and the fishermen lack this desirable bait for the bass, The silvery minnow, the favorite of the anglers, is growing so scarce as to make its capture unreliable.—B. BuAcK BanpED RupprER Fish.—Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 18.—The Italian bark Andrea Lo Vico, loaded with salt from Trapani, has been here about a week, and ever since she was docked a strange fish has been seen around her rudder. Capt. Collins calls it a black-banded rudder fish; it is about a foot or 15in, long and is considered a curiosity by all who see it.—H. F, L. West Virginia Bass.—Dr. Henshall tells us thav Fort Spring, West Virginia, is a capital headquarters for bass fishermen. Fort Spring ison the Greenbrier River, be- tween Alderson and White Sulphur Springs. A good stopping place is at Robt. Curry’s, one mile from Fort Spring, and right on the river,, ware, near Hgypt Mills, Pa,, by Mr. H, C. Ford during his September fishing. The abundance of young bass of the year gives promise of fine fishing in the future; the pean of the Upper Delaware are lined with these little shes, in many of the streams, ponds and lakes of Pennsylvania by the State Wish Commissioner, and only in very rare instances public streams were stocked rainbow trout fry were discoy- ered in them in a thriving condition, and in nearly every instance is colder than isto be found in the general run of “ever organized, Erom time to time the News has had occas- 5 —faston(Pa.) Bupress. ; A BLACK BAss weighing 5ilbs. was caught in the Dela- Gh : e Ziennel, All communications must reach us by Tuesday of the week they are to be published; and should be sent as much earlier as may be convenient. FIXTURES, DOG SHOWS. Sept. 29 to Oct. 1—Third Annual Dog ae in connection with : ffishculture. RALWBOW TROUT PLANTING. URING the past few years hundreds of thousands of tainbow trout fry (Salmo iridews) have been liberated the Central Canada Wair, at Ottawa, Ont. Alfred Geddes, Supt, Dec. 4 to 8.—Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, ['] Dec. 10 to 14.—Inaugural Dog Show of the Freeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, Il. T. KH. Taylor, See’y. Dec. 30 to Jan, 2.—FWourth Annual Dog Show of the Mobawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Olub, at Gloversville, N.Y. FF. B. have they been known to propagate naturally. [ am in- | Zimmer, Sec’y, formed that aboutthree years after the following named 1892, Jan. 5 to §.—The New York and New England Poultry and Ken- isp Nea eral Show, at Albany. N. ¥. W.C. House, Fort Plain, oY, DeGLY. Jan. 5 to 9.—Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Poultry gud Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S.C. Berj, MeInness, mec y. Jan. 18 to 16,—Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina F Kennel Association, at Columbia, S.C, FF. ¥, Capers, Secretary, Greenville, S, C. : Feb. 9 to 12,—Fourth Annual Dog Siow of the Mascoutah Ken- r nel Club, at Chicago, 10. John Ll, Lineoln, Jr., See’y. Feb. 23 to 26,—Sixteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster Keunel Club, at New York, James Mortimer, Supt. March 1 to 4—Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, Pa. EF. S. Brown, Sec’v. . March 15 to 18—Second Annual Dog Show of the Dugtesne Kennel Cluh, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W. EH. Littell, Sec’y. Anril7 to 10.—Seventh Annual Dog Show of the New England Kernel Club, at Boston. Mass. H.-H. Moore. Sec’y. April 20 to 23.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Southern Cali- fornia Keanel Cjub, at Los Angeles, Cal. O. A. Sumner, Sec’y. May 4 to 7 —Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Cinb, at San Francisco, Cal. H.L. Miller, Sec’y, BPIELD TRIALS, Nov. 2.-Inaugural Trials of the United States Field Trial Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P. T. Madison. Indianapolis, Ind., See’y. Nov. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the International Field Trial Club. at Chatham, Ont. W.B. Wells, Sec’y. Noy. 16.—Wastern Wield Trials Club’s Thirteenth Annual Trials, at High Point, N. CG. Members’ Stake Noy. 12. W. A. Coster, Serretary. ; c Noy. 23.—Itish Setter Club’s Ficld Trials, at High Point, N.C. G,. G. Davis, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. Noy. 23.—Gordon Setter Club’s Wield Trials. at High Point, N. . L. A. Van Zandt, Secretary, Yonkers, N, Y, Nov. 23.—Second Annual Trials of the National Beagle Club, at Nanuet, Reckland county, N. Y. FW. W. Chapman, Sec’y. Novy. 30.—Gentral Wield Trial Club’s Third Annual Trials, at estou N.C, G.H, Odell, Sec’y, 44 and 46 Wall street, New York city. Dec. 14.—Philadelphia Kennel Club’s Field Trials. Charles EH, Connell, Secrétary. Pennsylvania streams. Hollister Creek, Wayne county; Hornbeck’s Creek and Mill Creek, Pike County; Newville Creek, Cumberland county, and Tumbling Run, Schuylkill county. In fact the result of stocking public waters in Penn- sylvania with this species of trout has been so wnsatisfac- tory that the State Wish Commission concluded to abandon the hatching and distribution of them as far as practicable, and to that end about two years ago neurly all of the breed- ing fish, many of them weighing from 2 to 3lbs. each, were liberated in streams of a low temperature with the hope that the conditions would be favorable and that they would strive with our brook trout for the mastery and that the result would be the survival of the fittest. As yet, so far as I can learn, very little bas been heard of these adult fish, except one instance I call to mind, when Hon. H. C, Ford, last summer, while fishing for black bass in Hgypt Mills pool, on the Upper Delaware, was greatly surprised when he felt a vicious strike, and reeled in a beautiful lake trout that touched the noteh at 2\4lbs. Evidently this trout had felt cramped in the narrow limits of either Hornbeck’s or Mill Creek and moved down in search of wider range, and probably more abundant food in the way of minnows to be found in the river. Tn nearly every instance observers have noticed that these rainbow fry linger about the place where they were liber- ated from one totwo years, then mysteriously disappear, Weayine no trace behind them and going no one knows where, In the month of August, 1888, I was, in company with Col. Graves and Major W. D. Tomlin, of Duluth, Minn., both gentlemen being well known and enthusiastic anglers. a guest of the famous Baptism River Club, at their com- fortable club house, situated at the mouth of the Baptism River, on the north shore of Lake Superior, and my banner day was on that beautiful stream, where I killed three of the largest brook trout it has been my good fortune to find anywhere, The river takes its rise far back in the wilder- ness and its course is broken by several beautiful falls. The first one is found about one mile from the lake; over it the water tumbles fully 74ft. into a deep circular basin; into this pool many monster brook trout ascend from the cold waters of Superior during the summer months and find their progress stopped by the wall of rock before them, [have always believed that the disappearance of the rain- bow trout from Wastern waters was attributable to a wider range sought for, and I suggested to Col. James N. Gran- ger, a very active member of the Baptism River Club, the advisability of trying the experiment of stocking the lower stretch of their river with this species of trout, at the same time explaining to him the peculiar habits of the fish. The following winter Col. Granger, acting on the suggestion, procured 10,000 rainbow trout eges, hatched them success- fone, and liberated the fry in the Baptism below the lower falls, A few weeks ago, 10 a letter received from Col, Granger, he says: *‘‘The rainbow trout which I planted in the Bap- tism have been heard from, a number of the fish have been caught off the stream this year. This proves the correct- ness of your surmises that the waters of the streams on the north shore of LakeSuperior were adapted for that fish,.”’ lf the rainbow trout seeks a wider range than is to be found in the contracted limits of the trout streams of our Hastern mountains, as it grows in size, it will find plenty of it in Lake Superior; but it remains to be seen whether it will return to the Baptism River to spawn or not. Iam of the opinion that it will be found in the river when the ice breaks up next spring. JOHN GAY. WASHINGTON, D, C. 1892. Jan. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Cluh, at San Antonio, Texas. G, A. Chabot, Sece’y. Amateurs only, Jan. 18.—Trials of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersfield, Cal. J, M. Kilgarif, Ser’y. —— -.— Fourth Annu4l Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials Club, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Seec’y. ; LEXINGTON DOG SHOW. HA inaugural show of the Blue Grass Kennel Club closed Sept, 26, and for a first attempt in a new country the management, and especially Mr. Roger Williams, the ener- getic secretary, deserve considerable credit. The show pro- posed and carried out in a short time, it needed some hustil- ing to get such a number of dogs as 463 together, but those who know the secretary and those who have heard of him, are aware that he is not apt to let the grass grow under his feet, and that they could depend on what he said. Consid- ering the hot weather the arrangement of the benching was admirably adapted to give the dogs fresh air and keep eévery- thing sweet and clean without much disinfectant. The show was held under a covered track connected with Mr. Brasfield’s sales stables out at the race track, a mile out of town, The shed was in the form of an oval, and allowed an alleyway of some 15ft. between the inside and outside rows. The benching was the old style, withont the partition, and I must say that a quieter, more friendly lot of dogs [ never saw. Sometimes the mere fact ofa partition separating two dogs makes them inclined to fight, especially if they know they cannot get at each other, hence the general rumpus at some of our shows. The numbering was hardly as good as might have been, a straightaway course could easily have been had, as the oval must have been over an acre in extent. — The center of this oval was nucoyered, and is a grass field, making an admirable place for judging, had the rine: been inclosed with rope or fence, This show was not held in con- nection with the Charity Exposition which gave fox hunts, ‘or rather chases, ete., on the track near by, still, one was supposed to help the other. Major J. M. Taylor took all the sporting classes, and Mr, Frank C. Wheeler, who will be remembered as hailing from London, Ont., and an enthusiastic terrier man, passed upon the non-sporting division, and there was little grumb- ling heard. It was afternoon on Wednesday before the form:-r got to work on his hig classes of setters and finished them up. Mr. Wheeler did not commence till Thursday morning, when it did not take bim lone to rattle them off, or out weshould say. The commended cards must not in many cases reflect on the judges, as they were particularly requested to do the very best they could forevery one. The weather was all that could be desired, and though the attendance was never very large, still, the expenses being small, there will not b¢ much, if any, loss to the club. Mr, Geo. Hill was all there with his jolly face, doing his best for eyery one and helping the secretary with the benefit of his long experience. Some distinguished visitors dropped in on Wednesday. Among them were Gov. Brown, Lieut.-Goy. Alford, Gen, Wade Hampton, himself an enthusiastic fox hunter; Gen. Don Carlos Buell, Senator J. C. S. Blackburn and Congressman W. C, P. Breckenridge, With these’ few lines I will pass on to a description of the classes, leaving other items of interest for *‘Dog Chat.” MASTIFFS—(FRANK C. WHEELER). So far down South, and with the principal kennel busy in Canada, one could not expect a very great show of quality in these classes, all being local entries. The winner in dogs, Wate, turns his feet out, has light eyes, ears wrongly car- ried, and has little mastiff type; Duke, second, has a snipy, wealk muzzle; Onandaga, vhe., I preferred to any in body, but feet are poor; aud Jack, he., loses behind, too straight; Prince deserved a couple of letters, as he bas a truer type of head than any shown. Louise could only get two letters in the bitch class, wrong all over, In puppiés a second went to K. U., though he might have just as well have been first, as: he bas a fair type of head and a very good front.. ST. BERNARDS—(FPRANE 0. WHERUER). There is great room for improvement in this breed in this section, although at the same time it is not a dog for the country, and uative-bred ofies will never amount to any- thing, the climate being too warm and enervating, and most, of them will tun light and snipy. The winner in the open dog class, Columbia Knight, is a good-boned dog, moves queerly, lacks blaze, bub has a nice coat; Neutie, second, is Yong-headed and shallow; Cerebus, vhe:, is poor in color, — BETTER THAN AN ARMY WITH BANNERS.—The United States Fish Commission does not make much noise in the world, but it is adding more to the wealth of the country and doing more good than all the armies that were ion to speak of the Fish Commission and the excellent ser- vice it was doing in stocking the waters of Maine and New England with valuable fish. Hardly a week goes by without bringing fresh evidence of the good service it has rendered the nation. And the work of the Fish Commission is not confined to Maine or to New England. It extends all over the country, and takes in Alaska, the despised foundling which Mr. Seward adopted from Russia.—Bangor Daily News. YEARLING CALIFORNIA SALMON.—The U.S. Fish Commission now has at Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., 10,000 California salmon, which are to be distributed as yearlings. One-half of these are to be sent to the Battenkill, in Ver- mont, a tributary of the Hudson, and the remainder will be deposited in a stream on Long Island. It is confidently ex- pected that the introduction of salmon of this size will soon make an impression on our streams, just as the operations in Vermont and elsewhere with yearling rainbow trout have speedily proved successful. Joseph &. Prey, saloon keeper, on South Third street, and William Bercaw were trout tishing npin Monroe county on Saturday. While forcing his way through a thick clump of bushes overhanging the stream Bercaw saw a good-sized trout dart out from a bank of the creek and pass directly beneath him, Working his way to a secluded nook a few feet above, the angler cast a fly with such skill that in a few seconds he caught and safely landed aspeckled beauty about 10in, in length. He made a second effort, but could get no more trout there. Well, the fishermen continued on their way until their sport had ended and then they seated themselves to clean their fish, of which, of course, they had a fine lot. On opening one of the trout the fish was found to contain a diamond shirt stud. This caused Bercaw to look for his diamond, when it was found to be missing. Then it fiashed to the fisherman’s mind how fortunate he had been —that in passing through the brush his diamond had been forced from his shirt front; the trout he had seen dart in front of him had swallowed the jewel, and then he had succeeded in capturing the fish. Toa reporter of the Hapress who inquired of Mr. Bercaw concerning the truthfulness o the story the latter declared it to be a factin every particular. Dison see Ocr, 1, 1891,] = FOREST AND STREAM. 211 type, head and other characteristics; Hindoo, given he. by requesh, is the best I can say of it, and Mr. Wheeler was foolish to let the card go. Beckie, first in bitches, is weak in pasterns, head lacks type, is good in body but sadly cow- hocked; Queen, second, was the only good one on the hench, has a fairly good head and coat, and shows St. Bernard tyne throughout; Lady Abbott is another poor one, and hardly deseryed c. Neutie was the only mentioned one in puppies, getting second. Mr. Sawyer’s entries were unfortunately absent, Bitch puppy prizes were withheld, In smooths, Nadja is very plain-faced, flat-sided, but has good bane and size; altogether, barring Queen, there was hardly a St. Ber- nard worth picking up. NEWFOUNDLANDS—(FRANK CU. WHEELER). In Newfoundlands, Flora, one of the Meadowthorpe Ken- nels’ dogs. was the only decent one in the class, and won, small sized, but showing a good deal of proper type. GREAT DANES—(PRANK C, WHEELER). The presence of the great [Imperator from Chicago showed the Lexington people what a great Dane should be; he was looking better than at Toronto, in flesh, and was, of course, inade much of by every one, In bitches a second went to Columbian Daphne, a big brindle pup, with a most peculiar head; looked as if a bee had stung it and the swelling bad not gone down; feet turn out, too. Columbian Nell, vhe., is a bigger, black dog, with a better head ana body, and ought, to have won. First was withbeld. In puppies these two took the meney in the same order. There were no bloodhounds, and deerhounds had one rep- resentative only, a fair bitch, the winner at Jackson, Mich, GREYHOUNDS—iMAJOR J. M. TAYLOR). Quite a good muster, and the Rookwood Kennels are re- sponsible for the improvement in this breed in that locality, Their Master Rich and Miss Rare, both yery well known in the North, had their respective challenge classes to them- selves. The winnerin open dogs turned out to be Surplus, heavy in shoulder, good legs and feet, skull too thick, Blue, by Gay Lad, loses in front and loin. Cyclone, reserve, is a fairish dog, loses in front, shoulders and head. White Socks, by old Snowflight, is too open in feet and not let down enough behitd. Moonson, also yvhe., is slack in loin and Jong cast; nice front. The others call for no particular mention. In the next class something of yery fine quality was shown by Mr, Williams: this was Wild Idle, a black and white bitch, wonderfully well developed for her age, shown as hard as nails: feet might be a little more compact, but Jegs and chest are excellent, head well formed, ribs nicely placed, but of course not sprung enough yet, loin and quarters quite the thing; a bitch that will be noticed any- where; she is only ten months old yet, and for a sapling she showed some very good muscling, Minnehaha is also nicely formed, behind the shoulders she is heavy. Skedaddle is a hit coarse, and Creole Belle is too long cast. In dog pups Faugh-a-Ballagh, a son of Norwegian, was placed ahead, beating High Flight in head, body and front, the latter’s feet turning out, and he is too long-waisted. Salvator, a son of Brabazoun’s, is a nice yearling; bit too long in body and pen-headed. ‘Touchstone, he., loses in front, head and hind parts. Out of twelve entries in this class the Rook- wood Kennels had bred nine of them. In bitches Wild Idle had an easy win over Belleof Elkhorn. Greyhounds evi- dently take well in that country and are quite suitable, BARZOIS—(MAJOR J. M. TAYLOR). A first-class show of quality, Dr. Grimes haying Mr. Hacke’s best on hand, six were entered but four only put in an appearance. In dogs the new one Abreck took first: he is a capitally made one, truer in front than the others, but hardly so deep in chest as Oudaft nor so good in head, but better in loin, ribs and feet, they were shown in excellent fiesh, better than I have yet seen any of this breed, being articularly strong in loin and shoulders; Zlooeem, a well- aeapads winner, must here take aseat further back, as bis front will put bim back. Prokaza, shown last spring and looking a trifle light, was the only representative of the female persuasion, the others entered not being in shape yet. These dogs created a great deal of interest, and, as might be supposed, were a revelation to the Kentuckians. POINTHRS—(MAJOR J. M. TAYLOR). Not a very good collection, in fact poor. Our criticisms on some of these classes may appear a little severe, but truth must be told or breeders will not have any incentive to pro- cure the good stock and improve their dogs. No challenge dogs, and most of the entries were local. Krupp, a lemon and white, won over Meadowthorpe Duke in heayy-weight dogs, losing in front but beating in other respects; Brown, he., has.a fair body but is coarse in head and not right in forelegs. Bell’s Kate won in the corresponding bitch class, and, barring her peculiar Roman-nosed head, she is a fair bitch, beating Dot far away, the latter having a very poor head. In light-weight dogs, Roger was only good enough for second, he is dish-faced, open in feet, but body and quality tair. In bitches Naso Belle won nicely over May, the former is rather too scooped out before the eye, feet turn out a litlie, body fairly well ribbed but shallow, good behind; May was beaten in body and front; Flora, ¢., is snipy, big in eye, and body and legs are only moderate, and she got quite as much as she deserved, Puppies could not raise a first, Mamos, given second, is long and snipy headed, and poor in front; Reuben, given a c., has no doubt seen his best time; the others were not mentioned, ENGLISH SETTERS—(MAJOR J. M. TAYLOR). Here was the quality exhibit of the show, and in numbers they beat everything except the foxhounds. Many of the winners have made their reputations in another field, and this made the exhibition doubly interesting. In challenge dogs, old champion Dad Wilson was on hand, but did not take part in the fight for honors, content to let his son show his worth. Cincinnatus had, therefore, a bloodless victory and was shown in good shape. Thenoted field trialer Bohe- mian Girl also received a blue ribbon without any effort. Then came a romping big open dog class and it was shown under some difficulties, as there being no roped ring, the audience crowded the handlerssomewhat. The Major, how- _ ever, set them on the move and quickly picked out a select few and sent the others back. When it came to the second sifting Toledo Blade was marked for honors. Just on what lines these two, Cincinnatus and Toledo Blade, are judged I do not know, as both are entirely different in type, Blade having a well-made, compact body, and the other being long in body and head and slack in loin; Dad Wilson’s Boy, second, is well known, and ran a close second, being much the same type of dog and betterin head, Gath’s Mark, re- serve, is well known everywhere; a bit coarse but well fronted, body a little long. Ben Hur of Riverview, vhe., is leggy, shallow in body, but has a nice head and front, Gamester, vhe., is a bit wide in chest and shape of head might be improved, but he has a nicely ribbe body and forelegs and feet, Rajah, same letters, a little faulty in head, has nice front and body. Sportsman Boy, he., is a trifle large, feet faulty and head too long, but well deserved hisletters. Kentucky Dash, c,. is coarse-headed and shallow in body... Sir Frederick, the new dog from England, is of a type that the judge does not care for; all the same he isa good dog with the best head in the class, bit short-nécked, nice front, though elbows. are hardly free enough: is well ribbed and stands well behind, coat is Inelined to curl and is uite wavy ou back, a dog showing intense quality and should be placed higher; his feet are not of the best, The number of entries in this class was twenty-seven. The crush in the ring was repeated when the bitch class came in, twenty-four facing or rather circling the judge, — ry a LI as 7 —_ “= a _— The quality, however, was hardly so good. The winner turned up in the sprightly Gossip, a bitch which attracted the Major’s attention af the Central field trials last full! by her busy work and lively gait. She is nicely built, with a fair head and good running gear; had the second winner, Nell G., not been so timid in the ring it is doubtful how she would have been placed, as to use the judge's words. ‘‘she’s as fine as silk,” well fronted, nicely ribbed, good loin, nice skull, but mnzzle and stop might be better. The Blue Ridge Keunels were close up with another of their good team of bitches, Belton’s Countess, that took third at Bal- timore last year. Sunshine, yhe,, one eye opaque, nice skul], muzzle wrong before the eye, front and body pretty good. Then came several commended ones which without having serious faults, were hardly up to type of the others, though I had almost forgotten Lady Zoe, he., first at Cleve- land in the spring and reported on then; she might well have had another letter, Lillian P., another he. one, is very poor in head, snipy. and so on, but has an excellent body. The puppies were not up to term, the best dog being Rex, given a second; he is very snipy and leggy. Juno won in bitches; she is the same way and the others call for no men- tion. Mr. Hudson’s team won the kennel prize, TRISH SETTERS—(MAJ, J. M. TAYLOR), Trish setters were not so good. The winner in open d oss, Captain, is a dog ef good color, but too slack in loin and hardly up enough in pasterns. He won at Wilmington the other day. Frisco Boy, second, has not a bad shaped head, skull a bit coarse, but he is straight behind and foreteet turn out a bit Meadowthorpe Rover has a head tao much on Haglish type, and could be improved in ribs and loin, Biz Sarsfield is shallow in body, feet turn out and is plain in head, In bitches Lil VI. is heavy in shoulders, faulty in feet yaoi falls away in quarters, but has a nice type of ead. GORDON SELTERS—(MAJOR J. M. TAYLOR), The Gordons could hardly he called first-class as a whole, but this is nothing new. First went to Don, a dog with little claim to it, his head would adorn a bloodhound, with any amount of dewlap, head very thick, stands out at elbow, food but not Gordon in hindlegs; Meadowthorpe Heather Roy smothers him in type of head, feet and coloring: alight tanned dog, Meadoywthorpe Laddie was giyen c. In bitches Mrs. Dager’s nice-headed young bitch Janet, winner at Cleveland, and making up into quite a fine bitch, good front, head, coat and color, beat Meadowthorpe Sallie easily, her feet and pasterns being very faulty, and she is out ot coat, almost bare, SPANIELS—(MAJOR J. M. TAYLOR), The spaniel classes, after the grand collection seen all along in Canada, were poorly filled. An indifferent [righ water spaniel was shown. In fields Mr. ‘Foxhound’ Goole brought down Newton Abbott Farmer, faulty in bead, who was alone in dogs, and What Not, a youngste~ of Mr, Bell’s, and quite afair one too, was the same in her class. In challenge cockers the well-known King of Obos had barren honors, having the class to himself, and the same may be said of Obadiah in the next class, he is not the dog he used to be, and George Bell raffled him Curing Saturday atter- noon, but who secured it I am unable to say, as I left hefore it came off. In any other color Lady Obos was returned the winner, she was described ab Cleveland this spring. There were lots of dogs for sale, but not out for the money. One of Mr. Bell’s is one of the best types I have seen for some time, head on the field line, but still a cocker. nice length of leg, splendid cocker body and properly built for work, a type of dog we shouJd more often see. This one, of course, goes back to Canada, his owner not having seen it till he took it out of the crate at Lexington. BEAGLES—(MAJOR J, M, TAYLOR). Only a poor couple present. The winner, Jesse, is too long east, fine in muzzle, nice skull, but not depth enough of hody; and Lucy is another of the weedy kind, fast, per- haps too fast, in the field, but not bench show beagles. FOXHOUNDS—(MAJOR J. M. TAYLOR). To show off the capabilities of the district in the way of foxhounds may almost be said to be raison @étre of the show, and old Kentucky turned out in full war paint with an eutry of 94. This, of course, passes all records, even that of Richmond in 1888. Type—well, there was type ofa sort, some were built after the lean kind and others the reyerse, though the extreme whippety-looking hounds one is wont to associate with the name of American howbd was con- spicuously scarce. The winners in the open class were what may be termed poor Noglish hounds, heavier than the general run of American hounds, showing that they car- ried a considerable percentage of the former blood in their veins, It the judge made any mistake it was excusable, for a more bewildering class I never saw as they trailed round the invisible ring. The class called for American hounds, and, therefore, I think that hounds showing the most evidence of American type should have been recognized when the money was given out; these, and only these, were those of the Conk Kennels. They are sorty, level and are bred true to a distinct type; they are rather fine coated, that is too smooth, but even that is another characteristic of this type uf hound. Champion Braye and champion Bern- hardt were the only representatives in each challenge class, and were both shown fit and well, Then the open class of 48 entries crowded in. Dogs, own- ers and handlers, or whippers-in T should say, were new to the business and situations were awkward sometimes, After the weeding out process the winner was found in Ben,a dog very much on the English type; good front, fair head, good hound coat and well made behind. Red Stone, a red dog from the same kennel, came next; he looks built for runnin ey all over and is a workmanlike-looking dog, not much be- hind the winner, Risk, from the same kennel, took thira: he loses in front to the others. Reese, reserve, loses in front and ribs, Then came a lot of Mr. Walker’s vhe. hounds, all fairly well made, faulty in feet and head formation princi- pally. Roderick, a winner under this judge twice before, was left with a yhe. this time. He is, however, a well-made hound and should have been higher, and so might Drum IL, whois also a first winner elsewhere, Streak third. They have all been mentioned in FoREST AND STREAM before. Braye’s Boy is a nicely made hound of the Cook type, with excellent legs and feet. Then came the bitch class of 31, the Sphar kennel again furvishinge the winver in Topsy, a red, who, though not very well shaped in head, has the aa underpinning to serve all practical purposes. N ell, of the Bourbon Kennels, came next. She is well-fronted, but hardly so strong in loin or so good in shoulders: Mr. Walker's kennel coming up close with Fanny, losing in front aud loin, good coat. Fly, a winner at other shows, took vhe ; she is too long cast and could be better in front. Jet, soft in coat, was another three-letter bitch, and Frances, second at New York, was another; she is a nicely formed bitch, and could bave had more quite rightfully. Kate, an- other more on Hnglish type. took vhe. also. The others were more or less faulty in legs and feet, and there is ne use mentioning them particularly, as it is not likely they will ever be seen outside of Kentucky’s limits. The same muy be said of the puppies, which were at the neither hay nor grass period. si In shaggy foxhound dogs, The Bard beat Wilson in head, coat and front, and in bitches Clara was well ahead of the others, she afterward winning special for the best. Some Huglish foxhounds were shown but they were little heavier than some of those winning in the American class. Fiddler, a fair-headed one, nice front, was alone in dogs and a0 was Music in her ciass; the puppies were not up to much. COLLIES—(MR. FRANK C. WHEELER), The callie classes could not by any means be called a xood lot, In dogs Sir Walter Scot IL, whose career in the Cana- dian shows has been recently chronicled. won over Mexdow- thorpe Reality, an old friend in Seotch Baillie’s days: he (Reality) is getting thick in skull, but still has bis good coat, im Which he beats the winner. Dudley, third, has lizht staring eyes, is too highin skull and ears are wrong, The bitches were barred ont. In novice class Sir Walter Scott IT. won oyer Dublin Scotilla, who shows quality, but 18s weak in pasterns, hig in ear and wasout of coat. He after- ward won in the puppy class, alone, BULLDOGS—(MR, FRANE C. WHEELER). The dogs were not worth mentioning and it is a mistake to do if, some would not be considered worth of a place among the Boston terriers even; prizes were withheld and cards given out. Princess Pedro had the only semblance toa palace and was given first in her class, faulty in skull and chops, BULL-TERRIERS—(MR, FRANK C, WHEELER). Dufferin inthe challengeclass saved the quality of those classes. Grip, prick-eared and too long and light in head and light in eye, was given first in dogs, ROUGH-HATRED TERRIERS—(MR, FRANK C. WHEELER). Poot old Meadowthorpe Heiver, the noted Dandie Din- mont that used to do some winning under Scotch Baillie’s handling, looked as if he would like to turn up his toes; scabby with mange, ont of coat, he lolledin the sun a wreck of his former sprightly self; we did what we could for him for the sake of old times, and a tin of water seemed most acceptable. Meadowthorpe Donald, the Scotch terrier, though out of coat, was as lively as ever, and can give Kils- ton a push yet. These were first in each class, only entries. FOX-TERRIERS—(MR. FRANK C. WHEELER). No challenge entries, and old General Grant was the best in the open dogs, shows age, is plain-faced and cheeky, he was followed by Klemton Match, one of Lucifer’s sons, but IL could not find him when wanted, neither could I find Gyp, third winner. Dixie Tartar, reserve, losesin front and head, Quits, vhe, was complimented surely, thick, coarse head and long coat; Chippie is another of this sort, also vhe., and Blucher will never do as well again I’m afraid. In bitches Blemton Lulu, that won first at Cincinnati last year, was the winner. Then there were a lot of puppies, more for sale than amything else, and it was impossible to find out which was which, you just took your choice and used your own jndgment, Columbine, a weak looking little terrier, was the only wire-haired one; yes. it had a rough coat. Trish terriers were non est, and black and tan terriers might just as well have been, for they were a poor, apple- headed iot, first going to Margoline, who has certainly less skull than the others, but her body held no hair, except tan markings; Guess was rather a pretty little thing, bat what is the good of mentioning them, they are not the type, and so I must leave them to their mistresses, who will and do appreciate them better, one stating publicly that $1,000 was her little brute’s intrinsic value. PUGS—(MR. FRANK C. WHEELER). As might be supposed, the show was a pretty good one, Hbevhart’s Cashier taking the challenge prize, looking none the worse for his Canadian tour, In open dogs Mr. Pitts showed his new deg Bonsor, which has a nice muzzle, skull could he fuller, eye all right, cobby body, good legs and feet and tail carried O,K. Dixie aud Bradford Ruby II. were put equal second, why [do not know, if one is right the otheris wroug. Dixie is much the best and one of the neat- est little dogs out; could do with a fuller skull, muzzle and eye first-class, body most cobby, deep and broad, legs well- boned and straight and carries a good curly tail with true pug action. Itis a pity bis pedigree cannot be learned, but that be is a dog of good breeding is shown in eyery line. Bradford Ruwby’s size is his worst fault. Pus loses in head and body to the others and Grover Cleveland is too flat in skull. Plugis poor in ear and long in muzzle, Beauty IIL, the winner at Chicago, was an easy winnerover Fannie K,, beating her in head, exr and front. Plug and Ko Ko won in puppy dogs. Peggy Pryde, well-known now, won in puppy ergues over Kentucky Belle, beating in muzzle, body and curl. ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS—(MR, FRANK C., WHEELER) Lavender, spoken of before in these columus, won well over Prince, who carries bis ears & la jack rabbit. Topsy, a very small Mexican hairless, was returned the winner in that breed. It was like a small Chihuahua dog without hair, and Oyez, vhe., is a Chinese chow chow and nota Mexican hairless at all, MISCELLANEOUS CLASS. A fairish Pomeranian won; the boys called hima “loup loup.’”? Then a dog called Ponto came next, which I could find no trace of; then some Pima dogs, bred by Pima Indians, but what they are would puzzle any one, They resemble the worst fox-terrier one ever saw, and were given vbe. Two fair retrievers and some coon dogs, who, kenneled in the hottest and brightest part, could see no fun in that business and lolled about no doubt dreaming of the “‘darkey’s hour just before the dawn.” H.W. L. PRIZE LIST. MASTIFFS.—Dogs: Ist, Frank G. Oft’s Wate; 2d, Miss Mary Shanklin’s Duke. Very high com., Frank G. Ott’s Onondaga. High com.. A, S. Allen’s Jack, Bitches: High com., Ren LaBree’s Louise. Puppies: 2d, G, D. Weathers’s K.U. Very high com., A. M. Gutzeit’s Bunch. ST. BERNARDS.—RouGH-CoOATrED—Dogs: 1st, Frank §. Ander- son’s Columbian Knigzhi; 2d, Miss Anna Warrell’s Neutie. High com.. E. D, Sayre, Jr.’s Hindon. Bitches: Ist, Hd. M, Wickliffe's Becki¢; 2d, Perey Talbert’: Queen. Very high com... Meadow- thorpe Kennels’ Lady Abbntt.—PuPprtes—Dogs: 2d, Miss Anna Farrel?s Neutie, Bitches: Prizes withheld —Smoorn-Coarrp— Dogs: Ist, §. B. Buckner, Jr.s Weitz, Bitehes: 1st, Meadowthorpe Krnneis’ Nadja. NEW FOUNDLANDS.—Ist, Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Plora- GREAT DANES—DPogs: Ist, Imperial Kennels’ Imperator. Bitches: 1st withhel?; 20 and very high com., Frank §. Anderson's Columbian Daphne and Columbian Nell Puppies; Ist and 2d, Frank S. Andersou’s Columbian Dephne and Coliumbisn Nell. ~ DEERYVOUNDS —I1st. Chae. . Rowland’s Thora ITE, GREY ROUNDS,—CHALLENGE—Dogs: lst, Rook wood Greyhound Kennels’ champion Master Rich. Bitches; Ist. Rookwood Grey- hound Kennels’ champion Miss Rare.—Oppn— Dogs; lst.H. Brown's Surplus: 2d, W. Sanders’s Blne, Reserve, L. Gentry’s Cyclone, Very high com., Young & Knuafi’s White Socks, R. Woolley’s Hignflight. J. A, Wood’s Moonson. High com., A. M. Young's Alfonzo, M. Richardson’s Salyator. Com., Elizaveth L.Searles’s Chaunard, Rookwood Greyhound Kennels’ Bird Catcher, D, H- Siine’s Middletown. Bitches: 1st, Rookwood Greyhound Kennels’ Wild Idle; 2d, 5, Lyne’s Minnehaha, Very hich com.. P. Talbert)s Skedadale, D. H.Stine’s Mollie.- Com., L. Grow'’s Belle of Elk- horn, Rookwood Greyhound Kennels’ Creole Belle,—Purpres— Dogs: ist, E. V, Paul's Favgh-s~Sallagh; 2d, R, Woolley's High Hight, Reserye, M, Richardsoa’s Salvator, High com., L. Wil- diams’s Tonchstone. J. AH, Weathers’s Avon. Bitches: Ist, Rook- fad Greyhound Kennels? Wild Idle; 2d, J. Grow’s Belle of Elk- orn, RUSSIAN WOLFHOUNDS (Baraois).—Dogs: Ist, 2d and 3a, P. A. Hicke’sAbreck, Oudofiand Zlotam. Bitehes: ist, P. H. Hacke’s Prokaza. POINTHERS.—45nBs, AND Ov aR.—Dogs: Ist, John B. Gastleman’s Krupp; 2d, Mesdowthorpe Kennels’? Meadowthorpe Duke. High com., Luther Hastin’s Brown. Bitches: ist, George R. Bell's Bells Kate, High com,, Meadowrhorpe Kennels’ Dot,—UnpEer 5hBS,—Dogs: 2d, Robert Kennedy’s Roger, Bitéhes: ist, BR. B 212 FOREST AND STREAM. a [Ocr, 1, 18914 Morgan's Naso Belle; 2d, Willie D. Herr's May. O*Neil’s Flora. Puppies: 2d, John B. Castleman’s Mainos. Fabe Harrison's Renben. ENGLISH SETTHRS.—CHALLENGE—Dogs: lat, J. BH. Dager'’s Cincinnstug, Bitches: Ist, J. Shelley Hudson’s Bohemian Girl.— OpEN—Doys: ist, J. H. Dager’s Toledo Blade; 2d, G. O. Smith's Dad Wilson's Boy. Reserve, Blue Ridge Kennels’? Gath's Mark. Very high eom,, J, Shelley Hudson’s Gamester, W. H. Walling- ford’s Ben Hur of Riverview, and Blue Ridge Kennels’ Dan Glad- stone snd Rajah. High com., J. Taylor Williams's Sportsman Boy and G. O, Smith’s Sir Frederick, Com., W. H. Wallingford's Kentucky Dash and Thos. L. Martin’s Teudor. Bitches: Ist and reserve, Blue Ridge Kennels’ Gossip and Belton’s Princess: 2d, Dr L. A. Querner’s Nell Q, Very hich com,,J. Shelley Hud- son’a Sunshine. High com., J, Shelley Hudson’s Lillian P., Harry Worthwood's Ledy Dudley and J. Taylor Williame’s Lady Zoe. Com., J, Shelley Hndson’s Susie Gladstone, J. Taylor Williame’s Belle Sportsman, W.H. Wallingford's Lucille Hill, J. H, Smith's Lou Gladstone and Daniel L. Martin's Niobe.—Purrres—Dogs: Ist, withheld; 2d, Fahe Harrison’s Rex, Bitches: 1st, Babe Har- rison’s Juno. Very high com., P. B. Winn’s May Win. High com., Oliver Redd’s Flash, Com., 0. P. Harp’s Cute. IRISH SHTTHRS.—Dogs: Ist, Seminole Kennels’ Captain; 2d, Geo. R. Doehrer’s Frisco Boy. High com., H.C. Sherman’s Biz Sarsfield, Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Meadowthorpe Rover. Com., Jas. EH, Pepper’s Tan. Bitches: ist, Jas. E. Pepper's Lil V1. GORDON SETTERS.—Dogs: Ist, Geo. Perrin's Don; 2d and com. Meadowthborpe Kennels’ Meadowthorpe Heather and» Meadow- thorpe Laddie. Bitches: Ist, Mrs. J. H, Dager’s Janet; 2d, Meadow- thorps Kennels’ Sallie. & InISH WATER SPANIELS.—Bitches; 2d, Howard Downing’s Satan, Com., FIELD SPANIELS.— Dogs: 1st, The Cook Kennels’ Newton Ab- bott Farmer, Bitches: Ist‘ Geo. Bell’s Whatnot GC. COCKER SPANIELS —CHALLENGE—Dogs; Ist, Geo. Bell’s King of Obos.—OPEN—Dogs: ist, Geo. Bell's Obadiah. Bitches: ist, Geo. Bell’s Lady Obos, BEAGLES.—Dogs: Ist, I. Gentry’s Jesse. Bitches: 2d, lL. Gen- try’s Luey. AMERICAN FOXHOUNDS.—CraALLEnGE—Dogs: 1st, The Cook Kennels’ champion Brave. Bitches: 1st, The Cook Kennels’ cham- pion Bernhardt.—OPren—Dogs:; 1st, 2d and 8d, Asa R. Sphar’s Ben, Red Stoneand Risk. Reserve, W.S. Walker's Resse. Very high com., The Cook Kennels’ Streak, Roderick and Drum II., Redd Bros.’ Tickler, W. §. Walker's Scott, Boston, Brage, Search, Sam and Troop. Com., Henry B. Bosworth's Red Jack, Redd Bros.’ Leader. Bitches: 1st, Asa R. Sphar’s Topsy; 2d, Bourbon Kennels’ Nel}; 8d, W.S. Walker’s Manny. Very high com., The Cook Ken- nels’ Fly, Jef and Frances, Asa RK. Sphar’s Kate. High com,, The Gcok Kennels* Fannie and May Queen, Redd Bros,’ Fanchon and Queen. Com., The Cook Kennels’ Wild, Redd Bros.’ Houri and Fly, Bourbon Kennels’ Jda.—Puppres—Dogs: 14t, Bourbon Ken- nels’ Guy; 2d. J. M. Downing’s Commodore. Bitches: 1st, Bour- bon Kennels’ Dexia; 2d, J. M. Downing’s Lucilda; 3a, Dr. W. L. Atkins’s Nell. SHAGGY FOXHOUNDS.—Dogs: ist and 2d, A. B. Whitlock’s Bard und Wilson, Bitches: Ist, Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Clara. ENGLISH FOXHOUNDS.—Dnogs: Ist, Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Fiddler. Biiches: 1st, Meadowthorpe Kennels? Music. Ist, 2d and yery high com,., Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Dick, Tom and Harry, COLLIES.—Dogs; ist, John Hawkes’ Sir Walter Scott IIL; 2d and 3d, Meadowihorpe Kennejs’ Meadowthorpea Reality and Dudley. Bitches: ist, Seminole Kennels’ Dublin Scotilla,. BULLDOGS.— Very high com., H. R. Puch’s Toby. High.com., H. B, Boulden’s Gus and Willis Cole’s Irish Pat. BULL-TERRIERS.—CaanLtEenge—Dogs; ist, Wm. J. Brvson’s Dutferin.—Open—Dogs: High com., R. P. Buchanon’s Grip, Bitches: ist, Wm. Mariner’s Princess Pedro. SCOTCH TERRIERS.—Dogs: Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Meadow- thorps Donald. DANDIE DINMONTS.—Dogs: Meadowthorpe Hever. FOX-TERRIERS.—Dogs: ist, H. 2d, Matthew Wilson's Bl-mton Match; 81, Dr. BE. B. Hagyard’s Gyp. Reserve, Dixie Poultry Ya ds and Kennels* Dixie Tartar, ist, Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Very high com., Miss Hermine Gratz’s Quits and Pat Lamphear's Chenpu. High com., Miss Israel's Blucher. Bitehes: Ist. BE. C. Riedinger’s Blemton Lulu; 2d, Dr. E. B, Hacyard’s Little Typsey; a7, Dixie Poultry Yards and Keunels’ Hillside Marchioness. Very high com,, Dr. HE. B Hagvard’s Typsey If, and H. T. Clay's Gypsy, High com,. John Foster's Mabel and Meadowthorpe Ken- nels’Scarsdale Folly.—Purrres—Doge; Ist, Prank Rieting’s Stormy; 2d, Dixie Poultry Yards and Kennels’ Dixie Tartar. com., Measowthorpe Kennels’ Quiz. High com., John Foster's Tom and Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Dr. Ed. Bitches: 1st, Meadow- thorpe Kennels’ Queen.—-WIRE HAIRED—Dogs: Ist, Meadow- thorpe Kennels’ Columbine. BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS.—1st, W. T. Ficklen’s Margo- line; 2d, Miss Katherine Reed’s Guess; 5d, W. E. Martin’s Cute. ery high com., W, T. Ficklen’s Jumbo, Mrs, J. H. Nelms’s opsy. PUGS.—Dogs: 1st, A. E. Pitts’s Bonser; equal 2d, Eberhart Pug Kennels’ Bradford Ruby IJ. and ©, L. Connor’s Dixie. Ve y high com., L. Wogle’s Pug, Miss Willie Sayre’s Plug. High com.,, L. Straus’s Grover Cleveland. Bitches: 1st, A. Hi. Pitts’s Beauty II]; 2d, Eberhart Pug Kenrels’ Fannie K.—PupPres—Dogs; 1st, Miss Willie Sayre’s Plug; 2d, Miss Marie Leibins’s Ko-ko. High com., F. W. Schapperle’s Nero. Bitches: 1st, Eherhart Pug Kennels’ Peggy Pryde; 2d, C. L. Connor’s Kentucky Belle. ITALIAN GREY HROUNDS.—1st, J. 8. Rockwell’s Lavender; 2d, J. Englehart’s Prince, MEXICAN HATRLESS.—Ist, Dr. CO. E. Mooney’s Topsy. Very high com., Marie Adair’s Oyez. MISCELLANEOUS.—Ist, G. R. Hdmiston’s Snow Prince (Pom- eranian); 2d, W. C. Samueis’s Ponte. Very high com., Miss Rosa Jeitrey’= Lavitte (Pima doz), 8S. Thampson’s Rags (Pima dog), M. Kimbrough’s Pearl (English retriever), Meadowthorpe Kennels’ Black Diamond. High com., Miss J. 8. Boswell’s Farley. MONTREAL DOG SHOW, [Special Report.] ese Montreal Exposition Company’s First International Bench Show of Dogs opened at the Exhibition Grounds, Montreal, Sept, 22 and closed the 25th. The show was well attended, and nodoubtthe company will reap a rich harvest of over $1,000 profit. The building was pressed to its full capacity to accommodate the entries, the judging being ‘done in a tent adjoining the building, where at certain times the heat was very oppressive. Dr. Wesley Mills acted as superintendent, while Mr. Coulson and Mr. Robinson worked like beavers. Spratts Patent did the benching and feeding. P. G, Keyes, of Ottawa, judged Clumber, field and cocker spaniels, while John Davidson, of Monroe, Michigan, judged all the other classes except black and tan terriers, which were judged by Messrs. Davidson and Joe Lewis jointly. The classes of dogs were about the same that have been through the circuit and which have been commented on at the other shows. Of course there were some strange entries, but the bulk of the money weut to the regular campaigners. MASTIFES, The exhibit of mastiffs was very poor in quality. Mode, in the challenge class, was alone, he has a nice head. In open dogs Lord Caution was rightly placed at the head of the class, fair in head and carriage of ears: second went to Victor, long in head; Victor, third, is light throughout. The hese of the cards were given according to choice of a poor ot. ; 8T. BERNARDS. No entries in rough challenge class. In challenge bitches Republican Belle made her first appearance in this class and won. In open dogs, Kingston Regent, the winner at other Canadian shows, good in head, bone and color, was an easy, winner; he shows lots of quality. Second, to Duke of Wel- lington, very promising for his age, not quite right behind: Lord Dalhousie taking third prize. Prince, vhe., is too small. ‘T'be vest were not high flyers. In the bitch elass Zenith had a walk over, the Pottersburg entries being ab- sent, In smooth challenge class Hector again came up Com.,. Martin Puppies: Withheld.—Novice—lst, John Hawkes’ Sir Waiter Scott; 2d. Seminole Kennels’ Dublin Scotilla. Puppies: Lachman’s General Grant; Very high smiling at one endjof the chain and Mr, Mann at the other. The judge finally gave first priz2 to Hector. In smooth bitches Nun Nicer had no competition, and was given first, She was shown at Hamilton. EBLOODHOUNDS. Jack Shepard had it all his own way. NEWFOUNDLANDS.. Only one entry, Czar, and a moderate one, head not correct and coat not straight, GREAT DANES, Favor, second at Toronto, was an easy first here; and second went to Pasha II., also well known: Brutus was absent. In bitches, Mount Royal Kennels’ Minerva’s Fawn was alone, she lacke size. DEERHOUNDS. Several deerhounds were shown, and were placed right; they were chiefly lacking in coat and head properties, GREYHOUNDS were the same old stagers that have been doing the circuit with the Thomas combination, exceptin one ortwo instances. Im challenge dogs first went to Gem of the Season and second to Scavenger, who through some accident has lost part of his tail. In challenge bitehes Maud Torrington was placed ahead of Spinaway, a correct decision. In open dogs, a repetition of the other shows, Ornatus first, with Pious Pembroke runner up; third prize going to Eleho. In open bitches a surprise was in store, first prize was given to quite a fine bitch in Second Sight; second to Bestwood Daisy, brimful of quality, each had their admirers, and I leave them for the present; third to Lily of Gainsboro, The rest will not set anything on fire. FOXHOUNDS, One entry in each class, Trailer, second at Kingston, making an easy win here. The first in bitches is not nearly so good as the dog. POINTERS, These were good in qnality, Mr. Davey bringing on his team, In challenge dogs, heavy-weight, there were no en- tries, and Belle Randolph won in the corresponding bitch class, Devon Nell taking second. In challenge light-weights Pommery Sec made another win in his class, Fan, Jr., being again first in bitches. In open dogs 455lbs. and over, Tem- pest again defeated Westminster Drake, King Bow’s Bow, the Kingston dog, being absent, having rin away from home, his owner had to leave without him, Open bitches saw Revelation, quite a nice bitch, the winner, Ightfield Madge taking second. In open bitches Mr, Davey again showed first and second in Lady Gay Spanker and Miss Rumor, both are very nice bitches and mentioned at Toronto show, Frivolity winning third prize for the Mount Royal Kennels; she is not good in head properties, ENGLISH SETTERS. Another surprise was in store for some of the winners at the other shows, Kent I. was placed first over Hdgemark, the winner at Kingston, Hamilton and Toronto, third going to Ightfield Rhulas, yhe, to Kent’s Rex, second prize winner at Kingston. IRISH SETTERS, Seminole again defeated Glen Jarvis, third going to Shot, heavy in skull, Max, vhe.,is not good in color, The rest followed in the wake. In bitches, Elfrida won, good in head and color, over Aurore, second prize, who is now well known. Third prize to Hllen Vannan, yhe. to Rose Elche, mentioned before, GORDON SETTERS. Dr. Dixon’s team again cleaned out the prizes with Ivan- hoe and Leo B. in challenge dogs, Duchess of Waverly in challenge bitches, Hilda winning second. Open dogs, two fairly good ones were shown, Keni winning first, Jim Dandy second, In open bitches that nice young bitch Lady Waverly won, with Clip second prize. COLLTES. Roslyn Wilkes here to compete for special only, left Ros- lyn Dandy a winner in challenge dogs. Metchley Surprise had a walk over in the bitch class. In open dogs Dowry, with his faulty head and ears, was again placed first. Mass, the second prize winner, is not goad in head and lacks hard- ness of coat; Metchley Wonder II. taking third prize. I consider him a better type and should have been placed higher. In reserve, Rowdy got all he was entitled to; he lacks coat and head not right; Roslyn Conway, a racy sort, taking he, In bitches, Bernice was placed first; she is quite a different type to the winners in the dog class, Mayflower won second, not so good in head, third going to Floss, large inear. Roslyn Belle, vhe., lacks undercoat, SPANIELS. Samson and Bradford Gladys were alone in their respec- tive classes in field spaniels. In open dogs first prize was withheld, Brantford Mohawk taking second, with Hindoo third. They have been repeatedly noticed before, In field spaniel bitches Woodland Sallie was alone and Clumber spaniels were the same as at Kingston. In challenge cockers first went to Brantford Red Jacket, Oban taking second and the well-known Black Duke was pegged away back to vhe., Habbi only getting reserve. Things will be pretty warm around Woodstock just now. Im challenge bitches Bessie W. was alone. In open dogs Black Dufferin added another win, with Donovan coming in for second prize, In open bitches Geo. Bell’s I Say won well, Woodstock Cora coming second. ‘This turns the tables on Toronto. Brantford Flirt, third. All described last week. Open class dogs other than black had the winner in Redman, second going to Brownie, third to the well-known Ru*ns, a workmanlike dog, too. Tn bitches Jessie C. was placed ahead of Brantford Red Rid- ing Hood, the name being long enough to kill the dog. Trish water spaniels had a couple of good entries, Handy Andy winning in dogs, with a nice bitch, Marguerite, short of coat at present, the winner in her class, BEAGLES. Not a large class, Roy K, winning in dogs, Vanity winning in bitches, with Stella second. These haye been noted be- fore. Also the dachshunde were placed as at Toronto, the winners are now old faces. BULLDOGS. Bo’swain made another win, also special for best bulldog. In bitches Bloater Girl won, the rest were not of special merit. BULL-TERRIERS. The Toronto awards were reversed in that Prince Bendigo was placed over Top Sparkle, he only taking third, while Common was given second, repeating the Hamilton judg- ing. In bitches some more old faces faced the judge, My Queen getting first, Hdgewood Fancy second, third going to Queen of the Dale. In terriers, pugs, and so on, the winners have been noticed so often it is not necessary torepeat. The miscellaneous class was divided up, five [prizes being given, the whippets taking most of it. ROLNAY. PRIZE LIST. MASTIFF'S.--CHALLENGH—Dogs: 1st, Hugh Falconer’s Mode.— Oppn—Doge: Ist, Geo. J. Brown’s Prince; 2d. G. J. Hsplin’s Carno: 8d. J. KR. Shore’s Victor, Very high com, J. R. Short’s Bill Nye and Turk. High com., J. R. Short’s Monarch. ST, BERNARDS.—RouGs-OoArnp—CHALLENGH—Bitenes: W,.C. Reick’s Republican Bsllé.—Oran—Dogs: ist, W. C. Reick’s Kingston Regent; 24, T.S. Vipond’s Duke of pees a 8d M. Arahbill’s Lord Dalhousie. Very high com, Mrs. W. J. Je Tab Ist, | * ’ Prince. High com., W.G. McNaughton's Faust. 1 Com,, Mrs, H. Y. Meredith’s Carleton.—Bitches: 1st, W . ©. Reick’s Zenith— SMOOTH-COATHD—CHALLENGE—Dogs: Ist, W.C. Reick’s Cham-~- pion Hector.—Oran—Bitehes: ist, F. H. Lamb's Nun Nicer. BLOODHOUNDS.—1st, R. G. H. Huntingdon’s Jack Shepard. NEWFPOUNDLANDS,—ist, J. A. Minnis’s Czar. GREAT DANES.—Dogs: Ist and 2d, Wolverine Kennels’ Fayor aud Pascha If, Bitches: 1st, Mount Royal Kennels’ Minerva’s awn. ‘ DEERBOUNDS.—Dogs; Ist and 24, F. D. Monk’s Banff and Lennox; 3d, M. Ingres’s Chic. Bitches: ist, F. D. Monk's Belle. GREY HOUNDS.—CHaLtuEngr—Dogs; Ist, A. W. Purbeck’s Gem of the Season; 2d, G. C. Taylor’s Scavenger. Bitches: Ist, A’ Page's Maud Torrington; 2d, Woodhayen Kennels’ Spina wav.—OPpErn— Dogs: ist and 2d, A. W. Purbeek's Ornatus and Pious Pembroke; 3d, Mount Royal Kennels’ Hlcho, Very high com. and high com., G, ©. Taylor's Nibs and Milo. Bitches: Ist,G. Taylor's Second Sight; 2d and 31, A. W. Purbeck’s Bestwood Daisy and Lily of Gainsborough. Very high com., G. C. Taylor’s Northern Queen. High com., Cyril Laurin'’s Topsy. FOX AOUNDS,—Dogs: ist, Kingston and Baneroft Kennels’ Traitor. Bitches; 1st. Geo. H. Andtrgon’s Gypsy, POTNTERS.—CHALLENGE— Bitches (f0lbs. and over): Ist, Robt. Leslit’s champion Belle Randolph: 24, Mount~Royal Kennels’ Devon Nell, Dngs (under 5hlbs,);_ Ist, W. H. Hyland’s Pommery Sec. Bitches (ander 60ibs.): Ist, W, H. Hvland’s Fan N—Opsn— Dogs (over 5albs.): Ist. W. Ledyard’s Tempest; 2d, 'T, G. Davey’s Westoinster Drake. Bitehes (over AOlbs.); Ist and 20,\T. G. Davey's Revelation and Igh) field Mudcoe. Dugs (under 5dlb3.): ist, W. H. Hyland’s Ossining; 2d, 'T. G. Dayey’s Axtel's King Don. ‘Bitches (under 50lbs,): Ist and 2A, 'T. G, Davey’s Lady Gay Spanker and Miss Rumor; 8d, Mount Royal Kennels’ Hrivolity, Very high com., W. H. Hyland’s Lady Graphic, ENGLISH SETTERS.—Dogs: 1st, Cohannet Kennels’ Kent If, ad, F. 8. Brown's Kdgemark: 8d, T. G Dayey’s lghtfield Rhiulas. Very high com., Kingston Brancroft Kennels’ Kent’a Rex and Mt. Washington Kennels’ Viscount and Tony Gladstone. High com., H. Northwood’s Benzine, J. H, Hair’s Sir Hdward. Mt. Royal Ken- nels’ Mount Royal Stride, Hitches: 1st, Mt. Washington Kennels’ Nia; 20, T. G. Davey’s Forest, Heather: 8d, Mt. Washington Ken- nels’ Vietress Lewellin, Very high com., Mt. Washington Ken- néls’ Norah IIl,, Dr. J. Hartman’s Albert’s Nellie, High com,, Blake & Hubertson's £1 Cielo, Mra, J, P. Pitts’s Patience. IRISH SETTERS.—Dogs: ist, Saminole Kennels’ Seminole: aC, Giendyne Kennels’ Gien Jarvis; 3d, J. O?Rcurke’s Shot, Very high com., Mics M, E. Arnton’s Exile, Grove Kennels’ Max, High com., W. M, Blaiklock's Ranger. John Ryan's Red Kern. Com. Seminoje Kennels’ Eleho, Bitches: 1st, Mt. Royal Kennels’ El- — frida; 2d, Seminole Kennels’ Aurore; 84,7. W. Kermode’s Bllen Vanoan. Very high com, Seminole Kentrels’ Rose Palmerston, Mrs, H. Coulson’s Rose Elcho. Com., L. Smitn's ‘ GORDON SETTERS,—CHALLENGE—D; (js; Ist and 20, Dr.8. G, Dixcn's [vanhoe and Leo B, Bitches: 1st, Dr. Dixnn’s Duchess of Waverly; 2d, Mount Royal Kennels’ Hilda.-OpEn—Dogs: Ist, Grove Kennels’ Kent; 24, J. MeVev’s Jim Dandy. Bitches: Ist, Dr. Nixon’s Lady Waverly; 24, A. Coish-1m’s Clip. COLLIES.—CaaLtencE—Doys; Ist, Seminole Kennels’ Roslyn Dandy. Bitches: 1st, Seuinole Kennels’ Metchley Surprise.—OPayn —Ist_and 34, McKwan & Gibson’s Drury and Metchley Wonder; ed, W. Rutherford’s Moss. Very high rom., Seminole Kennels’ Rowdy, John Duncan’s Reality, Thyne & Mcf'aiden’s Champion, High com., Seminole Kennels’ Roslyn Conway. Com., Hon. H. M. Cocbrane’s Mp and W. Cunningham’s Don Christopher. Bitches: Ist, Thyne & McFadden’s Bernice; 2d, Mctwan & Gibson’s May- flower; 3d,.Iohn Dunean’s Floss. Very high com., Seminole Ken- nels’ Cora IL, John Duncan's Roslyn Belle, Higt com,, L, Lue- decking’s Com., Hon. M. H, Cochrane's Bess, FI£LD SPANIBLS.—CHALLENGE—Dogs: Ist, Andrew Laidlaw's Samson, Bitches: ist, Andrey Laidlaw’s ch. Bridford Gladys,— OpeN—Dogs: 2d, Brant_Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Mohawk: 3d, W. H, Drummond's Hindos. Bitehes: Luckwell & Douglas's Woodland Sallie. CLUMBER SPANIELS.—CHAaLLEenGEe—Donys: ist, Mercer & Mid- dlsiou’s Boss Ill.—Open—Dogs: ist, G. B. Smart's Darby; 2d, H. BD Bae Shell Bitches: 1st and 2d, H. B.D, Bruce's Lucy Li. aL 10. COCKER SPANTELS.—CHALITENGE—Dogs: Ist. Brant Cocker Kennels’? Red Jacket; 2d, A. Laidlaw’s Ooan. Very high com., Brant Cacker Kernels” Brant and Luckwell & Douelas's Black Duke. Bitches; 1t, A, Laidlaw’s Bes-ie W.—OpaN—Dogs: Ist, Luckwell & Douglas's Black Dufferin; 20. A. Geddes? Donovan: a4, J. A. Cunningham’s Major, Com., C. H, Currier’s Nigger ana N. kioy’s Sport. Bitches: 1st, Ancient and Modern Kennels’ I Say; 2d, B. A. Laidlaw's Cora; 3d, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Flirt. Reserve, Kingston and Bancroft Kennels’ Busy. Very high com., A, Laid- law's Clin 1L. Gom, Geo. Payne's Pip.—O7naR THAN BLack-- Days: ist, W. B. Palmtr’s Redman; 20, Blake & Herbertson’s Brownie; 31, F. J. Leigh’s Rufus. Bitches: Ist, ©. H, Currie’s Jessie C.: 2d, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Red Rising Hood, High Com., George Payne’s Topsy. Com., Thos. J. Fitzsimmons’ Mollie. IRISH WATER SPANIELS.—Dog: Ist, E. Pitt’s Handy Andy. Bitches; 1st, KH. Pitv’s Maryarette. BEAGLES.—Dog; Ist. Rockland Kennels’ Roy K.; 2a, G. D. Welton. Bitches: 1st, Guy D Welvon’s Vanity; 2d. Joseph ‘Lewis's Stella; 3d, Rockland Kennels’ Fannie K. Very hizh com., Rock- land Kennels’ Hmmeline, DACHSHUNDE,- Dogs: Ist. E, A. Maurice’s Wind Rush Rioter: ad, Joseph Lewis's Felamark; 3d, HW, W, Goaedinger’s Chris, Very high com., T. J. Fitzsimmons’ What's That. Bitches; 1st, B. B. Lewis’s Jill; 2d, Joseph Lewis's Lina L.; 3d, E. W. Gnaedinger's ina. BULLDOGS.—Dogs: 1st. E. A, Woodward's Bo’swain; 2d, G. Dillon’s Rillee. Bitches: Ist, A. J. Hutch’s Bloater Girl; 24, J. St. G. Dillon’s Gladys, BULU-TERRIHRS.—Cuartence— Dogs; Ist, S. P. Howard's champion Jubilee.—OPEN—Dogs: 1st, H. KF. Church’s Prince Ben- dizo; 24 and high com, Angin-American Kennels’ Common and King of Hearts; 3d, f. F. Dole’s Topsparkie, Very bigh com., W. C. Sweden, M.D.’s Watchful Wagtail and A. Inglis’s Burton Baron, Bitches: 1st, $8. P. Howard’s My Queen; 2d, F. F. Dole’s Kdgewood Fancy; Anglo-American Kennels’ Queen of the Dale, Very high com. and high com., G. Jordan's Kit and Fly. FOX-TERRIERS.— SMOoTH—CHALLONGE — Dogs: Ist, Oriole Kennels’ Bl+mton Volunteer,—OPan— Dogs: Ist. 2a and very high com., Woodale Kennels’ Stardens Jack, Donbin and Woodale Rival: dd. H, Northwood’s Painter, Very high com.. Oriole Ken= nels’ Blemton Hansack. High com,, W. J. Bryce’s Liye Bothian Spice and Anglo-American Kennels’ Endcliffe Spice. Com., K. G. Cochrane’s Dot, Bitches: lst, 2d and very high com., Woodale Kennels’ Ebor Nettle, Woodale Radiant and Woodale Refusal; 3d, Mt. Washington Kennels’ Rowton Safety. Very high com,, Anglo- American Kernels’ Venus and Oriole Kennels’ Warren Sparkle. High com., VY. G. Hopper’s Verdict —Wimn-HAIRED—Dogs; Ist ang 2d, Battersby Keunels’ Green Gale Pateb and Jim [1.; Anglo- American ‘Sennels’ Barton Sting. Bitehes: 1st, Battersby ‘Kennels’ Rasper’s Rosanne, IRISH TERRIERS.—Dogs: Ist, Anglo-American Kennels’ Jack Briggs; 2d, E. Lever’s Nailer; 34, James Lindsay’s Jack. Bitches: ist, Anglo-American Kennels’ Hxile; 2d, HB. Lever’a Kathleen. BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS,—CHALLENGE—Dogs: Ist, J. F. Campbeli’s Kaiser. Bitches: lat, Rochelle Kennels’ Meersbrook Maiden; 2d, Blake & Herbertson’s Nanov.—OPmn—Dogs; ist, Rochelle Kennels’ Broomfield Sultan; 2d, Blake & Herbertson’s Prince; 8d, W. Gordon’s Birdie. Bitches: 1st, Anglo-American Kennels’ Matchless; 2d, Blake & Herbertson's Buttercup; 3d and very high com,, J. F. Campbeil’s Grit and Desdemona. Yery high com., Rochelle Kennels’ English Lady and A. B, Elmer's Grace. YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.— CHALuENGE — Dogs: 1st, Angilo- American Kennels’ Toon’s Royal. Bitches: 1st, Anglo-American Kennels’ Venus.—OPpmn—Dogs: isi, Anglo-American Kennels* Toon’s Royal George: 2d and very high com., Mrs. J. A. Pitt's Little Pop and Bill Nye; 38d and very high com,, Thos. Kelly's Valkyrie and Rimeo. Hieshcom.. J. R. Bourdeau’s Duke. Bitches: dst and 34, Thos, Kelly’s Genesta and Lottie; 2d, S. Ward’s Nancy. Very high com., Anglo-American Kennels? Pot. DANDI# DINMONT TERRIERS,—Dogs: ist, HE. Brooks’s King othe Heather; 2d, 0. J. Daniels’s Valentine; 3d, John Auld's aE De Bitches: Ist, C. J. Daniels’s Pan; 2d, John Auld's Miss andie, “ss ieee TERRIERS.— Dogs: 1st, Auglo-American Kennels* stor. : ; SEK YH TERRIERS.—-CHALLeENnGceE—Dogs: ist, ©. A. Shinn’s Sir Stafford.—Open—Doge: Ist, W. Hall's Gleniffer; 2d, W. P. Buchan- an’s Laddie. WHLSH, CLYDESDALE. ATREDALE. WHITE ENGLISH AND PAISLEY TERRIBRS.—Dngg; Ist, W. Edmund's Jack, PUGS.—Cu4utence—Dogs: 1st, Dr. H. M. Oryer’s Bob. Ivy. —_ Oct, 1, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 213 Bitches: 1st, Dr. H. M. Cryer'’s Bessie.—OPaN—Dogs: lat, Miss M- Ballentine’s Curtis: 2d, Dr, A. M, Cryer’s Frilg Himmet; ad. Sem- inole Kennels’ Kash, Jr, Very high cam,. Jas. MeVey'’s Windsor Rowdy and Alfred Peplers Puneh. Bifehes: Ist, Howard Bros,’ Sateen; 2d, Dr. H. M. Uryer's Cribbage; 3d, A, Pepler's Judy If. eee High com,, J.T. Catlin’s Perey and GC, H. Currier'’s ijou, _ TOY SPANIELS,—Dogs: Ist and 24. EK. Bradford's Prince and Spot, Bitches; ist, A. M.Goldsmith’s Calumet Alice; 2d and 3d, | B. Bradford's Juliet and Fannie. TOY DOGS, OTHER RECOGNIZED BREEDS.—Dogs: ist, 1D. Clark's Jack; 20, E. Bradford’s Punch. Bitches: Ist, D. Clark’s Tiny; 2d, L, Bare’s Bezoune. MISCELLANEOUS. — Four dollars each to follnwing: R. J, Ingils’s Niche, Miss Nellie Reid’s Gyp, F. F. Dole'’s Friday, Camp- bell & Blake's Benbow, Nellie Gray and Maggie. SPECIAL AWARDS, Best kennels: Four mastifis, J. B. Short; St. Bernards, W- C, Reick; pointer, T. G. Dayey; collie, Seminole Kennels; collie in Canada, McEwen & Gibson; hull-terrier, F. F. Dole; spaniel, E. Bradford. Best mastiff dog, Mode, St. Bernara dog in Canada, Duke of Wellington; bitch, Republican Belle. Greyhound dog. Gem of the Season; hitch, Second Sight. Pointer dog, Tempest: owned in Canada, ‘Westminster Drake: bitch, Lady Gay Spanker. English setter dog, Kent IL; bitch, Nia. Irish setter dog in Can- ada, Shot; bitch, Elfrida. Gordon setter dog, Ivanhoe; bitch, Duchess of Waverley. Collie dog, Roslyn Wilkes; bitch, Meteh- Jey Surprise. Beagle dog, Roy K.; bitch, Vanity, Wox-terrier dog, Starden Jack; bitch, Hbor Nettle; owned in Canada. Dart- mour Snowbroom. Best terrier of any recognized breed not named in list, Sir Stafford. OTTAWA DOG SHOW. : [By telearaph to Forest and Stream J Or Sept. 28.—The Ottawa dog show opened to- day. Weather very bad. Judge Davidson commenced judgin at 10 A. M.and went through in the same day. esterday he sat in the Governor-General’s chair, and, therefore, rushed the dogs through, The attendance very small. Nearly all dogs have been through cireut. Mastiffs only one. St. Bernards a poor class. The following are the winners: * GREYHOUNDS.—Caattencn—ist, Gem of the Season.—OPEN —Dogs; 1st, Justinian; 2d, Pious Pembroke. Bitches: Ist, Jetsum; 2d, Second Sight; 3d, Bestwood Daisy. ST. BERNARDS.—RouGH—ist, Othello.—Smoorn—? °° Lati'’s Nun Nicer, POINTERS.—CHatLEna—Dogs; ist, W. H. Hyland's Pommery Y. E, Sec. Bitches: 1st, W.H. Hyiand’s Fan N.—OpaN—Daogs: Ist, W. penta Tempest. Bifches: 1st, Mount Roval Kennels’ Friv- olity. ENGLISH SETTHERS.—CHALLENGE—Dogs; Ist, F. S. Brown’s Edgemark.—OPrin—Doys: isi, Cohainet Kennels’*Kent II. Bitches: Ist, M.unt Washington Kennels* Nia. IRISH SETTERS.—Dogs: Ist, Seminole Kennels’ Seminole, Bitches: 1st, Mount Roynl Kennels’ Hifrida, GORDON SETTERS, CHALLENGE — Dogs: 1st and 2d, Dr. Dixon's Ivanhoand Leo B. Bilches: lst, Dr. Dixon’s Duchess of Weverly; 2d, Mount Royal Kennels’ Hilda.—Opan—Bitches: 1st, Dr. Dixon’s Lady Waverly. CLUMBER, SPANIJBLS. — CHattencs — Dogs: ist, Mercer & Siu laton's Johnny, Jr. Bitches: 1st, Mercer & Middleton’s Lady romine, FIELD SPANIBLS.—CHArbence—tist, Andrew Laidlaw’s Sam- sor .—OPpN— Dogs: Ist, rant Cocker Kennels’ Brantford Mohawk. Bitches: 1st, Luckwell & Douglas’sa Woodland Sallie. COCKER SPAWNIELS.—CBALEENGE—Dogs: 13st, Brantford Red Jacket. Bitches: 1st, Audrew Liidlaw’s Bessie W.—OPaN—Dogs: Ist. Lueckwell & Doneglas’s Black Dufferin. WBitelies: Ist. Geo. Bell’s I Say.—Any OTHER COLOR—Dogs: Ist, Othello. Bitches: Ist, Brant Cocker Kennels’ Red Riding Hood. COLLIES.—CHALLENGE—Seminole Kennels' Roslyn Dandy.— Oren—Bitches: Jst, MclWiwen é& Gibson’s Mayflower. _BULLDOGS.—ist, BE. A. Woodward's Bo’awain, BULL-TERRIERS.—_1at, Angio American Kennels’ King of Hearts. FOX-TERRIERS.—OCBALEENGE—Isf, Woadale Kennels’ Khor Neitle.- Opmn— Dogs: lst, Woodale Kennels’ Starden’s Jack, Bitches: 1s', Mt. Washington Kennels’ Rowton Safety; 2a, Woodale Kenneis’ Woodale Rival. TRISH TERRIERS—tst, Anglo-American Kennels’ Exile, SEYE TERRIERS.—t1st, C. C. Shinn’s Sir Stafford, BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS.—CnALLENGE—RKoechelle Ken- nels’ Meersbrook Maiden.—OPEN—Dogs: Ist, Rochelle Kennels?’ weciegta aah Sultan. Bitches: 1st, Anglo-American Kennels’ Match- e88, YORKSHIRE THRRIERS.—OHALLENGE—Bifches: Ist, Anglo- American Kennels’ Venus. TOY SPANTIELS.—Dogs: lst, Yorke & Forshaw’s Royal Duke. panting Ist, A, M. Goldsmith's Calumet Alice; 2d, BE, Bradford's annie. PUGS.—CHALcENGE—Dr, Cryer’s Bob Ivy.—OpEN—Dogs; Ist, Miss M. Ballentine’s Curtis. Bitches: lst, Howard Bros.’ Sateen, The rest of the classes followin the same way as at pre- ceding shows. AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB MEETING. se regular quarterly meeting of the American Kennel Club was held at its rooms, No. 44 Broadway. New York city, on Thursday, Sept. 24, President August Pelmont presiding. There were present: Associate members, James L. Anthony; California Kennel) Club, J. Tredwell Richards; Collie Club of America, J. D, Shotwell; English Setter Club, Wilson Fiske; Mascoutah Kennel Club, James Mortimer; National Beagle Club. H. F. Scbellhass; Rochester Kennel Cluh, W,Whitney; Southern California Kennel Club, James Watson; Toledo Ksnnel Club, Dr. H. T. Foote; Great Dane Clnh, G. Muss-Arnoli; American Spaniel Club, E. M. Old- bam; New York and New England Poultry and Kennel Club, W. E. Ghurebill. Minutes of the last meeting read. Mr. Anthony: I move the adoption of the minutes as read, with the exception of the portion referring to the report concerning the pointer special prize, and I ask that that be laid oyer for further consideration, for the rea- son that aii the last meeting it was impossible to have the entry blank produced which was made at the Washington show. I ex- pect Mr. Webster, if he shall be present at this meeting, will haye If in bis possession, and will produce it. I have been informed that it bears, upon its face, the siguature of the Charlotteville Field Trial Kennel Club, Mr. Dexter, owner, and signed by him If so, that disposes of the question. The whole matter rests upon the question whether, at the time of the entry by the Charlotte- ville Field Trial Kennel, it was the property of Mr. Dexter, and whether he signed that entry as the owner of the kennel. In that évent, the dog could not compete because the special stated that it must be for dogs owned and shown south of the Ohio River. Mr, Dexter lives at Buzzard’s Bay, Massachusetts, and as he was the sole owner of the kennel his dog was not entitled to entry. On that ground I ask that that portion ef the minutes go over, in order that when it cohied up again we may have the original entry produced, ‘Ths Coair called upon the secretary to state what had trans- pired =ince the last meeting in regard to the matter. Mr. Vredenburgh stated that the secretary of the Washington City Kennel Club had called upon him and stated that he would be glad to furnish him with the entry blank. Mr, Richards moved that the minutes be confirmed. Motion seconded and carried. : rae secretary’s report was read and approved. It was in part as ollows: © Sinte our last meeting I have received applications for admis- sion to membership from the fillowing clubs: Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, of Gloversville. N. Y.; the Omaha Ken- nel Club, of Omaha, Neb.; the Blue Grass Kennel Club, of Lexing- ton, Ky. These clubs haye'complied with all the requirements of the American Kennel Olub, and are eligible to admission at this meeting. In the case of the Blue Grass Kennel Club, I would re- port that its inaugural bench show began on the 22d inst.. and it respectfully petitions this club to revognize its awards. J] would recommend such action at. this meeting, upon the condition that it complies with all the requirements demanded from active membsrs, The following credentials have been filed at this office: From the eat ale Kennel Club, appointing Mr, James O'Hara Denny as its delegate, and from the New York and New England gM and Kennel Club, appointing Mr. W, H. Churchill as its elegate. énnel Clnb, of Buffalo, N.Y., South Carolina Kennel Association, of Greenville, S. C, Aug. 14, 1801, Mr. C, M. M * Club. filed at this office a notice of the suspension by said club of Mr, Jas. V. R. Frost, for a violation of its bench show rules. | Aug. 17, 1891, complaint was made with me thatthe Louisiana Poultry and Pet) Stock Association, of New Orleans, La., had failed to psy the prize awarded at its lash show to Mr. Roger T. Harrison, New York. Mr. Harrison has miade demands for said prize, and, under same date, I officially notified by mai) the ser- retary of ssid club of the complaint, and requested a prompt liqui- dation of the amountdue the exhibitor. No replies have been received by either Mr. Harrison or myself, and I would therefore ae the enforcement of bench show rules Nos. XXYV. and ~ . At the annual meeting of this club, held Web. 21, 1889, the fol- lowing resolution was adopted: f Club, and allawards andér its rules, its disqualifications and bus- pensions, shall be recognized by the American Kennel Club.” The purpose uf this action was to bring about a closer connection with the bench show clubs and exhibitors across the border, and thus give substantial aid and assistance to the Canadian Kennel Club, then about organizing, and to practically bring together al] fac- lions and kennel interests in the United Stated and Canada. We are now completing the third year of this agreement, andit would appear that the American Kennel Club receives yery little return for ihe benefits its confers, Itis true that we exchange a recog- nition of each other's registrations, yet we give the Canadian clnbs the sama benefits and adyantages as are giyen to ourown members, who haye to pay annually dues therefor. The Canadian elubs do not contribute one dollar toward the support of this club, and our Cansdian list of associate members and subscribera to the Gazeite combined, only reaches a total of nine individuals. I therefore report the practical result of this contract, deeming it my duty to keep you informed upon all matters pertaining to the interests of the American Kennel Club, and now leave the matter in your hands for consideration, and for such action as you may deem desirable. In closing my report, I beg to bring to your attention the follow- ing editorial, published in ForEsT AND STREAM, Aug. 27, 1891, en- titled, “Is Lt Not Worth Considering?” ana the official reply there- to, which will clearly and fully inform you and our associate members of the true state of affairs regarding the ene tHe nO, ere fol- ORESL AND STREAM article of Aug. 27, and the letter pending against this club and a few of its associates: lowed the of Pres, Belmont published in our columns las{ week.] The treasurer’s report was also read, and on motion approved as follows: [herewith submit my report of moneys received and disbursed by me during the year 1891 to date: Reeeipts from all sources from Jan. 1, 1891, to date....... td! ,069.18 eS, "$2.990.48 Expenses for same period Balance on hand......... .......... et Respectfully submitted, A. P, VREDENBURGH, Treus, Mr. Watson, secretary of the stud book committee as follows* and report was adopted; The number of paid registrations up to date is 2653 ‘To show the great advance made this year it may be stated that up to the end of August the number was 2,444, while last year for the same period 1He total was 1,430, Tne following cases have been passed upon by your committee: Pedigree of Bran, 15,70. This dog- was registered as by Nulla- more (4,701) ex Dot (9 656),and the Chestnut Hill Kennela state This error also affects Lassie Dori, 16,210, and Bran’s Jessie, 16,630, As the error Was not made by the American Kennel Clud officials your com- mittee decided that the entries be cancelled, and that any new that it should have been by Strephon ex Dot. registrations must he at the expense of the owner. Pedigree of Hebe K. tion that the pedigree is incorrect it has been ordered cancelled. Pedigree of Ice Palace Queen, 16,775. and it has been ordered cancelled. The attention of the executive committee is, however, drawn to the acknowledgment of J.T. Pinches, who, under date of April 13. says that he was told that the pedigree he gave was correct. Two requests for information as to who misled him have failed to elicit any response, although he was duly advised that his re- fusal would necessitate the case being piaced before the club for further action. Your committee recommends that J. T, Pinches be suspended until such information is furnished. Pedieree of Taylor’s Cleo, 22.397. The owner of Larnock Elsa, 8,019, during the year 1889, when she state’? to have whelped Tay- Jor’s Clea, denies that she had any puppies in 1889, The registra- tion has been cancelled. As DO response can he had from M. T. Mason, of Northampton, Massachusetts, as to hig reasons for making such an sla itis he pen- alty of suspension against James G. Burus, of Buffalo, hus been removed in accorcance with the resolution passed by the execu- recommended that action be also taken on his refusal, tive committee.—JAMES WATSON, Secretary. Reports from special committees being in order, the secretary field trials and coursing meetings, sub- read the following, on mitted by Chairman Child, and laid on the table: Tnis committee reccmmends the reconsideration and repeal of the resolution passed by the executive committee of the A. K. C. 1. Resolved, That only such field trial and coursing winnings be recognized at the American Kennel Club bench shows, as are made at a meeting held under the auspices of a club, a member of K. C., or if, as held under the auspices of a club not such a member, al a competition open to all. 2. Resolyed, That a dog winning two first prizes in stakes open to all at field trial, or the A. coursing meetings, held under the auspices of a chub a member of the A. K, C,. shall have won the title of field trial champion, President Belmont: I have not handed in any report with reference to any arrangement to be made with the Coursing Club, because Mr. Whiton and myself have not actually reached a con- clusion concerning if. I beg to report progress in the direetion of an amicable arrangement, and such as would work pterfectly well, but the feature which I fear will be liable to wreck any arrange- ment which we can make is that the Coursing Club desires the American Kennel Club to publish practically a coursing calendar, and the estimates of the printer upon the publication of such a yolume are so expensive that I am afraid, unless the Coursing Club is willing to guarantee it, it would entail a considerable luss, besides orcupying much of the time of our secretary and his as- sistant. Unless some change is made in that respect, I desire that some other arrangement should be perfected. Dr. H. T. Foote, of the committee appointed to investigate the breed of dogs of the Boston Terrier Club, reported as foliowes; The committee has had very little opportunity to investigate the matter, and have been unable to learn anything of conse- quence until an hour b fore this meeting was called to order, when Mr. Power, of the Baston Terrier Club. presented the stud book of the specialty club, containing some 32 pedigrees, carried fo the third generation, and some of them to the fourth and fifth generation. As fl understand from him, these dogs, in pedigree, were all dogs of this type, and he has the pbames of eight others that are eligible for registration in the stud hook. e also ex- hibited a number of photographs which show similarity in type, and assured us that good Fpecimens of this type cannot be bred from the first cross, or the second or the third cross—that is to say, breeding a dog from the third generation would insure a good specimen. One of the members of the committee, Dr. Glover, is not able to be here, and Mr, Watson and myself, while we feel confident of the existence of such a breed of dogs in Bos- ton, do not feel satisfied to recommend their recognition. That the committee is not strictly called upon to do, for, as I under. stand, the committee was ajpointed to establish the existence of the breed, We feel that ifthe matter was laid over until the May meeting, and the Boston Club would show the dogs, many of ua could become more familiar with the type and perhaps many of us would go to the Boston show, where there is always 4 number of them exhibited. The club undoubtedly has heen very actively at work and appear yery anxious to establish the breed. I feel that we should encourage them, but neither Mr. Watson nor my- self feel satisfied to werrant a report fhat such a breed does actually exist fo any considerable degree. That they haye a number of vary good specimens, perhaps a few hundred, as Mr. Power states, there is no reardu to doubt. I have had no time to hand in a written report. Mr. Watson eaid he thought they had made all the investigation of the matter possible, and that they felt that there was not suffi- cient tangible ground to warrant all the Boston club desired. He thought it wrong to come tothe American Kennel (lyb to enforce ane d ne upon the public; the public ought to enforcsa the dog upon 6 e . i 2 wh ts sues Hera Watt tea nations as active members ftom the following clubs: Buffalo Very high com., Seminole Kennels’ Princess Nellie and Rustic | 5S unball, secretary Cleveland Kennel “That the Canadian Kennel The breeder of the collie bitch Hehe K. and her owner make contradictory statements regarding the ped- igree given, but as the breeder is the one who Jodged the informa- 1 é there isno dispute that the pedigree as registered «i Ice Palace Queen, 16,775, is incorrect, , May 22, 1890, relative to the definition of fieid trial record, so far as it relates to the same. Respectfully recommends the adoption a the following resolutions by the executive committee of the packed away among my readers that this should be exposed.—W. O. SNEDEN, M. D., Riverhead, N. Y¥ Mr. Power being granted the privilege of the floor, said: I would like to say that the Boston Terrier Club has proved the existence of this breed, and I have here photographs taken at ran- dom thaf show the similarity of the type of dogs, and they do not represent our first prize winner, or second or third, J] think by this means we have proved the existence of the dog, ard the ex- jistence of the club. The ciub now numbers fifty members, and it isin active operation. It is very difficult to get clubs throughout the country to provide a class for dogs unless 6 -ey are recognized by the American Kennel Cluh, and is would be almost useless for the members to show their dogs, asthe winnings would not count, and it would simply be throwing money away. The club means business and are very anxious to have recognition for these dogs, We can show thirty-two gnaranteed pedigrees of three genera- tions or over. Every pedigree has been adopted, name by name, after investigation of the stud book cnmmittee, and has been pre- sented to the club and urged before the club for their action, and every one has been accepted. lt is impossible to breed a dog from a bulldog terrier and make a Boston terrier in the first cross or second cross. Ifadog was brought up,..8 the chairman of your committee suggests, before a judgé, and was not a Boston terrier, he would be thrown out of tha class immediately. We claim this dog has been bred for twenty-five years in purity, and the club is ready to stand behind the dog and push it. We would like your favorable consideration at this meeling. The club is acting in good faith, and is jusi as anxious to bave a good dog as you are, The report was filed, and the chair was empowered to appoint a committee to suggest safeguards under which the Boston Terrier Club may be admitted as a member of the American Kennel Club. Mr, Shotwell offered the following resolution: Whereas, The New Jersey Kennel Club, having elected Charles J. Peshall president, nd appointed him its delegate to this club, and by such action indorsing the course pursued by enid Charlies J. Peshall toward the American Kennel Club, and in effect heing Panlitens criminis in proceedings prejudicial to the interests of this club; Resolved, That Article 9, Section 1, of the constitution be en- forced, and that the New Jersey Kennel Club be, and hereby is, expelled from this association. sites Richards moyed as an amendment to that resolution the following: Whereas, The New Jersey Kennel Cluh has elected Charles J. Peshall president, after his disqualification by the American Kennel C)ub; . Resolved, That Article 9, Section 1, of the constitution be en- forced, and that the New Jersey Kennel Ciub be, and hereby is, expelled from this association. Mr. Max Wenzel thought the New Jersey Kennel Clnb should not be made ta suffer on account of any action of itr president, and should not be expelled without the opportunity to be heard. Mr. Richards offered this substitute amendment, which was adopted: Whereas, This club is informed that the New Jersey Kenna Clup has elected Charles J. Peshall president, and has appointed him its delegate to this club »ince his disqualification by the American Kennel Club; . Hesolved, That this cluh considers such action prejudicial to the welfare of the American Kennel Club under Article 9, Section 1 of ihe Constitution, Resolved. That charges be preferred against the New Jersey Kennel Chub, based upon their election cf Mr Peshall as presi- dent and as its delegate to this club, after his disqualification, for conduct prejudicia! to the welfsre of the American Kennel) Club, and that it be referred to the advisory committee and to offer the pil Jersey Kennel Club an opportunity to bs heard upon the charges President Belmont asked fora motion giving associate mem- bers and members of kennel clubs the privilege of being in the room at any of the mwestings, stating that at the last meeting there was some misunderstanding on the part of one or two asso- ciate Members who were present concerning a ruling made by the chair, ostensibly to get rid of a,certain stenographer, and who considered themselves included in the motion that outsiders sheuld leave the room. He further stated that it had caused one retignation and led jo the writing of a sharp letter on the part of another, It was decided that at any public meeting-of the Amer- ican Kennel Club any mem ber of a club a member of the Ameri- ee Kennel Club and ull associate members may be permitted to é@ present. r, Shotwell: I want to call attention to the furnishing by the secretary of official reports of the proceedings of the club to dif- ferent sporting papers. It is a yery unusual proceeding. They have an opportunity of sending their own reporters here ard writing up their own reports. These reports are furnished at some considerable expense, which [ think should he aynided. The chair stated that the reason that course was adopted was because formerly the papers did serd their own reporters and it was very difficult to tell which report was correct, Mr. Shotwell moved that the teeretary be instructed to discon- tinue the practice of furnishing r+ ports to the papers after this meeting. Motion carried, Mr. Watson voting in the negative. The Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, of Gloversville, N.Y.;ihe Omaha Kennel Clab,of Omaha, Neb., and the Blue Grass Kennel Club, of Lexington, Ky., were elected members. Mr. (burehill moved that the recommendation of the serre- ee that their wins be reccgnized, be adapted. Carried, five to our, The resignations of the Buffalo Kennel Cluband of the South Carolina Kennel Association were accepted. The charges pre- terred against the New Orleans Club for default in payment of their prizes in January was referred to the advisory committee with power. Regerding the communication from Ma. W. L. Washington, re questing this club to define the breeder of the Irish setter bitch huby Glenmore, Mr. Watson moved that the breeder of Ruby Glenmore was the G-m Kennels The owner of the kennel.at the time of her being exhibited at Washington did not own the dam at the time she was bred and was therefor: not the breeder, There is DO suggestion of fraud on the part of Mr. Washington in any of nis entries. Motion lost by four totwo and matter referred to the stud book committee, Resolution recognizing the Canadian Kennel Club and iis awards, adopted at the A. K. C0, meeting, Web, 21, 1889, was laid over until the next meeting. Mr. Watson moved that the secretary be instructed to notify Mr, J, Tl. Pinches that, in default of a satisfactory explanation from him in regard to the pedigree of Ice Palace Queen within 15 Gays, he will be suspended and subject 10 disqualification by the club. The same motion was passed in regard to the pedigree of Tay- lor’s Cleo, referred to in the report of the stud book committee, The report of the spevial committee on field trials and coursing meetings war, on Motion, laid over, The secretary was instructed tousk the Washington City Ken- nel Club for the entry blank of the Charlotteville Field Trial Kennel at its late show. ‘ Dr. H. T. Foots gavs notice that ie would offer the following amendments totherules: Rule XT. A dog suffering from eczema, Mange or any Sp eeious or objectionable diseases, etc.. as now stands. Rule XVII. Bench show committees may provide such clastes for dogs of pure breeds as they choose. but in the following classes: 1. Omit “pure breeds of.” 2. As it stands. 3. Omit “recognized” after prize in third line. Intert “in an cpen class”; after “won” in the jourth line insert *tsuch.” Rule XVIL., Art. 4. The puppy class shall be for dogs over six months and under eighteen monthsin age. Art. 6, After “class” in third line insert “one of which shall have been won at New York. Boston, Chicago or Toronto, shall have the privilege.” ete. Rule XXII. Special prizes shall only be offered for dogs of pure brerds. and no dog, etc., a8 at present, Rule — (about XIII). Errors made in entering dogs may be excused unless another exhibitor is injured thereby, when the exhibit shall be disqualified. Rule —. No shows shall extend over four days, including the last days of receiving and the first day of liberating the exhibits, The meeting then adjourned, WHITE VIOLET.—Hditor Forest and Stream: A friend of mine recently called my attention to an advertisement in FOREST AND STREAM offering the “celebrated bull-terrier bitch White Violet for sale,’ Now, the celebrated White Violet—-the one winning six firsts and four specials in Eng- land, first avd special at Lynn (beating ch, Starlight), and first at Boston, 1891—is now in my kennel with five beauti- fui little puppies. I bought her from Mr. Harris, of North ilmington, and have his letters to proye it. If any one pu penaeed the bitch advertised he has been greatly cheated. should have written you about if before, but the confusion of moving with my family from Brooklyn to this place has revented, ‘The advertisement occurred in an August num- er, but which I cannot say, as the copy containing it is books, ete, think it due your 214 FOREST AND STREAM. - —_— {@or, 1, 1891" DOG CHAT. A OST haste, less speed,’’ is asaying that generally proves itself true, and that ‘the raceis not always tothe swift”? is another one very applicable to this case. At the exhi- bition grounds at: Toronto a small steamer plied between the city and the grounds, It is a pleasant sail enough. and ‘Honest’? John Davidson, the two Lewises and Dr, Kimball thought the trip would be a change from the crowded cars on the second evening of the show. The whistle blew and ‘Honest John” and Joe Lewis, being swifter of foot than the other two, succeeded in jumping on board a, steamer just as she started to move out of the dock. The other two were left, but not badly, for the receding steamer never stopped her engines till she landed the erring passengers at St. Catherines, many, many miles down the lake. No trains till morning and noon next day before they could return, It was hard, but the boys had their laugh just the same, and Joe Lewis, after encountering the various experiences of a trip to Europe, has pasted in his hat the motto ‘‘Look before you leap.’’ In talking with one of the Buffalo Kenuel Club members we found that about the only reason they are not moving much in kennel matters is, that they cannot get a suitable hall to hold a show in. and itis suicidal to their interests to have one in the building they unfortunately had before. We hear that their president has resigned from the associate membership. A marked catalogue was issued on Thursday at the To- ronto show. Numbers corresponding with the catalogue were issued to handlers in the ring. although in many cases their use was allowed to lieidle. Itisa feature thatin fu- ture should receive the attention of every show manager, large or small. The public pays admission to see the judg- ing and buying a catalogue expect to be posted as to every- thing that is going on, but if the haudlers are not numbered oe the ring they might as well leave the catalogues at the oor. Mr. T. G, Davey seems to have secured a good breaker in Mr, Hallam, judging by the way his dogs were shown. and their nice condition, This handler we believe secured the prize for the best training and handling at one of the prin- cipal field trials in England in the spring. The prospects for the field trials at Chatham, Ont., are very flattering, and a goodly number of entries are assured. Messrs. Davidson and Smith will do the judging. The American Pet Dog Club will hold its next meeting at 329 Lexington avenue, New York city, Oct. 14, at2 P. M. Mr, A, H, Moore has still further strengthened his kennel by purchasing from Mr. Booth the St. Bernard bitch Lady opeful, by Royal Hesperus out of Beryl. She has some ood prizes to her credit, and is said to be brimful of quality. Mr. Glazier, of Salem, Mass., is a man getting together a stroug kennel of bloodhounds, and it is to be hoped he will aftord the public every opportunity to see these noble hounds at coming shows, His latest purchase is the noted dog Jack the Ripper, from Mr. R. V. Blachford, Jackson, Miss, Would it not be well with a change of ownership to change its name as well, something not quite so blood- curdling. The attorney for the English Kennel Club, Mr, Deurdin Dutton, has been instructed to proceed against Mr. Freeman Lloyd, unless he apologizes unconditionally for his remarks in our Philadelphia contemporary anent Mr. Shirley and the ownership of the H. K. C, Mr, Lloyd, judging from the correspondence published in the English papers, seems to have apologized sufficiently for his misapprehension, but the club persists in rubbing it in a little too hard, and we applaud the stand he hastaken, There is a little too much absolutism in some of these matters. The police of New York city have been busily engaged the past week in taking the dog census for the first time. It is a peculiar undertaking and not unfraught with danger, but the owners seem to bear it in good part, and it is not half so much trouble as taking the Human census. Mayor Grant is responsible for the order, and there is little doubt that the Police Pension fund will be materially increased thereby. From four to twelve men have been detailed to cover each precinct, and itis estimated that the number of dogs in New York will not fall far short of 70,000, The law under which they proceed to enforce the taking out of a license is as follows: “Sec. 155. Every owner, person or pos- sessor who harbors any dog shall take out a permit for each dog atthe Permit Bureau, paying the sum of #2 for thesame, Sec. 156. The Mayor of the city of New York is hereby authorized to take such measures as he may deem most ef- fective to carry into effect the provisions of this article.” They say this law is obligatory. It declares positively that owners shall obtain licenses for their dogs. The enumera- tors work from 8 A. M.1o9 P, M., and it is expected all the returns will be in by the middle of this week, and the owners of those found to be unlicensed will receive notice to step up and pay. We regret to hear from the manager of the Flour City Kennels, Rochester, N. Y , that their stud dog Horace has joined the majority. He died on Sept. 16 after a few days illness. He was by champion Minting out of Duchess. By the way, we hear that Mr, Whitney, the owner of this ken- nel, disgusted with the treatment he received at the hands ‘of the Mastiff Club and its secretary, in reference to a pedi- gree which he wished to trace and their dilatory action in regard to the club cups he won iu the spring, returned the latter to the clab, not wishing to have anything more to do with it. This isnot the way to treat one of our most in- filuental and enterprising mastiff men. A club that has the interest of the breed at heart should do all in their power to keep such men in their ranks and encourage them to sreater efforts, for tu breeders like Mr. Whitney must we ook for importations of desirable stock that will tend to improve the mastift breed. The fox chases at Lexington, Ky., cannot be said to have been 4 success, and with the thermometer playing with the nineties and a dry, dusty track, we donot see how it could have been otherwise. Foxes were started, hut generally turned “brush”? when they heard the yells of the ‘‘coons’’ by the grand stand, anc were either chopped by the hounds which had just started or ran back to the sheds. On Thurs- day one fox got well around the track, and the hounds getting on the trail, the track having been watered, they ran a pretty race, several horsemen following them over the miniature hurdles set in front of thé grand stand, led by General Gentry’s twelve-year-old son, a true chip of the old block, and who was firstin at the finish. A deer was also let loose, but turned back and ran clear through the dogs, who acted as if they thought it was a calf. The second at- tempt, the next day, proved a better one, and the deer led them a merry chase, making a gallant effort to jump the 10ft. fence surrounding the track. The sports were inter- spersed with bicycle races, the ancient game of tilting at the ring, and drilling of local militia, Mr. Reick, owner of the New York St. Bernard Kennels sailed yesterday for Hurope. He will be away a month an will have some shooting with James Gordon Bennnett, On Thursday, about noon, General Gentry, who was untir- ing in his efforts to make every one feel happy and at home, corraled a number of owners of foxhoun 8, dogmen and others, and taking them to a tent in the infield, invited them to tackle a bountiful launch and its Kentuckian fix- ings. Right willingly did. they do it, and then we were treated to some fine old Kentuckian speeches, and P, H, O’ Bannon, of Blue Ridge Kennel fame, nobly responded for the dogmen there and at large, in his happiest vein, On Saturday afternoon an auction sale of dogs took place and Mr, ‘“Amazement” Bell rang them up with his name- sake, and acting as auctioneer disposed of several dogs at low prices. We have not heard who secured the ucky ticket at the raffle for his noted cocker Obadiah, at a dollar a chance, but at the same time we all hoped it would be the fair reporter for the Kentucky Leader, who was presented with ey of the tickets held by the susceptible dogmen present. The Danbury (Conn,) dog show in connection with the fair is always a pleasant gathering, and should be taken in by all well-regulated dog men. There is no entrance fee and prizes are quite good, while excellent care is taken of the exhibitors. ‘The show opens Oct. 6, and entries will no doubt be accepted this week. Mr. H. W. Lacy will again judge all classes, We believe several New York kennels will be represented. The show opens really Oct. 7, at 10 A. M., allowing ample time for exhibitors to get there. Weare indebted to Mr. Jean Grosvenor for some very interesting pictures of noted dogs in England, taken during his recent visit, to that country with Mr. E. H. Moore, They represent champion Alta Bella and Mr. Moore, Lord Bute, Young Plinlimmon and Mr, Shillcock, Cardinal Beaufort the mastiff, and several others, and enable one to forma very good opinion of these dogs without any aid from the deceiving artist’s pencil. Mr. Grosvenor says he found the “doggy fellows” in England in most instances quite the tight sort, and_ he had such a good time that he intended sailing on the Majestic a week orso since for a stay of two or three months. Our absence at the shows is our excuse for not writing of this before, Junius Henri Brown, in the St, Louis Globe-Democrut, strikes the right chord when he says: *‘A liking for domes- tic animals, particularly for dogs—these appeal to virtues which many men do not—is an amiable quality, denoting Sympathy and benevolence. He who hates dogs is apt to be at heart a misanthrope; he who abuses them is a greater brute than they, But there are degrees of liking: there are attachments to animals, it seems, that transcend reason and trespass on the confines immemorially ascribed to humanity. Such are the attachments which many women feel or feign for dogs of the most diminutive and ignoble kind. Men in general of the dog fancying order fancy dogs of size and dignity such as St. Bernards, mastiffs, spaniels, setters, col- lies and hounds. They make companions of them, educate them, and get great pleasure and comfort from their intelli- gence, fidelity and affection. But they do not treat them as they would their dearest friends, or as superior beings. It would be wellif the same might be said of the peculiar ca- nine sympathy of many women which manifests itself in so obnoxiousa form, In the streets you meet them bearing miserable curs in their arms and generally prattling to them in asilly, sentimental way, as if anxious to advertise their folly, Occasionally they put their burdens gently down, aud, holding a cord fastened to their collars. permit them- selves to follow wherever the cur may lead. They are prone to such comments and soliloquies as: ‘Where are you going, darling Fido?’ ‘You musn’t actso naughty, sweet Blanche. ‘Don’t do that, my beauty.’ ‘Your mistress won’t love you, precious pet, if you behave so badly.’ Sometimes they trans- late such phrases into baby talk, unconscious, it is to be hoped, of their maudlin fatuity.”’ The joke was on worthy Dr. Foote at Toronto. The Doc- toris not a heavy-weight by any means, but he can reach pretty high. Heis always ready to fill a breach when re- quired, and seeing a greyhound without a competent han- ales he undertook to show it to the best of advantage. Mrs. Foote sat at the edge of the ring when she heard a lady be- hind her say to her escort: “Just look at that tall slim man, he reminds one of the greyhound he is holding.” “Yes,” he answered, “‘same breed!’’ and Mrs, Foote enjoyed the joke as much as any of us, Doctor included. After many delays and overcoming of many obstacles, San Francisco now has a model public pound. It wasto be ready for occupancy on the 15th. The main building of the Animals’ Home is 58ft. long by 30 wide, and is in the colonial style of architecture. We give particulars of the design of the building so that others may profit by the evident good arrangements made for the painless taking off of the city’s stray dogs: To the south of the administration building is what is known as the Canine House, which is 3ift. square. The walls are 14ft. high, with a hip roof, making the build- ing about 28ft. in height. The roof is supplied with veuti- lators and skylights, and is very commodious and airy. The floor will be of asphaltum, and plenty of water will be sup- plied to keep it clean. The floor has a pitch to the south- east for drainage to the main sewer. The house has an 8-foot entrance, so that the dog wagons may enter and deposit their loads, The floor will be divided off into small sections by moyable fences or partitions, by means of which any dog or number of dogs may be kept from the rest. In the south- east corner there is an opening into which fitya cage. When it is decided to asphyxiate certain dogs they will be moved toward the cage, which closes and runs on a track to a small structure known as the lethal chamber. The lethal cham- ber will be 44¢ft. by 9and 4ft. high. Ib will be built of pressed brick Jined inside with glazed tile. The floor will be of cement and the top a thick plate-glass covering. The door will screw in and be made air-tight. When the cage containing the dogs runs into the chamber the door will be closed. A gaspipe connects with the bottom of the chamber and the gas will beturned on. It is caleulated that it will take from sev-n to nine minutes to complete the asphyxia- tion. When the time is over a stop will be taken out of the top of the chamber, and the gas that escapes will be ignited and pass off into the air without odor or offense to any one. * The son of Mr. Dudley, whose father has been quoted as authority for the statement that the Cobden Club of Eng- land has a corruption fund of $1,000,000 to lay out against McKinley, is well known, or was rather, to dogmen as a judge of mastiffs somefew years ago. Lately he has taken no active part in mastiff affairs, although he still breeds them. : During the Lexington, Ky., show Mr. Geo. Bell purchased the field spaniel Newton Abbott Farmer from Mr, Cook, of foxhound fame. Mr. R. D. Morgan, of Akron, O., sold his first priza win- ning pointer bitch Naso Bell, by Tory White out of Nan of Naso, to Mr. Sphar, whose foxhounds did so well at the show. Though not in the first flight as a show bitch Mr. Morgan tells is she is &@ £00d one in the field. Myr. EF, .G, Taylor, of Toronto, is Play og in hard luck just now. First his crack greyhound Scavenger was run over and had a piece of his tail taken off. ‘The week after Mr. Taylor himself slipped in getting on or off the cars and had his foot so crushed that though the doctors are trying hard - to save it, it may eventually have to be amputated, All coameD will sympathize with Mr, Taylor under the circum- stances, “Uncle Dick” writes us that the Johnstown Fair dog show was quite an enjoyable one. There were about 100 entriés, Mr. Fellows acting as judge. He adds that the people in the Mobawk Valley are preparing for their show in Decem- ber, when Mr, C. H. Mason will officiate in the ring, The death of Watch adds another nail to the coffin of high prices in St, Bernards. St. Bernard breeders, and especially those in Hngland, will receive the news of this grand dog’s demise with sincere regret, not only because he was almost, if not quite, the best in the world, many good judges scoring him ahead of Sir Bedivere, though excepting in his grand head we could never see it, The price given for Watch was at the time second only to that of Plinlimmon, $4,700 being the figure; and add this to the price of the grand ones that have passed away since the New York dog show, and our breeders have lost almost $20,000 in St. Bernards alone. The money values does not, however represent half the loss in the breeders’ eyes, as such animals are not replaced in a — day, however willing they may be to dip down into their pockets. Watch had undoubtedly the grandest head ever seen on a St, Bernard in this country. He was imported in the spring of 1890 by Mr. Poag, of Toledo, O. Watch has not been seen in public as often as he might have been, and was to a certain extent lost to the mass of St. Bernard breeders. He was by champion Guide out of Sans Peur, and therefore royally bred. He stood over 33in. high, and weighed in ordinary condition 220!bs.: he never was shown really weil fleshed, It was only through assiduous care that he did not die when he first landed here, as he was badly treated on board ship and was sick for sometime after. All dog lovers will sympathize, as we do, with Mr. Poag in his great loss, and trust that out of the several litters he has secured by him that he has something that will, to some ex- tent, take his place. Watch was whelped Nov. 9, 1887, and was, therefore, quite in his prime, Gordon setter men must remember that the entries for the Gordon Stake close Oct. 15, The Pembrook hunt, master Mr. Mitchell Harrison, held their opening meet on Tuesday last with a run of about three miles. A fashionable gathering was present to see the hounds throw off. We hear that Messrs, Reick, Jacob Ruppert, Jr. and the Westminster Kennel Club will each put up one hundred dollars for a trophy to be competed for at New York for the best American-bred St. Bernard at the latter show, age and conditions not, yet decided. We have received the September number of Portraits of Dogs of the Day, and in this issue the Artotype Publishing Co., 94 Reade street, New York, have fairly surpassed pre- vious issues, publishing five instead of four portraits, The St. Bersard champion Hector, mastiff champion Mford Chancellor, the collie Christopher, a group of Mr. Wind- holz’s setters, and a capital picture of Capt. McMurdo and | the pointer Rip Rap to please the field trial men, comprise a collection of pictures -that every lover of dogs should be pleased with, This publication is on sale by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. THE IRISH SETTER. Editor Forest and. Stream: The prospect for the advancement of the Irish setter has never been so bright as itis to-day, and it only remains for the owners of this beautiful breed of dogs to take adyantage of the opportunity that is now afforded them to run their dogs in separate trials to prove to the sportsmen of America that as a practical field dog the Irish setter is far above what he is believed to be by the advocates of the other breeds, and as soon as the ice is broken there is no doubt that many fine dogs will be brought out by their owners that have hereto- fore been kept in the back ground on account of the existin supposition that the red dog cannot get his dues in mixe trials. Itis my candid opinion, however, that in our field trials, as conducted to-day, that the best dog will win regard- less of color and breeding. I donot mean to insinuate that in days gone by a different state of affairs existed, but I wish to confine myself to the present of which I am better qualified to.speak from personal observation and experience, Mr. E. B. Bishop is in my opinion doing more for the true interests of the breed than has been done by any one in late years and his importation of that wonderful field trial win- ner Coleraine from the kennels of the Rev. O'Callaghan will add a stimulus to Irish setter affairs that will be most wholesome in its character, especially as she has already proven her wonderful worth by winniug over the best dogs of any breed in Kngland and at the largést and most impor- tant trials, In Finglas he no doubt has a dog that will also be of immense benefit to the breed. Mr, O'Callaghan wrote me of this pair while he was having them prepared for the trials and before Coleraine had run, and he spoke of them both as being the ‘‘best he had seen,’”’ Mr. Bishop has the best kennel of Irish setter bitches that has ever been brought together in America, and with alittlejudicions breeding he will no doubt produce Irish setters that will eleyate their field standard to a high degree, From a close observation of the best Irish setters of both England and America, Ihave come to the conclusion that Mr. O'Callaghan’s dogs slightly excel ours, as a class, in body and leg formation, but I think the Hlcho strain has the best of it in head, and although the Irish setter breeders of Amer- ica have developed and maintained a very regular type, there is a distinctiveness about the Irish setters that have come from Mr, O’Callaghan’s kennel that is remarkable for its unformity, and it proves beyond question that heis breeding on the correct lines, My friend, Mr. J. J. Mannion, of this city, an Irishman by birth, and an excellent judge of the Irish setter, spent the greater part of the past spring and summer in England and Treland, and he has made the very startling assertion to me, that there does not exist in Ireland an Irish setter that has been bred in that country that he would pronounce typical of the breed. This is certainly a very broad statement, but Ihave received the same information from other sources equally reliable, and therefore cannot doubtit. She lrish setter classes at the coming bench shows will be very interesting from all accounts, and I look for a new set of cracks to be brought out, but whether they will be superior to the winners of the last two yeais or even as good remains - to be seen. I know positively ot some half dozen youngsters that will take considerable beating if they are properly pre- pared and shown. As a parting suggestion [ wish to impress upon the breeders to not lose sight of the bench form and type of our dogs which has attained a degree of excellence surpassed by that of no breed of the canine race, and that the field qualities can be developed and maintained together with a very high degree of bench form has been proven by the experience of Mr. O'Callaghan whose example it would be well to follow, ‘Tor as soon as we lose the type, which is most dear to all Irish breeders, we will haye lost the Irish setter himself, Ina word, keep the breed pure, breed only to high class and proven dogs, and demonstrate to the sportsmen of the world that the Irish setter in America is second to no other breed in existence, W. L, WAsaINeTon. PirrsBuRG, Pa., Sept. 6. Ocr, 1, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 215 SPANIELS USED FOR SPORT. BY EDWIN 8. MORRIS. pees is an old legend referring to the spaniel which attributes the Janding of the Danes in England to the sagacity of a dog of this variety. Lodébrooke, of the blood royal of Denmark, and father of Humbar and Hubba, was out in a boat with his hawks and his spaniel, when a sudden storm carried the boat away from the land and drove it on to the coast of Norfolk. This unexpected visitor was quickly secured, and together with his dog was taken before Hd- mund, the King of the Hast Angles, and accused of being a apy. Liodebrooke soon made himself known to the King, who treated him very kindly, and when his skill in the chase was known he became a great favorite. This aroused the jeal- ousy of the King’s faleoner, who endeavored to get rid of him. but being unsuccessful, he waylaid and murdered Lo- debrooke, concealing his body in the bushes, The court s500n missed the favorite, and although Kdmund manitested great anxiety ahoutthe prince, nothing could be ascertained until the spaniel, who had remained in the woods by the corpse of his master, was driven away by hunger, and sud- denly appearing, he approached the King and commenced to fawn, and then ran in the direction of the woods, to en- tice him to follow, and on so doing the dog took him direct to the dead body. On the crime being traced to the falconer, he was punished by being placed in the prince’s boat and committed to the mercy of the sea, which has been described in the following verse: “Then forth they dragged the falconer, As by their monarch told, And they chained him down to the prince's boat, As soon 8s the tempest rolled; And when a huge cloud in the sky Stood up with a giant’s form, On & wave, that rose to worship it, They hurled him to the storm,” It seems that the boat was homeward bound, for it reached the shores Lodebrooke had quitted; the boat was recognized, and the assassin, in order to avoid punishment, said that Lodebrooke had been put to death by order of Edmund. This so exasperated the Danes that they determined on the invasion of Hngland, Without haying any intention of trespassing upon debat- able ground, it will be as well to remark that the ‘‘claims of long descent”’ which have been urged in favor of this or that variety of the spaniel family, generally commenced where they should have finished, and where an unusual amount of feryor has been displayed in favor of either variety, ignorance or interested motives have invariably been the prompter; henee, instead of our being able to begin with the Hliza- kethan period, we haye traditiopal history taking us back prior to the Norman conquest. We find some reference to the spaniel in all the early books on sport, but none of them give any good elue for the tracing of-the different varieties, they rather refer to them collectively as Shakespeare does in “Ising Lear” (Act 1V., Scene 6); ‘Hound, or spaniel, brach, or lym Or bobtail tike or trundle-tail.” It is generally admitted by all the early writers that Spain was the home of the spavtiel, as the nameimplies. When that country was at the height of ber glory, when her mari- ners were renowned for their daring and Columbus had contributed to its lustre, the spirit of chivalry was stroug in the breasts of those who remained at home, and this found vent in the practice of knight-errantry, in the daring of the bull fights, and was exhibited in a milder form in the pur- suance of field sports. It was during this period that the Spaniards brought to so high a degree of perfection both the pointer and the spaniel, and as the wave of civilization extended northward, on its crest was borne the spirit of gallantry with the attendant love of the chase, and the dogs of Spain being so much superior to those used by other nationalities, it naturally followed that they were taken, Altbough the pointer was frequently used im conjunction with the spaniel by the falconerof those times in Hngland., the latter was generally taken alone, and hence do we find teference to the spaniel as used for the lordly pastime of fal- coury in many of the early English writings on sport; butin none do we fird the sport so charmingly referred to as in “rank Forester’s’’ lines: “Tol they muster, lord and lady; Brow of pride and cheek of bloom; Pointed beard and tresses shady, Velvet robe and waving plume. “Housings gay and bits gold flashing, Bells of falcons tinkling light; Chargers tall and palfrey prancing, Meet for damsel, meet for knight.”’ It is comparatively easy to thus demonstrate that the Spaniel was in general use and was highly esteemed many years before most of the breeds which claim recognition to- day were heard of, but it is more difficult to explain the ex- istence of several varieties, and perhaps the only good ex- lanation that can be offered is that these dogs came to togland through other countries, and not directly from Spain; and.the general characteristics, form and color, were undoubtedly the result of the blending of the blood of other varieties of dogs common to those countries, through which they passed, leading to types totally different from the de- scendants of dogs of direct importation. From pictures, or from specimens brought direct from Spain, or descended from such, it is clear that in those early days in his native country the spaniel was a dog of medium size, probably about 30lhs, in weight, standing about 14in. at the shoulders, more resembling the modern cocker span- iel in build, though more fall in the muzzle, and more square than round in skull,in which respects he may be said to be nearer the field spaniel in type, although in gen- eral character he did not resemble the modern excessively long and low detachment. The color of these dogs was liver, white and black, lemon, orange, sometimes with white patches, ora general mixture of the colors, with occasionally solid hues. The condition of Spain for centuries has not been very favorable to the retention of any great degree of excellence in sporting dogs, and at present no dogs could be found in that country resembling those of the present age, or their rototypes of ages past. The nearest approach to them is to Es found in the province of Picardy, in France. They were used in conjunction with the Barbet Griffon, Bagset-hound, or Braque, and other dogs, to produce the “‘setting spaniel’? for the hunters with the net, prior to the introduction of firearms, so that eventually true bred spaniels could only be found in England. In that country different districts selected such types as were particularly adapted to the country they were worked over, or perhaps chance and color had much to do with certain varieties being named after, and Dern common to different counties. Hence we find Sussex, Norfolk and Devonshire with types named after them. Formerly there were only two distinctions, those used for land, termed field spaniels, and those more generally preferred for water, called water spaniels. -After this came the distinction of counties, color and uses, when the larger varieties, common to Norfolk, Sussex and the Midlands, were called spriugers, and the smaller kind found in Devon, the West of Kngland and Wales were called cockers, The water spaniels were sub-divided, and were formerly known as the old English, common to the southern and midland counties, which were liver in color, with occasional white marks, they were of meditim size, and were passion- ately fond of water, The Northern or Tweedsdale was yery similar in color and instinct, but a trifle more resembling the curly-coated retriever, There were also two kinds in Ireland, the Northern, with much white, and not very thick set, and the ancestors of the present Irish water spaniels, which were then chiefly found in the South, and were liver in color, more Gobby in build, and so far superior to any of the other varieties of water spaniels that they haye been vastly improved, and are now held in high esteem, while the other varieties have become extinct, leaving the field, or rather the water, clear to the [rishmen. This is a brief outline of the distant past of the spaniel in Britain, and in order to bring it down to the present we have but to record the introduction of dogs from France by the Duke of Neweastle about two hundred years ago, which were supposed to have been the result of a cross between the Spanish smaller sporting dog and the French Basset hound, these are now called Clumber spaniels, the first name being taken from the Duke’s residence in Notting- hamshire, called Clumber House, and they were classed as spaniels, because of their supposed origin, and their being used for the same purpose as the ordinary field spaniel. Still they werd known by some as the pheasant dog, because ot the lack of a namé, some doubt as to their being of the spaniel family, and because at first they were almost en- tirely worked on pheasants. : The cockers were at this time generally used for woodcock, and the springer or field spaniel, which now comprised all the various strains, were used for all kinds of covert pur- poses, . The field spaniels being the original, it will be well to adopt the Spaniel Club’s order, and speak of this variety rst, The Norfolk spaniel has long since ceased to exist in its old form. He was too heavy and sluggish for the sports- men of a century since, and he was merged into the stock common throughout England, then Known as springers; which perhaps accounts for the liver, and lemon and white, of so many of the working spaniels of that country. There is a probability that the first stock was imported from France, and it may be that it was a prior importation of the dogs which the Duke of Newcastle found in a more primitive state, and which were afterward called Clumbers. There was a decided resemblance in color, and they were much the same in conformation and characteristics. As the black field spaniel is only a result of modern views and bench show demands, and as the Sussex is the only yariety which has been kept without any mixture of the blood of other varieties in earlier times, it will be right to refer to them fully, and as they were grextly used in the pro- duction of the black and tan, and solid black modern field spaniel, it will not be out of place, nor can it be taken as an instance of partiality, if the Sussex are taken first, though somewhat contrary to the order of things in club matters. [LO BE CONTINUED, | NOTES AND NOTIONS. HE English correspondence of a Western paper gives a most astouviding statement as to the action of the English Kennel Clubin the permanent disqualification of Mr. Wm. Graham, and [ cannot but feel that there must be something unexplained that accounts for such an unheard- of course, As 1t stands, dense stupidity and intolerable despotism strive for the pre-eminence. As stated, the trouble arose in Mr. Graham’s dog being second to two dogs placed Gone firsts, the full prize money for second being paid to Mr. Graham. The owners of the equal firsts being dissatisfied with the amount they received appealed to the Kennel Club, who ordered Mr, Graham to return the money received ‘‘in error,’’ which he refused to do, and was there upon disqualified for life. It seems past understanding how there could be any fog on what Mr, Graham’s rights were with any one commonly conversant with the English lan- guage, ‘‘Hqual’’is a word of most positive and exact mean- ing, as definite as ‘“better’’ or ‘‘worse,’”’ there is no possible ehance for ratiocination here. The meaning of two dogs being “‘equal”’ is so obvious that it would be an insult to the intelligence of the readers of FOREST AND STREAM to offer an explanation. As they were equally entitled to the rize money there was but one way of settling it, an “‘equal’’ Fivision, The owner whose dog was second was clearly en- titled to the prize offered, and it is evident that the equality as to the first position in no way affected hisrights. To rival this intense stupidity, the Kennel Club is said to have inflicted a penalty, properly incurred only by discreditable or dishonorable conduct, and it needs no argument to show that refusal to surrender a right properly belonging—in a word, a right—can never be discreditable or dishonorable. The assertion of the Kennel Club, as propounded in this reported decision, is that refusal to comply with their be- hests is disgraceful! This is too monstrous a doctrine to be tolerated for an instant. The truth is that all such bodies as Eennel clubs are apt to lapse into absolutism; to admin- ister the laws the body itself makes is a severe strain, and any victim of oppression such as is asserted in the foregoing case would do a service to clubs and the kennel public gen- erally by taking his case into court, where the outcome would not be in doubt. Litigation is generally to be de- precated, but there are times when no other weapon will answer, A well-Enown gentleman, for whom I have a great res- pect, suggests to me a consideration as to the report of a tude reception being given two American dog lovers at the office of the London Stock-Keeper, although these persons presented introductions to Mr. Geo. R. Krehl, the kennel editor of that paper. It goes without saying that the report must be very much overdrawn, circumstances mizht make the reception a cool one, but that any approach to the rude- ness described would be permitted at that office is out of the question, nor would Myr, Krehl be described by the office force as ‘‘a man who sometimes works for us.’”’ The affair is paltry in the extreme, but it suggests attention to the almost criminal carelessness Americans display in giving letters of introduction to parties resident abroad. Our easy way of making acquaintances allows great latitude in such matters in this country, and we all give such letters with very little thought, but in Europe the case is very different, and an introductory letter there is taken as a thing of weight. In this particular case the writer of the letter of introduction could not have had any extensive knowledge either of the bearer of the letter or the party to whom it was addressed, and it certainly was rather stretching things to give such a letter under the circumstances. Think care- fully when you give an introduction to an English party and be sure that you clearly express the full effeet you wish the letter to bear. % Comical suggestions that Hnglish and American judges should follow the lead of Russian judges in awarding prizes to Barzois arise from the fact that one of this breed sent as a return gift by a Grand Duke to Col, North, the distin- guished greyhound owner, was summarily set aside as a very bad one by English judges, and some references that have appeared from time time to the odd mixture of meta- physics and dog show form in Continental show awards, suggest that the root of the ridiculous ideas Continental judges and fanciers so often display is in their attempt to com _red Lrish setter dog, whelped Jan. 21, the good-iooking dog should always be a good performer, and as a natural sequence to this, that the successiul per- former bé of the correct show form, Some such hazy idea is very apt to befog the brains of intellectual people every where when they first tackle fancy in her own realms: but centu- ries of practical success as fanciers by the British and our inheritance of their traditions have furnished a smother for the folly, both here and in England, and the outbreaks of it that constantly crop up soon terminate simply by neglect and lack of attention. But, as during their stage of incuba- tion they worry intelligent beginners not a little, it is not aco to consider the practical method that dispels such ogs. The proper and only ‘‘truetype” of any breed is that which most exactly subserves the purposes for which the breed is designed. Any malformation which is likely to unfit the dog for its uses is fatal to ite being true to type, but it must always be borne in mind that no amount of perfection of form insures real usefulness. No sensible man would yen- ture heavily backing the very highest show specimen of a greyhound in a coursing match when the animal had never run in one. It might have every detail of conformation to make it a great performer, yet lose its first course and never win another, Probably America never produced another race horse so perfectly built and such a lovely specimen as Montgomery, and very few, if any, uglier, more unlikely specimens were ever seen than the great Fashion, yet had they lived at one time and appeared in the same race, it would have been thousands to one on Fashion. ‘The London Stock-Keeper lately noted that the great Master McGrath would haye been put ont of a show ring at sight, that the crack Coomassie was a miserable weed, and that another celebrated animal that never lost 4 course was a most indif- ferent specimen. Now itby no means follows from these examples that we are to aim at breeding-animals that look like Fashion, Master McGrath or Coomassie. Nicholas I, and Lexington, Memnon and Mother Demdike, are instances of how the highest type can be united with the greatest of performances, We should breed for type first and foremost, and will find more instances of great performers among the truly formed than among the untypical animals. This is not only true of the specimens themselves, but of their breeding value, the few odd instances of queer and untruly formed animals that were great performers do not contain saa Ie ans of one that turned out of any marked breeding value. The path out of this fog is a very straight and obvious one, Keep the two qualifications entirely distinct, a show ring cannot demonstrate ability for actual performances, and performances by no means involve true form. Mention of weasels reminds me of various references that have appeared of late to a story of a dog being assailed by a large number of weasels, three dozen, I think, was the number mentioned—and with one exception, the references have been in the nature of ridicule, dubbing it ‘‘a fish story.’’ Now, incredulity is almost as apt to go astray as the most infantile credulity, and, in this case, it is by no means un- likely that the doubting Thomases are the ones “‘off.’”’ The congregation of three dozens of weasels is a very unlikely ; thing, but very far from an incredible one. All kinds of wild animais are subject to fits of congregating mania, when they draw together in great numbers for no conceivable reason. No theory of search for food will account for the migration of animals in all instances, those of buffalo, lem- mings. etc,, for it has often been shown that the migrations were from districts where food was abundant to others where it was comparatively scarce, Why snakes gather in lumps and knots, after the spring has opened, has always been incomprehensible, warmth being out of the question, they being cold-blooded animals, While therefore the con- gregating of a large number of weasels is uncommon and unexplainable, it will not do to laugh it away asimpossible. THE ONLOOKER ACCLIMATIZATION “OF DOGS. Editor Forest and Stream: Apropos of Dr. Niven’s letter, I would tontribute my experience, and draw no deductions from it, leaving that to whoever wishes todoso. I have imported six mastiffs at different times, four of them being bitches in whelp. In every case the animals throve right along, All the bitches whelped good-sized litters of healthy pups. My dogs run at large over my ten acres without any restraint, are fed pretty much whatever they will eat and all they want; in fact, are pretty much left to themselves as far as other care than clean, comfortable shelter is concerned. I have also imported three adult and three bobtail puppies, all of whom were kept under about the same circumstances as the mastiffs and all did as well. Just what my experience teaches I hardly know, but I always did maintain that if you gave dogs a decent chance to do something like nature indicated, they would do pretty well, and when it comes to fussing over a dog, measuring its food, regulating its hours of feeding, ete., as though it were a delicate baby you were caring for, I propose to go out of dogs. Dogs are essentially and fundamentally wild animals, and how they are to be kept under unnatural con- ditions of confinement I do not pretend to know, although there is no question that some breeders do succeed in breed- ing and keeping dogs in good health and condition, with the very minimum of room and liberty. Dr. J.S. Turner, - the distinguished mastiff breeder, is an instance in point; but very few are Dr, Turners, W. WADE. HULTON, Pa. DEATH OF WATCH. Editor Forest and Stream: I write to inform you of the death of Watch on Sept. 21 of inflammation of the lungs. He was sick but a few days. JOHN POAG. TOLEDO, O, DOG’S INSTINCT VS. MAN’S KNOWLEDGH.—Denvyer, Col,—Editor Forest and Stream: A St. Bernard bitch of mine while nursing a litter developed a cake in one of the teats, I tried to grease aud rub it out, but to no purpose, as it enlarged rapidly, suppuration setting in, A physician living near gave me an ointment to apply, telling me to call with her the next evening. After an examination at the appointed time he said it was just ripe for the lancet, and he would call around in a few minutes and openit, But it was not necessary; on arriving home she began to gnaw at the swelling and soon had it well opened, the pus flowing out freely. I did nothing, made no application to the sore, which rapidly healed, and is now marked with a small sear. As my medical friend remarked, ‘I knew dogs would take good care of themselves, but never knew they would open an abscess.’’—C, W. T. KENNEL NOTES. Kennel Notes are inserted without charge; and blanks (furnished free) will be sent to any addreas. NAMES OLAIMED. eS Prepared Blanks sent free on application. Snoadie. By H. Wurzbach, Midland Park, N. J., for beagle niet, wuviped April 21, 181, by champlon Royal Krueger out of Trissa W, Chief of Tara, By H. G. J. Hallowell. Conshohocken, Pa., for , 189L. by champion Chief (champion Berkley—champion Duok) oub of Bizreena (champion ine form and mse in one measure and to require that } Nimrod—Bizorah), 216 FOREST AND STREAM. [Oor. 1, 1801. Shamrock Belle. By H. G.J, Hallowell, Conehohocken, Pa., for res Irshrettcr bitch, whelped Jan. 2, 1891, by Henmore Shamrock Shamrock (Muskerry—Avoca) out of Daisy (champion Chief— Leigh Dosne), Royal Duke. Bird Ranger, Brasso IT., Prince of Field and Romu+ jus, By Henry) Huber. San Francisco, Cal., for liver and white pointers, whelped July 18, 1891. by Beppo IL. nut of Sally, Molly Glendyne II, Lady Glendyne. Larry Doolan. Jerry Glen- dine Jarvis Glencyne and Glendyne. By Glendyvne Kennels. Bris- tol, R. 1., for Irish setters, whelped April 10, 1891, by Glen Jarvis (El¢ho, Jz.—Nino) out of Molly Glendyne (Glenmore—Nell). BRED. Ee Prepared Blanks sent free on application. Rosebud—Ruscoe. A, Coren, Jr,’s (Madison, N-.J.) bull-terrier biteh Rosebud to F. W. Moulton’s Roscoe (#endigo—champion Stanight). Sept. 4. Beitie—Hundesports Bergmann, Chas. ¥. Gentz, Jr.'s (Grand Rapids. Mich,) dichshund bitch Bettie tc Wm. Loefiler’s Hunde- apori’s Bergmann, Aug. 22, Alice—Hundespurts Bergmann, Wm. Loeffier's (Milwaukee, Wic ) dachshund bitch Alice (Waldmann I].—Crawl) to his Hunde- apori's Bergmann, Aug. 27, Dora, Deane—Gale. L. Gardner’s (Mt. Vernon, N, ¥.) English seiter buch Dora Deane (Count Paris—Nellie Cambridge) to his Gale (chanyoion Gath’s Mark—Gladette), Sept. 6. Pearl of Hampton—Roger. Hampton Kennels’ (Hampton,Conn.) Bugish setter hireh Pearl of Hampton (Kine Noble—B: lle Belton) to I. Gardner's Roger (Count Noble—Quesn Meg), Aug, 16. Jennie 1if—Ruger. IN. Wallace’s (Farmington. Conn,) English aeLtier bitch Jenuie Ill. to L. Gardner’s Roger (Count Noble— Queen Meg), Aue. 25, fuycille Glendyne—Lismore Glendyne Kennels’ (Bristol, R. I.) Irish setter bitch Lucille Glendyne (Karl—Irish Countess) to his Lismore (O'Donovan Rotsa—Sedan), Sept, 2. Harmony—King Regent. Swiss Mountain Kennels’ (German- tows, Pa.) rangh St. Bernard biteh Harmony (Alton—Duchess of ogeherry) to their King Regent (Prince Regent—Ducheas of. Tent), Sept. 2. Molie—Icing Regent. T, Fischer's (Philadelphia, Pa ) rough St. Brrusard bitch Mollie (Marquis of Stafford—Hecla) to Swiss Mountain Kennels’ King Regent (Prince Regent—Duchess of Kent), Aur. 20, ; Lakme—King Regent. Swiss Mount:in Kennels’ (Germantown, Pa.) rough St. gernard bitch Lakme (champion Merchant Prince —Rernie Y.) to their King Regent (Prmce Rerent—Duchess of Ment), Aug, 14. ; Donna— Rockingham, Rosecroft Kennels’ English setter bitch Donna (Yale Beiton—Forest Dora) to F. Windholz’s champion R ckinghbam (Beltbys—Bess), Aug. 29. Lucy Bell Noble—Ben Ail. W.8. Haton’s (Covington, Ky.) Eng- lish si tier bitch Lucy Bell Noble to J. Shelley Hudson's Ben Hill, Aug 19. Lilly Bondhue—Vanity Fair. Geo. G. Wharton's (Marion, Ind.) ea ee ARE bitch Lilly Bondhu to J. Shelley Hudson’s Vanity air, duly 26, Smut—Ben Hill, O. J. Rnright’s (Covington, Ky.) English ser- us i niten Smut toJ, Shelley Hudson’s Ben Hill (Druid—Ruby), uly 25. Kaiie—Hoslyn Dandy. VY. D. Konover’s (Holmesburg Junction, Pa,) evllie bite Kutie (Sir Kelpie—Lady Trefoi\) to Seminole Ken- pets eaves Roslyn Dandy (champion Scotilla—Cora IL), duty 19. Bessie—Sir Kelpie. Hdward Shingle’s (Philadelphia, Ps.) collie Dr aero tu Seminole Kennels’ Sir Kelpie (Master Roy—fily), daly 28, Wetchley Surprise—The Squire. Seminole Kennels’ (Chestnut Aili, Ps.) collie oitch Metehley Surprise (Sefton—Lady Rutland) Ny ca The Squire (champion Charlemague—champion Flurry), Aug. 6. Trusty—The Squire. Seminole Kennels’ (Chestnut Hill, Pa.) col- lie bileh Trusty (Metehley Star—Peggie Lassie) to their The Squire (champ on Oharlemagne—champion Flurry), Aug. 22, Dot —Roslyn_ Conway. Seminole Kenosels’ (Chestuut Hill, Pa.) collie bitch Dot (Christopher—Active) io their Roslyn Conway (Kdehsston Hox—Hdebaston Bess), Juty 19. Roslyn Virginia—The Squire. Semimole Kennels’ (Chestnut Hill, Pa.) colie bi.eh Roslyn Virginia (champion Scotiula—champion Flurry Il.) to their champion The Sauire (Charlemugne—Fiurry), Sept. 3. Bonnie Jean— Roslyn Dandy. W. Nickle'’s(Kingston, Ont.) collie bi Gu Bons Jean (Canuck—Laésie) to their Roslyn Dandy (cham- pion Scotilla—Cora IL), Sapt. 4. Mattie—Roslyn Conway. Chas. Young’s (Wissahickon Heights, Pa.) collie mtleh Mattie (champion Dublin Scot—Daisy Dean) to Sool Eee Roslyn Conway (Edgbaston Fox—Edgbaston GEE Ws 21. Floss —Rostyn Conway. Dr. J. H. Love’s (Philadelphia, Pa.).col- lie bireh Fio-s (champion Ben Nevis—Flossie) to Seminole Ken- pels’ Roslyn Conway (E71 gbaston Fox—Edgbaston Bess), Aug. 24, Puss-in Boots—Treasure. E. W. Barnes’s (Wellsville, N. Y.) pug hiteu : wss-10-Bo ls (uaady—Topsy) to Seminole Kennels’ cham- pion Treasure (Fritz Banjo), July 29. Beauty—Treasure. H, Adams’s (Philadelphia, Pa.) pug bitch Beauty (ehamp'ou George—Tops4y) to Seminole Knnel,’ champion reasure (Writz—Banjo), Aug. 24, { Cassina—Treasure, Seminole Kennels’ (Chestnut Hill, Pa.) pug bitun Cassin. (Utbello—Ruby) to their champion Treasure (Fritz —Banju), Aug. 17. W HELPS. (as- Prapared Blanks sent free on application. _Laverack Hisd. FW. EH. Atkins's (Waterbury, Vt,) pointer bitch Laverack Hilsa, Aug. 8 thirteen (five dogs), by W. H. Hyland's Pommery ec; three b:tches since dead. Hanneh. W.d. Hamiiton’s (Canaan Four Corners, N.Y.) psinter bitch Hannah (champion Fritz—Bird), Sept. 1, nine (seven dogs), by Judge Juhn Barker's imported Uuke (champion Sensation— Dord. Geo. Laick's (Tarrytown, N.Y.) beagle bitch Dora (Ring- wooil—Birdie), July 4, six (three dogs), by his Laick’s Ratuler (Chane: l'er—Cnreles-) . Mother Shipton. Kilmarnock Collie Kenne’s’ (Braintree, Mass.) colhe bitch Mother Shipton (Stracathro Ralph—Harmony), Aug. 22, seven (three dogs), by A. H. Megson’s champion Metchley Wonder (Stexton—Minnie) Rubena, Wyoming Kennels’ (Melrose, Mass.) St. Bernard bitch BRuoeva (Nero ITl.—Binz), Sep. 3, three (two dogs), by Thos, Shill- eock’s Lord Buty (champion Save—Sabrina), Omintess, Wyoming Kennels’ (Melrose, Mass,) St. Bernard bitch Countess, Aug. 15, twelve (eight dogs), by their Lothario (champion Valeniin —Saffron). Flora. Wyoming Kennels’ (Melrose, Mass.) St. Bernard bitch Flora (champion Merchant Prince—Una), Sept.7, eleyen (seven dog+). by their Paul (champion Plinlimmon.Jr,—Psyche. Princess Alina. Wyoming Kennels? (Melrose, Mass.) rough St. Bernaid bitch Princess Alma (champion Merchant Prince—Una), ie . suas (seven dogs), by their champion Sir Bedivere (Nero .— Bena), Susie Gladstone. J.S. Hudson's (Covington, Ky.) English setter biteh Sus’e Gladatone, Aug. 18, ten (five dogs), by his Dad Wilson. Bessie Roy- A. Rufie’s (Wanash, Ind.) Hnglish setter biteh Bes- Se Roy, sept. 6, eight (four dogs), by J.S. Hudson's Dad Wilson, Te : Jakyr Dean. Seminole Kennels’ (Chestnut Hill, Pa.) collie biteh Jakyr Dean (Bendigo—Effie Dean IT,), Aug. 28, seven (four dogs), by their The sens (champion Charlemagne—champion Flurry). Maida. W.J.Curtis’s (Summit, N. J.) collie bitch Maida (Sir Kelnic—Lady Trefoil), Aug. 7, nine (fiye dogs), by Seminole Ken- nels’ ihe Squive (Charlemagne—Flurry). 8) Active. Lotus Collie Kennels* (liotus, Ind.) collie bitch Active (Salumio—Miss Posey), Atiz. 21, eleven (ten dogs), by Seminole Kennels’ The Squire (Uharlemagne—Flurry), ; Countess. M, Ramsden'’s (Ambler, Pa.) collie bitch Countess, Aug. 5, nine (four dogs), by Seminole Kennels’ The Squire (Char- lemagne—flurry). Shep: EK. Lonsdale’s (Spring Village, Pa.) collie bitch Shep! wy oy— 20, a (four dogs), by Seminole Kennels’ Sir Kelpie (Master fily Betsey Leigh. W. H.Child’s (Philadelphia, Pa,) Irish setter bitch Betsey Leigh (champion Bruce—Leigh Doane II.), Sept. 5, five eau Poesy Uy, Seminole Kennels’ Seminole (champion Klcho, Jr. —Hed Rose Forest Dora, Rosecroft Kennels’? Knglish setter bitch Forest Dora (Dick Laverack—Vorest Ply), Aug. 4, nine (four dogs), by D. §. Gomble’s Grover (champion Count Howard~—Daisy Foreman). Fly M. Join Mullane’s (Marlboro, Mass.) petals biteh Fly M., Sept. 14, nine (eight dogs), py champion Fitz Hugh Les. SALES, (@" Prepared Blanks sent free on application. Archduke—Blush whelps. Rough St. Bernsrds, whelped July 2, 1891. by Swiss Mountatno Kennels, Germantown, Pa,, an orange, white markings, dog to P, Isola, Pepperell, Mass., and a white, well marked head, bitch to Chas. Rothfuss, Philadelphia, Pa. Arcthduke—Hecla whelp. Orange, perfect markings, rough St. Bernard bitch, whelned July 7, 1591, by Swiss Mountain Kennels, Germantown, Ps.,to W. KHberhardt, Philadelphia, Pa. Archduke— Dart whelp. Orange with some white rough St, Ber- Nard dog, whelped 4 pri] 5, i891, by Swiss Mountain Kennels, Ger- Inantown, Pa., to Mr, Hastings, New York city. Betsey Bobbett. Orange. perfect markings, rough St, Bernard biteb. whelped April 1, 1888. hy Nero cut of Heels, by Swiss Moun- jain Kennels, Germantown, Pa.,-to D. McClinch, Gloucester, Republican. Orange and white St. Bernard dog, whelped March 6, 1889, by Duke of Wellington out of Restless, by A. BR. Crowell, San Mranciseo, Cal.. to J. B. Martin, same place, Blemion Shiner—Beatrice whelp. White. black and tan fox-ter- rier bitch, whelped May 14, 1891, by J. B. Martin, San Hrancisco, Cal,, to Harry Lowden, samp piace, _ Dad Wiison—Bohemian Girl whelps. Black, white and tan Eng- lish setter bitches, whelped June 22, 1891, by J. S. Hudson, Goving- ton, Ky., one each to Dr. J. P. Brandon, Laura, U,, and B. FE. Rice, Newton Falls, O Hero —Kenora whelp. Orange and white St. Bernard dog, whelped July 29, 1891, by Wm. H, Dixon, Jamestown, N. ¥., to H, C, Shearman, Winchester, Ky. Jerry Glendyne. Dark red Trish setter dog, whelped April 10, 1861, by Glen Jarvis cut of Molly Glendyne, by Glendyne Kennels, Bristol, R. I., to G. A. Starksy, Troy, N, H. Witile Kash. Silver fawn pug dog.whelped Dee, 6, 1890, hy cham- pion Kash outot Daisy, hy Seminole Kennels, Chestnut Hill, Pa., to R. Serage. Jr., Hast Liverpool, O. Young Treasure. Silver fawn pug dog. whelped Dec. 16, 1890, by cham pion TDresxsure out of Fiossie, by Seminole Kennels, Ubestnut Hill, Pa,, to Wachovia Kennels, Salem, N.C. Topsy. Black and tan collie bitch, whelped Aug. 29, 1890, hy Glenn out of Lady Trefoil, by Seminole Kennels, Chestnut Hill, Pa.. to A. N. McDonald, Webster Park, Newtown, Mass. Maud 8. Black and tan Gordon setter bitch, whelped March 25, 1891, ny vlarkland Ranger out of Belle B., by C. T. Brownell, New Bedford, Maxs., to W. Delano, Jr., New York city. Henmore Shamrock—Daisy whelp, Trish setter, dog, by F. L. Cheney, Pitisfield, Mass,, to Wm. H. pee Jr., same place, Henmore Shamrock—Moll whelp. Irish setter dog, by F. L. Cheney, Pittsfield, Mass., to Philip Goey, same place. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. There is no charge for answering questions under this head. All questions relating to ailments of dogs will be answered by Dr. T. G. Sherwood. a member of the Royal College af Veterinary Surgeons, Communications pene to other matters connected with Kennel Mamagement and dogs will receive careful attention. S. D. K., Ind,—Please send me a duplicate of the register of the Irish serter bitch Annie Elcho I1., registered in the February number or issue of 1888. Her number is 4947. Ans. Annie Bicho II., dark red, star on breast, whelped Oct. 26, 1886. Breeders, United States Kennel Club, Lafayette, Ind. Sire, Dude (A.K.R. 1843). Dam, Annie Elcho (A.K.R, 4449). H. E. R.—Can you give me the name and address of the English setter kennels which were located at or near Pittsburgh, Pa., six yeurs ago? | want to get the pedigree of a doe which was bought from a Pittsburgh kennel six years ago. Ans, Ther was, and is, the Mount Washington Kennels, Mr. 8. Hartley’s, Mr. Howard’s, Mr, B. EF Wilson’s, ete. A lutterto Mr. 8, lL. Boggs, president of the Duquesne Kennel Club, Pittsburgh, Pa., would, no doubt, bring you the desired information. J. G. ¥.—I know where I can get a couple (dog and bitch) of well bred foxhound puppies in England, acd I want to present them to a friend of mine in this country, Wiéill you please tell me if there is a duty on dogs imported for breeding purposes. Ans. Accord- ing to the new tariff laws, the pups must be registered in the English Kennel Club Stud Book, and a certificate to that effect must ba signed by the secretary and accompany the dogs. Also an affiday't must be procured from theo wher of the dogs stating that those are the dogs registered. This will admit them free or duty if it is stated they are for breeding purposes. L. A. L., Saylesville, R. 1.—For about a year my setter biteh has been troubled with diseased eyes, and local doctors have been unable to cure them; there isa browoish scum or film growing over them, and at times it pearly covers her eyes and she can scarcely see, Can you suggest a remedy? And do you think it eurabl:? Ans, Itis difficult tosay what is the matter withont an examination, but from your description we think the eyes can be cured. Try the following: Atropbine sulphate, half a grain: dist lled water, half an ounce. One drop to be placed into the eyes twicearday. Also take yellow oxide of mercury, 4 frains, and vaseline, 1 drachm, and place a little of the ointment on the corner (right of the eye) twice aday. It will take some time to cure the eyes. If there is no improvement in two or tures weeks write again. Rifle and Crap Shoating. RANGE AND GALLERY. THE ZETTLER RIFLE CLUB. New YORK, Sept. 23 —Editor Forest and Stream: The eighteenth annual shoo'iug festival of the Zettler Rifle Club took place on the 20th and 2ist. many marksmen from other parts of the country attending. The weather was fine, and those participating had a most enjoyable time. Among those from other clubs we noticed were Mr. H. W. Hawes, of Centreville, N. Y.; VWessrs. Miller and Vogel, of Honoken, N. 4 H. M. Pope, of Hartford, Gonn,; T. Lloyd, of Queens, N. Y.; Dr. Varick, L. P. Hansen, W. Weber, of Jersey City, aid many others. The scores were as follows: Ring Targets—Two tickets to count for first five prigzas, single tickets for the remainder, possible fo ver ticket: W. Ross, 73 71— 144; Dr. Boy ken, 72, 71—143: W. Hayes, 72, 71—148; M. Dorrler, 72, 69 —141; G. Joiner, 71, /0—141: J. Coppersmith 7L. G. Zimmerman 71, H. Holges 70, R. Busse 69, L. Flack 69, G. Wegmann 69, A. Stein 69, A. Begarow 69, M. B. Engel 68, J. Bodenstadt 68, B. Zettler 68, A. Ake ore 68, H. W. Hawes 68, 8S. J. Lyon 68, L. P. Hansen 68, J. Dolan 67. On the Bullseye Targets—Prizes were won for the best center shots, by measurement. in the foliowing order; H.W. Hawes J1n., W. Koch 2034, B. Ross 2114, F. Fabarius 30, A. Begerow 84. J. Cop- persmith 88. A. Stein 48, C G. Zettler 4414, RK. Busse 5434, J. Boden- stab 45, M. Dorrler 6334 S.J. Lyon 6948, W. Hayes 6914, G. ICrauss 7314, Roce Jantzer 7946, G. Joiner $1, C. W. Hassaly 9044, J. A. Boy- ken 914. Premiums for most bullseves wers won by F. Ross, who made 49, R. Busse 26, H. M. Pope 25, and M. Dorrler 24. A silver cup was awarded to F. Ross, who made the first bullseye in the morn- ing of the first day, and A. Stein who captured the Jast. On the second day the following won cup2: H. M, Pope for the first bulls- eye in the morning, A. Stein the last at noon. F. Ross for the first in the afternoon, and L. P. Hansen at the close of the shoot, Target of Honor, for members only, 3 shots, possible 75—J. Cop- persmith 7), H, Holger 67, L. Flack 66, G. Joimer 65, G. Zimmer- man 64. M. Durrler 63, B. Zattler 63, FP. Hetebing 62, A. H, Kohl- metz 62, M, B. Engel 61, A, Stein 61, Rh. Russe 61. OC. G, Zettler 61, W, Haves 60, G. L. Hoffman 49, H. BE. Keller 56, A. Ringler 56, 1, Ross 56, B. P. Fisher 53, G. Krauss 52, FP. Armbrust 32, G. W. Plaisted 52, W. Klein 50, G, Bernius 450, F. Dolan 49, A. Begerow 48, H. Osh] 47, J. Blumenberg 44, C. Dreste 41, A Stahl 38, C. Wis- sel 38, M. Engelert 87%, Dr. Boyken 36. M. Tropp 36, M. Li, Rizges 38, N. a tae 32, G. W. Dowus sl, W. 8. Wassow 28, F. Fabarius 23, K. Klein 15, Ladies’ Shoot, distance 2p0ft., 3 shots on 15 ring targets, possible 45; Mrs. B. F. Keller 42, Mrs, C, Wissel 42, Mis, L. Vogel 41, Mrs. H, Osh) 41. Mrs. M. Dorrler 40, Mrs. G, Zimmerman 40, Mrs. L. Zettler 89, Mrs. C. G. Zettler 58, Mrs. Wendle 3?, Mrs. J. Zattler 86, Mrs. G. W. Downs 34, Mrs. B, Zsttler 34, Mrs. R, Busse 38, Mrs. ¥F. See 32, Mrs. F. Hecking 31, Miss Schultz 23, Mrs. C. Town- send 23. The judges prizes were won by C. H. Townsend, a gold locket, and H. A. Christer, a gold-handled silk umbrella. F. HecKine, Cor, Sec’y. HUDSON RIFE CLUB.--Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 22.—The fol- lowing are a few of the scores made by members Sept, 21, 10 shots, off-hand, American Zo-ring target, possible 250: AH Hansen... ....rer--aue ee Se 25 25.25 25 25 24 24 24 24 28-244 § Rebham.,,.. aD 2 p F Schneider. CE Bird..... W Mussehl A Schneider Heitman..... NATIONAL GUARD INTER-STATE SHOOT.'} SPRINGELEDD, Il., Sept, 10.—The first day of the rewulam com- petition of ths national guard inter-State rifla match waa inaug- urated by firing at known distances by the several teams, 10 shota by each man were fired at 200, 300, 500 and 600vds. Following are the highest individual scores im the contest: Illinois, R. H. Aiken, 175; C»ltax Morris 178, Minnesota, B. C. Falk, 159; Iowa, B. E. West, 160; Wisconsin, R. A. ste 174, Snare 300, 600. Total, MWIMO ese can tonne wees «tate 412. 405 420 A00 1,637 Wisconsin ..... bose bea hnaedts 403 410 382, 1,608 Minnesota ....2..5-2...... ... 4h 404 409 3y4 1,602 Ty Gea (Sade pr caceaa nt. an edOy 401 401 362 1,871 The detail stood: Tllinois. Towa. Capt Aiken.......;.... rere t dace 175 Lieut-Col West..... ........5 169 Sergt Hamilton ........ eens 6d Pvii insh....) 6 2... .2..2.t2168 Sarpt Shaws. ss s-c4ecdre-es el wl 161° Capt Garlock..........00..,. id6 Sergt Peterson..... ....:. ....169 Pyt McG bbous.... ........., 162 Pyt May... .:...2.....+-..0142 Capt Gooke.... .... by one SAN Ad) Pvt Morris..:........ sesseeee 173 Lieut Fisher................. 147 Capt Tolman yeieross teed ie alle 165 Sergt Kemble. .............., 142 Corp Dayton... ns... wees ,165 pergtSchofield................ 167 Sergt Connell.........,1:....:166 Pytlambert.............5.. 155 BY GibiGsioar, foarte cs. ».158 Col Mount ....-:.......: beltsee LD 1,637 1571 Minnesota. Wisconsin. Serat Bain........... eek oe 155 Corp Kane......./...-...-.5 anal id Titewt, Neal. ves sacs stvaves cant 1f3 Seret Haggen................. 163 Pvt Hubbell........ Tore ee 150 Sergr-Mr} Martin........... 168 Serzt Morgan......, Pests 150 Trooper Toussaint..-:.....-.. 160 teat Matinws Apne Aes Aree 169 Capt Grimmer.....-.......... 159 Prt Darrow.........-.3-.,:.,168 Lient Warren .............. 162 CHoLpaBrivion +t iatses ests eee 166 Pyt Austin,.......... Desc ve 90 158 Pyt Whitcomb............ . 163 Sergt Hrwin..:........ beer gn LAD vim OPER BIE eaeea sis als /eb- crete 168 Lieut Ropers .........+... ...160 Rvte Baily: Fre Poets oie » 160 Lieut Preneh..........-.-..... 164 1,602 1,€08 Sept. 11.—The shooting to-day was in skirmish firing, each man having two rune, the figures standng: Illinois Team, Wisconsin Team, Skirmish, Skirmish. Ist 2d Ist 2d run, run. As, Tun, run, Ag. Capt R H Aiken ....70 68-128 Corp R A Kane,.....68 41-112 Capt E B'Tohnan...53 65—118 PytO Austin........ 6 = 70-1268 SergtG MHamilton65 55—120 Sergtl.O Haugen...45 55—103 Corp F EH Dayton....45 60—105 Sergt HE K Hrwin....52 656—108 Sergi C H Shaw..... 45 40— 85 Sergt-Muj Martin.,.51 25—7 Sergt 4 W Connell..60 69-119 Lieut TJ Rogers....56 45—101 SergtO M Pederson.45 650-95 Trooper Tonssaint..60 44—104 Pvt Ben Wick........52 33— 85 Lieut F Lb French,..62 66—118 Pvt M May.........: 48 389— 82 Capt WA Grimmerhb 67—128 Pvt O Morvris........65 88—108 ——a — 1061 1040 Minnesota Team. Iowa Team. Sergt WJ Bain.,....20 58— 83 Lieut-Col F B Weat.3 62—101 Corp F W Britton ..40 655— 95 Pvt GW Rush.... .38 63— 96 Lieut NB Neat.....40 45-8 Capt C Ff Garlock...60 31— 91 Pvt EH Whiteomb.60 30—30 Pvt J H McGibbons.71 57—128 Pyt R W Hubbell...58 40— 98 Capit TF Cooke... . 360 44— 80 Pyt OJ Oleson...... 72 84—105 Lieut PF R WVisher....28 40— 68 Q-M Sergt Morgan..49 66-115 Sergt Chas Kemble.79 55 — 94 Pyt FC Bailey...... 4) 22— 64 Sergt N BScofield..44 66—110 Lieut HG Palk.... .4¢ 49—93 Pyt PF Lambert...... Pe Alt Pvt NC Darrow....76 %5—151 Col C VY Moant...... 63 65—128 Q 980 467 The skirmish totals of the teams were: Wisconsin 1061, Illinois 1040, Minnesota 980, Iowa 967, The grand totals for the two days’ peta aut Iilmois 2677, Wisconsin 2669, Mirinesota 2582, and OWa 2538, At the close of the day’s proceedings a banquet was served, after which the Washburn trophy was presented to the I)linois team by Maj.-Gen. George Greene, adjutant general of Towa, on behalf of the Military Rifle Assoc‘ation., It was formally received by his excellency Goy. Fifer, on behalf of the winners. The Goy- ernor then presented each member of the team with a beautiful gold medal, which becomes their individual property. . The question of where the next inter-State match will take place was not decided, but the general uniierstanding was thar it would either be at Camp Douglas or Fort Snelling, - Members of the other State teams who were at Springfield say that the winds on the Springfield Tangs were yery déecepiive, and that they did not have sufficient opportunity to become acquainted with them, They say they did moat of their shuoting on (he “5” figure on the skirmish runs. The general opinion of riflemen is that the team mads a mistake especially ona range with which they were unfamiliar, Had they confined their practice at Lake City to shooting on the *4" figure, and continued it at Springtield, the result would have been different. Shooters of experience concede that the man who can make fourteen hits on the “5” sil- houette can jast as easily score a possible score on the ‘'4” figure. ne would give a total score of 70 for the former and 80 for the iter. The membership of the Association consists of the Adjutant- General and the chief officers of tha Department of Smali Arms Practice of the States of Dlinois, lowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. y There were present witnessing the contest Maj.-Gen. George Greene, Adjutant-General of Iowa; Brig.-Gen. Joseph B. Doe Adjulant-Geveral of Wisconsin; Gen. Otto A. Walk, Quarter- master-Guneral of Wisconsin; Col. E. G. foster, General 1. S. A. mai Towa; Col. Williams, of Minnesota, and Col. James M. Rice, of Iliisois. There were also present Capt. EH. G. Mathay, 7th U. 8. Gav., who had been detailed by the War Department. The competition was an ewinent success in every respect, and great credit is due to Gen. Reece, Col. Rite, and those whoso ably assisted them. THE DAYTON SHARP-SHOOTERS. AYTON, Ohio, Sept. 28.—The veteran shot Colestin Schwind, 66 years old, has been duly installed Koenig of the Sharp- snooters’ Society as reward for the best seore at the Society’s an- nusl kingshoot at Oakwood rangs, near this city, All conditions were favorable for close shooting, and the day in the woods was delightful, though sweltering hotinthecity, | Tiere were 22 entries in the Koenig contest, rifles, muzzle rest, 6 shots each, 200yds., no restriction as to sights, 12-inch bullseye, lin. center, half-inch rings. possible 120, center 24. She SED Ue any: 20 23 21 20-107 Ed Schwind...20 21 19 24 16—100 Sander... . Wim Sander...19 21 28 20 17—100 J Wehner..... 16 24 19 20 18— 97 Fred Huber scored $4, Charles Lang 93, Chas. Wheaien 1, Geo. Fryer 91, Julius Weinstsin 89, Louis Schwind 88, Wm. Kiefaber 77, David Pruden 76, John F, Beaver 70, Alex Mack 65, Wm. Schwind 63. A. lL. Bauman 57, John N. Brill 51. Colestin Schwind having made the highest score, 107, was formally crowned King. Mr. Schwind has always been an active member of the society, and is to be presented with an elegant gold medal that has been ordered from New Yor& for him. The remarkable event of the day was the free for all, im which there were 108 entries, 3 shots each, possible 72,same targets and conditions as the previous match. The feature of the contest was the clean score mace by Gustav Sander, three center shots, nayer before accomplished in the thirty years’ shooting by this society. Gustay Sander.......24 24 24-72 Adolph Schwind ....28 20 22—65 Charles Whealen....24 22 22—68 George Fryer........ 2 20 21—t4 Charles W Sander...28 21 22—66 Fred Huber...........23 22 19—6¢ Bd Schwind.......... 24 20 22-66 Daniel Bergh......... 21 20. 22—63 P A Renhart......... 2) 24 21-65 Julius Webner.......24 19 19—62 Center shots are often made at the annual shoots of the Sharp- shooters’ Society, but ao man ever scored three straight centers on the same ticket. Mr. Sander’s first bullet was anu exact center, and the next two cut into the same hole, so that the hole was very little larger than a silver dime. Mr. Sander shoois g 40cal. Sharps, and in the off-hand contest, 2a shots, 200yds,, he scored 459 ina possible 72, A gold medal has been ordered for him as a souvenir of his splendid shooting, and is to bear tba inscription, “Gustav Sander, Sept. 28, 1889. champion rifle shot, 20yds,. hit the bullseye three times, score 72.” . : Brown. REVOLVER SHOOTING IN ENGLAND—Mr. Walter Winans shot for the third time at the South London Rifle Club reydlyer retains on Sept. a again winni first prize with a score of 41. "This puts him still further in the lead for the championship of the club, which now stands as follows: Walter Winans.....41 41 41-123 Andrews........-..,41 88 88-11; CF Lowe..-...-..... 40 69 38-117 — Oct, 1, 1801.) FOREST AND STREAM. MASSACHUSETTS RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Bosron, Sent. 26.—The Massachusetts Rifle Association dedi-- Cated its new home at the Walnut Hill range this afternoon, ! Lhaye absolutely no faith in the Lebel, no more than inthe old Chassepit. The German Manlicher {sa good, reliable gun, and think yery highly of the Krée-Jorgensen. I believe that I brought over from the other side ihe first Kraio-Jorgensen eyer seen by Adding to the pleasure of the event, it was ladies’ day, and about \ our War Department officials, The United States army is badly % ot the gentl r sex were present. There probably is no nifls club in the United States better known than this association. It has been in existénce only 18 years, and from a modest beginning has developed its present proportions, numbering among 118 members nearly 200, owning one of the most attractive ranges im the country, with club house, outbuildings, ete., »nd, best of all, is out of debt and Has a snug sum in its treasury. Its membership includes some of the best known shotsin America, and 1f is m- teresting to note how extensively the State has drawn on it for instructors in rifle practice, There was Col, H, T, Ror kwell, who rose from the ranks to inspector general of rifle practice; Maj. J P. Frost and Maj, 0. W. Hinm n to inspectors of rifie practice of the First and Second Brigades, M. V. M.; Lient. G, F. Hall to in- spector of rifle practice First Infantry and Lieut. W, G. Hussey to I. R. P. Bighth Infantry. The old house had done excellent service, but it was not water- proof, neither did it afford thé comfort and accommodations whieh the members f-Jt they could afford. Hardly was the scheme to build a new club house proposed than a sufficient sum ot Money was pledged to pay all the expenses of eremting it, and at ones work was commenced on ihe new structure, Chas. Eastman being the architect. : In Jess than three months the thought had become a reality, and to-day the new house was dedicated with one of the most joyous “house warimings”’ on record, f The new building occupies the site of the old club house, which has been removed to a conyenient location, having been fixed over 1nto sleeping apsartmen!s. t The new building has a cottage-like appearance, being two stories high. The lower floor is finished without with clapboards; the roof in shingles, each part painted in tasteful contrast to the Sipe Ample piazza room is also a noticeable and meritorious ‘eature. The first floor is 90ft, long by 20 wide and is to be used by the shooters. There is ample shelf room along three of its sides, while the other side faces the targets. Down the centeris an ar- rangement for portable stands to be used when thereis an unusually anes attendance. There is also an office for the range keeper on this floor. The stairs lead directly to the dining hall aboye, which is 20x40Et., with a parlor or lounging room at the east end measur- ing 20x20ft. Thisis fitted with a fireplace, easy chairs, sofas, etc. and is a decidedly cosy apartment, Extensive impiovements, costing in the neighborhood of $500, have also been made throughout the whole range simultaneously with putting up the new building. The 500yas. range has been completely rebuilt, and the old iron targets replaced with movable ones. The ?00yds. range has been elongated, and room secured for 12 targets in place of 9, as hereto- fore. Two l00yda. targets have beeu put in. The trap-shooting field has been leveled and remade at a considerable expense, The club has now the following tanges: Four targets for 50yda, (pistol), 2 targets for 100yds.,12 targets for 200sds., 3 targets for mid range (500 and 600yds.), and 4 targets at long range (800, 900 and 1,000yds.). : At1o’clock the members, with their lady guests, had arrived, and aiter haying had their “pictures took” at once proceeded to digest the programme of the day. WPirst came the presentation to the Association of & handsome 20ft. silk flag from the ladies. Hx- Presidént J. N. Frye introduced Dr. C. Gerrish, of Exeter,who, in hehalf of the donors, made the presentation speech, and in turn President N. B. Nash accepted it. To Mrs. O. R. Dickey was allotted the honor of unfurling the flag. i The presentation was followed by dinner in the new, hand- somely decorated banguet hail. Then came several hours of shooting and rifle practice, of which Mr. A. C. Gould, editor of Shooting and Fishing, had charge. Several matches had been arranged for the ladies, but in each instance their shooling was done by proxy, they drawing lots to see which member of the Association should represent them. It was 80 arranged that each lady present won a prize, in the shape of some trinket, which could be takeu away as a memento of the occasion. The party returned to the city at 6:33 P. M. The committee of arrangements was as follows; O. Kh. Dickey, J. B, Frilows, J. N. Frye, A. C. Gould, H.§. Harris, N. C. Nash, W. C. Prescott, C. B: Sanborn, W. P. Thompson. The following composed the reception committee: L. R. Avay, tT. B. Garroll, GC. O. Barrett, Dr. C. J. Bell, Dr. Heber Bishop, A. L. Brackett, 8. W. Card, W. C. Cady, D. lL. F. Chase, W. L. Chase, C. A. Dean, C. W. Dimick, H. W. Eager, C. H. Hastman, Dr. 0.0, Foster, J. P; Frost, J. A. Frye, J. A. Faulkner, Dr, C, H. Gerrish, H. E. Haynes, C. W. Hinman, W. G. Hussey, L. lL. Hubbard, W. H. Jackson, O, M, Jewell. S. Johnson, 2d, J. E. Kelley, M. Knowles, J. . Leach, &. B. Partridge, F. J. Rabbeth, H. T. Reckwell, J. 8. Sawyer. T. G. Strater, KH, A. Stevens, W. P. Stevens, H. O.Warren, Dr. ©. G@. Weid, 8. Wilder, G. Woodruff. BPHRATA, Pa., Sept. 25.—Several members of the North End Rifle Club met on the range near Ephrata several days ago to enjoy several hours’sport in praciicing at off-hand shcoting, a0jyds,, possinle 100. Tne day was exe plionally good for shoot- ing and the following scores resulted: AG WRLAVAESES bay eet Cee Pe 8 % 710 710 6 8 8 7—73 DW. Winters..0,.-2.022-2-.. 0.000. 6 610 8 5 510 4 0 7—850 OQ Siiheeh ee bam Sa hoes caer 1100 (6ST) Oy he f= 9° 958 DB aetevenecc 154-2 ee 7 8 9 8 8 4 5. 6 8—57 boys occurred on fri- The regular rest shoot for the North End The day was cloudy at times with some dav afternoon at 200yds. : : wind, which interfered occasionally with good shooting by those msing small-bore rifles. The following scores were made by the participants: J AStODPL.. 6 cece ee eee eee rece e eens 910 710 8 910 9 § g_sg Vi Go pL a ebabivdsty ole eewianoeneo ons «Ade -10 9 9 710 7 % 910 10—88 TV BR isteven peesees vue rene teen cate 7 8 710 9 6 9 710 6 82 {VEN Bera pilsis) meee eee cane: Ssaececisne 5 4 7 810 91010 0 9-81 SUMISHADD ses tceeieee sees nr oe femend 954778 7 1 7 B69 NEWARE, N. J., Sept. 24 —The contest for the season’s trophy of the Newark Shooting Society closed to-day, when almost a dozen marksmen were at the pargz ranges. As Campbell and Seitz had each won three and Boyken and Coppersmith each two com- petitions, it was thought likely that one of the latter might also get in the tie by winning the final shoot. Campbell, however, put his score up to 223 and won the handsome tropliy. The scores were: Campb J1 223, Seitz 220, Townsend 217, Begerow 217, Harris 216, Boyken 209, Brown 190. Copperas did not shoot. In the canon aes the scores were: oyaen 1%, 123; Begerow 119, ampbe He During the season 82 scores have been shot in the trophy contest of the Newark Shooting Society, the total number of points scored being 16,152 an average of 196.80 per score. The lowest number of entries on one day was five and the highest eleven, The highest actual score was 228 and the lowest 161. The scores on which the contests were won in order were as follows: 227, 2384, 212, 219, 222, 231, 236, 231, 224, 224, 232, 228, these figures including handicap al- lowances. The following shows the number of shoots taken part in and the average made by each member: Shoots. Average. Shoots. Ave I, oe x ree, O Harris.... .... 9 1725 G_A 8trong SAAR 94 J Coppersmith.. 6 2164; $W OGardner.... 6 nbsats J A Boyken..,... 5 2181, A SeitzZ......-... 12 1851, T Babcock.......3 21034, CH Townsend...10 1828, , F Campbell .....11 204%;, O Krauss......... 1 181 G D Weigman... 4 199 J T Brown......, 8 179% A Begerow....-.. 1918, . CAPT. ZALINSKL.—Capt. HE, L. Zalinski is now with his com- pany of the 5th Artillery U.S.A. at the Presidio Barracks, San Francisco, Inarecent interview he spoke of his preseut work: “Tam endeavering among other things,” he said, “to perfect a telescopic sight for small-arm use, I have an instrument already patented, aud after actual experience in the field its defects, if any Will be apparent and can then be rectified. My idea is to have authorized the issue of a small supply ef these telescopes to each company to be distributed among the very best marksmen. The telescope sight is about 1in. long, having fitted in its interior not Onl yiCE ns hairs but a spirit-leyel. Tae sight is fitted tothe small of the stock, and on the march is carried in a leather case slung over the shoulder after the fashion of a canteen.” Capt. Zalinski intimated that he had experienced some difficulty in obtaining from the Small Arny Boaid recognition of the sight,and it would appear from what was learned from other sources that there is little hope of the sight being looked into until a new small-caliber Tifla has been selected for the army. “Since my return;from that recent inspection four in Europe,” he continued, “I haye had an opportunity to reflect on much that I saw in military circles there. Iam sorry to see that the sub-caliber practice with tubes in field pieces is not being taken up by our battery commanders. as it cerlainly shouid be. I recommended this practice for the men in particular, but somehow the idea does not become popn- lar. As to small arms I really am convinced that the best rifle now in service is the new Lee rifle, adopted by the British army, in need of a small-caliher rifle. We need a gun that can give an Initis! velocity of at least 1,800ff. per second, a great advance over the present 1.280ft. The Small Arm Board is likely soon to relieve the neéds of the service.” THE TRAP. Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanks prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club seerectaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par-, ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. FIXTURES. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: . Sept, 29-Oct. 2.—First Annual Toursament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, Williamsport, Pa, Targets and live birds. WN, A. Hughes, S#e'y. Oct, 1.—Rochester Rod and Gun Club Open Tournament. There will be at least two guaravteed prizes, all surplus added; one or two merchandise shoots, and sweapstake shooting all day. Rapid firing svstem. Address H. D. McVean. Oct. 5-6—Wasbington (D, GO.) Rod and Gun Club Tournament, A. McCormick, 1018 Pennsylvania avenue, N-W. Oct. 7-8 —Tournse ment of the Peekshill (N. Y.) Sportsmen’s Club. W. H. Pierce, Manager. Oct. 20.—North Side Gun Club of Long Island. Tournament at Qu-ens Connty Driving Park, Maspeth, L, I. Samuel Lyon, Pres. Oct. 21-23,—Reading’s Tournament, Flemington. N. J. Key- stones, Open to all. : Oct. 27-29.—Savannah, Ga., Chatham Gun Club, assisted by the Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. THE KNOXVILLE INTER-STATE. KNOXVILUE, Tenn.—The eighth successful tournament of the Manuitacturers and Dealers’ Association commenced here Tues- day. Knoxville is a thriying Southern city, situated on a plateau between the Cumberland and Smoky range of mountains. The weather is delightful here at this time of the year. The Knoxville Gun Club is une of the leading gun clubs of the South, and it would be hard to find a team from any one club that could beat a team composed of such men as 8, Van Gilder, Rogers Van Gilder, Thos. Kidredge, A. Meade, Frank Meade, Lovejoy, Wm, Jenkins, John Ross, and last but not Jeast, little Charlie Ross, as they are good 90 per cent. and 80 percent. men, The club has 43 members, with following officers: 8. B. Dow. President; T. 8. DeVunt, Vice- President; R. Van Gilder, Secretary; Wm. B. Jenkins, Treasurer, and 8. Van Gilder, Captain. The club's grounds are about two miles from center of city, pleasantly situated on the crestof a hill. Tuesday morning found 40 shooters all ready for the fray, No. 7, 10 singles, $1.50: IME rare tai -1111111011— 9 CROSS een: O001101011— 4 R Vangilder.......- 1111111171—10 S Vangilder........ O1M1I1TIVO1I— _T Srvatii or oner eens 1101111010— 7 AE Mead.......... i1t1iv111— 9 KMead ss... ell... 1011111111— 9 Eldridge... ........ 1101111110— 8 WiiLSOMLLeEy see estes 1101105011— 6 LW(ct4 TT eee! OBSO0ODFE O 1101111110— 8 ererbellesheckore ce -.1101110110— 7 No. 8, 20 singles, $3: M Mer... .€0100111110011111111—14 © Ross... ..111100110:0111000111—13 Bartell, ...17111111101101111101—17 Lovejoy...01110110111101011111—15 Smitno ....1111101111101111111—20 Wolf... .. 01110001100101000011 —10 Legler... .11011111111001111) 1—17 Goode, . ,..00101111010111100011—12 Williams .10111110111011111110—17 Winston, 00110111 101111110110—15 VOT tan stan ne re 1701000001— 3 Richardson... ..... TLOVONOU0I — & Tite esa 5 stand OM0LMTI0— 8 SOWKINB os 0c eee ne 10vU111101— 6 LOVE Oeste 11111 11—10 ATKINSON (1.26.56 0s 10191111.0— 7 AIST wat wig? ote copie (OLLLO10I0— 5 Sig@utits yes sseseor 0110111101 — 7 PIM rayeres yee ate 13117111 11—10 McDowell......-... JM0111101— 8 Richard, vere es. 1111111111—10 $8 V'gilder110000L01111 0011111113 RV*zilder11111101101111110111 17 Hldvidge. 1110111711)0111111 1118 A B® Mead 11111710111011011111—1 F Mead. ..11101111101011119111—16 ..-- 100100011119101 1011-17 ode soit 1100111111171111010I—16 MeDowell!0110111111101111011—16 Dr Bbea.-01111210111011 711011 17 Du Bray..1111111111101001111 -16 Richard ..11111110110111111011—17 Jackson. 1111111101111 111111—19 King ....,00100100101111010010— 9 No. 9, 15 singles. $2: Miller.......-- 111110111101111—18 A EK Mead......131111111111111—15 Lovejoy 19110010U111101I— 9 «=~EF Mead... .... 1010111110111 —-138 Williams ..101011017111111—13 RK Vangilder.,.0)1011111111)11—13 Gags..... -ALOONIUIINI—18 Lausk........,. 141111111111111 —15 Bartell . LOMILIONII1—18 ~S Vangilder,.. WIN 1I—13 C Ross. .,001001011010111— 8 Jarckson......, W411 11001 1110—18 Smith.. - 101101111171111—12_ J Ross, ~ 410111101111111—14 Goode.. .001001100101110— 7 Winston....... 111011000011111—11 Armatrong....1001100.0111011— 9 Morris......... 1111001110111i1 - 13 Legler. ..1111111101011113—18 Slocum .. , 0101010101) 1300— 9 Wolf..... ..111000010910100— 6 Du Bray. « O11II1111111111—14 Cannon....,...JIN101111111101—14 EJdridge.......111111111111111—14 Baynam.......00117110111010]—10 MeDowell.....110100:01110111—10 Atkinson,;...,10111111111101J—18. Dr Rhea. 911111701111 1101—12, Richard...,.. .110111101011111—12 Denton... 101101011011111—11 Connor . .,.-.100100110110101— 8 No. 1, 10 singles, $1: Miller...........,,.-J1111111—10 Wilson......,........ 0010000011—3 Eldridge. .. 1OIW101I— 6 “Richardson ... - -1100111000-—5 Bartell .... . AL0INIU— 9 ~Lovejoy.... -.110!011011—7 Gags.... - 01101111U1I— 7 Losk..,.,.. ., 16LL001110—6 Hughes. . , OOOOUNIOII— &# ~Ki-g........, . .1600111000—4: Dumont...... OOLIMNI1IOI— * KR Vangilder, - 1019111100—7 Swwa Pe ae deee hee: WOU1LIOMII— 7 S Vangilder. - 1110100001 —5 Legler. ce... ec cee 1111110101I— 8 A Ei Mead... ..11110000U1—5 CG Ross ........0.. -0011000010— 3 I Mead.... -- «+ 1100100111—6 Williams....... ... 1111000111—. 7 Atkinson..-.-...-... 1111000111—7 Gannon.) oy oa225: 1OWOIT1I— 6 John Ross...........10000110/1—4 VOU Beppe ree Mey OO1101111i— 7 Averages for to-day are H. D. Miller 84.8 per cent., $15. Ama- teurs: A. F. Smith, of Bristol, tirst, 91.03 per cent., and A. Du Bray 86.7 per cent., $7.40, No.1, 10 singles: Second Day. BHnoch D. Miller was the only expert on hand, and in consequence Miller., eee en en id 8 Williams... datasheet Qe kas ice tenet eta eee 9 50 per cent. of surplus was added to the purses instead of 40 per | J M Ross............ 7 Jenking........-.-.. 9 R Vangilder......- 6 cent., leaving 20 per cent. to go to expert avyersge, which Enoch A EH Mead........... 8 Love oy Sbbooochas he 9 UW lsenye Le 6 had all by himself. Tuesday’s averages were as follows: Expert, FS Mead............ ei Lan cla ese PELs. 9 Conner phe theta ok tt Hert, i) E, D. Miller, 83.7 per cent., $2725. Amateur—A, EH, Meade and | OFF 5.07. Re eri 9 Wolt eet Pea 6 Atkinson ............7 Frank Meade first, 851 per cent., $27.25; R. Van Gilder second, J King. - -f Sparget,:....+..-2--3 Morris....0.2..... 2. 5 84.9 per cent., $13 60. ‘ Bartell... ...rssen ss 6 Legter........5.2..5, 9 Richards... ....... 9 The feature of the day’s shooting was the breaking of 50 straight Smith. . seth seete AM Me LOB TUEO Martacsnc niceties % Dr Rhea......-...... 9 by Enoch Miller under expert rules, which was marvelous shoot- S Vangilder,,....... Ye XG forcts Ieee Penne) ete GPa Biyee ete cane 7 ing, considering the way the birds were thrown, very low. Hldridge -..,......- % Cannon,.,...,..-.+.- 8 No. 1, 10 singles: Re 2, 15 singles: . Z : ED Miller (expert).0U1110111— 8 Eldridge............ miii010— 8 | Fw Rose de ar pomr pane aa teas REG GR ere at F Mead .....:.... OIMNMIU— 9 Lovejoy..-......-..4 1i1100111— 8 | Smith. 15 Willian 10 “AE Meaden oe AE Mead ......... M01N1111— 9 English.........-... 11011— 9) Barten Wh nals sprit ACCUM gest aT ata ipsa ee 13 © Ross.. ......++---1111100001— 6 Wimston... -....... 1111101— 9 | Fastin King... 2222. imOndah RHE eaty heen time ah ct 3 Jenkins. ....-..5 ++. Q010111101— 6 Lusk ........... WAI.) De Rhea. 1.1.9 «Good ....... eek 10 Wolf 7 HL Wiliams. ....1100/11111— 8 Morris ............. 11111110)1— 9} fosr pits hota ale: 12 Mavic een kc, ek 5 Morris ‘i 2 Bartells....,... 4+ 00100000 1 2 Sparger... ........- O01101011U— 5 | § Vangilder...0. 2. bene eprauae wenn bl re Eee ee ae oe Dr Whea,....ii.=- 1011011 111— 8 Johe ., Banter hss wise wees NG ASL essa ee g CG Ross..... .. ---e. W11101— 9 Smith ...... i... 0111110100— 6 | Lnvejoy............ 12 Williams... ...... 10 Ricnard............ 15 Barteliss--hyecenee 1011011:11— 8 MacDowell......... 0010111101— 6! Lusk ..-........... 11 Jenkins «.2.2..2. 02°9. Jackson, 8 ooo) 14 A E Mead .......... QUITII0ITI— 7 Dr Rhea...........: 1111110,01— 8| KR Van Gilder ....10 De So ap ira ff Smargers,.,2..6 4) 5 F Mead............. 1111111171—10 Winston......-..... 1111011101— 8 | A Hf Mead.......... 13 Atkinson .......... 1B) Minaya: 2.3. eA es 5 Williams........... 1111] 111—10 Eneglish........... .111010101I— 7) F Mead............ 9 Legler ....... lI 10) (Diekeon,- 3s... T OL eee 0U1000100i— 8. _Sparger............ 1101111100— 7] Wolf. : 4 SVanGilder... .. 19: Narthyse-o » Lit ae See Be ie at = Os . Phe) le SAG = ea tuba AND SHRBAM. ele 228 SHOTGUN ‘HAMMERLESS WwiTm oF; WITHOUT AUTOMATIC SHELL EJECTORS, Important tant RNrotice! Instead of giving the dealer larger discounts we have decided to give the sportsmen the benefit of a reduction, and have concluded to make extraordinary low Net Prices on the Charles Daly Guns. _ While making this reduction we might mention that the high standard of workmanship for which the Daly gun has always been renowned shall be retained. We have expert testimony that these guns are equal in workmanship to the celebrated Purdey guns, and far superior to all other so-cALEED London makes, such as Greener, Scott and Westley Richards. An examination will soon convince the unprejudiced customer. They are more conscientiously made, more beautifully finished, handsomer in appearance, with shooting qualities unsurpassed, in fact far ahead of guns costing $100 more. ~ Should you live in or near New York, we would invite you to call and examine our stcck and be convinced. If you live anywhere else in the United States and your dealer has none in stock, insist upon his ordering one, or order one direct from us. Send for Catalogue. WEVYT PRICES =: No. 55..Fine Hammer Gun, Damascus Barrels, nicely engraved........$85.00 Net | No. 155..Same as No. 55, but featherweight, 54 to 6lbs................8100.00 Net BRAMMER LEss Guns. No, 120..Fine Damaseus Barrels. Plain Finish.,..........-.+..+-++:- -.$110.00 Net | No. 150..Automatic Ejectors, plain finish ..... «a .- $165.00 Net No. 120. . Featherweight, ditto, 54 to 6lts......... pesseeeeess 1265.00 Net No. 250. .Diamond Quality Automatic, Highest Grade made.......... 250.00 Net Guns made in 1 O, , 16 and 20-Bores, 26in. to 82in. Barrels, 5% to 11 Ibs. | ~ SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 302 Broadway & 834 Duane St, - NEW YORK. Two Targets with Smith & Wesson Revolvers, TARGETS ACTU SIZE. § Ten consecutive shots at 12yds., ofi- Six consecutive shots at L5yds., off- hand, with a Smith & Wesson .38 hand, with a Smith & Wesson .32 Double Action Revolver; by Mr. Target Revolver; by Prof. John Wilson Goodrich, Springfield, Mass. Loris, Washington, D. C. erfect. Workmanship. Perfect Adjustment. Perfect Results. WESSON FOREST AND STREAM. ee (Ocr, 1, 1801, - AGENT FoR B, 0. MILAMS? Celebrated Kentucky Reels. \ FIREARMS, FISHING TACKLE, BICY- : OLES, TENTS, LAWN TENNIS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SPORTING GOODS, &e. Tlustrated Catalogue, with low cash prices, sent on application to those mentioning FOREST AND STREAM. JAMES H, FISK, 193 La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. “BRONZE STATUETTES American Western Subjects, Statuettes in plain or silvered bronze of subjects comprising Cowboys, Trappers, etc., of a size suitable for table and office orna- ments, by Walter Winans. SUBJECTS AT PRESENT READY: "Standing off Indians.” | “Shot (Wounded cowboy falling off pony.) “An Indian Fight.” (Large group consisting of three cow boys, a trapper and four bronch ponies; head of Sioux chief in wa feather bonnet on base.) A “Trotter being Speeded to Sulky,” &c., &. “Bucking Broncho,” — “Sioux Chief,” &c, &c, IN PREPARATION. (Trapper with pony). “At Bay.” (Cowboy shooting over dead pony.) These can be had in silver if preferred. For further particulars and price list address SUSSE FRERES, 31 Place de la Bourse, - Paris, France. | Fu the Stud. SIR FREDERICK (21,741) Champion Royalty—Olinda. — The very cream of all England’s breeding; no better bred English setter lives. Winner of 44 first prizes, seven seconds, seven silver cups and two gold medals. Hxtended pedigree with litho- graph, by mail. Imported August 8, 1891. Fee $50. DAD WILSON’S BOY Will give you the much coverted Gladstone Druid and Count Noble blood. Swift asthe wind, pretty as a picture, full of bird sense. Fee $25. G. O. SMITH. WHEELING, W. VA. _ ST. BERNARDS. AT STUD. W IW DE. This grand young dog is the best son of cham- pion Otho out of Lack me, adanghter of champion Merchant Prinee. He is 33in. high, of a rich orange co or with complete collar and perfect markings. He is a wonderfully vigorous young dog, and has proven himself a great stock getter. Asa stud dog be is unsurpassed. Fee $50. Puppies for sale. THE ABBEY KENNELS, Riverside and Grafton avenuxs. Woodside, N. J. R. T RENNIE, Prop. RIDGEFIELD ST. BERNAKD KENNELS At Stud. KINGLIMMON. Fee $40. (16,366.) Kinglimmon is orange in color with perfect white markings and black shadings, stands 34in. high and is the sire of some very promising youngsters. Address CG. A HOUCE, 923 Madison ave., Albany, N. Y. BLUE RIDGE KENNELS. IN THE sTUD The celebrated champion stake ‘Winner Gath’s Mark, Gath’s Hove and Dan Gladstone. The Blus Ridge Kenrels bas now opened its book for the fall season of 1891 and spring of 1892 for Gath's Mark an’ Dan Gladstone, limited to 50 services i i UH | i Tobacco is man’s most uni- versal luxury; the fragrant aroma vi Mastiff Plug Cut starts people to pipe smoking, even those who never used tobacco before. - J.B. PAcr Tosacco Co., Richmond, Virginia. ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS ARE READING THE Sportsman and Tourist (The Leading Illustrated Monthly ) WHY DONT YOU? Will be sent from now (including September number) to January, 1893, For One Little Dollar! 16 months. Just think of it. Sample copy free, | each. $2 000is given away in premiums to the get of the above dogs. which win different Derby JAMAICA PUBLISHING CO., stakes in 1992 or after. Particulars on application. Jamaica Plain, Mass. NNELS, Sperryville, Va. THE BLUE RIDGE Hn the Stud. _ GLENMORE KENNELS._ THE CHAMPION IRISH SETTER KENNELS OF AMERICA. E. B. BISHOP, Owner, 43 St. James Ave., Cincinnati, O. AT STUD. Challenge BEAU BRUMMEL, Fee $25 ‘he most pheromenal dog of the times. K.C.S.B. 19,961). Imp. Sarsfield; - Fee $25 The prea. eae I rsh Fister sire. (ACK 8.8, 10 354,) Imp. Dan Mylress Fee $20 A noted first-prize winner. (A.K.C.S.B. 19,173). Young stock always on hand. tS" If you meution this paper 5 per cen The Champion Three. Chmp. Ruby Glenmore, - The champion Irish setter bitch of America. Champ. Molly Bawn, The ex-champion Irish setter bitch of America. Champion Winnie II., The only imported champion Irish setter dog in America to-day. Write for circular and prices. t. discount will be allowed on all sales. St. Bernards Seminole Kennels AT STUD. ARISTOCRAT, WINNER OF MORE FIRST PRIZES AND SPECIALS DURING 1890 THAN ANY OTHER ST, BERNARD. FEE, = 50. DUTCHESS KENNELS, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. DAVID EF, LOVELAND, Manager, K'NGS!ON REGENT, This grand dog is the best son of the great PRINCE REGENT, by Lady St. Gothard. He is | 33)gin. high and has the heaviest bone and richest | dark orange coat of any St. Bernard in America. His head is remarkable for its size, depth of muzzle and expres ion. Winnings: lst Kingston, Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal, 1891. “The more one sees of this dog the more cer- tain it is that he will prove a very hard one to heat in the very best company.”’—Forest and. Stream. ‘Fee, $50. MARQUIS OF RIPON, Litter brother to Kingston Regent, and more like Prince Regent than any of the other Regent dogs. He is the sire of some splendid stock in England. ‘Fee, $50. PUPPIES FOR SALE. NEW YORK S¥.BERN¢RO KENNELS, 138TH STREET AND THE HUDSON RIVER. FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. Champion Raby Mixer........ $15 Russly Joker...:.......-...-..+ 15 ReECKONEM,. 2 3295.5. Maren ss eee ee 15 Suffolk Risk.................5.%. 10 PAG CHOD? casteaale tints eke et os trees 25 Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out’ of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. READ THIS! READ THIS MASTIFFS. At Stud.—Ormonde; sire, Ch. Victor Hugo; dam, Ch. Cambrian Princess. Ormondeis a prize Winner every time shown, both in England and Amerira. and his young stock is proving him an exceptional sire. I have always on hand young stock for disposal at fair prices. I have no blood but the most fashionable in ee kennels. Write CHAS. E. BUNN, Peoria. DL MASTIFES AND BLOODHOUNDS. W. K, Taunron’s Ch BEAUFORT will re- mainin America but a short time longer in the stud. Breeners should improve their only chance. A few choice English bloodhounds for sale at all times. Three grard li'ters of mastif- pups for sale, sired hy Ch. Beaufort. Beaufort’s Black Prince and Beauforit’s Colonel, of great promise. Dams the best and most noted breeders, imported particularly for this special mating; or American bred ones of e pe merit. Photograph 25 cents. WINCHELL. Fair Haven, Vt. N THE STUD—THE ETHAN ALLIN SET- ter Al, fee $25. Al was bred by the late Mr. Allin and trained on ruffed grouse by his eg Two ae by him for sale. dres NIGHOLS, 54 Taylor atrente “Springfield, 3 Mass. tf At Stud.-English greyhounds, Gem of the Season, winner of over 50 1st and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and special; Dexter, corded coat poodle. Pups from the aboye for sale. GREYHOND AND POODLE KENNELS, Salem, Mass. CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, PA., OFFER THE SERVICES OF THE FOLLOWING STUD DOGS: Rough-Coated Collies. The Saui - CHAMPION 6 &quire, | pp (Hi. 15. tot). ae $50. iy ih WILKS, Roslyn Conway, eit muwth Fee $20 Sir rei ROSIN DANNY, (A. 14,735). Fee $15. (A. 17,577). Fee $25. ENGLISH PUGS. CHAMPION K ash, Jr. } Treasure, |. reo. (A. 10,596). Bee $15. Fee, - - = + $15. IRISH SETTERS. SEMINOLE. ELEO, (A. 20,088), Fee $20. (A. 11,450), Fee $15. Extended edigrees of any of the above on ap- plication. Bitebes entrusted to us receive the best of care. Fine puceimens of the above breeda for sale at reasona/-le prices, including several good stud dogs and brood bitches in whelp. Young Stock Always on Hand. THREE GRAND LITTERS Ni Biman PINs Ch. Sir biinee ' Princess Alma, Lord Bute ex Rubena, Lothario eX Countess, AT STUD. Ch SIR REDIVERE, - Fee $150 Ch PLINLIMMON, JR,“ $50 LOTHARIO, - $25 WYOMING KENNELS, Melrose, Mass. AT STUD. FEE $50 KING OF KENT (A.K.C.S B. 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rap, Zig-Zag, Tapster eng Maid of Kent. Pointer Puppies for sale JAS. “MORTIMER, punts Westminster Kennel Club. Babylon, L. I. St. Bernards at Stud. 1. Sogearth, immense rough-coat. the onlv son of Lord Bute at stud in ayes 2. Patrol, one of ons best. Ab at fee $25 6 JOHN KEEY AN, 195. Kine st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. Ve ars eae Pedigres ae rae aee free, limited vars oe of COOMBS, i Apply to RESHIBE TOY TERRIER. adford Harry, described in as “best Yorkshire in America.” photos blcts. A for ee Poa eae Bangor, M " OREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE Rop AND GUN. TERMS, $44 YuaR. 10 Org, 4 Copy, : Six MONTHS, $2. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 8, 1891. { VOL. XXXVII.—No. 12. No. 318 BROADWAY, NEw YorK, CORRESPONDENCE, THH FORHST AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications on the subject to which its pages are devoted are respectinily invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. 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For sale by Davies & Co., No. i Finch Lane, Cornhill, and Brentano’s, 430 Strand, London. General subscription agents for Great Britain, Messrs. Dayies & Co., Messrs. Sampzon Low, Marston, Searles and Riving- ton, 188 Fleet street, and Brentano’s, 430 Strand, London, Eng. Brentano’s, 17 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris, France, sole Paris agent for sales and subscriptions. Foreign subscription priee, $5 per year; $2.50 for six months. Address all communications Forest and Stream Publishing Co, No. 318 BROADWAY. New YorE Crry, CONTENTS. EDITORIAL. THe KENNEL. _ October Days. Montreal Dog Show, Snap Shots. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST, Four of a Kind. NaTURAL History. How to Collect Birds.—n, GAME BAG AND GUN, Autumn. aa Notions About Guns, | Preserving Trophies. Maine Game. : Among the Bay Birds in Cur- rituck.—1. Chicago and the West. SEA AND RIVER FISHING. / Fishing With Trained Cormo- | rants. -IT1. Fly-Rods for Ladies. A Pearl Fishery. Pedigree of Lord Clover. Toronto Dog Show. Central Field Trials. Peter anil the Cat. Notes and Notions. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes, Answers to Correspondents. Rirnz AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallerv. Revolver Shooting in England Toronto Rifle Association. The Rifle on the Pacific Coast. The Trap. The Stock Patent Decision. Rochester Rod and Gun Club. SE RI State Associa- ion. Chicago aud the West. Brooklyn Traps. Channel Bass at Cape May. New Jersey Trap Shooters. Rbode I-land Black Bass Law. | YACHTING. A Corinthian Cruise.—r. Reverly Y. C. Steam Yacht Racing. HISHCULTERE. New York Fishculture. THE KENNEL. Ottawa Dog Show. | CANOEING. ’ eee Fur Club’s Field Change of Racing Rules. rials. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, OCTOBER DAYS, Jeeps as green as when the summer birds caroled above them, woods more gorgeous with innumerable hues and tints of ripening leaves than a blooming parterre, are spread beneath the azure sky, whose deepest color is reflected with intenser blue in lake andstream, In them against this color, are set the scarlet and gold of every tree upon their brinks, the painted hills, the clear-cut mountain peaks, all downward pointing to the depths of this nether sky. Overhead, thistledown and the silken balloon of the milkweed fioat on their z2phyr-wafted course, silver motes against the blue;and above them are the black cohorts of crows in their straggling retreat to softer climes. Now the dark column moves steadily onward, now yeers in confusion from some suspected or discovered danger, or pauses to assail with a harsh clangor some sworn enemy of the sable brotherhood. Their gray-clad smaller cousins, the jays, are for the most part silently industrious among the gold and bronze of the beeches, flitting to and fro with flashes of blue as they gather mast, but now and then finding time to scold an intruder with an endless variety of discordant outcry. How sharp the dark shadows are cut against the sunlit fields, and in their gloom how brightly shine the first fallen leaves and the starry bloom of the asters. In cloudy days and even when rain is falling the depths of the woods are not dark, for the bright foliage seems to give forth light and casts no shadows beneath the lowering sky. The scarlet maples glow, the golden leaves of poplar and bireh shine through the misty veil, and the deep purple of the ash glows as if it held a smouldering fire that the first breeze might fan into a flame, and through all this luminous leafage one may trace branch and twig asa wick ina candle flame. Only the evergreens are dark as when they bear their steadfast green in the desola- tion of winter, and only they breod shadows, In such weather the woodland air is laden with the light burden of odor, the faintly pungent aroma of the ripened leaves, more subtle than the scent of pine or fir, yet as apparent to the scent, as delightful and more rare, for in the round of the year its days are few, while in summer sunshine and winter wind, in springtime shower and autumal frost, pine, spruce, balsam, hemlock and cedar distil their perfume and lavish it on the breeze or gale of every season. Out of the marshes, now changing their universal green to brown and bronze and gold, floats a finer odor than their common reek of ooze and sodden weeds—a Spicy tang of frost-ripened flags and the fainter breath of the landward border of ferns: and with these also is mingled the ‘subtle pungency of the woodlands, where the pepperidge is burning out ina blaze of scarlet, and the yellow flame of the poplars flickers in the lightest breeze. The air is of a temper neither too hot nor too cold, and in what is now rather the good gay wood than green wood, there are no longer pestering insects to worry the flesh and trouble the spirit. ‘The flies bask in half torpid indolence, the tormenting whine of the mosquito is heard no more. Of insect life one hears little but the mellow drone of the bumble bee, the noontide chirk of the cricket and the husky rustle of the dragon fly’s gauzy wing. Unwise are the tent dwellers who have folded their canyas and departed to the shelter of more stable roof- trees, for these are days thatshould be made the most of, days that have brought the perfected ripeness of the year and display it in the fullness of its glory. SNAP SHOTS. [° is sometimes practicable to find a better use for a stately tree than to chop it down for firewood, and a more sensible use for an historical site than to build on it a factory. There has recently been incorporated in Massachusetts a society under the title of ‘‘The Trustees of Public Reservations,” whose purpose is to acquire and maintain for the people the beautiful and _ historical places and tracts of land. Mr. J. B. Harrison, agent for the Trustees, invites correspondence from those who may inform him as to places which should be given attention by the Society. The special work assumed by the Trus- tees of Public Reservations must appeal to every lover of natural scenery and to every public-spirited citizen. We hope to see the example of Massachusetts followed by other States. New York has already secured the Niagara Falls Reservation, and ought to have an Adirondack Park. The Rhode Island Association for the Protection of Fish and Game was incorporated many years ago, but after a while it fell into decay and faded from public yiew. So completely did it disappear that not even the sportsmen of the State most interested in fish and game knew of its existence. Last year, however, a new organization was formed, and when the members applied for a charter they discovered the existence of the old society. Some of its members were called together, the promoters of the new society joined it in a body, and with the accession of members and interest the long inactive association straightway became a power in the land, Systematic warfare was waged on the snarers who had had full swing so long as to have become defiant and boastful; and special attention was paid to the market men and the hotel keepers. Detectives were employed, prosecu- tions instituted, snares destroyed and snarers arrested. In short there has been an active campaign, and the results already attained are most encouraging. Rhode Island is only repeating the experience of other States and thus emphasizing anew the almost universal rule thatif we are to have any effective game protection in this country, for the present at least it must be secured by the efforts of individuals and societies. If there is any one ‘natural right” a Florida cracker clings to more tenaciously than to any other it is to kill deer at any time, not excluding the breeding seasons. In 1877 a law was enacted protecting deer, wild turkeys, quail and-mocking birds from April to September, This was resented by the crackers, and one of the first acts of the next Legislature was to repeal the obnoxious statute, Subsequent efforts on the part of intelligent sportsmen of the State have been fruitless until this year; but now Florida has a law, which we trust will be respected and retained. The openseasons prescribed are for deer the months of November, December, January and February, and for wild turkey and quail Nov. 1 to Marchi. A pro- vision evidently designed as a concession to local prefer- ences is that the commissioners of any county may desig- nate four other months for deer killing. This is quite in keeping with the practice in most Southern States, where such game laws as are in force at all are for the most part county laws. It appears to be out of the ques- tion for Georgia or North or South Carolina or Virginia or Alabama to fix on a law applicable to the entire State. The statute books are lumbered up with page after page of county laws, and these are annually changing to suit local convenience. As the chief excuse for game protection is to protect the game in breeding time, one fails to understand bow the public can feel much respect for regulations which are so incon- sistent and in that inconsistency so unreasonable, If nature demands the protection of birds in one county at one period, the demand is equally urgent in an adjoining county. Wehave already noted that under its new con- stitution Kentucky will find a way out of the confusing game legislation now in vogue, for all Kentucky laws must in the future be of general application, The Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association, as repre- sented by its president, Mr. Abner Price, and those who are working with him, deserve all praise for the prosecu- tions of Chicago restaurant keepers who deal in illicit game birds, The newsy letters of our alert Chicago cor- respondent have kept readers of this journal fully in- formed of the progress of the work. Later developments, since the publication of Mr. Hough’s last letter, may be summed up ina few words. C. C. William Meyer, con- victed of selling four prairie chickens, has paid a fine of $20 with $14 costs; Aaron & Son, game dealers who sup- plied Meyer, were arrested, and with two barrels of illicit prairie chickens discovered by Warden Buck were taken before the justice, who Jet them off with a fine of $30. In the two barrels were 132 birds, and a full penalty would have mounted up to $3,300. Itis trusted that the Association will not rest with the paltry result of the Aaron case. George Williams, of the Lakeside restaur- ant, has paid a fine of $15 and costs, this for chickens. Rector has taken another continuance of his case. One after another the restaurant men are coming up to settle. What the effect of the year’s work will be it is difficult to conjecture; but there would be no question whatever about it if the Illinois Association would supply funds for a persistent campaign this year and next year. After all has been said it remains true that the Chicago prose- cutions are almost wholly the result of individual activ- ity. The Assceciation should not fail to support its officers in a work which is less for the benefit of Chicago than the State at large. So long as the South Water street game dealers handle game out of season the game will be sent to them from Illinois covers. A New England sportsman, who has been shooting all his life and claims that something over 40,000 birds have fallen to his gun, is fond of asserting that of all these only two were killed out of season. One springtime, a relative being ill and her physician suggested a game bird as likely to tempt her palate, he took his gun and set out to provide for the invalid a robin or a meadowlark, He was ‘crossing a little brook, when a cock woodcock got up before him; and without an instant’s reflection he killed it. The other instance happened one day in August when he was out working a puppy. Most of the day had gone by and not a shot had been fired. At length the puppy made its first point, and a bird rose, which was taken to be a woodcock (then in season), but being shot proved a chicken grouse. The frequency with which hunters in the woods are mistaken for game by other hunters has prompted the sportsmen of Bangor to invent a deer hunter’s protective vestment, consisting of a flaming red coat, piebald panta - loons and gilded helmets. To this equipment should be added a tin trumpet to be tooted at frequent intervals like a fog horn at sea. New York customs officers seized a big lot of smuggled snakes last week. One of the reptiles was declared to measure fifteen feet in length and to bark like a dog, As we have no infant snakes of that variety indigenous to this favored land the duty on serpent importations is clearly for revenue only, 226 FOREST AND STREAM. i —— — ‘(Ocr. 8, 1891, Che Sportsman Courist, FOUR OF A KIND. f° LU aboard! Git.” The heavy farm wagon, drawn by a pair of as uncouth and raw mules as ever graced the western mountains, commenced to move and we were off. We, that is Ben, Dan, Jack and Shoshone, were going to spend a week at the lake, For this event elaborate prep- arations had been made. Under the seats were rifles, guns, rods, tackle, bedding, cooking utensils, grub and a wall tent. What more could we want? A twenty-mile uphill ride over a rough road is not a theme upon which the lyric nurse can spread herself. Nevertheless we sometimes derive health, zest and inspiration in spite of, rather than aided by our surroundings, and that all-day ride was as enjoyable to the mental man as it was un- comfortable to his physical tenement. It was Indian summer; not the Indian summer of the East, with its gorgeous wealth of color, its hazy, sensuous atmosphere, its dreamy transition from the lusty life of summer to the dreary desolation of November, but that unique season of the far West, when grassy hills and pine-robed peaks but change their green for sober garb of gray and brown, when the fitful breezes do but moderate the burning heat of August. We have no autumn. At night we lie down and call it summer, and, before morn- | ing, a chilling, nipping frost has come. The branches are bare, birds have flown, white are the mountain crests and winter is here. But if there is an Indian summer amid these Watsatch summits, it is the brief season through which we have just passed. At the end of the first hour we are four miles from our starting point, on the summit of a divide, where we stop to give the team a good rest. Behind and below us is the valley of the Upper Sevier, a perfect basin through which the slow-wandering river makes its sinuous path, That little group of cabins and houses in the center of the scene is Panguitch. About it are squares of golden stubble and brown rowen. Surrounding these, on every side, are the great gray hills, their soft blue serrated summits holding up the colder, clearer azure of the firm- ament. The wheels rumble and we pitch down into South Cafion and climb, between frowning, black walls, six miles further to the top of the second divide. From the second divide we drop to the creek level, and, by mutual consent, we stop at the ‘“‘white rocks” to secure a trout dinner and then to cook it. Famous throughout this section of the land are the white rocks, Here the fishermen resort, in season and out of season, but the supply of trout does not seem to diminish, nor does the dainty fontinalis learn wisdom by the experience of his fellows. The white rocks are rug- ged walls of sandstone, exclosing a natural meadow about half a mile long and from twenty to fifty yards wide, The creek is in places open and again the willows overhang deep pools where the trout hide during the heat of the summer day. But there is scarcely a spot, upon pool, riffle or eddy, where a fly cannot be placed and where it may not be placed so as to secure arise. Three of the party went for the willows and soon had long straight poles, heavier by far than the fish that they ex- pected to land. For bait they used whitewood grubs or grasshoppers. Shoshone stuck to rod and reel, and used a sober fly of his own fabrication, which he has found to be especially killing in these waters, though it is far from a thing of beauty when viewed from an artistic standpoint. Ben has been the champion of the creek. Fifteen years of fishing in its icy waters have taught him where the largest. sweetest, reddest of the ruby-spattered darlings lie, and he knows instinctively how and where to drop his bait. Hedrops in first. His willow bends until the tip almost touches the water. Then the butt is lowered and a silver streak flashes from brook, leaving in its wake a string of glittering pearls. An instant it hangs trembling over its native element; then, looking like a broken rainbow, it describes the arc of a majestic circle and lies stunned upon the emerald sward full twenty feet behind its captor. Very well done, Mr. Ben, very picturesque; but, while you have been going through your little performance, Shoshone’s fly has been float- ing down the ripple just below you, and, though you saw it not, from out the boiling white caps came a gleam, a strike, the tug of war, and now you hear the merry music of the reel. Ah, yes! You may have the tranquil pools and crystal depths, but give the riffle to the dainty fly. Ben is too absorbed to pay attention to any one else. He goes down to another pool, while Shoshone lands five in quick succession, How many more he might have landed will neyer be known, for Dan, who is destitute of any sportsmanlike chivalry, makes up his mind that the riffle is the place for him. His heavy sinker splashes down, dragging the grasshopper after it, and, needless to say, the trout are gone. We fished for perhaps half an hour and returned to the wagon with forty-three fish, none of which weighed less than half apound. Jack had-not made a success of his piscatorial efforts and had already built a fire and tried out enough bacon grease for the frying-pan. Ben took charge of the flour and bake oven. Dan and Shoshone cleaned the fish, and soon we were eating as though we had left before breakfast, The afternoon ride was much more delightful than that of the morning had been. The creek flowed through a wide valley that was covered with meadows of lucerne and wild hay, The rolling hills that extended for miles to the north and south were timbered only at their summits, their slopes being covered with short prass, where thousands of cattle were lying or feeding. Every mile or two we passed a log cabin, corral and milk house. This is a great dairy region. In winter the ground is covered with deep snow, and no one yisits the spot; but in May the cattle are driven back from their ranges on the Paria and Waweap. Then the fantilies move up from the settlements to their summer homes. The books of the county assessor show that last summer (1890) 54,000lbs. of cheese and 14,000lbs. of butter were made in this little valley. The season ends about Oct. 1, As the sun commenced to slope toward the west there was a constant flight of mourning doves about the wagon, this way and that scurried bevies of half-grown dusky grouse, and now and then a sage cock would arise with loud clamor and sail majestically out of range. Over the creek were teal and greenheads, young broods, just right for broiling. Nor were quail wanting, The quail do not belong on this side of the divide, but about eight years ago several pair were brought over from Dixie, and they having never been disturbed haye multiplied with surprising rapidity, Dan wanted to borrow Shoshone’s gun, but the latter had not forgotten the incident at the riffle and informed the would-be borrower that the game law did not expire for at least eight hours. = Five o'clock found usat the last steep climb of the journey. Beside us was the roar of the torrent, for the stream made a perpendicular drop of 30ft. between lofty walls that had been cleft rather than worn by the slow action of the water, One long, hard pull and our goal was in sight, Panguitch Lake, in the language of the Utes, “the place of fish.” There it lay nestled among the grand eternal pine-clad hills, the liquid blue smiling at the etherial blue above and mirroring in its clear depths the waving trees and sentinel peaks that deck its borders. Upon its limpid bosom sported a host of water fowl, and we knew from the upland peaks and distant cailons even now some noble, velyet-antlered bucks were watching our progress with curious eye. Panguitch Lake has one gala day, the 24th of July, the Mormon’s great holiday. Then it is the gathering place for southern Utah. For days the people of Kanab, St. George, Cedar, Parowan, Beaver, Panguitch and a host of smalller settlements make preparations for the festival. On horseback and in great white covered family wagons they come, until the lake, three miles long by one mile wide, is surrounded by a city of canvas. It is reported that on the last 24th but three able-bodied adult males were left in Panguitch, a settlement of 961 souls. How- ever this may be, every year from 3,000 to 5,000 people gather at the lake and spend three days in eating and drinking, in horse racing and foot racing, in rowing and fishing, in buying terra alba candy, snow ice cream, cir- cus lemonade, cheap tintypes, etc., and last-but not least, in dancing, Then the canvas disappears as noiselessly and suddenly as it came, and naught is left to mark the pire of revelry but ashes, oyster cans and broken beer bottles, Driving slowly about the west shore we selected a camp- ing place as suitable as it was beautiful. An elevated, grassy point dotted with scattering pines and flanked by a crystal stream that leaped and laughed in the sunset glow, beneath the soft Italian sky. Beneath two pines we set our tent and fixed our fire place. Ben and Sho- shone made the beds, tables and seats while Jack and Dan got supper. The ducks near the point had risen with loud clamor at our approach, but as we ate they drifted back within easy gun-shot, as though fear of man was to them something unknown. Perhaps it was so, forthe Western mountaineer uses no weapon but the rifle. He may have, among his lares and penates, an old, rusty, long-barreled, anti-bellum muzzleloader, but the breechloader is to him a new-fangled invention, ‘‘like the locomotive,” and of the hammerless self-ejector he knows as little as of the telephone or phonograph. So much the better. Shoshone was prepared to profit by their neglect. In the twilight hour we stroll down to the nearest ranch and make ar- rangements for a supply of milk during our stay. This cost us, delivered, 124 cents per gallon. Then came the smoker’s hour about the camp-fire—the last and most delicious hour of the day, when earth and its cares steal gently from us, borne to dream-land on the balmy even- ing breeze, when the stars come out one by one, and brighten with joy as they see their own radiant forms reflected in the darkening lake, when we hear the music of the past and live again the days of auldlangsyne. So night fell upen the world and sweet sleep upon wearied eyelids, and the silvery waves alone, that rhythmically rose and fell upon the glistening sands, watched and waited for the dawn of another day. “Fist!” That was all Ben said, but is was sufficient to awake Shoshone, anda few moments later a couple of misty forms stole out into the cold, bracing air of early morning, leay- ing Jack and Dan to sleep the sleep of the just, and to have breakfast ready when the sun should be an hour high, There was a light fleece over the water, and above this, over the eastern mountain, the morning star was beginning to pale, “Which way, Ben?” “Oh, I believe I'll go up the cafion after a yearlin’. Don’t you want to take Jack’s gun and go ‘long?” Ny ot much, I’m going for a mess of chickens, So long.” A pull at the half-filled coffee pot that rested in the ashes of last night’s fire and we separated. And this was Sept. 1, the day when the hunter and sportsman could bang away at any and every species of game that he could hope to find, and in all this region only Ben and Shoshone to take advantage of the privilege. Shoshone’s path led him about the foot of the lake, down to the meadows where he knew the birds would take their early breakfast. Nerveusly he fingered the shells that had been loaded with so much care and precision. If there is a species of ‘‘buck-ager,” called ‘‘chicken-ager” by specialists, he was afflicted with the disease, and a Pennsylvania barn door would have been safe at 40yds. From his feet rises a gray form and goes whirring away into the gloom, The gun is raised but as soon dropped to its old position. “No, friend Centrocercus, | want nothing to do with you so.long as any of your dusky cousins are to be found in the vicinity.” The coolness and steadiness come back, for the hunter must be his own dog, find and retrieve as well as shoot. Whirr! whirr! whirr! One, two, three, a dozen up and still rising. How the old gun rang out, and how clumsy are those fingers after six months’ rest! What an age it takes to get in fresh shells! Two more shots and the birds are out of range. Mark them down, then gather up the victims. Ah, it is slow fiading in the damp, brown rowen, where there is every opportunity for concealment, but four dead grouse and a Sree, that requires a grace shot, is not a bad beginning. And now the sun creeps over the mountain and the golden light floods the valley. Here, there, everywhere are feathery forms flying swiftly through the air. This is the very intoxication of sport. From afar on the mountain Ben’s rifle makes faint echo tothe gun, He, too, is enjoying this grandest morning of the year. Ten birds in the pockets of Shoshone’s hunting coat remind him of a solemn compact, entered into by the quartette, wherein it was stipulated that, until the day before the return home, no more game should be shot or caught than was required for camp use, So he turned — back to the tent, above which the pale smoke of the morning fire curled lazily above the swaying pine tops, Ben had been back, aroused the sleeping beauties, and started up the hill with one of the mules. Even now his powerful basso profundo, singing one of the old songs of the ‘‘49ers,” could be heard and soon he emerged from the aspen cover. Over the back of the mule was slung the biggest buck that we had seen in many a day. The wide- branched, velvety antlers almost touched the ground on one side and the sharp hoofs dragged upon the rocks on the other, And there were shouts of joy from the little camp as the aroma of coffee, slap-jacks and broiled chicken ascended heavenward. After breakfast we “fixed” camp, built a shade of aspens, thatched with willows, from the tent to the fire- place, and snaked a couple of loads of dried aspen poles for fire-wood. Jack and Dan, to pay for their laziness during the early morning, were assigned the bulk of the work, and it wasin the line of their duties to clean and care for the game, Ben reported the cafion that he had visited as being full of red raspberries, bullberries and sarvice berries, and, while Shoshone rambled about the lake to secure a boat, the trio went berrving, Near the upper end of the lake the cabins of the professional fisher- men are built. Here a boat was found; heavy, flat- bottomed, leaky, but it would save swimming after ducks and atvane for trout, and that was all that was re- quired, The heat of the afternoon was devoted to the regular siesta. Then Shoshone launched his fragile bark and, with rod and gun, Dan furnishing the motive power, defied the perils of the mighty deep. Above the shore were scores of hell-divers and mud-hens, but far out the bosom of the lake was black with countless teal and mallards, To shoot or fish, that was the question. Dan claimed to know the best fishing grounds, and that settled it, Over the lake we sped, and the dark mass of natatores parted, sailing gracefully just out of range and leaving us aclear channel. Under the shadow of the eastern peak Dan rested on his oars and, pointing to a deep, dark pool, lashed into spray by the eternal falling of a brooklet Bre leaped full 20ft. from rock to glassy lake, said, “Cast in.” Shoshone arose and the grizzly-king fluttered over the spot indicated and dropped, as gently as a leaf, upon the surface of the water. No response to the feathery se- ducer. Again. The same result. The third time— ‘Dan, get her stern to. I’ve got a whale.” ‘‘Divil a whale, but a dandy trout, old man,” as the boat swung around and old Salvelinus, as proud as he was angry, Showed what seemed to be three feet of radiant loveliness as he endeavored to snap the leader with his tail. ‘Pull for the middle.” Dan obeyed as though his life depended on it. The craft was clumsy and Dan did not know how to handle her for this kind of work; so the only hope of success lay in forestalling any latent desire on the part of Mr. Trout torun beneath us. Fortunately the idea did not enter his head, He made a good fight for the lilypads, but boat and reel were too much for his strength, and after a fifteen-minute struggle he allowed himself to be drawn to the net. The scales at the tent showed him to be a 43- pounder, and he was the largest fish taken during the trip. Dan was now fairly enthused with the spirit of the sport and needed no request to pilot the boat back to the spot where the first cast was made, But, alas, “The best laid schemes o°? mice and men Gang aft a-gley.” Trout No, 2 came up to the scratch in elegant form and condition, but his tactics were diametrically opposed to those of his predecessor. Under the boat he was deter- mined to go, and under the boat he went, leaving to Sho- ~ shone a broken tip and the sad memory of a trout that never was caught. But another boat was bearing down upon the scene to take up the sport where we had dropped it, Ben and Jack had managed to secure a punt, even more leaky and clumsy than ours. They had a can of grubs and a pail of minnows, and we were contented to leave them, and, because it was impossible to fish, to try our luck with the mallards. Now, while the ducks were not exactly timid, they were unusually reserved in their manners, and refrained from making the acquaintance of strangers without the formality of an introduction. They could swim as fast as Dan could row, and they managed to keep about 75yds, from the boat, Oncein a while there would bea little teasing flight of 20 or 30yds., and at such times the gun would do its duty. But the distance was so great that only cripples fell, and these it was impossible to re- trieve, At length the birds drifted into a fittle bay from which escape seemed impossible. Shoshone changed his seat to the stern and laid a dozen shells ontheseat. Dan grasps the situation, The boatis planted, fair and square, in the narrow entrance. Before us the brown, moving mass wedges and packs together until the inlet is covered by a solid carpet of feathers. For an instant the birds are undetermined what todo. Then, with one impulse, they rise. The noise is as the roar of the tempest in the forest, as the beating of storm-tossed breakers upon a rocky shore. Landward for a minute and then, by com- mon consent, the grand wheel is made, and the mass comes back toward open water. They are scarce 2byds. above us. The sky is darkened and the sound of the gun that cracks until eight shells are gone is lost in the rush of many wings, Over the lake they fly, faster even than the mountain gale, the ranks of the living closing up the gaps that ruthless powder and shot had made. A mile away, over by the western shore, they alight, and we are left alone, between the blue above and the blue below, to gather up the spoils, Nineteen plump, iridescent-winged beauties are stowed away in the bottom of the boat, and we rejoin Ben and Jack, who have eight 2-pounders to their credit, and are as ready as we for supper. What a supper that was! It tooka long time to pre- pare it, but it paid for all trouble. Think of it ye purse- roud, game-loving Chicagoans, that pay $1.25 for the eg of a chicken killed out of season, and then, with true devotion to the cause, cinch the seller! We had cream biscuit and coffee, baked fish, broiled chicken, fried duck, fried venison, and wound up with luscious raspherries and cream, the meal costing, barring the broken tip, less than 50 cents, ‘ Clearly the pursuit of game on the morrow was out of the question, We had made an agreement and intended 7 , — — = in Oct, 8, 1891.] ae FOREST AND STREAM. 227 to live up toit. There was game enough in camp to last for several days; so a bear hunt was proposed, ), PeDb. * Fannic K.—Hberhart’s Cashier. Eberhart Pug Kennels’ (Cin- cinnati, O.) pug bitch Fannie K. (champion Kash—Flossie IL.) to their Eberhbart’s Cashier (champion Kash—Lady Thora), Sept. 20. W HELPS. es" Prepared Blanks sent fros ou application, Buffalo Lass. A. W. Smith’s (Buffalo, N. ¥,) black_and tan ter- rier bitch Buffaio Lass, Sept. 27, four (one doz), by Rochelle Ken- nels’ Broomfield Sultan, Lady Verne. O. P. Kinnie’s (Lina, O.) pug bitch Lady Verne, Ben 28, six (five dees), by Kberhart’s Douglass IL. (Douglass— June). SALHS. (2=" Prepared Blanks sent free on application, Little Goldie, Pug bitch, whelped March 18, 1891, by John Bull out of Phyllis Il., by Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O.. to E. LL. Bretnor, Gratton, N. D. . Bonaily Belle. White fox-terrier bitch, whelped May 23, 1891, hy Blemton Tiump out of Hillside Baroness, by A. D. Stewart, Ham- ilten, Ont.. to F. R. Close, same place, Grouse II, White and black fox-terrier bitch, whelped Aug. 12, 1888, by J. C.. Tinne, Lymington, Hng., io C. 8. Hanks, Manchester- by-the-Sea, Mass, Brockenhurst Queenie, VWhite and black marking fox-terrier bitch, whelped Sept. 16, 1888, by Rational out of Stene, by J. Cc. apie Lymington, Hng., ta C.S,. Hanks, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. Damson. While, black markings, Tox-terrier bitch, whelped April 6, 1890, by Dominie out of Daphnia, by FY. Redmond, London, Eng.. to C. 8. Hanks, Manchester-hy-the-Sea, Mass. Sam. White and tan marks fox-terrier dog, whelped Sept. 7, 1890, by Blemton Brawler out of Hillside Jaunty, by C..S, Hanks, Manchester-hy-the-Sea. Mass., to Frank Knight, same plate. Sport K.— Bess K. whelps. Black, white and tan beagles,whelped July 29, 1591, by Rmgwood Beagle Kennels, Brockton, Mass.,a dog each to G, IL, Hodgson and C.S. Brodrick, same place, and a bitch to D,S. Hall, South Cabot, Vt. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. There is no charge for answering questions under this head. All questions relating to ailments of degs will be answered by Dr. T, G. Sherwood, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel Management and dogs will receive careful attention. W. M., Hyattville, O.—Two of a litter of six pvinter pups, aged five weeks, have scabs on their sides and back. Very thick scabs, and matter is very white. Donotseem to run any. I believe the old bitch is troubled a little with eczema, What shall I do for it? Ans. Apply a little broacic ointment to the scabs twice a day. J, D. B., Mount Morris, N. Y.—l have a fine young pointer dog which is poor and fcod does not seem to benefit him. To my cer- tain knowledge he has a tapeworm, I having seen two or three feet of it. Ans. Give the deg, after 18 hours’ fasting, worm pills or powders as advertised in FOREST AND STRHAM, accompanying which are full directions. Repeat the dose in a week. Feed the dog on end liver oil cake, meat, ete. Cakes can be procured trom Spratts Co. , S, C., Woodbridge, N. J.—Will you please inform me whether dogs ever shed their testh and if thereis any cure for a disease of the gums that my dog has, causing him to have a very offen- sive breath. My dog is asmall house dog, 8yrs. old, very intelii- gentand on account of his domg many tricks has been fed too much rich cake, candy, etc., which [ think ruined bis teeth. Ans. Your dog has an accumulation of tartar on the teeth, which causes the gums to recede, and thus the teeth become gradually loosened and fallout. The tartar also causes ulceration of the Bettie The teeth must be scaled and all very loose ones re- moved, J. W. H., Newburgh, N. Y.—How can I cure a dog of fits? I have a fine pointer bitch, and 1am haying her broke. The man that is breaking her tells me that after having her out for a while she takes one of these fits, when she froths at the mouth and her eyes almost start out of her head, for about ten minutes. Then she partly recovers and starts to ron away,and don’t seem to know her trainer for a minute or two. She has had seven fits already. Ans, First treat for worms and then give the following mixture: Bromide of soda 2drs., liq. arsenicalis1 dr.. water 302, Give one dessertspoonful three times a day. The doe ought to be kept in a quiet placa and only ajlowed a little exercise for the present. It must not be excitedinany way. See also that the bowels ate regular. W. W. VW., Providence, R. I.—My bull-terrier puppy which you prescribed for in your issue of Aug. 20, although somewhat im-~ proved is still in a terrible condition. Two weeks ago she was one mass of sores, rnoning pus, mucus and blood. Her left side which was contiguously aftected all over has partially healed up, and apparently is improving daily, but is still in a very bad shapes, especially about her head. When these sores first break ouf, the blnod coming from the same coagulates and forms a crust as brit- tle and black as coal. As fast as [ heal them they appear in other nlaces, and have been and are now affected all over her entire body, including head, legs and tail. On various parts of her body, within a few days past, have appeared a number of swellings, varying in size from a dime to a quarter dollar piece, containing nothing but blood. She has lost entirely all of her hair, and her skin is still a bright red, and at times very feverish. Her stools are black as ink, and the odor therefrom extremely offensive. Appetite is good, and is as actiye as can be expected under her present condition. Please advise if I shall coniinue same treat- ment as prescribed, What is her disease? Isiteczema or mange, or both? Am very sorry to trouble you again, but have no con- fidenes in the yet. who I called in tosee this puppy. His advice to “knock her in the head” did not meet with my views, neither did his diagnosis of her disease, or the treatment prescribed by him, inspire me with sufficient confidence to allow him to proceed with the case. If time, patience and money can cure this puppy. lam ready to use the same freely, but “knock her in the head’? never. Ans. From your intelligent description the bull-terrier must be suffering from follicular mange, but without an examin- ation this cannot be determined. Mange is a most intractable disease and very difficult to gure, taking a long time, about six months, todoso. Apply the following ointment all over everv other dsy, and to the sores daily: Napthol beta,3 ounces; lard, 20 ounces; powdered boracic acid, 4 ounces; oxide of zinc, 3 ounces, The napthol must be dissolved in lard first by the aid of heat, then add the other ingredients and mix till cold. Give the following twice aday ina pill: Sulphide of calcium, 1 grain, Also wash the dog occasionally in a solution of sulphide of potash (liver of sulphur); two ounces to a gallon of warm water. 238 FOREST AND STREAM. - (Oct. 8, 1891. Rifle and Crap Shooting. RANGE AND GALLERY. THE RIFLE ON THE: PACIFIC COAST. San FRANCISCO, Sept. 264—A number of the officers of the National Guard assembled for the State final shoot at Shell Mound Park to-day. Some yery good scores were made by several of the officers. Generals Dickinson and Dimond each scored 40 out of a possible 50 points at the regulation target at 200yds., while Golonel Kellogg made a total of 49.- Following are the scores made by the members of the Governor's staff and by General Dimond and staff: ; Governor's Staff.—Mareeau 29, Sanborn 25, Laidlaw 35, Zelle 8, Bartlett 22, Holmgten 27. General Dimond’s Staif—Dimond 40, Castle 22, Kellogg 49, English 33, Cutler 38, Holloway 35, Monahan 34. Sept. 27.—The Second Artillery Regiment paraded for their final State shoot at Shell Mound to-dav. The regiment showed up in strong numbers and completely filled the commodious range. The contest winds up the State shooting as far as the regiments stationed in and near this city are concerned. Some yery fine individual scores were made, Battery C and Light Battery A did some remarkably good shooting. Battery A uses the pistol, and the distance is 40yds. This fact must be taken into consideration when comparing the results of the con- test, All marksmen who haye used either the rifle or pistol know how absurd a competition with a pistol at 40yds. and a Springfield rifie at 200yds. must be. The gpard sman who uses the rifle stands no chance whatever, says the Oall, with his more fortunate comrade who is allowed the use of the pistol, The shooting of Capt. Adolph Huber, of Battery C, was the best that has been witnessed On the range in a long time. At the pre- liminary State contest the Captain made the good score of 45 points out of a possible f0. To-day he appeared to he determined to equal, if not surpass, his first score, and this he did by making the fine score of 46, which will give him $2 per cent. for both shoots and he will receive a gold bar fromthe State and be classed among the sharpshooters. miatYs ; In order to obtain a State decoration it is necessary at each semi-annual contest to make 50 points, or 60 per cent., when a bronze baris given. All making{80 per cent. receive 4 silver bar, and those making 90 per cent, receive a gold bar, The unjustness of this high percentage has just been shown by the final contests of the Ist,4d and 2d Regiments, Although many hundred men appeared before the butts and some excellent shooting was done, but one man in the thres regiments will re- eeiye a sharpshooter’s decoration. Nearly all the marksmen in the National Guard believe that the percentage should be lowered and the men given @ Jiving chance, Whatis considered a fair percentage in two contests is 55 per cent for marksmen, 75 per cent. for riflemen and 85 percent, for sharpshooters. The per- centega is sufficiently high, and if adopted by the State authori- ties will result in bringing a larger number of sharpshooters to- ether in the final meeting for the championship medals. TORONTG RIFLE ASSOCIATION. Toronto, Oct. 1.—The thirteenth annual matches of the Toronto Rifle Association were held to-day on ths Garrison Commons. The weather was all that could b3 desired during the forenoon, there being very little wind, while the light was excellent. After dinner the wind increased from the left rear, but never got troublesome. Under thess favorable conditions the scoring was yery good. The matches were under the direction of Mr. A. D. Cartwright. the secretary, and were completed to the satisfaction of all the competitors. The following are the scores: First match, series A.” the “"Merehants,” rangas 200 and 400yds., 7 shots each, position 200yds. any, 40 yds. prone: T Mitchell... .... 66 WG Fowler...... OU MEACORIEDATT., crasees 61 AWM 15 Eta Sagene pone 66 EW Brown....... 63 TP Hammon.,. 61 mel 532) U Sees ctl eee 65 A Elliott... ...... 63 J MeVittie... ... 61 R McVittie....... 64 WS Dunean...... 63 KR Rennie... .... » 60 G Thompson...... 64 A D Gariwright.. 62 CL Benediet...... 60 Second match, series A, the all-comers’ ranges, 200yds., kneel- ing, 500 and 600yds. prone, 7 shots at each range, open vo members ann associate members; ; ) ™ Mitchell,........ 94 K MeVittie........ 8Y R Rennie.......... 80 W_ G Fowler 91 A D Crooks........ 84 T P Hammon,.-... 78 NASB BUND Fe pot signers 89 WS Duncan....... 84 A G Ronan........ 78 J Simson,-...- ...- 89 A D Cartwright....84 MS Mercer....... 77 CiGrowe... A, oat 88 J McVittie...... «83, A Flliott.....:.,.2 76 AS SULTAN «on cy a oni 88 G Thompson....... SL UD enttrredar eaten DAR ge 8% W Mitchell........81 Team prizes, to be competed for by threes members of any trade or profession: Press—T Mitchell. J Dent, W G Fowler..... Saag snagyy vei 261 Book-keepers—A Hlliott, J Simpson, J McVittie........ ........ 248 Lawyers—A D Crooks, A D Cartwright, MS Mercer.........--.244 Third match, extra series, 400yds.,for aggregate of two scores: J, Simpson 50,1. Mitchell 50, J. Dent 50, A. D. Cartwright 50. W. G. Fowler 49, J. Oge 48, R. McVittie and W.8. Duncan (tie) 48, J. Crowe 47, A. Elliott 47. ; ‘ Fourth match, extra series, 500vds.: J.Oge 24, J, Dent 23, T. Mitchell 22, J. Simpson and R. McVittie (tie) 22, W. G. Fowler 22, O. L. Benedict 22, W. Mitchell 20. . . Fifth match, the ‘*Aggregate,” first. prize D.R.A. silver medal, second prize O.R.A. silver medal: T. Mitchell 160, W. G. Fowler Sixth match, special aggregate prize, medal, yalue $25, given by Mr, A. Elliott. To be won twice, not consecutively: T. Mitchell 160. REVOLVER SHOOTING IN ENGLAND. W Sept. 22. at the South London Rifle Club’s weekly competi- tion Mr. Walter Winans wou firat prize for the revolyer com- pétition with a score of 41. Messrs. Lowe, Adams and Andrews making 38 points each. It was a very windy day. ‘The score for the championship of the club now stands: Walter Winans..4l 41 41 41—164 Andrewe.......... 41 38 38 88—155 CF Lowe.....--.. 40 89 88 35—155 There are only four more weekly shoots till the end of the sea- son. Only one more score is required for the championship, and as he has such a lead Mr. Winans does not intend to shoot next week. After winning the revolver competition Mr. Winans shot betore the editor of the Shooting Times av 81 live pigeons with a single-shot 32-gauge shot pistol, making the following score, l5yds. rise, 3 ground traps, strong side wind: Winans.......-- 1010111001—6 0101101011—6 1101001001—5 1010111010—6 1111100101—7 101101U001—5 0000110010—2* 1110010001—4 1—1. 44 out of 81 * Recovered blown out of bounds, dead. The pistol was by Gas- tinne Renette, 32-gauge, full choke, 1594in. barrel, 18ers. H. C. pow- der, 440z. No. 6shot, very heavy trigger pull. The birds, which were favored by a strong side wind, were the first half moderately good birds, the last half best bluerocks, MILLER RIFLE CLUB.—Hoboken, N. J., Sent. 30.—The follow- jng scores were made by members at the club’s weekly shoot, 10 shots, off-hand, American 25-ring target, possible 250: DCSE Ee) a eh bose SKeoeod 25°25 25 24 24 24 2a 28 22 21—237 Fanti nl bere ary MPN 45 Aan sana ss 44 sue of, 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23—236 Tilt SRELQHoh en eA S ER anoeeh F3 25 25 25 24 24 24 22 22 21 2I—233 HH Fischer ....... AAA A5 450 sods 5 25 25 24 24. 24 24 23 23 21 20—V33 BG Se ER RRA ER SAS 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 21 21 15—228 AeW@arr Opole oho aoe hee doko cates 24 22 QR 2328 22-22 21 21 20—222 a f1 Tea 9 03:5) | ee FORK ae re a 24 28 28.28 28 22 21 21 20 19—221 STILE DKS) Oats pone Oe Ae arma A SAAR 25 24 23 28 23 28 21 20 19 19—220 OaptWeweyee cL eee 1.24 23 22 22 22 22 21 20 19 19—214 A Seltenreich... .......- Rts, Anse. 825 23 22 22 21 21 21 20 20 19 17—206 23.25 22 20 18 18 18 15—205 TeG@ialdenerea oe eee a eegace o 2k 24 : gi J. H., KRUSE. GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct. 1—A competitive rifle shoot took place at the rifle range at Grapevine Cove to-day, for the purpose of determining what members of Company G. should represent the company in tne regimental shoot to take place at South Hram- ingham, Oct. 10. Any member of the company is entitled toa position on the team, seven members being the quota, but only twelve men coxtested. The men making the best scores in two trials of fifteen rounds each will be selected as the company team, the second trial to occur next Saturday. The score of cach man on the first trial was as follows, out of a possible 75: Prive taliyee 63 Priv Pocock....... hi Privy Noyes,........ 53 Privy Alderman....62 Priv Publicover...15 Sergt Gibbs........ 52 Priv Gardiner....- 61 Priv Daniels ...... Sergt Thomas....., 52 Privy McQuinn ... 59 Priv Day...........64 CapbO’Reiley,..... BL BRITISH REVOLVER SHOOTING, N arecentissue, Broad Arrow gives space to a consideration of the matter of officers’ arming, particularly in the infantry. The sword itis pointed out is provided but no proper schedule for drill with it, The article then continues: What then can be said of the revolver? This firearm is generally understood, in a coyert kind of way, to be an authorized weapon of the British officer. New officers on home service possess one, and still fewer have opportunities for reyolver practice; and yet, were these officers ordered on active service, nearly the first article they would proyide themselves with would be a revolver. What an exceedingly comical army it would bein which the rank and file were ouly supplied with rities just before their departure for seryice in the field! Iu England no attempt is made to train officers to shoot with the revol- yer; it may almost be said that the existence of such & weapon seems to be ignored. In India matters are slightly better, for every officer has annually to expend twenty-four rounds of pistol ammunition. Fancy! an allowance of twenty-four rounds in a year to efficiently exercise officers in the use of the most difficult firearm eyer invented! Itis a fact to be regretted, but one which happily can be remedied, that the knowledge which the majority of officers haye in the use of their revolvers is rather less than their knowledge of swordsmanship. This state of things, it must be borne in mind, is not the fault of officers themselves. In seeking a remedy for the evil, the chief point to be kept in view is to proyide opportunities for all officers to improve their skill with arms, The first act of the authorities ought to be the construction of at least two revolyer ranges in every barrack in the United Kingdom, ‘These would be small matters in themselves, and occupy but little room, but when once they are in existence, one great difficulty under which officers desirous of improving their shooting now labor will be Temoyed. Besides this, every regiment of cayalry, battalion of infan- try, and battery of artillery should be enabled to start its own school of arms. dele gis aire wy 25 23 28 28 23 22 19 18 17 16—209 *Vogel... ee eccewenesees 24 2429 23 122 121-21 21 20 16—215 BRANNON. cee ete eee see erp We 2h 25 24-28-2221 21 20 1i—228 CEG N DALE o) ys pee ape er 24 24 23 22 22 21 21 21 20 17—215—1904 Seitz Rifle Club. Stolle ets cae age 25 24 22 22 22 22 21 20 19 16-—2138 SCHOIIGG Mate tte derenreriec rds 28 22 21 21 21 21 20 20 19 17—205 SEU D Hl fleveece ereterate it ncetainieberstpeveriy ence’ 28 22 21 21 21 20 19 19 16 16—193 Gras ee Nee y pees ye es 2h 24 23 23 19 19 19 18 15 15—200 *Kruse. sewer s- 2 24 22 22 22 20 20 15 15 18—201 Hansen. ~ vsee.-- 24 23 23 23°23 22 21 18 18 16—212 Schurr.. oe Sek 25 23 22 21 21 19 17 16 15 18—192 Herrschatt 1. y«--2) 25 24 23 21 21 20 19 18 1e—214 NE Pee a ee++ ey 25 23 28 22 21 21 20-20 17 12—204—1839 ¥Also members ot Miller Rifle Chib, Hoboken, CLEVELAND, O., Oct 1—There were 10 entries for the country badge shoot this afternoon, and for the second time 1t was won by Mr. D. A. Upson. The following are the scores made at 40 birds: D A Upson....... 48 Andrews... ....... 35 Prechtel..... Wastes 40 SWiHEEEV ecu 40° Skinner............ HIPSTER fee tens ae 27 Galioun.---.. -... one Williams........... 31 Sheldon........ ..- 40 SONI terra é 3 Wherry, Prechtel and Sheldon tied for third money, and the shoot-otf resulted as follows: Wherry 9, Prechtel 8, Sheldon 9, Wherry and Sheldon diy., and Calhoun and Skinner diy. second money. TRE ae mbere of the East End Gun Club held their shoot this afternoon, with the following results at 25 birds: gauct: wee Murray .......-.. 24 Wherry............24 June....... .-.,.,-19 Sterling (visitor)-..21 THE TRAP. Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanis prepored by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only, FIXTURES. If you want your shoot to bs announced here send in notice like the following: Oct. 7-8 Tournament of the Peekshill(N, Y.) Sportsmen’s Club. W. H. Pierce, Manager, : Oct. 15-16. — Orlando (Fla.) Gun Club Tournament. J. H. Mooney, President. Oct. 20.—North Side Gun Club of Long Island. Tournament at Queens County Driving Park, Maspeth, L. 1. Samuel Lyon, Pres, Oct. 21-28—Reading’s Tournament, Flemington. N. J. EKey- stones. Open to all. Oct. 27-29.—Savannah, Ga., Chatham Gun Clib, assisted by the Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION. HE first annual tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sports- inen’s Association began Sept. 29 and ran through Thursday. It was hela at Williamsport, under the management of the Wil- liamsport Gun Club,and on their admirably equipped grounds. The annual meeting was held at the Park Hotel, Pres. H. A. Pen- tose presiding, The clubs represented were as follows: Harrisburg Shooting Association—H- Nutt. Reading Shooting Association—H. C. W, Matz. North Hund Gun Clu, Philadelphia—W. H. Wolstencroft, Ephrata Gun Club, Hphrata—s. L. Sharp. Duneannon Gun Clnb, Duncannon—J. Worden. Philadelphia Gun Club, Philade]phia—Jas, Wolstencroft, Germantown Gun Club, Phila—Harry Thurman. Tonawanda Gun Cloh, Tonawanda—W. F. Dietrick. Williamsport Shooting Association—J. H. Millspaugh, C. E. H. Brelsford, of the Harrisburg Shooting Association, was elected President unanimously for the year. NW. A. Hughes, of Williamsport, was elected Vice-President oy acclamation. J. H, Worden was elected Secretary; James Wolsteneroit, Treasurer; W. D. Hiler, of the Reading Shooting Association, Corresponding Secretary. Directors, Harry Thurman, Philadelphia; Ff. Ff. David- s0n, Alleghany City; H.C. W. Matz, Reading. The place for the next yearly shoot of the association will be Reading, under the auspices of the Reading Shooting Association. The date was set for the second Tuesday in Angust. Mr. Millspaugh, as representative of the Williamsport Shooting Association, presented to the State Sportsmen’s Association a very handsome dismond badge, Moved by Mr. Wm, H. Wolstencrott that a vote of thanks be extended to Lhe Williamsport Shooting Association for the hand- some trophy presented by them, Ths motion was carried unani- mously. Mr. HW. Nutt, of the Harrishurg Shooting Association, pre- sented the State Association with a handsome silver urn as @ team championship trophy. Moved, seconded and carried by acclamation that a vote of thanks be extended to the Harrisburg Association for their hand- Some gift. Mr. Millspangh, of the Williamsport Association, made a motion that the target to be used by the association in their annual shoots shall be at the option of the club under whose auspices the next shoot isheld. After along discussion the motion, on a vote, was Jost. On motion, the Keystone standard target was adopted, providing the price and quality be equal to any other standard target in the market. Carried, only one vote being against the motion, A motion was made by Mr. Wm. H. Wolstencroft that a vote of thanks be tendered to Mr. W. A. Hughes for his earnest, able and hard work to make the first tournament of the State Assecia- tion a success. Adopted unanimously. Individual Championship Badge.—Conditions governing the contest for the individual championship of Pennsylvania at live birds, prize, beautiful diamond badge, valued at $250, presented by the citizens of Williamsport. To be contested for annually under the following conditions: Hach contestant shall be a bona fide member of a club or association, members of the Peun’s State Sportsmen's Association, or an individual member of same. Entrance fee $10 (birds extra); 40 per cent. of the entrance money ahall go to the donors or holders this year, the balance shall be divided into three prizes, 50, 30 and 20 per cent, First prize, the diamond badge to the person making the highest score, the next three highest scores to receive the 40, 30 and 20 per cent. respec- tively. The winner of the badge this year to receive 40 per cent. of the entrance money next year, the balance to be divided as above. Each contestans shall shoot at 14 live birds, under Amer- ican Shooting Association ruies, with the exception of 1402. shot allowed 12-bore guns. A bondin the sum of $200 shall be given by the winner of the trophy to the club under whose auspices the association shoot is given for its return to the club under whose auspices the next Association shoot shall be giyen. Provided, however, there be no Association shootgiven it shall revert to the Williamsport Rifle and Gun Club, of Williamsport, Pa. Team Championship Trophy.—Conditions goyerning the contest for team championship of Pennsylvania, prize, a silyer trophy valued at $200, donated by the Harrisburg Shooting Association, to be contested for annually under the following conditions: Teams shall consist of 6 men, bona fide members from any.club or association in the State this year (hereafter they must be mem- bers of the State- Association), an entrance feeof $10 shall be charged each club, one-half of which shall be in payment of tar- gets, ihe balance, 50 per cent.,to the donors or holders of the trophy. the balance, 30 amd 20 per cent.. to the next teams in order; 25 targets per man, 150 per team, will be shot at, known angles, rapid-firing system, 10 and 12-zauge guns,at l6yds. rise, A bond inthe sum of $200shali be given by the winners to the club under whose auspices the Association shoot is given for its return to the club under whose auspices the uext Association shoot shall be given, Provided, however, there be no Association shoot given it shall revert to the Harrisburg Shooting Association of Harrisburg, Pa. _ Following are the seores of the meeting: First Day. No. 1, 10 birds, $1 entrance: IV ete eieusck see 1111111010—8 Rothrock........... 01L01001II— 6 Apgar..-........ ....0U11100100—5 ~Stewart........:.... JULIT0I— 9 IBFUGKHi es eae e ur ce h oe QWUIITI00—F Matz 20... cea... 1010100111— 6 Hobert......-.- --....001U101111—7_ Killits ....... eva. .1101011110— 7 Gis ke. oe ews wae 1110111101—8 Manlove ........... Q170.111101— & Dill,.............+...0111011—8 ~=J Wolstencroft...-..1111111111—10 Woy bigesh lee ie eee 111110007—8 -~Breweter, .........0011/11111— 8 Park then eee eee. 11101)1111—9 Worden,............ 0111111110— 8 Wingert vere. steer OMIW00I0—5 Brelsford........... 1111111 111—10 Maxley, A. .........Q10U001N1—45 ~Gooper.............. 1111101111— 9 Wirshoneeeen eee ee fs WNM0l0—s ~Fulford .......... -110111110— 8 INaLGbS Meee et: ee 0110711100—7 Cockran............ IMLIOII— 9 No. 2, 20 birds, $2 entrance: Hobart ...1171171101071001010J—16 Dill....... 19111113101111011101—17 Apgar ....01101111111101111011—16 Lindsley ..01101111101311110011—15 W Wolsten- croft. ..11101111111111111111—19 Miller... -.11111110110111111111—18 Brooks,...1110101111111 110111—16 Kinzer... .11101111119111111001—17 Clarks soe: 11101111111110001111—16 Killets. ...12001107011101111131—20 Stewart...1111111111111111100—19 Brelsford 10111110110111111011 16 Manlove. .11111111111111001110—-17 Duston. ...11111011101111101111—17 No. 8,.15 birds, $1.50 entrance: Lindsiey...... ,001011111110101—14 Milleriie... +. 111010101110011—10 ADBAT.. 2.025 .-010101110111110—11 Brooks .,......111010111111101—128 Hobart........ 01011111110101]—11 W Wolstenc’ft111110111101111 - 13 Bixler ........-O1001111111101—11 Quimby..... »- DNA — 15 Brelsford...... VUVDITTITI10111—14 Manuloye.....-- 111111011.101011—12 Clark*.. 44} 111711101011117—18 Kallets......2. . 11110111111 —14 Pulford.......,111110110110101—11 No. 4, 10 birds, $1 entr;nee: Tens es teas eee 1411111111 —10, Lindsley... .. ..-.-. 0001111101— 6. W AB Wolstencroft.0111101111— § Brooks. ......<-+-.. TOMNTMNI— 9 ADPAT.....;-2-+-+. slLLIT0N— 8 OBA: tastence see -A0MIMII— 9 Sharp....,...-.::-,20001011— 7 Thorman. 11319111111111111111—20 Fulford. ..17111111111111101111—19 Milspavgb11110100001100110101—11 Matgz.... .10110131111111011111—17 IS e 11111101101111100110—15 Cooper... ..1111111711111111100—19 Brewster,.11111011011111011101—16 Wolsten- erott....01111111111011111171—-18 Park......11111010111111101000—14 W orden...11111101101011111111—17 Cockran. .11111111111101011111—18 North... .01110111111111111101—-17 Kinzer...... >. 1117101111 11711—14 Stewart, ......J11710110110111—12 INUbtt es see dees 100101711111101—12 J Wolstener’ft1i1J11111011101—14 a» lO 0110 110—12 Park......-.. JUUU111111111—15 Brewster... .,-.111111110101111—13 OOPEF:.-. 4.056 10791)111101711—14 Cockran....... 111101111111111—14 Duston .-..,...113111111111101—14 Dill........... 111011100111010—10 Brewster......-.... 1111011011— 8 Manloye.,........-. 1101001111— 7 J Wolsteneroft ...1111011110— 9 Thurman,........-...1111110111— 9 Pulford,.,. ,...:-. LIUN1L01— 9 Nutt.... ...,.. .-..011111011— 8 Killets,..........-,, J10001N11— 7 Gon. 8, 180) FOREST AND STREAM. B88 Brelsford...,.......1111111011— 92 Kinzer . ..1011111101— 8} Cody........ ..101011010110101— 9 SJWolstencrofti11111111011111—14 | Stewart .-.......... 0111010001I— 5_—«és MiillsDaugh......... 1111911111—10 Millspaugh... ..... IMLN10I1I— § Matz.. .1111010011— 7 | Nutt.... -110011101111000— 9 Snyder...., -.111111000L11010—10 | Apgar............ , LOLL011171— 8 Whetmore.... ..... 0010100100— 3 Stewarts. Wi. “WUii1—10 ~Cockran, .1111110111— 9 | Smith LOMITIOIIOII0I—1 «Keyes... 121111110110016—11 | MeMurchy......... 1100011111— 7 Lourie.............. 6111110110— 7 Worth wh Sacha 11111111110 Park..-. 0121110111— 8 | Spicer... 1100001101011 9 Stewart...-....011011110111011—1]. | Mercer........,..... 0110010011— 5 White..... .......- 0011010101— 5 LON dl ee cates te 1111011111— 9 Cooper. , ee os TVET reeen mens 100101111111001—11._ «Cochran... ...111110011011101—11. | A Maxey........... 1100001000— 3 Kingzer.........--.+, OMIIITII— 9 Worden........ 0.5: TE Duston.. ......_-..101)111011— 8 | Lindsley.......01100010101010iI— 7 Brewster...... 111010100191101— 9 | Rothrocic.........,. M110010111— 6 Clover........ .... OM111111— 9 Wl yen eee es CMMI =—eoe MTT et, ae eter 0001 010011— 4| MeMurchy... O11110100111111—11 Green........ «111110110001111 ~-11 | Whurman.......... ALNOMI— 9 WG Clark......-.. 1111101011— 5 No. 5, 10 birds, $2 entrance: Fulford...... ..0L0001011111110 — 9 Brelsford...... TH1111011011011—12 | W Green... 2.3.25 10111 1000I— % Austin........-..+5- 1011110111— 8 Apgar... ,10111111011111111011—17 Duaton.. 1111111111112 Broaks......-. 100011000111010— 7 Matz.........- .0000001.10000010— : Ne. 2, 20 birds, $2 entrance: Brooks. jp HMO OLOL 17 Cockran..01111110111110111111—17 | Apgar...-..... 00111110100101I— 9 Shar ..000111111010010— 8 |} Danieis...11011011011110000110—12 Thurman.11111111111111111111—20 W Wolst- - Olark.....111711171110111011111—-18 | Hobart.......- 011101011101100— a Warfield. .-.-..1111111 11010101 12 | Miller ....0111110111110111101116 Hughes. ..11011010111111010111—15 eneroft 11111111111111101001--18 _ Killete. O1111111111111111101—18 ] W Wolst’nor’ftil0011 10111111011 Rohrbach......000110100011001— 6 | MM urc’y10111101011111 11110116. Stewart . 11111011001 11111111—17 Lindsley..11111100101111111111—17_ J Wolat- Manlove...... 01001010011000i— 6 Apgar ....0110111111111110111-16 Rohrbach.1111111110011110111 17 Miller ....10101011111111111110-48 — eneroft.J10101111111 11111011417 No. 4, 10 birds, $1. ie entrance: W Wolsten- W Clark. .0111100110117111111—16 MM rchy0lOM0lUUUUn—17 ~Brewster-11011111011111111101—17 | Lindsley............ 110110111— 7 Duston.............. T0LO1II— 8} croft... ..01101111111111101111—17_- Lourie... ..0111117101011111110—16 Fulford ...11111111011101111111—-18 Quimby ..,11011010011101111110—14 |} Fuiford...... yl antan oF HOLL 9 Worden........... 0111111110— 8 | Millsp’eh T1IV11N1011171111110-19 Mdwards. .1110110111111111011-17 Brelsford, W111111011111110-18 ~Phurman.1111111111111111111—20 | Bronks.............. 1010111100— 6 Penn.. .1111111110— 9 | Spicer. ...00111101110001111010—-12 Kinzer ....1111101111110111110—17 Matz......11110011001111101111—-15 Worden. .01011111111111111101—17 | Miller...-....,-.... "1160111001— 6 J Wolstencroft...-.1101111100— 7 | J Wolsten- W \ireen. oH 0111111011111100 15 North .... JWUUOMMIMI—19 Cooper. */4110101411111111110117 | MeMurchey...-.,..1010101110— 6 Glover..........-- . 1U1H01— 9} croft....11100111111110111101-15._ Cody... 101111100111111—16 Stewart...11111010111010111101—15 Milisp’ gh, 0111111111101001101—45 Hep bart... <«:.-.-VlIMI0I1i— 8 Thurman....... _..-1111111111—10 } Cooper... 1I0LII11111010111111—18 North . TELL LLL Kinzer... ..11011111101111111111—-18 Ee TE tag ee. A0LI0LNI— 8 Manlove.........,.. 4011110110— 7 | Clover... ..11111101111110111111-18 Brelsford |.1111111111111111111—20 No..6, 10 birds, $1 entrance: Wik Woldteterete. AOII1— 9 Kinzer ....... ..,.-O1U0LI0LII— 6 | Worden. .11110101111011110101—15 Hnuff....... 1111010110001101111—14 Lindsley... .....-. 1111011001— % ~Brelsford .......... PALLET — 9 | bee 111100111— 8 Killetts ............ 1110111110— 8| No.3, 15 singles, $1.50 entrance: WwW Wolatenctort.. AM1111—10 Thurman............ 1111111101—9 White Tepe Ree k er QLOWOOIOIO— 4 Matz. .....cc. cc re ee 1110110110— 7 | Daniels........ DEA OOM OL =H Spicer.......... 1111111014194 —14 IBLOGKE ee wO11710110— 7 Rothrock............ COLN0N1I011—5 | Green... ..........5 19100I011I— 6 Gooper...,......-.-- 1001101110— i Miller........- AMMIN11111—15 Brelstord....., 141011111111111-14 Nill Giese eee. oO Maxey......--..-..--000110101—4 | Cochran.... ....... Q10100000— 8 Peck.. 1L0l0001000— 8 | W Wolstenc’ftlli11111111101114 Cooper......... 111100011111111-15 Apoae L Lvl le es ke MID1101— 9 Dustom .....55....... 1111011111—9 | Stewart............. 1471111111—10 Keyes. . ae ewe Te trop OOD Brooks........ .001101110011111—10 Stewart,.-...... 101110111110111 12 MeMurchy SE GSKOE ON 0011010110— 5 Rohrback........... G101111011—7 | Park,..,.....-- . .0110000101— 4 Olark,...,......... AIOMI— 9 | MeMurehy....111111111110110—14 Edwards...... £01011.1111110111—12 HObarte!....022..- .00110i0111— 6 J Wolstencroft......011111111—9 Spicer od dat) they oe ee 1011011001— 6 Apgar.... .°. .QL01I1T11101111—12 Kinzer........ 11111711111111—45 Paforidiias Ves. so. STV EI TERR Wrordem...) 22o.. cis 1111001111—8 No. 5, 20 targets, $3 entrance: J Wolsiencroft0l0100111111—11 W Green...... 110111111111111—14 Bixler ,...,.-.,.-., U010I101II— 6 Oooper............... 110111010—8 | Lindsley ..11111111111110010111—18-' Thurman.11111111111011111111—19 | Thurman,.....111111111011001—-14 Clover......... 111111111110111—14 SD eee ee 1101110001I— 6 “Ritter. ..........2.. 10001100—4 | MceM’rehy11111111111011110111—18 Clark..... 11101011011110100011--18 RohebioR..i2. 117111110011111—18 Cody........... 010010111110111—10 Maty.,...2.......-1111010100— 6 North.,,........... ,.1000101011—6 } Hobart. .,.01111110111111011001—15 _Brelsford .11011111110111111111—18 | Hughes........ 111011011110111—12 Lourie . . .111111011011111—13 Stewart. Sl Wael 8 MOGU SHAHN GEST) Get hatele ae) a ES 111141011110 | Brooks... ..11011111010101 10011114 Duston. ..,11110110101111111110—16 | W Clark....... 110100110000011— 7% Millspaugh... ..111011171011111—18 Quimby........ ... LLOML011I— 8 Fulford ...01101110111111101010-14 Stewart..,11110111101111111011-1%7 | Worden...... »LLIIMII1111—15 “North.......... 111111111101101—18 No, ", 1b birds, $1 50 entrance: Miller... 11M 1L111—20 Worden ..11101011111010111101—15 | J B Reed....... 011000005101100— 6 Apear......, ,..011000110011101— 8 Rohrbach......10110111i11011i 12 | W H Wolsten- Kinzer...,11000001011100111000— 9) No. 4, 10 birds, $1,50 entrance: Lindsley....,...1001011100001— § Snyder.........111010001100100— 7} croft..-.01101111111100111111-16 J Wolsten- Daniels. . --» OOLL0010II— § Hughes............:5 1111101111--9 Miller. ......... 111111101111101—18 Cooper....-,...01011111101100110 | Apzar ...10010011110110111010—12 —_ croft, ..,11111101111111110110—17 Lindsley......:...+ 1100011111— 7% Brelsford.. . 01011111 11—8 W Wolstner fli {0111111114 Killits...... eT EU A est Cooper... ..11110111111111011111—18 Clover, ...11110111110110110011—15 | Miller... 111110100I— 7 -“‘Stewart. ...1410111101—8 McMurchy ...11011111101111118 Diotrieh........111111111010011—12 | Millsp’gh .11111107110001019110-13 Wartfield..1111110100111 110001114 | W H Woistencroft. M1N111—10 “W Green .-1001111101—7 Hobart ......- .111101711017101-12 Wheeling. .....111111111111111—15 | Spicer -.. 11110011101001110110—13 F Smith. .11111111111111111111—20 | Brooke............. .1010011010— 5 Cooper.. .. 1010111111—8 Stewart .......010111111111111—138 North.......... 111011111111111—14 | Penn...... 01111110011101010111—14 MeMurehy --1111111101— 9 Lourie . -0111110111—8 eee Beers MMMM 1—15 Worden -111001111111011—12 No, 6, 10 singles, $1 entrance: ATID DSEL Tne ieee fekee gt ate 1110100111— 7 Brewster « «1111101110—8 Bixler... ~..1C0011010111111—10 Quimby... 1111011011111118 | Lindsley....... .... 1011100101 — 6 ~White.............., 1110100100— 5 | J Wolstencrott epi I1710111— 9 -Kinzler . 1016011111—7 Keyes.. .. .001111100110111—10 ‘Brelsford......110111010111111—12 | Fulford.......... .. 1017111010— 7 Rothrock.......... ,011001101I— 6 | Rohrbach.......... 1111001111— 8 eee . .0010111010—5 Sharp 011100111010111—10 Olark..........110011110111011—11 | Brooks . ,LOLOLQO010O— 4 Penn ........60. oa Mi1101111— 9 | Phurman,....-..... 1010110010— 5 Clover.. ..........--.1011111111—9 Qlover... A111111111—15 «~-ughes 111011111111110—18 | Maller. . LL01II— 9 Green........... ... T1011 11131— 9: | White.............. 100110100I— 5 Cody. ........4... -., 0011011110—6 J Wolstencr’ft11111111111100113 Duston . ...011010111111111—12 | Apgar ....... ..... .0101111010— 6 Stewart....... ..... 1111111111—10 | Huff.....-..-.0-... 1001101000— 4 Millepauph Bo cdsmmestg 1141111110— Kitiser,........ 000101011111010— 8 Nutt........... 111011011010101—10 W H Woistencroft, Q110111011— 7 Gooper... ........ .-1101001111— 7% | Worden............ A01111111— 9 _Spicer.............2.. 1111111110—9 Brewster...... 100L1011111110i—11._ ~“Fulford........ 011100011011101— 9 | MeMurehy........ wl 10NI— 9 Troxéll.-..... 1... 0000171010— 4 | Clark....... beet neat 1011 100101— 6 Smith.. -110011011111111—12 _Brooks........-411101111110110—12 | Hobart.............. 1000001001— 3 Ritter....... ....... 0100111111— 7 | _ No. 5, 10 birds, $1 entrance: No. 8, 10 birds, $1 entranicer Spicer.............. VIOOLIOLIOI— 6 “Yost.......,.0...... Ol10UN100— 4| Daniels.........°... OOOLOIOIII— & Hatfield............ 1N01101010— 4 Lindéley.. 1111101110— 8 Rohrbach.......... O1111111701— 8 | Keyes............... 1101101010— & GClover.............. 1111101110~— § | Lindsley............ 0110110100— f North ............. 11111111110 Brooks....e+e...... 1101110111— 8 Heyes 1a 8, 1 oe ae 111111111110 | Smith...... siete HOH G6 Dl eS eee 1000111001i— 5.| Hobart.............. TI11110011— & _Teed........,..,..-- 1111001011— 7 MeMurchy .......- 1111111011— 9 Snyder ..... ..111017111— 9} Rohrbach........... 1111111i11—10 Thurman........... 1i0L111111— 9 | MeMurchy......... 0101110011— @ Spicer....----,..,. .1119111111— 9 Hubert. tse Wi0101i11— 8 Brelsford ......)... IMAG AGLITND — 40) | |Mexet sa yeeeeey eee tl 0111100000— 4 Brelsford........... 1100110111— 7 | Apear.............. 1001110011— 6 Cody.... 02.2... 1101111011— 8 Ni ers en -taene sone: T11101111— 9 Cooper.......-. «.---4111111111—10 | Edwards........... OUWMII— 9 Park..........0.00-. 1101110111— 8 | Huehes............. O00LI10I1— 6 Brewster ........... 1111117111—10 End apt h e T111010— § ~Smith........ ... «.-1111101171— 9 ] Atistine.. (occi.50, 0100111100— 5 Dietrich. .......... 101011 1111— §} Miller......... .... N111111—10 Cooper.,........... .1111001111— 8 Ape ale ee 0111000110— 5 Olark......:.... 20s 1110111101— 8 | Peck .........2,.... 1101010011I— 6 Duston... .......... 1111010001— 6 | W_Wolstencroft...J11i1111—10 Hdwards............ 1000110111-— 6 we fr SEN pean WILM111—10 - Dietrich,....... 4. 1111000111— 7 | Delagrum.......... 100111000I— 5 Worth............... 110011111— 8} J Wolstencroft ....01011111— 9 Green....,...... ... 0100101110— 4 LAYETbATieh ger ben eye ryt COR OHA Shae fist soe ba tae 1110100101— 6 | Mircer........ ..... 111011101i— 8 Bruster............. 1011101111— 8 | Mercer..... ...... ,.0101001011— 6 Brelsford........... 1111011110— 8 NORCO het, seeeee CUMIN Ti a SEMITTiGre eskine Poh es os 1110111010— 7 | Wetmore....... ... L1000LI— 7 Clark. ......e...h0, 1J101L00L1— 7) Robrbach.........,.J111111011— 9 Stewart ............ 1111011111— 9 BPOW ELE aire eae OUI 9 Kinzer.............- 100100101i— 5 | J Wolstencroft...,.1101110000— 5 Cochran.....,-..... 1001111111— 8 | WClark....... ..., 1111100101— 7 Thurman........... 111011 0011— 7 Marloye;........ ... 1100110110— & Wheeling.......,...117110111— 9] Hughes............ A01011— 8 Warden............ 1100111111— 8 | Warden.........,. TOMII1— 9 Hagenbach........, 0011011010— 6 OTHERS pul Pern s ithe St ANIONON— 8 Matz... ie... 0110100001— 4 | Millspaugh.........1111111110— 9 Rohrbach........- OLU01II— 8] White ........-- 2.0 Q11101N111— 8 Kinger............ -- Q1L1001Uu000— 4 Thurman....... e110 Ritter... 1011010111— 7 | _ No. 7, 15 birds, $1.50 entrance: ESS . LN110— 9 Millspaugh ..... «0111111101 — 8 Killetts,..... tr T11101i11— 9 Clover.............-.1111001111— 8 | Lindsley....... 110111110101011—11 _Keyes.......... Qo1000001010011— 5 | _ No. 6, 15 birds, $1.59 entrance: BIxteieewansces = a .1000110110— 5 Park..... od aes O111111011— 8 | W Wolstene’ftli110111011111—18_Clark....,..... 010101010010101— 7 | Daniels.,...... 000100110111001—_ 7 Worden...... 111111101110111—13 UAB AGS) srlaoepen eeare 1011010100— 5 Millspaugh......... 1100101111— 7 | Fulford........010111110111010—-10 Bruster ..... -111111010100011—10 | MilJer......... 111101001111110—11 Waldron ...... 100111101110001— 9 Wrotden (ae. coin. 1101101011— 7 HOE bes AEC ERS 1011111101— 8 |] Brooks........ +101111111101011—12 Penn .. ......001011111111111—12 | W Wolstene’tt11!11111111010I—13 Gool............ 010010011111100— 8 Cnachnah. ne 11011/1111— 9 North.. .... 1117111110— 9 | Miller.......... 111100001011111—10 Green.......... 11010111101 1011—11 | Apgar -...... 111111011111011—18._ _Kinzer..... .. .011110111100100— 9 J Wolstencroft ... 1101110111— 8 Apgar.. ...... /111010011000011— 8 Wetmore...... 111010111011111—12 | Cody........... 011011100010000— 6 Brelsford. ....110111101110111-42 No. 9, 15 binds $2 entrance: MeMureby....111111111101111—14 White.......... 111110110000111—10 | Hobert......... O10011100111011— 8 Thurman....., OO1L01101N00011— 7 Lindsley... ...010011111001011— 9 Gooper......... 111111111111111—15 | Thurman...... 011110001111011—10 Duston........111111110111011—13 | Lindsey........ 0101701011 00011— 8 Stewart......., 111111111101111—15 Brooks.......: (111111101100117—11 Brewster...... 101110011110110—10 | Cooper........ 11011119111111—13 Kinzer ........ 11111111001101i—11 | Brooks......... 110111 1001111—12,- Mdwards .... .101101011110111—11 Fulford........111111111010111—13 Gochran.......111111001111111—13 Warfield A BARBY 101000111111000— 8 Clover........ .111011110111000—10 | 4 Wolstene’ft.11111M111—15 ~North,.....,.. 1400111111011 —14. MeMurehy....010111110101111—11__ J_ Wolstener’ft111111113111111—15 | Spicer......... 11010000001111— 8 North.... ....1111101(1111001—12 | Rothroeck......1101111111111—15. Spicer....-..... 111111111111101 14 W Wolstene’ft111111111110110—18 Worden... _...111100111111110—12 | Brelsford...... 101110101100111—10 _Edwards...... 01017101111710i—11 | W Clark... ... OULUII111011—15 Cooper. ,.......111101111111111—-14 Hobart.........111111101110110—12 Smith.......... 101010111111111—12 | Jones.......... 010010000001000— 3 Stewart........ 141000111111001—10 a ae doe 9 Miller....... ..110010111101101—10 Wheeling....,.111111131111111—15 | Worden. .....,011101001101111—10 Park........... 111011111000110—10 | _ No.7, 10 birds, $1 entrance: Apgar. . .111111111010110—12 Hughes........ 111111111101101-13 | Cochran... ...110111110011110—11 _Rohrbach. .....01011111111011112 | Damiels............. ANNIII1—15 Worden .--.-.+-.... DWN1111i—10 Duston.. .111011111110111—18 Snyder ........110111111111111—14| No. 8, 10 birds, $1 entrance: WILE Seaceiet ae es anes 1111100011— * White . .1111000117— 7 Killets.........111011101011110—11_ Keyes... 111111110011311—13 | Lindsley . ......... 0001100110— 4 Kinzer........ ....1111011000— 6 | W H Wolstencroft.1111111111—10 Stewart. 1111011111— 9 PThurman.....-101111111111111—14 Bobrbach...,..011001100111110— 9 | Miller .............. O110111111— 8 Rothrock. -1000101111— é W G Olark.......,,1100001110— 5 Austin.. -1110101101— 7 Stewart.......J111111101111114 Kinzer.. 111111111111111—-15 | W Ht Wolstencroft.1011111111— 9 Maxey.. .-0101010010— 4 | Hobart......... 00.4. 10°0101111— 6 Edwards - 01011 1111— 8 Clover........ .111111011110101I-12_-«Green... .110010100011111— 9] Fulford ............ 1011101001— 6 Mercury -1101000000— 3 | Lindsley............ 1001001111— 6 Spicer... . L101110101— 7 Brelsford... ..11111011111110I—-13 Park...........111011101111011—12 | Brooks... ; TOL 0L— % Post... .0101111000— 5 | Apgar .............. 1111101101— 8 Gool..........- -1110100000— 4 CHAp er ess, 111111100101111—12 Hobart. . 1111011110— 8 Cooper . .1111110111— 9} J Wolstencroft . . 1111001111— 8 Cooper.............. 1111011011— 8 No 10, 10 birds, $1 entrance: Quimby.. .0000100110— 3 Clover.. .1111011110— g | Rrewster......-.... » O10 8 North. 021.0000) ao1o1t0— 7 Fulford............ O1I11111— 9 Smith,,..,..........1111111101I— 9 | MeMurchy ....0111111110— 8 Millspaugh . -M1M11111—10| Post........--.. 6s. 1000110110— 5 Clover....... ..... 1001111011— 7 EGOS fee . 111100111— 8 Wheeling........... 1111011111—10 | Apgar.............. .0111110111— 8 Dietrich............ 0100111111— 7 | Rohrback .......... SOR ss 3 Cay Ree 2 ho 0111111000— 6 Lindsley......!..2.. T10i01111— 8 J Wolstencrott....011LA1001— 7 | White.......... 2. 0100011000— 8 Park................ 1110010110— 6 | Green........ 2... 1OOM111— 8 Thurman........... W11111111—10 wiier Ly ee .0111011100— 7 Ritter .............. 1011111110— 8 | Stewart............ 0010001010— 4 North... -.......0. 1111011011— §} _Five live birds, $5 entrance, div. 40, 30, 20, 10 per cent., ties shot iNest’ as 011011110I— 7 Duston............. .0111110101— 7] Thurman.......... 011110111— 8 GBClark.......... 0110000001— 3 | Off, miss and out; W H Wolstencroft W10U0011— 7 Green.............. .1111111111—10 | Green........ 2... O01111111i— 8 Cochran............ ol1o1ii01— 7 | Fulford... 22.2420... DT) MGre erie. Saas vies m tent 00120—2 PLO an beee elec e Be W101011I— 8 Kinzer.......... ... 1111111100— 8 | J Wolstencroft....1111111111—10 Edwards.... ....... 1101141111— 9} Quimby.................. O1000—1 Hoyenbach...........,... 12000—2 McMurchy.... .... 110010111— 7 Snyder.............. 11010101J1— 7] J Brelsford......... 1011100111— 7 Lowrie.............. 011011019I— 6 | Fenrose................... 21110—4 “Rohrbach ..- ............ 12022—4 Thurman........... 111111111110 Millspaugh......... 1111110111— 9} Duston........-..... THAOWII— § Olark.... 00.00.00. 0111110101— 7 | Stewart.................- PUI “BrOOK Shy yes Ges cseds e234 o00/1—2 Brelsford .. ....... 111011111— 9 Cooper........ 0... MUU 1—10 | Penn............ 0.6 T1N11000— 7 Cody......2..0 2... UM0MTI— 9 | Clark.........--...s 12s lizli—s Hail 02 R25 Stewart...........08 O11111111— 9 Worden............. 111111111110 ]__ No. 9, 15 targets, $1 entrance: W Green........ 20... +e (OMI—8 W Wolstencroft:........ 22111—5 Matz..........-.....110011011— 7 Dietrich............ 1011101001— 6 | Lindsley....... 111711010001110—10 J Wolstencroft110101011011111—11 | Armstrong.............., oll —4 ADgar ... eee veces ees. 21220—4 Cochran .......,... W1110111— 9 Hughes............. 10111 11111— 9 W Wlepnertiiiiitiilo—14 Stewart....... 11001110101111111 | _ Ties on 5 shot off, miss and out: Fealleis nena 0111001111— 7 Clover.............: 11101710i1— : Miller......... 111111010111111—13 Spicer......... 111197101111110—13.] Fulford........... ..... f2lI—6 Aughes,.....-..-.....23. 1271226 Manlove ........... 1010101 111— f Bh Aes. ». .1111011111— 9} Hobart.. .....111110110110101-12 Thurman......111111111111111—15 | Stewart......,.2-........ LAM 2 GES Ooiyas eee. el eer -211112—6 Clarkin. 2 sont WM1110— 9 Dill... -71010100101— 5 | McMurehy....1111101111011—13_North.......... 110111111101111—18 | Clark.....---++.-.+..-,-,210000—2 Miller ........... esse 112211—6 Ney prdlst Pree RneeE Caer 111111111110 “Park........ Baveety 1111111111—10 | Fulford........ 111001111010110—10 Worden...... --100110111110111—11 | Hall.............2-.....4 OUD00N—O0 Cooper..........2..2.. 05. 000000—0 Sharp.... ...... . -llI1U110i— 2 Keyes...,. .....,.--1101010110— 6 | Brooks......... 111000111101111—11 Gody.......... -101010110011011—. 9 | Wolstencroft............ TAIT —6 North tn dere: corse ss 222220—5 13 <7hol as eee RS SOO01TLI011 — 6- Huff)... c...es.a.02e 110011100i— 6 | Apgar....... .- 100111111011001—10 Brelsford .....101111001110110—10 | ‘Ties on 6 div. State shoot, $150 DeaHiEeR, 5 moneys; Cooper, J. Wolsten- | Kinzer......,.. 110011101010101—10 Duston........ 100111111110110—11 | _ ‘Ties on 4 birds shot off, miss and out: croft and Breélsford Ibe Thurman, Hughes, Worden and W. H.| Clark..... .... 011010110101111—10 Green.......... 011100111311110—11 | Hughes................... 1112—5- Cooper... 2.2. e cee 11212—5 Wolstencroft 14; Cochran and Smith 13; Matz, Duston, Clark and | Gaoper.....---- 110111101101011—11 Clover...,.... 111711111111111—15 | Hatfield.............-..44 LOR AS ES NON VVLL Sarees get ee tere 00001—1 Rohrbach 12; Fulford. Millspaugh and Park 11; Huff 10: Kinzer 8. | Penn.........-. 11111011110111;—13 Brewster...... 11001111119101I—11_ | Clover.................... T0212 —* Spicer ko seit psec tee cee. 02120—8 Second. D. Rohrbach..-...111101101111101—12 Millspaugh.. . -001101011010100— 7 | Hobart....-....-...2.. 660 MeMurehy.... .-.... . .11110—4 econ AY. Hughes........ M1oWNWIN—18 Haff........... 001101100100001— 6 | Thurman................. : Wim tos sos ee Polen 02022—8 No, 1, 10 single Keystones, $1 entrance: . Hatfield....... 100100010010001— 5 Wolstencroft, 22.0... ....2222 INOrEHS Shee see seem nee 21222—5 Fulf Ord...:, -..+- .1011100101— 2 Stewart......, eo 1117111111—10 No. 10, 10 singles, gt entrance: CEA to -Lhbnrhatinsrecys ! WU SHOts ees eee. onus 10222—4 Lindsley. .,...-.... TOU 7 1011110101— 7 Lindsley a edgier er oe 1111011110— 8 J Wolstencroft....,111111001I— 9} Miller........ ........... ve Clover a ean ea seLeene 120— Miller. 2... .. ......1010101101— 6 1011111011— 8 | Hobart.-.......... so11000011— 4 Rothrock........... TOIL — 8 | Penrose... ..+ 0.25.5 sess zl0—2 Thurmans...... ........... 211—3 Brooks. ........... , -0111110001— 6 0101101101 — ' Wierin te tvee essere os 110111011i— 8 1010101111— 7 | Armstr gett: ps eae fe ae J Wolsteneroft,..........-. 121—3 Hobart. ~, «0000100010— 2 11101/1111— 9} Fulford.. .. O001100101— 4 0101111111— g§ | Rothrock . MeMurehy......... .....+. 1123 FAAS Byes ..-1100010101— 5 Brooks.....-. .-.,.1111110101— 9 ...1101111010— 7 | Apgar...... 0 DUsbOn yea Ace Aaa oeke 211-3 -MeMturchey = ee 1100011100— 5 Y MeMurchy....... “1111111001— 8 a) _.1101010110— § | Hatfield ..................65 W H MUIR Egenpkty 0101111010— 6 WH Wolatencrott, 0111111110— § Cooper... ..1101010011— 6 Ties on 3 div. Duston.-.... ..--..1101101011— 7 1010111101— § Rohrback .1010011111— 7 Sweepstake, live: binds a entrance, sy 30, 20, 10 per cent.: Rohrbach......-. “TOIL 9 OU 5 Worden ... 1110171111— 9 | Fulford 111—7 Cod 12112117 Rothrock... _ .O110101111— 7 ...0011101101— 6 White... . ..1100111101— 7 | Quimby.. {oe2112—6 . lL2113— 7 OYES,,----..1--. +, 0100101001— 4 A -.0010100101— 4 Warfield.. .-1100111100— 6 | Penrose d12112—7 eA 22—F Snyder.......:.5. .11101I— § Cochran «f 6 1001111001— 6 _Park........ 1111000011— 6 | J Wolstencroft 1211211—7 1021210—5 Peis fee OUII— 9, Districh Looe. 0110000101— 4 0101110110— 6 Dietrich............ -0101111010— § | Clover... 0.0.2... sseee 0120220—4 : 1020111—5 @Meopers sz ewsaeuet 1111111101— 9 Manlove............ 0001110111— 6 | Stewart............. aR Clover eens 1111111111—i0 | W H Wolstenecroft..... 2111212—7 5 1021010—4 Millspaugh,.... See ® Norihy.gs-).c0 lene, 0100010110— 4} Brelsford.. : LOUIIIII— 9 Lowrie.............. 110111 11— 8 | Apgar.................. 2202201—5 W ates winnie) asGenate 1210110—5 J Wolstencrott.. ,aAION111I— 9 Kinzer............. OUIOTTE TI — 8 I Olamisneeentens tata. 1111101310— 9 Keyes.............., 0111100001— 5 | Stewart... -..... ...24 1022120—5 2121111—7 WiGh Ala eee eal 0011011001— 5 Weston............. 1111110111— 9} Duston.............. 011111000I— 6 Cochran............ 1111011101— 8} Millpaugh.............. 1012111—6 0021001—3 Sharp.:-..... ..1100101000— 4 Nuttall, AMOTATTI—=9) | Cod ve s.tnseetaes tee. 111111011— § Edwards........... 1111001101— 7 | Miller..-......22,....... TAPI— 7 Davidews ty.) Sa nene «..1112110—6 Bixler ..2: . .1,:1000111100— 5 Brewster... ee 1110110111— 8 | Spicer,.............- 0011100111— 6 Millspaugh........ 1101117711— 9} Lindsley................ 22eeeee—7 Rohrbach .....-....0+4- 1121110—6 Quimby....... .... -1000000100— 2 Wetmore....,,..,-. 0100100001— 3} Snyder.............5 11011 11i— 3 TANT Tig earns eee 100110010i— 5 | McMurchy.............: 0)1212I—6 Duston... ..,..... aes 1122111—7 Brelsford,.......... UML IDIGTERATEy ep i aaa 1111100111— 8| Contest for team championship of Pennsylyania; prize, silver G_W_ Clark. ..c. 2 2... 001001I2—8 Lourie...,.............. 1112200—5 No. 2, 20 birds, $2 entrance ‘ trophy, value $200. Conditions,6 men to a team, 25 targets per} Waldron............... a22lelI—7 Mdwards, .......0s+... 1022110—5 ME MarehyOOOTt 1001011011111 — —18 Milspaugh0111111111101111101—17 | man, $10 entrance per team: Brooksvis2...00t. seme sllOIZI2—6 Reed.........02. cease eee 0021001—3 Lindsley. .10110111001001010101—11_Duston...,10011101111111110001—14 Harrisburg Shooting Association. Fulford...10010001100111100011—10 Penn...... TOP LMTITAOOTT T=1ea) LDustone sada sheen ee eten eae da, 1111110111111011111111110—22 Fourth Day. Miller ....12011011111111101111—17 Brelsford .11111111101111100111—17 | Worden.......... 0 ..-..s2+---.- eee 1111010111111111111111110—22 Five liye-bird sweepstake, $5 entrance, div. into four moneys Brooks.. ‘10010100010111100011—10 Quimby... .01010010100100111100— 9] Kinzer............ . c-eec sees eee oe 41191111111101101010131001—19 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent.: ! Hobart. SRO ea La nO le Stewart. 10101101101100111111—15 | Nutt ...--..--... 2.2 .ce eee eee eden 1111116011101610111111u10—17 SUTEID EL ey ane ere O112I—4 “Duston..........esecsecces 1221—5 W Wols Kinzer, ...11101110111101101011—15 | Brelsford............ ....eese eee eee 1011911110111113110111111—22 Miller... Ee - JII—5 Rohrbachi.....c00. cc. .e. 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BR Res fae sar 0039111911110111012110110—19 BEWHEU fet earacceeats T2102 —4 Daytion......2.:s058e.-- ocd 22121—5 Nutt...... 11011011111111101111—17_ Rohrbach 01011010111101011110—13 | Swan........0s.... wseecesece esse ees 0011110000010110100101011—12 Denny.....-:.-0- by eee 21001—8 Armstrong.... .. ba hei .12000—2 Wetmore.11011111110000111110—14 Anstin...10110111101011110110-14 | Wetmore.,................2..--.02. -1011110100011011111111111—19 MoMilan ie ele DY HEY 12212—5 Tindsley..c...:...-.....-. 23020 5 Yost... ...10111011110111101101—15 Cochran. .00111111110011011111—15 | Glover.......0;ccccese cee cee ceeeese 1111119101111 1124106 | Gooper..... 2.0. ceeeeeee Tis Clover... .11111110111111111111—19 Bunrie: = SHCREA GRAM ERRORS ES say “Williamsport Rifie SECRET PCE EEE All ties div. ooper.. —19 UTE es eae ony pea te eee ee eH se 1 111171011111—22 No. 1,6 birds, $5 Pntpane , 40, 30, 20 and 10 ps a: croft... 7,01111010111001110101—13 Matz...... 10000101000011001111— 9} Rohrbach,.........-.--...+- ~,.1160110110011001111001100—14 Pulford......... $ irawe mEKES Dp 5 Peja cei REDE anedtg! 01010—3 PSmith — 01011111010110010101—12 HOSTER eis 5s enna ne 1100111110111101111111101—20 Qiamibys cea een 1ii—5 ~Clark..,... BEE Nib os conga nt 10010—2 -_ No, 3,15 kingbirds, $1.50 entrance: Smiith...... oF . +0111000001010101100100001—11 PONTORE....eee0e0e0,-.:. 012111 -6 Stewart.........0. 2 cee gee 10122—4 Pank.. ose eese 1111111 100111.1—13 Austin..,......101101100111110—10 | Milispaugh. ..-~ -101000111100110001 00001100— 9 J Wolstencroft.......+...J1llo—4 ipndsley. 2 Oe 02202—3 Duston . 1107111101001 — LOTIO MIM 110 Venice dey eyes. cate eee a eee 0110110110001111100101111—16— 92] Brooks..........c2s.000 6 1100-3 W Green........ aie 20111—4 ~Glark..........001111001100100— 7 111011011111111—18 . WOpAnte Sy. oleh... Tice—4 I Smith... 2.3)... 22111—5 Thurman..... MOMONTIL.—13 MOLITLOIOGLLO0— § Third Day. Warfield. (D204 Mer ese eee 12122—5 Smith.,.....-..011110111000100— 8 110010010010000— 8} | No.1, 10 birds, $1 entrance: McMillan. ‘di—5 Duston...... yenectieger en, OOLIE3 Kinzer... PCOLOHOS HMO A a) ALTOOOL— 1 Paniel i wee tries AUOIHULO= § ee Poa at 9 Seiwa ttt. Paitin! AD ino daqamee eee .O111—4 ee 1 1— a — OURTEeisess vert ne FS WATS... +s5205s 00— 5 reen nae ihe 1—+ W AS — Meee EO EMOTO ieee ct 10 | olstencrofty e+.+4 dL —5 sevracare AULOUIII II 8 North,....... reer pt LLOLOLOLO Bl RSC Oa pp Orlil—4t Edwards 140 FReOR eters PALI} 240 ia [Ocr. 8, 1891. WVBISHA cites te ciaentses . O12I—t Thurman.....:-.-..- --.. 01222—4 Coopert. i) 2 .bb ie. .111il—5 Aj) ties div. Individual championship of Pennsylvania, at live birds, prize, beautiful diamond badge, valued at $250, presented by the citizens of Williamsport. To ba contested for annually under the follow- ing conditions: Each contestant shall bea bona-fide member of a club or association, members of the Pennsylvania State Sports- imen’s Association, or an individual member of the same. Hn- trance fes $10 (birds extra), 40 per cent. of the entrance money shall go to the donors or holders this year, the balance shall he divided into three prizes, 50, 80 and 20 per cent. First prize, the diamond badge, to the person makine the highest score, the next three highest scores to receive the 50, 80. and 20 per cent. respec- tively. The winner of the badge this year to receive 40 per cent, of the entrance money next year, the balance to be divided as above. Hach contestant shall shoot at 15 Jive birds, under Ameri- can Shooting Association rules, with the exception of 149%. shot allowed, 12-bore guns. Reynolds... - 6 4 4-14 W. Morris. .....+--.22 8 § 7—28 Cargill.........,. . 6 2 2—10 Man target, possible on 3 tickets, 300: Stillman......- ..-8 84 94—261 W EF Morris.... ... 68 48 28—189 DHNGVEE fleeteats. 18 64 61—203 Rest target, possible on 3 tickets, 180: WSIS APOW es ns sean g 54 52 51—157 Winegar...,......... 50 47 46149 Cargill... ..62 50 53-155 Stillman... 47 47 46—140 Barnum.. 50 51 46—147 Koebler.... AT 43 42792 Heggleston. 49 49 49-147 Bradley........... 5 39 39 38—116 Bueklin..... 53 46 46—145 The medal shoot of the Onondaga County Sportsmen's Club was also held at Maple Bay this afternoon. There was a good attend- ance and the shooting was lively. In the first class these records were made out of a possible 50; Chase 45, Lefevre 48, Hookway 42. CG. Walters 41, Mosher 37 and’ Ashton 35. Chase was the winner of the gold medal for the first class, It was his first success in the record shooting. One must win five times to own the medal. Charles Becker won the prizein the second class and now belongsto him,as he has been victorious five times. Mr. Becker had uphill work in securing the prizé, which isin the form of a diamond charm. valued at $25. He had won four times in succession, and lost in the six shoots following, the very best men that could be found having been pitted against him. He succeeded to-day in defeating Howell, who came here from Port Byron to wrest the prize from him. These were the records made in the second class out of a possible 50: Becker 43, Bowell 42, H. Frazer a MOS 4), Petit 38, Ginty 37, Holden 37, Harwood 35 and elps 32. THE THIRD BRIGADE SHOOT. Avpany, N. ¥,, Oct. 2.—The fourteenth annual meet of the Third Brigade Rifie Association on the Rensselaerwyck range closed to-day. It was a successful shoot, above the average .with good scores, and with the Binghamton shooters once more ahead of the home team. The several matches and the leading scores in them stood as followe: : Match No. 1, short range continuous military match, open to all comers, except as to the first prize, which ean only be won by a member of the Third Brigade; 200yds.; 5 shots, re-entries un- limited, the aggregate of the best two scores to count; standing and off-hand, any military rifle: IDPIEG(O)etefss0h dry AHEHOnt, cee RA ee chad Sphdb—24 45545—23- 47 FM Congdon. 455fd—24 * 54554—23—47 W T Mevyer...- 45455—28 54455 —23 46 © Bodenstein.. 44555—28 45545—23—46 Col W E Fitch 64455-2838 55445—25--d6 W C Gomph...... 45455 —-28 4554-2846 Gapt A Donner .. .44545—22 45445—22—d4 Lieut © Hitchcock 4454-22 44445—21—43 A H Bennie....... 6d445—-22 44454—21—48 FW Harris.... ~0544d—22 44445-2143 HS Hoag..-- 8455522 44464—21=— 43 W W Stowe.. 4545422 4444420 —49 Uapt Olmsted. 4445321 34454—20—41 ji, Murphy: fies. be 4544420 58348—20—40 Capt E VY Dennison 544442] = 4422-18 39 W BCoa’es.... ...- dd444—20 = 34434-1838 HP Worthing. H444—20 24435—18—88 TiS Gl CELLOS fase Seat omavaig terete se 444442) 54342—18—88 Match No. 2. Standard Américan target, re-entry match (this mateb was shot from the house and on the Ilin, black center), open to all comers, 200yds., 5 shots, standing and off-hand, any rifle, entries and re-entries, 25 cen's each, re-entries nnlimited, aggregate of the best three scores to count for the first three laces, best two scores to count for all below: W © Gomph.. 910 91910-48 810 8 91045 910 910 7-45-138 EF Maybery....8 910 9 9-45 8 9 9 910-4510 9 8 9 9-45-1385 W F Maulton. 8 9 1010 10-4710 9 5 910-48 8 9 8 9 7-41-1831 J Bodenstein......... cesses 107 810 10—45 10 9 7 7 10—48—88 Aautner.........--- ieee vee 9 G6 9 910-48 6 7 819 10—48—8 IH Barsonmstyi: yee. cs = ;-10 9 6 810-48 8 8 8 9 9-42-65 HES Gnaasvee ances sicsezee8 9 9 9. 9-48 4 91011 9—42—85 D BH Childs...............-.5.61010 7 8—42 %7 9 9 9 Y—41—83 TEES Tiny eats) eens vae9 9 810 6-42 9-8 9 7 F40-82 J Newbury.....-:...-.-02-.:.910 510 9-48 7% 9 710 6—39—82 PASAT OTUTT E Teter reat ie)ssuis fare 4 ce 7 6 6 710-8 9 5 9 4 9-86-72 Match No. 3, mid-range continuous military match, open to all comers, 500yds. at second-class target, 5 shots, unlimited re-en- tries allowed, the agzregate of the best 3 scores to count for first piacere best 2 scores for all below, position any, any military rife; DH Ogden,.....-.-: TP sate ..pbbb5—25 AbSh5—25 65955—25—b LOM Sty. SOR PANSAN wettcrsime eer ere 56465—25 S526 45565—24—74 W W Stowe..........-. re ess faanp—-25 habss—2h 54555—24—T4 Lieut Hitehcock,..-..-.;....5.. 55555—25 5b455—24—49 VAUHIORENnNIG§ Jono sea sony. octet = as 645b0—24 5§455—24—48 Schreiber. 2); saecsiteserses: Hdb55—24 hdadh—23—47 Gen OG F Robbins....,.. ....--. habn4—z24 Addhh—23—47 Col W Ei Witch.... .. ......... f fob4h—P4 = 4d —28—AT BVA atria Pte eto. cea eee Hbbpb— 2h ddd —22 47 GUE INED Toes ap cayenne cetecceajene Bd455—23 44h55—23—46 GC L. Underwood.... ... ....... 45455—23 85hha—23—46 ES Hoag.... .......... hel potierile 5bdn4—2 56434—21—45 Capt Olmsted .................4 5ab4—21 5d4d44—21—43 Devi ye reat eens alata 5b445—28 44443—19—4? Match No, 4, Carton match, open to all comers, 500yds., on second-class target, lJ-in. carton to count 6, number of shots 14, unlimited re-entries, one score only to count, any position, any rifle: S Schreiber... .665665556666665—85 Lansing..._....655556544696156—79 G Van Camp. .456514666465965—78 D Geiger... ...666666666555468—85 COC HGaus...... 66655656565 6565—83 Sgt O’Neil..... 46n666546656066—78 HEV, peer .G65464666h60595—82 Lt Houghkirk.645655455605516—77 B Root... ooh 666865555656555—81 A BOooper....445466555054565—75 K ly) Rowe..... 666566455655556—81 W C Reid..... 166654556554555 —72 H Whitbeck ...665555655665555—80 M Bates......., 6655654656402338—71 Tn the above, Mr. Schreiber leads, although his total score is tied with that of Mr. Geiger, because the latter has one “4” and Mr. Schreiber has not. Match No, 5. Colt’s target revolver match, open to all comers and to revolvers only, distance 80yds., on the Standard American target reduced, 5 shots, unlimited re-entries allowed, aggregate of the best three scores to count, each score to be completed be- fore counted, position standing, oft-hand, tise of one arm only allowed, revolver not to exceed 3lbs.in weight, maximum length of barrel (exclusive of chamber) 8in,, open sights, ammunition any, cleaning allowed between scores only,»revolyers must not be loaded until the competitor has taken his position at the firing point, the muzzle must always be kept in a vertical position or pointed toward the target: B Merrill..... 810 7 910—44 10 9 8 7 7—41 8 7 810 841-126 BO Andrews... 810 8 710-438 7 8 7 810-41 10 8 7 8 8—41—125 CH Gaus ...... .-8 9 7 810-42 108 7 9 842 7 81010 5—40—124 JH Parsons .... 8 71010 7—42 6 9 910 6-40 510 5 810—38—1?2 KL Howe... ... 8 5 8 510-386 7 7 8 § 8-38 610 5 9 5—34—108 DL Eddy ....... 8 7 5 5 883 10 5 8 5 9-87 8 8 7 6 T—36—106 Match No. 6, Third Brigade team match, open to teams of 8 com- missioned officers or regularly enlisted soldiers from any bat- talion or separate company of infantry in the Third Brigade, N. G. S. N. Y., each team to appear in the uniform of their corps (ful- dress or fatigue), and to be certified by their commanders to be commissioned officers or regularly enlisted soldiers in good atand- ing of the battalion or separate company they represent, under the restrictions laid down in Par, 872, State regulations; entrance fee $l for each man, distance 200 and 400yds,, 4 rounds at each distance, position standing at 200yds., any, with head to target, at 500yds.; weapop, Remington rifle, New York State model: Tenth Battalion Team. AYE Dal atc) tb eee PAIS i eatery pret IA MAA Aes Adsdd—21 45584—21—42 LOWY oe DISS ort tele oe wet Se An Aa tae A 4434419 434382—16—35 CUP CHT Giie senses eae tdeteee debe Graeme d44ea—I9 5h525—22—41 BF SECRET tetioerattst Sects bonlatsteatalile was 4 44 ebb anatsigen »-44444—2) 845542141 PAM TAC ER OTIT Gers to's ak pce Lae esis tee ee , 4444819 24444—18—37 G Romamiely.5. 0.2 Gicsse ENN, Bose kas -44448—19 45333—18—37 17 116 233 Twentieth Separate Company Team. Lieutenant C H Hitchcock. ..............55. 34544—20 §3534—20—40 Sergeant H P Worthing............--..-.. -45834—19 63654 —22—41 Sergeant W W Stowe......2...0.-eeseee wee 32444—17 =. 8448-1784 John Murphy, .....-: 2+. -, the highest aggregate made by a team to win. He got a Scotch, an English and an Irish team, and asked Mr. Walter Winans to try to gef another American so as to get up an American team. Onjy one other U.S. American could ba found in camp, and he had never shot a revolver, so Mr. Winans asked if a Canadian would do, This was agreed to, the Scotchman haying the second prize winner as his partner and thinking he had a sure thing in the match. The day of the match Mr. Winans sSauntered up to the Scotchman, and said, “I have gota Canadian, and we will be there to shoot,”’ and walked away. Turning back after going a few steps, he said, “Oh. I forgot to mention my man is the revolver champion of Canada.” The match never came off, as several of the competitors had “previous engagements.” HUDSON RIFLE CLUB, of Jersey City Heights, N.J., will hold its second annual prize shooting festival at the range, 15 Giles avenue, Oct. 26 and 27,1891. Target of honor, open to members of the Hudson Rifle Club only. Ring target, open to all comers, dis- tance /aft., 25-ring targets, Shooting on this target each evening from 7 to 12, THE TRAP, _ Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanka prepared by the Forest and Stream, ond furnished gratis to club sceretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores ore para ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper onlu. ; FIXTURES. lf you want your shoot to be announced haere - send in notice like the following: Oct. 15-16,— Orlando (Fla.) Gun Club Tournament. J. H. Mooney, President, ' Oct, 20.—North Side Gun Club of Long Island. Tournament at | Queens County Driving Park, Maspeth, L. I. Samuel Lyon, Pres. Oct. 21-23.—Reading’s Tournament, Flemington. N. J. Key- SUM ee eee all. We coat aeeh ct. 27-29.—Savannah, Ga. atham Gun Club, assisted by th Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. rye Noy. 26.—South Side Gun Club Tournament, at South Norwalk, Conn. HH. H, Fox, 1892. June 13-18.—New York State Sportsmen's Association’s Thirty- evap Annual Convention, at Syracuse, N. Y. Chas. H. Mowry, Hew y. WASHINGTON ROD AND GUN CLUB. On MonpnAy, Oct. 5, the newly organized Waehington Rod and Gun Club gave their first tournament, and had a general house- warming on their new grounds at the National Capitol. The grounds are on the river bottom and adjoin those of the Capitol City Club, The club house isa neat structure and the grounds are well equipped, The programme was originally intended to be open only to shooters of the District, but as seyeral non-resi- dent shooters put in an appearance the events were thrown open toall. Among the visitors were Messrs. Bond, Hartner and H, M. Heflin (“Capron”) and Heflin, Jr., of Baltimore, W. F. Stewart, ot Galveston, Tex., Neat Apgar, representing Squires of New York, and Paul North, of Cleveland. Mr. North’s electrical trap pull was exhibited and gave perfect satisfaction. The bluerock self- angler traps were used, and as Apgar, shooting in the regular squad, was handicapped at unknown angles, the perfect working of the angler was fully demonstrated. The only prizes in the events consisted of merchandise, as there was no entrance charged, birds only being paid for. In each event six prizes were given, and the aggregate value of the plunder, all of which was contributed, amounted to over $300, President Geo. 8. Atwater was a busy man during the shooting, and the guests of the club left with more than a kindly feeling toward him. All events shot rapid firing system, bluerocks, from one set of ten traps. 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Nerves er, hee eee ae kEhe 1111110100110111111111111—25 ANTE et te Rarity Ps ae treet eons 1101110111101111110111011—20 Wandtall. 22 22.25 cartes: pate sete 00000001 00000000000!000G0— 2 Doyles wun satth nese creer yer 1110111111111011011001011—19 OSHGOTIY MRR HE ae ee eats Thee 1101011111110110010111111—=19 Botta 2 en des ntthse: Prarie 1110141110111101111110111—21 Walltariagine fire eee sete cores See 0100100010001100010010000— 7 ADE whee dd 20 une spouee es --.-e-- -11013111101111014110101111—20 GIP OARAB ACE iced teen tape eters bene. 8101101011111111101111010—19 Goppersiseasseesdesiit. 2. fedeten set meets 101001160001000010010001— 8 MoGandlertsfihi% juss cicehdajeds Saedna tel 1111110111001101011101001— 17 Gallisone e200 buna Meee fete 110111010101111101101010117 WET ANTE hk ner emRenCeonoede Stine bb seoopad 0111.011011111011131010100 -17 Rathwall. anys cust Reece RO Monee eae 1111110111111011111111111—28 Lae yey UR anteseteeotose cobcoboosoodes 1010011011011101011011010—15 eed Biden Arlt) Ocoee Cac ESS DE: Behe cute 1110111011110111111110011—20 PACT Ores TE ey ed eat elma cieols B55 5 oo SHB 110011111 1111191111110011—21 WAP POI Pasa eee eet pte reese eoce 1109 119911110111110111011—21 RSE TEDL Raa eeepc cecilia erating clale ce aratere 1010100010101111011001001—13 WAGE eis aise oF ee OR Re ee Aare 1110011101101110111101010—17 SHMPNET coe donee re eles el laloe Sel bemieiieeatcn eee 1011101010111110111111001—18 PSU GSUtn estes eee cesleente ee sett OE 1100110101010101011101011—16 SEGA haha eee kleine wale) nietes ctestele tele 1101110110111010110110111—18 No. 2, 80 singles: Atwater .......-... 24 McGruder......... 20 Prue eee ..18 Joe Hunter.. DIAL TD YIGI Ane ot os 27 Hopper, Jr. 24 Dick Jones., 25 Blue Rock.. .28 Stubner...... 22 Rothwell..... Finlay.... 2 Rothwell, Jr. ait Steele. .... Payton. . Webb.... 26 Wise...,. Wilson...... 24 Hartner,..:. 23. Hancock Ooppersite.. 15 FP Seymore, 19 Wagner......-- North....... nt? Een utara 24. Lanvoigt:....,. Mattingly .20 Trimble... 14 Mc@ormick . Brashear.. ..11 Happer, Sr ye Osborn... Stewart... .ze Smythe .. 2 Gulick. Apgar... .2% A Hunter 20 Tain...... Capron.... 14 Soussa. - aytil Collison....... Capron, Jr ge Williams. 2.......: 15 Drumond.....:--+.17 Bond All ties div, except No. 3, 20 singles: Atwater ........... 26 EF Seymore......... 24 Happer, Jr......... 25 Drummond........ Ss Arnie. ve eeticew eb be. Recon ml Dick Jones... ....28 North.........--... 2 Blue Rock... sa 28 Dr Rothwell....... 19 J Hinlay........... 1 Soussa.... sss. 5s als Wiiseeeencereelre 23 Coppersite.........14 Hawas............. 9 Waegner............ aie “BOTS Te) ose. e20) OOUTSOM 52,7 22.) eke. 23 QOsborn..........--. 28 Cason, Jr.......-.. 20 AWaITSOn “uae, 5 ot on. 2. Mattingly.......... 26 Daw..... oib ont soos: 1? Hartwell ...,.. maen A itclal (ge aree AL AE ern 5, 29 McCormick........ 18 Rothwell, Jr.......24 Hancock........... DU) tore 2 Sey ABE AAB ere 14 Happer, Sr .......20 Landvyoigt..- meeoe (Py pOt se... eels 28 Paha Nias 55 hy eet oie 21 Solick......- A 226. CADPR oak 27 Allpander.....,.... 13 Stubner ........... 18 Brasheal.... Li ean hGrevenraeon. pe 20 Stewart......-.- Weceie Deel eee oes 24 ‘Wialliams,,2. i005: 20 J Hunter...........26 Doyle... 0. 23 No. 4, 15 singles: Atwatern...-....-. 18 Collison....... .... Woy yee ose 10 WOriisive ests ol. Cheisheelese. sce... ge eye RE A et ae Dick Jones.....-.. 10 Capron........... 12 Alex Hunter.....,.. 12 Rothwell... -:..- 8 Capron, Jr. -10 Blue Rock ......,..14 WiSe. <2 eee geese I4 Gulick..-.......... UN MERON Aah eeenra cee, 7 Waegner.,.-...-.-...l4 Mattinely......... Oy Mantes) -sngee, tena 3 Magruder.... .... 7 Danell.............. 7 Brashea).,....-.....10 vimble...,.-.-- «+ ee NOntinER SS. -an eens. MICENY TONE na wen Ene 13 Osborne.... ..... .13 Happer, Sr........ 1Z Alexander.......... 10 Drummond........ 6 Coppersite......... a Woalliqms). 3, ie. 6 ADOT ees EE Parken. wees snyce ce he SBond rel eens 11 (RYTON R meny see 6 Landvoigt......... = Hartner.... ..2...:) 14 VMS or ctee Peace JED UWE AAI 5 Hee ee 7 Jobnstone... 17 Stubner...........- 18 McCormick...... .3 Waggaman,.......! 2 Steward ; Ril sswe WMT IAO Msc elas pg ee Wes. eee cap 9 BObsice tree as dett { Rothwell, Jr. ..... 9 Meen..... cule. 6 Erie ae usin dae ss) SVC a) lalla pte GD Brive ste abe Seymore.... .-.... 10 Happer,Jr......... 12 Wranklin..........., 10 SOUSSA.. eee ce eee eatt OL hy ks prety unite ct Met by Wo. 5, 10 singles: Atwater........... 7 Coppersite........ » 8 Hartner..., .... ..10 North.....- ie Ted isi) Cee RAY 2g oi 9 Bine Rock ......... 5 Gulick. ...........- POLES asst ee oe 2 Happer Sr.......0.. ve OMGR Sea sea te 6 Alex Hunter....... ie Stigler nese 9 Brasheal,.......... 38 Pruette’....0..,,. oe Othe eee rule 5 Mattingly.......... Of VBA eee einss « sWalenery in, jeer. 9 DTW eee ee cuore ee 7 Dr Van Bogan..... OOSSVaISOT ees ee sees 7 tree bitt slee . cee 6 Landvoigt.......... 4h ‘Collingom’,....... 6 Johnstone.......... GPMionn sia .... 7? Rothwell Sr.......: 5 Stewart. ...0) 3. BE MVVGNE Wht Conte Pes - 9 Rothwell Jr........ 5 GUT shea ees, 3 QGapron..-..-- ,. ® CapronJt,.......-! 7 SOUSBas ou 0 erect Boe Boyle eeee ea 9 McCormick........ 5 Apgar Siaeeoes 2) Pattent 58) Elancock..2), May 5 Pash eee wea ee . 5 Mapruder.. ....... 4 Kingshury ....... 3 Steele........ ects & Du Braye. ..o.4.02 Ye NG S214 \ =e es 4 Happer Jr..... -.. ese RITIUA GS. e, .. 8 Dewonet........1... 2 TE OF re ieee 8 HOEY Vs. DAVENPORT.—It has been definitely arranged that the third match between Fred Hoey of the Central Gun Club and L. J. Davenport of the Fountain Gun Club shall take place on the Larchmont Gun Club’s grounds soon after Oct. 15. The con- | SLWd a ute be 100 live birds each, 80yds, rise, 2lyds. boundary, for ) @ B1dQ, ee 288 | _ FOREST AND STREAM. [Oor. 15, 1891 THE NEW JERSEY TRAP LEAGUE. A MEBTING. of delegates representing the Trap Shooters? League of Hssex county was held Oct, 10 at the store af Yon Lengerke & Detmold to wind un the affairs af the recent tourna- ment. The secretary reported $57.50 on hand, Outof this amount he was authorized to pay the Maplewood and South Side Gun clubs amounts sufficient to buy the prizes won by them. His re- port showed that the league had been a success throughout, and the results of the shoots had been satisfactory to all the elubs in- terested, The delegates resolved that as soon as the secretary had THE DAYTON KENNEL CLUB ANNUAL. ot retsneunys of phot ae of OMB: Thefclub has revently a adopted a new rule of usin oth barrels, making a slightl Dayton, O., Oct. 5,—Members of the Dayton Kennel Gun Club modified adaptation of the Htelineiianh rules, Tho difterence is and their familie: made a picnic of the annual liye-bird tourney | that the gun must be held below the elbow until the bird is on the by turning outin full force, gentlemen, ladies and children, for a wing, ‘The scores were as follows: 1. Hvde'?, J. Bovd 3, H. Ran. day in the grove adjoming the shooting grounds on David Shroy- | bing J. Alchnrat 6. EB Vroome 4, W. Skidmore 6, H. Knehel. Sr. 5 ers farm a short distance south of the club kennels. Sparrow | 7 Wynn 7, D. Ironvees 6, J. Vagts 5, M. Brown 6. J. Rathien 4, H. aa pigeon hat eae en set, string poundaties ized. ee te Knabel, Jr. 6, H. Bolmermann 5, D "Snipe 6, J. Lohden 2, Ff. Mark. tables provided for referee, scorers, shooters and reporters; anc : Desa ; Sy ; a ine a tents, chairs and refreshment stands conveniently located for all off 6, J. Schumacher 6, J. Deetjen 4: before 8:30 o’clock this morning, Cool water and mild beverages were furnished by the club free for members and spectators, and Or f si Ai i cold lunch for-shooters, Wamily parties enjoyed dinner from ROCHESTER GUN CLUB: the de ol eae, ACaupenea tid an matics Wm. R. their own baskets in picnic style through the woods. At 8 A.M.| Tur firat annual tournament of the Rochester Rod and Gun | Hobart ther informally organized an association to be known as Adolph Sander, who was the projector of the plan for this tour- | Club was shot on Friday Oct. 2, at the Rochester Driving Park, ney, arrived on the ground with provisions, wet goods, ammuni- | All contests were shot under the American Association tules ee and rie at as few moments later a pRaty bugle blast Pee rapid firing system, . he coming of alarge wagon, four-in-hand, carrying members, “ar, : , - then until noon carriages and buggies were arriving with families ese Ke RIDERS EAD, Keystone traps, 18yds, rise, rapid firing and other visitors, Dayton has been famous as a shooting center Vee a + the Trap Shooters’ League of Northern New Jersey. Chas. W. Brown was elected chairman, Peter Gantz, recording secretary and treasurer, and C. H. Townsend, corresponding secretary. It was resolved to op2n the rolis to all clubs in Hssex, Hudson, Ber- gen, Warren, Morris, Sussex and Passaic connties. The corres- i i SRI Peer 401101011119111—12 fit teen. 1 : _»¥ | ponding secretary was instructed to correspond with all clubs in, a this esthe payee of all her trap events, pe j Sohmmittestin ni GRRE TT Wi— 7 Ones FACIE ‘ the above counties, requesting them to affiliate with the league, ee true that to re olph Sander is due the credit or inception FS ust wn et 10101100010010i— 7 Brasie .........011011001111110—10 | 20a fo call a meeting of delegates fo perfect the organizations as and enc pee of the proposition wer stew into this splendid | Fyy4¢4° 7777777"! 111011011111101I-18 Martin... ...110101111110111—12 | 80° as he receives favorable replies from the clubs. Riles be act Ne wot rene in 2 werd Agalnh Santer nels COoRen. | Mosherin hi HiNM01t—14 J Ressinger....100011111111011—11 | |The above counties can muster in all about forty-five active Gustay Sander, E, B, Weston, Dr. D. ae Porter, T. B. AHaunch and | Rabhcock......, OUOW1OII1101—10 _‘Warner........ 111111101011111_13 | Clubs, and it is confidently expected that at least two-thirds of ° yout correspondent, Gustay Sander was made chairman of the Davenport... .191110001/01101I— 9 Van Ostram...101011101110011 10 | these will join. The Maplewood, South Side. Woodside and Rose- committee of arrangements, and T, B. Hanna secretary, E.R. Orange........ TMONNAI—A2-Rickman...... 010111111101001—10 | Ville Gun clitbs are already members, The Hast Side Mutuals, of Cooper and EK, B, Weston, committes on programme} and Messrs. | Notion 111100001111110—10 Jeffery ........ 100001100001010— 5 | this city; Hast Orange and Endeayor, of Jersey City, will surely join at once. ‘Lhe scheme is to hold 4 monthly team contest on the grounds of each club that joins the league, and at the same time to have Weston, Cooper and Hanna committee on rules, TOUMOMINON—11. Foley’ ....125) 1OOLIOI111—12 The scheme took like wildfire. All of the 75 members.of the LANG... eee sas Kennel Club became interested, and this draw wives, sweethearts Eu Smith,.... PIERRE ete fina ae aattel us CHIMING and friends into the excitement, Business men of the city took | wilkinson, ... WINM111111011—14 Ro ; several contests f b Th ill ise fi : ve : BE : he a Haren vee 1110100011 111c0— 9 | Several contests for members. e teams will comprise five men aE tascareti ae SR aGINaa GRRE Re oe rive | Weller....5-.- ANMO10111—13 Goodrich...... VO111101010N110— § | cach instead of six, as in the Hssex County League. Valuable Hed CA DIEOER VATE ALBTRO » Pron reanicea diet nee teee nia il eden ce some! 100111 000110111— 9 Richmond... ..11111111111101i—14 | PMizes will be offered by the league in both team and individual a marriage license with blank spaces left for name of bride and | alzer-+-+-----TMMU010I—13 Moschler . .-...1010010101111i1—1¢ | Contests, besides which manufacturers and dealers in this section _ eebien g : 5 TaWores noe) OLLOM119111110—12 the also Spe teu BELZEB. a fae joining the eas weil ay The programme to-day provided for six sparrow matcHes, 15 | _ No. 2, 10 birds, same conditions: menos ddancmerhen tacts Palle A prine cuncien the perobace prizes in each, 15 sparrows to each man, 6 traps, 26yds. rise. 50yds. | Peck......-.. .-.... 1011110110— 7 Hicks, ....-... .....1101110111— 8 | of the principal prizes will be contributed by the clubs string boundary, a bird touching the ground within the boundary | McVean............. OOMITION— 7 Lanes. .....2...:, (111011111— 8 | ‘The scheme is a popular one and is bound to give a’ big boom to | to bé scored dead. Hach shooter to pay for his own birds. The | WA MHill............ 1010001011— 5 Tia Force. ....-..... 1111011011— 8 | the sport of trap-shooting in this section of the State and will committee paid 3c. to 5:, each for sparrows, and the shooter paid | Borat.......... ...- ‘LO00000000— 1 Heel... eee sere 1001111111— 8 | eventually lead to the formtaion of a league to comprise every 10c. each. The pigeons were bought here at 30c. a pair, and the | Wilkinson.......... OUI 9 Elliott......-..... + 1111110011— 8 | club in the State, and the arrangement. of a, series of matches sShooler was charged 40c. At the shoot the sparrow traps, made OHCs pee lon « LO1L0010— 6 MOLE Yaus Wi eee ie 1001010110— 5 between county teams for the Stale championship of wood by Sale Good, were din, square, opening at the top like a | Hly..-.............5. 101010H100— — Van Ostram........ 111011111— § ‘ ‘ : : gripsack. Pigeons were shot from scoop traps. Daveuport ......... 1101001000 -— 4 © Rissenger........1001101001— 4 | =There were 3.200 sparrows and 400 pigeons in the coops when the | Walzer . ........... 1100001010— 4@_ Brink...... 2.2.2... O111111110— 8 CHICAGO SHOTS first shot was fired. Mr, John W. Dickson was appointed referee, | Weller........... .. IOM11iI— 9 Riechmond.......... 1111110000— 6 i F and Oapt. Ashley Brown official scorer, with Mr. Lafayette Grod- | Manu............... WALUWIIII0— 8 Youngs............ « 0100101011— f HICAGO, Oct.{8.—Mr. J. A. R. Hlliott; of Kansas City, writes jtoski assistant. Gree. eeu IOUIII— 8 Barmon............ 1100111011— 7 Mr. R. B. Organ, of this city, seeking a match with the Klein- ” Fifteen sparrows: 1839} /0 Sp Ons Ae 1OOLIO000I— @_—s Starr.......... woe, 01011(1001— 5 | mans, or any body else. Mr. Organ has replied that he is not EB Rike.... 2, OMIWIN11—14_-~J C PorterfielaJ01111111011111—18 | Schmidt............ LUOM0LI0— 6 Rickman,.........,.0111111001— 7 | now negotiating such matches, and musi refer Mr. Elliott to the DG Porter....01010111/11111—18 A W Kumler..011010000111110— 8 | Mosher.. . ......_..2111111100—— 8 Burns............... O1IT1L010I— 7 | said Kleéinmans. Mr. Elliott says the Kansas City boys would like £ B Weston... .11111111010110i—42 «4H Dando. _....110010101101111—10 | Wagner........ . DUTTON — 9 Teary -....2¢5.005% 0100001 01— 3 | to shoot the return match with Chicago in November. I do not RK O Heikes,.. 111/11111111111—16 CA Waltmire.100011011101110—9 | Orange. ............l001/11101I— 7 Meyer,......,....,...0100010000— 2] think Chicago will shoot earlier than midwinter. No prettier E F Cooper. ..111111010111100—11 J Stoecklein...000000100000101— 3 | Sprague............, 11111011I— 9 Stewart............. 11110111 1i— 9 | shooting events ever transpired than these inter-urban matches, SS Troup...... CLOOLOL01000INI— 7 W MM. Kinnard.011100110110110— 9 | FL Smith.......... 1101119110— 7 Moshler............ 0101001011— 5 | and we all hope to see the third and decisive race shot here. & Bane ey SOT ae S pe raat Seed ele 9 pabeogk bane goats sep aoe Sane ree Be ys Soke inter ni 6 HK. Houau. ander...... 1111101100 —12 hubb,.. .101101011111100—10 ATT. ~ 060+. sees oe = OBCD.... eee. eee aes 1001— 5 : — i eet a T B Hannah..,11111111101101118_ =A Mumma....101101110011010— 9 | Barnard .,.... ... AMOMONO— 7 Berry ... 1.2. 6... 0010001000— 2 Ging Auresioa nea etl anen aula ae live birds, Tek eRe: G Makley.....0LU10N110U—12, F Withoft.-.. .001100010001001— 5 | J Rissenger.......-.J1011— 9 Truesdale........%.. 1000010010 — 3 | © D Gammon, 020101211 11111—13 G@ Kleinman. ..122222121011112—14 H G Carnell...000000010001111— 5 C Whealen....100111101111190—10 | Musselman......... 10M1011111— 8 Allen.......... 2... 1000110000— 3 | F Tutchinson .011102011102001_— 9 Dr Williams..111000100002012— 7 C W Sander,. 1010111011112 _—E D Grimes. . .01110010011100I— 8 | _ No.3, 15 singles, merchandise match, entrance free: Same day, 20 Peoria black hirds for medal: Heikes 1st, pocket knite; Rike 2d, barrel of four. Scoresinsuc- | Jf Norton... .101000011010000— 5 A Schmitt... .011001100111110— 9 | 4 Tteinm'nOU11001111101-17 | Hutchins’n01100101000110111110-11 ceeding matches settled ties, and in this way Hannah won éd,a | Wm Foley.,...0110000100011— 9 HD McVean. .110110110011001— 9 | @ Jeinm nOMMO1OIIIIII0NII111-16 Williams. 10101111011011101011-14 rug; Porterfield 41h, pair of blankets; Porter Sth, picture; Weston | EH U Ely ....... L1011O101NTI0—10 ES Berry... ...011000091110010— 6 s RAVPLRIGG. 6th, no Een es a tes ( knit sce Et CG. W. Sander 8th, y EK Mattern, - SUT ne LARA AEE ce pana rr at oa SS air ot Slippers; Makley 9th, box of cigars; Cooper 10th, box of | Sprazue.,.--... a a Horee. 1—11 ; q _ : ied Gibpallth! poe of oisars: Mandetatte cathe. blanket; | Geo A Mosher,l1011M111111—14_ Burns... ... 111011110100101—10 | . ST. LOUTS, Oct. SOF vag eaters Henite shoot of St, Louis and Whealen 18th, load of wood. Mumma. I4th, silk handkerchief: | Wagner, ...-...01111101111100—11__B Rickman.,...1011101110t111—12 | St- Louis county for the Rawlings diamond bage-took place Sept. Volker 15ch, hand protector; Kennard 16th, pocket book; Walt. | Jeffreys........ 011010010000000— 4 Goodrich ...... 010000000101011— 5 | 26, ‘This match is quite an event for the local trap-shooters, mire 17th, bottle of sherry. Davenport.....110010010011101— 8 H M Stewart. .11010111111111113 | There were 81 contestants. the conditions being 100 blnerock tar- Fifteen sparrows: Orange ........ 110010101101101— 9 ED Hicks.....11111111111101114 | gets and 5 traps, The winner was Jas. E. Haggerty, who for the Portets-.2..-.s 110101211001000— 8 Kumler...... 110010000001110— 5 | Walzer......-. 1001111111100—11._ FL Pitkin ....010100100101001— ¢ | first time used his new “Smith Monogram.” 'The scores were as Whealen .....-010011101101010— 8 Porterfield... .011111101100011—10 | W J Mann ..., 11000101100111— 9 © ¥ Adams. ...111001001110010— 8 | follows: | a LH 7 ABSICGE td gs by AMMOMOM0N0—11 A Sander......0111101110N011—11 | Waterous... ...010111010000000— 5 W A Hill......011111001010011— 9 | J EB Haggerty «..-.+.....-.--+-- Tega gvomen cated ner op RE Heikes......... Wi—15_-« “Mumma... 2. 111101110110111—12 | C. Rissenger. -.010011001011— 9 WD BAN... . JOT11111001111—12 | J Stefien..----erec-rens oaser 8) Be PARC, --sseseessssseeey seeess ue Cooper......... 111001110110011—10 Stoecklein.....101101101011111—-11 | Keeble... ..-..101000010000000— 3 W F Hill...... PARNER ELTON Yip) RES Sake SSE tsa chivas ReteeriinGanmid ies myneyee pe. 68 Weston........ LMOM1OOMII—12 Waltmire ..--.000110111011111— 7 | J Roche........ O1L101101001101— 9 Jas Barry......001000111111100— § | Geo Cotton, -.---.-..-++++-++--. BR WER attics bettie be 65 Hannah........ IOMIOINIIUIII—18._ «Grimes .......- 1010)1100011001— § | Hlliott......-,. 011111101101110—11 CG Brusee..... ..011110000010101— 7 | J Siemiuski -..- .--.+0+.+---2+- 6 Tob: SAO Os a ptr sana OW Sander... .011/11010111010-10 Kinnard....... 0111011110006/1— 8 | GC E Lane...... TM MWO011110—43 A Riekman....010001110101111— 8 | & Mittenberger ..--.--.......; a oo ae Cobanne.ce+.s-.05 cesses Me Chubb......... 11010111000 1711-10 _Dando.......... 001101111110110—10 | Van Ostrand .11110101111N1—13 Grege.........110111111010111—12 | P Kling, .-..--+---+ 022s seer eee abe Biceestar tsar vatep case oe or ‘ Volker ......... 010001001110111— 8 GSander...... 111010111000000— 7 | P M Krel..,..- LO1OMLON0N—10 LV Byer......1101N111i11—14 | G Denning... -++..1--+-s2eer0+ Rie ene ead See a Troup.......... 110101111101110—11 Makley,....... 011110011101101—10 | Peck.......-.+. 11110010101111—12, -W M Hyde... ..110111001011101—10 | B Weaver. 2... -ssste-rese es A” der BRERA ee ie tee 3 Blessing... 110101011000000— 9 Pruesdale. ....101000010111010— 7 D Hill..........100000000101110— 5 | Ed Prendergast ..---.......-.- ty eee ee ein? eee ee Heikes Ist, box of soap; Hanna 2d, silk bat; Mumma 3d, rug; | F B Allen..... 11010111010001— 9 A D Martin.. .011110110111111-12 | Ben Westhus.....--.- ..--+++.. a Se sree ee ter pormnone 6 Weston 4th, bed comfort; Rike 5tb, corduroy pants; Troup 6th, | D Foreman,...00000LI0111N11— 9 Wilkinson.....111101101111100—11 | & Prendergast ......-......+... ee ea B8 WATG wo eee eeey steer eees ee picture; A. Sander 7th, box of cigars; Stoecklein 8th, box of cigars; | Geo Beorst....010100101100100— 6 Weller......... 1110110110111 —12 : send peo A re WOANLUDACBE ET eke “83 Chubb 9th, pair of slippers; Makley 10th, 6 bottles Hock; Porter- | J'T Boyd....... OOMTILOONI—1 B Hicks. ....... O1000100010U009— 3 | H Griesedick.-..4+-----+++++.-. I ee can ti 9 field lit, three dressed ducks; C, W. Sander 12th, pair of shears; | Babcock ...... Q11111001110100— 9 RA Very... TOLLO011110110—10 | SE. as nns sete sens cess etesss ie Cees tHe Kansans Cooper 13th, Slbs. smoking tobacco; Dando 14th, pocketbook; Por- | J Rissenger ...110100011010110— § M M Banker, ..101101101011010— 9 | M Schenck «...-++++---4-+-.9-+: ies ERDEEN, ter 15th, pound of chewing tobacco; Grimes 16th, Heikes hand | Mussleman....WJOUTMI01—13° RB Spaulding. ..01011111000101—10 | _wHWARK, N.J.. Oct. 8.—The Newark Gun Club had a big time rotector; Whealen 17th, bottle of sherry, Harmon....... Q0010110011I0l0N— 7 WNW C Fulton....101111110111111 43 ary f tl thly club pri haot, which EK pla Teen pipCols: ; : Brink OLI1110011100—10 Ketchum... 11111091011000001— 7 | Oey ae eee ee anne agent ah tO lige Lite qian bagk place ot bh DAY. CR we FP Oe t We SeBAinictees tote -10 Ketchum...... = ; alt ; Fae Ei shoe 1001001011I— 4 ~Kinnard............ 0010101010— 4 | EH Meyer......- 1JOOOOLINONOL— 2 J Aman _., ...101111010010101— 9 aid Senet club iveas ae aeanoR Rohomeks ‘follows, Eanes Whealen ..... ..... 0111011010— 6 Grimes ........ .1101000111— 6 | DJ Leary ....01000010100000— 3 G H Mason... .100110000000110— & | shooting at 10 live pigeons at handicap rises: ; Blessing ..... ...--. 10N0001011— 4_ C W Sander........1111111001— 8 | Moschler.......101000011111111—10 GB Bates . ... .001100000001090— 3 | yy W Lindsley (28)..2222212222 10. W G Hollis (28).....1111111010— 8 Stoecklein.......... 1110100011— § A Sander .. .-.....1011101110— 7 | Young......... WHOMNTHI—18 EF Hayes — .. .100000001110010— 5 | GM Hedden (30). ., 122112232110 H Smith (38)........ 0212012012— 7 Cooper........+-- -, L10010111I— 7 Maomma.....:: .T1)1101111— 9 | Eyershed...... OUUAL01I1—13 WA Larned |.001000010011100— 5 | RF Breintnalt (30)0121112111— 9 © Heath (28) .......0111M0010— 6 Heikes.f.....s.so-.. 1111130111— 9 Troup......... .-1111011— 9 | Richmond ...-01001101N111—11L_ © BH Rugg... ...101011000100001— 6 | S'Gastle (28)........2211121101— 9 G@ Griffen (28)... ...2110921001— 6 Biticcon ae peepee 1111111011— 9 Volker... . . 0101001701— § | FU Smith..... 1000111101110 10 Brinsmaid,, ..00000L010010109— 4 | D FZeslio (28)....., 3110112112— 9 J Larue (28)........1100001100— 4 Makley ...-......... 111111111110 Weston... -0111111101— § | C Green... ....101111001111111—12 G Baldwin (8). .1012212121— 9 a he [etinitet one Cee He ee 1101011011— Kumler.... . -0111111100— 7 Ties on 18, at 5 birds, 18yds,: A number of sweeps were shot, which resulted as follows, First G Sander. ......... 1111100100 & Ritty......... --1001011001— 4 | Van Ostrand.1ii—5 Musselman,..0111—4 Fulton....... 10110—3 | event, 4 birds, $5 entry, 8 moneys: Castle, Griffen, Zeglio, Breint- Dando). eV 2 as 0111010011 6 Van Ausdal 0001001011— 4 | _ Ties on 12, at 5 birds, 18yds.: nalland Baldwin 4 each; Hollis 3 Erb2. Second event same: Chubp eerie HUUI—10 W Brown... INDIO L— 7: | Bees bce atte OR Rea Wii—t Martin ......01101—3 | Gastle 4: P. J, Zglio. Breintnall. Hollis, Francis, Baldwin. Smith, orterfield.......... — iihott .. . 0000000000 — 163 0 5 At a8, JOVas,: 3 each: i ‘ io : ¥ 2: TRE ERE Lay 1000011000— 8 Stoddard... ....“1om1oUo— 6 | Wilkinson...1111—5 "Wagner.......11101—4 La Force... 1013 | 204 Hedden Seach; Griffen and Jos. Zeslio 2 each. Third event, @bubb Ist, rocking chair; Makley 2d, cut-glags olive dish; Heikes | Ties on 10, at 5 birds, 18vda.: . Griffen, Hollis, Francis, Heath and Larue 3 each; Smith and rae Shas adic preteen ns ee ee uate Salsa [OCs ee se anac kt eb te ee SMM brn ecccy eee peane yr ree eine Ratu La ; e ‘a «3, Sy Dh y te : inning it. Hourth event, 4 , bo entry, 3m ; Lindsley. Orange... 1ONOIONN1—15 Brink. ...0000101110111111101113 | (Mastie, Hollis and Baldwin 5 each; Heath, Hedden. Griffen any caer ae dee creer eee Sprague.. = ‘Riss’ne 1110—14 ari and Led she % , Smith _ BROOKLYN SHOOTERS. Wagner. TIMIMOMIILT 18 WOsvand orn 100 LON 17 HoT SH THGanag a. Attar Ehentaecoud! Sarr n Coie Soo 4 te mith. —ls ohy.. — 5 ir 3, A j , Oar. 7 Three doctors were in'the final ties for the Duryea cupat | p M Keel. 1111110111111011110-17_W Hyde. .11101 100111 01141111015 eer sada Whe weietet “abate © SS ch: fhe Bruntain Gun Club shoot at Woodlawn Park to-day, besides | jpabcocklMOMOOLI0IM00N—12 A Schmitti10U010101111111—16 ; Snaprer' Garrison and two others. Two of the doctors, Sheils | Hannon...11011100000110011000—10 Walzer..,0 11011 0101111111—15 |_ CHAREMONT, N, J. Oct. 10.—Marksmen of the New Jersey and Schwartz, made a great fight for the cup. All killed their 10) peck... IONIIONI010I0I—15._-LV Byer.1111511T111110100011—-17 | Shooting Club faced the traps nearly five hours this afternoon al straight in the regular shoot, and it was left to the two doctors to | RichmindI0IMINI—19- Wilkins’nli111011111111011—17 | Claremont. Among the two dozen competitors in the eleven prize fighp it out, Bird after bird was killed until each had totaled 12 | yg Boyd. 10010010100110001111—10 Weiler. ...001111111111101111117 | events were neatly all the crack shots, In six of the events frst SUC ADR chest ate taenat we inteenth bird, but Dr. Schwartz | ‘Young....11110011011000001111—13 _E Meyer. .11100000100110001101— 9 | prizes were won by men who did not missa bird. They were was upfortanate enough to lose his, although it dropped dead | G Aqams..01101011000010110111—11 J Toche,..01111011001010001111—18 closely pushed. Blnerock clay pigeons were the targets, sprung just out of bounds, This is the second time that Dr. Sheils has | AMcVeanQOl1O00L0NI0I—11 BD Hicksl111111111111110101—11 | from 5 taps. G. DeWitt Smith and A, C. Hunt, carried off most wou tbe cup. One ot the features of the shoot was the fine per- | \rugselmnO10101NI11101N1110—15 J Aman. .10010010110100101110—11 | of the honors, The summary shows the prize winners and the Smith 4 each; Larue and Zeglio 3 each. Witth eyent, same as formance of Mrs, #. Lindsley, who after missing her first bird, | Rissenger01010101011101060010—10 Gregg... ..11001111111111111111—18 | number of bluerceks smashed by each; Ten singles, Kaystone: A, killed the other 9 straleht. : ‘ W. A Hill. 00110100011110110111—12 C. Hunt 9, A..F. Compson 8, G. DeWitt Smith 7; 10 birds. walking: About two months ago R. Pfister, Jr., W. C. Leyins, of the Glen- Ties div. G. DeWitt Smith 10, A. C. Hunt 9, A. f, Compson 8; 10 singles more Rod and Gun Club, and J. Blake, of the Parkway Rod and No, 5, 15 kinghirds, entrance $1: Kevstone system: G. DeWitt Smith 10, A. F, Compson 8, A. C, Gun Club, made a match to shoot a series of four shoots at 15 |p Meyer....... 100000110011000— 5 Martin......... 010010110101011— 8 | Hunt and ¥, G. Moore 7 each; 10 singles, Keystone: A. ¥. Comp- birds each, Hurlingham rules, 30vds. rise, for asilver pitcher to | Ww peters...... 1ON01NIN1NNNNIN— 5 Ruge....... ... 109000010110000— 4 | son 10, A. C. Hunt, J. D. Berdan and G. DeWitt9 each, F, G. Moore cost $100. To-day the last two shoots took place at, Dexter Park. | 4’ 3 Babcock..111111011000101—10 Elliott......... 111110111110010—11 | 7: 10 birds, walking: A. FP. Compson 10, ©. A. Pope, W. J, Simpson In the first shoot R. Pfister, Jr., killed 13, Blake 14 and Levins 13. | Orange ........111001000011111— 9 C Hoehn....... 010101101101111—10 | and A. C, Monre $ each, J. D. Berdan #;5 pairs: A, F. Compson 8, In the second shoot KR. Pfister killed 15, Blake 9 and Levins 15, | Waoner...... ‘NNI11—-15_-§ P Kay....... 1001111110011 1—10 | F. G. Moore 7, J. H. Richmond 6: 20 singles. Keystone; G. DeWitt Smith 20, C. A, Pope 19, A. F. Compson and J, B. Richmond 17 Yesterday the total scores for the 80 birds each were: W. C. | navenport.....110101100111111—11 WS Smith... 10111110100101—11 each; 10 birds, walking: A. 1. Compson 914, E, Vredenburgb S14, J. Levins 33,J. Blake 24, and R, Pfister, Jr., 26, This made the | jt) Hicks... 11111110111011-13 H D McVean. 0010000011111 8 totalon the four shoots, R, Pfister, Jr., 54, W. CG. Levins 50, J. O Rissinger... .110100110110001— 8 C Williams, . ..010109101010010— 6 | C. Hobart 8; 20 singles, Keystone: G. DeWitt Smith 20, J.C, Hobart Blake 47. 7 E Hayes....... 111000101011111—10 PM Keel...... 111111111100111—13 | 19, G, W.. Purdy 18; 10 singles, Keystone: G. W. Purdy 10, W. J. The Manhattan Gun Club defaulted in its monthly shoot at | Redmond ....--110101010111110 —10 LV Bayer ae 111110111011111—13 | Simpson 9, C. A. Pope 8; 10 singles, team shoot—Team No.1: H.&, Bigoney 9, G. DeWitt Smith 7, A. F. Compson 8, T. Richards 5, Fv G. Moore 5, C. Tatham 3, total 41; Team No. 2: G. W. Purdy 8, W. J, Simpson 6. H. Cook 6, J. D. Berdan 7, J. C. Hobart 8, C. A. Pope Dexter Park to-day. 10— ace — The Dexter Park Shooting Assaciation will soon be started at TE Te fal ETHER S i eilentete 9 fa SNA ERTL Dexter Park. Sweepstake shooting at bluerocks fram 65 traps | Richmond..., 10011111113 W Jillapn..., .010111111101111—12 suouey bathe ene pee eS COneoe sd ane any | Greeg.......- TATIOL0100L01—10 WA BU... WooLdLt1H1o100— 8 | 7, B. Vredenburgh 7, total 52. é ; : ‘ * "| FL, Smith..... 11110111101100I—11_-“J H Andrews.. 1li-18 oS. a : )D - = : \ 264 FOREST AND STREAM. - — 7 oe [Ocr. 15, 1891, AGENT FoR B, ©. MILAMS? Celebrated Kentucky Reels. 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Champion Raby Mixer........815 Reckoner.........-....-+0+- setae eee RT Piteher:. .. 60) ee eS 25 Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. VALENTINE, (Ch. BANNERMAN ex Ch, TWIN-TWO.) English basket beagle, will be allowed five bitches of approved breeding for first and fourth choice of litter. Full pedigree and particulars for stamp. Photos 15 cents. H. V. JAMIESON, Melrose, Mass, RIDGEFIELD ST. BERNARD KENNELS At Stud. KINGLIMMON. Fee $40. (16,866.) Kinglimmon is orange in color with perfect white markings and black shadings, stands 84in, high and is the sire of some very promising youngsters, Address CG, A. HOUCK, 923 Madison ave., Albany, N. Y. St. Bernards at Stud. 1. Soggarth, immense rough-coat. the only son of | Lord Bute at stud in America. 2. Patrol, one of our best smooths, fee $35 each- JOHN KEBVAN, 195 King st., Brooklyn, N. Y. N THE STUD.—_THEH ETHAN ALLIN SET- ter Al, fee $25. Al was bred by the late Mr. Allin and trained on ruffed grouse by his handler. Two puppies by him for sale. Address FP. L. NICHOLS, 54 Taylor street, Springfield, Mass. tf AtStud.-English greyhounds. Gem of the Season, winner of over 50 firsts and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and specials; Dexter, corded coat poodle. Pups from the above forsale, GREYHOUND & POODLE KENNELS. Salem, Mazes, Neleultific Education of Dogs FOR THE GUN. A new work by an English writer, “H. HL” The instructions here given are the result of the author’s amateur practical experience of thirty-seven years. A review in ForEst AND STREAM says: “This work isa very well written treatise upon the subject, containing some new ideas and much that is interesting and instructive to the new be- ginner as wellas nota little that will be beneficial to even old hands tostudy. The chapter devoted to kennel management is a short one, but it is very nearly complete, and is alone worth many times the price of the work toany one that will heed its teachings.” Price $2.50, postpaid, by the FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 318 Broadway, New York. NemIDOe Kennels, CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA, PA., OFFER THE SERVICES OF THE FOLLOWING STUD DOGS: Rough-Coated Collies. The Saui CHAMPION 6 Squire, | pa (EB. ae Fee $50. ISIN WILKS, Roslyn Conway, Gninen Sir Kelpie, |NOSIN JAMIN, (A. 14,785). Fee $15. (A. 17,577). Bee $25. ENGLISH PUGS. CHAMPION i Treasure, Kash, Jr ” (A, 10,596). Fee $15, Fee, - - - - $15. IRISH SETTERS. SEMINOLE,| ELEO, (A. 20,088), Fee $20. (A. 11,450), Fee $15. Extended pedigrees of any of the above on ap- lication. Bitehes entrusted to us receive the est of care. Fine specimens of the above breeds for sale at reasonable pricey including several good stud dogs and brood bitches in whelp. Young Stock Always on Hand. SIR FREDERICK (21,741) Champion Royalty—Olinda. The very cream of all Hngland’s breeding; no better bred English setter lives. Winner of 44 first prizes, seven seconds, seven silver cups and two gold medals. Extended pedigree with litho- graph, by mail. Imported August 8, 1891, Fee $50. DAD WILSON’S BOY (12,880). Will give you the much coveted Gladstone Druid and Count Noble blood. Swift asthe wind, pretty asa picture, full of bird sense. Fee 25. G. O. SMITH, WHEELING, W. VA. ST. BERNARDS. AT STUD. WiW DE. This gtand young dog is the best son of cham- ion Otho out. of Lackme, a daughter of champion erchant Prince. He is 33in. high, of a rich orange color with complete collar and perfect markings. He is a wonderfully vigorous young dog, and has proven himself a great stock getter. Asa stud dog he is unsurpassed. Fee $50. Puppies for sale. THE ABBEY KENNELS, Riverside and Grafton avenues. Weodside, N. J. R. TT. RENNIE, Prop. AT STUD. FEE $50 KING, OF KENT Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip -Rap, Zig-Zag, Tapster and Maid of Kent. Bo inter Puppies for sale. Apply to JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon, L, I. BLUE RIDGE KENNELS. IN THE STUD. The celebrated champion stake winner Gath’s Mark. Gathb’s Hope and Dan Gladstone. The Blue Ridge Kennel has now opened its book for the fall season of 1891 and spring of 1892 for Gath’s Mark an? Dan Gladstone, limited to 50 services each. $2.00 is given away in premiumsto the get of the above dogs, which win different Derby stakesin 1892 or after. Particulars on application. THE BLUE RIDGE KENNELS, Sperryville, Va. KSHIRE TOY TERRIER. Y 9S ion oF dtord Harry, described in show Peper tase “best Yorkshire in America.” Boe and winnings free, photos b0cts. A limited number of oe pies for sale. P. H, COOMBS. 1 Exchange Block, Bangor, Me. FOREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. TuRMs, 4A YEAR. 10 Cts, A Cory, \ Six Montag, $2. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 22, 1891. { VOL. XXXVII.—No. 14, _ No. 318 BROADWAY, NEw YORE. CORRESPONDENCE. THE FOREST AND STRHAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications on the subject to which {ts 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. ADVERTISEMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. Inside pages, nonparell type, 30centsperline. Special rates for three, six, and twelye months. Seven words to the line, twelve lines to one inch. Advertisements should be sentin by 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, Reading notices $1.00 per line. SUBSCRIPTIONS May begin at any time. Subscription price for single copy $4 per year, $2 for six months, Rates for clubs of annual subscribers: Three Copies, $10. Five Copies, $16. Remit by express money-order, registered letter, money-order, or draft, payable to the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. The paper may be obtained of newsdealers throughout che United States, Canadas and Great Britain. For sale by Davies & Co., No.1 Finch Lane, Cornhill, and Brentano’s, 430 Strand, London. General subscription agents for Great Britain, Messrs, Davies & Co., Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, Searles and Riving- ton, 188 Fleet street, and Brentano’s, 480 Strand, London, Eng. Brentano’s, 17 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris, France, sole Paris agent for sales and subscriptions. Foreign subscription price, $5 per year; $2.60 for six months. Address all communications Forest and Stream Publishing Oo, No. 818 BROADWAY. NEw YORE Crry. CONTENTS. EDITORIAL, Yachting Statistics. ae Kennel Interests Advanc- ne? Snap shots. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. The Adirondacks in 1853. The Sac and Fox Opening. NATURAL HISTORY. How to Collect Birds.—xn,. Bate ew Varieties of Bird Gann AG AND GUN. FWire-Lignting. Weapons for Game. A Sora Hunt on James River. -Fur Br-eding. Maine Wardens. Ohio Deer Hunters. Adirondack Deer. Notes From the Game Fields. SA ANv RIVER FISHING. Sharks and Pheic Ways. __ Preparation for Tarpon Fish- ng. Fish of the Mackenzie Basin. The Tail Fly. Tapeworm in Trout. Around Lake Michigan. Chicago and the West. Ba sin the Adirondacks. The Commodore Club. THE KENNEL. Philadelphia Withdraws. When Old Jack Died. Notes and Notions. Eastern Field Trials Club En- tries. An Appeal to Lovers of St. Bernards. Irish Setter Trials, All- Aged Stake. Carthage Dog Show. National Beagle Club Meeting. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallerv. The es Championship. The Trap. Dayton Kennel Club Annual. Pennsylvania Traps. Brooklyn Trap Doings. Woodside Gun Club, Cortland County Sportsman's Club. YACHTING. Yacht Racing in 1891, Government Yacht Despatch. CANOEING. Ottawa C. C. and Aylmar B. C. Limitations of Racing Canoes, Modern Mythology. British Canoe Rules. FISHCULTURE ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Tench in Missouri. ARE KENNEL INTERESTS ADVANCING ? ELAX ATION from business cares leads many men to take up some hobby which, in nine cases out of ten, has in it some element of sport. A love for the gun naturally leads to the ownership of a dog, and the pos- session of one often paves the way fer another, until a kennel is formed. Then the breeding that necessarily follows entails either the selling or giving away of the produce, their training for the field, and so on. All this is continually increasing from year to year; new kennels devoted to the breeding of high-class field dogs are crop- ping up in every direction, till the capital invested in field dogs must be treble that of a few years ago. A glance through the list of the entries of the Eastern Field Trials stakes, in our kennel department, will show that some of our brightest business men and shining lights in the social world are devoted to field sport, The English setter has long held the first position in the minds of many sportsmen, but the signs of the times show that the pointer is also receiving that care and attention at their hands which their fine qualities entitle them to. The success of the pointer in the trials last year was very marked. Specialty clubs have been formed within the past few years deyoted to the improvement of the several breeds they are interested in. The Ivish and Gordon setter clubs are working hard to bring their favorites prominently to the notice of sportsmen and to induce them to lay out money for their proper education for the field. The present year has seen the largest and most success- ful dog shows ever held in this country. With few ex- ceptions and contrary to past experience the show com- mittees have been able to show a balance on the right side. This is due to a great extent to the increased in- terest taken by the public in dogs, Ths daily papers - ‘ - ~ - have devoted columns of space to chronicle the merits of the exhibition in their towns and have educated the gen- eral public to a desire to see what a good dog looks like. In former years the shows would generally have been passed over with a brief paragraph. We Americans have always been renowned for our go-aheadedness, and in the matter of dog breeding this trait is very apparent, for the prices that Americans have paid for dogs of the best field and show qualities have astonished the world, A few years since $1,500 for a St. Bernard was looked upon as the acme of extravagance, Now, however, it is a very ordinary sum to pay, when we find that Sir Bedivere cost $6,500, Scottish Prince $5,000, Prince Regent $3 000, Lord Bute $4,000, Watch $4 000, Hepsey $2500, and only this last week Princess Florence was purchased at about $4,000. No argument that we can advance can better prove the growing inter- est in kennel affairs in this country than this very tangi- ble one of dollars and cents. YACATING STATISTICS. HE tables and figures which we print this week on another page are, we helieve, a novelty and, although far from complete, serve to bring out clearly a particular phase of yacht racing, one that is quite important, though perhaps hardly interesting. While one would hardly expect to derive from dull columns of figures the amusement and excitement afforded by a lively discus- sion of the question of measurement or type, or the in- spection of a new design, th re is at the same time much to be learned from sucha compact digest of yacht racing as our figures present. Had it been practicable to have carried our researches still further, to have included the many smaller clubs which are on the whole just as important as the few larger ones, and to have summed up the smaller classes as we have the larger, there would have been much more ample data for our conclusions; but such a summary would have involved almost endless labor. The figures as they stand show that the season, though by no means a brilliant one in popular estimation, and marked by no special features such as yachtsmen have become accus- tomed to through the America Cup races, has neverthe- less afforded a very fair amount of sport in the larger classes, more by far than in the two preceding years. Outside of the 46ft. class there have been no yachts whose performances have been specially notable. Even the presence of Constellation and Volunteer among the larger schooners has failed to spur either class to any remarkable displays, and the latter class has certainly retrograded, so far as sharp, keen racing is concerned, since the days when Grayling, Sachem and Sea Fox were out under racing flags. At the same time, the general racing among the schooners shows a great improvement on 1889 and “90; on the New York Y, C. cruise, and in the races in the East, a very fair turnout of schooners has been seen, and some very good races have been sailed. In the singlestick classes, also, although there has hardly been a race of note outside the 46ft. class, there has been a very promising amount of general racing. In the 46ft. class the racing has been something phenomenal; over fifty separate events have been open to the class, though some have not filled and some have been decided on the results of other races; at the same time our list includes thirty-seven days of racing. A peculiar feature of yacht racing is the sympathy which exists between widely different branches of the sport, an international race between a few large yachts leads directly to an increase of general racing in all classes; and similarly a season of general racing in the classes included in the tables is accompanied or followed by renewed activity among the smaller boats that make up the great total of local racing. This season has been a specially active and prosperous one among the yacht clubs in all parts of the country. Not only has the local racing been close and keenly con- tested, but very material evidences of general prosperity are visible in the shape of new club houses and basins, and of new yachts. The two years, 1886 and 1887, when the victories of Mayflower and Volunteer followed that of Puritan, Were notable ones in yachting, as the interest and enthusiasm awakened by the success of American yachts found vent in the establishment of new clubs ard the strengthening of old ones. The cessation of international racing was seriously felt in 1888 and 1889, and its disastrous effect is still evident; but the condition of yachting in those years has brought in a new factor. The clubs, both large and small, have awakened to the necessity of helping themselves, of ex- erting all the influence they possess for the encourage- ment of racing, and this season has witnessed a general effort in this direction. While many specific attempts can now be pointed out as failures, there still remains a large balance on the side of racing in 1891 as compared with 1890, and even more if the figures were given for 1888 and 1889. This balance may be credited largely if not entirely to the active work of the clubs through their regatta committees, and whether the good results are due solely to the special measures adopted, or as is more pro- bably the case, in a great part to the general agitation of the subject which preceded these measures, there is every reason for satisfaction at the favorable showing, and every inducement to continue the same line, especially as the indications of renewed business prosperity give strong hopes of more building and racing next year. The great influence on yachting of the financial con- dition of the country which is popularly summed up in the term ‘Wall street,” is generally recognized, but at the same time yachtsmen do not consider how differently this factor acts in its upward and downward movement. A panic or business depression in Wall street is instantly and disastrously felt in yachting circles, but it is not always the case that prosperity in the “‘street” will be immediately apparent in yachting, Men cannot rade yachts unless they have money, but a great many can and do have money without the idea occurring to them to expend it largely in yacht racing rather than in other directions. In order that yachting shall reap the full benefit of good times when they do occur it is necessary that the sport should be kept prominently before the public by some such means as international racing, . While as yet there are no brilliant promises of new and large boats for next year, everything points to a prosper- ous season in yachting at large, if not in the few large classes, and a continuation of the present work by the clubs will in all probability bring about still more satis- factory results. What is most needed, however, at this time, is the resumption of international racing for the America Cup, if the holders are willing to throw it open to the world on such fair terms as those originally indi- cated by its donors; if not, for some other trophy which shall bring American and British yachis together in friendly contest. SNAP SHOTS. OL. WALTER L. STERLE, whose pen name of “Wells” was familiar to readers of this journal, died at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore last Friday, aged sixty-nine years. Col, Steele was President of the Pee Dee Manufacturing Company of Rockingham, N. C. He was a member of Congress from North Caro- lina a few years ago, and was one of the most influential men in the State. He was a graduate from the Univers- ity of North Carolina, and recently had the degree of LL. D. conferred upon him. Col. Steele was a type of that large class of busy men, who in later life take up again the field sports of their youth to find in them relax- ation from workaday life; and he possessed in an unusual degree, perhaps, the happy faculty of extracting genuine enjoyment from field experiences which really had in them little of ‘‘moving accidents, by flood and field.” His pleasantly written letters to the FOREST AND STREAM contained no exciting accounts of ‘‘hairbreadth’s scapes”; rather were they the relations of uneventful and even commonplace happenings; and being such they reflected the experiences of nine-tenths of us, and as frequent comment gave assurance, were for this reason well re- ceived. Readers of the October Atlantic havea treat in the story ‘‘Gran’ther Hill’s Pa’tridge,” told by Mr. Rowland EB. Robinson, and if the Atlantic reader be also a FOREST AND STREAM reader of Mr. Robinson’s ‘‘Uncle *Lisha’s Shop” sketches, he will find an added pleasure in the story because of familiarity with the characters. Another national park has been provided by the Presi- dent’s proclamation setting apart 1,250,000 acres of land in the White River Plateau in Colorado. ANY subscriber may supply a friend with a copy of the current issue of the FOREST AND STREAM by sending us on a postal card the name of that friend, 266 FOREST AND STREAM. — ee ;@er, 29, 1891. The Sportsman Conrist. THE ADIRONDACKS IN 1858. A STORY TOLD BY PAUL SMITH, fi Westen was a period of Adirondack life and adventure which might be called its prehistoric era, meaning a time before Mr, Murray, or Mr, anybody else, had writ- ten historical romance aboutit and it had become fash- ionable, In those Acadian days hunters, amateur and professional alike, lived in the woods in primitive style. and shared the same fatigues and the same humble fare, The whole kit was carried in a canvas bag, waterproof coverings either not having been then invented, or not being, as now, in common tse, The outfit for an expedition, or tramp, comprised the following articles: A frying-pan, a kettle, a ladle for melting lead for bullets, tin mugs (forks and spoons were a luxury), hard-bred, coffee, flour and sugar, and the in- dispensable salt pork, with pepper and salt in a bit of newspaper. All these and some rope went in the canyas bag. One of the saad carried an ax. The hunter had his large-bore rifle on his shoulder, and in one of his numerous pockets caps, and in another bullets of his own molding, some lead and a mold. In his belt was a large sailor knife, used, for skinning deer, dressing trout, and for purposes of the kitchen and table; also a hatchet and atinmug. Slung at his back was a blanket or rug, and his dress was a flannel shirt with numerous pockets, cor- duroy trousers, large heavy boots, and a slouch hat, A powder fiask and _haversack completed his equipment. The haversack contained fishing lines, book of flies, a flask, matches, slippers, an extra shirt, and a few toilet articles, Ina:pecial pocket wasa compass anda whistle, There were no dogs in the party, Dogs were introduced later, In those days Poil Smith’s way of putting it ex- ressed the whole matter: “I tell ye, boys, a feller must e able to endewer grief that goes on these ere exci usion parties.” In that golden age, deer could be seen and sometimes shot from the porch of old Martin’s tavern at Saranac Falls, Martin was Poll Smith’s father-in-law. This came after. But who was ‘Poll’ Smith? No onecan ask who has once “interviewed” the sleek landlord of the fine hotel on the lower St. Regis. ‘‘Poll” went into the woods one winter, many years ago. and ‘‘got out’ the timber of which that hotel is built, with his own hands. At least 80 Poll” says. But in the palmy days of which Lam speaking Poll Kept a little place on Loon Lake, where the humble table was laid in the kitchen, and the venison and trout, of which there was always plenty, were trans- ferred direct from the spider, or rather from the frying- pan, to the plate of the guest by the hands of Poll’s excellent mother, The hostelry itself was a shabbv 10ft. tenement, of two rooms and the kitchen in the L part, unpainted, and full of cracks, and the prospect from the front porch was of a field of charred stumps planted with potatoes and a root fence, for the fore- ground, and some ghostly bleached and blasted pines in the near distance. Within sight were no lakes, no moun- tains, no romantic glens, nor savage forest; in short there was no inducement, outside or in, to make you stay another day at that Inn, or to comeagain, however modest the price of entertainment. Yes, there was one, and that was Poll Smith. And in those days Poll, I mean Mr. Apollos Smith, “went a-huntin’” for a living. He was glad of a chance to go as guide, and to provide boats and food, charging each man one dollar a day. For this moderate pay he would follow a blaze line through the forest, or row or carry across, or sit watc sing for deer until the black flies ate him up; at evening he would put up the shanty and cover it with bark, haul and cut wood, strip the hemlock boughs and fry the flap-jacks; and then perhaps paddle half the night with a jack-light of smoking fat-wood that his ‘“‘folks,” 7. e., the party he was then conducting, might see the ghost of a deer and hear him stamp and whistle, I say Mr. Smith would do all these things for that small price, but truth compels me to add, not unless he could get no one else to do the hard work. For Poll (I beg his pardon, Mr. Smith) was to be most firmly be- lieved when he said he “always was a lazy man,” and he was at his best when, stretched at full length with his feet to the fire and smoking his pipe, he saw somebod doing the work, while he talked, Tall and strong and handsome, with a slouch or lazy-streak in his gait, a fine face and the hands of a gentleman, he was every inch a Yankee, but of the best type. The charm was in the merry twinkle of his blue eyes and his fine white fore- head. His forehead has since extended its domain quite over his head, and has gravely compromised the occiput. His yellow hair thinning upon the cranium fell upon his! front of cheeks and chin into a long soft beard, which he pulled and stroked as he talked. His laugh was rare but hearty, and his musical voice had a tone of gravity and serious- ness which reproyed any untimely mirth. One night is well remembered, when a heavy rain had drenched the canvas bag and spoiled its contents, There were no flapjacks, the four was a soggy lump of dough. Blank were the looks at supper time. The air was sultry and heavy. Midges were in great force, and the hateful smudge had been lighted in order to keep them off, Now, the midge, or punky, has made a vivid and lasting mapnession upon my memory. He is a most pertinacious and voracious blood-sucking: fly, stealing upon you un- perceived in foggy, misty clouds of millions, and of a size so minute that the meshes of the finest broadcloth open to his entrance as wide as a barn door.* Theonly means known to prevent his insidious and irritating attacks is the smudge—i. ¢., a, fire of green wood smothered with turf—which, filling eyes and lungs with its pungent smoke, blinds or suffocates midges and men alike, The undergraduate of Harvard was in misery by reason of his wet cowhide boots, which, his feet being swollen, refused to come off, and must be worn to bed. ‘Say, Poll,” in a tone of despair, ‘did you ever know any one _ who had a decent home who was fool enough to come up here twice?” “T tell ye, boys, it would astonish yo’ to see the folks # To excitable and impressionable natures the midge is to man what the tvetsi of Oentral Africa is todumb beasts; butin the _ pages of some veracious historians of the Adirondacks—who write, it would appear, chiefly in the interest of hotel keepers and guides—no larger space is given to him than migat be reasonably claimed for a creature 80 minute as to be nearly imperceptible to the naked eye. that come up into these yere woods every summer a-hunt- in’, JI don’t believe there’s the half on’em knows what they come for anyway. Now, there was a Mt, Sulloway come up here last summer to my place from Philadelphy. Some of my friends sent him up to me; told him to be sure and git me to go with himif he could, Wall, I never knowed just who the man was that sent him, but that man had better not come up to my place and let me find him out. I should go for him, boys, bald-headed. It would jest ha’ made ye laugh to hear that Mr. Sullo- way talk tome when I used to call him Mr, Sillyways, ‘Oh, pray, Mr. Smith, don’t pronounce my name in that way. lonce had a very serious quarrel,’ says he, ‘with a member of the club I belonged to because he addressed me familiarly as ‘Silly, but it was tinally healed up be- tween us by his voluntary admission in the presence of several prominent members and mutual friends that the expression was in very bad taste,’ ‘Wall, it takes all sorts to make a world and after all there’s jest sich. But Mr. Sulloway, I'll allow he beat any circus I ever went to. He was the tastiest man about himself you ever see. He hada little knife with scissors into it to pare his finger nails and little tweezers to pull out his eye winkers, and be had tooth pickers bene a comb and brush for his mustache, and another comb with a point on to it to part his hair, and no end of such knick-knacks; and all them things had to be toted round with him whereyer he went to, Why, boys, he come up here to go into this ’ere wilderness with one of these yere Saratogy trunks, such. as women carries, as big as a covered wagon, and I had to back that there trunk through these woods and over the carries and away up the St, Regis River and across the St. Regis ponds and down the Raquette and home agin. And you wouldn’t never guess the things that he had into that there trunk, Why, ib was amazin’, _The fust day out, when we was crossing Rainbow Lake, he stopped and hauled up the little canoe we’d fetched along a purpose to carry the trunk, and he opened her and took out a little pink umbrella with a top on to it about as big as my hat. He saw me lookin’ at him out of the corner of my eye and says he, ‘It's very light and easy to carry, Mr. Smith, and this sun is extremely dazzling to the eyes.’ He had a great long bag made out of flannel that he used to creep into at night with a string to pull up at the mouth of it. He said that was to keep the insects out. Why, he used to dress himself up in the mornin’ to go a huntin’ in these yere woods jest the same as if he was a goin’ toa ball, There was a looking- glass sot into the in- side top of the trunk and he’d put the cover up and fix a little cross-legged stool in front and then he’d open a case with a gold top to it, and some gold bottles, and take out his razors, and he’d shaye his chin and slick his mustache and whiskers with pomade and part his hair in the middle and rub perfumery into it, and put on a clean b’iled shirt and and a stand-up collar and wrist- bands, and then he pulled on to his legs a pair of long leather cases with little buckles on the outside edge, and a purple necktie for his neck with a breastpin into it, and a red velvet waistcoat with pearl buttons. And then his coat! You ought to see that velvet coat. He had two of ’em with big metal buttons with dog’s heads and deer’s horns, and guns and powder flasks stamped on to ’em, and as many as forty pockets. There was so many of them pockets he could never find nothing when he wanted it. It used to take him more than an hour to get inside of all them clothes mornin’s, and then he’d put over his shoulders a powder horn on one side and a tele- scope on the other; and he had the master great knife that ever vou see that he used to buckle around his waist, The blade was as much as 2{t, long, and covered all over with engravings, and the scabbard to it was all crusted on with gold and sich Jike. He never drawed it but once, for use. Ill tell ye how that was. Yesee he had a most a beautiful shootin’ iron, but Lord! he ecouldn’t hit nothin’. He used to say it was because the boat wasn’t steady. That umbrella of his’n would scare any four-footed beast on airth, and when he did et a shot (and I rowed him on to a8 many as ever i see to one man) he took the buck aguey and shook so as he couldn’t draw a bead on one of’em, One day I see a young fahn that had strayed away from its dam and I rowed him close upand he fired and wounded him some- how so that he sot right down on his hindquarters, ‘Now,’ says I, ‘Mr. Sulloways, there’s a chance to blood that there big knife o’ yourn, Do put that poor little critter out of his misery. Iv’stoobad. Ill put yeashore.’ ‘Dear me! What is to be done, Mr. Smith? ‘Catch him by the ears,’ says I, ‘an cut his throat as quick as ye can.’ So he drawed out that there scymetar and stepped ashore just like Columbus discovering Ameriky, and he went at the critter to try to catch ahold of his ears, and the fahn | he kep'a dodging his head away, and there he stood in the little beast with that big cleaver in his hands till I couldn’t help laughing. And when he’d got ahold of his ears and was just histen up the battle axe, the little critter opened his mouth and baadrightoutathim. ‘Oh! Mr, Smith. Did you ever hear such a piteous sound? I can’t do it, Mr. Smith.’ ‘Wal,’ says I, ‘Mr. Silly ways, you and me’d better go home, your feelin’s is too tender to go a-buntin,’ “He was the moderatest softest-spoken man that ever you encountered. Mildasa May mornin’. But he was the master sot crittur that ever I took a-huntin’, Things had to be jest so or he couldn’t go nowheres ncr do noth- in’. At last it got to be nip and tuck between me and that there trunk. It was death or life. .The fust crisis come when ye tried to run the rapids of the Raquette. The canoe got away from us—wall, somehow—and the last we see of it that ere canvas-roofed trunk was a-rush- ing down among the rocks and whitlin’ round and round in the eddies like a caravan of raging tigers, we passed it stranded on arock right in the middle of the stream. Waal, we had to hev a reg’lar Boston town meetin’ aboutit. I argueyed that it warn’t no use tryin’ tosave it. But he took onso about it that next day I waded out and brought the cargo ashore. We discussed the question pretty well that time, but there was a divi- sion of the house and the ayes had it. + ‘A fter that Mr, Sulloways and me was done. I was the sickest of him I ever was of any man I ever took into the woods. One day Isee my chance. Irhowed him a deer standin’ in a medder, He was dressed out, Mr, Sulloways was, in full tog that mornin’. He had his sword on and the telescope on his side, and a fresh b’iled shirt and dia- mond studs and the umbrella and everything. There was a place where the water was all covered over with Bimeby ° this floating morss and grass and stuff and looked just like land, so Lrowed right up to it. : ‘Now,’ says I, ‘Mc, Sullo- ways, is your chance, You can’t hit nothin’ from this little shaky boat. Tl put ye on terry firmy.’ He had his eyes on the deer, and as soon as we touched the bog he stepped right out. *Look eout! Look out where you're a goin’ to! I sung out, But it warn’t no use and down he went. There was a mountaineous splash and ascream, More’n four acres of the stuff shook and swashed around, and the black mud bubbled up out of the hole just like ink, The deer, he blowed his whistle and h’isted his flag and departed. Foras much as a minute there was an awful silence, and I thought the mylennium had come, and then I see his head all trailing with slush a comin’ up, I caught holt on to him by the collarand hauled him into the boat, He was the blackest looking cuss that ever you p’inted at, ‘Oh! oh! Mr, Smith! says he as soon as he could catch his breath, ‘this is tremendose, this is per- fectly awful, I beg you to take me home at once.’ ‘‘Wall, boys, that was the last of Mr, Sulloways’ huntin’,” — Poll knocked the ashes out of his pipe, pressed it down with his finger and pulled at it until it smoked, ‘Some nice men has been up here sence, that he knowed and recommended, and I hear that he always gives me a first-class certificate of character; so it’s all right,” “Do you suppose he'll ever come up here again?” in- quired the Harvard student. “Wall, no, boys, I guess Mr. Sulloways had about all he could endewer.” ZAB, BOYLSTON ADAMS, THE SAC AND FOX OPENING. SE ee Sept. 19, at 3 P. M., I got my daily paper saying that the Sac and Fox Reservation was to be opened for settlement on the 22d at noon. It took mean hour to fix my business so that 1 thought it was reason- ably safe; and at midnight I went east on the train head- ing for Guthrie in light marching order—two blankets, a change of underclothing, an extra flannel shird anda .45 Colts six-shooter, Changed cars at Newton, and at 2 A. M. Monday morning in a train of twenty passenger cars rolled into Guthrie. The town was boiling full of peeple, so Bruff (my companion) and I hunted a bed and finally bad to pay 50 cents to sleep on a table in my blankets, We were up at 7 Monday morning, and I managed to geta team at $7.00 a day. Bruff engaged a driver and guide, who said he knew every foot of the surrounding country for 100 miles, but got lost after we came to the second fork out of Guthrie, I got a third man to go with us and bear a third of the expense. Bought grub till Bruff declared that he was not going to set up a grocery store out there. The guide had a fry-pan and coffee-pot;, and away we went eastward at noon, At 10 A. M, Tuesday we were on Deep Fork, a stream dividing the Kickapoo Reserve from the Sac and Fox, It was only four miles west of the Government town site (Chandler). About 6,000 people in wagons, on horses and afoot were assembled, strung along the creek for miles. The creek was a deep ditch with a little water at the bot- tom of it. One could cross anywhere on foot; and the people cut down the bank and made half a dozen cross- ings. Many more would haye been made, but no one dared cross and make the going out place. for to cross the water made you into a ‘*‘Sooner,” or to be plain, you would be in the Sac and Fox before it was thrown open by the Government, and that debarred you from taking land or lots. I found the crowd of men that I had been hunting. They had a good crossing made, and though there were 1,000 wagons in line I was squeezed in as fourth from the ford, much to the disgust of a pompous old land agent with mutton chop whiskers and a high-priced and hizh- colored whisky nose, The colonel swore and yowled, but his team was shoved up and I was shoved in. At il a land agent man blew a horn and lectured to about 1,000 about a town that he and his directors were going to start on a certain school section. It was to enrich us all. So we hollered hurrah! and all forgot him and his town. I believe he gota negro and a prohibitionist to follow —on the ground that colored and cranky people would have a fair show, At 11:50 A.M. 300 horsemen were at my ford on the west edge of the water, All the horses crazy. Men ditto. I put my driver in the carriage and told him to drive across and never mind me, for there was such an excite- ment that I was afraid of a jam inthenarrow cut, I ex- pegs to see people killed right there, su [ stood at the ay, a jack oak, ready to climb if the crowd got too thick. At 12 “boom,” went a distant cannon, a bugle sounded, and as the cannon sounded ‘‘Meddler” Bill Tighman’s sorrel race horse sunk his hindfeet in the bank and landed at one grand spring 20ft. into the promised land. He was gone like a sorrel flash for a race for the banner claim; and the horsemen were across and gone too in two seconds. Then came a noise of crashing trees, of horses’ hoofs, of guns going cif, shouts, Then a roar, as thousands of wagons commenced to cross. At our cross- ing the first wagon (a road cart) got jammed crosswise by the second going up the further bank, and it was liter- ally pulled to fragments in two seconds. The driver knotted up his traces, jumped on his horse and disap- peared like a flash, without.a word of protest. My car- riage crossed, Iran through the water and piled in as it ascended the bank, and off we went through the jack- oaks. I grabbed the reins, and the first thing I saw was niggers and white men on foot, men on horses, men on mules, men in road carts, men in buggies, men in and on everything, streaming east like maniacs, through the woods. A white man and a nigger took the first claim at the crossing. They were disputing as I passed them about who was there first. [I know the white man was there first, for I saw him drive his stake, but it’s not my funeral, His name is Henry Garris. Then I passed a broken buggy, then four or five. Then a horsé with a broken or dislocated lez, saddle on, rider gone on to seek his fortune. I drove slowly, four in atop carriage and a camp outfit make a big load. Hundreds passed me, but at 1 o’clock [| was camped in a nics open oak grove 200yds. south of the Government town site. It was a tract of 320 acres, surrounded by soldiers and U. §. marshals, and was being laid off into Jots by a large force of surveyors. Men were still running around like mad cats hunting claims, As Bruff and I didn’t want any we got dinner and ate it. Twill now, that I have got my breath after the firat alll Oct, 22, 1891.) ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. 267 run, describe the land. It is a gently rolling country, well watered, 10 per cent, jack oak ridges and sandy, poor soil, 40 per cent. open, park-like timber—big trees 10 to 20in. in diameter, post oak, hickory, black walnut, sycamore and many other kinds; no pine or c+dar; trees full of acorns and hiekory nuts and black walnuts; grape vines full of fruit: tangies of raspherry vines; plum thickets occasionally. Then there is 50 per cent. of bot- toms alone the eae ey meadows with grass 4ft, bigh, and good water anywhere, all over the town site included, notwithstanding the newspaper lies, And now comes the best—lots of whitetail deer, lots of turkeys in every creek bottom, quail everywhere, squirre|s,oh, my! Fish plenty, sunfish, bass and channel cat, in ail the creeks that have deep holes. You can catch them with any- thing for bait. I fished with a piece of quail, squirrel and beef hyer, and they bit all thesame. Wednesday after- noon I borrowed a shotgun and killed twelve quail. I could have killed many more, but my cartridges gave out. Thursday I bought hilf a deer for $1.25—about 40ibs. Thursday afternoon I saw a man wilh a buggyload of young turkeys, 74 cents; squirrels, 10 cents; teal ducks, 10 cents. They sold readily. . The hickory and black walnut trees are loaded with nuts. Woods are full of acorns and Indian hogs eating them. The c.untry has » pleasant, homelike look, It seems queer to sea no housesin it. Iam tuld it is bad for fever and agueia the summer. It ought to be, for such a paradise ought to bave some drawbacks toit. Isawan Indian cornfi-ld that will yield 60 bushels to the acre, It had not been well tended, The town site was to Le opened Monday noon, Sept. 28, and meantime about 5,000 cf us camped around it, mostly on the south side of it, three-quarters of us without tents; and Thad areal good time, Sunshine, nice grass under _ trees to camp on, lots of dry deadwood and something new to Jook at everywhere, [I have lived in the West so long that I lnew a great many of the people and could get asaddie horse wnenever I wanted one, so I rode around for miles away from camp. I took no land, Am going to wait f 1 the opening of the Cherokee Strip and then try for a picce that 1 want, One can find a quarter with less timber and more open farm land there. Monday noon came at last and then we made another rush for lots in Chandler. With a roar like a mighty tempest 5,000 people ran inon horseback and on foot to grab for 2,400 lots: and, of course, some got left. I got a lot, not one of the best, but good enough for me; I am a very Common sortof man, I filed on it Wednesday. The town has a good location, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding, Water is good and plenty on the town site. It is on a slight elevation, but reasonably flat on top, and is sure to be more healthy than if it were on a level creek bottom, It is sure to be a good town and may be more than that. There was no one seriou ly injured in either of the two rushes except one woman, Daisy , whose horse fell, and she got run cyer accidentally—she is going to get wellT heard, I saw a few fist fights, but they resulted in nothing more than a black eye, No murder, no stealing, except a few horses, Ithink that the order can be attri- buted to the good sense and executive ability of Judge Allison and his corps of twenty-three U. 8S. deputy - marshals. Allison had to act as dictator for a few days; and I can say, as an impartial observer, that he did as well as aman could do. He gavé a few snap jadgments; may have hit it wrong in Gne or two instances, but he hada lot to do and was kept very busy. The Governor (Mr, Steele) and the other officials deserve great praise for the smoothness with which this thing went off. I left for Guthrie Thursdiy and came home Saturday. Isaw many good business openings in Chandler, and they are there yet, Lam a Kansas man and would hate to leave here and go even to the Garden of Eden, soI came home to my big windy plains where we raise wheat and county seat fights; and was as glad to get home ag I had been to go away, If you want further information in regard to the Sac and Fox I will give it, but you had better go to Guthrieand go to Chandler and see for your- selves, W. J, Dixon, CIMARRON, Kan. alainyal History. HOW TO COLLECT BIRDS. (Coneluced from page 228) OW TOSTUFE A BIRD SKIN.—There is far more art in ctuffing a bird +kio properly than in getting the skin off the bird, a skillful taxidermis: being able to make a 200d specimen out of a skin which had been badly torn or otherwise abused, while an inexperienced operator will naturally make a poor specimen out of one that has been properly prepared for him, The most essential of all things, in the way of material, is a good quality of raw cotton, that with a long staple or fiber being necessary, The orbits (holes from which the eyeballs were re- moved) should first be filled, a smootbly rounded, elastic wad being inserted in each, with the smoothest and roundest side outward, This is best done while the skin is reversed and the first thing after the preservative ig applied. A moderately compact, elastic roll of cotton, free from irregularities and about the thickness of the natural neck, is then inserted through the neck and pushed forward until the end of it can be grasped by the fingers or a pair of forceps. within the mouth, where it should be-firmly held until the forceps are withdrawn, when the anterior end within the mouth should be care- fully pushed back s0 that when the bill is closed no part of itis exposed.” | While a pair of long forceps is usually used for inserting the cotton through the neck, a far handier tool for the purpose is an ordinary knitting needle, . around which the cotton may be deitly twisted and shaped, while the smooth needle can be much more easily withdrawn than can a pair of forceps. This same needle may also be used for shaping the eyelids, by pushing from the inside the wad of cotton which fills the orbit, and is convenient for other purposed, _ The next step is to take a wad of cotton and manipu- late it into an oval, loose or fluffy ball, as near as pos- . sible the size and shape ef the original body. Insert one end of this into the opening of the skin beneath the end of the neck roll, which should be carefully raised and held while the body stuffing is worked beneath it; then ~~ taking hold of the edge of the incision, first on one side and then on the other, push the cotton into place, or else by holding the cotton gently pull the skin overit, A single stitch about the roiddle of the incision is sufficient to close the opening, but even this is nob necessary. Should the bird be of medium or large size, the leg bones should be wrapped with cotton (or whatever mate- rial has been used for stuffing), so as to give the thigh its proper shape. All birds with long necks or tender skins should be stiffened by wrapping the neck stuffing as well as that of the body around a wire or stick. lf a wire, it should be Sharpened at both ends, the anterior end being forced through the anterior portion of the head and the opposite end through the root of the tail, If a stick is used, the anterior end may be blunt and fitted into the cavity of the skull, or it may be sharpened and forced into the bones of the palate or anterior portion of the head, All water birds (especially ducks and small waders), as well as doves, trogons, Caprimulgide, and other tender skinned birds should be thus strengthened. Now comes one of the most important, and in some respects the most difficult, parts of the whole operation— the shaping or ‘‘making up” of thespecimen. No matter how faultlessly the bird has been skinned, or even stuffed, if badly ‘‘made up” it will be a bad specimen, while on the other hand many defects of either skinning or stuff- ing may be hidden by careful manipulatlon at this im- portant stage of the process. To do this properly proceed as follows: Take a thin sheet of Jong-stapled raw cotton (the thinner the better, if it only holdstogetherand will stand the least strain) of sufficient size to entirely inclose the bird when wrapped around it. Lay this on the table in front of you, with the fibers running toward and from you; lay the bird carefully on this, on its back, with head to your left.® Fiuff up the long. loose feathers on each side until the thumb and forefinger can be placed beneath them and then gently press the sides beneath the wings together, just as you would squeeze a wounded bird to kill it, only the pressure need not be so strong. Then bring the wings up against the sides ina natural position, aliowing the feathers of the sides to fall or lay over them, and adjust the wing-tips beneath the base of the tail, Lay the feet in a natural position, spread the tailas much as may be desired, and touch up the plumage wherever there is any disarrangement of the feathers. When thespecimen has been thus properly shaped and smoothed take up one edge of the cotton and lift or wrap gently over that side of the bird and hold until the opposite edge is brought up and lapped over it, drawing less where the circumference is greater and more where it is smaller—the main object being to have the cotton envelope fit asexactly as possible the contour previously given to the specimen. Care should be taken to see that the feathers of the abdomen overlap and cover the incision and that they are held thus by the cotton envelope. The cotton about the head may be twisted around the point of the bill, so as to keep it closed, but it is better to first close the bill by passing a slender needle and thread through the nostrils and tying beneath the lower mandible,* This had best be done immediately after the neck filling has been inserted. Different collectors, however, have almost as many methods of wrapping skins. One of the best, and perhaps easier to follow, as well as moresatisfactory in its results, is the following, practiced by Mr. C. W. Richmond, of Washington, whose specimens are particularly admired for their fine shape and smoothness, After the incision on the abdomen has heen stitched together,° the feathers arranged and the legs crossed, the | skin is ready to be wrapped, For wrapping, physicians’ absorbent cotton is the best, Take a strip of this about three times as wide as the diameter of the bird’s body, and, finally arranging and smoothing the feathers on the under parts, lay the sheet of cotton over the bird, which should be held, on its back, in one hand, between the thumb and forefinger to prevent the wings getting out of place. One end of the cotton should be brought oyer the head, and the bird then placed on the table or skinning hoard, belly downward, resting on the cotton. Any ex- cess of that portion of the cotton which has been brought over the head may be removed, the plumage of the back arranged, and the corners of the cotton sheet brought up over each wing, taking care that they bind somewhat firmly at the shoulders, so that the wings will be kept in the proper position after the opposite edges of the cotton have been lapped and blended together, The two poste- rior corners of the cotton sheet should then be brought together over the rump, to hold the tips of the wings in place, Care should be taken to have the sheet of cotton of uniform thickness, otherwise the skin will present, after drying, irregularities of contour, corresponding to the varying thickness of different parts of the wrapping. It is very important to avoid drawing the cotton too tight and thus squeezing the skin too much, a yery common and very serious fault with many collectors, an under- sized skin being far more objectionable than one which is overstufied, for the reason that the defect is practically irremediable, After the bird has been wrapped the wings may be properly adjusted, care being taken to have the tips even with one another and not crossed oroverlapped. In fact, at this stage the skin may be so manipulated that any desired degree of smoothness and regularity of shape may be given it, practice being of course required before the beginner can become really proficient. The finishing Louches should then be given, and the skin laid aside to dry, the last thing being to see that the feet and tail are properly adjusted. The proper wrapping of a specimen, as described above, simple as it May seem, is one of the most difficult of all things connected with the preparation of a bird skin, and requires some patience as well as considerable practice. Some experienced collectors and taxidermists, though *Many taxidermists, instead of passing the cotton along the throat to the mouth, push the end of itinio the cavity of theskull, and fill the throat with bits of loose cotton passed through the mouth. Thisis a yery good method, especiaily if the head is bent ao tuatits axis eposes at more or less of an angle with that of the body, specimens thus prepared being far easier to mount than those wuich have been made With the axis of the head continuous with that of the body. aif ee operator is left-handed the position should of course be Teversed. * Thick, short bills (such as those of grosbeaks) cannot thus be kept closed, but this may bedoné by sticking a pin (not too large) through the extreme anterior angle of the chin into the under surface of the upper mandible, : § As mentioned before, itis notabsolutely DE GRERE LS to sew the edges of theincisiontogether n fact, many good collectors dis- pense with this entirely. able to make first-class specimens in their own way, never become expert in it, and consequently do not adopt this method. If the beginner can learn. however, to make up his skins in this way he should do g0, since there can be no question as to its advantages, the most important of which are that specimens dry much quicker than when put away in a paper cylinder, hola their shape better, and when dried are all ready for packing, The only serious defect is the danger of wrapping the skin too tightly, thus making it “unaersized,” alluded to above as a very common fault with those whv bave adopted this method, Tuis may be avoided by first tak- ing the circumference of the bird before it is skinned by means of a paper band or hoop just wide enough to hold the wings up against the sides (as recommended pre- viously), and then putting this hoop around the stuffed bird before tae cotton is wrapped around it, Very large birds should never be stuffed to their full size, which would inyulye unnecessary waste of space—a, very serious thing when traveling. Just enough cotton, tow or excelsior, or whatever is used for stuffing to keep the opposite sides of the skin from coming in contact with each other is sufficient, the neck, however, and the thighs being stuffed to nearly, if not quite, the natural size, Large birds with very long necks or legs should also have these members folded or doubled over to economize apacein packing, If the tail has peculiar markings which cannot be sat- istactorily seen unless it is spread, they can be easily dis- played by the following very simple process: The base of the tail having been properly cleaned by cutting ent the wedge-shaped piece which proj ‘cts into the nicde portion, removing the oil-gland, etc. (as described pe- fore), pass a needle and thread from one side of the base to the other, across the intervening angle, and then tie the thread after it has been drawn cufficiently tighi— the tighter it is drawn of course the more the feathers will be spread apart at the end, The primarivs can be spread for a similar purpose by passing @ sufficiently small sharpened wire through their stem:, near the bise, and separating the individual quills to the desired distance from one another, Birds with crests should have the head turned so that while the bird lies upon its back one side of the head fies upward, the feathers of the crest being erected and kept in that position unti! the skin is dry, Determining the sex of specimens.—The sex of a speci- men should never be gliesstd from the character of the plumage, as is unfortunately very often done, but always by dissection, Sometimes the generative organs have been so injured by shot that this is impossible, Should this be the case, the sex mark ® should be wholly ignored or else queried, as circumstances most justify. If the organs have not been injured, the sex ot the specimen may be ascertained after skinning by making an incision in the side near the vertebrae and exposiny the inside sur- face of the ‘‘small of the back,” Tne generative organs will be found tightly bound to this region (nearly opposite to the last rib-) and separating it from the intestines, The testicles of the male will be observed as two sphe- roidal or ellipsoidal whitish bodies, varying with the season and species from the size of a pin’s head to that of a hazelnut. The ovaries of the female, consisting of a flattened mass of spheres, variable in size with the season, will be found in the same region. A good magnifying glass is of great assistance in deter- mining the sex of small birds, particularly the young, in which the organs are but slightly developed. Labeling specimens,—The labeling of a specimen is a very important matter; in fact the label is part of the specimen, whose value is in direct ratio to the concise- ness of the data inscribed on its label, While tags have been recommended for temporary use, a permanent label, attached te the specimen as soon as it igs prepared, is far better, and should, if practicable, be used in preference, Tie your labels on securely. and do not tie with < string longer than is necessary. Essential data are precise lucality, date, sex, and name of the col- lector, but other items of information may be added if the collector sees fit, To tie the label to both legs (where they cross one another), is possibly an advantage as making it less easy to tear the label off; but this doubtful advantage is much more than counterbalanced by several disaiivantages, which are unpleasantly realized when a measurement of the tarsus has to be made or when one is Jescri bing or mak- ing a drawing of the specimen. It is recommended, there- fore, that the label be alwaysticd to one leg only, prefer- ably the right. Drying skins.—Skins should be dried before they are packed ior shipment, otherwise they may mold, This may be done by exposing to the sun for a short time (a longer time is of course required for larger specimens), or keeping ina warm dry room for the necessary length of time, They should not be dried too quickly, however, as this will cause them to become brittle, and, above all, never attempt to. dry them by baking, Protection against insects, —No matter how well poisoned With arsenic, skins are apt to be attacked by insects, which destroy or disfigure parts not protected by the poison, as the bil), feet, shafts of the quill and tail-feathers, etc. In order to prevent this, the parts liable to such injury should be painted with an alcoholic sulution of oil of bitter almonds, oil of red cedar, or some equally pungent sub> stance, and the box in which the specimens are packed should be tight as possible, and tobacco leaves, naphtha- line, or camphor placed in with the specimens, An alcoholic solution of corrosive sublima'e is very effective, but is also dangerous to the health, and its use 1s not to be recommended unless other equally efficacious substances cannot be obtained. An excellent way to protect speci- mens from destructive insects is to wrap each one in a piece of paper and gum together all the openings so that insects Cannot enter—a drop of oil of red cedar or oil of bitter almonds, a few crystals of naphthaline, or some- thing of the kind being inclosed with the skin. - PACKING SPECIMENS TOR SHIPMENT, If specimens are not properly packed they cannot be expected to reach their destination in good condition, but if is very easy to pack them in the right way if the follow- ing’ rules are observed: (1) Never pack bird skins in the same box with geological specimens, stone implements, deer heads, or other hard or heavy objects. ' The signs used te denote the sex are ¢ for male, © for female 268 FOREST AND STREAM. (2) Place the largest birds at the bottom of the box, the | window at 2:30 A. M. I heard Tee-teedle-tee-de singing, smallest on top, (8) Fill spaces between the specimens with “exceisior” packing or some other dry elastic vegetable substance (not cotton, which is too light, exeeptfor small birds alone). (4) Pack the box quite full. (5) Line the box, if practicable, with thick paper before the birds are put in. RECORDS. The field notes of a collector may be nearly as valuable as hisspecimens., They should include observations on the habits, notes, ete,, of the various species met with, the kinds of localities they frequent, their food, and all matters which concern their life history. These notes may be written either in a book or on separate scraps of paper (preferably the former), but should never be written on both sides of the paper, unless the supply runs short, in which case it oon be necessary to have one page of each leaf copied before the notes can be properly utilized. In addition to these field notes, the collector should catalogue his specimens as they are obtained, beginning with No. 1, and he should haye a single set of numbers, The catalogue number of each specimen should be given. both in this catalogue and on the label of the specimen it- self, and the full data also duplicated in the same manner, SOME NEW VARIETIES OF BIRD SONG. AST summer (1690) was, to me, especially rich in spar- row song; but one of them is in the foreground of my memory, and will always remain there, it was so unique, so sweet in tone and so remarkably distinct in enunci- ation—and the words were these, feet, teet, te-dee-de, sweet. Not much of a song, you will say; and it was not as elaborate as other sparrow songs; but there was some- thing inexpressibly wiining in the tone, the distinctness of utterance and the individuality of this bird’s song. I felt as though the bird was a particular friend; I felt as though it was directing its song to me personally, The first time that I heard it, on the 6th of April, I was awakened by it in the morning, and was struck by the singularity and power of the notes, the middie part of the strain was so different from that of other sone spar- rows. Usually one cannot distinguish notes in that part; it is simply a rapid trill. im this it seemed ta me that the word sweet was uttered as distinctly as a human being could do it. Theard these strains frequently during the day—teet, teet, te-dee de, sweet; sometimes after a pause, a second sweet, lower, like an echo. form of a button mush- room immediately upon impact, and it will increase in diameter as it meets with resistance upon its course, until, when expended beneath the elastic hide upon the oppo- site side, it will have become fully spread like a mature mushroom, * * * “T have seen yery many instances when the .500 hol- low express, with ddrs, of powder, has struck an animal well behind the shoulder, or sometimes through the shoulder, and, notwithstanding the fatal wound, the heast has galloped off as though untouched for at least 100yds, before it fell suddenly and died. This.is clumsy shonting, The solid bullet of pure lead would have killed upon the spot.” Attention is also drawn to another advantage of the solid bullet: **A hollow bullet from an express rifle will fly into fragments should it strike a twig the size of the little finger. In thick jungle a solid bullet may deflect slightly but it will generally deliver its message direct, unless the opposing objects are more formidable than or- dinary small branches,” In the above-mentioned .577 rifle the charge of powder is only one-fourth theSweight of the bullet, and when loaded in that proportion it is quite possible to obtain regular accuracy with pure lead; but with the loads used in ordinary ,45 or .50 express rifles the shooting is irregular unless the buliet be hard- ened with about one-tenth part of tin. Probably even then it would mushroom in the manner advocated by Sir §. Baker, on account of the much larger proportion of powder, Ifit fail to do this the bullet might be cast with a very Small hollow, as recommended by Mr. Van Dyke, J. J, MBYRICE, [TO BH CONTINUED. J VERMONT Fis 2nd Game LEAGUH,—The annual meet- jog will be held im ihe parlorsof the Yan Ness House, Burlington, Vt., Nov, 4, 1891, at 6:30 P.M. Hvery mem- ber is urged to attend.— HENRY R. Dorr, Pres., JOHN W. ' _— Oor, 22, 1891.) : FUR BREEDING. A NEW CHANGE FOR SMaLL CAPiTAn. I KNOW its as old as the hills, and [ say so to get ahead 4S. of the critics, but all the same it’s new, I want to know why it is not taken up by some of your numerous correspondents who write to you every little while to know if there is any money in frog raising or gander farming. These inquirers are nearly always persons with a strong taste for natural history pursuits, residents of the coun- try, and have a little land and spare capital: and to these T would say, why not try fur breeding, Good furs are always saleable, always fashionable and always beauti- ful, and I think that a person with suitable surroundings and experience could make a fair percentage on a small capital, especially if he added skilful tanning to his operations. Tt seems quite essential that the animal experimented with should have a valuable fur, should be prolific, easily managed in confinement and quick to mature. The most yaluable furs then, would naturally claim first attention; but the best of these—black fox, beaver, otter, fisher, etc.—are from animals that are non-breeders in confinement, or are very unprolific or otherwise un- manageable, Of a lower grade of value are marten, skunk and mink. Marten is always valuable, and is said to be fairly prcl fic ina wild state; butas asemi-domestic animal [know noth- ing of it, Skunks are quite manageable ino Jarge inclos- ures, while mink are, as 1s well known, as easily managed as rabbits and are fairly prolific; so that when the fur is valuable there is good money im it. In the third grade of furs we may place the common cat and rabbit, Althouzh both are staples in the fur trade, I never heard of any attempts being made to im- prove them by breeding for fur; that is, by careful selec- tion and management with aview to furonly. In this connection it might be well to note the following facts: 1, The fur is more readily changed by breeding than any other part of the animal. 2, Furs: vary in value immensely, according to indi- vidual quality, Thus a fine dark mmk may be worth a dozen puoor light ones, §. Furs are greatly improved by exposing the animal ie ue weather and supplying with abundance of proper ood, 4. The size always and the quality often, of furs is greatly improved by castrating the males, which should, of course, be set aside for the market, : Tf I were to experiment myself { should make some very large cages and try the marten, mitik, skunk and common cat, aiming to produce a large, very dark or all black animal in the first three, and in the Jast named a glossy gray, a richly spotted black and yellow or an imi- tation of lynx; with cats, however, the color p ssibilities are unlimited. so that one can in time have anything that may be fancied. All these animals, unfortunately, are carnivorous, which is an objection, unless the breeder has a fish pond and abundant opportunity of getting and keeping offal. A herbivore would be much more eas ly fed, and this consideration brings up the names of the chinchilla of South America and perhaps the little bettonga or moun- tain kangaroo, Both are said to be yery prolific and both are apparently easy to manage inacage, Experi- ments have been made with crosses between coyotes and dogs, also, as is well known, between buffalos and com- mon cattle, but with what degree of financial success I cannot say. This is more a letter of queries than it appears to he, _ At the same time I must say that in view of the rapid disappearance of our wild aninials I believe that the question of fur breeding will in the near future become a very practical one. ERNEST H, THOMPSON. OHIO DEER HUNTERS. Gate STEDMAN, Alger County, Mch., Oct, 18,— We have had a good Sunday dinner in our cabin on the little lake—pheasant potpie, baked pike and stewed venison—and now, while enjoying our pipe2, will tell FOREST AND STREAM readers about the hunting and fich- ing. Our party of four—Byron Stedman, Archie Mays, Charles W. Sander and Louis R. Groneweg—are from Dayton, O., and we come to these glorious pine regions every fall fora month’s deer hunt, The fitst afternoon in the woods we jumped a three-prong buck, and Sted- man shot him dead, and to date we have killed ten deer. The Powell Brothers, of Poweli’s Point, Mich., well known market-hunters, are in camp near us, and have killed forty-one deer. They sbip the saddles to Detroit, and leave the forequarters hanging in the woods, What a pity to waste so much good meat! This is the result of the new game law, making the open season for deer so early. Half the venison that is killed thus early is spoiled by warm weather, _ A party of hunters from Troy, O.,in camp near us here, killed a number of deer, They also killed a gray timber wolf and took the scalp to Au Train and received $18 bounty from the county officials, The county pays that bounty for every wolf killed. The “luafers,” as these wolves are called here, are getting scarce, and it’s a good thing, for these wolves have heretofore killed more deer each winter than the hunters. We have a canvas boat, and yesterday we took it toa small lake that has never been fished. We ciught a boat- load of fine grass pike, many of them over two feet long, and we now have a live-box full in the lake at camp, and can have a fish fry whenever we want, and plenty to sup- ply our neighbor camps. The woods are full of pheasant, We intend to hunt deer until the law is out, October 25, then turn our attention to the pheasant. PINE SQUIRREL, Dayton, O., Oct. 19.—A second party of deer hunters will leave here next week to camp a month in the pine lands of Wisconsin, south of Ashiand. The party will consist of Charles Wheeler, Hd. Schwind, Joseph Manter, Gustay Sander, Philip Kern and Michael Schwind, and their colored cook, They have three big tents and all other necessary camp equipage, and will take with them rovisions and ammunition to remain until the last of ‘ovember, 7 Bird shooters in vicinity of this city are patiently wait- ing for the quail season to open, although every day now some are in the marshes for woodcock and snipe, Snipe , tinue. Asitis, they are wild beyond the reach of the Die) ir“) Tee. . ‘whistling from the tops of four-story houses in Dayton. ‘present game laws on our statute book the only chance 271 are coming in, and the woodcock ara reasonably plenty, | ordinary gunner using recoguized methods for this kind of game, It seems to mé that there fs about as much fenuine sport in pursuing ducks with steam launches and 4-bore guns as there would bein shooting cows in a meadow, If duck butchery like this is legal, its lezaliza- tion was got by “pulls” in polities, Westchester’s repre- sentatives in the State Legislature ought to take steps as soon as they meet their fellows in session to stop this steam launch shooting. They should be asked by name in the public prints to do so, as indeed I venture to say they will bo,—W. H. Mnmap, |The law as amended in 1887 permits the pursuit in boats on the Hudson below Tona Island, The guns prescribed are such “as are hubit- ually raised at arm’s length and fired from the shoulder,” | fat, ancl finé shooting, There are but few wild ducks along the rivers, Teal did put in an appearance in September, bub mild weather sent them back to the lakes again. Quail have been abundant for the past three years, and are more abundant now than ever, The coveys are very large, and the birds all full grown and not wild, R»- ports come in of coveys feeding through the villages, and one or two conveys have scattered through the center of this city of 65,000 inhabitants. A novelty is hearing quail Pheasant shooting has been fine sport to a few of the hunters who took the field in Darke and Mercer counties. Cold, frosty weather will be welcomed by the hunters and dogs. BROWN, GErTing Lost.—Patten, Me.—I have often laughed to see how quick one will change from sense to nonsense— from a bright man to a pitiful demented object the moment when he first realizes that is really lost. A kind of frightened foolish feeling comes. over him at once. The right way then is to consult the heavens, The sun is our best guide stars next, and clouds and the wind will do. The tops of mountains, the course of brooks and lumber roads will do, but to see the sun right in the north at noon looks funny and makes one feel funny. I have looked right at a mountain, long be- fore I was able to recognize it, thouzh quite familiar with it, I once came out of the woods toa neighborhood in a lost condition, There stood two of my neighbors whom [ knew; there was the road five rods away; there were the buildings ten rodsaway. I gazed around with- oul recognizing a single thing except the men, I stepped up into the road, and like a flash the scene was quite famuliar.—D. ADIRONDACK DEER. UMBER FOUR, Oct. 10.—Hditor Forest and Stream: The slaughter of deer the present open season for hounding bids fair to rival that of any preceding year. Since the opening day the woods haye heen full of pot- hunters, Hvery stream, lake and pond has its watchers. Bucks, does and fawns are butchered in the water indis- criminately, The towns on the borders of the woods are kept supplied with venison. A number of deer are taken to town, each accompanied by a hunter who claims to own one deer, and when the load of putrid venison is dis- posed of they return to the woods, kill and take out an- other load, and will continue to do so to the close of the season, No attention is paid to the law limiting the kill- ine to three, A hotel proprietor in the town where the game con- stable resides told me the other day that he had just re- turned from Long Pond, and says that over seventy deer have been killed in that pond since the open season for hounding, And that one man himself had killed over twenty deer, Five deer haye been butchered in the water here to-day. And still the slaughter will go on so long as the hound can find a deer to drive into the water, They will not stop Oct. 20, at least last fall hounding was practiced for a week after the close season. No method of hunting could be conceived more potent for the de- struction of deer than by hounding them into the water. The legalization of killing on the deep crusted snows of winter would be protection in comparison. The cruel jaws of the steel trap would be less revolting and more sportsmanlike than this water butchery. With the A Hovust Boat Hunt ror VARMINTS —W, H. Peter- son, cashier of the Middles-x County Bank of Perth Amboy, N. J., and two of the Valentines, of Woodbridge (Bob and Ross), started last Saturday for Baxter Springs, Ark,, where they are to join the Perkins brothers, form- erly of Rahway. The party will embark aboard a house- boat, 9x30ft., and float down the Neosho and the Arkansas rivers as far as Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, tying up here and there along the route and trying their luck with the various kinds of game which is said toabound in that repion, The expect to be back by the 15th of November, and calculate that $200 apiece will see them through, counting everything,—J, L. K, SPORTSMEN’S TROPHIES are mounted with decided skill and taste by Thomas Rowland, of this city, whose adver- tisement appears in this issue. Sea and River Sishing. Angling Talks. By George Dawson. Price 50 cents, Fly- Rods and Fly-Tackle. By H. P. Wells. Price $2.50, Fly- Fishing and Fly-Making for Trout. By J. H. Keene. Price $1.50. American Angler's Book. By Thad, Norris. Price $5.50. SHARKS AND THEIR WAYS, 7 HEN Mr, Nye, of New Bedford, attempted to feed a shark with his fingers and in consequence nearly lost them he was acting upon a wrong theory. Where the siory originated that a shark was obliged to turn on its side or back to take its food is hard to say. Like many other popular errors if has been copied by one writer from another, most of whom probably never saw a shark, its origin being lost inthe mists of antiquity. Many such legends are current; that of the hoopsnake; the belief that if a person is bitten by a dog and that if the dog afterward runs mad, the person bitten, though it be years before, goes mad also; thit the alligator can raise its upper jaw; that the white-headed eagle is a bald- headed bird. Truth, it is said, lies at the bottom of a well, being too modest, perhaps, to appear among men. But we know that error has no such semples. As to sharks, the writer has taken many of them, both with hand-line and rod and reel. The dusky shark, the shovel-nose, the hammer head and the nurse shark; often in clear and shallow water, where the movements of the fish could be seen, and he never has seen one of either of these species turn over in taking the bait, but it was taken as other fishes take it. He has also seen large sharks, man-eaters perhaps, taken at sea with hook and line, but they turned no summersaults till they got on deck, There is much resemblance between the shark and the wolf. Both are voraciou=, ferocious and cowardly, and seldom attacking any animal capable of resistance, except when very hungry or when emboldened by numbers. Then they both become dangerous. In fishing for channel bass on the east coast of Florida, where sharks are numerous, I have sometimes had them take my bass away ~ ‘while I was playing it; biting off a large fish with as clean a cut as an ax would make. They wouldsometimes come round the boat in numbers so boldly that we thought best to move away, but I have never been altacked. An old fisherman on the coast of Florida, who had been in the habit of taking sharks for their oi], and had killed hundreds of them, told me that he thought a shark less dangerous than an alligator, by which animal he had been attacked more than once, but by a shark, never. We had, however, found half of a good-sized alligator in the stomach of a large shark, which shows the enormous power of the jaws of that fish. J asked him whether a shark was obliged to turn over to seize its prey; he said he had never seen it do so, and as the shark lived mostly on fish, he could not catch it in that way, but would starve to death if he had to turn over. 8. C. C for the continuance of deer in the Adirondacks lies in the hope that it may pass into the hands of private individ- uals or clubs who will regulate the killing to the increase. Tt is to be regretted that the late purchase of Dr, Webb, of the central portion of the Adirondack wilderness, des not comprise a larger area, as he seems to understand the first principle of deer protection. No hounding of deer will bs permitted, and dogs that will fullow a deer are rigorously excluded from the grounds, I am glad that Dr, Webb has made his premises an asylum for the much persecuted deer, MUSSET, TOPEKA NOTES, OPEKA, Kan., Oct 16,—I see descriptions of the mag- nificent wildfowl preserves of Hastern gun clubs and of the work that is being done to preserve the wild game, but I fail to see anything that would indicate that there ig any man west of the Mississippi River who knows a jack snipe from a mallard or could, except in self defense, kill a bird of any description, More than this, we know of at least two men who can distinguish a teal from a sandhill crane. So to inform the general public that we are alive lam going to give one or two items of what may be news to some, The West. Side Gan Club, of Topeka, has just leased a small lake, known as Lake View, about 80 miles east of here and will put up aclub house and make other im- provements. The lake i3 a stopping place for every flight of ducks that goes over east-rn Kansas, and great numbers of tealand woodduck breed there. Jack snips are thick in the~marshes surrounding one end of the lake, Black ha:s abound and, as the lake is on the line of the Santa Fe and there is a station there, I see no reason why the lease should not prove one of the best in the country. Five of the Topeka boys went down to McPherson county a few days ago duck hunting. Yesterday they wired, “Come down and bring aclub, Gun unneces- sary.” There is a rumor that the Kansas City people who got beaten in the strugele for Lake View have leased a marsh near St, Mary’s, 20 miles west of here on the Union Pacific. It is to be hoped that the rumor is true, as the place is a good one for duck and snipe and is located in a good quail country. If they will keep pot-hunters off the place will be a good breeding’ ground in a few years, NOTES FROM THE GAME FIELDS, Edior Forest and Stream: Tne fall fight of wcodcock is making its appearance in this vicinity, Hall Waring and myself bagged twelve fine birds on Saturday, Partridge are only fairly abundant and are unusually wild. We believe, however, that one will experience better luck a little later when the leaves are off. Quail are unusually abundant, and will afford excellent shooting when the season opens. Charley Roberts created something of a sensation in town this morning by bringing in a wildcat, weighing 30lb:,, which he killed in the mountains back of Boston Corners on Friday night while on a coon hunt. MILuERTON, N. J., Oot.19. J. T, WARING, JR, We are having a magnificent fall, and our sporting friends are in high glre over the prospects of game, which ig in great quantities this year. G. VAN F, QUEENC, Canada. Duck SHOOTING FROM StEaM Lavunonus.—Fditor For- est and Stream: Is it permissible moder the game laws ot New York to shoot ducks from steam launches in the waters of the Hudson near Sing Sing? Would-be sports- men are now engaged in this work, using therefor cannon in the shape of 4-bore guns. Surely the birds will be driven from that part of the river if such practices con- New York Game Anp Fisa LAws.—a. meeting of the codification committee will be held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in this city, today, at i1 o’clock A, M., for a con- ference with Commissioners of other States and the Can adiin Provinces respecting the fish laws. The meeting will be a public one. A LARGE BLUEFISH was taken in the latter part of Sep- tember at Provincetown, Mass. Its weight was 18lbs, and its length a little more than one yard, 272 FOREST AND STREAM. ~ _ _ ——— {Oor. 22, 1891, Sp ee ee = = = —<— = PREPARATION FOR TARPON FISHING. Editor Forest and Strean: It has been suggested to me that a condensed state- ment of what is needed for the pursuit of tarpon, pub- lished in FoREST AND STREAM, would be appreciated by fishermen intending to attempt the capture of that king of fish. For the tarpon, so lately unknown, his name even being found in no encyclopedia, and in no lexicon except the latest edition of Webster, as an object of sport is now a fixture, and all the fresh-water anglers in the world cannot drive away his votaries, There have been now and then lately bitter attacks upon his pre-eminence, only one worthy of notice, and that from a genial but opinionated old gentleman who shows an eunuchlike and petulant envy, which is a tribute to the yigor of his pursuers, Ido not claim any special qualification to supply what Iam told is a want beyond successful pursuit of fish for five consecutive seasons and willingness to give the re- sults of my experience. No one has given positive direc- tions or advice except Mr. W. H. Wood and Col. Pick- ney (Ben Bent), whose charming little book was com- piled from what he learned from the former, his per- sonal experience being very brief and not successful. l assume the fisherman wishes to give four weeks to tarpon, THE PLACE TO GO, St. James City, San Carlos Hotel, at the southern end of Charlotte Harbor, This is central. Accommodations are very good, If the fish are biting in salt water, go to Estero Lagoon, south of the harbor. A sailboat can be hired with conveniences for camping. If (as last spring) they are in brackish water, take the steamboat which runs daily, and move all luggage to Fort Meyers, up the Caloosahatchie, and stay there. A return of a day or two for rest_can be made to St. James at any time. From Estero Lagoon excursions can be made into Hstero, Mulox, Spring and Surveyor’s creeks—narrow, deep streams, great favorites of the tarpon and abounding in great jewfish. COST, To go and return from and to Philadelphia costs about $100. At St. James sailboats cost per diem $5, rowboats $3, bait about 60 cents. The best plan is to hire a sail- boat. The guides should catch the bait, but they cannot be relied on, A small tent is desirable, Two fishermen can be accommodated and share the expense, T always calculate that my trip of six weekg will cost me, from and back to my home, less than $400. Expense _ of fishing is halved with a companion, Board at St. James is from $2.50 to $4 per diem. ‘Camping” (on the boat) costs very little. There is a fair general store at St. James, where supplies can be purchased, In the matter of tackle, I can only give my experi- ence, which has, however, been satisfactory. I don’t want to puff any tackle maker, for there may be many of them just as competent as the one I buy from, Hd- -ward vom Hofe, Ihave but one caution to give, do not experiment with his new ideas, or rather, do not rely on them. Tell him what you want and insist on it that you don’t want any changes, and he will give you tackle that you can depend on, THE REEL. His Star reel—costing about $50—is unnecessarily large Ithink. The reel he sells for $26 (withont case) is large enough and much more convenient, You want aleather guard on it, but you should have a shoemaker put one on of stout sole leather, and have it project over the next reel-bar and not have the dealer give you hisshort, pulpy “improvement.” Be careful not to have the leather so wide as to bind on the sides of the reel, Stout thumb stalls, crocheted at home of heavy cotton cord, are very desirable asan adjunct. A single fish will wear through the kind purchased of the dealers. It required twelve fish (half of them brought 1o gaff) last March to wear through a thumb stall made for me by a courteous Eng- lishman last year while we were becalmed on the way to Sanibel, THE LINE, Hall’s bass and tarpon Hne, 200yds, long, No. 18 (that is 21 thread). If the reel will not take it all, save the ex- cess for splicing. Two balls are needed, and they will make three lines. Twice a week is often enough to dry the line, Soaking in fresh water is not necessary. When a line shows signs of wear change ends. f THE SNELL, I must be dogmatic about snells, for every one has his favorite, The one I have at last settled upon as the ne plus ultra, and which has produced that repose of mind which comes to him who is satisfied that he has that. which cannot be bettered, is this: Have your dealer— Vom Hofe makes them under protest—make two dozen 18-inch lengths of piano wire, divided in links of 6in. each. There must be a ring or swivel (former preferred) at each end of the wire snell, Lash your hook to 6 or Sin. of stout cord—a piece of the soft, heayy cotton snell ordinarily in use is to be preferred, for you might save a tarpon hooked in the mouth—and fasten the cord to the ring on one end of the wire and attach your line to the other end. The object of this contrivance is to lose your shark and save your tarpon. The shark will bite your cord snell close to the hook and escape, and your tackle will be saved, with buta few minutes, at most, expended, On the other hand, the tarpon must swallow the hook, and get it well down in his gullet, to make his capture probable. Then his ‘‘shears” play upon the piano wire harmlessly, I had six sharks in succession cut my cord snell inside of half an hour, and saved the wire; and I took three tarpon with one snell, and my companion, who fished after I returned home, tells me he took three moreon the same snell, and finally lost it by the line breaking. THE HOOK, O*’Shaughnessy Nos. 9-0, 10-0 or 110—the last pre- ferred. THE GAPF, Buy it at “the store” at St. James, unless your boatman has one, as will be likely, Among the minor matters which will add to the com- fort of the fisherman I will mention these: Take with you a half dozen pairs of thin thread gloves as a protec- tion against sunburn, Out off the fingers, the back of the hand only needs protection. The air at Charlotte Harbor is delightful, and makes one forget that the sun is very powerful, Ihave known a cass of blood poison- ing from sores made by sunburn. Spectacles or eye- glasses of colored glass are useful at times. A rubber air cushion adds greatly to comfort. Vom Hofe has in- vented a weighing machine, about as large as the hand, which will weigh fish up to 300lbs. with tolerable accur- acy. Get 50 to 100 grape fruit from Fort Meyers and stow them under the forward deck of the boat—you will think this the best hint given you. After a week you pall not regard an orange when a grape fruit is to be a ‘ And lastly: THE ROD. Hete should he economy. The rod should be in a single piece; no joints, with double reel seats and guides. Edward vom Hofe makes one at the moderate price of ‘$5, The fisherman should buy two and not take the trouble to take them home when he goes North. A rub- ber butt, such as is used on chairs on smooth floors, should be attached, ; Bait and the manner of attaching it to the hook is to be considered where used, The best time for fishing isin May and extends baek- ward with a diminuendo. Tarpon spawn late in May and throughout June, From the middle of March to the middle of April will suit the Northerner, and he will have goed results and be eure of fish. HOW TO REACH ST. JAMES CITY, The best train to take is No, 27 of the Atlantic Coast Line, which runs direct from Boston to Jacksonville without change of cars. That is to say, the “Boston sleeper” goes all the way through, Other sleeping cars are taken on at Washington. This train is called the West India Mail, and is more likely to run on time than any other, Berths in the Boston sleeper should be bespoken at Jeast two weeks in advance. The trainreaches Jacksonville at noon, and cars are then changed for Train 27, running fromJacksonvilleto Tampa, This latter place is reached about 9 o’clock in the evening. Mr, Plant, the great railroad magnate of Florida, runs a steamer twice a week from Tampa to the lower end of Charlotte Harbor; and my recollection is that the trav- eler leaving Philadelphia at 7:20 A. M. Friday by the West India Mail, would reach St, James by this steamer Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. This is the preferable way to go and the most expeditious. Those who fear sea- sickness can take the route inland via Lakeland, Bartow and Punta Gorda. Information as to this can probably be obtained at the offices of the Atlantic Coast Line in the large cities. BY Ss dl. Florida has few more attractive fishing resorts than Tampa, and beauty of color is mingled here with extra- ordinary size and grotesqueness of form. In the clear waters surrounding the numerous mangrove islands schools of snappers, grunts, groupers, yellow-tails, squir- rel fish, jewfish, porgies, sheepshead, silver perch, chan- nel bass, spots, croakers, kingfish, sailor’s choice and hosts of other species not included among anglers’ fishes are to be seen at almost any time, The mullet, the cero, the Spanish mackerel and the barracuda are within easy reach, and the tarpon flourishes in all his silvery beauty. If the tarpon fishing should fail to satisfy the thirst for excitement the fisherman need only turn his attention to the great devilfish, a gigantic ray whose disk reaches a width of 20ft. and whose strength is sufficient to tow a whaleboat, or even a vessel of several tons. Hiliott has vividly described the dangers and excitement attending this kind of fishing in his ‘‘Carolina Sports,” and the following graphic account has recently been pub- lished by the Galveston Nets: TAMPA, Fla., Sept, 21 —A party of fishermen that came in yesterday attracted great attention on account of the vari- ety and size of fish brought in by them. All day longa steady stream of sightseers visited the boat and asked the men questions regarding their adventures. The fishermen brought with them the skins of three mag- nificent tarpons, weighing when caught from 125 to 2001bs, The greatest curiosity was a fine devilfish. It had a large flat body, with two long flippers extending like the points of a star from its sides. The breadth of the fish from tip to tip of these flippers was just 11ft. 7in. A manconld be taken in its huge mouth, as it was 20in. in breadth. From eyetoeye the head was 36in. across, the eye protruding on the outside of two big feelers, which are used hy the fish in eating, and project in front of the head about 10in. Wrom the point of these feelers to the end of the tail was Lift. 8t¢in. The fish was estimated to weigh fully 1,2001bs., but there was no way of getting the weight accurately when the fish was first caught. Tue fishermen had an exciting time catching the monster, and it towed their three-ton schooner over an hour when harpooned. It was first seen at about 5 P. M,, playing in the Shallow water near Egmont Key, Running up, they har- pooned it with a lily iron. It at once leaped high in the air, flung itself, and then started with a rush for deep water. The schooner turned with a whirl and was towed along rapidly. The big fish plunged frantically and leaped in the air in its efforts toshake outtheiron. It would rua straight for balf a mile, and then suddenly swing under the vessel, whirling the schooner like a toy. Fire was opened on the monster with Winchesters every time it appeared above water, but they seemed to make him only more furious, At the fifth volley it turned suddenly and rushed for the yessel. Tha men were crowded at the side, and the fish struck the schooner just below them, throwing them down on the deck and breaking the collar bone of one of the sailors, The fish seemed to be somewhat stunned by the blow, and floated. Two more harpoons were put into it, and musket balls were fired into its bie body. Ropes were then thrown around it, andit was drawn aboard, it taking the united strength of all seven men to get it up. The eyes are lateral and not at the ends of the so-called ‘‘feelers,” as intimated in the narrative. The ‘‘feelers” are the ear-like prolongations of the front part of the pectoral fins. The devilfish, sea devil or manta is among the largest of the fishes, and a good stuffed skin is one of the greatest desiderata in museiims. The name manta means blanket, and is used at the pearl fisheries off the west coast of Merico “to designate an enormous fish much dreaded by the divers, whom it is said to devour after enveloping them in its vast wings,” From *“Tarpon’s” account of his cruise, presented last week in our yachting columns, we have extracted this tribute to the harrytoitiveness of the tarpon fishermen: “On the way we pass several i aie fishermen patiently waiting for that big fish that they do not get. By the way, it takes a very peculiar man to make a good tarpon crank. He must be lazy to begin with, and have an un- limited stock of patience, while his bump of hopefulness must be large. JI met one man who told me he had been tarpon fishing for five successive seasons, and had not caught one yet, but he thought he should next time, Poor fellow, I wonder if he ever figured out the fun he had lost by not fishing for fish he could catch.” ; AROUND LAKE MICHIGAN. |e is claimed by the fishermen along the north shore of Lake Michigan that fishing is greatly injured by the bark that is ground very fine by the constant chafing and rubbing of the logs as they are boomed and towed through the lake, becomes water soaked and sinks, cover- ing the food of the whitefish, destroying their spawning grounds and driving the fish away. Tons of this bark can be seen along the north shore of Lake Michigan, At one place I measured, near Epoufetie, Mackinac county, an average depth at edge of water of 24ft., extending back 23ft, and 2a0ft, in length, Every few miles similar banks can be seen, especially in small coves where the surf is not high enough to wash it away, All along the shore the bottem can be seen covered with this bark. About 17,000,000ft. of lumber passed through the Mackinaw Straits last spring, and this has done great damage. For the past three years logs have been towed through in the shape of slack booms, made by chaining a number of large logs together by their ends and forming an immense circle around the rafs of loose logs. In this shape they do more damage to the fishing grounds than the rafts did when the logs were all chained together, and of course could not chafe and rub as the new method will allow them to. In 1889 the fishing along the north shore was better than it has been for a number of years, The fisher- men claim that few logs were brought out of the woods on account of the very mild winter, consequently the fishing was much improved. A great deal of complaint is made about the sawdust that is also driving the whitefish further out in the lake and destroying their spawning grounds, It can be seen washed up on shore for a distance of forty miles from the nearest mills. Whitefish will not remain in waters pol- luted by sawdust. Occasionally they are found dead floating on the surface of the lake, and in most every in- Stance sawdust is found in their intes!ines, which, it is claimed, caused their death. The Jarge fisheries that wre carried on in the Great Lakes where tugs are used ar. tiie means of driving away the whitefish and causing some paris of the fishing ground to become deserted. Waen they go out to their nets, which are from five to thirty five miles off shore, and which they do whenever the weather permits, and take aboard their catch which amounts to from 1,200 to 3,000lbs, per day, to save lime and trouble the fish are cleaned on the way in, and the offal is thrown oyerboard, causing the fish to leave immediately. This custom is strictly contrary to law, which requires them to bring all offal ashore and deposit it eight rods fram high-water mark, They do save the offal cccasionally and bring it ashore in order to avoid suspicion By depositing one barrel of offal in the water it has a bad effect from 400 to 500yds. in circumference by driving the fish away. The cinders and clinkers that are thrown overboard from the steamers passing through the straits also prove very de- structive to whitefish. Whitefish make their appearance in a body and are very seldom caught in water less than five fathoms, and from that to 90 and 100 fathoms. Whitefish and lake herring prove the best bait for hook and line fishing. It is cut up in pieces about lin. square. When this kind of bait is not to be had trout is used with very good effect. A great many sportsmen during the summer and fall months visit the North Shore of Lake Michigan and also the inland Jakes for the fishing. The best months for whitefish are June, July, October and November. They run best in the fall. Trout fishing is génerally the best in September, October and Noyem- ber, April and May. They leave the feeding grounds close in shore in the summer and go ont to deeper waters where it is cooler. Trout spawn in September and October, whitefish in October and Noyember. Very little benefit is derived from the fish hatcheries in this vicinity, as the large fisheries from this and other States locate here with their small mesh-nets, as small as %in., and destroy millions of small whitefish.- The law requires 43in. mesh for pound-nets and 4}in. mesh for gilinets, I have the names and addresses of two gentle- men who claim they can prove that a large fishery came here from the coast and destroyed tons of small white- fish, that were thrown ashore to rot; as many as fifty could be put in a cigar box at once. ‘he hatcheries would do excellent work if the law were enforced so that these small fish would not becauglhit, Thesmall fisheries claim that they are not allowed to use a net smaller than is required by law, as they are watched all the time, but very little, if any, attention is paid to the large fisheries, consequently they catch most of the large fish and most all of the small fish, forcing a number of small fisheries to abandon fishing altogether, The spawn has to be shoveled out of the boat very often while returning and unloading their catch. Men claim that they have waded in spawn up to their ankles. The ‘‘pot-gut” or deep water trout are caught in goodly numbers on the banks off Marquette (Lake Superior). They are caught in water from 7) to 80 fathoms. The average length of the fish is 16in.; the average weight is 24lbs, They are caught every month in the year. The lake bottom of Whitefish Bay is composed of gravel, sand and rock, mostly sand. The food for white- fish commonly called the whitefish worm is found more abundantly on muddy bottom, The snail or small clam is another important article of food for the whitefish, Millions of them can be seen along the lake shore. They grow tothe size of a thumb nail—those eaten by the whitefish are from the size of a small pea down to the size 0. a pin’s head, From the town of St. Ignace and six miles out is the beautiful Mackinac Island, whose shores are in some places low and in other parts perpendicular from the water's edge, A fine hotel and a number of beautiful cottages are found here. A great many sportsmen spend the summer months on the island fishing and strolling aboutits shores, Trolling seems to be the principal and most successful mode of fishing, lake trout and masca- longe being mostly sought after, The eel-pout, or what is called around the Soa the losh Oot, 23, 1891.] FOREST AND STREAM. 273 is very destructive to whitefish, as are also pickerel and trout, Ten years ago a great number of pickerel were caught in the Soo River and a very few whitefish. Most all the pickerel are now caught, there being very et left, and the whitefish have returned in good num- bers. A great many fish, especially bass, are caught in Mud Lake and’ Soo River in the summer season by visitors, They troll, using minnows, crawfish, worms, grass- hoppers, etc. The principal food for trout in the Soo River is small fish; for whitefish, the snail and whitefish worm, The bottom of the Soo is mud, sand and gravel, flat rock, ete. Sturgeon are caught, and a great many trout eggs are found in their intestines during the spawn- ing season. On the Canadian side they do not allow any kind of fishing from Nov, 1 until Dec. 1, during the spawning season, On the American side fishing is carried on at all times, there being no restrictions, The fishing in the Soo has been decreasing for several years past. Lake Winnebago, Wis., is a beautifnl sheet of water about 86 by 12 miles, with an average depth of from 30 to 40ft,: bottom rocky and gravelly, also a good deal of mud. Along the Fox River, which is an outlet of the Jake into Green Bay, there are about 12 dams, a great number of small fish going over the dams, buf none are able to return, as there are no fishways, AIl fishermen and sportsmen claim that fishways would be a great benefit, as the fish would then be on the increase instead of de- creasing as the case isnow, and has been for years. The lake is fed by Fox and Wolf rivers and numerous small streams and lakes, : Jolin Roberts and Otte Jorgensen, of Neenah and Men- asha, have beautiful places bordering on the lake; they also have a complete outfit of fishing tackle of all descrip- tions, together with fifteen or twenty boats. They em- ploy guides who are expert oarsmen and fishermen to accompany sportsmen who visit them every season from all parts of the country. A great many small-mouth black bass are taken by the anglers, also wall eyed pike, silver bass, mooneye, or fresh-water shad or herring, which is caught with the fly. For black bass the com- mon shiner or a. spoon is used. The largest black bass that has been caught in the lake weighed dlbs. 20z. The different clubs have offered a reward of $100 to any one catching a Glbs, bass. The mooneyes are never taken before June; they are caught for six weeks and then disappear, The largest pickerel ever caught in the lake weighed 16lbs. The pickerel are very destructive to young fish, one having een caught in fox River with thirty-five small speckled perch and shiners in him, The losh is another great destroyer of young fish, Pounds, gill-nets, fyke-nets and trammel-nets are used in the lake, very few of the latter are used. It is claimed that a great deal of net-fishing is carried on out of season, which is proved by the number of arrests that were and are being made by Mr. C. E. Lucas, fish warden, Fond du Lac, and the great number of nets destroyed. CLIFF, WAsasrtneton, D.C. TAPEWORM IN TROUT. Deeks the course of his explorations in the Yellow- stone National Park, Dr. Jordan collected a lot of intestinal parasites from the trout of Yellowstone River and suckers of Witch Creek, The trout parasites ap- peared first in cysts among the caca at the hind end of the stomach, later in the liver and viscera. and finally in the fiesh of the belly, where they reach a length of five inches, In lakes partly fed by geyser water all the trout contained worms. About one-quarter of the suckers which abound in waters as warm as 80° or more are wormy,and the parasites often exceed one foot in length in the abdominal cavity. These parasites were sent by Commissioner McDonald to Prof. Edwin Linton for study, and the report upon them was recently published in the Bulletin of the Com- mission. The subject was of so great interest that in the summer of 1890 the Commissioner requested Prof, Linton to join with Prof, 8. A. Forbes of Iilinois in the investi- gation of the life of the Park, the work of Prof, Linton to have especial reference to the cause of parasitism in Yellowstone Lake trout. The report upon the latter sub- ject has appeared in the Bulletin. Thetrout worms were first mentioned in Hayden’s Report on Montana and Adjacent Territory for 1871, and were again discussed in reports by Bradly (1872) and Capt. Jones (1873), Dr. Leidy described the species as Dibothriwm cordiceps. Prof. Linton found the larvee “ either in cysts among or on the viscera of its host, the trout (Salmo mykiss); free, on or among the viscera; beneath the peritoneal lining of the abdominal cavity; or burrowing in the muscular tissue of the body-wall.” ‘ This parasite occurs, so far as known, only in the Rocky Mountain trout, I have found it in the trout of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone River above the lower falls, and in Heart Lake. I did not suc- ceed in getting any fish from below the lower falls for examination, I am told, however, that wormy trout are never found in the river below the falls. It is very prob- able, however, if careful search were made for them, that an occasional trout in the river and its tributaries below the lower falls would be found with cysts of this parasite. At the Grand Caiion Hotel I examined some trout which were said to have been caught below the upper falls, and found one with cysts in the abdominal cavity and a large larva among the abdominal muscles. In Heart Lake I found the trout not infrequently infested with this parasite, occurring in cysts and free on and among the viscera, but not among the muscles. Dr. Jor- dan reports that the trout of Riddle Lake, which drains through Solution Creek into Yellowstone Lake, are ap- parently free from parasites, It may be that this conclu- sion would have to be abandoned if an examination were made of several of the large trout of that lake,” Prof, Linton found a number of parasites of other kinds in the trout. Spsnt females were usually found to be most seriously affected. The source of the infection is believed to continue during several months. Prof, Linton believes that the worms are not injurious to man, except as their presence makes the fish distasteful to the palate, Parasites are extremely common iu fishes, but as a rule they do not live in man, and their vitality is de- stroyed by cooking. The adult stage of the trout tapeworm was foundin the white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchus). In this host - the life history of the parasite iscompleted, and the prob- able cause of the wormy trout is found by Prof, Linton ‘ in the wormy pelican. bear a close resem blance to ciliate infusoria., into fishes, * * formed.” One of the remedies proposed for this parasitism of the trout is the extermination of the pelican—a measure which Prof, Linton considers unnecessary and inadvis- able. Je believes that the increase of visitors will lead to a reduction of the number of deceased trout, particu- larly if the dead fish are not léft on the shore or thrown The introduction into Yellowstone Lake of the chub of Heart Lake he thinks would be advan- inte the water. tageous, since the parasite does not develop in the chub, and this fish would furnish healthy food both for the trout and the pelican, ‘and with fewer parasites in the pelican would go a diminution in the number of ova dis- seminated in the water, and consequently a lessening of parasitism in the trout.” FISH OF THE MACKENZIE BASIN. 4) Paes the courtesy of Dr. G, Brown Goode we are able to present some extracts from the answers of Robert MacFarlane, Chief Hactor of the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort St. James, B. C., to Senatorial queries concerning the resources of the Great Mackenzie Basin. The important statement as to the absence of salmon in Mackenzie River will cause surprise, since Pacific salmon are known to occurin Arctic rivers west of the Macken- zie, and haye been reported also to the eastward. We expected to hear that the inconnu occurs in the Mac- kenzie, as it abounds in large Alaskan rivers and is not anadromous. Coming from an authority like MacPar- Jane these facts will be extremely valuable to ichthyolo- gists, ish of Lake Athabasea,—Trout, pike. pickerel, methy and vhitefish abound throughout the lake; but I have heard it stated that since the steamer Grahame began to ply in the vicinity of the fisheries of the post and mis- sions near Fort Chipewyan, as well as on Quatre Fourches River, the annual catch of fish has peiceptibly dimin- ished, Fish of Great Slave Lake.—The trout and whitefish are somewhat larger and of rather better quality than those of Lake Athabasca, The inconnu (Stenodus mackenzit) abounds in this lake, and also m the Mackenzie and in the Slave River to the tootof the “Rapids of the Drowned,” one mile above Fort Smith, Its flesh is much inferior to that-of the true salmon: but when taken on the lower Mackenzie and Anderson rivers it is firm and rich, but still less palatable than good whitefish, Fish of Great Bear Lake.—I have never been to Great Bear Lake, but 1 know that excellent trout, whitetish and other northern fish are to be had in plenty in its waters. The fresh-water herring (Coregonus lucidus) also abounds, it is similar to that of the Mackenzie and equally fine. While a resident of Fort Simpson, Mac- Kenzie River district, we received in March, 1867, a large and splendid trout, weighing, I think, 70lbs., which had shortly before been caught in Bear Lake, east of old Fort Franklin. The lake is very deep and clear, and icé is said to be seldom wholly absent thereon for much more than two months out of the twelve. Various Lakes of the Mackenzie Basin.—A thorough exploration of the Mackenzie Basin would probably de- termine the existence of more than one sheet of water, whose area would fully equal that of Lesser Slave Lake, The Simpson, Petitot and Colville lying to the north of Great Bear Lake; the Pio-Nono and Taché on the west side thereof. and Lake La Martre to the northwest of Great Slave Lake and many of a lesser size, besides those laid down on maps, all contain trout, whitefish, jack and other fish. During winter and also other periods of the season numbers of Indians find subsistence in these waters, as well as on many of the rivers and streams which, among other tish, also contain lots of poisson bleu (Back’s grayling) of various sizes, and on a few of the former the Hudson’s Bay Company sometimes establish fisheries to supplement the food requirements of their northern trade posts. Scarcely any of those lakes, how- ever, are accessible by steam, owing to the obstructions in the rivers, which connect several of them with the great lines of communication with southern Canada. The best and most generally diffused fish throughout the numerous lakes and rivers of the Mackenzie Basin is the whitefish, and it is quite plentiful, especially in the Athabasca, Great Slave and Great Bearlakes. In weight in these waters it ranges between 2 and 4lbs,, but on some of the lesser, and indeed in several of the smallest fish lakes of the far North, a féw are met with which attain to 5,6 and 7lbs. and upward, and the flesh is excellent. Trout of a large size (7 to 501s.) abound in the greater, but they are of lesser weight (5 to 25lbs.) on the smaller lakes. Several speckled trout have been caught on the lowsr Anderson River. Jackfish of various sizes are plentiful on most of the lakes, and on Clear Lake, which with Lac Manmrawee are but a continuation of the west- ‘ern end of Lake Athabasca, they often weigh as much as 20, 25 and 30l/bs. Carp, doré, loche and suckers are pres- ent on all the larger Jakes, as well as in most of the smaller sheets of water. The fresh-water herring is abundant in Great Bear Lake and also in the lower Mac- kenzie River, and some were obtained by us on the Anderson River. This is also a fish of fine quality and weighs about 2lo3. The Loucheux and Hare Indians catch in nets and dry a large quantity in summer for winter use. Some are also thus secured at Fort Norman, while afew are caught up as high as Fort Simpson; the best are, however, taken on the lower Mackenzie. Back’s frayling. or poisson blew, abounds in many of the streams falling into the Anderson and Mackenzie, as well as in many others throughout these regions, where it is fre- quently met with in various stages of growth, from 2oz. to maturity at 2lbs.. The inconnn, as already mentioned, is numerous in the Mackenzie, in Great Slave Lake and in the Slave River to Fort Smith, Jt is also plentiful in the Anderson, which is known to the Indians as the river of the toothless (inconnu) fish, The Jargest specimen of this fish I ever saw was taken on the Anderson River within forty miles of its outletin Liverpool Bay; I should say ib would have weighed about 50 or 60ibs.; its flesh was white, firm and oily. There are no true salmon in the Anderson of Mackenzie rivers, and yet in most of the In the’ case of similar worms in- festing Huropean fresh-water fishes the migrations have been made out as follows: *‘ The eggs develop in the water, whére they give rise to ciliated embryds, which There pass * where they become establithel in the peritoneal cavity, The round of life is completed in the intestines of aquatic birds, where the eggs are rapidly Arctic streams to the westward of the latter and to the ac a al of the former they are said to be very abund- ant. The E:quimaux who used to frequent Fort Auderson succeeded most seasons in killing one, but seldom as many as two, large-sized whales, which proved of im- mense value to them as an article of food. They band together and hunt it in the number described by Dr. Richardson in his Boat Expedition, Seals, walruses and water fowl are also taken by the Esquimaux in the way mentioned in the volume, On my first visit to Franklin Bay, on June 25, 1862, and again about the end of the Same month, in 1854, we distinctly heard one or two large whales spouting in a Janeof open water which ap- peared amid the ice-coyered sea. We found Langton Harbor almost entirely free of ice on each of our sum- mer visits. The daily tides and gales of wind materially help to break up the ice of Langton Harbor and Franklin Bay. The former is more deeply indented to the east- ward than a passing boat or vessel would be able to notice. Quite a number of seals and walruses were seen sep in the sun on floating as well on stationary fields of ice, [The carp aboye mentioned is probably one of the large members of the cyprinoid family, of which several genera are known in the Puget Sound region and north- ward; it would be interesting to know what fish is meant. The loche is our burbot (Lota maculosa), The doré is pike-perch. The occurrence of pike is known, but we have not heard of pickerel in the region except as an- other name for the doré. | THE COMMODORE CLUB. At the outing of the Commodore Club, at its beautiful 4 club house on Harmony Lake, Maine, there were some twenty-two members and invited guests present, Among these gentlemen were Mr, John G. Wright, of the Boston wool trade; A, A. Adams, of Boston; Gen. Hamlin, of Bangor, Me.; W, Bullevant, of the Boston leather trade; Judge W. V, Kellen, Dr. Rowe, Superintendent of the Boston City Hospital; Robert Moriville, W. F, Lawrence, J. W. Ricker, H. M, Stephenson, W. K. Browne, R, Brown, of Peabody; W. Shaw, of Peabody; Mr. Clark, of Peabody; R. B, Howland, of Amesbury; W. Bufiington, of Boston; Thomas Walker, of Warren, Me.; H.C. Fuller, of Hartland, Me,; Mr. Coffin, of Stoddard, Lovering & Co., Boston; W. H. Souther, of Boston; Mr. Nelson, of Milford; Charles Hall, of Boston; Charles Gallagher, of the Boston School Committe:, and Myr, Jacobs, of Pea- body, The well supplied table of the club house was amply supplied with guests, but as for fresh game and fish from the waters of the lake there was a lack of sup- ply. The weather was so warm, and had been so warm all the season, though it was then in the early October days, that the black ducks had not begun to come into the pond, and as for grouse, only afew could be found by the closest hunting. Some of the party that was at the club house before the first of October, tried diligently for trout and landlocked salmon in the lake, but the weather was too warm, and but few trout were obtained. But the members of the club are charmed with the location, and they propose to try and help the fishing. They will restock with all the landlocked salmon and trout that they can get. They are strongly in favor of keeping the little fish till old enough to take care of themselves, instead of turning them out the first year, or about as soon as hatched, as has been the case heretofore in many of the waters in Maine. J understand the Maine Fish Commissioners are also in favor of thesame policy in the matter of restocking hereafter. It is feared that the fry, turned out as.soon as free from the sack, can only fail a prey to other fish, while if they are retained till they are a year old, they will have attained sufficient strength and caution to be | able to escape from their enemies. Mr. Jobn G, Wright, a prominent member of the Com- modore Club, has fished during the past year in the famous Loch Leven. in Scotland, and he is a thorough believer in restocking of our lakes and streams with trout and salmon. He says that Loch Leven is only about the size of Harmony Lake, Me,, and that each year some 28,000 trout are taken out of its waters. The trout taken are all carefully weighed and recorded, and such is the result. Small trout are immediately returned, since nothing but fly-fishing is tolerated, and the fish are not liable to great injury in being hooked. Restocking is what keeps up the fishing in that celebrated lake, and Mr. Wright believes that the same might be done in Maine waters. Commissioner Henry O. Stanley is of the same opinion. SPHCIAL, BASS IN THE ADIRONDACKS. Haditor Forest and Stream: Your editorial in this week's issue, ‘Shall the Adiron- dacks be Stocked with Bass?” is timely; and I shall watch for the answer it is sure to bring forth, as it is a question I am much interested in. With some twenty others I have cottages on the shores of Hast Canada Lake, fifteen miles north from here, but fully in the Adirondacks. The main lake is some two and a half miles long by half a mile wide and is 165ft. deep for considerable distance: it was a famous salmon lake until ten years ago, when fishing through the ice and rapidly increasing pickerel finished them. Several attempts have been made to stock the lakes with black bass, but with little success, A few have been seen, and two weighing over Slbs. each were caught this past year. There are any number of yellow perch, but they area nuisance. Three years ago 1 wrote to Commissioner R. U. Sherman, giving him the particu- lars; and he advised trying lake trout again, which, with the protection we now give the lake, and its being a deep water fish, he thought would soon stock the lake, There- fore we put 50,000 in June, 1890, and this past spring the same number. But your editorial casting doubt on trout being ever successfully planted in pickerel waters makes me anxious to learn what the experience of your readers is, I have just filled out application for 50,000 lake fry and frost fish for food fish, but shall not send it on to the sec- retary of the Commission until I see what answers your article brings forth. There is no useof out going to further trouble and expense if the experience of those who have tried proves that trout will not live in waters where pickerel have once got a foothold, M, 5, NORTHRUP, Jonnstown, N. ¥., Oct. 16. ; 274 FOREST AND STREAM, — (@er, 22, 180h: CHICAGO AND THE WEST. \NHICAGO, Il., Oct, 14,—When Warden Buck started in on ibe work of getting the fishways put in along the Kimkakee River, he was promised a new fishing out- fit by the fishway committee, provided he had all the fishways in before fall. When Warden Buck left this field of activity for another, he served notice that there was a fishing outfit due him, as all the ladders were in except the one at Momence, on which, hesaid, work was commenced, ater he wrote to President Cole, from Marseilles, and said that the fishway there was all in but the cover, and would be the finest on the river. At the time Mr, Buck left the warden business, he told me that he had not been paid his April salary, and also that he did not like the way the Fox River Association had acted about getting another and cheaper warden for the winter workin the Fox Lake district, toward which work he had helped raise funds, Mr, Cole saw these latter state- meuts.in p int, and said they were not accurate. “Buck expressly agreed to work in April as he did,” said Mr. Cole. ‘I told him that we had not any funds for that time, and explained that there would be some work later for wh'ch we could pay. It would not, I think, be just for the associations to pay that as back salary. Asto.the winter warden’s work, neither Buck nor any one else has been chosen for that, and so far as I can learn he only raised $2 toward that fund.” To let these former statements go uncorrected would hardly be just to the Fox River Association or to Mr, Cole, who has had the handling of the wardens of this part of the State in charge. We will now see about the actual condition of the Kankakee fi-hways, as shown to Mr, Cole and myself, both of the fishway committee, in the trip which we took last week for the express purpose of insprcting all the Kankakee River dams, I regret to Say in advance that the facts were not so flattering as we hed thought, theugh evidently the work had been well lsid out, and in some places well finished. In plain Eaglish, and with a rude regard for fact, the actual case is that instead of there being seven working fishways finished on the Kankakee River, there is only one finished, and it needs some improyrment. This is what President Cole and [ found, as will be set forth at more length. We started in Wednesday morning, Uct. 7, at Momence, Work had not been started on the fishway here at all, though we were told the contract had heen let, Mr, Fred. Duryee, that kindly-souled sportsman whom every- one who goes to Momence knows, told us that he would look up the delay and try to get the work started, Later he wro'e Mr. Cole and said that the delay was over that old injunction of the railway against thedam owners, As the rail ray and the dam owners had both signed a stipu- lation allowing the way to go in, the wherefore of this is not plain. Mr. Cole will try to learn from Mr, Wooster, agent for the owners, what the troubleis. Mr. Duryee thought the way would bein this fall, In the name of all conscience, why was it notin long ago? Do the dam owners and their agent know that this delay is illegal, and that they are subject to fine for it? The association has been quiet and courteous all along, butan unexplained and abrupt stoppage of all work such as this delay is, im- presses one as being wrong treatment of those who have been always courteous and fair. Let high water come, and the work must lie over a full year, end thespring run balked again. We found the water lower ihan it has been ior years, and the contractor on the fishway could put it in with perfect ease. When everything is so favor- able, why this delay? Another trip to Momence seems necessary. But let at be set down here that that fishway goes in, At Momence there is a choice little shooting club of Chicago men, only ten in all, whore box is about a mile and a half above the town. There are some nice wood- cock covets near by. The club killed 78 woodcock this summer. Mr, Metcalf, Mr, Geo. Marshall, Mr. Bird and other familiar names are members of this club, Tis keeper is Chas, Ileimbaugh, mentioned favorably earlier asa candidate for association wurden. With Mr, Heim- bavgh we were wellimpressed, and since our return have sent on a petition for bis appointment as a State fish war- den, which we hope all Momence will back. We wished also to have him appointed a game warden, and here we struck one of the incongruities of our gilt-edged law. The Illinois fish laws are good. The Illinois ypame Jaws are vile as any well could be. A fish warden can act all over the State, and he can arrest without warrant, More- over, the gevernor can app int as many fish wardens as he likes. Under the law there can, on the other hand, be only three game wardens, one for each of the three lar- gest cities, Our attorneys tell us that these wardens can not, under the statute, deputize their powers. Only a game warden can see or seize illegal game, and kefore he can search he must swear outa warrant. This amounts to barring the whole country district of Illinois of all game wardens. J know that Siate Game Warden Pipino, of Quincy, has taken steps to appoint Mr. Harlan, of La Salle, a deputy game warden, but I should doubt the powers of the latter. Under these circumstances we ad- vised Heimbaugh to cunsult with his county sheriff, and to circulate a petition, which we sent to him, for bis ap- pointment as a deputy sheriff, with the spec’al duty of tollowing game law cises, In this way a game warden can be created who, with prorer warrant, can act within the limits of his county. As fish warden, he cun go any- where and arrest without a warrant. Will the next sportsmen’s legislative c:mmittee reflect on the wisdom of this innocent littie clause in the fish law? We hired a boat at Momence fora week, and at noon on Wednesday left the owner lamenting on the bank in fear that he would never see his boat aguin. Heimbaugh went a few miles down the river with us, for some word about a seining party of which he had heard. He took his dog along with him, and in the afternoon we were fortunate enough to find a corner of the river where there were plain signs of woodcock on a little wild rice flat adjacent to a thicket. We skirmished around here for afew moments and got five beautiful woodcock, two of which Mr. Cule and I had for breakfast next morning. The row down ithe river was delightful. The Kankakee here is a wide and lovely stream. We did not fish any beyond a few casts just after dinner, but passed water which had the day before yielded a fine lot of bass to a local fisher. It was a half-hour after dark, however, when we pulled into Aroma, or Waldron, only nine miles below Momence, after leaving Heimbaugh half way to walk back, he having learned nothing of the seiners ab Chris, Cas’ where we ate lunch, We struck a good country hotel, Miller’s, at Aromat and passed a glorious night in sleep, In the morning we went to the dam, meeting there Mr, Beardsley, agent for the mill owners, We found the fishway here of no earthiy use. Mr, Beardsley promised to extend it 8 or, 10ft, at the hottom, and to dig out a good pool at its foot, | and to set the chute at the top duwn flush with the top of |_ the dam, and 1o cover all the upper part of the fishway, so that spearing could not be done quite so easily, It seems that Warden Buck had told them to set this chute down into the dam, but they had not done it. He had supposed it was all right. Really, it was all wrong. Aroma, fishway, as we saw it, was about as good as a piece of tin Pipe bent over the dam, not touching water at either end, and perfectly dry inside. High water, of course, will help this way, and if Mr. Cole’s directions are not slighted, it willdo, A trip will be made to see that they are not slighted. From Aroma to Kankakee is five miles pull, all in back water, but down a stream wide and noble, edged with banks a continual shifting scene of beauty. The Troqguois River joins the Kankakee just below Aroma. As we looked on the clean, well-timbsered banks of the stream, so similar to those of the Illinois River, we could not help wondering at the separation in name of a stream one in character, The actual facts of history will show this wonder well grounded, The Kankakee and the Illi- nois would have one name to-day had there been one diseoverer instead of two. Pére Marquette ascended the St. Jo River in Michigan to the Portage Prairie, near south Bend, Ind., where he carried over, three miles, into the Kankakee, He gave this stream the name by which the Indians called it. He probably also named the Iro- quois River. He left the Kankakee River somewhere near Aroma, and did not descend to the junction of the Kankakee and Des Plaines rivers, which the maps show as forming the Illinois, Meantime, ’Sieur de La Salle, descending the Des Plaines River, far out of character and inferior to the Kankakee, came to the greater stream and called it Illinois, after the Illinois or Illini tribe of Indians, the cne explorer not knowing of the other’s dis- covery. The Illinois and the Kankakee are one stream, a long, varied, beautiful and noble one, From Momence to the mouth of the Des Plaines, and even further down, the bed of this stream is nearly solid rock, and the banks are bluffy and well wooded for the most part. The marshy character which follows through Indiana has here altogether disappeared. We reached Kankakee town at 10 A.M. The fishway here is a poor affair, though the mill owner said it was located by Commissioner Bartiett. It should be out by the side of the mill, where the fish would naturally run, and not concealed behind the mill and under the bridge which covers the raceway. A ftishway should show good light through the top, asa fish will not run up into a dark hole. Some light comes into this way, but it is located altogether wrong, Buck’s idea, of a wing of masonry tun out into the stream, has helped matters here. The mill owner said that in the spring he would show Mr. Cole fish going up this way. Little more could be done than to pray that this might be so. We urged that the way be kept clean, and passed on. The river being so very low, we hired a team here to take our boat below thé shallows, which we were told ran down for ten miles. On our way we met a farmer and transferred to bis wagon, he putting us down at 4 P, M. twelve miles below Kankakee. Even here the stream was shallow, though brawling and rapid as a trout river in places. By dint of occasional wading we got down into the backwater of the big Wilmingtom dam, and soon the water grew so deep that the push- paodle could not be used, A head wind detained us, and it was an hour after dusk when, tired and hungry, we got into the little river hamlet of Custer Park and put up for the night at a sort of fishing resort hotel run by H. D. Little. Before leaving this day’s record I should add that we found three more fishing clubs at the little village of Aroma, The chief of these is the Lafayette Fishing Club, of Lutayette, Ind., once a body of 14, but in these days of depleted waters much fallen cff. In the cosy Jittle. club house we found Messrs. J. J. Cumberson, J. S.- Ewry, J. P. Wagner, John F, Bruff and W, D. Hiller, all good men and tiue, who are hoping that the fish *ays will help them next year. The Waldron Fishing Club is made up now of a half dozen railway conductors who come to their box here for some sport when they can. The Star Club, of Cincinnati, O., once a strong body of men, has now much disintegrated. We will hear of them further down the river. Their neat cub house shows in the timber across the river from the village. Mr. 8, PD. Phillips, of Lafayette, has, I understand, put up the new building on the raceway which we heard was to be usted asa club, Thus we may cee the whilom glory of the Kankakee as a fi-hing stream even in other lands. Another thing about Aroma, and this for Heimbaugh and for Warden Kamper of Danville. The chief of the men who are doing the seining near Aroma is Jack Stansbury. Catch him and you stop the seining, Custer Park is about 6 miles above upper Wilmington eam, Theriver here is fairly straight, very wide and dee), a veritable inland sea, yet with bold high banks. We got a good stsrt and made the upper dam early in the morning, though delayed in getting a team to take our boat around the dam. We found the upper dam an immense affair, 17£¢, high. But here, thank fortune, is the best fishway, and indeed the only one now complete on the river. This way had just been finished by the carpenters, after the model left ty Buck, and the work had been done in an honest and workmanlike manner. Atthe top of the way the earth had been left uncut on the comb of the dam, so that only a small hole was left, apt to be clogged, Sending the team on ahead with the boat, we walked on down, a half-mile or so, along the ruins of the old canal which the State of Illinois built for the grain- carrying trade in the anti-railway days, We found the canal betwren us and the fishway when we got down to the lower dam, but in spite of a gang of surly workmen ‘who were repaiiing this dam, we fished a boat out of the ruined old lock, paddled over with a board, and found an abbreviated washboard intended asa fishway. This way was wide enough and well made for strength, but it was quite t.0 short at the lower end. The Bere had no cups at the ends, this not essential, but desirable, , At Wilmington village Mr, Cole found the agents in charge, and they promised to clear ayay the top of the upper fishway and to build out the lower end of the way in the lower dam, They seemed very pleasant about this, and we think this will be done, At any rate, the worst difficulty on the river is oyercom>. Upper Wilmington dam is an absolute barrier, No fish can ascend it at any stage of the water. It is a comfurt to think that there is a good fishway there. Through its 6ft. of width must wee every fish that goes up the river from this region. hese two dams have no mills on them, and are kept up now for speculative purposes. Speed the day when they are taken out! A mile below Wilmington we put in our boat and made good time for a while, till we ran hard 4nd fast upon the “rit” ahoye what is called the ‘‘uld State dam above Kelly’s,” Over this we dragged and got to a ruined dam and a lockway now fallen into dilapidation and decay, Here we studied for a while, hardly caring to risk shoot- ing through the race, as the low water made the rocks conspicuous, At length we unloaded our boat on the comb of the dam, threw her bodily over inte the river below, tossed the stuff in again after we had regained possession of the cra t, and sn fared on again, joyful, It was now only a half-mile to Kelly’s,and Kelly’s is—well, it’s Kelly’s, you know, M, L, Kelly is a State fish warden, one of the best and most interested in the State. B-sides running his farm, he keeps a litile fishing place, which latter is known to many in Chicago and elsewhere, The fishing at Kelly’s is the best below Momence. The river there is very wide and rocky. For fly-fishing this isthe best point on the stream. There is a State dam at Kelly's, a low affair, often well covered in the spring. The fishway in this dam is a howling farce, and how it came to be called a fishway is amystery. Itisastraight cut through the rock, below the top of the dam, it is true, but without a single defined step or resting place fora fish. The water through this cut would be a plunging torrent instead cf a broken de- scent, Cupt, Leighton, enginecr in charge, will be noti- fied by Mr, Cole, and as he has expressed a willingness to put in any way desired, this will probably be corrected soon, ButI must defertheresttonext week, EH, Houas, THE TAIL FLY, i Dees trout season was nearly over, and I had not wet aline, The thoughts of running water, whispering leaves and bright sunshine, made the noise, smoke and heat of the great city too much to bear with patience; so I got out the rod, overhaul: d the fiy-book and dreamed that night of catching the big fellow beneath the bank where the stream bends and runs under the roots of the crooked birch. Twenty-four hours after I got out of my berth in the sleeper of the Chicago & Northern at half-past four; and a moment later two young chaps followed, rubbing the sleepy seeds out of their eyes. Breakfast over, we mounted the wagon and started for Jolinson’s ranch, twenty-seven miles away. The joints of our spines squeaked before we reached it late that evening, and a sleep more like a trance than anything else followed sup- per, which was dispatched in short order, The next day was awfully hot, and I spent most of my time watching the shadows 6n the lake in front of our cabin, eating, and as the darky said, ‘‘jus’ restin’.” Johnson’s ranch consists of two log cabins, one of which is occupied by the family and contains the dming-room; the other is used by the fishermen for hying and sleep- ing, In frontis the beautiful lake Wabie Leibeniss or White Hagle. The big pmes cast long shadows on the smooth grass in front, and a litre to the left stand the frames of the abandoned Indian home, and three curious graves near by tell the oft-rep ated story of the vanish- , ing shadow of ihe red man. Camp life in the woods with the sting of uncomforlableness drawn—the first and only time I ever saw it done. The second day the two young men started outfor bass, and as they were to pass near a tent left standing near some good trout fishing T joined them. When we reached the tent we discovered tnat some ginsrng root diggers had jumped the tent, but they had another and there was room enough, so the old guide and I took the trail for the stream, where he had a dugout hid away. The day pas:ed pleasantly, There was trout enough to satisfy any reasonable person, although none were large; but on _ the other hand there were no fingerlings. The old man dressed the fith instanter, and put them away in the shade on some moss. Those fish kept better than any other I ever saw, and I vote it as well worth the extra bother. The old guide growled at the time required to land a fish, and once remarked, “He know+d where a trout lived that ud fix that dum switchey thing so it ud be no furder bother,” That day did me good. Isaw my old friends the jay- bird, the woodduck, swallow anid hawk. Laughed my- self sore at the porcupine the old man ran the dugout over; his awkward attempts to reach the shore, his head coyered with green shiny moss, was a comic show all by itself. Then as the shadows grew long we walked back to camp, and wound up the day as all pleasant ones end, with the supper, the big fire, the pipe, and the stories which latter were quite good told by the “shang” diggers with their soft Kentucky ace=nt, The next morning after breakfast lasked the guide where the rod-smuasher lived, He laughed. and Yankee- like answered by asking if I could bear disappointment well, T said I coule do so, but liked success better, “Well,” said the old man, “right below us is a dam, and there isa little good fishing in the back-water; and at the upper end is the big one, He won’t always bite; in fact not often; but you willsee him anyway; and go home with something broken if you hitch on to him” ‘‘Come on,’ I said, ‘that will be good fun anyway,” So we walked a short distance to where he had a flat-bottomed skiff, Fishing toward the head of the back-water I caught some nice ones. After a while the old man came along- side some small dead alders. He cauzht one and let the boat swing about with the slight current. I knew in an instant th s was the place, but cast out my line the same a:u-ual. There was no time lost, He was at home and hungry; and that white swirland the solid dead tug at the line set me wild. and I yelled out, Get away from the brush, hurry up! Get out into the middle, keepaway from tht bunch of grass; keepaway! Confound it! There, now, see what he has done!” He had run quite around that one bunch of grass, and my line would hardly run out at; all, while he yanked his head savagely from side to ride, Zeep went the reel, He was away on arush, The grass Oor, 22, 1891) -FOREST AND STREAM. 275 had pulled up and was floating on top. That was his game, Wither the dead alders or the grass; and the lagt time he tried it he started the grass and it pulled up. The nide sent the boat into deep water, and five minutes ater slipped the net under him, and it lay on the bottom with not a kick leftin him, His mouth backed up the old guide’s story of his many fights,and I was more leased to get him than I would have been any other fish in the stream. He wasthe handsomest fish I ever saw, both in color and shape, and that is saying a goad deal. His weight I do not know, but he measured Tin, around the thickest part, The “shang” diggers had the head of a pickerel on a, post near their camp which, when a whole fish, weighed 16ibs., and the young men who came in with me caught as many as they could carry out from one of the lakes, Every person I saw at Johnson’s caught trout a plenty, and some who came early caught enormous strings, All the waters about are clear and particularly cold. Here there is a good place to go for good fishing, good food, good beds and good water, good fellows and a good time, GO with a party of four; reach Bllis Junction Tuesday, Wagon runs that day and no other, Pink EnGH. MAY BE YOU’VE NOTICED. CAUGHT a string of beauties Up on the North Fork to-day, The finest trout that were e’er pulled out— But_the Biggest One Got Away! And down in the mill-pond meadow, The boys that were making hay, With forks and rakes killed 3000 snakes— But the Biggest One Gut Away! And so I have heard of liars Since Ananias’s day; There are just a few that receive their due— But the Biggest One Gets Away! CO F. Lummis, in Puck. Sfishculture. THE TENCH IN MISSOURI. HH tench is a Huropean fish, and one of the best of the carp family, to which it belongs. To the angler it is well and favorably known, being possessed of game qualities and firm flesh of excellent flavor. In Hurope it becomes torpid in winter and ceases to feed, The species is very rolific, a female containing 297,000 eggs being recorded. he eggs are small and of a greenish color. In1877the Fish Commission imported several varieties of tench from Hurope —the king or Hungarian, the common and the gold tench. These were kept in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore. In the spring of 1888 a few tench were brought: to the Carp Ponds in Washington, The growth of the fish has never been satisfactory, and no impression was made upon the waters to which they were introduced, Late in December, 1889, Commissioner Melonald sent twenty-three tench ranging from 3 to 10in. in length to the recently established Neosho Station in Missouri. Here they were placed in a pond and were not seen again until the middle of the following April, although the water was clear nearly all the time. On May 2, 1890, a female spawned, but the egzs were not discovered and the young fish were not seen until Jong after hatching, In the winter of 1890-91 the brood stock continued active, and at spawning timein the spring of 1891 they were very healthy. At the present tine Superintendent Page has 25,000 tingerling tench awaiting the fall distribution—the first unqualified success with the fish since its importation. The warm, clear waters of southwestern Missouri have fur- nished the conditions eminently suitable for the tench, and the region will profit by the introduction of a valuable and extremely hardy food fish. CALIFORNIA SALMON HATCHING.—At the Baird station the fishing and eyg-collecting from the first. run of fish continued until Sept, 20, and nearly 3,000,000 eggs were . secured, The run was several days shorterthanusual. The eggs were remarkably large and healthy, and the loss in handling was much smaller than heretofore. The first lot was shipped to the California State hatchery at Sisson, Sept. 29. The State codperates with the United States Commis- sion in developing eggs and distributing the fry in its own waters. The Kennel. Dogs: Their Management and Treatment in Disease, By Ashmont. Price $2. Kennel Record and Account Book, Price $3. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. Price $1. First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of all Breeds. Price 50 cents. All communications must reach us by Tuesday of the week they are to be published; and should be sent as much earlier as may be convenient. FIXTURES. DOG SHOWS. Dec. 4 to 8.—Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern [iinois Prultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, I). Dec. 10 to 14.—Inaugural Nog Show of the Freeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, Ill. T. H. Taylor. Sec'y. Dec, 30 to Jan. 2.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, at Gloversville, N.Y. I. B. Zimmer, Sec’y. ie Jan. 5 to 8—The New York and New England Poultry and Ken- nel ee Dog Show, at Albany, N. Y. W. ©, House, Fort Plain, +, Sec’y. Jap. 5 to 9,—Annual Dog Show of the South Carnlina Poultry ae Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S.C. Benj. McInness, Sec’y. Jan. 18 to 16.—Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Kennel Association, at Columbia,S.C. F. FP. Capers, Secretary, Greenville, 8, C. Feb. 9 to 12 —fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- nel Club, at Chicago, I. John l, Lincoln, Jr., Sec’y. Feb, 23 to 26,—Sixteenth Anrual Dog Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, at New York, James Mortimer, Supt. March 1 to 4.—Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Olub., at Philadelphia, Pa. F.S. Brown, See'v. : Mareb 15 to 18:—Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne Kennel Cinb, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W.E Littell, Sec’v. April? to 10.—Sseventh Annual Dog Show of the New England Ker bel Club. at Boston. Mars. Ey EH. Moore, Sec’y. April 20 to 23 —Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Southern Uali- fornia Kennel Club, at.Los Angeles, Oal, ©. A. Summer, Sec’y. May 4 to 7 —Annnal De Show of the California Kennel Ciyb, at San Francisco, Cal. H. L. Miller, See'y. FIELD TRIALS. Noy. 2,—Inaugural Trials of the United States Field Trial Club, at Bicknell, Ind. P. T. Madison. Indianapolis, Ind., Sec'y. ov. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the International Field Trial Club, at Chatham, Ont, W, B. Wells, Sec'y, { Noy. 16.—Eastern Field Trials Glub’s Thirteenth Annual Trials, at High Point, N.C, Members’ Stake Noy. 12, W,. A. Coster, er retary. Nov, 23.—Irish Setter Cluh’s Field Trials, at High Point, N. OG. G. G. Davis, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 28.—Gordon Setter Club’s Field Triajs. at High Point, N. CG. L.A Van Zandt, Secre ary, Yonkers, N.Y, Nov. 23.—Se ond Annual Trials of the National Baagle Club, at Nanuet, Rccekland county, N. Y. EF. W. Chapman, Seer \ Noy. 80.—Gentral Field Trial Club’s Third Annual Trials, at Lexington, N.O. C, H, Odell, See’y, 44 and 46 Wall street, New York city. Dec. 14.—Philadelphia Kennel Club's Field Trials. Charles E. Connell, Secretary, 1892. Jan. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Club, at San Antonio, Texas. G. A. Chabot, Sec?y. Amateurs only. Jan, 18.—Trials of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersfield. Cal. J. M. Kilgarif. Seay. ; — -.—HMourth Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials Club, at New Albany, Miss. T. M. Brumby, Sec’y. COURSING. Noy. 10.--International Coursing Club’s Meeting, at Merced, Cal. EASTERN FIELD TRIALS CLUB ENTRIES. ENGLISH SETTERS, Counr GLADSTONE (Adolph Dill’s), black, white and tan dog, Oct. 29, 1889 (Count Noble—Ruby’s Girl). CorRsArR (Hi O. Damon’s), black, white and tan dog, 4yrs. (Dan Gladstone—Haidee). , Count W. (N. Wallace’s), black and white dog, July 7, 1889 (Count Noble—Jennie ITI.). Maup (N Wallace’s), black, white and tan bitch, April 21, 1890 (Rowdy Rod—Pearl Noble), HARRY C, (Greenfield Hill Kennels’), black, white and tan dog, 3yrs. (Roderizo—Countess House). HVE (Herbert Merriam’s), black and white bitch, June 28, 1889 (Gus Bondhu—Royal Spot). : Daisy HUNTER (Joseph H, and John A. Hunter’s), orange and white bitch, April 9, 1887 (Gath’s Hope—Daisy F,). FLIGHT (Wim, McKehnman, Jr.’s), black, white and tan biteh, April 26, 1889 (Paul Gladstone—Belle Ward), HiDGE MARK (Francis 8. Brown’s), black, white and tan dog, 3yrs. (Skidmore—Flo Maclin). PEG WOFFINGTON (Francis S Brown’s), black, white and tan biteb, 2}¢vrs. (Ben Hill—Nora). CouN?T KRIc (Hdward Gray’s), black, white and tan dog, Aug. 30, 1887 (Count Noble—Fannie W,), JOY (Geo. J. Harley’s), black and white dog, June, 1889 (Paul Gladstone—Gypsy). SAM R. (Geo. P. Jones’s), black and white dog, February, 1889 (Dash Brysou—Daisy’s Hope). Donovan (i. J. O’Connell’s), black, white and tan dog, 3yrs. (Bob Gutes—Fannie Gladstone}. Dick BoNDHU (W. W. Titus’), black and white dog, April, 1886 (Dashing Bondhu—Duchess Primrose). CIGARETTH (J. I Case, Jr.’s), black, white and tan bitch, 3yrs. (Royal Rod—OClara). ALBERT’S DucHkEss (Dr. John Hartman’s), black, white and tan bitch (Warwick Albert—Princess Belton). NAHMKE PHILIP (i, W. Durkee’s) orange and white dog, Jan. 6, 1889 (Roy Monarch—Siddlebags), Lou NoBLE (B, Ridgeway’s) black, white and tan bitch, 2yrs. (Count Noble—A]phonsine), ToRY LIEUTENANT (E. R. Aitcheock’s), black and white dog, Jan., 1889 (Jean Val Jean—Prineess Helen), ToRY PETRONELLA (FP. R. Hitehcock’s), black, white and tan bitch, March 18, 1889 (Roderigo—Belle of Bridgeport). Tory May (Ff. BR. Hitchcock’s), black, white and tan bitch, April, 1889 (Roderigo—Bo-Peep), GUENN (Blue Ridge Kennels’), black, white and tan bitch, 2iyrs. (Paul Gladstone—Belle Ward). COUNTESS RUSH (Blue Ridge Kennels’), black, white and tan biteh, 34¢yrs. (Count Noble—Belle Ward). Gossip (Biue Ridge Kennels’), black, white and tan bitch, April, 1888 (Roderigo—Belle of Piedmont). DAD WILSON, JR. (J. Sbell . Hudson’s), black, white and tan dog, April 14, 1888 (Dad Wilson—Lit). DOLLY HB#ILL (J. Shelly Hiidson’s), black and white bitch, April 27, 1889 (Ben Hill—Dolly §.). LADE (Pierre Lorillard, Jr.’s), black, white and tan dog, May 24. 1889 (Toledo Blade—Lula C ), ANTBYOLO. (Pierre Lorillard, Jr’s), liver and white bitch, Sept. 11. 1889 (Count Noble—Trinket II.). NATALIE II. (Bert. Crane’s), black, white and tan bitch, Aug 13, 1887 (King Noble—Natalie), WAGrTArL (O. W. Donner’s), black, white and tan dog, 1890 (Roi d’Or—Belle of Piedmont). ATLANTA (L. W. Smith’s), black, white and tan bitch, Qizyrs. (Jean Val Jean—Sheena Van). JOE LEWIs (J. O’H, and F. H. Denny’s), black, white and tan dog, 19mos. (Count Noble—Fannie). FINGAL (Edm, A. Osthaus’s), black, white and tan dog, March 21, 1889 (Toledo Blade—Lady G.). ; Top MARK (B. dog, 3vrs. (Gath’s Mark—Burd Helen). PANsy Buossom (W. H. Wallace’s), blue belton bitch, 3yrs, (Rockingham—Pansy) RUPERT (J. M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s), black, white black, white and tan dog, April 3(, 1889 (Roderizo—Bo-Peep) ORLANDO (J. M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s), aud tan deg, April 30, 1889 (Roderigo—Bo-Peep), Fouty (J. M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s), black, white and tan bitch, March 18, 1889 (Roderigo—Countess House), U.S. DAN (J. M. Avent and Bayard Thayer's), black, white and tan dog, January, 1888 (Roderigo—Juno A.,). Anpby (J. M. Avent avd Bayard Thayer’s), black, white and tan dog, March 15, 1889 (Jean Val Jean—Sheena Van), ROBESPIERBE (J, M. Avent and Royal P. Carroll’s), black, white and tan dog, 1890 (Roderigo—Ollie §.). Betty §, (Highland Kennels’), black, white and tan bitch, 5yrs. (Roderigo—Bo-Peep). LEMONES (J. EK, Dager’s), lemon and white dog, March 21, 1889 (Toledo Blade—Lady G.). POINTERS. Bouncer (G. W. Amory’s), dog, February, 1887 (Bob—Sal). Grouse (C. C, M. Hunt’s), liver and white dog, 2\yrs, (Mainspring—Swain’s Fiy). WILD DAMON (Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels’), liver and white dog, 1/4yrs. (Damon—Flora), ; MontTrAy (Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels’), liver and white bitch, 2yrs. (Tory pote apie Pearl). CROXIf WISE (Charlottesville Field Trial Kennels’), lemon and white biteb, 3igyrs. (Croxteth—Young Beulah), MAID oF KEentT (Charlottesyille Field Trial Kennels’), liver and white bitch, 2yrs. (King of Kent—Hops). eee (Ed. H. Osthaus’s), liver and white dog, Aug. 26, Don-Fis HEL (W, R. Wishel’s), black dog, July 26, 1888 (Devonshire Sam—Nellie Bang). DUKE OF HESSEN (Hempstead Harm Kennels’), liver and white cog, 6yrs. (Luck of Hessen—Blarney), GRAPHIC VI, (Wm. Mahone, Jr.’s), liver and white dog, 8yrs. (Graphic—Daisy IT.), DASH (Watkins Moorman’s), orange and white dog, 4yrs. (Marks—Sappbo). FRANK (A. 1, Sanford’s), liver and white dog, Sept. 13, 1888 (Duke of Vernon—Royal Cute). Purppo Il. (Jas. L, Anthony’s), liver and white dog, May 26, 1884 (Priani—Meally), FLAKE OF FLOCKFINDER JR. (J. R. Purcell's); lemon and white bitch, yrs, (Plockfiinder—-Ion). Nicopemus or low (J, R. Purcell’s), liver and white dog, ayrs. (Dick Swiyeller—Ion), I, Stephenson’s), black, white and tan JUPITER (J. R. Pureell’s), liver and white dog, 2yrs. (Tom Bowline— Belle C.). RAZZLE (G, Lee Knapp’s) dog (Dexter—Seldom). CHAMPION STAKE—SETTERS, CHANCE (J. M. Avent and Bayard, Thayer’s). black, white and tan dog, 1885 (Roderigo—Bo-Peep). ANTONIO (J. M, Avent and Noryin T, Harris’s), black, white and tan dog (Roderigo—Bo- Peep), DAtsy Hops (W. W, Titus’s), orange and white bitch, 4yrs, (Gath’s Hope—Daisy F.). TOLEDO BLADE (J. E. Dager’s), black, white and tan dog, May 20, 1886 (Roderigo— Lillian), SUNLIT (California Kennels’), orange helton bitch, 5yrs. (Sportsman—Sweetheart). POINTERS. RiP RAP (Charlottesville Field Trials Kennels’), black and white ticked dog, 3yrs. (King of Kent—Hope), TRIBULATION (B. M. Stepbenson’s), liver and white dog, digyrs. (Beppo ILI.—Lass of Bow). IRISH SETTER TRIALS ALL-AGED STAKE. Hditor Forest and Stream: The following are the nineteen entries for the All-Aged Stake in the Irish setter trials: ‘ DuKE HLcCHO (Dr, Wim. Jarvis’s), Hlcho, J1,—Maid. EpNA H. (Dr. Wm, Jarvis’s), Elcho, Jr.—Romaine, COLERAINE (H. B. Bishop’s), Fingal If1.—A veline. FINGLAS (EK, B. Bishop’s), Fingal I/T.—Aveline. Onota Don (Ff. Ll. Cheney’s), Chief—Bizreena. JESSIE JONES (C, P. Hubbard’s), Lee Grouse—Mage. SEDAN (Michael Elynn, Jr.’s), Chester D. Herald—Nancy. JIM BEATTY (R. E. Lutz’s), Lee Grouse—Lew, CLAREMONT PATSy (E. H. Perry’s),. Frisco—Nellie IX. SPINAWAY (G. G. Davis’s), Chief—Tyrrell’s Nellie. SILK (G. G. Davis’s), Chief—Gypsy Maid. LSE (C. 1. Thompson and W. H. Child’s), Glenelcho —Nora. PICKENS (F. FE. Capers’s), Tim—Florid. Rock woop (C. T’. Thompson's), Desmond J1,—lLuray III. INCHIQUIN (J. J. Scanlan’s), Chandon If.—lowa. BLUE Rock (G E. Gray’s), Muskerry—Naney Lee, Hops (G. E. Gray’s), Brian Boru, Jr.—Biddy. READY Il. (Wax Wenzel’s), Red Dash—Ready. IRISH RANGER, JR. (W. T. Irwin’s). G. G. DAvyis; Sec’y. PHILADELPHIA WITHDRAWS. Hditor Forest and Stream: As the withdrawal of the Philadelphia Kennel Club from the American Kennel Club will no doubt be the subject of discussion by the sporting pipers and among dog men gener- ally, it is not inappropriate that I, as president of the club and as the one who prompted this action, should give some of the causes which impelled us to this separation. I have always appreciated the almost unlimited field of usefulness of an institution such as the American Kennel Club ought to be, but when I saw, as I have seen, and as every one who has read the sporting press must have seen, that the club was being run not for the interest of the dog but for those of a few men who live in New York city or near thereto, I became satisfied that this socricty which had been conceived in good for the dog had resulted in the injury of the cause. The American Kennel Club should be governed by the delegates from the several clnbs which compose it, and each delegate should in its deliberations have an equal yoice with another, and when our delegate informs us that not only once or twice, but time and again that bis voice is never heard, and that all of the proceedings of that organization are “cut and dried’’ before the meetings, I think every man of sense will agree with me that a proper respect tor our club and for ourselves justifies us in refusing to send such delegates to such meetings. This ‘‘cut and dried” business has been a cause of complaint for a long time, and when the A.K.C., or rather the “clique” that runs it, deliberately laid upon the tabl:, without a reason, a report of a committee favoring the recognition of our field trials, forbearance ceased to be a virtue, and I brought itto the attention of the club with the result mentioned. I don’t complain about the refusal of the A. K. GC. to re- cognize our trials, but to the “manner” in which such re- fusal was made. I think that lean truthfully say that the Philadelphia Kennel Club has done as much as any other for the develop- ment of the dog, and when a committee of the A. K, G. favorably reported the recognition of our trials it would have been at best scant courtesy for the A. K. C., or rather the *‘clique,”’ to give the reasous for their action. I know of no law to compel them to give reasons, nor do I know of any which compels self-respecting men to be humiliated by men whose chief and only aim seems to be to fight a few members who have dared to question their methods. The Peshall business has been simply disgusting, and should have been ended Jong ago, but with that we have nothing to do, except to suffer with others the humiliation that such a matter inflicts. I mention this as one of the many things that have disgusted our members and have compelled us to take the course we have taken, What the dog men of this country need is an American kennel club (not a-‘‘clique”’ organization), wherein each club shall have equal voice and in which the only object shall be the development of the dog and not the personal ambitions or passions of the officers. I could give many other reasons for the action of our club, but the gist of them all is that the American Kennel Club has ceased to represent the several kennel clubs of which it is composed, and has out- lived its day of usefulness, and we have nothing to gain and all to lose by connection therewith under its present man- agement; and that by its unmanly action toward the report of its committee rcognizing our field trials and its continued disregard of our delegate it has forfeited our respect. We have not taken this course with any degree of pleasure, I can assure you. We have been driven toit, and I express the sentiments of our members when I say that if the A. K. C. will so conduct itself as to fulfil its mission and will select for its officers men who will do their full duty we will be only too glad to renew our association with them, FRANCIS 8. Brown. PHIDADELPHIA, Oct. 15. NATIONAL BEAGLE TRIALS.—Nanuet, N. Y.—Hditor Forest and Stream; It has been intimated to me that cer- tain members have expressed themselves as believing that my dogs would have an advantage in the coming trials, for the reason that they were being worked over the trial courses. For the benefit and information of such members I will say that their impression is entirely erroneous. Nanuet is com- pletely surrounded with the most excellent hunting grounds for rabbits, 1n fact so much so, that the folly of believing my dogs would have any advantage will, I think, be-very clearly demonstrated on the ground in November, niuch better than IT can do it on paperin October. Notwithstanding this, T have given posi‘ive instructions to my trainer to absolutely ay. id certain districts which are adjicent and particularly well adapted jor the trials. This very point that is now raised was one of the most prominent objections that I real- ized in suggesting Nanuet as a suitable place for the trials, While I presume the advantages Lo myself referred to were the most natural inferences with those unfamiliar with the situation, I feel called upon to make this statement in the interest of true sport and good fellowship,--H, L, KREUDER, 276 FOREST AND STREAM. —_ Pe bod —_—--—— =F - « an = - jOcr, 22, 1891: - AN APPEAL TO LOVERS OF ST. BERNARDS, 4 following letter received from the editor of the Hnglish kennel organ, Stock-ICeeper, speaks for itself: Hditor Forest and Stream: On behalf of thenoblest association of the handsomest hreed of dogs, I beg you to do the service of printing the inclosed appeal for subscriptions, I feel confident thata nation so distinguished for generosity and sentiment as America, would be hurt at not being asked to help, EDITOR. “An Appeal to all St. Bernard Lovers, Breeders, and Exhibitors —Our attention has been drawn by a leader in the Daily Telegraph to the sad intelligence that the St. Bernard Hospice is languishing for lack of funda, This institution, from which the dogs take their name, was founded in Switzerland over nine hundred years ago, by Saint Bernard of Menthon, a native of Savay, ‘whose kind heart being deeply tuuched by the dangers to which travelers journeying in winter-time over the Mons Jovis were exposed,’ led him to establish cells for a dozen monks on the mouutain, to which was added a guest-house for belated and invalided wayfarers, and it is distressing to hear that the uoobtrusive and inoffensive fraternity who cau claim so splendid an historic record of doing good are im- overished, and need help. The monks of St. Bernard are ound by their vows to give gratuitous shelter and food to all wanderers who seek their hospitality, but in modern times the convent, during the summer, had been a favorite resort for tourists, among whom pee and Americans predom- inate. Notwithstanding all the revolutions brought about by the railways, it is estimated that at least twenty thousaud persons, chiefly belonging to the peasant class, find their way every year over the St. Bernard; and the normal expenditure of the hospice is never less than fifty thousand francs, or two thousand pounds sterling per annum, A variety of causes seems to have led to the dwindling away of the annual revenue, and the consequent drifting of the entire institution into financial embarrassment. In England and America descendants of the braye dumb animals which assist the holy brethren in their humane task have become the favorite com- panions of a vast number of dog lovers. To the hearts of these owners and admirers who take a pride in the well-being of their canine friends we appeal on behalf of their less for- tunate relations in their cold home at the monastery. For the sake of the faithful dogs and the monks we beg for con- tributions which shail help to keép the roof over their heads, and preserve an institution which has rendered such great service to humanity in the past, and is nowin danger of being lost to future lost travelers for want of financial assist- ance. We shall be glad to take charge of contributions from St. Bernard men, and of all dog lovers, rich and poor, in America and Great Britain who will wish to assist in help- ing so good a cause. Suhscriptions may be addressed to the Editor of the Stock-Keeper, 169, Fleet street, EH. C.” For the convenience of subscribers in America, the FoREST AND STREAM will be pleased to acknowledge any contri- butions to this fund and forward the same to the Hnglish Stock-Keeper. DELIBERATE AND HASTY Rditor Forest and Stream: Since in most of the reports of the shows of the last Cana- dian circuit by the various journals, this one included, ex- pressions were used which seemed to imply that the judging was not done rapidly enough, such as ‘judging delayed,” ‘judging hanging on,” éte., it may be well to examine just JUDGING. ~ what there is in it all. It will at once be agreed that, if spoestile judging should commence at the hour appointed and not be postponed without good cause; while the dogs should be brought before the judge as rapidly as possible. But all this may be done and still the judging will take perhaps two full days at a show with 250 to 350 dogs, unless several judges are em- ployed, even with present methods of judging. The expense of a single professional judge is considerable, and the employment of several would bankrupt many a show. Last year the judging was delayed at Toronto owing to lack of promptness on the part of one of the judges, but he improved in more respects than one this year: and the rest of the shows did their judging without more delay than was unavoidable from the circumstances, The dogs were got iuto the ring and from it fairly rapidly, and the judges all worked steadity, and some of them very long hours. The judging of some of the specials at Toronto was late in beginning, but with this exception IT am at a loss to see wherein there was ground for the complaints. By doubling the entry tee one or two more judges might be employed, but exhibitors do not want to pay that price for more expe- ditious judging. Montreal might with advantage have had one more judge, but that shuw grew in proportions from its first conception too rapidly to permit of this, and besides being a first venture the management did not like to risk ue ated and perhaps kill all future shows by having a big eficit. But behind these complaints of “judging delayed” there seems to be a belief that less time should be taken in de- termining the standing of the dogs shown, Itis against this feeling we must conteud, I am satisfied, if the best interests of good judging are not to suffer. If any judge is led to feel that unjess he pushes through his work at a certain pace he will be subjected to criticism, it follows that there will be the temptation to ‘“‘scamp’’ his work and place the awards jn some fashion, whether after deliberate examination and consideration or not. Whatis to be gained by determining the awards a few hours earlier? Exbibitors get their curiosity satisfied and the press gets the reports a little earlier; beyond that there is AGEolataly no gain and much loss, The haste to learn how a dog is to stand has no good basis, and the reports to the press are exactly in the same position, As to the loss: The general public like to see the winning dogs, but they like better to witness the process of determining the awards when they have a fair opportunity. The space around every judging ring is crowded, If any management would erect a separate building for judging with an area jarze enough to permit the dogs to be freely moved, and surrounded by a gallery, a great and popular step in advance would be taken. ‘Toronto could do this, aud would make money by doing it, 1 am convinced, and the same would apoly to other shows. Now, what I have been persistently contending for is more systematic, thorough and therefore more deliberate judging: aud while in the case of several of the judges there has been an improvement in this respect on the last Canadian circuit, T hold that all would be the gainers if there was still more thoroughness, It would take more time, hut all who saw such judging would be instructed. The reporters, more- over, could then take their notes chiefly while the class were ii the ring, see them as the judge himself sees them, and not as they lie tired out on the benches. Reports thus fur- nished dealing with the dogs as they stand and move would be infinitely more satisfactory. Itis rather hard on a judge who has examined a dog in the ring, walked, trotted and galloped him, to have some reporter a day later lock at the dog in his stall and there only, and write boldly that the dog should have been placed differently. _ Kingston furnished the best place to judge dogs I have ever seen. A long space of fully 20yds. was available. Seats were placed around this and some of the best society of the city sat watching the judging for hotirs. In such a place there.is a chance to group dogs in similar positions, to exer- cise them in any fashion, and in a word to make as thorough aD examination as any man can desire, People are inter- ested in this; exhibitors can see differences in the dogs for themselves, and the judge can do his best, which he certainly cannot and does not under the cramped condition of most judging spaces, Judging, to serve its highest purpose, should be a series of object lessons, a source of clear instruction to those who exbibit and to the general public. , Asa matter of fact I do not hesitate to say that the judg- ing at the recent shows, which was most deliberately done, over which most time was spent, was better and gave mote satisfaction than when it was pushed more rapidly, even when the same judge officiated at different shows. By the way, at our fall shows the dogs could in most: cases be well judged in a large space adjacent to the show build- ing and surrounded by a high fence. Not to. occupy more of your space, Mr. Editor, I suggest that the best interests of the kennel world will be served by thorough judging by eye and hand, and that the press will assist in this matter by encouraging judges to take plenty of time to do their work, and reporters to come to their con- clusions chiefly while the dogs are in the ring. Wrs.Ley MIus, M.D. NOTES AND NOTIONS. W* occasionally hear of persons burying puppies as a means of disposing of them, and the common im- Pres un is that the act is the result of simple brutality. his is not the exact truth, as the practice is one of those singular evolutions of superstition that so often cropup. It is an old superstition that it is ‘bad luck’’ to kill cats, either as cats or as Kittens, and the ancient idea was that burying alive was not killing! From this original supersti- tion as applied to cats, the idea spread that puppies should be killed the same way. It is somewhat difficult to exactly define the character of such an act, as it is not brutality pute and simple, and in these days of “faith cure’ it is not wise to characterize any outbreak of superstitious foliy by any strong term. The kennelman who buries Puppies alive and the mother who sees her child sink away in thecluteches of typhoid or scarlet fever, refusing medica] aid, come very near together. ‘ eo & The English correspondence of the Fanciers’ Journal aud the London Stock-Keeper mention a proposed rule of the English Kennel Club designed to make the club the court of final appeal, and its embracing some proyisious of some “Arbitration Act,” neither party giving any particulars as to the provisions of this act. It would appear, however, that the act is substantially the same as provided in many of our States for a voluntary and decisive arbitration between dis- putants, and a neste ta the Hnglish Kennel Club proposes to require of all exhibitors that they accept. the decisions of the club under this act. If this is correct, the objection to the proposal is very obvious. cere «25 25 25 25 24 24°25 23 81 19—254 Miller eens eceeetee. Ve Meee 20 25 25 26 24 24 OB 22 22 20295 Thiehl tees ee BP et att Ate = are wat 25 25 24 24 24-25 22 22 19285 Wipeherihe ts heat Pisce a Fine cee ees! 25 25 20 24 24 23 28 22 22 20—433 Hencken eect +n 25 20 26 23 23°28 23 28 21 20—231 PATA: gS nt fog eae gene Wake eb gl 26 24 24 24 23 28 23 23 20 19—298 Kruse...-.. ...-- TPA als att 2) 2d 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 20—227 Wartaehemisi ties bem satere wea kne pie 2D 24 24 23 28 23 23 22 20 19—226 WRAL OTS ta ene reich ema DE Perints 2d 24 28 28 22 22 22 29 20 19—223 Capt Dewey.... .. Wer ee vss esBD 24 24 23 23 20 20 20 20 19-990 TROSEPR ews s eee peut eon ae ee ne 25 24 24 23 238 20 20 20 20 19—218 Mratclor: ge F, C, Coudert 45, H. A. Thomp- gon 42, ©. M. Baldwin 43, H. V. O’Denohue 48 Infantry Match, Seventh Regiment: H, W. Warren, Co. K, 44; J. D. Foot. Co. F, 43; CO. C. Brown, Co. I, 42; FP, C. McLewee, Co. O, 46: J. Dwight, Jr., N. G. S.. 46; A. N, Jordan. Go. ©, 42; W. M. Halsted. Co, By 48; H, A. Bostwick, Jr., Co. B, 43; A. W. Trotter, Co, H, 42; A, Ber- trand, Co. ©, 42; G. 8. Towle, Co. D, 45; B. M. Dunn, Co. G, 45; H. -Coburn, Jr., Co, O, 45; D, L, Williams, Co. G, 44; D. GC. Meyer, Co OG, 44: J, BK. Set uyler, Oo. B, 43; G J. Weaver, Co, I, 43, Twentv- third Regiment; HK. J. Kraft, Go, D i - H. Stokes, Co. H, 43: G, T, Warren, Co. K. 47; HM, Field, Co. B, 47; F. A. Wells, Co. B, 44; E. 8S. Spink, Co, FY, 42; C. W. Simmons, Co. A, 47. Thirteenth Regiment: BE. W. lotz, Co. G, 48; W. Donaehy, Jr,, Co. H, 48: I. MeNevin, N.C. 8.4% G, E, Constable, Oo. F, 46; G, W. Cowen, ———— os ] Gon, 22, 1801.) FOREST AND STREAM. 2379 Co. F, 47. C.F. Robbing, Generals staff, 44, Seventy.firat Begi+ ment: T. W.T mpson, Oo, B, 46; M. P. Ross, Co. H, 48. Twenty- second Regiment: M, Ei Burnton, staff, 43. HUDSON RIVER CLUB —On Monday and Tuesday next the Huason River Club will hold its second annual prize meeting at its range, 85 Gilez avenue, Jersey City Heights. There will be a target ot honor, open only to membens who will contribute the prizes. It will be three shots at the 25-ring target, The ring- target contest at 7aft. will be open to all comers. Ten cash prizes with premiums for best tickets. THE TRAP, Scores for publication should he made out on the printed blanka prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratia to club secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- ticularly requested to. write on one side of the paper only. ; FIXTURES. If you want your shoot to be announced here send. in notice like the following: Oct. 21-23.—Reading’s Tournament, Flemington. N. J. Key- stones, Open to all. P Oct. 27-29.—Savannah, Ga., Chatham Gun Club, assisted by the Inter-S: ate Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association. Noy, 26.—South Side Gun Chib Tournament, at South Norwalk, Conn. E. H. Fox, eae June 13 18.—New York State Sporfsmen’s Association’s Thirty- cag Annual Convention, at Syracuse, N.Y. Chas. H. Mowry, eu’y. THE DAYTON KENNEL CLUB ANNUAL. THE last part of Mr. Brown's copy came to hand too late for last week, and the list of prizes in the third match ag given was incomplete. The full list ran thu : Chubb Ist, rocking chair; Makley 2d, cut-zlass olive dish; Heikes 38d, smoking sut; Rike 4th, box of soap; Troup Sth, silk hat; Mumma 61h, rubber hunting boots: O. W. Sander Vrh, box of oranges; Porterfield 8th, inkstand; Weston 9th, sack of flour; Kumler 10 h, load of wood; A. Sander lth, snakewood cleaning stick; Cooper, 12th, handsay; Porter, 18th, necktie; Grieves 14th, hana protector; G. Sander 15th, box of soap; Chas, Whealen 16th, pocketbook; Dando 17th, bottle of fine old Sherry. Wifteen sparrows: Porter... oi.) 111013111101001—11_ «“Dando.... .....011111110111010—11 Gooper......-.. JOUIOIONI0O—11. Waltmire.....1101/1000011010— 8 Chubb. ......,.011017100M100—11 Mukley........ 111111011071711—13 Hannah.. .....1111110111111—14 Tronp.......... 011171011071111—12 Weston........J01111110011110—11 WRike .......... 111111101101001—11 A Sander...... 11111011 100111—12_- Henkes ...:. -.011111111111111—14 Kumler.,....... OUMITIONITIII—12 Volker. ..... ,101010111011111—11 Whealen... .. OTI11WI0ILI0I—11 Stoecklein.....01101101001111— 9 “G Sander...... OMWHLOIII—12 “Carnell..... . 000001111010)10— 6 Grimes. ...... 111111101101111—18 ~Mumma.....,.1111)0001111111—12 C Sander...... 1011102111110111—18 Porterfield ....111111111011011—13 Hifteen sparrows: Carnell........ 010110910901010— 6 Makely........ 101011010101101— 9 rimes...,.-.-11J01U10011101—11 Voeilker........ 14111.1110011011—12 Vromp,.-.....-.11J1T1O1OIILI0—12 Glamder....:.. 0101101111111 10 —11 Chibb:... ..6. 110101111001101 10 Stoecklein .... 1001 L1001110011— 9 Dandor. on. 01111011 1101010—10 - Porterfield... .101111010101101—i0 A Sander......01/10U01110101I— 9 Hannah....... O1LI11110110111~—12 Couper .....+- TMMUAN0N1I—14 Porter......... 111001100111000— 8 Weston....... 10111100111111—18 ; The committee hud announced that inone unknown event of the tourney prizes were to be awarded in reverse order to the usual way. Thatis, the lowest score was to haye first prige, sec- ond lowest sedond prize, and in that manner on up the list, so that the highest score should receive the booby prize, After the tour- ney announcement was made that the sixth eyent was the one designated by Mr. Weston, and here is the resull: Fitteen sparrows: Carnell ........ L0100011101110— 9 ~Weston........ 111111100101011—11. Porterfield,... OQVIIOMU1N00—10 Grimes...,.... 111100000111110— 9 A Bander....-. 111114011011 00—1L G Sander..., ..111110100111110—11 Dando... ....... 101011 10111—12, Chubb........, 111001011111001—10 Hannah,....,..Q111211111101—18 Stoeckl-in..... 101011100111110—10 Droup........,, 00LI10N11111—12__C W Sander. .-01100101°010111— 9 ‘Pinter ees Q11010110000011I— { Heikes,...-- « «1410171171111 —14 Volker.... ..,.00L11110N01010— 9 Mumma...... 1101017111111—18 Makely... .... LIM i—15_- Rike.........., LLOLWOLIIOUNIII— 9 Oooper.....--- OLILLILII111 100—12 Fifteen sparrows: QGarnell........0OLCHLONOIII0II— 7 Cooper,,.......101110000010000— 5 Porterfield... .MUIMJINIIIIII0—12 Weston........ 101111001 100111—10 A Sander ..... 111111011001010—10 Grimes ...,....111111009101001— 9 Dando......... 101111111010011—-11 G Sander...... 111110101001011—10 Hannah...... LMO101II0I11—12, ~SChubb....,.... 1001101911111170—11 Troup ..... - L110, 001110U00— 8 Stoecklein.....001111000010010— 6 PGREGIS ese HMONIIOI—18 Kumiler..., ....011110100101100— 8 Volkers.-..... AL101000100010— 6 Waltmier......10!/110011111011—11 Makely........ 101111 0000111/0— 9 Whealen -- LL0111110111—13 Prizes were also given on averages based on 1,000 points: 1, Heiles........4 60 9, Adolph Sander740 16. Grimes...,.... 640 2, Mumma,.;. ... 830 10, Chuob,........ 720 17, Kumler ....,, 640 8, Hannab.........820 11. Dando.,,.,.,..710 18, G Sander...... 630 4, Makely. .....-. 730 12, Troup..,....,...710 19. Volker.....,... 600 5. Weston.........770 13 Whealen.,..., 700 20, Walcmire....,.540 6, Forterfield.....760 14 Cooper..,.... 700 21, Stocklein...... 540 Pe ileeee tas reds 760 15. Porter,...,..,.670 22, Carnell........ 340 ike 8. GC W Sander....750 Mr. Sale Good, superintendent of the kennels, and Jack Words, supplied a very inter sting feature of the tourney in handling the three dogs which, by announcement of the committee, were to retrieve the pigeons in the 10-bird match. The dogs performed the work without a fault, and enjoyed it with as much keen ex- vitement as-did the large audience. Minnie, the Irish setter owned by Mr. 8.8. Troup, was turned loose first,and the bird had scarcely struck the ground before she had it. whirled and came running in withit. Royal. the English setter owned by Mr, J. F. Campbell, was next sent out, then the pointer Noble Bang, owned by Mr, Charles Whealen, The three dogs alternated in the work, and though in high state of excitement from the continuous applause oyer their triumphs, they did not falter in their exhibition of pertect training. Not one bird waa mutilated by the dogs, and each dog had opportunity to reirieve birds dead out of bounds lo0yds. away. Brown. PENNSYLVANIA TRAPS. SPRING City, Pa., Oct. 17.—The second grand shooting tourna- ment of the Spring City Gun and Game Club was held on their grounds here to-day. ‘ This being one of the brightest days of this fall. everybody ex- pected a large crowd at this tournament, especially as this club had been attending most of the different club shoots all around their neighborhood and a great many had promised to attend, but failed to materialize as promised. Among the visiting shooters were H. David Landis, of Philadel- phia; J. Thurman and Harry Thurman. of Germantown; Wrank Hoagland, of Roxborough; H. H, Buckwalter, of Royersford, G. Pryor, of Pottstown. The shooting commenced at 10 o’clock and ran along smoothly until dinnertime, Although the entries were not large, eréat in- lerest was manifested in the shooting, under American Associ- ation rules, 5 traps, rapid firing system. No. 1, 5 birds, entrance 50 cents, divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent.: PEST. een eran a GOT oe ay cy ede aie 00111—3 li Miehener,.....--.....-.J110l-—4£ HL landis ...........0..5 110-4 G@ Wilson. ....-..0.-..-5, 00010 =) I Ulmamn.....00..00.... .- OLU03—-1 H Wunder...-...... ae 10010—2, oT Thurman.... .......... 01101—3 E Dawvid...... Pee hoe reeet 10l1I—4 FF Hoapland ...... belie 01111--4 Ttem first, T. Michener, KH. David, H. Landis, FW. Hoagland sec- ond, G, Quay, J. Thurman third, No. 2, 10 birds, entrance $1, divided 50, 80 and 20 per cent.: Item......- .... «»-JJD121111—10 H Wuoder.......... 1100000010— 8 H Landis «.......... LI00L0IU— 7 ~TUlman........ . .1111111)1—10 W Hoagland....-.- QWOMNII— 7 G@Quay............. 111101 1110— 8 T Michener.,...... JII1I—I) BE ebavid ............ 1301011111 — 8 G Wilson......-....1101011001I— 7 ~FThurman......... HW H01— 9 I era, T. Michener, J. Ulman rst, J. Thurman second, G, Quay, E. David third. No 3, 8 birds, entrance te rents, diy. 50,30 and 20 per cent.: WHiemai ead) danas al Wil—-? David ........-. 2... ..10111101-—6 GF Wilson... 2c. ss. A0UOI0—3 Ulman... 2... sieves et0111101—6 Hoagland .........,...H0UI—7 Quay.... 2. 2. .......01101001—4 Landis. .;....... secre JUUWII—& Michener:..)..... .,.2 1111010i—6 Jehneon,,..,.-:....,.L101UI—8 JVhurman., ........ 101111u—7t a anata Se raat Heasiaiacpha a: th jandis snd Johngon first, Item, Hoagland and J. Thurman second, David, Ulman and Michener thi eat De Then s-e} No, 4, 15 birds, entrance $1 50, div, 50, 80 and 20 pot cent.: Trem.,,.....,, LIM 1—15 ~Uliman.,,....,.111010100011101— 9 Landis,.,-..+ AH IUI0NI0OlI—18 ~David,.......,.J0I10N104. — 6 Jobnson...,... OUILN1O0UITII0 -10 J Thurman,..,.11 1U10D1 gy. —65 Hoagland, .....J/IIU1110111—14_“Michener,..,. IU11110011101—13 uay . .,,.-.. OLOLIOLOUIININ— 9 Item first, Hoagland second, Landis and Michener third. No. 5, 6 birds, entrance 50 cents, 3 moneys: POMherss esineesses here ello) David, eos eli cee he ete er 3 Landis,.. ...: reeves tite at VOMI=-4 Wilson... -.. cece sees eyed IL00—8 Michener,.-.,............Q1000—-1 J Thurmun............s55 11-4 Ainram. ss. 2Gs 6: Spin genae OLLDI—4 WT Wammdtr: wciece en aan 1wu—5 Hoagland........,... -, ,J1l1I—5 Diekson......... 0.04. -.0100—? (OUD VE cadier ene thea nls ates ANM—s5 fiem, Hoagland, Quay, J, Thurman, J. Wonder first, Landis and Ulman second, David and Wilson third. No. 6,10 birds, entrance $1, 3 moneys: Eten: 2 oye. ..- Ji111NN1—10 = andis............5 11111011110— 9 David wei. met cules WNMVWINI—10 Quay. . ............1110001710— 6 Buckwalter........ IMWIIOl— 8 J Thurman......... 11111L1110— 9 WVGISOTs Gay pace LO00LI0I1— 5 ~Hoagland...... -«.-1111111111—10 JOWNSON......,....- 1111/001011— 7 Miehener........... HO10NII— & Pirate ene , OLOLI0II— 7 Wunder..... ...... 111011 100— 5 First money, Item and David; second, Landis and J. Thtirman; third, Buckwalter and Michener. No. 7,4 birds, entrance 50 cents, 8 moneys: Datalink vets Sec cecu eases es AMII—A. J Lhurman.......5........ O1111—4 Mighenerss e550. Oy WIWI—5 HW David.... .............. 11111—4 Dna Lees syne. ALMI—3 ~Hoaglamd................, o11—4 © Dickson.......,..-... LOI. -—4 Wilsom.........., « saa... JO00I—2 H Wrey.......5..--« sos... LOLIO—8 Landis, Michener and Dayid first, Dickson, J. Thurman and Hragland second, &. Prey third, No, §, 7 birds, entrance 76 cents, 2 moneys: Bipacrehttameeeiee mele ete WM1II—7 ~Brey.............- wre ~-0011100—3 Michener.,...--...-. cL) SDavidisess = cypeeu acs a+ el LIL 1—7 WOiece ne See Oe ee, 10L0U—5 ~=Wilgon ....... ; ., WOLII—6 Landis. Michener and David first, Wilson second. No. 9, 10 birds, entrance $1, 3 moneys: Ta ndiss (oe asec 1ONONIII— 8 J Thurman... .. .Ji1111N—- 9 Trem... ......... -. AUJ1N111—10 Hoagland.......... 1011111110— 8 wig sence > OLOOIOLIES GP Da vidwe, ene oer 0101111110— 7 Wilson........ Ree tL OVO M7 TTB Valen) oe) eines JIJ1111001— 8 M chener........0.. W110U1I1 — 9 Buckwalter.., .... OWIMTI— 8 Item first; Michener and J. Thurman second; Landis, Hoagiand, Frey and Buckwalter third. No. 10. 5 birds, entrance 40 cents, unknown angles, 2 moneys: J Dourman......-.5-. «+. aM) UP ha OSs Gl =o 1 ge 11111—5 Hoagland.......s.eceeees LOLII—=4 Walson: ii... es L1001I—3 PU atte dee Dene e1OUII—4 Brey. . oo... eee eee ee LIOO0—2 1D al ees emescee nee tio JAIILI—5 ~Michener............. ... 1W1U0—2 First, J, Thurman, David, ltem; second, Hoagland, Landis, CORTLAND COUNTY SPORTSMANS CLUB. CAZmNoviA, N. Y., Oct. 13:—Enclosed find scores made at Cort- land County Sportsman’s Club grounds on Oct. 18. The weather was perfectly lovely, not a cloud obscured the sky nora breath of wind io cause the targets to pursue an erratic course, was all done from five kingbird traps, they worked to perfection. This club has the finest grounds in the State and only needs a club house to make it complete in every way,—HAMMMDRLESS. No. 1,10 single kingtirds, entrance 50 cents, rapid firing. Bindge,...+<-..--.-AJHITINII—10 Beard............:. 1111011010— 7 Letever..... teeeeee LIILIIITI—10 Mowry .2.. 0... 1111111111—10 Schemerhorn....,..J11111 011— 9 Lansing ............ 01 1L001110— 6 Cruttenden,... .... WIUMILN— 9 Clark............... 1111110i ~=—9 TACTAINIS aii teow rh arsiboe a O011111011— 8 Williams..... ... .11011110i0— 7 Ay ee ot et VOLT ET Se Eee es inecteta iyi cee 1111117111—10 No. 2,10 single kine hirds, entrance 50 cents, unknown anvies,* Rindge....... . COU10MI— 7 BILE esa baton bar 1101110001— 4 LefAVersscast peer’ HUIOINILI— FY Ayling.........1 44: 1171111101— 9 Beard.... _. 27, O11M0UI00— 5 Hill....,.,...., _..- A111110101— 8 Orutrenden........ A110100101— 6 Williams ..........11111110i— 9 Schemerhorn....... HiLIOI1I— 9 ~Lansing.........- . J 1I1U0100I— 6 Mowry ..-.-. Tae 10MINI0— § Adams. ......,.3. 01011(0,00— 4 No 3, 15 single kim b rds. entrance fl, rapid firing: Rindga..-..... (0111001110111) _ Lansing . ....1}1110110111111—13 Lefever....... ALOUIIIINI111—14. Schmerhorn...111111111111101—15 Mowry ....-.» WMDWWI1—145 -Olark......., ..111111111010001—11 ard... ..0s +0010 111.000010— 6 Cruttenden.,.,111111111111111—15 Ayling......... 001111011011J11—11 Hill, ....... ++ - ALLIILO0LLITII1—13 Adams........ IMM 1I—14 “Witlisms...,...J7711 1001111111 -13 No. 4,5 pairs kingbirds, entrance 50 cents: Rindge........-. 11 10 J1 1010-7 Ayling......,.... 00 10 10 11 10—4 Lefever .....,,..10 10 11 11 —8 Mowry..... y---+el0 11 10 Ti 11—8 Cruttenden,..... U0 1111 10 10—6 Clark....,.,,..... 10 11 11 01 11—8 Lansing......... 10 11 10 00 11—6 ~Williams..... _...10 11 10 11 10—7 Sch-merhorn...10 11 10 11 11-8 No. 5, 20 single kinghiras, entrance $1, rapid firing: Rindge... JIOUMMIMIIIIIOI—18 | Crucre’d’n11001100110000111111— Adams. .,.11101111110110110101-15 Lausing,..111110110001000U1111—12 Mowry... LIO01011111001011111—11 Ayling... .11010111110010111111—15 Lefever...1III1IONO0ILUII—16 ~=Beard.,...11101011011111110111—18 Schem’h’ LOW 10l—18 9~“Williams, 1101111011111111'110—17 Clark.....UIM01IUI1di—19-_ Harr’gton11110111010111110111—16 No, 6, 10 kingbird+, entrance 50 cents, unknown angler: Rindge ...... 2...... WUIIOI—9-Clark........,,-.455. 1010191111—8 Beardie eee ete LONUDONUVI—2- Ayling...........; veel liLLLOIO1—8 Thefever: jose nstees 1010N0I—F Lansing..........-. +.0111001111—7 Gruttenden.. ...,.-.1111011000—6 Hill_............... -1Li0}11131—9 Mowry......-...0:. 110MN111—9 Schemerhorn....... 110111010i—7 Harrington........ 1111110— JONEB.... +05. . LWOUODDIINIIII0— 7 Baard..... .... 011700110111111—10 Mowry....ree- LIJUIWLIOILNI—I12 Agling......... 01311111U011010—10 Wallace........J]11711 1010010111 Hill.,......... WLLITLONOIOLII1 §=10 Lefever.... .-. WWIII —-15 «=Wolliams... .. 11411010171111i—15 LONE is 6 sae SLOUIVIIOLIII—12 Liansing........ 111011111110111—13 Schemerhorn..JIM1MIMNI0lI—14— No. 8,5 pairs kimgbirds, entrance 50 cents: Cruttenden ...10 111111 10-8 Harington,.....10 10 10 10 11I— 6 Lefever ......-. Ii il 1110 11—9 Wallace .......11 00°00 00 1i— 4 Ayling........ 1010 OL 19 11— 6 Jones .........,00 LL 01 11 — 4 Lansing ......-. Ti 11 11 11 11-10 Mowry.......... 1 11 11 11 1i— 9 OiaitK a. acne. AVOWIIO1L FF Ri‘ dge.........11 17 10 11 WwW— 8 Scehemerhorn...10 ti 10 10 00— 5 Gray........... 10 10 10 10 10— 6 Wo. 9.10 kingbirde, entrance $1, rapid firing: Ramdeeo vs. 11010MI— 8 Gray.-...... 0.45.23. 111111010i— 8 Witae® oes ne TOLIOUVOIIO — 5 Clark ee es tee TLMILILIOL— 9 Schemerhorn..... UHIIWILI— 8 Miller ............. 111111111—10 Lefeyer...-.-....0-e W101 — 9 Willtams...._...... J111111101— 8 Lansing.:.. .. ....101i101111— 8 Ayling............ »ALOIUINILIO— 8 Mowry............ w 1111111140 Cruttenden... ..... 1111111111—10 hill =O. ...-...-. 1 91110-— 9 Harrington ........ 1111110111— 9 Gray .3.....5, TN1101011010N—11 Mowry.... s1L11119111117111—15 L2fever........ WUWIITLI—15 S—“Jones...........111010/01011001— 9 Harrington....1111L00/0010101— 9 Crutiendon....010111111111101—14 Miller ......... WWIII T1—14 Agling......... 199013111000111—11 Williams...... OLUIIOONIIONIN— 9 Hill........ ... 111101111111111—14: Schemerharn. JIIMIW1—_15 Clark ... .....1111111110111/10—18 ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 15.—The Atlantic Gua Club members held their usual weekly sheot at Atlantic City, N. J., to-day, with results asTollows: first event, regular shoot at 25 1argets., handi- cap conditions—coveeded odds: A. C. Griscom 23, C. Minerd 27, G. Soutter 21. 8. O. Griscom 71, J. Young 18, S. Lillie 20, D, Smith 18, C. Gale 18, CO. Wippis 20, C, Harrold 20, J. Lorner 18, D. Sander 16, Dr. Wright 8, G. Cluen 16, _The prizes were: Wirst, can black powder; second, bay of sho:: third, can American wood powder; fourth, box of shells; ffrh, 1,000 wads. Seven 50 cent twerpstakes followed. There was a hive pigeon match, for $100 a side, 50 birds, American Association rules, between Capt. Minerd and Peter Goi. It was thought by meny that the plucky Captain would be beaten, and as a couseqnence mamy bets were made against him, Goff, however, did not shoot in his old-style form, and was com- pelled to retire before finishing his score, being shot out. About $500 changed hands. Peter Goff... ... 1001101110011101000110110101011000100101111iw. —-24 Captain Minerd .1' 011111111110111010111001110111110000111101111111—37 Jt is said that Goff will cnallenge Minerd to a 100-bird race, for $100 or more 4 side. WELLINGTON, Mase., Oct. 17.—Another interesting match was shot on the grounds of tue Wellington Gun Club to-day he- tween Frank and Melcher The match was at 30 singles and 10 pairs, and the purse was $25 a side. They tied in the singles, hreaking 23 each, while Melcher broke I? of his doubles to 12 for Frank, giving the purse to Melcher by a score of 40 to 35 for ‘Frank. Wighteen :weepstake matches followed. 4 FULFORD—BREWER.—It is announced that the match be- tween H, D, Fulford and Jobn L, Brewer, announced for Marion N. J., this week, for $200 a side in each of three matches, at 100 birds each, has been postponed till next month, Nov. 12,13 and 14. Shooting BROOKLYN TRAP DOINGS, BROOKLYN, Ort. 14.—A fine progremme had been arranged for the Coney Island Kod and Gun Club's meeting to-day at Graves- end. but unfortunately one of the prin ipalevents was postponad. The match hetween K.J. Dwyer. of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club, against Snapper” Garrison. of the Coney Island Cinb, was prevented. Dwyer+tprained his leg and he was mnable to com- pete, The match will be shot off after the next Inter-State League shoot at Newark by mutual consent. A pigeon shooting match was also arranged between R&R, J. Sutherland and J. Loud. of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club, The conditions are: To shoot at 50 live birds, 2byds, rise, 80yds. bouodary, medified Hurlingham rules The maich will take place on the Atjantic Rod and Gun Club's grounds, Coney Island, Oct, 28. To satisfy the big crowd that had gathered to see the contest, L. T. Dayenport challenged Garrison to shoot at 10 birds, the former taking a handicap of 2yds. on the gun. “Snapper was in great form, killing his 10 straight to Davenport’s8 A match was then arranged between L. T. Vayenport and Coarley Morris. The former won aiter a close race by the score of 9 to 8. The next event was the shoot-off of the halance of the ties in the several classes of the last mon’ h’s shoot for the “Fury” diamond badge. Dayenport and Lair shot for the emblem and first money. Davenport won easily, killing 32 to Lair’s 31, R. J. Schlieman won the second money. with a straight score si 38. The contest for the third money resulted in a good race between I. Hyde, J. E, Lake, A. Eppig, C. BH. Morris and H. W, Blattmacher. -Hvde won on the eighth round, Eppig and Morris missing, A triangular match between J. Schlieman, A. Eppig and W. Lair for the birds and a sweep, resulted in the Hx- cise Commissioner getting stuck, missing one bird out of 5, Lair and Hippig dividing the money. The regular shoot for the *Hury” diamond badge was then held. ‘I'wenty-two shooters went. to the traps. J. W. Lake, C. EH. Morris, A. Rppig, D, Monsees, C. Detlef- sen and J. CO. DeFrain killed 7 straight, On the shoot-off BHppig killed 10 and wou. His total score to-day was 36 out of 37 shot at. The Parkway Rod and Gun Club did not have such a large at- tendance as is usual at their regu’ar mouth)y shoot at Dexter Park to-day, Usually they have quite a crowd, but only twelve men went tothe score. The club snoots at 7 live birds, modified Hurlingham rules, fora handsome gold badge. EH Helgans and A. Botty killed their 7 straight and shot «ff. Botty outshot his opponent by one bird, Killing 1? straight, and won the hadge. He shot in a sweepstake that followed and killed 8 straight, making his record 20 straight. Another sweepstake was divided by J, Bennett and 4 Andrews. ® Oct. 16 —The members of the Jeannette Gum Club, of New York had a fine day’s sport to-day at Dexter Park. BHighteen vom peted in the several classes under Long Island rules, J. Vaght, 28vds., and C. Vaght, 28yde., tied with 7 each forthe gold menal in Class A. and the former was awarded the emblem, as he made the best score with his first barrel. J. Kroeger, 25;ds,. took the Class B medal with a score of 9, W. Bunger and H, Hoops tied for the Class C medal with 8 each, and the former won, haying the best score with his first barrel. C, F. Offerman was awarded the club medal for the highest score made with the first barrel during the day. Sweepstake contests were shotoff after the regular shoot. The first .was divided between J. Kroeger and C. Brunce, each killing 5. J.T. Rothman won second with 5. Oct. 17,—Several club: were represented at Dexter Park to-day at tiie formal opening of the Dexter Park Shooting Association, So many were presenti that but few sweepstakes were shot. They were all at 10 bluerocks, 20yds, rise. H, Knehel, Jr..of the Un- known Gun Club, won the first with a acors of 7; the second was divided by G. Pfohiman and Kuttersloth, each breaking 6; the third was won G, Pfohlman with 9; the fourth and fifth were won by H. Knebel, Jr,. with scores of 9 and 10, and he also won the sixth with a score of 12, beating Pfohlman by one bird. Knebel’s record for the day was 49 out ef 55 shot at, A small party of Fountain Guo Club men went down to Waood- lawn Park, Long Island, to-day and some of them shot sweep- stakes. It was a sort of trial to show what L. T. Davenport conld do with specially picked lot of hirds.that had been arefully selected by Blattmacher himself. This was in view Daver- port’s match with Fred Hoey, of the Central Gun Club. The first sweepstakes was at 20 birds each, 80yds. rise, and the scores were: Dr. Sneils 15, L. T, Dayenport 18, A. Purdy 18, B. West 19, ©. Wil- iams 16. Another sweepstakes under the same conditions resulted Dr, Sheils 15, L. T. Dayenport19, A. Purdy 18. The third sweep- atakes was at 30 birds each; Dr. Sheils killed 28 and Li, T, Dayen- port 29, 'T finish upthe birds Dr, Sheils and L. T. Davenport shot bird for bird and each killed 7 straight. This brought Daven- port’s total for the day up to 74 out of 79 shot at. WOODSIDE GUN CLUB. THE tournament of the Woodside Gun Olub on Thursday and Friday last was very-poorly attended, 12 entrics being the highest in any event. The scores in the various events follow: Thursday —Ten Keystones: Hobart, Cooper, Van Dyke and Smith 9 each, Deau &, Brantingham 7, Mynning 5. Fifteen Keystones: Van Dyke 15, Hobart and Smith 14 each, eee and Manning 13 each, Brantingham, Geoffrey and Cooper 12 each, ’ Twenty Keystones: Hobart, Daan, Brena and Cocke: fair 19 each, Yan Dvke 18, Smith 14, Manning 18, Cooper 11. Twenty-tive Keystones: Van Dyke 24, Hobart 22, Cooper 21, Cuckefais 20, Smith 18, Dean 17. Ten Keystones: Dean, Van Dyke and Cockefair 10 each, Brant- ingham, Hobart, Dean and Cooper 9 each, Drake 8, Geoffroy 7, Manning 5, . Fifteen Keystones: Dean and Brantingham 15 each, Hobart and Cooper 14 each, Manning and Van Dyke 18 each, Smith and Drake 11 each, Cockefair 10,Gecfiroy 9. Twenty Keystones: Hobart and Van Dyke 20 each, Drake and Geoffroy 18, each, Smith 15, Collins 14, Ten Key-tones: Hobart.aud Manning 10 each, Dean, Collins, Drake, Geoffroy and Van Dyke 9 each, Cooper and Smith 7 each, Jar kson 6, Brantingham 5, A Fifteen Keystones: Cockefair aud Van Dyke 14 each, Geoffroy, Collins, Brantingbam, Cooper and Hobart 13 each, Smith, Dean and Drake 12 each, Manning 9. Twenty-five Keystones: Van Dyke 25, Hobart 24, Drake and Smith 22 each, Geoffroy 21, Collins 19, Cockefair 17, Ten Kevatones—Dzan, Smith and Cooper 10 each, Hobart and Biantinguam 9 each, Manning 8, Geoffrey 5. Same—Hobart and Cooper 9 each, Geoffroy and Dean § each. Manning and Smith each, Brantingham 6, Same—Hobart 10, Dean 9, Brantingham, Smith and Geoffroy 8each, Van Dyke 7, Conoper6. Same—Dean apd Van Dyke l0 each, Cooper, Smith and Brantingham 9 each, Hobart, Manning and Geoffroy 8each. Same—Drake, Manning, Dean and Van Dyke 10 each, Geoffroy 9, Collins 8, Smith and Cockefair 7 each, Furth 6, Manning 5, : Fifteen K+ystones—Hobart 14, Smith, Drake and Van Dyke 138 pach, Collins and Geoffroy 11 each, Walters and Cockefair 10 #£ach, Ten Keystones—Van Dyke 10, Furth, Drake and Hobart 9 each, Cock: fair and Smith 8 each, Collins 6. Team match, 10 Keystones each—Collins and Van Dyke 20, eh and Geoffroy 17, Smith and Drake 16, Furth and Cocke- air ‘ Friday.—Ten Keystones—Hobart and Van Dyke 8 each, Sickles 8, Hunt and Geoffroy 7 each. Fifteen Keystones—Sickles and Yan Dyke 15 each, Hobart and Geoffroy 13 each, Hunt 11, Soe eee a Hobart, Van Dyke and Geoffroy 9 each, DICKIES oO. Fifteen Keystones—Van Dyke 15, Hobart and Sickles 14 each, Hunt 12, Geoffroy 10, After the close of the tournament Fred Van Dyke.and Ernest O. Geoffroy shot a mateh at 25 Keystones each, the latter to re- ceive 2 broken birds, Geoffroy won by a score.of 24 to 23. They then shot another match on even terms, when Van Dyke broke 24 to Geoffroy’s 21. : Tn two days’ shooting in regulary events during the tournament Pred Yau Dyke broke 822 out of 340 Keystone targets and W. R. Hobart broke 266 out of 290, ‘ BAYONNH, WN. J., Oct 18,—Nine bluerock clay-pigeon matches, shot this afternoon by the New Jersey Shooting Club, attracted much attention, First prizes in six events were wou by men who did not miss a fiying disc. A. F. Compson shot in the best form, while H. EK. Bigoney, W. J. Simpson, A.C, Hunt and G. De Witt, Smivh took first prizes on clean scores. The summary shows the number of birds broken in each match by prize winners: 10 sin- gles, first A. F, Compson 11, second A. O. Hunt 9, third G, A. Pope 8: 10 singles, first Compsou 8 second Hunt 6, third W. Simpson 5; 10 singles first Compson. Hunt and Simpson 19, second G. De Witt Smith 9, third Pope 8; 10 singles, first Compson 7, second Simpson 6, third Smith 6; 10 singles, first Compson and Smith 10, second Pops 7, third Hunt 6: 10 singles, first Simpson 9, second Compson 8 third Bigoncy 7; 20 singles, first Compson and Bigoney 20, the former won on shoot-off, Smith 17, Simpson 17, Pope 16, Hatha- ware: Perham Ld singles, were ine, of ret Smith 493 Bord HEP , third Simpson 6; singles, firs mpson an mpson 10 second Smith 8, third Virden 7. re 4 280 PHILADELPHIA, Oct, 16.—-The members of the Philade)phia Shooting Association visited Germantown for a friendly match with the Germantorn Gun Olu, and on ths grounds of the latter the battle came off, Ii proved very exciting at the finish when the Germaniown boys pulled out with only two birds to spare. The weather was cloudy and chiily, with a good breeze blowing across the traps, but the boys warmed up to their work and started for each other’s scalp with blood in wheir eyes. The match shoot was 5 traps, Aterican Association rules, 25 birds per man, 8 men on a side, as follows: Philadelphia Shooting Association. E David ....... pee LIU 011000111 011710101i—17 VGH MALES aes eee eee ee cee 11.1111010700101001 111131—16 PA ATLIS a, peewee nck eye sack tio te ~1101101501101111001101011—18 ep ee fale a ea a Se eet eae | 1)01V10111011111001131111—21 GBNLE ctor ene Seas si eee seateE Stes 110100191995111101111111—21, H Brady,....- ee LD10171991101019111110111—22 "ene oc « ALOULLIVI 01111101 111101—20 AO neh Pesto ee ye LIOTHIOLOLIT I —22—157 T Roweroft,.. Germantown Gon Cub. H Thurman,......-.. ey ere ee 11001.11011110191119111111-—23 APB aad pe lad eta core dase ets VJLILVLT1110017 11111111010 —21 B Royda Lh jac eer ea LS 10111 10191311111011111111—23 STAR As sane ale ae el RE ee i acd 010111117111 199111111111—23 betas SE Sat re 1111.071111003 1011 01111111—21 RU LTE TTA ee ney ewein caer shiccpke -1010101111110111011110!11—20 i TIE CT SS uy bane ee ~~. 11101210110010001]0100170—14 S White .. .-..... .. .... .........00001101091100110111110173—14 459 Releree—J. Lawrence. The return match will be shot off on the Philadelphia Shooting Association grounds, Twenty-seventh and Lehigh avenue, some time in the near future, TORONTO, Oct, 15,—These are the complete scores of the Toronto Junction Guo Ciub’s annual shoot held yesterday and to-day: First class, 15 live pigeons, 28yds. rise: DPSBLeay eater. 15 P Wakefield....... 13. J Douglas..........:12 D Beldon......-... 15 J Townsen......... 13 C Sinelair......- ...11 J Barrett,.....-..., 15 W McDowell ...,. 18 W Sinclair.. . G H Beiggs........ 15 W Dodge......4 a: 12 W Emond....... ... Slacks... ... 14 G Carruthers..,,. 12 © Hinton........ H Henry.... -.:.. 18 ‘ j Ties at 15 won by J. Barrett, Ties atlé, H. Henry. Ties at 12, W. Donge, ‘ Second class, same conditions as first class: W Blea... 2.235... <12 Sawden....,... WO, WeBaees coy. 3. t..46 T J Wisher....:+.... «11 DC Walton....., Fran ig Ske Roy ph eae Ore 6 W Davidge....:... 11 G Spiler....... ... =O UA Walkers. freckle 5 T Boswell ......... ll T Charlton........ 7 Ties at 11 won by J, fisher. Ties at, D. C. Walton. Ties at 7, T. Chariton. . Third class, same conditions: G@ Dumont......-.. 10 A Lascelies,....... 7 @ Somers ....-...... 6 EF Wakefield......: 10 F MeInerny... ... & © Zeioler.,........... 5 F Davidge......-.. 10 A Miller...-......, § JSpinks............ ad © Brewer ......... i) Ties at 10 won by G. Dumont, Ties at 8, F. McInerny. CLEVELAND, 0O., 02%. 15.—This afternoon was by no means an ideal one for shooting. The wind blew too strong and the clouds hung 50 low that it was almost impossible to disunguish & target against them. The inanimate clay birds took quéer notions of jumping and ducking about as though they were filled with life, and it took a quick eye and a clo‘e irigger 10 catch them. A busi- ness engagement prevented Mr, Wherry from being present, and ibe match between him and Paul North had to be postponed until the next meetine. Noarth shot at 100 birds, howeyer, and made a good score, all things being consi-iered, The results of the club shoot were fair and the s‘ores made are as follows: LER he Ae Geo ne OER Shab Ar ¥110019111111'10011111171010111—25 SVeOLGIIART. To ete es ee) cies lsep eerie G11101000011001101111111311011—20 STOCK WAY eesti) ein enone yes eae 013011110011111111011017 101010 —21 SSCA rete ete eaeetorensltctenclacin cere ciate « -QUTLOUL1101213111010)1011 11111 —2. LQG OBMANSAnoso cose 6eond a 3a6 peeps OOO WOO1LO9UGOL1UTLL00102111 L1—14 IMT Aa 5580 see SS osae nso a on 1110111111. 111011112.110111 100 —25 Blworthy.. .....,........-...2.. -. -G1OL010111111111001 1017 111010—21 War tl ee eee Cie te iia shat ln UTTOLLO10011001011010000010000—12 In the shout-9oif for first place’ Murray wou. After the revular club shoot an interesting and closely contested match was shot between two sider made up by choice, with the following results: Murray 12, North 11, Elworthy 14, Sterling 11, Ward 10; total 58. Case 1l, Rudolph 12, Brockway 10, Bloom 9, Curtis 11; total 43, There 1s considerable talk of arranging several matches among thé local shooters in a friendly way in order to increase the interest in the clubs. JERSEY CITY, N J. Oct. 17 —The veteran sportsmen who comprise the Esrex Gun Chib looked hale und bearty_to-day as they stepped to the score at the Jersey City Heights Gun Club's grounds, Marion, N. J., this aft’rneon and decided the regular Tmonthly live bird shoo' of the orzanization. The conditions were 10 birds per man, bandicap tices and Hurlingham rules io govern The scores fyllow: Clase A (80\ds,), Freche 10, Breintnall 9, Hayes §. Class B (28:ds.), L, O, teeddeu 10, Leddy 8, Morris 7, Force 6, Class C 26yds.), Smith 9, Thomas 8 Speer 8. TOPEKA, Kan., O:t 16.—Trap-shoo‘ing was practically closed for the season on Ovt.1. The West Side Gun Club awarded prizes as follows: Gold medal. highest average for season, A, B. De Rost. Hunter's outfit, second average trom July 1, L. B:scoe. Hunter's outtit No, 2, third average from Jnly 1,0. P. Wiggin. Silver flish, highest single score from July 1, De Bast and Wiggin tied on 48 in 40; chook dice and Wiggin won.—HRANE L. Eres. Ganaging, Canvas Canoes and how to Build Them. Price 60 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. Prite $2.00, Canoe Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T.%. Steele. Pricei60. Four Monthstn a Sneak- box. By WN. H. Bishop. Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By “Seneca” Price $1. MODERN MYTHOLOGY. FPTIMES I've read in days gone by Of that old pagan gods’ community, Where Psyche and her butterfly Together dwelt in loving unity. By Parker B. Field. ‘TLheir love that surely should have lasted Through endless cycles of Cathay, Has.uow, alas, been rudely blasted, And Billingsgate has won the day. For fickle Psyche, sad to tell, Her jealous spleen to gratify, With flashing eye and savage yell Now jumps upon her butterfly. ULTOA. . THE OTTAWA C. C. AND AYLMER B. C. MEET AND REGATTA. AKE DESCHENES, about nine or ten miles from Ottawa, was again this year the scene of a yery auccessfnl meetand re- gatta Under the joint auspices of the Ottawa C..C. and Aylmer B. ©. Encouraged by the pronounced success of the five days’ meet last year, it was decided to continue this year’s meet for fifteen days, from Sept, 1 to 15, with a two-days’ regatta on Sept. 11 and 12. The site chosen was the same as that of last year’s camp, as it was conceded that the location could hardly be improved on. A large number of canoeists, including « number of ladies, went into camp, while others preferred to put up at one or the other cf the summer hotels in the villageof Aylmer. An efficient train service between Aylmer and Ottawa enabled manyof the Ottawa men, who would have been unable to attend the mest at a less accessible point, to go into camp without serious interruption to their daily duties. i The Aylmer Boating Club, which only came into existence shortly before last year's meet, has growo and prospered during the interim, and has 1ow a membership of over one hundred, a wharf, a commodious club house and aJtarge fleet of canoes and boats, including the warcance Whiskers. The members of the Cluh were therefore in a splendid position to contribute to the comfort and enjoyment of their Ottawa visitors, and itis needless to say that they did overything in their power to make things pleasant. In short, itis perhaps vot too much to say that thesuc- cess of the regatta and meet was almost entirely dus to the energy and hard work of the Aylmer men, What with cruises and pice nics during the day and nightly barmonions reunions round tha gamp-fire, to aay aothing of the charms of an oscasional dance at FOREST AND STREAM. ' one of the neighboring summer cottages, and a large ball lu Avl- mer, the two weeks sped all too quickly away. One favorite ob- Jeetive point for the cruises was & beautiful park on the other aside of the Jaké about eight miles above the camp, known as ‘'Beech- mount.” On one of the last days of the meet a particularly suc- {| ceshlul expedition was held fo this point, the two war canoes, fed ; Elephant and Whiskers turning out with full crews. and the less i puereeue of the canoeisis following with the ladies, in two steam aunches, lt had been arranged that some of the sailing events should be called on the first day of the regatta and all the paddling events were announced for the second, and as che first was adeid calm, nothing could be got off on that day butt the swimming and diving competitions, leaving all the other events to be crowded into the secind day. Nevertheless the regatta committee succeeded in getting themall off before dark, Swimming and diving events are, by the way, somewhat novel features at a canoe meet, though itis much to be regretted that such necessary accomplishments for boating and canoeing men shonld be so little encouraged on such occASsIOnS, The chief attraction of the regatta was, of course, the Lans- downe cup race, for a challenge cup presented to the Ortawa ©. 0. by the Marquis of Lansdowne, to be sailed for annually by mem- bers of recognized Canadian clubs sailing Canadian bottoms. It was sailed in # good stiff breeze and won by Mr. F. Metritt of the Aylmer B. C., who took the lead at the stars and never lost it during the race. The cup was held last year by Mr. Charles Archbald, of the Pointe Claire Oanoe Crew, Montreal. By far the most exciting race was that between Red Hlephant and VW biskers, the war canoes from Ottawa and Aylmer respectively, Whiskers is a trifle deeper aud some 2in. narrower than Red Elephant, hut they are otherwise of precisely the same size and build. For about a quarter of the way down the course neither canoe gained a0 Inch on the other, Then the Red Elephant gradually forged a lead of about half a length, and held it without further gain until the finish. On the whole the events were well contested. and eyerything passed off without mishap, The results are as follows: Pirst Day, Sept. 11, I. Swimming race, 100yds.: RK. Bradley first, R. D'Arcy Scott second, J. H. Fairweather third. % Swimming race, % mile: R. Bradley first, W. T. Lawless second, H, Drummond Liird, Kk. D*Arcy Seott fourth, KF. Leclair did not finish. 8, Diving competition: W. T. Lawless first, W. McDougall second, R. Bradley third, J.T. Prince fourth, J. M. McDougall filth, and seyeral other contestants, Second Day, Sept. 12, 1. St. Lawrence skiff sailing race, for Conroy challenge cup, course 6 miles: R. H. Hayeock, in Edelweiss, first; F. Merrett, in Ninimousche, second; EH. Hubbell, in Vivian, third: J. T. Prince, in Thistle, fourth. 2 Yachtrace: H.l. Britfain’s Nautilus, Britannia Nautical Club, ei Graham Moon's Stormy Petrel, Aylmer Boating Club, second, 3. Lansdowne cup, canoe sailing race,3 miles: EB. Merrett, in Scotch Thistle, first; M. Gilmore, in White Wings, second; A. S, A.-M. Adamson, in Banshee, thira; Melllenny fourth; F. H. Gis- bourne, in Hira, withdrew, haying touched a hole through the. bottom) of his cane just before the race, 4. Morris challenge cup, paddling race, double blades, half mile straightaway: W., H. Cronk first, C. 8. Clark second. 5, River men’s race in driving bouts, tour oars and paddle, one tile ee turn: Joe Leclair’s crew first, Fred Leclair’s crew second, 6, Donble scull race, one mils with turn: H. Kenny and FP. Fleek first, G. L. Bourchier and P, D. Bently second. . Open canoe paddling race, single blade, half mile straight- away: ©.S. Clark first, W. J. Johnstone second. 8. Tandem Rpeagins single blades, half mile, straightaway: C. 5. Clark and W. H. Cronk first, W. J. Johnstone and N, Lett sec- ond, Jackson and W.H. Norton-Taylor third, Hanning and Neeve fourth, G. L. Bourchier and C. D. Fripp fifth, H. Street and W. H. Berry sixth. : : 9, War canoe race, half mile straightaway: Red Elephant, of Ottawa, first; Whiskers, of Aylmer, second. Last vear’s meet and the impetus it gaye to boating and canoe- ing on Lake Deschenes bore fruit early this season in the forma- tion of still another local aquatic organization, the Britannia Nautical Club, made up of the canoeists and boating men who spend their summers at Britannia, a suburb of Ottawa, on the op- posite side of the lake from Aylmer. The joint_annual meet of the O. C. C. and A. B. GC. has now takeu its place among the regular annual events of more than loval interest. Next year the committees intend to make a greater effort to accommodate outside canoeists, and with that end in view it is proposed to reducé the time to ten days and fix the date immediately after the meet of the A. C._A., so as to en- able those who may wish to do so to come here on their way back from the A. C. A. meet, THE LIMITATIONS OF RACING CANOES. A COMPARISON of Rnu'e I. as it stands in the 1890 Year Book and again in that of the present year shows three important omissions. In the first place, the yery necessary limit of minimum weight for paddling canges is omitted entirely; while with it has disappeared the two limits of depth,a maximum one for sailing and a minimuru one for paddling canoes. In regard to the latter, it is possible that beth were omitted under the impression that they were covered by the new Jimit of draft imposed. The limit of 16in, as the maximum depth of sailing canoes is now of htile importance, not having been built to for some years, but the limit of $n. for the minimum depth of paddling canoes is still a very important ons, as is the weight limit of 40lbs. As the rule has sto .d this year, it would be possible to bring to campa racing shell of the lightest possible construction and with no freeboard to speak of. Another omission is the limit of weignt of center- boards which has been in the rules from the orst. Rule 1. was originally framed in 1883, since which time many chsnges have very naturslly been made in accordance with the development of canogracing. Asama‘ter of course, the rulé now is a sort of patchwork, though the main faulrs lie in the form rather than the matter of the wording. In addition to the omis- sions nofed, there is no proy sion made for the unlimi‘ed class cr ated by the executive committee last year, though such a class fs incidentally referred to. Tne present condition of canoe build- ing and racing does not call for any material revision of the rule to ebeck undesirable extremes. but at the same time there are so many omissions and minor faults that an entire overhauling would not be outof place. We suggest the folluwing as meéeting all ihe requirements and as promising to stand with little altera- tion for some time to come. With one exception it is identical in effect with the old rule. Rue I. A caneé tocompete In the regular races of the A. C. A. must be sharp at both ends, with no counter-stern or transom, and capable of being efficiently propelled with one paddle. The meastirement and classes sha}! be as follows; Measurement.—The length. taken between perpendiculars at fore side of stem and after side of stern, shall not exched 16f1.; the beam shall not be greater than 30in. fora length of 16ft., nut may be increased by }gio. for each full inch by which the tength is de- creased. The besding; if under 1$4in. wide, shall not be included in the measurement of the beam. The depth from under side of deck to insideof garbosrd at fore end of well shall not be more than 1éin. nor Jess than 9in. CUASSES. Paddling Glass.—Weight of canoe to be not less than 401bs.: beam not less than 23in. 3 General Purpose Class—The draft shall notexceed 10in. The Canoe shall hays one watertight bulkhead in each end, with not less than 6£t. sleeping space between them, of which 4ft. shall he clear of obstruction from centerboard trunk, etc. The well shall beat least l6in. wide for a length of sft. Bin. Centerboards shall not exceed 60ibs. total weight, and shall house within the canoe, not projecting below the keel nor above the adjoining portions of deck and coaming when housed. The sliding seat shall be capa- ble of closing, so a8 not to project beyond the sidesof the canoe. All sails shall be fitted to hoist and lower effectively, In centerboard canoes the keel outside the garboard shall not exceed 14in, depth, including a metal keel band of not over M4in. th, ace keel canoes the keel shall not exceed a depth of 3in., and the tot=] weight of keel band and ballast in keel shall not exceed \bs. i Sailing Olass —The only limita for this class shall he a maximum length of 16tb., with an ac.ompanying beam of 30in., beam and length varying a8 in Paragraph 8 There shall be no limit to draft, drop of board, depth of keel nor length of sliding seat, and standing sails shall be allowed. By the above wording the paddling racers for the trophy tace are lefs exactly as they have been tor two years, and the limits of the general-purpose canoes are Unchanged, savein the requires ment of two bulkheads, the mereni by for which requires no argu- ment, and in the removal of the lim(t ef 18in. te drep of centers fOcr. 22, 1881, board, This latter limit has become useless in view of the require- | Ment that the board shall house entirely within the canoes if this is done, there can be no object in hampering the canoeist as to the drop ot board in addition. The only radical chatige from the old wording relates tothe sailing class, in which the limits of depth of bull and outside keel, as wellas drop of board, are removed. If still considered desir- able, the limit of draft may be retained, but the two limits of depth of keel, 14in,, and drop of board, 18in., are now entirely useless, being easily evaded by a trick of construction, and merely hampering the conscientious designer who looks at the spirit of the rule, As the rule has stood for a long time, it has been possible to build a perfect keel cutter of almost any draft, or in the case of chnterboard canoes, to place a deep-fixed fin of any leneth, nom- inally a centerhoard but actually immovable when afloat, thus completely evading the spirit of the rule. The limitation of 18in. drop was originally incorporated in the A.C.A. rules from those of the Royal ©, C., and in the canoes used ten years since it served effectively to keep the size of the centerhoard within convenient and practicable limits, Tnfor- tunately a very wide opening was left unintentionally on the top, there being no requirement that the board should house com- pletely within the canoe, though a)l the earlier centerboards did 50 AS & matter of course. The result has been that while limited #8 to the drop of board, there has been no limit as to the actual size, and boards have grown until they monopolize the entire use- ful portion of the cnnos, A man isat liberty now to put a dft. board ia his canoe, allowing it to project 2ft. above the deck when raised or fixing it so that it forms practically an 18in, keel in racing. As long as such extremes are permitted, if is absurd to say that n9 centerboard shall drop more than 18in, The sail- ing cance has reached a point of development more extreme than any other civilized sailing crafl; 4 man may use @ 10ft, plank across his hoatit heisableio do so, and may crowd on sail with- out the smillest restriction, while he may putin any size and weight of canterboard. Under these conditions it is absurd to re- tain the petty limitations of depth of keel and drop of board which were once necessary, but haye long sinee failed to exert any influence. We would engage to turn out almost any sor of Monstrosity in the shape of a racing machine under the present rule with the understanding that it would be eligible to the prin- cipal races, tucluding the sailing trophy: and as long as this is the case it would seem reasonable that limitations which do not restrain but only annoy should be wiped out entirely. For several seasons the sailing rules have been amended ina hasty and careless manner, the pressure of other work has pre- yented the executive committee from giving sufficient time for a thorough discussion, and after the proposals for amendments have been read they have been turned over to two or three men for final action, with what results may be seen by reading the rules, It {is time now for the executive committee to give serious attention to a thorough revision of Rule I. at least, discussing every point and settling finally on the exact wording of every change. With such a report from the regatta committee before them as is called for in Chapter IX. of the By-Laws, the whole work of amendment and revision would not require over three hours’ time; and it is only fair to the racing men who spend time and money ireely each year to make the meet attractive and interesting, that the executive committes should do its part toward the improvement of the racing rules. BRITISH CANOE RULES. fj hee racing rules of the American Canoe Association were originally based to a great extent on those of the Royal CG. C. though the classification was very mich better from the first. When the R, G. C. rules were revised in 1888, they in turn borrowed some features from the A.C. A. rules, Alchough far from perfect, they have stood for three years without change, a method which has its advantages as compared with constant and hasty tinkering, Jt would be an ex. cellent thing forthe A, C, A. if its racing rules could for once be eare- fully, deliberately and constitutionally amended, so as to stand for More than one season without pare up. We copy from the Model ‘Yachisman and Canoeist the R. C. ©. rulgs and some comments on them as follows; The classification of sailing canoes of Hngland is practically roverned by the rules of the Royal C.C. Atthe autimn meeting of the Royal 0, C., held on Noy. 21, 1888, the following rules were passed for classifi- cation and rule 21 was altered so that the classification as then passed should stand for three years, as will be seen from the following copy: “20, Subject torule 21.—No rule of the club shall be changed unless ata, general meeting, after due notice given of the proposed change, such alteration shall be approved by two-thirds of the members present at the time of voting. 21, No rule, or alteration of rule relating to the build, sails, ballast, or classification of canoes made (except at the autumn general meer ing) shall take effect until after next autumn peneral meetiog, ‘he rules relating to classification and limitation of racing canoes as they stand at the close of the autumn meeting, 1888, shall so stand until the autumn meeting of 1891, unless a majority of three-fourths of the members voting is in favor of alteration, due notice having been giver, ULASSIFICATION. 27, Deckep CANOES—F inst CLAss,—Greatest length from fore side of stem 10 aft side of stern post sball not exceed 16ft. with a maxi- mum beam) of 30in. for that length (a beading not exceeding iin. in depth and $4in. in thickuess shall be allowed without being measured in the beam). The beam may be increased by igin. for each inch of length decreased. Minimum length 12ft, and miuimum beam 28in, Depth inside from centre of deck to garboards (alongside keel at fore eud of well, minimum 12m. Depth outside from top of crown of deck to lower edge of garboard not less than 12in,, taken anywhere along up to 2ft. from ends of canoes. Depth from side of deck at 1ft. ont from middle line abreast of fore end of well tu level of lower edge of garboard at keel not less than l2in. A fixed keel of wood rot mora than 2in, deep, including metal band (if any) a lowed. All ballast (except keel band of not over 14in, deep and centerplates, bilge plates and metal deck fittings) shall, if earried, be within the canoe and above the garboards Ballast may beshifted during a race, but all ballast on board at starting must bé carried throughout the Tace. Centerplates, drop keels or bilge plates, must house within the canoe when they are hauled up, and must not exceed 5gin, in thick- ness and 1$im. drop below the keel band. The atter end of case, ex- cept in the case of bilge plates, and ceaterboard cases that do not rise more than 4in. above the inside of the garboards alongside the keel, shall not be aft of center of length, Fore end of aftér centerboard case, if any, not mere than 3fc. from stern post. Length (combined if more than one), of centerplates, drop keels or bilge plates, must not exceed hali the canoa’s length. No deck seat shall be extended beyond the perpendicular of the sides of the canoe. The well space below shall not be less in length than 6ft, between fixed bulkheads, but moyable bulkheads allowed forming a well of not less than 4ft. The well-opening or hatechway shall not be less in lengtn than 83in, norless in width than 14in. for aft, of its length, (removable hatches or covers may be used). Tere shall be a space of nor less than 2%in, between the cases Of the bilve plates at their lower edges. ; ; The total sail area shall not exceed 112 sq. ft., exclusive of spinnaker, which shall net exceed 60s8q ft. 28, Decked Canoes—Second Class.—Limitations as in the first class, and to be clinch built (plank edges overlapping and forming lands). The minimum beam shall not be less than 26in. Sail area.—The area of largest sail shall not exceed 60 sq. tt., and the votal area shall not exceed 75 sq. ft., exclusive of spmnaker, which shall not exceed 25 sq. ft, : 29. Open Canoes—Third Classi—Any material and build; other limitations as in second class, and end decks allowed. each not ex- ceeding 2ft. 6m.in length; remainder of canoe not decked and not coyered i+, and paddled by a single blads paddle, Note —The above limitations shall not affect adversely any canoe bulls prior to Noy. 1, 1888, which ater have been eligible to sail R. 0, C. matches under the rules of 1388,”’ SPRINGFIELD C. C.—A complimentary banquet was given last night at the Massasoit House by the members of the local canoes club to GC. Y. Winne and W. B. Wackerhagen, of Albany, the commodore and gecretary-treasurer-clect respectively of the American Canoe Association. These officers are making a tour of the Eastern clubs, and the Springfield club, because of it siz6 and prominence ip tae Association, was honored by the first visif.. The visitors left on the 9:35 train west, and will visit the Roches- ter club next. Capt. Emil Knappe presided, and short speeches were made by the visitors, while music was furnished by the Springiield Banjo Club, three members of which are also enrelled in the canoe ciub. Ff, A. Nickerson also favored the company With a few of his Characteristic songs and recitations, Before leaving Com. Winne announced the appointment of &. H. Barney as a member of the regatta committee for the coming vear, There were at the table besides the two guests: Capt. Hmil Knappe, Dr, H. KE. Rice, E, d. Barney, F. A. Nickerson, E. H. Hall, W. Cy Marsb, H. D. Marsh, Ward Galbraith, P, J. Norton John Leshure, . M, Surprise, H. D. Bangs, H. P, Wright, FE. L, Safford, Henry Robinson, J. G. Reed. L. W, White, W. R. Hodgdon, F.C, Avres W, H. Parks, C, A. R, Huson, R. 0; Cooley, W. 0. Gunn, W- £, Paracas, kh. F, Warren, J, C. Kemater and E, N. Richards.— pringzlela Republican, . : Ar ’ Gon, 23, 1891, ATLANTIC DIVISION AUDITING COMMITTEE.—Vice-Com, Dorland has appointed the following committee to audit the ac- counts of Purser Hobart: W.H. McK. Miter, W. J. Stewart, I. Machting. Smal Yachts. By O. P, Kunhardt. Price $7. Steam Yachts and Launches, By C, P. Kunhardt. Price $8. Yachts, Boats and Carioes. By C. Stansfield-Ricks. Price $3.68. Steam Machinery. Ba Donaldson, Frice £1.60 : WINNING YACHTS, ( \WNERS of winning yachts will confer a fayor by sending to Us a8 s00n as possible the records of their yachts for the past season, giving number of starts and prizes, as well ag places in #ach race, and also amounts wen. RESPONSIBILITY FOR, MARKBOATS.—A auestion very Similar to that raised in ths Yokohama S. C. and discussed by us last winier has just been decided by the Royal Southampton Y. 0. The facts as stated were that a mark wasso placed on the edga _ of a shoal that at certain stages of the tide there was barely room for one yacht to turn inside of it. The cutters Decima and Dis, both of about the same draft, came for the mark together, Dis Inside. In keeping off to avoid fouling her, Decima ran aground and was hung up for some lime, finally withdrawing. Prom the reports it would seem that the mark was so located that only the yacht nearest toit could turn without grounding, and all other yachts had no choice but to wait and follow her or to risk running aground. The committee declared the race off and ordered it re- sailed, This decision, placing the responsibility for the proper mooring of marks on the committee, isin accord with our com- ments on the Yokohama race. “ENTENTH CORDIALE,"—All raneéists who are familar ' with the family jar which has resulted in a lively exchange of courtesies between the champions of two large elubs will appre- ciate and enjoy the clever little rhyme which we print th'!s week, the work of a non-combatant. YACHT RACING IN Te ee general verdict of yachiamen on the season just closed is that it bas been a disappointing oné, leaving out the one class which has heen the only salyation of thezvacing. There has been no building, no international racing, no racing of large single- stickers, and no life orspirit in Lhe regular classes. On its face, the record might be briefly summed up as amounting to Gloriana andihe 46ft, class; “Only this and nothing more.” Such a re- sult would be specially disappointing this year, as thisis really the first time that anything approaching an intelligent study of the conditions afferting yacht racing, and an attempt to profit by a knowledge of these conditions, has been undertaken by the elubs. Although this movement has been independent, and no concerted action has been taken, it has heen quite general, and the clubs have inllowed much the same course throughout. The rules of classification and meusurement have received little atten- tion, bnt the whole effort of the various committees has heen to promote general racing among the existing yachts and in the es- tablished classes. ‘ : To this end the regulation regattas, without other limits than the club rules, haye been largely supplemented by races under special conditioas, such as sweepstakes, handicaps and under cruising trim Jimits, The regatta committees of the New York, the Larchmont, the Seawanbaka and the Hastern clubs in partic- ular devoted much time and labor to.this task in the early spring, and the announcements then made offered most ur usual inauce- Ments to yacht owners, especially to the many who own niher than the Jatest racing craft, The committee of the Hastern Y. C., to mention but one instance, mads a systematic and thorough canvass of the yacht owners of the club io learn their wishes and preferences as to unlimited, cruising and handicap races, the in- formation thus obtained being used as the hasisof an excellent and yaried programme for the entire season. That it was not fully carried out, and that the racing in ths Hast has been disay- pointing, isin no way the fault of the regatta committee of the Hastern Y. C.,and the same comment applies to the efforts of other committees about New York and the coastgenerally. In all clubs,from the largest tO the smallest, the whole subject of racing is receiving a eystematic care and attention that was un- Known 4 jew yeurs since, and that must result fayorablyin the future if not immediately. Hyen ta the present year, although there is little of special in- terest to Jook back te, and although many of the best arranged races were failures, a close inspection of the actual records shows a much more promising state of affairs than would at first sight be suspected. Itis a rather suggestive fact in itself that in place of an off-hand record of brilliant victories, and stirring stories of hard-foughi races, the unwilling historian is forced to fall hack on ary columns of figures; but for once the result may be at least instructive, if mot highly amnsing; and meanwhile we live in hopes «¢ better times next seasou. In making up a tabulated record cE each class, which, however mechanical and dry, has the mevit of presenting plainly much that would be lost in a mere discussive story, we have followed the same form as Inst, year, 4 table similar to that ppblished some thrée years Since im Engineering, the work of the Hon. Secretary of the Castle Y. C., of Sourhampton, . ; In these tables we have, as last year. omitted all races not actually sailed to a finish, and included alldouble events in which two or more prizes were Gatapeted tor af the same time, as in the Larchmont annual 46{t. class, and the Corinthian of Marblehead of Aug. 18, which was also counted a8 a leg for the Cherry Dia- mond cup. In comp‘ling from the tables of each class the general figures in the present article we have counted éach day’s racing AB One race, regardless of the number of prizes inyolved. The figures are carried down only as farus ihe 40ft, class, that being the smallest in which the racing is general; from New York to Marblehead, and unt merely local. The singlestick classes ure taken separately, buf the schooners are included in one class. The following table shows the number and kind of races given by each club, also the number and kind of races sailed by each class. - 1891. TABLE A. Clubs, Races dnd Classes, 1891, Open Special Private Racing Clubs. Regattas. Matches. Matches, Buns. Totals. Navy Poni aco BAS Lee 1 8 2 5 11 Larchmont ...... ..-..-. 2 1 4 Ae q Seawamhaka.........-. = vik a Be be z LAHINTLEICC eee helo asks 1 Tt h! ua y Mastern,.. ........ 2 1 ns 4 ve Corinthian, N. ¥.. 1 1 ne ae A 2 Corinthian. Marble 5 1 go 8 Qherry Diamond......... .. 2 se of 2 New Rochelle .... 4a D Ac + ~ 1 Marine and Field......., 1 s HA ae 1 Riverside....... ...4-..-. 1 45 ey af 1 ‘American......- ....5--4 1 an ~ ¥ 1 Massachusetts.......... wy 1 F ee TD TTA na os Get eg oS 12 16 1 ) 44 Classes. Schooners—all Classes... - 9 3 6 8 26 WOE UG IABHS 08 saee oll ele 2 2 1 5 10 GULHREGIARS yee 2 1 Me A 8 DSLR POLES ET pemene rere ne 4 j i § 15 (it a COLES: yaa oe moh 16 fT 9 87 AOFtS Gagan ee yen ee 3 1 48 4 5 The total number of races, forty-four, gives a very inadequate idéa of the extent of yacht racing in America, including only the Jarger yachts, but it will serve as a basis for « omparison, the cor- responding figure for last year being but thirty-five; in 1884, the year preceding the revival of the America Cup races, the total was but seventeen. The most interesting point in the table is the divigion of the races, The regular open club regatta, with prizes for every class in the list, numbers but twelve, while the special matches number sixteen. This latter class includes such special events as the Oorinthian sweepstakes, at Newport, the Corinthian ferles, at Marblehead, the Cherry Diamond cup and the many TACES Bpecially provided for the 46ft. class this year. ‘Dhis class of faces ia yearly growing more popular with owners and specta- tors, and has already dimmed the prestige of the old regattas for all’sizes of craft. ,_ The private matches this year were of little outside importance, qoteresiing only to the participants; but the total of the racing is swelled by a number, some not appearing in the table, as they were sailed in counection with otner races, while several failed on xecnunt of the weather. The racihg runs in the case of one club, the New York, have be- come a permanent and popular feature; in those of the Hastern Y. C. this year the classes were not filled so as to make the racing of zeneral interest; but atthe same time the owners derived a good déal of sport and amusement, although Cinderella, Sayon- ara and Gossoon make rather an incongruous class. In regard to the part taken by each eluh, the figures are quite incomplete. They show not what the clubs did,or were willing to do, but what the owners accepted. To make a full showing it would be necessary to include all races announced but not sailed, such as the Oherry Diamond anbual, the Massachusetts annual, the Larchmont fall, and some races of the Hastern ¥Y, ©; and at the same time to give the sums offered and awarded by each club as prizes, The fable gives ample evidence, however, that the yacht clubs are fully awake to their respons'bility for the success of racing und are doing much to further the sport. There are races now for all who care to enter and many offers of prizes are made without being accepted, Pi So far as_the number of races goes, there is little complaint to be made. To a certain extent, the first part of the table shawa what the clubs have done; the second part shows mainly what the owners have not done, asit gives the number of races of each kind in which each class competed, When we consider that in many races some classes were represented by one starter which sailed over or withdrew, it is evident that saye in such a class as the 46ft., the prevailing fad of the year, the spirit of competition | is at a low ehb among owners of the larger yachts, Such racing as there has been in the classes above 46ft. was mainly on the New York Y. ©. cruise, as the table shows, The schooners make a fairly good showing, but the full table of the schooner racing, to follow next week, will show that in many cases the classes, though represented, filled very ooorly. The following table, how- ever, shows the part taken by the yachts in fuller detail, giving the total number of starters in each. class, with a comparison of Taces, classes and starters for both 1891 and the preceding year: TABLE B. Faces, Competitors and Starts in each Class, Races, Competitors. Starts. ne ' ceeumeetcma aa Sh 1890 1891 1890 1891 1800 1891 Schooners. .......s000.-02 0s 12. 2b 15 BL 42 7 PORN eS ee LP aed one 6 10 4 5 11 16 PNG ARVs: Hee eae pe feet ee ett 1 8 1 4 1 16 DAU pWIASBn ps ehae hope kee 12 #415 4 5- 19 25 46ft. class.... see OL ag, & 13 19 «386145 AGftetldsayl ys oijiswhicseee 3d § 15 6 113 18 1h 104 47 ~—s 64 205 333 From this table it is evident that a great deal more racine was done in 1891 than in 1890, and the greater part of this gain may be fet down to the credit of the regatta committees, as the general conditions were no more favorable this year thanlast. The 46ft, class has pEscticaly, changed places with the 40ft., and what gain there isin the number of competitors is not due to the transient popularity of any one class, monet the schooners certainly show a great improyement, but this is tor the most part distribuied over a number of classes, The figures indicate a renewed inter- est on the part of the older boats, no new ones baying been built, save in the 46ft. class, and this interest may ba directly attributed to the cruising trim and handicap races and similar measures evecially. devised by the regatta committees for the outbuilt craft. As a matter of fact the figures do not.give a correct idea of the size of the racing fleet, whicn is less than most persons suspect. Leaving out all yachts which have started but three times or Jess the number of competitors for this year would be: Schooners, 13; T0ff. class. 1; 61fb. cluss, 2; datt, class, 2; 46ft. class. 9; 40ft. class, 2; total 29 in place of 62. As this proportion is nearly constant from year to year, it does not effect the table so far as comparisons are concerned. This year two classes, the first and second by the New York Y. C, rules, are entirely missing. The secoud class has neyer had a real existence, though last year alone and solilary second class yacht cast afaint shadow ononrrecord. At thesame time the first class had a nominal place by virtue of a couple of races be- tween Puritan and Volunteer. This year the latter turns up in a new Tole, and the clissis but a memory. As matters are now, there is no need to waste tears over either class, but the condition ot .he 70ir. class is a much more serious matter. In spite of its age and respectability and its real merits the class has disap- peared so far 38 any systematic racing goes; Katrina and Sham- rock had @ look 1m at the early races, Bedouin turned up faier on the Naw York Y. C, cruise, but the brunt of the raring, such as it was, fell on Gracie, she making more starts and having harder luek than any of the others. j There is no lack of evidence to prove that the 70-footer is the largest siugle-sticker tor which there is a permanent Glass and a perm (nent dema:zd in America, in fact in England as well: but the clsss has heen in hard luck tor a loug time. It struck 4 boom in the early days of the cutter controversy, when Bedouin and Wenonxh were built, and Bedouin’s battles with Gracie and her mates eerved to put the class in definite shape at a period when all present classes were being gradually crystallized from a lot of odd Sizes. Just at a critical perion there come the challenge from Genesta, followed by the construction of Puritan and Pris- cilla, and the first tral race put the smailer class in a very bad position, the larger boats at once jumping imtofavor. For 4 time the new boats Tiiania, Katrina and Shamrock vayve a fresh interest toit, but the barring of the class from all competivon for the America Cup hes deprived it of much of its prestige. This last season )ias left if in a still worse plizht,as the more modern racers, though so much smaller, have robbed it even of the Goelet cup, and rnined its prestige in the usual races. It is evident that there is little left for the existiug boats in unlimited racing, and if the class is to continue some new and faster craft are needed or it. The 6lft. class has neyer played an important part in yachting, in spite of the record of the famous old “iron pot” Mischier, of 61ft., whose place was at the head of the Class in the days when all sizes from 60 to 70ft. raced as one class. But one new boat, the keel Wayward, has been added to the class for many years, and she has done noracing. This year Hildegarde, with a lead keel, and Mischief, have had some sport with each other, and the class has served to make up the large if incongruous flaets which we all like to see on the cruise; beyond which there is little to say for its present or future. The 53£t. ¢lass is much where if was five years ago, only older and quite passé, two ofits three members being well past the hey- day of youth. In their day they have seen great changes, and while a few years since they would not hesitate, with the chances in their favor, to tackle a 70-footer, they have lived long enough to see 46-footers which are too big forthem. The 4$ and 40ft. classes have this year changed places, the former monopnliz- ing all the building and raring to the extinction of the latter; just the reverse of the preceding year. TABLE O, Locations of Races, 1891. : EN Gin MOCK PB Maite dm eee acd eb ie Ue Selden aes 6 Long Island Sound ...,,.- ee ar eC EBRe eter Cn apa ae «11 NE DOD Lar nema me Ce ees var slat. oe ies PRP BE IM SAE TA NG 9 Oko F MAT ben ends: = ee, roy er iee Mh we ee fore. cue ee +10 Vineyard Aaven.............. i Fae ¢ PS SEE OD RAT IOAL SEPP sil Hee:(Ouerepl syrtorcte Pe dew erg tn Meas . Hg. we HOLA) sates, tel Foret thle sade mane 44 The above table shows the location of the various races. Long Island Sound heads the list. being now the racing ground for New York yachtsmen. Next year will probably show a, still larger total in comparison with New York Bay. Marblehead and its vicinity are Dext in order, all the races of the Eastern clibs in the classe over 30rt. being sailed there, scene of the principal races of the season, such as the Grelet cups and Corinthian sweepstakes, the special races of the cruise, and several private matches, As regards the conditions of wind and water under which races are sailed, a very important question, the tables show that of the 44 races about 34 have heen sailed in winds that may be classed as light to fresh, while 10 have been in reefing breezss. _ Besides these races are probably half a dozen postponed or unfinished through lack of wind, and one or two whicn were not started on account of heavy weather; though postponements for this reason when tha Newport, with its central ' Jocation and Open water, has been the most favored port of all, the - — 281 entries are all present are the exception rather than the rule at the present time, While light op moderate weather is common, Tacves in heayy weather and over windward courses are sufficiently numerous to call for staunch and fairly seaworthy craft, even for racing alone; and to win any fair amount of prizes a yacht must he capable of knocking about the coast between Boston and New York regardless of weather, and of keenine up with the proces- sion in sich a race as the long beat of 68 miles from Huntington Bay to New London in a, reefing breeze this year, or of sailing mm such weather as is frequently met in summer off Newport and Vineyard Haven. There ia no place in modern racing for the “sled” type which once made its records about New York in Juve weather, but an aspiring winner must be ready to face any sort of a blow, though at the same time speed in moderate weather ig most necessary. ‘ Last year we Fave. in the tables of each class, the rules of meag- urement and classification under whieh each racé was sailed. This. year’s tables show the following details in Tegard to meas- urement and classification: Measurement. Classification. Seawanhaka rule, length and By waterline length,.....-2...-30 BAT CAVAB.ce tia ees ool. wale 39 By length and sail area. .f.... 6 Mean length........,.0....--- -1 Private matches—no clarsifl- Private matches,.s............ H Cation heads ce eee HSTiiGag st. . week serene nen I — Po ' 44: 44 The table shows that in the important matter of measurement a most satisfactory unanimity prevails among the clubs, the Sea- LXSUA ; wanhaka rule, mae ig in universal use, only one race out of forty being sailed under the old length rule. As the table deals only with a dozen clubs it fails to show the extent to which this rule is now used,it being in general use among American and Canadian yacht clubs, and all important races being sailed under it, The length rule is still retained by the clubs devated to “pen boat sailing, but its influence is purely local, and is rapidly puss- ing away. ; j he length and sail area rule is practically the only one recog- nized in America and Great Britain; and inthis country, of the various formulas suggested and tried, that first. adopted by the Seawanhaks Corinthian Y.C.in 1883 has gradually but surely superseded all others. _ Just as the prinoiple of measuring by length and sail combined In place of length alone was obliged to fight bard at first for a foothold, its advocates being subjected to abuse and ridicule for the first two or three years; the siater Prine ne cf classifying by length and sail area in place of simple length is now figh ting its way slowly, though gaining much faster than the table would indicate. Of late its advocates have been content to abandon all active fighting, and leave the result to theplain legic of facts. At the same time classification by corrected length is gaining ground, the idea becoming more popular as it is better understood, and as the objections urged against it are gradually disproved by the aclual development of yacht racing and building. Great bodies move slowly, and the general adoption of a com- plete and satisfactory system of classification by corrected length depends on the pleasure of saveral large clubs which are exceed- ingly great, if report is to be believed, and which have thus far opposed it. At the seme time, there are many clubs throughout the country which have had the courage and enterprise to attack the quest'on of classification on its merits. and after a thorough and intelligent investigation have adopted corrected length as a basis. Foremost among these is the large and powerful Lake Yacht Racing Association of Lake Ontario, which after two seasons’ trial has found ihe rule a most satisfactory one, The Larchmont Y. C. also has used the rule for two seasons with no falling off in the racing. Among the cluns which have lately age the same classification is the re-organized Philadelphia ¥. C., formerly the Quaker City. a club which has made astonish- ing progress in a very short time. The Riverside Y. O., a young and. little known club, bnt a most progressive one, has also handled the subject in a very able manner this season, making a careful study ot the whole question, resulting in the adoption of correc’ed length. In all of these clubs the main reason for the ad option of the: rule has been a belief in the truth of the principle on which it is based, and not a hope of any immediate benefit, but rather a look toward the future, At the same time the racing in ali clubs which have adopted corrected length has been as good as under the old rule; a result which 1s all that could be expected in the first stages of the working of a new rule, A thorough and conclusive trial can only come through several seasons of building ad steady racing. and such a test has been made in Great Britain, the result of the building and racing since the length and.gail area rules for both m=asurement and classifi. cation replaced the old tonnage rule in 1887 being most satisfac- tory in the partial revival of yacht racing undet some adverse conditions, and in the development of avery de irable f\pe of yacht. Just now there is no proposal before the clubs for the general adoption of a corrected length classification, but there ig every indication that such a movement will come in gond time, and in the present condition of yacht racing it really mules Jitrle difference what the classification may be. The necessity for one general classification for all the large clubs will not arise until a general revival of yacht building in several classes shall begin; and that time has not,come yet. With building confined to one class, and that a new one each year, and with the type of yacht now 10 fashion, no great harm can come, though the final settle- ment of the question sbould be left for another season or 50; aa the results of such experiments as the 46ft, class may prove of pple Next week we propose to take up the record of the schooner elasseg, THE GOVERNMENT YACHT DESPATCH. HE loss of the United States steam=hip Despatch opposite Ac- fateague Island, Md.,on Oct.10, removed from the Navy a yessel with which was linked many pleasant memories, and eyen at her death she was on anerrand of further pleasure and duty combined, having left New York that day for Washington, to con- vey_the Presicent, Secretary Tracy, and come officers of the Navy to the Naval Proving Grounds, down the Potomac, to wituess ex- periments in testing some armor plate for usa in the armament of new vessels. After this mission she was to haye been Jaid up for repairs, and was soon to have been displaced by the Dolphin, now being fitted out at Norfolk as a dispatch vessel. The cause of the wreck was apparently through an attempttoline the cnast too closely to avoid the heavy gale, and when her danger was dis- covered it was too late to work off the leashore. She became a total wreck, though all hands were saved. The Despatch was originally asteam yacht, called the Americus, and owned by Henry ©, Smith, a Wall street broker. She was designed and built by Henry Steers, one of New York's noted fhip~ builders. When Mr. Smith met with reverses of fortune, in 1876, the Americus was sold to the Goyernment for $90,000, less than half her original cost, and was renamed the Deapatch. Then she served two years, among the navy yards as a@ transport, hut in 1878 was sent to Europe as a dispatch -steamer for the United Siates minister at Constantinople during the Russo-Turkish war, In 1879 she returned with the invalids of the American fleet, and was fitted with new boilers, On Oct. 17, 1880, she became the President’s yacht, and was distinguished ag the first Government vessel to hoist the President’s flaz, Since then she has carried every President upon his official tours, and very many eminent, people from abroad have dined in her cahin, including Dom Pedro, King Kalakaua, Queén Kapiolani, Chief Justice Lord Coleridge, Joseph Chamberlain, and the Count of Pari+,so that ber walls and tables re-echved with gems of post-prandial oratory. The Despatch was 200ft. long over ali, 2514't. heam, 15yett. deep, and had a mean draught of 12i4fr. Her whaleboat and gig were used on the Greely Relief Expedition on the Bear and Thetis, her barge was named Queen Kapiolani, and the captain's gig after the daughter of ex-Secretary Whitney, the Dorothy. Her armament consisted of one breech-loading Sin. rifle, Since Jan, 15, 1887, the vessel was under command of Lieut. Wm. 8. Cowles, recognized as one of the most competent navigators and seamen of the Navy. She carried two other iieutenants, a pay Ihaster, surgeon, and engineer officers, and a crew of some thirty ten. The U.S, &. Yantic and Atlanta were sent from the Brook- lyn Navy Yard at once to the scene of the wreck.— Marine Journal. oe SY NEW STHAM YACHT.—The Davis Boat and Gar Co. have _jately finished a 25ft.lauoch as a tender for the U. 8. steamer Marigold, and are now building a 48ft. launch, with "ft. @in. bem, with triple-expansion engines, the guaranteed speed being 18 - miles per hour. They also have a contract for a 7hft. flush decked ; Steam yacht for a Chicago owner. ; | A NEW YACHT AGENCY. —Capt. Arthur H, Clark has | Opened a yacht and maritime agency in Boston, Gapt. Clark has had a long experience in yachting in this country and England, atid was ior some years a surveyor for Lioydsin London, OWEHENE,—A. B. Turner has sold his 46-footer to F, W,. Andrews. Capt, Charles Barr ia now without a ship. : REPUBLIC, ‘schr,, has been sold by Thomas H; Hall to E, B, OnGon, 282 - COOPER’S POINT Y. ©.—The open race of the Cooper’s Point - ©. on Sept. 26 resulted as foliows: First class cabin slo ps, Nance wins, with 7 star‘ers; second class open cate, Bonnie Jean wins, with 4starters; third class open cats, King wins first prize, Clark second pr\z>, with 6 starters; fourth class tuckups, Louisa wins, with 4 starters; fifth class tuckups, Annis wing, with 4 _ Starters; sixth class dou le enders, McGinty wins, with 4 star ers; the Louiss. also wins the Commiodore’s Cup in the sail-off Oct. 3. Wind light S.W., with a waning ebb lide,and it was agreed by the sailing masters that the regatta committee steamer should anchor as a lower turning mark in case ihe leading boat could not reach the regular mark. This was done with the above re- sults. Bonnie Jean, Riverton Y. C., made the quickest time over the course,and did come fine sailing. The little double ender MeGinty was the feature of the race, being third to turn the _lower mark. She is fine-lined and as slippery as an eel. The Nanee, Corinthian Navy. the smallest cabin sloop on the Dela- ware, save the Lark, cutter, Trenton Y.O©., did splendidly, her large clubtopsail drawing nicely ciose-haul d. The Louise did phenomenal sailing. Soon after the start on the sail-off race she Jost’ man overboard hy the lite line parting. He was picked up, and yet she wen by 6m. The Annie winsia purse of $20 b-sides her prize. The King sustains her well earned reputaiion asa prize winner in the O, P. Y. O., and the Clarke, last year’s cham- pion in the same club, did remarkably well. winning second prize. She was handied bv fleet captain Tiarks. The regatta, committee were Commodore W. Kinsey, W. Cook and Capt. R. W. Wilkias. The Hild, cabin sloop, beat the Nance on Oct. 11 for a cabin lamp. The race was from Cooper’s Point around black buoy below block , house and return. On the same day the Bianca, cabin sloop, won the trio race by 6m., starting from the salt works wharf, around _ Chester buoy and return. Another race between the Rork, cabin slop, and Carrie, cabin cat, starting from Cooper's Point, around Chester buoy and return, was won by the cat by 11m. The South- wark Y. C. (tuckups) also had a spirited race,and the Clarke, Eckman and Burton sailed a peetg race. Clarke wins. I men- tion these races to show that, although it blew almost a N.E. gale, the racing season for us is not over, although the Philadelphia boats are nearly all out of commission,—POINTER. MASSACHUSETTS Y. C.—The new winter quarters of the Massachusetis Y. C. will be at No. 15 Hayward Place, Boston, where avery comfortable club house his been fitted up, The Se stations at Roe’s wharf and Dorchester have been closed. CORINTHIAN Y. ©. OF SAN FRANCISCO. —-This active club closed its season on Oct. 17 with a reception at the club house, etn The club has one of the most attractive burgees in the yacht list. BRUNHILDH, schr., J.J. Phelps, has just been chartered to the Board of Trade of one of tue West India Islands. A col- ore AY came up last week and is now fittimg her out at Tebo’s wharf, * SULTANA, steam yacht, T. L. Park, was_at Southampton at last advices, from Antwerp. She was in dock for overhauling. CANOEsYAWLS AND CANOE-YACHTS. —The canoe-yawl duting the past season has been very much to tne fore in the Solent races. First, the Spruce, and later the Torpado, both light displacement craft of what is known as the “Oxford” typs of yawls, have raced against the flset of crack 14-rating yachts, and frequently have competed successfully Many of these yachts are provided with lead keels of about ton weight, so that the battle has been one of diffaring types. It has usually been when sailing on a reaching wind that the canoe-yawls have proved their superiority. Both these boats were built by Mr, Theo. Smith, Medley, Oxford. The latter made her passage by sea from the Thames to the Isle of Wight. Her owner, Mr. Walter Stewart, will probably be known by name to most canneists, as the designer and sailer of the Charm canoe, which twice won the £50 challenge cup of the R. C.C. The competition between these widely dif- ferent types is another proof of the suitability ot the Y. R, A. rule of measurement, as L. x 8S. A. rating appears to have classen the boats very fairly together. Thus far it seems quile reasonable to assume that canoes and canoe-;awls might fairly be raced together under the same rule. As before mentioned in theses Press, the rat'ng of a canoe of 16ft. with 112:q, ft. of S. A._the . 0. C. limit—is .3, and, provided canoe form and the other definitions of a, canoe-yawl (R. ©. C.) be retained, and this rating not exceeded, we can see no reason why all the R.C. ©. races should not be made “‘open fo canoes and canve-yawls not excerd- ing .3 rating.”—Model Yachtsman and Canoeist. PAPPOO*E—CITY OF THE STRAITS RACE.—Detroit, Mich., Oct. 19.—Noticing the account of the Pappoose City of the Straits race 1p your paper of Oct. 15 L thought it no more than tair tothe City to say that Pappoose gave the City 1m. 333., instead of the City giving her 283.. thus beating the City 3m. 243. instead of 5m. 353. as stated. The accident to the City occurred when both yachts had gone about 8 mileson the first leg. The middle peak balliard block gave way. leaving her with the gaff dropped for five minutes, all this time the heavy sea driving her to leeward. We believe this mishap cost her the race, as it certainly delayed her more than the length of time she was beaten, She showed ae speed going free by gaining on Pappoose 1m. 53s. coming home. —H,. 5b. ATUANTIC, schr., has been sold by E. C. Homans to C. B. Secley and W.4H. Marshall, of the Larchmont Y. C., through Hughes’ agency. The yacht was put in commission this spring, and partly sold, but, on examination, a part of her quarter was. found to be rotten from water which had found its way in from careless laying up. She was dismantled and Jaid up beside Sachem in Northport harbor, where she has laid all summer. UTOWANA.—W. W. Durant has cabled from Cowes to J. Bsayor Web», the designer of Utowana, that the yacht went through the recent gale in @ most satisfac.ory manner, though losing her jib boom aud damaging the steering gear. Sbe is now at Gowes, after calling at Fayal, Madeira, Gibraltar and Lisbon, WHIM, schr., Mr. Jenuings, has recently been hauled out at Wintringham’s and her planking stripped off. The oak dead- , nal stock, as other grasses. (Ocr, 22, 1881. woods and the greater portion of her frames of hackmatack and ork, as well as much of the planking, also oak, are entirely rotien and a general rebuilding is necessary. The vacht was built as reece 1885, and has been in commission for the greater part of e time. Answers ta Correspondents, Ss No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, C. O., New York.—If you will send your address we will answer by mail. J. B., Missouri.—The bird of which you send us wing is the broad wing hawk (Buteo latissimus). J. K., West Gardner, Me.—The Maine deer season will close Jan. 1, Write to Capt. C. F Barker, Rangeley, Me. H. W. C., Stockbridge, Mass.—Try the makers of loading tools, whose addresses you will find in our advertising coloumns. S. T.. Philadelphia.—We know of no recent work on game re- sorts; the FOREST AND StReAM files contain notes on seores of of them. 2 Use the larger valiber for large game. 3. The 12- gauge will kill the further, 4. The powders now in market are not recommended for that use. : J. H. B.. Oswego Falls, N. ¥.—1. Will you kindly inform me through your valuable paper if wild rice lives from the root or does it grow each year from the seed? %. How old are pointer dogs when they get theirnos? Ans. 1. I) grows from the origi- 2. He should point, naturally, when from six to ten weess old. FE. A. K., St. Anthony’s Park, Minn,—On opening the crops of two pintail ducks, i fonnd the small seeds in one and the large pieces in the other, Will you answer in next issue what they are? Ans. Through the courtesy of Dr. Merriam we haye the identifica- tion of the grass seeds by the botanist of the Agricultural Depart- ment as belonging to the tall prairie grass or switch grass (Pan- icum virgatum), The small tubers have not yet been made out, but efforts will be made to determine them. The grassis thus described in Dr. Vassy’s report on “Agricultural Grasses and Forage Plants of the U.S.,’’ 1889, page 28, and the plant is figured on plate 16: “A tall perennial grass. 3 to 5ft. high, growing mostly in clumps in moist or even in dry, sandy soil, verv common on the sea coast, and also in the inferior to the base of the Rocky Moun- tains. This is a good and prolific grass if cut when young; when Tipe it becomes harsh and unpalatable. It forms aJarge consti- tuent of the native grasses of the prairies, particulsrly in moist localities. Itis said to be cultivated in some parts of Colorado, WRITE FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGLE “HEADS AND HORNS.” It gives directiors for preparing and presery- ing Skins, Antlers, ete. Also prices for Heads and Rugs, Birds and Fish, and all kinds of work in Taxidermy. Ward’s Natural Science Establishment, ROCHESTER, N. Y. CHRISTIAN HAHN, - PRACTICAL Glass Blower, And Manufacturer of Artificial Eyes For Birus, animals auu iantufacturing Purpuses. 16 North William St., New York. Seud for Price hist. SAVE YOUR TROPHIES. BL NESS AND HEAD NOISES CURED by Peck’s Invisible Dubular Ear Cushions. Whis) pers heard. Successful when all FREE fall. Sold only by F. Hiscox,853 B’way,N.¥. Write for book of proofs: EFISH, You can do the rest. VEAKFISH and STRIPED Can be caught in any of the waters around New York City. Big bluefish are in large numbers along the coast. We can supply the tackle. Call and examine our stock, or send us 10 cts. to cover postage, and we will mail you our 136 folio page illustrated catalogue. and with very satisfactory results.” ABBEY & IMBRIE, Manufacturers of All Grades of Fishing Tackle, A SLOW GROW TEL 18 Vesey Street, New York. It has taken us nearly a quarter of a century to build up our business, What an unwritten history of failures and successes, of bridges built over swollen rivers, of persistent goaheaditiveness, of planning to make and keep trade, of intelligence in buying in the right markets. We think we have fairly won the public confidence which we now enjoy. We think we fairly ask for your confidence. Our past record is an open book—read it, The present or the future must of necessity be as free from. tarnish. MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., {Il to 116 Michigan Ave., Chicago. my business. o Fishermen. Here I am again as usual cutting the prices of Fishing Tackle. Cut Prices for 1891. Low prices and good quality of goods increases It will pay you to buy your tackle in Brooklyn. y No. 1, 8 joint, 6 strip, Split Bamboo Trout or Black Bass Fly Rods, solid reel seat below hand, nickel mountings, silk whippings, extra tip, all complete in wood form, length 9%, 10, 103ft., weight 7, 8, 9oz.. aoereade No, 1, G, same as above but is erman Silver Mounted...... ee ee 8 en ececesae No. 4, 3 joint, 6 strip Split Bamboo Black Bass Bait Rod, Raised Tie Guides, solid reel seat above the hand, extra tip, silk whippings, nickel mountings, complete in wood form, length & 9, 94, 10ft , weight 9, 104, 12, 1302. 2.........+0-- ‘No, 4, G, same as above but'is German Silver Mounted.,... No. 7, 6 strip Se Bamboo.Salt Water or Lake Trollmg Rod, No. 8, same as No 7, butis3 joint........ ....-. Bseeecsetonte 2 joint, ‘solid reel seat above the hand, double tie guides, nickel mountings, length 8 Pee eee HOR HOOT ERO EEE SEO HERTS SERS HER TEES SH EHH HTH THESE HEH SHH HE SOOO RAEEe EERE EH EEE eee ee ee ee es ee ee i aca) we ere reer eesr ee esoeee eee ee ee ee ee ee ee) Se wee eee remo E HERE ETA H HED ROPE THEE EE HET EH ES Hee OEE GHEE KHER TERT OH DESSEH ES oH EH OS EHED HL EY © ee AD ease eese beet osnt eons eet ees#essseeaes ee ee ee er ee a ie ey No. 280, 3 joint Ash aud Lancewood Heavy Salt Water Bass Rod, hollow butt, extra tip, brass mountings, 9ft............... Brass Multiplying Ree, Balance Handle, Screw Oil Cup, fine Sliding Click, Nickul Plated, 40yds., $1.75; 60yds., $2.25; Lines on Biock, 300ft., 9 thread, 380.; 12 thread 43c. ; doz,; treble gut, 20c. per doz, Single Gut Leaders, Ift., J. F. HARSTERS, 51 ®end Se. tamp for Ulusctrated Catalogue for 1891. finish, 23yds., 83c.; 40yds., 95¢c. ; 60yds., $1.05; 80yds. 80yds., $2.50; 200yds., $3.75. Braided Linen Reel $1.15; per doz., 15¢,; 2ft., per doz., 30c.; 3ft., per doz., OPEN EVENINGS. ieee n eee pala lee colets bretactefiv nettiece tees abet Mina e eee sees seseesee me at $1,25. Lines on Block, Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 300ft., 410. 15 thread, 46c.; 18 thread, 38c, Brass Swivels, 15c, per doz. Best Quali 45c, Double Gut Leaders, 1ft., per doz,, 15c,; 2ft., per doz., 30c. ; » 53 & 55 Court St. Brooklyp. N. ¥. neat ee rare ce Wetas ce icace-uiasfane +f Se DLCO ae eadie £t,, Weight: 200%, .usccveeccnesecsse 8S | OND 1 380 7%h eee e eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee) 900. Hard Rubber Multiplying Reels, Balance Handle, . HK. M, Brand Linen Reel. a t * doz., Seen esese Hooks on single gut, per doz., 10c.; double Ocr. 22, 1891,] - FOREST AND STREAM. 283 CHARLES DALY HAMMERLESS AUTOMATIC SHELL EJECTORS, SHOTGUN important RNotice! 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Our Moose Hunt Up the Ottawa. Deer in Wisconsin Woods. Notes of the Game. Wisconsin Game, Adirondack Deer. SBA AND Rivur FISHING. The Lamprey Hel. Sandusky Bay White Bass Fishing. Tuternational Fish Protection The Anglers’ Protective Club. FISHCULTORE Colorado Trout and Whitefish THE KENNEL. American Coursing Club Meet THE KENNET. Collie Club Specials. U.S. Field Trial Club Entries. Lord Cloyer’s Pedigree. Hospice of St. Bernard Fund. Disposition of Bloodhounds, Barzois—Psovoi. Notes and Notions. Philadelphia Withdraws. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Range and Gallerv. The Revolver Championship. Oa cae State Shoot. The Trap. Williamsport, Ind. Chicago Trap Shots. Inter-State League. North Baltimore vs Tiffin. YACHTING. Yacht Racing in 1891.—1r. New Yachts, CANOEING. Amendments to the Racing Rules. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. FATE OF THE FUR SEAL, WE publish in our columns a very important paper by Mr, William Palmer, taxidermist of the National Museum, who went to the Seal Islands last year to obtain a series of skins of walrus, seal, sea lion and other animals of the Prybilov group for the Museum collection. His observations are those of-a trained naturalist, and deserve the closest attention on this account, and because of the importance of the subject treated. The address was read by the author before the Biological Society: of Washing- ton, and was discussed by Doctors Dall, Gill, Bean and others. It was stated by Dr. Dall that the estimates of the seals on the islands were greatly exaggerated. In his opinion a million of seals never were gathered on the rookeries at one time, and the diminution now apparent to every one is due chiefly to the number of young males legally killed. He recalled the fact that in the early days of the industry fur seal skins were worth only 124 cents each; but about 1867 the fur became fashionable and the business was more carefully managed. At first the prin- cipal market was found in China, and the European de- mand was very small. Theinvention by Raymond of a machine for preparing the skins revolutionized the indus- try. Dr. Dall attributes the present decline chiefly to the excessive killing of young males; there is not now a suf- ficient number of males on the breeding grounds to main- tain the species. He admits that the method of driving referred to by Mr. Palmer is also very destructive. The excessive destruction of males began in 1872, and has continued to the present time. It is evident that the number of seals on the Islands must have been much larger that Dr. Dall is willing to admit when we consider the enormous number killed within the last few years in Bering Sea. For the last three years the skins sold by poachers averaged fully 50,000 a year. It is generally known that most of these are females containing unborn young. -The actual de- struction of seals, on the basis of the returns, is 100,000 yearly; but besides this it is well known that from 50 to 90 per cent. of the seals ‘killed by pelagic hunters sink and are not recovered. Itis safe to say, therefore, that in years of successful poaching the actual number of seals killed is fully 500,000. As this practice has been continued for a great many years a very small amount of calculation will serve to show that the number of fur seals inhabiting the Prybilov Islands must have been fully up to the estimates mentioned in Mr, Palmer’s address. Pelagic sealing is undoubtedly the most waste- ful of all methods of taking the fur seal, and the present legalized method of driving is likewise very destructive to seal life. The remedies proposed by Mr. Palmer and others, to stop the killing in Bering Sea, drive only killa- ble seals, and proclaim a close season, must certainly re- commend themselves to every one interested in the future of the fur seal. BROWN TROUT VS. BROOK TROUT, ee Caledonia Fishing Club has a singular experience on its hands in its leased waters of Spring Creek. The creek has been liberaily supplied for the past two or three years with brook trout fry, and yet the most ex- pert fly-casters have noted a marked decline in the catch of fontinalis. The usual enemies of the brook trout were charged with the destruction of the fish; but Mr. Annin has discovered that the brown trout is the real culprit, or at least one of the most active enemies of the brook trout. By setting a large-meshed gill net in the creek he caught a 6lbs. brown trout, whose stomach was filled with brook trout. An 8-pounder, taken later, had cap- tured a brook trout 6 inches long. Mr. F. P. Brownell caught a brown trout last May weighing 11lbs., and Mr. Annin is convinced that examples weighing 15lbs, exist in the lower part of the stream, near the Caledonia hatchery, from which the brown trout was introduced into the neighboring waters, The brown trout grows very large, is a powerful fish and a voracious feeder ; it is feared that it will soon exterminate the smaller, but more beautiful, brook trout unless kept rigidly in check, if not, indeed, removed entirely from brook trout waters. The brown trout is a magnificent fish, and a decided ac- quisition to Eastern waters, which have no native black- spotted trout ; but if it should unfortunately clash with the interests of the fiy-fishermen, there will be ‘‘ trouble in the camp” at once. The Caledonia Fishing Club will try to exterminate the brown trout in Spring Creek before they commit any fatal damage. The problem of selec- tion of fish suitable to a given region is,a grave one, and well worthy of serious study before introducing a preda- tory species. We invite free expressions of opinion upon this important subject. SNAP SHOTS. J HILE deer hounding on Long Island is limited to the first ten days of October, the still-hunt- ing period extends to Nov. 1, the law in this respect being identical with the general statute. Four baymen who had clubbed a deer to death with their oars in Champlins Creek, Islip, on Oct, 17, were haled before a justice for having killed game out of season; but were quite properly discharged. The Long Island deer area is so limited and the hunters are so multitudinous that prudence dictates a revision of the existing law in the direction of a more restricted season. The codification bill of last winter provided for a five years’ close time. Such. a clause, we trust, will be contained inthe amended law. This failing, those interested in the game might prevail upon the county supervisors to enact special ordinances, as they are empowered to do, In a suggestive note last week Mr, H, E, Thompson wrote of the breeding of certain wild animals for their fur, and of the possibilities of profit, as well as of pleas- ure to those whose tastes incline to natural history, It goes without saying that we have not learned to use to best advantage many of our natural resources of this character. On the contrary, the history of man’s rela- tion to the brute creation shows in numerous instances that species have been foolishly exterminated, which, | with moderate foresight and recognition of their eco- ‘nomic value, might profitably have been conserved for the benefit of the human race. It was not until the buf- falo was all but extinct in this country that any intelli- gent effort was directed to determine its adaptability to domestication and to furnishing a substantial contribu- tion to the country’s food supply. A writer in the London Spectator has just pointed out that by domestica- tion of some of the species of large animals now wild, a valuable addition might be made to the meat food re- sources of mankind; and curiously enough he selects as a fit subject for experiment in this direction an African species which now seem doomed to meet the fate of the buffalo in America. This is the eland, one of the largest antelopes, whose flesh no less an authority than Lord Randolph Churchill has pronounced to be “‘peculiarly ex- cellent, having in addition the valuable property of being tender immediately after the animal is killed, which makes it much appreciated in Central Africa, where the meat is usually as tough as shoeleather and nearly as dry.” In size the mature eland is as largeas a two- year-old short-horn; itis hardy, can live on scanty fare, and when given good pasturage puts on fat; it is quite tame, is easily domesticated, and can be acclimatized. Specimens have been reared in the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, and also on Hoglish estates, ‘It seems to be a waste of the resources of nature,” says the Spectator writer, ‘‘to allow these fine creatures to be exterminated, as they soon will be, in our new African empire, Why should we not save the eland, the harmless antelope, the koodoo, and other large African antelopes from exter- mination—and even try to rear some in England? The experiment may be recommended to some of the noble owners of parks and chases who have already done so much to preserve our own deer and wild cattle from extermination. America has allowed the bison to per- ish, Shall we not take warning, and preserve for our own use the splendid African antelopes which, within the memory of man, were a thousand times more numer- ous than they are to-day?” Among those who visited this city last Thursday to at- tend the conference of Fish Commissioners {and others, relative to international legislation, was Mr. J. U. Gregory, of Quebec, Agent of the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and well-known to scores of visitors to Canada, because of his never-tiring courtesy to anglers and sportsmen. Mr. Gregory was here to represent the Dominion Government and expressed himself as being greatly disappointed that the session should not have been prolonged, so that he might lay before the commit- tee the special measures toward securing which their in- fluence was desired. Mr. Gregory tells us that the deer from Maine are invading Canada in ever-growing num- bers without heed of boundary lines and import duties; and are now found in sections where they have not been known for many years. It is a pleasure to record the work done by the Anglers’ Protective Club, of Rangeley, Me,,in replenishing the fishing resources of the Androscoggin Lakes and tributary waters in Maine; and we trust that the report given in our angling columns may call out substantial recognition from residents of other States who go fishing in Maine lakes. The work of the association has been intelligently conducted; the Maine Fish Conimissioners are in ¢o-opera- tion with the Rangeley people; and sufficient has already been accomplished to warrant public confidence in the movement, We printed the other day a note from Mr. Verner de Guise, of Mahwah, N. J., reporting his complete success in rearing Hnglish pheasants. The publication has brought to Mr. de Guise numerous letters, which show that the subject is one of wide interest; and it is probable that within a year these birds will have been introduced into the game covers of widely separated sections of the country. The Tuxedo Park managers have been success. ful with their birds this year- The Hon. ‘‘Buffalo” Jones, late of Kansas, now of Camp Cook, Neb., sailed from this port last Tuesday, having in charge ten of his cross-bred buffaloes, which he is convey- ing to Liverpool there to grace the park of Mr. Chas, Le- land. Mr. Jones, it is said, will receive $1,000 apiece for every one of the animals delivered in good condition at their destination. These buffaloes are a cross between the buffiaio and the domestic cow; but it is difficult to se tinguish them from the pure buffalo. ANY subseriber may supply a friend with a copy of the current issue of the ForEST AND STREAM by sending : us if on a postal card the name of that friend, ait 286 FOREST AND STREAM. ; = —_ jOor. 29, 1891, Che Sportsman Courist. A NIGHT OF PERIL. A REMINISCENCE OF THE NEPIGON. “There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night; And grief may hide an evening guest, But joy shall come with early light.” Q* my second trip to the Nepigon, the finest trouting waters in the world, an eventful incident occurred which came near sending me to the portals of an un- known world. It happened while I was in camp at the lower end of Pine Portage, and has so impressed itself upon the tablets of my memory that the mere mention of that famous stream reproduces it again in all its start- ling reality. Hoping it may prove of some interest to the gentle angler, if not to the general reader, I will outline it as briefly as possible. It was late in the afternoon of a most charming day, when the azure sky was resplendent in fleeces of gold and crimson, the atmosphere deliciously balmy and all nature rejoicing, that with a light and happy heart I started with rod and net in hand to seek some unex- lored waters in the rapids below Robinson’s Pool. eisurely I threaded my way along the old worn trail, through tangled forests of sombrous pine and hemlock, tamarack and balsam, with sylvan notes of birds in aureate hues and rosy tints greeting me from bush and brake, Ever and anon a butterfly in gossamer wings of violet velvet. and spotted silver, a creature to brush the dreaming eyes of a poet, fluttered in the dancing sun- beams; flowers rich and rare, like treasures of silver and gold, nodded in the waving grasses; mosses and ferns so daintily delicate and multiform came into pleasing re- view at infrequent intervale, while as if to excite idle curiosity, a tiny field mouse, startled by noisy foot-fall, eeped with wide and wondrous eyes from beneath some riendly leaf. So fascinated was I with all these delights of forest and pathway that for the present the capture of radiant trout, with the rhythm of revolving reel, was in abeyance. § on the sounds of roaring rapids dashing its way through huge masses of broken rocks and miassive boulders fell upon the ear in tones of moaning thunder, while the white waters that leaped in one unbroken sheet o’er the ragged falls roared and raved like the terrible winds of a western cyclone. If the walk through the whispering forests with their waving tops in golden glow, the impish play of dancing shadows, the entrancing melody of beautiful birds and the grand music of torrent stream was rapturously im- pressive, far more attractive were the magnificent pools, Hamilton's and Robinson’s, as | admiringly viewed them from the eminence above, being pictures in dazzling set- tings of glimmering gold and leafy green, of such rare and bold poetic beauty that nature only could present, Down in the deep, translucent waters, as I carefully picked my way along the rugged embankments, I could here and there see poised by rocky crevice or granite boulder the quivering fontinalisin his shapely outlines, too beautiful indeed to fall a victim to the lure of artificially wrought fur and feather. I cared not then to coax this lovely idol of the icy waters to the feast deceitful, so strolled along in the laughing sunshine and grateful shade, under the pure blue sky, drinking in new lifeand strength with every step, as lintently looked for the unexplored pool, the Utopian dream of the gentle angler who seeks the hermit trout in his spangled robes of vermilion dye. Im such delightful exploring your years are forgotten, often your maladies, and even your white hairs are no longer in remembrance, It is a happy jaunt, and thrice blessed he who loves the angle, for it brings him in deep communion with the charms and loveliness of nature. “Ah! no copyist of the old mastérs can render his original upon the canvas as faithfully in every line and hue, or with expression so perfect and speaking, as it pleases God here to translate his own works in the engravings of this marvellous page!” “Nature paints not In ojls; but frescoes the great dome of heayen With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds And fiying vapors.” My ramble soon brought me to Robinson’s Falls, a beauti- ful sheet of water that tumbles and rages into seething foam, and then my perspiring walk along the tumultuous rapidscommenced, It was over immense piles of shattered and terraced rocks, that glittered in the sunlight like blocks of silver; by rude unfashioned tracts along hilly sides; through dense forests of cedar, balsam and spruce that defiantly crowded to the very edge of the roaring waters; all uniting in investing the landscape’s continual pageantry with a nameless charm that made me forget my weariness and sporting desire, and "A wild dedication of yourselves To unpathed waters, undream’d shores.” At last, after much exertion, I came toa pool hemmed in by immense blocks of stone, so lonely and lovely in fleck of pearl and sapphire as the slanting sunbeams fell athwart it, that you’d declare it the isolated retreat of some naiad queen. Against its walls of adamant the rushing waters, which sparkled like a girdle of jewels, were Courned into masses of foam that Feat and. beat in vain, for this ideal pool firmly retained its rimpled beauty unmolested, despite the fierce assaults of the tireless and violent current. I was more than charmed with this deep and secluded basin, and as access to its shimmering waters was Eas center easy, ab once clambered down to the edge of the, roaring river, in which I found an immense rock, as if placed there by Titanic hands, and which ap- peared to command the complete limits of this picturesque pool. It was 2 or sft, from the shore, and 6 or 7ft., I thought, from top of the bank, and as it seemed to me an easy jump, undaunted made the leap, alighting upon my feet with a terrible jar that shook my entire system, The distance was much greater than [had carelessly calculated, but as I was unharmed it mattered not, Whata lovely little sheet of Pe water it now appeared, and so artfully concealed by. crescent shore and iron-faced cliff that no angler could wish a more inviting isolation. You ould gaze and gaze again into the limpid waters, as if expecting some fair nymph with seraphic eyes and golden locks to arise to the crystaline surface and greet you with an entrancing song of the murmuring surges and the ever tossing foam, | | | My admiration of this hidden retreat in the golden glow of a declining sun was arested by the enthusiasm of the angler reasserting itself, and thenI soon had my fly dane- ing on its rippling surface, where it met with such an instantaneous and savage response as to almost throw me off my balance. Fortunately I hung the spotted redcoat, and at once ascertained that I had a foeman worthy of my steel. His strength, activity and strategy gave me a world of peat and after a gallant battle of about five minutes I had his spangled sides pressing the narrow meshes of the net. He seemed to be all of five pounds, and was as magnificent a specimen of the Salvelinus fon- tinalis as ever beautified a dimpling pool. It is needless to detail the enjoyable trouting J had here, as that is not my purpose in this letter, but will simply state that for about an hour I caught trout with my little Chubb rod as fast as I could hang and kill them, for at nearly every cast I had a royal rise, and frequently two would break at the same time for the tempting fly. It was a regular preserve, and 1am confident I could have taken fifty that evening if time and inclination had permitted. After securing eight of the iridescent beauties, I dis- continued the sport and prepared to thread my way over the tortuous route to camp, Turning and facing the shore rock from which I had jumped, I was greatly astonished at its height, yet still thought I could reach its top without much trouble, Throwing my trout and land- ing net to the bank, and inclining my pole, which I had not taken apart, against its surface, so I could easily pro- cure it when on shore, I leaned against the precipitous rock, which gave me an angular position, and then reach- ing up for the top was amazed, after most strenuous efforts, to find that I could not graspit by a foot or more, No wonder my jump to the inviting rock had so jarred me, for the distance was fully eighteen inches more than I had reckoned. Here was a situation not at all pleasing, for I was satisfied if I escaped from my unfortunate posi- tion, it would be by some means other than climbing the flinty surface of the cliff, as that was just then impossi- ble. I might leap for the edge and manage to reach it with outstretched hands, and probably pull myself up; but if I failed, down into the rapid current I would assuredly go, between the shore line and the huge rock upon which I was standing, there bein § in the intervening space fully three feet of water, as I have before stated, and deep enough to drown. I keenly knew the danger, and concluded I would not just then attempt it, and only when necessary as a last resort. I looked along the pre- cipitous shore to see if there were any chance near, where a sudden plunge in the icy waters would carry me to some low or shelving rocks that I could scale in safety. The roaring rapids, as they take their sinuous way with a swiftness over and against the sharp-edged blocks of gray granite, gave meno encouragement, as it would be fatal ever to be engulfed in its seething foam, From this dread element I turned painfully away. All this time I was consoled by one thought, that of my comrades in camp, who would surely search for me on my non- appearance. I finally sat down upon the weather-stained rock, wilh my legs dangling over its inner s:de, and while looking at the smooth sutfacsa which confronted me, endeavored to evolve some method of escape. Nothing, however, offered, Had there been a crevice in the rock I could have utilized my fishing rod for a peg or two, but sad to relate, it was unfortunately smooth as ice, Even had the rock upon which I stood disclosed a seam onits inner surface that I could also have used to advantage, but it was not only unwrinkled, but as flinty as the Egyptian Sphinx. Turn to which way I would, escape was shut off at every point in view. I was completely trapped, and that only by a few inches of intermediate space. It was not only provoking, but apparently hopeless. I was now fully satisfied that unless my comrades rescued me I was 2, prisoner for the night, Bemg inan untrodden and almost inaccessible part of the rapids, a night search, it struck me, would evidently prove futile. The pangs of hunger and the chilly night air I could endure, but they would assuredly rob me of much vitality and probably unfit me for any desperate undertaking with a view to my escape the nextday. Nothing, however, was to be gained by despondency, so arising from my position, I turned and faced the raging waters and then watched the shadows as they lengthened on the purple hills, the clouds as they glowed with the sunset red, the gray twi- light as it deepened into night. Svon the moon, apale curl, was observable in the west, while the jeweled sky dis- played its twinkling lights, a cool breeze sprang up that swayed the luxuriant forest to a moan. It was night, and the nocturnal ramblers were now abroad, Theflight of a nighthawk, the sweep of a whippoorwill and the quivering wings of a bat gave some animation to the wild scene, while;the far-away hoot of an owl fell in dis- mal notes upon the ear. Turning to the shore, I noticed shrub and bush alive with ephemer, while many insects of grotesque shape, as unlike the creatures of sun as though from the Stygian world, were darting about as of in pleasure or rapine bent. Then came resonant sounds from ‘'Mfore hideous foes than fancy can devise: With helmet heads and dragon scales adorned.” Under other circumstances I could have enjoyed this living night world that alone belonged to the moon, to the deer, to the darkness, and reveled in the spangled heavens, or the foaming rapids of the wild and pictur- esque river, but as a prisoner on that fated rock I was in no mood for the poetry either of the skies or of the earth. During all this tine I ang to one hope—my compan- ions, every one of whom! knew would leave no stone unturned to solve the mystery of my absence. The air gradually grew colder and the wind increased as the night wore along and soon the heavens took on a haze, and the gray spots on the fleecy clouds began to deepen. The twinkling stars, the companions of m vigils, were gradually being blotted out, until finally the Pleiads were alone left, and soon they also, seemingly weary of their loneliness, disappeared from the firma- ment, A storm was evidently brewing, as ‘a looming bastion fringed with fire’ in the dreary west revealed, and, asif my position were not already sufficiently un- comfortable, was also to make me feel its cruel wrath. Back and forth upon the circumscribed space of that iron rock I stamped and beat my body with active hands to keep myself from the chilly influence of the terrible night air, Oh! howslowly the weary hours dragged along, and with what a solenin refrain the rushing waters beat as they plunged against the solid blocks of ragged granite in the bed of the roaring river, ' The moon had vanished behind the dark mountains, withdrawing her littte delicately-curled golden horn as if to blow a trumpet warning of the future, A glance at my watch, by the flash of a match, told the midnight hour. Thankful was I, indeed, that the gray of dawn would soon greet me from the eastern hills, ‘*Would the storm which was fast gathering break ere then and chill me to the marrow, ane would my companions find me in this wild spot?” were questions of vital interest just then tome. ‘Ah! what’s that, a shou? Thank God,” I cried, “I am saved!” Already they are scouring the woods and stream and will assuredly rescue me from my unfortunate position. I yelled aloud in response, but, much to my surprise, it remained unanswered, Now could see the flash of their torches gleaming through the dark forest as they carefully wandered along in their eager search. Anon another shout reached me, to which IT again replied with stentorian lungs. Still no welcome answer came, How eagerly I watched the bright light of a blazing torch, and with what mathematical accuracy I measured its distance, as it moved. Fortunately it came toward me and again [shout with a frenzy born alone of despair, and still no response. Ever watchful of the moving light along the bald and jagged summits that hemmed me in, I soon discovered that it was now departing from me. Again and again 1 gave a frenzied shout, but alas! The torchlight was fast fading in the distance and my companions, whose hearts ] knew were true as steel, were deploying in fruitless fields. Tt now dawned upon me that their halloo was from the windward, and therefore easily heard, while mine, on the contrary, could not prevail against the strong breeze which was gradually increasing, and also the terrible roar of the rapids, I must confess I grew somewhat despondent, yet still was cheered by the thought that the esriy morning would find them again actively on the search, Everything was now wrapped in deep gloom, with the chaos of commingled phantoms of things of the night. The heavens were like a funeral pall, the forests groaning a dirge-like lament with a long drawn piercing moan, as the winds swept fiercely through them, while the water with its weird roar dashed itself to threads and flakes of foam as it swirled along its sinuous and rocky bed. My brain was keenly alive to every change in the elements, while my feet and arms were beating in union with the stormy cadences ofthe wild, plunging rapids. A thousand fantasies assailed me in that dismal darkness, with the terrific beat and bend and twist of crashing trees; even dread despair laid his cold hands upon me, and led me to think of the world beyond. Would my attempt at escape by the surging rapids, among those sharp protruding rocks, result in my entering the Halls of Valhal'a er was I to find enforced passage with Charon, the grim ferry- man of the Styx, ‘The fiat of deathis inexorable, There is no appeal for relief from the great law which dooms us to dust. We flourish and fade as the leaves of the forest; and flowers that bloom, wither and fade in a day, have no frailer hold upon lifethan the mightiest monarch that ever shook the earth with his footsteps. Generations of men will appear and disappear, as the grass, and the multitude that throng the world to-day will disappear as footsteps on the shore. Men seldom think of the great event of death until the shadow falls across their pathway, hiding from their eyes the faces of those whose loving smile was the sunlight of their existence. Death is the antagonist of life, and the thought of the tombis the skeleton of all feasts, We do not want togo through the dark valley, although its dark passage may lead to para- dise; we do not want to go down into damp graves, even with princes for bed fellows.” After all, why shrink from life immortal, “Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind what happens let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve for things beyond our care, Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the’ journey’s end.” My moralizing on the Stygian ferry was suddenly rele- gated to oblivion by a piti'ul howl, asif from a wolf, that fell acutely upon my attentive ear. Soon I heard the stealthy footfall of the prowling beast at the edge of the cliff, and then I saw the fierce-gleam of his flashing eye anu the ugly glitter of his sharp teeth, ; Ab! he is feasting on my beautiful trout, the odor from which doubtless attracted him to thespot. I preferred that he should dine upon them rather than upon my anatomy, though I was positive I could master him if he dared attack me upon my rocky pedestal, Little did I think the lovely-princelings of the pool were to assuage the hunger of a savage wolf. It aroused my animosity to ascertain that these highly-prized darlings with the doited jackets were fast disappearing in the rapacious maw of this accursed animal, and I therefore dearly longed to be where I could give him a fierce battle for the spangled spoils. Oy rod, which I had uojointed and put in its sack ere nightfa}l came upon me, | untied, and taking out the first joint and butt, put them together, and then placing thereon my Frankfort reel, had a slung shot heavy enough to brain any animal of ordinary size. Being thus armed, I stood on the inside edge of the rock and waited and watched with faithful patience in hopes of getting in a fatal blow upon the purloining wolf—for such I took it to be—should he come near the edge. At last I was re- warded, for the crafty animal in his gluttony had nosed one of the trout near the brink of the cliff, and just as his gleaming teeth were about to close upon the radiant fish I gave him such a swinging blow with the reel that he staggered and fell with a howl of pain, his head and fore- legs hanging over the ragged edge of the rock, Quick as a flash, I fortunately grabbed one of his legs in that cim- merian gloom, and giving it a sudden and energetic yank, the apparently senseless animal involuntarily slipped from the cliff, striking the water with a splash and a yelp, and was soon dashing down the torrent never again, I hope, to feast upon a fontinalis, Although my hands were crimsoned with gore, and my situation a desperate one, I smiled to think that.the little Chubb rod was doing double duty, taking trout at one end, slaying wolf at the other, both sustaining and defending life. Trifling as the sanguinary incident was, it revived my drooping spirits, giving mean assurance that I might possibly succeed in fighting the battle for my release. —— . ae. —_ a a Ger, 2u, 1894, | FOREST AND STREAM. 287 I had become yery cold by this time, it requiring the most active exercise on that flint rock to restore me to any degree other than severe suffering, In addition to this, a dense blackness with “ragged rims of thunder brooding low” had now settled all arcund meand to such an extent that it became impossible to see even the inner shore line or the edge of the rock upon which I stood. Soon the heayens were rent in twain by a blast of light- ning that seemed to fly like a dazzling shaft of flame from the north. It was almost instantly followed by a crash of thunder, ear-splitting as the explosion of a park of artillery, This was the signal for the elemental war, for upon its heels came violent winds that made the forest howl in some stirring lamentation, while the heavens were aliye with lurid flashes, accompinied by peal after peal of deafening thunder that found its count- erpart in the roar and rush of the wild waters of the sing- ing river. It was a spectacle to call for the hand of Dante or Milton. “Compared to these storms déath is but a quali, Hell somewhat lizghtsome, the Bermudas calm; Darkness, light’s eldest brofher, his birthright Claims o’er the world!” “All this clangorand crash was like unto the denizens of a thousand forests that were flying before the roar of a tornado among the trees, every savage beast raising its owl Savage ery as it went,” and with such a horrible clamor as to make you shudder at the unknown forces that fracture mountains wild and shake the yery earth. Rain was now the next element IT had to contend with, and that would soon come marching along ‘‘with beaded bubbles winking at the brim,” deluging the land with its copious showers. Oh! how I prayed for the dawn that I might make some rash attempt to escape, even if it proved unsuccess- ful; for my position was becoming unbearable amid the terrible wrath of the elements that so enveloped me, I struck a match to look again at my watch, and was re- joiced to learn that it was nearly 3 o’clock, and that but a short time would elapse before the welcome gray in the eastern sky would appear. This gave me some slight hope, and my courage rose accordingly, Would the sombre clouds break and drench me with their cold showers and chill me to the marrow, or, like the roving wolf, was I to follow its fatal course adown the frantic stream in any maddening attempt I might make for escape by the wild and riotous rivers. My mind was now strung to the utmost tension, ready for any desperate struggle with the coming dawn, yet reason held me in abeyance and whispered ‘*Wait;” and then my compan- ions in camp came in mental review, and prudence again enthroned itself. fn these high latitudes during the summer solstice Aurora begins to brighten the eastern horizon as early as 8 o'clock, though a few stars, the eternal jewels of the night, may still twinkle. Yet the black pall, which now enveloped everything, would doubtless delay the herald of light. Oh! how I watched over the eastern hills for the first glimpse of dawn, cold, hungry and exhausted from the night’s vigil amid the wild roar of the elements above and the raging river of seething foam below. I, of course, was somewat nervous from intense anxiety, though at no time was I completely demoralized. After a tiresome watch, which seemed hours, the gray dawn. began to streak the eastern belt of the horizon, and then it gradually commenced to lighten the silent earth and creep along, as I thought, at a snail’s pace, Thesum- mits of the hills appeared in sombre shade, with here and there clusters of pine and balsam looming up in the air, ‘as it were, and framed like pictures in fading mist. A burden of leaden damp, with all the warmth, the glories of color, and lovely bits of landscape disencharmed by the universal pall. No sunlight, like angel spears, flashed along the heavens or over the earth. The tumultuous gods with their roar of thunder, their vivid lightning and their crape-like clouds sweeping like spectral armies, were in absolute control. It was a dawn of grief so human in its sadness, so melancholy in its aspect, and yet so fraught with hope, that I dared not anticipate any realization from it other than of success, and with that feeling patiently awaited the first glimpse of coveted morn, At last the triumph of day is fully assured, and I now see outlined my painful surroundings. All this time the reverbera- tions of thunder and the glare of lightning continued, yet the threatened rain had not fallen, With serious intent I take in every foot of shore line, looking like the drown- ing man for even a straw to cling to. As I view the huge bulwarks of stone at the head of the pool, against which the water is dashing with desperate violence, my eye is gladdened with the sight of a small sapling, one end of which is rapidly vibrating on the surface edge of one of the huge blocks of nature’s masonry. Like lightning it flashed upon me that if this were secured it would pave my way to freedom. It was hope’s precious pearl, and, though it was about 30ft. away, limmediately commenced solving the problem as to its possession. As I was well up in natatorial skill, | was confident that, with a dive from the rock and a few bold strokes the prize would be in hand. The great danger was cramp from the icy water, and probably the resistance of the current, which, however, was not so strong but that it could be overcome by unusual strength, The well-worn axiom that ‘““he who hesitates is lost” came just then upon me with full force, and determined me to make the attempt, let the result be what it would. “Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock.” J at once unrobed in the frigid air that almost numbed me, and quickly taking position on the edge of the rock, _made a desperate dive, which alone must haye covered fully 20ft., and on rising to the surface chilled to the very marrow, made afew bold strokes and gained the rock completely exhausted and exceedingly cold, It took but a moment to dislodge the quivering sapling, which was about 20ft, in length, and then placing it at right angles with the current, set it afloat with a direct- ing aim that would surely bring it abreast my prison rock. However, I did not waitfor it to reach the posi- tion desired, fearing that some untoward turn of the current might drift it into the rapids below, so I again sprang info the water, and having the current with me, soon overtook the slender spruce and had it abreast the rock, which t quickly mounted, with my teeth chatter- ing and my limbs shaking as ifin palsy. A rub or two assure you | was somewhat akin to a small iceberg when I started to robe myself, but the task once completed and an actual danee or two upon the rock with rapid beating of arms around my body, I was soon in a fervent glow, and felt recuperated toa degree that not only surprised I now took the sapling, which ap- peared to be perfectly sound, and which had doubtless found its way into the stream from the heavy wind of the prevailing storm, and placing it in position against the shore rock, had an inclined bridge which readily After throwing my rod upon the bank, I took hold of the infant tree, a pearly path to me, and with apparent ease reached the shore with a breast so overflowing with joy at my timely escape that language would feebly express it. I fully but comforted me. opened the way to freedom. realized how exquisite is pleasure after pain, “That's my joy Not to have seen before; for nature now Comes all at once, confounding my delight.” Looking around for my now that 1 was free and could with King Lear exclaim: “Blow winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! Your cataracts and hurricanes spout Till you have drenched our steeples,” Once over the steep rocky ledges I struck directly for the well-worn path, which I soon reached, and then I had about three-quarters of a mile of easy walking, which I was sure to make before the threatened rain began to fall. As I progressed with a happy heart, I could see in the far west the dark clouds pouring down their floods, which were gradually approaching, and would, I opined, soon be upon me, The deep-toned thunder had now subsided into a mere mutter, while the electrical flashes were scarcely visible upon the inky clouds. Jove had about expended his ammunition, satisfied to conclude his grand battle with pacifying showers to the parched earth, I hurried along with flying footsteps, and ere long had the satisfaction of seeing the silent tents under which reposed in restful slumber my warm-hearted companions, who were doubtlessly worn out with their night’s anxious search, It was really an impressive sight in the gray of that dark and quiet morning, with the white surges of the cataract in their front leaping and then driving along the grassy edges of the roaring stream, with the foliaged trees swaying and moaning to the relentless storm, Nothing living was astir. Yes, there is the leap of a spangled trout in the eddy of the falls, and still another by yonder bush that laps the swift flowing waters, Here comes in view the freebooter of the fields, asparrow-hawk with his feathers ruffled to the swift breeze, scouring along the rugged shore in search of some afirighted game, and as if in defiance of the storm, a solitary woodpecker is beating a tattoo from some hollow tree near by, while “The loon’s weird laughter far away.”’ comes plaintively upon the ear. There stands the giant rock breaking the foam of the falls, where but “‘yester morn” I lured several of the speckled fontinalis to the banquet of the flies. Just beyond, on the rocky shore, a tiny wild flower or two is struggling into beautiful life from a granite crevice, and as if awakening under the first caress of day, some delicate mosses, bathed in gemmy dew, are rejoicing in the companionship of these crimson-hued buds; while the grasses which sparkle in beads of moisture run riot in the virgin forest so solemn in mantle of green, So enthused was I with the magnificent beauty of this picturesque panorama, particularly with the swirl and foam of the rapid river, as I overlooked it from the emi- nence | had reached, that I stopped to drink my full of the entrancing landscape which the wild stream, in its solid walls and serrated shores of aspiring pines and hemlocks, presented, But a few moments ago, while on my prison rock, its inspiring grandeur was so inappreciable to me that I could see nothing but hazard of life in its charming rapids, its foaming cascades, its leaping cataracts or its dimpled pools. Now beauties the most fascinating and romantic were peeping out and confronting me from every side, It is really the conditions under which you view nature that gives it true value, for it can only be fully enjoyed with a happy heart. Having satisfied, for the novice, my love of matchless nature, ! took up my tramp and entered camp as a trou- badour, singing ‘*When Johnnie Comes Marching Home.” The wild wind took up the cheerful refrain and wafted it to the ears of the sound slumberers, who awoke and lis- tened to the familiar voice in ectasy of joy, for a moment or two, and then ‘Old Tronsides,” as ‘tour boys” called him, sang out in stentorian yoice: ‘‘I’ll be blanked if he hasn't turned up.” And then from the tents came pouring anglers and In- dians, who immediately surrounded me with wondering eyes and gaping mouths, as if I were from the pearly gates of that kingdom where sceptered angels sat as princes, After a few minutes of speechless surprise their tongues flew into active play, and then all talked at once, creating a perfect babel of sounds, Tom, the nimrod of the party and my canoe companion, feeling that the happy event demanded some kind of celebration, brought out his double-barreled shotgun and let a few charges reverberate with a Fourth of July hurrah, while the cook, an Afrique, also enthused, gathered up the frying pan and toasting fork and beat a reveille that went gleefully along with the whistling winds of the forest and the music of the roaring waterfall. I really feltas if I had achieved some heroic feat and was receiving the plaudits of an admiring audience, when in fact I had only escaped from a very foolish venture which freely exemplified the necessary warning of the old adage, ‘‘Look before you leap.’ “Now, boys,” said I, after I had fully recovered from the royal welcome, “give me something to eat and drink, for lam as hungry as a famished wolf and as dry as if I had crossed a burning desert; and then I will relate the night’s peril I have passed.” Of course the preparation for the feast was at once made, The hastily prepared meal was soon spread upon the table. After I had satisfied, in a measure, the pangs of the dripping water from my trembling body and 1| of my rapacious maw, I commenced the recital of that began with unsteady hands to complete my toilet, I perilous night with every eye riveted upon me and every » landing net and rod, [ was agreeably surprised to find that the banqueting wolf had left untouched four of my magnificent trout. These I strung upon the crotched branch of a maple, and then securing my tackle, started-on my tortuous tramp for the trailand camp, Little did I heed the warring elements a ear an attentive listener. When I had reached the adven- ture with the prowling wolf, Joe, the half-breed, who was waiting upon the table, interrupted me by saying: “No wolf—Indian dog.” “Very like a wolf?” “Yes. Half wolf, half dog.” “All the same, wolf or dog, he is blotted out, and will no more purloin the angler’s hard-earned trophies from the crystal pools,” The interruption concluded, I continued till I had re- lated my dive and swim for the coveted sapling, when Tom declared, “Nobody but an insane man would ever have attempted such a foolish feat in such an icy stream, and you are only here to relate it from the fact that your natal star was a lucky one,” The narrative being concluded with my timely escape, I turned to ‘old Ironsides” and requested an account of the night search they had made for me. He stated by way of preface, that they did not grow uneasy at my absence till near bed time, for frequentty when a distant trip from camp is made it is sometimes quite late before the party returns. Waiting patiently, he continued, till 9 o’clock, and I not then appearing, the entire camp started out with pine torches on the search, They carefully scoured the woods and the river, when they could approach it, until they went fully a mile be- yond Hamilton’s pool, but in searching they never once thought of then going to the big rapids, for that is never invaded by anglers, being too difficult a path for pisca- torial pleasures, and therefore neglected. It was long after midnight before they returned, and then it was only to snatch a few hours of needed repose that they might recommence the search in the coming morn with renewed yigor, when they intended to follow the river closely from camp, ‘They had shouted as they hunted, and as a result some of the party had their vocal organs 80 disorganized that if, like little Tommy Tupper, they had had to sing for their supper, they would doubt- less have retired with unsatisfied stomachs, After ‘‘Old Ironsides” had finished his brief outline of the search, he solemnly arose from the table that had been cleanly swept of its toothsome food, and beckoning for the little brown jug proposed the health of the angler who never looked before he leaped, but who fearlessly dove and swam in icy currents, that he might retrace the unlooked leap. Tumblers containing the necessary fluid were clinked and quickly emptied, and then Tom, amid the rain which was now falling, and which necessitated a retreat to cover, proposed three cheers and a tiger for the fortunate Piscator, These were given with a vim and vigor, and the ‘Night of Peril on the Nepigon” passed into the reminiscence I have here related. ALEX, STARBUCK, CINCINNATI. glatuyal History. FATE OF THE FUR SEAL IN AMERICA. Read before the Bip Cal Society, of Washington, D, C., Oct. 17, and illustrated by lantern slides. Pes present condition of the Alaskan fur seal islands is but another illustration of the fact that the ignor- ance, avarice and stupidity of man have succeeded in reducing an overwhelming abundance of animal life, that by careful and considerate treatment would forever have been a source of immense wealth, to such a condi- tion that it becomes a question of great moment to devise means to prevent its extermination and adopt measures to restore its former abundance. In 1867 the United States purchased of Russia for $7,200,000 all of tthe territory known as Russian America and now as Alaska. At the time it was expected that it would prove a paying investment. Great tales were told of the fabulous wealth that was there in the shape of lumber, coal, precious metals, etc., and but little stress was laid upon the fact that fur seals were found in abun- dance upon two small islands, but nowhere else in North America, Now, after the experience of over twenty years, what is the result? Ataska itself pays almost nothing into the national treasury; in fact it takes over $200,000 yearly to support its management, while the two little islands of St. Paul and St. George, with a direct yearly expenditure of less than $20,0.0, have almost returned tothe National treasury the large sum paid for the whole of Alaska, The net income from the seal islands for the past twenty years has been in round num- bers $6,000,000. The net income for the next twenty years, based on the bids of the new company holding the lease, would be over $20,000,000; but the actual amount will be less than a million unless stringent measures are taken to prevent a further decrease of seal life and to provide for better methods of management, It will be seen by this that the preservation of seal life on the Pribylov Islands is really deserving of the utmost consideration and that a proper enforcement of the best means and measures is demanded even froma purely business point of view. Rainy, foggy and cold nasty weather is the rule on the islands, and to this fact is greatly due the residence and abundance of seal life during the summer, Wherever 2 rocky slope extends into the sea there the seals haul out and forma colony. On St, Paul’s there are nine of these places, the smallest having a sea margin of 750ft,, while the largest, that at Northeast Point, is 15,850ft. in length. On St. George’s there are five with an ayerage sea margin of only 700it. The average width is 100ft, The seals on the islands are divided by name into four groups, or divisions, which are wel) known to everybody there. The male seals of seven or eight years old and upward are known as bulls, and are the only males large and strong enough to maintain a position on the breeding grounds. The female seals are. known as cows, while the young seal of the year is called a pup. The male seals one year old and upward are called ‘‘holluschickie,” or bachelor seals, and it is from the ranks of these that the killable seals are taken. The breeding grounds are known as rookeries, In 1874 Mr, Henry W. Elliott, as the result of twoseasons’ work, estimated that there were on the rookeries 3,193,000 breeding seals and young, Last year, asa result of another survey of the rookeries on the same basis, it was found that less than 1,000,000 breeding seals and young were left, About the end of April there appear about the islands a few old bull seals; these gradually increase in numbers 288 FOREST AND STREAM. ey (Ocr. 28, 1891. until by June i all have arrived and occupied positions on the rookeries. This is only done as the result of con- tinual fighting and bellowing which is kept up incess- antly. About June 10 the cows arrive and by the middle ot July they have all landed on the rookeries. Soon after the cow lands. sometimes the same day, she gives birth to a single young, and in the course of a week or two returns to the sea to procure food. For this pur- pose they travel from 50 to 100 miles west, southwest and northwest of the islands, where they only too readily fall a prey to the seal hunters, who haye learned to await their arrival at these places in Bering Sea, While the fur seal is a quiet, shy and easily alarmed animal, it has several peculiar habits which are taken advantage of by the seal hunters and render its capture almost an easy matter, Fur seals are commonly seen scratching themselves while at the surface of the water. A seal having satistied its hunger, and desiring to rest, will ascend to the surface, and with only the tip of its nose and a small portion of its back, with now and then a flipper out of water, will sleep, though in a rather fitful manner, or with closed eyes ib will roll over and over, keeping its body in a continual slow motion, with one flipper gently beating the water and bending its body in every conceivable position. I had many splendid oppor- tunities of observing this habit of the seals. On one occasion I waded outuntil I could haye touched with my fingers a fur seal floating on the surface. With its eyes closed it rolled over several times a minute, at the same time bending and twisting its body into every possible position, using one of its fore flippers as a paddle, and occasionally scratching itself with a hind flipper, I stood thus for more than fifteen minutes, and could at any moment have easily killed it. But suddenly, as it was slowly drifting to leeward of me, its great eyes opened, a look of astonishment seemed to pass over its face, and in an instant with a great plunge it had disappeared below the surface, only, however, as is the habit of the fur seal, to rise again a few yards away, take a last look at the strange object that had alarmed it and again disappear, this time tor good. It is to this habit of the fur seal that the success of the pelagic seal hunters is due. On a calm day hundreds of the seals may be seen on the surface engaged in this man- ner; the poachers ave provided with canoes, mostly manned with Puget Sound Indians, who stealthily pad- dle up to the unconscious seal from leeward, and shoot- ing it through the head immediately attempt to prevent its sinking by catching it with a pole armed with hooks. Itis known that from five to nine of the seals out of every ten that are struck sink before they can be reached, so that the waste of seal life by the pelagic seal hunters is from 50 to 90 per cent, But there is to be added to this statement another fact. The greater number of the seals captured in the waters of Bering Sea are females which are on their way to or have left their young on the rook: eries while they are seeking food, As it is a well-known fact that a mother seal will only suckle its own young, and that the young seal is unable until it is several months old to procure its own food, it necessarily obtains that the death of the pup follows that of its mother in a short time. The numbers of dead pups about the shores of St. Paul’s began to attract my attention about the middle of July last year. On Aug. 2 I stood on Zoltoi Beach and counted 17 dead pups within ten feet of me, and a line of them stretched the whole length of the beach. Many of them starve to death on the rookeries, but by far the greater number sink in the deep water along the margin of the rookeries, But pelagic seal fishing is not the only cause of the de- crease of seal life on the Pribyloys. Probably an equal cause is the unnatural method of driving seals that has been followed on the islands since the first seal was captured. The mere killing of seals as conducted on the islands is as near perfection as it is possible to get it. They are quickly dispatched, and without pain. One soon recog- nizes, asin the killing of sheep, that in the quickness and neatness of the method lies its success, all things considered, But the driving is a totally different matter. I doubt if any one can look upon the painful exertions of this dense crowding mass and not think that somewhere and some- how there is great room for improvement, It isconducted now as it always has been; no thourzht or attention is given to it, and with but one exception no other method has been -uggested or even thought necessary, Each day during the season, which lasts from June 20 to Aug, 1, there are three kiilings; one on S*. George, one at the village of St. Paul, and another at Northeast Point, St, Paul, J have marked on outline maps of the islands the ex- tent of some of these drives, which are as follows: Mon- day from the Reef, Tuesday from Lukannon, Wednes- day Tolstoi, Thursday at Half-way Point (the drive being brought from Pulavina), Friday at Zipadnie (when the water is smooth the killers go by boat to Zapadnie, but in rough weather the seals are driven to the villuge), Saturday and Sunday drives are made up from some of the places driven from earlierin the week, or a number of small drives from several places are united, At North- east Point drives are made commencing at one end on Monday and continuing rouwod wherever enough seals can bs found. On St, George drives are made from each rookery in succession, the killing ground beg just below the village. Some of these driving trails are from a quarter to a mile long, but the longest, from Zapadnie, is five miles, The fur seal is utterly unfitted by nature for an ex- tended and rapid safe journey on land. It will progress rapidly for a short distance, but soon stops from sheer ex- haustion. Its flippers are used as feet; the belly is raised clear of the ground, and the notion is a jerky but com- paratively rapid lope, When exhausted the animal flops over on its side as s00n as it stops moving, being unable to stand up. The drives are conducted in this manner. As soon as itis light, which is between one and two in the morning, several natives make their way between the seals hauled out near a rookery and the water and cut out as lareea drive as possible. As it is the habit of the seals when alarmed to get as far as possible from any strange object, it follows that they are easily driven in any direction by simply walking behind them waving the arms and mak- ing a noise. The character of the ground over which the seals are driven is in many places utterly unfit for he purpose; up and down. the steep slopes of sand dunes, | over cinder hills studded with sharp rocks, some places being so bad that they are ayoided by the people them- selves; but the seals haye been driven over the same ground for many years, and on some of the hills deep paths have been worn by the passing of tens of thous- ands of seals, No attempts have been made to remove the rocks or to lessen the difficulties of the passage, and the seals are still driven pell-mell over huge rocks and down steep inclines, where many are crushed and injured by the hurrying mass of those behind. When the drive reaches the killing ground it is rounded up and left in charge of a manor boy to await the killing, which be- gins at'7 A.M. A pod of perhaps sixty seals are then cut out of the drive and driven to the killers, who with long wooden clubs stun those seala that are of proper size and condition by a blow or two.on top of the head. The seals that are not killed are thea driven away by tin pans and a great noise, and while in an excited and over- heated condition rush as fast as it is possible for a seal to go into the icy-cold waters of Bering Sea. It will thus be seen that these seals are subjected on an average from two o’clock in the morning until ten, toa long drive over very rough ground, then to a dense herd- ing where they are continuaily in motion and crowding each other, thence to an intense excitement on the kill- ing ground, and finally in a condilion little better than madness rushing into icy cold water. Uncivilized and partly civilized man has no pity for dumb brutes, and as these drives are conducted entirely by the natives, who preier indolence in the village to the discomforts of a drive in the fog and rain, it follows that the seals are often driven much faster than they should be and abso- lutely without thought or care. But this is not all, The seals that are spared soon haul out again near a rookery, and perhaps the very next day are obliged to repeat the process and again and again throughout the season, un- jess in the meantime they have crawled out on a bench to die or have sunk exhausted to the bottom. The deaths of these seals are directly caused as I shall explain, and as far as 1 am aware it is mentioned now for the first time. A seal body may be said to consist of three parts, an inner, which is the flesh, bones, etc,, a ring of fat sur- rounding this of from one to four or five inches thick, and then the skin which carries the fur. I think it will be readily seen that a forced drive for a long distance over rough ground, up and down hills and over and among huge boulders and fine sand, with a subsequent herding, and then after a most violent exercise a sudden bath in icy cold water, must of necessity disturb that equilibrium of vital forces which is essential to the good health of any animal, It is known that the stomachs of the fur seals on the islands contain no food, and that in all probability many of them have fasted for several weeks. When driven into the water the seals are weak from two causes, the drive and lack of food; before they can secure food they must rest, and rest is only obtainable at the expense of that most vital necessity of these animals, their fat, 1 remember looking with great curiosity for the cause of death of the first dead seal that I found stranded on the beach. Externally there was nothing to indicate it, but the first stroke of the knife revealed instantly what I am confident has been the cause of death of countless thous- ands of fur seals. It had been chilled to death: not a trace remained of the fat that had once clothed its body and protected the vital organs within. Since the day that it had escaped from the drive it had consumed all its fat in the effort to keep warm, and nothing remained but to He down and die. I opened many after this and always dis- covered the same, but sometimes an additional cause, a fractured skull perhaps. I have eyen noted those left behind im a drive and watched them daily with the same result in many cases. At first they would revel in the ponds or wander among the sand dunes, butin a few days their motions became distinctly slower, the curvature of the spine became lessened; eventually the poor brutes would drag their hind flippers asthey moved, and ina few days more become food for the foxes. In every case the fat had disappeared. It will be seen also that by this driving process the two or three-year-olds, which are the only ones killed for their skins, are culled out almost completely from the seals which visit these islands, and therefore that very few male seals ever reach a greater age, consequently there are nob enough young bulls growing up to supply even the yearly loss on the rookeries, much less to pro- vide for any increase, It should also be thoroughly understood that until a cow seal is three years old she is but a cipher so far as a natural increase of the rookeries is concerned, and that a male seal must be at least seven or eight years old before he can possibly secure a footing on the rookeries, During these three and eight years they have to run the gauntlet of the poachers. It they escape the driving— and this seems impossible—they have their natural enemies to encounter, sharks and killer whales, so that taken altogether nearly everything is against this in- crease. During the eight years minority of the few male seals that have escaped their enemies it is safe, I think, to assuine that at least four summers were spent in getting an experience of the drives. Does any one think that they were then capable of filling their proper functions on the rookeries? But some one is not satisfied with the accidental land- ing of the seals on the beaches from whence they can be easily driven, Along the sea edge of the rookeries are many small outlying rocks, on which the young male seals congregate in large numbers and survey the rook- eries from which they are disbarred by their inferior size and strength. An old pull seal will suffer himself to be slaughtered rather than yield an inch of his chosen loca- tion, The cows are so timid that only the greatest ex- ertions of the bulls prevents their being stampeded, while as to the ‘holluschickie” the sight, even the scent, of a man or strange object will drive them pell-mell instantly into the water. The natives have been proyided with whistles, and when a boat finds itself near a rookery (and a pretense for its presence is easily found) good use is made of them with a consequent confusion among the seals and a prob- able increase in the next morning’s drive, And yet a stranger on the islands is bambonz'ed with the informa- tion that his presence a few yards from the village is fri uzht with great danger to the company’s interests, The breeding seals on the rookeries represent the principal of the sealing industry, while the quota of 100,000 skins taken annually for the past twenty years is + - the interest on the principal. Owing to poaching and the effects of driving and culling, the principal has become seriously impaired, so that it is no longer possible to pay this large rate of interest. The work on the islands has been directed entirely to collecting this interest at any cost. The principal was left to take care of itself, The decrease in seal life began about ten years ago, before then it was an easy matter to secure 100,000 skins a year from St. George’s Island, the rookeries near the village of St. Paul and at Northeast Point. The rookeries at Polavina and Zapadnie were then never driven from. But ten years ago it became absolutely necessary in order to secure the full quota of skins to make drives from these places, and the custom has been continued since, to the great injury of the seal business, But these drives from Polavina and Zapadnie and the decrease in seal life seem to have been carefully concealed from the Government and others interested in the welfare of the seals, in fact it has been strongly put forth in the reports of the Treasury agents in charge and elsewhere, that the seals have actually greatly increased in numbers; but a comparison of the sketches alone in Mr. Blliott’s “Monograph of the Seal Islands,” made in 1873-4 and 6, with the actual condition of affairs at present on the islands will convince any one that the opinions and reports of political appointees are almost worthless when dealing with the fate of the fur seal, How can it be otherwise? Their tenure of office exists only with that of the Secretary of the Treasury; with every change of that office new men who know nothing of seals are sent up, and these men are entirely dependent on the seal company even for their passage and board while there, All visitors to the islands are regarded as inter- lopers and meddlers, - It may be interesting for a moment to compare the management of the Russian side of Bering Sea with our own. Dr, Stejneger, of the National Museum, who has spent several seasons on the Commander Islands, assures me that instead of decreasing the fur seals there are actually increasing in numbers. A comparison of the Russian ideas of seal management with our own will readily show the reason, The necessity for great care in the driving and management of the drives seems to be a fixed fact in the minds of the Russian officials and natives of the Commander Islands, while on the Pribyloy Islands not theslightestinterestis taken inthe matter. On the Russian side the natives are firm in the belief that their interests lie in the proper care of the seals, consequently when a drive is made it is composed of many small drives carefully selected and slowly driven, so that the large and small seals unfit for killing are gradually weeded ont, and when the drive reaches the killing grounds it iscom- posed almost entirely of killable seals. On the American side, on the contrary, the seals are driven as fast_as possible, the only ones weeded out being those too weak to go further, while of those rounded up on the killing ground by far the greater number are allowed to escape. Out of a drive of 1,103 counted by me only 120 were killed; the rest were released. On the Russian side itis a settled fact that the islands and seals belong to the Russian Government, and that the company taking the skins has only certain restricted rights for that purpose; but on the American side it seems to be a settled fact, at least in the minds of the company’s people, that they own the seals and the islands, while the duty of the Government is to collect the tax and appoint agents to subserve the interests of the company only. The na- tives are utterly dependent on the seal company for their support, and while having a very vague idea that some- how the Government is a big thing, they naturally look to the company for everything affecting their interests. Sealers have no doubt about the fate that would be their lot if caught poaching on the Commander Islands or within three miles of their shores, and accordingly have given them a wide berth; but they have heretofore done as they pleased about the Pribylov Islands and even on the rookeries. Ia the absence of the revenue cutters the islands are utterly defenseless and liable at any time to be raided, I have only touched lightly upon several questions of the sealing industry and have by no means exhausted the subj-ct, but enough has been said, I think, to show that if an industry which eighteen months ago was ex- pected to pay the Government a net profit of over 2,000 per cent., and is, besides, a great natural exhibit, the only one of the kind America can produce, is to be saved, reform is necessary. For twenty years the fur seal has been the spoil of politics and the victim of the poacher. - Inexperience on the one hand and avarice on the other have well nigh ruined the industry in American waters, There are then two chief causes of the decrease of seal life on the Pribyloy Islands—poaching in Bering Sea and the driving and culling of the seals on the islands. The remedy is simple, ist, No seals should be killed by any one at any time in the waters of Bering Sea. 2d. All seals driven on the islands should be killed, none should be driven and again allowed to enter the sea, These remedies are not new. Nearly twenty years ago Capt. Daniel Webster, whose knowledge and experience of sealing are second to none, said, pointing to the drive, “Every one of them should be killed, none should be allowed to return to the water,” and gaye reasons which while unsupported by evidence then, and which in view of the immense abundance of seal life seemed absurd at the time, are now beginning to be accepted as true. There should also be a close time for at least five years to allow the rookeries to be replenished, and then by careful management by a bureau and employees of the Government, trained in the knowledge and care of animal life, a rich and profitable industry will be saved. WILLIAM PALMER, - U.S. Nationa Museum, Washington, D. C. A Woopcock In Brooxiyyn.—A woodcock flew into the new Brooklyn Post-Office building last Friday, was killed by a workman and was sent to be stuffed for Col, Booth, the superintendent, SS GormNG T0 CALIFORNIA.—A person can take a seat in a palace carat Dearborn Station any afternoon and go oyer the Atchison, Topeka and Santa #6 Railroad to San Francisen, bos Angeles or San Diego without changing cars. The fast express on this line Inakes at least twenty-four hours quicker tim: to Los Angeles: than any other line, and in fact the Santa Mé is the anly thor- oughly comfortable route to take. The office is at No. 212 Clark street, Chicago—Adv,. Oot. 29, 1891.} 2389 Game Bag and Gun. Antelope and Deer of America. By J. D. Caton. Price $2.50. Wing and Glass Ball Shooting with the Rifle. By W. O. Bliss. Price 50 cents. Rifle, Rod and Gun im California. By T.S. Van Dyke. Price $1.50. Shore Birds. Price 15 cents. Woodcraft. By ‘‘Ness- muk.’ Price $1. Trajectories of Hunting Rifles. “Price 50 cents Wild Fowl Shooting; see advertisement. THE FULL TEXTS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. AMONG THE WILDFOWL. Te sports of an outdoor life are many; and fortunate it is that there is such variety, for each one of us may choose that which best suits histaste. Wiidfowling has its devotees, and we will ask that you spend the day with us in our blind among the brown sedge grass, True, tis not a perfect day for ducking, rather too calm; but the air is crisp and cool, and those ‘‘sheep- too late—an elegant shot too. Now keep your eyes peeled, there are more where he came from and they will soon be along. There! take him! Bang! Splash! among the decoys, ‘ta clean kill.” Stand up and stretch your legs, while I fetch him. If we let him drift like enough the gulls will tear him badly beforehecomes ashore. By the way, did you ever know a dead duck will drift the way he is headed almost every time? [have notalways found it so myself, but some of the old baymen will swear to it. Down! Quick! Here they come; little suspicious, eh! I wish we had a larger show of decoys. Keep still! they are swinging in again, see’em set their wings, No! off again, evidently not satisfied yet. Now look out! they mean business this time. Now! and as with outstretched necks, fluttering wings, and feet thrown forward they bunch over the decoys, we let them have it. Did you ever cripple a shelldrake? Well, of alli the flouncing and spluttering I ever saw they make the most, Knock one out of a flock and the moment he strikes the water he will flounce around like mad for a moment, and then sit motionless as though paralyzed with his sudden fall. The instant you show yourself, however, presto! he’s under, and it takes lively work to stop him. At times he will have as many Jives as a cat, and unless you hit him just where he lives he will carry away a pile of shot in his tough old carcass. Come! let’s take up and get home. We've had enough Many a time, and oft, have my friend Albertson and I sent our compliments from Shell Point and the Goose Box, below Salt Cove, as well as other choice spots in the Great Back Bay, from our heavy 10-bores, in the shape of lioz. No. 4 shot, backed by d5drs. powder, to a wary canvasback—heard the “biff” of the shot as they struck him amidships, saw abundant feathers floating down the wind, and heard the ‘‘tchuck” of the quarry as he struck the water, as dead, apparently, as ever duck was killed— only to see him right himself up out of reach, discover where his trouble came from and forever disappear from view! Mr. Townsend has evidently been there, and is to be congratulated for so truthfully depicting the scene and giving such moderate utterance to his sentiments as “You Sou of a Gun.” GEORGE MCALEER, WORGESTER, Mass. WISCONSIN GAME. ILWAUKEE, Oct, 22,—From all sides come pour- I ing in reports of the flight of the wildfowl, good, bad and indifferent. Water is undeniably very low. Without doubt this will materially injure the shooting on migratory birds, as they will follow the Mississippi more closely in their southward flight. | BROADBILLS—A skins” floating up in the northwest sky may give us a breeze ere long and set the ducks to moving. There is often hard work in ducking, Cold weather makes the fingers numb, and in the old days of muzzle- loaders the putting on of percussion caps was often a difficult as well asa painful task. Oh, those ‘‘old days” and ‘old guns.” Who does not remember what a trouble ib was to load, when after a day’s sport, the barrels were so foul with constant firing that the wads could hardly be driven home? We used a 12lbs. 10-gauge muzzle- loader then, made by John Mullins, and to drive the charge home effectually we had a stout hickory rod, at least Sin. longer than the gun barrels, and with this, no matter how foul the gun became, we generally suc- ceeded in driving the charge down. While the breech- loader does away with all these impedimenta and en- ables one to be more at his ease, still the “‘old boys” with their ‘‘old g:ins” used to “‘get there,” and there was just as much delight in “downing” the fowl then as now, In a snug blind on some sedgy point, how soul-satisfy- ing it is to lie at full length and hear the wind piping through the reeds and grass, to sniff the salt breeze and see the scurrying clouds flying overhead, and now and again feel the thrill of success as a good shot makes the blood bounce through the veins, It is worth all the rheumatic pains and aches of later years. Well, if not all, at least most of them. The Doctor tells me that my gunning for ducks, lying out in blinds in all sorts of weather, laid the foundation of my rheumatism. Be it so. I’ve had lots of fun. Here comes the breeze at last, and there goes a bunch of broadbills—one can always tell them as far as he can see, for they fly compactly, rarely scattering or poengte out like other fowl. Whisht-t-t! I didn’t see him unti AMONG THE WILDFOWL.—VIIL TRIFLE SUSPICIOUS.—‘‘ WHAT DO YOU FELLOWS SAY 2? for to-day, and to-night you can lie between the sheets and dream it all over again; you will hear the whispers of the wind in the sedge, and see the quivering foam flakes clinging on the edges of the blind, even sniff the brine-laden breeze, and in the morning take the train for town with the record of another bright day, carefully treasured in memory’s note book for future reference, WILMOT. The many and valuable features that appear in rapid succession in the columns of FOREST AND STREAM deserve the warmest commendation from its readers. Such ver- satility and enterprise must touch a responsive chord in its army of sportsmen readers, and it emphasizes the fact that their favorite journal is still well abreast of the times. and although its years of adolescence are past it is still full of energy, virility and ambition to excel. No one feature that has enriched its pages in recent times— and it has furnished many that havé contributed to the writer's pleasure and benefit—has furnished us so much entertainment asthe sketches of Mr. Townsend, ‘“‘Among the Wildfowl.” We desire our thanks to go on record not only to Mr, Townsend for the admirable truthfulness and suggestiveness of his sketches, and for the labor of preparing them, but also to FOREST AND STREAM for placing them before its readers, They are admirable in their couceit, and to gunners of experience among the sea fowl of the coast of Virginia and. North Carolina, they appeal with all the force of personal experience and serve to recall vividly many a pleasant day and thrilling experience. They are all true to life, bui the one in issue of Oct. 1 came home with more force to me than any of the others. I have turned to it time and again and as often enjoyed a hearty laugh. SHALL WE TRY IT ?” A party of three leaves to-morrow for Marquette, where they willspend a few days among the Puckaway canvas, redheads and bluebills, Messrs, Chapman and Atwell have recently returned from their annual trip to Minnesota, where they had royal sport with the snipe and duck. Chickens they re- port as being very scarce. Recent shooters from Poygan Lake report the flight just on, but the birds very hard to get at, owing to the low water. Last Monday morning I saw a magnificent string of at least 100 jacksnipe, to say nothing of a large bundle of ducks, bluebills. widgeon, butterballs, etc. The snipe were being borne upon the broad shoulders of Louis Aner, who, with his party, spent Sunday at Pewaukee, where his shooting box is situated. One sometimes sees amusing things even on ‘“‘blue Monday.” As I left the St, Paul depot for my office on the morning of the 19th, an object just in advance of me arrested my attention. It was a tall, thin youth clad in the oeight of fashion. His short overcoat allowed the wind (which by the way was anything but springlike) to gambol with the many folds in his trousers. From one shoulder there depended a dainty russet bag such asa lady might carry on a shopping excursion. Over the other shoulder was borne a tiny .22cal. Flobert rifle, while in his hand he proudly carried a string of four rabbits. Considerable activity is being shown among the shoot- ers in Oconomowoc just now. While in that city last week I heard of several very fair bags of woodcock hav- ing been made lately. L.J.Stone of that place has lately returned from Sioux City, Iowa, where he has been dur- ing the two weeks past. Quail are quite plentiful there, 290 and the Missouri River bottoms are alive with snipe. In one afternoon. in company with Mr, Frank Kimball, his brother-in-law, Mr. Stone killed 31 quail, while the atter- neon following they bagged 64 snipe and a number of ducks. Oconomowoc has lost its crack shot, as Mr. Stone has removed to Chicago this week to engage in business with his brother, Mr, Percy F, Stone, well known among that. city’s sieoters, On Sunday last, with two friends, I visited a tiny lake at the further end of along drive over heavy roads. I refrain from mentioning any names, as this lake (which is more of a pond than a lake) is a particular favorite of mine. We made an early start and arrived at daybreak. An engazement called us away in season to reach home ati P. M., but before we left we had collected a hand- some bunch of birds, nearly all mallards, Of fifteen birds I knocked down I could secure but ten. I have promised myself that when the sun goes down next Saturday night it will find me happily located in- side my Protean tent on the bank of T came very near mentioning the place, which for lack of substi- tute name, we will call — Lake. L also know of a very choice bit of snipe marsh, which 1 hope to have time to run over earlynext week, It lies upon the west shore of Bark River, some seven miles from town, Mr. Doolittle, of the Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co,, of Milwaukee, has to-day returned from Koshkonong Lake, where he has been stopping at the Black Hawk Club House. There are thousands of ducks on the lake, but it will take rough weather to put them in motion, There is a weak spasmodic fight morning and evening, but during the interval the birds bed out in the open water, where they cannot be approached. Mr. Doolittle brought in some forty ducks, five canvasbacks among the lot, Ex-Goy. Hoard and son are now spending a fow days at the Black Hawk club house. GREENHEAD, OUR MOOSE HUNT UP THE OTTAWA. AVING read in the October Harper's Mr, Ralph's charming account of his moose hunt near Mattawa, ou the Ottawa, we were 50 badly attacked with the de- sire of going and trying our luck that we found there was no cure but to go, so just dropped business and everything else and went, and as our experience may be of interest to the readers of the FOREST AND STREAM, we tell the story of the trip, how we went, and what we saw. On the evening of Oct. 31, 1890, Mr, BE. and the writer took the 9:15 train on the Hudson River R, R. for Morris- town, where we arrived at 10 the next morning; and erossing the St. Lawrence River by steam ferry, we reached Brockville, Ont. Canada? Yes, that we knew for there stood the Custom House officer waiting for us, We soon found they had heard of the McKinley bill, for his greeting was, ‘‘'What have you got, gentlemen?” and upon our answering “Only our guns; just going for a little hunt,” he replied, “Any ammunition?” ‘Yes; o0lbs,” ‘Well, gentlemen, fifty per cent. duty on that, and you will have to go up to the Custom House with me and have your guns appraised, as you will have to pay duty on them also. New order, just out.” We wentand found we were the first victims at Brockville under the new rule of collecting twenty per cent, duty on all sport- ing implements brought into the country, and which they keep. Formerly the duty was returned when one re- crossed again, Arguing was of no use,so wepaid, After (limner at the Revere House, and meeting its genial pro- prietor, Mr. John Bain, who is a good man to know when. up this way, and who did all in his power to start us right, and whom we wish now to thank for his courtesy, we left Brockville at 3 P, M., making close connections at Carlton Junction with through train on Canada Pacific for Mattawa, our object point, where we arrived at, 11:50 P. M., making the run from New York in about twenty- seven hours, The ride was a pleasant one on the C, P, Rh. R., thanks to the fine service of the road, Every one —engineers, brakemen and conductors—were all, it seemed, either hunters or fishermen, as we were regaled all the way up with stories of forest and stream. At Mattawa we were met by stage from the Ottawa House, whose proprietor, far-famed (around there) Mr. Peter O'Farrell, had furnished much amusement for Mr. Ralph and Frederic Remington, as set forth in the account of their hunt in Harper's. The stage, like its owner, was an odd affair, the like of which we had never seen before —a long, low body with low top of sheet iron, which rattled and banged while riding over the frozen ground like mock thundér in a theater. Upon asking the driver why it was made of iron he replied, *‘Because O'Farrell did not want it to break when the stage turned over, which it did very often.” This reply made us cling to our guns the tighter; but we soon reached the Ottawa} House without accident, and were glad enough after our long ride. Sunday opened cold and raw. Slight fall of snowdur- ing the night gave promise of a good tracking snow. After breakfast, when seated around the stove in the office,’ we found by listening to the talk that we had made a wise selection by coming to Mattawa, as several sportsmen had just returned and nearly every one had been successful in getting a moose; and as for deer, they were everywhere, Mr, P,, a New York lawyer, had shot a big buck from the steamboat going up the river only a day or so before. Our hopes ran high, and during the day we engaged two Indians, Peter La Clair and Joe, at $10 each per week; and good guides they proved them- selves to be, willing and clean, and they knew their busi- ness. Our tents and supplies were furnished by a firm who make a business of outfitting parties in addition to their general store. In doing this we found we had made an error, as they charged us with everything, but on our return only gave credit for a little that was returned; but perhaps it was an error on their part. Camping utensils can be purchased reasonably at Brockville, and the Can- ada Pacific make no charge for sportsmen’s baggage. We were to g0 up the Ottawa to a point where Peter said we would be sure to find moose; and Monday morn- ing found us after breakfast waiting on the dock for the engineer to thaw the ice out of the boiler. About nine we got off, with full cargo of supplies and goods, for the lumbering camps up the river and the Hudson’s Bay forts, away up in the wilderness, the goodness knowa how far, The river is a noble stream with a swift current and with rapids every few miles. The steep rocky banks on each side are covered with small pines and cedars, the timber having been cut off years ago, Four milesabove Mattawa FOREST AND STREAM, we reached the first rapids, where we leave this steamer for another, and walk across a narrow point to the one in waiting, while freight is run over on a flat car on tram way, a much easier way of making a portage than the old style of carrying everything over in packs, We made four of these portages on the way up: and it was well along toward night when we reached Seven-League Lake, a name given to an expansion of the river where there is little or no current. Going up this lake some 10 miles, with the help of a boat from the steamer and our canoe, we soon reached camp. Just back in the woods 4a little way from the water we found a logger’s shanty, of which we took possession, and soon had a fire going and frying- pan and coffee pot on, After an all-day’s ride on the river, plain, old-fashioned fried pork and coffee was not so very bad. We had a call from an Indian, and to judge from the jabbering of -French-Canadian-Indian carried on between him and Peter, they must have been old. friends. Peter said the man told him that he had been hunting, but had geen no moose, so the best thing for us would be to go further up the river. By getting an early start in the morning we could reach the end of the Long Sault at the head of the lake, where we could take the narrow-gauge road that runs up some ten miles to Lake Temiscaming, an- other expansion of the river, as near there he knew of a place where we would be sure of finding moose. As our canoe was too small to carry us all and our duffle, we en- gaged the Indian to come at 4 the next morning and take Mr. EK. and the scribe up in his canoe, What a night we put in at that place when the fire got low! enough to freeze one, and besides it was the first on the trip in the woods, We were glad when we saw Peter putting on the teapot and getting ready for breakfast, even if it was half-past 3—a little earlier than we had On turning out and go- ing to the door of the shanty we seemed to be looking at a picture of bygone ages; for at our feet a few rods olf on the shore of the lake we could see in the dim light one been getting breakfast of late. of the Indians bending over his canoe, turned bottom up, stopping a leak, with a bi'ch bark torch to warm the he then pressed into place again with his thumb, Soon everything was packed and loaded in the canoe, for these Indians move quickly, and we were off pitch, which up the lake. It was a nasty morning, cold and foggy, and it was very uncomfortable being cramped up in the bow; but it almost made a fellow feel warm to see that Indian paddle, he only stopping once in about five miles to give us a shot at a muskrat swimming along shore, But even the longest and coldest rides have an end. At a little past 7 o'clock we could hear the roar of the Wewere told that there was good deer and partridge shooting just across the river; and in fact we learned that deer can be About 10 o'clock our train started, The freight comprised barrels of pork, beans and beef, axes, pikes and poles for the lumbering camps, bags of shot and supplies of all kinds for the Hudson’s Bay forts, hundreds of miles up the river, some we saw even going to the fort on Lake Abittibe, just south of James Bay. This freight was being ruehe On leaving the end of the Sault the road follows the river, and the views from the car were very fine even in win- Long Sault, and soon were at the landing, found all along the river with little trouble. up for fear the river would freeze and travel cease. ter; it must be charming in the spring and fall, The road is built on avery narrow gauge, the cars look almost like playthings and are pulled by a funny little dummy engine, which at times is not strong enough to pull the train over the grades; a conductor said it was a common thing to get stuck on a grade and then have to fill the boiler with a pail from the river. But we made the trip in safety and arrived on time, if there was any stated time of arrival, for by 11:30 we were at Gordon Creek, the last stop on the road, The “town” consists of freight shed and tavern; but itis a place of much importance, as it is at thé foot of Lake Temis- caming, another expansion of the river, at the head of which, some sixty miles up, are located some very prom- ising silver mines, reached by steamboats from this point, Good muskalonge, bass and pickerel fishing may be found in the lake. Stopping only long enough here to arrange the packs, we were soon pushing our way up the river bank and back into the woods to the spot where soe said we were Reaching the top of the hill; a fire was started at the foot of a dry stub and dinner was soon under way. While the guides were busy with this we And such a view as lay be- The sun was shining brightly on the snow, making it a dazzling white, covering the mountains as far as the eye could reach, while at our feet rolled the noble river, which we could see for miles winding in Rapids foam-crested, glassy pools and eddies followed each other in regular order, rushing on and on until the river was lost in the St. Lawrence many hund- reds of miles below, a wild stream, but used as the highway for the great stretch of country away to the to find the moose. had a chance to look about. fore’ us. and out. north and west. But views and rivers were forgotten when dinner was announced, even though it only consisted of fried pork, bread and tea, With pipes alight we again took the packs and struck into the woods, this time following an old logging road, As we left the river behind we found more snow, some six inches, so walking was notibad and we had enough snow for tracking. Tome that walk was one of the most interesting I had ever had, for at every few yards would be seen tracks of deer, martin or fisher. The woods seemed to be alive with game, but ‘never a thing did we see, saye one lonely red squirrel, Following this road for some two miles we came out on a beaver meadow, (Petersays “Shantyman‘die turn into old beaver and makes meadow,”) ®A little back from this we made camp, as Joe said we were close enough to the brulé, where we were to hunt. Leaving the guides to make camp we took a fish line and went to find a trout stream they said was near, in the hope we could change the pork diet to one of fish, We found the stream, but no trout; but along the banks saw many tracks of deer; and some much larger than the rest we put down as being made by a mioose; so we re- turned to camp with bright hopes for the morrow. The men had up two tents, ours heated by a small folding Baeel-Inen stove, which we found worth its weight in gold, After an early breakfast the nexb morning we were away into the woods, Joe leading. followed by the scribe armed with a Winchester .45-60 carbine, Mr. FE. and It was cold Peter following, the former carrying a .44-70 half maga- zine Winchester, the guides only carrying their axes and the lunch, The day was one in a hundred for our purpose, high wind and a melting snow, 80 we made no noise, We had not left the camp but a mile or s0 behind when we came to a track of moose, but made the day before; and we decided to look fora fresher one, Soon we came to where the snow was all mashed down flat and much ent up with tracks, and around which were some fresh droppings, Then the funcommenced, The guides acted like a pair of setters, working back and forth, and in whispers reported that three moose had made a bed there last night and must be very near by. Joe and J circled off to the left, and the others to the right; and we had hardly lost sight of them when crack, crack went Mr. E,’s Winchester. Joe shouted, ‘‘Monse, moose, shoot, shoot!” but just then my foot went into a hole and I went into the snow. Recovering myself and running a few yards, I caught sight of a streak of something going through the trees; and let drive, but the ‘‘something™ did not stop. All this time I could hear a regular Fourth of July over Mr, Es way, and running up afew yards more I saw my first moose standing perfectly still, I could see all but the head, which was behind a tree, As I-was within 100yds, I stopped and, aiming just behind the shoulder, fired. It gavea jump and went out of sight. Slipping in another shell, 1 ran up to where it had been and found quite a lot of blood on the snow, All hands coming up, we followed the trail and within a few yards came to a big buck down in the snow, Looking him over, we found that one ball had cut a furrow across his nosé and another had gone through his heart; but, much to my regret, this last shot was on the right side; and as I had shot from the left I knew it was not my bullet. While Mr, E, and I were looking him over the guides had discovered that there had been three in the bunch and all had been hit, And sure enough, for there were two tracks leading away, and both leaving blood marks behind, Following them up a ways we saw a yearling calf going like a streak, and.as it had stopped bleeding we did not shoot but let it go, for the Indians said it would no doubt get well as it was not hit hard. Though we fol- lowed the other track until late in the afternoon we could not get a sight of the moose again. Talking it over on the return to the dead bull, the guides said we had come upon a bull, cow and yearling calf all lying down and perhaps asleep; that Mr. E, had killed the bull and hit the calf, while [had shot the cow through the bump on the back. How did they know that? Because they saw where she had brushed against a tree and there was blood on both sides of the trail, Am glad T did aim a little high, as knowingly I would not killa cow moose. On returning to the bull the guides set to work cutting him up, and we wished for a Kodak that we might get that picture, the great wicked looking beast, the Indians and the two cold and tired, but happy hunters, for now the excitement was over, we soon found how cold and tired we were. Cutting off the hindquarters, head, hide and tongue, the former we left hangine to a tree, and were oft for camp, which seemed much further than it was in the morning. Buta good supper of moose steak put us in shape in short order and we thought it was the very best meat we had ever tasted even if Joe did put on enough pepper nearly to take the roof of one’s mouth off. After supper we turned in and knew nothing until morning, though the fire went out and it must have been very cold in the night, as we found everything frozen stiff, even my boots. This made still-hunting out of the question, had we desired to hunt; we therefore decided to pullout for home. The guides went out to bring in the meat, and by the time they returned we had every- thing ready to start. The return to the river was with- out interest, and just as night fell we were again at Gor- don Creek, where we passed the night at the tavern, price $1 per day. Friday we found it raining when we — turned out and it continued all day. Train came along about seven and we were soon again on the steamer going down the river. On board we met Mr, and Mrs, McDonald, of Ottawa, who had been on a farm up on Lake Temiscaming for a month fishing and shooting, and they promised us, should we come again next year, a deer every day, and trout. and partridges without num- - ber, cream, fresh eggs and butter from the farm, and a good time all around, We livein hope that the day will come when we can enjoy these good things with them, Though we kept a sharp lookout all the way down for _ deer, we saw none. The captain of the steamer we met at the dinner or middle stop said one swam across the river as he came up, but as they had no gun on board they did not get it, We reached Mattawa at dark, left again at 3:20 Saturday morning, and arrived at Brock- ville at 1:30; and taking the train again at Morristown at 8:30, arrived at Grand Central Depot at 7 A, M, Sunday, and our moose meat with us also, The trip was a very pleasant one, the people we met did all they could to help us out, and without doubt we were lucky in finding the game so soon; but we are con- vinced that this is a great game country, and another could have nearly as good luck, As for expense, there is very little outside of railroad fares, and for about $60 one could get a two-weeks’ trip. As to being easy of access there is no question, forI do not believe we had to walk five miles from the time we left New York until we reached camp. " r a FOREST AND STREAM, an island at the head of the Chestley Stillwater, and be- tween 10 and 11 A, M. beheld a magnificent buck walk- ing leisurely down the stream and coming direotly toward him. Siding his time until the buck had come within eight rods of him, the Utican fired one barrel of his shotgun, and as the animal bounded into the air he endeavored to discharge the other, but in vain. The hammer feel again and again with a dull thud, and the shell stubbornly refused to explode. The deer, after nearly running over the hunter, escaped into the woods, and the latter sat down and tried to decide whether it would be better to throw his gun into the creek or take it home and get the lock fixed, As Oct, 20, the day when the hounding season closed, was dark, cold and rainy, none of us cared to spend a great deal of time out of doors, From the time the season for running deer with dogs began until it ended, the cervine animals had but very little rest in the West Canada Creek country. Over 70 deer were killed. George Dorn of Albany shot the biggest buck of the season, at Morehouseville. It weighed 226lbs, An mnusually large number of deer have been seen this fall in this part of the woods, and also in the vicinity of the State reservoirs on Black River, The Trenton Falls lumber Co. is engaged in blasting rocks on the West Canada Creek above the Stillwaters, to enable it to float logs, and in the Woodhull and Moose River country heavy blasting is being done on the line of the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad. Old hunters think the deer have been driven out by the noise, and that this accounts for their being plentiful on the outskirts of the Wilderness. There is a growing sentiment among the guides that both hounding and floating, or jacking, should be abolished, Unrrea, N, Y., Oct. 24, PORTSA. DEER IN WISCONSIN WCOODs. (aeo. Ill.—For the benefit of your Chicago read- / ers I will write a short sketch of a deer hunt on which I went in October of 1890, The impression is gen- erally held here that to hunt deer it is necessary to go a long distance from home, and that even then the deer are few and far between, My object in writing of my experience in the lumber region of Wisconsin is to dispel these ideas. Our party consisted of Mr. Willard, Mr. Dixon Bean, Mr, Thatcher and myself. We left Chicago Friday, Oct. 17, on the Wisconsin Central at 5 P. M, and reached Phillips, Wis., at 5 A. M. next morning. Friends at Phillips had already located our camp and had en- gaged an experienced hunter with his dogs and a, cook. I have since learned that our hunter named Eaton has killed more deer than any other man in that part of the State. Upon our arrival we immediately set out for camp, twelve miles through the pine forests on the Rig Blk River. During the logging season cabins are built by the lumber men for the accommodation of the cutters and when the lumber is all cut ina given vicinity the camps are deserted and new camps located in another portion of the country. Our camping grounds were made in one of these abandoned camps, and were very picturesque as well as comfortable, Our beds consisted of straw thrown upon the floor and a large blanket placed upon if, and to a tired hunter such a couch under the circumstances answers as well as the regular made article, After breakfast we tramped across the country through the slashings and windfalls to the river. Our stations were assigned us by Eaton, and he confidently assured each and every one of us thatadeer or perhaps many would come down the runway each man guarded, In my eyes, my runway looked particularly inviting to deer, and Tcould not see how they could resist the temptation to come up and get shot, lexamined my rifle very carefully to see that every- thing was in working order, and then gave myself good advice as to how ishould not get the buck fever at the critical moment. After straining my eyes and ears for at least two hours for the sound or sight of a deer, I at last heard in the distance the deep melodious baying of the hounds. At times the sounds drew near, and then again they seemed but a mere echo, My runway was particularly free from deer, and I amused myself by bringing my rifle to bear upon an imaginary deer some distance up the runway, and it is needless to say I brought him down at the firstshot. I watched and waited in vain, and thought deer shooting excessively tame com- pared to duck hunting. My discouragement received a sudden check when I heard two sharp reports of a rifle, and my spirits revived when I thought that perhaps the deer was not hit and would come my way after all. My excitement was intense, and I could not resist the temptation to abandon my runway (an unpardonable sin) and make my way through the beat ~ (Trailes—Dick’s Darling), (Greentick—Royal Rate) i Dr. Yan Hummell’s bd! d} Chas. S. Wielund’s b& wd | stronger in membership and finances than itis to-day, It ; Van’s Richard (Babazoun— ¢ beat } Ghronici (Dan B, Lady ange be easily destroyed. Its improvement is but a| FPHILADEDPATA, Oct. 26. Verdure Clad) Emma). question of unselfish co-operation which is extended to all. Dr. Van Hummell’s r d} \ _D. C. Luse’a f b Lavinie H. T. Poors. COLLIE CLUB SPECIALS. patel) Sewer (Babazoun— f beat ) (Trales—Dick’s Darling). aie th i d St armire ( ditor Forest and Stream: TE EERE oa e Em- \ ise Russell’s bdl and w d DISPOSITION OF BLOODHOUNDS. Now a the time cy begin AE AAs Palade condition oe ia Li Lord McPherson ~ beat ~ Britton Yet (Prince Trales BAe op A eg Tver f. the early spring shows. é Collie ub announces the eeneerTal a ( cna tah } Gichines Buse Bes. Rditor Forest and Stream: vy SPEInS following specials for the Westminster Kennel Club’s bench show: The Collie Club trophy, a silver cup, value 4500, for the best American-bred collie, exhibited by a member of the Collie Club; the silver club medal, value $20, for the best stud dog; silver club medal forthe best collie dog under 2yrs, of age bred by a member of the Collie Club; silver club medal for the best; collie bitch under 2yrs. of age bred by a member: a bronze medal, same die as the silver medal, for the best collie in novice class exhibited by a member. Also a grand collie sweepstakes, open to all, entry fee $5; $50 added to the stake. Blank forms of entry with conditions, etc., may be had from the secretary of the club. Entries for the sweepstake close Nov. 15. J. D, SHOTWELL, Sec’y. In your “Dog Chat’ you refer to the act of the Massachu- setts Legislature in passing the act of 1886, Chap. 340, in reference to keeping a bloodhound and also ask my opinion of the bloodhound, as to his general disposition. That such a law as this could have been passed seems strange to me or any one who has ever seen or been familiar with a pure bred bloodhound. Certainly the laugh is on the learned Legislature of 1886 then, for there was not an English bloodhound in America atthat time. The first kennel that was ever shown in this country was in 1888 at the Westminster Kennel Olub’s show by Mr. Edwin Brough, of Scarborough, England. But the makers of the Massachusetts law arethe same as ninety- J.V. Brinkman’s w & bdl i |_J. Russell’s o & wd B'ack ad ae Hood (hipre, McPher- ( beat } Etines EGE eeled Glen- son—Jessamine yne—Busy Bee). H.C. Lowe’s w & bd Twis- | \ Richard Taylor's b & wh a re Neversettle-W hite ( beat , Bee Barton (Trales—Thor- Ips, | Ha), Robert Smart’s bl b Blue} 7]. FE. Foncannon’s bdl a Maid (Tom Sayers—Daisy) ( bedt oma (Lord McPherson— ennie). H. C. Lowe's w & b d} \__Dr. Van Hummeli’s bd! b Gallant Boy (Lord Neverset- - beat ) Viola (Babazoun— Verdure tle—White Lips) i | Clad). Dr. Van Hummell’s r d e AA Vanness (Babazoun — Ver- ‘ beat J |S. J. Shaw's b d Orphan Boy nine in a hundred that visit my kennels to see the blood- 3 : dure Clad) } es hounds, Their first remark would be, “Are those blood-| No.8? Hreusrpe AyEnve, Orange, N. J. D.C. Luse’s w & £ d Liy- ( Dr, Van Hummell’sr & w] hounds? They don’t lookas I thought they would. Why, « ae ope ) 0 Te ah, = , ul fi y 5 . rae n ; ing a (Trales—Dick’s Dar-( beat» d_ as neha (Babazoun | they cannot be a cross dog.” The bloodhounds would be so BARZOIS—PSOVOI. pleasing and plead to be petted that before they were aware the children and ladies were caressing and petting them. How can it be otherwise, his breeding association and the care he has received from association with the oldest fami- lies igsstamped plainly on his deeply-wrinkled solemn face and deep-set eyes. They speak a majesty and pathos which ab times is startling. The breeding of certaim strains of the old English blood- hound has been kept as pure and extends as far back as the time of William the Conqueor, and breeders boast of 1b as they do of their own, The general appearance, disposition and intelligence of the bloodhound are the strongest proofs of this assertion, Their appearance at the New York dog show was a revéla- tion to the American public. He probably got his name by his use in the past in track ing wounded game, and h jiunerring scent, When once laid on any trail he know £ that one trail and no other, no matter how many time 1] ™crail is crossed and recrossed. In 1888, when Mr. Brougs exh bited his kennel at New York I was fortunate enough ic pecome associated with him and to retain all but one of histeam. Since then they have been shown at most of the principal shows from New York to San Francisco, and at all of these shows there has not been a hound shown or imported, with one single exception, that did not come from or traces back to us. In quality and number of dogs I can say I haye stood second only to Mr. Brough in Hugland, usually having thirty or more on hand. During the summer months it keeps one man occupied mast of the time to show the dogs to visitors. ‘They will all bear me out in my assertions that they never saw a cross blood- hound at my kennels, and that they and their children handled them with the greatest freedom. Further, 1 will say of all I have bred I never had one but that any child or lady could pet and handle at all times, even when eating, or that it was not ee safe for them to go into the kennel where they had puppies, if | was with them. That I cour g Second Rownd—Royal Crest beat Starlight, Van’s Richard heat BPmporia Lass, Van's Peter beat Bob Hood, Twister beat Blue Maid, Vanness beat Gallant Boy, Living Yet a bye. Third Round—Van's Richard beat Royal Crest Van's Peter beat Twister. Living Yet beat Vanness. + Fourth Hound.—Living Yet beat Van’s Richard, Van’s Peter a y Po Pifth and Final Round,—YVasn’s Peter beat Living Yetand won the Deroy first. The conditions of the Great Bend Derby are as follows: For 16 or more greyhounds, 18 months old or younger. Hn- trance fee $5; the winner to receive 50 per cent. of entrance money, $50 cash, donated by the Morrison House, Great Bend, and silver cup by the National Greyhound Club, of New York city. The runner-up 50 per cent of the remain- ing money, and one-half of $50 donated by citizens of Great Bend; third and fourth 25 per cent, each of money remain- ing aiter second division. Affidavit of age must be made by owner, The names, positions and winnings of the winning dogs are as follows: Hirst, Van’s Peter, $107.50 cash and the Na- tional Greyhound Club Derby CoD. Second, Living Yet, $53.79 cash, Third, Van’s Richard, $13.40 cash. Hourth, fifth and sixth in order, Vanness, Twister and Royal Crest, $13.40 cash each, of which winnings 12}4 per cent. is retained by the club. Van’s Peter, winner of the Derby first, is a compact grey- hound, perhaps 47lbs. weight, red fawn, a consistent per- connie He is by Babazoun—Carmine. His dam must he ood. R Living Yet, runner up, isa white dog, about 45lbs., im- pressing one as rather lathy-looking, butis a flashy. snappy erformer. He isot Mr. Luse’s favorite old strain, Trales— ick’s Darling. A tew pedigrees of dogs entered have not been given Some are unknown, anda few nob handed in are not obtain- able ab this nottor. - 9 - i, Bovee, Editor Forest and Stream: ' Up to date I have refrained from emitting any judgment on the subject of the controversy re the Barzoi. I did notby any means want to be styled an “authority,” and to have my name indiscriminately used for the support of this or that “sharp” business purpose. Atpresent [am ready to answer, as far as 1 am able, any questions your readers may ask me through the medium of your esteemed organ. J protest against the use of the terms ‘Russian wolfhound”’ and ‘Barzoi,’’ by which the variety introduced in England and America is generally designated. The first namehas no meauing whatever, and the second is a generic name, used throughout Russia to designate any breed of coursing hound, I venture to propose the use of the term ‘‘Psovoi,” literally, “thick-coated,’”’ used in Russia to designate the breed which has lately appeared in the show rings of Hngland and America. Likut. G. TARNOVSEL, Mery, Transcagpian Province, Sept, 25, THE HOSPICE OF ST. BERNARD FUND. E sincerely trust that, for the reputation of American generosity, our breeders and lovers of St. Bernards will respond to the call for funds published in ouvlast issue. This beneyolent institution is in danger of ceasiug to exist, and it should be the care of every St. Bernard fancier to con- tribute whatever he can afford to keep alive such a time- honored institution. Myr. Croskey has started the hall, Jes it roll up a goodly sum. Aditor Forest and Sivneam; Isee by your valuable paper that the monks of St. Bernard are in need of funds. f[n- closed you will please find ten dollars, which please forward in the name of Lord Bute of the Menthon Kennels. Hvery lover of the St. Bernard shonld open his heart and give something, if it is only $l.— KNOWLES OROSEEY. ‘Hord Bute”. ; 22223) 7- (pesos er4 se cps, pel Oct, 28, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 297 ee ee Sen Ee ——.._...—.y’7w’"{’T/’y{’.1’7’.y—_.u eS 000 ee | ee ee UNITED STATES FIELD TRIAL CLUB ENTRIES. Hditor Forest and Stream: : The following is the list of entries to the All-Aged Stake of the first anntial trials of the United States Field Trial Ohib, There are 25 setters und 30 pointers: ENGLISH SETTHRS. PavL Boo (Richard Merrill’s), black, white and tan dog (Paul Gladstone—Bohemian Girl). Datsy Huntur (J. H. and J. A. Hunter's), orange and white bitch (Gath’s Hape—Daisy F-.), ; Tum Corsate (E, O. Damon's), black, white and tan dog (Dan Gladstone—Haidee). Minwesora (Paul H. Gotzian’s), black, white and tan bitch (Mouk ot Furness—Lady Faydette). Marns Mack (W, L. Taylor’s), lemon and white dog (Gath’s Mark— Georgia Belle). Nawnim G. (P, B. Gregory & Bro,’s), black, white and tan litch (Bryce—Dora Gladstone), Norte Count (S. A. Eliiott’s), orange and white dog (Mae D.—Lady Mace). ; Pirnnzt (EL. J, Smith’s), black, white and tam bitch (Gath’s Mark—Plame Gladstone). CIGARETTE (J. I. Case, Ji.’s), black, white and tan bitch _ (Rieyal Rod—Olara). Biur DuxKe (Geo. W. Harhart’s), hlack, white and tan dog (Blue King V.—Blue Queen V-.), : Down (J. R. Hays’s), Grange and white dog (Dom Pedro— Tamvie). Lua Hint (Wm. A. Tiinesley's), black, white and tan pitch (Ben Hill—Nore) Doncaster I, (St. Mark M. Mundy’s), black, white and tan dog (Doncaster—Louise Gladstone). Lov Nosiez (B. Ridgeway’s), black, white and tan bitch (Count Noble—Alphousine). Gount Ropmrico (Wm, ©. Kennerly's), black, white and tan dog (Roderigo—Lady Gladstone). Ben W. (TL. J. Wielrig’s), black, white and tan dog (Don Gladstone—Charlotte C.). Finegan (HB. 4. Osthaus’s), dog (Loledo Blade—Lady G.). ‘Smionipes (N, T. Harris’s), black, white and tan dog (Gath’s Hope—Gladys). enere (J. HK. Dager’s), liver and white dog (Toledo Blade —lady G.). - Jon R, (A. T. Smith’s), black and white dog (Count Roder- igo—F ly Noble), Don’s' Neniie (H. J, Gleason’s), black and white bitch Dow or Atma (A. J. Gleason’s), black and white dog (Dan Foreman—Don’s Nellie). Gricker GLADSTONE (KR, M. Riuley’s), orange and white Jnteb (Rush Gladstone—Q ail). Countes Ruse (Blue Hidge Kennels’), black, white and tanh biteh (Count Noble—Belie of Piedmont). Boyniz Bonpuu (Geo. A. Mclin, agt.), black, white and tau bitch (Count Wakefield—Pearl Bondaou), POINTERS, Bounce (G. W. Amoary’s), liver and white dog (Bob—Sal). BERTRALDO (Hon. J. KE, Guinotte’s}, liver and white dog (Gloruerstone—Bessie Bufort). ROsaALINE WiLKES (Hon. J. H. Guinotte’s), black and white bitch (Ossian—Faiunie K,). BuAck WONDER (J. H. and J. A, Hurter’s), black doy (lke —Bung Bang’s Pride). Don Fis Hen (U. R. Pishel’s), black and white dog (Devon- shire Sam—Nellie Bang) Naso Bow or tH» Hims (Paul H. Gotzian’s), iver and white dog (Naso of Kippen—Lass of Bow). Rex (Mis. Geo. A. Castleman’s), liver and white dog (Mainospring— Dell). Nurwoop (James Board’s), liver snd white dog (Ossian— Nelhe E.), Jom H, K. (J. H, Kern's), black dog (Joe Pape—Nan),. pees (J. M. Vaughan’s), liverand white dog (Creep— rach). PHARL’S Fan (Lows Stuebiier’s) (Luck of the Goat—Pearistone) McManus’s ALone (Thos, Ward MeManus’s), black dog (Black Joe—Dianorah). ‘ McManus’s Hmro (Thos, Ward MeéManus’s), black dog (Black Joe—Dianorah). MceMaAnus's WisH Bown (Thos. Ward MeManus’s). black dog (Black Joe—Dianorah). McoManus’s Countnss WANDA (Thos. Ward McManus’s), black bitch (Black Joe—Dianorab). Jon’s Ac (Thos. Ward McManus’s), black dug (Black Joe —Dianorah). Buack Jor JR (Thos. Ward McManus’s), black dog (Black Joe—Dianorab). Promotion (Dr. John RK. Daniels’s), liver and white dog (Lord Graphic—Belle). FRANELIN (J. 1. Adams’s), liver and white bitch (Robin Adair—Blossom), Toetma (Hf. BE. Willard and HW. P. Hilliard’s), liver and white bitch (Lord Graphic—Minhie Ha Ha). _ Jom (BR. B. Morgam’s), liver and white dog (Gascon— Cannie). Hops If. (Ossian Pointer Kennels’), liver and white bitch (King of Kent—Hops). Manton (Munson and Scudder’s), black and white dog (Luck of the Goat—Clary). : Senn ee J. Gleason, agent), liver and white dog (Ossian —Nellie f.), ' Kine Rosin (Hd. Rowland’s), liver and white dog. Pickwick (McGufiin and Madison’s), liver and white bitch _ (Granhie—Marguerite). LA Gripes (C. C. Weaver’s), liver and white dog (Ralph— Brawa’s Madge), Ben A. (Dr. D, W. Yandel’s), black and white dog (Stod- dard-—Jet I1,). Inpex (R. P. Daggett’s), liver and white dog (Ossian— Nellie EH). Macais (John F, Shipley’s), bitch. P. T. Maprison, See’y. , liver and white bitch NOTES AND NOTIONS. T seems a pity that the articles by Mr. Geo. R. Krehl, headed “Wanoey Free,” now appearing in the Sfock- Keeper, should not haye ornamented some journal of wider pretensions. True, some lover of dogs with a soul above the pettinesses of the usual round ot dagey matters, may drawio a breath of satisfaction with the reading of such charming deseriptions, wherein hunvor is ever present and huftoonery always absent; but still, the bits of quaint Moralizing and the sound views of life deserve a wider and more permanent medium, Certainly 1 cannot remem- ber anything in apy of our leading magazines—Haper’s, Century, etc.—as charming as these fresh bits of life, Axe you not somewhat’ mistaken in your inference that doggy interests are advancing, as demonstrated by the high prices paid for St. Bernards? Any moderately prudent business man dreads a ‘‘boom”’ as a great evil, and his course is to make as much money out of it while it lasts, and to lose aS little im the revulsion ag is possible. A very wise manutacturer once said to me, ‘IT hope —— (his manutfac- ture) will never get to $50," “Why? Lasked, “Why, be- causé when it gets to $50 I will be so over-sold that when it gets to $50 T will be bankrupted.” Isnot the present absurd price of these dogs of the nature of the very worst sort of boom? You may say that business principles do not apply to questions of ‘“‘fancy.’’ Well, so much the worse, fancy phan hecorues fashion, and imagine, if you can, hogn. Nae , ; + skirts or microscopic bonnets being counted as assets. That there will be a turn in this maniacal boom is as certain as fate. Hither purchasers will grow weary of paying prepos- terous prices, or owners will hecome tired of such expensive fads, In either event the bottom will drop out of the enon S and not a few of the boomers will fall through the ole. Tt would be totally foreign to the spirit and purpose in which “Notes and Notions’’ have always been written to take any part in any disputes, acrimonious or personal in their character, and therefore ‘‘The Onlooker’” does not in- tend to discuss the invited quarrel as to the withdrawal of the Philadelphia Kennel Club from the American J, .. .10\ S Gay... fi way. From start to finish the contest was an exciting one, the No, 4,15 single bluerocks: leaders kept close enough to make the result doubtful until Wilson... 2... Aa UN Tey fe | cen ante] (20 re it | almost the last gun had béen fired, and the beastly weather seemed Jen. 2. Feat tomy) eens 10 Madarea ..10 | to haye no effect upon the spirits of the contestants ov the en- Hpperson ty is Thompson...,...... eM EL EU B.O wile od cut 14 | thusiasm of the spectators. The men of the Central Club shot a Gay_..... eet BSE | ele era pe el wl food up-hill race, but the pace set by the Newark men was a kill- ’ N 0. 5, 5 live pigeons: a ing one, and before the tenth man had shot the result was a fore- AGH cus ah Rea ,.- 0000-1 Cunningham........... .(101—2 eons conclnsion, and the desire of every one was to see the record Wilson... . beer ses I MIA THD OrsOM. oy. gett herd ses Oell0—2 | broken, The Newark men bad reserved a good strong finisher in ‘Thompson. +t -oL0LI—3 cal et ee ee 11100—% | Quimby, and their confidence was not misplaced, as he killed Hatke 5. -...:+-., +. --.11000—2 Nowkerk.......... .....,0l011—3 | straight and put the record out of sight, ‘The birds furnished Madarea,,.....,.,-.)...,-11110—4 were a good average lot, and on a clear day, when not handi- _ = : - «- _ i _—_ a = _ 7 atlevoyeny ys\thoy | Myeen (a Liab isi (eee ee . 9 HEpperson.,....--... 5 | LENS. oe wouliep eda che tava pera ts Pare eis Arash ee A nee ery 13 WSIS ODE city antes J TAR SCY wy ea atacte GEGERIGE RS punt ba cek ste c yee etasatae 00100011000110111,00101011—13 Sapte etinrs fe teeceeyeee ees eo eee-, LOLOUIIIITIIIO0110L010I—19 ASISTEE-CA DY RY ka evs phe bas) ereege adie sey gop pA OP El 0001001111101111011110010—15 Thompson. ---.--. (ecideemt tric tte ies co. TUL1010111101111111111101—24. SEG deters s tek depen crite tite nrrr: 0 ed 111111001111013.1001110011—18 SUN GUs oie Se EEN Ine tee Ske ado ia eee een. 1111010011000111111010010—16 cue p08 ble thee hans bee cee eee eee ee LOLOTOLILIOOUNITOOLOLO1INI—13 This closed the tonrnament with everybody feeling good. One hundred loaded shells were donated to Wilson for best average of first day, 99 out of 112; a box of cigars to Thompson fer second best average, 92 out of 112; a handsome silver cup to Thompson for best average second day, 95 out of 111; 4a keg of powder to Parks Watrson’s Park, Burnside, Ill., Oct, 6.—Chicago Shooting AK Vnm'n21111221121222211111—20 GKVnm'n21127121111221112112—20 Mussey. ..21122210212012112111—18 Willard...11711110011120011220—15 Hoiiman,,11111220011211111111—18 By the Chicago Shooting Club's handicap L. M. Hamline gets P. Mussey 3, Dr. J. M, Hutchinson 1, Henry Ehlers 2, Henry Klein- Atwater, W. P. Mussey, Dr. J. M. AY IM OVS TES rte ett poe rat emeeene pe Firkin sed 0111011011011011111111111—20 George Kleinman. .....-.Fed.2e:14---- 1.0 1010113 110111111111101111—21 ARIAT WaLBRyos ae conse es eet foresees heer 003.1911111003191114111111—21 MS Ham Tine See er yrs eesenne 100001101001001010.%~ CE Willard.. ...- fot os pean eee 1011011001111001111111111—19 G Kleinman....011—4 10111I—4 AJ Atwater,...01101I—4 1111-5 Oct. 9.—The Gun Club of Chicago, 10 live birds, Dlinois State rules: L © Willard..-. .- 1221211111—10 Nick Word...._... ... 1111201101—8 FE Willard........ 2201121212— 9 CF Templeton. ,.. .1012212122—9 L Willard 0111111111111101111—18 N Ford ...11101100001001100000— s Templet’s10110011171011011101—14 Oct. 10.—Pullman Gun Club, 10 live birds, Illinois State rule, for 74111122117112—15 fixed at $3,and dues of $1 are men m capped by drenching rain, they would haye been as good. a lot as ever were seen trapped in a similar contest. _ Newark Gun Club, Capt, Charles Heath, CG M Hedden (28)....1222101221— 9 OC Reinhardt (28)1021101121— & G Li freche (28)..... 111210122110 J Riggott (28)... 1011221222 —10 S Castle (28) ..-~_ ..1211112111—10 W H Green (28) 2111210121-— 9 Capt Cranmer (28),,1112211111—10 Hd Oollins (28). .2122211211—10 Dr Zegiio (28)..._... 2121212221—10 W Quimby (30)..2212111212—10—96 Central Gun Clnh, Capi. J, W. Price. Geo Cubberly (28)..1211271111—10 CGC Wooley (28), .,.2112022222—9 W C Price (28),.-... 2221210121— 9 “A Joline (28)...-. O121112212—9 HO White @0)..... IZ10212212— 8 Ki Tabor (28) ,...,2211111120—9 EW Price:(28) ..... 122221212110 J Van Dyke (28).1122111110—9 FW Lumbrevyer (28) ..2222221220— 9 ( Cubberly (28) 1111111110 992 Coney Island Rod and Gun Club, Capt. Hueh MeLaughlin. J A Eppig (80)...... 1021221122— 9 FH Pfaender (28) 2121111212—10 I Hyde (30) ....... ..2221222221—10 Blattmachen(?2)1212222210— 9 T Schliermann (28).1110201110— 7 J Defraine (20)..2312222202— 9 U Dettletsen (28)...1120222122— 9 Northridge (28).1211112112—10 Dr Van Ord (30)....122212000I— 7 W Lair (28).-... 1012121222 — 9—89 HWountain Gun Club, Capt. Abel Crook. Ji Davenport (28)...2211211212-10 J James (28)... 2011022221— 8 fH Garrison (0)..2020022022— 6 Dr Wynn (28)...1211202211— 9 A Hddy (80)......... 1011121110— 8 W Levens (28). .2022121022— 8 C Fisher (28).... .-. 1101111212— 9 B West (29).... .2122121112—10 BR, Van Riper (28). ..2122221102— 9 © Wengert (28) .11121111J1—10—87 Atlantic Rod and Gun Club, Capt. W. Weber. H Helgans (28).,....2112212212—10 D Monsees (30). 1120212011— $8 BT Laneake (28).-.2111211111—10 H Kronika. (80).1212122121—10 R Dwyer (30) ...... 0220121221— 8 C Carlos (28) .. 1111010020— 6 O E Morris (80)... .2122122021— 9 Sutherland (28).1102112102— § J Bennett (80) ...... 0012121221— 8 W Weber (30)...2022120710— 7—82 As s00n as the contest had been concluded the participants and their friends were invited by President Heath to partake of the hospitality of the winning club. A mammoth tent had been erected and beneath its canvas Caterer Davis, of Newark, served a delightful cold lunch. In addition to the contestants the fol- lowing well-known sportsmen were noticed; Pres. Abel Crook, of the Fountain Guo Olub; Pres, A. P. Cubberly, of the Central Gun Club; Pres. Hugh McLaughlin, of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club; Pres. Hudson, of fhe Emerald Gun Club; Pres. Al. Heritage, of the New Jersey State Sportsmen’s Association; W. G. Ives and Robert Lumber, of Norfolk, Va., and Messrs. 8. Sie- bert, A. Phister, J. E. Link, Fred. Boettcher, Harry Wooley, Henry White, Frank Wooley. Fred Beal, R. Sunderman, Fred VanDyke, Phil. Lumbreyer, Sr., Milt, F, Lindsley, Quint McCall, T. O. Ing- ling, A. M. Crommerlin, R. Heber Brientnall, Wm. Cleveland, Charley Dellar, Robert Hooper, Geo. Vandeveer, Chas. Towns- end, A. S. Jameson and Harry Muller. The next contest of the series will be held at Woodlawn Park, Brooklyn, under the auspices of the Fountain Gun Club, probably upon the last Thurs- day in November. In the contest for supremacy the Newark Olub have quite a decided lead, having won twice, and tied the Centrals once. The Fountains have senored one win, that upon the last meeting at Long Branch, where they put up a score of 94, Should either the Central or Fountain win in the next race, the Newarks would be compelled to shoot, and win their tie with the Centrals in order to secure first place. Tn KAY. NORTH BALTIMORE VS. TIFFIN. NorgrH BAaurimorn, O.—On Tuesday morning, Oct, 20, eight merry members of the North Baltimore Gun Club went over to Tiffin, and shota match with eight jolly men of the Tiffin Gun Club on the grounds of the latter, adjacent to Highland Park, for a purse of $100 and the price of birds. Hach man shot at 100 blue- locks, rapid firing system, American Association rules. Added to the discomfiture of a dark, chilling atmosphere, a drizzling rain was falling, but sportsmenlike they did not let this deter them from the matter in hand. Following is the score: North Baltimore. F P Olark, . .1111041111111111101110100111171111119110111111 44900010011011091191101100010111110111111111111— 98 HBenscott7n101110111111111011 11101100101011111111111111111 194001111011.0199111111011111011010110119 111.1111 87 BH Peters. .010111011111.01111011191111019179111111110101111110 4001000 0191011110.1114.1111111107010011.011101110111— 86 D EB Peters. .1111100111111.11101110111111091111111011491111111 41.001.091111111011.0111701111910010311111.019 10011186 EH Goldner. .11000011101111113111111011110111111110110101111111 1011 0001101110110199.11031110111111919191111111— 85 J Hamilton .11111011111110110111001111011111111101171111100111 0101101001111110111111110119117111011011100111000—s0 EY Caisse..... 01111.00101110101091100110011111111001019211111117 1919111010110111.110011.11.111.11101011.1101001111100—72 J W Weaver10011011100001111111011001110113110111110101111011 010111000101011 a 1110111010111111010110001—65— 654 r qj n, TS Malkner 0110111110000711119111111011111010191911111117. VOTDI1T111100111019019910001910.199.11.11001111111 11 — 89 J Gonnors...1111011110010041111111101117901101911111101111101 OOVLTLOTLT 101101109 1101110001199119111111111 0 1 — 88 RD Sneatls 111001090110 1111110000.11111111.1.1009 111110101111 ¥41111911101010010111919.011111.119.1.0011191111114—87 8 Geyer... ,111100111111101111101011010100111.01110011111071011 110.110511119110110070.10010111111091111111101101111—81, A Geyer..:.. 11911101010011910111911101010119111011191111110111 10110011114.111110111.101111011100111101111011101110 —&1 E J Baker. ..01111111100101111100000011113110011101011110110111 1001110114 010110011111011001011 1111201110011011110—68 D Buskirk. .11000100011001110001011110101011111101111100111111 101011111003.01111111110001111101011101101111011011—68 C Geyer..... 00091111111110011110100100100010000010101110010110 011.00011100111011010110011101010110100111110010010—54— 606 The event was witnessed by sportsmen from Dayton. Monroe- ville, Norwalk, Fremont, Fostoria, Findlay and other cities, and was followed by seyeral sweepstakes, in which Mayor Clark, of North Baltimore, was the principal winner, he taking first money in each event, and OfficerT. 8. Falkner,of Tiffin, and T.W. Latham, of Monroeville, generally dividing second, — Recently Charlie Ross, proprietor of the Ross House, Bowling Green, O., offered a $50 trophy, in the sha of a handsome pair of terra cotta bird dogs, open to any sun club in Wood county making the highest average per team of 6 or 8menat 35 bluerocks per man. There were three teams entered for the contest, each team shooting 7 men. The North Baltimore Gun Club won the trophy by 68 majority, and the prizes are nowon exhibition in Mayor Clark’s drug store. MASPETH, L.1., Oct, 20.—The first annual tournament of the North Side Gun Club was held to-day at the Queens County Driving Park. The events were all sweepstakes, the events of the morning being at bluerocks and in the afternoon live bird sweep were the principalattraction. Some fine shooting was witnessed, as the sub- joined scores will show: First event—Ten bluerocks, 8 entries. Hobart first with 9, Patty, Short, and Lyon divided second with 6, Tiernan third with 5, The other scores were; C. M. Meyer 3, A. H. Schroeder 2, Wahlen 1, Second event—Ten bluerocks, 9 entries. Hobart first 8, Lyon second i, Tiernan, Petty, and Short divided third with 5. The other scores: Wahlen 4, C, Meyer 4, Manning 2, Schroeder 0, Third eyent—Fifteen bluerocks, $20 guaranteed, 11 entries, F. Lindsley and J. Hobart divided first with 12 each, Tiernan, Collins. Lyon, and C. M. Meyer divided second with 10 each, Menke and @, Meyer divided third with 8, T. Short and J. Manning divided fourth with 7 each. Fourth eyent—Nine bluerocks (singles), 3 pair (doubles), % entries, Bobart first with 11, H. Collins, Tiernan, and Lyon divided second with §, C. M. Meyer third with 6, H. Menke 5, Helmeken 5. Wifth event—Ten bluerocks. 10 entries. Hobart. first 10, S. Lyon second 9, Collins, Tiernan, and Lindsay divided third with 8. The other scores: T. Short 7, Menke 6, Helmcken 6, Manning 5, Wahlen 0. Sixth event—Ten bluerocks, 7 entries. Hobart and Lyon divided first with 9, Tiernan and Short divided second with 5, Manning third with 4, The other scores: Petty 2, Wahlen 3, Seventh event—Ten bluerocks, 5 entries, Hobart first 10, Short second 9, Manning and Lyon divided third with 7, Tiernan Highth évent—Ssix liye birds, i3 entries. Collins, C. M. Meyer, Tier- nan, Booty, and C. Meyer killed 6 each and divided first money, Man- ning, Hobart, **Wanda,” and Menke killed 5 each and divided second. PF. Iandsley and J, N. Meyer killed 4 each and divided third money. A. Cheyallier took fourth with 2. Ninth event—Seven live birds, 14 entries. §. Lyon, “Wanda,” and Grane killed 7 straight and divided first money, Collins, G, Meyer, C M, Meyer, J. N. Meyer, Manning, Major Remsen, and Booty kulled each and divided third money, 1. Lindsley took fourth money with 4. Menke killed 1 Referee, Mr, T. Short, NEW HAVEN, Oct. 20.—The Yale Shooting Olub has been re- organized for the ensuing year with a membership of about 2. BK. 8. Floyd-Jones, 92, was elected President, and W. A. Wood, 62, Sheff, Secretary and Treasurer. The initiation fee has been ixed C Nett aihe in the fall and spring. Semi-weekly shoots will be held at the Yale field, and the five I aking the best average will shoot against Harvard next spring. The shooting club was formed last year and won the shoot between Yale and Harvard. S00 FOREST AND STREAM. [Oor. 29, 1891. ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 22.The advantages of using the five-trap- Tapid-firine system was demonstrated to-day on the grounds of the Hast Orange Gun Club, when 1,200 Keystones were trapped in @ little less than-three hours. The main attraction of the day was a team match between the Hast Orange and Cherry Hill gun clubs. The conditions were 10 men per team, 25 Keystones per man, butas the Cherry Hills were short-handed, the teams were reduced toS8men each. Li, Sickles and W. R. Hobart were referees and C, H, Townsend scorer. The result: i Hast Orange. Cherry Hill. Hedden..:.....:--- dees, Wek 7} ADS VANE AT cere cua coe Seeeae eee 17 ili Jas niin: Yc) eA OAS O Obes Lo bites 19 IDES (AWN ee Jew esrb oad 15 RPL Ny eee hea ere eke Peres 23 AUER, Aer a4 ais a std Opec eco 18 DEBI OMI NS wee ar Phase 18 BORG H hah adage sone nee ere cies 2a 154 A number of hotly-contested sweeps were shot. THE OTTAWA GUN CLUB have been amusing themselves at the trap and getting in practice to meet other clubs of this county. Last week they shot against a team picked from toe Richmond and Princeton clubs, and were badly beaten, although very poor shooting was done by both sides. When the shoot was about half oyer some one carelessly threw a lighted cigarette into the dry grass, which was soon burning fiercely, and required a great deal of work to subdue. After this 10 one seemed to be able to shoot and the score was discouraging to both sides. The club is now making preparations for a contest at Princeton in the near future and promises to redeem its reputation there.—F. B. (Ottawa, Kan), BOSTON, Oct, 24.—The closing meeting of the Jamaica Plain Gun OClub for the season was held at their range at Clarendon Hills this afternoon, but with the high and puffy wind that was blowing good scores were outof the question. The sixth event was the conclusion of the merchandise match, which has been scoring for ten consecutive weeks, the following being the win- ners in their order and the prize selected by each: Needham, 510 in gold; Wetherbee, silver ice pitcher; Herbert, banquet lamp; Adams, revolyer; Heffer, $5 in gold; Snow, cane; Wadsworth, split-bamboo fishing rod; Barrett, canvas shooting jacket; Moore, $1 in silver. ERIE GUN CLUB, Oct. 22.—The regular shoot of the Erie Gun Club, at Woodlawn Park, Long Island, to-day, had 15 shooters to gotothescore. Dr. Schwartz, of the Fountain Gun Club, was in- yited to shoot, and equalled the score of the winner of the gold medal ef the club, M. Alsesser, each killing their 7 straight, J. Plate, C. Jumbo, W. Scheeljeand J. F. Schmadeke killed 6 each, and shot off for the second prize. Schmadeke killed 8 and wonit. The third prize, the fives, was won by EH. Graef. He killed 3 in the shoot-off to the others’? each. A sweepstake ato live birds each, 25yds, rise, was won by J. F, Schmadeke. DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 26.—Prank Makley invited a party of his friends to a live pigeon shoot, Association rules, 15 birds each: 8S Troup..,.... WiMIi—15 ~Ed Oain......-.111111010011101—11 Wm Kinnard..011011011110111—11 EK Hardy.....- 100111 100100111— 9 G Makley..... ANION —14 J BE Artz....... 411011110011111—12 EB Weston...011111110101111—-12 Dr Adams..... 111111001111101—12 J © Porterfielslliiiiidi—15 Each shot at one pair, Troup killed1, Kinnard 1, Makley 1, Wes- ton 2, Porterfield 1, Cain 1, Hardy 1, Artz 2, Adams 2,—BRrown, CLAREMONT, N. J., Oct. 24-—-The New Jersey Shooting Club made large scores to-day in spite of the strong wind. Out of eight eyénts firsi men in seven did not miss a target. Thera were sey- eral ties left undecided. G. DeWitt Smith has won three of the five matches for the rifie. Fiiteen more are to be contested. BLAUVELTYILGE, N. ¥.—The members of Spring Hill Gun Club have their regular holiday matches on Election Day, Noy. 2. Biuerocks, keystones and king birds for targets, and 200 Jive birds for afternoon, C. M. HATHAWAY, Pres. Canoeing. THE A. C, A. RACING RULES.—We‘ publish this week the proposals for amendment of the racing rules, a matter of import- ance to every member, especially the racing men. The proposals will ba acted on by the executive committee on Nov. 14. In the meanwhile we will give every opportunity for a discussion of the subject in the FoREST AND STRHAM. Now is the time for those who object to or fayor the proposed changes to state their opinions before a final decision is made. THE EXHOUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.—The annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Canoe As- sociation will be held at the Deleyan House, Albany, N. Y., on Saturday, Noy. 14., beginning at 10 A. M. The Mohican C. C, will sive a dinner to the committee and Visiting canosists at the same place at 7:30 P. M. AMENDMENTS TO THE RACING RULES. HE report of the regatta committee contains the following proposals for changes of the racing rules, which are now published as required two weeks prior to the meeting of the ex- ecutive committee,on Noy. 14. | Proposed by the regatta committee: To add to Rule X. ‘“No rudder shall be used in paddling races.” To add to Rule NIB. ‘‘No rocking or fanning with the sails or sculling with the rudder shall be permitted.” To add to Rule XII. “There shall be atime limit for all sailing Taces. Proposed by F. S. Gisborne toomit from Rule XVI, the words ‘In the event of a collision being imminent, owing to the canoe on port tack not giving way. the canoe on starboard tack shali luff and go about, but shall never bear away. A canoe on the port tack compelling a catioe on the starboard tack thus to give way, forfeits all claim to the prize,” ' { }Proposed by Colin Fraser to Insert in Rule XXII. in place of the words “meeting of the executive committee, at which they are to be acted upon,” the words ‘'vote of executive committee is taken thereon.” ' ; Proposed by VV. U. Lawson to add to Rule X.the words ‘In paddling and combined races canoes shall be started by their ere and the finish time shall be taken when their bows cross the line. To add to Rule VL. the words “In sailing races. a canoe shall be considered to have finished when her forward, or mainmast has crossed the line.” = ‘ . hs 8 substitute in Rule XII., third line, the word “yellow” for ‘red. p To substitute in Rule V., second paragraph, the word ‘‘men” for ‘man, To substitute in Rule Y., first paragraph, after the word “second,” the words ‘in each race” for “in each regular event.” Commodore Lawson calis attention to the omission in the first paragraph of Rule T.. “In paddling races{the minimum weight of canoe shall be 40lbs.” Secretary-Treasurer Brazer proposes as an amendment to Rule 1., Do strike out all limit as to weight of canoes. 4 Proposed by W. P. Stephens to amend Rule I. to read as fol- OWs: Rocel A canoe to competes in the regular races of the A. GC. A. must be sharp at both ends, with no counter-stern or transom, and capable of being efficiently propelled with one paddle. Tha measurement and classes shall be as follows: Measurement.—Tbe length, taken between perpendiculars at fore side of stem and after side nf stern, shall not exceed 16ft.; the heam shall not be greater than din. for a Jength of 16ft., but may be increased by 44in. for each full inch by which the length is de- creased, Phe beading. if under 144in. wide, shall not bé included in the measurement of the beam, The depth from under side of deck to inside of garboard at fore end of well shal! not be more than J6in. nor leas than 9in. CLASSES, Paddling Class—W eight of canoe to be not less than 401bg.; beam pot less than 28in, General Purpose Glass —The draft shall not exceed 10in, The canoe shall haye one watertight bulkhead in each end, with not. less than 6ft. sleeping space between them, of which bft. shall be clear of obstruction from centerboard trunk, ete. The well shall he at least 16in, wide fora length of aft.tin. Centerboards shall not exceed fillbs. total weight, and shall house within the can oe, 'the order of the day for racing, not projecting below the keel nor above the adjoining portions of deck and coaming when housed. The sliding seat shail be capa- ble of closing, so a8 not to project. beyond fhe sides of the cance. All sails shall be filted to hoist and lower effectively. In centerboard canoes the keel outside the garboard shail not Spal 14in. depth, including a metal Keel band of not over 4in. epth. In keel canoes the keel shall not exceed a depth of 3in., and the ae weight of keel band and ballast in keel shali not exceed 561 bs Sailing Class.—The only limits for this elass shall be a maximum length of 16ft., with an accompanying beam of 80in., beam and length varying aS in Paragraph 2, There shall be no limit to dratt, drop of board, depth of Keel nor length of Sliding seat, and standing sails shall be allowed. These amendments and changes are all which have been brought to the attention of the chairman of the regatta committee, and one by him submitted to the wise judgment of the executive com- mittee, Lowen, Mags., Oct. 20. THE NEW COMMODORE.—The club house of the Rochester C, C., on Irondequoit Bay, was the scene of a pleasant gathering on Oct. 18, The members of the local organization entertained a number of the officers of the American Canoe Association, and an enjoyable afternoon was passed. A dinner at the Newport House was one of the features of the day’s enjoyment. The visit- ing canoeists were ©. V. Winne, of Albany, commodore; W. B. Wackerhagen,; of Albany, secretary of the Association; W. BR. Huntingdon and Thomas Stryker, of Rome, and Mr, Bellman, of Amsterdam, members of the executive committee, Commodore Winne’s object in visiting the yarious elubs of the Association is to gain their views upon the location of next summer’s camp. Last year the Association camped at Wellsboro, on Lake Cham- plain, and the commodore, representing the feeling of a number of clubs, wishes the site to become a permanent one, Others, in- cluding the Rochester Club, are strongly in fayor of Grindstone Island, in the St. Lawrence River, because of its greater accessi- bility. The decision resis with the executive committcee.— Rochester Morning Herald, REGATTA COMMITTEE,—Com, Winné has appointed tbe fol- lowing regatta committee for 1892; R, W. Gibson, chairman; I. 8, Oliver, E. H. Barney, Ford Jones and H, L. Quick. A, C. A, MEMBERSHIP.—Atlantic Division: Rev. J, &. Sentz, New York. ddachting. TAXING OVERHANG,—The Boston Herald is now making a fight against the ‘mean length” rule still in yogue about Boston, by which overhangs are heavily taxed, The designers and builders who are specially interested in the smaller racing classes are all opposed to a tax on overhang, and it is not unlikely that the rule will be abandoned in fayor of a more reasonable and modern one; leaying the New York Yacht Racing Association as the only im- portant body which sticks to the ancient and obsolete "mean length.” ANOTHER DILEMMA.—The fertile brain of Mr. Clapham has lately turned out another novelty, aracing machine with long overhang, centerboard, and wide sponsons above the water, to give added stability when heeled. The rig will be the simplest form of jib and mainsail, with no bowsprit. A NEW LAUNCH MOTOR. ae superiority of liquid fuel over coal for all classes of small launches, especially those used for pleasure, has been very clearly established, and in the United States at least the use of coal in such boats is a thing of the past, A number of different motors using kerosene and naphtha are now in general use, and within the past season a new one has been tried in New York for which many advantages are claimed. This motor was invented by Mr. Gottlieb Daimler, of Cannstatt, Germany, and has been in prac- tigal use for the past four years in Hurope for all purposes where small power is required in a very convenient form, such as stationary engines for small shops, printing offices, ete, small locomotives aud tram cars, and for driving dynamos. , Noy, 12, 1891] FOREST AND STREAM. 333 ee BASS IN THE ADIRONDACKS, Editor Forest and Stream: The article entitled ‘‘Shall the Adirondacks be Stocked With Bass?” was read by me when it was published with sadness, I reflected upon what, from time to time, has come to my knowledge respecting the waniny of excellent trout fishing that once existed m the Adirondacks. Gentlemen, sportsmen, who killed two, three and ten times the number of trout possible for use in camp; guides who caught all the big trout, through the ice, in early spring for market, continuing through May and June the nefarious practice of killimg and carrying out all they could stagger under, to sell; the lumberman who now, through impatience, ‘(dynamite the ice” in the spring, that the channel for floating logs may be more readily cleared—those are the threechief agencies of the ‘‘ waning” spoken of. Further material for sad reflection arises when the subject of bettering the fishing in the Adiron- dacks comes up in combined thoughts of the guide—yan- dal—who threatens the introduction of pickerel into the headwaters of the Beaver River because Dr. Webb inter- feres with his predatory provlivities, and he who cut nets set by Mr, Marks—Fulton Chain Hatchery—for the ex- termination, in a measure, of catfish or bullheads, You ask for information on the subject of introducing black bass in the Adirondack waters. My information can but amount to an opinion, I should think that it would be well to introduce black bass into the waters of the Adirondacks where pickerel already exist, but not with the idea that the bass will exterminate the pickerel. Your letter to me iniplies that bass were introduced into some of the waters at Blooming Grove Park with the result of exterminating the pickerel. Such was not the case. There were obtained from Greenwood Lake and the St. Lawrence River, large and small-mouth bass with the idea that they might improve the bass fishing in Lake Giles where, in previous years, had been placed many thousands of small-mouth bass, taken from Lake Laura on High Knob, without obtaining the desired re- sults, The experiment of placing large-mouth bass in Giles has resulted in improvement to some extent in taking bass. Ishould judge that the pickerel are as numerous as before, At best the lake is not a bass lake; it is fed by springs entirely and is deep. And my opininion is that all such cold deep waters will not result in good sport fishing for bass, Such waters are well adapted for land- locked salmon and trout, For example, Lake Giles after three years stocking with adult brook trout, has afforded more sport than during the previous ten years. It has been my fortune to be cugnizans of matters at Biooming Grove Park for thirteen years, It now has become the practice of our management to retain for two years about 5,000 brook trout for the purpose of obtaining spawn and stocking, then to release them in Giles, where there are pickerel, bass, lake trout and landlocked salmon. perch, bullheads, eels, sunfish and shiners. It is quite a com- mon occurrence for members to bring in trout, bass and pickerel as the result of one excursion around the lake. As regards information for the Commissioners, | would refer them to the result of stocking with bass the Raquette River section of the Adirondacks. SPENCER M, Nass, THE CASTALIA TROUT. Oe cre pers Oct, 6,—ILast April I visited the famous Castalia trout stream of Ohio, and wrote about it. Mr. Milton P, Peirce made comment on my article. He seemed to think that my statements. as to the origin of the Castalia trout were wrong. I thought them right. Now I know they were right, and have proof for it. This comes through the courtesy of Judge Emery D. Potter, of Toledo, O., a member of the Ohio State Fish Commis- sion, to whom | wrote last summer for’ further informa- tion. Under date of July 10 Judge Potter wrote me as follows: ‘“‘T am averse to entering into any controversy with Mr. M. P. Peirce, a man I never saw, nor heard of till within the last year or two. Butas his statements to which you allude have been dignified by a column or more in the FOREST AND STREAM, a publication of acknowledged authority among sportsmen and scientists, I propose to dispel some of his theories and statements, that the public may not be led astray by letting them pass uncontra- dicted. To do this effectually it will require some little time to procure the data necessary to establish my posi- tion, When completed I will submit my paper to you to be used at your discretion.—EMrERy D, Porter,” On July 29 Judge Potter wrote again: ‘I have just returned from Sandusky and Castalia, I found halfa dozen farmers who have lived on the banks of Cold Oreek (Castalia) from thirty-five to fifty years, and who have fished in that stream up to the time John Hoyt in- troduced the trout into it, and they all declare that no trout were eyer seen or caught there up to that time. The only fish taken was what they call ‘horned dace,’ Ihave been familiar with this stream for over half a century, and know from personal observation that there was never a trout in it till John Hoyt put it there. I am promised letters from the gentlemen interviewed to establish the transplanting theory. I will soon send you proofs.—HEMERY D, PorTTHR.” Later on, at my request, Judge Potter kindly embodied the main facts of his position on this matter in a single statement, which he has just sent on to me. Nobody ever had any real question as to the fact that these trout were planted. Any question as to their origin was absurd, and after the following simple arrangement of the facts, by an authority like Judge Potter, who in interest of fact and truth purely has given his time to this matter, any such question would no longer be enter- tainable in any form, Judge Potter’s final letter, for which FOREST AND S1REAM will thank him, is as follows: *QOHIO STATE FISH AND GAME CoMMISsION,—Some years ago John Hoyt built a dam across Castalia Creek, in Sandusky county, on his own ground, raising quite a large pond, The citizens of Castalia Village, believing it injurious to health, prosecuted the dam and pond as a nuisance, The trial was finally ended in the Supreme Court of Ohio in Hoyt’sfavor. The litigation was a long one, Chemists were employed to analyze the water of this spring or creek, and among others the water of eran Spring, New York. The results of both were iden- tical. Binding trout at Avon, Hoyt. built a hatchery at his pond, introduced trout spawn, hatching a considerable number; these he placed in the stream below his mill, where they prospered and where they are to-day in great abundance. I have lived within forty miles of Castalia for fifty-six years, have often visited that neighborhood on fishing expeditions, and never saw or heard of the trout there until within the last ten or twelve years. I have recently visited the stream from the spring where it j rises to the lake, and inguired of old farmers whose lands were watered by it, many of them having lived there for over fifty years, and they all tell the same story, that there was never a trout there till John Hoyt put them there, The only native fish were chubs and small mud fish. About four miles from Castalia is Rockwell's Spring, with sufficient water at the outlet to run a large grist mill. Trout from Castalia were introduced there a dozen years ago, the waters have been leased by a number of et aa from Bellevue, O., who now find good sport ere, “I have fished in every available fishing ground in Ohio, and I know that the only stream in the State where brook trout were found (natives) was the west branch of the Chagrin River in Granger county, where Dr. Gar- lick and I have captured many a good string, and from whence we took many dozens to supply the Doctor’s hatchery near Cleveland. I can vouch for the fact that neither Drs. Garlick or Ackly ever saw Castalia Spring, and if they told Mr. Peirce that they got trout from there they were guying him, “It is very strange that as many years as I knew Dr. Garlick, and the days we have spent together in fishing and in his experimental hatchery at Cleveland, where I speut two years, that I should never have heard him mention the name of Castalia or Milton P. Peirce.—EMERY D, PoTTEr,” This settles that. BE, Howes, ADIRONDACK FISHING RIGHTS. T the request of people interested in knowing whether the public has a right or can be prosecuted success- fully for fishing in the Fulton Chain waters, Attorney L., W. Fiske, of Boonyille. has looked up the law in the case and gives facts and points below which will also apply to other similar sections of the Adirondacks, He has pre- pared a brief which is reported in the Boonville Herald as follows: Inthe Matter of the Right of the Public to Wish, ete., in the Fulton Chain of Lakes. GENERAL STATEMENT.—It is asked whether individuals of th general public can be prosecuted for trespass for using for navi- gation, or for fishing in the Fulton Chain of lakes (so called), which are a part of the forest preserve, in the open season, by owners who have o1vanized private parks under the statute. The Pulton Chain of lakes consists of a series of inland lakes numbering from 1 tos, through which runs one braneh of the Moose River and ajl of them are navigable during the whole year except when frozen over, The State has built dums on outlets of the different lakes to raise the waters thereof for itscanal system; has built a fish hatchery on said river to stock said lakes with trout fry, and for over twenty years has every year stocked said Jakes with fry from said hateherv or from others which it owns; bas also put the territory in which said Jakes lie under the control of its fish and game wardens, and made rules and regulations for control cf the same. The public bas used these lakes for navigation and fishing pur- pores from before and since 1840. The statute under whick the tight to exclude the public in so-calied private parks was passed by the législature ot this State in 1879 (see mhap. Add, thereof). eee act repealed all other acts inconsistent with it (see sec. 40 thereot), The sections of the said statute, giving the right to organize private parks may be found in sections 27 and 28 thereof as now amended. Section 27 of said act among other things says: “Any owner having the exclusive right to shoot or hunt thereon, or fish therein, desiring to Jay out, devote, etc., shall publish three months, etc., and post notice, and haying so done, said territory becomes ex- elusive, etc.” 1 . The constitution of this State (see Section 2 of Article 1) says: That the people of the State in their right of sovereignty are deemed to possess the original, and ultimate property in, and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the State. The letters patent for the land conveyed in Herkimer and Hamilton counties, convey by lots, as they are bumbered and no svecific grant bas eyer been made of these lakes or that under the waters of thelakes. Tan LAW OF THIS STATE,—The Court of Appeals of this State has settled the law in reference to what waters of the State are navigable therein, and as those lakes come within the definition, they must be deemed to be subject to the law prevailing, and riparian owners take their grants from the State with the im- lied easements and seryitudes, that followed a grant by common aw. (a.) Navigable waters in this State are such as are capable of being used to float in boats or rafts or even in their natural state the products of our forests and fields to market. and itis not essential that this use will continue threugh the year, nor at all seasons, nor that they are navigable against the current. 35 N.Y., 454, 8; 6 Cow, 518, 556; 19 N. Y¥., 523; 92 N.Y , 463; 110 Id. §380; 12 How. U.58,, 454, opinion of Judge Tanev Kent’s, com., 549. Judge Johnson vs. Schofield, 8 Barb. 239, says “The common law of Hpeland from utter want cf fitness has never been adopted in this State in reference to our inland waters, etc., or if adopted has been modified to fit the condition of the country.” (B) The title to land under navigable watersisin the State, 1 How. pr. N. 8, 510. 514; 7 Wend. 571; 26 Id. 404; 4 Hill 369; 47 How. 398; 23 N. Y., 500; 41 Hun, 458; 19 N. Y., 523. A State grant of land upon a river or navigable lake confers no right upon which the riparian owner can claim the land under the water. (87 Hun, 375; 110 N. Y., 880; 51 Sun. B., 482). (c) Hemlock Lake, an inland lake with general characteristics like these. was by the Court of Appeals in 92 N. Y., 463, declared navigable water, and Judge Ruger, in delivering the opinion of the court, says: *“Among other rights which pertain to sove- reignty is that of using, regulating and controlling for special purposes ithe waters of navigable lakes, whether salt or fresh, and the rights and interests of the public. such as fishing, efc., are preserved in all navigable waters, and inalienable attributes of sovereignty. Conouuston.—It will be seen from the above that these lakes are navigable waters: that the title to the land under them has never been conveyed by the State; that rivarian owners never have had any right in them; that the public have freely used them for navigation and fishing purposes for over fifty years. That the State, by virtue of its inalienable rights therein, have made them available to the public and for their benetit in stock- ing them with fish, That the so-called owners of the so-called private parks have never had any exclusive use of them for any purpose. Hence it follows that they cannot prosecute successfully any action for trespass for fishing in or navigating any portion of said Ake even though within the territorial limits of their so-called grants. CurRtiositixs AMONG FisHus,—Mr, EK, Titus, Jr., has re- ported an unusual appearance of large weakfish at West- port, Mass., during the fall of 1891. Mr. W. H. Wood, while trolling for bluefish in the vicinity, took many fish of this species (known there as squeteague), weighing from 7 to 9lbs, Weakfish have been uncommon in those waters of late years. Mr. Titns has noted alsoared drum taken at Anglesea, N. J., Oct, 21, in which the upper cor- ner of the tail fin is prolonged into a narrow lobe. We are always glad to record notes on the habits, distribution and variations of fishes, and hope to hear from other students of these interesting subjects. THE VeLVET THA of the Monon Route between Chicago and Cincinnati offers the best and most luxurious seryice obtainable : between those points.—Adp, LAMPREYS. HARLESTOWN, N, H., Noy. 1.—Hditor Forest and Stream: A recent correspondent of FoREST AND STRHAM asks about the edibility of lamprey eels. or “‘lamper eels,” as they are commonly called in New Eng- land. You had better refer him to my friend Fish Com- missioner Riddle, of New Hampshire, for an answer. The lamprey has always been considered a great deli- cacy by the dwellers on the banks of the Merrimac, and fifty years ago, before the Lawrence dam was built, they were taken in great numbers all the way up the river, There were a set of semi-amphibious old fellows living about Pawtucket Falls, who cut ice in the winter and caught shad and salmon in the summer, and in the late spring, just before these fish made their appearance, were always on the lookout at, the falls with their long gaffs for the eels—precursors of the fish. [ have seen many a one ‘snaked out” (a very fitting expression in this case) just below the Lowell damin May. Thousands of them were taken at the falls at Amoskeag, or Man- chester, as ib is now, and when some forty years ago the centennial of the settlement of that town was celebrated, a poem was read by the late William Stark, a grandson of the old general of Revolutionary fame, of which [ can recall but two or three lines, as follows: “When all their hope for future years, Por the present world and the world to come, Was a siring of eels and a jug of rum,” Thus commemorating the prominent tastes of the early settlers, The Lawrence dam, 25ft, perpendicular height of solid granite, stopped the eels until the fishway was built by the State of Massachusetts twenty years ago, since which time the eels have resumed their migrations, and the fish- way is at times full of them. The State of New Hampshire has transplanted several colonies to the river aboye Manchester, and they have made their appearance at the fishery there. They are rather rich food, like all eels, but those who like them think them the choicest of dainties, I had a call last week from my friend EK. S,. Brewer, the president of the Amabelish Club, and we talked about the winninish, which he says is different from the land- locked salmon of Maine, and which he says’ is called wannanish, which accounts for the outlandish spelling of some of your correspondents, He says they left the question of name and spelling to various parties in Quebec, among them an old Indian, who all spelt it “ouannaniche,” but I told him that was no authority. The Indian language was merely vocal and had no alpha- bet, and the French, who had no ‘‘w” in theirs, just mnixed up two or three vowels to meet the sound, as in their word of assent, ‘‘oui,” and pronounced ‘‘we.” I believe the word should be written according to English rendering of the Indian sound, I don’t know what the French have to do aboutit. The fish does not live in the Freach possessions, Speaking of French, in FOREST AND STREAM a week ago; I saw an article on the fish of the McKenzie River, which read, ‘‘This inconnu (toothless) fish,” etc, Now, inconnu does not mean toothless, as would appear on reading the article, but is only the Wrench for “unknown.” Perhaps the writer did not mean to convey that impression, but it reads like it, Yon W, A HIGHLAND GILLIz.—Donald MacPherson was a very quiet man, but he knew how many beansmadefiye. He was acting as boatman and gillie toa gentleman not very long ago on a Highland loch, and the latter, with a view to spur him to his best efforts as well as to keep things square, said, on beginning to fish: ‘Now, Donald, we'll haye a dram for every half-dozen fish.” ‘Tl not be mindin’ whatever,” was Donald’s reply. This arrange- ment was duly carried out to their mutual satisfaction. Some days later the same gentleman went to fish on the same loch, and Donald was again his boatman. After landing several fish Donald looked up and insinuatingly remarked: ‘Vil bs thinkin’ that’s a half dozen?” ‘‘No, ouly five,” returned the gentlemen, ‘‘Six, to be surely,” repeated the other. And the catch being counted, six it was, and as Donald expected, the flask was produced. The fishing continued and again Donald suggested: “That'll be another six.” ‘‘No, Donald, only five this time. I counted them.” Without further words Donald opened the basket. and, sure enough, a dozen beauties lay therein. The fisher was astonished, ashe had counted his catch, the more carefully for being wrong the first time, But seeing’s believing, and, much to Donald’s satisfaction, the flask was produced. The next time, however, the gentleman counted most carefully—one, two, three, four, fiyve—then turning, to his amazement— and, [may add, amusement—he caught Donald in the act of taking a fish from his pocket. The worthy Gael had, in anticipation of the same arrangement as the first day, provided himself with a number of fish as a means to hasten the drams.—Montreal Star. “Bass EHAts BAss.”—Colonel Richard Bright had a remarkable experience at Woodmont on the Potomac while fishing for black bass about the end of October. He was casting with minnows of moderate size and was slowly reeling in asmall bass when a hungry 3-pounder shot out from his concealment and bolted the hooked fish bodily. The Colonel became aware of the augmented strain on the reel and by careful management landed his double prize. Thesmall bass went into the maw of his big cannibal brother smoothly enough, but hissharp spines stuck in the throat of his captor and made escape impos- sible, The two bass were presented to the National Mu- seum, where they are preserved just as they came from the Potomac, the tail of the small one projecting from the mouth of the larger. The weight of the two is 34lbs. ‘Necessity knows no law,” and hunger recognizes no relationship, St. JOHN RIVER WHITEFISH.—A. whitefish resembling in a general way the common form of the Great Lakes has been found in St. John River, New Brunswick, by Mr. Philip Cox, whois endeavoring to get some examples to send to the National Museum for identification, NAMES AND PORTRAITS OF BrrDpSs, by Gurdon Trumbull. A hook particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can identify without question all the American game birds which they may kill. Cloth, 22) pages, price $250. For sale by Former inD SPRBAM. 334 FOREST AND STREAM. — —_ (Nov. 12, 1891. Hisheuliure, YEARLING SALMON FOR VERMONT. WN accordance with his plan of making a prompt and lashing impression upon waters to be stocked, Commis- sioner McDonald will introduce large numbers of yearling fish of the salmon family into suitable streams. At the various stations adapted to the purpose rearing ponds have been established, and are being multiplied as rapidly as cir- cumstances will permit. One of thecars of the Commission left Washington on Thursday last with carp for New York and New Hugland, and received on Fridaay, in good condi- tion, from Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 3,500 yearling California salmon, to be planted in the Battenkill, in Ver- mont, and certain of its tributaries. Mr, A. N. Cheney, of Glens Walls, N. Y., went to the Battenkill Valley recently to select streams favorable for the undertaking, and he reported favorably upon Green River, which is a fine trout brook, Benedict Brook and Mattison Brook, tributaries of the Bat- tenkiil River. The waters ate clear, free from sawdust, and well supplied with fish food. The sentiment of the people is favorable to their protection. Mr. Cheney met the car at Troy and personally assisted in the distribution of the salmon in the waters above mentioned. The United States Commission has never distributed fry of the Cali- fornia salmon in New York, but simply furnished eges for hatching and planting by the New York Commission. ‘The mmecessful, though mysterious, acclimation of the rainbow trout in the Battenkill gives ample assurance that the Cali- fornia salmon will find conditions favorable to their growth in the same waters, as these species do well together in their native streams in California. Preliminary to the distribution of landlocked salmon from Maine, Governor Ripley, of Rutland, Vt., made a suryey of the rivers of the State, tributary to Lake Champlain, to select proper localities for stocking with this species. Itis the desire of the commissioner to hold the salmon in the streams until maturity, when they can go down to the lake to spawn, and need not reénter the riyers. In the selection ot rearing waters, therefore, the return of the fish was not considered important, and the range of choice was wider. The following distribution, suggested by Goy. Ripley, has been made: Wincosky (at Waterbury).............-.....6,000 Brown’s River (for the Lamoille)............5.000 TEAOHESH OWS Holey ee eal aT so BM OA BBS ey neodntite 2,000 Mia DettTis (Greek stead ceri eats eae vee 1,000 Sunderland Hollow Brook..............cs06 1,000 MEWISSC Leaks. / cr tietiseniverihh eben cea. DvOUU YG rn ie ok ea Sl rs, SAS Le Leo Ae Ares | lh 20,000 The young fish were placed in waters as far remoyed as possible from the lake, in order to avoid the pickerel and other predatory fish which abound in the lower portion of all the rivers. Sunderland Brook is particularly promising for the protection of the salmon, as it carries a bountiful supply of pure water and runs for miles through an inacces- sible alder swamp. Lewis Creek, although small,is con- sidered aS the best stream for the purpose. The commission had the co-operation of State Commissioner Atherton, Gen. W. W. Henry and Mr. 8. C. Caines in the safe accomplish- ment of this important work. The results already obtained irom experiments with landlocked salmon in Lake Cham- plain prove the wisdom and desirability of the undertaking. NEW YORK FISH COMMISSION.—At the meeting last Tuesday Commissioner Blackford reported that a sup- ply of carp received from the United States Commission was now ready for distribution, They are giyen out free, 20 to each applicant, the only charge being 25 cents for a can and shipping. ‘he Fulton Chain (Adirondacks) hatchery re- ported the collection of 500,000 trout eggs, A petition was received from residents on the Long Island Sound asking the Commission to undertake the cultivation of salt-water fish, particularly striped bass and weakfish, to restock the Sound. This was referred to Mr. Huntington, who is speci- ally interested in the subject, and who has been investiga- ting the possibilities of salt-water work. Reports trom the fish and game protectors for the month of October showed activity on the part of the force. In reply to a communica- tion from Capt. J. W. Collins asking if New York would be represented by a live-fish display at the World’s Fair, it was stated that such a display could be made only if provided for by the next Legislature. YOUNG SHAD have come down the Delaware this fall in remarkable numbers. Commissioner Ford has informed the U.S. Commissioner that they begun the journey sea- ward on Aug. 1, and on Oct. 20 the run still continhed with- out diminution. The natural spawning in the upper waters was withowt precedent in recent years, and was due partly to the unfavorable conditions in the lower river during the Spawning season, but chiefly to the removal of obstructions by means of fishways and dams. The effect of this enormous production of fry should be evident in a greatly increased fishery several years later. Che Kennel, Dogs: Their Management and Treatmentin Disease, By Ashmont. Price $2. Kennel Record and Account Book, Price $3. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hammond. Price $1. Hirst Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of all Breeds. Price 50 cents. \ FIXTURES. DOG SHOWS. Dec.4 to 8.—Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois Peultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, Il. Dec. 10 to 14.—Inaugural Dog Show of the Freeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, Ill. T. HE, Taylor, Sec’y. Dec. 80 to Jan. 2.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, at Gloversville, N.Y. FP. B. Zimmer, Sec’y. ate Jan. 5 to 8.—The New York and New England Poultry and Ken- aes ei Dog Show, at Albany, N. Y. W.C. House, Hort Plain, a ¥., SOC Ye Jan. to 9.—Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at. Charleston, S.C. Benj. MeInness, Sec’y. Jan. 18 to 16.—Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Kennel Association, at Columbia, S,C, IF. F. Capers, Secretary, Greenville. S.C. Jan. 21 to 25.—Second Annual Dog Show of the Elmira Poultry and Pat Stock Association, at Elmira, N. ¥. C. A. Bowman, Sec. Feb. 9 to12,—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- nel Club, ab Chieago, Il. Jobn L. Lincola, Jr, See’*y. Heb, 16 to 19,—Second Annual Show of the Central City Kennel, Jackson, Mich, D. B. L. Kimball, see'y. Feb, 23 to 26.—Sixteenth Aunual Dag Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, af New York. James Mortimer, Supt. March 1 to 4.—Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, at Philadelphia, Pa. _F.S. Brown, See’v. Marek 8 to 1l.—Washiugton City Kennel Clib. Washington, D, C. Fred, $. Webster, Sec’y, 738 Broadway, New York. March 15 to 18—Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne Kennel Club, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W.E. Littell, Sec’y. _ April 7 fo 10,—Seventh Annual Dog Show of the New England Kennel Club, ai Boston, Mass. HE. H. Moore, Sec'y. April 20 to 28.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Southern Oali- fornia Kennel Club, at Los Angeles, Cal. C, A. Summer, Sec'y. May 4 to 7,—Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, at San Praneisco, Cal. H. Li. Miller, Sec’y. PIELD TRIALS, Noy, 16,—Eastern Wield Trials Club’s Thirteenth Annual Trials, at High Point, N. ©. Members’ Stake Noy. 12. W. A. Coster, Secretary. Noy. 23.—Ivish Setter Glub’s Field Trials, at High Point. N. C. G. G. Davis, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa, Novy, 28.—Gordon Setter Club’s Field Trials. at High Point, N. C. L. A. Van Zandt, Secretary, Yonkers, N.Y. Nov. 23.—Second Anntial Trials of the National Beagle Club, at Nannet, Rockland county, N. Y. FP. W, Chapman, Sec’y. Nov. 30.- Central Field Trial Club’s Third Annual] Trials, at er Meas N.C. ©. H. Odell, Sec’y, 44 and 46 Wall street, New ork city. Dec. 14.—Philadelphia Kennel Club’s Wield Trials, Charles E, Connell, Secretary. 1892. Jan. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Wield Trial Olnb, at San Antonio, Texas, G. A. Chabot, Sec’y. Amateurs only. Jan, 18.—Trials of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersfield, Cal. J. M. Kilgarif. Sec’y. — ~,—Fourth Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials Club, at New Albany, Miss. T, M. Brumby, Sec’y. UNITED STATES FIELD TRIALS. 1 es inaugural trials held by this elub at Bicknell, Ind., may be said to haye been a great success. Commencing Nov. 2. they concluded Nov. 9. During the week numerous sportsmen visited the little village to view the work done by. the “hitd’’ dogs, and the hotel and houses in the village that wonld take visitors were full to the roofs. On Thursday, in addition to the spectators on foot, there were 483 horsemen out, and the need of a field marshal that knew his business was obviously apparent. Attimes the spectators were riding with the judges, and the reporters had todo the best they could, Judges complained and made several little speeches, but they bad little effect. Thetramping of s0 many horses near the dogs seriously affected the work done at times, and spectators spread out over ground that should have been hunted, Amother yearsome good man should be appointed who, while acknowledging the rights of the Hoosier in his own country, still should make it thoroughly understood that the club Jeases the land on which they hunt, and that spectators are there only by courtesy of the elub. The extreme dryness of the ground had a good deal to do with the scarcity of game, to what is usually found on these farms. Game,as a rule, is yery plentiful im this section, and the first day in one field four good bevies were found. The judges, Colonels Merriman and Sloo and Dr. Rowe, did their work in an exceptionally able manner, Plenty of time and opportunity was given the dogs to show what they had in them, and the dogs were a happy medium between the racing speed of the Hastern and the slowness of the Cen- tral. Among those who visited the trials during the week were: O. J, Winston, C, C. Weaver, John Hensenherg, St. Louis, Mo.; R. 5. MckKever, Spencer, Ind.; G. T. Kerrson, Indianapolis, Ind.; J. W. Doyle, H. A. Crossen, Washing- ton, Ind.; BH D. Garr, Louisville, Ky.; H, G. Elliott, Proyi- dence, R. 1; H. T. Thus, Vincennes, Ind.; P. F. Marick, Princeton, Ind.; J, W. Good, Bruceville, Ind.; H. C. Hair- bank, Indianapolis, Ind.; Abner T. Hitfield, Saybrook, I11,; J. R, Hayes, Detroit; Jno. A: Sann, Jr., Olney, Ill; B, F. Kramer, Evansville, Ind.; Dr. Alexander; Jas. D. Poston, Columbus, O,; C. W. Muller, Jas. Board, J. W. Paterson, Indianapolis, Ind,; O. P. Iryin, Cincinnati, O.; H. A. Lam- eran, Columbus, O.; H. M. Pollock, Cincinnati, O,; A, Lis- man, Carlisle, Ind,; A. Jewatt, Lon Calto, J. M. Hart, Oak- town. Ind.; J. L. Merifield, Emison, Ind.; Chas. Polk, Isaac Polk, Oaktown, Ind.; Jas. Bowes, Evansville, Ind,; R. L. Shammnar, Louisville, Ky.; D. C. McDonald, La Grange, Ky.; Dr. H. G, Thomas, Winston, N, C,; C. H. Roberts, Wash- ington, Ind., and C. M, Munhall, Cleveland, O. As space does not permit any extended notice, I will pro- ceed at once to a description of the running. . POINTER DERBY, BICKNELL, Ind., Monday, Nov. 2.—After the draw for the Pointer Derby at 8 A. M, no time was wasted, and a short ride, just out of the village, brought us to the Philippi farm. The morning was quite frosty, but a warm sun soon dispelled all dampness from the ground and left it dry and dusty, No rain except a slight shower has fallen in these parts for nearly five weeks, and clouds of dust were raised by the large crowd of mounted spectators, upward of forty horsemen assembling at the start. At8:37the first brace were put down in a large stubblefieid, FOREST LLASSIE—DONOV AN.—F rank Richards handled Wor- est Lassie, and D. HW. Rose, Donovan. Both dogs are liver and white. Neither dog started off very fast, keeping near their handlers. Soon after starting handlers flushed a bevy. Donoyan soon after pointed to the right, and Lassie catch- ing sight of him came to a standstill, nothing found, how- evel; then Donovan pointed again, evidently on scent of birds that had flushet, After ranging some time, Donovan showing better speed and range, we passed into a cornfield, then on to oak woods, where, at the further end, Donovan made game but could not locate. Then Lassie, coming down wind to her handler, nearly walked over a single that finshed at Richards’s feet. Nothing more was done and dogs were called up at 9:20. Both are stylish workers, Forest Lassie showing most speed, but neither ranging yery wide. Retracing our steps, the next brace My LADyY—DUDE N. were put down in stubble at 9:31, My Lady was handled by Frank Richards and J. H. Johnson looked after Dude N. Getting off well and ranging wide at edge of some corn a large bevy flushed in front of Dude, then again when galloping through wheat stubble Dude went right into a large bevy across wind. Passing into an orchard Lady came to a point at foot of an apple tree, then roaded one; then Dude drew to a beautiful point which Lady honored in good style, Johnson flushing, Dude made a jump for the game but stopped tu order, Lady was also a bit careless. My Lady looked too much to her handler, who seemed to do most of the hunting at first, improving afterward. Dude made game in weeds but could not locate, and then in fence row Lady dropped to a single which fiushed wild. At the edge of some woods Lady pointed and. was held some time till Dude was brought up to back; when coming he failed to honor and put up the bird, both steady to the rise. Going into woods several birds got up at approach of dogs and nothing further being done they were called up at 10:42. The dryness of leayes and grass made it difficult for dogs to catch scent. My Lady proved herself the best, though not a free ranger. PROMOTION—BLACK CHLOE.—These two started off well at 10:50, Charles Barker handled Promotion and W. B. Stat- ford Black Chloe, Working into standing com Promotion came to a nice point, but birds flushed wild. Then Chloe pointed at edge of a ditch but nothing found there, but judges afterward raised a single, Then getting into a sort of lane Chloe pointed a beyy which her handler flushed and fired at, both dogs steady. Then Promotion showed some good work along a fence, getting several singles, some of which Chloe had passed. Down in the lane again Chloe pointed a brace which handler flushed; birds were scattered all round here and flushed wild in several directions. Fur- ther on in rag weed Promotion pointed a bevy, This dog, though a lanky, loosely-put-together sort, did some good work, ranged out well, quartering as if he knew what he was doing, and was much the best of thetwo. At 11;40 Chloe was allowed to have the fields to herself, but beyond polnting a single at edge of a ditch did not improve the op- | portunity, and dogs were called up at 11:50, when hincheon was in order, This was a serambiing rough and ready sort of affair and had little charms for stomachs fresh from civilization, hungry as we were, After lunch PHANTOM—MANITOU were put down at 12:55, Phantom had the services of John Good and Mahiton was handled by Stafford. Thesetwo dogs ranged off in fine style and soon put two or three big fields behind them. Going into oak woods Manitou made a point, and was held on it Some time till Phantom could back, when Stafford walked up the bevy and fired, Manitou steady but Phantom broke in a bit. Out of woods into rag weed, along the fence Manitou pointed, but nothing found. Birds were running, and Manitou roaded on till a single got up in the diteh; then further on Manitou was found pointing, and Phantom brought up to back had to be cautioned, when Stafford going up flushed a single right from under the dog’s nose, which stood as staunch as arock to rise. Then down in swamp Manitou pointed fur, it was supposed, as a hare ran out of the briers, but Stafford passing, a single got up behind him. ARTIFICIALLY REARED TROUT. HE Massachnsetts law, as most others, forbids the sale of trout in close season. There are in the waters of that State, according to an estimate by Mr, W. S. Gilbert, the successful trout culturist of Plymouth, from 15,000 to 20,000lbs. of artificially reared trout; and persons engaged in the business regard it as a hardship that they are not permitted to market these fish when- ever they might do so to advantage, At the meeting of the Massachusetts Association last week Mr. Gilbert pre- sented the claim of the trout culturists and asked the Association’s aid in securing a modification of the law in their favor. When the law was enacted, artificially reared trout were an unknown factor. The law was not intended to apply to them. But experience has demonstrated that to protect any species of fish or game its sale in close time must be stopped; and the one point for the board of managers of the Association to consider is whether or not the desired permission to sell cultivated trout may open the way to the sale of wild trout. While the rais- ing of trout for market isan industry which should be given every reasonable encouragement, because of its contribution to the food fish supply, the primary purpose of the statute is to protect the wild fish, and this must be eftected, even at the expense of private enterprises. Minnesota allows possession and transportation of trout reared in private waters, and prescribes that they must be accompanied with a written statement, signed by the proprietor of the hatchery or waters from which they have been taken. SNAP SHOTS. FY HE horse show which is now in progress at the Madi- son Square Garden, in this city, and which is proving a great success both financially and otherwise, will con- tinue to the end of the week. The weather for the first two days was unfavorable, but notwithstanding this the attendance was large even on these days. The quality of the exhibits is remarkably good, but it is to be noticed that most of the exhibits are those of pleasure horses, and that work horses do not appear in any numbers. The arrangement of the show is far better than it has ever been before, and it is easy to get about and examine the animals. Never has this show been so fashionable as it is this year, and never has it been so difficult to obtain seats for the most interesting events. Among the exhibi- tors and prize winners may be seen more than one name which is well known in the dog world, In response to the Chatham Association’s communica- tion respecting spring shooting President Harrison returns a rather rion-committal reply; and even if he felt strongly onthe subject, we fail to see just what the President could do about it. Game legislation is distinctly within the province of the several States; Congress has no juris- diction, and recommendations on the subject would not | come within the scope of a message. Another fact is that the tendency of game and fish legislation is in the line of local and special laws, and too many of them; witness the county game laws of the State of Maryland, where President Harrison is just now duck shooting in company with ex-Senator Sewall of New Jersey. The latest device in photography is the happy thought of a Vienna genius, who has invented a camera which is attached to a rifle and takes an instantaneous picture when the trigger is pulled. This would be a great thing for the Massachusetts man who had his Maine guides stall.a big moose in the deep snow while he first photo- graphed and then deliberately shot it. And now it looks as if the proposed stocking of Alaska with reindeer might be accomplished. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the Government Agent of Education in that Territory, has already imported sixteen reindeer from Siberia, and Capt, M. A. Healy, of the revenue cutter Bear, reports to the Treasury Department that the pro- ject is one worthy of every encouragement. This is the season of field trials of pointers and setters on quail, beagles on hares and hounds on foxes run in the good old-fashioned New England style. Every in- dication points to a growing interest in these events, Our full and able reports cause the Kennel to encroach somewhat upon the space usually devoted to other de- partments, | : FOREST AND STREAM. (Noy, 19, 1881, The Sportsman Courist. SONG OF A GOAT HUNTER. The white goat, Mazama montana, often described in these columns, is allied to the chamois of Europe, and inhabits the highest and most difficult peaks of the Rocky Mountains. The “Song” is from the pen of a hunter who has killed many a goat, and its truth will be appreciated by any one who has ever hunted these sturdy reck climbers, was 3a goat, a goat of two— TT I Ever sing pantingly, pantingly— Who ciimbed a peak to take a view, Hunters live enchantingly. "Twas there he met his snowy mate— Ever sing pautingly, pantingly— Who graceful on her haunches sate, Hunters live enchantingly. The hunter climbed that ridge so tall— Pantingly, oh so pantingly— In deadly fear to get a fall Adown the slide rock slantingly. The huuter got within a mile— Pantingly, oh so pantingly— The placid goats above him smile, Hunters live enchantingly. The hunter hied him weary home— Pantingly, oh so pantingly— The mild-eyed goats uninjured roam, The mountains rise enchantingly. H. G. Dunoa. WINTER SPORTS IN NORTH CAROLINA. I. BY CHARLES HALLOOK, COUPLER of successive visits to the eastern counties of North Carolina within the past three years, to- gether with some preyious acquaintance with the game resorts of other portions of the State, including the mountain region, has prompted me to pitch my tent here at Newbern for the winter, where the climate is sufii- ciently warm without being enervating, and where there is plenty of game and fish at hand in great variety. The sounding ocean is but twelve miles distant as the crow flies, but the penetrating salt sea breeze is tempered by its passage over the land. The piny woods country lies directly back of us; the wire grass and saw grass prairies are below us, and the sweeping buzzards in the air are above and all around us. Morehead City and Beaufort are within an hour’s ride by rail,and the Neuse and Trent rivers, which inclose the city, run up into the homes of the Tar Heels and Crackers. Surely such a happy combination of seashore and upland, of river, lake and brackish sound, of meadow, marsh and forests, of rank lagoonsand barren sandy points, of sunken ledge and broken reef, of blue sky and genial, bracing atmosphere, can seldom be found in the winter season anywhere. Of course there are raw bleak days at intervals; but this is the weather that hardy sportsmen want, for it brings in the ducks and geese, and there is no field sport that can compare with it. Yet the average day is as nearly per- fect as capricious man could desire, and happy is he, I say, whose lines may happen to fall in such pleasant places. : Friends and followers of Nimrod and Izaak Walton can find an abundance of diversion all over North Carolina from coast to mountain, but when if comes to the “best sport in the world,” a local writer says the eastern counties bear off the palm, and I am not disposed to question his testimony, though I intend to prove it by personal tests forthwith. Faith I. have. It is not the grain of salt, but the grain of mustard seed which enters into this equation. This gentleman says: Our fall and winter hunting is pretty near perfection. In the first place, our weather during those seasons is nearly perfect. This, of course, is of the utmost importance to those who désire to leave the frosts and snows of the North, with its accompaniment of lowering skies aud icy winds behind them, and are in search of a country where they can revel in balmy sunshine, and whose soft winds bear upon them the breath of eternal spring: The climate of eastern Carolina compares with that of southern Franee. There are comparatively few cold and wet days, the winter weather being for the most part brightand crisp. Itis claimed that there are several points along our coast where frost has never been known. On the mainland, on our coast and the islands adjacent, the climate is nearly perfection on account of the proximity of the Gulf Stream, which tempers the cold winds coming from the North. ' The Jovers of the rod and gun can find no more delightful spot, neither can they find one where they will meet with greater suc- cess. They will find the waters teeming with game fish, and on the main land and islands plenty of game, It seems incredible, but it is nevertheless true, that within less than a day’s journey from New York, and a few hours from Washington, bear, deer, wild turkeys, wild cattle, wild hogs, etc., are to be found in great abundance, while during the fall and winter months the lakes, rivers and sounds swarm with all kinds of water fowl. Swan, geese, brant, wild ducks of all kinds, shore birds and in fact all kinds of water fowl! to be found in this country. The woods and meadows are full of small game, squirrel, partridge, snipe, woodcock, quail, opossum, raccoon and many other kinds, plentiful enough to delight the heart of the hunter, Then as to fishing, whether in the ocean or the landlocked waters near the coast, the fisherman has but to drop his line to ull cut a plentiful supply of the gamest kind of fish, such as blue- sh, mackerel, bass, trout, chub, pike, etc. To give an idea of the variety of the sport we give the result of a hunting and fishing trip made by a party of gentlemen to the country near the Albemarle Sound. They brought home the skins of three wildcats, two otters, the antlers of three large stegs, and a wagon loadof fish and turtles. They also killed a large number of minks, squirrels, raccoons and opossums, besides a large amount of small game. Deer, bear and wild turkey are very plentiful, and along our eastern streams an occasional shot may be had at an alligator, and if a fisherman gets tired of the famous sport of inland fishing hs can take a sail out upon the broad Atlantic, fitted ont with the proper tackle, and after catching a shark or two he will have all the excitement and exercise he will need for some time, There is certainly an encouraging outlook for the ama- teur sportsman with an ample field for prowess; and the best of it is that the statements put forward are fully substantiated by intelligent correspondents of FOREST AND STREAM who have hunted the State over. Just at present there is captivating sport at Morehead catching sea trout or weakfish, and the fish very large and fine; but as it is altogether deep sea fishing with handline in ten fathoms of water, I soon tire of it myself, though others like it fresh every hour, The best of the run will be over by December, but it is no trick at all at present to catch 200lbs, per day. A week ago I came in from a tour of the Jandlocked sounds which lie between Norfolk and Newbern, and I candidly declare that I never enjoyed a short salt water | | cruise more heartily. This is saying a good deal for an old barnacle like myself, who has coasted almost the en- tire Atlantic and Pacific coasts from Labrador to Alaska, ‘‘as I sailed;” but in fact the whole voyage is so novel, and so cheap and comfortable withal, that I am con- strained to press the like enjoyment upon any one who requires a week’s or three months’ relaxation and change of climate at this season of the year, or at any other season for that matter. One can riin out of the latitude of snowfalls and sleet in twenty-four hours, and tie up at Newbern with bright-leaved perennial plants, EN friends, and no end of oysters all around him, e can curl himself tip in the sunshine like an old house doz on a south verandah, with rosebush and wistaria climbing over it, and enjov contentment until his heart is full, If he be from the Hast he will find lots of folks here whom he has long missed from home and wondered where they have been these many years. Here he can contemplate the ‘New South” in its changing aspects, with the African penumbra gradually passing off and giving place to the bright effulgence of a better day, and a community of elements, once discordant, but now so intimately blended that politics cannot split them, And when he has chewed his clover cud of fancy for two days and a half, until the return steamer sails back to Norfolk, and been the recipient of unwonted hospitality from the energetic residents, and visited the oyster canneries, the pulp and lumber mills, the ginnery, and miscellaneous factories, and inspected the fair grounds, the coquina sea wall, and the cemetery inclosed by the same quaint shell rock dug from the river bed, he will go away with new impressions and advanced ideas of this peninsular section and its capabilities, For my own part, I am here to stay until the end of spring. This is a restful place. Before me is a lawn bespangled with roses and cape jasmines, and shaded by the glossy-leaved magnolia and the dark-hued cedar, The sweet gum, the catalpa, the china berry and the mimosa are just passing out of leaf and baring their limbs for the winter tussle; buc there is left a great pro- fusion of clambering yines and bright-leaved plants, ever green, to grace the haleyon season. From a broad ver- andah which flanks my sitting room I have an unob- structed view of the noble Neuse River, bere a full mile wide, with wooded bluffs of autumn foliage along the opposite shore, Near by a yacht club has its cosy quar- ters, where jaunty crafts ride at anchor, or spread their white wings betimes and speed away. A ghostly revenue cutter lies in midstream, one of the milk white squadron, In the distance a vista opens down river toward Pamlico Sound, twelve miles off, in the blue. The outlook is very charming, Our steamer came up this river at sun-up one still, bright morning, when the reflections of the wooded banks were distinct upon the surface of the water; and during all this week the silvery moon has been casting its silvery sheen upon the ripples at night, and at the full bridging it witha lambent zone which stretches from shore to shore. One evening I fancied that I saw a young water sprite or naiad diving off from the edge of it, but it was only the splash of a sturgeon in the moonbeams, These sounds of eastern North Carolina are a great deal larger than they look on the map. Pamlico Sound is forty miles wide at its broadest. Vessels in mid chan- nel are always out of sight of land, or would be were the bottom not so near the surface, Land is often visible alongside over the rail. On the shoalest spots small cab- ins are built on iron piles to serve as beacons for mariners by day and night. Being far from land and apart from intercourse with men, the isolated keepers are apt to dis- cover in due course of time that solitude and inaction are not restand peace. Such man have abundant opportunity to imagine what existence might be if it only were. Gulls would become lonesome in such places, Of course agriculture does not enter into their industrial economy, though it is a current joke among the ‘‘combers” and beach men that they raise [from below] all that they eat. Quiddities like this, however, are tolerated only on the forecastle deck on a cold day, Besides Pamlico Sound, there are the Albemarle, Cur- rituck, Roanoke and Croatan sounds, all of which the regular packets traverse on their watery routes. These constitute a pleasant alternation from the navigation of the canals through which they have to pass on the way from Norfolk or Hlizabeth City, The whole hydrographic system is much likeachain of lakes with slack water connections. Altogether the voyage is a novel experi- ea well worth a description in my next letter, I think, It is very easy and comfortable to get one’s luggage snugly stowed aboard one of the elegant steamers of the Old Dominion Steamship Line, at New York, say the Guyandotte or the Roanoke, and have no more care of it until it is put ashore on the company’s dock at Newbern. You simply change at Norfolk from a sea-going vessel to a smaller light draft craft, that will carry no more than %ft. through the canal. There is satisfaction in traveling in this way. You are at home all the time; you are the guest of the steamer. You lounge, play cribbage, eat and smoke; you are not hustled, your rest is sweet and unbroken, if the weather be fair, and [ have never hap- ened to strike bad weather yet. You need not, in these ays, if you take pains to consult the weather forecast of the U, S. office. This is a marvelous age! The supplementary steamers of the Old Dominion Line leave Norfolk for Newbern every Monday and Thursday. The duration of the round trip is three days, and the cost $2 per day and all found, if one sticks to the ship. I left New York on a Wednesday at 3 o’clock P. M., arriving at Norfolk at 5 o’clock in the evening of Thursday, and so had three days in that city and Richmond before leaving for the south on Monday, with lots of time to visit the clubs and the markets, and to inspect the Navy Yard and Naval Hospital, the North End improvement, the docks and warehouses, the peanut factories and all points his- torical from way back, besides attending service at Christ Church, and visiting the ancient churchyard of St, Paul's, with its collection of rare plants and trees, its tombstones 250 years old, and a round shot imbedded in its walls of imported bricks. Norfolk is a sort of nursery for sportsmen, market gun- ners and fishermen. Many of its resident gentlemen are members of the Currituck gun clubs, the Ideal, Rugged Island, Martin's Point, Deal’s Island, Knots Island, and others. Steamers run regularly from Norfolk to Knot’s Island, which is three miles from the grounds of the Currituck Shooting and Fishing Club. Trains run daily over the Norfolk & Southern R, R, to Virginia Beach and _| cept in streams thence there are stages to Martin’s Point, twenty-five miles, and to other points along Currituck Sound. Mar-' tin’s Point is a new yenture, started last spring. Its officers are Capt, Geo, W. Taylor, President, and Mr. J. B, White, Secretary. eizht now, and there are twenty-two shares for sale at $500 each, The point boasts the finest beach and bay It has a membership of thirty- bird shooting in the country. Last August Mr. A. B, Simmons, of 49 Wall street, New York, shot 1,600 yellow legs, graybacks and plover in thirteen days, just to see what could be done, it demonstrated the abundance of that sort of game, It was cruel slaughter, I vow. but There are also Hnglish snipe and bay snipe. In the season there are swans, geese, canvasbacks, widgeons, sprigtails and black ducks, On my way south, Nov, 9, I saw a bunch of geese afloat in Currituck Sound off Buck’s Island, with a few blinds already up, and the wind blowing light fromthe east. In afew more days, if the weather be rough, the shooting will be good. Any gentleman who has not the entree to the clubs can get what he wants at Mrs. Midget’s, at Coin- jock, which is on the direct route of the sound steamers. She controls several excellent points and is accustomed to accommodate sportsmen. I'd advise any reader who is willing to be advised to take this in, and if possible to take passage with Capt. Southgate on the Newbern. This boat can accommodate two dozen comfortably. ahatuyal History. SOME IDAHO FIELD NOTES. UTUMN in its annual return brings to our people this year unusual measure of plenty and sources of happiness, Here in Idaho the October just past brought only days of sunshine, with cool and occasional frosty nights. This perhaps should be limited to the valley portions west of the mountains. At the close of October no rains had fallen since early in July. EHyen now the hunter or prospector may go far toward the summit of our high mountains withouf need of care for cold beyond his camp-fire and blanket. Soon, however, the higher ranges will be covered with deep snow and the big game, elk and deer, then come down to the foothills and about the thickets bordering the rivers running through the valley, With such autumn weather the sportsman and all who love the forest and mountains should be fully satisfied. The October numbers of FOREST AND STREAM, contain- ing 80 many descriptions of rambles tor game in these autumn days, have given me unusual pleasure. I used to wonder from whence the hunting stories would come when the old-time race of hunters had passed away. I need wonder no longer, The stories of grand hunting trips, ‘‘great killings,” and narrow escapes are plenty yet. During two months of our warmest weather I was, with one companion, camped high enough in the hills for comfort, and on a good trout stream—one of the trib- utaries of the Payette River, An hour’s fishing each day furnished us with all the trout we could use. Beyond that we sought to kill no trout, and so of other game. Three varieties of grouse were to be had in almost any ravine about our camp. The first and second nights of our camping on the creek I received uncommon visits from a yery common animal. On the first night I wasaroused from sleep by a loud scratching at my provision box, The moon was shining on the front of the tent and the box just inside, and I saw a large skunk busy at the box. Imade a nvise in rising, and he left. Assuming there would be a second visit the next night I made preparation, and: when he came [shot at him with tine shot when only about twenty- five feet away. Instead of being killed or driven off by my shot, he came towards me as fast as such vermin can run, evidently meaning to bite. When he had nearly reached the muzzle of my gun I fired again, missing him. He came on until I was obliged to push him away with my gun until I could throw down the flap of the tent be- tween us. Evidently he meant to bite and discarded the use of the usual skunk weapon. After waiting inside the tent for a minute, [found he had left. It is said that their bite is fatally poisonous. However that may be, I was glad he was gone, leaving no unpleasant reminder of his visits. Perhaps it did not fare so well with him, but I saw him no more. The small spotted skunk of the coast is not found here, In southern California one of the small sort came into the house and took up his abode in the lower one of the drawers of my burean, entering the drawer through the bottom, where the boards had shrunk, leaving a space scarce more than an inch wide. The trout in the creek we were on and in all the other creeks, I believe, which empty into the Snake and Colum-~ bia rivers, are of the rainbow variety, the larger of them from six to nine inches long, and thousands of them from two to six inches. I frequently put back into the stream five or six, as too small for use, for one saved. The size does not vary, whether taken from a large or small stream, only so its waters flow to the ocean, In the spring it annually occurs that great salmon work their way up these creeks in pairs (the female being much the larger) and deposit spawn as they work their way up as far as the depth of water will permit. Ihave watched the female salmon, when only a few feet away, come to a gravelly riffle, and with nose root away a little of the sand and deposit eggs. The male comes up quick alongside, turns partly over, and sometimes when a foot of water is running between them, throws his milt like a streak of lightning to the spot where the eggs have been deposited. Both then make their way up the stream until another satisfactory place is found, when the pro- cess is repeated. The number of salmon running up one of these creeks is so considerable that if only a small fraction of the eggs hatched the stream should be filled with fish, as itis; and at the proper age they should find their way to the sea, Is the rainbow trouta distinct species? Is he found anywhere (unless transplanted) ex- flowing into the sea from the Sacramento River, north? One gentleman writes that rainbow trout have, transplanted, attained to several pounds weight. If fed well, I think he may expect they will get te weigh some 15 to 20lbs. ; ; In October I made a second trip into the hills, and in- terested myself mostly with ruffed grouse, Their habits vary, of course, in different latitudes. Here we expect to find them in the thick willows which line the waiter iil wt Nov, 19, 1881, j ee FOREST AND STREAM. S47- ee ee courses, On their being disturbed they run swiftly behind some thick clump of bushes and take their flight from | these, giving the sportsman a chance to exercise his best , skill in shooting, Contrary to their usual habit I saw | one standing in an open place perfectly still, and about ten steps from me. Its tail was spread, standing straight | up, making a semi-circle. Its ruff was brought close up, to its eyes. It was looking at me intently. I thought it, | in that attitude, the most beautiful bird Lever saw. No turkey cock could be prouder, Llooked at him in wonder until, without any warning, he started in flight. But it was too late. My gun had been ready and a moment later he lay fluttering on the ground. The ruffed grouse, from that place, at least, were un- usually fat, and I noticed their crops were filled with what appeared to be a light green colored berry. I saw the sameé at the bottom of the creek and floating on the water, and further search showed some fastened to the leaves not yet fallen from the willows, The apparent berry, as F cut through several, hada firm, rich pulp, and in the center a well-formed grub, then about ready to eat its way out. Some insect stings the main rib of the wil- low leaf in May and lays itsegg. The juices from the leaf form this berry-like appearance, and thus food is furnished the ruffed grouse in place of the beech nuts and berries of other latitudes, About this time blue grouse collect in great flocks and ; go to some place where the pine trees are plenty and make that their winter home, living mainly on pine buds. When fairly settled in a thick grove, they are very reluct- ant to leave. and a sportsman may shoot all day on a few acres without driving the flock away. Noone here hunts for market, and but few grouseare killed in winter quar- ters, but a large share of them die in winter from cold and hunger, The quail, which are now very plenty in the valley, have this year raised an unusual number of second broods, The younger are almost too small to shoot, but they go with older broods and share their fate before the sportsman. Some peculiarity of the season may account for it. I notice some fruit trees in town, after maturing one large crop, blossomed again, Gro, H. WYMAN. Boiss Crry, Noy. 5. THE FATE OF THE FUR SEAL, Editor Forest and Stream: In‘your issue of the 5th inst. appears a characteristic letter from Wim. H. Dall, who, among other things touch- ing upon the status of the fur seal rookeries of the Pribylov islands, declares that my estimates of the num- bers of the fur seals on the Pribylov rookeries in 1872-4 is “a gross exaggeration;” that my figure of two square feet for each seal thereon is too small; that the physical conditions make it so, etc. In the first, let me say that he who writes for the in- formation of his fellow men that which will not stand the test of unlimited criticism is a failure; and he is equally a failure if he keeps quiet and allows dogmatic and superficial denials of his work to be made and not answered, What Mr. Dall now asserts was said to me in 1881 by an associate of mine in the Smithsonian Institution, who is afar abler and better known zoologist than Mr, Dall; he was promptly challenged by me at the time to bring the question before the Biological Society of Washington, and when he declined, I made the matter entirely clear to him, and he was satisfied. The following statements of fact as to this matter of the numbers of the breeding seals, as introductory, are pertinent: First—No fur seals except the females (nubiles, primi- pares and multipares) and their young, and the full-grown males, are found upon the breeding grounds during the rutting season; emphatically none at the height of this season in July every year. Second—The proportion of females to males in 1872— 74 was an average of fifteen bearing females and their fifteen young, newly born: and of nubiles, or virgin fe- males (or those coming into heat for the first time), an indefinite number, because they leave no evidence of their being on the ground by pupping. I believe that four or five of these young females to each male in 1872- "74 was a fair average. If the reader will bear these two leading statements steadily in mind, as he follows my explanation below, he will not get my argument mixed up with the size and weight of the bachelor seals, or non-breeding males that never came upon these rookeries in 1872-74, during the breeding season aforesaid. Now for the physical fur seal data: A nubile female...... .. average leneth 45in.*; weight 53 to 60lbs. An old female... ....... average length 48 n.; weight 175 to 100lbs. Anewly-born (2wks.old) average length l4in.; weight 10 to 1lllbs. Full-grown bull or male, average length 75in.; weight 300 to 400ibs, These figures are from a large series of measurements which I made on the killing grounds of the Pribylov Islands in 1872—74, inclusive, and they cannot be im- peached, Therefore your readers will observe that a female seal is not quite 4ft. in length, her greatest diameter is at her shoulders (where her girth is from 28 to 82in,), from 10 to 12in., the body then tapering rapidly from thence to both ends, anterior and posterior. That a puppy seal, from one to three weeks old (and when my estimates were made), is a scant foot in length, with its greater body diameter not more than 5in.—really not more than a full 4in. in most cases, That a full-grown bull fur sealis between 6 and 7ft. in length; with an average of 63ft. for the entire rookery; that its greatest body diameter, through its shoulders and under its ‘‘wig,” is an average of 24ft.; tapering rapidly from here to the tip of nose and root of tail. These statements of fact being understood, now I ask the reader to note the following: No fur seal, young or old, when resting on the breeding grounds, stretches itself out at full length on the rocks or earth unless injured in the lumbar regions, or deathly | sick, and the number you can see in this condition you can count on your fingers at the end of every day’s close observation of hundreds of thousands. The female fur seals and their young take three typical positions when hauled out on the breeding grounds, as shown in Figs, 1, 2 and 3; while the pups add a fourth position assumed by curling themselves up so as to form - *From tip of nose to root of tail; tail very short, neyer more than ? to 4in, in length, er ae r G& .~] s f= a round ball asin Fig. 4; and the adult males take rela- tively the same positions of the females above indicated, but owing to the great fatigue that ensues from fighting among themselves and serying the females, they sprawl out at intervals in almost every conceivable form except that of stretching themselves out at full length. All fur seals when at rest invariably throw their hindquarters up under their loins, just as a dog or cat does; in the case of the hair seals it is the reverse. Now, understanding these points, the reader will please take a survey of the following diagrams, which show a female seal outlined as she rests on 4sq, ft, of ground, and her pup as it lies by her. The following diagram shows the superficial area 4 ; , ' (tirero : 5 ae ht, so phn op) i f we Fra. 1, HIG. 2. = ee ie I ! ' ! nose ] ! ! le et 2 Sq. u. 164. Et ~~ TS rT ee el Se err ——C - ’ t ! ! breeding; that they never crowded here or thinned out there; that the ground was densely occupied and uniformly, no matter whether only a belt under the cliffs or where the rookery ground extended for hundreds of feet away back from the sea margin, The dense massing of these seals on the rookery ground was made then evident to the most careless ob- server when his attention was fixed on the subject; it was made by the appearance of the pups themselves, which ~ between the 10th and 20th of July, every year, lay in so solidly together that the ground itself seemed fairly covered by them alone, since not more than one-third of » the mothers are on shore among the pups at any one > time, : Fig. 3. Dorsal profile ef female fur seal and young (three weeks old), as they rest on 4sq. ft. of ground (or an average of 2sq. ft. for each when applied to the whole field). covered by a ‘bull’ as it rests so as to cover the greatest space in any one posture that it naturally assumes. Now, is it not entirely plain that the females as they rest on the breeding grounds require but 3 sq. ft. of sur- face; that their pups require a trifle less than 1 sq. ft. each, and that the bulls or adult males occupy little more than 8 or 10 sq. ft,? But, right at this point you may 1 [avy & , wer Se) =a tp ee ee ORIGINAL FIELD DIAGRAM, Diagram of asection of exactly 1008q. it. of breeding ground, showing the relative area and numbers of fur seals thereon as they appear massed uniformly all over the entire breeding area of the Pribyloy Islands, between July 10 and 20, at the height of the breeding season. There are shown 18 breeding females (primipares, C, multipares, D), 4 virgin females (nubiles, B), 24 newly-born pups (4), and one old bull, or “sea catch” (A); a total of 47 seals big and little on this area. reasonably ask, ‘‘while it is clear that 4sq. ft. of area will embrace a female fur seal and her offspring, yet why do you ignore that larger space which you admit the bull occupies?” For this reason: I have not been able to fix upon the number of virgin females which have been upon this breeding ground during the rutting season, for the reason that these females naturally leaye no mark behind them of their being here, as the other classes of females do, and they do not remain themselves long on the field after being served, but it was reasonable to give each bull an average of at least four of these nubiles at the lowest cal- culation, this would cover the ground which he occupies, and reduces the whole basis of calculation to the simplest form, viz., 2 sq. ft. for each animal, big and little, 4, 9 and o, that existed on those breeding grounds as these animals hauled out and bred in 1872-74. Everybody admitted in 1872-74 who was on the islands and especially charged with observing the seals, that I was right in then saying that the seals obeyed a natural law of distribution over a given area of ground when Tn conclusion I desire to commend to the dogmatic Mr, Dall the following opinions of Lt. Washburn Maynard, U.S. N., who in 1874 gave the entire breeding season of these animals his careful studious attention; this, Mr. Dall never has done, and the “gross exaggeration” of my work he finally arises to a consciousness of, after sleeping over the publication of it, full sixteen years—in the mean- time, never seeing anything of the life itself that was, or is worthy of itemizing! Lt. Maynard saysin his report to the Secretary of the Navy, made in 1875 (43d Congress, Ist Sess. Ex. Doc. No, 43): IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING THE NUMBER OF SEALS.—It is of very great significance in this connection to know how many seals come annually to the islands, or rather to understand how many may be killed for their skins annually, without causing less to” come heresfter than do at the present time. To determine how many there are with accuracy is a task almost on a par with that of numbering the stars. The singular motion of the animals when on shore, the great, variety in size, color and position, the extent of surface over which they are spread, and the fact that it can- not be determined exactly what proportion of them, of their sey- eral classes, are on shore at any given time; all these desiderata for comprehension make it simply impossible to get more than an approximation of their numbers. ‘They haye been variously esti- mated at from one to fifteen millions. METHODS OF ENUMBERATION OF THE FUR SHAL.—I think the most accurate enumeration yet made is that by Mr. H. W. Elliott, special agent of the Treasury Department, in 1872. This calcula tion is based upon the hypothesis that the breeding seals are goy- erned in hauling by a common and invariable law of distribution, which is, that the area of the rookery ground {is directly propor- tional to the number of seals occupying it. He estimates that there is one seal to every two square feet of rookery surface, Hence the problem is reduced to the simple operation of obtaining half the sum of the superficial area of all the rookeries in square feet. He surveyed these breeding grounds of both islands in 1872 and 1878, when at their greatest limit of expansion, and obtained the following results: Upon St. Paul Island there were 6,069.000ft. of ground occupied by 3,030,000 breeding seals and their young, On St. George Island he announced 326,£40sa. ft. of superficial raok- ery area oc€upied bv 163 420 breeding seals and their young; a total for both islands of 3,193,420 breeding seals and their young. The number of non-breeding jseals cannot be determined in the fore- going manner, as they haul most irregularly, but it seems to me probable that they are nearly as numerous as the other class is. If so, it would give not far from 6,000,000 as the stated number of seals of all kinds which visited the Pribylov Islands during the season of 1872. GENERAL ACCURACY OF THESE RESULTS.—It is likely that these figures are not far from the truth, buc I do not think it necessary myself to take into consideration the actual number of seals in order to decide the question of how many can be taken each year without injury to the fishery. The law that the size of the rook- eries varies directly as the number of seals increases or dimin- ishes seems to me, after close and repeated observation, to be cor- rect. All the rookeries, whether large or small, are uniform in appearance, alike compact, without waste of space and never crowded. Such being the case, it is unimportant to know the actual number of seals upon the rookeries. For any change in the number of seals, which is the point at issue, increases or de- creases in size, and the rookeries, taken collectively, will show a corresponding increase or decrease in the number of breeding seals; consequently changes in the aggregate of pups born annually, upon which the extent and safety of the fisheries depends, can be obseryed accurately from year to year by follow- ing these lines of survey. SURVEYED PLATS OF THE RoOKsRIES.—H, then, a plan or map of eath rookery bs made every year, showing accurately its siza and form. when at its greatest expansion, which is between the 10th and 25th of Juiy annually, a comparison of this map will give the relative number of the breeding seals as they increase or diminish from year to year. ITsubmit with this report maps of St, Paul and St. George islands, showing the extended location of breeding rookeries and hauling grounds upon them. These maps are from suryeys made in July, 1874, by Mr. Elliott and myself, and a map of each rookery on both islands drawn from careful surveys made by Mr. Hlliott in 1872, show them now as they were in the season of 1874 as compared with that of 1872. I respect*ully recommend that enlarged copies of these latter maps be furnished to the government agents in charge of the islands, and that they be required to compare them each year with the respective rook- 348 eries, and note what change in size and form, if any, exists upon them. This, if carefully done, will afford data, after a time, by which the seal fisheries can be regulated with comparative cer- tainty, so asto produce the greatest revenue to the government, without injury to this valuable interest. NUMBER OF SEALS KinLED.—Since 1870 there haye been killed, on both islands, 112,000 young male seals each year. Whether this slaughter has prevented the seals from increasing in numbers or not, and, if so, to what extent, Gan only be deduced from their past history, which unfortunately is very imperfectly given. In 1836 to 1839 there were fewer seals upon the islands than had ever been seen before since their first discovery in 1786, On St. Paul Island, then, there were not more than twelve or fifteen thousand ofall kinds. The killing of tuem was then stopped, and not re- sumed until 1845, when it was done gradually, and, as had never been the case before, only ube joung males were killed. The rookeries continued to increase in size until 1857, since which time they have remained in about the same aggregate, although a lass number of bachelor seals were killed yearly between 1857 and 1868 than have been slaughtered since. One word more: Mr, Dall speaks of buying Alaska fur seal skins in 186367 for 124 cents each—these skins, as sold in the fur markets then, brought from $2 50 to $5 each, HENRY W, ELLIOTT, Rockport Corragae, Cleveland, O., Nov. 9. P.S,—Since writing the foregoing I have found and send you one of my original field diagrams, made by me July 12, 1874, on St. Paul’s Island. This particular spot measured was right under a vertical bluff 16ft. high, which enabled me to have a perfect bird’s-eye view of several thousand square feet of the breeding area.— H, W. E. AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. r Pee ninth annual meeting of the American Ornitholo- gists’ Union is now being held at the Museum of Natural History in this city, It opened on Tuesday, Nov. 17, and is to continue for three days, closing this evening, The session of Tuesday was devoted to the business of the Union, and was not open to the public, being mainly devoted to the reception of reports of committees and the election of officers, and other routine work. The report of the treasurer showed that the assets of the Union amounted to over $4 000, The election of otticers resulted in the choice of the old officers with the exception of the vice-president, Mr, Ridgway, who resigned. Mr. H, W. Henshaw, of the Bureau of Ethnology, was elected in Mr, Ridgway’s place. Mr. Ridgway was chosen a member of the Coun- cil in Mr, Henshaw’s place. Tosupply the vacancy left by the death of Col, Goss, Mr. C. F, Batchelder, of Cam- bridge, was elected a member of the Council, It was voted to elect no new active members this year. Nearly 100 associate members were elected, one honorary member and two corresponding members, After the business meeting was concluded two papers were read, one by Rey. Samuel Lockwood, ‘‘Why the Mockingbird Left New Jersey—a Geological Reason,” the other *‘A Probable Occurrence of the European Cur- lew (Numenius arquatus) on Long Island, N, Y..” by Wu, Dutcher, On Tuesday other papers on the list were read, the president, Mr, Elliott, leading off. His subject, ‘*The In- heritance of Acquired Characters,’ while it has received much attention from biologists generally, has been neglected by ornithologists. In his interesting address Mr, Elliott deyoted special attention to the evidence on this point which birds furnish. The following is a complete list of the papers presented and to be read during this session: “The Inheritance of Acquired Characters,” (President’s Address), D. G. Elliot. ‘The American Scoter,” Gurdon Trumbull. ‘The Migrations in Chester County, South Carolina,” Leyerett M. Loomis. ‘‘Summer Birds of the Crest of the Pennsylvanian Alleghanies,” Jonathan Dwight, Jr. “‘Birds Attracted by the Rays of Liberty’s Torch,” Jonathan Dwight, Jr. “The Genus Peuccea as represented in Cooke County, Texas,” George H. Rags- dale. “A Preliminary Study of the Grackles of the Sub- genus Quiscalus,” Frank M, Chapman, ‘Geographical ariation in the North American Forms of the Genus Colaptes,” J, A. Allen. ‘The Intergradation of Colaptes auratus with C. cafer,” J. A. Allen. ‘Suggestions re- garding the Genesis of the North American Forms of Colaptes,” J. A. Allen. ‘‘List of Birds Observed at Tala- manca, Costa Rica, from March 15 to April 12, 1890,” George K. Cherrie. ‘‘Why the Mockingbird left New Jersey—a Geological Reason,” Samuel Lockwood. ‘Hab- its of the Black-bellied Plover in Massachusetts,” George H. Mackay. ‘Habits of the Eskimo Curlew in New England,” George H, Mackay. ‘The Birds of the Priby- lof Islands, Alaska,” illustrated by lantern slides, Wil- liam Palmer, Exhibition of lantern slides, representing birds in life, contributed by members, ‘‘Cause of the late Breeding of the American Goldfinch,” Henry Hales, ‘Former Occurrence of the Carolina Parakeet in the Ohio Valley,” Amos W. Butler, ‘‘A List of Warblers Found in Raleigh, North Carolina,” C. 8, Brimley. ‘A Probable Occurrence of the European Curlew (Numenius arquatus) on Long Island, N. Y.,” William Dutcher. ‘‘Some-of the Results of the Death Valley Expedition,” Dr, C. Hart Merriam. The paper on the birds of the Pribylof Islands and the exhibition of lantern slides will be given in the Lecture Hall of the Museum, at 4 P. M, Thursday, Noy. 19. The other papers will be given in the Reading Room of the Library. The following is a list of the officers and Council of the American Ornithologists’ Union, 1891-92: President, D. G. Elliot; Vice-Presidents, H. W, Henshaw, William Brewster; Secretary, John H. Sage; Treasurer, William Dutcher. Additional Members of the Council: J. A, Allen, Charles B. Cory, R. Ridgway, Elliott Goues, ©, F. Batchelder, C, Hart Merriam, Leonhard Stejneger. WOLVES IN FLORIDA.—New York City. INov. A2.—— Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of to-day, under the title of “South Florida,” I note that Dr. J. F, Det- weiler mentions wolves as occurring in De Soto county, The wolf is now so near the vergeof extinction in Florida that a more detailed account of the information obtained by Dr. Detweiler will bea welcome contribution to the last pages of its history; indeed any Florida records of this animal will be of value.—FRanK M. CHAPMAN (American Museum of Natural History), NAMES AND PORTRAITS OF Brrps, by Gurdon Trnmbull, A book pee ety interesting to gunners, for by its use they can identify without question all the American game birds which they may kill, Qloth, 20 pages, price $2.50. Wor sale by FOREST AND STREAM, ; Game Bag and Gun. | Antelope and Deer of America. Price $2.50. Wing and Glass Ball Shooting with the Rifle. By W.C. Bliss. Price 50 cents, Rifle, Rod and Gun in California, By T.S. Van Dyke. Price $1.50. Shore Birds. Price 15 cenis. Woodcraft. By ‘ Ness- muk.’ Price $1. Trajectories of Hunting Rifles, Price 50 cents Wild Fowl Shooting; see advertisement. By J. D. Caton. THE FULL TEXTS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Provinces are giyen in the Book of the Game Laws. MR. OLDMAN AND THE YOUNG MEN. UZZ-Z-Z! ‘A splendid covey,” soliloquized a sports- man, as he emerged from the bushes, through which he was making his way to the open fields thick with brown coyer, in which some twenty quail had settled and so beautifully scattered as to make the face of an enthusiastic sportsman glow with delight. ‘““Hold on there, old man, them’s our bitds!” was the imperative and impertinent expression of one of three young men, who, with a dog, werescoming up with rapid strides, *“‘Pardon me, [ didn’t see you, or I wouldn’t have in- truded,” said the man, “But I like to shoot once in a while, and if you will allow me to take a few chances you may have all the game I shoot.” ‘There's three of us now, and that’s too many; I don’t like so much bangin’,” said the principal spokesman and owner of the dog, But as you are here and will give us the game, come along.” This was addressed to a rather queer-looking individual, somewhat tall, stoop-shouldered, with but one eye and a lame leg, and bearing the weight of about 65 years, As they walked toward the place where the birds lay, the man said, ‘I'll step off to one side so we won’t be bunched together too much, T’ll pick up the stragglers if they chance to come my way.” So saying, he moved a con- siderable distance from the eager, expectant young men, “*To-ho, Bob.” The dog had scented the birds. ‘Come up,” said the foremost to his companions, ““Hivery one get a shot.” Whiz! Whirr! Crack! Crack! Bang! Away went the birds unharmed, and every barrel empty. Bob ran furiously after the fleeing birds, and in his impetuosity ran upon one which flew directly toward the old man. Cyclops saw it coming and instantly turned his back to the approaching bird, “There he comes, old man; down him!” yociferously shouted one of the boys, ' With the rapidity of lightning the bird whizzed past the old man’s head. The next moment the gun of Cy- clops was at his shoulder, and the quail fell dead. ‘Bully for you, old man!” Before the old man could pick up the bird the dog pitched in and proceeded to make mince meat of the beautifully shot quail. With some difficulty Cyclops succeeded in snatching it from the murderous jaws of the ill-trained or spoiled Bob and shoved it into his pocket. ““Two bad faults, boys.” *“How so?” tue: in when you shoot and craunching a dead bird.” **Did you ever own a dog?” “*T should say I did.” ‘Come, old man, load up,” said one, as all proceeded to ‘‘unlock” their barrels. But almost as soon as they had their cartridges in place, Cyclops had the empty barrel of his muzzleloader charged for another trial of skill, After a few sound lashes on the dog as a wholesome check to his over-eagerness, he was bidden to “‘hie on.” ‘‘There, he’s found ’em!” A moment later and three birds rose. All the young- sters blazed away at one bird, which escaped. The other two flew in good range of Cyclops, and both fell at the touch of his triggers, ‘You beat the dickens, old man; you’ve shot quail be- fore,” exclaimed one of the young men in a tone that savored more of chagrin than of admiration for the old man’s skill. Cyclops answered not a word, but picked up the quail and put them into his pocket, “I wonder if he means to keep them birds,” said one, ‘“We'll choke him if he does,” says another. ‘Just wait and see,” said the third, “if he makes off with them we'll stop him or dose him with bird shot.” All had again loaded up and struck out for the timber among which the birds had flown. “Ho, Bob!” **Where on earth is the dog?” ‘‘Here he is,” shouted the old man, Crack! ’ Down came another bird to the aim of Cyclops, “Hang us if he didn’t kill that bird!” A rush was now made toward the man and dog, when a bird almost trodden upon sent the dry leaves whirling as it rose and sped away like an arrow. A volley was poured in, and a few breeze-wafted feathers showed that the bird had, at least, been grazed. On he went, how- eer Cyclops took a long shot and brought the bird to earth. “See here, old man, it’s about time you was counted out.” . ‘Why so?” ‘‘Because that gun of yours shoots better than ours do, and gets all the game,” “Tl let you shoot it and I’ll take yours if you say so.” “No, I won’t bother with a muzzleloader, wouldn’t have one about me.” ‘Well, Pll withdraw if you say so,” said Cyclops. So saying he took the birds from his pocket and handed them to the boys. , “Maybe it’s too bad, old man, to take ’em after you’ye shot ’em,” “Oh, no it ain’t, what I say I stick too. Idon’t go back on my word—not for a few quail; besides, I can come out here any day and shoot a good mess for dinner even if my old dog Dyke is dead.” _ ‘Who may you be, old man?” “The same you haye called me. My name is Oldman, but you have emphasized the last syllable pretty strong, but it’s the way of the rising generation. I hear my din- ner horn blowin’. Good day, and better luck,” ““Confound it! why can’t we shoot like that old fellow?” “Don’t know; suppose we try some court plaster over the left eye?” N. D. EB. “MUD HEN” SHOOTING, diet mud hen, or clapper rail, isa game bird three times as large as a rail bird, with like habits; and when cooked, without the skin and after being soaked in salt water over night, a well-browned and broiled “srarsh hen” surpasses.an ordinary beefsteak. The close season ends Aug. 31. The Philadelphia gunners leave standing orders along shore to be called by wire when the heavy tides are imminent, and rush off for the shore with their hammerless guns, ready for the mud hen fray. J. J, Sturmer, of Anglesea, has a dog trained for mud hen shooting. which will stand to a clapper rail as quickly as to a quail. But it is dry work, with the marsh mud 2fb. deep, and the best gunner is only sure of an occasional bird, either put up by the dog or caught run- ning down the beds of the sloughs or creeks when the sea tide runs out of the meadows. Two brothers, Frank and Harry Swayne, who live near Townsend’s Inlet, Cape May county (Harry Swayne being the best wing shot in Cape May county) promised us one good day among the mud hens, For this I had waited two years, for a mud hen tide waits not on the gunners coming or going, ‘ My first born, Henry Sydney, who possesses a $125 hammerless, has grown to be a crack shot, who can down 20 pigeons out of 26in a trap. He had never had a day among the mud hens, and he was prompt to wager a big pile of ammunition that he could ‘‘wipe my eye” on the count of mud hens killed and brought in on a single tide, Albeit I have long passed the fifty mile post and was edu- cated in Indiana with a $10 muzzleloader in my hand, I am not a bad shot with a $25 breechloader, which is good enough for me. When the telegram came to Henry Sydney, “‘ The tide is on to us,” we hastened by the West Jersey Railroad to Swayne’s Station, where we found our two friends, ‘‘Hal” and Frank Swayne, waiting at the station, both stalwart specimens of Cape May boys, born almost with a shotgun in their hands; as ready with the blade of an oar or at the top of a mast as in chasing a covey of quail with two of the best dogs in West Jersey. These boys live on the family homestead of 160 acres and always give their gun- ning friends a warm and generous welcome, We arrived at 6:30 P.M. At 7:30 Mrs. Swayne, the mother of the boys, gave us a supper of fried eels, broiled mud hens, scrambled eggs and waffles. It nearly put me in my grave, for I saw all my grandfathers 206 years back, and in pale and ghostly array rose before me, while digesting the eels and mud hens in my sleep, all the defendants I had defended in homicide cases in a quarter of a century last past! The next night I begged Mrs. Swayne not to get us quite so elaborate a supper, with the net result that we had a better meal; but a good day’s shooting in the marsh drove the spectres away, while good digestion waited on appetite. Henry Sydney and J. M. 8. looked over their guns at 4 o'clock in the morning, when Frank’s heavy knock was heard at our bedroom door announcing breakfast. It was not yet light, when after the matutinal meal, good enough for a king, ‘us four” took up our march for the marsh. Henry Sydney arranged to go with Frank and 1 with Hal Swayne as pushers. The tide was so high that our walk was brief. Each in a little boat, we pushed down the creek for the open marsh. It was not yet light when we started, but as the stalwart Hal poled my skiff toward the open country the far-off cloud peaks in the east were delicately tinged with crimson and gold; and slowly, but seemingly with human tenderness, as avant courriers of the sun, the red, red blush of the modest dawn ran lightly up the sky, leaving a faint visible flush on the young clouds like the warm kisses of an ardent lover on the lips of a maiden fair, Though all unused te shooting sitting down in the bot- tom of a small boat, I managed to kill two out of three birds. We were soon in sight of six mud hens slowly crawling out of their roost of the night before, and I speedily “bagged” four out of the six, leaving to Hal Swayne to knock over a distant flying bird, 80 only one escaped out of the first six. It looked as if I would be- come ‘high boat,” as Henry Sydney and Frank were gailing across the meadows putting up never a bird, Presently I heard two rapid shots from the $125 hammer- less, and looking across the ‘‘mash” (as the natives call the marsh) I saw two birds fall to Sydney’s gun, and the halliards cut in two at the second shot, much to Frank’s amusement. Not two minutes slipped away ere Sydney killed three at one shot in a cozy nest among the reeds, where he only saw the glittering eye of one bird on ard and ready to fly. We were now even, both with five birds, and both eager to win that wager. May be we didn’t scour that meadow of 50U acres of submerged marsh, including every nook and hiding corner where reluctant mud hen could find cover, The shooting was nearly even, a8 we were within sight of each other and almost within gun shot, Finally, at 9 o’clock in the morning, we called a halt, and our pushers turned the prows of our little boats shoreward and homeward, Thad almost forgotten to say that a flock of bay-birds flying over my head yielded to my right-hand barrel three English snipe to my count of twenty-two birds, I had high hopes of being “‘high boat’ among the October mud hens on that morning tide. Frank pulled hastily to the long wharf and we began to count. Henry Sydney had twenty-two birds. J. M.S. had twenty-two birds. But, alas! Frank, the referee, de- cided that as three of mine were bay birds, Sydney was ‘thigh boat,” and my little birds didn’t count. We were all well satisfied with the morning’s sport, for we were back at Swayne’s at 9:30 a. M., and we had missed the high tide of the afterncon before, on which Gaffney and Platt, two officers of tre West Jersey Game Protective Society, had killed fifty-four birds in one hour. Ours was the last high tide of the week, The birds stay around Cape May county till the thin ice begins to form over the meadows; then they make their hegira, like the red drum or channel bass, and about the same'time, for the softer skies and milder tempera- ture of Florida marsh and sea. _ There must haye been over 1,000 marsh, or mud, hens Fe ? —————i iit Noy. 19, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. B49 shot from the Anglesea lighthouse up to Townsend’s Inlet, a distance of 8 miles. ; English snipe, killdeer and many other bay birds are fairly abundant in Cape May county, and, thanks to the West Jersey Game Protective Society, the quail which have been planted here for two years are fairly abundant. Tyvather rejoiced that Henry Sydney, with his $126 han merless, had ‘flattened me out at the polls” at our first hunting bout. But whenI catch him in the Cape May woods, after gray squirrels, I will ‘‘wipe his eye” in such sportsmanlike fashion that he will become ‘‘weary” and want to go back to his quail, mud hen, killdeer and English snipe. Forme my $25 gun is quite good enough; the “pesky” pheasants and woodcock fy too fast for me. Iam content with an occasional mud hen and can still knock a squirrel’s eye out with a rifle at 100yds. And a handline is good enough for me, though on occasion I can take a red drum with rod and reel in the most ap- proyed zsthetic fashion, When I fished for trout the red worm was always eminently satisfactory; and some cf the ‘‘heavy swells” of the Philadelphia Club, twenty years ago, with their book (worth $100) of grizzly-king and Jock-Scott flies, were quite willing to acknowledge me as ‘high hook” among the Tobyhanna trout: albeit ihey assumed to curl their noses at my bait aw a a ao Ke WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS FOX HUNT ‘WHE fourth annual fox hunt of the Western Massa- chusetts Fox Club was held Wednesday and Thurs- day, Nov, 11 and 12. The evening of the 10th the officers of the association, with a goodly number of the members, collected in the | = —— at = { —_. x — 5 W \ 1, . YVAN CAA Ui VU) Vig BA an DOA va VC RA a Wa cuRlyhtlial ia etapa hi i Va i) f : { 1) parlors of the Park Square Hotel and established their headquarters there, giving the house and its surroundings the appearance of a frontier post, instead of the leading hotel of a quiet New England village. The scene was one long to be remembered, and one to please and delight a true hunter’s heart. The officers of the club were busied in enrolling new members for the association and greeting the old ones whom they had not seen since the meet of a year ago. Many of thearrivals sought an early couch so as to be prepared to join in the early morning, providing the storm should subside during the night. At an early hour the huntsman’s horn was sounded, and the shrill note of the bugle was heard up our princi- pal streets indicating to hunters that despite the drizzling rain the hunt was on, and that let it blow high or blow low, the hunters who composed the Western Massachu- setts Fox Club were up and prepared for an early start. The start was made from the Park Square Hotel about 6:30 amid the baying of hounds, shouts of bus drivers, firing of red fire and the best wishes of the hosts of friends, and of more than one of the many members of the club who were obliged to remain behind owing to the severity of the storm, which at the time foreshad- owed the day’s sport and cast a gloom upon all. When President Rorabock gave the order to start some thirty hunters with a dczen or fifteen hounds set out for the East Mountain district, where the Westfield division had territory assigned them. In the meantime a squad of hunters from Northampton, Hasthampton and South- ampton were to occupy the territory at Rock Valley, adjoining the East Mountain district, while a third party of Springfield and Holyoke hunters was to begin the chase at Bears Hole upon the opposite side of the Hast Mountain chain, All the divisions were to rendezvous at or near the Hampden Ponds, four miles from Westfield, and from thencein a body to return to Westfield in time for the supper which was to be served in the Gem Opera House. The Westfield division was divided into two sections, one under the leadership of C. D, Allen and the other headed by Burt R, Holcomb, the veteran fox hunter of this section, who, by the way, showed twenty-eight fox pelts for last season's score, A portion of the Holyoke party, owing to the rainy i i) Hi tii weather, came to Westfield in a tally-ho coach, eres about 7:30, and learning that the Westfield party ha left they immediately gave orders to the driver to pro- ceed at once after the Westfield men, whom they soon overtook, and with them joined in the hunt. But the storm soon assumed such proportions that the hunters were glad to find protection in barns or other outbuild- ings so they might protect themselves from the deluge of water that was falling; and many is the joke that is told at the expense of officers and members, of the means that was resorted to, to occupy the time during the late hours of the morning, especially those who occupied the leaky old barn near the ponds. All were more or less wet, and many disheartened returned to the hotel at Westfield to await the return of clearer skies. At about three in the afternoon a decided change for the better occurred and the hunters who had the pluck and nerve to withstand the storm of the earlier portion of the day began to return, and as the result Mr, Lyons, of Southampton, scored one, the Owen Bros., of Hast Granby, scored two, Burt R. Holcomb one, Charlie Mer- ritt a beautiful silver gray, shot near the Montgomery line; Hon. R, B. Crane one, shot near his Wolf Pit Stock Farm; P. B. Rumrill one, concerning which there is a question. In all seven pelts were upon exhibition at the hotel, and the fortunate hunters were of a necessity the heroes of the hour, A beautiful and clear sunset in- dicated for the morrow a rare day. Thursday morning, the 12th, an early start was made for West Parish, the ‘‘fox district,” and the Southwick Road, where last season a good showing was made; and it proved this season to be the same, for with a much smaller number of hunters four foxes were secured and Ae With) if y th AMONG THE WILDFOWL.—XI1. WiLL THEY COME? several were driven into rocky hedges, showing that this is a most favorable resort for reynard; and the club made no mistake in selecting Westfield as its objective point in this direction. At the business meeting of the club the following offi- cers were unanimously reélected to serve another year: Geo. W. Rorabock, President; F. 8, Gross, Vice-Presi- dent; N, A, Harwood, Treasurer; Dr. O. J. Shepardson, Secretary. Probably most of the other officers will be retained, It is still further to be hoped that Westfield, with its many advantages, will be selected for next sea- son’s hunt. Three young foxes were upon exhibition at the Opera House during the banquet, and attracted much notice as they paced about the cage with large red ribbons about their necks. They were captured a few days previous to the hunt in Southwick, being dug out of one hole, and the Southwick hunters say ‘‘the woods are full of them.” Considerable of a laugh is occasioned when the names of two nimrods are mentioned, and all from the following fact: About a week previous to the hunt these two noble and valiant hunters had hired the sons of a well- known farmer to secure for them two foxes and to keep them caged until the fox hunt, for which service they were to pay $10 a head. The offer was too tempting to be overlooked, so the two foxes were secured and the hunters were so informed on the second day of the hunt. The crafty sportsmen departed for the home of the: farmer in high glee with the prospect of two pelts beforé them. Arriving they proceeded to tie the two foxes to trees, and then proceeded to blaze away at the poor help- less victims, with the proud hope in their noble breasts of carrying home the pelts. But alas for the fickleness of a hunter’s fortune and the unsteady aim of the hunter. One poor fox was slightly hurt and was afterward ‘killed by the farmer’s son, while the other was liberated, the shot cutting the string with which he was tied; and when Phil, after the smoke had cleared away, looked for his fox, it was seen making long and rapid strides for the adjacent woods, It is said that at the hotel at Southwick these two nimrods were trying to hush up the farmer and his sons by tempting bribes of double fees for services rendered, There is no question but that with favorable weather the club would have increased its membership to 300 , but even with the unfavorable conditions it is to-day probably the largest club in the country in point of numbers. Some 250 names appear upon the roll of mem- bers, including men from all walks of life. WORONOCO, WESTFIELD, Mass., Nov. 14. NIGHT SHOTS AT A “BOCK.” | WAS in camp this fall with Dr. Houston, near the Au Train River, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Asarule, game is fairly plentiful there, though this fall the cold weather came very late, the leaves hanging-to the smaller trees and brush to the close of the hunting season, which made still-hunting very difficult. Nearly all the hunters with whom we talked were dissatisfied with the change of the open season, saying that it closes much tooearly; however, notwithstanding a poor season to hunt, neither the Doctor nor I were ‘“‘skunked,” Our nearest neighbors were a party of four from Pitts- burg and Windsor, Ohio, one of whom is a famous hunter and fisherman, who has hunted the woods and fished every stream there for some eight or ten years; in fact, 8, visited the region before any roads were opened, the rivers, lakes and trails which bear his name all testifying to the fact that he is a veteran woodsman. S. worked hard to get a shot at a deer, tramping miles by day, and shining late into the night when the weather permitted, but all in vain; but he did not get discouraged, Often when he passed our camp in the evening, on his way to the river, he would announce his firm determin- A AT Le MOK ON) i fags {| MH) } NWN va ) 7 ii f 4 Mi) VW yi ) ation to ‘‘killa bock” that night; this occurred so often that the phrase ‘‘kill a bock” passed into a by word with us, For the benefit of the uninitiated, I will explain that “shining” consists in strapping a bullseye lantern to the head, which will on a dark night show a pair of deer’s eyes seventy-five yards or more away. Sometimes you can get near enough to see their bodies, but often you can see nothing but their eyes, which shine like two bullseyes, and youshootatthem. There is an uncertainty and sometimes danger attending this mode of hunting, as one cannot always tell what he is shooting at. I heard of one homesteader who shot his own cow; a gentleman from Chicago killed a neighboring camp’s pet cat; and on our return to Au Train we heard of a more serious acci- dent that had happened the night before, a man shining had been shot in the neck, though not killed, by another hunter who was inexperienced and mistook his bullseye for an eye. Shining is unlawful, but the game laws can- not be enforced ten or twenty miles back in the woods, But to returnto §. and his ‘‘bock.” He started out with a companion one dark night and ere long I heard a report and hoped he had been successful, so when I came in an hour later, I dropped in and inquired, *‘what luck?” At first he replied that he had missed, but afterward, on my pledge of secrecy, he told his experience. He was cautiously following a trail near by; getting an eye, he nudged his companion to keep quiet, waited until he got the second eye, and then fired. He assured his friend it was “‘bock,” as tite eyes were big ones, but hearing noth- ing he looked again, and found he had been shooting at the moon, which was just rising and shining through the trees. MANNING FisH. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DRouGHT.—Alexandria, Mo.—The entire valley of the great Mississipi has had an unbroken drought of four years. Thesnows and rainfall have been so light that there was scarcely any drainage to support the rivers. The Mississippi has been lower than it was ever known, and the historic low water mark of 1864 has to yield to the record of 1891. These successive dry sea- sons and low water account in a measure for the small number of water fow] that have frequented these regions. 350 — a: , [Noy. 19, 1891, HAD A GOOD TIME. Te party from Perth Amboy and Woodbridge, N. J., recently in camp on the Grand River, Indian Terri- tory, have returned, and seem to have had a good time in spite of the drought and its consequences, They started from Baxter Springs, Kan., it may be remem- bered, in a house boat, on which they expected to float down to Fort Gibson, hunting and fishing on the way. At intervals of half a mile all hands (eight) had to get overboard and yank the boat by main strength over a shallow, riffile—but they had a good time. At a point eight miles from Baxter they had to give up the ship, and took to wagons. The roads were pretty rough and rocky (they were nearly disemboweled, and one of the party was thrown violently to the ground and hurt)— but they had a splendid time. On the prairie road they were nearly smothered with dust, their quail and chick- ens spoiled on their hands in twelve hours, and water was mighty sca’ce—but they had a perfectly elegant time. However, their camp tent was very comfortable; they heard selections from ‘‘Trovatore”’ beautifully played by an Indian girl at the Cherokee Orphan Asylum; they saw some curious rocks and curious people, and managed to kill some deer, turkeys, chickens, ducks and squirrels, which the law prohibited them from sending out of the Territory. And on the journey back to Baxter Springs (75 miles by wagons with no springs) they were not an- noyed by dust, for it rained steadily the whole two days and nights. Moreover, their total expenses, per capita, fell withm the estimated amount ($200). So that, all things considered, they must have had an altogether gor- geous and utterly hyperskyruginous kind of a time, and trayeled only about 1,700 miles and back to have a ie » I, Parte AMBOY, N. J., Nov. 16. MISADVENTURES. YOUNG man last summer essayed to descend from the red mountain crag which rears its umber head above the little station of Wagon Wheel Gap, Col,, and does not care to risk the chaffing that that poor fellow got. He had climbed up to the top of the cliff as adven- turous and sight-loving youth will sometimes do, and about 4 o’clock in the evening essayed to come down, and in about half an hour, after a rough experience in roll- ing, slipping and struggling downward, found himself clinging to the face of the cliff at a point where he could neither go up nor down. He was fairly treed, and per- force began to wake the echoes calling for help. A mile away, to the hot springs hotel, one came riding in hot haste, A man had fallen from the cliff and broken his leg, and the docsor should come at once; and there was 3 hurrying to and fro, and a chorus of exclamations and a great stir among the guests, and the doctor was off like the wind, and numerous lights could be seen afar climbing the mountain, and when the help reached him he was neither dead nor dying, had no broken limb nor strained arm or ankle, but was simply rock-bound, entirly unable to help himself. Above him was the per- pendicular cliff, below a narrow overhanging shelf of rock and a fall of 30ft, to the broken stones below, with a possible roll all the way to the bottom of the mountain, Those mountain folk are rough jesters; when they found that he was unhurt they began to chaff him un- mercifully. They told him they had brought candles to have a wake; that he should have a first-class funeral; that they didn’t see what he could do but just to drop off over the shelf and take his chances and be done with it. But kind hearted, as they always are, one of their number climbed up under the projecting shelf of rock, got a firm hold with one hand, and outstretched his other arm to give what aid he could, and the others stood below to catch him as he fell, and thus, if possible, save his life; and he was directed to back over the cliff crawfish fashion, face downward, swing, off, and then hang on like grim death. This done, the nearest man, with his outstretched arm, grabbed his feet and placed them upon his shoulders, and the poor fellow let go to find himself the next moment convulsively grabbing the neck and shoulders of his rescuer, and somehow he slid down to the others with- out broken bones, But how he was chaffed and ridiculed! He fled away in the darkness and was not seen again for days, TEXAS, Mr, F. M. Gilbert, of the Evansville (Ind.) Tribune, tells this: “Camp life is all very nice in its way, but thereare some bad points about it, as our friend W. B. Lacy, who is just back from Arkansas, can testify. “On Tuesday last the day became cloudy at noon, and it looked as if a shower was pending, and Lacy left camp: alone, intending to go to what is known as ‘Over Cup Flat? and watch for a deer. By some means he neglected to take his compass (which, by the way, is never needed on a sunny day, as all hunters go by the sun), Just be- fore dark he got a shot at a fine little buck, shooting it just back of the heart, too far back to killit at once. It ran about a quarter of a mile, and Lacy trailed it by the blood and finally overtook it and cut its throat. He then decided that he would drag it into camp himself rather than hang it up and take chances on the wolves getting it, “On starting back, however, he found that in his pur- suit of the deer he had failed to take his bearings, and it took but a few moments to show him that he was hope- lessly lost (and that in a great ‘‘bottoms” that is 70 miles long and the nearest settlement 27 miles away). He at ouce built a fire and hung up his deer as best he could, but his trouble had only just begun. The wolves had struck the trail of the blood made by his deer and rapidly following it up s00n appeared around him, snapping and howling as only a gray wolf can. While there was) really little danger, as they very seldom attack a man, they were :nything but pleasant companions and would strike a nameless terror to the heart of the bravest man living. Hoping to kill or frighten some of them and at the same time bring aid from the camp, “acy fired every shot he had in his Marlin and then emptied his revolver at them. “Relief came at last, in the shape of men from his own camp, and the camp of the Hinkleville Gun Club, both of which kad started out searching parties for him as soon as he failed to appear at dark. Some idea of those dense swamps may be gained from the fact that both of the searching parties got lost also, and were only guided back to camp by the continued blowing of horns and firing of guns by parties stationed some apart. “Lacy says he was not the least bit worried, but he will have to tell that story to somebody who has never been lost at night in Black River bottoms. Those wolves would cause the hair to stand up straight on the head of the bravest man on earth.” quarter of a mile OHIO GAME. N ILLERSBURG, Ohio, Noy. 10.—The opening of the quail season in this section of the Buckeye State was ushered in in true sportsmanlike manner, and many gunners were in the field ready for work before the sun had shown above the eastern horizon. The State game law allows the shooting of quail only from Nov. 10 to Dec, 15 inclusive, and every farmer being a self-constituted ’ officer, in no State is a better observance of the law had than here. §,M.Hanna,the efficient game warden,enforced the law to the letter at the beginning of his term of office, two years ago, and gave a few illegal shooters at that time to understand that a fine of $25 and costs was bad medicine to take every few days. Hence, shooting out of season was entirely broken up, and there has not been an arrest made this year, The great fight now is between the gunner and the farmer, and nearly every farm is decorated with the familiar sign, ‘“‘No shooting or hunting allowed on these premises without permission,” and the tiller of the soil takes good care to see that his rights are not infringed upon, However, go to a farmer in the right way, ask permission to hunt, and agree not to load his steck down with lead through careless shooting, and as a general thing he will give you permission to shoot, fre- quently going with you and pointing out the best game haunts. The horny-handed pumpkin husker has all the law on his side, and even the county squire, and about all that a cranky hunter can do isto keep moving on from one farm to another, greeted every fifteen minutes with “cit out of thar.” Quail are plentiful this season, owing to the last two winters being openand theseasons very favorable to their breeding, and they are well-grown, fatand plump, There were but few late broods hatched, as we find from inquir- ing among the numerous sportsmen who were out on the opening day. This section of Ohio is generally hilly and broken, with plenty of underbrush and covers, yet pheasant shooting has not been as gocd asin past years, the birds being scattered and very wild and do not lie well to the dog. Fair bags have been made, however, since the opening of the season on Sept. 1, JOE PUSH, Editor Forest and Stream: Opening day was ushered in with a perfect gale, the wind blowing tremendous all day, with a slight sprinkle of rain; in fact, it was the most disagreeable day we have had this fall. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, several of our sportsmen could not withstand the temptation, as due preparation had been made to open the season on a grand scale, and they braved the storm for a day’s sport. Owing to the conditions no big bags were reported; the writer bagged eight cottontails and one gray squirrel, haying grand runs with the merry little beagles. Rabbits and quail are very plenty. We have also had more gray squirrels this fallthan for years. I was out this afternoon and bagged two cottontails and four quail, all shot either running or on the wing, no pot shots. I almost forgot to tell you how many misses I scored; well, not less than one. MuzzLEe LOADER, Capiz, Ohio, Noy. 11. Editor Forest and Stream: The annual meeting of the Central Ohio Fox Hunters’ Club was held at this place to-day, and it was a gala day for lovers of the chase, The district is composed of the counties of Holmes, Coshocton, Tuscarawas and Wayne, and this is the only organized club in the State. Every county was well represented by ardent sportsmen, and a number of visitors from other counties were present and well entertained. Seventy-two handsome foxhounds were shown in the parade during the afternoon, A wild fox had been caught a few days before, and on the day of the meeting was turned loose. After giving reynard a half hour’s start the hounds were put on his trail, and he led them a merry chase lasting two hours, when he went to earth in a rocky ledge two miles east of town, where he was perfectly safe from both hounds and hunt- ers, The club adopted the following resolutions: Resolved, That the members of this club use all honorable means to protect the property of the farmers of the district, which includes stock, fences and otherfarm property, and that we will lend our assistance in looking after all outside parties yee mImay infringe upon the rights of farmers or the rules of this club. Resolved, That we will do no fox-hunting during the months of June, July and August of each year. Resolved, That itis the duty of all members of the club to look after and return to the owners all stray foxhounds found in their locality, with a description of the same, to the secretary; and any member losing adog shall at once notify the secretary, who will report the same to the chairman of each sub-cummittee in the district. Speeches were made by Hon. H. L, Lybarger, of Spring Mountain, O., and Col. Lake E. Jones, of Wooster, after which the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, EH. L. Lybarger; Vice-President, Hlias Mast; Secretary, L. G. Barton; Treasurer, Chas. M, Will- iams. The following committees were also appointed: Coshocton county—Wm. Reed, John A, Buckley, John Chubb, W, W. McNeal, C. M. Williams. Holmes—Frank P. Anderson, A, B, Cutter, John S, Duncan, R, Winbig- ler, M. C. Lisle, Josiah Snyder. Tuscarawas—Wm. Zin- kon, Wim. Woodruff, Ira Miser, Jonas Bair, George Steis. Wayne—Dr, Grenamire, Dayid Adkins, Lake F, Jones, John Brandt, J, M. Shafer, David Stinson. Col, Lake F. Jones was selected as a delegate to attend the December meeting of the Tennessee ‘Wild Goose” Fox Hunting Club. After finishing the general business brought before the elub all members partook of an excellent banquet that had been prepared for the occasion, and we assure you that fox-hunters are in every way capable of disposing of all edibles that may be set before them. There are many fine dogs in this section, and that great sire Red Dan is at the head of nearly theentire family. All com- munications should be addressed to L, G. Barton, Sec’y, Millersburg, O. JOE PUSH, MILLERSBURG, O,, Noy, 13, A COMPASS IN THE WOODS. Hdttor Forest and. Stream: A correspondent in to-day’s issue explains how to sup- ply the want of a compass by a watch, in connection with the shadow ofa knife blade on the thumb nail. Jn an emergency this may answer. But without intentional disrespect to Dr. Morris, I trust that no uninitiated will hastily become converted to the Doctor’s views, as ex- pressed in his closing remark, that he ‘‘never bothers to carry 4 compass on his hunting trips.” for the initiated no warning is needed. I have just returned from a Maine trip, with a veteran hunter and trapper of 45 years experience, I noticed that this experienced woods- man invariably carried two compasses. Letus see where the knife-watch-thumb-nail substitute might leave a man on a “hunting trip.” The camp is in meat and you do not want anything but ‘an old big one with horns,” You have accordingly been searching far and wide, when suddenly you come upon the track of a bull caribou. It is about noon, the track is fresh, fairly smoking—and with high hopes for a speedy shot you are off, You forget that in order to have a short racé with a Garibou it is not enough that the track is “fairly smoking;” it must be actually ‘“‘on fire,” and after you have whipped up and down three or four moun- tains, and through one or two old slashings and halfa dozen swamps, you conclude that your bull has sworn off feeding and lying down until Mr. Fassett is elected, Your waich indicates half-past four; it has come 60n to snow a lit- tle, is darkand windy. Youare perhaps three miles from the old Indian line, four miles from camp, with three- quarters of an hour before dark. A northeast course will strike the line, and with a few birch curls you can follow the line to camp after dark. You put your knife on your thumb-nail and get your watchin position, Noshadow— the trees are too thick ; you must find “‘an opening in the forest.” But the heavy spruce and balsam flat has no opening, and when you finally reach hard timber ten minutes of precious time is gone. No use for a shadow now; you have not the legs of a caribou and you cannot reach the line before dark. Soa scramble for fire-wood and a slanting tree where you can keep body and soul together until morning, because—you ‘‘did not bother to carry a compass.” And only an hour's journey away there is a comfortable log camp, where three good fellows ae burning tobacco on stomachs full of sirloin, coffee and cakes, Young men, I know those who have been there. Don’t go to the woods without a knife, a full match-box and a compass. And learn how to use the latter before you go. And if you are hunting caribou and have grit to hang, add a small hatchet (easily carried in a double loop on the back of your coat) and a slice of fat pork, Then, if your game insists upon visiting New Brunswick before he lunches or makes a bed, you can, at least, go with him part way. SEYMOUR VAN SANTVOORD. Troy, N. ¥., Novy. 12. BOSTON AND MAINE. XOVERNOR WILLIAM E, RUSSHLL, of Massachu- settts, returned on Thursday from a short visit to the home of the Commodore Club, at Hartland, Me. The Governor is 2 member of the club, along with ex-Govyer- nor Brackett and the Hon. Benjamin F. Butler. Governor Russell evidently understands just how to obtain the best sort of rest after the worry of a most brilliant campaign, and the winning of a victory of which any Governor of one term might be proud. He slips quietly away on a shooting and fishing trip, and has his outing and is back again almost before the public are aware that he has’ stepped down from the executive chair, This time Mr. John HE. Thayer, of the Governor’s staff, with his brather, Mr. Bayard Thayer, were with him. Mr, Bayard Thayer, it will be remembered, is the owner of the beautiful Birch Lodge, at the head of Richardson Lake, in Maine. Goy- ernor Russell was the guest of the Messrs, Thayer on both their fall and spring fishing trips to Birch Lodge this year. These gentlemen, young and genial, seem to be companions almost inseparable in their hunting and fish- ing excursions. This time they are charmed with the beautiful home of the Commodore Club on Moose Lake. They were down there for duck shooting, for which sport that lake has long been noted, The Governor is a good shot, and is winning laurels, to say nothing of the prow- ess of the Thayers in that direction. Ducks have not come on to the marshes at the head of the lake in the usual abundance this fall. There isa very good reason. The weather has been so terribly dry that the marshes are shrunken to the smallest space im- aginable. Here blinds have been erected and here the Governor tried his hand, morning and evening, One morning he was at the blind waiting for the darkness to lift and for the black ducks to come down to feed. Now this black duck, as all sportsmen are aware, is about as swift as a cannon ball, but the Governor took them ‘‘right and left.” Sam Furbish, the keeper at the home of the Commodore Club, says that the ‘Governor went right in for business every time,” killing four ducks in succession with right and left barrels. The next day Sam Furbish and Harry Williams, a - young local hunter, offered to put the Governor and Adjutant-General Dalton, who was a member of the party, on to a fox trail, with some good hounds to do the work, The Governor and the General accepted gladly, but fox hunting amounted to nothing that day. as it frequently does in Maine, as well as any other State in the Union, But the courage and sturdiness with which the gentlemen followed the hounds won the admiration of the local fox hunters, Mr. L. W. DePass, Asst. See’y of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and C. W. Hodgkins, of the Boston & Albany freight office, have been on a gunning trip in to the edge of Andover, Mass. They got no partridges, though having a couple of good dogs. They started four, but each one started from high trees and flew a long dis- tance, doubtless lighting again into high trees, for the dogs could not find the scent. But the exceedingly dry weather is another feature and the birds may have left very little scent, even if on the ground. Though quail were put out in that section last spring, by the eftorts of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Associa- tion, yet these hunters found no quail, They made-in- quiries of the residents and found that no quail had been seen or heard since early in summer, One old gen- tleman, well informed in such matters, peal that par- tridges have been troubled a great deal this year with - Nov, 19, 1891,} - FOREST AND STREAM. 351 ticks. He has seen but one or two birds that have been taken in that section this season, and these were covered with ticks. The Cunard steamer, which arrived in Boston on Monday, had, among other items in her cargo, a box with eleven live English partridges, The box was directed to Mr. Henry J. Thayer, of the Massachusetts Associa- tion, and the birds will go to Oregon. Mr, Cone, a grocer of Waltham, Mass., with his friend, Mr. Bull, have just returned from a most successful deer huntin Maine. They went to Bangor, and from there to Penobscot headwaters. They evidently struck a section where deer were plenty, for they were gone but about two weeks and brought home five deer and one deerskin. They report that they could have obtained more, but that the law permits only three deer to a sportsman in a season. The deer were on exhibition at Mr. Cone’s store in Waltham. Two deer were received by a well-known Boston com- mission dealer the other day, the saddles alone of which weighed over 27d5lbs, They were remarkably fat and heavy, and the hunters, a couple of Boston men who have been kown to Maine, realized almost $50 for the saddles, these saddles selling for 18 cents per pound. The boys do not care to be styled market-hunters, and yet the $50 comes handy to them. ' J. P. Longley, of Lewiston, Me., has just returned from a trip to the Machias River. He says that bears have never before been as plenty in that part of the country. A bear has recently killed a cow and two-year-old bull in a pasture in that vicinity. The farmers have been greatly troubled this summer by bears, and many sheep have ere lost. Mr, Longley brought home an elegant bear skin. A moose weighing over T00lbs. has recently been killed at the Ten-Mile Shanty, near Milo, Me. The cook at the shanty went to the spring a few rods away for water just at nightfall, when he saw five moose at the spring drinking. He ran back to the shanty and alarmed Mr, A, D. Bumpus, who had just come in from the Katahdin Jron Works. Mr. Daggett yelled that there were moose at the brook, when guns were grabbed they succeeded in killing the big bull of the herd. Arthur Bounce, of Milo, has killed the first moose of the season in that vicinity this year. It was a monster, and Mr, Bounce sold the head for $50 and meat enough to come to $60 more. Mr. Bounce is an old man, with one of his legs so badly crippled as to be almost useless. and yet he manages to get around in the woods some way. The moose and the money it brought come very acceptable to him, SPECIAL. THREE TURKEYS AT A SHOT. PVANSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 10.—Hditor Forest and 4 Stream: 1 wish to call your attention to an incident which happened in Ciay county, Ark., during our recent bunt, from which we have just returned, It is straight goods and I can make oath to it, 1 One of the party, Mr. Lacy, made the most wonderful shot ever made, He was seated at a stand on Big Cache waiting for deer. In front of him was one of those little weed prairies, so frequent in Arkansas. While on the watch he saw the outlines of a wild turkey, which seemed to be picking in the weeds. Holding at the butt of its wing he fired, and had the satisfaction of seeing it flutter a few yards and.fall. But on going to pick it up what was his surprise to find two more turkeys shot through the neck. Such a thing as three wild turkeys killed with one rifle ball was probably never heard of before. The writer was not over 100yds. from him, and can swear that only one shot was fired. Mr. Sam Blackshare was at the next stand, the same distance away,and can testify to the same—that is if Mr. Lacy’s word was not amply sufficient. The supposition is that the two turkeys shot through the neck were squatting in the weeds, and seeing Lacy raise his rifle to aim, raised up their heads just in time to receive the fatal ball. This will go on record as one of the most wonderful shots ever made in the whole history of hunting. We got four deer, thirty turkeys and small game in countless numbers and variety. Lost nearly all by hot weather, and came out through forest fires on all sides. PF, M. GILBERT, WISCONSIN DUCKING. is cae Noy, 9.—The long deferred rain has come at last, but alas too late to insure good snipe shooting. ast Tuesday morning all the shallow ponds and small bodies of water were found to be frozen over, ice having formed in many places half an inch in thick- ness. A few scattering snipe may still be found in low springy ground, but the bulk of the birds have made a parting bill-thrust into Wisconsin mud and silently de- parted fora warmer clime. Wildfowl, however, are here in great abundance, and every known means is being em- ployed fortheir destruction. Parties are daily leaving the city boundfor the various ducking resorts of the State. Large bags are being reported from Fox Lake, Puck- away Lake come: in for a front seat in the list of choice places. Mr. H. Bosworth, who spent a few days of last week at the Caw Caw club house, has lately returned with a fine lot of ducks—bluebills, redheads, and canvas- backs. Of the latter I believe he had four or five. Messrs. Fitch, Mariner, Pierce, and Moses left late last week for Winneconne Lake, where they will remain a few days on board their finely equipped yacht, The Idle Hour. The shooting ‘was reported very good at that place, and it is expected that the Northwestern road will be called upon to furnish an extra large box car in which to convey their ducks back to the Cream City. GREENHEAD, FREAK OF THE GRAY SQUIRREL.—Wm., Raines, of Jduntington, W. Va., relates a novel experience. He claims to haye been a good shot with the rifle and seldom failed to drop his squirrel. At one time, however, he de- liberately fired twelve shots at one without success, and then ceased firing through utter discouragement. The strangest part of the circumstance is that the squirrel barked constantly under fire. Mr, Raines says his grand- father had a similar experience, with some variation, In the latter case the squirrel not only kept barking under fire, but at length ran down the tree and scampered off, barking as it ran.—*. 7 a 7 os = SLEEPING BAGS. Editor Forest and Stream: I would like to say a few words about sleeplng bags. Last fall I spent abouf three weeks in the Provinces moose hunting. My companion on this trip had a sleep- ing bag which he had purchased from Mr. Squires in your city, while I had a rubber blanket and three quite heavy woolen ones, On this trip we had eight days and nights of almost continuous rain, and I confess that T rather envied my friend in his sleeping bag. I would lie at night undef our lean-to completely saturated, while he in his bag would be as dry and comfortable as he could wish, On my return I ordered a bag at once and used it last winter sleeping on frozen ground in an open camp with the mereury at times below zero. This season I spent some three weeks hunting moose and Iadyised my companion to take a sleeping bag, which he did, and is loud in his praises of it, saying he does not know how he could have got along without it. The bags are made with different thicknesses of lining, and I would advise getting a bag with fairly heavy lining, and also to have an extra lining to be put in or taken out as desired, I have arranged my bag so that I can remove one thickness of blankets, and when replacing tie the two lower corners with tape. With abag so arranged you can use the extra lining when sleeping in a close, warm camp, the original bag making a good mattress, and when you wish to spend the night out of camp the extra lining will be needed. The bags are put up ina yery portable form, and are much easier to carry than blankets. The outside covering is very durable, and perfectly waterproof. I spent a good many nights this season, when moose calling, lying out on boggy ground, without a fire of any kind, and was far more comfortable than with twice the amount of ordinary blankets, I think any sportsman who roughs it to any extent will find such a bag very serviceable. GC, M. STARK. DUNBARTON, N. H., Oct, 29, MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION. OSTON, Nov. 16.—One hundred and seventy-five members of the Massachusetts Fisb and Game Pro- tective Association attended the regular monthly dinner and meeting at the United States Hotel Thursday even- ing, Noy. 12. Messrs. Wm. A. Browne, Geo. A. Clay, G. Arthur Swan, Geo. H. Richards, Jr., A. M. Leavitt, Chas. H, Smith, Arthur A. Glines, Chas. E. Willard, Arthur B, Curtis, Moses Bamber, Herbert ©. Brooks, Noble H, Hill, John Hillis and Jos. H. Woodford were elected members. Fourteen applications for membership were presented. 7 Messrs. H. H, Kimball, Chas. F, Munroe, Chas. Stewart, Ivers W. Adams, Waldron Bates, Geo. B. Appleton and Heber Bishop were appointed a nominating committee to present at the December meeting a list of candidates for officers for 1892, Messrs. Ivers W. Adams, Benj. C. Clark, M. A. Morris, W. M. Brackett and Geo. W. Wiggin were appointed as a committee on arranging for the annual dinner, Mr. W. L, Gilbert, of Plymouth, Mass,, addressed the meeting, asking that domestic raised trout be allowed to be sold during the months of January, February and March, as well as in the open season. After general dis- cussion, in which the members objected to any such law, the matter was referred to the board of management, RICHARD O, HARDING, Secretary. FLORIDA BIRDS OF PLUME. Editor Forest and Stream: Now that the Legislature of Florida has passed an act to protect the birds of plumage and song from destruc- tion, the tourist and pleasure seeker can do much to aid in the enforcement of the law by suggestions in all localities they may visit, as to the organization of local societies, to see to the proper enforcement of the law. A united effort on the part of the citizens of Florida and tourists will put a stop at once to the wholesale destruc- tion now going on by those who hunt the birds to supply the dealers in plumes, A healthy public sentiment once established, the en- forcement of the law will not be difficult, and the birds which now add so much to the beauty of the Florida landscape will be preserved. Chummie, so long the writer’s constant companion in rambles and travels, died a wees ago in southern Mary- land from distemper. He was a dog of great intelligence and many virtues, with a personality almosthuman. He will be long and sadly missed. D. W. W. A Novet Fox Hunt,—Plain Hill, Conn.—While our farmer 8. was returning from a neighboring town early in the afternoon one day last month, he saw something that made him rub his eyes at first. A bunch of a dozen sheep, wooly with fright, were galloping up and down and across a pasture near the road, closely followed by a full grown fox. The fox apparently was only chasing the sheep in play, and he circled them around the lots, headed them off and turned them back about as his fancy pleased. Now S. is considerable of a sportsman, and generally carries a shotgun with him under the wagon seat against just such chances, and in about three winks of the eye he had inserted a couple of cartridges in the gun, jumped from the wagon, climbed the fence, and waited for the sheep and fox to pass. This latter gentle- man, generally so cunning, had dropped off his eyeglass, and his only thought was the pleasure of the chase. On came the fast panting sheep, followed closely by the fox, and alas! by the whang of the gun. Reynard was gath- ered in. Moral: Free wool may prove itself not always a blessing. —E’ LIN, Woopcock aT Bay RipGE,—From Bay Ridge, on New York Bay, comes a photograph with this note: “Bay Ridge, Novy. 11.—I inclose you, with my compliments, a scene from life, or rather from my vine-clad piazza. It all happened in prosaic Bay Ridge. You will remember what a perfect day we had for election, and I was wish- ing in the morning that I were far away over the hills after woodcock, when the thought came into my head that just for the sake of ‘‘Auld Lang Syne” I would stroll oyer the old spots where the gallant woodcock used to stop on their autumn migration. Well, here you see the result of one short half hour’s fun—as fine a brace of brown-backed fellows as Teyer downed. Found within 500yds. of the house, in a cosey little sunlit brier tangle, where I have flushed many in past years, and within a stone’s throw of the screeching steam dummy tracks, You know what ‘Frank Forrester’ said about autumn woodcock shooting, He’s right; I found it all true; just where I least expected it, as new streets, gas and water pipes, realjestate agents and town lots, are hardly proper accessories when afield after these lively birds. Pardon my enthusiasm, but I have not quite recovered from my surprise party yet. I may add that the only dog that accompanied me was an English bulldog (Piper). I shot the woodeock and my brother's Hawkeye did the rest.— W. TOWNSEND.” St. Louis Notres,— Nov. 14.—There was a general rain over the State this week, the first for nearly three months. The season has been too dry for hunting birds, a condition removed by the late rains. A 110-pound catfish was the attraction at Union Market on Monday. The weather has turned cold and blustery, and the ducks are coming down. © Daret.... .. 20.0. _ 22. -208—1589 MILLER RINLE CLUB.—Hoboken, N. J., Wednesday, Noy. 11, Headquarters 80 Hudson street. Hoboken. The following scores were mare in the shoot for weekly class }medajs, 10 shots off-hand, 2b-ring target: BH Fischer... ..cc-c:eceercereeeceees 25 25 28 25 25 28 28 23 28 98 240 PINGS ee bee neeesr eae covrcteankt 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 93 93 9) p36 DY MLN eee thse eee es 25 24 24 24 Bd P4 94 93 23 2O—35 CapnDeweyni bibs ddan. 25 25 24 24 Bd 93 23 2B YE 29933 DRECTISe 1 Pies Re Emenee eeeener cee’ 25 25 Bd Bh 23 8-99.92 99 91 dBi WRretiaie, so. Maes Saye 25 24.24 24 24 23 23 22 22 19939 TALE AK C-lok tl oe ee 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 22.91 19999 TRIMER On Fig OIA ee LON ae eee 25 24 24 28 P38 23 23 22 92 90 pg ARMED ar eee en tees oe nn en 25 28 23 23 23 23 92 92 81 21996 ay avraphnrcks”.tiseee, LeRbeemes 24 24 24 24 23 23 22 21 21 18—y>4 BaD flengen toni Se ee 24 24 23 23 93 22-22 21 21 20- vos i aheN ste el. OL Oe 25 24 23 23 B2 99 28 22 po T0—pa8 -| HSeltemreich... e200...) ins 11.25 24 28 93 22 20 19 19 1y 17811 TP IRDIGNTI ink ee ends seo 25 24 23 22°30 19 19 59 19 1498 F Dunsteadt,....-...--. Ce AE dite 2 24 23 22 31 20 19 18 17 17208 tpercree red 24 24 22 21 2019 18 17 15—206 tteeerece Hi Fiecher ... 2.0.0... e poi) UNE UROL De gre i +. 285 Pi Tajel eee A Sie Pes 235) F FPreitay....... ot AS pad Acstadlene eee: ele 228 Jd, H Kiragse see. S00 280 Oapt Dewey............. ual Jd Meyer... ..1.4.2-08 52281, AVEDA Orn. tea nea fF 238 J Carragher ...-..::-.-229) Heneken........ 2 2A4 W) Workels.ysi-s. 1 -. 281 H Selteureich ...........281 Di Peters. "25 hte 22. ve eeae0 J J Devitt....... ... ....215—1637 W Dunsteadt...........219—1637 ~ - EXOHLSIOR RIFLH CLUB, Jersey City, Tuesday, Noy. 10, headquarters 79 Montgomery street, 10 shots off-hand, 25-ring American target, possible 250. In the shoot for class medals the scores made were: : First: Class, NAN SEES 08 p Ra On a is ou ella 2b vo 25 Zo 24 Bd Bd Bd 22 22-240 Toy] Fel aT Bae Cui ge shy SB) 5 Hae 2H 2H 25 24 24 24 25 23 2B 223d EWVaiGiteamiiines 2) Se seers enn 20 25 25 24 24-25 23 23.22 22—236 W_J Hennessy. ....-- Td: SEN ARE PTS 25 25 24 24-24 23 23 23 22 21—284 WEL Ealloweli 2. 22. r ee ee nae 25 2h 24 24 23 23 28 22-22 20—231 J Speicher 2. 2,2... fea cs ee PERN 2A 2B 2B) 2222 21-20 Vi—222 First class medal was won by W. Weber. Second Glass. G@oBauchlerg. ...cs:e.,sau--ae. sn eeen eae 4 2aede ee 20.20 g0— eer OAT SUNG ys fotee pee ee mice dey ee aees 26 24 24 24 23 22 21 21 21 21—226 J Hughes..... .; me Niet at 2h 2 24 24 28 22 21 20 18 18—220 Second class medal was won by C, Bauchle. Third Class. GG Varick ..........- a es ad eek as 25 25 25 24 24 23°23 22°21 17—229 o[ itd RAE ete 8 ea nnn aah tse: 25 25 24 24 25 23 23 22 20 20—227 GURY Rb hatin Smiles Sette nee 25 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 21 20—219 PALISADE RIFLE CLUB—Capt. John Reinhardt, Jersey City Heights, 34 Palisade avenue, Tuesday evening. Nov. 3, Ten shots off-hand on 25-ring American target, distance 85ft., possible 250: iG Tet ode Wet CAH oe ean 2p eS re 25 24 24 24°23 23 22 22 2% 20—220 Gar Prev West Ota ¢ pattie ee ea tee ey 25 24 24°23 23 22 22 21 21 1i—?22 (CoA NAT es on De RG ES > Oi 25 2b 24 23°22 22 22 21 19 16—218 George Ll Graf........ Ry ee eee 25 28 22 22 21 22 20-20 20 20—214 James Johason.....-- ..-.+ eleictcvslvoergy 2b 24 28 °28.23 22 21 19 17 Vi—e2i4 BATHING ype snes ci Seseeettare pack e ciel acatelarelels wed 24° 23 28 21 20 40 20 19 18—212 G Borneman. .)...l.......0es eee ene eeeed 2D 24 23 21 20 20 19 18 17—212 JREGEA SY FaH DES 5k Contare we Derr haan at oar 25 26 25 21 21 21 20:80 19 18—211 TEPER Byes teense ogee eae tee . 26 2B 22 21 21 20 20 19 18 1S—207 EN ASS hitalin see eenerene eens ooo. 22 22 22 21 21 21 20 20 18 18—205 LEVERS Ey ea leek. he ree l-it fu ees 25 28 22 21 20 20 16 19 18 17—204 SINAC SS sich tv cs dence drs beak (00s ope bree bos 26 25 20 20 20 20 20 19 18 15—202 AV aT erin ps tits prune ene ee 24 23 23 21 20 19 17 16 15 14—197 SEITZ RIFLE CLUB, Chapt. Chas. Burk, Jersey City Heights, headquarters 354 Palisade avenue, Wednesday, Nov. 11,10 shots, off-hand, 25-ring American target, possible 250: BE Le PTaveatin. tJ. kthens.Uoenies .... 25 25 24 24 93 28 22 29 92 po—pga SPU Chins ayhhe ha REO RE EE ER Renee ES D4 2d D4 24 P4 23 23 22 91 21280 Aca Maal See Wes ane ae be heh oRRRece ues (25 25 25 24 24 Ba 93 22 20 18—230 J SOOM. occ 2ce cess ecsce sees eene seven eB& BE 24 23 23 93 92 92 91 19995 Capt Burk...... SPER RCRERERTEL EL Bis 35 25 34 24 23 21 21 BI YO 20-294 ERICA lire RECORD LE RPRE CEPT Lo canes 5 25 25 2B 2322 2221 20 18—Be4 Me Rimi lioR 6h eERECELROEGOMEREA A 23 24 24 24 23°98 22 20 20 19-293 A EW Hizey. ce Oe cu RROeMe Ent 24 25 2 PB 22 21 20 20 20 LU—221 A Strabinger.....-....000 cesses ees 25 25 24 2h 24 23 20 20 18 18891 GMerrechaft...... ...--scsseuen sees 25 24 24 24 38 23 20 20 20 18—221 eed nell sug a ko wR, Skee (25 25 23 22 21 22 22 20 20 20-220 H Hoppec.. .ccccecsecscccece vores 125 25 -Bb 24 23 22.21 91 18 16—220 H Heitman.... ...:.e-sse ssare eve e2d 28 28 22 21 21 21 20 20 19214 TRPIR aieee ane aeons Shon: wi. 2h 24 24 21 20 20 20 20 20 18-219 CSSLARTSS eg AR AR ee a 25 24 93 22 21 20 19 18 15 15—202 UNION RIFLE CLUB.—Headquarters 223 First street.—Capt. Henry Becker, Thursday, Noy. 12. The shoots off-hand, 25-ring targel, possible 250: C@ Schroeder.... ...-.2...0.220. 0.52.2 26 25 24 24 24-23) 2323 20—255 teases siaes ee eR4 26 24 24 28 238 23 25 22 21-238 <20 2b 25 24 28 23 23 22 22 20—2382. 24 24 24 24 238 28 23 22 20-2381 25 24 24 24 23.28 28 22 17—x30 24 24 24 23 23 22 21 21 21—228 24 24 24 24 28 21 21 20 20—226 ,..29 25 25 24 238 238 22 20 20 18—225 .,.29 25 24 24 28 22 21 20 19 19—222 25 24 23 28 22 21 20 18 18 17—211 24 23 23 22 21 20 20 19 19 17-—203 24 23 22 21 21 20 20 19 18 17—205 ..28 23 238 22 21 20 19 18 17 16—202 23 23 22 21 20 20 18 18 17 16—197 5 dee Team shooting followed between t ams captained by Jos leuer- bach and Dan Meyers, with this result: Feuerbach’s Team. Meyers’s Team, J Weuerbach,........... 212 D Meyers..:. +222 205 C Schroeder,...-....-.. 230° Hi Becker..-. 228 od HE Kirsé). 42. 22-229 G M Roedel. 8 FY D Heyden.,........- 220 HL Harmon LBA DENY Ege ed, Ss 215 S$ A Rusgell.. MU ACSIA ADM cheyeuc tar ssemn gro = +e L Miller..... . ‘, C Wiskow..,... ..215—1545 HAH Watson...,...,...5..4 2U8—1520 commence its shoot for class medals, this PRIDAY NIGHT RIFLE CLUB—Hoboken, Friday, Nov. 13,— Headquarters 210 Washington street. The scores made were: CO. Cy oy hrs a ee ee A acne 25 25 25 24 24 238 28 23 22 22—236 CEIVETIG BSG te de srote tases acdc eee tolp Wars cheesy oi 25 25 25 28 28 23 28 23 23 21—224 AGEIEATOTVGL tie Sree terete) stairs eae ahs ea 25 25 24 24 28 20 20 20 20 18—219 ETE Rise rath pai on ditt oe, BB Sani an 2h 2d 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 22—239 T Davison -...... By Seas eck Be 2h 2h 25 24 24 24 28 23 22 19—235 PAIGuier iets aa ekes ieee bs ceeds 25 25 25 25 25 25 23 25 22 20—288 F Merken,-..., Pe, eiaahe as ere 25 2 24 24 23 23 23 22 20 20—229 PENAL TR ag er teege tne ee rt tty gtr a (Runt sie nlet k 25 25 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 16—221 JRE(Ghrreyeotet | eee ee ee ea 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24—246 1B} PAD beN Coto), SS By ores ania seat 25 25 2b 25 24 24 23 23 22 2U0—236 BUIER NETS TR. es eee oan ee Bo oe 25 24 24 23 23 28 22 22 20 19—225 many friends of this organization will find this another token of hospitality for which this club is famous. : : Quite a number of rifle clubs of Hoboken, Jersey City, Marion, Jersey City Heights, Newark and New York were invited to send delegates for the purpose of forming av inter-State tournament for riflemen for this winter. The meeting was to be held at the Excelsior Rifle Club’s rooms, on Montgomery street, Jersey City, lash Wednesday. No quorum was present, as only the Puritan Rifie Club, of Newark, was represented, therefore no meeting was held. Another effort will be made to hold a meeting, as the idea is a good one and would furnish lots of entertainment for New Jersey and New York riflemen this winter. J. H. KRUSE. BOSTON, Nov. 14.—The regular weekly shoot of the Massachu- setts Rifle Association was held af its range to-day, with a large attendance. The shooting conditions were unfavorable for high scores. Mr. Hickey won the bronze military medal. Following are the scores made to-day, 200yds., standard American targets, all being re-entry matches: Bronze military medal, 10 scores, 10 shots each: SDSS Gio) PbS Ebene ee canepe brie Mane 4) 41 37 87 48 41 40 42 39 42 All-Comers’ Rest Match, W P Thompson...109 EF W Chester...... 100) J: Hrench.... .....- 97 LA Baker........ 107 SE Howard ...... 99 AS Hunt..,.... . 96 VY Peters sio0-2-5 104 J W French...... 98 EM Willard...... 94 All-Comers’ Off-Hand Match. B Mason,. ....+:: "9 AS Hunt .2......72 @ Moore....:...... 69 W MFoster.... 77 SE Howard...... 69 JB Hobbs,........ 69 M T Day.....+.-:. 74 ‘ Military Match. Le ELiVkey ii 45 AS Wield ......... 41 BF W Chester.-... . 39 MT Day. 143° .D Martina ...3% « 40 AS Hunt ....... ch O Moore....,...... 42 J B Hobbs.......: 40 L,Thomas........- 32 5Oyds. Pistol Match~ H Seyerance....,. 91 J W Comey....... 4 AD Stevens,.... 80 HE Patridge ...,. 8 D Martin........ Preniaa O) AVLOOLGarae vial ste ist A$ Hunt........ , 66 HL Greene....... 8 MANHATTAN CLUB,—Dr. W. R. Pryor, director of shooting at the Manhattan Athletic Club, announces that thea revolver match for club championship will begin November 25. Condi- tions: Thirty consecutive shots, off-hand, at 20 yards; 3-pound trigger pull; 74 inch barrel. Ammunition furnished free by clib; 3 prizes, 2 gold, 1 silver. Entrance fee, $2. Trap shooting for members at Manhattan Field every Friday thereafter. LONDON, Ont., Noy. 12.—The annual matches of the Western Ontario Rifle Association were held at the Cove ranges to-day. The attendance was large despite the weather, and the scores made were creditable. - SING a song of shooting, the birds begin to fly, Tl) put my gun in order and then I’ll have a try. It I do not kill some, they surely can be found, Either killed honéstly, or snared upon the ground, + - KPIGNOLDE, - ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. THE TRAP, FIXTURES. Nov. 26,—All Day Shoot at Live Birds, Thanksgiving Day. Boiling Springs Gun Club, Ratherford, N.J. Open £9 all. Nov. 26.—Canajohane, N. ¥.. Gun Olub Tournament, Thanke- giving Day; live and clay birds; npen toall. T. ©. Pegnim, Sec. Nov. 26.—Spring Hill Club, Blaitveltville, N. Y. CG. M. Hath- away, sec’y. 241 West 135th street. New York. Nov. 27.—South Side Gun Cliib Tournament, at South Norwalk, Conn, EH. H, Pox. FULFORD VS. BREWER. DURING the week past Hastern sportsmen haye been treated to an exhibition of shooting skill thatis unparalleled in the history of pigeon shooting. To say that the spectators, who were fortunate enough to witness the events, were astonished, would be putting it mildly, for they were completely carried away with the won- derful performances. When the matches between John L. Brewer and fh. D Fulford were announced but little notice was taken of them, and the only comments heard were those of sympathy for the comparatively nnknown shooter who had the nerve to run up against the acknowledged champion of the world. All that was known ot the ability of Ed. Wulford as a pigeon shot was based on his two public performances, in matches shot last spring, when he defeated C. M. Hedden and Frank Olass, both of New Jersey; as both wins were on very ordinary scores, no one placed him in the same ¢lass with Brewer. It would have been a hard matter to have found one man in the audience on the day of the first con- E, D, FULFORD, test that believed he had a ehost of a chance of being in the game at the finish. As the match progressed and it dawned upon the spectators that he was a shooter, and at the finish when by mag- nificent work he had surpassed all records, the question was asked, Who is he? Mr. Mulford’s telis.us he was born at Long Hill, Connecticut, 7 miles from Bridgeport, and is 29 years old. He took up shooting at an early age, shooting both in the field and at the traps ever since he could holdagun. He is a constructor of telegraph and telephone lines, and for the past 4 years has been chief constructing agent for the Bell Telephone Company, and has built lines from Portland, Maine, to the Rio Grande. He claims no particular place as his home, as he is continually on the move, but for the past year and a half has been in the Hast. He joined the Newark Gun Club last year and shot in one of the Inter-State League matches, making only an ordinary score. He has no desire to shoot matches, but felt that he could shoot a bit and wished to try himself oncc and so made for the biggest game. He certainly has done magnificent work and has leaped with one bound from almost obscurity to the very front rank of the world’s trap shots. First Match, Thursday, Nov. 12. As early as 11 A, M. there was a large number of spectators as- sembled at the Jersey City Heights Gun Club Grounds, at Marion, N.J. Sweepstake shooting wasindulged in until the hour an- nounced for the beginning of what proyed to be the greatest record-breaking contest that has ever been known in_the history of pigeon shooting, 199 birds sccred out of a possible 200, and that one dead out of bounds, Fulford arrived at the grounds about noon, and was quickly followed by Brewer. As soon as their guns were put tog+ther, they stepped to the score for practice, each Man shot at 10 birds, and each killed straight. At 1:20 P. M., when Referee Wm. H. Wolstencroft, of Philadelphia, called the match on, there were 300 spectators upon theground. Among them were noticed: Milt F. Lindsley, Miles Johnson, C. M. Hedden, Fred Quimby, Gustave i. Freche, Robt. Schrofit, W. H. Green, Dr. Zeglio, Frank Class, Tom Taylor, Sam Castle, James E. Wheaton, Eddie Collins, Justus Von Lengerke, Hugh Leddy, Chas. H. Town- send, Gen. B. Haton, Lewis Cokefair, Wm. Hughes, Asa Waite- head and Fred Van Dyke, all of New Jersey. Ben West and Ad- ford Hddy, of Brooklyn; Walter Cady, of New London, Conn.; Dr. Hudson, president of the Emerald Gun Club, of New York; Thos. Diffy and Harry C. Squires, New York city; Wm. H. Wolsten- croft, Isaae Wolstencroft and Harry Thurman, of Philadelphia; A. C. Krueger, of Wrightsville, Pa.; Wm. H. Fieles, of Christiana, Pa.; James Bebee, Trenton, N, J.;and John Wulford, of Altoona, Pa. Brewer was first to the score, and he easily stopped a right- quarterer, Fulford doing likewise on a quarterer to the left, The birds furnished were far from being of a high order, and, as there was no wind to speak of, a good fast one was. an exception. RE RK & RD RD RD Goreme sate rR keer -ee. Cire pat IMOV OL ATE Dae nsec, ee Blo ods pee tp A WAP ay Hlight......,.. BNO} (p00 GSR TEMBD IRD Give Mn Aba Bby It Score. .at2e oo, 2 1 1 2 z 1 1 2 "4 2—1L0 No. of trap..... LAO ae Tate Ske eee 4 aed Flight........... ite ANE DE Be VEE esos Tae ante in Ty DGOLE paseo ore 1 Peele 2 Cite ee Tall eo je =10 No. of trap..... i) vo ee ae 3 1 4 3 Hlight.,... Te ec OMe dike li sake SCOLenes swept 2 1 AL, Be Seeks 28 Gall j 1—i) Wosoteurpieae i a) ate AIS ce) de ee eer eT A AULT ae seers AUD DiGi wR ab peelatee Age WG Ade Ny MG@OLED, ace a z 1 fo} 1 1 2 1 1 1—9 No, of trap..... oe ae es Mish ten dies wo UD eee Re RT SRDS aR SCALE. peer rie a 2 ae all, 1 1 2 1—10 No. of trap..... 5 ek” ee eEee” : 44 pce te PEG Sear Sete DEES aeRO Gby wil ty Mie Ibe PHD CGTO! 6.0, oie) -tee SE et ree a Bl peat) No. of trap ..... 4 gS ta UI MES ee Pa NEST teee theatre Re RD DSR ey i ee LNT, Score. .. eet TABS met be el) ert 2) a AT TE ea ht) No. of trap.. {he etter) we gl & sl. 4. 5 4 LU EEANEER EE Ee oA WD, Rs RD ER) Kai DR Score ......... apil nt 1 1 1 1 1 re 1 1—10 No. of trap..... 2 2 ch 2 18 4 ae) 5 Hight eek! He RD ae hy Ee RD Rp NCOLGst. heehee Pe ae FET Se Se es oan 2 1-10 No, of trap..... 1, eer tern Un Ou mre ats BL a iH Feed bee ey Be LD OL BD SD RE Ry (AR) RD RE Se@orés.5 252. a one eo ir i aT ae 1 2—10 No. of trap..... Se soe aete Ae A ce ee A et 1D) Nhe yep weg es (ye aby SER URPD Dei) ie Mey AB, IRTP Evin SEONG. sides. os oe eS eel Le ee al a 2 1—10 Moot trap wide 1 Beas te ee Oy dst Whight®! "4.25... PRONE KG EAE Ct IL SD IRMRTe te 4b. Mei MGORERecGas aoe i 2 1 1 2 1 1 il 1 1—10 No. of trap ..... 2 a lt gl ell 3 3 4 he NMETE Duis eee slo SDI Mbp ME bye Sub DAP ep SL SCOUeES . are ae 2 z 2 1 1 il 1 2 1 1—10 WNoroiehrawen tet ng dee ly) a dee De toe +5 Fhight,,..... one Soi nD. is his SID AD RL: ii Sys Score! pep ttekay a I Lee Tee ee ee ty Called birds, 5. No birds, 2. John L. Brewer. No of trap...... 1 HN ik gt che pains ee oa i ae > Flight......-... JEPD) ACID) GEAR MES thy SE aE wet, AW idan) SCore. . fo 4.24.5. ee a cae al hes ue ete h No. of tbrap..... iy UE ee re i ee Pea ie Bligiite ssc. ste Neve NR IVDO Ute GID) Gide iki GD) SER Ie GETr Score........... iH he il ° iy Be 1 5g No. of trap..... 3 5 4 B, § 8 a, SEL 5 Blight.......... RARE Ts CR) RE RD DP CEE Score.......... oe eh TRUS I et See Oe Male SR No. of trap..... Go ehh, Me ee et ao fee oe 2 Hie ht eye PE DE VD S 1 CDe hy se le ED SGOrE. ceca ve Be pel or 1 0 2 2—9 No. of trap....- oT ee Sg Ae tsk ee Blighty, sess cee. RED Ge IRD LY CRE RE Score.,....... RT Ree AA ea Rr 2 1-10 NOHObraDL ys =e Oe Ds ete ne A a as OR. Blight.....:. .: R LL RE RE DL RF DE RR RD MCOLGh nk ess eee Ue I on ei No. oftrap....4 4 23 1 2 I 1 2 2 1 Blight. .2... 2. LOD RED D LD D LI BL RK R Score. .......... 2 1 1 z 1 he 4% 1 1 2—10 No. of trap. a soe ewe coe” coe 40 esee Ohne Plight... HL RDS BE ROD a =p SCore: sess. hse sal 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1—10 No, of trap..... A. si hese) koe be Wife tS Sa Hiiehtemeoise eel ek le VOR ay oes ok Scores) serene 1 Sagat LF ET 3 AN a) No, of trap..... Dea «te te eee Ole ei ee ae od Lighters 4 Ube Se Dy De AS a Ee Ty Score ,........-, ee ee eee fe a aos Third Match, Saturday, Nov. 14. The final match of the series was witnessed by probably 1,000. persons, a third of whom viewed the contest from the surround- ing hills, Among those that have not been mentioned 4s being at the previous contests were noticed J. @, Knowlton, of Utica; iD, (Nov, 19, 1881: Miller, of Springfield, N. J.; Wii,and Henry Sigler, of Montclair’ Wim. Wolstencroft, Sr., and Albert Worrell, of pe wel naar Abel Crook, Chas, Wingert, Dr. Wynn. Lee Helgans and Chas. Seddons, of Brooklyn; W, Alex. Boos, Richard Schaeffer and E. Edwards, of New York city; C. EK. H. Brelsford. President of the Pennsylvania State Sportemen’s Association; Leander B. Camp- bell, J. and E. Van Dyke,of Long Branch, N. J.; E. Yeomans, Lon Hedden, 8S. P. T. Wilbur, Al Phillips, John Riggott, Geo, Voehel, J. Pierson, Q. McCall, W. B. Gladwey and the veteran Henry Abbott, of New Brunswick, N. J. The day was raw and cold, with a strong wind blowing that gave the birds a decided advantage. The birds forthis match had been furnished by Wim. Fieles, of Christiana, Pa., and handled by “Old South Paw” Heritage, they proved a magnificent lot. Fultord jabored under a great disadvantage, and was badly handicapped pearly in the race by the breaking down of his gun. In the pre~ yious matches the first. barrel frequently misfired, and on the thirty-first round it refused to work. On examination the left hammer was found to be broken, and he was compelled to use a gun that he never before handled. The gun was a Greener that was formerly used by Brewer, and had a trigger pull of less than four pounds. Fulford’s old gun, it is claimed, had a trigger pull of ten pounds, so shooting men can readily see the great disad- yantage he was laboring under, He shot a plucky up-hill race, and when Brewer missed his eighty-first and eighty-second bird in succession, it looked as though he was going to give Jack the same dose that he had given Elliot. The fates were against him, however, for he lost his ninety-eighth, and Brewer killing out, a tie Was the best he could makeit. During the afternoon Fulford received a telegram from J, A, R, Elliott, worded as followe: **Ac- tept congratulations of Kansas City sportsmen and myself on your remarkable scores, and wish that to-day’s shoot will again add new laurels to those already won.” Fulford used the same loads throughout all the matches, Brewer changing in this match to Squires’s tournament shells loaded by Neaf Apgar, containing 334118. of Schultze powder, 1440z. No. 7 chilled shot. Score: John lL. Brewer. Novoftrap..i. 2 8 £ 38 5 & 4 ec Plight... 2.2.4. Re DRE PR AR: FP eB pa oh Bichpereesre rte ee a a ee ge ET Wosottrapear. 2 Vee cs el eh ae ee 5 Flight... ....Kk LDLD RI RDLD B D RI-RD Mito nase ee Pee ee Ee ee: 1 Be Ae. 1 = G No. of trap. ... 5 3 4 nr 4 862 4 4 4 Plight.......-.. pityee Ab Matis CEH Sle Mie eae EE TR ETD) Score Geet aye 1 1 a 1 if} 1 2 1 2-9 No, of trap..... Pe as ee Rl Se ah es Flight......--.. LD Lb RD BRI Li LD H L RI RD Score....,<- .-.-9 1 2 il 2 2 1 1 2 2-19 No. of trap..... ae 22° bs ee a ee Mth ee Nhe DRE Ee ATVI daw Shy TUNG NE Ue SGore: Avil: 2 1 1 1 1 1 Z 1 2 2—10 No, of tra: ais 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 Plight... 1 RD R RE RDEDD £ LD Rk Scoré..........-. 1 2 J 1 2 2 ae a 1 1—l) Wo. of trap.... 4 ne Oe eh l 4 4 Flight. ee By Ju Ss Er SR CRD Se SCOLre. se. or rs ew ee ee ir No, of trap..:.. Ro ut de EN Og ida tls ary aa Plight ........- RR LEE KR RE LORE bE Score.... —. 245 ee 2 1 Li et) ‘1%. 78 i— 9 No. of trap...,. i nt de ee ee AA eas ie Plight......:..- TD BR RR GDL LP ak He Score... ... .-. 0 0 a Bf wa 2 2o ae 1 jJ— 8 No, of trap...:;. Gi tg dB es 2a ad eh Flight. an eet ele CHG ee SIs CIPD ier. eke ris SORES were cer ei eh ee | ym oh -T 2—10— 94 K, D. Fulford. No. of trap..... 5 1 2 ee ras 6 iy ok 1 Might. ‘Paes o/h ID! AE Sa Re Uke Re Hs SGOLC) ies See 1 a 1 1 1 it) 1 1 1 1— 9 .of trap. ... 4 4 4 a es: j 2 & 3 hgh Rata eee, a styl a gpd att Op) St 3 en Dyes MS Gl a] DJ OY) Score... pss. + - 1 1 a] at ] 1 2 2 2 1—I() .oftrap..... moe Soe Bele vor ll PCy ees oe oe pGep SP LED. RO TD Ae ap Ta TRE AR Sy Seore......-.++: 2 1 AM at LT ped aI a 1— 9 No. of tra . aH a 3 &£ A of 5 5 2 1 Biteht. hy BD Rh BEL Lf BDORE Ub © Bp Score....+.--:.. Pcie iS Pall SIS eee 1h ks fp No, of trap....- Le ae Oe, Pee ak al ce Plight... es § R RDRD LI RD R &£ LD RD R&R Score. 2.0. -: Pe I SS ph ea ag Ele Se ae 2ST No, of trap..... ek 18 254 Bs ee daly POLS Soy OP ee Puente PTs wie J Heise aie RO el ie Te) b> BeOre: ico eae se le as ATG sis ee ee cree 5 No. of tr Se, ME et BS a BITS ee: Wight. based RD LD RDRD D LD D R RD R Score.... ee ee RL UL eae ee ribs De es fe x5 No, of trap...-- lL BUN BE ait ee 1 2 yy ae Fitzht. Pete T B LI RR R L RD R LD RD SCOLC we eee an ree ily ail whew SW Safi Wo. of trap..... a eT Be a, ED Flight. ie Pate LD RI LD KR R FRI L TT RD Score? siete sh. Al AF gt ATP Se ake Lk ta No, of trap..... a gt ee IE 3 40 Tk hy he 8 Hent.o. Jah RI R LI L R RD TLD R YT Scorel aT. I ae a ee = gna. Qalled birds 12. No birds2. Time of match 2h, 2im, When Fulford scored his last bird there was a scene of wild ex- citement, and it was some minutes before the tie shoot could be proceeded with, the articles of agreement in case of a tie calling for a Shoot off at 25 birds. The men immediately got to work and the result was Brewer scored a win as follows: J. L. Brewer. EK. D. Fulford. Tfap.....4 8 2 OS A Eos dacctae i RU TEE ae ot Flight... RD D R TD L Flight ..RI Bl L RI D Scores al ale Sl 8” =o viseores ele Tee ee foes Trap..... ME Tp Ser i oe TH. ss a lanes 2 Coe Flight... HR D RD RI Flight....R R LD RI RD Scoreseet 2 SW) Yea escore ce a ae ee oh Trap Py 4 SE Tha Pee TAD teste 2 Yt Flight... KR dl LI R Flght...RI LDL I Dp Scotes ae al Si daa scord: seal) lee en ag: Trap... 3 40 py ae it SOY OP Bp ee Re I Flight... R LD bD I LD Flight...RD RD LI RD R Sconesuecel) ll ae er AF Scores de ee Se qin, Trap..... 5 5 3 4 5 BETA ate ee BCom ee Blight... LI BE LI f Rlight...LD RI LI I Rt Score .... 2 1. aw 1 I—5 Score ,... 1 1 ll al STE | 25 2A Although chilled to the bone Brewer shot the tie as he always does—in great form, using his second barrel but twice. The record of the three matches is as follows: Fulford. ; Brewer, First match.............-- 100 First match........,..... oF Secoud match. Beth Anas Second match. Third match.. . 94 Third match Tie UNVIT OUI | Acie AG IBhae 24—91% Tie shoot.............0.- At the conclusion of the tie Brewer stepped np to his opponent and said: ‘Mr. Fulford, I have shot against the best menin the world, and you are the toughest man I have metin a mateh; you have beaten me twice, and I have just won from you, I don't teel satisfied. You have had everything your way in these matches. Now, | would like to name arace. I will shoot you a maich at 250 first-class birds for $1,000 a side, I to furnish the birds, the match to take place on a recognized club ground. If you beat me T won't kick, but U'll throw up the sponge to you.” Mr. Fulford at once accepted the offer and placed $250 in the hands of Mr. H. C. Squires as a forfeit, Brewer agreeing to do the same. At the suggestion of members of the Fountain Gun Club, their grounds at Woodlawn Park, lL. 1., were selected, and December 12 decided on asthe date. Special trains will be run to the erounds, and should the weather prove pleasant, the largest audience ever seen at a similar contest will be assembled there. Tun KAY. cent weerace CLAREMONT, N. J., Nov. 14.-There were eight interesting prize matches at bluerock breaking decided this afternoon on the range at Claremont by the gunners of the New Jersey Shooting Club. The ninth shoot of a series for a Marlin rifle at 20 targets each, Keystone system, ©, W. Vincent took first honors for the second time, scoring 1f breaks, ‘The other scores were: Geo, &, wee 16, Ansterhout 15, Frederick G, Moore 1d, A. Grief 9, » Nels , AUBURN DEFEATS. LYONS. AUBURN, N. Y.. Nov. 14—On Thursday, Noy. 12, the second match between the Spencer Sportsman's Club of Lyons, N, Y., and the Auburn Gun Club was shot at Auburn. The day opened with a drizzling rain, which deyeloped into a good strong one before eight o’clock, but the visiting team appeared on time with twelve ment. Sweepstake shooting filled the earlier part of the day until the main race was called, at two o’clock, when the clouds broke away, giving a very pleasant afternoon. The conditions of the race were made by the Lyons team, and were announced on the grounds. The race,as given, was 25 single kingbirds, 5 traps, expert rules, rapid firing system, with the indicator turned tor each man. The score was aa follows: Auburn Gun Club. Stewart; . eee ew L011101010111110111001111—18 Whyte.,... ee» © L101100091119011191911101—28 Vanderloo...... « »«11117999111011011011111011—21 Brigden...,...s e+ 19101101111911012011111111—23 Bristen..,....5 .1111011101001000011101110—15 Church.... .0111111110111111110101100—20 Garrett ... » « L10101111101101111111111 —22 Tuttle... «.101119011110111111111111_ —23 Steele.... --.1001111001131111011111111—20 Corning. a © 109110119011111111111011— 23 Wri ehthly, ncenuwsehatceeasiarncueee 1111011111111110111111171—23 ( Gy ee eee a i doar a Yel 1491.011119101149.1111.111—24—255 Lyons Gun Club. Whitney,.... -... .e---s ceca eoes ees LOMITA 1 —24 Parshall 40.7... e-ab on pep ete ler «+e 4010101111111111111111111—22 Musselman.,.,....... Per cae es 1110001710111111001111001—17 ° Killick. cep ce. epee ence weep eee eee» 21000101100110111001111111—16 COA AMI ae Ween et Ne ie ttrees 1014.111011211011100111117—20 Knobloch........ eee ive re eee 1111100111100100110111101—17 Puta .- 25.2. pepe eee eee gees v eee es OLMOUITIIIIIIIILIIIII1111—28 Van Ostrand,...,....... Ua aoe 1111111111110100001101111—19 EH TGBLE tee one chad ee ee ee 0011111011111111100011110—18 Forsyth........ eh, Piet pe ee 1110010101110011111011100—16 Burnett ee eee ed 101419199101097111111111—23 Watson. ..,...,..04 ote eee 1100111111111111111101110—21—236 Auburn won by i$ tothe good, If any other club in the State wishes to meet us with three to twenty men, we shall be glad to hear from them, ATBURN, CLASSIFICATION, Nw Lonpon, Cona., Noy. 16,—Hditor Ferest and Stream: For the information of the readers of the FOREST AND STREAM we send you the following announcement, After a careful study and much deliberation upon the ever prominent dquestion of classifi- cation and division nf surplus money, we beg to state that the management of the Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ As- sociation have decided to make three classes, Viz.: fixpert or professional clase, Semi-profersional class. Amateur class. , This classification shall be recognized at all future tournaments of the association, , The surplus money will be divided as follows: 55 per cent. added to purses; 10 per cent. to first and 5 per cent. to second for the best average in expert class; 10 per cent. to first and 5 per cent. to second for best average in semi-professional class; and 10 per cent. to first and 5 per cent. to second for best average in amateur class, For further information regarding the rules and regulations for 1892 address manager Inter-State Manufacturers’ and Dealers’ Association, New London, Conn. H, A. PENROSE, Manager. UTICA, N, ¥., Nov, 10.—Following is the record made by mem- bers of the Oneida County Sportsmen’s Club at the regular weekly shoots of the association on its grounds at Rivers'de Park for the season of 1891: No. of Per No, of Per Shots. Broke, Cent, Shots. Broke, Cent. Booth..... 850 305 871-7 Wheeler... 3850 258 .73 5-7 Kallies.... 360 249 711-7 Horton..., 87 304 811-3 Gilmore... 875 242 68815 Williams.. 350 211 60 2-7 Harris..... 160 115 1762-3 Hiliott..... 26 1g” 6 Knowlton. 330 307 875% Smyth.... 25 17.68 Scott .....- 50 3a 0 Klages, ... 50 18.86 Smith.... 875 257 684-15 Wrilcox.... 125 54.43 1-5 Pfeiffer,.. 2-5 143 0663. 5-9 «=Cummings 25 11 44 Gates...... 300 252 12 Hicks. .... 125 8 = .67 1-5 Dexter.... 173 118 673-7 Hennings. 25 9 236 Mizner ... 150 98 .651-8 Parker.... 60 24 ~=48 The club prize offered was $120 to be divided. Hach contestant to be entitled to compete for thé prize was obliged to shoot at 350 clay pigeons. The prizes were awarded as follows: Knowlton, first, B20: Booth, second, $18; Horton, third, $16; Wheeler, fourth, $14; Gates, fifth, $12; Kallies, sixth, $10; Smith, seventh, $8; Gil- more, eighth, $6; Williams, ninth, $4: tenth prize not won. The diamond badge was won during the season as follows: Booth, 6: Harris, 2; Knowlton, 5; Dexter, 1; Kallies, 5; Horton, 5; Smith, 1. Kallies and Horton tied Oct. 2 and have not yet setiled it. Which- ever wis on shoot-off will be tie with Booth, and a great struggle for the championship will result. The conditions of the badge contest are that the one winning it the greatest number of times during the season shall hold the badge until next year. The badge is valued at $200. The semi-annual meeting of the asso- ciation was held Friday evening, Noy. 13. ROOKLYN, Noy. 11.—Though the list of contestants in the ehine monthly shoot of the Parkway Rod and Gun Club at Dex- ter Park to-day was a short one, the contest was animated, Seven men entered. The shoot was at 7 live birds each, modified Hurlingham rules. The score: A. Andrews 21, A, Botty 20, B. Helgans 15, H. Bramyell 12, A. C. Hunt 9, T. Edgerton 6, M, Bon- den #. Referee—Wm. Mills. Scorer—F. W. Webber. ‘A good race for the diamond badge of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club was made at Woodlawn Park, Long Island, yesterday. I. Hyde, J. B. Voorhees, D. Monsees and C. H. Morris tied for it with 7 straight. In the shoot-off Hyde killed 6 straight, and won. The second prize was won by W. Schulze, the third divided by W. Nair and M. Alsesser, and J. C. DeFraine won the fourth. Im the sweepstakes that followed J. Schliceman and L. Hppig divided the first, C. Engelbrecht and J.B. Voorhees the second, and P. Eppig 7 he third. : eects Miller, the proprietor of Dexter Park, Long Island, pro- poses to give two purses for competition on. Thanksgiving Day— one for bluerock shooting and one for live birds. This is in addi- tion to the entrance fee. The competitions will be open to any member of a recognized gun club on Long Isiand. W. Schulze and J. F. Schmadeke have made another match at 50 live birds each, for $50 a side, 28yds, rise, Long Island rules, gun below the elhow, use of one barrel only. It will be shot at Wood- lawn Park, Long fsland, on the day of the nextshoot of the Erie Gun Club, of which both are memoers. AR-STATE LEAGUE.—Noy. 30 is the date set for the final tars the Inter-State Team League’s championship series. The grounds of the Fountain Gun Club at Woodlawn, N. Y., will be the scene of battle. Every contest {promises to be close and in- teresting, as all the crack clubs hereabout have agreed to enter teams. : ane ble is brewing in the Inter-State Team Leagne, The majority of the officials of the Long Island gun clubs have come to the conclusion that there are enough first class clubs in Long Island to form a league of their own, and thus do away with going all the way to Jersey to test their skill, rom present in- dications it is not at all improbable that a large number of the Brooklyn clubs will quit the league after Jan. 1, AX SCORE BOOK.—The United States Cartridge Com- ce aes issued a very handy pocket score book which they call the Climax. It is of a sizé convenient for the pocket and con- tains 56 leaves printed on one side only. At the head of the page are blank spaces for the place of the shoot, date, judges, referee and conditions. The horizontal ruling gives space for 15 names and the vertical # space for the distance, 10 birds and the total. The leaves are perforated at the top so that they can be torn ont for mailing. It isa very convenient book for trap shooters, : H NORWALK, Conn.—The second annual tournament of ER Side Gun Club will be held on the Baxter Grounds, Fri- day, Nov. 27, commencing at 10.4. M. sharp. Association Tules, 6 traps, rapid-firiug system in allevents. If stormy, the next fair day. Please note change in date of shoot. Boys will not forfeit their “turkey and fixins,” hence change in date by unanimous vote of S. 8. G. C. : ERIOAN ROD AND GUN CLUB, of Weat T : v.was ergas aed Nov. 5. President, Herbert N. Oathout; - oo President. Chas. dahon; Scorers Saaiel Tillett; Dicgaton wae ha 2 ; WwW IRs Our frat shoot wil be on Nov, 2%, ab ae NEWARK, N. J.—The fall tournament of the Newark Gun Cinb will take place at John Hrb’s grounds on Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25, 26,27 and 28. On the first two days the shooting will be at Keystone targets and on the last two days at live pigeons. SPRING HILL GUN CLUB,—This club holds reeular holiday matches at_ grounds, Blauyeltyille, N. ¥..on Thanksgiving Dav, Nov. 26. liive-bird shooting at 10 o'clock A. M. sharp: tarcets in afternoon.—CHAs. M. HarHawaAy, President, 341 West 135th street, Naw York. _ ROCKAWAY PARK.—T haye made arrangements for a shoot- ing match to take place at Rockaway Park, Long Island, on Thanksgiving.—CHASs. GLEARH, Member of the Koo-Koo Club, Rockaway Beach, : - Ganaging. Canvas Canoes and how to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boot Building. By W. P. Stephens: Price $2.00, Canoe Handling. By CO. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canag and Camera. By &. 8. Steele. Price 1.60. Four Months in a Sneak- bor, By N. H. Bishop, Price $1.50, Canoe and Camp Cookery. By “Seneca,” Price $1. Secretaries of canoe Glubs are requested to send to FOREST AND STRHAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of their clubs, and also notices in advance cf meetings and raves, and report of the same. Camnoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested toforward to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittines, and all items relating to the sport. THE A. C. A, AND THE PRHSS.—We publish this week, at the expense of Some valuable spice, a complete and accurate re- port of the entire yearly business of the American Canoe Asso- ciation, While there may be many of our readers to whom the report will be of no interest, there are many others who look to the FOREST AND STREAM for a full knowledge of the financial condition, changes of rules, etc., of the Association. We have endeavored to make the report as accurate as the oficial minutes, but as it is almost impossibie to report in detail the discussions of an entire day we shall be glad to receive corrections of any material errors and will publish them next week. Since the idea of an American Canoe Association was first sug- gested by Mr. Bishop in 1879 and *80 the Fores? AND SaRmAM has regularly published the most complete reports obtainable of the camps and annual meetings. The present editor has written reports of every meet but two and of every meeting of the execu- tive committee except the first, in 1885. Ont of the ayerage mem- bership of 1,000 not more than 25 per cent, is present at tha annual camp, while only about 5 per cent. is present at the fall Meeting, when the important work of the year is transacted. From the first, the large majority of absent members have looked to the FoREST AND STREAM, above all other sources of informa- tion, for complete and accurate reports of all proceedings. In compiling such reports, there have at times come up before the meetings matters which were private, and which it was not necessary ta discuss in print? while there have been incidents of various meets, general and local, which we have not considered it desirable to report in detail. It is sometimes a difficult matter to decide whether certain questions should be passed over or noticed in somé way, but we have always endeavored to act for the best interests of the Association, and at the same time to give, as full and truthful accounts as possible to our readers, While our opinions on different matters have frequently been opposed by correspondents, no fault has thus far been found with the pro- priety or general scope of our reports; and we can only look on the resolution offered at the recent meeting as a sort of “stitch in time,’’ a precaution against something which may happen. During the present season certain mattars in connection with both the general and someof the division meets have heen widely discussed by A, C. A. men, but we haye not considered it desirable to allude to them in ourreports. If, however, the time shonid come when in our judgment itis our duty, as a newspaper, and especially as a supporter of American canoeing and of the Amer. ican Uanoe Association, to deal openly with these questions, wa shall do so; at least until we are assured that it is the wish of the members at large that only a part of the proceedings of the Asso- ciation shall be made public. In any case the resolution just offered can only defer and cannot suppress the living question whether the great majority of decent and sober gentlemen who attend the meets for the sake of canoeing and social reunion have any rights which a small minority are bound to respect. THE LIMIT OF DROP OF CENTHRBOARD.— The reasons given for retaining the present limit of 18in. below rabbet for the drop of centerboard were mainly that it was undesirable to change the present typs of canoe until more had been learned as to its possibilities, and also that an unlimited drop of center- board might lead to the construction of costly racing machines. So far as the first reason is concerned, the type of canoe is likely to be influenced far more by the lengthening of the sliding seat from 38 or 42in, to 60in,, than it would be by the removal of the limit of drop. As to the question of cost, if any enterprising racing man wishes to try an interesting experiment at a cost Bay of 50 per cent. more than a modern racing machine like Bee or Kismet, there is a way open in the construction of a “canoe” 16X30, with 10in. draft, the huil being more of a ‘cutter shape than anything thus far attempted. On these dimensions a dig- placement of 500lbs.. could very easily be carried, divided as fol- lows; Hull 140lbs., rig 60lbs., crew 150]bs,, centerboard 100.bs., rudder, etc., 50lbs. The centervoard would be of gun metal, 6 to 8ft. long, and dropping 1Xin. for nearly its entire length. As the canoe would lis afloat, the board would never be raised unless to satisfy a more than commonly inguisitive regatta committee, though it would of course be hoisted ont entirely tor shipment. Such a “canoes” would be to all intents and purposes a reduced copy of the racing halfraters so popular In Hngland this year. Though nominally a centerboard craft, she would be practically a “fin keel,” as the new vaters are. The gradual omission from the rules, by design or oversight, of seyeral wholesome restric- tions, has made the construction of such a craft perfectly prac- ticable. With a keel of 100 to 150lbs., a rig of 250:q. ft., and an active mau ona dft. seat, she might hurry some existing canoes that are considered quite fast. THE LIBRARIAN’S REPORT.—The remark has beén fre- quently made that although the officers of the A. ©, A. are not paid for their services, and the dues are but a dollar per year, the officers ate most faithful and efficient, and the members are well seryed. An instance of the truth of this remark is found in the careful, complete and elaborate report of the A. C. A, Librarian, which we publish this week, We venture on a line of well- deserved praise of this officer from the double consideration that his modesty and industry are known to us personally, and alea because no one alse is likely to haye a good word for him, - a 4 —- = Nov, 19, 189i, FOREST AND STREAM. 361 NORTHERN DIVISION,—The report of the Northern Division for 189] is most gratifying, as it shows that the Division has recov- ered from the mistakes and accidents of the previous year, A very successful Division meet was held: the representatives of the Division took a fair share of the racing honors at the A. OC. A. meet; the debt of 1890 has been wiped out, leaying a small balance in hand; and a large number of members haye been added. The gain in this latter detail is far greater than the figures show, the new men being gathered from many different parts of the Division, showing a general growth, while those dropped were mainly mem- bers who joined from some special consideralions, and with no intention of remaining permanently. The Division is now in a very Satisfactory condition, and with every promise of a good Division meet in 92 and a large general meet in ‘93. REPORTS OF OF FICERS,—We wich to acknowledge the aasist- ance Which we haye this year received from the yariaus officers, the secretary-treasurer in particular, and which has enabled ns to publish the very complete reports of the Association and the Divisions. FIXTURES FOR 1892-MARINE AND FIBLD CLUB —The Masinv and Field Club is the first to make arrangements for tha Season of 1802, having selected June 11 as the date of its fourth annual canoe regatta. Dates from other clubs are now in order. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, 1891. i (aes Jith annual meeting of the executive committee of the American Canoe Association, the fourth meeting held in Albany. was called to order on Noy. 14 at 10:45 A. M. by Commo- ore Winne in the parlors of the Delavan House. The members prevent were as follows: Com, C, VY. Winne, Sec’y-Treas. W. B. Wackerhagen, both of whom took office on Oct. 1, and the follow- inv Division officers, whose terms began with this meeting: Central Diyision.—Vice-Com, HE. L. French, Buifalo, N. Y.; Rear fom. T, H. Stryker, Rome. N. Y¥, (by W.H. Huntington, proxy); C G. Belman, Amsterdam, N. Y. Bastern Division.—Vice-Com. J. W, Cartwright, Boston; Rear Com, H. C, Knappe, Springfield; Purser R. Appollonio (by Sidney Bishop, proxy); Paul Butler, Lowell; W. U. Lawson, Newton; T, H. Metcalf, Holyoke. Northern Diyision—Purser W. H. P. Weston, Toronto (by ©. BE. 1. Porteous. proxy). Atlantic Division.—Vice-Com. L. W. Seayey, New York; Rear tom. Richard Hobart, Newark, N. J. (by L. B. Palmer, proxy); Purser J. K. Hand, NewYork; W. 8. Elliott, New York; J. &. a RA (by Wm. Whitlock, proxy); ©. Y. Schuyler, Arl- _ ington, N. J. A our of the new regatta committee, Messrs, Gibson, Oliver, Bar- ney and Quick; Mr. Stephens, the librarian, Messrs, Buddington, Dunnell, Lawrence, Vaux, Wilkin and others were present, Out of the 26 members of the executive committee, 16 were present. The minutes of the meeting of Aug. 20 in camp were read and on motion of Mr. Palmer amended to include the names of Miss Fredericks and Mrs. Heaton, elected to honorary membership, aiter which the minutes were approyed. The following report of the Sec'y-Treas. was read and on motion of Mr, Butler received after an explanation by Mr. Lawson of some of the items: SECRETARY-TREASURER’S REPORT, 398 70 Year Book advertisements due and uncollected....... AGL. 49 17 Daficit...-.,. SRR eee pride ree OA aes $4,021 56 Expenditures. fo lumber account, camp site committee of 1890,. ... ... % 168 56 AD RORESTCAND STRHAM . cc. csc lesen Cents. owe “ 4 00 USO r PURE CUCL es Cette bd a tbseteatie actrees zeus u ee ‘Tu 5,0-9 application circulars..... .2..02. 2 J acs nen ceeev eee 22 00 AMatitpiececktz yg Seni wah ire eee one en SOP Pee Pea eee 20 00 To signal code books and flags... .....5..... Ts 500 membership certificates....... To badges at meet.... .. ee, Se Oe To W. K, Baker, lease camp site for 1891 To cannon for meer : IPovVear Bool. (ne paniis +. both eakesey gt eee! Sean To camp site cammittes..... 00... toa eee ‘To traasportation committee........... co rae Lr. As Ae 296 U0 To regatta committee,... .....2. 02.0. A aA RA geal ee 59 87 Wotnealttickets s,s. ete Sey 44 KFA Be . 1092 50 To general office expenses—stationery, stamps, printing, ESR DTORR MOL Can ately cet operat ae mg ee ot tn Nt ee 107 48 t : $3,472 72 ‘To balance camp site account unpaid............. -....e.-- 129 50 To balance meal ticket account unpaid......... ....-<,.... 299 00 To balance Year Book account unpaid........... Fey prow ~ 220 44 $4,021 36 ; RALPH F. BRAvER, Sec’y-Treas. Audited and found correct, F. T. WALSH, RODNEY F. HiMenway. Tie following report of the Librarian was read and received: LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. As one of the principal objects of the American Canoe Associa- tion, a8 set forth in Article IL. of the constitution, is the col- lection of “logs of voyages, records of waterways and routes, * * * and collections of maps, charts and books,” your Libra- Tian, in making this, his second annual report, takes great pleasure in cajling thé attention of the commodore, the executive com-— mittee and the members in general {othe high percentage of in- crease Over previous years in the addition to the various depart- ments of the A. C. A, Library. In order to keep this report within rearonable length, your Librarian has deemed it advisable merely to summarize these additions, and at the same time to include the call lists of additions in separate documents, which accompany this report, The firs” of these, marked “Wxhibit A,” contains the complete list of cruises received during the year. It may not be out of place toremark in passing, that every cruise received has been duly acknowledged, and also posted in the official record book of “Cruises, Routes and References.” The second list, marked “Hix- hibit B,” contains the additions of books to the A. G, A. Library during the year. _ j While pointing with pride to the favorable showing, compared with former years, your Librarian confesses to a feeling of disap- pointment at the absence of contributions from certain quarters where a yast amount of zeal and enthusiasm for the Library was ut one time manifested in the shape of criticism and suggestion, The condensed summaries of exhibits A and B are as follows: _ Exhibit A.—List of Cruises added to A, C. A. Library, 1891: Received during current year....... ........ ee fad «eagle TA oe A Hinumerated to 1890 report ...... 2.2.12. 6 ce eee eee Sbhpnas rei Old cruises, not previously enumerated..,............. .--.-.,--...2 ata, Onno yee Aa Pcp een te cd eens Bey, BAO Ao res Exhibit B.—List of Books added to A. 0. A. Library, 1891; Received. during current year....... Fae en ee Sa oe a) ele Ou hand at date of IAst report... 165, coscecicces een ce ccacelese ccs 0 POQUHINS aaweea ec temeia tetas Maia he Peapeatiully submitted, , Py STEPHENS, Librarian, Aa A. eon Var ssra ewe tat on yreseL Hxhibit A,—DList of Cruises udded to A. C. A. Library, 1891: Wall- kill Pabeake Hobe and Ulster Counties, N.Y. Smith, N.S. New- burgh, N.Y. Ewiibit B—List_of Books added_to A. 0. A. Libraiy, 1891: Glazier,—Captain Willard. ““Down The Great Riyer.” A motion to dispense with the reading of the report: of the Division pursers, already published, was carried. The following report of the camp site committee was then read; VAMP SITH COMMITDPRE REPORT, Harpenses, Aug. 10, To postaze stam PS... cc. es. vee ceceses cestareens w $12 00 To telegram ......2... .... ag Sane ye ee anaes paanee : 10 PO MUOR Die eey aa tee be et eat Che eee tee tans otis , 38 TPO Tahins spear ete nrc eat ia ee ee. big 3 50 WW, To camp stools........... a 20 To alphatet for letter box...,... SSH fo eee ke ee ae 10 Tatexprepses sree sh Pes So rere sr ete Cher eee ee) ahaa Se 9h ped bom tihoibcee eee! oye cel Cw Oe ts hie BL tela ae 30 Le EPa ape noleRweeeee Basan trees ausee ee teak OLOD POTTS Ta Sh opens He Shere Annee) teeny oe ee he . 179 84 Ue pliner antapirapiees yor maa leen es weeme near ee ennne 22 29 Mays ai busi Vafegihad opal TAs |t\ Gane ae hee Mt OES, lel “bg bteely = a4 10 15 To drugs, disinfectants.... ....... 0... 0c c eee ee eee 10 79 19) Co. blank read pte. ay ee = a0 20, To flannel for cammon................... .... hele 19 ia Le LTT DENY atl Le cee See Gee OnE Uwe We Os ey Stet LU 87 Morera ria pea. ab sae ds lane A ce a Oh ae eo Re ee ee 1, 20.75 As cetthanabepeercenth ge) RARER peak eT ON Aa - 2-00 26, To hardware ITGvIE Do tsen tesa by ee To plumber for pump, 6'G: 11.1.0... Seca e epee eee PCL GR Nets Vaccine gM aise taal aie rnie lege Vie at POTN E Tei s eee ietin ste ae SEAR atk ad To letter rack To labor...... SS MDOR SE Bear Or eae See Eel ee Pre To hardware Rodi mbes seeks Sept. 9, To ice at headquarters ..-: .,....:s2eeeee sees ene aes 2 25 To ropes and hardware.... .. Area AS nmin ne Se . 1 84 ERGO XDEGES GM OPGATES hasty A. hb ets vex mosculee bias 1 00 To freight, headquarters supplies ...... ... ....-.. 195 July 20, To Nautical Publishing Uo., circulars............ .- £00 #1, To John C, Rankin Co., circulars.............0...008 38 50 B60 47 Receipts, Received from sales of lumber, skids, etc . ...... Pesce at peed 85 Hxpenses Regatta Committee, 1891. PATTIES owe eee one tk eee freer ree ph Sos ewes, jee » $13. 50 LOPe eae Pe Se ee eS eee TeeR ae Aer. Ce 6 62 GlothrforDaayss sreetrat tere rere ee lee eden ane a aane 6 00 Hxpress charges...........,..2... aes hain Merle S@ebbb ba - 6 30 Numbers and ping.......... ras 4 SS ont Ott oes east bib aah 18: 60 MelegramAndrtaekass.stacs lere.l. OS See CSAS Shake Banc: 45 Four flags..-.... ...-..0, 055 Se ross mo hohe ae nae ay seid = 6 00 elite Tibi iyeba cle gy Wem me ere EEL PEEL... Boley tlle ties bans am .- 18 00 R74 87 Less cash contributed hy Knickerbocker, Yonkersand Hart- ford ©. C, for purchase of flags.............- we ccc eee nese $59 87 Approved, CHARLES DANA PALMER, Chairman Regatta Com.; A. GC, A., 1891, A discussion of the question of making a complete inventory of all property, such as camp floors, ete., now stored at. Willsborough Point, and also of the ownership of the camp floors followed; after which, on motion, the Commodore appointed Messrs. Hand and Schuyler as an auditing committee for the report. The report of the special committee on lady honorary membership, Messrs. Wilkin, Palmer and Stephens, was then read and accepted. The report, which will be published in full, recommended that the word honorary be changed to associate, and that a regular system of proposal and election be adopted, with certain regulations to govern the ladies’camp. Mr. Lawson suggested the term lady associate in place of associate. As an amendment to the consti- tution, which must be published for two weeks before being voted upon, will be necessary to carry into effect these changes, the re- port was merely read and received, and the proposals will be yoted on later. The report included a full list of all lady members from the organization of the A. C. A. in the order of election. The following report of the regatta committee was then read and received. That portion of the report relating to proposed changes was published in the Forus?T AND STRHAM of Oct. 29: REGATTA COMMITTHR’s REPORT. The duty ot preparing and publishing an order of races not later than June 1 was duly attended to by the regatta committee through their chairman, Dr, J. A. Gage, of Lowell. Later Dr, Gage resigned from the committee, and Chas. D. Palmer, of Lowell, was appointed to fill his place. Mr. Palmer received early in August the official notification of his appointment as chairman of the regatta committee for the meet of the American Canoe eae at Willsborough Point, N. ¥., vice J. A. Gage, resigned. The committees held their first meeting at headquarters, at Willsborough Point, Wednesday,.Aug. 12, at 9 o'clock P! M. There were present the chairman and Mr. L. B. Palmer, of New- ark, N. J. The vacancy caused by the absence of the third mem- her, Mr. W. G. MacKendrick, of Toronto, Ont., was filled by the election of Mr. BR, J. Wilkin, ot Brooklyn, N.Y. After officiating in two of the events of Saturday, Aug, 15, Mr. L. B. Palmer re- tired from the committee to take an active part in the subsequent events. His place was filled by Mr. J. N. MacKendrick, of Galt, Ont., who officiated thereafter throughout the meet. Three sailing courses were laid out by the committee, namely: An outer triangular course north of Willsborough Point, an inner triapgular course in Willshorough Bay, opposite headquarters, and an inner L course, opposite headquarters. The paddling courses were laid out in Willsborough Bay with finish line opposite headquarters. Events 1, 5, 6, 8 and 10 were sailed over the outside course. All the other regular events and the race for the Jabberwock Cup were held on the inner courses, The official summary of these events, signed by R. H. Mac- Millan, clerk of the course, also the original entry forms with numbers, and duly signed, are herewith submitted as a part of this report, also the record of protests, By unanimous yote of the regatta committee, in event 3, G. P. Douglas was disqualified for using paddle; in event 8 Paul Butler and H. M. Mott Smith were disqualified for fouling buoy; in event 10 W. Li. Martin was dicqualified for not following the rules of Ta SASnTeIUERS of cockpit, as prescribed in Rule 1 of Racing Regu- ations. Three protests were entered during the meet. The protest of G. P, Douglas vs. C. H. Archbald in event 2, Aug. 17, was disal- lowed by a majority of the committee. While contact was ad- mitted by both parties it was impossible to decide where the blame should rest, as the interference was'so slight that it was not seen by any member of the committee, one of whom was fol- lowing in a steamer, the second patrolling the course, and the third stationed in the stakeboat at the finish line. The protest of Brazer vs. Palmer, event 6, was not acted upon, as the chairman found it impossible to convene the committee, owing to an ex- Eoutiv’ meeting at headquarters. The third protest was with- Tawi. As the American Canoe Association is the head and front of canoeing im this eountry its record of performance should be in every way “standard.”? That this EBay. be assured it is recom- mended that the courses—especially the paddling—be aceurately surveyed and the surveying attested. In concluding this report I desire to express my sincere thanks to the Commodore for his support in my yarious duties and far his many courtesies. I must also return many thanks to Mr, Thomas G. Budington for the use of his steam launch, and to my astociates on the committee for their cordial coiperation. Respectfully submitted, CHAS. DANA PALMER, Chairman Regatta Committee, A.C. A, Meet, Willsborough Point, 1891. Lows5uLt, Mass., Oct. 20, ‘The next matter taken up was that of an inventory, and after discussion it was moved by Mr. Lawson and seconded by Vice= Com, Seavey that a schedule of the agsets of each committee be published in the Year Book, which was carried. In connection with the matter the librarian expressed hig willi esa ‘to accept the custody of such smallartioles as the official flags, regatta committee blanks, records and appliances, etc., which can be | by several. better stored in one place than shipped about from year to year. Mr. Wilkin spoke at considerable length to the effect that the Association should own no property at all, but should hire every- thing needed from yearto year. A motion by Mr. Porteous, sec- onded by Vice-Com. Wrench, to add the term “custodian” after ihe word “librarian” in the constitution, was finally withdrawn, as no change could be made without publication. The librarian asked for instruction as to the insurance of the records.in his care, but no action wastaken, The new regatta committee haw pre- sented a report recommending several of the changes contained in the report of the outgoing committee, which was, alter dis- cussion, laid on the table. A letter from Mr. Sidney Bishop, in~ closing $25 and regretting his inability to be present at the meet was read, aiso a letter from Mr. Hickok in behalf of the Lake Champlain Y. C. prosenting the Cannon cup, On motion of Mr. Lawson, amended by Mr. Whitlock, it was resolved that the sec- retary-treasurer should draft a letter of thanks in answer to each letter. The meeting now adjourned from 1:15 to 2-30, After the adjournment Mr. Porteous offered an amendment ta the constitution, Art, Y., Sec. 1, to add the words “and custodian” alter librarian, which was seconded by Vice-Gom, French and approved by the committee. The reports of the old and new re- gatta committees were then taken up,and the clauses of the former were acted on in connection with the similar portions cf the latter report, The amendment prohibiting the use of the rnd- der was lost, only Mr. Porteous, representing the wishes of some of the paddlers of the Northern Division. voting forit. The pro- posed amendments to Rules XII. and XIII., prohibiting fanning with the sails and sculling with the rudder, and making a time limit for sailing races, were carried. The amendment to Rule XXII, allowing amendments to be made to the racing rules at any time by a mail vote, was carried. The proposed omission of tha latter part of Rule XVI. was rejected. The amendments to Rules X. and V1, relating to the starting and finishing of canoes in paddling and sailing races, were dis- cussed at length, and finally Mr. Lawson offered as an amend- ment to the original propositions, made by him, the following: To add to Rule VI. the words, The start and finish in all races shall be by the bow.” The amendment was seconded, but Mr. Palmer Taised the objection that the last amendment was different from that published, and so could not be voted upon. The objection Was sustained by the chair, but on motion of Purser Hand, sec- onded by Mr. Whitlock, an appeal was taken from the decision. A vote was taken which resulted in favor uf tha appeal. A call for a standing vote was made with the same result. Mr. Palmer ‘offered the following resolution: “It is the sense of the meeting that changes shall only be made as published.” The amendment was lost, aiter which 2 vote was taken on Mr. Lawson’s amend- ment, which was adopted. The minor amendments to Rules V. and XIIL., three in all, were carried a8 published, The amendment relating to the limit weight of paddling canoes was fully discussed, the general opin- ion being in favor of its removal, and the clause was dropped, leaving the paddling class without limit in regard to weight. As it was then late in the afternoon the revision of Rule I. pro- posed was not considered, but three proposals indorsed by the new committee were voted on together and carriéd. They were: To change the title “General purpose” to “cruising: to make all centerboards in this class house within the canoe, not projecting below the keel nor aboye the adjoining portions of the deck and coaming when housed, and to strike out entirely the limit of drop of centerboard, ’ Purser Hand then presented a letter from Mr, Geo. appealing from the decision of the regatta committee in the case of the protest made by him against Mr, C. H. Archbald. FOREST AND STREAM. [Nov, 26, 1891, ~ power and opportunity were theirs. These creatures all decent people despise, though few will aid in their detection and punishment. Horrible stories of their destructive and wasteful work are current every winter and can he yerified if any one will take the trouble. But to return to the class of men of whom 1 first spoke, Many and many a time I have labored with them and iried my utmost to get them to be willing to take the initiative in the matter of better protection of the great game of the State, to be willing to make some personal sacrifice toward it, but I have about given it up as hope- less, They know little of the disappearance of game from other parts of the country, and your stories of the swift extermination of the bison, the elk, the antelope, the wild turkey and the prairie chicken are necessarily not very vivid to them or very cogent reasons why they indi- vidually should stay their hand from taking what is before them and in their grasp, and what they personally want. To them it is the regular and unbroken order of nature that the woods should abound in deer, and they cannot easily be made to see that it will not always be so. They are obliged to admit the scarcity of the moose, but the scarcer they are the more coveted the prize and harder to forego an opportunity to kill. Iam writing these last lines in October and in camp in the heart of the wilderness I loved so well. I have been reading, as I hoped to do, the pile of back number ForEsT AND STREAMS, and in the delicious quiet and rest of the woods and within sound of the waves of one of the love- liest and wildest of the lakes of Maine. What I have seen and learned on this trip thus far only increases my pain and my wish to stop the slaughter of game, and, [ am forced to add, my despair of every seeing it accom- plished. Year before last there was the cruelest crust for years. It came late—the last of March or the first of April—and at that late time twenty moose were killed within ten miles of where I write. It is true that the greater part of the meat was used, but think what that slaughter meant whenever men could take advantage of the conditions. The animals were absolutely helpless, The same spring a man was fishing on a stream not two miles from here and saw a cow moose and a yearling, Of course he shot them. In three weeks more the cow moose would have given birthtotwo young, In October of that year I came to the borders of a certain lake and discoy- ered a guide well known tome, He wasin the act of taking a big buck from his canoe. Another was hung up close by. Beside him was the hound through whose agency he had secured both. Caught in the act, and not sure but my companion might be a warden, he tried to engage us in another hunt. I steadily refused, but he sent his nephew into the woods with the hound. While we were preparing our lunch we heard the hound give tongue, and in a few moments a, fine spike buck took water not far from us, It wasa sight which I had in all my hunting never seen before, I took my canoe and paddled round and round the deer fora few minutes, watching its play of muscle as it swam, but of course with no idea of shooting it. On the shore stood my guide and the other party, two men andaboy, Fearing that I was waiting too long and that the deer would escape, they shouted to me to shoot. I told them they could shoot if they wanted to, but that I certainly should not, They begged and implored me to shoot, shouting that I would not have another chance; that I might still-hunt the whole season and not get a shot. They began to swear, and the boy, who had been permitted to shoot the two bucks they had secured and whose spirit was hot for slaughter, vowed that a man who wouldn’t shoot a deer when it was there before his eyes, didn’t deserve to have a deer and had no business to come into the woods. Steadily I drove the deer to shore and ‘“‘beached” him within six rods of the frantic party on shore, and had the satisfaction of seeing him bound away unhurt into the forest. The only anxiety had been to make me particeps criminis, and so to shield their own misdoing, Iam happy to say that in two days I still-hunted a fine cari- bou and shot him dead in his tracks, One other story of my own experience I must tell. Some years ago, with another gentleman, I was en- camped on one of the finest trout waters in Piscataquis county. It was four days before the close of the trout season and the opening of the free season for big game. We had one guide. Not one of the party had a rifle, We had deliberately ‘gone in for trout,” taking only fishing rig and shotguns, leaving our rifles at the settle- ment and intending to come back for them and go in for a hunt when the fishing season closed. We had secured allthe trout we could use, and were lying on the bank under some big trees, reading. Our guide was out on the lake a rod or two, when he suddenly called to us to know what kind of a creature was moving along the op- posite shore and far up the lake. My telescope was hung by a swivel to the tree, and in an instant was turned on the new comer, when, behold! a lordly moose with big antlers! There was no mistaking him. The guide was incredulous, but one look through the telescope con- vinced him, Excitedly we watched him, taking our turns at the telescope. The guide asked: ‘‘Shall we try to shoot him?” What could be a greater temptation? To both my friend and myself it was our first opportunity of the kind, There was the moose, a hugé and splendid prize, and browsing slowly along, drawing nearer and nearer to us, though on the opposite side of the lake, and all unconscious of our presence. The wind was right. The moose would probably pass within easy shot of one who should hide in the grass and bushes of the outlet just below us. It lacked just four days of ‘‘open time,” It was a chance of a lifetime. O, what a sight he was as he waded along knee-deep in the water, taking now and then a nip at a lily pad or a swimming an arm of the lake and coming out and shaking his giant shoulders till the water flew in a shower around him! We could see him with the utmost distinctness and even watch the gleam of his eye. To the guide’s repeated question we simply replied that we should not lift a finger in the matter. He said if we would not he should. and hastily replacing shot by bullet in three of his cartridges he took his shotgun and crept away. The moose stopped directly opposite us on the other side of the lake, where we could without the glass see every motion, Some faint noise made him cau- tious. He was slowly turning back, when a shot rang out and the ball splashed the water under him; a second and a third shot followed, and we saw the great beast was hit, He started to trot, but reeled, and the blood flowed from his muzzle. That meant ‘shot through the lungs.” He reeled, he fell. The guide took the whole responsibility, and therefore to him, so far as we were concerned, belonged the moose. I am glad to say the meat was all saved, though the head was spoiled. I after- ward bought the horns of the guide. : For two seasons I have been led by certain considera- tions to take my short autumn outing in western Maine, where were trout and some deer, but not in plenty, and no moose or caribou. I did it with regret, longing for my old haunts in Penobscot waters, Last winter I re- ceived a letter from an old and favorite guide saying that he was in the woods again and urging me to come for a winter hunt. He said he bad built an ‘‘old ripper” of a camp on one of our favorite lakes, and that if I would come he thought he could promise me a moose, adding that ‘‘others did it” and he didn’t see why we should not. Of my present trip I will write another time, i, ¢., if the length of this letter does not scare the editor. I shall have much more to say of the ways of outsiders and natives in regard to game in Piscataquis county, and something, perhaps, by way of suggestion. C, H. AMES. alainyal History, “THE FATE OF THE FUR SEAL.” Editor Forest and Stream: Iam not to be drawn into a controversy with Mr, H. W. Hiliott, Before his feyerish activity and brilliant imagination I am content to rest in awestruck silence, Those who are curious as to the area seals occupy may inspect the group in the Nafional Museum, mounted under Mr. Hlliott’s supervision, and form their own con- clusions. There will be plenty of evidence from independent ob- servers recorded before long, and the truth of the matter cannot fail to come out; and for this I am perfectly will- ing to wait. It has, however, been suggested that as a fact of historical value I might add a few words of ex- planation about the price of fur seal skins in Alaska in 1866 (not 1866-7 as Mr, Elliott puts it), , The furs purchased by the “Russian-American Com- pany” before the sale of the territory to the United States were classed under two categories. One comprised such furs as the sable, sea otter, beayer and young black bear. These were not permitted to be sold on any consideration by the chief traders at the different posts, Seyere pun- NEST OF RUBY-GROWNED KINGLET, ishment was prescribed for a violation of this rule, though doubtless it was occasionally violated. The second category comprised furs regarded as of comparatively little value, which the chief traders were allowed to sell at a fixed price, either to employes of the company for fur clothing or to others who desired them, This list in 1866 comprised among others, muskrat skins and those of the white fox, fur seal, Parry’s marmo’, the siffleur or hoary marmot and American ermine or weasel skins, The two lists were revised from time to time as the prices of furs fluctuated, Mink, for instance, was at different times put in one category or transferred to the other. In 1866, and for some years previous, fur seal skins paid the company barely if at all for the trouble of taking them. The price fixed on them in 1866 was 124 cents apiece, and at that price I bought 100 or more skins from the chief trader at St, Michaels, in the month of September, The following year the price rose consider- ably I believe, but not until after the purchase of the territory had already become practically certain. W. H. Daun. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, Noy. 21. SHARK NOTES. N the summer and winter of 1888 I was connected with a wholesale fish firm doing business at Pensa- cola, Fla, In the many hunting and fishing trips made in Pensacola Bay and Santa Rosa Sound the shark often came under my notice. One morning in May, while standing waist deep in the watm waters of Santa Rosa,.Sound casting for sea trout, I was somewhat startled to see a shark’s dark form about 15ft. away and between myself and the shore. Some lively thrashing of the water with the rod succeeded in driving the intruder off, and the remainder of the morn- ing’s fishing was done from the boat. Sharks are very abundant in the harbor during the summer months; and on clear moonlight evenings shark fishing parties were quite the rage. A dozen or more young people of both sexes would gather on one of the piers, equipped with the usual shark outfit, viz., 200ft. of 4in, manilla and a dozen feet of chain connecting the manilla with a hook, the size of which would astonish a landsman. The bait commonly used was a red snapper’s head; and the sharks were so plenty and ravenous that this bait was generally successful in bringing them to the surface, I remember one occasion when the young man who was acting as fisherman failed to keep the line taut while listening to an especially vivid yarn, and the shark took bait, hook and then came forward and severed the Rin, rope 5ft, above where it was fastened to the chain. It cost the party $3 to procure a new outfit. One October morning as Iwas about to enter my oitice, which was located on a pier, I noticed three sharks swim- ming about 20ft. from the pier, The shark outfit had been loaned to a friend and was a half mile away. It was, however, but the work of an instant to rush to the telephone and order ihe outfit to be sent down post haste. Then procuring a number of skipjacks from a refrigerator, I began feeding the sharks to hold their attention until the arrival of hook and line, For the next twenty minutes it was great sport watching the lightning-like dashes of ‘‘these wolves of the sea.” As the skipjacks struck the water the brine would be lashed into a yeasty smother as all three would rush for the same fish. Several times they came within 6ft., and as the water was clear, I could see every motion they made, In nota single A aaci did they turn on the side or back to take the ood. The skipjacks were about 18in. in length and averaged 2lbs, in weight. The largest shark was fully 8ft. in length. Two of them were attended by remoras—a fish about 18in, long that has a disk-like sucker on its head with which it attaches itself to the shark, It is an odd sight to see these small fishes carried about on the backs of sharks. [am inclined to think that sharks in feeding on large fishes would turn slightly on the side to tear away portions, but experience leads me to believe that in taking objects not too large to gulp entire, they never turn, After the food supply had given out the shark outfit came, but the sharks had returned to deep water. How- ever, the hook was baited and dropped about 20ft. from the dock. After thirty minutes fishing a shark bit, but the hook failed to hold, IVANHOE, Cnicago, Tl, NEST OF RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. Editor Forest and Stream: IT send you a nest of the ruby-crowned kinglet, one of several discovered and taken by me near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, The nest was found June 14, 1891, It contained young. It was up 30ft. from ground _ in the top, of a black spruce tree. The nest was built underneath the main limb, and clinging on, fastened by the sides, to the smaller branches or twigs that shot out from the main limb and was suspended, On July 2 the young had flown, when the tree was cut down, and this limb Inow send to FoREST AND STREAM with the nest attached. The nest is made with moss, lined with feathers, and with feathers woven into the sides and bot- tom, Nest measurements areas follows: 3in, across the top on outside, 14in. across on inside, 13in. deep on inside and 4in. deep outside. The female when building will go from 100 to 800yds. after material, being invariably followed by the male, who, however, does not assist in any other way than by singing. H. Austen. DARTMOUTH, N. S, ORNITHOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON, —Last spring there was organized in Washington, D, C., an Ornithologists’ Association, which has greatly prospered, and now has a considerable membership, both active and corresponding, the latter covering a large part of this continent. The present officers are: President, Rey. J. H. Langille; Vice-President, W. H. Aspinwall; Secre- tary and Treasurer, A, B. Farnham, The object of this organization is to make general and popu- lar the study of bird life, hoping thereby to pro- mote the knowledge of this attractive branch of natural history and to secure a considerate protection of our native birds, The growing interest in ornithology all over the country is indeed wonderful, and it is hoped to bring to pass a universal co-operation in the good work referred to, Persons desiring membership will please address A. B, Farnham, Benning, D. C. THE MOJAVE DESERT IN WINTER, A’ the meeting of the Biological Society of Washing- ton, Noy. 14, Mr. T. §. Palmer delivered a very in- teresting address on the ‘‘Winter Aspects of the Mojave Desert Region,” based upon his personal experiences dur- ing the recent memorable explorations made for the Department of Agriculture under the direction of Dr. Merriam, and forming the first public announcement of the discoveries of the expedition. Time and space forbid detailed mention of the physical features of the region, which could not at any rate well be explained without reference to the map and profile used by the speaker to illustrate his remarks. The wonderful extremes of tem- perature, involying intense heat (136° in July), excessive dryness and a minimum temperature of 8 to 12°, with an occasional fall of an inch or two of snow in winter, pro- duce hard conditions for the animals and plants of the desert, and are endured with the help of such habits as involve the least risk to life and thrift. The range of temperature is about 125°, Some of the plants are leaf- less, others drop their leaves in June before the summer heat is established. Tree yucca is characteristic and grows to a height of 25 to 30ft., sometimes forming groves orforests. Cottonwoods, mezquit ash, and willows in small numbers are included among the trees, A few shrubs and, in some localities, marsh grass belong to the flora, In winter only a few reptiles and batrachians are to be seen; one or two species of lizards and now and then a snake are present. Birds are chiefly absent on their migrations; a sparrow, a raven, a shore lark and a thrasher constitute about the sum of the winter residents, Although about 20 genera of the mammals are in the region, the species are mostly nocturnal in their habits and are rarely observed while passing over the country. These include rats and mice (so called), the mou.tain Nov. 26, 1891.] FOREST AND STREAM. 369 sheep rarely on the heights, coyotes occasionally in the vicinity of the springs, and a few jack rabbits and cot- tontails. The number of diurnal mammals is never large. For the most part the birds are absent, the reptiles and batrachians hibernating, the mammals nocturnal and the plants in a state of rest. KAGU AND FILLALOO BiRD.—On page 119 of the “Standard Natural History, Birds,” Vol. IV., is to be found the following interesting account of some of the antics of the Kagu from New Caledonia. The bird is re- lated to the sun bittern, and from its actions one would associate it with the story of the wonderful fillaloo bird. The observations kere recorded were made by Mr. Bart- lett, superintendent of the London Zodlogical Garden, from a captive specimen: ‘‘ With its crest erect and wings spread out the Kagu runs or skips about, sometimes pur- suing and driving before him all the birds that are con- fined with him in the same aviary, and evidently enjoy- ing the fun of seeing them frightened, At other times he will seize the end of his wing or tail and run around, holding it in his bill. From a piece of paper or dry leaf he derives much amusement by tossing it around and BROADBILLS AND CANVASBACKS. running after it. During his frolic he will thrust his bill into the ground and spread out his wings, kick his legs into the air and then tumble about as if in a fit.” “How To Couuecr Brros.”—Hditor Forest and Stream: In yours of Oct. 1 the writer of the article on ‘‘How to Collect Birds” recommends corn meal as the best thing to use as an absorbent, and names clean sand and plaster of Paris as possible substitutes in its absence. Having tried all three, also several others, I find that none can at all compare with fine hard-wood sawdust, such as one gets at a last factory. Any one who has once tried it will never use any other, it combines the advantages of all he others named above without their disadvantages. — Ts Game Bag and Gan. By J. D. Caton. Antelope and Deer of America. Price $2.50. Wing and Glass Ball Shooting with the Rifle. By W.C. Bliss. Price 50 cents. kifle, Rod and Gun in Calhiforma, By T. 8. Van Dyke. Price $1.50. Shore Birds, Price 15 cents. Woodcraft. By ‘‘Ness- muk. Price $1. Trajectories of Hunting Rifles. Price 50 cents Wild Fowl Shooting; see advertisement. THE FULL TEXTS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Provinces are given in the Sook of the Game Laws. THE BIG COON OF SPLIT ROCK. | RPS several weeks I had heard some whistling after sundown in the cornfields under the mountain, and even down on the shore of the lake, Hunting instinct is so strong in me that it was hard to curb my impatience. On the evening of Nov, 14 last I extorted a promise from Guy Ferguson that he would be on hand on the follow- ing night with his dog Hunter, of undisputed reputation in his line. Now Guy is an old hunter and fond of his calling, but to walk home two and a half miles and back il ) call mie _- — again to the farm, and then home again after the hunt, took more than ordinary zeal. But then Split Rock was a really good hunting ground. About 10 o’clock on the night of Noy. 15 we were await- ing his arrival, seated about the kitchen stove. We heard a shot outside. ‘There’s Guy, boys,” and we all were on our feet ina moment. (Everybody underforty years is a ‘‘boy” here.) We were not at all daunted by the fact that the night was as “dark as a pocket” aud that it threatened rain. Each of us carried a lantern, There were two dogs, Hunter, Guy’s dog, who had run more than one good race after deer some five weeks previously under ‘‘Old Dix” back on the Adirondacks, and my own hound, wholly unacquainted ‘with the ways of coon. After following the Whalon’s Bay road for a half mile, we struck off for the cornfields under Split Rock Mt. Almost immediately after reaching the first cornfield, the little hound struck a fresh track. Off to our right in the darkness we heard him “straightening it out,’ as Guy said. Presently he got it straightened out, and awa; they went, little hound and big hound, the latter barking at he knew not what, but wild with excitement. Sometimes we heard the big dog ahead barking the track, but he would over-run and have to come back to take it again AMONG THE WILDFOWL.—XII. from the small dog. This coon had employed old coon tactics. Following up a small water-way, often crossing, sometimes wading, he hoped to throw off the dog. If he had known what dog was after him, he would have saved himself the trouble. At the intersection of a rail fence the track left the hollow and now it was fun to see that little hound walk the rails. The coon could not havedone it better himself. For at least a half a mile the coon had kept the fence and the dog kept the track leading directly for the mountain. Atasudden turn in the fence the dog made a break for the timber in fullcry. Guy forged ahead, for we were unable to keep up, and yet we seemed to be doing our very best. Wecould hear Guy talking to his dog and calling to us out of the darkness, ‘‘He’s got him up, boys.”” We stumbled along as fast as we could in the direction of his lantern. ‘‘He’s up here, boys; up in this big pine,” ‘‘But how do you know that?” we asked. ‘Where's your dog gone, and why don’t you follow him?” For by this time we could hear Hunter away down the mountain, barking like all possessed. ‘‘There’s more than one of ’em, and one’s up this pine; perhaps we'll get them both.” We kept our doubts to ourselves, skeptical as we were, for Guy must know his dog better than we. So we scat- tered in all direction in search of fir wood and soon were warming ourselves by a good fire, for we had become chilled standing in the night air after such achase. The fire lighted up the side of the pine tree next to us very well, but the further side was as black as the night; so the coon might be concealed away out on the end of one of those heavily plumed branches reaching over the precipice. ‘‘Well, who’s going up? Don’t all speak at once.” Now if we had suspected there was a coon up the tree, if we could only have seen something that looked like a coon, we all would have volunteered at once. Finding I would be disappointing no one and skeptic that I was, I volunteered my services. With the lantern strapped between my shoulder blades and begin- ning the ascent from Guy’s shoulders [ began to climb that father pine. A lantern tied on to one in this way is never in the way and does not dazzle me. For the first 20ft. there were no branches and I had to doa good deal of hugging. At that moment the tree stood between me and a 30ft. precipice and I might hug it as my best friend. I scanned every limb as I passed, to the best of my ability. Seeing nothing I concluded he must be in the’very top of this giant pine; so on I went until the trunk was no larger than my wrist, but no coon, Then to make perfectly sure, I parted with the fingers of one hand the very top so I could see the sky, a shade lighter than the tree. Surely there is no coon in this tree. I jarred every limb on my way down and strained my eyes for the second time to be doubly sure. “What do you say now?” I said to Guy on reaching the ground. **T say there’s a coon in that tree, and mind what I say, and I'll bet any one in the crowd a fiver against a quar- ter. Hunter never lied to me yet, and if it’s only to find out whether he’s lying or not I’m going to wait till it’s light enough to see for myself. Here Hunter, talk to that coon.” Hunter got up from his warm nest by the fire in answer to his master’s command. Standing on his hindlegs, and reaching up the tree as far as possible, he gave two prolonged barks and then, as if that ought to satisfy any one, he curled up by the fireagain. For further proof as to there being a coon up the tree, Guy found a cobweb, or something, which he said was a ALL QUIET ON THE POTOMAC. hair from the coon’s belly, rubbed off in the scramble up the rough bark. Seeing that we were in for it for the rest of the night, we hunted up more fire wood and made ourselves as com- fortable as possible. Smoking and story telling passed away the time not unpleasantly. With the first streaks of dawn we were straining our eyes, going systematically over the whole tree, as we thought. Soon it was so light that it seemed absurd to look further, so most of us gathered again about the fire, making mentalnotes. But Guy was intent on something, and Hunter was setting up and glancing first at his master and then at the tree. “Boys, come here,” said Guy, ‘‘what do you call that?” Sure enough, way out over the precipice, on a long limb about mid-way up the tree, was a bunch, which even now, in nearly broad daylight, at first sight seemed only a bunch, but on close examination resolved itself into a coon, and a very largeone, too. Now, old fellow, lielow, for there’s a bead being drawn on you. Hach of us four took our turn at him with a 22-cal. long, but only suc- ceeded in making the bunch move. I volunteered the second time to shake him down, provided they would stop popping away with thatsmallgun. Aslapproached the coon, he began growling and threatened to run by me, but his courage failed him and he retreated again to the very end. Then I shook until I was weak, but his strength gave out about the same time and down he went over the precipice, but struck fairly on his feet. What a Babel two dogs and three men can make, There followed barking, yelling, growling, fighting. We got four other coons last fall, but none out-weighed ubies one, He weighted 25lbs. The smallest weighed lbs. We all were glad it was Sunday morning so we could go to bed with an easy conscience. KIN. Essex, N. J. MICHIGAN’S TRACKING SNow.—Central Lake, Nov. 16.— The first good ‘‘tracking snow” came on the 14th, and some hunters were out for deer. One man reports one track, but I hear of no carcasses, -KELPIE. New JERSEY Coast Duck SHOOTING is reported from Bay Head, Forked River, Tuckerton and Brigantine, 370 BEARS IN NORTH CAROLINA SWAMPS. Noe CAROLINA is a pretty big State, as every oue knows. There are big mountains, and streams filled with fine speckled trout,.and yast forests of yellow pine timber, and along the coast rivers and swamps. The latter are so out of the way, and so inaccessible, and so filled with malaria in the summer season that there are yast sections of that country which are “‘howling wildernesses.” ’ Now, lam one of those individuals who ate rather given to ‘“‘howling wildernesses,” I don’t think I ever feel so thoroughly contented as when I know I am far, far away from the haunts of man. No matter if lam surrounded by the blackest of swamps or the dark waters of unnavigated rivers, or whether [am far away in the valleys of the mountains of northern Canada, there is something about solitude that fascinates me. So, one day a year or soago, 1 made up my mind that I would take my little yacht, the Madelon, and go down and ex- plore the creeks which empty into the Alligator River, in Dare county, N.C, I had been at the mouth of the river the year before, and had made the acquaintance of Captain Basnight, who lives at a little hamlet directly at the mouth of the river, called Hast Lake, Basnight is a good fellow and a famous bear hunter. I had got there early in December, and he took me out and showed me— nailed on to the sides of his barn—the skins of nine bears, all of which he had killed during the full moon some two weeks previously, He has a reputation as a bear hunter, and many is the close call he has had in a scrimmage with a lively bear, the marks of whose claws he still carries on his person. Basnight told me that we were then too late for the bear hunting that season, for it seems that they can only be successfully hunted during the full moon in Noyem- ber, at which time they come down to the edge of the swamps and feed upon the berries of the gum trees. This tree bears a small black berry, and grows only on the extreme edges of the swamps. Therefore, all the hunter has to do is, on some quiet, moonlight night, to steal along in his canoe close to the edge of the swamp, and if bruin is regaling himself he makes such a noise and crashing and smashing as he tears down the limbs that bear the berries that he is to be heard some distance off and can be easily located. As soon as the berries are ripe, both bruin and robins and other birds feed upon them and make such short work of them that it is only for about a couple of weeks that there is any chance for sport, Capt. Basnight urged me to put in an appearance early the next year, and promised that if I would do so he would certainly guarantee me a bear, to say nothing of the excellent deer shooting and plenty of woodcock. The country abounds in both of these, and the natives have a singular way of bagging the woodcock, which to me seemed shamefully unsportsmanlike. Now, the open fields or clearings are very scarce in parts of that country, and as the birds are all seeking them by night, as scon as it comes dark the natives load their muzzleloader guns with a good pinch of powder and about a half teaspoonful of No, 10 shot, and provid- ing themselyes with a torchlight, proceed to travel across the fields slowly and carefully, searching for the birds. They are found crouched down, as if hugging the ground, which is nearly bare of grass, Mr. Native then puts his gun about three or four feet away from the birds and bangs away. In this way they frequently bag two or three dozen per night. They do not call them woodcock; they call them ‘‘pake,” i presume in imitation of the noise the birds make while flying, About the 10th of November in the following year I found myself on board my yacht, lying alongside of the little dock at Kast Lake, and soon met with a hearty wel- come from Capt. Basnight, who informed me that he already had several bear located, and felt sure that we would have a successful hunt. We passed most of the day knocking around, whittling chips and spinning yarns, and when night came the moon rose over the for- est clear and round and bright as silver. The wind dropped to a dead calm, and, to use Basnight’s expression, “Tf we had prayed for it, we could not have had a better night,” About 9 o’clock he brought his canoe alongside and assigned me to a seat in the bow. He had with him his son, Joe, a fine youth of sixteen years of age, who had killed his bear. Capt. Basnight was armed with a No. 10 bore, double- barreled breachloading shotgun, and I was armed with the same sort of weapon. Our cartridges were each charged with 44drs. of powder and twelve good-sized buckshot. Entering the canoe, we pushed off from the dock, and after about an hour’s row up the river entered the mouth ¢ of what is known as Whipping Creek. This stream is some fifteen or sixteen miles long, and the water is almost stagnant, having a slight rise and fall with the tide; but it is perfectly fresh water, and the trees of the swamp come right is#n to the water’s edge, The creek is so narrow in some places that the trees meet together arched over one’s head, Then again it widens out, The water is very deep, some places being as much as 60 or 70ft. The banks of the creek are mostly swamp, almost on a level with the waters of the stream, and occasion- ally there is a bluff of say 6 or 8ft. high, As soon as we entered the creek Basnight and his son discarded the oars and supplied themselves with pad- dies, The canoe commenced to move along in utter silence, I must say that in all my life I never saw such a still and silent night. There was nota breath of air stirring, and even, the owls had stopped hooting. Silently we move along, so silently that 1 almost wonder if we are moving at all. We sweep up the creek about a mile without hearing even a rustle in the grass. The canoe swings around a bend in the creek, when suddenly, directly ahead of us, I heara crash. Ib seems to be up in the air, and I scarcely need to be told by Bas- night in a whisper, ‘‘Look out! Keep your eyes skinned! Git your gun ready!” All of which I proceed to do with a beating heart, for it is my first bear, and if we don’t Iill him dead there may soon be more fun for the bear than there will be for us. Olose to the bank, as close as he can possibly get, Basnight steers the canoe slowly and silently, Suddenly there is another swish and another; crack. That peculiar eric, crac that is heard from broken branches, This time it is perceptibly nearer: and I strain FOREST AND STREAM. my eyes into the treetops, but can see nothing. In a moment or two we round another bend in the creek, and directly ahead of us is a bank of about 6ft. high. I notice that the canoe has stopped and Basnight leans forward and whispers to me, ‘‘There he is; don’t you see him?” J look forward and sirain my eyes in every direc- tion clear up to the tops of the trees, but can see nothing. Basnight whispers, ‘‘You are looking too high up; he is about half way up that tree.” I bring my eyes down, and I seea dark object that looks just like a big black man standing up on one of the limbs. He seems busily at work and has not discovered us. Basnight lays his gun across his lap and again he and his son proceed to paddle, Gracious me! Is he going to put us directly under the tree? for it was so close to to the bank that its branches overhung the water. In about half a minute Basnight whispers, ‘‘Get ready to shoot.” I hear him softly lay down his paddie and cock his gun. Idothe same, and he then whispers, ‘‘Aim at the middle of him, count three in a whisper and we will both fire at him at once.” ; T raise my gun and glance along the barrel. Unluckily, we are in a deep shadow, and one has to shoot without using any sights. I bring my aim slowly down till I think I haye the gun on the main bulk or body of the bear, I count one; two; three; and both guns roar. Instead of tumbling out of the tree, we see the bear making for the main trunk and come scrambling down. We don’t know whether we have hit him or not. I insert. another shell quickly, and stand ready with it by the time bruin strikes the ground. With many grunts and growls he is evidenty coming for us, and IT hear Basnight yell, ‘“Look ont! he is coming over the bank! give it to him!” In another second the bear appears, standing on the bank, slapping his paws on his breast, and evidently ‘‘tearing mad.” Again Basnight and I cover him with our guns, there is a flash, and another roar, he leaps forward, and slides headforemost into the water. Half of his body is in the water and the other half rests on the bank, Weare not more than 20ft, away, and for a moment I think the bear is going to swim out and capsize the cance. But no, there is a kicking and splashing, and in a moment or two all is still. We replace our cartridges and, with cocked guns, carefully and slowly paddle near. The bear is ours, and a 300-pounder, if he weighs an ounce. Of course we soon have him out of the water and deposited in the boat, Basnight says that as it is early he thinks we had better keep on up the creek and see if we can see another. We pass bend after bend in the river for more than an hour in the same sepulchral silence, There is not a quiver of a leaf, and even our friend the night-owl does not re- sume his song. It is getting chilly and we are seriously thinking of returning home, when the familiar crash is again heard, and Basnight whispers, ‘“‘We have another one!” We make our way up the creek silently as before. until finally going around a bend we see, high up in a tree, a bear. Not so large a one this time, and he is away up on the top of a gum tree. He is standing up, man like, and drawing the branches toward him in a most human fashion. We were just commencing to get within shooting dis- tance when suddenly we hear a tremendous cracking and snapping, crashing and smashing, and down comes the bear from the top of the tree to the ground, He strikes the ground with an awful thump and I feel sure that he has broken every bone in his body. Before we have time to think with a big grunt he has made himself scarce in the bushes. We had a hearty laugh at his ex~ petse, for he must haye fallen at least 100ft. No one was more surprised than he was himeelf, We then put our canoe about and softly proceeded down the stream in hopes of seeing another bear, but were not so fortunate, and were startled only by the sharp snort and whistle of a fat buck, whose departing footsteps we distinetly heard. We saw nothing more, and wrapping ourselves In our heavier coats Capt. Bas- night and his son resumed their oars and we found our- selves at the yacht at about half-past onein the morning. It was a proud night for me, and as the skin of the bear'was black and handsome I expect soon to rejoice in the possession of a nice rug for household uses. We remained in that vicinity for about two weeks and spent our time in quail shooting in the surrounding country. The birds are extremely plentiful, especially in the rice fields, for there are a great many rice fields cultivated there. Before I close I will (as usual) tell a story. On the fol- lowing Sunday afternoon, my cousin Fred, who was with me, suggested that we take a little walk up the road for a mile or two, just to see what sort of a country there was up there. We started out, and as soon as we had gotten clear of the swamp we found ourselves surrounced by corn and rice fields and we observed in the distance a white building which looked like a school house or achurch. We thought we would stroll up that way and soon found ourselves in front of the door. Wediscovered that it was a Sunday school, quite largely attended. We softly entered the door and seated ourselves on one of the rear benches, The preacher was a small, dark complex- ioned, dapper little man, in appearance entirely different from the general run of those whose services are in de- mand in that section. He had not made more than one or two remarks, when to our astonishment it became evident that he wasa Frenchman, Theschool was nearly over, and it seems that he was just about dismissing them and was going to tell thema story. It was so silly and ridiculous that I must recountité, Itranthus: ‘‘Now, leetle boys an leetle girls, I want you to keep vera quiette an I will tell you wan leetle story before I deesmees you. One time zere wass two leetle boys, an zey play around in ze road in front of zeir fazzer’s house, and enjoy zeir- self, An ze fazzer [father] of zose leetle boys he stan in ze window of hees house and-like ta see hees sonns enjoy zeirzelves. Well, while zoze boys wass playing zere, zere Game along some cheekangs [chickens], an wan of zoze boys he peek up a stone, he shrow ze stone, he heet wan of zoze cheekangs an ze pore cheekang he fell over; he keek, he die. When ze fazzer see zat cruel gine zat hees son hass done, he call hees sonns to heem, an he oxplain to zem what a weekid zing eet was to kill z3 pore cheekang, an he say to zem, ‘Now, my sonns, zat I haye oxplain to you what a bad, what a cruel, what a weekid zing if wass to keel ze pore cheekang, do you think you would do it again? Ze boy who have not ze stone, he say, ‘no, my fazzer, I] would not do soch a bad, socha bad soch a cruel thing,’ but ze boy who haf thrown ze > 7 [Noy, 26, 1891, stone, he say, ‘My fazzer, eef I wass play again in ze road in front of ze house, an some more cheekings was came along an I haf a good stone, an wan of zem wass near to me, I think I would try to keel him.’ Now, which wass ze good boy, and wheech wass ze bad boy?” Noy. 2. Rost, C. Lowry. A WEEK ON THE WICOMICO. W E have just returned froma very successful hunting and fishing trip to Charles county, Md., where we found small game to be unusually abundant this fall. Catfish and pickerel were found at low tide in holes made by drumfish. In proper seasons the fishing in the Wico- mico is first-class, The principal fishes to be caught there are white perch, yellow perch, pickerel, catfish, and early in the season striped bass (rockfish) and tailors (bluefish), The two last are captured in large quantities in late sum- mer and early autumn. Ihave often taken two dozen “rocks” and ‘‘tailors” in an hour’s fishing at sundown, In my experience the hour including sundown is the best time to fish for these species, at least it is so in the Wico- nico, This week's outing was taken especially for sport with the gun, and our success was most gratifying. During these few days I alone bagged nineteen woodcock. Most of these were shot as they were coming down from the forest to feed in the marshy places, my position being at the mill-run cross roads and time just before sundown, Partridges (quail) were plentiful enough, and I succeeded in making a bag of thirty-seven of these one afternoon. We were surprised to find jack snipe here so late, seven of which were made to kick their toes to the music of my 12-gauge. Two pheasants were shot. These birds were feeding on prickly ash berries, and were very fine ones, Robins were very plentiful, and they too were feeding on the ash berry. One wild pigeon was killed, alsoa booby owl. Turkeys are very scarce in these parts, in fact seldom seen. Rac- coons and opossums are common enough, especially the latter, One moonlight night in coming around the shore we captured four opossums, two of which were on one persimmon tree. Rabbits are very plentiful, and I placed forty to my credit during the week. ‘‘Coons and pos- sums” are just common enough to make the country interesting to sportsmen. In coming across a field one day our dog found a coon in a deep cover; he was a fine one, and gave the dog one of the hardest fights we have ever seen. The dog was so badly crippled that we could not-use him for a day or two. It was a little too early for ducks, and few were seen. Tshot two black mallards at asingle shot one evening. A little later we can expect some ducking, and I hope to enjoy it. The laws in Charles county prohibit non-residents from gunning without written permission from the property holders, and this is doubtless one of the factors making it a goad country for small game. KE, R. Topp, WASHINGTON, D. C., Noy. 20. CHICAGO AND THE WEST. YHICAGO, Ill,, Nov. 17.—Some interest is manifest in the outcome of the suits brought by Dr. Norris and Mr. Dale, two Chicago shooters, against the Tolleston Shooting Club, The plea is assault, and the damages are laid at $10,000, The facts, so nearly as obtainable, seem to indicate that plaintiffs were shooting on the Tolleston preserved grounds, knowing them to be such and know- ing the strictness of the club in trespass matters. They were ordered to leave by the club patrol, What reply they made is not known, but the result was that they received a severe beating with a club at the hands of the patrol; young Dale being left for dead by his companion, as the story goes. Now they want $10,000. The Tolles- tons are hard fighters, as well as strict preservers. Mr, Wolfred N. Low is still absent in Mexico. He took his gun with him, and should have had some sport, The entire membership of the firm of Von Lengerke & Antoine went out shooting two days ago and killed 25 quailin the rain. The quail season continues to be good. The former bag was made at North Judson, Ind. Mr. Frank Place and friends have again made a heayy bag near Warsaw. Indeed, the birds have been unusually abundant below here, both in Illinois and Indiana. No ducks to amount to much on the Kankakee, but some good bags in the lower Dlinois country, Over in Canada, near Cnatham, Ont., where I spent last week, the members of the clubs owning marshes along Lake Erie were having magnificent duck shooting. Sheriff Mercer, of Chatham, bagged 182 one afternoon, and a bag of forty big ducks in a couple of hours was ~ made not only once but often, . Quail, too, were plentiful all through the country over which the field trials were run, and the shooting there, if permitted, would: have been extraordinary. Canada is the home of a high grade of sportsmanship in every sense of the word, They run to lighter guns, with no pistol grip, over there, and have the right idea about the open shooting gun for cover work. The Chatham men are pleasant people to meet, but a stranger can’t jump right in and go to shooting any- where over in Canada as he can in “America,” as the Canadians call the States. Another thing about Canada as a field is the drawback of the Customs House. When you come out of Canada they make you open your trunk, and your valise, and your pocketbook. I told the officer Iwas a newspaper man. He made me opén my umbrella then. Maybe he remembered the time, two years ago, when I tried to get a ‘'$1,000 dog” over the line, and we finally compromised on $15. I have always ‘‘had it in” for the Government since then. Mr. R. B, Organ tells an interesting story as to the in- fluence of the imagination upon the palate. This hap- pened lately in Minnesota, on the same trip when Mr, Organ came so near losing his life. Col. W. H. Jacoby, one of the party, killed a canvasback. This he took to the cook and told him to skin it and fry it for his, Col. Jacoby’s, supper that night. The rest of the party pro- tested against so barbarous a way of treating a canvas- back, but the Colonel said that was the way he took his’n, In the meantime before supper Mr. Organ and two of the party got a sheldrake—or great merganser—and took it to the cook. ; “Here, Sam,” they said, ‘‘you just skin this fish duck and fry it for Col. Jacoby’s supper, and don’t say a word. We'll be just one canvasback ahead.” =a" 3 The sheldrake appeared duly fried: “ ——— — — - \ Nov, 26, 1801,] FOREST AND STREAM. 371 _*“Now, boys,” said Col. Jacoby, a8 he ate some of the fish duck, ‘that’s what I call good. A fellow who hasn’t eaten fried canvasback has missed a great deal.” _ The rest of the party could not altogether aztee with him, especially Mr. Jewell Joslyn, who was not in the secret, and said the bird tasted fishy. The next day Mr, Organ and his friends tried the reyerse of the experi- ment. They got Col Jacoby’s canvasback and had Sam skin and fry it for supper. “Here, Colonel,” said Mr. Organ, ‘‘Vll show you that one fried duck is just as good as another. Here’s some fried sheldrake, and it’s just as good as your canvasback.” “Not by a long shot!” said Colonel Jacoby, after tasting of the fowl. ‘‘You can’t fool me about ducks. This bird is no good, its fishy. What on earth do you want to fry a sheldrake for?” Mr. Jewell Joslyn again was more accurate, and thought the canvasback good eating. though he supposed it was sheldrake, Col. Jacoby, however, was entirely deceived in his own taste. [think the moral should be: Never fry a canvasback. The feed of ducks has most to do with their flavor, Kill a canvasback anda mallard upon one of the rice lakes of the West, and cook both, and I doubt whether any epicure could tell the difference. There’s many a canvasback in the restaurants that never had auburn hair, E, Hovueu, ONTARIO MOOSE. oS New York gentlemen were so impressed with Mr. Rolph’s account in October Harper's of a moose hunt near Mattawa, on the Ottawa River, that they went ona similar hunt, had great success, and give a lively account of their trip in the last issue of FOREST AND STREAM ‘The sportsmen reached their destination by way of Brockville, penetrating to a point beyond Matta- wa, bagged a couple of moose and returned home via Brockville. They report that others had still greater success, and that Mr. P., a New York lawyer, had shot a magnificent moose from the steamboat going up the river a day or two before, What we wish to point out is that the shooting of moose is illezal in Untario until Oct, 15, 1895, An amendment to the act respecting game and fur-bearing animals, contained in 61 Victoria, 1888, fixes the date for deer shooting and enacts as follows: Deer, elk, moose, reindeer or caribou bel ween the twentieth day of November and the fifteenth day of October; but the period here- inbefore limited shall not, as 10 moose, elk or caribou, apply be- fore or until the fifteenth day of October, 1895, and no mooss, elk. reindeer or caribou shall be hunted, taken or killed between the first day of April, 1888, and the fifteenth day of October, 1895. This seven years of a close period was thought neces- sary to prevent the total extermination of the varieties of deer mentioned, and Canadian sportsmen submitted to it with more or less grace, If New York hunters come in and evade the inspectors one would think that a repu- table sporting journal like FoReEST AND STREAM should not lend itself to their cause and incite others to such un- sportsmanlike lawlessness. Judging by the account given in FOREST AND STREAM moose are being shot down every day along the Ottawa River in defiance of the game law, and the provincial inspectors should male a determined crusade against those hunters,—Toronto World. [There is nothing in the account referred to which would indicate that the New Yorkers intentionally or otherwise evaded the inspectors, or knew that they were breaking the Ontario moose law; and the article was pub- lished by us without thought of the law. While we hold that it is a sportsman’s duty to acquaint himself with the game laws of the country he hunts in, we recognize a decided difference between defying a law and unwit- tingly violating it. If our esteemed contemporary is in earnest in this cause, let it fit out every visiting sports- man with a copy of the Book of the Game Laws. | POSSUMS UP A TREE. Editor Forest and Stream: “The Possum Hunt,” appearing in your issue of Noy, 12, was very much enjoyed by me, taking me, as it did, back to my boyhood days in old Virginia;” and I most cordially agree with every sentiment of the writer’s sith one slight exception, this the statement that the possum can ‘‘climb no tree whose circumference he cannot grasp more than half way round.” Ivregret to differ with one who treats his subject so well, but the facts in my expe- rience will not-bear out this assertion of the writer, ‘‘P.” IT have caught many, many possums and coons, and many a night have I helped to cut some monarch of the forest, measuring sometimes from 2 to 3ft. “across the stump,” thinking at least one or more coons would be our reward, to find when the din and crash of falling trees and limbs had subsided only a very small specimen of the genus possum in the jaws of the badly disappointed dogs. In fact, it has often been observed by me that, generally speaking, the smaller the possum the bigger the tree he would select, and likewise as to the coon. Our game prospect is only fair. Squirrels have been plenty. Quail, I think, are fairly abundant. Bears are “foo numerous to mention.” One party killed five last week in three days’ hunting, and all were killed on less than a mile square, I haven’t hunted any this fall thus far, but am hoping to take a hand soon. AED RR. Hertrorn, North Carolina, Witt THERE BE Too Many Pueassnts?— Although the stocking of woods with game and the waters with fish has in many instances proven successful and beneficial it is always a risky thing to interfere with the doing of nature, The admirable balance of nature once disturbed is likely to create trouble. There is now no longer any doubt that the introduction of the English sparrow has grown into a nuisance, and that the introduction of Ger- man carp in the rivers has been detrimental, for nobody has as yet found a means of limiting the increase of the sparrows or preparing carp so that they can be eaten by persons having a respectably-educated palate, The spar- rows haye driven the American song birds away, and the carp have induced bass, pickerel and many other kinds of fish to seek other waters, Only afew years ago the Passaic afforded admirable fishing; now thereis little to be had but carp. Naturalists are well aware of the danger attending the disturbing of the balance of nature, and when the Huropean pheasants were first introduced in this country there were some speculations as to what effect these birds would haveon the American birds. But - persons who wanted to go to work carefully in this matter were laughed down, and Legislatures promptly passed laws affording more protection for these birds than is accorded to American birds, the idea being to give the immigrants a ¢hance to multiply. Itis now claimed that the laws of this State in regard to this matter are alto- gether too seyere, and that Americen game is injured thereby. Jt has been found that unrestricted breeding has resulted in the production of a disproportionate num- ber of cocks, and that these cocks are now not only killing the young of their own kind but also American grouse and quail. Itis said that this invariably happens when there are too many cocks. The birds have multiplied wonderfully, and promise to do as well here as did the sparrowand carp. Itbas been found absolutely necessary to get rid of some of the cocks; but this killing is contrary to law, as a statute of this State prohibits their killing un- til November of next year. Mr. Rutherford, who.owns large tracts of good game grounds in Morris County, has authorized the killing ot cocks in order to protect the rest of his game, but the persons who do the killing may be punished therefor, The birds have spread themselves over large tracts of land in this county, coming hither from Morris County and from Tuxedo Park, Thereis no doubt that after one open season for these birds there will be no complaint about their being too numerous,—Chas. A. Shriner in Paterson (N. J.) Press. Camp-Lire Hlickerings. a “That reminds me.” KING in communication with a trio of “‘shooting men” a few days since, I overheard one of the most remarkable stories, which, if true, certainly ‘‘takes the cake.” We were speaking of the relative merits of two well known dogs, and rehéarsing some instances of fine work done by them, when a darky standing near by re- marked to a bystander, ‘‘Dat’s nothin’; my old dog t’other day sot a covey of birds in a hole, dug out near the woods by some lumbermen fer er well, and I crept up ter see what ‘twas, and throwed my coat over the hole, and blamed ef I didn’t ketch thirteen partridge [quail] and take ‘em out alive.” This was told for truth and we had no reason to doubt it, but a thick coating of silence fell on the crowd, and we changed the subject. A dog that could drive birds in a hole was undoubtedly ahead. HuERrrorD, N. C,, Novy. 11. A, FR. TRULY ODD IF ODDLY TRUE. Mr. Samuel Hiekman, of Leesburg, Va., while hunting on the banks of the Potomac, shot a squirrel, which fell into the water, where it was seized by a black bass. Hickman waded in and lifted both squirrel and fish clear of the water before the bass Jet fo and made its escape.—Vew York Evening Post. Carl Weldeck, of this city, and formerly of Paterson, killed thirteen quail and nine rabbits at Mountain View on Tuesday. His Gordon setter was disabled during the day by getting its foot caught in a crackin arock. The limb was broken and dislocated at the shoulder, sothat he shot the dog to put it out of misery,— Newark Call, Two Oldtown hunters down in Maine had an odd experience, They were after partridge. Very suddenly, however, as they were walking in the woods, a startled deer sprang from the bushes and made a tremendous bound, going over one hunter's head. He had no time to take another leap before he fell a victim. —Springfeld Republican. The other day a Boston publishing house, which had recently bought out an edition of "The Complete Angler,” received a letter addressed to Izaak Walton, Hsq. It was from a clipping bureau, informing that gentleman that his book was attracting consider- ble attention, and requesting to be allowed to send notices from all papers in the United States and Oanada.— Boston Herald. Levi Reber, of Shoemakerayille, Berks County, has a hunting dog which is blind, but that don’t make any difference. It is claimed that he smells powder, and as soon as his master is ready fora huntihe canine is also. He is there at the word “go” every time, and when he takes a start there is your rabbit, sure. On Monday Mr. Reber and party, wlth this dog, secured thirty-seven rabbits.—Philadelphia Times. W. CG. Green was coming across the country near Hereford, accompanied by others, when he came up with a large buck deer tangled up in the barbed wire of a neighboring fence. His horns were so completely tied up in the wire that it was with difficulty that they were extracted after a bullet had ended his life, He had evidently struggled for many hours to regain his liberty,— Tombstone ( Ariz.) Prospector. _ A curious circumstance once happened to me at Pulney Loch. One of my sons threw a live mouse into it, when a large trout took it down immediately. The boy told me what had happened, so I took my fishing rod, which was leaning against my house close to the loch, and put a fiy on. At the very first throw I hooked a large trout, landed it, and laid it on the bank. In two seconds the mouse ran out of his mouth and got into a holein the wall before I could catch it.—The Penny Magazine (18)3). The fish in the neighborhood of Sierra Leone, West Atrica, are credited with some extraordinary behavior. It is only a short time since that one of these marine wonders ran off with a small boat which was moored in Freelam Harbor, and a correspondent writing from Sierra Leone, reports the drowning of a man by a huge fish. &tephen Pratt was fishing from a canoe at Cline Town Wharf. A fish of immense size leaped into the boat, striking Pratt severely in the face and body and rendering him uncon- scious. In this state he fell over the side of the boat into the water. His lines were tied to his feet and partly to the canoe, and being thus entangled he ultimately sank. In the meantime time the fish had wrigeled and jumped about until it had got, out of the boat again and soon disappeared in the water. The young man who was with Pratt at once gaye the alarm, and several per- sons weré attracted to the spot. ‘The fishing lines were hauled up aa at the end was found Pratt quite dead.—London Daily Chron- icle. Some forty years ago lI lived near the Boston & Albany Rail- road, where it passes over the mountain range in western Massa- chusetts. Ons warm day late in the fall one of the oldest pass- enger locomotive engineérs on the road was climbing the steep grade in the township of Chester, running his train at about twenty-five miles an hour. While passing through the thick forest region which skirted the road at that point he saw a large red fox emerge from the underbrush directly abreast the locomo- tive, and taking the ditch he rau directly alongside the locomo- tiye for more than 100yds. His tongue protruded, showing great fatigue, A moment later the cause of the smgular act appeared in the shape of a large and fleet foxhound close in the rear, and he rapidly gained upon the fox, When the hound had approached within about 10ft, of the fox the latter sprang across the track, barely missing the cow-catcher of the locomotive. The hound followed and was killed by the locomotive. The fox sprang upon the bank just above the railroad ditch, stopped and looked back with a grin of satisfaction, and was still standing there us the train passed around 4 bend, cutting off the view.—Ohio State Journal. : _ The murder Gase of the State against Avery, recently tried in Henry county, Tenn., is one of the most remarkable in the snnals of criminal jurisprudence, and proved the phenomenal genius ofthe attorney for the accused, a prominent criminal lawyer from Cincinnati, named Wallis. In June, 1887, Charles Ensley, a cousin of Avery, was killed in his room, while lying on a lounge, about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The weapon used was a small rifle, sending a .32cal. ball through Ensley’s brain, No one was in the house at the time but Ensley. An empty rifle was found lying in its rack on the side of the wall and the bullet fitted the tube. Avery was arrested for the crime, as he was the only living close relation fo Ensley, and would have profited by his death to an extent of nearly $100,000. Avery was tried, pleaded not guilty, but was convicted of murder in the first degrees and sentenced to he hanged. He appealed to the Supreme Court and engaged Mr. Wallis to defend him, The Supreme Court remanded it back to the Circuit Court on account of technical errors. Two tnis-trials have been brought about. Now comes the strangest part of the story. The brilliant Wallis struck the keynote to the mystery. In August last he had the rifle loaded and hung on the wall, a white sheet with the form of aman marked on it and a beayy cut glass pitcher of water placed on the shelf above. The temperature was 9° in the shade, one of the hottest days of the year. Tbe pitcher of water acted as a sun glass and the hot rays of the sun shining through the water were refracted directly on the cartridge chamber of the rifle. Hight witnesses were in the room, and a few minutes after 3 o'clock a puff anda report, and the ball struck the outlined form back of the ear, and the theory of circumstantial evidence was exploded, The incident, being seen and sworn to, readily explained itself tothe jury. As the sleeping man was lymg on the Jounge the direct ravs of the sy rare heared the cartridge, causing it to explode,—Mercantile Adjuster. Sea and River ishing, Angling Talks, By George Dawson. Price 50 cents, Fly- Fods nd Kly-Tackle. By H. P, Wells, Price $2.50, Fly- Fishing and Fly-Making for Trout. By J. H. Keene, Price $1.50. American Angler's Book. By Thad. Norris. Price $5.50. . THH FULL THXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, Territories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. DERRYFIELD BEEF. VENTRAL LAKE, Mich., Noy. 16,—Hditor Forest and Stream: Ferhaps your correspondent ‘Von VW." will thank me for sending you the whole of the poem from which be quoted in your last issue. If was a squib aimed at the town of Manchester, Mass. (originally called Derryfield), and I think deserves the, honor of being embalmed in the columns of FoREsT AND STREAM where s0 much of modern history has been preserved: “from the eels they formed their food in chief, And eels were called the ‘Derryfield Beef,’ And the marks of eels were so plain to trace That the children looked like eels in the face. Such a mighty power did the squirmers wield O*er the goodly men of Derryfield, That *twas often said that their only care, And their only wish, and their only prayer, For the present world or the world to come, Was a string of eels and a jug of rum.” KELPTE. BLACK BASS iN SANDUSKY RIVER. MONG the many towns along the Lake Shore Rail- way there is none more widely known for its beanty of location, invigorating climate and genial inhabitants than the pretty village of Port Clinton, with the lapping blue waters of Lake Hrie roiling on the long stretch of sandy beach at its very doors. The surroundings are unusually picturesque, The famous islands to the north and east; the rock-bound Catawba Island, with its sharp lines of high wooded cliffs gently receding to a level plateau rich in the production of fruit; in fact, it is rap- idly becoming the most noted fruit land in the country. Port Clinton is the Gloucester of the West. A visit through the fisheries will well pay the time spent, par- ticularly where fishermen are so anxious to please and entertain. I had the pleasure of meeting, among the noted pound net fishermen, Hon, William E. Bense, and I was surprised at the welcome reception of these busy men, and was vain enough to believe it was on account of there being a truthful angler in town, but I soon learned it was their nature, My, Bense stated that the fishing was fairly good, but not equal to the demand, He said the principal fish eaters were in Pittsburgh, and thatsome of the most patient and agreeable anglers came from that city. ‘‘Just step in here,” he said, after prying open an im- mense pine door which led into the company’s freezing vaults. There was a noticeable difference in tempera- ture of some fifty degrees. Hon. Frank B, Losee, who accompanied us, declared he lost ten pounds in as many minutes. He afterward regained it by a bet on the weight of a ten-pound whitefish with Mr. Bense. “We have here four tons of frogs,” said the fisher- man, ‘frozen solid. They are for Pittsburgh’s Christ- mas.” Cake after cake of frogs, of all sizes and shapes, were piled above each other, like so many brick. ‘Will frogs return to life when thawed?” we innocently asked a hardy fisherman, after backing out of this touch of the north pole. ‘‘If frogs, like fish, are not killed or injured when captured, and permitted to freeze slowly, in a natural way, they will undoubtedly return to life, You can form your conclusions from the following in- cident. Some time ago the fish buildings were par- tially destroyed by fire. In a freezing house we had stored blocks of frogs. One side of this building was on fire. The heat and water thawed out the frogs, and when an opening was made in the roof hundreds of active frogs leaped out in all directions, making a strange sight through the flames and smoke,” With this we left the good-natured people and com- pleted our arragements to go to ‘‘the greatest large- mouthed black bass fishing grounds in the world,” of which I] promised to tell the readers of the FOREST AND STRHAM in a recent number, The experiences mentioned about the white bass fish- ing in my jast article being so uncommon to anglers at large, and notwithstanding our close adherence to the truthful presentation of facts, anglers who seek the re- treats of the great Northwest thought the statements were not made from an enthusiastic standpoint, but in- clined to exaggeration. SoIfound it necessary to have a reliable witness to substantiate what I could do if let loose among ‘‘schools of black bass sporting around the bends of the river undisturbed by the artful devices of man,” Accordingly Capt. Henry T. Marshall, the great sauger angler of the Maumee Valley, kindly volunteered to accompany me, W, M.Montgomery and R, M. Hollings- head are Port Clinton‘s crack spoon fishermen, and this is saying a good deal, for from the editors and lawyers, down te dock worm-fishermen, all have records not easily beaten. I soon discovered why these gentlemen were the recognized anglers of Portage Valley. They fish by rules as laid dawn in books. The open pages are ever before them on a seat in the boat. Each cast is a studied one, and they never exaggerate the true number of bass upon their stringers; this is a fault that many fishermen have. They believe, as suggested by Dr, J. A. Henshall, that 372 the necessary qualities of a successful bass angler are, *‘patience, perseverance, endurance, skill and strength,” They have learned by long experience the true SOS ese are the men who kindly proposed to take us to the great of the movements of fish in all kinds of weather, bass grounds, A large boat was placed on a dray in which we found comfortable seats, and with splendid roads and a careful driver, we were safely landed on the shore of Sandusky Bay, two and a half miles due south of Port Clinton, where there awaited our arrival another boat. judging from the great number of modern buildings the farmers are well todo. When the fields are weary with their giving of their strength to so many harvests they can rest for a season. The heavy land is for general farming purposes, the light is planted in peach, pear and other fruit, which of recent years has made this section one of the wealthiest in the State. day when we arrived on the bay shore, blackbirds covered the marsh; thousands of wild ducks were sporting in the open water of the bay, while among the reeds and rushes leisurely walked many species of rail perfectly unconcerned at the approach of any one, Sandusky Bay is a magnificent sheet of water, and on its fretted bosom the eye could snatch, in the distance, bril- liant glimpses of the snow-white sails that sparkled in the shadows of Sandusky city as they fell under the beams of an autumn sun. The landscape surrounding this bay is beautiful in itself, but still rendered more so by the delicate aerial tints which lay on every object and touched the whole with a mellow expression. At this point the bay is six miles wide, and after row- ing about three miles southwest, over a stretch of shallow water with marsh grasses just peeping above the surface, we came to a deep channel, the margins of which are bordered with pond lilies, wild rice and other aquatic plants. This is the Sandusky River channel, and is nav- igable for yery large vessels. The moment we entered this channel Montgomery and his spoon companion, Mr. John Robison, who had joined us at Port Clinton, began at once to manipulate the spoon, closely hugging the grass, As Captain Marshall and myself were not ex- pected to use the spoor, we lingered behind, expecting to drop anchor at the first bend which looked as if black bass fed. The spooners’ were soon out of sight around the many bends. Before hooking on our first minnow let me attempt to describe this coraparatively new black bass fishing ground, for it is evident that if we were com- pelled to take a boat several miles over land and then row the same distance, all for want of nearer accommo- dations, it must be a new field. Sandusky River from Fremont to where it empties proper into the bay is one of the most romantic rivers of our land, I once took a boat at Fremont and rowed down stream until tired; calling upon a farmer, I wasinformed that I had rowed seven miles, while, ‘“‘as the crow flies,” two miles away could be seen the steeples of the little city. From Fremont in a straight line to the bridge where the Lake Shore crosses the bay it is seventeen miles, while to follow the river and the channel it is esti- mated to be thirty-one miles. Every mile has its special attraction. A hundred objects of interest continually present themselves at each turn of the broad, deep river, The lofty woods, cultivated farms, clean-kept orchards, It was yet early in the and green meadow lands hem the very shore. All these naturally invite the attention and awaken an interest for the wonders of creation. The river has an even flow, sub- ject to wind and tide of the lake, It isnaviguble to within In all this long stretch of ter- ritory no one has been permitted to fish with any kind of a few miles of Fremont. nets for twenty years, Bass, pickerel, mascalonge, carp, eels, perch, sunfish and saugers live in comparatively un- disturbed freedom. In the bends abong the gravelly bars and sandy leads the farmers have no trouble, with native bait, “‘to catch before breakfast a mess of bass,” and raceasionally get hold of some darned big fish we can’t an ait Nature can furnish no fairer scene than that unrolled to the eye after turning the last bend in the river. There reposing in magnificent silence is the deep, winding chan- nel creeping through thousands of acres of marsh grasses until lost in the broad expanse of the bay. To the rear is the dark forest, the high bluffs which revéal the river’s The cooing of doves, the plover’s whistle over the upland space, the whirl of wild ducks, the flutter of course. birds, the sharp notes of sea gulls, and the occasional shadows of eagles as they swoop over the counry within rifle shot, all tend to show how wild and secluded is the spot. This is the river, the home par excellence of the large-mouthed black bass, and around the bends and at the mouths of the few streams which empty into the river he has reveled for ages in undisturbed freedom. Half an hour after we had entered the channel and were leisurely rowing around the sharp bends, more par- ticularly admiring the ever-changing scenery than look- ing for a favorable place to fish, I carelessly called Capt. Marshall’s attention to a terrible commotion in the water at a bend, where it looked as if there might have existed at one time another channel. The disturbance very much resembled ducks sporting. All about the point the water was as smooth as glass, the fresh southeasterly wind having no effect. He ceased rowing, stood erect and for a moment was perfectly speechless. No one can imagine the happy expression which played upon his countenance, except those who have seen him make a 21 run with his ‘‘repistered cue,” when he declared they were bass feeding. We quietly approached nearer, to a distance where we could not only see the fins of bass weighing 3 and 4lbs, but hundreds of them, and of all sizes, darting hither and thither among a school of minnows which they had evidently surrounded. A dozen ducks could not have agitated the water more. Now you gentle anglers who have dozed beneath the shadows of umbrageous trees, occasionally glancing through dreamy eyes at your motionless cork, or you “lone fishermen” who have worked and waited for hours at a time begging ‘for only one strike,” or you ener- getic, persevering anglers who have been searchine for years and would give any reasonable sum to witness sucha scene as this; imagine yourself anchored upon the opposite side of the stream, where your movements could not be observed by the fish, and within easy casting dis- tance, with light, strong tackle. several hundred choice active minnows and a cempanion who is quiet, cool and knows how to act under such circumstances. Now watch The country bordering the bay is rich in fruit and grain. I learned that farming life was comparatively easy, and Large flocks of FOREST AND STREAM. the first movement, the moment your lightly casted min- now touches the desired spot, a 2lbs. bass strikes it with such foree and business that a tremor creeps through your whole system, A dozen beauties are quickly added to your string, into the jaws of a four-pounder: to watch him play him, subdue him, and land him successfully and artistically is And finally to have the pleasure ‘‘of catching as many as you want” is A cool hundred of these broad-shouldered large-mouthed bass humiliated upon a stringer alongside of your boat. after several hours’ fish- ing, 18 a picture rarely seen in other quarters. I admit it a sight worth rowing many miles to see, indeed an uncommon treat. is not a rule to catch bass ‘‘as long as they will bite,” among book-reading anglers, but not like Dr. Henshall in his Okauchee Lake catch of 153, be contented with an even 100, although twice that number could haye been taken if desired, We are satisfied that this river contains more black bass to the square mile than any stream in the world. When we left to go in search of our compan- ions the bass were still making the water foam, and at no time would they take the spoon. After rowing several miles up the river we discovered our companions seriously casting the spoon, and with strings of bass that would make a Pelee angler smile. At the bend where they were fishing the afternoon be- fore, Montgomery caught with spoon 45lbs, of bass in one hour. I was informed by several resident farmers that for twelve miles up the river ‘‘one could catch bass at anv bend, and that it was no trick at all to haul in 50 to 100 in an afternoon,” We rowed a few miles up the river, the bends became more frequent, the channel nar- rower, the pond lilies thicker, the wild rice higher, and Mr, Hollingshead found it no trouble to pick out a bass, with his spoon, at every bend, There is no question but what this is really the ‘‘finest large-mouthed black bass fishing grounds in the world;” as evidence of this fact the reader can form some idea as to the supposed quantity of bass in the river from what a bay fisherman told us upon our return to the land, He said he procured permission to set one net in the river over The next day he filled ‘twelve barrels with solid night. black bags.” TOLEDO, Ohio, TROUTING IN COLORADO. J. E, GUNCKEL, AGON WHEEL GAP, Col.—I wonder if any of the readers of the FoREST AND STREAM haye had an outing this summer in this far-away Eldorado valley, or if any of them have casta fly on the swift, clear waters of the Rio Grande and taken the lusty trout that make their homes among the boulders of that stream. I have no doubt some of them have, for your readers are not confined to the eastern slope of the continental divide; but if they have, I have failed to see any account of their fishing or climbing. At the hotel at Wagon Wheel Gap there isa board hung on the log wall, with a rude outline of a fish upon it, discolored on its lower half with red chalk, and under- P——, champion I didn’t see that one caught, but I did see one caught, or, rather, after he was caught, which weighed 441bs, on Fairbanks’ standard scales, measured 224in, in length, and in proportion and coloring was the most beautiful fish I ever saw. This fish was laid on a large sheet of drawing paper, outlined and painted in oil. It had a dark grayish brown body to the middle, where a sort of water color line of parting This parting line, by the way, Over this grayish brown body, which darkens toward the top of the back, are scattered specks in spots of a darker brown, almost black, From this line toward the belly and along the sides the color is a bright vermilion, and the belly is white; dorsaland tail fins a dark straw color, thickly dotted with dark brown spots; large eye, and proportions neath it this legend written: “G fisherman, 74lbs,, March —, 1889,” extends from gills to tail, is found also in the flesh beneath the skin, as nearly perfect as it is possible to imagine, The shining eyes of friend John as he came in to the ranch before breakfast one morning with that fish was a thing to be seen once and to be ever after remembered; especially when it is remarked in passing that John is a most enthusiastic sportsman, a most ardent and indus- trious fisherman, who spent his whole two weeks vaca- tion in the Rio Grande, wading its swift and icy waters from early morn till frosty eve, without waterproofs of any sort, intent upon taking the speckled beauties; that he had been a fisherman all his life and had never before secured such a prize, and that he was a confirmed old bachelor and had never felt his heart beat and his pulses quicken under the flashing eye of woman. Atthe ranch where we were domiciled there were drawings of one of two catches by the owner, Mr, P., showing larger fish than this one of John’s, but it was conceded that a lovelier fish had never been caught out of the Rio Grande. It was a labor of love to transfer this fish to canvas; speckled fins, flashing eye, vermilion red, caledonian brown, and all that the bachelor fisherman might frame and hang in his apartments in Puebla, this counterfeit of the trophy of his skill with rod and reel, Long may you live John, and many times may you in- dulge yourself in the exquisite delights of wading that swift and chilly stream, sans waders, with your nine flies (so that the fish may have a choice), your dim- colored broadbrim shading your ruddy and ruddily- whiskered countenance; and may you often bring to basket doublets and triplets, and I shall not very much envy you if you have a triumphant tussle with old Whiskers himself. (Note.—Old Whiskers is the cham- pion fish of the stream; weighs 10lbs, by estimate. Has oft been hooked, but never landed.) Truly, the fishing on the Rio Grande is the very per- fection of sport. Though the writer took no 4-pounders, he did take several of less weight, and though the water is swift and an occasional header into the cold water may reward the incautious step and slip upon the slip- pery stones on its bottom, still there is toa lover of sport rich reward, in the striking, playing, and landing of these gamiest of all fish. There is nothing worth haying to be gained without effort, as one of our party, a Denver banker, sagely remarked as he came home one evening with a nearly empty basket, and though wading down mid-stream (or still worse, wading up), with water well up to the top of your wading boots, for hours over slippery stones, is not a lazy man’s ideal of happiness, still that mountain air is so pure and fresh, and those rocky mountains, with their far-off snow-clad peaks, and | their nearer, ever shifting tints of purple and brown are Then to see your friend fasten the hook shore pound-net ‘the fly all cbreuee the year. ——— [Nov. 26, 189). « 80 delightful to tired city eyes, weary with book and pen, and those resinous odors of the ever green pines and firs and cedars, so grateful after the smell of city traffic and city sewers, that tired limbs and luckless headers, and eyen empty baskets are almost forgotten, And then the glad return after the fishing is over, that broiled grouse, that browned trout; that cream, ah, that cream! so thick that a spoon would stand upright in it, and so sweet and rich, and those red mountain-gathered raspberries that greeted us, the tired and hungry waders: with what words, O Boniface, shall I describe them, Why, John, I believe, made a yow when he came to that hospitable board (not that if flesh maketh my brother to err I will taste no flesh while the world stand), that while in this land of fish and game and moun- tain berries and superlative butter and milk and cream, he would taste no other meat, so help him Hpicurus; a vow, by the way, he religiously or otherwise kept. Me- thinks if all sins could be atoned for by such penance, the way to heaven were easy. Every day was friday with us all the time we were there, The fishing was the chief thing, and all indulged in it more or less. Further up the river the ladies donned the waders and took a hand, and enjoyed the sport, too, greatly. Now, it is not to be concluded from this that we had no ladies at our ranch, Yea, verily, we did have lady boarders, and young lady neighbors, who looked on with interest while fathers and brothers, not to say sweet- hearts, caught the fish; but came in for their innings when eyening and croquet, lawn tennis, music, or the puppies were on hand; and did not disdain to play a good second to the aforesaid brothers, ete., when it came to putting away the trout from the dinner table. That word puppies must not be misunderstood. I hasten to explain that at the P, ranch there were about six half-grown water spaniel puppies, the shaggiest, play- fullest, lovingest, teasingest puppies that ever tore a lady’s skirts or played fox and goose with the kittens; and there they were all day;and like puppies of veritable good taste they fell in love with the young ladies of course; and a romp whenever they met was the inevitable result, Yes, the fishing was fine, the climate delightful, tha eating all that could be desired, the children the healthi- est, heartiest of squallers, the sky blue, the sun bright, the showers wet, the white tents like far off sails at sea, suggestive of humanity and companionship, but running through it all, ever present, never forgotten, like the solemn monotone of the throbbing sea beat upon a lonely shore, was the thought born of the silence, the solidity, the majesty, the eternity of those pine-clad, snow-capped mountains, of our own transientness and littleness after all, That grand diapason in stone, that mighty mysteri- ous, unread and unreadable yolume, the everlasting hills, TEXAS, ANGLING NOTES. WELL-KNOWN New York sportsman, now residin g at Beloxi, Miss,, writes us that for fishing that place is unsurpassed, Weakfish, bluefish, sheepshead, and redfish (channel bass), can be caught in numbers sufficient to satisfy the most exacting angler, and in the fresh-water ponds and streams the big-mouth bass take Good quarters can be found at the Montrose Hotel, Were it not for the long sea voyage and the insect pests what a paradise for anglers Newfoundland would be. In the northern part of the island there are hundreds of lakes and ponds, streams and rivers that are absolutely virgin waters and teeming -with speckled trout. Otter and eagle are the only creatures that disturb the fish in that great wilderness. While hunting there this fall we could see the trout darting in every direction when we forded the brooks; but when one is hunting big game he has no time to stop and fish, besides which most of the ponds were covered with ice and the trout were spawn- ing. Wecaught a few with our hands in the smaller brooks to see if they were the same old favorites, and we found they were the true speckled trout. Our men told wonderful tales of 5 and 6lbs. sea trout that frequented the head of Hall’s Bay during June and July, together with many a sly allusion to the salmon and grilse they had netted. Of course the poor settlers have no other way of getting them and it is not likely that these poverty-stricken and half-starved whites and — Indians are going to deny themselves either trout or sal- mon when their herring nets are so handy, and the poois are filled with fish, We had the pleasure of eae Mr. Maurice Thorburn in St. John, Newfoundland. his gentleman is the crack angler of that island, and a thorough sportsman in every way. While we were enjoying a little game supper at his cosy bachelor apartments, he showed us two fine specimens of speckled trout preserved in alcohol, one of which weighed, when caught, a little over 4lbs., and the other 3lbs. They were taken in Lake George only a few miles from St. Johns. Mr, Thorburn related with much pride, as well he might, how he killed eight of these superb trout during some two or three yisits to this lake, using the brown-hen dressed on a No. 8 hook, He said very many people had fished for them unsuccessfully, as they required the lightest of tackle and only would rise to a fly late in the evening. SCARLHT-IBIs. FEEDING Hasir oF TrRout.—Mr. Orestes Pierce, who supplies the city of Portland, Cal,, with water, has splen- did facilities for rearing fish and devotes a portion of his leisure to their introduction and propagation, When catfish were fashionable Mr, Pierce obtained some of the Hastern stock and placed them ina reservoir. Now he has catfish enough and to spare, but, although their number is legion, they do not grow large, and because of a prejudice against their whiskers the Chinese can not be induced to eat them. Michigan whitefish have been successfuly acclimated by Mr. Pierce also and their growth is very satisfactory—but, to return to the trout. The cherished pets of the establishment were a lot of sleek and handsome trout, some of which, for conveni- ence of display, were kept in a large crate moored in one of the lakes near the office, The trout were regularly fed and were always on hand to be admired by the numerous yisitors, On one occasion the crate was hauled up above the surface of the water for some. pur- pose when it was discovered that the bottom had fallen out long before and the trout were merely coming into the inclosure about feeding time from force of habit, — Noy. 26, 1891,j eS FOREST AND STREAM. 878 CHICAGO AND THE WEST. HICAGO, IIl., Noy. 17.—Scientists will please come to the front now and wonder what the ‘landlocked salmon,” ‘deep-water trout,” or ‘salmon trout,” of Trout Lake, Wis., is. This fish is taken nowhere else in Wis- consin so far as known, and ig taken there only late in the fall or early in the spring, just as the ice goes out. It usually takes the phantom minnow, trolled very deep, in the spring, About Nov. 1 Mr. W. H. Haskell, of this city, brought down one of these “landlocked salmon,” which he took in Trout Lake on a spoon, The fish weighed 182lbs,, and was eaten by a party of nine Chicago friends of Mr, Haskell. I did not see this fish, but it is described as a beautiful one. Elsewhere I have heard these fish described as similar to the lake trout of the Great Lakes, and I have also heard mention of their ‘silvery scales.” This is ali I can learn about them, and I should be very glad to see a specimen. Another oddity in fish life in the West. Do bass spawn twice a year, or do they ever spawn in the fall? It would be supposed that the spawning of bass, even in the northern Jakes, would be done by July or August at furthest; yet three weeks ago last Monday Mr, W. H. Lees Pas aM to Chicago three magnificent bass, total weight 16lbs., which he had caught in Fourth Lake, Madison, Wis., all of which were females full of spawn, as was proved incontestably, The roe seemed fully de- veloped and the appearance of the fish would have indi- cated that they were about to spawn soon. I do not remember to have heard of a similar instance of late spawners, Mr. J. Jeff Smith, of Channel Lake, one of the Fox Lake waters infested by ice fishers, presents a strong petition for appointment as resident warden for that dis- trict, and is indorsed by the leading men of Antioch, wha wish to see that abuse stopped for the sake of their summer customers, Mr. Smith thinks that a mere warn- ing will stop George Clark and the other more persistent ones, and says that if appointed will prosecute at once where warning fails. He says that Clark’s summer busi- ness was hurt last summer by the showing up he got in FOREST AND STREAM last winter. This is jist as ib ought to be, If people up Antioch way want us to come up there in the summer and hire their boats, and eat their ham and eggs, and buy their souvenir spoons, it behooves them to stop this winter fishing, so that we can havea show for our money in the summer. Thisis pure equity. PUP UNeE: thanks to ForrEST AND STRHAM, it’s an Illinois aw. As was predicted would be the case, high water has Gome in the Kankakee River, and found the Momence fishway not yet in, nor is it likely to go in now before next summer. Mr, H. Worcester, agent for the dam owners, explains that if would be necessary now to open the dam, which would incur expense. The dam being under the injunction of the railway, they do not like to move until the property right is settled, but promise to open a section of the dam during the spring run next year, In regard to the delay on this and other fishways, Mr. F. L. Buck, the warden who had this in charge, explains that he did all he could under the law, the statute, amended by practical agreement in 1889 (Sec. 8) provid- ing in favor of the dam owners that the fishway shall hot “impair the usefulness” of the dam. He also points out that the fishway at Kankakee town was put in its present out of the way location by consent of Dr. Bartlett of the Fish Commission, and that other fishways also rest their responsibility on Dr, Bartlett’s broad shoulders. Mr. Cole and I also were told that Dr. Bartlett directed _ the building of the way at Kankakee, but we were told this by the dam owners, and not by Dr. Bartlett himself, To the contrary, Dr. Bartlett has just informed Mr. Cole to the direct opposite of this. The fact seems to be that the dam owners promised Mr. Buck they would do several things which they never did do, which latter fact was developed by the trip of inspection made by Mr. Cole and myself, when we found the ways far from being in condition to warrant the issuance of certificates, Between us all, however, I don’t dowbt that these fish- ways will be built, and not only in a legal but in an effective manner, Fish are dying by thousands in Vermilion River, prob- ably from sulphureous water from the Streator coal mines turned into that stream, The stench from the dead fish has been very bad near Lowell. This mortality is not uncommon in the Vermilion, and that stream has the reputation of being very poor fishing water. Dr. J, A. Henshall, of the World’s Fair Fish Exhibit, called at my office when I was out of town. I wish I could get Dr. Henshall in one hand and one of our small- mouth—big-mouth, half-way bass in the other, so we could settle a thing or two. But when the World’s Fair comes we shall have all these things on exhibition, Nov, 18.—1 notice the remarks of Mr. EH. 8. Waters, of Holyoke, Mass,, upon the Kankakee fishways, and am very willing to agree with him that he knows a great deal more about the Wilmington dams, and the Kanka- kee River, and a great many other things, thanI do, I thank him also for his correction of my statement that the ‘*Wilmington dams have no mills upon them,” for it is true,as I believe, that the lower and smaller dam is used. The great upper dam stands apparently quite idle. The canal service of the Kankakee is now in disuse. By different parties about Wilmington I was told that the upper dam is kept in repair in the hope of selling it, and because the title, more or less imperfect, of a certain amount of adjacent land was in some way wrapped up in the maintenance of this dam. These parties also said that it was desired to sell these lands, This was what I meant by ‘‘speculative purposes,” and although it is not an essential point, 1am very glad to be corrected upon it. Should the sale be made, however, and should the ‘‘em- ployment be given to thousands,” I can see no reason why the State of Illinois should not receive this benefit, and still have left the right to say, without serious discussion with Mr, Waters over it, whether or not it cared to have fishways put in for the benefit of the fish, and for the benefit of possible anglers, be they few or many, This is teally the essential point. It is not for dam owners to pronounce peo or to weigh benefits, or to divide classes, Jt is not for Mr. Waters or me to say whether or not this fishway law is right. It is there on the statutes, and it is in force. Those fishways are required by law to go in. The Kankakee Association was organized. in part, to see that they do goin. They will go in, lam glad to have the advice that it is 15 and not 17ft, in height, From a dozen different sources we had heard the height stated as 17ft. It appeared simply a gigantic wall across the river at the very low stage of water at which we saw it. I should not like to contradict a gen- tleman, especially in so public a place, and Mr. Waters’ statement that fish go over the big Wilmington dam must be left unchallenged except of other readers’ experi- ence and observation. I simply say that that must have been during @ very high and very tnusual stage of water. At the hichest water of last spring, for instance, I stood below an 8ft. dam over which the most active fish could not go, let alone those heavy with spawn, As I understand it, a fishway is no obstruction to the run- ning of fish, even in high water. As to their being a help in the average stage of water, there is, provided the way is put in properly, no question whatever among the men who ought to know and who do know about that. For the Massachusetts bass I can not speak, but these are Illinois bass, and they are progressive enough to go over a fishway, fast and plenty, and we all know that too well to talk about it, The question of the ‘‘spring run” and the fall dropping- back issomething which I know little about, nor does any- body Lever met. I do know that the main breeding grounds of this waterway are far below Wilmington and below Marseilles, on what are known as the ‘‘Meredosia fiats.” That is where the United States Government gets its young fish for distribution. We think fish hatched there go up the river, indeed spread all through it. That there is in the spring a general up-stream: movement of the fish, if possible far beyond the ‘*first reach above the pool where they wintered,” all anglers know and Mr, Waters ought to know. If blocked by adam they can’t go up. But(V. Waters, "| 2, Forusr AND STREAM 313), authorities hold that a 15ft, dam cannot block them. Then I should ask Mr, Waters why they go to the trouble of ascending the boiling flood which pours over such a dam at such a time? If Mr. Waters will pardon me, I believe he is in error as to the hook and line fishing below a dam in Illinois, as he says, ‘If no Illinois angler can fish within half a mile of these dams, when will the Illinois man get his in- nings?” The statute prohibits the catching of fish, ‘‘ex- cept minnows for bait, with any device or means other than a hook and line, within one-half mile of any dam,” etc., etc, Theretore it is precisely the angler who may lawfully fish under a dam, Our best Chicago anglers, however, do not fish directly under a dam, especially during the spring run, It is legal, but not sportsman- like, As to the general conclusion which Mr. Waters reaches, namely, that the more dams the more fish, there need be small concern that it will receive serious attention any- where but here, nor would it here were it not for the fact that sometimes wrong impressions are taken up by those who are ready for them, and there are wrong impressions enough out now among the opposers of this good fishway work, The Kankakee and Fox River associations are already familiar with the statements of those owning or interested in dams, though it is only fair to say that these have been usually arranged in a more accurate and logi- cal way than that adopted by Mr. Waters. I don’t claim to know the ultimate facts about fish life, and I never made but one continuous trip down the Kankakee River, and though I tried to see both sides of the river and both sides of the case, I can only thank Mr, Waters for help- ing us oulfvon all that. Nov, 191—The fish fight in Illinois goes bravely on, in season and out of season. Two letters to President Cole: ILLINOIS STATE FISH COMMISSION.—Quincy, 01)., Nov. 16, 1891.— Mr. Geo. BE. Cole, Chicago, Ill: My attorneys in the matter of trespass suit tried at Rushville, in whicha verdict of $62.00 was found against me, have obtained a new trial, the Judge reversing himself, so to speak, This looks more encouraging.—_S. P, Barr- LETT. ILLINOIS VALLEY Fish AND GAME PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION. —La Salle, Ill.—Geo. 4. Cole, Chicago: | have much pleasure in informing you that we have last week made the initial arrest under the law against seining above Copperas Creek dam. The arrest war of two men who own and use a small steamboat for fishing. We tried themin Putnam county. They were defended by counsel, had a jury trial and resulted in a verdict in our favor with a fine of $40 and costs. We have the steamboat levied upon, and I think members of our association will purchase it, so in the spring you can look for an inyasion of Chicago from the canal by the members of our association. We expect to move on the Sen- achwine Lake people very soon,—H, L. WATLINGTON, Sec’y. From all sides come reports that ‘‘FOREST AND STREAM is the only paper for fishing news,” Or any other field sport news. Nov. 20.—I want to jerk the sombre robe of prophesy around me for a few moments, and say something which seems to have occurred to no other paper. It is about a State league of all our different protective associations. This I have mentioned before ina general way, some time ago. I believe this union into one working body of all our active organizations is a possible and a practical thing. Let us go further, and even call it a probabie thing. The annual meetings of the Fox River and Kan- kakee River associations draw on apace (Jan. 14), That opportunity ought not to be allowed to go by of taking formal steps toward a State league, It is time now that means should be discussed toward thatend, The Kanka- kee Association was prophesied in these columns. Why should not the Illinois State League be prophesied also? The Fox River Protective Association has practically ascomplished its work. The Illinois Valley Protective is doing its work well, as per the record in these columns, We have also the Rock River Protective, and I believe also the Vermilion River Protective, and the Astoria Protective, and the Beardstown Rod and Gun Club. and perhaps yet other strong societies devoted to the enforce- ment of the fish laws, For mutual interest and joint benefit these societies ought to unite, Good work has been done already. Itis notadrop in the bucket com- pared to what the State League could do, The method of this is easy. There should be a call issued at the meetings of the Hox and Kankakee associa- tions Jan, 14 for delegates to meet at Springfield for or- ganization. These delegates should elect a president and also a secretary. The latter ought to be a paid officer, and he ought to be an attorney, so that he could prosecute game law cases at call, The State Fish Commission ought to be willing to devote a part of its fund to the salary of sucha man, This is business. No man could take that work except for pay, for it would absorb most of his time, With such an officer ready, and with such a fund as We did not measure the big dam at Wilmington, and! could he gotten together, it would he possible to proses cute promptly any violation reported by the local men from any given point, The local associations would re- main in full force and activity, and the larger union give them alla greater power. A very pronounced benefit arising from such a society would be its political signifi- cance and influence upon legislation, It would give the sportsman a dignity which he has never yet held at Springfield, and put us all in far better position to ask for changes and additions in our game laws. These things are easy to talk about. In other States they may have been talked about. But these younger protective societies out here in Llinois have of late had. such a way of getting there that itis safe to say that a movement of this sort would not end in talk, E, Houex, A WEEK ON DEAD LAKE, MINN. “¢NXOME, getup, Do you know what time itis? John has been waiting an hour for you.” This was the greeting I received from my friend Colehour one October morning as the light was breaking into my window, and the John he mentioned was a mutual friend, John Foster, from Chicago, who had written that he would be along that morning for a week’s outing with me at any place that I might choose. Colehour could noi go, as he was to meet a party of friends later in the week and go into camp with them. JI was soon up, dressed and getting my breakfast, and in a short time Foster and I were on our way to Dead Lake, this being the place I had decided on for our outing, Our camp outfit and a boat was loaded on a wagon, and we made seats for ourselyes in the boat on top of all, Leaving the village of Battle Lake, we went around the west end of the lake of the same name, on past Silver Lake, over the Red River where it leaves the famous Otter Tail Lake, on our right being the lake, on the left a high bluff surmounted by many mounds, remains of the mound builders; on over the Amor prairie and finally into the rough wooded country which sur- rounds Dead Lake, Three miles of rough road, boulders, hills, sink holes, jolting and tossing, Foster grimly asking now and then, ‘‘How much more there was of that?” At last we came out into the little valley through which runs Dead River, and in a short time were on the shore of the lake and our fifteen-mile ride at an end. After unload- ing we started the driver back with the team, instructing him to return for us Saturday, Where should we make our camp? On the shore or out on the island? “Let's get as far away from every one as we can,” said Foster. So we loaded all our dumnage into the boat and went for Isle au McIlvaine, about two miles off. Here we found a beautiful camping place and established our- selves for the week, How we did enjoy it. The point of the island where we were camped was a famous duck pass. Here we generally had some shooting each eve- ning, not great shooting as the weather turned warm. Just off the peninsula opposite us was a famous place for large-mouth black bass, and there any evening between 4 and 6 o’clock we could get all the fish we wanted, fine fellows, too, running from 2 to 4lbs. The best fishing we had was one morning when we went to an island about a mile above us, after woodduck, large numbers of which were always to be found there. Our success after the ducks was not great that morning, so we went back to the boat, rigged up our rods, and tried for bass off a rocky point on the north side of the island, Were they there? Well. yes, rather, The first cast Foster made brought to the net a 41bs. small-mouth, and directly I had the mate to it. Soon we were each fighting with a fish; then I had one, then Foster, and thus we kept on until thirteen of the gamy beauties lay in the boat, the smallest weighing a trifle over 8lbs. and the largest slightly over five. "Twas rare sport. ‘*What will we do with the fish?” I asked when the thirteenth one was landed, ‘‘Blessed if I know,” said Foster, ‘‘guess we'd better stop,” ‘‘Let’s take them over to Carpenter’s.” “All right,” We strung the fish, and rowing to the mainland we started for Carpenter’s, about half a mile’ away through the woods, The fish made a good load for us, When we reached the house we found no one at home, so we went into the kitchen and laid the fish in a row on the table, and a fine sight they were, wrote ‘‘Com- pliments of the season” on a piece of paper, signed our names, pinned it on the largest fish, went back to the boat and to camp, How we did enjoy that week. One day the wind blew so hard we could not leave the island. Another day it was so summer-like that we took a bath and did not find the water disagreeably chilly. Wednes- -day morning as we looked across the lake we saw tents up on the shore, and knew that a party of friends from Chicago and Kansas City were there, and that evening some of them came over to call and urge us to move over to their camp. But we preferred to stay on our island. All too soon came Saturday morning, when we must go. Reluctantly we took down the tent, packed up, loaded the boat, and bid adieu to the island. We ate dinner with our friends and then started for Battle Lake, which we reached in time for Foster to take the evening train for Chicago. Myron CooLey. Derrorr Crry, Minn. CENTRAL LAKE HERRINGS.—Central Lake, Mich., Noy. 16.—The advance guard of the herrings appeared on the afternoon of the 14th in ourriver, They were reported as seen in the river ai Bellaire at least sixteen days before that, From Bellaire to the head of the Intermediate River and foot of Central Lake is nearly or quite two miles, and the lake is about seven miles long. I think it quite likely that the home of these fishes is in Torch Lake, and it would seem that they move quite slowly on their annual migration if it takes them more than two weeks to advance nine miles,—K®LPIE. Mr. R. B. MARSTON, editor of the London Fishing Gazette, is alao president of the Society for Promoting the Reading of Papers among Angling Clubs, THis MAy Br RAD Two Ways, Bur ONLY ONE RIGHT W Ay.—As the fellow said about the buggy he particularly liked, that it was the last one he expected to own; so [ say the FOREST AND STREAM is the last paper I expect to sub- scribe for.—G, W, S. (Mississippi). A Book Axnour InprAns,—The Forisr AnD STREAM will mail free on application a SoS EN: circular of Mr, Grinnell’s book, “Pawnee Hero Stories and fHolk-tales,” giving a table of contents and specimen illustrations from the volume.—Adv. THE VELVET TRAIN of the Monon Route between Chicago and Cincinnati offers the best and mogt luxurious seryice abhtainable hetween thore points, —Ady. 374 FOREST AND STREAM. re 26, 1801. ~ “STE PEORIDAY WEST OASri | aeridia autre bets venl eiltane nama audlta ts ee ec I Ghee eae FLORIDA WEST COAST. Editor Forest and Stream: T have this day mailed you Fort Myers Press marked, calling your altention to an angling excursion of J, i Tooke and self week before last. I am, I think, conserva- tive in my statements as to this locality, since [am nota boomer. The Press editor made a mistake as to the number, we caught 142 instead of 144 in two hours’ time on live bait, the fish were small, only averaging about 14 to 2lbs. Mr, Tooke hooked a jewlish that was undoubtedly 5 to 6ft. in length, and would probably weigh 250 to 300lbe, The tackle parted, hence we failed to weighhim, I have rigged up some heavy tackle and will try them again next weelx. Mr. G. 8. Loyd took my Gordon Betsy Bobbet one day last week and after dinner killed 30 quail, Of course in the immediate vicinity of the town deer and turkey are not plentiful, but by going 12 to 20 miles one can find the finest shooting in the United States, I believe, on turkey and deer. Our deer are small, very much smaller than in the North, but they are the same wild deer, and can * jump, dodge, puck and caper the sameas the bucks of the North Woods. Once the Northern sportsmen learns this country (I used to be one of them, but old age, I reckon, more than anything else, holds me close to my office) they will come here during the winter months where they can hunt in a temperature very like that of New York in May and June; and that a world of game is here there gan be no question. I have seyeral friends coming down this winter to in- vestigate my ‘big lies,” as they call them. Tell the boys to come, and they will see more deer and turkey in a given length of time than they can find elsewhere, outside of Florida. We have parties here who can be engaged to guide any one through the cypress, and will guarantee sport. There are no regular guides, as the Northern sportsman is unknown here. WALTER FE, MICKLE, Fort Myers, Florida, The Press item reads: One day last week, we think it was Saturday, Messrs. W. F, Mickle and Seas Tooke caught 144 jae ke fish, weakfish and channel bass in two hours’ time. We acknowledge the present of one of the jack fish, which was highly relished for one meal, TENCH FOR AMERICAN WATERS. M® KE. G. BLACKFORD, president of the New York Fish Commission, has given these interesting facts about a new fish for American waters: These tench are an entirely new var iety of fish to American waters, The original varent fish were brought over from England and placed in breeding ponds in Washington, D. C., of the United States Fish Commis- sion. These fish were hatched at the United States Fish Commission’s station at Neosho, Me. Two years ago twenty-three fish in number were taken from the ponds at Washington, D, C., to the above station. This year there will be distributed 36,000' young fish, the product of the original twenty-three of two years azo, These fish will grow to weigh 2 to 3lbs, each, and are said to be a good table fish as ; well as affording sport to the angler. The tench prefers still waters to rusning streams, more especially thriving in reservoirs, ponds full of water weeds and pits from which clay ‘has been excavated. for brick making. It seems also to do better in foul and weedy than in clean water, and in broad and sluggish rivers rather than those which flow with considerable velocity. Tt is generally seen in small companies, and appears to frequently keep near the bottom, except during the sum- mer, when, more especially during the spawning time, it lies near the surface among the weeds. Although pos- sessing a very thick skin, covered with a large amount of slimy mucus, it seems to ‘be very susceptible to cold, and has been credited with passing a considerable portion of the winter months in a semi-lethargic condition, buried in semi-aquatic mud. It will dive down into the mud in order to escape from nets. It is very tenacious of life, in which respect it is little inferior to the eel. Hxamples have been known of the tench living for an entire day out of water. It feeds on insects, larves, worms and vegetable substances. The largest tench on record in England weighed 11)bs, 9402. In angling for them the best bait is worms. ‘The spawn during the months of June and July. The eges are small and are deposited in the weeds. Over 300,000 eggs have been found in one single specimen, According to an English authority, itis esteemed as a fair table fish. These fish are found in nearly all the fresh waters of Hurope as well ag those of Asia, Sisheulture. CASTALIA TROUT AGAIN. Editor Forest and Stream: I notice that Mr. Hough comes at me again in ae issue of Noy. 12 concerning the matter of the origin wf the frout in Castalia stream. Ihave not at hand the articles written upon the subject by Mr. Hough and myself some months ago, but my recoll ction upon the matter is that I did not question his state- ments but did question the reliability of his sources of informa- tion. As yet I see no reason fo change my views upon the sub- ject, Notwithstanding the fact thah Mr. Potter never caught or saw any trout there before the artificial stocking. Scores of peo- ple were born and raised contiguous to that stream who never dropped a hook into those waters or any other, and who had not the slightest knowledge of the subject in question. Hundreds of people haye fished in known trout, streams without getting a bite. Others again haye hed success and their testimony is worth a cloud of witnesses who never caught anything. I have hereto- fore named two well-known eentlemen who did take trout there 40 veurs sgo and J saw the trout in at l-ast one instance. Mr. Potter says he never saw or beard of me until within the last_year or two. Just what that has to do with the origin of trout in the Castalia stream I leave it for Mr, Hough to explain. Mr. Potter thinks it very sir inge that as many years as he knew Dr. Garlick, he never heard him mention the name of Castalia or Milton P. Peirce. Well, [lived seyeral years at Cleveland (Dr. Garlick's residence), and probably saw the Doctor five times where Mr. Potter did once; took my first lessons in fishculture from bim and Dr. Garlick, and in all those years did not hear either of them meution the name of Mr. Potter nor Castalia; but =) before stated, they did sayeral times speak of taking trout from Cold Creek, which is identical with the Castalia stream, Mr Potter's argument reminds one of the “old chestnut” story of the chap who was heing tried fora crime, and several witnesses were introduced who saw him commit the crime. He sought to Offset this testimony by introduzing double the number of p-rsons who did nof see the crime committed At the very outset of Mr. Potter's remarks he says he is averse to eutering into any contro- versy with me, yet he opens one with such uncomplimentary as- sertions as I have quoted. The very fact that he claims to have never heard of me until within a year or two will cause = smile 12: to come over the features of the readers of Forms: anp STREAM for the past twenty years, and they will smile to think what an attentive readér he has been of the current fishcultural literature which has appeared in all these years. I will say that Lam quite familiar with the history of the fish preserves of the Castalia Stream, and have the highest admira- tion for those connected with them aud besides haye only senti- ments of commendation for the enterprise, yet “all the same,” trout inhabited moat of the headwaters of streams discharg- ing me Lake Hrie at the time the region was settled by white people Old Cleyelanders acquainted with Dr. Garlick will be amused at the assertion that the Doctor would for an instant attempt to guy a friend, particularly one who entered fully into his fisheul- tural yiews, which were ridiculed by some of the “smart Alecks?? of that day. That class would have been liabla to have been guyed by Dr. Ackley, who was a grim wag indeed, as well as 2 more enthusiastic and expert sportsman than his co-laborer and friend Garlick. Several Ohio anglers besides Mr. Potter have disputed my as- sertions concerning native trout being in northern Ohio waters, say fifty years agn, declaring that the domestic trout of Castalia were the first ever seen in Ohio waters, AsI believe L haye already stated in your columns, I repeatedly saw wild trout in Ashtabula county waters fifty years ago, and new Mr. Potter remembers haying caught many a good string of native trout in the Chagrin Riverin company with Dr. Garlick. He locates that stream in Granger county. There is no such county in Obio. Chagrin River discharges into the lake from Lake county, which adjoins Asntabula county. Mitron P. PEIRCE, CoLumeus, O., Noy, 16. Ghe Zennel. Dogs: Their Management and Treatment in Disease. By Ashmont. Price $2. Kennel Record and Account Book. Price $3. Training vs. Breaking, By 8. T. Hammond, Price $1, First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of aul Breeds. Price 50 cents. All communications must reach us by Tuesday of the week they are to be published; and should be sent as much earlier as may be convenient. FIXTURES. [For fuller details see issue of Now. 12.) DOG SHOWS. Dee, 4 to 8.—Sixth Annual, at Rockford, Dl, Dec. 10 to 14.—Freeport, Ill. T. BE. Taylnr, Sec’y. Dee. 30 to Jan, 2.—Gloyersyille. N. Y. EF. B. Winner: Sec’y. 1892, Jan. 5 to 8.—Alhany, N. ¥. W.C. House, Fort Plain, N.Y., Sec'y. Jan. 5 to 9,—Charleston, SE ve Benj. Melaniss, Sec’y. Jan. 18 tu 16,—Columbia, & BF, F. Capers, G reenville, Sec’y, Jan, 21 to 25.—Elmira, N. 1 a ‘OLA. Rowman, See’y, Feb. 9 to 12.—Chirago, Il. John We Lincoln, Jr., See’y. Feb. 16 to 19.—Jackson, Mich. WU. EB. L, Kimball, Ses’y. Feb. 23 to 26.—New York. James Morti mer, Supt. March 1 to 4,—Philadelphia, Pa. F.S. Brown, Sec’y. March 8 to 11.— Washington, D.C, F.S. Webster, 738 B’way,N.Y. March 15 to 18 —Pittsburgh, Pa. W. E. Littell, Sec? y= April 7 to 10 —Boston, Mass. E. H. Moore, Sec’y. April 20 to 23 —Los Angeles, Cal, O. A. Suinneh: Sec? y. May 4to7,—San Francisco, Cal. H. L. Miller, Sec’ Fe FIELD TRIALS. Noy. 30 —Central Field Trials, Lexington, N. C. Dec, 14.—Philadelphia Kennel Club, eatonsyille, Va. 1892, Jan. 10 —Bexar Field Trials, San Antonio, Texas, shat 18 —Pacific Field Trials, Bakersville, Cal —. —.Southern Field Trials, New Albany, Miss. EASTERN FIELD TRIALS. /| 4 HAVE already given particulars in last week’s issue about the opening of these trials, and there is fittle more toadd. The trials did not seem to awaken so much interest anlong owners, and yisitors were few compared to former years. Among the visitors not already mentioned, and who came after the trials commenced, were Messrs. Bayard Thayer, A. D. Lewis, C. C. M. Hunt, L. N. Cox, W. B. Meares, J. Mahone, Angus Cameron from England, "and one or two others whose names I did not catch. Birds were plentiful enough, affording ample opportunity for varied work. The vegetation is quite rank this year, and wide- ranging dogs were hard to keep track of. The judges did their work carefully and gave every dog ample opportunity to show his merit. Excepting in the Champion Stake, there was little or n0 comment made on the awards, and in this stake the foregoing remarks do not apply. The spotting system was in vogue and much less time was consumed in the running off of the various series, At the meeting of the club held on Thursday last, Mr. F. R. Hitch- cock was elected president; Pierre Lorillard, Jr. and H. B. Duryea, vice-presidents, and Washington A. Coster, secre- tary and treasurer. TUBSDAY. When we drew up our blinds this morning it was found to be raining hard, and it seemed as if the day was to bea holiday. The weather cleared, however, about 9:30, and a start was made at 10 o’clock, the rendezvous being the Glass House, about two miles from town. The sun peeped ont of the heavy clouds asthe first brace in the continuation of the Second Series of the Derby, AMY ROBSART—MAUD NOBLE, was called at 10:54. The heat was notable from the fact that the two handlers, H. M Short for Amy Robsart and S, C. Bradley for Maud Noble, are the tallest hatdiers present, both being about 6ft. 6in, high and proportionately broad. Starting in sedge, it was not long before Mand pointed at the edge of pines, Amy honoring, when Bradley put up the bevy, fired, and dogs showed that their training had not been neglected. Tn pines Maud pointed false, Amy ' dropping to back, Directly after she pointed again and asingle sought the open, dogs were steady to Bradley’s shot. In open Amy stiffened out and Maud honored her, but nothing came of it. Then the horse- men flushed a bevy. as Amy came up with them, and she was not steady to wing. Lower down Amy scored a single on these birds, and was steady to Shorts fire. N othing more being done, dogs were ordered. up at 11:19, with Amy having the best of the heat. CAMILLE,—This bitch was now put down alone in sedge at 113238. The heat was short, but showed that Camille’s nose was in the right place. After a gallop round in bot- toms she pointed a nice bevy very stylish. Twenty yards further on she pointed again and another bev vy rose. This was mee ape work. Nothing more needed and dog ordered up at 1: Bos CooprrR—WuN LUNG. —Starting off at 11:39 they passed some birds which were afterward flushed by horse- men, Points without result from both followed, and though they made game several times they failed to locate anything and were called up at 12:21. Both ranged in their usual snappy style. HOPE’s MARK was put down alone at 12:28 to work to- ward the old schoolhouse. Some time after the start at edge of pines on hillside he stiffened on a bevy, and waiting till Judges came up Rose flushed birds and fired, dog drop- ping to” wing. He hardly went in his usual clever Bele and did not show such good work as at Bicknell, where the ground seemed to suit him better. Called up at 12:44. ‘ BoB COOPER was now put down for a turn by himself at 46. In pines, he soon nailed a single and was steady to shot; roading on he did some nice work in cover, and work- ing carefully into open and again into woods he came to a stylish point on a bevy, which Rose flushed and fired at, dog very steady this time. A little more training on birds and this dog will make a name; at present he fancies him- self a little too much when the birds get up. Judges hada little talk and then we trotted otf to lunch, after which CAMILLE—BOB COOPER were tried to settle their final places in the stake. Down in stubble at 1:47 almost imme- diately Camille pointed a bevy which Avent flushed and fired at, dogs steady. Points on footscent followed. Then Bob roaded to a point on two birds and was not steady to flush, putting another bird to his eredit, while 2 Camille, to right, pointed but failed to raise anything. Going on to some fields, Bob did a good piece of work on a bevy, Camille honoring the point; Rose flushed the birds and fired, Camille steady, bub Bob, as usual, moved a little. Dogs then called up and judges after a little consultation seaided Wun Lung first, Bob Cooper second and Camille ir sSummary—The Derby, WN. Waliace’s black, white and tan setter bitch Maude Noble (Rowdy Rod—Pearl Noble) with Pierre Lorillard’s black, pry and tan setter bitch Lora (Gladstone’s Boy—Ruby D Charlottesville Kennels’ liver of Kent—Hops). with J, M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s black, white and tan setter bitch Camille (Jean Val J ean—Haydee). and white dog Hxile(King Charlottesville Kennels’ black and white ticked pointer dog Mainstay (King of Heo ee) with Royal Phelps Carroll’s black, white and tan setter dog Robespierre (Roderigo—Ollie § ). QO. W. Donnet’s black. white and tan setter ‘eye! Wag- tail (Roderigo—Belle of Piedmont) with Col. J. R. Purcell’s pointer dog Tall Son of York, Harry Northwood’s lemon and white Robsart (Dad Wilson—Bohemian Girl) awit Blue Ridge Kennels’ chestnut, Bob Cooper (Roi d@Or—WNellie Y, )! setter bitch Amy tan and white setter dog Royal Phelps Carroll’s black, white and tan setter bitch Iza (Roderigo—Ollie 8.) with N. T. Harris's black, white and tan setter dog Wun Lung (Captain Bethel— —Bnid). Blue Ridge Kennels’ black, white and tan dog Hope’s Mark, a bye. Second Series. Robespierre with Bob Cooper. Wun Lung with Lora. Camille with Hope’s Mark, Maud Noble with Amy Robsart. Camille alone. . Bob Cooper with Wun ing. Hope’s Mark alone. Bob Cooper with Camille. N. T. Harris’s Wun Lung first money, $500. Bie Ridge Kennels’ Bob Cooper second money, $250. aia M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s Camille third money, S #’. F. Miles wins the breeder’s cup, value $100, to breeder of winner of the Derby. Wun Lung and Bob Cooper are yery fast, merry workers small-sized, but full of go. Oamille, though not so fast na wide a ranger, has lots of bird sense and uses it to good pur- pose, ALL-AGED STAKE. After the conclusion of the Derby little time was wasted before the first brace in the All-Aged Stake was put down. The drawing for this stake has been already published in FOREST AND STREAM. It is said that the All-Aged this year in point of numbers beats the record since both point- ers and setters ran together, and after the rather poor filling in the Derby it was as Surprising as complimentary to the club. Mr. R. Lb. McCook leaying for home Tuesday night, Messrs. Durvea, Merriman and Rowe judged the All-Aged, RUPERT—ToP MARE were started in grass field at 2:20. Names of owners are given in summary, so that it 1s needless to repeat them in each heat. Rupert (Roderigo—Bo Peep) was handled by his part owner, J. M, Avent, and Top Mark (Gath’s Mark—Burd Helen) by H. M. Short, Both started off freely and not long after Mark pointed in sedge, Rupert backing in fine style; nothing found, but after we had passed several birds flushed wild. Top Mark’s next work was the nailing of a good bevy, Rupert doing his duty gallantly; Short put up birds and dogs were steady to shot. Rupert, after going over a good deal of ground, pointed, backed by Mark, but nothing found; several quasi points followed until Rupert, on the side of a hill in thick cover pointed two birds, Mark honoring. A pretty point by Rupert in a road, Mark backing, result nil, Then Rupert sccred a bevy in briers and was steady to flush, Then Mark thought it time to interfere, and getting out of woods Mark pointed, honored by Rupert. Short put up the birds and dogs were steady. On in sedge, where Rupert casting back, secured an outlying bird in same place. Avent fired, . doz steady, hey were then called up at 2:56. Both had goo range and speed, quartering their ground well, Mark having a little advantage on birds. FRANK W.—JoyvE H.—These were put down in same place afi 2:57. John N. Lewis handled Frank W. (Duke of ‘Vernon—Royal Cute), a liver and white pointer, and W. W. Titus looked after Joye H. (Paul Gladstone—Gypsy), a black and white setter. Neither dog ranged out with the style or speed of the first brace. Little work of any merit was done, although considerable ground was covered. In some sedge by pines Frank pointed, Joye brought up to back, but Lewis could find nothing. Going down in hollow, then on hillside Joye found birds, Titus shot, dog steady. Another point to Joye without result and the dogs were ordered up at 3:45. Neither showed the necessary class of work to entitle them to further consideration in the stake. ALBERT’S DUCHESS—GRAPHIC VI.—Albert’s Duchess (War- wick Albert—Princess Belton) was-handled by Prof. Schuy- ler and Graphic VI. by J, B, Taylor, Down at 3:55 in open field on pillaide, both ranged out fairly well. Both soon pointed, drew on, the pointer pointed where Duchess had the birds, but broke’ point, and when birds flushed started to chase, but stopped to order, After the birds in woods Albert pointed and Graphic did his duty, but nothing was found. Higher u sei eee pointed a single which Taylor shot at; dogs steady. Then in apes down the hill four wild turkeys were sighted trotting along leisurely. This caused excite- ment, and Judge Duryea and J, M. Avent galloped down to head them off before they got to brook, ae fired two shots from horseback, and it is more than likely he shot a bird as only three flew into the pines. It could not be found, how- eAer, Avent only getting some feathers to show, stream ve likely carried it down, Just after the turkeys weresighted, and Mr, Duryea was off duty for the time being, Albert's Duchess nailed a beyy nicely down the field birds flushing wild. Dogs were called : up at 4:40 and we galloped home, Noy, 26, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 375 WEDNESDAY. A very hard frost during the night make the ground like ‘a brick, so the start this morning was later than usual to allow the ground to soften a bit, the rendezvous being near the Model Farm. The day was sunny and clear but very cold. A nice morning for a rousing gallop, but not to go for hours on horseback no faster than a walk. _ _NATAtim IL.—MAtp or Kent.—Nataliell., English setter (King Ee eal was handled by N. B. Nesbitt, and Maid of Kent, a good-looking pointer bitch (King of Keat— Hops), was under the care ot C. HK. Buckle. No work of any special merit was done in the heat. Down at 9:21 in open weeds, Natalie very soon found and pointed a bevy in thick lum thicket and Nesbitt went in and flushed, Maid had acked and both were steady to Nesbitt’s shot. Following these birds along edge of woods, dogs did not locate. Then on some distance where birds flushed from a thicket, dogs out of sight, but. Nesbitt claimed his dog pointed them. Following scattered birds none were found, though Maid pointed and Natalie backed. Going through a long piece of woods the dogs: repeatedly made game, but could not locate anything. Then Maid pointed in the open, Latonia backing nicely, but nothing put up; this was repeated across a brook and dogs ordered up at 10:17. Natalie did all the work ou birds, but to Maid’s eredit must be given pace, range and style, ANTHYOLO—DAIsy HUNTHR.—At 10:25 these two were cast off at edge of woods. Antevolo (Count Noble—Trinket II.) was handled by Chas. Tucker and Daisy Hunter (Gath’s Lone Daikwek by her owner, J. A. Hunter. Both got out from their handlers in good style. It was not long before Daisy Hunter got down to work, and in aclump of pines stiffened out to a bevy, Anteyolo called up to back, but birds flushed before he could get there, Daisy steady to shot and wing. Then she nailed a single lower down. A no- point from Daisy, and then in woods Antevolo pointed a bird, Tucker firing, dog steady. Daisy pointed foot scent, but not steadily, and then they were called up at. 10:57, Both showed good range and judgment, Daisy the best, and alsa had the adyantage on birds, though hardly a heat in which Daisy did as well as usual, getting out a little too far at times. SAM R.—ORLANDO.—Sam R. is well known to readers of FOREST AND STREAM, he is by Dash Bryson—Daisy’s Hope. The latter bitch won the All-Aged here last year. W. W. Titus handled Sam R. Orlando, a good-looking, heavily marked black, white and tan setter (Roderigo—Bo-Peep), was handled ‘by his part owner, J. M. Avent. Starting in weeds at 11:04, they galioped off in fine style. After a while in rag weeds, side of woods, at the end of a field, Orlando made a stylish point, Sam doing his duty nicely; birds fiushed wild and Avent fired, dogs of course were steady to shot and wing. After these birds in weeds, then in woods, Orlando pointed and Sam backed, but nothing found. To the right, Sam, roading nicely, brought up stiff before a single which Titus flushed, and Orlando coming up pointed where birds had been, Then followed some roading and Sam making a cast into open, then in woods, pointed, but did not hold it when Titus came up, Orlando honored it, however, Then Orlando pointed false, Sam backing, but higher up Orlando redeemed himself by nailing a bevy, Sam backing; Avent flushed the birds, dogs steady to wing. Following these birds Sam pointed, but Titus failed to put up, but a single afterward rose behind the dog as spectators cameup. Further onin brush Sam nailed a single in good shape, which Orlando honored; both steady to Titus'’s shot. Both dogs ranged well and speedily, Orlando best on birds, though Sam did well in cover on singles. Up atiish0. Tt bit now time for lunch and an acceptable lounge after, when Dotty HitL—DIck BONDHU were put down at1:12. Dolly Hill (Ben Hill—Dolly §.) is a heavily marked setter and H, M. Short handled her. Dick Bondhu, handled by W. W. Titus, is by Dashing Bondhu—Dashing Primrose. Starting in corn stubble both went off at speed. Soon Dick, going off to the right, was lost some time. Meanwhile Dolly hunted through some woods and several of us tried to find Dick. Dick coming in sight eventually, he pointed on hill, Dolly backing, but he was mistaken. Dolly in pines scored a point and stood the birds till they flushed wild. Going into woods Dick, after we had all passed, commenced road- ing behind and pointed where birds had flushed; dogs were called up at 2:12 without any further result. Dolly Hill had the best of the heat in every way; Dick not being’ under control and running a very green dog, Mr, Titus telling mé he had never been trained on birds, though five years old, and therefore thereason for running him is hardly apparent. GROUSE—THE CORSAIR.—The pointer Grouse, by Main- spring—Swain’s Ply, had 8. C. Bradley for his handler, and The Corsair, by Dan Gladstone—Haidee, was, as usual, looked after by D. HE. Rose, Moving to other ground, dogs were put down at 2:29. After going some time, both hunt- ing wide and with judgment, Grouse wheeled to a stylish point by brier thicket and held it-some minutes till Corsair could be brought up to back, affording plenty of opportu- nity forthe “‘Kamerettists’ to hand his work down to pos- terity; Corsair backed stylishly and Bradley flushed the birds. A good piece of work for the pointer; both dogs steady to wing. Grouse improved his opportunity by nail- ing a single lower down, Corsair honored it and Bradley flushed, fired and killed, Grouse retrieving in good si le, showing excellent training. Another of these singles fell to Corsair’s share, and he pointed again, moved back, pointed, when Rose put up two birds and Corsair steady to shot. A hundred yards further Grouse pointed, but Bradley could not raise anything, and dog drew on and a single flushed as he stopped, Corsair backing, dogs steady to shot and wing. Covering some yaried ground, Grouse pointed hen and chickens, and made a couple of points unsteadily to the left: but casting out to locate more closely, by 4 house on hill, he wheeled to a point in scrub oak and held it till Bradley came up and flushed the bevy, a goad piece of work, clinch- ing it by his steadiness to shot and wing. Dogs were then ordered up at 3:08, Grouse showed what the pointer is capa- ble of, for he did in this heat genuine long-headed work, going to his birds with a vim, ranging out freely, but al- Ways with good judgment. Range and speed were about equal, style being in favor of Corsair, who did not by any means do himself justice, as he is capable of just as good work as the other did, but this was an off day for him. Dogs, like men or horses, have their good days and those that are otherwise. Count W.—DUKE OF HEsspy.—Another pointer and set- ter heat. Count W.,the setter, by Count Noble—Jennie Ill., was handled by 8. C. Bradley, and the well-known ointer Duke of Hessen, the hope and pride of Hempstead, is by Luck of Hessen—Blarney, and John White was his handler. Put down in a big grass field at 3:11, both ranged out well—too well, for Count W. was lost at once near woods. Duke was found higher up the hill; but thinking that Count was in large wood below, several of us hunted high and low for him, but no one went up the hill where Duke had been found. It was 3:50 when a shout went up that he was on top of the hill in woods, just as the next brace was called, It was said Count was found on a bevy which he must have held for a long time. Starting to- - gether again at 3:56 in sedge, om hill soon after, Count nailed a\bevy in woods, Bradley told the judges,and opening a gate let them in, Count still steady, Bradley put up the birds, fired and dog behaved well. Just before this Duke thought he would create a little excitement and was, lost down hill for a short time; Drone up to follow the flushed birds Count got two of them and was steady as they flushed wild. Duke higher up pointed false. Crossing road into woods, Bradley claimed a point and a single was flushed by horsemen. Taken ont of woods dogs ran back again and at other end Duke pointed in sedge, Count backing, Duke went on, pointed, and was honored again, when it was found he had the beyy at last, and dogs were steady to flush. On, in fag weed, Count pointed below a beyy, meanwhile judges flushed birds about 75yds, aboye him. After these Duke nailed two of them and was steady to shot and wing. Held upfor Duke. Coming together Count dropped to a single just above Duke, when Bradley flushed, doe steady. This ended a long heat at 4:29, characterized by much whistling and many interruptions, Count W. had the advantage on birds, is a merry, stylish worker, with plenty of pace but rather heedless. Duke hardly ran the dog he did last year, though full of snap and go. ; : PLIGHT—DAD. WILSON, JR., were put down immediately after at 4:31. Flight (Paul Gladstone—Belle Ward), handled by N. B. Nesbittand Dad Wilson, Jr,(Dad Wilson—Lit), and a well Enown dog on the bench, was handled by H. M. Short, Soon after starting across a ditch Flight dropped to a point, Dad backing, but no result. Then near pines Dad did the same, false points followed by Flight, neither dog working out as they should do. Lower down Dad pointe again, dogs seeming to be playing at the game. Going over varied ground Dad hear a fence nailed a single, Short fired, dog steady. Then Dad got down to good work and stood to a bevy in fine style in standing corn, Flight backing, Short fiushed, fired, dogs steady. Going over a brook Dad nailed asibgle, Flight seconding him, dogs steady to Short’s fire, Dad did good work here. Flight, not to be outdone, in pines pointed and dropped totwo birds, which Nesbitt shot at, dog steady. » Committee. To this Mu. Mussey replied: , CHICAGO, Nov. 12.—Mr, #, W, Hume, Secretary, Kansas City, Mo,: Dbark Sitr—l am in receipt of your telegram and letter of the llth inst., explaining the reasons for requesting a postpone- ment of the proposed shoot. This, of course, came in the nature of a surprise, and was a severe disappointment fo many of our shooters, who have lately been diligently practicing and who had hoped to distinguish themselves in the friendly test of skill. We, however, must of course bow to your wishesin the matter and consent to an indefi. nite postponement, appreciating fully the difficulties of insuring the attendance of twenty men. Itis, of course,somewhat unfortunate that an arrangement for the shoot had progressed so far, inasmuch asthe interest now awakened may perhaps be difficult to reyive in the future, Remembering, however, the kind hospitality with which our teams were treated in Kansas. City last year, we can only hope that at some time we may be enabled to show our appreciation in a like handsome manner. In conyeying to the shooters of Kansas City the expression of Chicago’s good will, the only regret that obtrudes itself in the postponement ot the match is the fact that we shall not, for the present at least, have the pleasure of again greeting such a jolly and gentlemanly lot of sportamen as those that have in the past done so much honor to Kausas City. With renewed expressions of esteem, believe me, very faithfully yours, W. P. Mussry, See- retary for the Committee. WATSON’S PARK. BurnNsrpp, Il., Nov. 5.—Ft. Dearborn Gun Club, American Association rules. 15 live birds: + Hutchinson..111712122101111—-18 Geo Hoffman..121121121102102—13 RO Heikes. ...111112212101111—14 A Kleinman. . .111111221111122—15 G Kleinman. . .222210221210021—12 Dr Williams. ..200021001200210— 7 W MecFarland.112120201220211—12 ROVE omens GALE 112001111121212—13 Capt Anson. ...212122121121212—15 I W Dukes... 211122121122121—15 Same day, 20 Peoria blackbirds: AKleinmn11101101111111010100-14 RR Heikes. .0011711101111 yw. GKleinm’n11111110111110101111-17 Antoine. ..101111101100011 w. Cap Anson.10101001111100101110-12 IW Dukes.111 101000011011 w. Burgess...,101111OINII1I0111-17 “Williams. 101111001 withdrew. Geo, Kleinman won medal. Nov. 10.—R, Rock and W, P. 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Calan Mie bbiteeme res nyirtern: -2121202102122212022222271 92 (TROVE OTP oer es Hide Daciacre dare tilt gryies 1211712212101021100110022—19 G M Laffing well cee sees -08222001212120210022020201—17 ANESIDH OMIA Ss cbne hein hee + 5s ARRRO RAPE AE URR ERROR ea— 2H UM SIU NRIEPeh bee ee ee «2221122212212 210227 10222—28 br Sint s . -.01100020221211 20201010171 —16 A, HE. Thomas first; R. B. Wadsworth, R. O. Heikes, Al Hoffman, second; A. J. Atwater third. * Not members. RAVELRIGG. BROOKLYN TRAPS. Noy. 11.—The Emerald Gun Club shot at Dexter Park to-day, 22 members faced thetraps. Dr. Kleinart won the medal in Class Bwith a score of 8 out of 10,and Dr. J. G. Knowlton won the medalin Class A. The shoot was at 10 live birds each, Emerald ‘ Gun Club rules, gun below the elbow, and in the event of a tie only half a bird was allowed if killed with the second barrel. The postponed match between J. Maesel and Dr. A. Pearson was shot off and Dr. Pearson won by one bird. A match for $10 was shot almostin the dark between A. Botty, of the Parkway Gun Club, and W. Thompson, of the Emerald Gun Club, 10 tive birds, Botty won by a.score of 6 to 2. Only nine memhers of the Erie Gun Club faced the cold wind and the traps at. Woodlawn Park to-day, In consequence only four men killed 7 straight birds. In the shoot-off Jumbo killed 3 Straight and won the first prize, J. ¥. Schmadeke took second with 6 killed W. Scheelje won third prize. A sweepstake at 25yds. rise was won by Dr. Van Ord, J. ’. Schmadeke taking second and J. Plate third money, Wow. 19.—A remarkable good score was made by John Bohling at the Falcon Gun Club at Dexter Park to-day. The members shot at 10 live birds, Bohling killing his 10 straight, nearly all being hard driving birds, and hedid not use his second barrel once. Two sweepstakes at bluerocks, the first at 5 and the second at 10 birds, were afterward shot. The first and second money was divided in the first sweepstake by H. Knebel, Jr., J. Moller and A. Simmering. In the second shoot H, Knebel, Jr. and J. Her- mann divided the money. Wov. 21.—The Prospect Heights Gun Club held its regular monthly shoot to-day at Parkville, L,I. Kach member shot at 50 bluerocks, 2lyds. rise, Capt. Nicholls was again the winner with 35, The other scores were; W.H. Atkinson 23, C.S. Rey- nolds 29, G. A. Somers 33, H. Purvis 25. Referee, Mr. G. Heaslip. Great preparations will be made for the Inter-State shoot on Nov. 30 at Woodlawn Park. It willbe the best of the series, and the Fountain Gun Club, under whose auspices the contest will be held, will make special effort to have the event a model shoat. SPORTSMEN’S CLUB.—Noy. 19.— ONONDAGA COUNTY A very interesting race between C. Medal shoot at Maple Bay. Walters and Wm, P. Ashton. The medal was won by:C. Walters for the last time. WNosher..-....--.. 01010100110011100111110110111001111111111000100111 —37 Lefever,...--...- 101.14.010101111111911111111110311011101113111111101—34 C Walters....... 00110011.0001.1171011100111.11100111001111011011111010—41 ACS TO Tighe tee estes 01011111911111111010101011101101100111101011010111 —4 Petit,.-. ... ~ ». « 10101101000010111107111191919111111111001111101001—41. Becker.....:-.--- 11001011.100100100110010111011100111111011111111100—36 WVAZGI ss poses oes 11.101111101110111010110111111110111111011101011011—39 Pairchild.. . ...0110101000111101011110111191111110 11111111311111110—4 D Waltera.....- 2 01000111101.111100111101101010111011111011 11111111 —32 Holloway... .....LOULO11I111101111111111001011101117,101101001176091 —35 On ties for medal OC, Walters won. ; 3880 FOREST AND STREAM. an [Nov. 26, 1891 JERSEY CITY. Nov. 19. _Lhe regular monthly live bird shoot of the Kssex Gun Club,.of Newark, was held this afternoon at the grounds of the Jersey City Heiehts Gun Club. The members were divided into three classes, each shooting at 10 birds under modified Hurlingham rules. The results were: Class A, 30yds. rise—Hayes 9, Freche 9. Class B,28yds, rise—lL. ©. Hedden 10, Wilson 9. Hughes 8. Class ©, 26yds. rise—H. Smith 9, Thomas 9, Decker 7. Following the regular event was a match between Harry Sinclair and Gus Griffin, both of Newark. The conditions were 50 birds each, 30yds, rise, yds. boundary. The stakds were $50 aside. Sinclair waa the winner by ascore of 43 to 89, Sinclair won anather match at 25 birds from Griffin for $25 aside. The score was 21 to 20. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Noy. 2 aie ae are the scores of the two noted trap shots, Brewer’s nephew, H. C. Stott, and Joseph King, both of the Woodbury Gun Club. Stott had some very hard birds, which he killed with ease, and proved himself fully as good an me abhi He is open for matches with all, barring Brewer and ulford: eieie Poe eee Bae TYVN9119 091000009. 1000010.111111111.111911 — 60 ing) chines LD DETLOL T1110 10.1191000099919010101.1.11.011111111.00—44 PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Noy, 21.—William H. Wolstencroft and Samuel Richards, of the North Hnd Gun Club, had a friendly tilt ateach other in alive sparrow match on the elub gronmnds, at Frankford, to-day. Twenty-five birds each, 30yds. rise, modified Hurlingham rules. Wolstencroft used the hammerless shell- ejector 12-2auce gun built specially for him, and Richards used a Harrington & Richardson hammerless, of the same gauge: both used Schulize powder and No.10shot. The birds were a lively lof and spent no time on the ground affer the traps were pulled offi them. Wolstencroit missed his first bird, but brought down 21 out of his 25 against Richards’s 19. Quite anumber of spectators Witnessed the sport. ANOTHER TROPHY.—The big shooting done in the Fulford- Brewer match has led to the following offer from Richard K. Fox, who is pow in Europe. Hecables: “In order to promote and en- courage pigeon shooting I will Buys an international ErOpDy. to represent the pigeon shooting championship of the world to be competed for. This will allow Messrs. Elliott, Brewer, Mulford, of America, and the foreign champions an opportunity to prove whois the champion. The conditions to govern the trophy are that the winner in the first contest shall hold the trophy one year, or win it three times, and to hold the same against all bona fide challengers. Hach contest to be for $250 a side and upward, or a aweepstakes of the same amount.” AFTER MR. ELULOTT.—Chicago, 1ll., Noy. 18—Mr. R. B. Organ, acting for several Chicago men, has just sent a challenge to Mr. J, A. R. Hiliott, of Kansas City, offering to back Andy Thomas, of Chicago, against him for $250, 100 birds, American Association rules, match to be shot at Watson’s Park, Chicago. Mr, Organ delicately admits that the $250 is raised “by subscrip- tion,” but offers, in case James should go broke against Chicago's hew unknown, to raise some more finds by subscription to send him back home again—B. Hover, ddarhting. Small Yachts. By 0. P. Kunhardt. Price $10. Steam Yachts and Launches. By C. P. Kumhardt. Price $3. Yachts, Boats and Canoes, By C. Stansfeld-Hicks. Prive $3.50, Steam Machinery. By Donaldson. Price $1.60. LAKE YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION. Sf annual meeting for 189] was held on Saturday, Noy. 14, at Oswego, in the Doolittle House. The different clubs were represented as follows: \ Rochester Y.C., Charlotte—Matt Cartwright,Dr, B, G. Saunders, Thomas B. Pritchard. — . 7 , Bay of Quinte Y.C., of Belleville, Ontario—R. E. Lazier, J. H. Starling. Oswego Y.C., of Oswego—Allen Ames, W. B. Phelps, Jr., Elliott B. Mott. Royal Canadian Y. C., Toronto—Com. A. R, Boswell, C. A. B. Brown, 4)milius Jarvis, Geo. E. Hvans. Royal Hamilton Y.C., Hamilton—J. F. Monck, E. H. Ambrose, ¥. 8. Malloch, The Queen City Y. C., of Toronto, was not represented, nor was the Kingston Y.C. During the meeting a letter from the Kings- ton ¥. C, was read in which that organization withdrew from the association. The reason assigned was that interest in the sport had failen off largely at that place in view of which the club would not care to undertake the responsibility of a regatta. No word was received from the Queen City Y. C.in explanation of the ab- gence of any representatives of that organization. Considerable regret was expressed by the delegates that such a condition of things should exist as to lead to the withdrawal of the Kingston Y The meeting was called to order with President John T, Mott, of the Oswego Y. C. in the chair and Geo, #. Eyans in his place as secretary. First atter roll call and the reading of the secretary's minutes of the last meeting,came the report of the treasurer, Mr. Hvans’s accounts showed a balance in favor of the Associa- tion. Among the communications was one from the secretary of the Cobourg yacbtsmen, asking that the club be given a date fora regatta. This matter was disposed of when the subject of arrang- ing the Association schedule was reached. Then came discussion upon proposed amendments to the consti- tution and sailing rules of the Association. The first amendment discussed was one proposed by the Rochester Y. C., substituting Pillow’s numerical system of signalling for the alphabetical sys- tem nowinuse. Theamendment was presented by Mr. Pritchard, who explained that Pillow’s system was simpler and contained more signals than the one it was intended to supplant. Commo- dore Boswell also spoke jn favor of the amendment, which was unanimously adopted. One of the most important of the amendments was that pro- osed by the Royal Canadian Y. C, and presented by Mr, Jarvis. t is designed to preyent eyasions of Rule 2 of the sailing regula- tions. Mr. Ambrose also had an amendment to this rule which he wished to have adopted. After considerable discussion his amendment was incorporated with that presented by Mr, Jarvis, The rule as thus amended provides that should the gafftopsail sheave or block of a yacht be more than one-fourth of an inch for avery foat on the waterline, below the topmast rigging, then the measurement shall be taken from the under side of the topmast rigging. As before stated, the object of this change in the measure- tment rule is to prevent asiaras possible intentional evasions of the rule. An instance was cited by Mr, Jarvis where the owner of a yacht by lowering the gafftapsail block or halliard sheaye on the topmast took the craft out of her proper company in the 30ft. class and placed her with the 25-footers. By lashing higher up on the topmiast the cunning sailor secured just as much sail area as yachts of the 30ft. class. ' f The same rule was also amended by inserting after the word “added,” as found on page 20 of the sailing regulations, third Jine from the bottom of the page, the words: “‘On luggers the base line is to be taken ss in cuttersand sloops with 88 per cent. of that portion of the yard which extends above the point where the main halliard is bent added. The perpendicular to be taken from the upper side of the main halliard sheave fo the usual point on boom.” The object of this amendment, as Mr. Jaryis explained, was to provide fora contingency that was quite likely to arise during the coming season through the introduction of lnggzers amoug the fleets of the Association. In Hngland, it was stated, the luggers are fast forcing out the smaller classes. As yeh there are none on Lake Ontario, but it is not improbable that one or more may he introduced during the coming season. In connection with Rule 24, relating to classification, the follow- ing, which it was voted to insert at the third paragraph of Rule 3, is of some importance: ‘ “Should any change be made in the rig or measurement of a yacht during a circuit, a new certificate shall be deposited with Buch officer before such yacht shall be allowed to compate in any subsequent race,and should such change be made to enable a yacht to sail in another class than that in which she has pre- viously sailed in the same circuit, such new certificate and a declaration by the owner that the change is a permanent one for the remainger of the circuit shall be deposited with such officer at least forty-eight hours before such yacht shall compete in any sub- sequent race.” et Rules was amended by striking out the words, ‘'When two en- tries have been made,”’ The effect of this will be that if a yacht is so fortunate as to have no competitor she will have a walk over. An amendment was adopted tothe starting rule in compliance with which the preparative gun will be fired 10 minutes before the start Instead of 5,asat present. An attempt was made to change the rule governing the postponement of races by conferring upon the sailing committee authority to postpone any race without the consent of the Association officer whenever such a course should appear desirable. This was vigorously resisted by the delegates of all the clubs except the Royal Hamilton, by whom the amend- ment was proposed. Finally a compromise was effacted by the adoption of an amendment giving the sailing committee and the Association officer power to order a postponement for any cause deemed by them to besufticient. Under the old rule “unfavor- able weather’ was the only obstacle on which a postponement could be based. It is understood that in case of a disagreement between the sailing committee and the Association officer the authority ot the latter will be determining. No other chaneee of importance were made in the sailing rules. The general tendency of the amendments adopted is to relieve the existing rules of any ambiguity that might be contained therein and to render as remote as possible dispute and misunder- standings. — The adoption of a schedule was the next business taken up. As roposed by Mr, Jarvis, next season’a regattas will be held as fol- ows: Belleville, July 15; Oswego, July 18; Rochester, July 21; Hamilton, July 25; Toronto, July 27 and 25, The secretary was instructed to inform the Cobourg Club that it could haye a date either before or after the regular Association regattas. The Roch- ester delegates expressed themselves as well satisfied with the arrangement of the schedule. Rochester waa selected as the place for holding the next annual meeting of the Association, a very cordial invitation being ex- tended by Dr. Saunders on behalf of his club. in accordance with an established precedent the selection of Rochester as the place for the next meeting of the Association was followed by the election of a member of the Rochester Club to the presidency of the Association. Vice-President Matt Cartwright was nominated by Dr. Saunders and Mr. Cart- wright was chosen unanimously. W. H. Biggar, vice-com- modore of the Bay of Quinte Y. U., was elected vice-presi- dent, and the delegates conferred a merited honor upon George KE, Eyans by re-electing him secretary and treasurer of the Association, Mr. Kvans has performed the duties of these two offices ever since the Lake Yacht Racing Association was organized. The new executive committee consists of W. B. Phelps, Sr., Oswego Y. ©.;J, C. Allen, Queen City Y. C.; and J. FE. Monck, Roysl Hamilton Y, C. On taking the chair President Oartwright returned his thanks for the honor conferred upon him, Commodore Boswell moved a yote of thanks to the retiring president, John T. Mott, and Presi- dent Cartwright said it gave him pleasure, as his first official act, to put the motion, which was then passed by a rising vote. In the same manner the Association signified its appreciation of the services of the other retiring officers. H. H. Ambrose, who gaye such unqnilified satisfaction as the Association officer during the regatta circuit last season, will undoubtedly beasked to accept the position again by the executive committee, in which the authority to name this officer is invested, The election of officers nayine onoloded the business of the Association the meeting ad- journed. In the evening the delegates were banqueted at the City Club, the Oswego yachtsmen being their entertainers. Speeches were made by several of the delegutes, all of whom were highly pleased with the treatment accorded them during their stay in Oswego.— Rochester Morning Herald. ee THE HERRESHOFF 46-FOOTER. THE new 46-footer building at Bristol is described as follows by the Boston Globe: “The new boat is of the same general dimensions as the Glori- ana. In fact, when she is once afloat it will probably take a good eye to detect any difference, for the changes in model are below rather than aboye the water line. On a water line length of 46 feet, she will have an over all length of 72 feet, or nine inches more water line and two feet more overhang than the Gloriana, Most of this added overhang will be forward, and undoubtedly comes as a further development of the unique bow which helped make the Gloriana famous. ‘An extreme beam of liftle over 18 feet and a, draught of 10 feet 6 inches are not far from the corresponding dimensions on the Gloriana, while the midship section is also about the same as in the original. It certainly has the same easy turn of the bilge be- low the water line and the same gradual sweep to the keel, with no abrupt turn to the garboard, If it differs at all it is probably in the direction of being a trifle easier allaround. Theunder-water body of the boat will show very fine lines, and the run is clean and quick. Tha bow will show the same full water line as that of the Gloriana. The body of the boat above the water-line will be quite full, and show the same low quarters and full bow which gave the Gloriana increased water-line length when heeled and consequently increased power. In short, excepi for the lengthen- ing of the bow and the decided change in the form of the keel, which will be spoken of later, the differences hetween the new boat and the Gloriana are too slight to be noted by any but a trained professional eye. , “Inthe shape of the keel and the hanging of the lead, however, there is a difference which would be apparent at & glance to even the yeriest tyro in matters nautical, and itis probable that in this direction the designers look for some of the improvement to come. Mr. Herreshoff says that the shape of the keel will not affect the performance of the boat. Undoubtedly he knows what he is talking about, but the peculiar shape is there just the same and is there for a good reason. Ifthe shape will not affect the boat’s performauce, then it is there simply as the result of the carrying out of an idea. ‘ “Phe line of the Gloriana’s keel, starting at the sternpost and going forward, took a downward curve for some distance, so that the greatest draught was not at the heel of the sternpost, an in most cutters of modern design. It then took a similar curve up- ward until the starting level was reached, and then took a very gradual curve, almost a straight line, in fact, to the water and the extreme bow above. “In the new boat the sternpost does not rake 80 much as in the old, and the line of the keel starting from it does not curve down-~- ward but runs forward very nearly straight and with aslight up- ward tendency as compared with the waterline uotil the forward end of the lead keel is reached. Here theline turns abruptly up- ward to the top of the lead keel, and then, after a short reverse curve, runs straight to the extreme bow. The results is a ‘jog? io the keel where the lead ends anda wonderfully Jong and light- looking bow. Thereis no ‘forefoot’ as the termis generally used in boats, and from all indications the planking will run so closely into the stem that no cutwater will be apparent. Stem and keel are merged in one forward, unless indead the keel be considered as ending just forward of the lead, and all the part, to the extreme bow, be considered the stern, even if it does carry the frames. “The frames are of light angle steel, and the planking will be light and double, on the peculiar syatem of the Herreshofis, by which no caulking of seams is necessary. This will give the new boat the advantage of the lightest possible construction and of a smoother outside surface than can possibly be obtained in any boat where the roughness of caulked seams must be overcome. Diagonal steel straps outside tha frames add preatly to the strength of construction and aid in resisting twisting strains. “The lead keel is a heavy one. Certainly it is no lighter than that of the Gloriana, and looks as though it might ba heavier. It is a very fine casting, smooth and free from flaws. It does not run quite to the heel of the sternpost aft. Its forward end is brought fu an edge so as fo reduce its resistance to forward motion as much as possible, It is held to the oak keel by heayy bolts of ‘Tobin’ bronze, a very tough and strong metal. “The whole effect of the construction, as the boat was seen in frame, was that of extrema lightness and strength, while the im- p-ession gained from the model was that of a boat built to the full limit of the cliss, plenty of lead, hung very low, high power on very easy lines, an easy form to drive throngh the water at high speed, a lateral plane below the waterline sufficiently large 10 prevent leeway. and a bow which for lightness and liffing power would be a marvel.” NEW STEAM YACHTS.—Mr. Dixon Kemp has recently com- pleted the designs and specitications for a steam yacht of 412 tons, to be built for Mr. Eugene A. Perignon by Ramage & Werguson. She will haye two boilers and very powertal machinery. Mr. G. L. Watson will design a steam yacht of 150 tons for Mr. A.B, Gooderham, of Toronto, where the yacht will be built, the engines being sent out from Scotland. At City Island Mr. Piepgrass is at work platin st handsome steel steam yacht, of his own design, for Mr. J as. K. egeman, of New York. She will be 84ft. over all, 75fb. Lwel., 13£t. beam, with three steel bulkheads. The engines, designed by John Haug and built by J. W. Sullivan, will be 8, 12 and 18in. The yacht will be named Evelyn, and is intended for cruising, her accommodations being very good. Mr. Alfred Van Santyoord has recently designed a side-wheel yacht for his own | use, which is now building by Henry Lawrence, at Greenpoint. | She will be 160ft. over all. 26ft. beam, 5ft. dratt, with a beam | engine, 40in. cylinder by 7fb. stroke. YACHT RACING IN 1891. V.—THD 35 AND 3097, CLASSES, Pees yachis whose performances have been reyiewed in the previous chapters have raced about the coast between Cape Ann and Sandy Hook, each class being recruited from hoth Bos- ton and New York, Inthe classes under 40ft., however, the rac- ing is purely local, the classes number fewer yachts in each, or perhaps are broken up into small local divisions. In the yachts ot from 20 to 25ft. waterline, the exact limits varying in the differ- ent clubs, there has been quite an amount of racing, but at the same time few very large classes. About Boston the open jib and mainsail boats of the Hull, Quincy, Monatiquot, Massachusetis and other clubs have raced yery steadily through the season, The Beverly Y. OC, has sailed a large number of races on Buzzards Bay for catboats of various sizes, about and under 25ft., with other races for the home division of its fleet at Beverly. ‘There has been some local racing about Narragansett Bay; and on the Sound from Greenwich to Port Morris, especially about Larch- mont, the open jib and mainsail boats have dene some racine. The principal interest about New York has been in the naw 25ft. corrected length class, or as it is miscalled, *25-rating.” On the Hudson River and about Staten Island and the Upper Bay the cats and jib and mainsail boats have done about the usual amount of racing. These smaller classes are so scattered and broken up that if would be a difficult matter to tabulate the races of any considerable number, nor would the result perhaps be of other than local interest, as each locality has to 2 great extent but one particular type in its racing. In concluding our review, we Shall deal, then, only with the 35 and 30ft, classes, though in neither has the racing been keen or conclusive, It will be noticed that, unlike the larger yachts, these two classes are very unevenly divided between Néw York and Boston, the doft, class being confined to the former locality and the 30ft, class to the latter, The 35ft. class has never been a strong one in the Hast, and now the best boat, the old Shadow, that has headed the class for so many years, is out of the racing: or was during the past season, Wor several years the 30ft. class has been quite popular about Marblehead. and this class has monopolized the racing during the past summer, with some eight or nine yachts alltold. In New York it has happened that such little Tacing a8 has been done has been confined entirely to the 35ft. class, there ted been but one rsce for the thirties or their equiva- lent, that ot the Corinthian Y.C, Wor this reason Kathleen has been compelled to sail in the d5ft. class. Of the new yachts in this class Tigress is known from the pre- vious season as a very neat-looking compromise, built by Lawley, from a model by Mr. Philip Ellaworth. What little sailing she did’ in 1890 showed her to be quite speedy, and this season she waa fitted out for racing, with young Mr. Fish at.the wheel, Senorita is a new boat this year, owned by Mr. J. M. Williams, an enlarged and modernized Volusia, Though built for racing she has sailed very little in her first season. Saona, designed by Mr. H. J. Gie- low, was intended solely for cruising, and waa built 2ft. under the class, With such a misfit suit of canvas as is fortunately seldom sean on anew yacht. As usual, after building solely for cruising, the owner was seized with a desire to race, and the boat was started in several races, doing fully as well as could he expected when the state of her canvas and other mInitigatinge circumstances are considered. Though outclassed and handicapped from the start, she made a very fair showing, though winning nothing. Sasqua, Polly and Hurybia are too well known to need introduc. tion, and Kathleen has made a reputation both about New York and Boston, The few races sailed resulted simply in Tigress first and Polly second, the former taking all the prizes save one, which, being given by her owner, passed to the second boat. Pally. The class, in fact, was practically limited to the Atlantic Y. C. In the 30ft. class there were two new-comers, Mildred and Fancy, both keels, Mildred was completed and tried in 1890, but sailed no races, so that she came out this year as an unknown and alse underestimated quantity, proving quite a surprise party before the season was over. She waa designed by her owner, Mr. W. H, Wilkinson, former owner of the 30-footer Elf, and was in- tended for racing and also for such all-around work ag ig ex- ected of this class. She is 42ft. Gin, over all, 30ft. l.w.l,, 9ft. Sin. eam and 7ft. 6in. draft. The other new boast was designed by Mr. Burgess for Mr. C. F. Lyman, owner of Mopsa, and is 42fb. over all, 30ft. l.w.1., 9ft. beam and 7ft. bin. draft, or about 1ft, nar- rower and 6in. shoaler than last year’s Saladin, The table tells the whole story of the racing without special explanation. The weather has been unusual in that several races were postponed or unfinished through the prevalence of really heavy gales, keep- ing the fleet from the rendezvous or causing the yachts to give up, the courses being all exposed ones; on the other hand, a num- ber of races have been sailed in very light and fluky weather. Mildred has come out decidedly on top in the record, and very fairly heads the class on her merits. ext to her is the center- board Hawk, a boat that has been raced steadily and has made a very good showing. Saladin has fallen far below the usnal record of Mr, Fowle’s boats this year, but her owner has not had the same Corinthian crew which has won him so many races in the two Saracens and last year in Saladin. Harbinger bas sailed some races which are not shown in the table with boats more nearly of her type and smaller than she, we have ouly included those races of the regular a0ft. class. She has never repeated her record performance of 1889, when she beat the keel cutters in # blow, in fact she has not held her Own with them this season. The two older boats, Tomboy and Shark, have both been about Narragansett Bay this season, racing in the local regattas a few times, Shark once defeating the new Fancy. The latter appeared at the rendezvous of the New York Y. C. cruise and attracted general attention by her stylish appearance, while she has given indications of speed this season as well. What the class will he next year it is hard to say; a new ‘monster’ is talked of, all ends and legs with shark bow, lead-loaded fin and all the latest con- veniences, but there is no certainty of her being built. The 30ft. class is admirably suited in many ways for Marblehead and its vicinity, and may be looked upon as a permanent institution there, but the building of new boats or the racing of the old ones is so much a matter of whim or fashion that no one can foretell whether the racing of a particular season will be good or bad, There is an inducement now to build to beat Mildred. but no one has yet announced the intention of tryingit. Saladinis reported for sale, but whether or no this means a new racer for her owner we cannot say. The d0ft. class should be very popular about New York, possibly in a shoaler type of boat than has been deyeloped off Marblehead, but the presence of Kathleen for three years has moved no one to build to beat her. A movement has been started this fall to boom the 30 “rater” class or of 30ft. corrected length, equivalent {to the English 5 rater, but nothing has yet come of it, would make a very good class, but if we are to have corrected. length classes the proper way to go about itis to establish a satis- factory and permanent series of classes, with proper intervals hetween, rather than to build a few boats in one classand a few in another merely for the sake of novelty and fashion. It might be a good thing now if the leading clubs could be in- duced to co-operate in the work of establishing a standard series of classes by corrected length; not to displace the corresponding ‘classes by waterline length which now exists, but as an alterna- tive rule to ba used at the discretion of regatta committees as well as to secure a uniformity of classes among the clubs now classing by corrected length. Such a plan would not give a con- clusive test of the working of the new classification, as building would be chiefly influenced by the old rule, but many owners in building yachts of moderate power would desien them to conform to both rules; and there would be a small but appreciable infin- ence in fayor of moderate dimensions and sail plans. If the future should proye that the present method of classifica- tion by a fixed waterline length is the correct one the alterna- tive classification will quietly disappear, having done no pos- sible harm. If, on the contrary, as we confidently believe, classification by corrected length is destined fo displaca the other, the final changes will be made far less sudden and difficult. A very similar mode of gradual transition has taken place in England in the replacing of the old tonnage rule for the length and sail area rule. In 1883, at which time the opposition to the abandonment of the old and existing rule was far stronger than the present opposition in this country to a corrected length classi- fication, Mr. Dixon Kemp proposed as an alternative rule to be used by regatta committees at their discretion the formula now in use. It was adopted and used experimentally at times until the close of the season of 1886, when it was permanently adopted. fi should be no dificult matter to establish a series of corrected length classes corresponding to the present Waterline length classes, and to which all moderate craft could readily accommo- date themselyes, and we fail to see any objection to such a measure, eyen on the part of those opposed to corrected length, “YACHT AROCHITECTURE”—"YACHT AND BOAT SAIL- ING.”—We have recently received an invoice of these tyo hooks, and can now supply all orders. The seventh edition of “Yacht and Boat Sailing,” originally bound in two volumes, i8 now bound as\a single volume, but the contents are the same, ndoubtedly this - —— -- Novy. 26, 1891, FOREST AND STREAM. 381 35 Ft. Class. 30 Ft. Class. Number . a Ce : bg a Wind 39 and 30ft. Classes, 1891. |2lalo|,|o S)eiaiala wl el all Starters | wenther BS/E/S/S/ESISlS(Ele eS |, 1, Bl|R/Alalnialsl/e|alelial|als || 2] 2 DYgrpr 2 Oy ; Meas. | , o}/ L.W.L. els] 8 | Date, Olub. and |< 3|/—— |84 4| 33 | 82 | 35 | 80 | 28 | 80 | 30 | 30 [27.9| 30 || H || & rs Class. |A.8|| 35 [35.9 mls) & 1 May 30..| Easterb, SWEeD...--........06 S.-W. | 24 zs 2} 1 |. f 3 3 I @leari.....:-.. Elf 3. 2 | Junel6.) Atlantic, annual...........-.. S.-W. |27 || 1 | 2) wy) 4 |. 3 || 7 % |) Gleam. 2 sa... Indra 5. Portia w. 3 | Junel?.| Marine and Yield, annual...| S-—W.| 28 || 1 | 2) w]w tal epotme Warete-c' bio erea [bate cle eves dite ore feel vi t (, Clear... ......... Aglaia w. Severe squall in afternoon. 4 | June ly.) Massachusetts, annual...... 5.-W. | 20 $e tellteei ate. lele wD | w]w | w 6 6 || 8 Gale, sea....... Chieftain w. § | June19.| Hastern, special.............- S.-W, | 24 1 Ii, z 2 || 8 Clear, rougb...| Sweepstakes postponed, special match substituted. 6 | June 20; Cor. Marblehead, sweeps....| S.-W.| 20 | tise eet Boy ey 3 8 8 | 1, Clear, smooth., Y | June 22.) Corinthian N. Y.,annual....| 8.-C. | 17 1 2 2 (p@lesiitee eye =: Delyyn 2. 8 | June 23) Atlantic, special............. S.-W.| 27 || 1] 2 4}. B\| 4 Ao WWele@ legates, sc aece. First prize, Kenyon Cup. 9 | June 29.| Eastern annual....,......... Se eres Mean | eeallnoes 2 3/1) 4 4 4 ||m,Clear,mod.seal Fluky race. Prizes for postponed sweeps of June 19 given in this race. 10 | July 4...) Larchmont, annual....... .. Cc, 20 4| wl] y Bil 5 5 || qn, Cleat... 2-2... Handicap race, Mistral 2. li | July 6.,) American, annual...,....... S.-W. | 20 : 4 4 \leseG@leuresc cn onc. Notus1. Mistral3. Estella 4. 12 | July %...| New Rochelle, annual....... DVIS ViVi Poa a) ae 21 5 bilPAsaleeed tase 3 Bl Vaden wil -ceeane Men Mistral. 13 | July 1J.| Riverside, annual............ roe Ore |) alrelll ea eee Ph ETN eet | cele ets 21| 3 GF |p CLERK. asa. a>, Alcedol, Wayward3. Doctori. Viking 3. ee Meee |) CERO estitas hetaaresi tees IMESSWVE5 | A Sill eeevy gnecrg lees ete bs 1 |.. a 8 SO Clear ena aces White Fawn 2. 15 | July 18..} Hull, first Phaminionehin Sofa ENSUE see esol aol gpouilec es 3 PPM ne al] Daal 3 Gr |g Ole amass see Pilgrim 4. Erin 5. White Fawn 6. 16 | July 20.| Hull, second championship..! M-W.| 18 a fy Aline 8 5 Be | lor @leare..2e.ces Pilgrim 1. 17 | July 22..| Hastern special.........,..... S.-W. | 28 1 |. --.10.W). 3 3 m, Olear........-. Chieftain 2, 18 | July 28..| Atlantic cruise . ......-.... | S.-W. | 20 1| 2) 4). 3 4 4 ppd GAL eure teecte) total fe Prize given by Tigress goes to second boat. 19 | July 25.) Cor. Marblehead............. S.-W. | 10 2 1 2 2 || r, Raion, calms...) Wluky race. 20 | Aug.1..| Beverly, first championship, S—W.| 10 1s.0 || aly WPL COs err eee eens 21 | Aug.8..| Cor. Marblehead............. | 8=W.| 10 3| 4] 2\4 4| 4 || 1,Clear.......... 22 | Aug.15.| Fall River............ S-W.. | 15 : 2 2 2 UL eed ee ysancon 5 on Shark 1. 23 | Aug.22.| Gor, Marblehead,........ ...| 5.-W-| 10 Tr 2 , 2) 2 (i@lear.....es.0~. G2) FSHGPASI) JEG B ag daca dacerch eee ake M-W.) 15 2 eles 3| 3 |\>m,Clear.........- White Fawn 1. Maye pistNoeiball | Ustsncd age a4 45 =5 4855008 5 aodoce e.-W.| 10 : 2/1 2 P) m, Poggy.......-. 26 | Sept. 7..| Cor. Marblehead,........ ..- S.-W.| 10 |}... PSs) Bl aw) 4 5| 5 || f,Fogey,rain,sea 27 | Sept. 12.| Cor. Marblehead....,.... ... | S-W./} 10 Gy Ecaas ete ll ome otha 2 Poe MN gat (OM GHn toe, pRarstscsh se Sail cff. (SCE TSE ee PPR Ot er ORES ACSA ee 4/4) 4] 4] 2) 4] 9! 6] .7/18| 7| 8] 7 || 87 | 68 | 100 | Oso etid 2 EMCEE apewe so oe eS eNE toore dt 4 2) 5 iL] 5) |) 44) 274) a Second: Places, .... 2.2.3 cease 4/ 1 Ty) ak) Gb GP |) a 1 BatleOversecn. sce. ese cme ensiie ot F 1 SPO CAMB CES Sates egret tees tieaee eee 4) 4] 1]... 8) 6) Li) 2) @) 2) a] 2 Mihaly PILZOR yee ees etn Heuston 8) |} oil Cif ah Oy thy) ey 1 = 8S. Seawanbaka rule. C, Classed by corrected length. W, Classed by waterline length. s.0, Sail over. y, Grounded. d, Disabled. w, Withdrew. withcut protest. m, Priyatemateh. (, Light wind. m, Moderate. f, Fresh breeze. s. Strong wind. SEA-SICKNESS. ex years ago I published in the pages of the Lancet (December 17, 1881), 2 paper on this subject. in which I ventured to propose anew hypothesis of its etiology. That hypothesis has never, I be- lieve, been criticised or contradicted, and though I cannot therefore Say it bolds the field, I may well be excused if I venture once more, through a different medium, and with further explanations, to make a statement of my views. The question is one that possesses so little interest for the great majority of medical men, and so much more for the mass of the traveling and particularly the sea-going public: its effects are so extensively felt and appreciated; the knowledge of physiology, thanks to the continued efforts of Professor Huxley and others, is becoming so very widely diffused, and the study of sea- sickness, which is essentially a physiological study, is so well within the range of ordinary comprehension, I feel I hardly require an ex- cuse for bringing the matter before the public. We know that sea-sickness is but seldom due to one individual cause, but most commonly depends upon a combination. a concate- nation, of causes; and it seems to me that one of its principal vhysio- logical conditions is the one that I have already suggested, yiz., a rarity of the pulmonic atmosphere. Speaking roughly, and for our resent purpose, the pneumogastriec nerve (which I denominate the ey of the position) supplies the larynx, the lungs and the stomach, though these are not af all the only organs that it does supply. We know too well enough. what reflex action means and how it happens: it occurs in consequence of intimate nervous connection. We know also that sensations are not always felt and do not always produce effects where they originate or where they may occur, but often in some near or distant part of the economy, but always in a part which is more or less closely and intimately connected with it in respect of innervation. We can therefore well believe that irritation or distress affecting a branch or branches of the pneumogastric may be refiected therefrom, and so produce irritation and distress elsewhere. As medical men we know it for a fact. The first effect of the vessel falling is a sense of apprehension, which Causes us instinctively, intuitively, automatically, involuntar- ily, and almost unconsciously, to close the glottis and to hold the breath, so as to be ready by fixing the chest for any great or small or sudden exertion. The constant and continued repetition of this pro- vokes and irritates the laryngeal branches of the pneumogastric nerve, and is of itself sufficient in my opinion to upset the movements of the stomach, and so produce nausea and vomiting. The next effect of the continued fall is the descent of the large.abdominal yis- cera, which draw down and drag upon the diaphragm, and so extend and elongate the thoracic cavity, that the pulmonic atmosphere be- comes attenuated. This produces an effect upon the terminal fila- ments of the pulmonic branches of the pneumogastric nerye (as we find in the mal des montaignes) which also. being reflected to the stomach, adds fuel to the fire, and results in sea-sickness. It will thus be seen tolerably clearly and conclusively how and why it is that in sea-sickness, pure and simple, I am disposed to throw the blame upon the pneumogastric nerve, and I put it forward as a rational and tangible physiological explanation of the phenomenon. ; oot this merely as a hypothesis, What shall we expect to tol- ow? 1, The good effect of certain drugs administered upon a rational basis, and after certain methods, but always under medical advice, and which for obvious reasons cannot be discussed here. The homeo paths, however, and the skeptics will be comforted when they hear that some of the drugs may be taken mimimetrically. 2. The only, yet the almost universal, inclination, to lie down and do nothing, and the great relief from lying flat upon the back. 3. The oceasional failure of the adoption of this method, for even then the laryngea! spasms may continue. _ 4, The greater frequency and severity of sea sickness in man than in the lower animals, and in the erect than in the recumbent posture. 5. Its dependence mainly en the lengthwise and jumping, jerking motion, rather than ou the lateral. 6. The almost invariable ultimate accommodation of the system to the motion, when once this susceptibility to fear and apprehension, which is only natural, has been subdued by use and wont. @. Its occasional continuance in those who cannot control their apprehensivyeness, correct their intuitions, or accommodate them- n.t, Not timed. p, Disqualified, with or selves to the movement, in other words those who are preternaturally sensitive; and its occasional return in the case of old and practiced sailors who have been too long ashore. J 8. Its frequent occurrence, even in the ease of seasoned sailors, when they leave a steamer for a sail boat, or vice versa, by reason of the change in the character of the motion. Or when the system be- comes disordered, and other things combine to produce nausea. 9. The extraordinary effects that occur on landing when, the motion having ceased, the sensations continue; in this respect im- pressions on the pheumogastric nerve form no exception from the rule of other nervous sensations. 10, The good effects of abdominal pressure when properly applied. 1]. The relief experienced on bending low when the vessel falls, and more particularly by drawing the deepest possible breath when- ever the vessel begins to fall. 12. Occasional immunity. I may say here that when a boy I found the latter plan (of No. 11) effectual whenever I felt sea-sick: it seemed to coms to me intuitively, but I could not then explain it. I have often felt sea-sick, but never was so, unless indeed one calls that sea-sickness when, 21 hours after leaving London by boat for Leith, I was literally awakened in the morning by a most abominable stench in the berth in which I was. and rushed up on deck to relieve myself. I doubt if any amount of inspiration could have prevented that, for the sickness then depended on the sense of smell. But Ican explain it now, in the way I have done; and without prejudice it seems to me to be the most simple ane obvious explanation of the facts and one thatis worth considera- ion. I do not claim it as the only cause, for, as I have said, probably many causes combine to produce it. That varieties exist I cannot doubt; but would you call that sea-sickness when you catch a sea- bird with a baited hook and the momentib is hauled on board it vomits on the deck? Icallit the yomiting of extreme terror. Do you call that sea-sickness from which oli seamen are said to have suffered lately on board the fast cruiser, H. M.S. Latona?’ I call it the sick- ness of excessive motion. Is that sea sickness which is said to have caused firemen in overheated stokeholes to jump overboard? I should call it the insanity of drink, provoked by intense heat and severe toil. Or would you apply the term to what once occurred within my own knowledge in an open boat, when there was not a ripple on the surface and hardly any movement to be felt, yet some were sick? It is not worthy of the name, and is due entirely to men- tal and sympathetic infuuleuce. Why is civilized man alone unable to swim without practice, and why does he drown wheu he falls into the water? He may be handicapped with clothes; but that is not the reason, for he is not always clad. The answer is because he thinks he cannot; he is handicapped with fear; he loses courage and forgets totry. Again, some people are sick at sea because they think they will be; then they feel so, and therefore are so (it is wonderful how frequently ideas beget sensations, and such sensations actions). But sickness such as this is hardly worthy of the name; I call it phan- tom sickness. Professor Rosenbach, of Breslau, who has lately written on the subject, truly says it is questionable if they are cases of sea-sickness. lam atone with him in thinking that visual per- ception is not an essential factor in the case; for if it were, it would not happen in the dark so much as in the light, with the eyes closed as when they are kept open; the position of the body and the direc. tion of the motion would not so much affect it, and it would be com- paratively easy to controlit. ButI differ from him if he thinks that the determination of the moment at which the disturbance occurs, which was pointed out by Herbert Mayo 60 years ago, affords any explanation whatever of the phenomenon. I admit, and always have admitted, the co-operative influence of special sensation, and of common sensation in the shape of passive motion and what is called the muscular sense; I make due allowance for unstable equilibrium, for mechanical disturbance of the stomach, disturbed relation be- tween the fiuids and solids of the body, the cerebro spinal and sub- arachnoid fluids, and even the labyrinthine lymph; and I acknowl- edge the effects of sympathetic and of mental, nay, even of moral, influence, but still flook for something more. To return now to the action of the glottis. I was passing along Buchanan street the other day when I saw a hansom cab going down the street in which the horse had slipped its bit. Instinct urged the driver to check his horse by tightening the rein, but the more he pulled the faster went the horse, until at last some good Samaritan seized the bridle and stopped it. Had the driver checked his instinet by the lessons of experience, he would probably have slackened the rein, and the horse would have stopped of its own accord; apprehensiveness, however, prevented this. So we often find that instinct and intuition haye to be guided by experience. The former, as [ have said, usually lead us to close the glottis and to fix the chest when the vessel falls, whereas the latter, viz., experi- ence, supported now by reason. teaches us to leave the glottis open and to breathe freely. The infant dandled in its nurse’s arms (Bell upon ‘‘The Hand’’) ‘twill be at rest as it is raised, but in descending it will struggle and make efforts,” The little child, tossed up and down in its father’s arms, may feel secure, but objects to too much roughness, and fears the same attention fromastranger. The down- ward movement causes apprehension, There is in this, as in most other affections, a certain amount of predisposition or the reverse to be cousidered. The man who goes on board ship with an overloaded stomach, a system gorged by free- dom at the table, and an indolent life, will here be called upon to pay the penalty, to yield a tribute, for his quondam pleasure: while one who has been temperate in the satisfaction of his appetite, and has led an active or laborious life, is likely to prove a comparative good sailor. This accounts for the comparative freedom of the very old and yery young; if affected at all, they are troubled less, the system ts sooner habituated to the change, and the attack soon passes off. In allmy experience I very rarely, if ever, found that one who had risen from the bed of sickness, especially that of any wasting disease, was as much affected as one who had led what is called a ‘‘pleasur- able” life. Here at least, if nowhere else, the poor and sick come off comparatively well, and Lazarus is often spared the sufferings of Dives.—J. R. Stocker, M.B., M.R.C.P., in Nautical Magazine. 10.—We have lately obtained the following dimensions of Io the cutter which defeated the 25-fcoter Needle: Length over all 28ft. Gin. ESWWal Seas ee ek ene tied tested sete tiaras 23ft. Beam, extreme 8ft. ADV Gh tae Pe oe res he oer ree te mn Pk 5ft. 10in. Least freeboard 1ft. 10in. Ballast—‘ron keel, including floor and bolts..5,260\bs. ISP als doe ce As NE Wee Un re aah 5tt. 9in, Mast, fore side of stem........:.. en Gab oa Sit. GECKETO CANN). oe cotreens cee Roe noe petes 2hft. 9in, deck to sheave.............. she ee oie S87ft. Bin BOWwspritiouiboand:. ah goes). Joon ¢ tohiecee ence 18ft. QO Teepe sete Sena cle mais spate jek eat eet eons decimate 25ft.. CRIED jacinta PO ARe One GaN St Sema pate Tft. Veter cterarn DRSVV IEE H 2 Yo Nore. Deen, ie Renn weeny | abort. ERE I awe Se) At Oe oer mr ON ee er ey 45 Ft, Sail area, S. C. Y, C. (about) .........000.-000- 900sq {t. Corrected length (about)........ tate iact ane oe otis Niainsa ile 40.50, SoMa wey eee ene eee eee 420sq. ft. SURV SAIL Ey execs eee De eee al 5 88 RES Ae cb, NER ga oe LUN ag betel Sis PL REL CHEAT Mice hot eos 154 652 Working topsail........... .... Fedo h pace Lee 140 792 A FITTING MEMORIAL.—Messrs. W. D. and A. James, the former gentleman being the owner of the fine screw yacht Lan- eashire Witch, have purchased a large piece of land at East Cowes from Lord Gort, reported at a cost of £600. The ground adjoins the field recently presented by Lord Gort to the inhabi- tants of East Cowes for a recreation ground. The land has been purchased for the purpose of erecting a large building to be used as homes for aged seamen, and will be endowed by these gentle- men as a lasting memorial to the memory of their late brother, Mr. F. EK. James. Plans have already been prepared and we hear that the building will be commenced at an early date.— Land and Water. [Mr. F. BE. James, former owner of Lancashire Witch, ee Aes by an elephant some two years since while hunting in Africa. 8382 FOREST AND STREAM. — — a (Nov, 26, 1891, Zoisting Gear PROPOSED SAIL PLAN FOR SINGLEHANDER. 20FT. GIN. OVER ALL, 16FT. L.W.L., 4FT. BEAM, 1FT, DRAFT. COOPER'S POINT CORINTHIAN Y. C.—This club has ordered three 16ft. racing boats from Mr. James Collins. four cabin yachts and three tuckups have been added to the fleet and the membership is rapidly increasing. Canoeing. Canvas Canoes and how_to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. Price_ $2.00. Canoe Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T. 8S. Steele. Pricei60. Four Months in a Sneak- box. By N. H. Bishop. Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By “Seneca.” Price $1. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raves, and report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested toforward to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. RIGS FOR SMALL CRUISERS, Editor Forest and Stream: For two summers I have been locked up, so to speak, in an in- land town, and have done little yachting or sailing, but I have enjoyed none the less the weekly arrival of the FoREST AND STREAM, and haye done always a little sketching and designing from time to time. This last summer my camp has been pitched on the shores of one of the great lakes, and [ took the opportunity to rig up a little erniser which, while not all I could wish owing to lack of time and money, has performed so remarkably well that [think a description of her main characteristics may be interesting to some of your readers. Looking about for something in which to disport myself, I at last found a 16ft.x42in.x<14in. skiff with two fine, well-modeled ends, both alike, which faute de mieua: I bought ready made and proceeded to deck in for some 5ft. forward and 4fb. aft, with a 9in. waterway allaround. Irigged her with two leg-of-mutton sails, one right in the eyes and one smaller one aft, much after the fashion of the modern sailing canoe, except that both are plain leg-of-muttons without battens, and about as effective and handy sails as I have ever used. The centerboard is a “drop” plate of 3gin, iron weighing 90lbs. andis an embodiment of the value of low weights. Lvwried alight wooden board for experimental] purposes and found that in light airs there was no perceptible difference in speed, while in a breeze the heavy board kept her on her feet and to windward in a remarkable way, Finding that the boat carried a strong weather helm, and being averse to carrying a jib, 1 conceived the idea of putting on a very large and heavy rudder, and got one cut out of a 34, boiler plate weighing about 301bs. The success of the experiment was complete, the big rudder acting as ballast, steering apparatus and after deadwood all at the same time: and I recommend the device most heartily to all cancemen who are looking for some means of increasing the size of their mizens without increasing the draft and weight of their canoes by deep keels and drags. Madcap, with her 185ft. of sail has beaten everything anywhere near her size in these waters, including some 22ft. sloops of con- siderable beam and power, and which had been previously con- sidered fast, and this not only in light airs and smooth water. but in fresh breezes and pretty heayy chops, and with only her skip- per on board on the weather rail. er stiffness is remarkable, as is also her steadiness in running off the wind in lumpy water, due to the power of the big rudder. For the hull T should prefer something with a little more deadrise and with overhanging counter like the FOREST AND STREAM cruiser you figured three or four years ago; but for rig and equipment I can scarcely suggest any improyement except in putting a batten across both sails about 18in. up to aid in quick reefing. I hope next summer to carry the same governing ideas into a slightly larger craft of better model. I have been yery much pleased with Mr. Dyer’s design for a deep canoe, and think her depth and rockered keel are a great step in advance, but IT hanker myself after a little more beam. My chief interest is in single-handers of a more comfortable type than the standard 30in. canoe. There are many like myself, who are fond of sailing and like to have an occasional tussle with another boat, but we don’t care to balance ourselves outboard ona crazy sliding seat 3ft. outside the wale, and we look for something in which we can smoke our pipes in comfort and still keep the fast fellows in sight. : : ' : _ My friend Mr, Tyson thinks his fying proa, with a little atten- dant canoe sailing alongside and keeping him from turning bottom up. is the true solution of the difficulty, and will fill the required yoid, but while admitting the excellent qualities of the proa, I see several drawbacks, among which are the awkward- ness of the outrigger in coming into the house, the drag on the Jee side on one tack and on the weather side on the other, making it impossible to so place the center of effort that the boatshall at all times carry an easy weather helm. I prefer on the whole the cat- amaran to the proa, but I think a properly modeled boat of 414 beams or s0,a perfected and enlarged ‘‘Mersey canoe,” will fill the bill for a perfect single-hander much more nearly than éither. Henry K. WICKSTEED. Cosuse, Out., Nov. 1. [The single-hander sketched by Mr. Wicksteed is yery similar in sheer plan to the latest type of English canoe yawl, such as Snake and Torpedo, ] A. C, A. MEMBERSHIP.—Atlantic Division: Newell Martin, R. lL. McDuffes, Wm. D. Hobart, Hugh Stevenson, New York; A, Schroeder, Evert D. Newman. Brooklyn. CANOEING ON THE PACIFIC. Editor Forest and Stream: _ The Seattle C. C., of Seattle, Washington, was reorganized and incorporated on Oct. 19 with a capital atock of $1,500; divided into 100 shares of $15 each. From the board of. trustees the following officers were elected: Com., Geo. B. Riley; Vice-Com., R.T. Engel- brecht; Sec’y, W. N. Redfield; Purser, H. M. Lawrence, Have our own house, situated on Lake Washington, on the terminus grounds of the Madison Street Cable Railway Co., two story house, 30 5OFt., containing large club room, dressing room, lockers and work room up stairs; down stairs the entire fioor is deyoted to canoes: a large veranda projects from each floor overlooking the lake. have now 25 members, and at the present rate of application will have our full quota by spring. Lake Washington is 28 miles in length, yarying in width from one to five miles,it is fresh water and partly inside the city limits; 344 miles from club house, and also connected by Black River with the lake is Puget Sound, a fine body of salt water for the cruising canoe man, with its 2,000 miles of shore line. With such natural advantages we are confident of a large and flourishing club. The courtesy of the club is at all times extended to A. C. A., W.C. A,, and Pacific coast canoe men. SEATTLE, Wash., Noy. 7. GEO, B. Ritey, CANOES AND CANOE-YAWLS.—The racing of the season at Hendon again showed that, lengths being equal, the 30in. beam canoe, with small sails, can hold her own with canoe-yawls of 4ft. to 5ft. beam, especially when the crews are equal; but the decisive test which was hoped for in the competition between the Snake (yawl) and the canoes, and in which it was by some expected that the past experience would be upset, unfortunately did not come off. There is little doubt to our mind that a canoe-yawl, such as Snake. of 18ft. length, 5ft. beam, and lé6ft. of sail, manned by a crew of two men, ought to beat a canoe of 16ft. length, 2ft. 6in, beam, and 112ft. of sail, manned by one man, in almost any weather; and it is hardly fair racing to cause them to sail in the same race without time allowance. The two boats would rate respectively 0 5 and 0 38, and on the 6-mile course the yawl would give a time allowance of 4m. 27s, under the Y. R. A. scale.—Field. PHOTOS OF THE MHET,—Mr, Stoddard has now ready a very handsome collection of 35 views of the 1891 meet at Willsborough Point. As his visit was made on two very windy days the views afloat show some rough water, and made excellent pictures. The great Sea-vey Serpent shows to good effect in one view. No edition of the “Glimpses” will be issued this year. dew Publications. THE LABRADOR COAST. THE LABRADOR CoAst: A Journal of Two Summer Cruises to that Region, with Notes on its Karly Discovery, on the Eskimo, on its Physical Geography, Geolozy and Natural History. By Alpheus Spring Packard, M.D,,Ph,D. N. D.C. Hodges, New York, publisher. This book is attractive reading at this time, when a popular interest in Labrador has been reawakened by the return of one of those anomalous students’ expeditions which for the past thirty years have periodically visited that repulsive region during sum- mer yacations, in the character of explorers. _But beyond this it is especially valuable and important because it covers scientific- ally, as aptly set forth in the title, a field of analytical investiga- tion which has long been neglected or overlooked. The economic possibilities of the country are, moreover, duly weighed and pre- rented. The distinguished author has modesily entitled his work “The Coast of Labrador,” but it really includes abundant inform- ation about the interior as well, with its flora, fauna, minerals, natural products and resident peoples, much of which, of course, has been known to laymen for three centuries or more, as attested by a voluminous bibliography of no less than 198 titles printed at the end of his volume, besides 24 charts and hydrographic suryeys, not including ancient maps and charts of early voyagers, dating back to the year 1503. ~ F Critical readers, to whom considerable portions of Labrador have become familiar by personal acquaintance, might take exceptions because the professor does not sufficiently recognize otherwise than incidentally, perhaps, the value of the contribu- tions to the general fund of information which many writers have made since long ago; and they may reasonably maryel why the observations of old wood runners and voyageurs should be set aside in order to give place to the so-called “discoveries” of recent investigators who happen to have a scientific tag attached to their credentials. By some such discrimination the credit of the dis- covery of the courses of the Mississippi River has been awarded to Henry Schoolcraft, when the identical regions had been trapped over by Allan Morrison, his guide, for more than thirty vears previous. But, of course, it is the official stamp which gives value to the guinea. The halo of the discoverer gives the glory to the discovery. 7 at As a matter of fact Labrador was one of the earliest discovered parts ot the continent. Its streams, watersheds, mountain ranges, forests and coast lines were pretty thoroughiy traced more than two centuries ago, while many of its natural features were known in detail. Cartier Espejo, Jefferys and Hackitt, in the fifteenth century, and Fathers Lauré and Albanel, in the six- teenth, traced mosf of its interior water courses and divides. In the seventeenth the navigators Chabert, Charlevoix, Coats and Cook, added much to what was already Known of the coast. Andre Michaux, the botanist, looked it over in 1792. The Mor- avians have occupied the northern coast for one hundred and twenty years, and David Cranz, their historian, wrote volumin- ously and accurately of Labrador and its peoples from 1765 to 1780. The Hudson Bay Company have trapped all oyer it for a still longer period, and Peter Cartright and John McLean, two of its factors, added agreat deal to the current fund of information during their incumbency of sixteen and twenty-five years re- spectively. It was John Mclean who discoyered the High Falls of the Northwest River (which empties into Hamilton Inlet). in 1888, In 181? Dr. Edward Ohappell wrote very fully of the Indian = “L — /S¥ee Cail ar, — CANOE YAWL “MADCAP,” — Wainsael Be a tz7zohttr? SAIL PLAN AND DETArSs. tribes. In 1843 Davies described the Hamilton Inlet, which is also Known by the several names of Groswater Bay, Eskimo Bay, and Mouktoke Inlet. In 1860 Dr. Elliott Coues contributed a list of 164 birds which he collected in that year, and Charles Hallock furnished a series of photographs of the coast and interior for Harper's Magazine, giving portraits of the Montaignais Indians and Hskimo found at Hamilton Inlet, with a full ethnography of the former, and contributing many interesting utensils and relics of the tribe to the museum of the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn. In 1863 Prof. Hind presented ex- tensive researches throughout the interior, and from 1880 to 1891 Prof. Packard, the author of the book under review, has made Labrador his especial study, describing not only its mammals and avifauna, of which he finds twenty-eight and one hundred and ninety-eight species respectively, but its insects, invertebrates and its glacial and drift phenomena, as fully set forth in the text. Mr, John Macoun, the Canadian naturalist, has also compiled a catalogue of some 3,000 plants reported by various travelers as growing on the coast of Labrador. In 1853 Mr. Joe Gondy, who was for half a century a voyageur in the service of the Hudson Bay Company, traveled from Fort Nasquapee in central Labrador to fort Garry (now Winnipeg), a distance of 2,400 miles, on snow shoes. He and Antoine Michelet, another employee, were unre- mitting explorers. In 1860 H. M Surveying steamer Bulldog, under the celebrated navigator Capt. McClintock, charted Hamil- ton Inlet throughout its entire length of 120 miles, going up as far as the Nor’west River post, and into the Grand or Hamilton and Tom Liscom rivers at the head of the Bay, aregion which has been _ a rendezvous and principal fur entrepot of the Hudson Bay Oompany for the southern district of Labrador since the begin- ning of the century, During the period extending from the year 1874 to date, the Dominion Suryey of Canada, under Dr. Robert Bell, has covered the greater part of the interior Tegion, locating the water sheds and timber belts, of which the principal-ons was discovered to have a width of 300 miles, and finding spruce trees 4it. in diameter where only a stunted growth was suspected. From these abundant facts it may be concluded that Labrador is neither a desert nor a terra incognita, for a country cannot be wholly inhospitable to support such an abundance and variety of plant and animal life;* and it seems strange to an old traveler to read in the published newspaper reports that a party of students from Bowdoin College are credited with having discovered a race of Indians “hitherto unknown to white men.” as well as a high fall whose existence has hitherto been problematical. I am there- fore surprised to see that Prof. Packard has dignified the work of this party by the assertion in the appendix of his book, that they have achieved “the most important geographical discovery which has been made in the interior of Labrador.” Of course due im- portance must attach to accurate measurements, and all that. It is the impression, however, of Dr. Robt. Bell, chief of the Dominion Survey, of whom I haye made inquiry, that the falls visited by these gentlemen were really the High Falls of Nor’west River, and not of the so-called Grand River, which is locally known as the Hamilton River, the description cf the chain of lakes, the portages, the distances, and the tracking, answering quite accurately to the former, which is the route annually traversed by the fur brigade in July. There is no analogous chain of lakes on the Hamilton River, though there is a high fall some fifty miles from its mouth. The high falls of the Nor’west River are just off the regular thoroughfare from Nor’west River Post to Fort Nasquapee, at the Heights of Land, and a detour of twenty miles has to be made by the brigade to Hank them. The distance from Fort Rigolet to Nasquapee is300 miles. No less than twenty falls ae rapids are passed on the journey, and the trip occupies a month, Doubtless the fur collectors and the wood runners (cowrewrs des bois) of the Hudson Bay Company acquired a very intimate knowl edge of the interior of the country. ‘That this knowledge was not imparted to cartographers is due to the reticent policy of the com- pany, as well as to the fact that the interior Indians (Montaignais) were naturally jealous of intrusion upon their trapping lines. With the exception of agents and em ployees at the posts, no white men were allowed to trespass on the Indian territory, and therefore no whites eyer visited the interior except upon business emergency. Settlers along the coast held no communication with the interior beyond the edge of the timber belt to which they re- sort for shelter in winter. The Nasquapees are strictly coast In- dians, but have often been confounded with the Mountaineers. Eskimo are seldom seen south of Rigolet, in latitude 55deg. The Red Indians are extinct since thirty yearsago. The entire Indian population of Labrador is about 6,000, CHARLES HATLOCEK, * The fur product of Labrador is of itself worth $300,000 per year to the Hudson Bay Company. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. F. BR. 8., Boston.—A collection of a)) the best ‘cat poems” in the English language is now being made by Mrs, Graham R. Tomson. Tt will be illustrated. T. W. L., Fond du Lac, Wis.—A thin mixture of white lead and turpentine is used for waterproofing canvas. The addition of lamp black would make it black without injuring its other quali- ties. Kennedy Smith, well known to sportsmen ag the man who has done much to develop the sportsmen’s resorts in the Dead River region, has in his possession an old powder horn, the history of which if known would doubtless be as interesting as a fairy tale. It is finely carved by arnde but nevertheless artistic hand, in designs of birds, fish, deer, a full rigged ship, etc., and bears the following words; ‘John Shanan, hisjhorn, Made at Ticonderoga, Sept. ye 22, 1760.” The horn was found in an old deserted house in the Dead River region, near the spot where the bullets were found this fall, and which, it was supposed, were left there by Benedict Arnold’s expedition. Many think that this old horn wasteft behind by some soldier of Arnold’s army. To look at it would be to easily believe that it had seen service in the Revolutionary war at least and may have furnished powder to kill uot only Britishers, but redskins as well, FOREST AND STREAM. 888 REPAIRS. || Before putting away your Rods and Reels for the season, ‘|{send them to us to be cleaned, straightened and put in first- y ,||class order generally. All kinds of repairs done at moderate : | prices. . Bee ye eners aR Eane. 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It will pay you to buy your tackle in Brooklyn. my business. Bolts Bamboo Trout or Black Bass nas, Rods, solid reel seat below hand, nickel mountings, silk whippings, extra tip, all pomulered in wood form, length o% No. 1, 3 joint, 6 strip Cut Prices for 1891. Low prices and good quality of goods increases 10, “10ift ft., weight ?, SS 8) Ay rd Soe a etree iret ch tenes ah OMS he ae ee eer Ce ee RR ne sia Rees ape Ty Pres Ae te eee te te ee Basel cet ots Peideisioe d heratinalaie pod RICCASR Te No. 1, G,-same as above but is Jerman Siler MOUTESA Hoare eats sie staat ts o-sals sluice treig: soe apete gseiale (edie MMRnu poets wicca lus a siate ee atatne ey «im Risse ¢ieusrale a ete armetons wis mie slajeteteielaleatland pana apaysrees 3 64 No. 4 3 joint, 6 strip Split Bamboo Black Bass Bait Rod, Raised Tie Guides, ‘solid reel seat above ‘the hand, extra tip, silk whippings, nickel mountings, complete in’ wood form, length , Ege 9, 94, 10ft., weight 9, 10%, 12, 180Z. ......,.-20n rece ecevees Capel opsselape eystesais fmibimcn sohecta Jotamacp apa mha late atete etace se WNERS chk oat areata Te career a nreia eae Dee ee eeatasantel retecera heel a ental iinda tan once oii Sieh ce Sa ene oes Price 2 72 No, 4, G, same as above but i is German BL VST PMP OUM NGO jie ocishs aces ccsreteyacesesny tate erebe or shacoae is wl dro hd ahd ate eae bem BMP eae Elga aratest Spaleeinteyala ni Rebesstoleltionte aesoustereia pele igserric & oujecnieainds aceleince:sinemPain Cardia ie: ats terme 8 32 No. 7, 6 strip Bet Bamboo Salt Water or Lake Trolling Rod, 2 joint, solid reel seat above the hand, double tie guides, nickel mountings, length 8ft., weight RDOZ.. ++ 02> teeeereeeee 0 2 15 No. 8, PE Haateg cH RIG Come Cert Wi Ce aia (0y0 ee mee ee SOON sr Re ee eh eens dente htt ees Mano ib Hee Es SEAT NE Mai Sher cae pacientes epee 5 Spe or Sd e Sere Aogeeand Sa Reet eee: ree Ut ae No, 280, 3 joint Ash aud Lancewood Heavy Salt Water Bass Rod, hollow butt, extra tip, Mees mountings, 9f Brass Multiplying Reeis, Balance Handle, Screw Oil Cup, fine finish, 2oyds., 88e. : 40yds., Sliding Click, Nickul Plated, 40yds., $1.75; 60yds., $2.25; 80yds., $2, 50: 200y-ds. $3. a wh § thread, B8e. ; 12 thread, 43c, « 15 thread, 46c. ; 18 thre ‘Bingle Gut Leaders. 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Maine Fish Hatching. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Winter Sports in North Caro- lina.—It. St. Vincent's Island. NATURAL HIstoRy. Song of the Hermit Thrush. “Hate of the Fur Seal.” _ “Life Histories of North American Birds.” Scientific Meetings for Decem- er. GAME BAG AND GUN, “The Saginaw Crowd.” Grouce Neat New York City. In Maine Woods.—trt. Ontario Moose. Ways of the Ruffed Grouse. The Game Fields. Ohio Notes. ‘ Newfoundland Caribou, Rhode Island Game Interests. Chicago and the West. Our Game Supply. ; ; Our Fickle Game Legislation. SHA AND RivER FISHING. Yellowstone Park Fishes. His Majesty Esox Lucius. Chicago and the West. Derryfield Beef. The Kankakee Fishways. THE KENNEL. National Beagle Club Trials. Irish Setter Club Trials. The Pearl of Pekin Incident. The “Siberian Bloodhound.” The Central Field Trials. Lord Clover’s Pedigree. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. RIFLE RANGE AND GALLERY. Reyolver Championship. New Jersey Rifle Shooting. TRAP SHOOTING. Milwaukee—Chicago. The Inter-State League. The Club Cup. Spring Hill Targets and Tur- eys. Brooklyn Trap. Thanksgiving Trap. YACHTING. Logic vs. Common Sense. The Canoes of the Tropics. CANOEING. The Regatta Programme, The Publication of Amend- ments. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. AN HNLARGED “FOREST AND STREAM,” ITH the issue of Jan. 21 next, which will be the first number of its thirty-eighth volume, the FOREST AND STREAM will be permanently enlarged from twenty-eight to thirty-two pages. This change has been made necessary by the growth of the special interests to which the paper is devoted, and by the corresponding requirement of more space for their adequate presentation. The enlargement is. to be taken as an earnest of our purpose to increase the interest, usefulness and value of the FOREST AND STREAM; and by means of the better opportunities thus afforded, to maintain for it the character it has so long enjoyed as the representative sportsman’s journal of America. Each of the departments will be benefitted by the change—Sportsman Tourist, Natural History, Game Bag and Gun, Sea and River Fishing—and, in particular, our news columns—the Kennel, Yacht and Canoe, Rifle and Trap. ‘The generous amount of space now given to Ken- nel will be maintained, and the room devoted to Trap Shooting will be so enlarged as to make the department the most comprehensive and the best arranged contem- porary record of that sport. Since this journal was established eighteen years ago, the popularity of sports with the rod and the gun has adyanced with giant strides; and in the development of those manly recreations the FOREST AND STREAM has With their growth it has kept equal pace in worth, in influence, in circulation and taken no unimportant part. in generous public recognition. What it has been it will be, The record of the past contains the abundant prom- ise for the future, In 1892 and the years that shall follow, as in 1891 and the years that have passed, the FOREST AND STREAM will stand for all that is best and truest in field sports- manship; and it will strive to merit from its growing hosts of friends a continuation of that warm appre- ciation and indorsement with which it is now favored, One word remains to be said. The paper will be. enlarged to thirty-two pages, but the price will remain unchanged; $4 per year, OUR NATIONAL PARKS. ONSIDERABLE space in Secretary Noble’s annual report, just issued, is devoted tothe subject of our national parks, These are four in number, and of them the Yellowstone Park is by far the largest, and, from all points of view, the mostimportant, The others, of recent establishment, we owe to the wisdom and far-seeing policy of the Secretary of the Interior, to whom also must be given the credit for the setting apart of the large forest reservation adjacent to the Yellowstone Park, which practically, though not in name, adds about 1,500 square miles to the area of that reservation. Thereport with regard tothe Yellowstone shows a very favorable condition of things there. Game in the Park is continually increasing. The buffalo are quiet and contented; small herds are often seen, and some of these are accompanied by calves. The estimates of their num- bers vary from two to four hundred, the latter being, in our judgment, the nearest to the truth. We have often called attention to the great numbers of elk to be found in this region, and now ‘‘the most conservative estimates place their numbers at 25,000.” Mountain sheep, deer and antelope are numerous, tame and increasing. There are a few moose in the Park. The overflow of all this game into the adjacent territory will furnish good hunt- ing to those who visit the region. The effort to stock waters of the Park before barren with game fish appears to have been very successful. Six different species of fish have been planted in as many different lakes, and of these at least five appear to be doing well. Mr. Noble calls attention again to the urgent need of legislation for the Park, and alludes to the dangers: that threaten the National pleasure ground in the follow- ing words: It 1s to be much regretted that there isan entire absence of law to punish depredations there, as they affect the forests, the game, and the wonderful formations. The attention of Congress has often been called to the necessity of such a penal statute, and it is now again recommended as necessary. The measure known as the * Vest Bill” has repeatedly passed the Senate, but in the House, while always favorably reported, it has unfortunately been ac-. companied by an amendment foreign to the bill, granting a right of way through the Park to a railroad. This was the case in the last Congress, and, as on former occasions, those who had been instrumental in urging the bill thought it better that it should fail than pass with this provision. The Secretary’s opinion, as hitherto expressed, has been that a railroad would be detrimental to all the purposes for which the Park was set apart. It is earnestly hoped that Congress will not give up to a private enterprise any part of what it has set apartfor the education and enjoyment of the whole people. If one such railroad franchise is granted, it will result in the practical aban- donment of that region as a forest and game reserve. Hach year demonstrates the wisdom of Congress in !setting apart this mag- nificent domain and the necessity of keeping it under Govern- ment ownership, free from private or corporate intrusion. It embraces one of the largest forest-bearing districts in the Rocky Mountains, and contains the headwaters of some of our greatest rivers. The importance of preserving such tracts as affecting the water supply of the country has already been discussed in this report. * * * : There should certainly be no hesitation or difficulty on the part of Congress in providing means by which the regulations made by the Secretary of the Interior for the protection of the Park may be made effectual. Asitis now, the Park is placed under the care of the Secretary, and he is authorized to make rules and regulations for its government; but as no penalties are provided, there is no way in which such regulations when made can be properly enforced. No punishment can be inflicted for acis which should really be denounced as crimes; such, for instance, as the firing of the forests, the destruction of the game, and spoliation of the objects of interest within the Park, All that now can be done is to turn the offender out of the Park, and thus give him an opportunity of returning and renewing his malicious acts. The forest reservation which was set aside by Presiden- tial proclamation last March is in charge of the Secretary of the Interior, and he has extended over it the same rules and regulations which govern the Park, and has directed the Superintendent of that reservation to protect it. This was necessary because this reservation is a hunting ground both for whites and Indians, and the forests which cover its mountains are in constant dan- ger of fire from these wandering and often careless invaders, The Yosemite Park contains some of the most wonder- ful scenery on the Continent, as does also the Sequoia Park, In both of these is found also a little game. In these parks the most important objects which are in dan- ger of destruction are the giant trees, of which each park contains some. These are now being protected, but much more remains to be done, and a further knowledge is needed of the exact conditions which prevail in each park. It is gratifying to see that the Federal Government is taking hold of this matter of National Parks in a way so much more intelligent than could have been hoped for a few years ago. For this wise action we have to thank Mr, Noble, and while at present but few people compre- hend the importance of what he has done, the day is not far distant when he will receive from the general public that measure of gratitude which his action deserves. . SNAP SHOTS. FY\HE final joint meeting of representatives of the U.S. ‘Fish Commission, the Fish Commissions of New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ontario and Quebec, delegates from the Anglers’ Association of the St. Law- rence River, the Cheaper Food Fish Association of Rochester, and other bodies interested in the protection, preservation and propagation of food fish in the Great Lakes, has been called for Tuesday, Dec. 8, in the City Hall, at Hamilton, Canada, The call is signed by R, B. Roosevelt, chairman, and A. D. Stewart, secretary, of the Joint Convention. The object of the meeting is to consider the report of a sub-committee, which met at Rochester, Nov, 10, and to make recommendations to the Governments and State Legislatures concerned looking toward the harmonizing of the laws of the States and Canada upon the subjects mentioned. It is admitted that the States must. surrender to the General Govern- ment their jurisdiction over the waters of the Great Lakes for the purposes above named if any advantageous and binding agreement is to be reached with Canada looking toward the accomplishment of a worthy end. The Red Star steamer Rhynland, which sailed from New York for Antwerp yesterday, carried from the U.S, Fish Commission 500 catfish consigned to the Belgian Government. Request was made for these fish several years ago, but the Governmert was not prepared to rear them until recently. Belgium has extensive areas of sluggish water suitable for the American catfish, and now without fish. The shipment includes 100 spotted catfish (Ietalurus punctatus) and 500 of the common horn pout (Amiurus nebulosus), a few of the latter being of the marbled variety. On Novy. 13 Commissioner McDonald was informed by Herr Max von dem Borne of the safe arrival in Berneuchen of the following American fishes, sent in the care of the chamberlain’s son: Three hundred and twenty-three sunfish, 76 catfish, 80 minnows, 2 dog- fish (Amia calva), 6 calico bass, and 1 white perch. Only 15 fish died on the steamer and 5 on the railway journey from Antwerp to Berneuchen. This is the most success- ful trans-atlantic shipment known. Our brilliantly- colored sunfishes and crappies attract most favorable notice in Germany, where no fishes of the family are native. Clinton Gilbert, who died in this city last Sunday, in his eighty-fifth year, belonged to the ‘‘old school” of sportsmen. He was for many years a member of the New York Association for the Protection of Game, In 1877 he succeeded Royal Phelps in the presidency of the society, in which office he was succeeded by Robert B. Roosevelt. The sportsman in the field whoin badly broken English attempts to control a half-broken dog is not likely to make an unbroken success of it, 386 - FOREST AND STREAM. ~~ — an (Dec. 8, 1891, Che Sportsman Tourist, WINTER SPORTS IN NORTH CAROLINA. I. ] AM delighted with my selection of Newbern as a headquarters for my winter campaign among the fish and wildfowl,.and more than convinced of the wisdom of my choice. Had I come here as a star invalid in search of a sovereign balm and spicy breezes, the ex- traordimary cold snap of the 16th to 19th would have set me back discouraged. As it was, the cold wind from the north-northerly and from the east-easterly, only had the effect to drive the whole assembly of ducks, geese, brant, swans and shore birds, which had been dallying along the sedges of the River St. Lawrence and about the rice lakes of Jowa and Wisconsin, down into Currituck and the North Carolina sounds, and that delighted the sports- men, It would seem as if everything that could fly scooted before that intensely cold and bitter blast and came down here into the neighboring waters. They had to fly that far to find comfort and rest, nay more, they found the finest food in the land, clams, fish, valisneria, that succulent delight of the canyasback and redhead ducks; and seeds of grass and rice from the garnered fields, with sheltered coves and alternate points of land to suit, and sand dunes piled upon the beaches, where the gulls and petrels play bo-peep with thesurf., Vast flocks of crows came careering on the blast bound for the upland and pine woods. Herons, gulls, terns, sandpipers and cranes huddled together among the marshes, and the hovering buzzards sought shelter behind the favoring lee of some deserted negro quarter. Right here within the city limits old Bill Taylor, a colored man, killed a blue heron by Trentside, which measured 6ft. from tip to tip of extended wings, and offered to sell it for a quarter, with no buyers. It was a beautiful specimen, which col- lectors might have envied. Then the black ducks got to- gether on the river, right in front of town, and a venture- some sportsmian picked up a few. An expert gunner who did not begrudge the time might have filled a boat, but Newbern is a busy community, and there are no gentlemen of leisure here except those of color, It is hard for the latter to get a move on themselves; but the cold snap made them hustle. More than half the popula- tion of Newbern is black. I met one of them, a middle-aged darky, on the morn- ing of the seventh day, the 18th, I think, when I was try- ing to warm myself by a lively constitutional before breakfast: or rather, he overtook me asi walked, 1 had heard him shuffling briskly behind me for a couple of blocks, with that peculiar ‘‘dot and go one” gait which every native recognizes; and by a forced sprint he made a lap on me, “Right cold day, boss!” he said, forging half a length ahead. I told him in the happy vernacular of the country that it ‘‘certainly was.” ‘Mighty hard on us, boss,” he continued, ‘“‘coming so sudden, and so warm the day before.” That is what I thought to myself it must have seemed to the poor people of the Northwest where the heft of the blizzard struck, As it was,wein Newbern were only on the outside edge; we were comfortable by comparison. The coming of the cold wave was heralded by a dense black cloud which overcast the northern hemisphere about sundown. At noon, previously, the thermometer had marked 71 degrees; at 8 o’clock the next morning it indicated 27 degrees. And great Holus! how the ducks did drive before the stress of weather, and even now they are huddling, as I have mentioned, between the mainland and the outer beach. The North Carolina sounds are full of them. The regular packet steamers which ply hence to Nortolk and Elizabeth City bring almost daily reports of them. But this peculiar advantage in the location of the land- locked waters of this State as a winter home for wildfowl, and the easy accessibility of Newbern to every important commerciai point within 200 miles, constitute but a modi- cum of the reasons why it seems the most desirable head- quarters on earth for the sportsman. From Newbern to Morehead it is only an hour and a half by rail (Southern schedule time). Beaufort, which is a charming watering place with an excellent modern -hotel, hobnobs with Morehead; clustering islands lie between, Across Bogue Sound is the outer beach, with the illimitable ocean washing its seaward line. The salt water flows through Bogue and Topsail inlets into the Sound, which is as prolific with fish life as Indian River in Florida, and without its sand flies, Within this shel- tered reach of water sailboats may travel securely and indefinitely, north and south. Here the counter currents from the tropics and the arctics meet. Here all the vari- eties of the fish fauna of the two antipodes cross fins, Whales and hair seals disport with the angel fish and cero, shad and porgies with hogfish and baracouta. All the peninsula lying between Core Sound and the river Neuse is cut up into estuaries and intricate channels which only experienced guides can navigate intelligibly, The up- lands swarm with turkey, partridge (quail), deer, bear, coons, opossums, foxes, hares and squirrels, and the swamps and ‘‘pocosins’ with water fowl and shore birds, From Newbern to Washington, N, C., there is steam transportation via Pamlico Sound and river, with duck, goose and brant shooting all the way; and from Washing- ton there is rail and steamboat for fifty miles northward into Albemarle Sound, which is the focus of another as fine sporting ground as can be found anywhere, with no end of rivers emptying into it, and bars and islands and shoals choking it, and canals and railroads leading through cypress swamps and grass marshes and pine forests back into the more densely and more civilized parts of the country. From Newbern there is also ready access by steamboat with Roanoke Island, famed for sport, war, colonization, and scuppernong grapes, since the first advent of Sir Walter Raleigh; and three miles from the northeastern selvedge of the Island is the famous water- ing place hotel at Nag’s Head, with sand dunes which shift with every violent storm, sometimes piled to a height of 200ft., and often burying groves and hamlets out of sight as they shift and form in cumulative drifts. There is no better shooting for geese, ducks and swans than can be found at Roaneke island right now, and if pay of your readers care to try it, they haye only to take the Old Dominion Canal Line or the Southern Railroad ab Norfolk and run down there; and they will find Spence Daniells at Manteo, ready to take them out or board them’ at_yery moderate prices, He has a little coterie of New York, Baltimore and Norfolk friends who are always regular customers in the shooting season, and some of them come down in theit own private launches and enjoy themselves rightroyally. From Newbern there is also transportation by rail and boat to Kinston, 50 miles up the Neuse River, and thence to Goldsboro and the up country; and all the interme- diate farms and woods are full of game in great variety. Last week I saw the proprietor of a lumber camp only 12 miles up the Kent River, above Newbern, who is cut- ting timber for the Prettyman mill, and he told me: that his boys got five wild turkeys one morning which they had flushed and located the evening before, and they were only rough log-cutters and not sportsmen at all. Quail can be had for the trouble of walking them up any- where outside of the city limits, and if one is going deep into the woods he may as well carry heavy ammunition for bears. Now, Mr. Editor, I have neyer seen any such catego- rical statement printed anywhere of the attractions of the Eastern Counties for sportsmen as I have just now given, and mine is meagre enough, because I have to be concise. Later on I shall give you much of it in detail, if my health is spared and my plans do not miscarry. These localities, I fancy, are not visited by strangers, because the proper points of departure are not familiar to the pnklic, communication from Newbern by sailing packet with Hyde and Dare counties, which are so swampy, and so interspersed with jungle, lake and bayous, as to be fit for hardly anything but hunting. There is more game in Hyde and Dare counties than there is in the whole of The run of 90 New York State and Maine put together, miles from here to Swanquarter can ordinarily be made in ten hours by boat, or one can go by land, crossing the Neuse River at this* point and the Pamlico River at Wakely. There are good accommodations at Swanquar- ter at’ $1.50 per day, with no end of turkeys, quail, deer Thence there is a good wagon road to Fairfield, and steamboat twice a week from there to Norfolk, as your intelligent correspondents Dr, Cape- hart, of Avoca, and Frank Heywood, of Norfolk, have mentioned, I happen to be boarding with the gentleman for whose pretty little daughter this river steamboat is A week is ample time for a round trip, re- turning from Norfolk to Newbern by the regular and bear within gunshot. named. routes. Ten miles across Croatan Sound from Roanoke Island is Stumpy Point, whose people live by fishing apd aul Tl 1m- ing. They drink yupon tea and never shave. penetrable swamp cuts them off behind. The broad sound lies before them. They never see strangers, and the only company they have is the momentary presence Perhaps I may head an expedi- tion to visit this isolated community and carry them some looking glasses and Yucatan gum. Capt. Southgate, of of passing steam craft. the steamer Newbern, runs close by on his regular trips from Norfolk, and will drop off passengers who have pro- vided skiffs to take them ashore, and receive them aboard again by appointment. Certainly this is the very time of year to enjoy sport in this section, from this on to January, and even a month later. Ordinarily, duck shooting is but cold comfort at the best, for it is when the wintery blasts are keenest that the duck shooter gathers his heaviest bags, and often noses get blue and fingers and toes grow numb while the patient sportsmen watches his stools. Yet here in No- vember, and up to Christmas, yea, all winter long, there are balmy days when the soft tints and the ruddy tints of the morning light in themselves, and the exciting whirr of rapidly succeeding flights and the splash of those that pitch headlong into. the waters as they settle near the decoys, add a zest to the sport of duck shooting which only an enthusiast can appreciate or describe. Here it scarcely ever snows. Killing frosts, so called, seldom occur, Roses persist in putting forth their blooms de- spite the recent freeze, and there is winter foliage enough to give the landscape an agreeable tropical cast. Blows and high winds are rare, and the lapsing days alternate between light breezes and intervals of calm, The skies are fickle, sometimes overcast, but bright and sunny for the most part. They say the climate is more equable than that of Florida. I have in mind some desirable quarters for sportsmen, right on the river front, at the home of the postmaster, whose sister is a professional taxidermist and whose brother has a sharpie of approved pattern, CHARLES HALLOOGK, IN MAINE WOODS.—II. N CAMP, Piscataquis County, Me., Oct. 26.—In a recent letter I gave some personal experience in re- gard to illegal game killing in this county. I know that the experience of one man is not enough for the basis of a thoroughly reliable generalization, but in saying that T am convinced that in the southern and more settled part of this county at least, the greater part of the illegal kill- ing is done by the natives of the county or the State, I am supported by the opinions of all whom J have asked about the matter on the spot. Of instances in point I could give dozens, but with some little account of what T have seen on this present trip 1] am willing to let the statement stand. I had not visited this region for two years, I had en- gaged a guide, who had built a good camp on the shore of one of my favorite lakes where I have camped many a time, where game and fish were plenty and where here- tofore I could be reasonably sure of quiet and rarely a visitor. Formerly it could not be reached in less than forty-eight hours from Boston and with good weather and good luck at that. But lam saddened by many a change, This lake can now be reached in twenty-four hoursfrom Boston, A steamboat now takes.us swiftly over ten miles of the trip where formerly we paddled our canoes. A new railroad penetrates the wilderness, and mills and clusters of houses have sprung up where once was only wilderness, Think of it, you reader of FOREST AND STREAM, who have been so blessed as to see Onaway Lake in the olden time—one of the very loveliest and most secluded sheets of water in Maine. A hamlet has sprung up at its foot and there the morning express train on the Canad Pacific Railroad stops and the passengers breakfast, For example, there is direct semi-weekly jan | pairing It seems incredible and unbearable sacrilege, but it is the actual and the irrevocable. How good a chance think you there is now for caribou on Benson Bay? How long will Barren Mountain and Chairback be their re- treat? During the past year some one has been minutely describing in letters to FoREST AND STREAM the waters about Monson; and I haye trembled lest my old Jakes'and hills should be written up; but lo! the railroad itself is here, and I see that “‘the jig is up,” I perceive that “I have lived;” that already I belong to ‘‘a former genera tion.” Well, we came toourcamp, There was the dear old lake; and the grand old mountains, right and left, looked down on it; but the sound of many rifle shots greeted us before we emerged from the forest. To-night, including our party of three, there are eleyen menin the camp, and ten Winchesters and a shotgun or two complete the arsenal. Three deer, two of them does, were hung up; and another large doe was shot the next morning—all of them driven into the lake by dogs. Two dogs are in the camp. Not one man besides myself of the whole party belongs outside this county. The dogging goes on unmolested, The warden was here a while ago; but he cannot be every- where, you know, and his movements are as well known and timed as are those of the policeman on his beat by those who wish for any reasons to shun his attentions, A net has been set in the lake. Here is one morning’s haul: 24 suckers, 1 pickerel, 8 huge togue (lake trout), 1 muskrat and 1 loon. ; Time and again since I stepped from the train have I been importuned to permit the use of a dog for my bene- fit, It is the very simplest thing in the world to obey or to break thelaw. Any one can get a deer here any day in twenty or thirty minutes by use of adog. It isan absolute certainty. These men will go home with their deer; and their wives and children and neighbors will ad- mire their prowess, but the only hardihood it required was in disregard of the law and the only skill was that of the butcher, There was not even ‘‘the music of the hounds upon the hills” to enjoy or boast of, An occa- sional yelp in the thicket, that was all, Any kind of a cur that can follow a deer track and can bark will do, Now, let me freely admit that, for the poor man who needs meat for his family, the killing of a deer in this way is, the law aside, the surest, quickest and most humane way, There is no danger of the deer going off wounded to suffer and die in the woods, Then, too, he is shot just where he is wanted and can be best handled, and all the meat can be saved. This is, however, butchery, the ‘‘fall meat killing,” not hunting, not sport—heaven save the mark! Of the matching cunning with cunning, and protective instinct with skill and endurance and nerve, there is nothing at all, But the men who dogged the deer and set the fish net were not the needy dwellers in the wilderness, They were men who were here for “sport,” for ‘a good time,” and considered that in this way they were having it. Now_as to the law, Though, as I sald in a previous letter, I thoroughly condemn the view taken by 50 many otherwise good men who break the game law, I can thoroughly understand it. I know just what its weak point is, but it is there, and I know how plausible it appears to them, Who is “‘the State,” any way, that it should interfere with what they and their fathers before them have always done? They haye never seen ‘the State.” But they like to range the woods and lakes and they know venison and moose meat to be good. To whom does the game belong if not to them who live here? Why should they hold their hands in September or January in order that strangers from outside of Maine (here ‘‘the State” for a few moments dimly shows its out- line—when it is needed as a witness) may come in October, November and December to share with them the desirable things of the country? Then the warden! Who does not know that he is merely ‘‘Bill Smith” or ‘Sam Brown,” a fellow who has himself broken the law scores of times, and has no right to turn about and for the mere incentive of pay prevent others from doing the same thing? No, He is the common enemy, and we will outwit him every time we can and make his work as difficult as possible. Moreover, the “man from outside the State” often brings money in his pocket, and is willing to pay well for what we can show him, and it is but natural and right that he should havea set of horns to take out with him for his pains. Something in this way the matter appears to many of these men—mingled sometimes with the feeling that the law is made by men who do not know the true merits of the case and more for the benefit of strangers than the people who should be first consulted. With all this there is an inability to realize that the big game of the countr is almost gone, and thatit will vanish from these woods just as surely as it has (while we were looking on and before we were aware of it) vanished from areas a hundred times as large, unless instant and stringent methods are adopted for preserving it, Piscataquis county has a noble situation for preserva- tion of game. The Canadian poacher does not affect the southern part of the county. His operations do not, I think, to any. appreciable extent, affect this county, unless it be in the northernmost townships, It is a great county, nearly 50 miles wide from east to west and over 100 from north to south. It reaches from Millnocket to Moosehead and contains three-fourths of the surface of the latter lake. It contains Katahdin Mountain and Chamberlain, Chesuncook and Allegash lakes, and hun- dreds upon hundreds of other lakes, and almost all the great rivers of the State head there or derive most of their water from it. As a natural home for deer, caribou and moose it cannot possibly be surpassed, and all these animals are here. I believe Piscataquis county contains at this moment the best moose ground in the United States. But unless something is done to stay the hand of slaughter this region will soon be as barren of moose as is Massachusetts, Ohio or Mississippi. ; IT recognize the truth of what one of your correspon; dents said, viz., that he whu points out an abuse is bound, if he can, to point out the remedy. If he can! I have thought of it much and almost ever since I began to hunt. : It is evident that present State laws unaided will not work the change. Miss Hardy, the person best informed on the subject, has left no doubt of her own almoat dis- iting view of it, 4 3 : 4 One thing seems to me evident, viz,, that united action Dee, 3, 1881,] FOREST AND STREAM. S87 on the part of all who hunt is needed. Is even a faint approach to such a thing possible? THE ‘ROUND ROBIN” PLAN. The following is the best I can suggest, Icast it into the discussion for what it is worth, If it could be fol- lowed out successfully in a single community the exam- ple might make it easier in others and in time we might arouse a firm, intelligent sentiment throughout the whole State which would not only take care of all lawless ten- dencies on the part of residents, but would effectually deal with the detestable “‘sport” from abroad, whether he proved to be a Boston poner or a Pearl street mer- chant or a professor in Yale College, “The Round Robin Plan” is a name which I suppose will, to most persons, be self-explanatory, but for the sake of any one who miay not know its origin I will say that “The Round Robin” is a form of signature by several per- sons to a document which makes itimpossible to tell who was the first signer and therefore shields all alike from what may be dangerous or invidious prominence in the matter. The names radiate from a center like the spokes ofawheel. In thinking of this plan I have had in mind the case of this particular community. It presupposes that at least some one man could be found with sufficient public spirit and willingness to sacrifice something to the cause to make the initial move. My idea would be to have such a man, who should be a man of known interest in game matters, attempt by per- suasion and discussion to induce one or two others to join with him in a league to which members should be added as fast as the right men could be secured. -The object of the league should be to fairly consider the whole fish and game question, to discuss the pros and cons, its past and its future as well as the present, to get data in regard to destruction of game and its successful preservation, and then, and not till then, to formulate a pledge. I would not care even to dictate the pledge. Ido not think I know enough to make one thoroughly wise and politic. Its first essential should be that it should be one which, all things considered, was likely to be kept, The league should by all means include in its member- ship the very men whom I have described as good men in other respects, but yet men who had again and again broken the game law. Unless these men can be led to see the folly of the present course and can be induced to join in some effort at regulation of the evil, the evil will go on to the one sure result which we know. The league should be formed by men who are willing to stand up among their fellows and own that they had been law-breakers in this matter and who therefore had no stones to throw at any one else and no claims of special virtue to make for themselves. But they should be men who were willing now to make effort to preserve for their region and community the advantages which they have come to see are in danger. What these men should agree upon would be a matter of altogether secondary interest. The main point would be to get an agreement which they themselves had made and which they were willing toliveupto. They might differ from the State law as to close time, number to be killed per individual or the manner of killing. I would not much care. Anything to change to system, instead of the go-as-you-please recklessness of to-day. This league should agree to let ‘‘by-gones be by-gones,” to start anew, and to give fair warning to all that from this time on it meant, by every means in its power, to restrain evil doing in respect to what it had decided upon as evil doing. There would be the special ones who would not join and whose refusal would imyolve trouble. Neighborhood grudges and old scores and jealousies would stand in the way. All this I know; yet I believe patience and wis- dom, and, when necessary, united and sustained force, would bring about an improved public sentiment and a better order of things. If it were thought best that the State law as it stands should be made the means of help, then, till a better law could be passed, the league could sea to it that the law was enforced, and the odium that now attaches to in- forming against a neighbor, be he never so mean and despicable, would not be felt, The previous warning and the weight of the organization would sus- tain it. An organization is the first desideratum. Hence I have called it the ‘‘Round Robin Plan,” by which I intended to indicate the way to secure to the aid of such a scheme the very men who now help to make it a necessity. Boston, Mass. C. H. Amus. Slatnyal History. THE SONG OF THE HERMIT THRUSH. Editor Forest and Stream: Your correspondent Julia M. Hooper in FOREST AND STREAM for Oct. 22 tells of a new bird song. IJ had often heard the same song and supposed it to be music of the male sparrow until last spring. Among my wild pets there is a song sporrow, a male, with an interesting history. Years ago I named him ‘©Wabbles.” I cannot relate any part of his history without betray- ing confidence, as I have sold it for publication. So will simply say that last spring ‘‘Wabbles” persuaded his little mate to nest in the woods near my cabin. Early in the spring I heard this female sing the new song. There was no chance for a mistake. Icould tell the birds apart, and, too, I frequently heard both songs at the same time. In late fall and early spring the male song sparrow warbles by the hour. The song is very low but musical and tender, I have listened to it with delight when the thermometer has marked 2° below zero. Your correspondent tells of another song and credits it to the brown thrasher. She makes the time the middle of March, and I feel assured that she has erred either in bird or time, It certainly must be an uncommon thing to find a brown thrasher in Massachusetts as early as the middle of March. It seems that she did not see the singer; therefore, I suggest that she heard the song of the hermit thrush. The song which she has translated into the words tu-lee, tu-l-lee is the same that I hear every spring, the last of March or firstof April, Itis the son of the hermit thrush in migration, It is a beautif gtrain—the winding of asilver horn, butitisonly the pre- lude. The true song is seldom heard away from the summer home, : To me the song of the hermit thrush is the sweetest sound in nature, It is not a plaintive, pensive or tender strain, but satisfies the sesnes and clings to the memory like the recollection of some Stent joy: I shall never forget a song I once heard in the woods of northern Maine. I was ina bark-peeling camp at the time, A rainy day had sent the crew to their homes in te settlement until the next morning; and I was left alone, The rain poured down in torrents. The wind howled and roared through the treetops, flinging great sheets of water on to the bark roof of the camp. My spirits were depressed and gloomy. Financial troubles, the loss of a cherished home, had disheartened me, and life seemed hardly worth liying, Just before night the rain suddenly ceased. The sun burst through the clouds and the wind completely died out. Save for the sound of dropping water, the forest wassilent and solemn, A glowing sunset, painting all the clouds of the western sky, aroused me from my miserable thoughts. Just then the song of the hermit thrush fioated up from a neighboring swamp. Clear and pure the flute-like notes slowly echoed through the silent woods. The moist and hollow atmosphere magnified the slightest sound, and I could distinguish the fine trills which form a part of this famous song, O, phee-re-al, phee-re-al! represents the strain as near asl can give it in words. I would that I were able to express in fitting language the feelings with which I am inspired when I listen to the song of the hermit thrush. It satisfies my sense of the beautiful as no other song can. And yet Iam never quite satisfied. There is something I do not understand, Something beyond me, a shadowy mystery. After I have listened to the strain, and while its memory still lingers, I find myself longing to know the whole secret of its charm. However, years ago I settled the matter in my mind and note-book, as the following entry will show: “The song of the hermit thrush is the Spirit of Nature chanting the mystery of life. When the mystery is solved we shall understand the song.” Day faded into twilight, and twilight into night, and still that exalted anthem solemnly pealed through the forest. It was after 10 o’clock when the strain died out in a few broken notes. Thanks to the hermit thrush, my thoughts were turned into a new and healthy channel: I fell asleep that night on my fragrant bed of fir boughs, at peace with the whole world. HERMIT. CAPE ANN, Noy, 27. LIFE HISTORIES OF BIRDS. RNITHOLOGISTS and others interested in birds from a more popular standpoint have for years been hoping that Captain Charles A. Bendire, one of our most able and experienced field naturalists, would give to the world the results of his studies of American birds, and for a year or two past it has been known that he was engaged on such a work. Captain Bendire is perhaps best known as an odlogist, and it has generally been supposed that his work would be nothing more than an odlogy, a description of the nest and eggs and of the breeding habits of the species about which he might write. Such a work was greatly needed, for there is now nothing satisfactory on this subject, but Captain Bendire was not willing to confine his work within the narrow limits which such a title would enforce. His wide and long experience, which extends from ocean to ocean and from Arizona to Canada, has furnished him with a knowledge of our birds equalled by few or no students of bird life in this country, and the results of this experience are soon to be given to the world. We have recently had the privilege of looking over the proof sheets of the first volume of Captain Bendire’s work, The title of which is ‘Life Histories of North American Birds, with Especial Reference to their Breeding Habits and Eggs.” This is a well-chosen title, and is broad enough to allow the accomplished author the scope re- quired to give a vast fund of observation from the very full field notes which he has accumulated. The first volume, which is now practically completed, contains 414 pages of quarto text and 12 colored plates of eggs. Init are given the life histories of the turkeys, grouse, quails, pigeons, hawks, eagles, vultures and owls, a fund of interesting, new and valuable information which will surprise and delight ornithologists and sports- men alike, when they see the yolume. This superb work will be published conjointly by the Smithsonian Institu- tion and the United States National Museum, and in the character of its execution it will be the worthy compeer of anything that has been issued by them, The matter which it contains will be a source of pride to its author, and satisfaction to all students of North American birds. At the present time it would be premature to say more about this work, but before very long the sportsmen of America will have an opportunity of judging for them- selves as to the interest of the life histories which are so charmingly given in its pages. “THE FATE OF THE FUR SEAL.” Editor Forest and Stream: There is no danger of being drawn intoa personal con- troversy with me, for the simple reason I never have, as yet, weakened any writing of mine by indulging it, I state the facts as to the physical data, which Mr, Dall at first declared ‘‘a gross exaggeration.” He says now, in the face of my statement, that he will wait for other evi- dence. Of course he will; but fur seals have been, and will continue to be as long as they exist, very constant subscribers to my table of measurements, and that places them on the ground to-day just as securely as it placed them sixteen years ago. That group of fur seals in the United States National Museum is mounted in exact accord with my views, but not as an example of a harem ag it lodgeson the rookery; it contains a number of young males up to four years, and all the individuals of the group are widely separated one from the other, so as to give every point of each animal free inspection by the yisitors. This is the first group of fur seals ever mounted in something like their natural shape, and the desire to permit a full view of every por- tion of each animal]’s body caused- me to scatter the group, . I don’t doubt that Mr. Dall bought seal skins at St. Michael’s, Alaska, for 124 cents apiece in 1866; that is not the point, I have seen seal skins sold on St. Paul’s Island in 1874 for 45 cents apiece to visitors, when they were worth $10 at that time in London, and sold at that quota- tion, Henry W. ELLIOTT, ROCKPORT CorraGE, Cleveland. O. WOLVES IN FLoRIDA.—Clifton Springs, New York.— Editor Forest and Stream: in answer to your or Mr. Chapman’s note about ‘‘Wolves in Florida” I would say that I purchased winter before last the skin of a very large black wolf, as black as any bear, killed near Fort Mears, south Florida. I sent it to the National Museum, Washington, and last winter a skin dealer in Jacksonville had another one, very dark (but not black), killed down in Lee county, south Florida.—Gno. A. BOARDMAN. BuFFALO Cross Brempinec.—Mr. Samual B. Duryea, of Brooklyn, has just received a four-year-old buffalo bull, which will be the nucleus of a stock of cross-breeds, Mr. Duryea promises to conduct experiments in the lines laid out by Buffalo Jones. SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR DECEMBER. 4 eze various scientific societies of New York city will hold dur- ing the month of December meetings at the dates and places given below. Tbe members of each society are invited to attend the meetings of all the societies, and visitors who may not be members but who are interested in the subjects announced are welcomed at all the meetings of the societies. The dates of meetings and papers to be read af the meetings of each society will be found under the proper headings below: THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Regular meetings will be held on Dec. 7,14 and 21, at 8 P. M., in Hamilton Hall, Columbia College. Dec, 21.—Popular lecture course, Lecture by Prof. H. L, Fairchild, of Rochester University, on “Mountains, their Origin and History,” illustrated by lantern views, THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUR. Meetings will be held at 8 P. M.in Hamilton Hall, Columbia College. Dec, 8,—Papers on the *‘Flora of the Catskill Mountains,” illustrated by specimens and lantern yiews. Dec, 30.—Lecture on “Wriend)y Bacteria,” Ulustrated by the lantern. THE NHW YORK MICROSCOPICAL SOCTETY. Regular meetings will be held on Friday evenings, Dec. 4 and 18, at 8 P. M., at the Mott Memorial Library, 64 Madison avenue. THE LINNADAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. A meeting will be held at 8 P.M. at the American Museum of Natural History, Highth avenue and Seventy-seventh street, on Dec. 16. Subject; “Remarks upon the Birds of Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays, Texas,” by Messrs. Geo, B. Sennett and F. M. Chapman. Next to the Turkey. NEw LonpdoN, N. H., Nov. 29.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Next to the turkey, [can truthfully say that nothing gave me more genuine satisfaction on Thanksgiving Day than the receipt of the dear old FOREST AND STREAM. Iread it each week from A to Z, and find between its covers a host of joy and comfort.—ByRon. Game Bag and Gur. Antelope and Deer of America. By J. D. Caton. Price $2.50. Wing and Glass Ball Shooting with the Rifle. By W.C. Bliss. Price 50 cents. Rifle, Rod and Gun in California. By T.S. Van Dyke. Price $1.50. Shore Birds. Price 15 cents. Woodcraft. By ‘‘Ness- muk. Price $1, Trajectories of Hunting Rifles. Price 50 cents Wild Fowl Shooting; see advertisement. THE FULL TEXTS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU. F a recent trip to Newfoundland Mr. Wakeman Hol- berton writes: Col, Cecil Clay, his son and I returned from our long but successful trip to Newfoundland, after an absence of over five weeks. Our programme was carried out with- out any hitch or disappointment from beginning to end; notwithstanding the fact that, owing to a change in the law allowing caribou to be killed after September 1, a number of professional hunters had shot for the market over the ground back of Hall’s Bay, we found caribou sufficiently plenty for sport, and we might have killed twice as many as we did. Col. Clay killed five, his son one, and I four, and I refused five easy shots. I missed two shots, but they were moving at long range, The four I killed dropped dead at the shot, and my new Winches- ter (.40-65) turned out to be a perfect weapon. Col, Clay secured several fine specimens for the National Museum. The weather, as usual, was very bad, but he succeeded in taking a number of photographs. We saw two wolves, and 145 caribou during the trip, and shot a number of willow grouse which were just changing color. In re- gard to the caribou, I do not understand how it is that Capt. Kennedy and others whom I read about have such trouble in killing them. I rather think it comes from careless aiming, Last year our party killed twenty-two without losing a single one wounded and without any great trouble. I believe that if these sportsmen would only be particular to aim at the shoulder they would find that nine out of ten of these great deer would rarely go. fifty yards, and a .40-63 is abundantly heavy enough, If they shoot at the whole beast regardless of any particu- lar spot, they will generally hit too far back and their game will go for a mile or more, even if the rifle carries a 50-caliber ball. I regret to say that on my return I found my great dog Pete (Rory O’More stock) had been either stolen or killed. He was six years old, beautiful in color, excellent in the field, and a gentle and true companion for over six years. Weal! miss him as we would a dear friend, and we shall never see his equal. W. HOLBERTON, Tae Onty Taine THat I Do KEEP SECRET is the exact locality, for the ground is becoming better known each year, and we find that our shooting is interfered with by so many strangers. They really do not kill much game, but they get round the lake and bang away at the ducks and geese so that they go elsewhere. We have always made it a point to do no shooting near the lake, consider- ing that as neutral ground where the birds can reast in peace,—X, ¥, Z, 388 FOREST AND STREAM. " ; [Dec. 3, 1891. as eee ST. VINCENT’S ISLAND. iditor Forest and Stream: There is but a small part of that portion of the world comprised by the United States that has not been well trodden by the hunter, and few are the streams and waters that the enterprising fisherman has not poked a rod over and dropped a fly on their surfaces; but I think I have struck a fresh field. where there are worlds to con- quer—game that was neyer shot and fish that were never caught. IT had occasion recently to visit Apalachicola, on the west coast of Florida, The name is familiar enough to all, but of ‘that region’s resources for game and fish as little is known generally as of the interior of Africa. At the invitation of a géntleman owning an island about twelve miles from the town, I visited the place (which is easy of access by sailboat or tus) to see what it might bring forth in the way of sport. The island, com- prising an area of 11,000 acres, was recently acquired by its present owner with a view to making it a gamé pre- serve, being the resort of a great variety of wildfowl, deer, etc, It seemed especially intended by nature to be a game resort, having a linked chain of fresh water lakes, some fifteen or twenty, of all sizes, some covering several acres, surrounded by rushes, forming capital blinds from whence to shoot over decoys, then intervals of marsh, the grandest kind of snipe ground, as proven by the hund- dreds that arose as our boat was paddled along near the shores, To'a sportsman accustomed to tramping over a soft marsh, leaving a boot now and then in the ooze, it may seem a sybaritic tale that I tell, when I say that, sitting in a skiff in an arm chair, all I had to do was to load and fire as fast as the operation could be performed, ‘The greatest bother was to decide whether to shoot at the dozen snipe in a bunch on the right or the pairs on the left, for there were snipe to the right, to the left, in front and rear, If was unnecessary to send a dog to put them up, They got up of theirown free will and accord, and if was unnecessary to move a step from my position. All T had to do was to sit in my arm chair and shoot. What a dude, to go snipe shooting in a boat and an arm chair? Let me qualify the accusation by explaining that a pet rheumatism took this special occasion, of all times, to afilict me; and locomotion in gum boots through a marsh was impossible, hence the arm chair, with a negro to paddle the boat, and by the same token act as retriever, and quite as well asa dog; but then the marsh ground was so clean and clear of weeds or high grass, that every dead bird could be seen from the boat, and none were lost. Ishall not enumerate my bag, as some fellow who never misses his bird would say, ‘‘Mighty few birds, *pears to me, for such an opyortunity:” but then he has not experienced what a twinge a sudden turn for a shot gives a fellow rellow rejoicing in a rheumatic attack in shoulder and back, Even a good shot would not get every bird fired at. It would have been inhuman slaugh- ter to have killed as many as could have been bagged; being, as it were, a case of how long you would keep it up. For a change, Dick suggested ducks; so we drove the boat into a little opening in the rushes, constituting a partial screen or blind, and every few moments along came a flock of teal or a pair of mallards—just often enough to make it interesting and not let the gun get too hot. The young man in charge of the island was all this time apologizing for the paucity of the morning’s sport by saying; that, owing to the extremely warm and pleaeant weather, the birds had not yet arrived, and he was praying for a storm at the North and extending South, that would bring along the usual flight—declaring that he had never in his years of residence on the island seen so few birds at this season—never known game so backward in its flight—owing, as he asserted and as was potent to any observing man, to the drought, for it has been as great South as North, and summer weather has prevailed, which is not (as we all know) favorable for ame, 2 I know I shall be called to account by some skeptic, and the exclamation of ‘‘Oh, what a whopper,” at the perusal of what I assert, that in paddling through the natrow bayous not once did we fail to return with two, three or four, and not infrequently half a dozen, mullet that jumped into the boat. To one who is not familiar with the habits of this excellent fish my story may sound fishy. When frightened they leap from the water in every direction, and generally toward the object one would suppose they would avoid. They are quite as likely to jump entirely over or across the boat as into it. At night it is only necessary to puta light in the boat to get it half filled with fish, weighing from # to 14lbs. | AtSt. Vincent's Island and around its entire shores, comprising thirty or forty miles, every bayou and bay is fairly alive with mullet, and even in the fresh water of the bayous and ponds they are so numerous that at one throw of the cast net our colored man Dick dumped out as many as two dozen, all the net would contain. Ata point further down the bay, where a regular fishery is located, at one haul so many were taken that the forty men employed in curing them could only take care of less than half the catch; and the hundred barrels of dead and wasted fish were cast forth upon the waters, The bay was covered with them for miles—a shameful destruction. St. Vincent not only affords every species of wildfowl shooting, but deer and wild turkeys. The latter are more abundant on the main land, but deer are plentiful, and a good hunter has no occasion to return empty handed from a stroll through the tall pines and palmetto trees that cover the area of the island not occupied by the ponds and marshes. This island seems to be favored with every requisite for a game resort, being some miles distant from the main- land, except at one point where a long point makes out from the main shore, and deer swimming over in great numbers, especially when hunted by dogs, as they are in the season, and as no dogs aré permitted to run them on the island, they find immunity from the hunters, and as the feed is abundant, they make it their breeding ground and multiply. As an additional attraction, the waters surrounding the island are teeming with a great variety of fish—the silver. and spotted sea trout, the latter running in weight from 1 to 201bs.; sheepshead, bass and tarpon, The last are seen in large numbers in the channel in front of the island.and would afford great; sport to the skillful fisher- man, No one has yet had the skill to take one here; in fact, no effort has been made, as Apalachicola does not as yet boast of the science necessary. Not being provided with the proper tackle to handle this gamy fish, | did not sport; but they are there, and in great abundance, and are only waiting for a Lorillard or a Hecksher to “come down” like Captain Scott’s coon, when such skilled fisher- men essay their capture. With a view to test. the question of the fine red snapper and grouper fishing as claimed, I accepted the kind offer of Captain Whiteside, agent for the owner of St. Vincent Island, to take a sail outside the bar in the local pilot boat, and one pleasant morning we sailed out about eight miles to the banks, where rumor said these fine fish were to be caught. With a favorable breeze we reached the banks io an hour’s sail, and hauling jib to windward let the boat drift, dropping our heavy lines over the side, and almost instantly a big red snapper was hooked, and gave the young man handling the line a lively tussel, ending in losing the fish alongside, It was buta moment, however, before three other lines had each a fish, and each man after a severe tug landed a fifteen-pound grouper on deck, and for an hour this lively sport con- tinned until we were really ashamed to take any more, The deck was literally covered with these great handsome fellows, for the grouper is handsomely colored, a dark red with tiny white spots along its sides, and is greatly esteemed as an edible fish, The proposition to drop a few miles further out to the red snapper banks, for a change, was vetoed on the ground that we had done quite enough fishing for one day outside, and a second proposition to run in and try the silver trout was accepted instead. Drawing the jib and heading for the bay, we soon reached an old wharf, built at a distance out from the shore, and having tied up to it, we changed our tackle for lighter fish, and in just an hour we caught (there were seven fishing) two hun- dred and ten silyer trout, one of the most beautiful fish of the Southern waters, its sides shining in the sun like burnished silver. The head of this fish is a counterpart of our brook trout, hence its name; but it bears no resem- blance beyond. It runs from # to 141bs.; those we caught would very nearly average the latter weight. The next question was, what was to be done with our catch. Our consciences were, however, set at rest by a suggestion to distribute our fish among the shipping lying near loading lumber. Our donations were thankfully accepted, as some of the vessels had just arrived from foreign ports after a long voyage, and after diet of salt junk, old Jack welcomed the toothsome contributions with great una- nimity. So we had the satisfaction of knowing our gates eae found a welcome market, and no wastage re- sulted. It is a well-known fact that good fishing on the lower Florida coast is becoming scarcer every year, but the waters of Apalachicola Bay, where so little fishing is done, have apparently experienced no diminution, and the field is still ample. To those cruising on the west coast of Florida in their own yachts, as is becoming each year more common and extended, it is but a short run as far west as Apalachicola, where fish and oysters abound to such an unlimited extent, and it is only necessary that this fact be known, presumably, to induce yacht owners to visit it, St. Vincent is the only island on the coast, however, that affords such superb shooting, as all the others are mere sand islands, containing no fresh water ponds or marshes, and have consequently no game. And although the present owner had not in contemplation when purchasing the island the formation of a club, but more a view to private uses and stock raising (there are already on it some 400 head of cattle and a large number of wild hogs), he has, as I learn, consented to the organ- ization of a club, should a sufficient number of gentlemen be found desirous of availing themselves of the oppor- tunity presented thereby for good shooting and fishing. It would be particularly desirable to a few men of means for private ownership for this purpose, and as good sport of the kind is becoming scarce and mostly absorbed by clubs, an island possessing such attractions is not likely to remain long unappropriated, The rush of tourists to Florida increases every winter, and so much shooting (every man nearly takes his gun) is rapidly diminishing the game all through the country. The time was, and only a few years ago, when every bay and lagoon was teeming with birds, but when the fashion demanded that every woman’s bonnet should be decorated with some kind of a bird or its feathers, men were sent to Florica to procure them, and one expedition returned, it is said, with one hundred thousand bird skins, shot during one winter. Such destruction is now felt, and although the authorities have now prohibited the slaughter, it is like locking the stable after the horse is stolen. On the Apalachicola River wild turkeys and ducks are shot wantonly from the decks of the steamboats, and alli- gators all along the banks come in for a fusillade from the rifles of the passengers, On my recent trip on this river I saw numbers of turkeys shot as they wererunning along the banks, that were of course wasted, as the boat could not stop to pick them up; and every flock of ducks that rose was fired into, killing or maiming more or less of them. Not onlyon the ground of wanton cruelty should the owners of these boats prohibit the use of fire- arms, but itis a great annoyance to many passéngers to have rifles and shotguns banging away around them, to say nothing of the danger to life from careless use of guns by mere hoys, as some of them were. It is a theme the FOREST AND STREAM might properly bring to the notice of the proper authorities (the owners of the steam- ers) in the cause, and enter a protest against such wanton destruction of such rare game as the turkey, as well as every Other bird coming in for slaughter, as is now the case on the river boats on the Southern nv ate St, Louis Norrs.—The cold wave of the first part of the week sent the temperature down in this State to 12 deg. above zero. Numerous fishing and hunting parties encamped along the rivers in south Missouri had a tough time of it during the week. During the blizzard-like storm last Tuesday a flock. of wild geese was stranded on the hills in the western suburbs of this city, and the small boy, in the person of Ray Bennett, was on hand, and with the aid of his dog caught one of the geese alive, which he saved for his Thanksgiving dinner. Wild turkeys must be plentiful this season; Union Market is ; burdened with them.—ABERDEEN, ; GROUSE NEAR NEW YORK CITY, hes Saturday a week ago T hada very pleasant day with the partridges of Murray Hill, N. J., about twenty-three miles from New York city, on the line of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Two of us secured five nice birds, and by way of variety added a beautiful specimen of the gray fox to our game bag, Such a result was far more than I had even dreamed of, as the locality is easy of access, and I found the place actually crowded with gunners. On the cara you could scarcely make a move without rubbing against a sports- man or stepping on a dog in the baggage car. I saw one man on the Summit platform who roused my ire. He had a highly polished gun in one hand and was holding a dog by a chain with the other. The dog was restless and somewhat difficult to manage, and once I saw the man give him a cruel kick under the jaw with his heavy boot. I tried to ‘‘hoodoo” that man, and if the ‘‘spell” 1 breathed upon him worked, he had most infernally tough luck that day. I hope it did. There should be no good luck for the man who abuses his dog. Mr, Udo Bender, son of Mr. Bender of the Maritime Register, upon whose invitation we made the trip, met M. and the writer at the Murray Hill station about 8 in the morning, M. is no shooter, and when Udo and I took to the woods he laid a course for the house, where we found him in the afternoon well fed and cared for, Stuart Toms, a local gunner, joined us at the station, and said he knew where to find some partridges, and he did, _While walking through a patch of briers on the sunny side of a piece of woods we started a fox. Udo saw the fox sneaking off through the tall grass, but Toms and I being between him and the fox he could not shoot. I climbed the fence and got into the Woods, and in a few minutes somebody yelled, ‘Look out,” and bang! bang! went the guns. The idea of jumping another fox out of that bunch of briers never occurred to me, and while I was looking for a rabbit to break cover out came a fox about 20yds, away. The first barrel of No. 83 knocked him over, but up he got and was legging it in great shape when I caught him in the side of the head with the other barrel. That settled him, On examination we saw where both foxes had been lying in the briers, and al- though we had walked within ten feet of them only one fox, the female, got out at first, Later in the day we met a party of gunners who had killed the female, The woods looked hardly dense enough for partridges to my eyes, and the first one to get up was such a sur- prise that it got away in safety, A little further up the hill two more jumped from a clump of cedars, giving Toms a shot, but he failed to score. Then a rabbit scooted from under a brush heap ahead of me and I heard the patter of his feet on the dry leaves after he was out of sight; a tree had caught my charge of shot, A partridge got out from the side of an old road and gave me such a pretty shot that I could not help killing it. While standing with the bird in my hand I heard another one jump to the left, and then followed two reports, but the bird came sailing at full speed over the tops of the scrub oaks. It was a long shot, but down she came, and it made me feel quite proud of my little 16-bore, The next bird fell to Udo's gun, and after that we had quite a walk before anotber was flushed. Again Iwas the lucky man, getting a beautiful open shot. Finding no more birds in that piece of woods we walked to the house and got outside of a substantial lunch Mr, Gus Schultz prepared for us. He is running: a bachelor establishment, with two big St. Bernard dogs and a few cats for company. I sampled some of the finest butter I ever tasted, his own make, he told me, Then Udo and I started out to give the birds another Shake, M, joining us. We only raised three birds, two we only heard the flutter of their wings, but the third got up near Udo and he promptly downed him, Five partridges and a gray fox is not a bad bag for a place as thickly settled as Murray Hill, and within 23 or 24 miles of a city of 2,000,000 of inhahitants, W. L, Hat. “THE SAGINAW CROWD.” AGINAW, Mich., Nov, 12.—‘‘The Saginaw Crowd” returned Oct. 24, Of course we had the best time yet. Every one was well pleased with the trip, and found as much game as usual, though more hunters there after it. We could count thirty-five foreign sportsmen staying with the farmers at this one little prairie town. I inclose a clipping taken from the local paper: The hunting party of which Messrs. Bond, Barnes and Paddock were members returned to their homes in Ohicago on Sunday evening, after a stay of nearly four weeks at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. J, D. Williams, in New Yorktown. These gentlemen have been in the habit of making this place their headquarters for several years for a season of water-fowl shooting, and have almost come to be considered as members of Mr. Williams’ family, They are thorough gentlemen—of preat prowess and superior mark- Mansbip, a8 is evidenced by their score this season, Showing a mortality of 3.600 birds, 3 deer, and 1 antelope. Reads almost like slaughter. Over 3,600 birds; and after all these people were there a month and had a party of about half a dozen. Under date of Nov. 8 I have a letter from Harry, our teamster, saying that the weather has been nice ever since we left, and lots of game. He said that about a week before he wrote two of the farmers there went out and shot sixty geese in one afternoon, It was blowing hard and made the shooting good. The next day one of the party went on another field and killed fifty single-handed in two hours, Again two men on a barley field stubble in one afternoon killed sixty greenhead mallards. In fact we found the mallard shooting oyer decoys on the stubble to be about the nicest sport yet; great big green- heads and what a fine bag they made. Sharp-tailed grouse were also plentiful. A party of three would get from twenty-five to thirty-five in a day’s shooting, which we considered excellent as we had no dogs with us. We found more snipe than usual. The writer bagged thirty- nine in one day's shooting, besides ducks and other game, If I can find time to get at it, will write up the inci- dents of the trip, making another chapter for FoREsT AND STREAM relating the seventh pilgrimage of ‘The Saginaw Crowd.” W. B. MersHon, A New BULLET IMPLHMENT.—The Ideal Manufactur- ing Co., of New Hayen, Conn., have just received letters _ patent on a new and useful implement for sizing bullets. =? ee - ' id _= Duco, 3, 1891.] FOREST AND STREAM. 889 CHICAGO AND THE WEST. (\HICAGO, Tl, Nov. 28.—It is customary for the city press of Chicago to fall over itself a good deal every _ year by way of eulogizing the annual game dinner given by Mr, Drake, the proprietor of the Grand Pacific Hotel. Thave mentioned it myself before now, the more wili- ingly because it is a Chicago fixture 86 years old—older than the Grand Pacific Hotel by many years. This time I wish to mention it in order to give a chance for the descriptive writer who was detailed for the dinner by one of the morning dailies here. The account begins as follows: There was never anything like it before. All the fowls that cleave the clouds from the lakes to the gulf, all the heasts that ruminate over the bread plains of the Southwest, or run wild in the rocky fastnesses of the Sierras contributed to the feast. Reed birds and rice birds from the dank marshes of the suuny South; quails, prairie chickens, jack snipes, plovers and partridges from the Iilinois meadows; blue-winged teals and butterball ducks from the crystal lakes of Wisconsin and Minnesota; brants from the far north, sage hens from the Colorado plains, wild turkeys and gray squirrels from the forests of the Northwest, a whiff of Northern pinelands, a reminiscences of magnolia blooms from Southern forests—all these were there. ' The heavily accentuated plurality of the pluralness of the quails, snipes, plovers, teals and brants of this story speak well for the abundance of the wherewithnesses of the repast, but very ill for the acquaintance of the his- general property of the people, the special property of him who is man enough to reduce it to possession, They treat. wild game as if it were poultry. But which of that crew, to whom South Water street ministers and upon whom it depends—which of them ever bought a set- ting of eggs to keep up the stock of poultry? The man who sins through love of sport I can easily forgive, but what pity should any of us have for the venders of game, who knowingly, deliberately and by wholesale magnitude of method set about destroying that which does not be- long to them, and that which they are expressly forbid- den by law to touch? In these late game law cases, prosecuted. this summer, there came to be some fear that ‘public sentiment” would be antagonized if the prosecu- tion was carried on till it became ‘‘persecution.” I know tthat when Mr. Abner Price counted out 132 prairie chickens, the so-called “property” —which he could not own—of B, Aaron & Son, and when Justice White con- fiscated them (Aaron buying the lot back in for $10), it was said by some, including Justice White, that this was punishment enough, this fine of $30 that was imposed for twelve other birds, and that it would be ‘‘persecution” to try to get Aaron & Son fined for the possession of the 132 birds. A few, however, seeing the opportunity to teach a lesson where it has so long been needed, forbore the spontaneous pity at the agony evinced by Mr. Aaron in W.JOWNSEND torian with good sportsmanlike usage in the matter of speaking about game. I presume the ‘‘elks” and “deers” will be found further on. Bui that isn’t what I wanted to get af. I don’t even want to be so sensitive as to point out that the “Illinois meadows” no longer supply either partridges or quails, let alone prairie chickens and jack snipes, and IT wouldn’t for the world say a word about the wild turkey supply of the forests of the Northwest, be- cause Southwest may have been intended. But I do just wonder whether all those very plural birds mentioned as coming from Illinois did really comefrom Illinois? [f so, unless Mr, Drake was fortunate enough to have his quails, prairie chickens and partridges given to him by admiring friends, he broke the game law of Illinois, which forbids their being sold at any time. Doubtless Mr. Drake purchased of South Water street, and knew nothing of where the game came from. It is on that street that the game laws are violated most dan- gerously to the welfare of sport. Catch South Water street and you save the bird. The individual violator, the country shooter or city shooter, who is not familiar with the mazes of the conflicting laws, may err and be easily forgiven, the more so as his crime is petty and not grand, The sinning finger is not the one that pulls the trigger—some poor devil hard put toit to support a family, perhaps—but it is that of the dealer who quotes a price per head on this property of the people. The dealer is the chief particeps in this crime. If no money could be obtained for game, if it were unlawful and impracticable to sell it, we could afford to be without open and close seasons, could afford to shoot the year round, each man as he liked, take humanity as it runs, and still we should have more game than we have now. It’s cold in a duck blind, and my market-shooter goes out-of it when he sees no dollars drawing in over his de- coys. His legs tire of tramping the “Illinois meadows” for quail at nothing a dozen. It’s not the Hsau sons, but the great spawn of Jacob, the unsportsmanlike, unmanly, stomach-conscienced, gulping part of this mixed people of ours that is getting away with this wild game, the’ AMONG THE WILDFOWL.—XIII. ON THE CELERY BEDS. parting with $30 through his ignorance of the law, and caring little for a public sentiment that never helped sport or sportsmanship one iota, remarked: ‘“‘*Why, then, let’s persecute.” Accordingly Game Warden Bortree swore out five in- formations against B. Aaron & Son, for having in pos- session for sale five pinnated grouse, making a case for each bird. The prosecuting attorney for this district construes the clause, ‘‘each bird shall constitute a separ- ate offense,” to bar an action for a total number. It is the intention to bring suits for a few birds ata time, a ease for each separate bird, until the 182 birds shall be exhausted, or B. Aaron & Son be driven to drink. The first of these cases was set for trial before Justice White this week, but was continued till next Wednesday. The plea of defense is res adjudicata, or a thing already in judgment, they setting up that these birds, having been confiscated by due process of law, could not be brought again into court. The State, by its warden, represented by F. 8. Baird, attorney, in its brief sets out that this con- fiscation clause is simply a temporary and necessary pro- cess to dispose of contraband game, and has nothing to do with having such game for the purpose of sale: that the fine imposed was for birds not included in or found with this lot of 132 birds; that no information was ever sworn out for these 132 birds or any part of them. On this showing Justice White can hardly fail to find for the State. The case will probably be appealed. It may be better to have it go up. All South Water street is watch- ing it. Probably itis a South Water street fund that is backing it. Itis a fight between the sportsman element and South Water street. This fight ought to go on, thouzh it tear our game law wide open—the genial deal- ers threaten that—and tangle up the whole social fabric of our fair land in a hideous internecine war, as some of our gentler souls seem to fear it will. It is unfortunate that the warden caught an ignorant firm like B. Aaron & Son and not one of the bigger and shrewder dealers; hut the lesson to these wili be a lesson to the market, The Iilmois Association never did lick anything before this summer. This is a little hard on Mr, Aaron—to look forward to 182 suits, or say even 20 or 300f them— but it’ll be the makin’ of the pup. Tivo days ago a Madison street restaurant, in this city, hit upon the sensational and disgusting idea of decorating its plate glass front with dead quail. I counted 24 strings, reaching from top to bottom of the great window, and made a rough average of 45 birds on each string. This would make at least 1,080 dead quail in one window. It was asad sight. But now, where do the quail go? Who ie them? Why are they killed? Who invites their illing? There is some unwritten history in the records of the Palmer House which causes the management of that hotel to weep convulsively, when it looks thereon in bitter meditation. This dates back till last June, at the time of the great tournament of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association. It may be remembered that the Possum Club gave a banquet at the Palmer House, to which every- body was invited. The guarantee, however, did not fill, and a deficit of $66 was after several months found re- maining, for which the hotel had succeeded in getting no settlement, as the Possum Club seemed to exist only when it happened to feel like existing. In short, this $66 re- mains a debt upon Chicago sportsmanship to-day. It will never be settled until the Possum Club holds a meeting and ‘‘passes the hat.” Then it will-be paid easily enough, without much question as to where the blame belongs for letting the matter run on so long. The real difficulty has lain in the fact that the flower of the Possum Club blooms * only in the winter. There has been no meeting since that of last June. It might be well to call a meeting of the ‘ club at an early date, as porsums should now be about ripe. Until that joyous season be arrived, the Palmer House should not seek to intrude sordid matters on the careless minds of the possum eaters. Once the season is arrived, however, and the club in banquet assembled, anybody can have $66 who happens to want it, A real live wild gray wolf, big asa St. Bernard—Chi- cago wouldn’t havea wild wolf if it wasn’ta big one—was found one morning this week at Twenty-fifth street and Indiana avenue, about a mile and a half from the heart of the city, and perhaps eight or ten miles inside of the heavily populated district. When discovered the wolf was trying to eat a dog for breakfast. The dog-catchers’ wagon went in pursuit, and after a long chase the wolf was run to earth ins hole near the breakwater on the lake shore. He was taken to the dog pound. No one knows where the animal came from, It is probably a specimen escaped from captivity somewhere in the city. For a few days all the papers west of here have been wild with merriment over Chicago’s wolf story, and the papers here print a half column at atime of clipped comment about the wolf. A novel legal process was taken here this week, by which Wilson & Co., furniture dealers, issued an attach- _ ment for a valuable dog, said to be worth $200, the prop- erty of Mrs. Helen G. Wyng, who was in their debt and who was said to be about to leave the city. Constable Flemming met Mrs. Wyng at the depot, and demanded custody of the canine. “T have a great attachment for this dog,” said the lady. “So have I, madam,” politely responded the constable. He got the dog. ” _Mr. J. M. Oliver, of Swan Lake Club, lower Illinois. River country, at the first of the week told me that the 390 FOREST AND STREAM. — —_— ae (Duc. 3, 1891, a ee duck shooting on the club grounds had been very good, bags running over 50 and 60 birds being not uncommon, Mr. Ed. Bangs bagged ‘8 big ducks one day and 83 the next. Dr. Henrotin got 57 one day and 62 the next, mostly mallards. On the 23d the keepers wired up that the birds were in by the thousands and wanted some one to come down. The first aes cold snap drove the birds down and they had worked back north by the 28d, The cold storm of this week will doubtless send them nearly all south, except a few mallards, Last week Mr, Oliver bagged 115 quail in 3 days near New Vernon, Ill. He says they started 17 bevies in one day. This will give an idea of the quail shooting in this region for this fall. Mr, Oliver seems one of the fortu- nate sportsmen. This fall he killed his sixtieth deer, And he told me about a trout stream up in Michigan— but that would freeze everybody’s young blood. The raw and disagreeable cold of yesterday, Thanks- giving Day, has to-day changed to heavy snow. Tit is too early yet to learn who went hunting and who did not, but itis probable that only a few went afield, There was the usual amount of trap-shooting. On the whole, Thanksgiving Day here was not exceptionally brilliant in a field sportsman’s point of view. Fort Dearborn Club is the only spor uns organization I know of which is effusively than 200, instead of 17, as see trap columns. very harsh, abrupt sort of way last Tuesday. Nov. 29,—The cold storm has brought in from the north a scurry of fowl, probably the last of the season, Six inches of snow yesterday, about the heaviest re- corded. for November, EH, Houes, WAYS OF THE RUFFED GROUSE, \ N HEN the grouse leaves his home to visit the feeding ground, he flies swift and straight at the distance of from 3 to 30ft. from the ground,’ When he arrives within about 50yds. of the place, he sets his wings and Sails in a straight line and alights ontheground. Gener- ally he does not take a circle or sweep around on this occasion, The grouse does so only when, disturbed and frightened, he wishes abruptly to check his flight and alight at some point while in full flight; by doing this he saves himself from being injured by coming in violent contact with the ground, The places to which the grouse resorts for the purpose of obtaining his food are usually from 200yds. to a half On these excursions many grouse are killed by coming in contact with telegraph wires and mile or more away. other obstructions. A section boss informed me that his men have picked up along the tracks as many as three grouse in as many miles in one morning, and that for days together during the months of September and Octo- ber they rarely failed to find one. This occurred in the Mohawk Valley, where in places the birds are rather abundant. One of these places where the grouse obtains his food is lowland adjoining streams where the wild grape flourishes, The grouse is passionately fond of this fruit, so much so that he will linger around the vines for hours together, feeding as opportunity permits, and when shot at this season his beak will be found stained purple with the juice of the grape. Another place to which the grouse resorts is those woods where the chestnut trees abound, Of these nuts the grouse consumes great quan- tities, swallowing them whole, The grouse also eats clover leaves, small frogs and the fruit of the sumac, which will be found scattered over the snow around the tree where he has fed. In the early part of September the grouse resorts to the pine woods for the purpose of eating the huckleber- ries; when disturbed by an intruder he moves swiftly, with a darting sort of zig-zag motion, at the same time jerking his tail from side to side in such a manner as to display the white feathers, and when he does so he looks extremely like the rabbit when he jumps away. On one occasion under these circumstances I actually shot a grouse, supposing that it was a rabbit. Another place that the grouse visits is an apple orchard, He does so for the purpose of eating the tender buds. I knew a farmer to kill three birds one afternoon, shooting them from a window of his house, which was close to the orchard. He apologized for taking such an advantage by asserting that the birds damaged his iyoung fruit trees. At times a ruffed grouse may be found under an apple tree that stands solitary far out in the field. He goes , there to pick up the seeds of those apples that have re- mained ungathered. I recollect once in the month of December walking along a woodman’s road about 4 o’clock in the afternoon and seeing off in the field about 60yds, away an old apple tree. I noticed that the ground was bare under it, while there was a snowy wil- derness all around, I noticed also that several dead branches lay under the tree, and that among these there was one branch that had rather a peculiar and suspicious look to me. I proposed to go nearer and investigate, After [had gone about 25yds. I came toa pile of stones, and I sat down and looked under the tree again. The same appearance was presented as when I had looked be- fore. 1 was stillin doubt. Cocking my gun, however, I advanced toward the spot. I had taken but a few steps: when the mysterious looking branch moved, then paste a short distance and flew, As it left the ground I red, When I went up to the tree I did not find a grouse but a handful of his feathers scattered over the ground. This bird flew about 300yds. to the woods. As I approached he fluttered out from under a dwarf hemlock and went skimming away about 4ft. from the ground, When a0yds. off I shot him. DORP, OUR FICKLE GAME LEGISLATION, HE record for the year 1891 comprises alterations in the statutes of the thirty-three following, all of which are noted in the current edition of the Book of the Game Laws: Alabama, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio, California, Minnesota, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Montana, Texas, Hlorida, Neva‘ta, Washington, Georgia, New Hampshire, West Virginia, aho, New Jersey, Wisconsin, linois, New Mexico, Wyoming, Indiana, New York, — Manitoba, aine, North Osrolina, Nova Scotia, ful about anything. It is thankful that the Milwaukee team didn’t beat it 27 birds out of Tt seems that the Milwaukee shooters fell on to the Chicago boys in a OUR GAME SUPPLY, | pe the present day of repeating rifles and shotguns and - improved breechloading firearms generally, the im- portant question is, Where is our future supply of game to come from? The sporting papers are full of sugges- tions more or less crude, and the sportsmen themselves are worried and divided over the best way to overcome the difficulty. Many are “taking time by the forelock” and solving the question for themselves by joining clubs or buying large tracts of land. This, while it is to a cer- tain extent successful, seems to be rather a selfish, though natural, way for looking out for Number One; but it ap- pears to me hardly the true way. There is, I think, always a feeling in the heart of a true sportsman when shooting over preserved ground that he is killing com- paratively tame birds or animals, and it does not afford the same satisfaction as when the game is entirely wild and the shooting free to every one, I do not wish to put myself on record as being opposed to clubs, for they have many good points, and one of them is the fact that they do much to preserve game and invariably help stock the surrounding country, Their members generally obey the gaine laws; in fact, the first thing a club does is to limit the number of fish and game to be killed and to increase its stock by careful breeding, The average sportsman is naturally selfish when shoot- ing or fishing on unpreserved ground; he knows that game is scarce and hard to find, so when he does happen to get a good chance he kills all he can. Now, it seems to me that the first duty he owes to his brother sportsman and to the coming generation is to content himself with a moderate bag. Sportsmen are naturally loath to do this, for the reason that they feel that the next man that comes along will undoubtedly take advantage of his gen- erosity and kill to the last one, particularly if he happens to be a market gunner, And speaking of the latter indi- vidual, we ought to “‘face the music” at once and pro- hibit all shooting of game for the market. Our small supply of wild game is too valuable to waste in that way. This fact I believe is universally admitted by all except- ing the market men and those who make believe they like the stale and tainted stuff that is kept year in and year out in the freezing houses and sold in season and out at the restaurants. The State of New York and some other States are already moving in this direction, and the present law prohibiting the transportation of game out of the Forest Preserve unless accompanied by the person that shot it is doing much good. Iam sorry to have to say that this law as far as venison is concerned is eyaded by the residents of the North Woods. The temptation to provide themselves with a good supply of meat for the winter’s use is too great. Deer killed during the cold weather are hung up to freeze, and in that climate will keep until spring. Of course it is impossible in that great wilderness when the snow lies deep to prevent it with the very small force of wardens now employed by the State, Much good is being done by the Forrst AnD STREAM and other sporting journals in the way of educating sportsmen to a higher standard, and if it were only pos- sible to induce the public to read up more on these matters, still greater benefits would follow. Even with the present increase of guns and gunners there ought to be in this great country sufficient game to provide our overworked people with a fair amount of sport, certainly at least enough to tempt them out to enjoy an occasional health- giving tramp through the woods and fields. Our wealthy sportsmen, who can travel from one end of the country to the other in search of their favorite game, might easily lend a helping hand, not only by setting a good example themselves, but also by making it a point to force others to respect the laws whether they are so-called sportsmen, marketmen or keepers of restaurants, WAKEMAN HOoLBERTON, OHIO NOTES. Hditor Forest and Stream: It was estimated that from our city alone fully 600 left by train Monday P. M, for different sections of the State, and all were bound to that particular place where the birds were most abundant. Such a motly throng of shooters has not been seen at our depots for many years, Generally in pairs they came, some decked in canvas coats and vests and rubber boots, all ready for the mor- row; others more modest, and probably the most capable had their outfits in big valises, and would have passed for commercial travelers if it were not for their dogs and guns. With such a collection of dogs, guns and hunters, it would seem that the quail family would soon become extinct; but from latest reports there are enough left for fair sport next fall. The writer, accompanied by two . congenial spirits, left here Monday evening for Green- wich, a small hamlet on the Big Four road, where quail were reported ‘thicker than bees at harvest time.” Tn fact, there were a great many and we had very fine shooting, but left most of them there when we came away. Altogether we had a most enjoyable time. Our host, Mr, Tom Thompson, of the Thompson House, ex- erted himself to make it pleasant for us, and was ably assisted by his estimable wife, who, besides furnishing us with edibles fit for an epicure, insisted on preparing some of ‘our quail for us. Shooting was fine, feed good: but writer enjoyed the evenings at the ‘‘grocery store” as much as anything else, Such stories were related! One man had killed 105 squirrels in less than two hours, within a mile from town. Another had seen turkeys more plentiful than quail were now, and had killed nine at one shot, etc., etc, But it all happened about thirty years ago or just before the war. What interested the writer most was the fact that there was owned in the town a common hound and a shepherd dog that would find quail and stand them as staunch as any setter. The shepherd dog would also retrieve, Cok. P, CLEVELAND, O., Nov, 21. Hditor Forest and Stream: Since the first day the weather has been favorable, large numbers have taken advantage of the same and vast quantities of game have been bagged. There are far more gunners than ever before, and they haye better guns, but there are more quail than for many years past. This is caused, first by favorable winters, and second, by the action of farmers. were, like the writer of these lines, raised principally in this State when there was more forest than field, and both forest and field were alive with game, The result A large portion of Ohio farmers. was that most of us boys became pretty fair hunters. As old men, there is still a lingering desire to spend an occasional day with the gun. game protective societies and keep pot-hunting hoodlums from their premises, severe winters, prevails nearly every season. Our State fish and game wardens, as they average, are not of the least advantage, but the end sought by our game laws is mostly accom- plished by our farmers. tain the privilege of gunning to a reasonable extent from his farmer acquaintances, or by introduction from proper parties known to farmers, 18 being satisfactorily solved, and without visible assist- ance from the State Commission. he farmers have formed They also feed the quail during The result is that yery good gunning Any reputable gunner can ob- Thus the game question here MILTON P, PEIRCE, CoLuMBuES, O., Noy. 16. Editor Forest and, Stream: Mr. George Howland and I had a most delightful outing of a week in October, catching three pike, total weight 451bs,, one 38in, long, the other two 86in, a piece; and killing all the small game we could use in camp and sending a good lot home. recorded: “‘R, §. Dupuy, and his sons, James and Frank, Our local paper the other day of this city, and Dr. Van Dupuy, of the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans’ Home, at Xenia, O., went hunting yes- terday, over on Tygart, and will be gone until to-morrow evening. We hope they will be loaded with game.” We did have a splendid time, bringing home a buggy load and dividing it out among sick friends at home. Ironton, Ohio, JAMES DUPREY. THE GAME FIELDS. fiditor Forest and Stream: Shooting in northwestern lowa has been good this year. A great many chickens were killed before the season opened, but there was fair shooting, even then, after Sept. 1, A friend and I bagged 167 chickens in four days’ shooting. Our shooting was mostly done in Dickinson county. October rains filled a great many sloughs that were dry, and brought more ducks about here than I have seen before in this locality in several seasons. Most of the ducks that came early were gray ducks and pintails, some spoonbills and teals, Lately there has been good shoot- ing at mallards and bluebills. Nov. 7 twoof us killed 28 — mallards, 4 widgeon and 8 bluebills in one morning shoot near Newell. We were through shooting at 9 o’clock A.M. Three days later, in the same slough, we shot 46 mallards in four hours. It was snowing at the time, though not very cold, Several good bags of ducks have been made along the Desmoines River since the ponds frozeup. C, E. Willey shot 24 mallards on the 14th in Lizard Creek, a small branch of the Desmoines, where ducks are never found except in severe weather, There area great many quail here, but they are protected this year. Conols, Fort Dongs, Iowa, Noy, 15, Kditor Forest and Stream: I noticed one of your numbers said that Jackson’s Hole was becoming settled, and that it would be only a ques- tion of time when the large game of this place would be destroyed. There have been more Indians here this sum- mer than ever before, and they have killed hundreds of deer, elk and antelope. And that is notall. J. D. Sar- gent, who claims to be Hamilton’s agent, has just sent out a wagon load of elk heads to be shipped to New York, which he claims to have killed himself. Now Sargent claims that through the influence of the Hamiltons, the laws of this State have been changed so as to permit non- residents to kill game, but even as ib is he is trying to keep a hunting resort, as you can see by a letter which I inclose. Nearly all of the settlers are in favor of pre- serving the game of the State, but there is no court of justice of any kind here, and we are powerless. FRED, EH. WHITE. JACKSON’S Houn, Wyoming, Nov. 10. ONTARIO MOOSE. Editor Forest and Stream: Regarding the comments made by the Toronto World, as printed in to-day’s FOREST AND STREAM, I should like to say that nothing in the account of ‘‘Moose Hunting up the Ottawa” would imply that the moose were killed in Ontario; as a matter of fact this was not the case. The Toronto Worid knows that the Ottawa at Mattawa is the boundary between Ontaria and Quebec, All the moose we heard of being killed by-visiting sportsmen were killed on the Quebec side, though we must confess that we did hear of many killed by the natives in Ontario. We are readers of the FOREST AND STREAM and Book of the Game Laws and therefore knew that it was a closed season in Ontario, It was a buck deer that the New York lawyer shot from the steamboat, not a moose, and the account should have so stated. We dodged no in- spectors, expepling to bring the head home, and we do not understand that we violated any law in doing this. Nrw Yor«, Noy. 25. NIAGARA, RHODE ISLAND GAME INTERESTS. Editor Forest and Stream: In reply to your inquiry as to the work of the Rhode Island Association for the Protection of Game and Fish, 1 have to report that all of our suits, in the main, haye been decided in fayor of the association. We haye won a suit for shooting out of season on the evidence of being in the woods with dog and gun, ‘‘pursuing with intent to kill”; having birds in possession and snaring, on evidence brought against one of the worst offenders, convicting him of tending and setting snares. We have established the fact in the courts that we can get conviction and sentence under our laws, and we practically stopped shooting out of season and snaring. We lost one case where we had a buyer for the summer resorts convicted of having twenty-one birds in his possession. The case was brought wrong,in my opinion. Twenty-one war- rants were made out to get a conviction on each bird, We won the case on one bird, and sentence was given. He was ably defended, and escaped on the others on the plea that having been fined on one bird, it could not be proved on which one of the twenty-one he had been con- victed on, and therefore he should not be fined twice for the same offense; rather weak, but as he virtually owned —— Duo. 8, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM, 391 the country justice, itstood, The case has been brought in another form, and he may yet have to settle. The society stands well, and we have done a great deal of work with our means. Woodcock have been very plenty, quail fairly so, and partridges, that we thought would be plenty from the number of young birds, are very scarce, from some tnknown cause. May write you further at later date, A. L, ANDREWS, President. PROVIDENGE, R, I., Nov. 24. Niw HAMPSHIRE FARMS,—Charlestown, N. H.—ditor Forest and Stream: I inclose you a slip from the Concord Statesman, which shows how the ‘abandoned farm” problem is being solved in some partsof New Hampshire, The farms are sought for summer residences. Other regions tell the same story. Sunapee Lake and the towns around it, and the borders of Monadnock Lake, and the slopes of Monadnock itself, show the same influx of pur- chasers from the cities as soon as it was known that desir- able property for summer homes was in the market. Mr. Neal says, just as I wrote you a year since, that the thin soil was worn out, but if Prof, Atwater is right, even that is not correct, and by proper treatment even these old hill lands may be made to ‘“‘blossom like the rose” again. We have not felt such aninroad in the Connecticut Valley yet, for the few deserted farms here, as a general rule, are too far from the railroad to be easily accessible, but death sometimes makes a vacancy in the most desirable situations. If any of thereaders of FOREST AND STREAM would like to start a nice ‘‘stock-farm,” I can point them to a rare opportunity just open in this town, 50 or 60 acres of the best meadow land on the river, with a new house, never occupied, and large barns for hay, horses and cattle. I have no interest in the matter, except for the good of the town, but will introduce any one to the executors. It is a wonder to me that more people from New York do not discover this beautiful region. We are only seven hours from the city, with three trains a day.— Von W. CAMP RECOLLECTIONS.—The rewards and pleasures of life in camp are not all fleeting, for often in later months come recollections of the old camp on the shore of the lake; of the gamy bass we worked so hard to land; of the ducks we dropped at such long range; of the screeching old loon we captured with the faithful rifle; then of the spread cooked over the old stone oven, although rough at some times, always tasting better than any meal ever eaten in the first-class hotels; and lastly, the after-supper puff. With what ease he sits there, with old Max at one side, while on the other old Sport sits with his head on his master’s knee. How often we see this picture when out on our fall gunning trip, and how often we see at the further end of the tent a perion who seems to be troubled about something. His elbows are on his knees, face cov- ered by hands, and he is scratching his head furiously. What can be the matter? Oh, nothing. Heis only think- ing how he fired both barrels into his only bevy of the day, not ruffling a feather. But cheer up, old man; it’s only a day off with you. He does not need this advice, for next morning he is oneof the first up about camp, and after a warm breakfast, or even before, he is off, and not long afterward returns with a full bag. Like the true hunter he is, one day’s bad luck does not discourage him, but he would readily confess it made him feel a little sore for the time.—BosTon. Camp-Sire Mlicherings. —————— ee “That reminds me,” S I sat in my city office last week and read ‘‘Kin’s” article on the “Big Coon of Split Rock Mountain,” my thoughts ran back to many a hunt he and I have had together on the desert plateau in Wyoming, as well as under ‘‘Old Dix” of the Adirondacks, or in the region round Lake Champlain, and [ put down the paper with a pang of regret that those days were no more—a pang, however, that was softened by the memory of one inci- dent of the coon hunt which ‘‘Kin” has somehow failed te relate. ‘Kin” has told how the coon was bagged, and there his narrative comes to a dead stop at the foot of the pine that towered above the precipice. Iam not so sure he will pardon me if I tell what happened next, but I have trespassed before on his good nature, and [ll risk it once more. . “Kin” is a big tall fellow of six feet three, and the build of a football guard, and he has the perfectly natural failing of priding himself on his strength—as other big men have had before him. Consequently it is not to be wondered that on this occasion he volunteered to carry what coons the party might kill. For this purpose he had brought along a guide basket, and when the fallen monarch of coondom had given his last kick and been effectually convinced that he was dead, it was placed in the basket and this was then raised to “‘Kin’s” shoulders by the willing hands of his two companions, ‘‘Kin’s” first impression when he once had his arms fairly through the straps, was that the coon felt even heavier than it had looked, but he did not have much time to figure it out, for Guy Ferguson, the wiry. the greyhound, the walking machine of bone and sinew, was under way and urging Hunter to find more grandfather coons. Up hill and down ledge they went at a rate that would have winded a champion six-day pedestrian, and it seemed to Kin that the coon grew heavier every step. He heartily regretted his bargain and wished time and again that the old coon was still safe in its tree—any- where, in fact, but on his back. But wishing did no good, and Lacy never slackened his pace. When they had gone a couple of miles Kin ventured to remark that. the coon had the heft of a yearling steer. Guy promptly _ volunteered to carry the little thing if he ‘‘was tired” and Kin as promptly refused, but he had never been so badly used up—not eyen on that winter’s day four years ago, when he walked fifty-four miles on an empty stomach, At last daylight came, and the hunters brought up in the quiet dawn of the Sunday morning at the Bay Farm. Kin slipped the basket off his tired shoulders and let it fall tothe ground. Out rolled the coon and a rock that would weigh 24lbs. Kin looked around in a dazed way for an explanation, but the hunters had silently slipped away, leaving him to work out his own solution of the problem, Jack. Sea and River Hishing. Angling Talks. By George Dawson. Price 50 cents. Fly- Rods und Fly-Tackle. By H. P. Wells. Price $2.50, Fly- Fishing and Fly-Making for Trout. By J. H. Keene. Price $1.50. American Angler's Book, By Thad. Norris, Price $5.50. THE FULL TEXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, Territories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws, MAINE FISH AND GAME. #] figee remarkably low water continues, and in the back woods the season of ice is at hand. It is now pretty certain that the spawning of all the trout family has been at low water this year. Ponds in New England that usually supply sufficient water to drive sawmills are now so low as to give almost no water at all to the half-dried- up streams below. Lakes that have hitherto been con- sidered sufficient in water supply to run whole cities of factories have been drained to their Jast foot of water this fall, The bottoms of rivers have lately been seen that have never been seen before, Where are the trout and the landlocked salmon? Generally they have tried to ascend the streams for the purpose of spawning, as is their wont, but generally they have failed, In many cases they have ascended a short distance and have been stranded in streams by the still further drying up of the water during October and November, In some instances men, with the true instinct of sportsmen, have been to these pools and have contrived to liberate the trout, either by digging channels that would permit them to get back into the ponds and lakes below or by carefully lifting them out and carrying them back to deep water, Several of the partially dried up tributaries of Moosehead Lake in Maine have been looked out for in this way. Accounts come of an Indian guide who has traveled a number of imiies through the woods to one of the tributaries at the head of Moosehead and has liberated a great school of big trout that were in a pool where they must have perished from the simple drying up of the water, At Rangeley the Fish Protective Association has been looking out that the trout which have struggled up stream to spawn and have become stranded by the falling of the water, did not perish. Atthe head of Richardson Lake and at the mouth of Sawmill Brook a great body of trout were struggling for weeks to reach the upper waters. They began trying to ascend late in September, but the stream was too nearly dry for them to succeed. Some of these trout have been stranded. And, alas! I hear that some of them have been jigged out of the water. Tn one case a pole was rigged with a hook at the end, so it is told, and by this means great trout have been dragged out of the water, only to be wasted. At the mouth of the same stream the usual fall run of bluebacks has not been seen, probably for the good reason that there was not water enough for them to go up thestreamin, At the Upper Dam there has been water enough all along, so that it would not be possible for the trout to get into water shoal enough to strand them. Trout are reported to have been spawning on the old beds at Trout Coye. What the result will be to the eggs thus left when the late rains bring up the lake several feet over these spawning beds is a question, Mr. John B. Drake, of the Boston produce trade, is a lover of the woods and the rod and line, He did not get away to Maine during the trout season, as usual, and has been obliged to content himself with a trip to New Hamp- shire for black bass and the possibilities of some duck shooting at a pond that he is very well acquainted with. He found the pond almost too low for bass fishing and decidedly too low for duck shooting on the marshes, The old gentleman he had with him as boatman says he has never seen that pond as low in 20 years, and he has located rocks and shoals in it that he never saw before. Mr. 1. T. Waterman, of East Auburn, Me., with his son, C. E, Waterman, has just arrived from a yery suc- cessful deer hunt in the vicinity of Roach Pond, some 40 miles from Mount Katahdin. They shot six deer, all that the law allows themto have. They say that they saw 29 in all while away and could have got several more, Their prizes were displayed in a milk wagon in the streets of Auburn and Lewiston the other day and excited a good deal of attention. One, a very fine buck, they will mount. Now there is just a shadow of suspi- cion. that these deer could not have been hunted fairly, but that dogs were employed to run them into the water, Perhaps the suspicion is all wrong, but if it is, then the gentlemen had most remarkably good fortune. Will they tell the readers of the FormsT AND STREAM how they succeeded in getting so many deer? The officers and members of the Megantic Club, the headquarters of which are in Boston, feel rather proud of the success their brethren have had in hunting on the grounds of the club’s preserves this fall. There have been killed this fall, two moose, three caribou and twenty-seven deer thus far, and there is a month more of open season on this large game yet, President Bishop has worked very hard for a moose this fall, but has not succeeded. He believes that moose are growing more and more scarce in Maine, and that they are in great danger of annihilation. He will try againnext year, and spend a good deal of time and money to secure the head of a bull moose. This will be the last one he ever expects to get. Mr, E. M, Gillam, commercial editor of the Boston Advertiser, has been spending his vacation with dog and gun in New Jersey. At the old homestead he was joined by his brother Charlie, of the Philadelphia Record, and the older brother, who has won fame as the writer of John Wanamaker’s advertisements, came down for a few days. The Gillam boys all love the dog and gun as well as they love the newspaper profession, and of course they went gunning, Quail they found to be scarce, and partridge more so, and it was too early for great success in duck shooting in the vicinity of Cape May. Ernest did not get his deer this year, though he watched at the runways for a couple of days, waiting for the dogs to drive the deer into gunshot. Hounding deer is legal in New Jersey for a certain length of time, I believe. it is not easy to make Ernest believe that itis cruel and ter- ribly destructive to deer to hunt them with dogs. He is a good shot, even at a flying deer, with a riffle, and he knows of no other way to get such a shot except by watching at the runways till the dogs drive ee deer up. PECTIAL, HIS MAJESTY ESOX LUCIUS. |p had reached us concerning the big pike in Lake Sanford. There had been plenty of open talking about the trout, but in regard to the pike it was different, such valuable information being held as much too precious to be given to the passing stranger. It was only through the courtesy of a genial body of sportsmen most fortunate in their possessions that Frank and I found ourselves one summer’s day en route through the Indian Pass, and before the sun had set we had emerged from the swamp at the head of Lake Henderson into the little green lane at the upper end of the Deserted Village, and a half hour later were washed up and wid- ening that jolly circle before‘the blazing logs under the hospitable roof of the Adirondack Club, There was a general thanksgiving when fair Stella’s heels clicked merrily in the hall without, that welcome sound, the dinner bell, making a most fitting accompaniment, Jt was a case where ‘‘good digestion did wait on appe- tite and health or both.” It was on the morrow that my story begins. It was just threatening rain by the time we started, and the dark lake, fringed here and there with waving stretches of wild rice, looked in prime condition for a strike. Then a fine drizzle set in, and by the time we reached the lake the wind was drifting great shifting patches of ‘‘squall” scurrying across the dark water, Putting on our ‘‘sou’westers” we pulled down the inlet, swung off the first bed of rice to our right and overboard went the spoon. Slowly we crept around the edge of the point, Frank rowing and I in the stern with the rod. Just as we cleared the point that rod bent double, and I yelled to Frank to hold up a bit, as I guessed we had struck a log. In aninstant the line slackened, and with a roar out of the wet he springs, showing his full length, and falls back with a plunge, the black water seething about him. I shall never forget the impression that first leap made upon me, to say nothing of Frank. Here was the king of the pike family! When I recovered my senses I found things fairly safe, ‘His Majesty” fairly rational and leading like a lamb, and Frank, with his eyes bulging from their sockets, heading with long strokes for deep water, all the while hurling at me in plain French such sound advice as ‘“‘not to give him an inch, unless you have to; and ‘‘mind he don’t run in on you.” His suggestions, numerous enough to have sufficed for the management of a modern naval combat, were only cut shert by another ugly plunge on our quarter, Again the old rod bent, quivered and re- covered herself for a sudden maneuver. ‘The last exhibi- tion of temper gave me a good 10yds., for the fish seemed for the first time since being struck to weaken, and I put the little reel to a test. And now, while he sulks in three fathoms, let us look at the rig we are fighting him on, Having fished wholly in trout water, we came badly prepared for these big fellows. An old-fashioned lancewood, of some dozen ounces, minus two guide rings; a small click reel—no gaff, not even a big net—and lastly a spoon composed of the best of gangs and the lid of a tin box bent into shape with a pair of pliers. So much for the armament, Again and again the old fellow plunged and sawed, and generally had things his own way, yet still the good rod held, One time he is too quick for me ona short line; and down goes the rod and half my arm with it under water. It is arelief when he rolls lazily to the surface, while Frank declares he thought I was going overboard that time along with the whole outfit, And so the fight continues, and my arm begins to ache with the continuous strain. : “Give him fifteen minutes more, and then let’s try our chances at beaching him,” says Frank, and I agree to it, There the old monster lies half out of water like a verita- ble ‘‘Monitor,” while we trust to luck and continue slow- ing ina great circle. | measure him with my eye, He is longer than the rod case at my feet, and that is over four feet. He seems to be getting sick of it, His last plunge brought him rolling heayily to the surface. No trout could have stood such punishment, We glance at the watch. It is nearly an hour and three-quarters since he took the spoon, just off the point, which lies now a thin strip of green far behind us. Now and then I can see he is getting ugly and below the waves that lap about his huge green hulk, it is comforting to see the big hooks sunk deep in his jaws, securely locking them. Suddenly he sinks straight beneath the surface. The reel sings and I feel he is gathering his strength for another desperate dash—asecond’s pause—an ugly rush— and the next instant he has broken the line. The waters close over him, Heis gone! Isinkin the bottom of the boat feeling strangely tired. Welook at each other; then we both langh—a laugh that sounds more like the loon’s than human, Then we wend our way silently homeward. Not a word passes between us. Not until we reach the club house and the little jug with its tiny handle is handed down from its corner inthe cupboard: then Frank, with the air of a judge, breaks the silence with ‘‘Here’s a health to the king, may he live to a green old age to fight many as good a battle.” F. BERKELEY SMITH, “SLEDGING.’—I am informed by Mr, Ferriss, of the South Mountain Fishing Club, that ‘‘sledging” in Mary- land waters means stunning fish by means of stones as they lie under the shelter of rocks or in rock clefts. The stunned fish is dipped out with a net before ib recover from the effect of the concussion.—B, = THE TARPON HOUSE, advertised to-day, is in a country famous for shooting and fishing, To DENVER VIA BURLINGTON RovunE.—Only one pga on the road, Leaye Chicago at 1 P. M., or St. Louis at 8.25 A. M., and arrive Denver 6:15 P.M. the next day. Through sleepers, chair cars and dining cars. All railways fromthe Hast connect with these trains and with similar trains via Burlington route ta Den- yer, Jeaving Chicago at 5:45 P. M., St. Louis at 8:15 P, M., and Peoria at 3:20 P. M, and 7:50 P.M. Alltrains daily, Additional express trains, making as quick time as those of any otber road, from Chicago, St. Louis and Peoria to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Cheyenne, Black Hills, Atchison, Kansas City, 1 Houston and all points West, Northwest and Southwest,—Adp, FOREST AND STREAM. [ Dec. 3, 1891. PARK FISHES. A Ree Fish Commission has recently published in its “Bulletin” some interesting and valuable reports of explorations of waters in various regions of our country. Among these the reconnoissance of the streams and Jakes of the Yel- lowstone National Park by Dr, David Starr Jordan, on account of the popular sympathy with the efforts of the Government to pro- tect and improye this great ‘‘pleas- uring ground” and the effective manner in which the explorer has handied his mission of inquiry, is attracting well-merited praise. This paper is rendered all the more acceptable by the many fine illustrations which enrich and explain the text, Dr. Jordan’s exploration was made in the fall of 1889 at the request of Commissioner McDonald. Dr, Charles H. Gilbert and Mr. W. W. Spangler assised in the investiga- tion, and the most hearty and intelligent coéperation of Capt. F. A. Boutelle, Lieut. W. EH. Craighill and Lieut, Edwards, as well as the services as guide of Mr, Elwood Hofer, contributed greatly to the successful prosecu- tion of the work, Numerous streams of the Yellowstone, Mad- ison and Snake River basins were examined and trout were found in the following: Yellowstone River; Yellowstone Lake, Riddle ‘Lake, Solution Creek, Trout Creek, Alum Creek, Antelope Creek, Black-tail Deer Creek, Lava Creek, Impine Creek, Gardiner River, Madison River, Gibbon River, Cation Creek, Horse Thief Spring, . Heart Lake and Witch Creek, In Riddle Lake trout live at an altitude of 7,900ft. According to Dr. Jordan the Yellowstone Park is a plateau with an elevation of 7,000 to 8,000ft. above the sea, and for the most part covered with lava of Pliocene age. The lava flow was ~ fatal to fish life. Since its surface has become cold the waters flow- ing over it have been inhabited by plants, insects and crustaceans suitable for fish food, but not with fishes, since the streams leave the lava beds over falls having a height of 50 to 808ft. ‘‘The water of the geysers and other calcareous and silicious springs does not appear to be objectionable to fishes. In Yellow- stone Lake trout are especially abundant about the hot overflow from the Lake Geyser Basin. The hot water flows for a -time on the surface, and trout may be taken immediately under these currents, Trout’ have also been known to rise to a ily through a scalding hot surface current, They linger in the neighborhood of hot springs in the bottom of the lake. This is probably owing to the abundance of food in these warm waters, but the fact is evi- dent that geyser water does not kill trout. The Hot River, which drains the Mammoth Hot Springs, flows into Gardiner River. Trout abound about the mouth of this stream, and here, as in numerous other pjaces in the Park, the con- ventional trick of catching a trout in cold and scalding it in hot water is possible,” number of fishes found in the Park was very small, in- | floating vegetation. freely, but is in general little gamy. cluding only ten kinds, of which two are suckers, four minnows and chubs, a grayling, a whitefish, a red-throated trout. and the inevitable scourge of all trout waters, the blob or fresh- water sculpin. The fish fauna was augmented in August and September, 1859, by the following plants by the Fish Commission: iw. Fiye thousand trout (fontinalis) in Glen Creek and in Gardiner River above the falls; 1,000 rain- bow trout (irideus) in Gibbon River; 1,000 Loch Leven trout in 2 v. be found in the Gallatin River, in the northwestern part of the Park.” :; Dr. Jordan refers all the trout of the Park to a single species, represented by numerous color varieties, but all black spotted and having a characteristic red dash across ial re, Borers: SUCKER. 1. GRAY the throat. ‘‘The troutof the Yellowstone Lake and of many of its tributaries above the falls are infested by a parasitic worm (Dibothrium cordiceps),” which has been SUCKER. made the subject of a special report by Prof, Edwin Linton. ‘In the trout examined the presence of many worms was accompanied by a shrunken or irregular DACRE, 4, Brook Minnow. Dr. Jordan considers it identical with, or a slight variety of, near the bridge below the mouth of the Hot River. the gray sucker of the Platte Valley. It is closely similar to the common long-nosed sucker of the Hastern States, and is believed to reach a length of 18in. The color is “dark gray, irregularly mottled and barred with black.” 2. THe RED HORSE SUCKER (Ca- tostomus ardens).—This is a large- scaled species, represented by ex- amples measuring from 6 to 16in,, occurring in Witch Creek and Heart Lake. It was considered to be identical with the common sucker of Utah, ‘‘This fact, to- gether with the general affinity of the fishes.of Heart Lake with thoge of the Great Basin, suggests that the fauna of the Upper Snake River, above the great Shoshone Falls, may have been derived from : the Great Basin rather than from the Lower Columbia.” Tape worms flourish in this fish, sometimes occupying more space than all the abdominal viscera, yet the parasitized suckers appear to suffer no loss of flesh because of the inflic- tion, 3. THE DAck (Rhinichthys dul- c2s),—Like the well-known black- nosed dace of the Hast this little fish inhabits cold and elear moun- fain streams. It reaches a length of about 5in., and is to be founcl in cascades and swift brooks. The fish is believed to be suitable for introduction into trout streams as food for trout, 4. THE BROOK Minnow (Agosia nubila).—This small dace-like fish inhabits brooks and swift waters, resembling the last species im ap- pearance and habits, and was taken rather commcnty also in the warm waters of Witch Creek, Tt belcngs to the Columbia Basin, extend- ing southward at least to Utah, 5. THe Utran Cos (Leviciseus atrarius).—The chub abounds in Heart Lake and ascends its tribu- tary, Witch Creek, into water having a temperature of 88°. The females were full of eggs in Oc- tober. In Utah Lake the fish reaches a length of 20in., and is very destructive to young trout. 6. THE BANDED CHUB (Leweciscius hydrophiox).—A handsome species growing to a length of 4in. Dr. eae ee Oia > See ees Se a condition of the ovaries or testes. Perhaps spent fish ; Jordan found it in Heart Lake and Witch Creek. The are more likely to be wormy. According to Mr. Arnold | fish has been taken in Blackfoot Creek, Idaho, a tribu- Hague, the best trout are in swift or deep waters; the | tary of Snake River. Wi ee a A NURSE a UUs Oe eae ist SUDO uu nh SRT Z 40 NY , yy) PPP DION RN va Ze NM) \byh Wh) yy : NN ONAN POONA — 5. UTAH CHUB. 6, BanpED CHUB. ‘Color silvery, a plumbeous lateral band, dusted with dark points: traces of red coloration on belly in largest specimen.” 7% Tae Mountain WHITrnrisn (Coregonus williamsoni, var, ¢cis- montanus).—Found in the Madi- son River below the falls, and attributed also to the Yellowstone. “Tt isa slender and graceful fish, readily taking the fly like a gray- ling or trout, It is most abund- ant, so far as we have noticed, iu the eddies or deeper placesin swift streams, Jt seems fo be essenti- ally a tiver fish, rather than an inhabitant of lakes.” From the typical Williamson’s whitefish the Park variety differs in its much more glender body and shorter fins, The Montana whitefish, de- The | wormy ones about eddies or among logs or masses of scribed by Milner from Chief Mountain Lake, is con- The wormy trout takes the fly | sidered by Dr. Jordan to be identical with Williamson’s In fact, all the | —a conclusion reached independently by the writer some years ago. 8, THE GRAYLING (Thymallus ontariensis). —This fine species was found abundant in the Madi- son below the junction of the Fire- hole and the Gibbon. The supply used in stocking the Yellowstone was taken in Horse Thief Spring, In the Gallatin this grayling is very common, as we haye an- nounced in FOREST AND STREAM. We cannot admit the identity of the Michigan and Montana gray- Firehole River, avoye Keppler’s Cascades, and 1,000 | Yellowstone trout seem less active than is usual for the, ling with that of Alaska; signifer has a much higher Williamson’s whitefish in Twin Lakes, and the same | species.” Dr. Jordan accounts for the presence of the | dorsal fin besides gocd character about the skull, which number in Yellowstone River below the lake, the species of sucker was found to be infested with a flat intestinal worm, sometimes reaching a foot in length, but apparently not af- fecting the health of the fish, The large chub of Heart Lake and Witch Creek (Leuciscus atrarius) was full of eggs at the end of September, unusually late in the year. About the whitefish Dr. Jordan reports as follows: ‘‘The mountain whitefish is abundant in the Madison River below the falls. It is said to be equally common in the Yellowstone, bub none were obtained by us. Ibis a slender and graceful fish, readily taking the fly like a grayling or trout. It is most abundant, so far . as we have noticed, in the eddies or deeper places in swilt streams. lt seems to be essentially a river fish, rather than an inhabitant of lakes.” ‘The grayling is ve y abundant in the Madison River below the junction of the Firehole and the Gibbon, Numerous specimens were collected for us in Horse Thief Spring, a small aftr am just outside the limits of the Park, by Mr. Lucas. Th3 grayling is said to ascend the river in summer as far as the Hirehole Falls and Gibbon Falls. Jt is said also to 7. Mountain WHITEFISH. portation from lower waters by the osprey or come other fish-eating bird, The article is accompanied by a map of the Park; figures of all the fishes, and many plates show- ing the obstructions limiting the natural distribution of fishes. 1. THE GRAY SUCKER (Catostomus griseus).—Small ex- amples of this sucker were found abundant in the Yel- lowstone and Gardiner rivers below the falls, and the young were caught in large numbers in Gardiner River One of | blob in Gibbon River above the falls by its probable trans- | make its separation easy. 9, THE Rep-THROATED TROUT (Salmo purpuratus).—Dr. Jordan refers all the black-spotted trout native to the Park waters to a single species, the purpuratus of Pallas, for which. he uses the doubtful name mykiss of Wal- baum. Variations in the number and size of the black spots are common, but the essential vhar- acters remain the same. Yellow- stone Lake is believed to haye been stocked originally from Snake River, through Pacific Creek, Two Ocean Pass, and Atlantic Creek, and an interchange of individuals across the Continental Divide is still a probable occurrence. The existence of a tape worm in this trout was discussed in our columns of Oct, 22, ‘‘The wormy trout are leaner and more compressed than others, and the sides of the belly are likely to show ridges and lumps. The flesh is said to be redder in the diseased fish, and the external color is more likely to be dusky or brassy.” Spent fish are probably more likely to be wormy. 10. THe MILLER's THume (Cottus bairdi, var. punctu- latus).—This pest of salmon and trout waters abounds in the grassy bottoms of Madison River, Gibbon River, and. Cafion Creek, In Gibbon River it occurs both aboye and below the falls and may have been transported over the barrier by some fish-eating bird, Asa destroyer of eggs and young fish the Miller’s thumb perhaps has no equal. Commissioner McDonald has:seen one of moderate size by xs 3 a, es &. Thr GRAYLING. eat scores of young trout almost in the twinkling of an eye, and the writer has observed salmon nests that were entirely stripped of eggs by the same insidious and Wherever salmon and trout is safe to say that the ubiquitous marauder, are found in America it 10. Mitirr’s THuMe. Miller’s thumb may be seen keeping’ the species in check. About twenty species of blobs are recorded in the latest catalogue of the fishes of North America, and one of these, Cotfus richardsond, runs into nine varieties, These fishes are now placed in the genus Cotius; but were formerly united under the name Uranidea, There are several sections of this genus, those containing the largest number of species being Potamocottus and Uranidea, The one described above belongs to Potamo- cotius. The blobs are found in nearly all the fresh FOREST AND STREAM. waters of North America, one of the species extending One variety is southward as far as the Alabama River, frequently found in caves in the limestone region from Indiana to Tennessee, None of the blobs much exceed Yin. in length; some of the largest examples we have seen are from Wytheville, Va. The species are usually represented by vast numbers of individuals, making up by numbers what they lack in size. and it is almost im- possible to exaggerate their power for mischief, Around the margin of Karluk Lake, Alaska, we have seen nest after nest of the red salmon emptied of eggs by these small fishes, The eggs are rapidly digested, and the capacity of the blob for the destruction of salmon is greatly increased by this circumstance, In FOREST AND STREAM of April 8 and 10, 1890, atten- tion was called to the vast number of enemies against which the salmon has to contend for its existence. On the spawning grounds are the blobs, and, besides these, are the black-spotted and red spotted trouts of the region. The Dolly Varden (S. malma) is famous for its destruc- 3985 tiveness to eggs and young of the salmon. The rainbow (Salmo trideus) is equally destructive. The young fry are devoured in enormous numbers by fish-eating birds, In the region referred to the writer has shot gulls and terns, and on holding them up by the legs young salmon 2a. Rep-THRoatep TRour (Younes). dropped out of their mouths. Near the river mouths marine flounders and sculpins enter the brackish water and feed upon young salmon. In the ocean seals and sea lions continue the destructive work. The adult fish, when entering the rivers for the purpose of spawning, 96, Rep-THROATED Trout (ADULT). must run the gauntlet of incessant seining across the river mouths; they must endure the hardships incident to the ascent of the rapid and rocky streams; and when they reach the shoal waters in which their eggs are de- posited bears await them, to give the finishing touches to the work of destruction, If we add to all of these hard- ships and death-dealing agencies the obstructions and pollutions of salmon streams in populous regions, the wonder is that any of the anadromous salmon are left to reproduce their species, T. H. BRAN, a CHICAGO AND THE WEST. HICAGO, Ill., Noy. 26.—Mr. Jeff. Smith, whose petition for appointment for fish warden for work inthe Fox Lake district was mentioned last week, has just received his commission from the Governor. He starts the first of next week for the lake country, where the cold weather has already frozen some of the lakes hard enough for ice fishing, Ee will finish his work of warning the residents against ice fishing, and will look out to see whether any parties already warned have begun to fish. He says he will stop this fishing before it begins, if possible. Jeff. Smith should not be mistaken for his cousin, Ike Smith, who keeps a summer resort hotel, over beyond George Clark’s. Itis Ike Smith who is too lazy to fish through the ice, and not Jeff. Smith. The latter will see to it that nobody, lazy or otherwise, fishes through the ice up there, he says. Jeff. Smith lives in Chicago most of the time and has property there, but also owns property near the neck of Catherine Lake, He tells me that he has already been approached by several of the residents who want to know whether there “would be any trouble” if they should set out a few lines “just to catch a few fish to eat.” He told them there would be, That ‘‘fish to eat” plea is very threadbare, likewise very transparent. Last week I offered a short letter from Dr. Bartlett, bearing on a damage suit brought against himin Schuyler county, Some time ago mention was made of the $5,000 damage suit brought in that county by a market-fisher- man by the name of Smith. Not being clear as to which suit was which, I wrote to Dr. Bartlett for information. It seems that these two cases are the same, and that the $0,000 has dwindled down to a $62 verdict, with a new trial on that, as the following letter will show: ILErNoIs Stare Fish COMMISSION —Quincy, I., Nov. 21, 1891.— The status of our case m Schuyler county is about as follows; Smith, of Meredosia, owns or claims to own the fishing right in a portion of what is known as Coal Creek; across this creek, which is quite wide—larze enough for a steamboat to go into it—he places a combination pound and wing-net, wings from net en- tirely across one side of stream and within a few feet of the shore on the other side. We were advised of this net being there, and I ordered the Lotus there and wardens to take it up, which they did, taking net to Beardstown for safekeeping. Smith replevins the net and sues myself and others for trespass ta a close, or in other words, going on to an inclosure and committing trespass. Damages claimed, $5,000. A jury eave the plaintiff, Mr, Smith, 2 verdict for $62, which we excepted to, and upon argument for a hew trial it was granted, An indictment has been found against Smith tor violation of the law insetiing his net in said Woal Creek, and will be tried next term of court. Wishing still good at office hoat, two gentlemen of New York making a nice catch there a few days ago.—S. P. BARTLETT. The last sentence of the letter has reference to the official joke of the Illinois Fish Commission, which I have detailed earlier as duly investigated by myself. For fuller particulars apply to the two gentlemen from New York. To-day I talked with Mr, W. H, Haskell more fully about the “landlocked salmon” in Trout Lake, Wis. It seems that one of these fish was sent to the Smithsonian Instifute, and reply was received that it was neither the landlocked salmon nor the lake trout, No further de- seription was vouchsafed. The fish, as described by Mr. Haskell, has a general silvery tone of body, with large bluish or purplish spots, black in the center. The flesh ranges, like that of the brook trout, from nearly white or _ faint pink to deep salmon color, according to the individ- ual, It is very delicious eating. The highest weight reported is 22+bs. In the fall, after the close of the Spawning season, these fish spread all over the lake, feed on the surface and break water in schools. They can then be taken on the fly or thespoon. After that they seem to sink and spend the year in deep water, Trout Lake has outlets, but this fish is not reported from any connected water. kh, HougH, ANGLING NOTES. tae ee bass are still being catight im considerable KJ numbers inthe Hudson River, particularly off Sing Sing. They are found in the deep channels, and take sand worms in preference to any other bait. It is unusu- ally late for them to be taken on the rod and reel, and while they undoubtedly remain in the river all winter, they will soon stop biting. Inquiries for tarpon tackle are beginning to be made at the fishing tackle stores and already a number of ardent fishermen have left for Florida. Many changes and im- provements have been made in the tackle used for the big herring, particularly in the way of snelled hooks. The cumbersome and expensive chain has had its day, the linked wire, rubber-covered snell and many others have been tried and found wanting; the latest and best seems to be the braided linen snell wrapped with copper wire. This snell is hitched to a special hand-made forged steel 100 hook. The wire winding should commence about 8in, above the hook. ‘The object of this is to allowa shark, if hooked, to bite off the snell, and to prevent its being chafed off by the rough lips of the tarpon. Of course the tarpon is allowed to swallow the bait and the unprotected part of the snell passes into its throat, This is the rig used by Dr. Grymes and other expert tarpon fisher- men, Fishermen should remember that these fish are big and powerful fighters, and that it is useless to expect to kill them with cheap tackle. Many anglers have been disap- pointed after going to the expense and trouble of a trip to Florida, to find that they lost most of their fish; in fact, I know several fishermen who, while they struck a num- ber of tarpon, never saved a single one. Some lost them because they got “rattled,” but in-most instances it was due to cheap reels and lines. Cheap reels become useless with the first run of these big fish, the spoon expands under the pressure of the swelling lines, for all lines will swell when wet, particularly the cheaper grades, and the line, of course, parts at once when the reel fails to work. properly. The reel should be large enough to take 600ft, o ease linen line not smaller than No. 18 or better o, 21. * With proper tackle and a little experience in handling large fish there is little risk of losing even a 2001bs, tarpon, Another cause of these fish breaking away is the use of too stiff and too short rods; if the rods havea little spring they are not half so apt to tear out. Some of them are made so stiff that they do not give a particle, and this affords the fish too much purchase and brings all the strain on the line. Mr, John G. Hecksher’s pattern of rod seems to haye given the hest results, for while con- siderably stiffer than a atriped bass rod, it still has a good deal of spring, SCARLET-IBIs. THE Vetver TRAIN of the Monon Route between Chicago and Cincinnati offers the best and most luxurious service obtainable hatween those points.—Adv. DERRYFIELD BEEF, HARLESTOWN, N. H., Nov, 27,—Editor Forest and Stream: Thanks to “Kelpie” for supplementing my memories of William Stark’s poem; he is all right as far as he goes, but the whole poem would fill a page of FOREST AND STREAM. Some of it was genuine poetry, too, for Stark was a talented man, though eccentric, and his brain finally gave way, and he died in an asylum, I knew him well, and remember his stocking a deer park in the suburbs of .Manchester with a herd of elk from Wisconsin some thirty years ago, and visiting it with him to see them one bright morning in the early “sixties.” He also had some rare wildfowl and a trout brook. He was yearsin advance of Austin Corbin and many others. : The poem referred to Manchester, New Hampshire— not Massachusetts, as printed. The country rightaround Amoskeag Falls was called ‘‘Derryfield,” being an out- lying district of the old town of Londonderry, originally settled by emigrants from Londonderry, Ireland, com- monly known as the ‘‘Scotch-Irish.” They were strong men, and left_a mark not only on the history of the State but of the Union. The names of McNeill, McClary, McCrillis and McGaw are well known beyond the limits of New Hampshire. Some of the same emigrants found their way over to the western edge of the State, and “Derry Hill,” in our neighboring town of Acworth, marks the site of their farms, though the name of old “Deacon Finlay” is the only one I can recall. IT should like to meet ‘‘Kelpie,” for we have evidently “camped on the same trail;’ and if FOREST AND STREAM plants that bivouac at Chicago at the Exposition in 1893, and “‘the Pibroch of Donnil” calls the clans together, I hope that those of us who are still in the flesh may get together round the camp-fire and forma personal ac- quaintance with each other, I should hope to see ‘‘King- fisher” and ‘‘A wahsoose,” too, and the genial poet from Louisiana, as well as ‘‘Bourgeois” and ‘‘Piseco;” but we should miss and mourn those, who, like ‘‘Nessmuk,” “Wells” and ‘“‘Ned Buntline,” haye already gone to the “happy hunting grounds.” How man’s visions of a future lifeare colored by his tastes in this one. To the wild Indian it is an eternity of field sports with his favorite horse and dog, To the music-loving Jew it is an everlasting sacred concert, which would be apt to pall on unmusical organizations, Who can teil? Von W. —————————— SE ee TRULY ODD IF ODDLY TRUE. W. R. Dayidson, a well known citizen of South Nyack. went out on the river this morning to lift one of his “‘getlines” and was surprised to find on the end of the line one of the largest sea gulls éver seen in this part of the Hudson. The bird had probably made a dive into the water for a fish and caught one which was fast to the heok. The hook caught in the bird’s mouth and held him there until Mr. Davidson's arrival. The gull will be kept alive by his captor.—New York Times, _ FOREST AND STREAM, Box 2,832, N. Y. city, has descriptive illus- trated circulars of VW. B. Lefiingwell’s book, ““Wild Fowl Shoot- ing,” which will bé mailed free on request, The book id prao- pounced by “Nanit,” “Gloan” “Diek Swiyeller,” “Sybillene’ and athe: perabete ny suthorities to be the best treatise on the subjent extant. J A Book Azour Inprans,—The Formst anp SrReAM will mai free on application a descriptive circular of Mr. Grinnell’s book, “Pawnee Hero Stories and folk-tales,” giving a table of contents and specimen illustrations trom the volame,—ddp, © ~~ . 394 FOREST AND STREAM. ——— (Dec. 3, 1891) Sishculture, THE KANKAKEE FISHWAYS. OLYOEKH, Mass., Nov. 80,—Hditor Forest and Stream: I concur with Mr. Hough that the fishway law of Mllinois should be enforced so long asit is a law, and the Wilmington Water Power Co., recognizing the right of the Legislature to enact such a law, has constructed the fish- way over the large dam in the Kankakee, The laws should be obeyed, whether we believe them right or wrong. Pri- vate opinion must not stand against public acts: but is it unreasonable to criticise the wisdom of the law makers, when they permit Chicago to empty its foul sewage down the Des Plaines and the Illinois rivers, causing an effectual bar to the passage of fish from what Mr, Hough claims to be the main breeding grounds of that system of rivers and yet compel mill owners to be at the expense of open- ing sy dams tor the passage of fish which cannot reach em: I can perhaps appreciate the supposed benefits to be derived from fishways on streams open to the passage of salmon, shad, sea trout, sturgeon or aay other anadromous fish that periodically leave the ocean and push on up rivers for the purpose of depositing their spawn, but I do claim that they are of little if any benefit to rivers like the Kankakee. i I do not believe that an efficient fishway can be a cheap one also. A cheap structure can be built up which one fish out of a million can struggle up, but one large enough to allow an easy passage for the larger portion of fish which may approach a dam will cost much money and be expen- Sive to maintain. Our Holyoke fishway is costly, but it is ‘not efficient. It is really valueless for the purpose intended, Its entrance, as one of your correspondents suggests, is quite a distance down stream, but of necessity that must be so, for it would he impracticable to bring the mouth of the structure within the whirlpools caused by the water falling from a height of 30ft, ; Ihave no controversy with your correspondent Mr. Hough, He seems to haye faithfully and conscientiously worked for the fishways along the river, but when he longed for the day that the Wilmington dams might be removed in hopes that a few fish might run the river more freely, it seemed to me that he considered more the sport of a few anglers than he did the material prosperity of the dwellers in that beau- tiful valley. Those dams and canals and Jocks with their necessary adjuncts, which he wrote so flippantly about (as I felt), cost nearly six hundred thousand dollars, and surely the owners of that property have some rights that all should be willing to respect. The fishway over the Wilmington dam has been completed, I believe, to the satisfaction of the Fish Commissioners. I trust that it may prove of use to the people of the State of Illinois, but I fear that none now living will ever be able to ascertain any benefit to the fisheries of Momence that can justly be attributed to it, H. 8. WATERS. MAINE FISH HATCHING, i Nie season is proving more difficult for the obtaining of landlocked salmon and trout eges than was at first sup- posed it might. Actual cold weather has come on without rise enough of water in the streams tributary to the princi- pal trout and salmon lakes in New England to enable the fish to reach their usual spawning beds, The Maine Com- missioners have had to net their landlocked salmon at Edes Falls, tributary to the Sebago waters, for the reason that the fish could not get up to the weirs. There was not water enough for them to ascend. The Commissioners have scarcely taken above 300,000 eggs where they reasonably ex- pected to get 1,500,000. And they are in a quandary as to how they can begin to fill their obligations and the desires of others for restocking. The eggs of the sea salmon taken at the Government hatcheries at Orland, Me., this fall will not come up to half of the number expected. Low water has revented the parent salmon from reaching their usual preciiens haunts, and the people interested in the hatch- eries have failed of finding them. The Lake Au- burn (Me.) Fish Protective Association has completed its spawn taking work for the season. The society has been more successful than its neighbors in the same State, and has done much better than might haye been expected, con- sidering that the fish have not been able to run up the brook as usual. Trout have been seen at the mouth of the princi- pal spawning stream with their back fins out of water, and in this position they have been netted and taken for breeding purposes, This season 400,000 eggs have been taken, where twice that number were hoped for. But the record compares well with the previous season, when 425,000 eggs were ob- tained. Nearly 100 trout were taken that were worth de- taining for breeding purposes, and nearly all of these weighed over 2lbs. They went back into the lake last week, ap- parently none the worse for the process of having been stripped. At Rangeley the success of the association there is not yet reported. It should be good, since the resources of that region are greater than almost anywhere in the State. The streams are larger, and the trout and salmon are large enough to yield a greater number of eggs, SPHOIAL, Che ennel. Dogs: Their Management and Treatmentin Disease, By Ashmont. Price $2. Kennel Record and Account Book. Price $3. Training vs. Breaking. By S. T. Hanvmond. Price $1. First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of all Breeds. Price 60 cenia. FIXTURES. DOG SHOWS. Dec. 4 to 8.—Sixth Annual Dog Show of the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Rockford, Ill. Dee. 10 to 14.—Inangural Dog Show of the Freeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Freeport, Ill. T.E. Taylor, Sec’y. Dec. 20 to Jan. 2.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mohawk Valley Poultry and Kennel Club, at Gloversville, N.Y. F. B. Fimmer, Sec’y. ie Jan. 5 to 8.—The New York and New England Poultry and Ken- nel opts Dog Show, at Albany, N. Y. W. OC. House, Fort Plain, N. Y., See’y. eh, Jan, Pio UE Anaaal Dog Show of the South Carolina Poultry and Pet Stock Association, at Charleston, S.C. Benj. McInness, Sec’y. J: aa 13 to 16.—Second Annual Dog Show of the South Carolina Kennel Association, at Columbia,S.C. F. F. Capers, Secretary Greenville. 8. C. - , Jan. 271 to 25.—_Second Annual Dog Show of the Elmira Ponltry aud Pet Stock Association, at Elmira, N. Y. C. A. Bowman, Sec. Feb. 9 to 12.—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Mascoutah Ken- nel Club, at Chicago, IN. John L. Lincoln, Jr., Sec’y. Feb. 16 to 19.—Second Annual Show of the Central City Kennel, Jackson, Mich. Chas. H. Ruhl, Sec’y. ‘ Feb. 24 to 26,—Sixteenth Annual Dog Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, af New York. James Mortimer, Supt. March 1 to 4.—Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Olub, at Philadelphia, Pa. F.S. Brown, Sec’v. : March 8 to 11.— Washington City Kennel Club, Washington, D. C. Pred. S. Webster, Sec’y, 748 Broadway, New York. March 15 to 18—Second Annual Dog Show of the Duquesne tennel Cluh, at Pittsburgh, Pa. W.E, Littell, Sec’y. April? to 10.—Seventh Annual Doe Show of the New Hngland Kennel Club, at Boston, Mass. EB. A. Moore, Secty. a April 20 to 28,—Fourth Annual Dog Show of the Southern Cali- fornia Kennel Club, at Los Angeles, Cal. ©. A. Sumner, Séc’y, May 4 to 7.—Annual Dog Show of the California Kennel Club, at San Francisco, Cal, H.L. Miller, Sec’y. FIELD TRIALS, Dec. 14,—Philadephia Kennel Club’s Field Trials. Oharles E. Connell, Sécretary. 1892, Jan. 10.—Second Annual Trials of the Bexar Field Trial Club, at San Antonio, Texas. G. A. Chabot, Sec’y. Amateurs only. Jan. 18.—Trials of the Pacific Field Trial Club, at Bakersfield, Cal. J. M. Kilgarif. Sec?y. —— —.—Yourth Annual Field Trials of the Southern Field Trials Club, at New Albany, Miss. T, M. Brumby, Sec’y. IRISH SETTER CLUB’S TRIALS, ‘T°HESE trials, which commenced on Nov. 23 and were concluded Noy. 25, must be conceded to have been a great success, the work of some of the dogs in the stakes being quite equal to and surpassing many of the performers in the other trials. Of course, as a class, there is much to be done yet to bring them to the point to which their ardent admirers would like to see them, but I am confident, placed in the hands of men who thoroughly understand their pro- fession, the Irish setter can and will take a prominent part in future trials. It remains with the breeders, however, to do their share, by careful breeding to good field performers PAXICO AND PHARL’sS PAn. United States Field Trials, and trained dogs. Let the bitches while in whelp be hunted, and the same intelligence be devoted to their interests as has been the cause of the prominence that the Hneglish setter holds, and there is no cause why the Inish setter men should despair. The presence of two such enthusiastic Irish setter men as Drs. Wm. Jarvis and G, G. Davis added greatly to the interest of thetrials. On the vice-president, Dr. Rowe, de- volved the arrangements of the trials, and everything passed off very smoothly; Major Taylor, Luke White and J. B. Stod- dard giving general satisfaction. In the first series each brace was given long opportunity toshow what wasin them, and there was no hurry at any part of the meeting, It was the expressed opinion of all present that the Irish Setter Club should follow up the good work, and next year I hope the entries will be doubled; aud with so many men coming into the breed just now there is no reason why they should not every one lend a helping hand, either with their money or their dogs. HicH Point, N. C., Monday, Nov. 23.—It was a dreary out- look this morning when we opened our shutters. The rain was coming down in torrents and the wind blew almost a hurricane. Every one had settled that this was a most un- called for damper on the [Trish Setter Club to commence with; but suddenly it cleared up, and the sun coming out it was decided to start after lunch. This would allow the [iy fh waite eIROR TT Ko) i il TBA, jt lb CHAS, BARKER AND PROMOTION, United States Field Trials. ground time to dry outa little, as the wind was still very high. The judges appointed were Major J. M. Taylor, Luke White and J. B. Stoddard. The start was at the Blair farm, and the first brace in THE DERBY, MAID OF BORSTALL—SQUAW, were sent off at 1:26 in a large grass and sedge field. Maid of Borstall (Inchiquin— Onota Belle) was handled by T. M. Aldrich and Squaw (Darragh Pat—Ruby Glencho) by H. B, Anderson. The start was not productive of much incident, neither dog ranging far from handlers, though Squaw was the better ranger of the two. They both turn too much to handlers, being afraid to launeh out yery far on their own account. After going some time Maid pointed near woods, and Squaw coming in in front made a hesitating point, as birds flushed wild. Then two more birds were flushed. Going into the cover aiter these birds, nothing was done, though singles flushed wild, Very slow work in the cover. Outinte open fields again in sedge by a plum thicket, Squaw roaded to a point on a heyy, which Anderson put up: dog steady to shot and wing. Thenin high sedge Maid flushed asingle. Squaw,a bit further on, pointed a single very nicely; Maid backing to order, Some more roading by Squaw to a fir tree, where she pointed, but_ broke point and nothing found, and the heat closed at 2:20. Most of the time the dogs did not range more than 20 or 30yds, from handler, though Squaw made a fair cast or two Dow and then, and was much the best on bird work. LeicH DonrE VI.—FINGLAS,—Leigh Done VI. (Fly—Betsy Leigh), a lightly-made dog, was handled by Mathies, Ving- las, an importation from Mr. O’Callahan’s kennels, brought over by Mr. S. L. Boggs this last summer and sold by him to Mr, Bishop, is by Fingal Il].—Aveline, and W. T. Irwin had charge of him. Put down in sedge grass Finglas started off well, but Leigh seemed to have no idea of range, trotting most of the time round his handler. Going up hill Leigh made game in an uncertain manner, stopped and Fingal backed capitally to one side, but Leigh moved on and noth- ing found, Through the sedge, in which Finglas seemed hardly at home, we passed into pine woods, Finglas making rings around the others, but flushed when he struck the birds. Heé evidently is not accustomed to cover work and high grass. In pines a single flushed wild, and Finglas coming up stopped as another single rose just in front of him, and it looked like a flush; he was steady to wing. Then out of woodsin sedge, near other corn, Mr. Bradley’s horse flushed a large beyy at the edge. These birds were fal- lowed, but dogs did nothing more, and ordered up at 3:27, Finglas ranged out fairly well, but seemed bothered when the ground was not open; he hunted out the likely places, and with a little training on this ground he would no doubt do much better, as he has good action. His long journey from Kansas, with only a day’s rest, may have affected him, as he has a reputation on the other side as being an excellent field dog under Hnglish conditions of field work. Leigh Done V1. will not go further into the stake. HLCHO’s MAID—COLERAINE.—This was expected to be a good heat, as George Gray thinks a good deal of his entry, Hlcho’s Maid (champion Elcho, Jr.—Maid), and Coleraine is well known through her excellent work in the English trials last spring. She is a litter sister to Finglas. It must be said that she has not been herself since she arrived not long since from Haogland, she being seventeen days on the water, and has never eaten a good square meal since she arrived, has seen very few quail and was an entire stranger to this style of country, her only work here being in the Oklahoma country, Starting at 3:29 Geo. E. Gray handled his own bitch and W. T. Irwin handled Coleraine. Both started off in good style and quite refreshed our Spirits after the slow pottering work of some the others, In sedge Coleraine was the fitst to score, pointing stylishly on a bevy which flew into the woods as handler flushed, Maid bscked fairly and they were steady to Irwin’s flush, Both dogs then got points on singles in high sedge, and were steady to shot and wing, Along the pine woods Coleraine seemed hardly to understand this high sedge business; afraid of losing her handler. Going into pines after flushed birds Maid, undera pine tree, made a point aud as Gray went up to flush she moved on but stopped as Mr. Hunver AND BLACK WONDER, After winning Pointer All-Aged at Bicknell, Ind. bird flushed justin front of her, Coleraine backed nicely. Then Coleraine dropped to a bevy side of woods, Maid com- inginin front. Both ranged busily and with much judg- ment here. Alongside a brook Maid then pointed and Coleraine honored it. Higher up Coleraine pointed some single birds which flushed wild and then she flushed one, but was steady to wing. Dogs were then called up at 4 o'clock, Coleraine had a little advantage on birds, showing a good nose. Both ranged out well and at good speed, By far the best heat so far, ROSE OF CLAREMONT—BESSIE MAVOURNEEN.—Rose of Claremont (Claremont Patsey—Nino) was under the gnid- ance of Geo. McClin, and Bessie Mavourneen (champion Tim—Currer Belle IJI1) was handled by E. T, Mathias, They were cast off at 4:06 just outside of some woods. but neither started off with much vim. Starting with a flush near pines the birds went into cover, After quartering several fields at a slow rate, neither dog ranging out at all Rose made game but moved on, and the bird she shoul have nailed flushed to one side, a yard or so away, and wind was right for scent. Out of woods Rose rather blinked as she pointed a bevy, but was steady to flush. Dogs ordered up at 4;37, Neither ranges out at all, the handlers could find almost as many birds alone, as the dogs trotted along in front of them most of the time. PRIDE OF PATSEY—ADONIS.—The former, by Claremont Patsey—Nino, was handled by Geo. A. MecClin, and Adonis (champion Tim—Currer Belle ILI.) by F. J. Schuyler, Down at 4:38. Neither got off at all fast in the ragweed. It was pot long before Pride alraost walked on top of a bevy which flushed when stopping to wing, both acting fairly steady. Then by a fallen tree in woods both pointed a single and were steady to flush. Just before getting out of woods both dogs either stopped just on or fiushed some single birds trees too dense to see. It was in many cases difficult to tell one red dog from the other, Then both made casts round a single which fiusbed wild, in fact several gob up that the dogs should have scored on, but their nasal organs seemed defici«nt in a bird dog’s most requisite faculty, Orderedu at 5:09, near the Model farm. Neither showed much hunt and will be retired from the Stake. In justice to Adonis I may say that his education has only just commenced, for he is only ten months old. NuGent A Bre.—This bitch (Redfern—Gypsy Maid) was handled by her owner H. B. Anderson. Sse was put down at 5:15 toward home, as dark was drawing on apace. She ranged out fast and wide, compared to the others, and on hillside went up toa bevy in good style, and was steady to wing. Birds flew into woods and were followed, but we did not come up to them, though Nugget hunted round at a merry rate. Out of woods in sedge she pointed a single, which a judge flushed as he came out of woods. Then she did a pretty piece of work, dropping to a point at speed, she moved on as handler came up and, se al a cast, she located the bevy, pointed, and was steady to Anderson’s fiush and 7 Dre, 3; 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. 3898 shot. After this she was called up, at 5:45, when it was almost dark. Nugget hunts with a vim, shows judgment and a good nose, and is moreover 4 busy, merry sort of worker, especially in cover. Thisended the day’s running, and we had got a line on the sort of work we might expect from the Irish setter. Some of them had shown excellent merit as Derby dogs, under the adverse condition of ground and wind, TUESDAY. It was announced lastnight that Hlcho’s Maid and Squaw, Nugget and Coleraine, should run to decidethe winners in the Derby, with Finglas, Maid of Borstall and Adonis in reserve, A slight frost during the night made the morning air crisp, while a warm sun didits best to make us all comfortable, The ground had dried out nicely and conditions were favor- able to good work. ; ELcHo’s MAID—SqQuaAw were the first brace put down in stubble near woods at 9:26. At the start Maid made game, but nothing came of it; Squaw ranging further out. Into cover at the edge, Squaw pointed and Maid honored it; both moved on and a single flashed wild. Roading out of woods and then in pines not far off, Maid nailed a single in good style and was steady to flush. Then going into pines, at the edge Maid held a bevv nicely, and Squaw helped the good a H, Child’s Leigh Done VI. with E. B. Bishop’s Fin- As. = George K. Gray’s Eleho’s Maid with EH. B, Bishep’s Coler- aine, George H. Kendall’s Rose of Claremont with B. M. Vanghan’s Bessie Mavourneen, HH, H. Perry’s Pride of Patsey with H. HE. Richards’s Adonis, H. B. Anderson’s Nugget a bye. Second Series. Elcho’s Maid with Squaw. Nugget with Coleraine. Hi. B. Anderson’s Nugget, first money, $200, and Rev. R. O’Callaghan’s subscription of $15.75. EH. B. Bishop’s Coleraine second money, $125, Geo. EK. Gray’s Hlcho’s Maid third money, $75. Mr, Anderson also wins the $50 for handler of winning dog. ALL-AGED STAKE, The drawing for this stake last night had resulted as follows; Geo. E. Gray’s Hope with R. HE. Lutz’s Jim Beatty. EK. B. Bishop’s Hinglas with C, P. Hubbard’s Jessie Jones. and were followed, Duke came very near flushing two birds, just stopping on top of them. ‘Then returning Duke nailed another single, Points on scent at edge of woods for Duke, Don backing, closed the heat at 4 o'clock. Duke showed very fair hunting sense and intelligent range. Don acted poorly, rambling round his handler most of the time. LIMERICK—EDNA II.—This was a good heat, dogs being cast off at 4:03 in a grass field. Limerick (Glen Eicho—Nora) was handled by John White, and Edna II. (champion Hlcho, Jr.—Romaine) by Joseph Hawkins, of S. C, Bradley’s ken- nel, Both dogs started ata good gait, ranging wide and in- telligently over a large field, where, by cover, Limerick was the first to find and pointed a bevy, Edna backing nicely. White flushed and dogs were steady to wing. Following these birds Edna wheeled to a single in a bunch of sedge, and to the left at the same time Limerick pointed a brace, and both were steady to their handlers’ fire. This was a very pretty piece of work. Then Limerick pointed another, but it flushed wild. Hdna just at the edge of woods pointed an- other single, Limerick dropping to do her honor, Hawkins flushed and fired, Hdna steady, but Limerick moved as bird flushed. Then Edna while galloping at speed stopped at the foot of a pine tree as a bird flushed. Going into the epen some distance off Hdna made a pretty point, then drew W. Rowe. H,B.DURYEA. A. MERRIMAN. work by a stylish back; both steady to flush, After these birds in pines Maid roaded to a flush and was steady to wing. Lower down, Squaw made game and roaded to a single, which she pointed, Anderson flushed, shot and dog steady. Elcho’s Maid then held up at 9:50. Squaw going alone not far from here nailed a bevy and dropped to the birds as they flushed wild. Then called up at 9:54, Hlcho’s Maid had a turn by herself, but found nothing, and was called up at 10:03. Several singles were flushed by horsemen which she might have located. Elcho’s Maid had somewhat the ad- vantage on birds, showing more bird sense: range and speed about equal. NuGGET—COLERAINH,—These two were put down outside of woods in sedge at 10:08, and both started off well. On a hill Coleraine began her work poorly by a fiush, but was steady to wing. After some varied ground had been worked out Nugget in open pointed and Coleraine dropped as she backed, nothing found. Coleraine showed no sign of game, HASTERN FIELD TRIALS, 1891. MR. HUNTER WIDTH DAISY HUNTER, but ranged off as soon as allowed to. Nugget roaded into the edge of the cover, nailed the birds and Anderson shot as they flushed, Nugget behaying nicely. After these birds in woods, Coleraine was the first to spot a single, Irwin fired; this was repeated higher up, and Nugget also put another to her credit, pointed again, and roading on nailed it, fol- lewing suit directly after, Coleraine backing, All this within a few yards and was an opportunity for pretty and careful work well carried out. Further on Nugget pointed again and was held for Coleraine to back, bird flushed wild. Dogs were called up at 10:46. Nugget had shown some superior work on birds and fully demonstrated the fact that there are Irish setters that have just as goad a nose and can handle their birds just as carefully as any other. Coleraine was found clogged with burrs, and no doubt this accounted for her indisposition to range toward the endcf heat. This was her handler’s care. Judges soon announced H. B. An- derson’s Nugget first, E. B. Bishop’s Coleraine second and Eleho’s Maid third. SUMMARY. Irish Setter Cliib’s Derby—First Series. _ Nelson MeIntosh’s Maid of Borstal with L. A, Van Zandt’s Squayw, —_—s _ —_— JOHN WHITE. HASTERN FIELD TRIALS, 1891. J, M, AVENT. Max Wenzel’s Ready Il. with G. G. Davis’s Silk. Michael Flynn, Jr,’s, Sedan with Geo. EK. Gray’s Blue Rock. Dr. Wm. Jarvis’s Duke Elcho with Ff. L. Cheney’s Onota Don. C. T. Thompson and W. H. Child’s Limerick with Dr. Wm. Jarvis’s Edna H. F.H. Perry’s Claremont Patsy with E, B. Bishop’s Coleraine. This was an excellent filling, and one the Irish Setter Club should feel proud of. No time was wasted after the Derby winners were announced in casting off the first brace, Hoprk—JIM BEATTY, at 11 o’clock. Hope (Brian Boru Jr. —Biddy) was handled by owner, and Jim Beatty (Lee Grouse —Lew) by J. W. Howse, Both started well. Ranging through some fields, into woods and then into open again, when Hope stiffened out on a bevy, Jim honoring the point. Gray flushed, shot, and dogs were steady. Going into pines after scattered birds, Hope scored again, Gray firing at the flush, dog steady, Nothing more was found and dogs called up at 11:35. Hope did all the work on birds and was the better ranger, showing fair judgment and nose. FINGLAS—JESsIE JONES.—Put down in open sedge field at 11:46, neither got out very far. In an orchard Jessie thought she had something, pointed and was backed by Finglas. The bitch moved on, but after some roading failed to locate, and then both started on another quest. Nothing done, how- ever, and neither showing much hunt they were called up at 12:20, as it was lunch time. After this welcome respite and a chance to stretch our limbs, these two dogs were put down again at 1:22; but still they were unable to tind game, and were finally called up at1:39. Finglas seemed to have lost the little snap he had yesterday, and ranged rather listlessly, paying more attention to his handler than to the work on a Bessie did better ranging, but neither will do for the nals, READY IIl,—SiLK.—Cast off at 1:45, Ready Il. (Red Dash —Ready) was handled by H. B. Anderson and Silk (cham- pion Chief—Gypsy Maid) by F. J. Schuyler. Soon after starling Silk dropped to a point, and moving on after ” while a single flushed wild. Going into woods each flushed a single, and then Silk pointed another, Schuyler fired and dog steady. Getting out of the woods and into acorn patch, Silk pointed a single in good shape, Schuyler fired again, and dog dropped to shot and wing. Then we hunted out some corn, and dogs were ordered up at 2:16. Both dogs ranged fairly well, and the work on birds was in favor of Silk, who was well broken; but neither showed very good powers of scent and their chances are small for a second appearance. SEDAN—BLUE Rock.—We were told to keep our eyes open on this heat, as something better was coming, nor were we disappointed, Sedan (Chester D. Herald—Nancy) had the services of the well known handler, S. C. Bradley, and Blue Rock (Muskerry—Nancy Lee) was handled by owner, Geo. E. Gray. Starting off at 2 o'clock, both ranged out well to their work, and after covering some ground, Blue Rock, at the edge of cover, scored on a single, and both dogs then roaded carefully out of woods, but did not locate further. Higher up in pines Sedan froze to a bevy in good style and Bradley fired at the flush. Dogs were sent after these birds, and in pines two or threé points were noted with no result, but afterwards a single flushed wild, evidently running abead. Then Blue Rock pointed where bird had flushed: both dogs roading, Sedan soon nailed a singlein picturesque style, and at the same time to the right Blue Rock pointed, but he was not so fortunate. This was all donein the space of two minutes. Getting out into the open, Sedan soon came to a point, but nothing found. Dogs were called up at 3 o’clock. The heat was im favor of Sedan as far as sense and nose went; pace and range about the same. DUKE ELCHO—ONOTA DoN.—The former, by champion Hicho, Jr.—Maid, was handled by S. C. Bradley and Onota Don, by champion Chief—Bizreena, was handled by Horace Smith. Cast off at 3,05 in sedge field. Down by a ditch Duke pointed a bevy, Don at the time being round handler’s heels, dog steady to flush. Upin pines in a brier thicket, Duke held another bevy; Bradley put up the birds and dog gleady to shot and wing, birds flymg into thick pine woods OWNERS AND HANDLERS AT EASTERN FIELD TRIALS, 1891. on and pointing again, Hawkins put up two birds some distance off; Limerick had beon called to back and did so 20yds. ahead. Soon after this dogs were called up at 4:32. This was the best heat yet, both beating out their ground well and showing good nose. These dogs from Thomasville are certainly the best ranging dogs of the stake and show every evidenee of the association with men accustomed to handling high class field dogs. . CLAREMONT PATSEY—COLERAINE.—We were now quite near the Model Farm buildings, and dogs were cast off at 4:45. Claremont Patsey (Frisco—Nellie 1X.) was handled by Geo. A. McClin, and Coleraine (Fingal—Aveline) by Ww. T. Irwin. Twenty yards from the starting place Coleraine stiffened on a bevy 40yds. away, and Patsey coming across wind in his cast went right into the “brown” of them, a bad piece of business, Coleraine held her point steady till flushed. Wollowed birds, when in bottom Coleraine drepned HASTERN FIELD TRIALS, 1891. JOHN WHITE WITH DUKE OF HESSEN AND COUNT GLADSTONE. to a point, drew on and then gave it up, made a cast over a ditch, RD to a good point, Patsey coming up. dropped, then moved in ahead of the other and birds flushed all round. Marked down on hill, where Coleraine improyed her opportunity and pointed two birds, Near cover on the hill Patsey stopped and then roaded ina very uncertain manner, and stopped again just as the bevy flushed wild. At the same time higher up Coleraine had dropped to a small bevy and was steady to Irwin’s flush. Then into the woods for singles, where Patsey did not improve his chances by flushing a single, and just as the heat closed Coleraine ointed larks. Dogs were then called up at 5:15.’ Coleraine id good work in this heat, and made a good bid by her superior nose and steadiness for a prominent place in the Stake. This closed the day’s work. WEDNESDAY. It was given out by the judges last night that Limerick and Coleraine, Hope and Sedan and Bluerock and Edna should be brought to the field besa to run in the second series. There was no hurry, as we had all the day - before us, So a late start was made. The day opened cloudy, but the sun came out as we cast off the first brace, 1 | LIMERICK—COLERAINE, at Hargreave’s Farm, some dis- tance from town, at 9:44, in corn stubble. Outside of pines aiter ranging for about 15m., both going well, Limerick pointed in sedge and the birds were flushed by White some distance ahead; Coleraine backed and both were steady to shot and wing. On through oak woods and at edge Coler- aine dropped to a single which Irwin put up. Presently Limerick made game, roaded a bit and then cast off. Out of woods, in sedge, both pointed a single, which rose a yard or so away, and were steady to wing. Dogs were called up at 10:33. Limerick had good pace and range and showed some good work on birds. Coleraine needs conditioning, for she settled down a good deal toward the finish of heat, Down 47m. HOPE—SEDAN,—These two were cast off in corn stubble at 10:34, both going off at a good gait and ranging out intelli- gently. In pines Sedan soon nailed a bevy and was held on point for Hope to back, when Bradley fiushed, and dogs hehaved nicely toshot and wing. Then followed some good work on the singles. Sedan was the first to point one; fhen further down both stoppedtoabird. Still in pines, higher up, Hope nailed her bird; Sedan honoring the point in good style. Then Sedan stiffened ont on scent, and Hope, instead of backing, passed in in front, but nothing resulted from the faua pas. Crossing a hollow in pines, Sedan came to one of the prettiest points in the trials, and Hope’s stylish back completed the pretty picture. Gray clinched the good work by putting up a single, fired, and Hope was steady, but Sedan broke a trifle, stopping at caution. They were called up at 11, nothing further happening. Sedan did good work on birds, and showed best!nose. Hope also ranged well and performed quite creditably, BLUE Rock—HpwnA H,—In corn stubble again these two were cast off at 11:01, After ranging out well through several fields, Blne Rack dropped to a point near a fence by pine wood, and Edna came in front from the side, backed, but handler could find no game. Blue Rock roaded on down the fence buti failed to locate anything. Passing inte coyer Edna came to a full stop, and was held for Blue Rock, who was working out further in the woods; not coming, Hawkius was told to Hush, andasingle got up, Edna dropping to wing, Further on Blue Rock coming toward us pointed a single, Edua backing nicely, and dogs were steady to Gray’s fire. Then further on Blue Rock just Bbopped in time asa single rose out of the briers and several others followed suit, dog steady to the fiying birds. In pines Blue Rock pointed false, At 12 o’clock the dogs were called up. Edna showed the best work and style and bettertange, though Blue Rock also merited praise tor his work. This dog has quite a rep- utation on the other side. He was a winner at the Irish setter trials last year, and also a bench winner at the Birm- ingham, Eny., show of 1890. He was imported by Mr. Covert, and a full description was given of him in FoREST AND STREAM after the Chicago show last spring. It was time for lunch now and the judges had a consultation, and not agreeing exactly ordered COLERAINE—EDWA H.—Out for anotherrun at 1:20. After ranging out some time Edna, side of lowland, pointed some feathers where a single had flushed, and a few yards away Coleraine nailed a bird,which Irwin flushed, and then another got up to one side; dogs steady to shot and wing, Kdna having beenbrought round to back, Neara pine tree further on Coler- aine picked up another single and Hdna dropped to a point like a flash on bare ground by a little patch of grass, from which Irwin put up a bird, Edna backing in good style. This good work on singles convinced every one that Coler- aine was entitled to ahigh place in the stake. and after the dogs were ordered up at 1:50 judges soon decided that Sedan wins first, Coleraine second and Hdna H. third, After handlers and owners had received congratulations we all trotted home, and the first Irish setter trials had come to a close and were counted a great success, SUMMARY. Irish Setter Club's All-A ged. Stuke—First Series. Geo, H. Gray’s Hope with R, EH, Lutz's Jim Beatty. E. B. Bishop’s Finglas with C. P. Hubbard's Jessie Jones. Max Wenzel’s Ready Il. with Dr. G. G, Davis's Silk. . Michael Flynn, Jr.’s Sedan with Gao. E,. Gray’s Blue Rock. Dr. Wm. Jarvis’s Duke Elcho with F. L. Cheney’s Onota Don. C. T. Thompson and W. H. Child’s limerick with Dr. Wm. Jarvis’s Edna H. HF. H. Perry’s Claremont Patsey with E. B. Bishop’s Coleraine. . Second Series, Limerick with Coleraine. Sedan with Hope. Blue Rock with Edna H. Third Series, Coleraine with Edna H, Michael Flynn, Jr.'s Sedan first money, $200, and Elcho cup, donated by Dr. Wm. Jarvis. ; ki. B. Bishop’s Coleraine second money, $125, Dr. Wm. Jarvis’s Edna H. third money, $75. Sedan, the winner, is a well-made, rangy bitch, and if I mistake not has made 4 good appearance on the bench. Coleraine is a capitally made one, small but full of type, and so is Edna H., which I commented on favorably in the Chicago bench show report last spring. After the Irish Setter All-Aged Stake had been decided and we had all returned to the hotel, it was found that the rule requiring that the first and second winners should run together had not been complied with. This necessitated a return to grounds just ontside of the town, where Sedanand Coleraine were cast off and run about twenty minutes. Sedan flushed a bevy, no other game was found and the party returned to town, H. W. NATIONAL BEAGLE CLUB FIELD TRIALS. \HE second annnal field trials of the National Beagle Club were held at Nanuet, N. Y., Nov. 23-28. They werea complete success from beginning to end, but the en- joyment was somewhat marred by a day of hard rain and by the scarcity of game, At the opening of the season rab- bits were abundant, but many haye been shot, and at times during tbe trials it was almost impossible to make a start, The country was fairly well suited for the meeting. There are Many pastures overgrown with furze and low bushes, where there was some splendid sport; there are no stone walls; the swamps are few aud small; the underbrush is not so dense as to impede one seriously, but the briers were abundant and very sharp. The club was fortunate in choosing for judges Pottinger Dorsey and W. 8. Clark, These gentlemen worked hard and followed the hounds faithfully throughout each race. Their decisions were just and impartial, and were well re- ceived by all interested parties except one gentleman, He made himself prominent by systematic kicking,” but the decisions which he criticised so severely were pronounced correct by all disinterested persons who saw the races, The success of the meeting and the enjoyment of those present were due in great measure to Mr. H. lL. Kreuder, of Nanuet. Not only did he attend to the numberless details of the trials, but he teok the best of care of all the dogs, threw open his house for the club headquarters and. royally entertained all who were present. ‘he kind hospitality of a ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. Mr, Kreuder and the ladies of the family will not be forgot- ten by those present at the trials. As a slight token of appreciation the club presented to Mr, Kreuder on Thanks- giving night a polished oak desk and chair. Our host was taken by surprise, but replied in a very neat speech. _ The Massachusetts contingent arrived on unday morn- ing and other club members eame in during the afternoon. On Monday a large representation was present, but to the disappointment of all rain fell in torrents nearly all day. As it was evident that no field work could be done, the bench show, which by programme was to be held before the trials, was not hurried, and it was 11 o’clock before the first class faced the judges. i In the challenge class for dogs, 1sin. and under, Racer, Jzv., met Tricotrim. Both aré well known. Racer better in expression, muzzle and carriage of stern, took the blue ribbon. There were no entries in challenge bitches. In the open dog class nine beagles faced the judges. First went to Hunter, a young dog of great promise; good in head, forelegs straight and clean, good bone and well-carried tail. Fleetwood, second, is soft in coat, weak in head and bitchy In appearance, Roy K., third, is a little long cast and light in muzzle, Fairy’s Lee, vhe., has good bone, but is poor in expression and carries tail badly. _ No challenge bitches, The open bitch class gaye the judges something to think about. As there was not room to judge them in the kennels, they were taken out on the lawn in the pouring rain, After consideration, June Rose and Fannie Racer were given equal first; both were in fine con- dition, and are handsome, stylish bitches, Second went to Belle of Rockland, a bitch showing true beagle character. Third was captured by Gypsey Forest, She was shown in perfect condition, has good Jegs and body, but is poor in head, Lady Lill, vhe.,is a bitch of the correct type, but, chilled by the rain and cold wind, she moyed poorly and would not show to advantage, otherwise she would undoubt- edly have been higher on the list. In chalienge dogs, 13in. and under, that pretty beagle Royal Krueger took first, In challenge bitches Ava. W. won, Sheis well known, In the open class Olyde took a bhie ribbon. There were five entries in the open bitch class, Belle Ross, good in legs, feet and bedy, and in splendid condition, took first. Second went to Judy, who loses to Belle in body and running gear. Nibs, good in body but poor in muzzle, took third, Toxy, vhe,, is light all over. Tu the puppy class The Pasha and The Czar, litter brothers and perfectly matched, took first and second respectively; The Pasha was in a little the best condition. Romp G,, third, is light all over. Inthe evening Harry Twyford and John Bateman were elected members of the club, and it was decided to begin the running of Class A,, dogs 15in. and under, on the following morning, TUESDAY. The rain had ceased but the sky was overcast and a cold northwest wind was blowing. The party left headquarters at 7:45, and a short walk brought us tothe hunting grounds, First Series, HUNTER—RHING.—The first couple were ordered down on the edge of an oak grove, Hunter was handled by A. Parry, and Ring by I. W. Chapman. Ring at once ranged the wider and showed more dash and spirit than Hunter, who is a young dog of little experience and depended too much upon his handler, Working through the woods Ring gave tongue, but failed to find. After ranging for some time, Hunter trailed toastart. Ring was at his heels at once, but the scent seemed to be very poor on the wet leayes and neither dog followed well; there were some bad checks, and the driving was slow and unsatisfactory. Dugs tested for gunshyness and found allright. After being down 40m. they were ordered up and race given to Ring. The poor work was undoubtedly due to the water-soaked ground and strong wind. TRICOTRIN—ROy K.—These dogs were cast off at 9:18 in oak scrub, Tricotrin was handled by D. C. Wixom, while G. E. Hska looked after Roy K. Tric ranged better than Roy, who depended entirely on his handler and showed little desire to hunt. Walking out of the oaks into a brier field Eska saw a rabbit in its form. Picking Roy up he threw him atthe rabbit. The dog landed aimost on the cobtontail and ran him by sight ata great pace for a few yards and then stopped. ‘Tric, called up, overran the track, circled, picked it up, ran about 100yds, and lost. Taken up at 9:40 and heat given to ‘Tricotrin, Neither dog showed much spirit and the work done was very poor. Tony WELLER—STORMY.—At 10:10 these beagles were cast off in a brier field, C. E. Eska handling Tony and Geo. Laick Stormy. Tony was all fre and hunt, but Stormy acted as if frightened by the crowd, ranged poorly and showed no wish to hunt. Tony gave tongue and trailed toward the specuators, but the rabbit was jumped by them before he had time to start it. Both dogs being called up, Tony took the track first, and together they drove the rabbit through the briers. ‘Tony did most of the work, and Stormy showed but little life till he caught sight of the rabbit crossing the road, This put new spirit into him, and a pretty run fol- lowed, but Tony did much the best work whenever the rab- bit made a fling. Ordered up at 10:55 and race given to Tony Weller. This heat was far better than those which had preceded it. : i BILL NyYE—BACER, J&.—Ordered down in a field of briers at 11:08. Bill, handled by_ his owner, W. H. Hyland, and Racer, Jr. by C. BH. Eska, Both dogs started off with life and ranged well. A rabbit was jumped by Judge Dorsey and then dogs were called up. Bill took the track at once. Racer packed well, and together they did some fine driving till the rabbit made his fling. Both circled well, but Bill, making a beautiful cast, took the track, and during the rest of the race cut ont allthe work. Racer ran well and showed style and hunting sense in his work, but did not try to press to the front, seeming satisfied to follow. Bill Nye took the race after a half hour’s run, ¥ { FLEETWOOD—F AIRyY’s LEEW— Down at 11:40 in the brier field, Fleetwood looked after by F. W. Chapman, and Fairy’s Lee by T. 8, Hield. Both started with life. Fairy gave tongue first and trailed prettily to a start. Fleetwood backed to him, but did not try to set the pace and was con- tent to give tongue and follow. After some fine trailing by Fairy’s Lee, the brace was taken off the rabbit, wihch, being but quarter grown, dodged here and there, leaving but little scent. Drawn away, the dogs worked in the thicket but failed to start. Taken up at 12:18, heatgiven to Fairy’s Lee, who did much the best work all through the race. SEDGEWICK—STORMY,—Sedgewick, the bye dog, was put down in edge of aswamp at 12:25 torun with Stormy, who had already run one heat, Sedgewiek handled by D. C. Wixom and Stormy by his owner. Stormy started and did some splendid driving in the swamp, his beautiful voice ringing grandly. Sedgewick ran with him and tongued but little. The rabbit was lost in the wet swamp, both dogs giving voice occasionally, This heat was very unsat- isfactory, as neatly all the driving was in the thick brush, where it was impossible to follow the dogs and see which was doing the work, A halt was now made for lunch under some wainut trees, and sandwiches and cider were very acceptable to the hun- gry sportsmen as they satin picturesque attitudes on some very hard rocks. After consultation the judges decided to run the second series in the order reported below. Second Series. Tony WELLER—BILL Nyk.—Tony was handled by C. E. Eska-and Bill by Wm. Hyland. These fine dogs were put | down at 1:5fin thick saplings. Coming out of the woads — -into a pasturé both [DEC, 8, 1891: worked carefully. Here John Bateman, who had followed all the heats and tired out many a younger man, jumped a rabbit. Both dogs being called up and started even, Tony took the track first, and in a short run to a stone wall, where the rabbit holed, did most of the work. Tony cast across the wall, but Bill trailed to hole and marked. Bunny was taken from the wall and dropped in the field. Tony hit the track off at once and did some pretty work, making all the running across the field to a stone wall. Here he marked a burrow in which the rabbit had gone to earth. Ordered up at 2:39 and heat given to Tony. Some b-autiful work was done in this race in full view of the spectators. Just as the dogs were ordered up, the rabbit holed by Lan dodged out and ran into the brush at foot of the ill. Parry's Len—Ring.—Ordered down at 2:48 and put on the track of the rabbit, Fairy vook the track first, Ring harked to him, and well packed they ran bunny through the open field, first one and then the other leading. Ring did much better work than in the morning, showing fire and life. It was now late in the day, dry, and very hard trailing. With many checks they drove across the open, both doing well, but Ring a little more rapid in his work. Drawn back, they did some pretty driving down the hill to the railroad track, where they were checked and failed to find, though both tongued occasionally in the swamp. Ordered up at 3:13 and decision reserved. TRICOTRIN—STORMY.—Put down at 3:24 in open pasture, both dogs handled by owners. Stormy showed much the greater vim and desire to hunt; Tric was indifferent and hunted listlessly close to his handler. After beating a num- ber of fields, Stormy started a rabbit in a swamp and droye him among the spectators, when he took refuge under a stump. Judge Clark bolted him out. Tric took the track and did some rapid work across a mowing field to a barn, where the rabbit went to earth, Stormy meanwhile was at fault. Drawn away to new ground, Trice showed more life, but Do game was put up. After being down nearly an hour, they were taken up to be put down again in the morning, WEDNESDAY. The morning dawned clear, frosty and still. The party got.an early start, and seven heats were run during the day. TRICOTRIN—STORMY, were put down at 7:50 to run off their undecided heat of yesterday. Both were handled by their owners, and worked through Demorest’s orchard and a swamp toa sunny hillside, where Stormy did some pretty and rapid trailing, but failed to start; Trice followed him, but was mute, Back again in the swamp Tric got on toa rabbit and alone hustled him aeross the railroad track into the open woods. Stormy, put on with him, drove for some distance, doing all the work. Taken up at 9:00 and race given to Stormy, who, throughout the heat, had shown the best hunting qualities; he has a splendid voice, but is in- elined to use it when there is little need. The peu undecided heat of Tuesday was next disposed of, an HATRY’s LEE—RING, were laid on at 9:20 in aswamp. The dogs were handled by their owners, who worked them out of the Swamp on toa side hill covered with sumach bushes. At first the dogs moved slowly, Ring haying a trifle the hest ofitin ranging. A rabbit was started by that master of the art, John Bateman, and the dogs were called up and put on together. Neither took the track quickly; but after casting here and there Pairy’s Lee hit it off with Ring at his heels. On the hillside both did pretty and stylish work, but finally lost in the open field. The handlers now did a little hunt- ing for themselves, and bolted the rabbit from a stone wall. Both dogs were hot on, tonguing beautifully and running in full view. It was a most exciting race. Fairy’s jolly handler mounted a large stump, and while he did some wonderful high kicking, called to his beagle: “Sing to him, Fairy, sing! Now the Fairy’s talking! See the Fairy; hear him sing!” Both were hunting well when ordered up. Down 45m. and decision reserved. Tony WELUER—RING were the next couple and were loosed at 10:20 on the sumach hillside, F, W, Chapman looked out for Ring and C, HE. Hska steered Tony to victory. Both dogs got away full of fire and hunt, and after ranging for a few minutes were called to a brush heap where a rab- bit had been jumped. Aftera little sasiart they took the trail together, Going down the hill Tony did the best work, but in the swamp Ring was leading as they went out of sight in the brush. Here on account of the bottomless mud it was impossible to follow closely, but they were heard merrily tonguing for some minutes. There was a check at the railway, but Tony crossed, cast in the swamp and car- ried the track away in fine style. Here a big cur took a hand in the running and spoiled the sport fora few minutes, but he was soon left by the beagles.. Both cast prettily; Tony caught the scent first and did a beautiful piece ot work, following the track through a culvert under the rail- road and led into the swamp. Ring meanwhile wasat fault on the other side, but backed to Tony, and together they drove thetrabbit to the point of starting, Tony doing most of the work. Taken off at 11:55 and heat given to ony Weller. The judges now made the awards in Class A: Tony Wel- ler first, Ring and Fairy’s Lee equal second, Bill Nye and Stormy equal third. , Class B—For Bitches lin. avd Onder. The running now began in Class B, and the first brace ordered down was LADY LEE—FANNY RAGCER.—Lady was handled by her owner, A. Parry, and Fanny by C. H. Hska. They beat through a pasture into the woods, where the spectators kicked outa rabbit. The dogs were called up and started even. Lady took the track first, Fanny backed well, and in open set the pace. Both worked well, showing great style and eagerness. While at fault on the side hill both backed to a bound driying near by. This dog was caught, and the bitches working beautifully drove a rabbit downhill into the swamp, aud after some minutes brought him back again. Up after a half hour's run and heat given to Fanny Racer, who was a little the fastest and very quick on the turo. ae FLORA K,—DORA were cast off at 12:15 on the hillside, where the last couple were taken off the rabbit. Dora was andled by Geo, Laick, and Flora by CG. KH. Hska, The dogs Sar bad ee of it, but Flora finally picked up the track and with Dora did a httie driving, but soon lost, Both orked with somelittle energy and gave tongue occasionally, Dat accomplished nothing. Ordered upin a half-hour and heat given to Flora K. ‘ This finished the racing for the morning, and after lunch n the hill ‘ GyPpskY Formst—NELLIE were loosed at 1:25, Gyp handled by A. Parry, and Nellie by D.C. Wixom, Both started off well, showing good action and style. In the woods Mr. Wixom saw a rabbit under a tree, called np his dog and poked puss ont with his gun, Gyp was near, and both dogs went off at_a terrific pace, It was nip and tuck between them, and altogether the fastest thing yeb seen, They were at fault at a brook, but Gyp picked up the track first and in the open field cut out the work, When checked, Gyp cireled wide, showing judgment and hunting sense, while Nellie pottered trying to work every inch of the track, The rabbit was then jumped by some of the party and both beagles, hot on, ran to a final loss. Working through some young wood, both ranged well, but Gyp covered the most ground. Tt was now very dry aud many likely places were drawn blank. At last arabbit Jumped from the weeds. The dogs took the track at the game moment, but lost after a-short run, Soon ee after Judge Dorsey saw a rabbit, and calling the dogs started ‘itin sight of both. Asit jumped Gyp came within an inch of catching it, and both beagles dashed down the hill at great speed, Gyp working two turns and Nellie one. Hard pressed, ihe Tabbit took refuge in a wall, and both dogs marked the hole. After being down two hours, they were taken up to be put down again in the morning. ; _ BELLE OF ROCGKLAND—COUNTESS JUNO.—Belle was in charge of C, EB. Eska and Countess was handled by F. W. Chapman. Both started badly and with little vim. Mr. Wixom bolted a rabbit from a thicket and Juno picked up the track and ran it alone, but Belle was too fond of her handler to leave him and refused to take the track, Taken upat4, Countess Juno won. This finished the day’s sport and all returned home -thor- oughly tired out. A delicious game supper, in which rabbit and quail figured, put every one at peace with himself and the world, * THURSDAY. The morning was clear and frosty, but in the afternoon rain fell and interfered with the sport, only three races being finished. _ NELLIE—GYPShY FOREST were put down in Demorest’s orchard at § to finish the undecided heat of yesterday. Both started merrily, Gyp ranging the better. On the sumach hill Nellie tongued, and both dogs followed the trail for some distance, but it cameto nothing, Judge Dorsey then bolted a cottontail from a bunch of grass, Nellie teok the track first, but Gyp did most of the work and trailed to hole and marked, with Nellie close behind. The driving was slow and difficult. An unsuccessful attempt was made to get the rabbit. Then the crowd sang ‘The Suwanee River,” and as bunny did not come out even then, he was probably killed by the first note, Drawn away, much good country was hunted without result, but at last both dogs got ona rabbit and hustled him through the thickets and briers at great speed, Gyp setting the pace but with Nellie close be- hind, Heat given to Gyp after “being down three hours. This r sult only confirmed the opinion formed yesterday, and the race should have been decided long before it was. JUNE Ros—E—ToNe.—Tone, first prize winner in last year’s trials, was cast off with June Rose at 11:10, both dogs handled by their owners. June showed the most vim and found after a few minutes work. Tone was on at once and away they went at a killing gait, leaving judges and handlers to smash their way through the briers as best they could. At the road the rabbit made a fling which June worked very prettily and flew down the hill, with Tone a good second. Checked, Tone cast well and hit it off; June on at once and together they did some rapid work up the hill, both dogs keen. In a long run each worked many flings without much advantage to either. Taken up at 12;20 and race given to June Rose. Fine work was done by both dogs, but June was the faster and in much better con- dition for hard work. This heat ended the first series and the judges selected the couples to run in the second series as reported below: Second Series. q CouUNTESS JUNO—F'LORA EK. were put down at 120 ina pasture, Messrs, Chapman and Eska handling them, Juno moyed slowly without vim, while Flora hunted at a snail’s pace, yapping occasionally. Up at 1:05 and the waik given to Flora K. FANNIE RACHER—GYPSEY FOREST were set loose at 1:55 in edge of woods immediately after lunch. Gyp did not move with her usual style, showing her long, hard race of the morning; Manny was full of life and spirit. Much ground was covered without finding fur. Rain began to fall as we re-entered the familiar brier field, where a half-grown rabbit was seen by Mr. Parry. It took two pokes of a stick to start him. Both dogs took the track but the driving was difficult, as the rabbit was sulky and would do nothing but dodge. The rain now cane down in earnest and a start was made for home without deciding the race. FRIDAY. The rain. had ceased and the sky was cloudless. The party inade a Jate start, as if was almost impossible for the tired There were many false starts and much babbling, but it was no use, they could hunters to get away trom their beds, not lead off. Only five heats were run, as game was very difficult to find. GYPSEY FORESt—HANNY RACER.—These stylish, pretty beagles were put down at 8:25 in Demarest’s pasture. Both worked with spirit, and getting out of the field were put on a rabbit in oak underbrush. The leaves had not yet fallen, and in a few minutes judges, handlers and the few specta- tors who followed the hounds were dripping wet. Gyp went off in the lead, doing most of the work, though Fanny got in a turn now and then, but was not running in the form she displayed yesterday. Ordered up at 8:55 and race given to Gyp. Fannyis young and inexperienced, but will be heard from later. TONE—NELLIZ were laid on at 9:30 in our old stamping ground, the brier field. Both got away poorly, seeming stit? after yesterday's hard runs, but soon warmed to their work and moved better. ‘Tone trailed prettily to a start. Nellie was with her at once, both hot and eager. At first Tone did the better work, but Nellie improved, and during the last of the race had everything her own way. Taken up after a half hour’s run and heat given to Nellie. This was a very fast race and difficult to follow. Tone is out of condition; when in shape she is a hard one to beat. Final Series. JUNE Rosh—GyPsby Foresr.—Cast off at 10:15 in the briers, to run for first prize; both handled by their owner, A. Parry. Together they trailed prettily to a start in a bull . brier thicket. Leading alternately, they pressed the rabbit at a great pace through the thicket, both dogs full of snap in spite of the thorns. But they could not carry the rabbit out of the bull briers, and the whole run covered but little ground, the rabbit constantly twisting, turning and playing all his tricks, Thrown off several times, they cast well, picked up the track, and were running when ordered up at 0:55. Race and first prize given to Jone Rose, who did the best work during this pretty run. Gypsey Forest took sec- ond prize. FANNIE—TONE.—These beagles were put down at 11:10 to determine the third prize winner, Fannie opened first, trailed finely, but lost. The spectators started a rabbit and both dogs were called to the track and failed to take it for some minutes; then tongued once or twice and lost in the briers. Called away, a long stretch of country was drawn blank, At last a rabbit was started in the open oak woods. Fannie did some pretty hunting and led at first, but ata turn circled the wrong way, and Tone hit it off and had the rest of the race to herself. Tone did better work than in the previous heat. Up at 12:40 and race givento Tone. As Nellie had preyiously beaten Tone, the result of this race - gave her third prize. Olass C—Dogs isin. and Under. - RoyAL KRUEGER—CLYDE.—These dogs were down at 12:50 in the briers. Clyde handled by A. Perry and Roy by D. GC. Wixom. Both started with style and dash, moving about alike. Roy gave tongue where the previous brace lost their rabbit, Clyde tacked with him and they did some retty hunting, but failed to find. Ordered up at 1:27 for unch. Cider, sandwiches and hot baked beans made the Bostonians feel at home again. Down once more at 2:10, Gun fired to test the dogs and the report started a rabbit. Both dogs did some fine hunting, but Clyde was faster and _ east better when checked, The ground was yery dry and trailing difficult, and the rabbit was finally lost, Up at? EE ™ . ‘FOREST AND STREAM. Krueger, Class D—Bitches isin. and Under, First Series. BELLE Ross—Jupy.—Cast off at 2:50 in briers. Belle handled by A. Parry and Judy by ©. E. Eska. Judy was timid and bolted back to her box, but when brought up the second time did some ranging, but was under no control. For an hour and a half the country was scoured, but no fur or sign of ij was found, Up at 4:25 to be put down again in the morning. In the evening the field trial committee decided, in order to finish the field trials as soon as possible, to run the pup- pies with C. S. Wixom as judge; at the same time the regular judges could go on with Class D. SATURDAY. Before daylight the party were astir and hunting grounds were reached at an early hour. The sky threatened rain at sunrise, but later the sun broke through the clouds. Mr. Vredenburgh, secretary of the A.IX,C., accompanied the party, and saw the poorest sport of the week. BELLE Ross—JupyY at 6:50 were taken into oak scrub to finish undecided heat of yesterday. Judy, a timid little thing and unacquainted with her handler, was kept in chain till the rabbit was up, so as to give her every possible chance to show her quality. Put ona heat track with Belle, Judy refused to hunt, Belle ran prettily and was given the race. Judy is said to be a fine hunter, and it was unfortunate that her owner could not be present to handle her, Toxy—AvA W.- Putdown at 8:03 where last brace were taken off. Avamoved merrily and hunted well. She trailed through an open field and worked a fling very nicely, giving tongue in a heautiful pleading voice clear asa bell. Toxy seemed frightened by the crowd and worked poorly. Ava W. won in twenty minutes, Both handled by their owners. Niss—RomP C.—Set loose in the briers at $:23. Nibs, ener- getic and gay, hunted with spirit. Romp made little or no effort to find. A cow smashing through the bushes put up a rabbit and both dogs were put on the track. Nibs did all the work. Up at 9:13 and race given to Nibs. Sheis avery small beagle, but shows snap and life in her work. Final Series. Nips—BELLE Ross.—Laid on at 9:31 and moved about alike, showing spirit and hunting sense, Two very small rabbits bolted, but neither dog could do much with them, as the scent lay poorly and the rabbits refused to do any- thing but dodge. Taken up in ahalf hour. The judges gave equal firsts to Nibbs and Belle Ross. Ava W. took second and Romp C. third. Class H—Piuppies. There-were but three entries present in this class, Jumbo haying failed to appear, and they were run together. Romp C., THE CzAr, THH PASHA.—These pups were put down together at Blauvelt’s at 7:11, C.S. Wixom acting as judge. They started no game and neither was yery ambi- tious to hunt, but Romp C, showed a little more vim than the others and was given first, The Pasha second and the Czar third. The poor work done by these pups shows that the age limit should be extended or the class abolished, The Absolute Winner. The races to determine the absolute winner now came on, and better sport was expected. Romp C., Ava W. and Belle Ross were withdrawn, The judges first ordered down CLYDE—TONY WELLER.—They were cast off at 10:04 in the briers, Clyde in charge of A. Parry and Tony looked after by Harry Twyford. They started well, both working prettily and full of fire and hunt. Tony was the first to give tongue, Clyde trailed with him, but mute; the trail came to nothing. Other country was hunted, both work- ing hard and occasionally finding scent enough to give tongue, but failing to get away; one promising track was carried into the swamp, but lost there. Then followed a long and tedious hunt for fur, but at last Judge Dorsey got up arabbit from the sunny side of a rock. The dogs were put on together, Clyde hit the track a trifle in advance of Tony and going up the hill had the best of the race, working three turns in succession, Tony then settled down to business and during the rest of the race his work was superior to Clyde’s. Hach dog was running as if for his life, but Tony was the speedier and cut out most of the work, though Clyde took a hand init now and then. Upat 11:47 and race given to Tony Weller. Tony WELLER—JUNE ROsE.—Down at 11:55 on trail where last brace were taken up. ‘Tony had had work enough to excite his best efforts, while June, just taken from her box, started without her usual life. Tony picked upthe track at once and in the open woods caught.a couple of turns in great style, and led awayat a clipping gait through the swamp and up the hill. June did not hark to him, and before she knew what was going on was far in the rear and gut of the race. Up at 12:06 and race given to Tony Weller, who thus became the absolute winner. Three hearty cheers were given for Tony, and the National Beagle Olub trials for 1891 wereatanend. Tony Weller (Keno—Fly)isa white, black and tan dog, whelped March 24, 1885, and is the property of Wm. H. Child. Tony is well Kuown on the bench, and in these trials proved himself a splendid field dog. He is a rapid, energetic and stylish worker, possessed of fine judgment and hunting sense. ; The judges announced that the specials were awarded as follows: The Forest Beagle Kennels, with Hunter, June Rose, Gypsey Forest and Lady Lee, won the specials for the best kennel of four on the bench and in the field, With Hunter and June Rose they won the special for best brace on the bench. Glenrose Kennels, with Ring and Tone, won special for best brace, dog and bitch, in the field. Pocantico Kennels, with Stormy, won special for dog with best voice. vi Hornell-Harmony Kennels, with Ava W., won special for bitch with best voice, and with Nibs special for dog win- ning the greatest number of heats owned, entered and han- dled by breeder. Wm. H. Child, with Tony Weller, wins the club medal and the special for best trailing. SUMMARY. - Entrance fee in each class 55, Twenty-five dollars added in all classes where there are ten or more entries, First prize 40 per cent., second 30 per cent,, third 20 per cent., of entrance fees and added money, Class A—Dogs lin. and Under. First. Series. _Glenrose Beagle Kennels’ Ring beat Forest Beagle Ken- nels’ Hunter. Hornell-Harmony Kennels’ Tricotrin beat Rockland Ken- nels’ Roy K, . Wm. H. Child’s Tony Weller beat Pocantico- Kennels’ Stormy. : - Wim. H. Hyland’s Bill Nye beat Rockland Kennels’ Racer ia Edwin Fields’ Hairy’s Lee beat EF. F. Ogiers’s Fleetwood. Pocantico Kennels Stormy beat Hornell-Harmony Ken- nels’ Sedgewick (a bye). ‘ Second Series. Touy Weller beat Bill Nye. Fairy’s Lee and Rirg (dead heat). Stormy beat Tricotrin. 2:45 and heat and first prize given to Clyde; second to Royal Final Series. i % Tony Weller (Keno—Fly) beat Ring (Victor C.—Try R.) and won first prize. ; Ring and Fairy’s Lee (Lee I1.—Fairy) were given equal second, Bill Nye (Rip Van Winkle—Queen Nellie) and Stormy (Royal Krueger—Pussie) were giyen equal third, Class B—Bitches isin, and Under. First Series. Rockland Kennels’ Fanny Racer beat Forest Beagle Ken- nel’s Lady Lee. ee a Kennels’ Flora K. beat Pocantico Kennels? ora. Forest Beagle Kennels’ Gypsey Forest beat Hornell-Har- mony Kennels’ Nellie. F. F. Ogiers’s Countess Juno beat Rockland Kennels’ Belle of Rockland. Forest Beagle Kennels’ June Rose beat Glenrose Beagle Kennels’ Tone. Second Series. Flora K, beat Countess Juno. Gypsey Forest beat Fanny Racer. Nellie beat Tone. Tone beat Fannie Racer. Final Series. June Rose (Frank Forest—Juno II.) beat Gypsey Forest: (Frank Forest—Sue Forest) and won first prize. ana Forest won second. Nellie (Rattler—Rosebud) won third, Class C—Dogs 18in, and Under. Bradford S. Turpin’s Clyde (Frank Forest—Sue Forest) beat Hornell-Harmony Kennels’ Royal Krueger (Banner- | man—Cora) and won first prize. Royal Krueger won second. Class D—Bitehes, 13in. and wnder. First. Series. EB adtord S, Turpin’s Belle Ross beat W. H. Ashburner’s Judy. Hornell- Harmony Kennels’ Ava W. beat Glenrose Beagle Kennels’ Tosy. Hornell-Harmony Kennels’ Nibs beat Glenrose Beagle Kennels’ Romp C. Final Series. Belle Ross (Ross W.—Cricket) and Nibs (Reyal Krueger— Midge) won equal first. Ava W. (Royal Krueger—Midge) won second. Romp C. (Tony—Skippy) won third. Class H—Pwuppies. Glenrose Kennels’ Romp C. (Tony—Skippy) won first. Rockland Kennels’ The Pasha (Mac—Wanny K.) second. Rockland Kennels’ The Czar (Mac—Fanny K.) won third. BRADLEY. CENTRAL FIELD TRIALS. EXINGTON, N. C., Monday, Noy. 30.—There was every promise on Saturday last that we should have fair weather to commence these trials in, but eyen down here the weather indulges in vagaries that upset the best laid plans. Yesterday opened with a snowstorm, and toward nicht a heavy frost set in, so that all thoughts of running to-day had to be abandoned. Theve are several visitors here and the full complement of handlers. Those present.are Messrs. P. H. O’Bannon and Harry Smoot, Sperryville, Va.: R. lu. McCook, New York; Bayard Thayer, Boston, Mass.: Captain Wainam and F. L. Beyan, Ashboro, N. C.; S. lL. Boggs and Joe Lewis, Pittsburgh, Pa.; D. A. Upson, Cleveland, O.: J. M. Tracy, Hempstead, 1. 1; N. Wallace, Waterbury, Conn. : ©. C. M. Hunt, Palmyer, N. Y.;.J.H. and J. A. Hunter, Sanborn, Ind.; 8. C. Bradley, J. B. Stoddard and John White, Thomasville, N. C.;J.M. Avent, Hickory Valley, Tenn.; Charles Tucker, Stanton, Tenn.: D, EK, Rose, Law- renceburgh, La.; Charles Barker, Ravenna, Neb,; John Lewis, Ramsey. N.J.; E. T. McMurdo and 0, E. Buckle, Charlotteville, Va.; S.J. McCartney, E. I. Martin, Wilming- ton, Del.; Dr. Rowe, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. Jarvis, Claremont, N. H.; B. Waters, V. M, Haldeman and Major J. M. Taylor, and Angus Cameron, England. The draw for the Setter Derby took place this morning in the club room. The order of running is: E. J. Meyer’s Prima Dona with Blue Ridge Kennels’ Hope’s Mark: J, K. Garnet’s Ned Noble with N, T, Harris’s Wun Lung; Royal Phelps Carroll’s 1za with Blue Ridge Kennels’ Laundress: W. B. Meares, Jr.’s, McMurdo with Harry Northwood’s Amy Robsart; W. F’. Burdell and J. D. Poston’s Latonia II. with J. M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s Camille: Pierre Lor illard, Jr.’s, Lora with Blue Ridge Kennels’ Bob Cooper: Randolph Kennels’ Randolph’s Roy a bye. The club has secured another farm in place of the Smith farm, that was so far away from town. This is the Hargreaves farm, and the ground is excellently adapted for the trials. Game is plentiful and there is little brier and thick cover, making it an excellent place for the running of the Derby Stakes. Jack Frost still holds the soil in his firm grip, buf the sun melted most of the snow during the day, and no doubt a late start will be made in the morning, H. W. L. mt [Special to Forest and Stream.) Lexineton, N. C., Dec. 1.—The trials commenced this morning with a late start in delightful weather. Snow nearly all gone. In the first heat Hope’s Mark had the bet- ter range and hunted with more judgment than Prima Donna and did best work on birds; neither did well toward the finish. Wun Lung ran rings round Ned Noble, and had the best of it on birds and was steadier, Iza.had better range and speed than Laundress, but little judgment; Iza had little the best of it on birds, but neither are likely to be seen in finish, Amy Robsart showed better work than Mc- Murdo, the latter breaking in several times, and will hardly remain in. Latonia was lame when called to run with Camille; hurt her shoulder in wagon. Camille then ran with Randolph’s Roy, Camille under little control and starting with a long chase after hare; neither steady to wing. Afterward Roy had slight advantage on birds, but Camille showed best paceandrange. Lora and Bob Cooper will both stay in; they ranged well and were about equal on birds, This ended first series, Judges have just announced that Bob Cooper, Wun Lung, Hope’s Mark, Amy Robsart and Lora remain in. and Iza, Camille and Ned Noble in tre- serve. The Pointer Derby draw resulted: Jas. E. Mahaffy’s Prince, Jv., with Charlottesville Kennels’ Mainstay: Hunter Bros.’ Black Wonder with J. R. Daniels’s Promotion: Char- lottesville Kennels’ Outcast with W. G. Brokaw’s Bob; Charlottesville Kennels’ Exile with Beresford Kennels’ Dauntless. We regret to hear that Mr. Thomas Statter, of Manchester, Hngland, whose name is well known on both sides of the Atlantic as one that was long identified as an owner and breeder of some of the most celebrated pillars of the stud in the Laverack setter, is now a confirmed inyalid. To pass the time away he has written a book on pointers and setters, which will shortly be published. Such a book is bound to be interesting to the present generation, who have neces- sarily an imperfect knowledge of the earlier dogs to which they delight in tracing back the pedigrees of the dogs they pet to-day—Rhabe, Moll, Blue Dash and all the rest of Nem, he pea Eres ety ese i : ‘ , \ 3898 FOREST AND STREAM. [Dzc, 3, 1801 SS... a eee SS eS ee Ee LE SO ee ea LORD CLOVER’S PEDIGREE. Hditor Forest and Stream: When compiling the “Prize Pugs of America and Hngland,”’ I had even better facility for obtaining informa- tion regarding prize pugs than the owner of Lord Clover can ossibly command, yet I failed to obtain any reliable in- ormation regarding champion Little Dorrit, and came to the conclusion that such a dog was a myth, hence the cur- tailing of the pedigree. Of course 1 was in possession of a pedigree advertised by a former owner of J,ord Clover, which gave champion Little Dorrit as his grand dam, but I did not consider such information reliable. In fact Lord Clover is not the grandson of champion Little Dorrit. There is not now and never has been any champion Little Dorrit, and he who advertises 4 pedigree which includes such a dog makes a great deal more serious breach of the rules which should govern dog breeders than would result from curtailing a disputed pedigree. lam glad to see, howeyer, that our friend comes down to plain Little Dorrit in his last letter. Let him stick to that and I shall feel that the ‘‘Prize Pugs of America and England” has accomplished something toward the end for which it was compiled. With respect to the alleged discrepancies in the “Prize Pugs of America and Hngland,” pointed out in our friend’s letter, I would just say that if he read with as much intelli- gence as he appears to write, he would scarcely have at- tempted to findfanlt. Heclaims that on page 14 I give one pedigree for Stingo Sniffles and on page 130 a different one. Now, as a matter of fact, on page 14 the pedigree mentioned is in a quotation from the English Kennel Gazette, and is printed between quotation marks, and the error contained therein is not mine. Moreover, the quotation does not come under the head of pedigrees, and an intelligent reader would never look for a pedigree in that portion of the book, which refers to the origin of the pug generally. ‘ It would be equally clear to an intelligent reader that Little Dont, mentioned in Rustic Queen’s pedigree, is a printer’s error, and should be read Little Dorrit, and more especially is this clear if Rustic Queen’s dam What’s That’s pedigree is turned to on a subsequent page, Tam glad to find that our friend, who has evidently been straining himself in the effort, has been able to find so little real fault with the “Prize Pugs of America and England.” lt is very evident that he is sore because the pedigree of his dog has been called into question, and this i the more no- ticeable from the way in which he attempts to hit off his reference to my editorial career with the scissors; but this, too, falls flat, for, on reference to the “Prize Pugs of America and Hngland,”’ he will find the following sentence: “There isin this work yery little which the writer claims as original, except the method of compiling information.” Yes! no doubt of ithe is sore! Heshould not blameme so much, though, but turn his attention to those who attempted to find the doga ‘‘champion”’ granddam on his maternal side. Had it not been for the one first prize which Lord Cloyer was particularly lucky in winning, even his curtailed pedi- gree would never have appeared in the ‘Prize Pugs of America and England,”’ M. H. CRYER. PHILADELPHIA, Noy. 30. THE PEARL OF PEKIN INCIDENT. ee: Colorado, Nov. 28 —Hditor Forest and Stream: In your issue of the 19th inst. Mr. W. Wade takes riding over Pearl of Pekin in her course with Chicopee Lass. Had some stranger ridden over Pearl, Mr. Bartels (the owner of Pearl) would have been and should have been the one to sufter thereby, but as Mr. Edmonds (his opponent) was the one to ride over Pearl, Mr. Bartels was not the one who should have suffered by the accident. On the contrary, Mr. Edmonds should have suffered the consequence of his own act, even though it was an accident, and should never have allowed his opponent to suffer by any act of his own, even though it be an accident. Neither law nor equity will in such a case allow the opponent, an unoffending party, to be the one to suffer. For this reason the rule was made, and it was made mandatory: ‘The course shall be given to the owner of the dog so ridden over, etc.,”’ is certainly manda- tory. There is no room for discussion, as to the meaning of the rule, and when the majority of the Executive Committee of the Americsn Coursing Club sustained Mr. Kdmonds, they knowingly rode over the rules which they were elected to enforee. Ascident cuts no figure, for the rule was made for the pur- pose of imposing the penalty upon the proper party, whether the riding over be an accident or not. Inacaseof this kind the Draconian rule (as Mr. Wade is pleas to term it) works no hardships; it merely puts the hardship where it belongs—on the offending party and not on the injured party. Surely Mr, Wade would not expect the innocent and unoffending party to suffer by the act of an opponent, and have the offending party escape without a scratch, even though the act were unintentional. When I consider how plainly the rule reads and how im- perative and mandatory itis, I must agree with Mr. J. H. LeMoyne in denouncing the decision of said executive com- mittee as a ‘most unrighteous decision” and an ‘‘outrageous departure from honest judging.” I notice that Mr. Wm. Green, who judged the Great Bend meet of 1889, and who is conceded by the leading coursing men of the country to be its best judge of coursing, in Turf Field and Farm of the 20th inst. takes the same stand that Mr. LeMoyne has taken, to wit: Mr. Edmonds’s intent cuts ne figure. How any one can construe the rule otherwise is beyoud my comprehension. Itis certainly not necessary to be a lawyer to understand the rule; any-one able to read ought to be able to understand it. It is very evident that Mr. Wade is no lawyer, as he has informed us, Had he been he would have read the rule and would not have called Mr. J. H..LeMoyne to task for stating the truth, and calling spades spades. ; JOHN H. GOWER. DOG CHAT, N Tuesday evening, Noy. 24, the handlers and visitors O present at the Irish setter trials at High Point, N.C., were invited to a little social reunion in the dining room of the hotel. Speeches were made by nearly every one present, and whether it was the juice from the apple that steamed in the liem trophy or the enthusiasm developed by the success of the trials, we do not know; but certain itis that consid- erable oratorical ability was displayed by one and another. This led Mr. John White, in his inimitable style, to tell us that he was certain the emancipation of Ireland was now an assured fact, although this did not interest him personally so much, as he was ot Norman descent himself. Then Mr. Stoddard, who had acted as one of the judges, made a hu- morous break that we who are acquainted with this veteran handler will appreciate. The joker rose to his feet and opened his speech with, “I never had but one Irish setter, and that Ishot.’”?’ This brought down the house, but he saved himself by claiming it was an accident. Tom Aldrich, jin his dry, humorous way, told us how he had started the Trish setter trials by running his dog in the first heat. The vice-president took the chair and Drs. Jarvisand Dayis both spoke feelingly and to the point on the red dog, and alto- gether it was a very pleasant two hours that we Spent. We have received the premium list of the dog show to be held by the Rhode Island Poultry Association, Dec. 17, at Providence, R. JI, The classification is liberal, sexes being divided in all breeds. Theprizes are $3and $2 in every class, and each breed has a special of $1 for the best. Several specials are given in cups and money. The entry fee of $1 and $1 kennel fee is, however, rather too much for the amount of prize money offered. Wntries close Dee, 12 with Mr. R. G. Davis, Box 1061, Providence, R.I. It is intended, we believe, should this little show stir up enough interest among Rhode Island fanciers, to form a kennel club and apply next year to the A, K. C, for admission. There are numerous members of dogdom in this section of the country, and there should be little difficulty in holding a good show in Providence, especially as its close proximity to Boston would draw a big entry from the city of culture. Mr, Pritchard, manager of the Fleur City Kennels, writes us enthusiastically about their new mastiff Cardinal Beau- fort. Heis making up intoa grand dog, his hocks, about which there was some doubt, having come all right, and altogether this country seems to have agreed with him; and 1t is intimated their Ilford Chancellor must look to his laurels. _ It will be remembered that Cardinal Beaufort was a prize winner in the best Peep any, on the other side before Mr. Moore purchased him for Mr, Whitney. The proprietor of the Menthon Kennels will offer at the coming New York show a free service to Lord Bute to the best American-bred St. Bernard bitch, and for the second best a free service to Lord Thorndale, or by paying 865 the service of Lord Bute can be secured instead. When we met Mr. Roger Williams at the Lexington, Ky., show he told us that he had just shipped a greyhound pup to Dr. Van Hummel and expatiated on its merits to some extent. He was not far wrong, for that was Van’s Peter, that afterward won the Great Bend Derby with only three weeks’ preparation. The Central City Kennel Club, of Jackson, Mich., held its annual meeting in the pariors of the Commercial Hotel and elected officers as follows; Pres., Dr. Hdwin Ll. Kimball; Vice-Pres., 5. H, Slifer; Sec’y, Chas. H. Ruhl; Treas., Chas. W.Sarvis. A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Sarvis for the successful and entirely satisfactory manner in which he superintended the bench show last year, and he was unanimously chosen to serve as superintendent of the bench show to be held Feb. 16 to 19 inclusive. Mr. Sarvis, through his intelligent supervision of last year’s show, made many friends for the club. As a result of his advertisement in FOREST AND STREAM, Mr. R. D, Stocking has sold all his dogs and he wishes us to say that ‘‘those not receiving answer to their inquiries will know why.’ Among the new kennel ads this week are the following offers for sale: W. H. Hyland setters: C. R. Raynor, setters; Will Allen, pointers; 938 Prospect avenue, setters; 173 Ber- gen avenue, St. Bernards; Prairie Mound Kennels, setters; Dana Rhodes, setter; S. B. Bowen, mastiffs: John P. Barn- ard, bulldogs; Box 70, beagles; Ray Hildebrandt, beagle: H, F. Littlefield, collies; H. Fred Church, terriers; D. A. Good- win, setters; C. T, Brownell, setters; P. H. Hacke, Barzois; Dr. Lordly, setters; W. F. Foss, setters; Edward Lever, ter- riers; J. G. Glover setters; Jos, Baird, setters; Janitor, pointer; Geo, W. La Rue, setters; F. A. wants two setters. In the Albany suit brought by George B. Gallup against August Belmont and other members of the American Ken- nel Club for libel, the General Term on last Monday gave judgment for the defendants. : Wife—“My dear, that horrid man next door has killed the og. Husband—‘Well, never mind, my dear, I’ll get you an- other one some time.” Wife—‘“But it wasn’t my Fido that he killed; it was your hunting dog.” Husband (wildly)—‘‘Where is my gun ?”—N, Y. Herald, THE “SIBERIAN BLOODHOUND ” \TRHATOR, Ill, Noy. 21.—Hditor Forest and Stream: In view of the discussion regarding the Massachusetts law, it may be interesting to many to know the origin of the so-called ‘“‘Siberian bloodhound.’’ Some twenty years ago Mr. George E, Stevens first introduced to the general public a number of great Danes, which he imported for use in an ‘*Uncle Tom’s Cabin” company. He pictured them on his bills as great ferocious monsters, with red mouths and blood-dripping lips, in pursuit of Eliza Harris. To further thrill the public he called them “Siberian bloodhounds,’’ The name originated in his own fertile brain and was purely the inspization of a theatrical manager, who was seeking something sensational for advertising purposes. These animals heayily chained and muzzled he paraded up and down the streets in the different cities he yisited. Other enterprising managers soon followed his example and within a few years every place of any importance ha been introduced to the great “Siberian bloodhound.” It ig not to be wondered at that an ordinary legislature made the ee of believing that these dogs lived on raw human ood. Mr. Stevens now lives at St. Joseph, Mich., and while he has discarded the ‘'Siberian bloodhounds” and ‘‘Uncle T'om’s Cabin’’ he maintains a kennel of sporting dogs and manages a theatrical company of a different kind. J. W. FoRNoF. CASHIER’S WINNINGS.—Cincinnati, Noy. 2.—Hditor Forest and Stream: If Matthew Henry had been prompt and had nerve enough he could have won some money by accepting my offer to bet that Cashier was eligible to chal- lenge class in pugs at Lexinyton. Too late now, as per let- ter from Mr, A. P. Vredenburgh, dated Nov. 17, the Ameri- can Kennel Club has decided that under Rule 18 Cashier was not. Rule 18 reads that “in estimating number of pues a dog has won, with reference to competing in challenge class or not, the prizes won in open class shall be caleulated up to 12 P.M. of day preceding the closing of entries of (next) show.” This is a plain case of a ‘poor rule that don’t work both ways,” and shows the urgent need of a new rule to govern just such cases as Cashier’s, where a dog has won his four firsts in open class and is honestly entitled to the win he made in challenge, looking at the matter from a common sense standpoint. One day deprives him of this, a close call and the first case of the kind I’ve heard of. The only grasshopper that was flying in the field had to hit me, but I can stand it; so can Cashier, and we’ll both come up smiling for the next round just the same,—AL, G, HBER- HART. KENNEL NOTES. Kennel Notes are inserted without charge; and blanks (furnished free) will be sent to any address, NAMES CLAIMED. t& Prepared Blanks sent free on application. Potieen, Superba and Terne IT. By HE. Lever, Philadelphia, Pa., for two wheaten and one red Irish terrier bitches, whelped Jan. 13, 1891, by Mars (Benedict—lerne) out of Sandy (champion Dennis —Sandyerott Vim). er - ; Gem of Gem. By A, W, Purbeck, Salem, Mass., for white and red greyhound dog, whelped Aug. 28, 1891, by Gem of the Season (ivanhoe—Fly 11.) out of Lady Clare. BRED. @ Prepared Blanks sent free on application, Maud Torrington—Gem of the Season. A, L. Page’s (Stanley. N. J.) greyhound pitch Matid Torrington to A, W. Purbeck’s Gem of the Season ([vanhoe—Fly IT.), Nov. 22. Bernard Beauty—Count. G. W, Patterson’s (Worcester, Mass.) rough St. Bernard bitch Bernard Beauty (Don—Gretna) to his Count (champion Apollo—champion Miranda), Oct. 2. Deil—Oount. G. W. Patterson’s (Worcester, Mass.) rough St. Bernard bitch Dell (Hverest—Sequa to his Count (champion Apolleo—champion Miranda), Oct. 5. Bayadere—Count. G. W. Patterson’s_ (Worcester, Mass.) rough St. Bernard bitch Bayadere (champion Bayard—Brunhilda) to his Count (champion A pollo—champion Miranda), Oct. 10. Kitty—Gem_of the Season. W. Tozier’s (Waitfield, Me.) grey- hound biteh Kitty (Jack Keeley—Needle) to A. W. Purbeck’s Gem of the Season ([yvanhoe—Fly II.), Noy..15; Wrinkle—Bradford Ruby II, Mrs, H, Hammond’s (Chicago, I1.) pug bitch Wrinkle (Joe 1J.—Hast Lake Virgie) to Eberhart Pug eons Bradford Ruby Il. (champion Bradford Ruby—Puss B,), ov. 11, Rubie—Eberhart’s Cashier. Mrs. B, Straus’s (Cincinnati, 0.) pug bitch Kubie to Hberhart Pug Kennels’ Eberhart’s Cashier (cham- pion Kash—Lady Thora), Noy, 23. _Gyp— Red Rover. S.Matteson’s (Camden, N.Y.) cocker apaniel bitch Gyp (Prince Albert—Golden Floss) to T. J. Hook’s champion Red Rover (champion Obo II,—_Woodstock Dinah), Noy. 12. King of Kent. Mr, James Moriimer sends us the following list of visits te King of Kent, ali of recent date, with the apt remark that the long list goes far 10 show that the popularity of pointers isnot on the wane. The listis; J, H. Smith’s (Dubuque, la.) Mol- lie Bang, Quick & Vickery’s (Lowell, Mich.) Daisy, 2.8. Webster's (Washington, D, C.) Lassie Rang, J. B.Wickery’s (St, Paul, Minn ) Chicago Fawn, Robt. Leslie’s (Lynn, Mass.) Belle Randolph, D. H, Moore’s (Athens, 0.) Babe Graphic, J. N. Pike’s (Malden, Mags.) Clip, F. Larkin, Jrws (Sing Sing, N. Y.) Betsy Bracket, Wm. P. Taber’s (Long Branch, N. J.) bitch by Mainspring, W, HB. Hield's (St. Louis, Mo,) Queen, Hempstead Farm’s (Hempstead, L. I.) Woolton Game, Chas. B. Pineo’s (Bar Harbor, Me.) Mollie Bang, ¥. EH. Lewis’s (Tarrytown, N. Y.) Lady Tammany, Westminster Kennel Club’s Westminster Sal, Westminster Kennel Club's Westminster Nan. W HELPS. i" Prepared Blanka sent free on application, Hast Lake Virgie. Eberhart Pug Kennels’ (Cincinnati, 0.) pug bitch Hast Lake Virgie (champion Bradford Kuby—Puss B.), Noy, mt aie bitches, by O, P. Kinnie’s Spokane (champion Kash—Lady ora). Bonnie. L. 0, Noble’s (Boston, Mass.) St. Bernard bilch Bounie (Sir Herbert—Marve)), Nov. 3, eleven (five dogs), by Wheelock's Scotch Bonivard (champion Bonivard—Mirza), Kathleen. E. Leyer’s (Philadelphia, Pa.) Irish terrier bitch Kathleen (Play Boy—Banshee IL), Noy. 18, saven (two dogs), by his Nailer (Badger Boy—Sandy). Kitty. EB. Lever’s (Philadelphia, Pa,) black and tan terrier bitch Kitty (B2n—Fortune), Sept. 14, fiye (four dogs), by his Vortigern Il. (champion Vortigern—Luce), Lily of Gainsboro. A, W.Purbeck’s (Salem, Mass.) greyhound bitch Lily of Gainsboro (Laocoon— ; Nov. 18, seven (four dogs), by his Gem of the Season ([vanhoe—Hly IL.). SALES, s" Prepared Bianks sent fres on application, Lady Bess. Red Irish setter bitch, whelped Jan. 17, 1889, by Tim out ot Lady Flora, by Seminole Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa., to Fy li. Abbey, Detroit, Mich. Hleo. Red Irisn setter dog, whelped August, 1887, by champion Eicho, Jr. ont of Maggie H., by Seminole Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa., to Dr. J. G. Bly, Hamburgh, Conn. Captain S: Ked Irish setter dog, whelped 1889, by Seminole Ken- nels, Philadelphia, Pa., to H. N. Harker, Kast Liverpool, O 7 y Dinah. Black and tan collie bitch, whelped Aug. 28, 1890. Glenn out of Lady Trefoil, by Seminole Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa,, to W. Atlee Burpee & Co., same place. Little Bongor. Silver tawn pug dog, whelped Ang. 10, 1891, by Bonsor out, of Ruby N., by Seminole Kennels, Philadelphia, Pa,, to A. Otterson, Jr., Springfield, Mo. L. W. Clute, Sonth Ballston, N. Y., has sold: Nellie D. Oroxteth. Pointer bitch, whelped March 9, 1887, by Count Croxteth ont of Lo Faust, to Harle & McNair, Elburn, ML Lenox, Liver and white pointer dog, whelped Juna, 1829, by Freak out of Lott, to C. H. Hookroy, Remington, Pa. Bright C, Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped April 7, 1891, pan L. out of Nellie D. Croxteth, to D. F. Perry, Columbus, nd. - Liverand white pointer dog, same litter, to C. E. Morris, Wilton, Conn. Bonny Croxteth and Thora Crowxteth. Liver and white pointer bitches, same litter, to Wm. Geneste, New Orleans, ha. Lénor. White. lemon ticked, pointer bitch, same litter, to OC. H. Miller. Spencer, Ind. Miétrell, Liver and white pointer bitch, same litter, to E. Blercher, New Orleans, La, | : Lily White. White, ticked with lemon, pointer bitch, same lit- ter, io K K, Zimmerman. Johnstown, Pa, : Rex—Diccy whelps. Pug dogs, whelped April 18, 149], one to F. C. Wager, Suuth Ballston, N. Y., and one each to Geo, Moore and J. E, Brownell, Schenectady, N. Y. Gipsey. Pug bitch, same litter, to Mrs. T. Loveland, South Ballston, N. Y. Bile Range and Gallery. THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE are now two pending dates for shoots in the contest for the Amateur Revolver Championship of America. The first is at the rooms of the New York Pistol Club, No. 12 St, Mark’s Place (8th street), near 3d avenue, on Saturday evening next, Dec. 5 Any New York revolver shot wishing to compete under the condi- tions will find an opportunity on thatevening, President Oehl, of the club, will shoot, as well as several members. The next date already fixed is for Philadelphia, to be at the new Wuriilein Rifle and Pistol Association rooms on the evening of Dec, 12. It is likely that some ten members of the association will then make scores. A representative of FoRmsr AND STRHAM Wil] be present and conduct the contest, Other dates have been asked for at various points, aud will be arranged as rapidly as possible. The Williamsport Club and the Wayne Club, both of Pennsylvania, have expressed a desire to enter the list with their reyolver constituent, and will be given opportunity of rolling up scores. With the opening of the shoots the suggestion was sent from FOREST AND STREAM to the various revolver making companies that they offer prizes supplementary to the main offer of the Winans trophy to the winner, provided the winning was done with a revolyer of their make. The Colt Patent Fire Arms Mfg, Co. promptly responded from Hartford that they would be pleased to Offer one Of their dainty and accurate 22-caliber Lightning rifles asa gift tothe man who takes first place with a Colt, and the Smith & Wesson Co., from Springfield, Mass.,as announced in last week’s FOREST AND STREAM, offers the winner a choice of reyolyar from their works, and, in explaining their gift, say: “We impose no conditions in connection with the giving of a prize to the winner of the revolver championship, It is for our interests to encourage all such coptests,and we baye sufficient contidence in the accuracy of our revolyers to beligye such in- ducements to use them quite unnecessary. Their own merits and record will determine this point to our satisfaction, and we da not consider it among the impossibilities that the winner may ~ trace his ability to assume the title to the fact that he used the Smith & Wesson reyolyer in the contest.” As already stated, Forest Awp SrruAm will add to the main prize a purse of $100 cash, to go 50, 40 and 20 per cent, to the see- ond, third and fourth place men respectively. This for the en- couragement of the men who try but miss it by perhapsa fraction of an inch on the aggregate. With the opening of the shoots Dec, 8, 1801.) - FOREST AND STREAM. 899 interest bas gone up with a bound. As it is desirable to bunch! 1 Selienretil: nad de ee ee nee! MS ze Zz 2 eB a et hae pet quartering incomers, 8 Jeft quartering incomers and j ] fl ELIDA aad Grtsae Mean bere nace c.ccce 25 25 24 22 22 2 — straig ncomer, Rs Hi eC Se gD OSL E SE DEE ALN DA NEA SWORE | aitrnnadt oe eta be oe BB 95 9A 22 21 19 19 18 13 18-209 Larchmont Qun Club—Captain Money. esteem it a favor if shooters in other cities would write about| pKammel................ 0... 95 24 93 22 21 2019 18 17 16205 | WG Brokaw............. ae 0122622222022002229290219-—19 dates, ete. Chicago, St. Louis and Boston should each furnish a| J J Deyitt........................-.-. 23 23 22 22 90 20 18 18 18 18—202 | ER Ladew....-.......-.... ......... 002021 1202220220222020002—15 Wa StiMoires Syn see ies 2B gees ene 1410211111221112021200021—20 Hagar G Morphy..... Pret tt inh Sane aS) 1022222222222202222222202—22—76 Recapitulation.—W. G. Brokaw had 2 direct right quarterers, 2 direct left quarterers, 9 straight drivers, 5 drivers to the right, 4 drivers to the left, 1 right quartering incomer, 1 incomer to the left, and 1 straight incomer. BW, R. Ladew had 2 direct right quar- terers, 1 direct left quarterer, 4 straight drivers, 8 right driyers, 4 drivers to the left,4 right incomers ard 2 left incomers, Capt. Money had 2 direct right quarterers, 6 direct quarterers to the lef{, 3 straight drivers, 7 drivers to the right, 3 drivers to the left, 3 incomers to. the right, and 1 straight incomer, Edgar Murphy had 8 direct right quarterers, 3 left quarterera, 3 straight drivers, 10 drivers to the right,3 drivers to the left, incomers to the right, 2incomers to the left, and 1 straight incomer. The tie was then shot off and resulted: Geo Floyd Jones .........02222—4 Wred Hoey............ 22222—5 Recapitulation.—Geo, Floyd Jones had 2 right PA dled te 4 F Dunsteadt........ WRuNets cee gett 26 25 25 Zo 2018 1% 17 16 14—202 A. poultry shoot followed, Geo, Schlicht secured first pick with a Gleam score, 25 2h 25-75, H, Seltenreich secured second with a score of 25 25 28—73, H. Lohman, Jr., ¥. Brandt and J. H. Kruse followed respectively with scores of 25 24 28—72, 25 24 28—72 and 25 24 28—72. A social session followed. Jay H. Kay. batch of targets for the final measuring up. NEW JERSEY RIFLE SHOOTING. [Specially Reported for Forest and Stream.) HEADQUARTERS OF CLUBS. Miller RK, O., 80 Hudson street, Hoboken. Union Ri. C., 228 First street, Hoboken. Friday Night BR. C., 210 Washington street, Hoboken. Hxcelsior BH. O., 78 Montgomery street, Jersey City. Seitz R. O., 3h4 Palisade avenue, Jersey City Heights. Palisade R. C., 354 Palisade avenue, Jersey City Heights. The Our Own Rifle Club, of Newark, N. J., held a most success- ful outing at the Newark Shooting Park on Thanksgiving Day. Shooting, bowling and athletic events were the features of the day. In shooting, first prize was captured by J. Coppersmith with @ score of 67, and he was made the recipient of the 91 King medal, C, Townsend followed with a score of 59, securing the second prize, a handsome silver medal. John Bander secured the third prizz and bronze medal with a score of 56; fourth prize was secured by Fred Freiensehner, 41; fifth, G. D. Wiegman, 34: 6th, F, P. Laute, 34; seventh, J. Donnelly. 30; eighth, H. D. Whi, 30; ninth, Alderman FP. A. Preiensehner, 29; tenth, Gus Goerk, 29; eleventh, Fred KEmothe, 28; twelfth, A. O. Hunziker; thirteenth. Marcus Furth, 8; fourteenth, Chas. Roh, 7; fifteenth, A. Miblor, 6. Mem-: bers who shot on this target were asked to subscribe a prize yalued at not less than $1. A number of handsome prizes were distributed to the shooters. : Point Target: First prize, G. D. Wiegman; second, John Bander, _ The day’s sports ended with desperate endeavors of the mem- bers fo catch a lively pig. | Seaver Page carried off the honors. The former is one of the| the country and full of a desire to get back to homeand loved Cant ff Becker...... we ake Cbd 25 24 23 22 99 99 92 v1 99 J aes youngest members of his club, and this was his maiden effort in | ones as soon as possible when released. Ne li epet Sas aa abbsch diene Od aS Se a aac aca ih oe a large event. Heshotin grand form and was the only one to The dinner haying been duly dispatched the targets were gotten HORA Het eens Nu be na 2h 2 24 93 223) 21 49 73 172 pass up aclean score. Mr. Page's work was also of a high order, | out and preparations made for a big hurrah in them: but, alas! it TR ESET ATE AONE hoc onto ah eee "25 BS 24 99 9] 91 21 20) 90 ere is birds being a bard lot. He scored 23 with his two birds scored | commenced to rain about2o’clock and by 4 o’clock was too dark ST AWEHSECIT on ee ee ee ‘D5 Bh 24 23 BO] 20 59 19 19 iy | as lost dead out of bounds. In the third squad each club put in| to shoot, Nevertheless three sweeps were shot, 10 birds each man, FVD Heyden viata dort aia a mies 95 94 24 54 53 D9 19 18 17 yee a tried man—Chauncy Floyd Jones represented the Country Club, | 18 entries—rainy—kingbirds, bluerocks and Standard-Keystones Bd Link bls ARMAGAY Eb ate Ors 95 93 93 53 93 19 19 19 18 18910 Capt. Money the Larchmonts, and Fred Hoey the Carterets. | mixed. viz; J. Bogart 6, Blauyelt 5, W. Taylor 6, Miller 6, Short- dos Feuerbach......................- 25 24 23 PB BT 20 20 20 vp Teast The birds in this squad were almost as good as those trapped for | meier 5, Cray 5, Shelb 0, Vail 7, Craft 8, Jones 8, Allen 10, Moeller LUNAR men ee eee 95 84 93 23 51 99) 79 18 V7 1h 10 | the first, and the scores are really better than they look in cold | 4, Hathaway 6, Baker 7, Creighton7, Pearson 10, Simpson 8. Belton TNE CHa BU ris + D4 93 99 21 20 90 2) 20 18 eee type. Capt. Money was particularly unfortunate in drawing a | 2. All ties divided, t Weaehiiever Dhl OA CAme ELE 6 4S D4 94 23 53 99 9) 17 17 17 soete hard lot of birds, as was also Fred Hoey, but the latter did not Second, same as first; Creighton 7, Bogart 5, Miller 2, Baker 5, TERM CAT SEC ica Joi eoney hetabeait Bad 24 23 22 22 99 19 YB 17 17 aa seem to be up to form. At the conclusion of this squad the | Hathaway 6, Jones 6, Simpson 9, Shorty 9, Allén 9, Rush 9, Taylor ROSIN mae ee 0 94 84 20 20 20 20 20 19 18 ait Carterets still held the lead by a single bird. 8, Vail 6, Craft 8, Cray 3, Shelb 4, Southwell 3, LSchmidt. ...............-. 2.1, 124 23 22 21 40 19 19 18 18 16200 The excitement at this point was great, and as the men repre- Third, same as first; Creighton 5, Bogart 7, Milier 6, Hathaway renting each club were known to be good finishers, their work was watched with interest. The first to miss was Hdgar Murphy, but as he was shooting a hopeless race, his club being out of the hunt, if made no material difference. It was the scores of Kent q Baker 7, Shorty 8, Rush 2, Simpson §, Allen 9, Taylor 8, Vail 8, Craft 8, Shelb 2. j Medal match, for gold and silver medal to first and second, 10 Kingbirds, 18yds.: Simpson 10, Allen 9, Jones 8, Pierson 7, Blau- The medal winners were: Wirst class, A. Meyers; second, G. M. Roedel; third, Joseph Feuerbach. Team shooting followed, with this result, between teams captained by L. Schmidt and FP. Kleist: Schmidt's Team. Kleist’s Team : A a : hy 7 Do and Dolan that were watched, and as Dolanlost his 4th bird the} yelt 7, Rush +, Hathaway 6, Bogart 6, Moeller 4, Southwell 3. a a ervey tr “35 eae £ RabnoeieE Bipmeateancs see followers of the Country Clubset up a rousing cheer. Their joy| Thus ended the day. If there is a livelier club hereabouts we T Wiper eee 530) TSN Peet) a aad 533 was short lived, however, as Kent dropped his yery next bird. In | would like to know it. AD VANOR. ID Sinclair aes ie 1777220 T Fitzsimmons "Sg the 10th round Dolan lost another bird ont of bounds, and the la ee & ee H Beckey......c00c00 000s 220 HL Harmon.......”° 924. race for the second time wasa tie. Kent kept killing straight, MILWAUKEE—CHICAGO. SA M Russell........-..215 TWAT GN PARE a @ oe and it looked as though both would kill out, when Delan again c . eer 4 Pee anes tees soe rates y geese tere 210 had hard luck, his 22d, a fast driver, hit with both barrels, fall- Cuicago, Ill. Noy. 25.—Fort Dearborn Club, of Chicago, sent a F Vanderheyden..... See tha a ence BOD aetna 212 ing dead just outside the 50yds. boundary. This gave the lead to | t¢am_ of 12 shooters to Milwaukee this week to shoot the return Li Sechmidt......-.-.- Rew 1/65 Chas Wiskow............ 200—1767 | the Country Club, and when Mr. Kent stepped to the score on the | Match wiih the Milwankee Field and Trap Association, whose team was defeated by Fort Dearborn Qlub on the occasion of FRIDAY NIGHT RIPLE CLUB.—Hoboken, N. J., ee e250 Jey Nov. 2 their visit to Chicago. The match was shot yesterday, Tuesday, 25th round it seemed a foregone conclusion that he would ki Ten shots off-hand, 25 ring targets, possible 260: i Ha thus win the cup for his club, but that was just what he did not EOE Spite a ete etercdomirsick nce 1--..00 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 20-233 | do, for a right-quarterer that was released trom No.1 trap sailed | NOV: 24,and Milwaukee wiped up the earth With the Chicago men A Guerber.......-..s-----ss+v += 1 + +125 25 25 24 23 93 22 99 59 Iy930 | out of the boundary without a feather ruffled, and a& Dolan killed | in horrible style, winning by 17 birds. Conditions: 12-men teame, TELGS\ Tbh es EAA heP AR ee ABS ANE A ae 20 25 25 24 23 22 2% 22 20 19227 | his bird the race for the third time was a tie. For a few moments | “2 live birds per man. American Association rules, shot as 12 indi_ LGeils............ eee On rt +25 24 24 23 22 22 21 21 21 19922 | there was great excitement, and assoon as if had subsided the | Yidual races, totals to count. The sad tidings: COMIN UN EC sec anadone ap ns OR RAS S424 25 28 23 22 21 21 20 20-221 | tie shoot was started, each man shooting at five birds, the Carte- | Dr Williamson, Milwaukee................... 20110122112212201220—16 HW Murken.-. 2.0. 22-0 s..e eee ss esse 25 20 2 28 23 22 21 20 19 18221 | rets winning by three birds to the good. Dr Hutchinson, Ohicago............... 00... 11001110012001122122—14 TDavisohes os 24 na 23 23 22 21 21 2120 20—218 Second contest for the Club Cup. Conditions: Strict Hurling. J EB Price, Chicago 22221102200021222022 Bs Campbell Ee EES on ae za 23 ee 2 2 3 20 20 18-216 ham rules, 60yds. boundary. Noentrance money. Score: Geo L Deiter, Mg VEL AN La ao CemTR Se Rear oi 21021071121200222201 16 Vihehe Laat PFENES dliendat Stersarerfolel citael 1D etd 4 ( a! Carteret Gun Club (Captain Fred Hoey). EVA ASA sen Sit OS 2 SA ttt Kaba bd ba: if The club held a well attended reception and presentation gather- 299) 999991 0990,.0, oi" 55 Geo Andersou, Miiwaukee...-;........<.-...2 11211212222122201211—1 gather- | Geo Floyd Jones.........-....--. - «+ 012221222221 9392596922121 —29 GudibAraniers (Hae ore ae Ieee 120102210222119991LLaa ing on Noy. 17, a gold medal was presented to genial “Chris” | T,S Thompson.............. vee ee pe oe 3221112211211112112111122—95 Geils, for making the highest average during the year. President 2919) 9999()99 90900 John F Burnham, Milwaukee................ 022121110022221 22222 1° Angust Guerver made the presentation speech, Chris gracetulis | ETed Hoey. ---- RE es te or oe oes ay | A Mottmadl Chicken Dreger. teh 232922220390239091)— 1 responded, Refreshmenis were then discussed, after which the company were-entertained by George Jeffries in inimitable song, and his Hebrew impersonations raised shouts of laughter. Messrs. Eddie Phalon and Lou Geils rendered some excellent banjo solos. John Chavanne and George Brandt also favored the company. Recapitulation—Geo, floyd Jones had 6 direct right-quarterers, 1 lefit-quarterer, 6 straight drivers, 6 right-quartering drivers, 2 left-quartering drivers, 2incomers to the right, 1 incomer to the left and 1 towering incomer. L.S. Thompson had 6 direct right- quarterers, 3 left-quarterers, 3 straight{drivers, 6 drivers to the ASGrANSON; CHIGHE Os, §pe tise ten ipebe stn bee eho 11222201212201012312 17 FP Stannard, Milwaukee...........0... 224. 02220222222121022222 17 EH Ehlers, Chicagonc: i) -i:0 2 ae... 20221220212001222010—14 C Sehmidt, Milwaukee....................,...20222210222010129299 16 MILLER RIFLE CLUB,—Captain Richard W. Dewey. Hobo-| right, 2 drivers to the left, 2 right incomers,2 straight incomers | C B Dicks, Chicago.... .... ..........02 ces 02021000200121220202—11 ken, N. J., Wednesday, Nov. 25, Ten shots, off-hand, American} and 1 towering incomer to the right. Fred Hoey had 4 direct | H Bosworth, Milwaukee............ .......-. 12112110202222111222—18 25-ring target, possible 250. The scores made in the shoot for class right-quarterers, 7 left-quarterers, ? straight drivers, 7 right | WL BhEpPALdyCHICHEG Mepcd wad de eesens oe lee 12220101221201200110—14 medals were; drivers, 4 left-quartering drivers and 1left incomer. Vale Dolan | A W Triese, Milwaukee........ Peer ois oe 01222212222222022022—17 Bytes ade acaahtashsAd fnew ee uae ra a Be a os o io ss pire pad 4 mare ERE OHH GTOn SS 4 Se a ASU f straight drivers, 7 | a 4 Chapman, Milwaukee 10022002611212116122—14 WASOM 25 ese sere ease cree teres 129 20 2D 24 24 2d 2B 2B 22 222: rivers to the right, 6 drivers to the left,2 right incomers *Chi PNT Gr ES aoa op ;_ LSohl...... Lik Baie at sbtorwe nnd FS 25 25 25 23.23 28 23 23 23 bi —o34 incomers to the left. Dabrcc and 3) OD Gammon, Chicago....... 0.02. ..-6caes 71220202000212121021—14 Gisehledht, oe. epee eens RD 25 24 24 24 24 93 BR Dg 20 925 Country Club (Captain, J. Seayer Page). J P Carmichael, Milwaukee........... lteeres £0182122220001222112—16 W Horkel Wee eS Loree ere 2 2 22 24 34 32 2 22 22 21232 Ww. B Smith op ee A eS Pach Suen popapeee2n222 2022001 122220—20 C H Welton, Chicago .-... oss se sees see eeee+s-21212211120022011011—16 DEUTER asa dda tratacsuieasin athe an a) at 24 28 25 21 21 21—233 | J Seaver Page..-............ «» 11221021101 122712312222223 — b i TCH ewe te Seen. ere. FAT 22. oe HMSO EI) clselUetneeetcenhe ati =:20 20 25 24 24 24 23 23 20 18—231 | C Bloyd Jones..-...... Rel 9332991022090925509019931_OT zB Meer Miaakeee? Bee S EEE H DoDD RRS oN BE RBRtieet ss le iiedcegs cae vet pat 25 24 24 24 Pd 23 23 22 21 20 FROM eee core de gone tn os os PODOUIBE 2221222212700 93— 87 | Gaye Milwauk 11221211 33 4H H Kattenkamp ....... Perla iene 25 25 24 24 23 23 92 22 31 21-930] Recapitulation.—W. B. Smith had 6 direct right-quarterers, 2| § WUnHE™ Milwaukee... seers Terre comet af apie weyensssp-detnpe apsewerss een 20 25 22 22 22 22 22 22 v2 29-228 | direct left-quarterers, 4 straight drivers, 7 drivers to the ri bt, Total Milwakee, 203: Chi a See Teg Ae aera idee I AlStadler.-... es .sssseee eaditee! Be it ae BB PB 28 22 22 21 21-227 | but none to the left, 4incomers to the right, 1 incomer to the left, | fy. HL, H. Mekinhey volereea the match, Mr. EP. BW Lielh. oie vee ese noes. td U4 24 23 23 22 22 21 20 20224 | 1 straight incomer and 1 towering incomer. J. Seayer Page had | ine ‘The decidin ti f h will he yt ae inte HoMAR kCOL- J Carragher... cee. ceseceesesssse+ +20 24 24 95 22 22 22 21 21 20224 | 4 direct _right-quarterers, 4 direct lefi-quarterers, 6 straight Gi Gectelne Mmaten wilt be shot this winter, prohably.at =A 2 MATICK ere iprarty bey etncspnosrd ee oF se oe a Bs a zl a eae Griese 7 drivers to sheers a eoiaes a ine ety and ? right- eae E. Hougs, TROSOLR ees seeces cee sete en eneeys ae 2 — quartering incomers, i oy ones ha irect right. NAMES AND P R. DP TOBE. ects se eate et ecerys er sedued 28 23-23 21-21 2} 91 90—o9% quarterers, 7 left-quarterers, 4 straight drivers, 5 drivers forthe BaD paRhinehate vise where peste) ene Pe ae A ee set teteeeseeeesrenssres reas s@b 2h 23 23 22 21 21 21 21 20-221 | right, 2 drivers to the left, 1 lncomer to the left and 1 straight in- | identify without question all the American game birds which Wan BYIOT 6) corners seep oreresy se2D 24 2B OR P2 B21 21 21 19-221 | comer, W, Kent had 2 direct rightrauarterers, 2 direct left. they may kill, Cloth, #0 pages, price $2.50, For sale by Foren FOOMG BR: yesjreesyseyyeregess «QB BRB 28 22 21 Al 21 21 2]—219 ! quarterers, 5 atyaight drivers, 4 drivers to the fight, 4 drivers ta ' awp SreRmAm, 400 FOREST AND STREAM. [Duc. 8, 1801, SiITHE INTER-STATE LEAGUE. THe final strugele for championship honors between the clubs comprising the Inter-State League, occurred on the grounds of the Fountain Gun Club at Woodlawn Park, Long Island, on Tuesday last. The contest was the most hard fought of any of the series, and as a result of the contest it was necessary to shoot off previous tie between the Gentrals and Newarks in order to determine who should secure first honors. In the first contest of the series the Newark Club scored avictory. Thesecond resulted in a tie between the Newarks and the Centrals. The third was won by the Fountain Club, and in the fourth of the series the Newarks again scored a win. The victory of the Centrals in this, the final match, made it necessary to shoot off the tie. The day. was cold, and the grounds of the Fountains are somewhat hard of access, yet fully 300 spectators viewed the contest. Among the lovers of the sport upon the grounds were noticed A. C. Bunt, W. R. Hobart, Fred Bader, J. B. Voorbees, Frank Wooley. Abel Crook, Wm. VanDeryeer, A. 8. Jimerson, M. Madison, Frank Love. W. B. Proctor, Fred Beal, Neaf Apzar, Hugh McLoughlin, Charlev Dollar, Robt. Hooper, Jos. Zeglio, Louis Miller, Al. Cub- berly. J. Price, A. Sussmar, Geo. Kingsley, Harry Wooley. and the Newarks mascot Tom QO.Inling. The Long Branch delega- tion was a large one, and early in the contest they declared them- selves out for blood, This team was a strong one and they justly earned the victory. The match began at 11 A.M,, with the regular referee, Mr. Hugh Goodwin, as presiding officer. The Newarks led off, as they have done in all the previous races, The Coney Islands were second, next the Centrals, then the Fountains, and last the Atlanties. The Tules that have goyerned all the contests have heen modified Hurlingham, 28 and 80 yards rise, according to gauge of gun, five ground traps, the shooter knowing from which trap the bird was to be liberated, practically making the shooting from one trap, The birds, which were furnished by H, Blattmacher, were a some- what mixed lof, but as a whole were above the average. The shooting of the men individually, with few exceptions, was good. Of those who did particularly good work might be mentioned Fred Pfaender and I. Hyde, of the Coney Islands; Jumbo Dettlef- sen, Dr, Knowlton and Dr. Wynn, of the Fountains; Lee Helgang and Jim Bennett, of the Atlantics; Eli Price and Eb Francis did clean work for the Centrals,and Fulford, Dr. Zeglio, John Rig- gott and Milt Lindsly carried off the honors for the Nawarks. All of them put np good scores,and each of them had good hard birds, particularly Pfaender and Helgans, The presence of HK, D, Falford upon the grounds was a welcome surprise to the Newark men, as they were somewhat crippled by the absence of such eracks as Fred Quimby, James Smith and H. A. Penrose, In fact, only nine men were op the grounds to select a team from, and when it was proposed to shoohf Fulford a second time, there was considerable objection raised by the captains of the other elubs. As a precedent had been established in previots contests, it was finally agreed to allow him to shoot. There is lick in pigeon shooting as in all things, and the result of Fulford’s second string netted only eight kills to his team total, much to the seeming gratification of their opponents. Score of the contest: Central G. C., of Long Branch. Coney Island BR. and G. C. Capt. J. L. Price. Capt. Hugh McLoughlin. _ Geo Cubberly (28)..1221101111— 9 OC Plate (80)......... 2121211201— 9 E Franeis (28)...... 1111310111— 9 J Adam Eppig (30) .0222202201— 7 CGC E Morris (28)..... O120122111— § FH AH Garrison (30). .0022222220— 7 W C Price (?8)..... .1122022222— 9 J Hyde (80) ... ....1122211112—10 W RB Joline (28).....1210102211— 8 Dr Van Ord (80)....2121101022— 8 D Siocum (28).......2112120220— 8 Fred Pfaender (28).2221122222—10 @ Wooley (28)...... .2220222212— 9 W Lair (30).... ....1112021222— 9 F Lumbreyer (28)...2212121122—10 S8 Northridge (28)...0101112222— 8 Elisha Price (28) ...2212221212—10 C Morris (80)........ 2112121210— 9 -2aeeUL1I02— 8 88 J Van Dyke (28)... J Schliermann (28).1211202012— & 85 Fountain G. C., of Brooklyn. Capt. Ben West, I, Davenport (80). ..2222020221— 8 Newark G. C. Capt. J. H. Brientuall. G M Hedden (28)... .2221222202— 9 Sam Castle (28)... .2121100110— 7 W Green (28) ...... WO111I2— 9 C Hisher (28)........ 21011 20220— 7 Dr Zeglio (28) ..,...2022222112— 9 C Dettlefsen (28). ...1222122112—10 G Freche (28).... ,.2022101021— 7 J James (28)....... -2110010121— 7 E D Fulford (28), ..1211111111—10 John Riggott (28). ..2122102122— 9 Ed Collins (28) .....0222122202— 8 Milt Lindsley (28). 2021112222— 9 E DFolford (28)... .111202211l9o— 8 85 Atlantic R. and G. C., of Brooklyn, Capt. W, A. Webber. W A Dwyer (80)....0200220111— 6 J Bennett (30)...... 1121110121— 9 A Boyle (30) ...... .0112021012— 7 E Helgans (28)......1212111112—10 W A Webber (28). .0921022202— 6 R Sutherland (80)..1022020210— 6 KR Newton (28)...,-. 00000020002— 1 A 8S Jimerson (28) ,.0002200120— 4 D Monsees (28)...-.: 2012001120— 6 Geo Kleist (28).-.... 1022222000— 6 ? 61 At the announcement of the result there was loud cheering. Referee declared the contest in favor of the Centrals and declared the standing of the clubs in the entire scores as follows: Newark Olub two wins, Fountain Club one win, Cental Club one win and one tie with the Newarks, In order to decide the ownership of the first prize it, was in order to have the tie abot off, the captains of the interested clubs agreeing to a shoot off of 3 birds per man, The Newarks shot the same team as in the first race, the Cen- trals substituting Dr. Wynn for C. H, Morris, who had left the Dr Knowlton (28) ,..2222212211—10 Ben West (28)...... 111121071— 9 Dr Wynn (28)....... 1122211211—10 C Wingert (80). ....2121011211— 9 BH Blattmacher (28),1212021220— 8 83 grounds, The tie was not finished until dark, with the result as follows: Newark Gun Club. Central Guu Club. OM Hedden....... .--.102—2 S60 Cubberly......._.. 101—2 SGA Stlane hrs rece, ae o10—1 E Francis..........,.-. 121—3 WS BEB Gateelew, >) eaters 11-3 Reyna ee ee tes 121—8 Dr Fecitern..s:4g waek 122—3 Ne Wap Le os ah Bo 220 —2 GA Do asicli sete ere 011—2 W Joline.......- . 021—2 ED FPalford ........... di1—3 MYPolGGhMe ee oe 01ji—2 Dae eOitee ence ens are 222—38 C Wooley... -. 222—8 MS lie eeeet Sule 211-3 W Lumbreyer..-...-.. 121-38 M Lindsley.........:... wea). PPG eel >. sees. 210—2 ED Fulford............ 1—3—-26 J Van Dyke...,.. ....,220-—-2—24 friends repaired to the Woodlawn Hotel, where as the guests of the Fountain Gun Club fully 250 hungry sportsmen did justice to the appetizing menu provided by F. B, Proctor, the popular res- taurateur of Pine street, New York. Fully two hours were con- sumed at the table; at the conclusion of the repast speeches were in order, and Messrs. Abel Crook, Hugh McLaughlin and Jacob Pentz each made afewremarks, Mr. Crook said that the series of contests had provoked a feeling of good-natured rivalry, and the meetings of the league had undoubtedly been enjoyed by all; he declared iwith this meeting the Association dissolved. The Newark Club had fully earned the first position by superior skill, The second place was atie between the Central and Fountain, but it gave him much pleasure to announce that the Fountain Club waived all claim to the second trophy in favor of the Cen- trals. The majority of those assembled met later in the evening at the club rooms of the Fountain Club, and the prizes, which were two massive silver cups, were presented to the winning teams. TED KAY. BROOKLYN TRAPS. BROOKLYN, Noy. 25.—A cool wind blew over the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club’s ground, at Coney {sland, to-day when the club had its regular monthlv shoot. Thirteen members were present. and shot for the two club badges, the ““Hngeman” and “*Bonden,” first and second. Theclnb shoot is at 7 live birds each, modified Hurlingham rules, club handicap. Three tied for the Engeman badge, aud J, B. Voorhees won it by killing 3 straight. Six tied for the Bonden badge, and Judge Newton won it in the shoot-off by killing 4straight. President R. Dwyer won the third prize. A match at 10 birds each for $25 a side was shot by C. H, Garri- son and C. H, Morris, ddyds. rise. Garrison had to kill 14 to win. R, J, Sutherland and G. F. Kleist shot a mateh at 5 birds, 25yds. tise. Sutherland killed 4 straight and won. | A sweepstakes af 5 birds, six entries, was divided by J. B. Voor- hees and D. Monsees with 5 straight. Wov. 26.—The sweepstakes shooting of the Dexter Park Shoot- ing Association yesterday was considerably interfered with by the weather, In a sweepstake at 10 single bluerocks, Dr. J. G, Knowlton of the Emerald Gun Club won with a score of 9; J. Taylor, 7, was second. A second sweepstake, under the same conditions, was won by J. Taylor. The third sweepstake, at 15 bluérocks, was wou by Dr. Knowlton, who broke 14. The other scores were: T. Short 9, J. Greenville 10, J. Taylor1?, J. Finch 6, A Stengle 10,1. Hyde’. Another blnerock sweepstake, 15 birds each, was won by Dr, Knowlton with 13 kills. A dlive-bird match, entrance $3, brought out 7 shooters. A. ©. Hunt, H. Knebel, Jr., T. Short and Dr. Knowlton killed 5 straight and divided. A second sweepstakes, similar to the last one, was divided by A. C. Hnnt and Dr. Knowlton. and in a third sweep, Dr. Knowlton, R. Woods, A. C. Hunt and L. Hyde tied with 5 straight and shot off. A.C. Humt billed 10 atraight.to Dr. Knowlton’s Hyde 9 and ff. Woods 6, Hunts record for the day was 29 out of 80 shot at, and Dr. Knowlton’s was a frifla less. The Doctor make his mark on the bluerocks. Shooting at 10 bluerocks was started just before dusk. T. Short won first money with 8. H. Knebel, Jr. taking second money. A second sweepstake at 5 bluerocks was won by H, Kuebel, Jr. The Monahan Guu Club had its regular monthly shoot yester- day. The condifions were 10 bluerocks each, 2lyds. rise. J. Bennett_broke 9 out of 10 and won the gold medal of the club, beating H. W. Bramwell 8, H. Ssloyer 6, W. Monahan 4, J. Mona- han 6, J; Obercloth 5, G. Blake 6,J. Hlliott 3,John Auderson 5, Jas. Anderson 2, A. Van Sicklen 1, A, VanSicklen, Jr. 7, J, Sopers 6. Referee, W. Monahan. L You 27 —The members of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club held their regular monthly shoot at the West Hud grounds, Coney island, to-day. ©. H. Morris, E, H. Garrison and J, B, Voorhees tied for the Emerald badge with 7 birds each. The latter killed 3 straight on the shoot off and won, Judge Newton won the Bon- den trophy, R. J, Dwyer won third prize, C. B. Morris and B. A, Garrison shotoff a match at 10 birds each, slyds. rise, for $25 a side, Garrison won. It took the Prospect Heights Gun Club, of Brooklyn, nearly two days to finish their Thanksgiving Dav shoot. This was on account of the rain. The club shootisat50 bluerocks, but to-day they finished a score at 100 bluerocks each, 2lyds, rise, at Parkville, L. I.,and some fine scores weré made. The winner, Capt. Nichols, broke 65, W. H. Atkinson 80,C.S8. Reynolds 78, G. A. Somers 60. The latter had to pay for the champgne dinner for the other three. Referee and scorer, J. Purvis. Nov. 28, So few members appeared at Dexter Park,Long Island, to-day that the events resolved themselves into a series of matches between TI. T, Edgerton, captain of the Glenmore Rod and Gun Club, and Dr, Shiels, of the Fountain Gun Club. The first match was at 10 live birds, Dr. Shiels shooting at 28yds. and Edgerton at a0yds., for $10. Dr, Sheils killed 10 straight and won. The next two matches were at 5 birds each, Dr. Sheils won both, killing 5 straight in each event to Edgerton’s 8. THANKSGIVING TRAP: GuEN Cove, lL. I., Nov, 26.—The members of the Recreation Gun Club held a prize shoot on Thursday at, their grounds, near Gien Cove, L. 1. Mr. L. V. Wilson, the youngest member of the club, carried off the honors of the day with the first prize. killin 23 out of 25 shot at. The scores were: L. VY. Wilson 25, T, W. ae ce W. H. McLaughlin 21, A. C. Lewis 20, W. Ball 20, T. . West 17. West Farms, N, Y., Noy. 26.—The Bronx River Gun Club held their club shoot at West Farms on Thanksgiving Day, for the yearly gold medal offered by EH. P. Miller, at 10 live birds. The following is the score: G. L. Nichols 6, J..Murphy 7, J. Duane 8, R, Constantine 7, C. Zorn 8, W. Breidenbach 7, J. P. Adams 10. HARRISON, N. J., Noy. 26.—Hvery Thanksgiving Day the mem- bers of the Harrison (N. J.) Gun Club form themselves into two teams and shoot for atrophy. The conditions of the last event were 10 blusrocks each, unknown angles, s0yds. rise, The results were: Manigan’s Team—J. Manigan 8, Ff. Ryder 6, W-. Few 5, T. Grogan 6, J. Weslow 7, ©. Maher 5, R. Toland 4. Total 42. Gro- gan’s Team—W. Grogan 8,J. Ryan 6. B. Few 5, F, Weslow 9, R. Shaw 5, J. Collins 5,O. Scott6, Total 44. WEEHAWKEN, N. J. Noy. 26.— Teams of five men from the Union and Greenwich Gun Olubs shot a match on Thanksgiving Day at Monitor Park, Weebawken. The conditions were: 15 blue- rocks each, under American Shooting Association rules, The stakes were $40 a side. The results were: Union—Bell 12, Will- jams 10, Hunt 8, Losey 13, Wright 11. Total 64. Greenwich— O*Donnell 10, Ryan 11, Johnson 13, Battin 10, Keach 7. Total 41. TUXEDO, N. J., Nov. 26.—The live pigeon shoot for the Tuxedo Championship Stakes took place to-day. Hleyen gentlemen com- peted, and William Kent, secretary of the club, was the victor. T. 8. Dando, of Philadelphia, was second and Fred Hoey, of Holly- wood, N. J., finished third. It was an interesting competition. Ths match was open to members of the Westminster Kennel Club, the Country Club, of Westchester: the Larchmont Yacht Club, the Carteret, Philadelphia and Princeton Gun Clubs, and guests of the Tuxedo Club. The conditions were Tuxedo Club rules, dlyds. rise and 50yds. boundary, 4 misses out. There were 14 entries. Whenthe match began, however, there were only 11 men ready to score. Captain Money arrived after the first round had been shot. Hs had entered the competition, but supposed that it would not begin until noon, Captain Money was anxious to shoot, and contended thatin Hngland it was customary. to allow a gentleman to start in a pigeon “trace” provided he putin an ap- pearance before the second round was over. Mr, Hoey, the referee, would not decide the point, and it was finally put to a vote, Capt. Money lost, and he contented himse)f with entering several “sweeps” after the event of the day was concluded. The birds were notafast lot. A few, however, were particularly speedy, and Mr, Macalester, Mr. Edgar Murphy and Mr, Thompson ap- peared to have the wildest of the lot. Mr. Macalester did not ap- pear to be at his best. He used a new gun and failed to kill an in- comer, his eighth bird. He continued the favorite, however, eyen after he lost his eleventh pigeon. Mr. Thompson’s showing was a surprise. Atterhis fine exhibition at the Carteret Gun Club it was thought he might give the cracks ab Tuxedo a hard race for the honors, but he was the first to retire, having lost his second, sixth, ninth and sixteenth birds: Web Sinithy?. Hs ose Peppered aa Rape Re WP aPP APA WP —1 EG Murphy..-... ..-.... 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Dearborn Gun Club, 15 live birds, American Asso- ciation rules: Gap Anson....112022210010122—11 Hy Hhlers....101112220102222—12 Andy Thomas.212212222021020—12, FO Griffin. ...111022210222101—12 JE Price ..... 020027127112210—-11 *F R. Bissell, ..101221002212221—12 Geo Farmer.. .210011022221012—11. * Nota member. . Twelves will shoot off for medal in next club shoot. Vive live birds, $3.00 entrance, American Association rules; Cap ADSON.,...-...-.---: 1i22—5 EF RBissell. 2... es 00201—2 A’y Ehlers ee: - D1022—3 SBOLAG Tr IET Tale setae eteetere ssenid 01212 —4 Second divided. RED BANK, N. J., Nov, 26,—The members of the Riverside Gun Club, of Red Bank, N. J., shot at both liye and clay birds to-day. Tie storm kept many of the members away, but the sport was interesting. The first shoot, at 6 live birds each, was won hy Jas, Cooper, Jr., with 6, John Oooper.and Fred Beale scored 5 each, and Edward Russell and Daniel Carney? cach. A match at 10 Keystones was won by John Gooper-with 9, Edward Cooper and James Cooper were second with 8 each. Beale won third prize with %. Edward Coopsr won a sweepstakes at 10 Keystones, scor- ing 9. Albert Iyins and James Cooper were second with 7 each, and John Cooper third with 6. FULFORD—BREW ER.—The next contest between these truly wonderful pigeon shots is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 12. The match is fora stake of $1,000 a side, and is practically for thse championship of the world. Should the weather be at all favor- able the grounds of the Fountain Guu Club at Woodlawn Park, Long Island, will hardly accommodate the spectators who will be there to witness what should be the greatest match in the histor of the sport. Both men are reported to be in good form, and bot are practicing daily. J undezstand that special trains are to be run direct to the grounds, and I will endeavor te give the exact time table in next week's issue, so that the readers of FOREST AND SmRAAM may be able to take the most convenient and direct route to the grounds.—Tes KAY. = WASHINGTON HEIGHTS CLUB,—Noy. 28.—The third series of live-bird shoots of the Washington Heights Gun Club, for gold medals, took place to-day on the club’s grounds, 170th street and Fort Washington avenue. Hurlingham rules governed, Hach contestant shot at eight birds. The scores were: Charles H, Preyer, 7; Edward Roe, 7; Matthaw Cox, 6; H. Harrison, 6; W. H. Oliver, 6; John pate 6; C. R. Terwilliger, 6; David Wagner, 6; J. P. Maloney, 5; W. F. Rittenbush, 5; James Veitel, 5; H. ©. Leporin, 4; Charles Powers, 4; George Snoak, 4; irew Winke- man, 4 HP. Stodtman, 3 A. Deshemie, 2. PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Nov. 25.—At Perth Amboy this evening & most novel and interesting shoot at live pigeons occurred be-_ tween two of New Jersey’s crack shots, Captain James M. Glenn, of the Perth Amboy Gun Club. and President Wm. F. Dacker- mann, of the Elizabeth Gun Club, The conditions were a moon- light shoot at? birds each, 25yds. rise, 50yds. boundary. This is the first shoot of this character known in this or any other coun- try and interested all the various gun clubs in the State. A large delegation from the prominent clubs was present. The match was for $100 4 side, 7 birds each, and only one was killed out of the 14 shot at. This was the unlucky 18th, a white in- driver, which was pulled down by Captain Glenn, of the Central House. at Perth Amboy. Dackermann missed on the [4th and Dr. Wm. Ramsey, of Perth Amboy, the judge of the match, decided in favor of Capt, Glenn, Nearly 500 enthusiasts of shoot- ing were present and a large amount of money changed hands on the result. Another match between the same shots has been arranged for an early date. The sports, upon arriyal at the, grounds, found themselves an hour too early. The moon had just appeared, and after half an hours wait, the spectators be- coming clamorous, the judge decided to proceed with the shoot. Much dissatisfaction was evidenced by the spectators at the poor showing of these crack shots, and the returo match is largely the result of this displeasure. It is intended that the next match will bs shot at full moon. NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 28—The old Stone Honse grounds of John Hrb have always been famous for good birds, but all previous records were cast in the shade by those furnished for the Newark Gun Club at their monthly shoot yesterday. Previous to the regular club race a number of four-bird sweeps were shot that resulted as follows: First event, Collins, Brientnall and Hollis divided first money on straight score; Erb took second money on three kills, Wheaton third on two kills, Second event, Collins, Hollis, Brieninall and Smith quartered first pot on four each; Symes, Erb and Wheaton divided second. Third event, Hollis, Collins, Wheaton, Brientnall, Erb and Lindsley divided first money after killing all their birds. Theregular monthly prize shoot, 10 birds aman, modified Hurl‘ngham, $3 entrance fee, re- sulted as follows: Collins and Lindsley killed 10 straight and divided first money; Hollis and Symes killed 9 each and divided second money; Erb, Griffen and Bruen killed § and divided third money; Brientnall killed 7, Wheaton 6, Smith 5 and Leddy 4, At 7 birds, $5 entry, the first money went to Griffen and Collins, who grassed all their birds; for second money Symes was alone with 6 kills. Third money went to Brientnall and Hollis on 4 kills each, A.D. GREENLBAF is not satisfied with his first trial with John H. Outwater at Monitor Park, and has challenged Outwater for another under same conditions. At the recent match, when itis known that Outwater was backed and coached by Jere Maher, and that the birds (of the old trained kind) for Greenleat to shoot at_were furnished and handled by G. B. Campbell, of Little Silver, old trap shooters are not at all surprised at the result. Canoeing. Canvas Canoes and jiow to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. Price 60 cents Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. Price $2.00. Canoe Handling. By 0. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Oumera. By T. 8. Steele. Price1.50. Four Months in a Sneak-" bow, By NV. H. Bishop, Price $1.50, Canoe and Camp Cookery. By “Seneca.” Price $1. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to PoREST AND STREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, ete., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and Teport of the same, Camoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, Maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. THH REGATTA PROGRAMME.—The new regatta committee has begun its work in good season, the proposed programme for the races next August being published herewith. Ti members, and eapecially the racing men, will give a little time to the considera- tion of the programme aud send. their comments, fayorable or otherwise. to us, the work of the committee will be greatly facili- tated. and at the same time a very satisfactory programme may be obtained. Jf canoeists do not like the programme, now is the time to say so; if thay do not say so now, they will haye no excuse for complaint over this part of the work when they come to the meet. MORE BEAM FOR CANOES.—Coming from an old canoeist, one who has always championed ths modern canoe as possessing certain advantages above all other small craft, the suggestion to add more beam to the standard racing canoe is quite a startling one. So far as ballast and a sliding seat are concerned, there is Do reason why both should not and would not be used in a canoe- yaw! or Class C canoe, such as would result from the removal or extension of the present limits of beam; and a heavily-ballasted and oyer-aparred canoe-yawl, carrying sail by virtue of a sliding seat, would be no better than the present canoe. The great charm of the canoe is due more to its narrow beam than to any other feature, this making the boat so small as to give the sensation of- skimming the water unaided by any artificial appliance, a sensa- tion greatly increased by the use of a long slide, the man fairly flying through the air. Easy to paddle, to house, to transport on shore and to ship by rail, the canoe of alin. or under has certain advantages which if shares with no other class of boat. The superiority of the wider canoe, or canoe-yawl, for certain work is conceded; but it can never displace the narrow canoe. It is be- yond question that canoeing would Inever have reached its pres- sent popularity in America or England had the first canoe been of such a type that it had to fight its way in competition with smal! sailing craft instead of offering a most charming and novel means of traveling and racing. The general meeting of the Royal CG. C., which is somewhat equivalent to the meeting of the execu. tive committee of the A. C. A,, was held in London Nov. 19; and some important changes have no doubt been made, but we have no idea that British canosists have gone so far as to break down the barrier between the canoe and canoe-yanyl. THE WRONG WAY,—The proposal lately made to remedy the blunder which has been made in a number of cases in electing more members of the executive committes than a Division is en— titled to, is a very good instance of the fact that two wrongs do not make aright, The requirements of the constitution in regard tothe number of members representing each Division are very plainly stated, and were carried ont for-some years, but of late have been Clearly disregarded in a number of instances, mainly through carelessness and hurry at the meetings of the Divisions; two, we believe, at present haying one more member than they are entitled to. It is now proposed to remedy the matter by changing the constitution so as to legalize this blunder, in which case two of the Divisions will be left until next November with one member less than their allowance. It is not contended in making this change that the present numberis too small or that a larger number will facilitate business, but the sole reason is that ag members have been elected in the face of the fact that the limit was being exceeded, the limit is to be changed-to make the matter regular. While the matter isin one way a trivial one, it is most important in another; if the Association cannot live up to rules whieh are good in- themselyes and plainly printed in its book, but must continually change the rules to make them fit fhe whims of members and committees, then there is no use im attempting any fixed systemof government. Another instance a —s = 7 o_o -— Deo, 3, 1891, FOREST AND STREAM. 401 : of the same kind isfound in thecaseof the A.C. A. flag, which for two yeare has been made quite different trom the original pattern, It has lately been suggested to correct the matter by changing the rule relating to the flag, the only one of the original Tules now in the book, In every successful organization it is necessary that the rulesshould guide and govern the members; &@8 8000 as the members are superior to the rules a process of changing and tinkering begins which will ultimately make the constitution and by-laws entirely useless, as no one will obey them, F THE REGATTA PROGRAMME. Editor Forest and Stream: . The following programme far the A. C. A. regatta, 1892, is sub- tmnitted tor comment and discussion, Members are inyited to write in your columns or otherwise, any suggestion which may occur to them within the next two weeks. The committee desires to publish the programme definitely at a very early date in order to supply information in good time for members intend- ing to build: SUGGESTED A. 0. A. REGATTA PROGRAMME, 1892. Regular Hvents. No.1. Paddling and sailing combined; 14 mile, alternately, 3 miles. Time limit 144 hours. No, 2. Paddling: 44 mile straightaway, ' No, 3. Sailing: 446 miles, same rig and ballast as in tace No. 1. Time limit 2 hours. (These three races to constitute the record races.) No. 4, Trophy paddling: 1 mile straightaway. Exempt from ole-Man-one-canoe rile. Wo, 5, Paddling: Open canoes, not under 455lbs. weight, single- blade paddles, 44 mile straightaway- ‘No, 6, Unlimited sailing race: No limit Time limit #4 hours. Starters in the trophy race to be selected from thisrace, See Rule 5, No. 7. Trophy sailing: No limit to rig or ballast, 9 miles. Time limit 344 hours, Starters to be selected as by Rule 5. No. 8. Novice sailing race; No limit to rig or ballast. 3 miles. Time limit 146 hours, Onenu only to men who have not sailed a canoe prior to Sept, 1, 1891, No. 9. Sailing: The Pecowsic cup, 444 miles, no limit to rig or ballast. Time limit 2 hours. Winner of trophy barred, No. 10. Sailing club race: 4144 miles. Time limit2hours. First three imembers of anyone clubto count. No club can be tepresented unless it enters at least three men; all men entered must haye be- come members of the club they represent before the first day of the A, C. A. meet. No. 11. Cruising race: Open only to general purpose or cruising canoes, sailing and paddling combined, 144 mile, alternately, 3 miles. Time limit ls hours. Other Hvents, No. 12, Paddling war canoe race: Details will be posted. No. 13, Paddling tandem, }s mile straightaway. No. 14. Paddling club fours; 14 mile straightaway. No, 15, Sailing upset and maneuvering: No special a ppliance to sails, no limit to ballast; at signal throw over astern and recover paddle; second signal, canoe to be tipped over until top of fore- mast touches jhe water; canoes to be righted and crosa finish line under sail. Time limit 4 hour, ; No, 16. Paddling upset: Usual conditions. No special appli- ances, . ’ No. 17. Hurry-scurry. No. 18. Gymnastics. to ballast or rig, 6 miles, R.W. Grsson, Chairman. ROBERT SHAW OLIVER. H. LANSING QUICK. FORD JONES NEw YORK, Nov. 25. EH. H. BARNEY. THE PUBLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. IES connection with one of the minor changes of the racing rules made at the. meeting of the executive committee, a very important question came up, the final decision being by no means satisfactory. The amendment proposed was to the effect that in paddling races canoes should be started by their sterns and timed atthe finish by their bows. On discussion it was generally agreed that the best method in all cases, sailing and paddling, was to start and finish by the bows, and anew amendment was offered in that form. Mr. Palmer raised the objection that the new amendment was not in accordance with the printed proposal, and that, as two weeks notice had not béen given, it could not be yoted on. The chair sustained the objection, but, on an appeal from its decision, the sense of the meeting was against him, and the amendment, in its new form, was put and carried. In this particular case there was no question of the merits of the change, but it is easy to see how such a decision nullified to a great extent the excellent provision of the rule, the object of which is to give notice in ample season to every member of all proposed changes. The working of the rule is easily shown by an extrenie case. A member gives notice, through the proper chan- nels, of a propased amendment, for instance, to limit the leneth of all sliding seats to 6ft. The amendment is printed, and in due time comes before the executive committes for a vote, when some one, perhaps the original proposer, perhaps another, offers a New amendment to the effect that all sliding seats be abolished. The objection made by Mr. Palmer, and sustained by Com. Winne, was against any substitution of a new and different amendment, such as this, for the printed amendment: but the vote of the committes directly sanctioned such a change. _The principal argument advanced against Mr. Palmer's objec- tion was the difficulty of publishing proposed amendments in the exact form in which they were to be finally adopted, and it was pointed out that it has frequently been found necessary to change the wording materially before putting an amendment to vote. This is true enough, at far asit goes, but it does not cover the ‘Case, and in the course of 4 general discussion the main point, as it seems to us, was entirely lost sight of, Mr. Palmer's objection was perfectly proper, and the decision of Com. Winné sustaining it should not have been questioned. The only question should have been whether the new amendment was or was not of the general nature indicated by the published notice; and not whether a totally different amendment might be substituted before the meeting in place of theone published. The precedent created by this decision is a most dangerous one, making it easily possible fora man to spring upon the meeting an amendment to the racing rules without giving the least notice ofitstrnue nature. Itis all very well tosay that the majority of the committee would not countenance such a proceeding, and would yote down the proposal; butitisa very common occurrence in all clubs, especially when the business is at all hurried, for men after a long discussion, with various amendments to the original proposition voted on in order, to cast their vote without realizing just what they are voting for, ‘The most important work of the executive committee of 1890, in Boston, was to build up such safeguards against sudden and un- announced changes of the racing rules as experience had shown to be very necessary; but the present decision of the committee, with one or two other changes made at the recent mesting, has done much to destroy this work, and to facilitate the constant changing of the rules. CHANGE IN RACING CANOES.—Two notable points in the development of American canoe racing are the introduction of ballast and the despening of the after body. The general form of floor in 1886 and 1887 was decidedly flat,and the deck position of the crew naturally suggested the abandonment of all ballast and the introduction of the highest of centerplates. Speed finally claimed finer lines and less bilge, ?. ¢., rising floor; the sliding deck seat enabled the crew still to keep the cranky craft sailing, more or less, bottom down; and bucket wells removed the dangers of a - capize in smooth water. Then sails gradually changed in shape, and the mizea grew in size, till itreached an area of importance sufficient to entitle it to the name of mainsail. Now, if there is anything about a canoe, and there is,that can absolutely take charge of both boat and man, itis a big mizen seton an ordinary farm of canoe. Hence the natural bend of the designer to bring aft the center of lateral resistance, by Placing the plate in the center of length. Having got the plate as far aft as workable, and yet a bigger mizen wanted, the next move was to deepen the after body tothe utmost allowed. But a big mizen on a floaty shell of a hull, when running fresin rough water, and when, of course, the sliding seat coercion cannot be effectively applied, often played ducks with the skipper; small wonder, then, that ballast should be re-introduced. Both in England and America we had arrived at the pecuilar stage of construction in which a racing canoes could not be left afloat withont her crew on board, even with her sails jowered, without capsizing; and the stage also in which she could carry far more sail “on a wind’ than running before the wind. ‘No doubt a due allowance of more beam would again banish ballast, and would undoubtedly give more comfortable boats, and possibly check, if not stop, the headlong rush from canoes to _——— , yawls. It helioves those who admire canoe sailing to look ahead in this connection, and to see whether extra beam may not be an advisahle antidote tor long sliding seats or lead-ballast: and, by allowing both, thus give fresh lease of life to canoe sailing.—Mield WILLSBOROUGH POINT.—The decision to hold the meet of 1892 at Willsborough Point will doubtless bring outa good attend- ance from many who were absent this year, but have heard favor- able reports of the location. There is no reason now why the great difficulty of last year, the lack of transportation facilities, should not be effectually remedied, making the camp a yery ac- cessible one. Those who wish to obtain in advance a good idea of the camp site will find a great aid in Nos, 6, 7, 8,9, 10 and 16 of Stoddard’s photos. Hachting. Small Faehts, By 0. 2. Kunhardt. Price $10, Steam Yachts ana Launches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $8._ Yachts, Boats and Canoes. By C. Stanajield-Hicks. Price $8.50. Steam Machinery. By Donaldson, Price $1.60. CENTERBOARD CONSTRUCTION, —We learn from the Fachtsman that an ingenious Briton has devised and is now patenting “tan expedient wherewith to fobviate the structural weakness of centerboard{vessels,” The centerboard has one or more slots cut in if, each slot being curved according to its position. These slots permit of through bolts, connecting the two sides of the wood or leadjkeel, and tying [them together. As the board must be put in place before the bolts are driven, and is then a permanent fixture in the boat, another invention ia called for in order toserub and paint it at times, together with a special dock when repairs to the board are required. In theory nothing can weaken a yessel more than a great slot down the length of the keel, aud in yachts thisis often coupled with a cabin trunk with no entire beams through the middle half of the vessel; but in practice it has been found easily possible,in this country at least, to give all needed strength to the hull and trunk, Many examples of poor construction may be found, and mishaps to the board itself, in the way of straining and wrenching, are not un- common; but when trading schooners of 300 to 500 tons, often of comparatively poor construction, are found up and down the coast and on the Great Lakes in winter, all with large center- boards, there seems no pressing need for an invention of this kind for yachts, The Yachtsinan, also shows a design for a 214- rater with a gun metal board 2in. thick, the lower edge carrying a cigar-shaped mass of lead. The board is slotted in a manner somewhat similar to that described above, allowing the angle floors to be carried across the keel and through the trunk. LOGIC VS. COMMON SENSE, Ae the centerboard question has been practically settled by the recent action or the council of the Yacht Rac- ing Association, the agitation of the subject still continues, and members of the Y. R. A. are urged to use such influence as they possess in protesting against the recent action before it comes up for confirmation at the next general meeting in February. The argument adyanced in favor of the prohibition of heavy center- boards is certainly logical enough, but so far from convincing an impartial observer, it merely goes to show how important facts Tay be buried beneath mere argument. The Y, R. A. rule reads: “No bags of shot shall be on board, and all ballast shall be prop- erly stowed under the platform or in lockers, and shall not be shifted or trimmed in any way during a race.” Now itis ad- mitted that a metal centerboard is ballast, as much so as a metal keel. Itis further evident that the center of gravity of this bal- last is lowered considerably in using the full board, and that it also shifts forward and aft fora small distance, It is claimed also, to make this point more effective, that in lowering the board when the yacht is heeled, this ballast is actually shifted to wind- ward. With these two points proved or admitted, that the cen- terboard is ballast and that it is moved to all appreciable extent in use, the opponents of the centerboard point triumphantly to the rule quoted, and claim that under it any moving of the cen- terboard is positively forbidden. Thus far their claims have extended no further than the case ot a metal board of considerable weight; but if the rule ba con- strued to disbar such a board, it may be strained a little further so as to include all boards in large yachts. While the boards in such yachts as Mayflower, Volunteer, Sea Fox and Merlin, are not considered as ballast, being largely com- posed of wood, at the same time there is so much metal used in their construction, the steel bolts, the straps and shoe, and a lump of lead in the upper corner, that the total weight is quite considerable. In the case of either of these yachts, every time she lowers her board a weight of upward of half a ton of metal is moved forward and downward, if not to windward as well. The man who would on this account accuse the owner of transgressing the rules against shifting or teimming ballast would be laughed at; and yet the only logical conclusion is that the rules are habitually violated in all large centerboard yachts, Looking et the question froma practical common sense stand- point, it is a fact known to all that both in English and American practice the rule prohibiting the shitting of shot, sandbags, anchors or chains was neyer intended to apply to centerboards, nor has it ever been so applied. The rules were framed to prevent @ peculiar use of ballast, the carrying of a large part, if not all of it, far out on one side, in a position where it might at any moment become the cause of a capsize; while, at the same time, there were attendant evilsin the large crew required to shift the sand or shot and the dangerous type of yacht developed by this sort of racing, : In the case of the centerboard, even of great weight, the condi- tions are totally different; so far as the shifting of weight to windward by lowering the board, or the alteration of fore and aft trim, these points are mere convenient quibbles; practically the sole movement of the board is a vertical one, the weight being lowered some distance. One need not be a naval architect or a (ehh designer in order to understand that the whole effect of owering a weight beneath the keel is directly opposite to that of placing a weight on or outside of the gunwale; in the former case the liability to capsize is decreased as rapidly as it is increased in the latter. } P J So far as the direct action of the two methods of applying this movable ballast is concerned, there is no danger or detriment at- tached to the lowering of the heayy centerboard; and the case is the same when the indirect action of the two is considered, Unlike shot and sandbags, the heavy centerboard calls for no lates and costly racing crew, Dor is there any stronger tendency toward a dangerous type of hnll in the centerboard boat of to-day with a heavy keel and board than in the ordinary keel type. We have seen catboats fitted with a track laid thwartship on the floor and ceiling, on which ran a block of lead or iron on four wheels, a clutch at each end holding the weight in position. Just before tacking, the weather clutch was tri pped and the weight allowed to run to leeward, being engaced by the other clutch and held fast as the leeward side rosé and became the weather one. While we certainly should not commend this device, it has been used without mishap in wide and shoal boats; the late Mr. Herreshoff, father of the designer of Gloriana, having fitted one up for his own sailing, The difference between a weight used in this way, the most ex- treme form of such “shifting” as is included in the Tule; and a weight lowered beneath the keel is plainly apparent; and yet the heavy centerboatd has been pictured by its opponents as akin in its dangerous qualities to sucha moving weicht. In both countries the rule baeineh shifting ballast was originally made without re- gard to the centerboard; in England there were at the time no centerboard yachts of any accoubt, and in America the center- board, whatever its weight or material, has never been considered as in any way allied to the sand bag, If it should appear that under a strict and literal construction the centerboard must come within the scope of Rule 15, asa part of “all ballast,” then the most sensible course would be fo amend the rule in accordance with its commonly understood spirit; rather then to enforce the letter in a way never contemplated. There may be. & good deal to be learned in the matter, and it is impossible now to. say what the future may produce, but to us the heayy board occupies much the same position as the heavy keel. The whole tendency of yacht racing is toward the production of extremes, often very undesirable ones, From the standpoint of safety and seaworthiness, which cannot be entirely neglected eyen in racing craft, there is much’ that is dangerous and unde= sirable in extreme light construction, in the 7-beamed cutter or the ovei-canvassed 40-footer, A heavy gun-metal centerboard may be made a very undesirable shipmate, but the same may be said of half a dozen other features of modern designing. A case of grounding that would bea mere incident forgotten next day in a culter constructed ten years back, might prove a very sad acci- dent in a fashionable racing fin keel rater. While there are some cases in which “srandmotherly legislation,” and that in good season, is most necessary in the interests of safety, the heavy centerboard is only on an equal footing with other modern de- velopments of yachting—light and costly construction. heayy fin Eeels, wide channels 4nd overgrown sail plans. If all of these possible evils are to be dealt with, well and good, but after leay- Ing ihe lead keel torun ils course, often monopolizing weight: which is absolutely essential to the strength of hull, it seems un- reasonable to deal sosummarily as has been proposed with the heayy board. THE CANOES OF THE TROPICS, THE modern American racing canoe, with its small displace- ment, large sails and live ballast placed well to windward by means of a long sliding seat, is commonly looked upon as the most exfreme development of the principle of ontbeard ballast as dis- tinguished from fixed weight. A study of the various types of racing boats known to Americans and Huropeans, the “‘sandbag- ger”? of New York, the “hiker” and “fuckup” of the Delaware, and other less noted types of light displacement racing craft which carry sail by virtue of Jaree crews and weight on the weather rail, will show that in a 1630 decked canoe, with 140 to 160ft, of sail and a man weighing 150ibs. or more perched out on a 5ft, seat, the crew and his position are more important factors than in any other class. If, however, we turn to the tropical countries, we find that, just as the products of the soil exceed in yariety and size those of more temperate climes, so do the various sailing craft surpass the most extreme types of the Northern nations, The two vessels here illustrated are properly canoes, closely allied in model and general features to the ordinary American sailing canoe in allrespects butinsize. The larger of the two is about three times as long, wide and deep as the 16x30 canoe, but: has a very similar midship section, the draft and freeboard are much the same in proportion, the ratio of gail to length is but little greater, both types are sailed with practically no fixed bal- last; and while on the canoe the sail carrying-power is de- rived from the weight of the craw placed outboard on along leyer, in the larger boat the corresponding weight is suspended far outside the boat by lines from the mast heads. The two drawings were sent ua by Mr. James Meikle, a Scotch canoeist and boating man, who for several years has been a resi-~ dent of the island of Singapore, just off the end of Malay Penin- sula, Mr, Meikleis one of the small colony of Scotch and Hng- lish boating men in Singapore, and in the course of his travels through the Peninsula he has become familiar with the native boats, The drawings were niade a few months since from two of the fastest craft, The larger boat, in native parlance a ‘“sampan panjang,” is owned by His Highness, the Sultan of Jobore, an all- around sportsman, the patron of all sports, and nwner of many race horses and boats. The boat was measured ona recent visit to Johore, the servants of the Sultan offering every aid and showing great interest in the work, being anxious that a white man might build a boat and come to race them. It happens that this same boat, the “Khelat Barat,” or Western. Lightning, was the subject of a yery interesting article by another resident of Singapore, Mr. Geo. Mildmay Dare, an English yachtsman, pub- lished in the Field in 1885, and which we herewith reprint, as it would hardly be possible to find a better description of the boats or a more spirited account of their racing: “While showing Unco Khalid (a well-known sporting Malay gentleman of Singapore, a brother of the Maharajab) some re- cently received photographs (of West & Son, Gosport) of the latest racing cracks, such as Rt x, Genestia, Marjorie, etc., he said to me, ‘Ifyou would care to seesome really good Malay hoat sailing, come with me on my boatin the New Year’s Day Regatta, and I will show you what we can do without lead keels or ballast.’ This was an experience I had long since wished for, and only too gladly availed myself of, particularly as no European had ever ventured on such a decidedly semi-amphibious expedition, i, ¢., a race with Malays in a ‘sampan panjang.’ “Here let me first explain that these ‘sampan panjang,’ or ‘long’ sampans, aye kept by wealthy Malays solely for racing purposes, being exquisitely modelled craft of great length, small beam, and beautiful lines, “The one in which Iraced was about the length of one of our modern racing 10-tonners, i. e., 47ft., with a beam of 61",.ft., but differing from an English yacht in depth of hull, being 34ért. only, and drawing in racing trim 2ft. There was, moreover, no deck of any sort, being quite open fore and aft, the ballasting consisting of a few mat bags of stones only, any stability, I might almost say, being obtained by the crew balancing out to windward by ropes from the mastheads—most ticklish and extraordinarily sailed crait, it must be acknowledged. It was, therefore, with a certain amount of misgiving that 1 stepped over the low gunwale, 18in, only from the water’s edge, and cast my eyé along the crowded, narrow, open shell of a hull, with its stout, heayy masts and splendid bamboo yards (46ft. long) of the enormous latteen cut sails of light American drill. These bamboos were single sticks, . which the Unco told me had to be procured from the Celebes, the Straits not being able to produce such long poles. “Knowing well how thoroughly at home the Malays are both in as well as on the water, I was not at all disconcerted by my friend’s apology for the rawness of his crew, 23 in all, but few, except the steermen, haying, he said, raced with him previously. I had not, however, much time for reflection at my novel position before the starting gun fired, the way in which the large yards and sails were run up convincing me that, at any rate, the crew were 0 novices at this sort of work, and we were off tearing. before a fine breeze, wing and wing, the saila being boomed out with long forked poles, = “In company we had a similar, but slightly smaller and Jess heayily manned sampan, called the Harimau Bettina, or Tigress in Hoglish, belonging to another brother of the Maharajah, Unoeo Abdul Madjid; both boats were, by the bye, decorated with large buoches of ferns, and the bright scarlet and yellow Howers of the hibiscus attacbed to their stem heads, furnished by some gentle, if not fair, hands, I’ve no doubt. Our craft, I must tell you, went by the quaint appellation of Khelat Barat, or Western Lightning our worst thunderstorms, called Sumatras, coming from the west- ward, are aja rule very severe, and much dreaded by the Malays in their fragile, open craft. “The run for the first flagboat (bwo miles) was a very rapid one, the pace was simply clipping, eyen following steam launches were “nowhere;” but what struck me most was the abseuce of any sound of the swift motion. There was a peculiar quivering, slittery, if I may use the expression, Sensation of being irresist- ably propelled by some silent motive power, a clean cut rip through the water left a sharp curling wave many feet behind us, nerped it closed over, and, subsiding, left a particularly clean wake, “A glance overhead at the yards towering above us, contrasted with the long, slender hull, made me, {I must say, a little skepti- cal as to howit would ever be possible to keep it above water, when it came to luffing up. Two men were behind me, one at the slight rudder (l4in.), while the other stood by with a fine 11ft, long, diamond-shaped paddle, which came into requisition to aid the rudder, in the event of any sudden maneuver, also when tack- ing. “Twas next, perched on the slight gunwale, Tigged in an old canoeing suit of flannels, barefooted, and, with the rest, quite pre- pared, at a moment's notice, for aswim. Next tome wasa jovial, stout Malay, who I assisted in ‘hanging on to’ the main sheet, This was rove through blocks leading aft, the end being led along and round @ wooden bollard on the gunwale; in fact, all the sheets were held in hamd all the time, as J learned to my cost—having had to hold on to the main one for over three hours, until | had at times some awful doses of cramp in my hands, “As s00n a8 We were up to the first flagboat, it was a case of a sharp ‘luff up’—most exciting work, too. the principal order, fre- quently, repeated in Malay, being ‘Mind the mast ropes,’ as we rounded up to the now fresh breeze, being well clear of all the shipping, 81x Mén jumping on to the weather gunwale, holding on to stout knotted ropes, suspended for that purpose from the main- mast head, while five othars manned those from the foremast head, many having loops or slings into which they swung them- selves clean out over the weather side, and with each successive freshening puff out went their bodies at right angles to the boat's side—a most extraordinary sight, as we had at timesall hands out overboard, with their toes just grasping the gunwale, the waves frequently making a clean sweep over their bodies, while we also were all perched on the weather gunwale, holding on as best we could, the only men on board being a couple hard at work bailing most of the time, the leé gunwale being awash, the waves sSweep- ing over it pretty freely, the fora and main sheets heing hung on to to an alarming extent. : “There was 00 2uch thing as reefing ox in fact amy mmeana of Fe> 402 FOREST AND STREAM. (Dio; 3, 1891;, eee een i | v 3 o i Indlay Samar Panjang (ier poar eee ae A AE ‘a co = (OF wet fl a ducing the huge sails; it was simply a question of weight of crew ys. propelling power, the sheets being eased off only when there was a dangerous amount of water on board. Once on a wind the boat was kept fairly buoyant and well under control: but when it came to easing off the sheets the amount of water that came on board was really even alarming, and in fact at times one might as well have been sitting in a sluice of salt water, ‘ “The pace can be imagined from the fact of our overhauling and passing to windward all the Europsan racing craft, men-of- war cutters, etc., some of which had started three-quarters of an hour ahead of us, but before they had got up to the third flagboat (five miles). JI was much amused at the astonished looks of the Curacaos, peeping over the weather gunwale of their cutters as we went by them at a steamer’s pace with our array of human bodies poised out over the side. “Having raced in 10, 20 and 90-tonners in English waters, I must admit that this sort of racing, where every man is so thoroughly a Gomonent part of the boat, the sustained pitch of excifement, as well as the pace, beat any of my previous experiences. Taking the Malays in their own waters, coupled with their exceptional dexterity as boat sailors, I really think that they would runaway from vessels of a similar length—even Ulidia and Buttercup—ex- cept, perhaps, in a case of a hammer to windward in a seaway, where the depth of hull and lead would, I think, prove the victor, a conclusion J should very much indeed like to see tried. Un- fortunately the yacht club here possesses nothing that can come near the Malay ‘sampan panjang,’ as when competing with any of our Jocal yachts, the native craft came in fully half to three- quarters of an hour ahead, _ \ “Having a fine breeze outside, and being able to fetch the fourth flagboat in one tack, we soon reeled off ‘the first round, a good eight miles, in a little over the hour; our boat being heavier manned and ballasted, the Tigress, in the run in with the lighter wind along shore, was able, with a favorable puff, to run up to and overhaul us. This led us, as it unfortunately subsequently proved, to pitch overboard a lot of our ballast, for when once more outside on the second round we met with a harder breeze coming in more from the eastward, necessitating this time a lot of tacking—the loss of ballast here telling, as we had hard work to overhaul the other boat. The breeze hardening, every one was out to windward. and we had trequently, even then, to let all sheets ‘go flying’ before we could:spare a hand to bale out, “Once or twice I quite thought we should never be able to get rid of all the water on board, and, as a finishing touch when hauled close up to the flagboat before the first run in, with no less than twenty men out on the gunwale, a sudden whirlwind, caused by some heat eddy coming off shore, caught us‘slap aback.’ This, with the huge lateen [settee ?] sails, tacks hard down to the masts. all hands out on the one side, near as a toucher finished us, the only expression escaping the Malays as some went into the sea, while others sprang across to the opposite gunwale, being ‘this time swamped!» Luckily, the gust swept over us as suddenly as it came, leaying us filled right up to the thwarts; while the Tigress, profiting by our mishap—for, strange to say, they escaped this sudden gust—just managed to weather the flagboat, and was off flying, leaving us with all hands hard at work bailing, there luck- ily being a large stock of bailers always carried on board. It was nearly ten minutes before we got sufficiently clear of water to en- able us to bear away after our opponent, who, however, had got too far away by this time, and ran in any easy winner. “The Malays said that in all their experiences they had never, while in a hard breeze, been caught in a similar violent eddy. The Unco told me that he thought that nothing could have sayed our swamping, and made sure that we were all in for at least an hour’s floating about before the masts could have been unshipped and all the sails and gear got clear. f “For my own part I did not at the moment think much of the danger of being swamped, haylng such confidence in Malays and their mode of treating such a mishap, having so frequently. seen them racing in their kKolehs—a smaller canoe-shape eratt; and when Bulle swamped the crew, generally of four hands, goin overboard immediately, holding the boat upright, while une han remained inboard and baled away, the others then scrambling in, and were off sailing again, allin the space ofa few minutes. “This, however, I learned could not have been so readily done in so much larger a craft as ours, Unco Khalid significantly re- marking that he invariably took care to get well into a sail when overboard, i. €., to avoid any undesired attention on the part of the numerous and inquisitive sharks, of which he told me the Ma- lays invariably have a great dread when overboard anywhere beyond the harbor limits; and just now the water police report an unusual number of sharks about the roads, the late heavy mousoon weather having probably caused them to leave the China seas for smoother waters. With a knowledge of this, and the constant risk of having to swim for it, I shall in future most de— cidedly venture with less confidence in a race in a ‘sampan pan- jang. The following dimensions of the two boats have been taken from the drawings: . DIMENSIONS OF HULL AND RIG. Sampan Panjang. Koley Fr.fn Ft.In HMene Chrover alas. ieee tend Pens 47 3 34 6 Thal sas ee ea So areca 40 9 30 Beam extreme.....,.......... ....0ee 7 5 14% ayy al eee nents Rane ee teat etie 45 Least freeboard,.............. phatrlns 14 14 Slieer; Dow. fseerss. cll. LoHA Sse anwE 4 1 CSU ICE) LTT se oe yh tain 5 WS ee 8 nt DLA Steaks Oe soe ee etl en tne e 18 Masts, from stem... mi] 6 t 98 14 9 / gunwale to truck............. ; te ; ( 25 4 Bowsprit, beyond l.w.l............... 14 9 we BOOT ees 2 Pee apie ne heen Bee erode 6 26 SUnUGe earache eect RL Liens errr 35 8 Woresalle ees ee ae iy + + 4003q. ft. aes SY TADS FU A grein ei Raa ere §333q. ft. 533sq. ft, IITA ST es tea fc tj idele veuipecteac uke serie Sedattopa die 157sq. ft. DS ae ota emcee wae ena teeoe eba toeln 783q. ft. Hae SEG cen eperceaeso4 aa say) .. 1,086sq. ft. 690sq. ft. LUNN: 2 Sco We NE is RORY Beas 33 26.27 Corrected length, S.C. Y. C......... 36.88 28.00 Rating, Y. BR, A. rule.......5... ...- 9.00 3 45 The crew of the larger boat would include 8 men on the ropes, 3 to bail, 3 to tend sheets, 7 general hands andl steersman. Judg- ing from the midship section, the displacemsnt would be under 3 5 long tons, while the crew would probably weigh 1.5 tons. The second drawing shows the “*koleh” or “‘koley’? mentioned by Mr. Dare, a smaller boat, the one shown carrying 13 men, while some are but 16ft. long with a crew of two. The construction is as novel as the other features of the boats; they are carvel built, with sawn frames, natural crooks, spaced some 3ft. apart in the larger craft. The planking is of syriah, a coarse variety of cedar. The garboards are steamed by laying them on horses over a fire until they are quite hot. when water is poured on, steaming and softening the wood. The planks are dowelled to each other on the edges, the dowels being ain. long and about 6in. apart. Before the planks are finally putin place after being fitted, a narrow strip of palm bark or pith is laid on the lower plank, the upper one being driven down on it. After the planks are on, a number of cross beams are laid across the boat at every 3 or 4ft., and ropes of vine or cane are run under the boat, the ends of each rope being fast to a cross beam. Wedges are then driven in so as to tighten the ropes and bring the planks together; and the hull is left for a month to allow the planks to shrink, the wedges being constantly tightened. When thoroughly dry, phe Plamen are fastened to ths cama with trees nails, very few metal fastenings being used about the beat. The two boats are by chance of a length familiar to American yachtsmen, the larger being but 9in. over the 40ft. class, while the smaller is just 30ft.1.w.l. The sail areas, however, correspond very closely to these of canoes rather than of decked and ballasted yachts of the same length, the ratio of the square root of the sail area to the l.w.l. being from .80 to .85, while in a racing canoe it is from .75 to .80; the corresponding figures for a modern racin yacht running from 1,30 to 1.50. The probable performance of these boats beside the decked yachts is the merest eonjecture, but if it were possible to bring one beside the present 30ft. class, the larger boat, under a corrected length classification, would just sail on even terms with Kathleen, giving a little time to Mildred, Saladin and Hawk. If there is anything in the bugbear of a large canoe in the yacht classes, which has been used to hinder the adoption of the new classification, these boats would be the ones to realize it; but it seems hardly possible that they could make their way to windward without the addition of a centerboard. The most remarkable fact in connection with these craft is the close resemblance to various typical boats of widely different eras and countries. There is a very close resemblance to the noted Viking ship which was dug up in Norway in 1880, after a burial of probably little less than ten centuries. This vessel was a war ship, designed to carry a large crew, and propelled by oars rather than sails. consequently she is wider and of flatter section that the fast sailing sampan panjang, but the close relationship of the two models is very plain. ; DELAWARE RIVER OPEN RACES.—The Cooper’s Point Y. C., following in the wake of the P. Y. C., gave their first open race on Sept. 26, Every yacht club onthe Delaware was represented. save the Trenton, 40 miles away, and no fault of theirs either; 32 boats crossed the line, and the winning boats received their prizes promptly. The C. P. Y. C. antedates even the old reliable and time-honored Riverton Y. C. A class has been opened for tuck- ups; five boats have already entered, Mr. C. W. Gale. of the Annie, P. Y. C., being the first with an entering wedge well driven home. This is encouraging to a club reorganized this year, es- pecially so when Wm, lL. Grant, Jr., Riverton Y. C., offers a prize for the boat making the quickest time over the Reedy Island course next year (sixth annual). Open races bring yachtsmen together with an exchange of opinions nautical, and fraternally breaking up the odious clannishness often existing, and establish- ing among yacht clubs a brotherhood of jolly good fellows well met, I promise wherever the C. P. Y. C. flag is flown it will be respected. Good men make a good club. In this connection I beg to thank the ForEst AND STREAM for the interest taken in Dela- ware River yachting, so far as we are from the great center of the sport.—R. G. WILKINS (Cooper’s Point). WADENA.—The new steam yacht Madena, owned by J. H Wade, of Cleveland, is now on her way from that port to the sea by way of the St. Lawrence River. Asshe draws 11ft. she will be pontooned through the canals. She will fitout at Portland, Me., for a voyage to the other side, where her owner will join her for a trip around the world. UTOWANA, steam yacht, Mr. W. W. Durant, has shipped a new crew at Cowes, commanded by Capt. F. Blow, late of the Pandora, steam yacht, and her owner and family will rejoin her in the Mediterranean. NEW YACHTS.—The Herreshoff Mfg. Co. have an order for a 35it. cutter for Vice-Com. Morgan, and also one for a 24% rater for. the Clyde. Stewart & Binney have an order for a 8Uft. cutter similar to Fancy. : ia aida dail, Hurricanes and te, Great Match Biaard. Bg VETE ayaen, 2 De rogra: Ce. le 0. | lithogr hie plates. Price sh rant fe full ean aft area sor of Maren, 188¢, with fraetheal information how to handle a weasel ha Gyolones use Of OF OF ped, ele, = sey FOREST AND STREAM. 408 Answers to Correspondents. No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspendents. W. O.. Yonkers, N. Y.—For targets send to the Dennison Co., No. 194 Broadway, New York. ; W.L.S., Boston, Mass., would like to hear (tnrough this column) of a good shooting center in California. A.H, P., who asked about importing birds from Canada, is re- bea ue communicate with W. W. Hart & Co., 11 Jacob street, ew York. P. H.—There is probably nothing serious the matter with your gun, but it might be well to show it to a gunsmith. The holes might be filled up. E. U.—Please inform me through your answers to correspond- ents what breed of dogs are considered the best for bear hunting and where a dog and bitch can be bought. Ans. A cross-bred or mongrel, having some hound blood in him. We do not: know ‘where to refer you. Write to Mr. N. C. Locke, Salem, Mass. J. M. C., Chicago, Ill.—Frederick Law Olmstead, the landscape architect for the World’s Fair, wants to fill the lagoons in the park with various kinds of aquatie birds. He says that by re- moving a bone in the wing they would be unable to fly away. Is it practical? and if so, what bone is removed? Ans. The scheme is practicable. The bones to be removed are the pinion, which is ihe ping at the end of the wing, and corresponds to the human and. OC. C., Dundas.—The game laws of the Province of Ontario pro- hibit the taking or killing of wild duck by means of any of the appliances known as “batteries, swivel guns or sunken punts.”’ ould you kindly give a short description of the above through your correspondence column, and oblige a subscriber? Ans. A battery is a boat so constructed that when occupied by the shooter its deck is on a level with the surface of the water. A sunken punt is substantially the same thing. A swivel gun is a heavy gun of large bore, too large to shoot from the shoulder, and is mounted on a swivel for aiming. C. A., Hamilton, Ont.—Will you kindly furnish me information as to the care and feeding of trout in winter in our not-over-mild climate. My pond is near Hamilton, and is about an acre and a half in size, with a normal depth® of say 6ft., fed by bottom springs. In May last I put upward of 6,000 American brook trout fry init. They have grown amazingly—which is proof that the water is suitable—and have not been much fed, except the first, two months on sheep’s liver, fly food being very plentiful. The very largest of them will measure about 6in. The pond is not subject to flooding, as very little surface water can get into it, so that I am practically supplied by pure spring water. The ice last year at its thickest was about l4in. Please inform meas to whatI shall feed the trout on, how often and whether they will require that the ice be broken up in some parts to admit air—and any otber information you or your readers may think necessary. As this is my first experience in trout raising, I confess I know little about the subject, and for that reason will be all the more grateful for your published information concerning it. Ans. Although your pond is shallow the probability is that brook trout will winter in it safely, and require neither feeding nor cutting of air holes. It is well understood among fishculturists that when the water cools to 36 deg. or less trout will take little or no notice of food, but become sluggish and indifferent to animal life around them, Feeding is not practiced, except in small artificial ponds having a steady inflow and exit of water. The springs which supply your pond will insure a safe temperature for the fish, and natural food sufficient for their needs will doubtless be found. In small artificial ponds trout are fed three or four times a week during the winter in the warmest part of the day. There is no natural food, and feeding is necessary to prevent the big fish from eating the little ones. | . | Inalay Racweg Koley. 7 SS ee ee ee he . 2 ° \" 10 5 5 ft Se ———eEeEe Model Yachts and Boats. Their design, making and sailing, with designs and. working drmwings. Postpaid, $2. 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A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. TERMS, $4 4 nee 10 Crp. A CoPry. Six MonrHs, $2. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 10, 1891. { VOL. XXXVII.—No. 21, No. 318 BRoADWAY, NEw YORE: CONTENTS. Editorial, FOREST AND STREAM in 1892, Our Boyhood Number. America’s Military Arm, Those Delmonico Woodcock. The Six-Inch Trout Law. Snap Shots. The Sportsman. Tourist. To Johuny—A Dog. A_Trans-Continental Run,—i Winter Srorts in North Caro- lina.—rIt. Off to the Woods. In Maine Woods,—ru. Natural History. Monkey Talk. More Shark Notes, Habits of Whitefish in Ponds, Game Bag and Gun. Ways of the Ruffed Grouse. The Game Fields. Take a Compass. Shawangunk Notes, Chicago and the West. Oregon Wildfowl. Where Has All the Game one Indiana Sportsmen and Far- mers. Sea and River Fishing. The Six-Inch Trout Liw. Fishing Through the Ice. Sea and River Fishing. Angling Notes. Chicago and the West. Onondaga Anglers’ Associa- tion. Nursery Rhymes. Fishceulture. Hudson River Fishways. The Kennel The Central Field Trials. Texas Field Trials. Spaniel Prizes. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Rifle Range and Gallery. Revolver Championship, New Jersey Rifle Shooting. Trap Shooting. Drivers and Twisters. Matcbes and Meetings. Vachtinge. Three Days with a Small Yacht. Yacht Building at Bristol. Yacht Building at Boston. Yacht Building at Essex, Canoeing. Chesapeake Bay Canoes. Royal C. C. Canoeists’ Winter Headquar- ters. Answers to Correspondents. For Prospectus and Advertising Rates see Page 422. THE “FOREST AND STREAM” IN 1892. HE first number of the FOREST AND STREAM in its enlarged size will be that of Jan. 7 instead of Jan. 21 as announced last week. The issue of Jan. 7 will also be made the beginning of Vol, XXX VIII. The present volume will end with No. 24, Dec. 31, comprise the first and the last six months respectively — In future the two volumes per year will January to June, and July to December, inclusive. A further change, to be made with the beginning of the year, will be in the quality of the paper used. We have selected a new paper, of tint and texture better adapted to the satisfactory printing of illustrations. The pictorial features will be more important in 1892 than they have been in the past. AMERICA’S MILITARY ARM. SORT of report of progress comes from the Board of Military Experts on the selection of a magazine arm in the annual report of Gen. Flagler, the new chief of ordnance, This is to the effect that the tests made of the various magazine arms presented and secured for test haye been such as to make it inadvisable at this time to make contracts for the re-armament of the United States Infantry. While there are but 24,000 men in round numbers in the United States Army, there would no doubt follow the announcement of a new arm demands from a number of States for a supply to arm the State militia, so that not only would the expense reach a very large figure, but a blunder on the part of the guiding United States officers in the matter would provoke very widespread criticism, Civilian soldiers are apt to be very sharp Ccommentors in a matter of this sort. There is a wide difference of opinion among army officers in this matter. Gen. Sheridan was a warm ad- vocate of adopting the best gun then in sight rather than hold back in the hope of securing a better weapon, even though that hope was founded on a probability practi- cally amounting to acertainty. Gen. Breckenridge was also earnest in this direction, urging that it was destruc- tive of the morale of an army to know that its arms are obsolete and inferior, It cannot be said that there is any want of encouragement for inventors and mechanics who are working on the problem of an improved small arm, R ig e “e ; Lo rmoareh > ‘ Gc” a9 0) Jt is hard work to select an acceptable Christmas present, something that will give real pleasure. For the sportsman there ts nothing more pleasing than a book which deals with his Javoritetopic. He enjoys tts perusal, and the satisfaction tt gives him is a lasting one. FOREST AND STREAM’S free illustrated catalogue gives the intending purchaser a wide range of selec- Statute MMeles tion and offers many suggestions which at this season of the Aa ae eS year are very timely. “70 zo TRULY ODD IF ODDLY TRUE. A party of young women living in Fulton, Mo., arranged a coon hunt to which no men were invited, They started out with four dogs, two guns and two axes, and immediately lost themselves in the woods, where they spent the night. When found the next morning they were crying, ina row on a log, and bad no coon. -New Yorks Euening Post. 408 IN MAINE WOODS,—III. i ie CAMP, Piscataquis County, Me., Oct. 27.—Before I left Boston I let my wild and daring resolve to go to the Maine woods be known to some of my friends. Various were the emotions excited. Gne excellent lad y; whom I honor and love, shivered at the very thought of how I would be sure to freeze. “Goto the Maine woods at this season of the year! Awful!” I protested that it Was just the season to go. Then came the question, ‘But why do you need to go so far, and at such an expense, to find woods? There are plenty of woods just out beyond Dorchester [I am not sure but she said in Dorchester| and it will only cost you 5 cents to get there,” Thus does the unhunting and uncanoeing mind regard the matter. (You see I have taken your word into my vocabulary and coined another by the same rule.) Well, there are several thousand reasons why the Dor- chester woods will not serve as well as those of Maine for my present purpose. Readers of FormsT AND STREAM know most of them and can conjecture the rest. My guide is asleep in the sleeping tent some rods away and I sit in the log cooking camp, where there is a stove and atable. The rain falls fast, and delicious to me is its sound on the roof—and I also hear the wash of the waves of the lake on the rocks hard by. Guide says he cannot read after dark. His eyelids button down tight the moment he tries it. He has worked hard all day—so he leaves the world tome. I cannot express the comfort of this silence. The rattle and roar of things is shut out. I have been doing—not what a morning’s mail demanded —but just what I wanted to. Ihave been very busy all day, nevertheless. In the first place I have read over again, for the hundredth or two hundredth time perhaps, alot of Emerson’s poems, half the volume. This must always be done in camp if one would get the true enjoy- ment of the woods and waters. I want to write you a letter some time to proye that Emerson is not only our best poet of nature but our greatest American poet, any- way. His poems ‘‘The Sea Shore,” ‘Wood Notes” and “Monadnock,” now—but, as Kipling would say, ‘‘that is another story’’—and I will come back to camp. Yesterday, like to-day, was cold and cloudy, 4 genuine “camp day,” and, as such, a day to thank God for and to be enjoyed. But we had our hunt all the same, We had set up a target on the beach and were puncturing it in good style at 130yds., when, despite our racket, a big, fat buck was good enough to crash into the thin ice up in the dead water and give us our warning. We quickly took it, and with quickened pulses heard him now and then breaking more ice and working his way down to- ward the outlet, At length he stepped into full view. A shot through the skull and he fell stone dead. I shall not tell whose rifle did it. Our score at the target was just about even when we ceased practice. We both fired at the deer and he is dead. It was a case of most sudden death. Nothing but execution by electricity could be quicker, By the way, I happen to be, so far as I know and be- lieve, the first person who suggested the latter method. My letter to the New York Tribune, when I was a lad at school, many a year ago, was widely quoted and much commented on, mostly in a humorous vein, but I was in earnest, and I have lived to see the adoption of the method by the State of New York, and with credit to the dignity of the State and the cause of humanity. Let me once more attempt the roll of prophet, though this time by no means that of advocate. Why may not the time come, and that speedily,in view of all the inventive genius now devoted to it, when a weapon shall appear which will throw an electrically charged bullet which shall kill or stun an animal if it so much as graze the extremest part of him, as surely as if it pierced his brain or heart? Heaven defer the day, say I, but I fear it, Well, we hung up and dressed the deer, and a fine fellow he was, and honestly killed. Just before we go out of the woods we may want one more, but for a week I would not give a cent to shoot another. Trather want a caribou, however, and if a clear day comes we shall try the bogs. I have been preparing the skin of aloon. It was the one that was caught in the net of which I spoke in a former letter, I now understand howa loon keeps warm and enjoys life even in icy waters. His white vest is lined with a double thickness of fat, stitched and quilted in among the roots of his feathers in an amazing way. The warmth inside cannot get ont and the cold cannot get in, How huge are his muscles and how stout his bones! He is ac the same time a stern-wheeler and a side-wheeler, for under water both feet and wings play their part, His outfit is perfect for his business. I was astonished to find nothing in his gizzard but gravel stones and mud and bits of roots—not a trace of organic matter. Yet he seemed in good condition, and the men who set the net declared that the night before his death he was several times heard to laugh. If any one suggests that a loon’s laugh does not mean enjoy- ment, what, let me ask, doesit mean? JT will entertain any suggestions. Meanwhile I shall believe that a loon can laugh and be happy on anempty stomach. If so, his secret would seem to be worth finding out. To-day we have discovered that some animal has dragged away the entrails of several deer which the deer- doggers left. They were dragged away in a mass into the swamp, and for a distance we could plainly follow the trail. We want to think that it was a bear that did it, but certain tracks on the sand beach near by prove that a black cat (fisher) has been about, Now, coulda black cat do what has been done? We think not, but the doubt gives opportunity for valuable excitement and speculation. Meanwhile we bait again with the entrails of our deer and set many traps and long for to-morrow. So you see we are very busy and have little time for. folly or dissipation of any sort. We only wish the advo- cate of ‘‘Dorchester woods’ could know the degree of our content, Would she not envy us! Truth to tell, per- haps she would not, but would even prefer her home in Boston to a camp on this lake shore this dark and rainy night, People vary so in their tastes! But I must to our sleeping tent. Myrifie is “loaded for bar.” ©, H. Amus, If your shooling friend does not read FoRESsT AND STRHAM why not give him. a Christmas present and doa litile missionary work at the same time by subseribing to the paper for him. It will give him pleasure fifiy-lico times a year, Do you realize that next year $4 will buy you 1664 of these big pager, and all af them devoted ta wholesome, monly sport, i had made the alarm. I then drove the girl away from _— P _§_ sa FOREST AND STREAM, gatngal History. MONKEY TA LK. N the November New Review Prof. R. i, Garner re- lates his further experiments with monkeys in his endeavor to learn their language. We extract from the paper these paragraphs: “Since writing the sounds used by the capuchin mon- keys, as well as I could represent them by the letters of our alphabet, I have had no reason to alter the literal formula by which they are expressed: but I have found that the word which I had construed to mean food, and sometimes perhaps to mean drink, hasa still wider sense. It is difficult to formulate in human speech anything equivalent to it, since our human mode of speech has been so changed by accretions and by our higher modes of thonght that we cannot grasp the thought from such a slight suggestion, and our habits of redundancy make us incapable of their modes of speech, It impresses me that the sound formerly described as meaning food is used in some way asa kind of ‘shibboleth.’ It is possible that this may arise from the Simian idea of food as the chief source of all happiness, and that the satisfaction which it gives is the supreme thought of his life, and in this man- ner ;he associates that sound with every kindness and pacitic office, but from a lack of opportunities I have not been able to ascertain to what extent these are associated ideas with him. Ihave described in my former paper the fright which I gave to a monkey named Jokes, in Charleston, and at the time of writing that article I had not been able to re- new friendly relations with him, After a lapse of some ten or twelve days from the time 1 had frightened him, I resorted to harsher means of bringing him to terms; I began to threaten him with arod. At first he would re- sent it, but when he failed to frighten me by his threats and assaults, he soon yielded and came down from the perch in his cage, although greatly frightened. He would place the side of his head on the floor, put out his tongue, and utter a very plaintive sound, having a slightinterrog- ative inflection. At first this novel demeanor quite de- fied interpretation; but during the same period I was visiting a young monkey of the same kind called Jack; we were quite good friends for comparative strangers, and he allowed me many liberties with him, which the family to whom he belonged assured me he denied to others. On one of my frequent visits he displayed his temper and made an attack upon me because I refused to let go a saucer from which I was feeding himsome milk. 1 jerked him up by the chain and slapped him sharply for this, whereupon he instantly laid the side of his head on the floor, put out his tongue, and made just such a sound as Jokes had made seyeral times before, under the stress of great fear. It occurred to me that must be a sign of surrender or submission. And many subsequent tests have confirmed this opinion. But my daily visits to Jokes had not won him back after a lapse of more than two months, and on my ap- proach he would manifest great fear and go through with this strange act of humilation, I observed that he had a great dislike for a certain negro boy on the place, who teased and vexed him yery much, so I had the boy come up near the cage, and Jokes would fairly rave with anger, So great was his dislike for this boy that he seemed to forget all other things about him in his efforts to get to him, I would feign to beat the boy with a stick and this gave Jokes greatdelight, I would hold the boy 80 near the cage as to allow the monkey to scratch and claw his clothes, and this would fill his whole Simian soul with joy. I would then release the boy and drive him away with sticks and wads of paper, to the evident pleas- ure of the monkey. I repeated these things many times, and we became the very best of friends again. After each encounter he would come up to the bars, touch my hand with his tongue, chatter and play with my fingers, and show all signs of friendship. He always warns me of the approach of any one, and his conduct toward them is very largely controlled by my own. He neyer fails to greet me with the sound described in my former paper. The sound is a compound, as I have shown by reversing the cylinder of the graphophone, and repeating it back- ward, This will be referred to farther on, I may here relate that on one occasion a boy was teasing Jokes with a stick, when I approached the cage and put my hand in, and allowed him to caress it; in the mean- while the boy would reach his hand into the cage under my arm and catch Jokes’ tail or toe, which seemed at first to surprise him greatly, but in a trice he detected the author and flew at him with great violence, and every time the boy would reach his hand into or toward the cage the monkey would spring at him and try to catch his hand, In his haste and anger he once grabbed my hand in mistake; but he discovered it so quickly that Thad searcely realized the situation myself before [ found him crouched down and his head on the floor, his tongue out, uttering that peculiar sound (which 1 cannot reduce to letters), in the most suppliant manner, and he continued to do so until he had been assured of peace. When he assaults any one else he always returns to me and touches my hand with his tongue, which seems to be a kind of sign of a covenant. Another little monkey of this species which I visited a few times was called Jennie. Her master had warned me in advance that she was not kindly disposed to stran- gers and I should watch her, that she might not do me any harm. At my request he had her chained in a small side yard and forbade any of the family entering it. I approached her little ladyship with the usual salutation, which she seemed to recognize at once, and I sat down by her and began to feed her from my hands. She seemed to regard me as a friend, but of a different species. She eyed me with evident interest and some suspicion, but when I would utter that sound for food she would respond promptly. While we were indulging in a kind of mutual investigation of affairs a negro girl, who lived with the family and frequently fed Jennie, being overcome by her curiosity, came into the yard and came up within a few feet of us. Tat once decided thatI would offer her as a sacrifice on the altar of science, so I arose and placed her between myself and the monkey and began to sound the ‘alarm’ or ‘menace’ with great vigor. Jennie flew into a perfect fit of fright, I continued to sound it, and atthe same time to attack the girl with a great display of violence, thus causing the monkey to believe thatthe girl [Dmuc. 10,1881, - the yard with a great flourish of paper wads and pea-nut shells, and returned to the little monkey to pacify her. She became quite calm and seemedto think I was her hero, but for days she would not allow the girl to feed or ap-- proach her. This quite confirmed my opinion as to the meaning of this peculiar piercing sound, A few weeks later I went to Cincinnati to visit my chim- panzee friends again, and I found immediately that they gave evidence of understanding one of the words which I used on approaching them, This word T had learned from the record of their speech which I had made last year, Ihave not had the opportunities to experiment with them which would justify my giving a very full ac- count of any of their traits of speech, only to say this, that I am quite sure from my studies of their vocal char- acter in the graphophone, and by listening to them in their cage, if I could be more intimately associated with them I could soon master their language; but they are kept in a large cage, entirely inclosed in a honse of plass, the outer doors of which are kept closed to avoid any change of temperature which mignt tell on their health, and the keeper is so apprehensive of some ill befalling them that he keeps them forever under his eye. I suc- ceeded in getting their attention as I tried to utter asound of theirs, and I could get the female to come to me every time I would use it. I cannot fully describe it here, although it comes within the compass of human speech, and isnot very difficult to utter, It is not quite, but nearly, represented by h-ou-wh, very slightly nasal, and, so far, the only trace of a nasal intonation in the vocal products of any of the lower animals which I have ever detected, ‘They have more words than a capuchin monkey, and all the words they speak, so faras I have ever been able tohear, can bereproduced by human vocal organs. My recent visit to them has quite satisfied me that I can make myself understood hy them; and while it is pre- mature as yet to mention it, 1am now trying to arrange for a trip to interior Africa to visit the freglodytes in their native wilds, and if my plans (which are all practicable) can be arranged, I agree to give to the world a revelation which will rattle the dry bones of philology in a wholly new light, Mr, Edison has kindly agreed, if I can make certain arrangements, that he will aid me in the phono- graph feature—the only thing which makes these studies possible—and I promise_to perform some feats which will be worthy of public attention,” MORE SHARK NOTES. ] AM glad to see that my communication to your columns, “Sharks and their Ways,” has called forth experiences of others; in this way we may arrive at the truth. The experience of some of these writers is op- posed to mine, but that of a late writer who observed the habits of sharks at Pensacola confirms mine, and I am induced to think that possibly the habits of sharks in Southern waters may differ from those in Northern seus. My observations haye been made in tropical oceans and on the east coast of Florida. In Florida waters the species noticed were the dusky shark, the hammer-head, the shovel-nose and the nurse shark; these I have taken with rod and reel, from 2 to 6ft. in length, and like the writer from Chicago, I have neyer seen them turn over to seize the bait. As game fishes the sharks do not, I think, stand high; the most common of them, the dusky shark, when hooked, circles round on the surface and usually bites off the line and escapes. If so hooked that the line cannot be cut, the struggle is furious but short, the shark giv- ing up in much less time than a game fish of half his size, such as a channel bass, salt water trout or snapper would do. Ionce hooked a shark about 5ft, long which fought longer than usual, and when brought to gaff he © was found to be hooked in a side fin, so that he retained his full powers. So also with the hammer-head. The shovel-nosed shark I have found to be the most active of them. The nurse shark lies on the bottom, and its bite is not felt or its presence known to the angler till he raises his rod, then the fish comes up like a log, without resistance. 5. Cc. C MArinrra, Georgia, HABITS OF WHITEFISH IN PONDS. E are indebted to Col. Marshall McDonald for the following interesting and important information about the feeding habits of whitefish in ponds, contained in a letter from Mr. ©. G. Thompson of Warren, Ind. Mr. Thompson is a member of the firm of Smethurst & Thompson, proprietors of the Star Roller Mills, These gentlemen have an abundant supply of good water and ample space forponds, They have established a hatchery on their property and devote their energies and resources chiefly to stocking public waters. Plans for constructing trout-hatching boxes, like those used at Northville, Mich., were obtained from the U.S. Commission and the hatching appliances are successfully operated. The results with wall-eyed pike, known at Warren as pickerel, have been articularly gratifying, and Mr. Thompson expects to Hbetate fully 1,500,000 fry in the river next spring, A pond is now being constructed with dimensions of 300 by 200 feet and a depth of 16 feet; this is to be completed by October next and will be used for landlocked salmon and lake trout, The establishment now contains. whitefish, landlocked salmon and wall-eyed pike. Ib is intended to add sturgeon and other fishes next summer and lake trout as soon as possible, ; Mr. Thompson feeds his whitefish on mill-feed (called also shorts and middlings) and he finds that these fish, as wellas catfish, carpand wall-eyed pike, thrive on such rations. Mr. W. F. Page uses the same material very successfully for black bass at the Neosho station in Mis- souri, Two years ago Mr. Thompson procured 12 large white- fish at West Sister Island, Lake Erie, nine of them are now living and have made good growth, Highteen months ago he received some whitefish fry from the Sandusky station of the U. S. Commission, Several hundred of these survive, measure 10to 12 inches in length, and weigh probably from 10 to 12 ounces, Last spring Mr. Thomp- son obtained about 5,000 fry from Put-in-Bay and placed them in the pond with the larger whitefish; but found that “the old fish ate them up as fast as a chicken can pick up corn, consequently we got few fish from that lot. This was a revelation to the whole fish fraternity, as every one supposed that whitefish did not eat anything of the kind—bnt they do—and one whitefish one year old will een > = Duc, 10, 1801.) FOREST AND STREAM. clean up 10,000 young fry very easy. They chased about day and night, like trout, for 10 days after young fry were placed in with them, _Now we hayeconstructed pens 12 eet long and 6 feet wide, and assoon as hatched they will be planted in them and fed properly until they can swim and will then be transplanted to the large pond. In that way we feel confident of success in the highest degree.” All fish which have come under Mr. Thompson's obser- yation eat the young of their own or any other kind. This agrees with the experience of others. Shad kept in one of the Government carp ponds at Washington thrived wonderfully on a diet of young carp, which were not in- tended for their support and which were supposed to be safecompany. In a Fish Commission aquarium in the same'city annmber of shad about an inch long were placed with some yearling shad measuring about 4in.; but the larger shad immediately began to devour the smaller ones and the two sizes were quickly separated, The young shad has teeth in its jaws which sometimes persist until the age of two years, but when mature the fish has no teeth and its habits change. Perhaps the same is true of the whitefish. THE Foop of YounGé Witp Duox.—During the sum- _ mer of 1884 I was on one of the surveying parties engaged in laying out the land between Calgarg and Fort Edmonton into township sections and lots. For a timeinthe month = — Ni Wh t H eT Game @aq and Gun. Antelope and Deer of. America. By J. D, Caton. Price $2.50. Wing and Glass Ball Shooting with the Rifle. By W. OC. Bliss. Price 50 cents. Rifle, Rod and Gun in California. By T.S. Van Dyke. Price $1.50. Shore Birds. Price 15 cents. Woodcraft. By ‘‘Ness- muk,’ Price $1. Trajectories of Hunting Rifles. Price 50 cents Wild Fowl Shooting; see advertisement. THE FULL TEXTS of the game laws of all the States, Terri- tories and British Provinces are given in the Sook of the Game Laws. OREGON WILDFOWL. | Se Oregon, Nov. 28.—Sinte last writing a most unusual streak of good luck has been with the sportsmen of Oregon. Weather as balmy as springtime, and more ducks than ever. On Noy. 8 the writer and a friend opened the ball at about 6:30 in the morning, from a blind on Muskrat Point, in the Moose Lake, on Colum- bia Slough, This blind is of peculiar construction and merits more than passing notice. First, a large hole is f i \ } \ i! LN fe — Ss Ss So () N aa (fa NAV } AA i i NY X\ ) y ", AN AN i —— i, “ = WD WA / | OG light, {Drc, 10, 1891, THE SIX-INCH TROUT LAW. A paper read by Gen. W. Y. W. Ripley before the Vermont Fish and Game League. HOPE we are bent on practical work, and that full discussion as to the best modes of preserving, and even increasing, our game and fish supply, may be had; and that a free interchange of thoughts and views on that subject may result in legislation of a more practical kind than some with which we have been afflicted in times past, Ihave very strong convictions of my own about these matters, and although [ am aware that in many respects they differ from other equally earnest workers, I propose to take this opportunity to ventilate them, Legal restraint is the sole and only means of preserva- tion. Just how far that should go and how best be applied, is the question that should interest us most, The only object of such restraint is thatthe rate of destruction may not exceed the rate of natural increase. Do our present laws, fairly well observed as J think they are, effect this? I think you will agree with me that they do net, and that the supply of the four choicest varieties of fish and game native to our State—trout, black bass, partridge and woodcock—is found less and less abundant every year. ; What is the remedy? Artificial propagation? Such means cannot be applied to the birds at all, and it is ex- tremely doubtful to my mind whether it is the best means of preserving and increasing the supply of trout, and much more so that of the bass. In my judgment there is a better remedy. First, shorten your open season for all. fish and for all game; second, make the limitation of size on fish such that it will insure every fish born into the world one chance, at least, toattempt to reproduce its kind, Our laws pro- hibit the killing of trout less than 6in, in length and of bass 10in. Now a trout, male or female, that is just under 6in, long on the 3ist of August and is put back into the water, on that day is not mature and cannot, as a rule, ropagate its species during the succeeding autumn; next ay, however, he is of legal size and may be. legally killed, and yet has had no chance in the world to do his share in the work of restocking the streams, The trout of 9in, long on the same 8ist of August, however, is one year older than his 6-inch comrade and is fully mature, the female can deposit spawn capable of being fertilized by the male of the same size who is able to perform his functions. These two fish, if thrown back on the last day of the season, or at any time during the season, will breed during the succeeding autumn. It is true that both may be killed during the next sea- son, but they will have done one year’s, work toward keeping good the population of the stream, I shall be met at once with the assertion that female trout of 5; or even din. in length frequently have spawn in them; this is true, but that spawn, borne by au infant, so to speak, is not capable of being fertilized. They are like pullets’ eggs, the product of an animal with all the in- stinets of reproduction, but, being immature, are with- out the capacity for successful work in that direction, If my views are correcb, and 1 am supported by the opin- ions of such world noted experts as Seth Green, Spencer F. Baird, Annin, Fred Mather, Livingston Stone and Col. McDonald, is thera any logical reason for the existence of a Gin. law? On the contrary, is there not a good réea- son for a 9in. law? Does not the complaint of hardship and injustice of the 6in. law come mainly from people who live high up among the mountains or adjacent to small streams or remote from large ones? where the brooks are small and the trout correspondingly so? Do not they say that the 6in. law is entirely in the interest of the town sportsman who lives near the larger waters, or who has more time and better facilities for reaching them? Do they not claim constantly, clamorously, that the law cepriyes them of the pleasure of fishing in their small brook for the benefit of others who fish in larger water? If you expect these men to obey your law cheer- tally you must show them a ocd reason for the existence of the law, and this 1 think is possible, You must show them also that you yourselyes are willing to forego some part of your own sport for the general goad, Nor would a 9in. law be a hardship to any one for more than two years, since the Gin. trout of to-day would certainly be above the legal size in 1895. Who shows his basket of 6in. trout with any pride? No one; but a basket of 9in. trout is a pretty sight, and even in such baskets you will always find the largest on top. If any one doubts the beneficial results of such a law well enforced, he is past my power of conversion. I have been asked frequently why it was that in some brooks trout never grow to be over 6in, in length; my answer is that they do grow to a larger size, but at the 6in. period of life they have outgrown such water and the food supply in them, and leave for broader and deeper waters, It may be that in some ponds entirely land-locked there is found a family of very small trout that breed success- fully. If this is so it is because the food supply has been insufficient for, perhaps, hundreds of years; and a race of dwarfs has been the result. There are, of course, ex- ceptions to all rules, and it may be that in very rare cases very small trout have bred an ese in free running waters, but the general rule is the other way, and it is by general rules that we must be guided in these matters. On bass the limit is 10mm. I am not sufficiently ac- quainted with the habits of these fish to venture an opinion as to the nature of the 10in. bass as breeders, but it could do no harm certainly if the limit was fixed at 12 instead of 10in. Now as to seasons. The destruction of game must be kept far within rate of natural increase, There can be no doubt that the number of persons who fish and shoot for sport or profit is much larger than it was twenty years ago, while the pot-hunters are always with is, and the number of these increages in a much larger proportion. I think that we must expect their numbers to increase in the future also, The more interest you and IJ take in these matters the more others will take, This very meeting will add to the number of men who will go afield next year. Improved ‘weapons and tackle play an important part, also and it is fair to assume, and we must assume, thatin proportion to the amount of game in the forests and fish in the waters, a larger percentage is destroyed in each succeeding year. The summer boarder, so-called, plays his part, and it is by no means an unimportant one, in the work of ex- termination. In my judgment there is but one means of checking this diminishing of the supply, and that is shorter open seasons. I would have the open season for trout commence on the 15th of May and close not later than the 15th of August, This, with the limit as to size made 9in, instead of 6, I think, would be all we could do at present for the trout. If it proved insufficent after a trial of say four years, | would again shorten the season and make the limit of size 10in, As to birds I would make the open season for both woodcock and partridges commence on the same day, and that day not earlier than Sept. 15; and the first of Octo- ber would be better. I would have it close as to both on the last day of November. This is in line with the best and most recent laws of the most carefully preserved States. In Maryland the season for quail opens on the first of November and closes on Dec. 24. The same short seasons prevail in many otber States, much more favor- ably situated for the natural increase of game than Ver- mont is; and if they find it necessary toso restrict the season, and with fifty birds to our one, are willing to forego a Jittle this year for the sake of next, ought not we to be equally willing? Nay, is it not a greater ueces- sity for us to do so than it is for them? I would allow of no exceptions to the operations of the general law for any local reason. The application of the laws should be uniform throughout the State. Local exemption is frequently brought in fayor of the summer visitor, or more frequently by the landlord. We wel- come all who come among us for health or pleasure, and as becomes good sportsmen, we hold out the right hand of fellowship to all brothers of the rod or gun, but we who live here have also some rights which the visitor is bound to respect, Among the other means of destruction the match or side hunt stands prominent for utter infamy, 1 had hoped that relic of a barbarous age had found its last ditch, but some such hunts have taken place in this State this year. Can there be anything more abhorrent than the sight of a whole community, or all that can be pre- vailed on to go, turning out simply for the purpose of determining which side can do the most of the villainous work? Such proceeding should be and is discountenanced by all true sportsmen and might well be the subject of legislative enactment. ANGLING NOTES. P ROFESSOR BICKMORE in a recent lecture brought up the old question, why salmon and trout rise to artificial flies, This subject, though more or less thread- bare, is always of interest to anglers, and nearly every one has his own theory which he believes to be correct. There is no doubt, I think, that all creatures, whether fish or fowl, naturally and instinctively snap at anything which resembles food, The most intelligent dog possessing the finest possible nose will snap at a cork if you throw it toward him when he is watching you at the dinner table, and chickens, when expecting food, will rush after a handful of gravel thrown on the ground. So it is with fish, they are usually on the constant lookout for some- thing to satisfy their appetite, and anything that touches the water isimmediately seized, particularly if it resembles in the least what they arein the habit of feeding on, tpn as quickly dropped if not what they expected it to 2 (, Wild trout that have never suffered from the deceitful practices of man will readily seize a bare hook if moved quickly through the water, and if it is covered with a bit of red or white flannel over even a splinter of wood, it becomes a, deadly lure. As they become better edu- cated they require closer imitations, and in over-fished waters nothing but the most carefully dressed midges on the thinnest of gut will induce a decent sized fish to rise. One of the best examples of this is found at our fishing clubs. They usually turn out their trout a month or so before the opening of the season; and when first fished for, the members have no difficulty in killing their full allowance; but as the days go by the fortunate survivors become more and more difficult to catch; so that after a Month or six wedks of fishing they become so well edu- cated that none but experts have any chance to fill a creel, I have frequently watched the actions of wild trout for hours ata time. There was a fine pool within half an hour's walk of the hotel at Ralston, Pa., where I used to spend my summers. This pool was just below a fall and was dark and deep. It contained a fair supply of trout from half to three-quarters of a pound in weight. Below the pool the water flowed over a bed of solid rock and was not, as a rule, over a foot deep, When undisturbed the fish would drop down to these shallows and lie in the sun, sometimesadozen ata time, Ifa leaf or bit of twig, or, in fact, anything fell on the water, the trout nearest to it would dart at it as quick as a flash, sometimes take it in their mouths and drop it again as if tasting it, and sometimes strike it with their tails asifin play. Often they would play like kittens and chase one another about the pool for several minutes at a time, and occasionally they would seem to lose their temper and indulge in a row which sometimes ended by the weaker one scudding off with a mutilated tail. As trout get older they become more shy and rarely feed at all in the day time, and as a rule, exhibit a supreme contempt for all kinds of artificial lures. After dark they will steal ont from the deep holes under the bank and hunt up minnows in the shallows, but during the day they will not yenture near enough to the surface to even see a fly, The practice of setting aside certain waters as sanc- tuaries for trout seems to be meeting with great success in Maine, and it is high time it was tried in our Adiron- dack waters. The idea is an excellent one, SCARLET-IBIS, CRAPPIES IN Ponps.—Mr. A. H, Eggborn, of Eggborn- ville, Va., introduced 11 crappies into a pond in 1887 and now the water is well stocked with them, Individuals weighing from 1ilbs. to 3lbs, are found, but most of the fish are too small for thetable, They can jump as nim- bly as the jack or pickerel. Mr. Eggborn considers the crappies as next in rank to black bass and brook trout as a pan fish, The species is known in the locality as silver perch, VIRGINIA BAss.—Lexington, Va.—Bass have been per- haps more abundant this year than for some previous years, large numbers being caught inthe North River and the J. ame Some good catches were madeas late as Nov. 5,—T, M. §. ONONDAGA ANGLERS’ ASSOCIATION. ja the Syracuse Cowrier Mr, Henry Loftie give this ac- count of the admirable work accomplished by the Association and the State force: ; ‘t People know but little of the work that has been done by protection in this vicinity through the influence of the Onondaga Anglers’ Association,” said a prominent mem- ber of that organization toa Courier representative last evening. *‘ Our private protector, Harry Jackson, is paid by. the Association and by subscriptions of the citizens of Syracuse, Simcelast March Mr. Jackson has taken 42 nets and made 45 arrests, Some cases have been settled by paying fines and others are in the hands of the attor- neys. Jackson could have done more work if the Asso- ciation had had more funds at their commend, He has — proved himself a very efficient officer and at times run the risk of losing his life, “State Game Protector Harry Hawn has taken on Oneida Lake, rivers and Skaneateles Lake 128 nets and made 63 arrests, Some have paid their fines and the balance of the cases are in the hands of attorneys. Mr. Hawn is working under the direct orders of the State and is dictated to by them entirely, Skaneateles Lake has been thoroughly cleaned of illegal netting and it is claimed at the present time there has not been 50 trout taken this fall where usually they have been taken out by the barrel, “Superintendent J. W. Pond, State Fish and Game Protector, has done great work. He is always on the wing, and he comes in on our territory when we least expect him, I know of several raids madé in this section by him. He always leads the protectors. He often sends a stranger on the fishing grounds to get the points, and when the proper time comes he gets the men and the nets, Every one who knows of his work says he isa most persistent worker and the best superintendent we have ever had, and when we get the annual report from the Commissioners it will surprise some of us, We can then compare Mr. Hawn’s work with other protectors, and will see the good work that has been done for pro- tection by Superintendent Pond. “T notice the work which has been done by the State force, commencing Jan. 1 and ending Sept. ‘1, 1891, is as follows: Number of nets seized and destroyed, 190 fyke’ nets, 157 trap nets, 1 pound net, 2 purge nets, 240 gill nets, 11 seines, 3 spears, 4 eel racks, total value $16,874, One hundred and ninety-one persons were prosecuted, nearly every one of whom were convicted, Amount re- covered in fines, $6,201.46. One hundred and seyenty- nine suits are still pending, mostly in Supreme Court. “Soon the Anglers’ Association will have a meeting at the Business Men’s Association rooms and every one who believes in protection and having the best fishing grounds at our door should come tothe meeting and join the Asso- ciation which will help us pay our debts and continue this work. We cannot do this work without funds, and it is necessary that every one who loves angling should join the Association. We noticesome anglers object toa atchery on Oneida Lake, I do not think they un- derstand it. Jf there is no hatchery there the lake would not be protected as well, The writer knows that when pike run up the stream to spawn other fish follow them and eat up 50 per cent. of the spawn. If the State has a hatchery there, they certainly would give better protection. Ifthe State has 5,000,000 of fry for other waters, they hatch out 10,000,000 and put back into the lake 5,000,000 of matured fish, Would we not haye better fishing by having better protection and 5,000,000 matured fish put in this lake annually? Oneida Lake cannot be protected by one protector. When it becomes State waters they must then give it better pro- tection, which means better fishing. I, for one, say ‘give us a hatchery.’ “The Commissioners have at all times assisted 48 in every way they could, for they well appreciate the work we haye done toward protection in central New York. The writer has fished in most all waters in central New York, and has never known when the fishing has been as good and the waters as free from nets and illegal fishing as at the present time. “Great credit is due the efficient Commissioner of State Fisheries, President Blackford, who is a worker. Munroe Green is ones night and day to hatch the fry to be delivered throughout the State during the winter and spring to stock the different waters.” CHICAGO AND THE WEST. HICAGO, Ill, Dec. 2.—After a while there won’t be any place at all but Chicago, This, at least, is the inevitable result if the average Chicago man’s hopes and beliefs come true. At any rate, it is already an easy saying that the best of everything comes to Chicago. This is true, from the World’s Fair down to fresh lob- sters, and equally true inregard to fish, The largest tar- pou ever caught is now in Chicago. It is beautifully mounted and now rests in good similitude of life in the anteroom of J, V. Northam & Co.’s whosesale house, at 180 Monroe street, just across the street from my office. This is the fish mentioned so prominently by Forust AND STREAM at the time of its capture last season. It was taken by a lady, Mrs. Geo. T. Stagg, of Frankfort, Ky. The record, as appended to the case, gives the weight of the fish as 20dlbs., length 7ft. 3in., time in playing 1 hour 25 minutes. The rod, reel, line and hook on which the fish was taken are in the case below the fish. They make only a plain tarpon outfit, the rod being simply a 7ft. stick of natural bamboo, Zin. at the butt and thick as one’s finger at the tip. The arrival of this fish at the city seems to have awakened an unusual tar- pon interest here for this wintar. Several parties will Bo South, probably to Fort Meyers, in the hope that the Caloosahatchie may hold still larger specimens for the City by the Lakes. Chicago is the only real tarpon center, Dr. &. P. Bartlett, secretary Illinois State Fish Com- mission, and Mr. H. L. Watlington, secretary of the Illinois Valley Association, were in my office to-day. They just came from Mr, Geo. E. Cole, with whom they had had a long talk in regard to the organization of a State league, to be made up of all the different local and protective societies of the State, on the plan first and exclusively suggested in these columns in the issue of Nov. 26. Among men like these mere schemes or visionary plans hold little weight, but in regard to this project there seemed to be the most favorable opinion, and so the gentlemen above informed me, They further stated that, Dre, 10, 1891.) FOREST AND STREAM. AAS plans looking forward to such an organization were about -to be put in effect. I should not be surprised if the Kan- kakee, Fox, and other local game and fish societies will have word from the State Fish Commission on this head before their annual January meetings. This would leave the matter of an organization, so far as these meetings were concerned, a simple and easy thing, the appoint- ment of delegates for a convention being about the only thing needful, Dr. Bartlett thought Chicago a better place for such 4 convention than Springfield, and this is probably true, as the heaviest associations center here. Tasked Dr, Bartlett how he would feel about applying a part of his scanty appropriation toward the expense of a paid secretary and he said he thought he would favor that, as it would take considerable detail work off the hands of the commissioners, All in all, the outlook for a State League isa good one. I believe that such a league here would be the result of no mere bluster, and that it would not end in talk, It would be organized for work- Ing purposes, and it would do work, I am much dis- posed in favor of the paid officer for the harder detail work of these associations, and believe that is going to be the way to get more attention and more work out of the bodies of sportsmen, What is everybody's business is nobody’s, but if it were one man's business he would at- tend to it, if he found a business duty, If he did not he could be jumped on direct. If thus saddled with the work and the privilege of getting jumped on he ought to be paid for it. Dr. Bartlett reports the status of the suits against him by the Illinois River fishermen, whose nets he has confis- cated, as being nowin avery satisfactory condition, ‘*The only trouble is,” said he, “they sue me personally, and not in my capacity as an officer. All they want is to make me personally go to expense and inconvenience, though they know I can beat them in the suits. How- ever, I guess J can wear them out.” Mr, Watlington reports a very flattering state of affairs for the Illinois Valley Association at La Salle, They have brought some nineteen suits, and have won them all. It certainly looks as though they would keep their promise to break up all netting and seining above the Copperas Creek dam of the Illinois. A meeting of the Swan Lake Club was to have been held for the purpose of discussing the situation on Lake Senachwine, the scene of the once supposedly legal netting operations of the keepers of the club, the Woods Bros. The result of the meeting is not yet made known, but the position of the club is not hard to prophesy, If netting is found to be of questionable legality in those waters, the club will have the keepers stop such netting, no matter how that aifects the club lease, of this I feel quite sure. Swan Lake Club is not disposed to know- ingly violate or see violated any of the game or fish laws, and this has been declared here all the time, even at the time of the warden’s efforts to catch and show up the Woods boys as violators not only of law but of their club agreements, H. Hoven. Tar NortH SHoRn.—Mr. Alex. Starbuck tells us that on his 1891 excursion to the North Shore he was surprised to see the great multitude of anglers that visited the North Shore. He writes: ‘There were at least three hundred between Port Arthur and the ‘Soo,’ and of these fully one hundred and fifty came under our immediate observation, Ipresume your publication of the North Shore letters had much to do with it, for several of the parties whom T met here so stated. Now, I only hope they all had as good sport as I had and could endure without a murmur the lake’s capricious temper. I noticed that ‘Podgers’ was not enthused with North Shore trouting as I described it, Tam inclined to think he is too ambitious and wants more trout toa day’s sport than generally falls to the patient angler. “After a period of forty-five years angling in almost every part of this country, including trips to the famed Nepigon, where one becomes sated with the sport, I must confess I prefer the North Shore for the pursuit of the trout, beautiful above any other place. True you sometimes have grand storms that lash the shores with frightful violence, but again you have weeks of such charming and exhilarating weather as to delight you beyond measure.” NOVEMBER SALMON,—On Nov, 21 Capt. George McDon- ald caught an eight-pound salmon in Newark Bay. Be- lieving that other individuals were cantured on various parts of the coast, we applied to Fish Commissioner Blackford for information on the subject, and have the following reply: ‘Along the Atlantic Coast at this season of the year stray salmon are often taken. During the Jast month probably 100 salmon, weighing from six to fwenty pounds, have been caught in the mackerel weirs off the coast of Massachusetts.” We should like to see the experiment tried of winter fishing for salmon in the Gulf of Maine by the method followed in the Baltic, as described in Forest AND STREAM Jan. 8, 1891. ANY subscriber may supply a friend with a copy of the current issue of the FOREST AND STREAM by sending us on a postal card the name of that friend. “Forest and Stream’ Nursery Rhymes. There was a young man in Nassau, Who failed to obey the game law; He killed prairie chicken, Gave his bird dog a lickin’, - & And cursed every one that he saw. As We could not catch him killing small game We fined him for swearing, and now he's quite tame. KANSAS, W. J.D, Sing 8 song of big fish— I cannot tell a lie; Caught it on a grizaly-king, It was the dropper fly, Played four and twenty minutes, Before it came to gait, And weighed by its own scales About ‘steen and a half. NAMES AND PORTRAITS OF BrrDs, by Gurdon Trumbull, A book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can identity without question all the American m saaate birds which they may kill, Sloth, 220 pages, priee $2.50. For sale by Formst stp BOREAL, Hishculture. HUDSON RIVER FISHWAYS. T the meeting of the New York Fish Commission last Tuesday reports from the game and fish protective | force were read, showing that during November the sum of $696 had heen collected as penalties and unlawful nets to the value of $625 had been destroyed. Applications for brook trout fry for private club waters were refused. Commissioner Burden reported that the New York CGen- tral, Harlem, New York & Northern, Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western, and New York, Ontario & Western railroads had courteously consented to haul free of charge oyer their respective lines the Commission’s new fish cars. It is probable that the West Shore will dothesame. It is indeed, on the part of the railroads, a fitting recognition of the work of the Commission, which by stocking the waters is making business for the passenger agents, Commissioner Burden read the following report from Mr. , H. Rogers, who had been asked to examine the obstruc- tions of the Hudson River. He sapleined that the estimated cost to the State would be diminished by $6,500 if the owners of the Sandy Hill and Fort Hdward dams were required to put in the ways, in compliance with the law: AMHERST, N. S, Nov. 26, 1891.—Henry Burden, Exq., Commissioner Fisheries, Troy, N. Y., Dear Sir: I herewith inclose a short report of matters as they appear to me on the upper Hudson, With reference to Baker’s Falls it may not be necessary to put a fishway on the mill wall, as the fish may go over the fall and throngh the small fishway in the dam; in that case a saving of $8,500 will be effected there, and ifitis thought advisable to put but one way in the other dams where I suggest two, a further saving of about $3,500 will be the result, and the whole work may possibly not involve an expenditure of over $35,000, This can be de- termined when J next visit the place. Should any further information be desired on the subject, I will, of course, sup- ply it, as far as possible, at any time, Yours very respect- fully, W. H. Rogers. REPORT ON DAMS AND FALLS ON THE UPPER HUDSON, STATE OF NEW YORK, WITH REFERENCE TO THE CON- STRUCTION OF FISHWAYS, BY W. H. ROGERS. Henry Burden, Hsq, Commissioner of Fisheries, Troy, N. Y.: lV +. Sir: As you suggested I yisited the Upper Hudson during the first week in November, The water being unusually low [ had a good opportunity to view all the obstructions to the ascent of fish, and toexamine in detail the local difti- culties to be overcome, and to make in each case an approxi- mate estimate as fo cost. A second visit, however, when the water is at medium height, will be necessary in order to figure more closely for actual construction. The following facts, however, will afford sufficient data to justify legisla- tion upon this subject the coming wiuter. 1. Fort Hdward Dam,—This is a new wooden dam, built during the past summer, is about I7ft, high, with from 3 to 4ft. depth of water below the dam when I wasthere. To overcome this obstruction I would construct a fishway on the main dam on the same principle as to location as the one at Mechaniesville, the crib work of 8x8 or 9x9 as desired, the whole except the floor of the channel way to be of chest- nut or other hard woot and bolted, ballasted and anchored to the dam in a substantial and workmanlike manner, and with proper ice heads and oak roofing. [This] can be done for about $3,000. 2. Bakers Falls —This obstruction E consider the most difficult one on the river on which to locate a successful fishway. A second visit when the -water is higher will be necessary, at present I would recommend that two fishways side by side be put in the lower portion of the fall to enable the fish to pass into a still-water located about one-half way up. Todothisa temporary dam will have to be built at the lower side of the still waterin order to turn the water off the face of the fall below, so that a channel way can be excavated in the rock in which to place the fishway. With proper ice heads and oak coverings, ice, logs, etc., will pass over it without injuring the structure. This part of the obstruction can be thus made passable for any sort of fish for $3,000. Then I would build a fishway similar to the one at Mechanicsville, on the opposite side of the river by the mill, against the stone wall, and thus pass the fish into the mill channel, where they will have a free passage through the gates as at Mechanicsville, A channel will also need to be blasted through the ledge of rock out to the main chan- nel at the lower entrance of the way where the fish will ome vaturally from the still waters referred to above; this part of the work can be done for $3,500, I am not quite sure but that salmon can work their way from the still water up over the long sloping fall to the dam and would therefore recommend that a small fishway be put in the dam directly above the bollow in the fall, through the zigzag course of which the fish may get up. I could form a better opinion of this if I saw the falls when the water was higher, This small way would cost $500, therefore to master this fall fully will inyolve an expenditure of from $7,000 to $7,500. 5. Sandy Hill Dam.—This is about 12ft., with 2 to Bft. depth of water below. A reef orsmall island of rocks divides the river into two channels below thedam. Therefore, I would put in two fishways, as per blue print C, which will cost $1,750 each. One, however, may be sufficient at present. 4, Glens Falls.—This is a much more formidable obstruc- tion, and, including the dam, the difference in the water level from below the fall to the surface in the pond above is about 45ft. There I would build the wayin strong crib work against the mill wall from the dam down to the fuot of the fall, covering the crib work outside with 3 or 31¢-inch hardwood plank to protect the work from injury by descend- ing ice and logs, and in places with iron if necessary. This RAE will be about 250ft. in length and will cost about $7,000 0 $7,500. 5, State Feeder Dam—Is about 14ft. high. A fishway against the flume wall as at Mechanicsville will be easily put in here at a cost of $2,500. One on each side of the river - would give more accommodation to the fish. The two can be put in for $4,000. : 6. Palmer's Falls—Presents the most formidable obstruc- tion on the river, being about 85ft. from the lower level of the water to the top of the dam above the crest of the fall, At first sight this fall presents an obstruction to the ascent of fish quite impossible to overcome even by the best skill and any reasonable Sees of money. ut ipon closer inspection of the fall on its east side, a way is found to locate a fishway of proper construction at a reasonable cost, and which will allow fish of any kind seeking to ascend an easy pass to the upper waters of the river. I have not been able during my short visit to the place to figure very closely as to the cost, but I would say that $12,500 to $15,000 or pos- sibly less would do the whole workin a substantial manner. It will require about 800ft. of fishway to produce a proper stream for shad and all other fish to get over the fall, includ- ing a proper shad ladder on the Troy dam as per blue print, Good fishways of the Rugers patent can be put on all the dams and falls now obstructing the ascent of fish from the ay dam to the top of Palmer’s Falls for from $40,000 to 000. SS A Boor Asovr Inprans.—The ForEsr AND STREAM will mai freson BEplipanion a descriptive circular of Mr. Grinnell’s book, “Pawnee Hero Stories and Wolk-tales,” giving a table of contents and specimen iNnstrations from the yolume.—Adp, some distance further and at 2:42 they were called up, Che Benne, Dogs: Their Management and Treatimentin Disease, By Ashmont. Price $2. Kennel Record and Account Book, Price $8, Training vs. Breaking, By 8. T. Hammond. Price $1, First Lessons in Dog Training, with Points of all Breeds. Price 50 cents. FIXTURES. (For fuller details see issue of Dev. 3.) DOG SHOWS, Dec. 10 to 144.—Freeport, Ill. T. E. Taylor, See’y, Dee, 3) to Jan, 2.—Gloversville, N.Y. F. B. Zimmer, Sec’y. 1892, n. 5 t0 8.—Albany, N.Y. W.C. House, Fort Plain, N.Y., Sec’y. . 0 to 9.—Charleston, 8. C. Benj. McInniss, Sec’y, - 18 to 16,—Columbia, S.C. WF. F. Capers, Greenville, Sec’y. . 21 to 26,—Elmira, N.Y. CG. A, Rowman, See’y. . 2 to 12.—Chicago, Il. John L. Lincoln, Jr.. Sec'y. . 16 to 19.— Jackson, Mich. Chas. H. Ruhl, Sec’y. +b. 23 to 26.—New York. James Mortimer, Supt. Merch 1 to 4.—Philadelphia, Pa. EF.S. Brown, Sec’y. : March 8 to11.—Washington, D, C._H.S,Webster, 738 B’way,N-Y- March 15 to 18 —Pittsburgh, Pa. W, E. Littell. Sec’y. April 7 to 10 —Boston, Mass. EK. H. Moore, Sec’y. Apri) 20 to 23.—Los Angeles, Cal. ©. A, Sumner, Sec’y. May 4 to 7.—San Francisco, Cal. H. L. Miller, Sec’y. FIELD TRIALS. Dec, 14.—Philadelphia Kennel Club, Deatonsyille, Va. 1892, dan, 11-J2 —Bexar Field Trials, San Antonio, Texas. Jan, 18 —Pacific Field Trials, Bakersville, Cal. , — Southern Field Trials, New Albany, Miss. THE CENTRAL FIELD TRIALS, fl listen tee trials so far have progressed without a hitch, and the meeting has been a pleasant one. The absence of Mr, Churchill who was to have judged with Messrs. J. M. Tracy and N. Wallace, hasled to some trouble in securing athird judge. Dr. Jarvis very kindly officiated till Thurs- day morning, when other engagements compell:d him to give up. Then Mr, KE, W, Clarke was associated with the two gentlemen named above in judging the All-Age Setter Stake: but now Messrs. Tracy and Wallace are going it alone for the rest of the meeting. Birds are fairly plentiful and the country hunted over is well adapted for trials, being much better than last year, Among the visitors not already men- tioned, that have dropped in during the past week, are Messrs, KH, Dexter, Boston, Mass.; H, B. Duryea and R. L. McCook, New York; A. D, Lewis, Hempstead, L. I.; E. W. Clarke, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., and Dr, H, J. Thomas, Win- ston, N. C. THE SETTER DERBY. LEXINGTON, N, C., Dec, 1.—It seems as if there was just as little dependence to be put on the weather down here asin any other part of the country. Sunday—snow, wind and heavy frost, and the biggest log fire none too warm; but now, as I write, the night is quite balmy and the day has been almost too warm for walking. Of course most of the snow has disappeared, and the local weather prophets predict a pleasant week. Yesterday was a big loafing spell for most of us, and none were sorry to jump into the saddle this morning and canter to the Hargreaves Farm, about fiye miles from town. A late start was made on account of the frost, which, however, soon disappeared when old Sol began his day’s duty in earnest. Hirst Series. The first brace to be called was PRIMA DonNA—HOPE’S MARK.—There was a delay of half an hour after the judges arrived. Some of the handlers, in- cluding Mr. Rose with Hope’s Mark, had taken their dogs to the farm ahead in mistake. At 10:38 the brace was put down in sedge. It was at once seen that the new grounds were well adapted for the trials, nice undulating stretches of sedge grass, wheat, etc., with comparatively little cover and few briers. Soon after starting Hope’s Mark showed some of his former brilliant tactics, making wide casts in the sedge, till finally he brought up stiff on a bevy. Prima Donna was brought up to back, did so, and Rose flushed the birds, both dogsjsteady. We ranged after the singles, and here the trouble began. Both dogs pointed frequently and honored each other, but nothing but disappointment awaited them. Hope’s Mark got, out to his work with greater judgment. Then on the hill we thought surely he had them, Prima Donna backing’ him, but a false alarm again. Then in cotton Hope’s Mark flushed a bird. Then Hope’s Mark flushed_a beyy and we all wondered what was the matter with the dog that smothered competition at Bieknell, After this both dogs pointed birds that flushed wild. Prima Donna evened things a little by flushing in- excusably a single, dropping to wing. Dogs cailed up at 11:32 Both had fair range, Mark far the best, and his first bevy redeemed the rest of his heat. NED NOBLE—W UN LUNG.—Ned Noble (Rowdy Rod—Pearl Noble) was handled by S. C. Bradley, and Wun Lung (Capt. Bethel—Enid) by D. E. Rose. Down at 11:36 in sedge, off they both went at speed. It was soon apparent, however, that the wiry little Wun Lung was doing his best to show us that his name did not handicap his wind in any way. He certainly is the fastest mover on the ground, and withal is under good control and works to his handler. Going through woods, handlers flushed a bevy, but it went to one side of our course, they were left and soon after a bevy flushed wild out of brier thicket. Wun lung was in thicket and it is presumed he pointed, the other dog going in just after him, On up the hill, by a corn patch and in sedge, Ned Noble pointed lark, and_then roaded toward woods. After some time had elapsed Wun Lung nailed a single which flushed wild in swamp and briers, dog steady to wing, Out into ragweed 100yds. further on Wun Lung pointed several birds in a little bunch of tangled briers, Ned honored the point; Rose fired, Ned a bit unsteady. Lower down, 20yds., Ned nailed another, Wun backing this time. Bradley fired, dogs fairly steady. Going on, at edge of a swamp uo Lung pointed a bevy in the thick briers, Lower down Ned at the same time pointed outlying birds of this bevy, which flew into the swamp, when Ned got one of the scattered birds and then flushed one, dropping to wing. Dogs were called up at 19:55. Wun Lung isa little different class to the other, ranging wide and fast while Ned noble potters a bit and is notso cocksure on his birds. It was getting late, and we were all pleased to find the lunch wagon quite near, so we lunched al fresco and ante enjoyed the warm sun. JZA—LAUNDRESS.—They were put down after lunch at 1:45 in cotton patch. Iza (Roderigo—Ollie S.) was in charge of J. M. Avent and Laundress (Roi d’Or—Belle of Piedmont) was handled by J. B. Stoddard. In dwarf pines, Laundress was the first to attract attention as she pointed, and while waiting for Iza, who had gone _ off somewhere, a single flushed wild to one side of pointing dog. Nothing found after. Then Iza pointed and Laundress coming up went through two birds as Avent flushed one to Iza’s point; both dogs became demoralized as he fired. Avent dropped his dog with his hat. After dus punishment, they moyed on into woods, when Iza pointed, then roading on toward edge of woods she nailed the balance of bevy and was steady ax Avent fired at the wild flush. False points for both enone c na blood. She was lost some time, but was finally brought up 414 FOREST AND STREAM. (Dec. 10, 1891s had a wide range, good speed and fair nose, while Laun- dress was unsteady to flushes, she worked more to the gun. McMurpo—Amy RoBsART.—McMurdo (Roi d’Or—Mil- dred) was handled by J. B. Stoddard and Amy Robsart (Dad Wilson—Bochemian Girl) by H. M. Short. Cast off at 2:49 in weeds at edge of cover they both started well. Amy in woods pointed, then moved on, McMurdo not honoring her. However, in a corn patch Amy nailed a bevy in good style, McMurdo doing his duty but indifferently; Short fired, Amy steady, but the other not. Birds were followed and Amy scored a single, Short fired and Amy behaved nicely, but McMurdo chased as birds flushed, came back to order and received the punishment due him, Then of these birds McMurdo pointed a single, Amy backing, but the former spoiled the good work by breaking in again. Work- ing out a, cotton patch Amy found another bevy, which Short put up and the biteh was steady to wing. After scat- tered birds in woods, McMurdo nailed a single in briers and behaved quite nicely to shot and wing. Higher up and out of woods Amy scored another single, which flushed as Short came up. Aiter this dogs ealled up at 3:35. The heat all through was in favor of Amy Robsart, who worked with food judgement and ranged out well. She will certainly be near the top at the finish if she keeps it up. LatonrA IL.—OGamMiInLE.—Latonia Il. (Paul Gladstone— Latonia) was handled by N. B. Nesbitt and Camille (Jean Val Jeano—Haidee) by J. M. Avent. When called out it was found that Latonia had in some way injured ber shoulder since starting in the wagon, How it was done Mr. Richards could not tell, as he had been with her nearly all the time. She was tried in the field for a minute, and though she gamely made a cast it was obviously cruel to run _ her, and she was withdrawn and Camille ran with the bye dog, Ran- dolph’s Roy. CAMILLE — RANDOLPH’S Roy.—Randolph’s Roy (Ned— Bett’s Nell) was handled by F. L. Bevan. Cast off at 3:48 in standing corn stubble. Almost at the start Camille put up a hare and away she went after it, and Avent turned and smiled on the judges, for it was no use to whistle, she meant to Randolph’s Roy, who had been held up. Working into corn patch, Camille seemed to have been demoralized and went right into a bevy accompanied by the other dog; both chased, and it looked all up with Camille, It was unac- countable after her good work at High Point. Onin corn, Camille flushed 2 single, then stopped and waited for rest to flush, which they did as Avent came toward the dogs in front, and birds flew into oaks. Going through this cover, handlers flushed seyeral birds that the dogs should have nailed. In cotton patch Randolph’s Roy dropped two or three timés to a single, and was steady to flush. Then a “false point was put to his credit and one for Camille closed the heat at 4:39. Oamille had best pace end range, but Roy behaved better on birds and showed fair training, being under good control, but is something of a potterer. Neither will do for finals at this rate. LorA— Bos Coorpr.—Lora (Gladstone’s Boy—Ruby 1D.) was under the care of Chas, ‘l'ucker, and Bob Cooper (Roi D’Or-—Miss Nellie VW.) was handled by D, H, Rose, Put down where others were taken up at 4:35; both started offin good style. Im high sedge and weeds Bob thought he had ‘something but was mistaken, roaded on, then made a cast or ‘two, then pointed, but left it, and then peinted again as he finally reached the bevy. ose fired to flush, dog steady, just before this a single had flushed to the right; very likely the bird Bob was first on. After these birds and in bottoms Lora pointed a single which flushed wild, Bob coming up at the same time. In open, higher up, Bob pointed, moved on and Lora coming up to back gut nearest the birds and ointed, but Bob had them first, Tucker fired, dogs steady. Bob, in woods, pointed but broke it, nothing found and out of woods lora pointed & single in hollow, Bob honoring the point. Notsing more was done and dogs called up at 5:24, ob Cooper had the best range and nose and behaved quite well on his points. Lora also did well, showing good nose. The next order was ‘‘Home!’’ some four miles away. WEDNESDAY. Second Series. Last night it was given out that those dogs that would be required for to-day were Amy Kobsart and Iza, Bob Cooper and Wun Iunog, Lora and Hope’s Mark, Ned Noble and Camille. The spotting system is expected to do away with so many heats, but here were more dogs left in than would have been the case under the old heatsystem. Accordiny to the work done Iza, Camille and Ned Noble had no business with the others in the second series, The weather was cloudy, the sun breaking out now and then and ground was in good condition for scent. The start was on the new farm again, about five miles from town, and the first brace, Amy ROBSART—IZA, Were sent off at 9:47 In ragweed and sedye. Iza soon alter starting ranged off to one side and found a bevy in woods and was steady to Avent’s fire, then she nailed two singles, when dogs were brought together again to look for scattered birds. Amy, in dwarf pines, poiuted some singles, and birds flushed wild as Short came up, dog steady to shot and wing. Out of pines into sedge field aud ordered up at 10:11, The work done was in favor of ay Robsarb in intelligent range; bird work about equal. ae LuNG—BoB CoorPeR.—This promised a lively heat, for both ure fast, merry rangers, and but for Bob’s want of tisining on birds one is nearly as good as the other, Cast off at 10:16 in open, both started off at their usual gait and, huativog independently, soon got separated, and Wun Lung was held up rill Rose could find Bob and bring him round. It is a difficult matter for one Man to handle two such fast Yap gers as these two, but Rose is getting accustomed to it now. Starting again in pines Bob at once pointed a bevy; Wu. backed and both were steady to shot and wing. Then Wuo scored points on singles of this bevy. Bob then pointed a rabbit. No more game was found, though both worked hard, and Wun Lung’s beautiful and untiring style of cast- ing is something remarkable, he keeping up such a high speed all the time. Up at 10:56. Wirst and second places were filled, and the trouble was with third. LokA—HOPE’S MARK then put down ati1:03. Both went outto their work well, Soon Lora flashed a bevy, and going after singles Hope’s Mark pointed and Lora coming in fiushed the single. Then Hope pointed again, drew on and fiush.d a bevy, but was steady to fire. This was not stake work by any means, though the cover was thick and in swamp. Dogs up at 11:15, and WNikp NoBLE—CUAMILLE, put down at 11:22 in same place— sedge and corn stubble. Some distance was covered before dogs nade any signs of game when Ned pointed, left it and roaded on some way, but fuiled to lovate. After a while. in bottoms, Camille fiushed a bevy. On hill above Ned pointed false, then moved on. Dogs brought together. After this Camille pointed false, and both pottered round some time in thicket over Swampy ground, but found nothing and were called up at 12:04, neither doing good work and only confirm- ing their previous running in the stake, Judges then cousulted and called for Wun Lung and Hope’s Mark, why, it was hard to tell, as on the work done Amy Roogsart had shown equally as good, if not better, work than Hope’s Mark, and Wun Lune’s position must have been assured, Down in corn stubble at 12:06, both ranged out independently, but the speed and intelligence was much in Wun’s favor. No game was found and weather getting warm, a break was made for lunch at the farm neamby, dogs being called up at 10:25, After discussing the-varied con- tents of our lunch baskets and sundry skylarking by the most athletic members of the company, these two dogs were judges announced of oaks Wun Lung pointed birds, Hope’s Mark honored him, Rose shot and dogs were steady. Into woods and Hope’s Mark pointed, moved on and pointed again, uncertainly, two birds, which Rose fired at, and Hope’s Mark needed caution and a collar pull. Then he dropped to another single as it flushed wild, and dogs were called up at 1:30 and Wun Lung wins first, Bob Cooper second and Hope’s Mark third. Amy Robsart should certajniy have been equal third, if not entirely so, as her work was consistent and she made no mistakes, SUMMARY. Central Field. Trials Setter Devby—First Series. HK. J. Myer’s Prima Donna with Blue Ridge Kennels’ Hope’s Mark. J, K. Garnett’s Ned Noble with N, T, Harris’s Wun Lung. Royal Phelps Carroll’s Iza with Blue Ridge Kennels’ Laundress, W., B. Meares, Jr.’ McMurdo with Harry Northwood’s Amy Robsart, W., F. Burdell and J, D, Poston’s Latonia II. with J. M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s Camille. _ Pierre Lorillard, J3,’s luora with Bine Ridge Kennels’ Bob Cooper. Randolph Kennels’ Randolph’s Roy a bye. Second. Series, Amy Robsart with tza. Wuo Lung with Bob Cooper. Lora with Hope’s Mark, Ned Noble with Camille. ' Third Series. Wun Lung with Hope’s Mark. N. T. Harris’s Wun Lung wins first money, 3400, Blue Ridge Kennels’ Bob Cooper wins second money, $200, Blue Ridge Kennels’ Hope’s Mark wins third money, 100, The winner of the stake, Wun Lung, is by this time well known and must indeed be looked upou as truly a phenom- enal youngster, He is one of those licky dogs that come so seldom, Born at an opportune time, Feb. 19, 1890, he was well enough on to run in the Southern Trials Members’ Derby, at Lafayette, La,, in January last, and his merit was ab once appreciated, winning first prize, and following this up by a secondin the Derby opentoall. Itis fresh in the minds of your readers the record he made at Bicknell, Ind., winning third in the United States Field Trials Derby, Coming on to High Point, N. C., he won first in the Derby at the Hasterm Field Trials, heating the dogs that were placed above him at Bicknell, an honor his owner must he proud of. Then to this place, where he wins first in the Setter Derby. Honors enough in all conscience for one year, mak- jing a record never excelled by any field dog the world over. Only one dog, besides himself, has ever run in two succeed- ing Derbys, and no dog has run with such success. Bob Cooper is aptly described by a spectator who has in- vested in Blue Ridge Kennel stock, ““He’s a little runt, but he can go”’—and find birds, too. Hope’s Mark is heavier built than either and is quite a handsome dog, POINTER DPRBY. First Series. After the finish of the Setter Derby there was no delay in commencing the above stake with PRINCE, JR,— MAINSTAY.—Prince, Jr. (Prince Black— Flirtation) was handled by EH. I. Martin, and Mainstay (Mainspring—-Barmaid) by Capt. McMurdo. They were cast off at 1:47 in corn stubble, Mainstay getting to his work the best of the two, The latter soon pointed a bevy and was held for Prince to back, McMurdo fired and dogs steady. Then in swamp below two birds finshed wild to Mainstay’s uncertain point. This was very thick cover and it was almost impossible to see the dogs; Mainstay before he came out of it got four points on birds. Then Prince scored a bevy with Mainstay backing, birds flushing wild. Mainstay then in cover stopped on a single which also needed no urging to “raise.” Nothing more of moment was done [ex- cepting a flush by the Captain, and dogs were called up at 2;32, The heat was allin Mainstay’s favor, his ranging and nose being much superior to the other. BLACK WONDER—PROMOTION, —Black Wonder ([ke—Bang Bang’s Pride) was handled by owner, John Hunter, and Promotion (Lord Grapbic—Bell) by Cias. Barker. These »two were winners at Bicknell, Ind,, last month, and a good heat was expected, but Black Wonder was contrary and soon spoiled his chance for stake money. Cast off at 2:33 in corn stubble, Crossing a ditch, im sedge, Black Wonder flushed a bevy. Following the scattered birds, Promotion nailed one of them and followed it by three more, Black W onder backing, and then he dropped as two others got up. A false point for Promotion followed, and then Promotion picked up another bird and was steady to Barker’s shot. Black Wonder was now lost, and Promotion was held up, The former doz was found on a point in woods and held for Promotion to back; a single flushed wild, however, and Black Wonder followed this up by another point on a single. Down in swamp, Black Wonder roaded to a point on a ywoodcock, and this about finished the heat at 3:49, Promo- tion did steady work, and though not fast he finds his birds and handles them well. Black Wonder was heedless and not at all at his best. OuTcAst—Bos.—Outeast (King of Kent—Hops) was in charge of ©. H. Buckle and Bob (Arkos—Loole) was handled by Hart Height. They were sent off in sedge at 3:22, and both got on well in their work, but Bob had the speed and range of the other. The first work done was a point for Bob, Outcast backing, on a bird of bevy flushed by horse- men. Then in sedge in open Outcast nailed some single birds and behaved well to fiashes. Outcast, while Bob was pointing, wentin ahead of him, and a rabbit gotup. Another point to Outcast, which did not develop game, and then both roaded to birds, which flushed wild, Height shooting. No more game work done, and dogs called up. Bob beat out his ground better than the other, had good pace and range, and was steadier on points, Darkness was coming on, and home was now the order, THURSDAY. The morning opened dull and cloudy, with signs of rain. The last brace in first series of Pointer .Derby was cast off about three miles from town. They were BXILE—DAUNTLESS —Exile (King of Kent—Hops) was handled by Capt. McMurdo, and Dauntless (Arkos—Loole) by S. CG. Bradley, Cast off at 9:10, both ranged out with a vim, Soon after startine Dauntless made game in ragweed roaded to points, finally leaving the bevy, which flushe 20yds. to one side, and then dropping to flush; Bradley shot. Continuing the course toward woods, Dauntless made an un- certain point on a single and then pointed where bird got up. Going into corn stubble, Exile pointed, moved on and a bird flushed. Dogs were then held up and moved to Hargreaves farm. Off again at 10:01 and held up again at 10:16. Anun- satisfactory heat, twisting and turning in search of a bevy that had been flushed. Finally, in swampy ground, Daunt- less ran right into a bevy, this terminating the heat, Hxile did the only work, showed fair range aud pace, ‘but not ex- hibiting much iatelligent work, Dauntless will noi he con- sidered further. 4 Second Series. The judges then called tor ; BLACK WONDER—BoB, which were put down in sedge at : called out again at 1:21. In woods both pointed, bub Wun | 10:39, and soon, near a ditch, Black Wonder repeated his was sent up to back Hope’s Mark, nothing found. This side) previous tactics by flushing a bevy, and both chased a bit, Following the birds in swamp thicket, where Bob roaded some time, finally coming up with a single, which flushed wild. Black Wonder pointed false, but moved on as Hunter came up, Some more ground was thrashed ont, but nothing found and dogs up at 11:09. Bob improved his chances in the stake by being easily handled, but we know that Black Wonder can do better work than he has done here; he needs some more training. PROMOTION—MAINSTAY, had evidently been spotted for the two first places, and were sent off fogether in sedge at 11:15. Promotion was the first to show game, aon rs sey- eral times wuncertainly, till finally he nailed them, and Barker flushed and killed, dog steady, On the singles Mainstay was the first to find, and Promotion made one of those pretty pictures we sometimes see in the field, backing the point with forefeet on arail fence. Then horsemen and judge flushed several birds that dogs should have scented. Promotion got another point im thick cover, was honored by Mainstay, and Barker put up the bird. Soon atter this dogs were called up, and it was easily seen that Promotion’s place on the slate was settled. Both dogs hunted independ- ently and with good sense. Now the difficulty was to find the third winner out of an indifferent lot, EXILE—OUTCAST were called out at 12:05 to see if they could do better than Bob, which nearly every one had slated for third place. They ranged for twenty minutes without finding, and when called up the judges announced Promo- tion first, Mainstay second, Bobthird. A decision that met with full approval. summary. Virst Series. J. A, Mehaffey’s Prince, Jr. (Prince Black—flirtation) with Char lotpesvalle Kennels’ Mainstay (Mainspring—Bar- maid), J,H.and J. A. Hunter's Black Wonder ([Ike—Bang Bany’s eet with Dr. J. R. Daniels’s Promotion (Lord Graphic— elle). Charlottesville Kennels’ Outeast (King of Kent—HHopis) with W. G. Brokaw’s Bob (Arkos—Loole). Charlottesville Kennels’ Exile (King of Kent—Hops) with Beresford Kennels’ Dauntless (Arkos—Loole). Second Sertes. Black Wonder with Bob. Promotion with Mainstay. Hxile with Outcast. Dr. J. R. Daniels’s Promotion wins first money, #400, Charlottesville Kennels’ Mainstay wins second money, 200, W.G. Brokaw’s Bob wins third mouey, $100. The winner, Promotion, was descrined in the United States Field Trials report. Heis a lemon and white dog, and while nota fast worker, beats his ground out thoroughly and is good on his birds. He is now owned by Mr. D. A. Upson, of Cleveland, O. Mainspring is a handsome-looking liver and white heavily ticked dog, and is a good ranger, keeping well out to his work and under good control. Bob is a good-looking white and liver colored dog, a careful hunter and has a fairly good nose. , i ALL-AGH BETTER STAKE, First Series. The drawing for this Stake took place last night and en- tries filled well. The first brace down, Count HrRic—DAD WILSON, JR., were cast off after hineh at 1:36 in corn stubble. Count Eric (Count Nohle—Fannié W.) was handled by N. B, Nesbitt, and Dad Wilson, Jr. Dad Wilson—Lit) by H. M. Short. Both settled down to wide rangiog and Count was soon lost. After he was found Count was the first to point, but brokeit before handler came up; at the same time higher up in cover Dad Wilson, Jr. pointed a single and Count brought to back. Short fired and missed, dog steady. Higher up Connt pointed an- other single, Dad Wilson, Jr. backing stylishly. Next it was Dad’s turn to get one, which Short killed, dog did not retrieve. Up at 2:86, The work on birds was nearly all in Dad Wilson, Jr.’s favor. He was easily handled and worked stylishly Count is not very obedient but has good range, pace and nose and works with a snap. Daisy HoUNTER—BonNIn Bonpuy.—This was expected to be a good heat, but there’s many a slip, ete,, and the good thing did not come off, Daisy Hunter (Gath’s Hope—Daisy F.) was handled by her owner, John A. Hunter, and Bonnie Bondhu (Count Wakefield—Pearl Bondhu) also by her owner, Geo, A, McClin. Down ia ragweed at 2:41, both started off with the usual yim. Bonnie commenced with a false point. Meanwhile Daisy was lost in cover, and was found some distance ahead after 15 minutes’ search, Hdge of pines on hill Bonnie pointed, and Daisy coming down wind backed prettily on sight, McClin put up a single. Then Daisy got one and Bonnie Bondhu honcred the point; Hunter killed and Daisy retrieved in good style. Dogs were taken up at 3:20. On birds they were about equal, but Daisy wus not hunting with her usual attention to the gun, RUPERT—NATALIE Il.—Cast off in corn stubble at 3:28. Rupert (Roderigo—Bo Peep) was handled by part owner J. M. Avent, and Natalie Il. (King Noble—Natalie) by N. B.. Nesbitt. Both off well. In corn, just out of woods, Rupert was the first to ind a bevy. Natalie honored the point from the top rail of a fence and birds flushed wild, Natalie scored on the scattered birds and birds were followed to cover. Both dogs then struck points in woods, Natalie on the main part of bevy, Rupert outlying birds, Then Natalie pointed footscent. Both pointed bya fallen tree, roaded and at edge of woods Natalie nailed a single nicely. Into cover where Natalie pointed false, and so did Rupert afterward in open. Going into cover again Rupert pointed a single, Natalie backing prettily, Avent shot and missed, dogs steady, In corn Rupert then pointed but nothing came of it. Then both pointed a bevy and handlers fired at flush, dogs steady. Dogs called up at 4:14. Both ranged well, with good pace, Rupert showing somewhat the best nose. HArry C.—TaHe Corsatr,—Sent off in ragweed at 4)16, Harry ©. (Roderigo—Countess House) was handled by 8, ©. Bradley, and ‘The Corsair (Dan Gladstone—Haides) by D. E. Rose, Both dogs ranged ont with speed and in good style. After going some distance Harry pointed in ragweed and was held for Corsair to back, which he did, and Bradley flushed, fired and killed, dogs steady. Harry retrieved fairly well, Then Corsair pointed false, ‘ben Harry nailed another bevy in his wide rage and Corsair was brought to back. Bradley fired ab flush, killed, and Harry was held while The Corsair retrieved the bird in nice style after a cast or two. Afterward Harry C. found another bevy and dogs were called up when it was getting dusk. Harry ran in something like true form and will be a formidable com- petitor. The Corsair I have seen do much better. FRIDAY, How the rain did come down this morning, and the wind blew a hurricane. Of course all thought of hunting was out of the question, and it was supposed we should not get out at all to-day; but, the weather clearing toward noon, a stuart was made after lunch. The ground was naturally very wet, and the going not at all in favor of the dogs, The first series in All-Age Setter Stake was continued with DOLLY—BLADE.—They were sent off ina field at the edge of the village. Blade was first to point, bub moved on, then stopped, and Dolly coming roundin frontfrom a cast, nailed the evs; Short fired and missed, dogs steady, Following these birds down in brier thicket, both got points on birds, Dac, 10, 1891,] F FOREST AND STREAM. 415 SE ey Se ——— that flushed wild. Roading down the ditch, they secured a couple more; then Dolly pointed, left it, and Blade, on the other side of the ditch; pointed a single that flushed wild. The dogs were almost identical in markings, both so heavily marked with black that it was almost impossible to distin- guish one from another. Dolly soon after pointed false in pines and was backed by Blade, who did the same further ou, Dolly pointed false again, and then on hillside she dropped to some scattered birds that fiushed wild: Short fired, killed, and Dolly retrieved in good style, Following the marked birds, Blade got another single in woods, was well backed by Dolly, and Tucker flushed. Called up at 2:48. Neither had much range or speed, but of course the condition of ground was against them, but they did well on their birds. HDGE MARK—SOP MARK.—Down at 2:47 in open grass field. Hdge Mark (Skidmore—Flo Maclin) was handled by S. C. Bradley and Top Mark (Gath’s Mark—Burd Helen) by H. M. Short, Both started at a good pace, but Edge Mark soon dwindled down and did not range out as he . Should have done. Edge Mark at top of woods made game, voaded, but failed to locate, and birds flushed wild the other side of the belt of timber. Then Top Mark pointed a single nicely, and same time, higher up, dge Mark fol- lowed suit, Bradley fired and missed, dog steady. After this they passed several singles, which should have been scored on, and were called up at 3:53. Top Mark showed fair range and speed, and had better style and nose than the other, Hdge Mark hunting too low without decision. ' Lon NoBLE—CoUNT GLADSTON®.— Down in ragweed at 3:36, Juon Noble (Count Noble—Alphonsine) was handled by Chas. Barker and Count Gladstone (Count Noble—Ruby’s Girl) by John White. Count at once got out to his work, rang- ing well and at speed, the other not comparing favorably in this respect. Lon started with a false point in sedge. hen dogs were moyed to other ground, ere Count was the first to point, was backed by Lon Noble, and White flushed, dogs steady to wing. Beating out a large field Count dropped to a point, then moved on toward cover, where in sedge near the edge, Lon flushed birds and got the punishment due for this faux pas. Then she was redeem- ing herself by a point on a single, when Oount came in ahead and took the point, bird flushing wild. Count pointed again, no result, and both roaded into pines, where Count made an uncertain point; and dogs were called up at 4:24. The heat and work done was allin favor of Count Gladstone, the other will be counted out. ‘ PAUL Bo—ANTEVOLO were then cast off for the last heat at 4:28 in wheatfield. Paul Bo (Paul Gladstone—Bo-Peep) was handled by Frank Richards and Anteyolo (Count Noble—Trinket Il.) by Chas. Tucker. Both dogs ranged out at good speed, Paul Bo showing most judgment. Paul soon found a bevy and was well backed by Antevolo, Richards killed but his dog does not retrieve. Paul fol- lowed this up by another single point, Antevolo refused to back and was near flushing when Tucker dropped her, Richards shot, dogs behaving well. Going into pines dogs flushed a bevy. Following the birds Antevolo, at the other side of wocd, nailed a single and so did Paul, both handlers fired and Richards killed and had to bring the bird himself. Then further on Panl dropped toa point, was backed, but nothing came of it. Paul near pines went up to a bevy in good style, Antevolo drew in front and pointed and birds flushed wild, Richards shot, dogs steady. Little more was done and dogs called up, as it was getting dusk. The heat was allin Paul Bo’s favor, he running a good race, and An- teyolo ranged well, but her tendency to steal the points will £0 against her. ORLANDO A BYE.—At the same time that the last heat was being run Judge Wallace had Orlando out to run his bye. Orlando is by Roderigo—Bo-Peep and his part owner J. M. 'Ayent handled him. He ran 46m, and ranged out well and ata good pace. He pointed twice on singles and then on a rabbit. Afterward Avent walked up a bevy and Orlando Secured another point on a single. This ended the day’s work several miles from town. SATURDAY. There was a heavy frost last night, so we did not hurry fhe start this morning, as the ground was pretty hard, though the warm sun soon softened it out. The start was again at the Hargreaves farm, which is one of the prettiest bits of country in this neighborhood. Long stretches of sedge and grass, at intervals broken by clumps of timber, not too thick, and with a noticeable absence of briers. The judges called up eight dogs in the second series. These were: Daisy Hunter with Count Eric, Harry C, with Paul Bo, Orlando with Antevolo, Dad Wilson, Jr. with Count Gladstone, Second Series. DAts¥ HuNTER—CouNT ERIc.—Put down in open at 9:29, they both ranged out well, first into corn, then into sedge, TM a little spinney Daisy made game, then pointed in a ques- tioning manner, moyed on, and nothing was found for some time. Dogs worked apart too much; this was Count Eriec’s fault, for Daisy laid to the course, but Count was lost for some time and Daisy was held up for a while. Then in woods Dsisy was put down again, roaded to two birds and only just stopped in time as they flushed wild. Called np then at 10:35, Count being still lost, Ib was an unsatis- factory heat, Daisy Hunter getting really no point on ‘ame. # HARRY C.—PAUL Bo,—Down at 10:42 in ragweed, and both soon put acres behind them. Both dogs made game in woods, pointed and bird flushed wild. In the open Paul stood to a single and was well backed. This was repeated in the same order, Richards firing. In woods Harry GC, nailed a single in capital style. Dogscalled up at 11:20, Paul Bo ran an excellent race and Harry C. improved his chances. ORLANDO—ANTEVOLO,—Put down where others taken up in grass field at 11:25. A bevy flushed wild and then on, Orlando’s superior scenting powers brought him to an out- - lying bird to the right, Avent fired, missed, dog steady. To the left Antevolo stopped on a single, that flushed in a hurry. Then Antevolo was missed and Orlando held up. Off again together, they skirted timber where Orlando was said to haye flushed a bird. After this, lower down he nailed a single in sedge, edge of woods. Avent missed the shot, and dogs called up soon after at 12:15, he heat was all in favor of the dark colored dog Orlando, who was under good control and working with good sense. Then we galloped to our lunch baskets at the barn near by. DAD WILSON JR.—COUNT GLADSTONE,—Cast off near farm ati:04. Both pointed in woods at start, but nothing found. Count pointed again, then working through a cotton patch Dad nailed a single in good shape, and as Short fired and missed, dog steady, a bevy flushed wild ahead of Count. After this Count was missed and not found for ten minutes. Dad working out eee to the left, Short flushed 4 beyy. After the scattered birds, when Count was the first to come up with them and secured a couple. Then through the fence both dogs pointed the balance of birds. A faise point for Dad ensued. In woods, Mr. Tracy flushed a bird, and Dad dropped to wing. Count, at edge of timber, put a-bevy to his -ereditin fine style, Dad honoring nicely, White fired, missed, “and dogs steady, On the scattered birds Count did well, ailing them in the bottom land. Upati:50. All Connt -Gladstone’s heat, after he was found, running a good race ith plenty vim and style, Thisended the second series, and Piiipes called for the winners of the Derbys to run the abso- lute winner heat. Wun LuNg—PRoMOTION.—Sent off at 1,56 in corn stubble. Both ranged out wide, but Wun Lung’s greater speed and ! by John wide-Casts were very noticeable, as usual. his dog reminds one of a bag of springs, always eager and on the go. To find new ground the dogs were worked chiefly on bottom land and swamp, when the open country would have suited Wun Lung much better. Promotion being at his best in broken, swampy cover work. In swampy sedge Wun Lung pointed, Promotion honored, Wun Lung drew on, pointed, but nothing found; both roaded, and 50yds. further, in sedge, Promotion came up with the bevy which fiushed wild, Then he pointed fur and false pointed, Wun Lung backing, Down by ditch Wun Lung pointed undecisively, nothing found, but higher up the hill in cover Promotion soon pointed three birds and was steady to Barker’s “raise.” In ragweed, edge of wheat, Wun Lung pointed alark, In thick pines Promotion pointed a large bevy which flushed as judges came up, Taken out of woods and coming out of aswamp Wun Lung stopped, Rose thinking there could be nothing ordered him to move on, when a single flushed. Judges consulted, and it was an anxious moment, for it No decision was arrived meant $400 for one or the other. i at, and dogs were ordered to work toward pines again. They hunted out swamp alongside the railroad and Pro- motion found birds, Barker shot and killed, dog steady. Dogs ordered wp at 3:10, and coming up the hill judges de- cided that the pointer Promotion was the absolute winner of the Derby and #400 additional money, making #800 that Mr, Barker takes from the meeting, «lll—A qe Setter Stake, Third Series, The judges then wanted ORLANDO—PATL Bo to run again, and it was generally thought that the heat was to comply with the rule about first and second running together, as these two were the favorites in the race, although before the stake hyae coli Own in ragweed at 3:19, In pines Orlando pointed false, but Paul’s nose served him truer, for otitside of cover he dropped to a bevy; Richards flushed the birds, fired and missed, dog steady. Then lower down Orlando spotted a single, Avent menced nobody wanted anything but Daisy Hunter. fired at it and killed. Orlando retrieved the bird fairly well. A point on fur for Orlando, missed, dog stead false, Throughout the heat Paul up at 3:56, Judges had a confab and ordered out HARRY C.—COUNT GLADSTONE,—Cast off at 4:01 in rag- weed and sedge, Count showing a little the best in speed Then one of the prettiest sights of the trials was seen as they both pointed in woods on the dry leaves; both are stylish dogs, and their quivering flags and uplifted fore féet made us anxious to reproduce the scene by the aid of our trusty “Hawkeye,”’ but the old saying is true—what alot of things Nothing came of the point, and Count, ina wheat field, repeated the perform- ance with the same result. Then he was lost for some time, Meanwhile Harry C., just out of woods in sedge, nailed a single, which Bradley shot at but missed, dog steady. After this the heat was all in Harry C,’s favor, he finding the birds and being under good control, which cannot be said of When called up, judges decided Paul Bo first, Orlando second, Harry C. and Count Gladstone divide third money. The decision was well received, as Count’s previous work fully entitled him to recognition, though Harry ran throughout the stake a much better race and some people thought he was entitled and range. In cotton patch Count pointed false. a Man sees when he hasn’t got his gun. Count, who was heedless in the extreme. to the whole of third money, SUMMAMY. All-Age Setter Stake—First Series. Edward Gray’s Count Eric (Count Noble—Fannie W.) with J. Shelley Hudson’s Dad Wilson, Jr. (Dad Wilson— Lit). J, H. and J. A, Hunter’s Daisy Hunter (Gath’s Hope— Geo, A, MeClin’s Bonnie Bondhu (Count Daisy F.) with Wakelield—Pearl Bondhu) J. M, Avent and Bayard Thayer’s Rupert (Roderigo—Bo- Peep) with Bert Crane’s Natalie Il, (King Noble—Natalie), Greenfield Hill Kennels’ Harry ©. (Roderigo—Countess House) with FE, 0. Damon’s The Corsair (Dan Gladstone— Haidee). J, Shelley Hudson’s Dolly Hill (Ben Hill— Dolly S.) with Pierre Lorillard, Jr.’s Blade (Toledo Blade—Sula €.), Francis S$. Brown’s Hdge Mark (Skidmore—Flo Maclin) with B. M. {Stephenson’s Top Mark (Gath’s Mark—Burd Helen), B. Ridgway’s Lon Noble (Count Noble—Alphonsine) ae Adolph Dill’s Count Gladstone (Count Noble—Ruby’s irl). Richard Merrill’s Paul Bo (Paul Gladstone—Bohemian Girl) with Pierre Lorillard, Jr.’s Anteyolo (Count Noble— Trinket II.). J, M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s Orlando (Roderigo—Bo- Peep) a bye. P Second Series. Daisy Hunter with Count Hric. Harry CG, with Paul Bo. Orlando with Antevolo. Dad Wilson, Jr. with Count Gladstone, Third, Series. Orlando with Paul Bo. Harry C. with Count Gladstone. SS Merrill’s Paul Bo wins first money, #250. money, S150. Greenfield Hill Kennels’ Harry nA and Adolph Dill's Count Gladstone divide third money, $100. Paul Bo is a handsome, well-made setter, as becomes his parentage. Consistent in his work, showing a keen nose combined with free and intelligent range. Is decided on his points and makes few mistakes. Orlando was described at High Point. Harry C.is_ a handsome, heavily marked dog, shows plenty of pace and range, and here he proved that he had excellent scenting powers. Count Gladstone is alittle dog on the Wun Lung pattern. Full of vivacity and eager for his work, he gets over a lot of ground, and delights in mystifying his handler as to his whereabouts; this is his only fault, as he is well trained otherwise, has a good nose and goes to his birds with decision and snap. LEXINGTON, N,.C., Monday, Dee. 7.—Another wet morning and consequently no work could be done in the trials, These wet days, although they afford a welcome rest for some of us, are exasperating to the majority, who are anxious to keep down their hotel bills and get the agony over as soon as possible. Toward noon, as usual here, the rain stopped, and atten lunch we started in a field almost in the vil age wit THE PoINnteR ALL-AGE STAKE, First Series, The draw had taken place on Friday night last, and the first brace down was ; Nick of NAso—DUKE OF H&ssen.—Cast off at 2:25 in sedge. Nick of Naso (Naso If.—Pettigo) was handled by John Lewis, and Dukeof Hessen (Luck of Hessen—Blarney) White—‘a pair of Jacks,’ as a man fuceti ously termed them. Both dogs settled down to wideranging, but a deal of ground was beaten out before any game was made. Duke was the first to point in sedge just out of cover, Nick of Naso backing, but nothing resulted, and further up the In woods Paul Bo pointed a single in fine style, and was held some time for Orlando to come up; not coming Richards flushed the bird, fired and to both. Higher up Orlando pointed 0 Was much superior in pace and range, and handled his birds faultlessly. Dogs vent and Bayard Thayer’s Orlando wins second hill*he pointed a bevy, and White wounded bird, but dog could not find it; Nick backed. Further up Nick came up with a single, but pointed twice before he nailed it; Lewis fired and missed, Afterward Nick made game, roaded into oaks, pointed, but lewis could not find; dog moved on, and stiffening out again ten yards further on, Lewis put up a bevy, fired and missed, dog not quite steady. Then going through woods, both weré found at a point af the other side: nothing came of it, however. Casting back a few yards higher up, Nick of Naso pointed a single that flushed wild. Nothing more being done, dogs were ordered up at 3:14, The race was pretty nearly all in Nick of Naso’s favor; was under better control] than Duke, but the latter had slightly the best range, Both stylish workers, as two such hand- some bench show dogs would naturally be, WiLbp DAMon—Down Fis Hnu.—Cast off at 3:18 in the same field. Wild Damon (Damon—Florn) handled by C. B. Buckle and Don Wis Hel (Devonshire Sam—Nellie Bang) was handled by Geo. A. MeClin. Wild Damon started with a flush on bevy. Wild Damon made wide casts and was much the speedier ranger. Coming back from a long cast to the rear Damon pointed prettily in woods and was held ~ for Don Fis Hel to back, andthen Buckle flushed the bird, dogs steady. Then to the right Don Mis Hel nailed one nicely, but McClin missed it, dog steady to shot and wing, A long tramp for about twenty minutes ensued, when Wild Damon pointed, but nothing found in the high ragweed, he roaded aud drew to a point several times, but nothing was done, Then Don pointed false, Wild Damion backing, In oaks Wild Damon, making a nice cast, winded a single, which flushed wild just after he pointed, Dogs were called Up soon after at 4:20, Wild Damon did the best ranging and had the keénest nose, handling bis birds well. Don Fis Hel ran better than heretofore. DEVONSHIRE DoN—Rock (1,—Cast off at 4:22 in sed ge field, Devonshire Don (Molton Baron— Village Star) was handled by Dr. Thomas, his owner, in the absence of his trainer J. B, Stoddard, who was laid up with the grip at Thomasville, N.C. Rock Il. (champion ‘Graphic—Lady Belle) was han- dled by S. C. Bradley. Both got off well to their work. After ranging out some time Rock pointed stylishly in sedge, Bradley could not find, and dog moyed on a pace or two and birds flushed wild. Don backed but left it and workip round up wind nailed the balance of bevy, which was Hise’ down in woods. Dr, Thomas shot and killed, Don retrieved the bird at once but dropped it about 5yds. away and would not fetch after mouthing the bird a bit. Of course, the dog was handicapped rather by the change of handlers, though the Doctor worked his dog weil. Going into the woods some pretty work was done on the singles, both pointing about the same time, Doctor shot at his bird, but missed. Then Rock nailed another, which Bradley killed and dog retrieved in good style. Afterward Rock pointed, moved on aud stopped asa single flushed a yard from Bradley’s feet. Working out of woods and over a lot of ground Rock pointed and Don honored it, both showing good style, Rock left the point and roaded, but failed to locate game. Dogs called up at 5:08, The heat was a little in favor of Rock IL, whoranged out well and with good. judgment, running much better than last year. Both did well on their birds and Don’s slight unsteadiness was doubtless due to a more or less strange handler, The weather was very cold and Taw and we were all glad to get back to our firesides again. SUMMARY. All-Age Pointer Stake—First Series. H. BR. Bardwin’s Nick of Naso (Naso II,—Pettigo) with Hempstead Farm Kennels’ Duke of Hessen (Luck of Hessen —Blarney). Charlotteville Kennels’ Wild Damon (Damon—Flora) with N,. R. Pishel’s Don Fis Hel (Devonshire Sam—Nellie Bang). Dr. H. J. Thomas’s Devonshire Don (Molton Baron— page Star) with C. H. Connell’s Rock II. (Graphic—Lady elle). C. C. M. Hunt's Barker’s Grouse (Mainspring—Swain’s Fly) with RK. R. Moore’s Grousedale (Underwriter—Trix). Charlotteville Kennels’ Maid of Kent (King of Kent— Hops) with A. L. Sanford’s Frank W. (Duke of Vernon— Royal Cute), [Speeiul to Horest and stream.) Lextneron, N. C., Dec, 8—The All-Aged Pointer Stuke was concluded this afternoon. Starting near town, Barker's Grouse and Grousedale, han- dled by Bradley and Lewis respectively, ran a poor race, Grouse not running up to form: neither doz ranged out well. Grouse, however, was the best and found a bevy and a single to Grousedale’s bevy. Maid of Kent and Frank W, was the next brace down, and ran much better. Handled by Buckle and Lewis. Frank pointed two bevies to Maid’s one and ranged nearly as well. Second Series. Duke of Hessen and Wild Damon ran first, Wild Damon starting with a bevy to good point; he soon found another and retrieved well. Afterward potted a single and a bevy and handled his birds well; only range in Duke’s favor. Rock Il. ran all around Grouse in the next heat and secured one bevy and retrieved well. Frank W, and Maid of Kent ran another heat, when Maid pointed a bevy to Frank W.’s uncertain single, Judges then called for Duke of Hessen with Maid of Kent and Wild Damon with Frank W. in Third Series. Cast off after lunch, Duke of Hessen found his first bevy and retrieved nicely to kill. Then Maid pointed a bevy and also retrieved well. Down nearly an hour. Wild Damon and Frank W. then ran for two hours, but there was little point work. Wild Damon pointed one bevy and Frank-the other just at the close of heat. Judges then announced Maid of Kent winner of first money, $250; Duke of Hessen second, #150; Frank W. third, #100, Duke of Hessen also wins the Pointer Club special, The Free-for-All Stakes commence to-morrow. Drawn as follows: HR Merrill’s Paul Bo with B. Ridgeway and F. §. Brown’s King’s Mark; HE. Gray’s Count Eric with Char- lottesville Kennels’ Rip Rap; Charlottesville Kennels’ Maid of Kent with J. M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s Chance; J. M. Avent and N. T. Harris’s Antonio a bye. The race for absolute winner of All-Age Stake will also be oD ree SPANIEL PRIZES. Hditor Forest and Streane: At a meeting of the executive committee of the American Spaniel Club, held in New York on Dec. 1, it was decided to award the following cups at the forthcoming Westminster Club show, viz.: The American Spaniel Club’s field spaniel cup, solid silver, value $100; the American Spaniel Olub’s cocker spaniel cup, solid silver, value $100; the American Spaniel Club’s stud dog trophy, value $25; the American Spaniel Club’s American Field cup, solid silver, valne $100; which, with the usual cash prizes offered by this club, will make' keen and unusual competition. It has also been decided to hold the second annual dinner of spaniel exhibitors and lovers of the breed during the show, arrangements for which are in the hands of Messrs, Wilmerding and Keasbey, to which all spaniel men are in- vited. The annual meeting of this club will be held on Reb. 24, 1892, at 4 P.M, Rowrann P, KrAspey, Sec’y, Nuw York, Dec. 4, 416 FOREST AND STREAM. [Dzc, 10, 1891+ DOG CHAT: A eee the Gordon setter as a class in Hngland is far ahead of the breed in this country, still it would seem that they yet require some special aid in bringing their field trial qualities to the front. The English Gordon Setter Club will therefore hold a field trial meeting next spring, There will be two events, one for Gordons not more than fifteen months old and an all-aged stake. Mr. John Hay, of Pembroke, Wales, has sold two grey- hounds to a fancier in Brazil, South America. This is the gentleman who sold the noted greyhound Pious Pembroke to Mr. Purbeck, of Salem, Mass. Mr, Augustin Daly, the well-known theatrical manager, brought with him on his return from his recent European trip two bulldog pups by Bruce IT. out of an own sister to Leonidas. He also purchased two St. Bernards by Lord Bute out of Streatham Baroness. There are no more gener- ous bidders for dogs than members of the theatrical pro- fession, and itis therefore pleasing to note a disposition on their part to sesk dogs of thorough breeding instead of lavishing their affections on the homely mongrels that the ubiquitous sidewalk dealer cajoles them into purchasing. The English Kennel Club will hold its next show June 6, 1892, at the Agricultural Hall, London. This will suit the American visitor nicely, allowing him to take in the home shows before crossing the briny, as we understand is the in- tention of several prominent fanciers in this country, The habit seems to be growing on some of them. The number of visitors that attended the late Crystal Palace showin Hingland was 33.591, against 28,507 in 1890. Itis certainly wonderful how well dog shows take in and RR Londen, especially when they have them every few months. Tt may not be generally known that Mr. Harry T'wyford, the manager of the Oriole Kennels, and who is popularly known to show goers in this country, is a brother of the Mr. Twyford who bred the fox-terrier crack Dominie, which at the Sheffield show was the cause of a sensation when Mr. Vicary, one of England’s best judges, put him over the great Result. This Mr. Twyford, though he has relingnished exhibiting. we are told by Fanciers’ Gazette, has just re fused $2,500 for a trio of his fox-terriers, This journal also tells us that at the Sheepdog Trialsnear Denbigh, in the Amateur Stake, a well-known bench win- ner, Ormskirk Charley, a son of the Chestnut Hill Kennels’ Christopher, penned his sheep in seven minutes. Ashe had to drive three sheep liberated from a pen round a flag to the left along a disbance course, pass through twice between two marks, and then pen the sheep, within ten minutes, the per- formance was a very meritorious one. The smartness and intelligence which he displayed (though he was unlucky with his sheep) is a telling reply to those who are never tired of impressing on us the fact that the present type of collie is altogether unfit for his proper avocation. “Multum in parve”’ some one termed Mr, Sydney Smith when he was over bere last spring, and it seems that the dog, St. Bernard, does not occupy all his attention, for we see that he has been elected councilor (alderman) for the Northeast Ward, leeds, for the next three years, Mr. C. H. Bunn, of Peoria, Ill., in a quiet way is securing some excellent breeding stock in mastiffs, His latest im- portation is Ilford Cameo, from Mr. Cook’s kennels, and she came over on steamship America. Poor champion Dublin Scot seems to be having a wander- ing time of it now that his days of usefulness are drawing toaclose. Hehas again changed hands and is at present owned by Messrs. Gould and Johnson, of Hull, Eng, Stock-Keeper (Eng.) says: “FOREST AND STREAM giyes illustrations of two cups which are offered for competition to greyhound coursers. In artistic design and originality the Americans beat us hollow with their cups. The Luse cup, named after the donor, is a most graceful structure surmounted by a silver medel. The National Greyhound Club’s Derby cup looks old-fashioned and solid, and is much preferable to the commonplace shape which is so much in vogue among Huglishmen. We refer to the empty ege-shell pattern on a lanky stem.” One of the notable catalogues of the year is that just sent tus by the Menthone Kennels, of Phoenixville, Pa. Its ar- rangement is excellent and very artistic. The first part of the book contains a well executed picture and a history of the Hospice of the St. Bernard, in aid of which a fund is now being raised. Pictures of Lord Bute and other dogs follow with pedigrees, etc., of dogsinthe kennel. TheSt. Bernard standard is also given; in fact, take it all in all, it is the best kennel catalogue we ever remember seeing. Mr. Krosking, the proprietor, does not, we are pleased to notice, forget to thank and enumerate the sporting journals which have helped his kennel by referring to his dogs. Lord Bute, we hear, is getting along excellently. Looking at the Barzoi discussion now going on in the English Stock-Keeper, from an outsider’s point of view, “Russian Bear,’’ writing from Moscow, Russia, hitsthe nail squarely and bears us out in our oft expressed opinion when he says: ‘“‘Now as to breeding Borzois, if the Hoglish want to manufacture a new breed of dogs there is no one in the world who can stop them from it, but if they want to breed Russian wolfhounds, they must stick to the Russian taste, and the ears, eyes, hindlegs, ete., must be formed as is wanted in a Borzoi, and not in an Hnglish greyhound.” He also says that it is admitted that the Barzoi of to-day in Russia is not up to the standard of that of thirty years ago, either on the bench or in the field, but that they expect with care to breed up to the former standard. Dr, H. T. Foote, having a farm of thirty acres in New Rochelle, has made the boarding and treating of dogs and horses a special feature, and having exceptional facilities for this he should do well, the location is so convenient to New York. The ene e American Kennels have sold the St. Bernard Young Alton, that they imported last summer, to Mr. Rudolph Eu eey of Pittsburg, Pa., POD Foe of the Key- stone iepielss he dog is excellently built, we have been told, and at fifteen months old weighed 170lbs. Mr. Stuckey has at last made a good move in getting a stud dog into his kennel whose legs are beyond reproach. Mr. Symonds also tells us that he has sold the bull-terriers Queen of the Dale and Common, beth seen on the bench in Canada shows this fall, to Mr. N. E. Smith, of Montreal, Canada, and Prince A. I, has been telegraphed for by a noted fancierin Spokane Falls, Washington, Mr. A. B. Jackson, traveling freight agent of the Northern Pacifie R. R. Dr. C. M. Rounds, of San Antonio, Texas, deserves the sympathy of his fellow sportsmen. In the death of Wun Lung’s Sister he has lost a merry worker and a rare little hunting bitch. It will be remembered that we spoke very favorably of ber at the U. S. Field Trials when she ran such a good heat with Hope’s Mark. Dr. Rounds puEGend her from Mr, McCartney just before these trials. She was we note the following offers for sale: can Horse Exchange, O. Stewart Bamber; pointers, Janitor, O. L. Bossa, Bar Harbor Kennels, D. A. Upson; setters, J. L. Beers, P. J. Schild, Oak Grove Kennels, A. J C, Smith; beagles, Beebe Bros.; rabbit dogs, Krender offers beagles and J. B. Holden pointers at stud. Tuesday, Jan. 11 and 12. prizes: Jan. 1, 1891. prizes—$10 to first, $0 to second. Entries close Jan. 11, at 9 brought on to Lexington, N. C., torun in the Central Trials Setter Derby, when on Saturday last. a swelling developed in her throat, symptoms of diphtheria were noticed, and despite every care she died in a couple of days. Mx. I. J. McCartney has been engaged to take charge of “Phe Retreat,’ a sporting lodge belonging to Gen. Miles and Mr. Jobn A. Morris, of lottery fame, and both of New Orleans, la, The estate comprises about 10,000 acres and is fenced in. Itis stocked with deer and there is any amount of feathered game. Particular attention will be paid to the kennel, the training of field dogs being under Mr, McCartney’s especial care. It was not Jong before Mr. Angus Cameron “caught on” and one of our principal Hastern kennels will have the bene- fit of his experience. The Hempstead Farm Kennels have secured his services to train their dogs for the field, it being their intention te go into field trial competition extensively. During the winter Cameron will be located near Thomas- ville, N. C.. and will commence at once, after the trials, on his Derbys for next year, Mr. W. GL. Washington has purchased from Major Jamie- son the noted Irish setter bitch Ileen, by Ch, Ponto out of Ch. Drenagh. The Ivish setter in this country is bound to come to the front, when such well bred recruits are con- stantly being imported. Mr. Jarrett, the popular manager of the Chestnut Hill Kennels, drops us a line now and then, and when he does there is generally a little news picking init. He tells us that the Roslyn Dolly pups are ‘great’’—"fonr champions, at least.”? These are by the English dog Gladius, This kennel has lately been anxious to breed some blues, and now they have three pups out of Golden Flirt of this color, Christopher, we are pleased to hear, is standing his new country well, and is being extensively sought at stud. The Chestnut Hill Kennels, despite all the collies they have sold this year, have still sixty-eight dogs of that breed, and twenty-six couple of harriers and a dozen Irish terriers make up a pretty good kennel, Their St. Bernard, Donna Silva, that missed to Plinlimmon, was bred last week to Mrs. Smyth's King Regent. Our thanks are due to Messrs. Luckwell and Douglas for the very excellent photographs of the noted cockers Ch. Black Duke and Black Dufferin. We all know how difficult itis to get good pictures of spaniels, but the photographer in this case has scored a success. We have received information of such a character as to warrant a belief that the Oak Grove Kennels, of Moodus, Conn., of which Mr, F. C. Fowler is the proprietor, may be accorded the confidence of breeders. Trim, one of the most valuable hounds of the pack owned by A. B. F. Kinney and John M. White, of Worcester, Maes.4 died last Sunday of pneumonia, Trim was an un- usually strong working hound and was a winner of the en- durance medal at the recent trial of the Brunswick Fur Club, at Princeton, He was of native blood and was bred by Mr. Kinney. Those who wish to attend the Philadelphia field trials at- Jetersville, Va., should write to Mr, C. KB. Connell, the sec- retary, at once, so as to secure transportation, accommeda- tions, ete., at the trials. The two special cars, placed at the disposal of the club, will be attached to the train that leaves Broad street, Philadelphia, at 7;20 A. M., Monday, Dec. 14, and will go through without change. Mr. D. A. Upson, of Cleveland. O., must be congratulated on his purchase of the pointer Promotion that has made quite'a record for himself in the U.S. Field Trials Pointer Derby, where he won second to Black Wonder, and at Lex~ ington, N. C., at the Central trials, he turned the tables on the latter, winning the Pointer Derby and following it by heating Wuo Promotion is by Lord Graphic out of Belle, and while not a brilliant worker in the field, he still rangesin a telling man- ner and gets the birds with decision, which is generally a sine yud non with the sportsmen. son advertises a litter brother of Promotion in our business cone and he should not be long before he finds a pur- chaser. ; Lung in the absolute winner of Derby heat. We notice that Mr, Up- Among the new announcements in our.ad, columns to-day Fox-terriers, Ameri- Miller, H. Li. TEXAS FIELD TRIALS. HE second annual meeting of the Bexar Field Trials Club will be run near San Antonio, Tex., Monday and Open to all, Programme and Puppy Stake—Open to setters and pointers whelped after Retrieving required. Entrance $2.50. Two o’clock A. M. Derby—Open to setters and pointers whelped on or after Jan. 1, 1890. Retrieving required. Entrance $5. Three prizes—S30 to first, #20 to second and $10 to third. All-Aged Stake—Open to setters and pointers which have not won first in any all-aged stake ata meeting held under the management of a regularly organized field trial club. Retrieving required. Entrance $5. Three prizes—t65 to first, $30 to second and $16 to third, Special Prize—Pitcher and cup, valued at $30, donated by Scott & Lemmon, Diamond Front Saloon, to the best dog run in the All-Aged Stake and owned in Bexar county. G, A. C. SABOT, Sec’y. KENNEL NOTES. Kennel Notes are inserted without charge; and blanks (darnished free) will be sent to any address. NAMES CLAIMED, (> Prepared Blanks sent free on application. Golden Dust. By J. B. Martin. San Francisco, Cal., tor white black and tan fox-terrier bitch, whelped Joly 7, 1891, by Blemton Shiner (Blemton Rubicon—Blemton Brilliant) out of Jess. Golden Chip. By J. B. Martin, San Francisco, Cal., for white, black and tan fox-terrier bitch. whelped April 23, 1891, by Blemton Shiner (Blemton Rubicon—Blemton Brilliant) out of Vixen (Scaradale—Delta). . Roy Belton. By M. Herrington, New York, for black, white and tan Hnelish setter dog, whelped April 14.1891, by Peveril (cham- pion Rockingham—Saddlebags) out of Dora Balle (Blue Dan— Princess Liewellip). : " Myron McKee and Lillian Russell. By J. M. Brown, Newport, R. L., for black and white ticked Hnglish setter dog and white. black eye, bitch, whelped Nov. 24, 1890, by Don (Bo Bondhu— Princess Kittie) out of Tinnie B. (Figaro—Fairy Blonde). BRED. ( Prepared Blanks sent fret.on application, Qhip. 1T—Moses EK, yp tt ZB) Et a spaniel bitch Chip IL. (Jersey—Chip K.,) to J. M. Brown’s Moses EK. (obo IL,—Black Bess II.), Noy. 17. Mass, 1691, hy Meteor, Jr. out of Mamie, by C. D. Roberts, whelped Jan. 9.1891, by San Roy, Jr. out of ae Jas. EH, Hair, Bridgeport, Conao., to H. J. Baughn, Ridgeville, na, AN ENLARGED “FOREST AND STREAM” unchanged; $4 per year. H. G. Hammett's (Newport, R. I.) cocker Dorothy—Monarch VI. C, P, Lawshe's (Trenton, N. J.) bull bitch Dorothy (Caliban—Hillside Girl) to Retnor Kennels’ Mon- arch VI. (Monarch—Sting), Nov. 23, Gwynnie—Soudan. R.H, Alberts, Jr.'s (Hoboken, N. J.) Hnglish setter bitch Gwvynuie (Belthus—Wonua Gladstone) to L, L. In- gram’s Soudan (Druid—Ruby), Dee. 1, Dixie B—Sir Hdward. Jos, Hair's (Bridgeport, Conn.) Hug- lish setier bitch Dixie B (Mack B.—Pet Berwyn) to his Sir Bd- ward (Belthus—Wonna Gladstone), Nov. 30.. WHELPS. - Ss Prepared Blanks sont free on application, Sissey. Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ (Salem. Mass.) Irish terrier bitch Sissty (Apprentice Bov—Nelly), Nov. 18, eight (four dogs). by their Valley Boxer (Bob—Liffey). lip. M. Kerr's (San Francisco, Cal.) fox-terrier bitch Fiip, Noy. 6, four (two dogs), by J. P. Martin’s Blemton Shiner (Blem- ton Rubicon—Blemton Brilliant). SALES, ;= Prepared Blanks sent free on application. Rosé Graphic. Liver and while pointer bitch, whelped May 15, 1889, by champion Graphic out of White Rose), by C.D. Roberts , Dexter, Me.. to A. H. Higginson, Boston, Mass. Dash. Liver and white pointer dog, by ‘Beppo {Il out of May F., by ©, D. Roberts, Dexter, Me,, to A. H. Higginson, Boston, Meteor’s Flirt. Liver and white pointer bitch, whelped April 26, ‘ exter. Me., to. C. B. Pines, Bar Harbor, Me. Albert's Nancy. Black, white aud tan English setter bitch, ell o? Warwick, by ITH the issue of Jan, 7 next, which will be the first number of its thirty-eighth volume, the FOREST AND STREAM will be permanently enlarged from twenty- eight to thirty-two pages, This change has been made necessary by the growth of the special interests to which the paper is devoted, and by the corresponding requirement of more space for their adequate presentation. to be taken as an earnest of our purpose to increase the interest, usefulness and value of the ForREST AND STREAM: and by means of the better opportunities thus afforded, to maintain for it the character it has so long enjoyed as the representative sportsman’s journal of America, The enlargement is Each of the departments will be benefitted by the change—Sportsman Tourist, Natural History, Game Bag and Gun, Sea and River Fishing—and, in particular, our news columns—the Kennel, Yacht and Canoe, Rifle and Trap. The generous amount of space now given to Ken- nel will be maintained, and the room devoted to Trap Shooting will be so enlarged as to make the department the most comprehensive and the best arranged contem- porary record of that sport. ; Since this journal was established eighteen years ago, the popularity of sports with the rod and the gun has advanced with giant strides; and in the development of those manly recreations the FOREST AND STREAM has taken no unimportant part. kept equal pace in worth, in influence, in circulation and in generous public recognition. be. ise for the future, With their growth it has What it has been it will The record of the past contains the abundant prom- Tn 1892 and the years that shall follow, as in 1891 and the years that have passed, the FOREST 4ND STREAM will stand for all that is best and truest in field sports- manship; and it will strive to merit from its growing hosts of friends a continuation of that warm appre- ciation and indorsement with which it is now favored, One word remains to besaid: The price will remain Subscribe now. — Aifle Range and Gallery. THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP, SOME good scores are piling up in the contest for the possession of the Winans Trophy and the Amateur Revolver Championship ot America. Last Saturday evening several strings were put on record at the gallery of the New York Pistol Club, No. 12 St. Mark’s place, among those shooting being President Oehl, of the club, and Officer Petty, of the New York police force, one of the very few out of the 5,000 policemen carrying revolvers in this city who has an accurate knowledge of theiruse. On next Saturday evening there will be shooting for the trophy at the gallery ot the Wurffiein Rifle and Pistol Association, 227 North Highth street, Philadelphia. A quartette of good revolver shots have already signified their intention of being ready to put up fine scores, and this they will no doubt do. The Wilmington (Del.) Rifle Club, which has some excellent pistol shots in its membership, respond to an invitation to fix date for shoot as follows; : There is yery little gallery shooting done here. even with the pistol, and none at all with the reyolver,so thatthe contest you are conducting is a little out of the line of our revolver shooters. I have regretted several times that your match could not have been arranged to be shot at the regulation distance of practice of 50yds., with tull charge ammunition and at the standard American tar- get, which is so generally used among revolver experts. However, the contest willno doubt be interesting to those fond of gallery work and prove stimnulsting to the growing interest in the revolver.—HOWARD SIMPSON, Sec’y, There are a number of excellent revolver shots in this city who are just now absent from town. Ample notice, however, will be given of the closing of the entry lists, after which the announce- ments of results wil] be published as speedily as possible. A Trophy for Jersey Rifle Clubs. In ORDER to stimulate a renewed interest in gallery rifie shoot- ing FOREST AND STREAM has decided to arrange a series of tourna- Ment shoots, open to any regularly organized rifle clubin New Jersey, and it will give an elegant trophy to the club winning the greatest number of matches. Hach club that enters will shoot two matches against every other club, one on the range of each club. The teams will comprise five meneach. A meéving will be held at the Millers’ headquarters, 8) Hudson street, Hoboken, N. J.,0n Wednesday evening, Dec. 16, at § o'clock, and each club that desires to enter the tournament is requested to send two delegates. At this meeting full details in regard to rules, trophy, ete., will be given. All rifle clubs desiring to enterare requested to communicate with J. H. Kruse, 228 First street, Hoboken. Se ‘Die, 10, 18814) FOREST AND STREAM. 417 treated to vocal sclections by Dan Meyers, he with the tenor voice, and foghorn /mitations of Charley Wiskow, he calls it singing. ‘No ons who has ever heard can be made believe that it ig sweet singing. “Shad” Russell or Shadrach Abednego Michigan Rus- sell, to give his fuli name. then rendered several non-tonchine ballads. among which was “What Brings You Here To-Night.” The club’s sweet tenor, the little man with the little mustachios, John Stein, also treated the company to several choice yocal num befs. Cooke and Clinton, “lady rifle shots,” appeared at a variety theater in Hoboken last week, Miss May Clinton, through the local papers, challenged any member of a rifle club situated in Hudson county to meet her in trick, fancy and difficult shooting for about $25 aside. The lady received no responses to her chal- lenge until the latter part of the week. It was in the person of New Jersey Rifle Shooting. | Specially Reported for Forest and Stream.) HEADQUARTERS OF CLUBS. Miller R, G., 80 Hudson street. Hoboken. Union R, C,, 223 Wirst street, Hoboken. Friday Night R. C., 210 Washington street, Hoboken. Excelsior R, C., 78 Montgomery street, Jersey City. __ Seitz R, C., 354 Palisade avenue, Jersey City Heirhta. Palisade R..C., 354 Palisade avenue, Jersey City Heights. GREENVILLE Rirue Cuc#, Greenville. N. J., Friday, Nov. 27, 10 shots, off-hand, 25-ring target, possible 250: B +125 2b 25 24°24 24 24 24 22 93-947 ey ee rer rt oag. Rabidoux.... ..r000- 5 b OY 99 99 97 __ Spatin Fe SP Se Sf 8 ao 58 os 32 21-231! Charles Judson, of the Miller Rifle Ginb, who. is better known ails aae reed “95 OF 94 94 23 93 29 29 99 9) 299 | here and out West as Texas Charley.” No satisfactory arrange- Scheelein ....-- "(155 85 25 93 98 95 93 99 99 1g 90g | ments could be made, however, as the stakes were too small for Chayvant “35 D4 94 98 93 99 99 99 92 9) 999 | Mr, Judson. He, however, had # challenge inserted through Gotthardt “ "95 24 94 24 23 99 99 92 99 19205 | Capt. Dick Dewey in a local paper offering to meet the lady for from $50 to $100, Miss Clinton accepted on Saturday, but Mr. Judson did not receive word in time. Therefore the match fell through. Mr. Judsou hasn’t bean doing anything else for the past five years butthis branch of shooting, and Mise,Clinton would 12 aL ree ee pe Beret tesa outst CF +25 24 28 22 21 20 20 20 18 18—211 Unron Riete Cups. Capt. Henry Becker, Hoboken, N J., Tuesday, Dec. 1. Ten Fhots off-hand, 25 ring targets, Boa ble ae A Meyers... 66. vee vies e ce tees PS Bh 28 25 23 29 23 no doubt have to hustle. Miss Clinton announced that it was her A Me yeD es cee eencsres sever iss +.14:05 29 24 24 23 22 22 22 22 21—230 | opinion that she could defeat Mr. Judson or any other Miller G M Roedel..,....-..--+-- vt eeeeees nl 25 24 23 29-20 22 22 22 20-27) | Rifle Club member. Not thisewinter, she might a few winters bE 69 2h Be od 23 23 23 22 21 20-229 | hence. Mr. Judson said, I could not reach here in time, but the GB GEOE sos eees sen veneses core esssQ0 2b 25 24 24 23 22 21 21 19-229 | shots she does on the grodnd I can do while riding horseback. 1 Pe ae mine Gad oat fs a ieee, Bs 5 a neat pink that mya aughter could deféat her as well as myself.” So We Sooo eae wo © 4) 6 Gase how stands. j OF OF O4 O4 82 DO 9 2 e x peecrats Rt Tea ak Neri de pf: at Ba ae on ee es a ot a cee The Hoboken Turn Verein held a successful fair at their spa- ISWROPEES oe esu se, mawpeetad "D4 BA 2B BF 29 99 99 9] D1 91 999 | cious hall during the past twelve days. In the shooting for a Tee plinSees al: Weer ws Ren RL; 24 24 93 93 22 92 2] 2] 99 20299 | handsome gold medal, the winner being J, H. Kruse, of the Miller TER OPE RL IEE EIAs bans "24 24 24 32 92 90 20 19 19 19214 | Rifle Club, with a clean score, 25 25 25—75. A few minutes before BJ Link... "84 24 94 24 23 99 50 20 19 14—212 | the shoot ended L. Schmidt, a member of the G. 8. B., protested JR BStein.............. fa Sa peet 23 23 2A 92 52 9} 90 90 19 19219 | against the winner receiving the prize, as the score had been EL GHANNAR Yoo ese etuen LL iiia2 29 99.83 91 51 91 31 30 29919 | Made with his own rifle. Mr Kruse claimed that he had let his D Meyer......... pie ¢ ewe “7233 28 99 51 91 21 21 20 20 20—212 | Tifle to the Verein, and, therefore, he could shoot as much as he THA Martti dnc ses ee 7 35 85 24 20 20 20 20 19 18 16—207 | Dieased. Mr. Kruse was, however, not presented with the medal. Joseph Feuerbach............-.. 25 25 95 24 20 20 20 18 15 13-205 Be ee ee Ou racree ne Spices Dante) of 7) ‘ te a ees) ra} E &@ jv—904 | apples, leading up to7 P. M. with 74, Kruse going him one better, SNe He yeen yor: a Pimpaatanit wa peiees eae el e0 iol) LH 1B 212 2d ne another clean score—?5 25 25—75. The matter will be de- The ctistomary social session followed. John Stein then gave several capital imitations of J. K. ©mmet, for which he received hearty applause, Joe Feuerbach, Charlie Wiskow (Whiskers the heys call him), Dan Meyer and Lon Paustian further enlivened the evening with their sweet singing. The club recently received a challenge to meet the second team of the Our Own Rifle Club in a 10-men team match; the club did not accept, but will do so later in the season, when the boys will be in better trim. PALiIsaDE RirLe Crus, Captain John Reinhardt, Jersey: City cided at the meeting which takes place to-night, Dec. 9, 1891, Miller Rifle Club, Capt. Richard W. Demly, vs, Manhattan Shooting Club, Capt. Wellbrock,—A committee of the Miller Rifle @lnb, consisting of Daye Miller, Ernst Fischer and J. A. Kruse, met a cemmittee of the Manhattan Shooting Club, of New York, consisting of Messrs. Pingpank, Wellbrack and A, ©, Kruse, to arrange for a ten men team match, last Sunday afternoon, Dec. 6, at Mr, Pingpank’s place of business. 237 Fulton street, New York. The clubs will shoot for a $100 trophy, best two out of three Heights, Tuesday, Dec. 1; x 5 20. 98 09 96 matches. The firsttakes place on the Zettlers’ Range, Bowery, Goo Rn cat ) yo calle ee SE ae ae ef ee oi i a oe a ee ean N. ¥., on January 7, the second on January 14 on the Miller's James JonnSon......- --..-+0rsess -, Bd 24 BE 24 23 24 BB 99 Dd] 9] 998 | headquarters at Hoboken, andif a third one is needed, on some Geo L Graf. .e. si + .25 25 24 24 23.23 22 21 D1 P9998 | Neutral range. ; ¢ : F : A SROSSY = Act y l= s- goes 20 20 20 24 24 28 20 20 20 20-226 | John Casper, of the Miller Rifle Club, is very ill at his home ARULAPOT nals) d-cleiee asco eie’s ha 20 24 28 24 22 22 22 21 BI 21—224 | on Jersey City Heights, he being “aid up” for the past three months. Doubts are expressed as to his recovering, He held the cbampionship of Hudson City un to the time of his illness. What he liked more than anything else was to break in a new shooter, the writer being one of his “pupils.” The last year’s Standard Rifle Club has as yet not been organ- ized, It should be done, as at the end of last season the club pos- sessed one of the strongest teams to be found in Hoboken, deteat- ing the Greenyille Rifle Club in two straight matches, both being home and home matches. IRB 25 24 24 22 9291 91 20 20904 EXCELSIOR RIFLE Cire, Jersey City, N. J., Tuesday, Dec. 1, 10 shots off-hand, 25-ring target. The scores made in the shoot for class medals are appended helow: Mr. Hall’s Good Work, C Li Pinneyz. -...-...... Daleae panvs wound OO et ot 2d 2d 24 23 23 23—937 BroapD Brook, Conn., Nov. 29.—The Broad Brook rifles team We Hemnessy..---,---1.-+--- -.-.--35 8B 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 21236 | noid their fourth annual prize shoot on Thursday, all the shooting C Boag. wae ee- esis eee eee Sead or 20 Zo a4 Re ot a8 $e 3 Be eine Zap being at 200yds., ofi-hand, on the Standard American target. The WH Hallowell... .--.--..., “ono oe eh oh 23 23 23 23 3 22—235 | his event was a contest of 10 shots psr man for a nickel-plated GP Hansen ..... ei eee Teneen gp eats Be 2 Be a8 58 oe Be ol ase loading flask, presented by the Ideal Manufacturing Co., of New Wo Weber...) 02... 5222. 2... 225 25 24 28 22 2229599) oT 931 Haven. The contest was won by Thomas FP, Hall, with a 25cal. J Speicher .... tin. ait ear ee a orarahicecscmeeekee Re 20—230 Maynara rifle. The score: . , Wy Ghamningy +. .--.--+--6+- 20. Seopa RU RRA CA eee Vi FN allio Day eee 16785 9 8 9 910-81 J Hughes, 0. eee eens ee wee e ee ene 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 ie 22 21— 229 Mr. Hall is a comparative novice, but is developing skill and Thos Hughes ........-.-........ ... 28 i 24 23 oe 23 23 28 wal oe nerye that will soon place him in the frontrank. The following © Bauchle -.... 6-02. wee ee tee eo ad 2 a B ee Be ee 20 20-225 | scores have been made by him in regular club shoots this fall: GOOIV ANION 0 oo sellin eine et Ship 4 24 28 2222 21 21 21 20—923 Ocho 2 LS he, i PTR wi..810 8 7 5 8 9 6 8 6—%5 e medal winners in (heir vespective Glasses were: Class A, AE De Wn ce nbn eel plan pees cee eh 77669 6 8 710 9 7% W. J. Hennessy, 236; Class B,C. L. Pinney, 237; Class C, C. Boag, | agp ad) 10 8 610 5 8 610 8 19-81 Za0. During the evening Chris Bauchle entertained the company Oct FT eb Abii ne es Mean ee ee Tae 6 &§ 7% 6 810 810 6—77 with a story of his experiences with a band of bloodthirsty say- SER ibe yah tre a ans en ences alin eu ki oembl apt saear eer ae aT Mgt noe | g_v2 ages while a member of a regiment stationed out West. Chris EAT se det Roce mn Ree St taal W579 9 5 7 7 910-78 felated how he killed three Indians in one shot, his narrative RIE TLE EEL ee a eee ek? 979 7 7 8 9 51010—%9 putting his auditors to flight. SARI ere eae idan mee Vheadiee 87 4810899 5 816 Minper RirLe Orus.—Capt. Richard W. Dewey, Wednesday | Noy 21... ..-.-2e0se22e-ee esses .10 910 97 5 7 8 6 6-77 evening, Dec. 2. Ten shots off-hand, 25-ring target, possible 250: The following are the team scores for toe fourth annual shoot: The scores made in the shoot for weekly class medals were: lass A ASSCHIICH Os Wresedratoreans sal rh Use eae DucOu ened ede edeede Od D8 Dal MnP ETAlD. oc sesveecaveocdetee cece 1678 5 9 8 9 910-81 WREAK T UPD yee ovo dered despa Ladeh wie 2p 2h 26 25 24.24 24 23°21 21—287 | Tas H Sherman......-- ---.-.-ceeeeee a 6 6 8 810 710 10 10-78 J Oarragher ......-.......5 Nyt ae ee 2b 20 25 24 24 24 28-22 22 92-256 89S 8 9°98 79 5 G77 iaer Pe oe A iat 265 2h 25 24 2% 23 22 22/92 2) v3 : 90108 & it 7 7 6-76 b ODS fo ty ee Praeript a ah a5 wh ed 24 23 23 23 22 22 22-293 | f, S Adler. ..c cscs. i eeuce-eeee eee eee -9 5 8 7 6 9 8 5 8 10—%5 FS DR OnC KOM: spp bes oaneien pan no #4 @4 24 25 28 23 22 22 2295p 710 7 f T10 410 7 6-7 PEO oe oes econ ting eniess BO Ae 25 24 24 24 24 23 28 28 21 21I—232 ‘7? 8 69 7 610 9 9 6—T6 L SOB]. e252 eee ee esas gee eee 8i 225 24 23 23 2B 22 21 21—232 | Wun Straln-.co;.cc-cus ---seny yee ses 966995 5 6 8 7—T0 SDE WE Yee patie sss Sheetaseeys 25 24 24 23°23 22 22 22 21 21 —R27 99 T 778 6 G6 7 5B A Stadler........ Fr ep orn tree’ 28 25 24 24 23 23 21 20 20 18—223 | OO Parsons...---..-.--:- Vector Pee see 4765 68 98 5 65 Hi Seltenreich,.-...cccccnegne sn eesns- 2 PA RB 23 23.22 22 20 20 18—220 96730 8 6 6 8 T 4¥—T6 Kiam mel... -. 2 psccpveccteeeness sep ot PA 23°23 22 22 18 18 19-218 Class B. ‘ TISMGTCH KAMP. tases, telariise a0 RL 23 22 21 20 19 18 18 18—208 | Win BH Adaind...... 0, coos cece eeeu seen 75766 9 7 6 4 9—68 J Devitt...-... Pa oy ata te ape ns he 20 24 23 21 21 21.20 19 18 16-208 6&3 7.7 6 7 410 8 F—6y The medal winners in their respective classes were: First class, | WM OSs bDUrey eee ea eee ee $455 7 4 38 910 7-2 George Schlicht 243; second class, J, H. Kruse, 237: third class, A, 8 410 9 8 4°95 7 710-72 Stadler 223. The regular monthly meeting followed. A chal-| PD North....- Bates tade» Pe eraneesf -4 644% 7 6 8 6 6-58 lenge was received from the Manhattan Shooting Club, of this #91010 6 4 9 8 4 5 city (New York), to meet them in series of ten-men team matches. | Albert Hess......++0c1+00ss sees eee ee 410 3% 7 4 4 8 8 3-48 It was accepted and a comniittes appointed to attend to the mat- 8 3.3 6 510 5 8 4 1-48 ter, The firstmatch will probably take place in the first week of Class C.—Kest Match—200yds. January. It was also decided to hold a prize shoot at the head- | wm 1 Int air pene bork concer sober er 10 910 9 7 910 7 1010—91 quarters on Dec. 25.and 27. A social session followed, John Oar-| Alex Semple. ..... ae wield 7 7 7 610 99 7% 8—80 ragher giving his famed dialect impersonations; J ohn is a born The following scores were made yesterday: comedian. Krank Kammell then rendered several plaintive bal- | John @ Cooley.....--...-.. A thst inc 1010 6 9 6 8 7 8 5 10-79 lads, for which ha is famous. a 7 i 610 9 7 6 &—T6 PALISADE RIFLE CLus, Jersey City Heights, Capt. Reinhardt, | Thos F Hall....,-...---....+-- seers. B 8 8 6 910 9 8—[r Tuesday, Vec. &.—Ten shots, off-hand, 25 ring target, possible 250: 87 8 7 8 810 7 & TT Capt Reinhardt......... : .- 2h 25 24 23 28 22 22 v2 22 20999 | Jas H Sherman,..-....., ............7 U1 ¢10 7 9 6 5 6—77 eo Graf........ -25 24 24 23 95 28 23.92 22 21-230 ae 8) aT 89) 9575 G Finger 25-28 24 24 23 22 22 21 v1 21-298 | FD North.....--....-.220:, sens ey Yea ty 810 9 6 5—73 G i Gra 125 24 24 28 23 22 22 21 20 20-234 6 610 7 6 5B 8 5-68 J Johnson. 29 20 24 28 22 22 21 21 20 20—992 | Jacob Knox...,......:. +. reapers wu T 45 46 4 9 9 9 5-82 Rossy 25 25 24 28 22 21 20 19 19 19217 Te eB Tb 5 Yo 5 6-62 ares eee Ee Ee Sears. TMV ee eels e toe reg eogey te 5 22 22 21 2 — 215 : teres Team shooting followed with this result: “A: Massachusetts Rifle Association. 7, Geo L Graf's Team, J Johnson's Team. Bosvron, Dec. 5,—The regular weekly shoot of the Massachusetts Geo L Graf.............. F223) J Johnson............... 224 Rifie Association was held atits range to-day. A good number Geo W Graf ............. 230 J Reiphardt.............. 229 of riflemen were in attendance, but the shooting conditions were A Rossy ,... .. - “285 Binzer sya see. uotavorable for high scores. ; TON ATSOTM wanees setae aey 220—900 H Harvey........ ....... 2225 —998 Messrs. Sydney, Francis and Severance were first in the eup _ GREENVILLE Rirue Crus.—Greenyille, N. J., Friday, Dec, 4. | matches, and H. lL. Lee won the gold, silver and bronze member- Ten shots off-hand, 25 ring targets, possible 250: sbip badges in the Seal medal match, / f O.Sehselein its iio... £5 25 25 25 24 24 23.23 22 22238] Following are the scores made to-day, distance -Wyds., stand- ‘J Wilovamo,....-,.:.-. .. ...... ...25 26 25 24 24 24 24 93 92 90996 | ard American target: HUM hes tre det seat ites trees sees see sed 26 25 24 24 94.23 29 99 9) pa4 All-Comers?’ Rest Match. . H Ohavant...,.......... Bee Te, 25 25 24 24 24 88 23 22 22 20-239 | J B Thomas. .....108 MT Day.......... 97 LA Baker.-...... 04 WORASt ss eestih baal Stith ie 20 29 24-24 23 28 23 21 20 20—228 | J W French...... 98 MT Barter....... 9% A GHorne........ 88 © Collyer........ Pee paaree bys eat 25 24-24 23 28 22 22 22 21 21-927 | J Wrench... ....., 98 AS Hunt........ « 93 © Moore,.....,, .. 87 Raa > apse aise kdih past WLay seks NER 25 24 28-23 22 22.22 21 21 20—9293 All-Comers’ Off-Hand Match. SB OCBEE East inae nee ancl Gee tes 2b 24 23 22 22 21 20 20 20 20—217 | T Mason ......... , 16 A Maynard....... 72? WS Shearers .... 65 J Spobr.....:-. + f ffansse 21.22... -ns8d 242A 22 2B 22 20 20 20 19—216 | SS Comey.-...--. 45 M'T Day......-.:. 69 O Moore.........,. 65 AASED ev ww= Siti mjectavae = Le ea Ae 24 28-20 22 21 21-20 19 19 19—211 | J C Wiley... .-,. .% J ®Phomas. ..... 67 D Martin........, 63 The clubis already shooting in good form, and in a few weeks : Military Match. will rank among the bestin Hudson county. The club’s team is | 8 Paine....,....... 43 O Francig......... 40 JB Hobbs......... 38 now practicing for what matches the club might have this season, | GL Hosmer...... 41 = Sa, 5 =e Union Ripe Crus, Hoboken.—Capiain Henry Becker, Tues- eye ee , day, Dec. 8 Ten shots, off-hand, 25-ring target, Goasible 3F i). GL Hosmer...... 88 8 CSydney...... 86 8 Paine.... ....... 77 GO Schroeder... 00.0.0 eec eens 25 25-25 Od 2d B4 28 22 91 20-293 | HD Martin....... 87 HE Patridge,.... 85 O Moore,.....,. 12006 @YOTSiiss..-2-.2e ee wee se. 125 24 BE B4 93 93 OZ 2S D9 50937 HL Greene....... 86 C Francis... ...... 85 A D Stevens.....-. 73 i eer ee ree maTU PSCCHOL A BL ca tale eee ee sate ae Sue pase a 4 20—22 =; HEEB uHSL:, .bscdhaceieces tlerecee 9h 94 93 95 29 29 2 D1 D] SL aaes Empire Bile Club. S Russell.,-..... 2.2.22. ..e5-...,-..20 24,24 23 23 92 2B] 2] 99 29908 TE following scores wets made Dec. 1 by the members of the JD Sinclair... . -........ ...... 24 24 24 28 28 23 22 21 20 19—223 | Empire Rifie Olmb. for four handsome prizes which the club is to SOE Nie ae PON ge) oer te enya +...) 29 25 23 23 22 21 20 19 19-222 | pive to the memhers making the highest number of scores during TK ink: .)....2..-...-... .,..... BE 24 21 22 22 22°92 21 21 21-99] | the season, A 25-ring target: ‘CO Wiskow...-...- .........-......-. 25 24 28 23 2% 21 20 20 20 20-218 | Chas Zettler, Jr. .233 G Tallmann.......27 @ Hillmeyer.... 214 J Feuerbach...-....-........,,..--...25 24 2 22 21 91 21 21-20 20-217 | W Rosenbaum. ...232 H Zattler.... __. +225 Nowak ........191 D Meyers.--..--.........---..... . .,25 2424 24 22 21 20 19:18 18—315] A Stahl, Jr.......281 W Miller..........215 G Bernhardt... .170 _ Ajolly time followed among the members, The company was Wa, Minium. The Revolver in Canada. Tononvo, Dec. 4.—There was no small amount, of excitement at the drill-shed to-night, as the Queen’s Own Rifles .f Canada Revolver Association held their annual match trere. Thres tar- gefs were placed in the hall, and from 8 o’clock till 1 o’clock in the morning there was the constant popping of target revolvers, It took a long time torun off the score, but it finally stood as follows: Match 1.—Open to all members of the Association, range 25yds,: position, standing, oft-hand; revolver, any pattern not exceeding 45-cal. and “sin. barrel; rounds, seven; entries limited to five scores, highest score to count: 1 Sergt McBaren, Q © R....... 38 Color-Sergt Agnew, 8 O R,....32 2 Capt Mercer, QOR......... 8&8 Color Seret Crook, QOR..... 32 8 Sergt Thompson, 12th...,.... 38 Sergt Bayley. @ OR ........., 32 4 Lieut Crean, Q OR, ....,... af Statt-Sorel Harp. QO R....... 31 5PC MeArthur, TPF........ 85 Sergt Brooks, R G.............4 (AWG ie SS 1 -- 149 Seret Thompson, l2th......... 150 Lieut Crean, QO B.........; 148 rounds. In this five veamis were entered, via: Officers of the Q. O. R., first sergeants of the Q. O. R,, second sergeants of the Q. O- R., the Toronto Police forus and the Royal Grenadiers, The score stood: Officers Q O R(1st)............ 138 Toromto Police Worce......... 2d Sergeants QO R........... lid Grenadiers (2d).............., Liege Arms. THE single industry of making firearms gives employme t to some 40,000 workmen in the Liéce aTabHink alone, in Analetariy and the proof house in that city is the oldest and by far the largest establishment of the kind in Hurope, and probably in the world. Kivery firearm manufactured in Belzinm has to be proved ati the Liége proof house betore it is allowed to be sold, with the exception of certain arms that are allowed to be sent ta & Tecognized proof house, at Birmingham, for instance, to be proved; and the proof master, in addition to his ordinary duties is specially delegated by the government to inspect and contro all firearms made in the kingdom, with the exceprion of the mili- tary rifles madeat the government factories, which do not pass the Liége proof house. Every double-barreled rifie and shoteun has to be proved three timer: first each barrel separately, second the two barrels when soldered together, and finally after the breech action has been attached; and the charge of powder is considerably more powerful than that used at other proof houses. No one is paid for his work on a gun unless the arm passes the three proofs satisfactorily. Arranging two Big Matches, The annual meeting of the old-established Zettler Rifle Club was held at 219 Bowery, this city,on Dec.1, and the following officers were elected forthe ensuing year: President, Bernard Walther: Vice-President, Henry Oeh); Secretary, Noah D. Ward; Corresponding Secretary. F. GC. Ross; Trustee, Chas. G. Zettier: Shooting Master, Bernard Zettler. The reports of the various officers showed the club to be in its usual sound condition, both numerically and financially. The members of the club do not propose to abandon otitdoor practice during the winter months, and have arranged the follow- ing matches to be shot at Cypress Hills on Jan. 3, practice shoot- ing to begin at 9 A. M.. and the matches to be started promptly at 10 A.M. The conditions in the first match will be 50 shots each, off-hand, any rifle. Second match, 50 shots each. shoulder rest, The 25-ring target will be used. The entrance fes to each match will be $2.50, and one-half the contestants will be winners, En- tries will close on Jan. 2 with Zettler Brothers, 219 Bowery, It ia hoped that all riflemen within reach will enter. Hoboken’s Riflemen. Dave Minuer, standard bearer, and Richard W. Dewey. captaj of the Miller Rifie Club, last week did quite a good diine fats young people's temperance sociely. The society wanted tn have shooting for prizes, but knew not where to procure the rifles or any one to attend tothem, Happily they thought of genial “Dave. who took Capt. “Dick” Dewey 1n his confidence. They procured a light rifle for the young people and when the day of the festival opened were ready to show them how to use it. Under such ex. pert tuition they could not fail to put up good scores, One youn= jady who never before had a rifiein her hand made 74 out of 2 possible 75. Four boys had the same score also, Messrs. Miller and Dewey were thanked by the young people for their kind ser- vices. Court officer “Cap” Aldoretta, of the Hoboken Police Depart- ment, a Texan by birth, isan expert with the revolver. “Cap” acknowledges that thirty years ago he was one the best shots in Texas with this weapon, and challenges any fitty~five-year-old policeman in the world to a match with the revolver for from are to $1,000. Challenges can be addressed to the Hoboken Police ation. Detective Julius Nelson is another goon shot in the departmen} es ae forte is the rifle, He is alsoa member of the Miller Rifle ub: Jack Stein, of the Unions, though a new shooter, is getting é be quite handy with the rifle. Jack is getting to’ be Sone e everything. He was formerly a turner, is quite a hand with the gloves and foils, is also a wrestler, having deteated Georgs Sin- clair, 2 local wrestler, in two straight falls, He is also quite a skater, infact heis good at most anything. Last, but not least heis a member of a local dramatic company. he playing only leading parts, To use the expression of the small boy, *“Heisin it,” Claus Schroeder, of the Unions, and Chris Intemanu, accom- panied by a few others, went gunning last Wednesday morning, With them went alarge bot— a large amount of refreshments. They came back late at night. Claus said he did not see a rabbit all day, but shot a few birds, which on examination proved to be chippies. Intemann had about four or five rabbits, He was met with inquiries where he had bought them. He, however, stood the joking good naturedly, But what troubles the Unions boys is, where did that demijohn of refreshments go to? ~ The Standard Rifle Club will be reorganized for the season ihe early part of next week. The club had about one of the strongest teams in Hoboken at the close of last season, They will meet at 225 First street. The Miller Rifle Club is getting its ten-men team in shape for what matches the club might participate in this winter, The Miller Rifle Club headquarters are models of neatuess, It is 25 by 104ft. The front portion is used as a, meeting place. The club possesses three channels to its range, their length beivg 85ft. The elub has a membership of 85, and is without doubt the fore- most elub in the State, Captain Richard W. Dewey, of the Millers, is a hustler from “way tS for everything he undertakes to do for his club he succeeds in, Capt. Henry Becker, of the Union Rifie Club, is happy, as his wits gave birth recently to a bouncing baby girl, who Capt. Becker declares will be a second Annie Oakley. Frank Vanderheyden, of the Unions, and his prospective father-in-law, B. J. Link, are an inseparable pair. Mr. Link thinks quite a lot. of his prospective son-in-law asa rifle shot, ag Frank lately won the amateur championship of the county, he wearing a neatly engraved medal which went with the title, Dr. A. Herzog, a member of the Miller Rifis Clib, has been con- fined to his home for over a year on account of an accident re- ceived while horseback riding. While cantering along the boule— vard a truck got alongside of him, his foot) caught in the heavy wheel, and the next moment he was completely unhorsed and dragged for quite a distance. When picked up it was found that his leg was badly fractured. Hminent surgeons were called to attend him, and it was thought at one time that the lez would have to be amputated, but it was later found that it would not be necessary. The doctor did not prosecute the driver, who was on the wrong side of the road at the time of the accident. Several pieces of bone were removed, some nearly an inch Jong, which the writer was shown last wesk. The doctor is quite an expert with the rifle. His fancy, however, runs to trick shooting, that is holding the rifle in any conceivable way. Ths doctor is now able to go out on crutches, George W. Graf, of the Palisade and Seitz Rifle Olwh, is a most finished vocalist, he formerly being a member of one of the most fashionable quartettes in Washington, D. C.,so0 George P, Herr- schaft ays. Frank Kammell, of the Miller Rifle Club, is auite a character. Prank is elected sergeant-at-arms at every election for officers, for the cliib could not do without his services, 418 FOREST AND STREAM. [Dec, 10, 1891. ————e—eoeoeoeoo—s—c—~$<~—_———SSsss ows EEE \ThezOur Owns Are Alive. NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 8.—The Our Own Club, of this city, in- tends to do considerable match shooting this winter, and is ready to receive challenges from any club in the country for gallery con- tests. On Dec. 2 their second team defeated the second team of the Puritan Rifle Club, on the Our Own Ranges, by ascore of 1 052 to 1,021, To-night the return match was shot, the conditions being 10 men per team, 10 shots per man, 12-ring targets, 75ft., any 22cal. rifie, The score; Our Owns. 4 Putitans. Freiensehner.... ....., 101 Cat pentalo verte seiko 104 DOPE yet leaps 107 Laer: Siew ree 96 EFeberies rn ecteee 108 Hauselman.. Yr 105 Dine yy. shee us aeeees 105 RaAishsne ee ea 91 (UAL Fes a Sash ae 93 + OKO DIA). ta RL Ae tates 93 Furth ‘ 103 Wi0ods. 0.5.0) Pee as 92 CGETY: cu, suey +s afaree 110 Morris: ts tiene enienee 92 Wi Ae op sates - 90 Helo ek fea es +103 Tomy hig eee cee ee 106 EW iYEX 3) ees peer estes gra 103 "WSLS 2 a5 teat eee i 93—1,005 C Kopt ..... 2..2......, , L00—979 The Independentand Volunteer rifle clubs shot a well contested poet on the former’s range last night, the result being as fol- OWws: Independent. ; ; Volunteer. . J A MecCallum.......... 110 Reilly. OA, 108 oe eal oes Wee tro en 105 SVeverititeee area ace hs 14 1B MeCallum....;.-,.. 109 iIMéter UR Yok: i fied, O8 ERT HS, <2 ein, Fy oem oc 108 Doherty....2..) Freeones | 102 Linberrgerte) Wi Ap Bees acu 109 Ebesfer. cane f ckenter. ae JO OTR An at tytn lode Wace 110 (2);0)6 ee Wee ree 108 Smith es ee eerie 110 Ncheibet.s 200 ee oe 106 Powarleyyers Sted 108 ER AICH Se bined Lopes L105 IDA Cas cae ee a EA .. LO uber . Settee OT Oamie Mima ses, 19—1076 Huebner....- eae tat 104—1066 Zettlers’ Weekly Shoot. THE following scores were made in the badge competition of the Zetiler Rifle Club, at 219 Bowery, on Tuesday evening: LL. Flach 247, C. Percival 245, J. A. Boyken 244, 0.G. Zatiler 248, H. Witte 242, M. Dorrler 241, H. Holger 241, 8. W. Plaisted 241, F.C. Ross 240, V. Steinbach 240, B. Zsttler 240, C. E. Jantzer 240%. Hecking 237, F. Lindkloster 258, M, B. Hngel 2387, F. Fabarius 233, M. Tropp 230, N. D. Ward 226. Grap Shooting. Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanks prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club secretaries. Oorrespondents who favor us with club scores are par- ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. FIXTURES. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following; Dec. 12.—Fulford vs. Brewer, 250 live birds each, at Woodlawn Park, Long Island. 7. is Dec. 17.—Hssex Gun Club, monthly elub shoot, at Marion, N. J, Dee. 17.—Freche vs. Smith. 100 live birds each, at Marion, N, J. Dec, 19.—Boiling Springs Fish and Gun Club, open sweepstakes at 50 artificials, at Rutherford, N. J. _ Dec, 19.—Open sweepstakes ati live birds, on John Erb’s grounds, Newark, N. J. ‘ ee! Dec. 19.—Maplewood Gun Club, practice shoot at artificials, at Maplewood, N. J. Dec, 19,—South Side Gun Club, regular club and open shoot, on club grounds, near Emmet street station, Newark, N.J. Dee. 25.—Atbens, Pa., tournament, at kingbirds and live pigeons. W.K,Park,Sec’y. f Dec. 95.—Boiling Springs Fish and Guu Club, open tournament, at artificials, at Rutherford, N. J. ny 4 Dec. 25,—Maplewood Gun Club, open tournament at artificials. 1892, Jan.1.—South Side Gun Club, open tournament at artificials, on club grounds, near Emmet street station, Newark, N, J. June 13-18.—New York State Sportsmen’s Association’s ‘“hirty- fourth Annual Convention, at Syracuse, N, Y. Chas. H. Mowry, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. JuDGING from the present outlook this will be the liveliest sea- son on record in trap shooting circles, and the quantity of powder and shot expended, live birds and targets trapped will be enor- mous. The dealers in liye pigeous predict that while the prices will be a little aboye the average, the supply will be plentiful and the quality first-class. The late cold snan has already added dlighuly to the cost of birds. , . Club shoots, elub tournaments, individual and team contests without number haye been and are about to be arranged, and the devotee of the sport who cannot get his fill of ruffling feathers or BInashing “crockery” must be a gourmand, The event of events for the vicinity of New York, is, of course, the contest to take place at Woodlawn Park on Saturday between thote giants of the smooth-bore, E, D, Fulford, of Bridgeport, and John L. Brewer, of Hammonton. Not only New York, but the en- tire shooting world as well is deeply interested in the outcome of this event, which bids fair to be one of the greatest exhibitions ever given. The conditions of the mafch call for 240 live birds per man, 12-bore guns, d0yds, rise, strict Hurlingham rules, ex- cept that the inclosure is to be the boundary, The stake is $1,000 aside. The match will bs called at 10 A, M. By special arrange- ment boats will leave the foot of Whitehall street every hour during the day, connecting with special trains on the Sea Beach Railroad, which has a station on the grounds. — These men are conceded on all sides to be in a class by them- selves, the fact being proven by their marvelous work at Marion on Noy. 12, 18 and 14, when Fulford killed 100, 99, 94 and 24 against Brewer's 99, 98, 94 and 25 in three consecutive matches and a tie shoot. Hor two men to face the traps for three consecutive days and kill 633 out of 650 birds is sufficient to give them a classifica- tion of their own, ‘ It has been said that the birds on the first and second days were of inferior quality. Granting this, how many men are there in this or any other country who could equal the above record even if the birds, each and every one, were tied fast? — But there will be no cause for complaint as to the quality of the birds in Saturday's match, provided of course that the weather 1s what it should be. The birds are to be furnished by Mr. Brewer, and if “Captain Jack” is not able to choose good fiyers, the job need not be under- taken by any one else, There is one point on which the lovers of the sport can rest content, and that is, that the above match will be shot strictly on its merits and that the best man will win. The Hssex Gun Club, of Newark, will hold its monthly club shoot for prizes at Marion, on the 17th inst, and a good time is ex- pected as usual. In the competitions for prizes each man is rated at agiven number of points per shoot,and the member gaining the highesf number of poh above his allotment during the season wins first prize. The members are also divided into thres classes—A, B and C—the first shooting at 30, the second at 28 and the third at 30yds. rise. Thus far Lemuel Thomas, who is rated at 6. has asafe lead for first prize; Harry Smith pace a good second. ‘This shoot will be open only to club members. ‘I'he birds will be furnished by Al, Heritaye, “Old South Paw,’ and will be of a quality to make the members shoot their best. The South Side Gun Club announces that it will hold its annual open-to-all touroament at artificials on New Year’s Day, on its well-appointed grounds, near the coal chutes below the Emmet street station, Newark, N.J. A fine programme of events will be arranged, the object being to suit all comers. Plenty of ammuni- tion of all kinds will be on hand, as will be an abundance of re- freshmenis, liquid as well as solid. A feature of the day will bea public trial of the Hobart system of rapid firing, devised by my old triend Wm, R. Hobart, who says the system is bound to be a go, and will be more popular than any of the rapid-firing systems now in vogue. Gus L. Freche and Harry Smith, two well-known Newark shooters, will have a test of skill onthe Marion grounds on the 17th inst., each man toshont at 100 live pigeons, under Hurling- ham rules, for a purse of $100. A few weeks ago these men came together in & 50-bird race, Smith killing 43 to Wreche’s 39, Gus was not satisfied with the resuit, hence the coming match. Freche is 4 veteran at the business, beinz an old member of the Hasex and Newa'k gun clubs, and the hero of a hundred odd matches, while Smith is a comparative tyro, his shooting career having been started in January, 1891, with the Hasex Gun Club. Up to the last four months he seemed unable to strike anything faster than about a 75 per cent. pace, but since then he has been shooting great guns. At the October shoot of the Hssex he killed 42 out of 44 birds and killed 84 of them straight with his first barrel. On Thanksgiving Day he killed 39 out of 42 birds. If he is in the above form on the 17th he will come very close to being a@ winner. The big guns of the trap-shooting world have a chance 10 make a neat little pot, provided they can nerve themselves to Gover a bet offered by John Erb, the well-known proprietor of the Old Stone House grounds on Bloomfield avenue, Newark. Mr. Erb says he will wager #400 against $1,000 that no man can kill, on his grounds, 94 ont of 109 pigeons under the following conditions: Mr. Erb to furnish the birds and to have notice at least two weeks before the trial is to take place; fhe shooting to be governed by Hurlingham rules, except that he will give the shooter the ad- RaUAES of shooting from one instead of five traps; 12-gauge guns; d0yds. rise, Mr, Erb also says that he will wager $500 even that no man can kill 96 out of 100 pigeons, on his grounds, under same conditions as above, except that they shall shoot from fiye traps. Who wants .& piece of either of the above amounts? My cld friend Neat Apgar, the well-known and popular sales- inan at, Wenry C. Squires, hag furnished me with the following description of the new W. W. Greener hammer gun, which will be used by E. D. Fulford in his big shoot against J. L. Brewer on Saturday. The gun was delivered at Squires's store on Thursday night and Neaf describes it as ‘a beauty,” It has two sets of harrels, one for trap and one for field work. In shape for trap work the giin weighs jlbs, 1207, he barrels are 30in., full choke. The stock is 144gin, in length, with 23gin. drop at the butt and Din, drop atthe cone. Itis the highest grade gun made by this noted firm and will fallinto the hands of as good a man as ever handled any gun, The loads to be used by Fulford are as fol- lows: 4irs., Schultze powder in both barrels; 11402, No. 7 chilled shot in right barrel and 14oz. No. 6in left, the whole loaded in Squires’s tournament shells, ‘The success which attended the recent series of shoots, held under the auspices of the Trapshooters'’ League of Hssex County, N. J,, gave a great boom to the smashing of crockery within the confines of the county. As is known, the League comprised six clubs, and each month a team shoot and individual tournament was held on the grounds of one or another of the clubs, until each one had received its share of the benefits. First prize for teams was won by the Maplewood Gun Club, whose team captured five out of the six contests. At the conclusion of the series of shoots the League was disbanded and anew organization was formed, if being tha intention of the projectors to include in this all the clubs in the seven counties comprising Northern New Jersey. Recently, however, it has been deemed advisable to abandon this plan and organize a League which shall be open to every club in the State. A few days ago I had a talk with Mr. W. R, Hobart, the well known shooting man with Von Lengerke & Detmold, whois an old-timer in dsvising schemes for the advancement of trap shooting. Mr. Hobart?’s idea is to arrange a tournament on one of the following plans: First, to form a New Jersey League, each county to have a series of preliminary team contests for the purpose of deciding upon the strongest team in the county, the leading teams to be afterward brought together in a series of con- tests to decide the State championship. In this event the final series of shoots would be held one in each county. His other plan was to have a team of ten, twelve or fifteen men from each county come together in a series of shoots for the State championship, instead of holding the preliminary shoots as above. In case the former plan should be adopted the {teams would comprise five or sixmeneach. In either case it is intended that each man shall shoot at twenty-five artificial targets, either Standard Keystones or bluerocks. P The plan for organizing a league on either of the above lines would be practically as follows: Hyery club affiliating would be required to pay #2 as an entrance fee and ten cents dues for each member onitsroll. Previous to the beginning of a tournament each club would pay into the league treasury the sum of $5 (or any other amount decided upon), the amount derived from this latter source to constitute a fund for the purchase of prizes for teains and individuals according to the schedule adopted. After carefully considering the two plans outlined by Mr. Hobart lam inclined to think that the one calling for county teams would ‘‘freeze out’? too many shooters, In Hssex county, for instance, there are over a score of active gun clubs, and at least seventy-five really expert shooters, four-fifths at least of whom would be unable to take part in & contest under the second plan. By adopting the first-mentioned plan every shooter in the State could take part on one or another of the teams in the pre- liminary series of shoots. I have been requested by the projectors of the affair to inyite discussion on this subject and hope to hear at an early date from every club in New Jersey. Any commauni- cations on the subject will be cheerfully accorded apace in these columns. The Boiling Springs Gun Club announce that on Saturday they will run an all-day’s tournament at artificials on their well- appointed grounds at Rutherford, N. J., the main attraction to be a. big sweep at 50 targets per man, $5 entry. A big turnout of ex- perts is expected. The Maplewood Gun Club will run a Xmas Day shoot on their pretty grounds at the Maplewood station of the D. L. & W.R.R. Shooting will begin at 9:30 A. M., the regular programme to com- prise events at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets. ‘The special attraction will be a team contest for a holiday dinner, to be eaten on New Year’s eve. Newarkers are looking anxiously for the appearance of a vol- ume descriptive of the hunting experience of a well-known local seribe and an equally well-kuown member of the shooting frater- nity, who recently made an extended trip through Morris county, N.J. Private advices credit the pair with having ‘‘begged” (I am inclined to believe that my informant misspelled this word) three partridges and one rabbit. The forthcoming book will be written by the brother of the author of “The Hidden City,” and will be copiously illustrated. ‘ Considering the fact that there are 3138 shooting days in the year, it seems rather curious that so many conflicting dates should be arranged for tournaments in certain localities. Re- cently one of the Newark clubs arranged a two-days tournament, publishing the dates fully a month in advance, notwithstanding which another of the local clubs, less than a week before the above tournament took place, came out with the announcement of an all-day tournament, to be held on one of the dates claimed by the club first mentioned. The result was a flat failure for both aifairs. The clubs should help one another whenever they can and they can do this in no better way than by avoiding dates already claimed in arranging their tournaments. As soon as a date has been fixed on send it to PoRDsST AND STREAM to be placed among the fixtures. We aim to make the fixtures a com- plete guide to all coming eyen's, [have heard a large number of sportsmen speak in the highest terms of the manner in which they were treated by the firm of Yon Lengerke & Detmold during the recent busy season, in the way of haying their orders promptly filled. In one instance a party rushed into the store atl A. M, and said that he wanted fifty shells loaded with 48grs. of Schultze powder and loz. of No. 9 shot, but if he could not get them in fifteen minutes they would be useless to him, At precisely 11:12 A. M. he had his cartridges and left the store, although they had to be specially loaded. Little instances of this kind, where iriyial Amounts are. concerned, tend to show the caliber of a firm. C. H. TOWNSEND. The Murphy—Thompson Match. AN exclusive party was admitted to the grounds of the Carteret Club at. Bergen Point, last Thursday, to witness the match be- tween Edgar G. Murphy and L. 5, Thompson. The day was a good one for the sport, but the birds as a whole could have been much better. The conditions of the match were 100 live birds per man, d0¢ds. rise, 50yds. boundary, for a stake of $1,000a side. J. S, Hosy was referee and Justus vou enyerke scorer. Murphy was looked after by fred Hoey, while W. B. Smith did the honors for Thompson. _ " - Murphy is well known as a veteran match shooter, while this was Thowpson’s first appearance in anything but sweepstake eyents, The former's friends had no trouble in having their bets covered, and in consequence Some $12,000 or more of Thompson money tound its way into the pockets of Murphy's backers, — Thompson won the toss and walked to the score firat, killing a straight driver by using both barrels, Murphy followed with a good first-barrel kill of a fast left-quarterer. At the end of $he twentieth round the score stood 20 for Murphy to 14 for Thomp- son, the latter losing 4 out of his first 10 birds. On the second round the gcores atood 387 for Murphy,33 for Thompson. On the next round Murphy gained one kill, On the fourth round Mur- phy led by two birds; on the next round he gained two more, and the score ended with 86 kills by Murphy against 82 by Thompson, the former losing j and the latter 9 birds dead out of bounds, The scores follow: 1 Kidgar Gsltnrpliye 9. .ceayee cere aioe WAN 11120 0111091999111111011—17 1119911011110111111—18 — 10100101111111101101—15 11101111011011110)71—16—86 L$ Thompson.......... fits eke a ntact 9A mr 10101010311011011111—14 - 11111910111111101111—19 31111116111110111101—17 11111111011111110117—18 13101131101011001110—14—82 Thompson shot a 74¢-pound Greener gun, using V. L. and D. shells, loaded with 42yrs.of H.C, powder and 11402. of No, vs shot in the right barrel, In the left barrel he used 45ers, of &. C. powder and 1}40z. of No. 7 shot. Murphy shot a 7-ponnd 6-ounce Hrancotte gun and used V. L. and D. shells, He had Pers. of H, C, powder and 13402, of No. 7% shot in both barrels, ~ The Union Gun Club. SPRINGFIELD, N. J., Dec. 8.—For the last twelve months the members of the Union Gun Club have striven earnestly to roll up good scores at the monthly shoots, the main attraction being a gold and pearl medal valued at $30, this to go to the member win- ning it the greatest number of times during the season. There were also four other prizes. Up to to-day EH. D. Miller, R. H. Breintnall and E. Collins had won it twice and R. Briant had won it once, To-day’s contest was therefore very interesting, In this contest each member shoots at 20 singles and 5 pairs of bluerock targets, ties being shot off at 3singlesand1 pair. As this was the final shoot of the season Manager Miller combined with it a good programme of open eyents, and offered two prizesjof $8 and 2 respectively for averages, Shooting began at 10:30 and was not concluded until dark. Among the visitors was Samuel Lyon, president of the North Side Gun Club, of Maspeth, L. I. C. H, Townsend, of PoRuEST AND STREAM, was scorer. The results of fhe several events are given-below: : Warming shoot, 10 singles, $1 entry: Collins 8, Hobart 7, Lyon 7, Drake 6, Miller 6. Warming shoot, l0 singles, $1 entry: Hobart 9, Sigler 8. Collins Miller 10, 7, Miller 7, Breintnall 7, Drake 6. Regular programme, No. 1, 10 singles, $1 entry. Breintnall 9, Collins 8, Hobart 8, Drake 8,Smith ¥, Lyon 7, Sigler 6. No. 2, 15 singles, $1.50 entry: Lyon ..,.... +) LIIUIINNI1I11 -14 Miller ..,..-.. 019111111110111-18 Hobart,-......J10M1111111011—14 Sigler ......, , 010110111011111—12 Smith... ......J101111111111—14 Qollins...... - 01111 0011111110—11 OE Gaeta . 111110111110111- 18 Breintnall..... 111010101011110—16 No. 3, 20 singles. $2 entry: Hobart... JU011011011 111 1111—17 Sigler, ...11111111111000111111—17 Miller... ..10111101101117111111—17 Breintnall11110111110111111110—17 Collins... ..11110111100101101111—18 Smith. ....11011111010111131110—16 Lyon...... 111111110101 10111001—15 Miller ......... TIIII—15 Hobart...,. O11111010171100—11 Smith...,..... O11 1011012, Breintnall, ...101101010111011—10 Collins. ... .....101L0011I10111I—11 Lyon........... 111111010100011—10 Sigler.......... JMO110ITIIVII-AL_ Drake,........ 1011.111100101L0—1u No. 6,20 singles, $2 entry: Miller ....1011110111191111711—18 Collins,...11111110101111111111—18 Smith..... 11111111111101010101—16 Lyon 11, Hobart withdrawn. No. 7, 6 pairs, $1 entry; Miller 5, Breintnall 8, Smith 7, Hobart 6, Sigler 6, Collins 5, Drake 5, No. 8, 15 singles, $1.50 entry: Miller 14, Breintnall 12, Smith 11, Collins 11, Sigler 11, Lyon 10, Lindsley 7. ’ ; No. 9, 10 singles. $l entry: Breintnall 10, Hobart 9, Sigler 9,, Linds- ley 7, Collins 7, Smith 7, Miller 6, Lyon 5. No, 10, club prize shoot, 20 singles and 5 pairs: Sigler..... OUI LO00LIIIT11—16 Breintnall11101111011101011101—14. DMEENT Gate tetris crest w crercnrestiesnsMtoaaalt 4911917091111. 11 11 41 10 11—2¢ Miglers. opt ele ees phe s AV11100100111111111 10 11 11 10 L- 2 Collins ceeee eoee » « .-00101101101011101111 11 11 11 10 Ti—28 Breimtugls nc. . -f Wosese ts 44.010170017111010111 11 10 16 11 10—21 Windsleyeershpeee- foent ore 11100101001010111101 11 11 10 11 10—20 ISSA hp reyee Qrtvere iret 11110011011171111010 1L 10 00 10 10—20 Smith ~ .........: » ..--L0101111111001111111 00 10 OL 00 00—I8 Canajoharie Gun Club. THe scores ot the Thanksgiving Day shoot of the Canajoharia Gun Olub were received too late for our Jast issue, and im conse- quence we are obliged to publish them in an abridged form: No, 1,10 kingbirds, $lentry: Horton 10, Weeks 9, Walrath 9, Fulton 9, Giesel 9, Piergon.8, Roberts 6, Sanders 6, Pegnim 5, Chap- man 4, Partiss 2, No. 2, 15 kinghirde, $1.50 entrv: Geisel.... 1111900911171 15 Pierson. . 11111101 111—14 - OI T—12 Goggin. - LONI 100-12 Betts... Roberts........011101011001—18 Waltath 100111011111011—10 Rockworth....Q4011100011—13_ Portis -101001011111100— 9 Chapman ....-WUU111111011—18 Pegoim. 0110001101 10110— 8 Horton... . ALOOMOLNINI—12 ~Sanders........ 010010101101011— 8 Weeks......... 111111010111101—12 No. 8, 10 live birds, $5 entry, 3 ground traps, 4 moneys, all ties divided: Lord.... , 211112121110 Horion. .-U101210122— 7 Goggin. 2211122110- 9 Geisel... 1022010111— 7 Betts. .. .2111112120— 9 Walrath 1022010111— f Pierson. ... -21110112710— 8 Sanders 101011200— 6 Rockworth -21101200— 8 Pegnim... 01101 olI— 6 Baneroft.......... 1120112012— 8 Portiss... .... ~-2020010100— 4 No. 4, same as No.1: Pierson 10, Walrath 8, Geisel 7, Betts 7, Saunders 7, Roberts 6, Horton 6, Rockworth 5, Fulton 5, Weeks 4, Chapman 4, Partiss 3, No. 5, same as No, 2: Roberta. . . LUO 1—14 ~Sanderg........ 111111011011111—18 Horton . AT IT0—14- Rockworth. ...111111011110110—-12 Pierson . 1UNONMNI—14 ~Geisel -.011101110000111— 9 Betis... > LIIMIne—14 Chapman. -101101100110110— 9 Goggin .....,..111111 100118 Portisa........ 111001100010110— 8 Walrath ..,..: 013111311111011—18 Fulton......... 101011000013110— 8 Weeks....,,-..11101111101011—418 No, 6, same as No. 2: Piersons. 11145 Weeks .. L011191111111110—-13 Sanders... wWMNNi1—15. Horton . 011011111110111—12 Walrath..... 0U11I11N1144 ~Pegnim -101111110001010— 9 Roberts. ..._,,0111111111]1111—]4 Geigel 0110110111 00001— § Chapman,....,J11111111111110—-14 Fulton 111001110010100— & Portiss........ “111110000000101— 7 No. 8, same as No. 2: Rockworth...,11111111111110i—14 Gelsel......... ,010010010111111— 9 Piersons.... ...111010011111111—12, Chapman -111011000110110— 9 ..---»-101001101110111—10 Fulton .. ~100110111101010— 9 S..--... JL01111001N0110—10 Pegnim... .110001010010010— & pe nc 1O0OLITTITLI000— 9 Roberta .. .100100000010001— 4 Bierbauer ....,001011010111011— 9 Portiss...:. —..J00LOQ000000001— 3 No. 9,4 pairs of doubles, $l entry: Sanders 6, Weeks 6, Walrath 8, Horton 7, Piersons 6, Pegnim 7, Portiss 4, Chapman 6, Bierbater 6, Geisel 3, Rock 8, Roberts 4, Fulton 7, Weasell 4. No, 10, same as No. 1: Weeks. Rock, Horton and Sanders 10; Piersons 9; Chapman, Pegnim, Geisel and Bierbauer 7; Roberts 5. Walnut Hill. WaAnNnur Hin, Mass., Dec.2.—The exceptionally fins weather of to-day brought out a goodly number of trap-shots of the Massa- chusetts Rifle Association to participate in the regular Semana series of matches, The main interest was centered in the twelft competition in the gold coin match, in which there was unusually sharp rivalry. Messrs. Barrett, Black, Bowker and Ohoate were tied for first place with 19 out of a possible 70 birds. In shooting off the tie Mr. Barrett made a clean score of 15, which entitles him to wear the chamyon gold medal until the next shoot. Mr, Choate, who crowded . Barrett very sharply, missing only one bird, used a 54g-pound, 20-gauge gun. “ Twenty Keystone targets, squad system of firlng: Barrett 14, Black 19, Bowker 19. Choate 19, Bennett 16. Curtis 16, Cook 13, Hosmer 15, Snow 14, Gale 18, Gore 12, Parham 12, Rule 12, Nicliole ii, Dac, 10, 1891,) FOREST AND STREAM. 419 Lake View's Chicken Shoot. Worcestsr, Mass.—The Lake View Gun Club held an all-day shoot at the club grounds Thanksgiving Day, and it was a success from start to finish. There was a large attendance and many participated in the contests. Shooting began at 9:30 A.M, and continued till dark. The novel feature of the day’s shoot was the “chicken” shoot at stationary and flying targets. Twenty-five birds were won by diffsrent members of the club. At the sta- tionary target, Géyds. rise, each of the following succeeded in etting one or more birde: H. Groves, H. W. Fatman, Cal Wil- jams. J. Cummings, and Jim Manning. Bluerock contests were then begun. First match: AGS PUWSES 2... ee 11101I—4 AL Bonda.............5... 00101 —2 © Forehand... .....-..... 11011—4 Wm Brown.......-....-. 1110i—4 Clank. o ...01000—L Wm Brown..........- .- 11100—3 M Stanton... ... 2. ... ,00000—0 M F Kelsey........ .-....11010—38 Gates... 8..-./.,..02.- ONO — OTR GDEM sf. weer ees tee 00000—0 © Williams......,....... »L0001—2 Tie; Powers 3, Forehand 2. Second match: PeOlark’ 2.5.4 .-11110—4 M Kelsey.......... - 10000—1 C Forehand. ..111—5 J Moore.... .. .10000—1 W Brown...-. Til0I—4+_ G Lewis....... .00000—0 W Parker. ee .1101—4 © Williams. 01100 —2 J Cumming... a .01100—2 A G Powers... 11000 —2 HeGravess, .)iesjoe sa. ,01100--2 Third match: > C Forehand........ eeeene 1M1I—5 ~J Moore...... ...... 2.4.; 1000-1. PCa ee ite 7 -01000—1 O Lewis ......0..0 22... 00000 —0 M Kelsey. .........s...0005 Q000I—1l_ ~M Stanton.... ......,.. -01010—2 DePrarkerse yet oy! OL1I0—3 FL Graves..-... eee ce ccees 00001—1, HAGA GB teen | ceesr terest ,0000i—1 _M Kelsey............ «+, -00000—0 WeBrowns eee ie 01110—3 © Goodell...,.-. Tee 10110—3 CCUM A eT 10010—2 J Cumming.,. ........,..00101—3 PO Wess) sea. kat ice OMii=4 Bond! ean * Fy: Q1010—2 Fourth match: f : WEVG WIV Ten ss ecu:, cieg AGIO—3- Dy My Hillercqees tee o: ee 10000—1L (AO Coe ae ens eee Re 00000—O0 EH Daniel....,.. .....-....01000—1 C Worehand.........::,;. 11000—2 C Forehand.....:.......10111—4 ANP GWELS) can sk cise i eis OU10—8 EH Welsh......-. ......... 1101¢—3 Fifth match, 3 pair doubles: A G Powers.........:...00101l0—2 Wi Brown................ 011010—3 C@ Porehand,........-. -O01001—2 FE Welsh ..............,.101100—3 Brown won tie for first. . Miss and out, 25 cents: C, Forehand 5, W, Brown 0, A. G. Powers 0, E. Welsh 6. Match for 2 chickens: W. Brown 4, C. Forehand 2, A. G. Powers “4, EH. Welsh 2, BH. W. Eddy 1, Baton 0, F. Murray 0, J. Cumming 1, C. Williams 1,0. Forehand 4. Powers won tie. Highth event, 3 pair doubles, 25 cents: ©. Forehand 4, EH. Welsh 2, W. Brown 3, A. G. Powers 3. Ninth event, 2 chickens: C. Forehand 2, H. Welsh 3, J. Cum- ming 2, W. Brown 4, H. W. Eddy 3, F. Murray 0, A. Powers 4, C. Williams 2, J. Manning 0,*C. Forehand 4, *H. Welsh 4. Welsh first and second on tie. * Re-entered. Tenth event, 2.chickens: P.Clark 4, E. Weish 3, H. Eddy 2, W. Brown 5, £. Daniel 0, J. Cumming 1. For whip: W. Brown 4, C. Forehand 4, A. Powers 5, J. Roper 1, E. Welsh 2, H. Eddy 1, John Roper 0, BE. Daniel 1, J. Mann 2, R. Baker 2, I. Field 1. The Boiling Spring’s Officers. RUTHERFORD. N. J., Dec, 5,—The following officers haye been elected for the Boiling Springs Fishing and Gun Club: President, H, A, Jeanneret; Vice-President, C. H. Coe; Treasurer, R. H. Peck: Secretary, P. A. Jeanneret (Box 11, Rutherford, N. J.); Corre- sponding Secretary, Louis Lane, The monthly club shoot was held to-day, 15 members taking part inthe hunt for prizss. The conditions were 2) Keystones, 5 traps. In the first event the scores were as follows: IER eh ee aA Aan a oat ee eee 0101190199110 — 24 UGIeta ee eee PRS AGS EAA AA or ey 0101101001110110110001110—14. Paul frags dee eee sn take ae ee, spe 1101000111000011101110011—14 Uta ha es A ae aoe ee .-~»--9010010100110110001110001 —11 ORs ee see ete oe Pe OE ee TE 1111 100000001011910111011—15 AG orale dees sone a ees SATE MAPA 1001111011111001111101110—18 ISVs atten Gers ere encd coe cit ocetdeteas oricrsta wire 1011110113101101101111111—20 P@WOTIS) ere + becetemnarsssesetse seas ceii 0110111010010117110110110—16 Collins .....-...... ec rces tence messi ese! 11.01131111011011000110111—18 SSTGGS Ae oie peste sence eaesher asset ovigsat tenets 1211011111011110711111111—22 MOATAOTOR Meh uss tee te de dig ete wet rede cae Bon 00101011011.10000101101110—13 Second event: DEVE Ty godly Re es ela At Seerioey lt 0111100111111001111001010—16 VIGY GPS a: fine ations deh ea reraken ena teen 010100101011 1001100001011—12 rebs. Pe ey Bate Oo ere 1001100110111111011000000—13 2 5-16 Cees Sean en ert a Peet -1001101000010100101000000— 8 OsTinerstysau wsnethirets jeechocnsero eee: 1011011111113101111001000—17 Burgess,...... ....- ance wy Ker ey Peon 0100000001010010110101000 —38 Eg Ur 01 Fe pray gee nin OE etree oe a ae | Tate 1010100100101100000101000— 9 CIGAR Rois att tee eh eees chee oee steed 1101111010101111101110116 —-18 eck ....... i ee 85 icc Pa eter 1100110111001000010001100—11 Watters seeks) eae aes btee othe shee kes aie 00131.01101011011111101110—17 COTMED Sy. te e kt ke by pasinb ee bt ed be ee cae 1001110110101011100111000—16 Richardson... - -1000000000010010111101001— 9 Outwater .. - -1001111011111101011101110—18 aa a BTSs ance --0110111110111001010011011—16 MEG: Ft Pcte tse aese sonecit 001411011.1110111101111111—20 Shoot for a Supper. Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 4.-Yesterday twenty members of the Onondaga County Sportsmen’s Club assembled at their club house and divided into two teams, of 10 men each, for a shoot at 25 kingbirds each man, unknown angles, h traps. the losing team to pay for suppers for the party. The teams were captained res- pectively by Colonel Courtney, of the Lafeyer Arms Compan a George Mosher, of the Hunter Arms Company. The ieee ollow: : Courtney’s Team. Mownbneyers sas sien teeccerehotn.. 1011991419110 — 24 WIOVETYsse tt cer ee oe nestaneeteeehiite. -11011111111011011111 1111122 Monteomeryor.s cec-ceneen cee ee . 0100191111111110111111111— 21, Lefever..... .. pee ee eee 111 1101111111111001111101—21 Ae Got dere oe resentments eee 11.10110010111121110111110—19 1c) HB seas Rect oy oats r tere eee ,-L111101110111101110001101—18 SAH GIOIe tate) Basta scan ee lc, 1110001111010111110111111 19 MBVPOT Goal sius, Stace setae nas -0101111111010111111111111—21. Petiters sare ee sa Tehsil: 10110010111 11113.111110101—19 184. - Mosher’s Team. WU UCYS cone Pe Pe» Pee ee -» «10091010001 11101111111101—16 Becker... 0101019111111111111111110—21, * C Walters +-0111111100011111111111111 —21 Chase .... --.1111111071111110101111113 22 OR Wtlbers: emacs cee uck cesses 1011011111110110111110010—18 olden..... oe ee ee A01000101919111111111111— 25 RANGA TT pee ines hr eed centee kl ans «-1100110110111111110011111—19 Thompson, ...-.,..--..--+. «..--++--+-1100000010100111310011000—11 BENE eel e ack hence , +» -«L011000111010100000111010—12— 145 The supper was discussed at the Hub Café. Tne same teams will again try conclusions on Dec, 10 fora supper to be served at the Maple Bay Hotel. Ste Toronto Gun Club, Toronto, Dec, 3.—A large number of shooting enthusiasts at- tended the opening winter shoot, held under tle auspices of the Toronto Gun Olub, at Stark's grounds this afternoon. The club, in reducing the price of birds, has taken a wise step toward making the club and the sport more popular. George Briggs acted as master of ceremonies in his usual happy style. Owing to early darkness a large number of intending shooters were unable to take their turns at the traps, First shoot, five birds: \ + venga ono JLOLL—4 GeOree .......-24.5. 1201-5 Henry . TRO@STA the ae cre 112?21—5 Charles...........,.-...) 11020—3 HIMOGN ies settee te ee Nel —d Geis See heyy to 10101—3 Sweepstakes, ten birds: Oharles...........5. 1121121112—10 2121021212— 9 Blan sibs beaeeecas ets 1212110212— 9 , -2011217121— 9 Rogers,... 22.02... -1117101122— 9 2111027112— 9 Wakeiield.......... 1221210122— 9 Bickerstaff....... .1017121121— 9 Johnston 0, Jaytee 3, C. Ayre Z, J. Ayre 2, Smith 3, Warrington 3, T. Soden 5, Sloper 3. Miller 1, McCrady 2, J. Simpson 2, Tes at 9 divided by Blea and Rogers. Garfield Thanksgiving; Shoot. CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 3,—Garfield Gun Olub, of Chicago, braved a keen and cutting wind on the great national jubilee ‘day and had a little fun atthe live bird traps, about 500 birds being handled. Low scorés were the rule, the high wind making shoot- ing very difficult. The boy Willie Palmer tied top score with 16 outot 20. In view of his years this was remarkable. He bids fair to be a steady and able shot, ‘There was quite a good little - attendance. Uonsiderable regret was expressed that Mr, Snif- kins, one of the clib’s best and most regular attendants, could not be present, Score: q Shoot No, 1,5 live birds, 5 ground traps, 28 and 30yds. rise, Illinois State rules; WETS s a, te ee tseen te ep le—s- VWeNonineotic . .......2% 21120—4 GLOSS i cere rete sete wees OSI — 4S Paltforms iti. Slo uee 21010—3 Lauterbach......,....... AI0MI—4 W Sparks................. 10222—4 M Meek....;.. tHe! 11020—3 J Northeott..........-.... 02212—4 HICKS tips dttiies l0lI—4 W Qalmer..........-..... 10i:11—4 TAGOWIL i eaneas t24tbee sett 21110—4 Waldron.... ....... .00200—1. Baird....... Abs BAL OP IA .10120—3 Sidway....-. eae e110] —4 RitGhardsys tan wes eOZZ—4 Kent ei. . enna eeepc 0011—2 BOWEN: sce tees 00201—2 Wisher........ ....... .-. 00020—L Norfolk ...-..-..4+ Beau ree 01201—3 No. 2, sams in every particular as preceding: Pilz 1, Bortree 3, Bell 2, Cross 1, Lauterbach 4,S. M. Meek 2, Hicks 4, Brown 4, Rich- ards 1, Bowers 3, Norfolk 1, Baird 3, W. Northcott 3,5, Palmer 2, W. Sparks 2. J. Northcott 3, Wm. Palmer 5, Cruver 8, Steck 4, Kent, Sidway 4, Wisher 2, Waldron 1, Hich 4, No. 3, 5 live birds each: Pilz 3, Bortree 5, Cross 5, Lauterbach 4, Hicks 4, Brown 3, Richards 2, Bowers 2, Norfolk 2, W. Northcott 2,8. Palmer 3, Sparks 5, J. Northcott 1, Wm. Palmer 3, Eneland 4, Shick 3, Sidway 5, Cruver 3, Young 2, ; No. 4, same as others: Shick 4, Sidway 1, Hneland 5, Oruver 3, S. Palmer 3, Cross 2, Lauterbach 4, Hicks 3, Young ?, Bowers 5, Wim. Palmer 4, Pila 5, O’Brien 5, “Cop” 45, Gillette 4, W. Northcott 3, Dr. Meek 4, Sparks a. GARETELD, Artificials at Maple Bay. SYRACUSE, N. ¥., Dec. 2.—The following scores were made at Maple Bay yesterday, by members of the Onondaga County Sportsmen's Association, the shooting being at artificial tareets: AW AA TEUA eed on dare ct ee tetas od +1111011011111101111100101—19 191009 1011001111111111101—23 0111011111101101111111111—21 1111100011.110101111111011—19 Lefever. 221i: Geeyse. i an OPA aster 1101011111011011101011010—17 1109110011111911101111111—28 1111101111110101011101011—19 1061000110111111911111101—18 ASPCOME A eshe Dobos clk meer meron Je 1111001110101011091111011—21 1111101001111110111101110—19 1174111111.100111111110101—28 10101111910111191 1101010 —21 CHOUELIS a ely See eget se Cleo coe eae 1910110111101011110114111—20 TUAIITII ITT 1111 10—24 111011.1011131111011110111—21. 01111011111111111111.11111—23 BV VAULL Ses 8 Re flee An ge sn gm eae ce ats 1110133111101110111001171—20 000711710111111711310111—20 1011111100111011311101110—19 1011111110101010010010010—14 SVIOWEV south act bechinesrppeeh etter! W011 11 101011111 — 24 4111000111010 10111111—24 ad 111111 —22 1110 - Wield ermine .s-2 ioe adansconteanngests nee 21411111101111110100 —16 ASV LET 2 Lia then cars pea aes tot bee ae 01100111000111 111011 —18 P02) te OB BE PARE EE, Butea mu cn recra JILOMITTLOOLOLONI1 —1h Money vs. Davenport. Carp. A. W. Monny, the English trap-shot, met and defeated L. T. Davenport in a 100-bird match at the Larchmont Gun Club, on Dec. 8. The birds werea capital lot, trained almost to dodge the showers of shot: Dayenport used a 734-pound Lefevre gun, Scultzs powder, 45grs. in both barrels. and 13402, of shot in V., L. & D. shells. Capt. Money shot an F, T, Baker gun, made in Lon-: Bae weighing 714lbs. He used H.C. powder and V., L. & D, shells. Tip secoke ran, at 100 birds, 80yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, $1,000 per side; Capt A.W Money...-.....-......2.--. 0202120221202120220112120—18 1201210122202111211212220—21 1211201011122012112120111—21 (112022001112112101110121—19—79 L/DPDavenport........2.... sce ee eee 2211021222222222222002210—21 : 1012222020212222002010222 —18 201022000102201 2222202202—16 0020222212022200220212212—18—73 Dead out of bounds—Davenport 8, Money 5. Killed with one barrel—Davenport 14, Money 45. Two barrels—Davenport 59, Money 36. Right quarterers—Davenport 386, Money 40. Left quarterers—Dayenport 19, Money 13. Drivers—Davenport 8, Money 15. Incomers—Davenport 23, Money 22. Towerers—Day- enport 6, Money 5. | A return match will he shot at the Carteret Gun Club grounds, Bergen Point, next Tuesday. Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 5.—About 300 sportsmen visited the Forest Gun Club grounds this afternoon to witness the match between James A. Mills and S, J. Hothersall. ‘he conditions of the match were #5 live pigeons per man, modified Hurlingham rules, the loser to pay for their birds and an oyster supper for ten; each shooter toinvite four friends. At first both men were con- siderably rattled, and they missed their first and second birds, but after that they settled down and did some good shooting, as the birds were strong, fast flyers. Harry Thurman acted as referee, Dr. Kerr as trap-puller, and Wm. Green as official scorer: URAC VE) hae ee eee ee sean en eee ce 0012110212201212111121101—20 S J Hothersall............ neler que soeicraeise 0022102012010011210211121—17 Mr. Hothersall not being satisfied with the result. another match was immediately made, to come off in about two weeks, to be at 50 birds per man. Time of match 1h. and 2im. After the pigeon match was finished the target traps were immediately put ‘out and the following sweeps were shot, rapid-firing system: First, 10 birds, entrance $1, div, 40, 30, 20, 10 per cent.: Landis 10, David 7, Morrison 6, Thurman 9, EH. Wolstencroft 8, Kerr 4, Mills 6; Willard 9, Whitcomb 5, Martin 4, Hothersall 5, Adar 8. Second, 10 birds, entrance $1, div. 50, 30, 20 per cent.: J. Wolsten- croft 6, Willard 8, H, Thurman 7, Mills 5, Landis 10, W. H. Wol- stencroft 9. Third, 10 birds, $1 entrance, div. 50,30 and 20 per cent.: Thur- man 5, Willard 8, Landis 8, J. Wolstencroft 10, W. H. W olsten- croft 8, Mills 4. Big Sweep at Burnside, BURNSIDE, Il., Noy, 2i,—Watson’s Park was the scene of some fine shooting yesterday, the attraction being a sweepstake at 50 live birds per man, $25 entry, American rules to govern, excepting that the boundary was 80yds. The contest was close throughout, I, W. Dukes finally winning first pot with a score of 47 kills. The detailed scoves follow: = TW Dukes..... , .19222212111122222111102112122122102102121222 1222947 W P Mussy. -222211.22210221122112010110122222222221 222 122221212 46 JL Wilson... ,,.120221220122112111221121112222222231202221 12221010—45 A € Anson..., , ..22010101112112120122010212221121121011112122919329_ 43 Geo Hoffman... ..12211221212021220211111002221011110110001221121201—40 To-day the Chicago Shooting Club held its monthly shoot at 20 nad eae per man, American Association rules, the result being as follows: Atwater. ..11112212022212122112-19 M Bich. _.20111101121201212221—17 adswo'th12222012211222112222-19 A Anson. 21111011221222121129—19 Atwater receives an allowance of two birds, which makes him the owner of the club medal, this being the third time he has won it. Ater the above event Atwater and Hich had a friendly go at 25 Peoria blackbirds each, the former breaking 21 to Hich’s 19, RAVEERIGG. The South Side Shoot, THE weekly shoot ot the South Side Gun Club, of Newark, took place on Saturday afternoon, all the shooting being at artificial targels. The attendance was rather light, but the scores were up to the average. The first event was at 24 targets per man, in which Breintnall broke 17. In the second event, same conditions, Breintnall broke 23. Event No.3 was at 10 targets eack, Breintnall breaking 9, pe ri Terrill and Beam 7 each, Knight 6, Douglas 5 and omas 4. Hyent No. 4, same: Breintnall, Phillips and Terrill 8 each; Knight, Donglass and Thomas ¢ each, Beam 4. , Hyeut No. 5, same: Terrill, Douglass and Beam 8 each, Breint- nall, Phillips and Thomas 7 each, ight 5 and Osterhaus 4, Hvent No. 6,same: Osterhaus 9, Phillips 8, Terrill 7, Breintnall 6, Douglass. Thomas and Beam 5 each, In a number of events at 3 pairs of doubles each the following totals were made: Breintnall 6, 6, 6, Beam 7,7, 6, Osterhaus 5, 7. 3, ST a eh agin ncn, th lps he ree events were al slngles , the beime: Breininall 9, 10,7, Phillins8, 9.7, Thamas 8. = trated circulars of W. B. Leffingwell’s book, ing,’ which will be mailed free on request. The book is pro- nounced by “*Nanit,” “Gloan” “Dick Swiveller,” “Sybillene’® and se compateny authorities ta he the best treatise on the subject Shooting in Connecticut. SoumH NORWALK, Conn,, Noy. 2/,—The South Side Gun Club of this place held its second annual tournament to-day, on the Baxter grounds, and quite a nuniber of outside shooters were present, among them being Milton FH. Lindsley, of the American Wood Powder Company, Hoboken, N.J.; Enoch D, Miller, Union Gun Club, Springfield, N. J.; Wm, R. Hobart, of Yon Lengerke & Detmold, New York; $8. J. Lion. Brooklyn, N, Y.; Neat Apgar, representing Henry CG. Squires, New York, and A, H. Merriman, Meriden, Conn. All the shooting was done at artificials. The scores ara given below: No. 1, 10 straightaways, 75 cents entry: Apgar 8, Lyons 8, Ho- bart 10, Lindsley 9, Sanford 8, Blakeslee 7, Hendric 8, Miller 10, Ferris 5, Thomas 9, Bristol 6. Merriman 5, No, 2, 10 singles, 3 angles, $lentry: Apgar 8, Lyon 8 Hobart 7, Lindsley 9, Sanford 5, Blakesles 7%, Hendrie 7, Miller 9, Bristol 5, Merriman 6, Thomas 6, Ferris 2. : : No. 8, 15 singles, $1.50 entry: Apgar 14, Lyon 14, Hobart 9, Linds- ley 15, Sanford 10, Blakeslee 7, Hendrie &, Miller 12, Bristol 10, Merriman 6, Thomas 7, Grant 9, ’ No, 4, 10 singles, $1 entry: Apgar 9, Lyon 8, Hobart 8, Lindsley 7, Sanford 9, Blakeslee 8, Hendrie 8, Miller 10, Bristol 6, Perris 5, Thomas 7, Grant 3, ’ _ No. 5, 10 singles, 75 cents entry: Hobart 9, Lindsley 8, Lyon 4, Sanford 8, Apgar 9, Blakeslee 5, Miller 9, Bristol 7, Hendrie 8, Thomas 6, Merriman 6, Grant 7, _ No, 6, 20 singles, $2,450 entry: Hobart 15, Lindsley 16, Lyon 13, Sanford 16, Apgar 17, Blakeslee 14, Miller 18, Bristol 13, Hendrie 1%, Merriman 11, Grant 13. ; . No. %, 10 singles, fl entry: Hobart 8, Lindsley 9, Lyon 6, Sanford 6, Apgar 9, Blakeslee 7, Miller 8, Bristol 6, Hendrie 8, Thomas 6, Merriman 4, . : No. 8, 10 singles, gun below the elbow until target is in the air, $Lentry: Hobart 8, Lindsley 3, Lyon 6, Sanford 8, Apgar 6, Blakes~- lee 4, Miller’ 9, Bristol 5, Hendrie 4, Merriman 7, Grant 7. Wo, 9, 10 singles, 75 cents entry: Hobart 8, Lindsley 8, Lyon 4, Apgar 3, Blakeslee 6, Miller 9, Bristol 7, Hendrie 9, Merriman 7, Thomas 6, No. 10, 6 pairs, $1.50 entry: Hobart 8, Lindsley 6, Lyon 8, Apgar 7, Miller 8, Bristol 3, Hendrie 8, Merr'man 4, No, 11, 15 singles, $1 entry; Hobart 10, Lindsley 7, Lyon 7, Apgar 10, Blakeslee 7, Miller 8, Hendrie 9, Thomas 3, Sanford 9. No. 12. 4 pairs and_10 singles, $2.50 entry: Hobart 15, Lindsley 16, Apgar 16, Miller 19, Hendrie 7. o, 13, 15 singles, $1.50 entry: Hobart 14, Lindsley 10, Apgar 13, Miller 11, Hendrie 16, Lyon 12, : No, 14, 10 singles, 75 cents entry: Hobart 10, Lindsley 7, Apgar 9, Miller 10, Hendrie 9, Lyon 9, Grant 5. Thomas 7, No. 15 was a walking match, miss-and-out, Lindsley coming out the victor by breaking 5 stvaight; Miller was second with 7. Tn an extra event, at 10 singles, entry, Hobart broke 10, Miller 9, Apgar and Hendrie 8 each, and Lindsley 7, The tinal event was under similar conditions, Apgar and Miller breaking 9 each, Hen- dria and Lindsley 8 each. In all events ties were divided, Atlantic Rod and Gun Club. THH annual mesting of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club was held at the Exchange, West Hnd, Coney Island, on Saturday, Dec. 5. President R. J. Dwyer occupied the chair. The reports of the secretary and treasurer showed that the club was in good finan- cial condition for its first year. Over $1,200 had been paid out, without including the cost of the eutertainment of the visiting clubs at the interstate shoot. The gold badge presented to the club by George Hngeman was awarded to J. B. Voorhees; R. J, Sutherland won the Borden badge as second prize, and the Quimby medal for bluerock shoote ing was won by D. Monsees. The election of officers for the ensuing season was then held. R. J. Dwyer refused to accept the presidency on account of busi- ness engagements, aud C. H. Morris was unanimously chosen to fill the position. A. Chambers was re-elected vice-president, John J. Yan Duyne recording secretary, R. J. Sutherland treas- urer, and William A. Weber captain. President Dwyer appointed William A. Weber, G. F. Kleish and R. J, Sutherland as a committee of three to revise the by-laws of the club and submit them at the meeting to be héld next Satur- day. Itis proposed to shoot at ten birds instead of seven, and to change the date of the club shoots from the lasi Wednesday of each month to a more favorable day. It is also proposed by some of the members of the club to issue invitations to several of the leading clubs to form a Long Island Shooting League, instead of the Interstate League, all the shoots to be shot off on each club's grounds. | The Smoothbore at Claremont. CLARuMONT, N. J., Dec. 5.—The fine weather drew about a dozen members to {he weekly shoot of the New Jersey Shooting Clno to-day, and some lively sport resulted, The scores in the various events were as appended: Ten clay pigeons each, unknown angles—Schaeffer 8, Richmond ~ 7, Pope 8, Bigoney 6, Schoevling. Keystone system, twenty singles sach—Richmond and Schaeffer 19, Simpson 17, Hunt 16, Hobart 15, Pope 14, Compson 13, Grief 9, Schoeyling 5. J Walking match, ten birds each—Sundermann 614, Compson, Vincent and Pope 5 each, From unknown angles, ten pigeons each—Hobart 6, Bigoney, Pope, Richmond and Schaeffer 5. Grief 3. Nine singles, Keystone system, and three pairs exach—Schaeifer, Hobart, Simpson and Hunt 13, Compson 10, Pope 7. Walking match, ten singles each—Schaefter 9, Bigoney and Hobart 8, Hunt and Compson 7, Richmond 6, Pope 4, G. A. Grief 3. Ten singles each, Keystone system—Sundermann 10, Hobart and Simpson 9, Pope, Hunt and Compson 6, Vincent 4, Grief 3. Thirteenth match of the series of twenty singles each, Keystone system, for a Marlin rifle—Simpson won. The other scores were: Compson and Richmond 18, Hunt, Sundermann and Bigoney 16, Pope 15, Vincent 14, Pop Anson beats Wilcox. Burnsrpe, Ill., Noy. 28.—Pop Anson, the well known captain and manager of the Chicago nine, showed the people of this sec- tion that he could shoot as well as play ball, at Watson’s Park this atternoon, He was stacked against J. L. Wilcox in a match at 100 live birds each for the modest consideratica >; i$191a side, and the story of the affair is best told by the appenus dcaple: A Anson,2101212211271211220001—16 J Wilcox,.22221222101111111110 —1 12221122122222121021—19 20120111010122120122—1 22101201112211121111—18 11422121110211102212—1 12111222222202212201—18 12212212121000000211—1 2112211122122211111—20 00221221122102212212—1 92 82 The contest for the Gun Club medal at 10 live birds per man aK won by EH, M. Steck, who grassed 10 to Jas. O’Brien’s 9.—RAVEL- RIGG, Riverside Rod and Gun Club. ' Rocunsver, N, ¥., Dec. 3,—Regular shoot of the Riverside Rod and Gun Club at 25 bluerocks, 18yds. rise? Davenport .- near heen: pe hha are. 1141001111100110111011111—19 Pauckner.. +. +.+-1101010101001100100001011—12 Abbs .... - --«,-1001110110101100101010101—14. ASOT A onan tne) reggie eionier: Parkas 1141010110010111011011011—17 Higginson......-... we aehee -1011010110001001101000110—12 ae on 12, Higginson won. Several sweepstakes were shot.— AVE. f Wellington Gun Club. WELLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 5,—There was a larger attendance than usual at the grounds of the Wellington Gun Olub to-day, and some good scores were made notwithstanding the strong wind which blew across the traps from the southwest. Twenty-four events were shot. C. B. Purber, one of the crack sbots of Bath, Me., shot under the name of Buck. Every week we are obliged to defer to the next -wesk trap scores which come in too late for pub-— ligation In the current issue. It Is particularly re- quested that scores be sent us as early as possible. FOREST AND STRHAM, Box 2,832, N. Y. city, Bee ice cubive. Hie i ‘OW. oot Canvas Canoes and how to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. Price $2.00. Canoe Handling. By ©. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T.S. Steele. Price 1.50. Four Months in aSneak- box. By W. H, Bishop. Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By“ Seneca.” Price $1. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to FOREST AND STREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raves, and report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to FOREST AND STRBHAM 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. CHESAPEAKE BAY CANOES. 4 ees two vessels shown in the accompanying drawings may be classed either as canoes or yachts, being closely allied in type to the ordinary canoe, while in size and adaptability they are : faken from the owner's forests, really yachts. The Island Bride, owned by Mr. E. L. Woodside, of Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay Y. C., isa racing canoe 35ft. 2in, over FOREST AND STREAM. The other boat, the Daisy, owned by R. S. Dodson, St. Michaels, Md., is described as follows by our correspondent: A novelty in canoe architecture is the canoe-yacht Daisy, re- cently constructed by R.S, Dodgson, of St. Michaels, Md. The Daisy is the most elaborately finished vessel of her class that ever floated. The yachtis unique, having three masts and carrying foresail, mainsail, spanker and jib, containing 89yds. of light can- yas. In length the Daisy is 40ft., breadth of beam 8ft. and in depth 3ft. ‘The cabin is well forward and is 4ft. deep and 10ft. 6in. long. It contains two berths of ample dimensions, aft of which is a space 444x8ft., which is used as a dining-room. It is approached by two companionways with the usual slides, doors, etc., the whole constructed of Southern pine and oak. The after deck is 13ft. long. The forward ventilators of the cabin are not only used for light and air, but for the passage of the cables. Pesice these are five other windows, all set in brightly burnished TASS. The deepest parts of the Daisy’s lockers, running aft in both port and starboard sides. are ldin. The cockpit is 244x12\<¢ft. The centerboard is 94ft.x33in. The foremast is 3/ft., the mainmast 28ft. and the spanker 18ft. long. The Daisy was not rigged for speed, but for a pleasure boat for the owner’s family. For racing the boat could be supplied with topsails, watersails, staysails, etc., the whole to contain not less than 200vds. of light canvas. The brass wheel is forward:of the spanker, but the steering gear is po erraneed that it can be Wnshipped ina moment and a tiller substituted. ; The Daisy was ‘dug out” of five logs of Kastern Shore p‘ne, The hoisting arrangements and all blocks, etc., are of Haggerty’s patent, and are the second set ever used in the Chesapeake. The brass work was furnished by CHESAPEAKE RACING all: 33ft. l.w.l., 7ft. beam, and about 10in. draft. She is a prize- winner, and recognized as one ef the fastest craft on Chesapeake Bay, being specially fast in running and reaching. She was built by S. Covington, of Tilghman’s Island, Talbot county, Md. In all the races outriggers are used,in order to carry the large sails. The drawing was made from a very good photo sent us by Mr. J. G. Morris, secretary of the Chesapeake Bay Y. C. CHHSAPHAKE CRUISING CANOE ROYAL C. C. Se autumn general meeting of this club was held atthe Cri- terion Restaurant on Noy. 19, when there was a good muster of members. Before the business of the meeting the sailing mem- bers us!ng the club course at Hendon, presented a very handsome album of canoeing photographs to the senior mate, Mr. George Herbert, as a slight recognition of his untiring zeal and energy in attending the races. r. Herbert in reply thanked the members very cordially and expressed his regret that his colleague, Mr, Baden Powell, was unfortunately unable to attend the meeting through illness. A vote of sympathy with Mr. Baden Powell was unanimously passed by the meeting. The business proceedings commenced with the reading of the annual report, which was adopted, and the meeting then re-elected the officers of this year to serye for 1892, d on the committee, Mr. J. A. H. Nicholl was elected to fill the yacancy. CANOE Mr. Church haying resigned chis seat | “ISLAND BELLE.” Tapping & Fox, of New York. The spars are of Norway pine and the upper works of white pine. ; The Daisy*s model is considered perfect, and with the canvas she Dow carries cannot be surpassed in sailing qualities by any vessel in Chesapeake Bay. With a moderate breeze and under easy canvas the Daisy has made ten knots with ease. PRANK A. HeYwoon. “DAISY.” <= Several important alterations were made in the rules, the first having regard to the classification of paddling canoes. After much discussion and seyeral amendments to Mr. Porter's original motion the following was passed, under which races will be pad~ dled next vear: “Length not exceeding l6ft., greatest beam not less than 26in., no other limitations.” With regard to the sailing canoes there will now be no limit placed on the fore and aft position of the centerboards, and the restrictions as to well space are withdrawn. =. - A proposition by Mr. R, de Q. Quincey to admit sliding seats for one year led to a very animated discussion. In the end, however, the advocates of this innovatiaqn were not sufficiently numerous to carry the motion. - An important alteration was made in the conditions under which the Challenge Cup is sailed for. There will now be only one competition in the year, with atime limitoffour hours, _ Tt was also decided that post entries for the challenge cups could [Duc, 10, 1881, be made not later than three clear days before the race on pay- ment of double entrance fees. i 7 A proposal by Mr. Cooper to allow a certain amount of outside ballast on canoe-yawls was negatived. : After a few remarks from Mr, Nisbet and others, suggesting sundry alterations in the arrangements of the annual regatta, the meeting dissolved.— Field. CANOEISTS’ WINTER HEADQUARTERS. MEETING of canoeists of New York and vicinity was held at the Harvard Rooms, 729 Sixth avenue, on Dee. 4, to perfect plans for winter beadquarters. Among those present were Messrs. Seavey, Palmer, Hand and Hiliort (of the executive committee of the Atlantic Division). Whitlock, Schieffelin, Dudley, Farmer, Haviland, Dunne}] and Burchard. : An organization was perfected, to be known as the “Canoeists’- Winter Headquarters,” and the following officers were elected: President, Lafayette W. Seavey; Vice-President, W. S. Elliott: Secretary, James K. Hand; Treasurer. F. lL. Dunnell; Council, Wwu.Whitlock. The election of the other members of the Council, four in number, was laid over until the next meeting, to be held at HBS Hono Rooms, 19 West Twenty-fourth street, on Dec. 18, a . M, A constitution was adopted. and among other business a finance committee was named by the president, consisting of Messrs. filliott, Palmer, C. J. Stevens, H. C. Ward, Robt. H. Peebles, J. H. Bagg. Wm. Lawrence Dudley, Irving V. Dorland, and Theo- dore S. Oxholm, ; It was reported that already $150 had been pledged for the ex- penses of the headquarters during the winter. The finance com- mittee will meet at the Harvard Rooms on Dec. 11, at 8 P. M. The officers have the selection of rooms in charge. Committees on entertainment, ete., will be appointed later. The scheme calls for lectures,and talks on sailing, camping, rig, aid to the in- jured, etc. dachting. Small Yachts. By 0. P. Kunhardt.. Price $10. Steam Yachts and Launches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $3. Yachts, Boats and Canoes. By C. Stansfield-Hicks. Price $3.50. Steam Machinery. By Donaldson. Price $1.50. Yachtsmen who do not see what they want under this heading will please lookunder the hatches of the Canoe, peep into: the Kennel, squint down the barrel of the Rifle, open the Fish Car and Game Bag, inquire of the Sportsman Tourist, and if their yearn- ings are still unsatisfied, push their explorations into the Hdttorial and Advertising Departments. SMALL YACHTS AND LARGE CANOES.—Our illustrations this week include several craft of widely different origin but of the same general type, being in fact merely larger specimens of the great canoe family. In general proportions, displacement and sail area, in their light flexible rigs, and in the nature of their ballasting, they are very closely allied to the modern 1630 Tracing canoe. When we consider how completely the canoe or dugout of Chesapeake Bay is separated from the sampan pan- jang of Singapore, the resemblance between the two in model and rig is most remarkable. As each is reputed to be very fast, a further comparison of the complete lines would be most in- teresting. THREE DAYS WITH A SMALL YACHT. “I think that Bobby and I will take the Sea Mew to the race at Stony Point next week,” casually remarked Max, as he stretched himself into an easier position in his steamer chair and brushed off an_obstrusiye-mosquito with the Hvening Record. “Wha-at? Oh Max!” I exclaim from the devine of a hammock, “Hh? Did you speak, my dear?” he says, and I work myself to an upright position in time to catch a wicked glance of mirth over the top of the paper. “Oh, Max,” I say in a wheedling tone, “you haye been ail summer promising to take me on a cruise, and this issuch agood chance.” “But, my reckless child, consider; a eruise in the Sea Mew. Do you realize that the yacht is only a 20ft. sloop and that the proverbial cat, if swung at any decent rate of speed in her cabin would have its head knocked Off in a minute.” “We shouldn't spend our time in the cabin” I valiantly argue. “Then there are only sleeping accommodations for two, and I know Bobby won't agree to sleep on deck,” Max says with a wicked grin. A brilliant thought strikesme. *‘Wecan take Nina (Bobby's wife), and she and I can stay at the Cliff House o” nights.” “Well, that is one way out of it,” says Max with admiration at my cleverness. Then he adds asa clincher, “but how about meals, and you'll be awful seasick.” ‘Pooh,” I retort contemptuousiy, “vou know Nina and I are like the Captain of Pinafore fame, ‘We were never Known to quail At the fury of the gale, — And we're never never sick at sea,’ and as for meals, catch you and Bobby getting your own meals on the yacht; you know when off on a ‘time’ you always get your breakfast and dinner on shore and only lunch on board the Sea Mew.” ‘We-ell,” drawled Max, in an exasperating tone of voice, “since you seem so anxious to go, and have really explained away the greatest drawbacks to your going, I might as well tell you that Bobby and I meant all the time to take you and Nina.” When he makes this remark my feelings beggar description, but following my usual custom when vexed, I count ten before I an- swer him a word, and by that time I realize that if I want to gol had better be careful; so] content-myself with looking haughty, a proceeding that affords him intense amusement, and well it might, for the effect is much marred by the fact that a hammock is not a good background for a high and haughty pose. Sails in the Sea Mew are by no means new to me, for though primarily a “racer” (as sundry cups on our sideboard, of hideous design but undoubted value, can testify), she carries one or two people very well, and I have been out for long sails and in hard blows, but never so far as Stonyport. j : The small brown cottage on the point was ina turmoil for a week, and then one breezy morning, just as the cottagers were awaking to the fact that it was.a superb yachting day, and the poor people in the old fishing town across the bay were taking np the heat and burden of another day of toil, we spread our white wings and glided trom our moorings. . We stole past the crumbling old fort, past the club house from whose flagstaff the familiar tricolor was not yet floating, past the tiny lighthouse guarding the harbor entrance, out to the open sea. Once out from the lee of the land the strong east wind strikes us; it fills the white sails and heels the boat well over to port, and with a cloud of feathery foam at our bows. and an ever widening wake behind us, we are laying a straight course for Stonyport. The breeze holds tresh till afternoon, so fresh, in fact, that the process of making coffee and chocolate, over an eccentric oil stove that comprises the cook’s galley of the Sea Mew, is a de- cidedly dangerous proceeding. Toward evening the breeze dies down, and just as the gun at the grim old fort booms a salute to the vanished sun, we come to anchor in front of the club house of the Rocky Bay Y. C. . ; The harbor is full of yachts, from the mighty Susquehanna to the tiny catboat on our starboard quarter, whose hilarious crew slept for one night on the planking of their little craft, with a huge rubber blanket overall. ; } ‘Hullo, says Max. pausing in his work of furling the mainsail, “there’s the Mirage,” and thereupon he utters a wild barbaric “‘vowl’* without rhyme or reason to me, but that is well under- stood on asmall sloop just to port of us, for an answering “yowl” comes from her deck, and soon her tender, containing sundry be-capped and be-buttoned yachtsmen is alongside the Sea Mew. Several other tenders gather with more caps and buttons, and Nina and I from our retreat in the cabin, wonder (hungrily) if they mean to make a situation of it. We are liberated at last, and row ayer the kindly Cliff House, to whose generous table © we do ample justice. : The Saat dawns clearand fair with a steady west wind, just the ideal of a yacht-racing day. It is good to leaye the land behind us and feel again the motion of the boat and have the salt wind blowing in our faces, The harbor is full of the pleasant turmoil of preparation for the race, Halliards are rattling, spars are creaking, canvas is flapping, mainsals, jibs and topsails are being tugged up, only to be dropped again to the deck; yachtsmen_ are scattered all over the ‘yachts, from the extreme ends of the bowsprits to the topmasts, pulling, hammering, twisting, in an eager effort to have everything snug and shipshape: small boats are flying between the yachts and the shore or between different yachts, carrying crews or last-thought-of items. Th rowing amone the yachts we fetch up alongside the Mirage. “Hullo, Dick,’ says Max, saluting the skipper of the yacht, who is twisting at some obstinate rope at the bows, “going to baat to- day?” “Blest if I know,” replied Dick, tugging at his yery small racing capto do the polite to me. “Vou see that racing dish?” nodding toward a rakish cutter just to starhoard of us, "she Knocked us all out at Marblehead last week; but she’s only good for much in a slim breeze, and to-day we're in for tall sailing, When it comes to fluke hunting the Mirage isn’t in it, but with a food breeze like to-day shell show a clean stern to any boat of eT size. I suppose vacht races are much the same everywhere. There is the same officious puffing tug for the judges’ boat, with its flutter- ing shreds of bunting, thatmean so much to the watching skippers; the same sailing to and fro of the yachts all ready for the fray, but acting as if they didn’t care anything for any line or any other boat, while allthe time each captain is Keeping a watchful eye and steady hand to get the best windward position for the rush, Suddenly “bang” goes the preparatorygun and the yachts huddle through a glorious afternoon, with blue sky overhead and blue seas all around us, and that far off white speck, stationary in the midst of the blue water, is the tiny lighthouse that marks the home harbor. We make up for lost time during the last few miles of our voyage, laying over tothe wind, and forging throngh the water at a rattling good speed, and just as the gun of the flagship la the harbor booms “colors,” and the many colored pennants flutter down from the masts like 50 many birds, we pick up our Moorings iv front of the little brown cottage, and our three days’ cruise is over. YACHT BUILDING AT BRISTOL. HE yisitor, whether yachtsman or mechanic, who turns, aside from the familiar paths of travel between New York and Boston for a visit to the clean and well-ordered shops of the Her- reshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, RK. L., is certain at anv fime to be well repaid for his journey; and just now in par- ticular the trip is of special interest, from the presence of two Tacing craft which are likely to become famous next summer. The first of these is for the same class as the renowned Glori- Sa bos ROGERS” 46-FOOTER. a little closer together, like frightened doves, and the helmsmen are & little more wary of the line than before, for woe to the care- less yacht on the outward side of the line when the Jast gun is fired. “Bang,” goes the starting gun, A breathless pause, and then like aflash across the line swoops a white sloop, with three others following closely in her wake, the water boiling along her counter, and her crew clinging like leeches to her deck. And the first class ana, a 46-footer, fora no less noted owner than Mr, Archibald Rogers, of Hyde Park, N. Y., an e6x-commodore of the Seawan- haka ©. ¥. C. and owner of the cutter Bedouin, and formerly ‘of the smaller cutters May Fly and Tom Boy, besides several steam yachts and a whole fieet of ice yachts. The usual surroundings of the shipyard are entirely missing at Bristol, there are no pools of mud and water to entrap the unwary. no piles of lumber to ba eoPT, RACHR DILEMMA. have started and are away on the first long tack for their beat out to the stake boat. “Bang,” and the second class have started, and are following in the wake of the large ones, “Bang”? and the third class haye started, and the blue ocean seems alive with whiterails. After awhile they all disappear, not to come back till late in the afternoon. ; Yachts ought always, ina race.to sail before the wind on the home stretch, and a§ one after another they’come in sight, with mainsails, spinakers and balloon jibs spread, it seems as if the slender hulls must sink under so mich canvas. : The Mirage crosses the line, far in advance of her dreaded riyal, and her exultaut skipper waves his cap in triumph ro us as he passes, while Bobby nearly falls overboard from the fervor of his congratulatory salutes, We fall in behind the last strageling yachts and again pick up cur moorings in front of the club house, where now the band is playing gayly. I have begged the privilegé spending one night on the yacht, and Bobby is very willing, for, as he says, “Rocking in the cradle of the vasty deep is all yery well in poetry, but a stationary bed is pood enough tor me,” The opal and crimson mata of sunset are dying out when we row to the Sea Mew. Hach of the anchored yachts has a light hung in the rigging, and from these and from cahin lamps of the yarious boats long lances of light shiver and shimmer across the darkening water. The jolly craw of the Mirage are celebrating their victory, and we hear the twang of a banjoand catch scraps of ‘Up dar in desky,’’ or “O Lord! Melissa,” and other ehou melodies, A far-off cornet is wrestling with “Home, Sweet Home” and making a dismal failure of it. The Sea Mew rocks and sways on the swell like a cradle, the salt wind makes queer little moans and whistles as it breathes through the rig- ging, and the current gurgles and laps around the rudder chains under the stern, Nothing is so utterly calm and care-free as a pleasant night on board a snug yacht. Breaking in on to the peace of ths night come nine sonorous strokes from a clock some- where in Stonyport; instantly from the bells of the yachts come “ting-ting, tang-tang, tong-tong,” with many variations in tones and keys. To the music of thesé bells and the last passionate strains of the *‘Mon Réye” waltz from the band, we turn in. From a wild dream of shipwreck and disaster, I awake to the consciousness that something is wrong. The cabin is dark, saye for a livid gleam that wanders in through the port holes, and which only serves to intensify the general obscurity. I lean on my elbow and listen, but hear nothing in the cabin save the deep and measured breathing from Max’s berth, that assures me he is stil undisturbed. But why is the usaally sober and steady Sea Mew leaping, and plunging, and dancing round so like an excited horse. I shall never find out what is the matter if [lie still, so 1 prope around for my shoes and, wrapped in my blanket gown, I feel my way to the door, which I cautiously open and Jook out. ‘The faintest light is dawning in the east over a Jeaden sea, whose waves are lashed into foam by a strong nor'’easter, The yachts around us are tugging and pulling at their hawsers, as if to haul up bodily the rocky foundations of the harbor. The surf is breuking in thunder on the rocks and ledges beyond the Chiff House, a light or two glimmers faintly from the fort, while over all the light house lantern sheds its clear and cheery rays, as ifto say, amid all the clatter and tumult of wind and sea, “Sleep on, L still keep wateh and ward.” Suddenly, as [turn toga back, the gale tears from my hand the door I had so cautiously opened and flings it with a crash against the side of the cabin. The racket half awakes Max, who straightway sits upin his berth and yells in tremendous tones, “There she goes, stand by the mast,” T close the door and keep whist, concluding that he is the vic- tim of nightmare, and he is soon asleap again. By the time we row over to breakfast the gale has abated and is succeeded by a drizzly, drozzly, drenching mist that covers land and sea. The committee on ways and means are forced to the following conclusions: Whereas the two gentlemen are obliged to be at home the next day, and whereas they do not mean to leaye the yacht behind them it only remains for them to face the storm and mist and sail her home. The Sea Mew is staunch and trim enough to face a gale, but the swell is likely to be unpleasant. Nina and Lare offered a choice between a tem- pestuous voyagein the yacht and a sate but very ordinary trip in the cars; we exclaim in chorus, however, “Don’t give up the ship” and “Sf never will desert Mr. Micawhber,” and we cast in our lots with Bobby and Max. We wrap up in oilskins and macintoshes and embark. Once out from under the lee of the breakwater our troubles commence. We strain and wrench and stagger up onto the swell, then we wobble down the other side, varying this motion with 4 yawing from side to side, that is, to say the least, trying. Then the fog is so thick that it is necessary for us to keep a horn going all the time. We have on board an old cornet, with which it is Bobby's delight to play. He goes a little way with “Annie and her Joe,” he laments the loss of fifteen dollars erstwhile in his aah leet he-eyen gives the unhappy McGinty a chance, and finally launches off into operatic selections. where we cannot fol- low him. Sometimes we hear an answering horn,and once a spectral yacht loomed up before us, her hull and spars magnified by the thick mist into twice their natural size. As ghe plunged heavily past us, on the swell, no one was visible on her dripping deck but a ghostly helsman, clad all in oilskins, at the wheel, and $0 weird and strange was her whole appearance that she might have well passed, to an imaginative mind, for the ill-fated Braave, with Vanderdecken himself at the helm. After noon the wind freshens and comes more from the west, the mist assumes a thinner appearance, and seems suffused with 8 golden color, and before we know it the dun-colored curtain is folded up and rolled away across the sea; and lo! we are sailing climbed oyer, no shaky planks to be trayersed before reaching the inner precincts; but after a pleasant stroll through the quaint old town, and along the shores of the upper part of N. arragansett Bay. the visitor steps from the street directly into the building shops, which are located, of course, on the waterside; the offices and machine shops being further inshore, on the other side of the street. , ; The shops consist of two high and fofty buildings, amply lighted on the sides and with galleries high above the main floors, Down the center of each house is a solidly constructed building way. the floor being removable in sections, making room for one or more yachts as required. The shops are heated by steam, and are always warm, dry, and well lighted, all the work being done within doors. Outside are the melting pots for lead keels, the boiler houses, etc, Idi contains the steel plant, rolls, punches, shears and drilling mInachines, . On entering the main shop the visitor is confronted by the sharp stem of a most curious craft, even more extreme and unconven- tional in outline than her older sister. The general form of the new boat isshown in the accompanying sketches, which were made by eye only, and with no measurements other than the general dimensions heretofore published as follows: Length over all 72ft., l.w.J. under 46ft., beam about 18ft. 3in., draft about 10ft. 6in. While the drawings do not pretend to any great_ac- curacy in detail they are sufficiently correct to show the leading peculiarities of the new boat. The oyerhang is 2ft. greater than Gloriana, the waterline length being also increased, as she meas- ured but 45ft. under the measurer’s taps, or a foot under the limit of her class, The sheer, rake of sternpost_ and midship section, as well as the general character of the body of the boat, are so similar to Gloriana that the difference would be apparent only to one yery familiar with the former, The great point of difference isin the shaping and placing of the lexd keel, in which a wide departure ie been made in the direction of the recent work of the English esigners. For several years past the work of most designers, of Hife, Wat- son, Gardner aud Burgess, has tended in the direction of a trian- gular outline for the lateral plane, with the greatest draft at or near the heel, a8 in Liris, Kathleen, Minerva, Yama and Gossoon; aud in Gloriana Mr. Herreshoff followed the general practice, but without going to such an extreme in draft and triangular out- line as in Barbara, for instance. Within the past two Seasons, especially in the smaller classes of Hnglish yachts, a very diifer- ent form of lateral plane has been adopted, the keel contour from the fore end of the waterline downward being irregular and broken, the keel, in fact, taking the form of an appendace rather than an integral part of the hull, Tnus far the ‘fin keel,” as it has been named, is confined to yachts of 244 to 6-rating, or from 24 to 53ft.; but Mr. Herreshoff has made bold to earry the experi- ment into a larger size of yacht, and has embodied the same idea in the new 46-footer. As the sketch shows, the fore edge of the lead keel drops quickly down from the bottom of the boat, being ‘of course sharpened away to a mere vertical edge, the two vertical sides showing much the same curyeas a rifis bullet. The keel contains probably 21 long tons of iead, and is bolted in the usual way to the oak keel. In each upper corner a piece is cut out and filled with wood, thus allowing any alterations of weight after trial to bs made very readily by adding lead for wood at one end or the other. The keel ig quite wide and deep. _The stem, keel, dead woods and sternpost are of oak, the rabbet line being so placed that all the lines of the hull ate carried out fair to the fore edge of the stem. The overhang is a little greater than Gloriana’s at each end, while the same round sections in the bows and flat ones in the counter are preserved. The frames are similar to those in Gloriana, steel angles 134 x134>14, spaced 16in., no wood frames heing used. Outside the steei frames are four wide diagonal Straps on each side, also of steel. runnine from keel to gunwale, two being abreast of the chainplates. The chain- plates are three in number, rivetted to the steel frames, and in- The wider and newer building by screw bolts and nuts of yellow metal, and between the frames brass Screws are put in from the inside, firmly uniting the inner and outer skin, ‘The triple adyantages of this construction are — strength, tightness and a smoother surface. The sheer strake, plank shear and bulivarks are of oak, in single thicknesses, Glo- riana’s deck was of 1}gin. pine, matched and aes together, bnt the new yacht will nave the usual deck of narrow pine, with seams caulked and payed with marine flue, The yacht is now plsnked, buf the deck is not laid, and nothing has been done inside, but the interior will be similar in arrangement to Gloriana, a main cabin, ladies’ cabin aft, and the usual toilet room and clos- ets. The sail plan will be similar to Gloriana’s, but of somewhat reater area, The new yacht will be commanded by Capt. Ghas. Barr, formerly in Oweene and before that in Minerva and Shona. Captain Barr has made a yery euviable reputation in but three seasons, and he is still a young man. With such an owner and so ciEv er a skipper there is no fear that the boat will not be well sailed, The other racing craft. Mr. Morgan’s 35-footer, is now set up in the new shop; a very different boat from Gloriana. She is an en- larged Dilemma, the 25ft. racer that has been so much talked about this fall, and consequently is almost a huge canoe, and in fact is being built as a canoe is, on moulds, keel upward. Dilem- ma, was designed and built late in the season by Mr. N, G. Herres- hoff for experimental purposes, and though embodying an old idea, she is a novel and interesting craft. The hull is much like a canoe, long, narrow and of little depth, with a nearly flat floor and quick bilge, though with a strong rocker to the keel and an overhang toeachend, Like a canoe, she has no proper keel, but has the same flush deck with a high crown and an elliptical open- ing for ithe crew. The chief feature isthe appendage by which she obtains her stability, her beam being but %ft.and the hull proper drawing only a couple of feet. Underneath the center of the keel is securely bolted a steel plate, some 4ft. deep and 6ft. Jong, to the lower edge of which id bolted a cylinder of lead with pointed ends, some 10in. in diameter, The plate weighs 883lbs. and the lead cylinder two tons, the total draft being between hand &ft. The after overhang is quite long, and the sections are flat, as in Gloriana, but the bow is by no means so long. At the same time it overhangs the waterline considerably, while the full round sec- tions give it the same character as Gloriana’s, though at a mere glance the overhang is yery different. Whe boat is rigged. with a mainsail and jib ouly, the jib tack being fast to the stemhead. Sheis very fast, also very comfortable to sail in, being always on an eyen keel, or hearly so; and so far as satety from capsizing, speed, and ease of handling, the type is admirable for day sail- ing and racing. What would bappen if the long yertical edge of the keel, sither in this type or in the 46, should bring up against instead of on a rock, is an interesting subject for conjecture, The Morgan boat will be 35ft, Lw.l., about 50ft. over all, 8ft. beam and 8ft. draft. She is building on the system long used by the firm for their small boats and yacht yawls, a solid mould of plank is got out for each frame, spaced some 1hin, apart; the two timbers for the frame are steamed and bent on this mould, being held by iron dogs, and the floor knee 1s then bolted to them, The series of moulds, each with a complete frame attached, isthen set up on the floor in the proper positions; the oak Keel piece, after being rabbeted, is stretched on top, the frames are then beveled, ribbands are run around them, and the boat is planked up; bein then turned over and the moulds removed, after which ihe dec frameis putin. Last week the moulds and frames were in place, the keel fastened to them, and the work of beveling had just com- menced. Just ahead of the Morgan boat was a very handsome catboat of 30ft. over all and about 24ft, l.w.1, for Mr. Williams, of Philadelphia, who will use her on the New Jersey coast. There is but little overhang forward, but the bow sections are round and full, The workmanship and finish are specially good. The onl other sailing yachts to be built are the 25-footer, or rather 214- rater, for the Clyde. and a similar craft for an American owner, neither of which have been commenced, Just astern of the 46 is a steam yacht now nearly completed, for the use of Mr. J. B. Herreshoff, avery convenient and serviceable craft. She is 82ft. over all, G8ft, liw.l., Tift, 6in. beam and 5ft. draft. With moderate power and small engine space, there is an unusual amount of room left for the owner, The deck, of one thickness, laid with marine glne in yacht fashion, is very roomy. there being flush hatches to the engine and boiler roonis and the crew’s quarters, the latter being aft, so that it is broken only by a rather large pilot house. Inside the pilot house a stairway gives access to the owner’s quarters, there being a large and well lighted main cabin just abaft the stairs, with very. good headroom. In this cabin are four sofas making up into canvas berths $2in. wide, with spaces for bedding and pillows behind them during the day, Forward of the passage is a second cabin, with two bed berths, while in the bow is a stateroom with a parmanent spring bed. Lockers, closets and drawers are fitted eyerywhele, giving no end of stowage room. The hull has steamed oak frames and double Skin, thus giying a maximum of interior space for wooden con- struction, while the exposed portions inside are very neatly fin- ished. The joiner work is in very, good taste, butternut being used inallthe cabins. The engine is a two-cylinder'compound, driving a 40in. screw, four-bladed, from which a speed of 10 Knots ds expected. The yacht has rather a high freeboard and a good sheer. She will be schooner-rigged, the foremast stepping on deck over a specially heavy deck beam, while the mainmast also steps on deck. : : Across the street near the machine shop is the steel frame of a steam yacht similar to Vivienne, built two years since, but longer, being about 120tt. lwl., Sft. beam, and 7ft. 6in. draft, The frames are ready to set up at any time, while a triple compound engine > is completed in the shop, so that the yacht can be completed quite rapidly to fill an order. The light draft would make the vessel a very desirable one for the coast. The firm have also an order for a duplicate of the fast No, 163, built two years since, of 73tt. over all, $ft. Gin. beam, and 4ft. draft, described in the FOREST AND SarREAM of Aug, 7, 1890, YACHT BUILDING IN BOSTON. we Boston is turning out no racing yachts as yet for 1892, there is a reasonable amount of activity in designing and building, and quite 4 number of craft are under way. The prin- cipal work just now is in the line of fishing vessels, the very suc- cessful work of Mr. Burgessa few years ago in the Carrie RB. Phillips, followed by the Fredonia and other fine vessels, haying brought the work of designing these vessels into the hands of recognized designers in place of the builders or fishermen who formerly cut the models for the fishing fleet, The Carrie BE. Fhil- lips proved a remarkable boat, having cost but $9,500 originally, which sum she has made for her owners twice in two years, finally selling for $8,000. The owners, Bsn}. F. Phillips, Capt. Maurice Powers, aud others, decided on a larger vessel of the same type, and placed the order with Messrs. Stewart & Binney, the successors to Mr. Burgess. The new vessel, now half completed, is the largest and most powertul of the fleet, being 97tr. )w.l., 24ft. beam and 12ft. 6in. draft. Wuile similar to the Puillips, the bow has been filled out considerably, though not to the full exiént which the latest fashion demands, with the fullness carried out into the overhang aloft; but the _waterlines show a fair and pleasing fullness in place of the knife bows with the accompanying shoulders of ao many of the older models. The whole model is one that would please a yachtsman, powerful but clean cut, with a fair and easy % side of the planking, The deck beams are also of angle steel, the Inast Partner heing a circle of angle steal, to the flange of which are rivetted the ends of four wide diazonal Straps whieb radiate fromitto the sides. There arain all eight of these straps across the upper side vi the deck beams. making a series of four XXX X< Oe the whole length of the deck, and adding greatly to its stiffness, The planking for some 4ft, above the rabhbet is of Georgia Pine in a single thickness, 184in. D Above this the skin is double, an inner skin of 44in. white pine with an outer one «f %in. Geor- gia pine, The planks are about 6n. wide, and very carerfally laid, the seams of the two skins breaking joints, while at each butt of either skin an inside butt strap of wood is placed. The seams of each skin are very carefully fitted, so that no caulking is required: the result being a smooth surface of wood with no putty to swell out oftheseams, The two skins are fastened to each steel frame GARDNER 90FT, SCHOONER. but rather full sweep to all fore and aft lines, with good ends and topsides, finished off by a handsome sheer. The counter is well shaped both for use and beauty, and the vessel would put to shame the majority of schooner yachts of her size. She will have & steadier of 10 tons of iron outside, a departure in this class of ves- sel, the usual ballast being iron and cement inside. The firm have also an order for a duplicate of the 95ft. 1.w.1. Fredonia, the Forbes fisherman, In yachts they have an order fora schooner of 45ft. Lw.l. and but 4£t, 6in, draft, for a New Orleans yachtsman; a 30ft. keel cut- ter of about 9ft. beam for a Philadelphia yachtsman; two keel Cutters 21ft. l.w.l., one for Dr. Franklin Dexter and one fora Marblehead yachtsman; two keel sailing boats of 21ft. l.w.!,, for Messrs, Henry Taggard and Herman Parker, and an 18ft. cat- boat for a Boston owner, making a total of nine vessels. The 2ift. hoats are a fine little craft, of moderate cost and with snug rigs, intended for knocking about Marblehead; they carry & mainsail and one headsail, with tack to stembhead. The firm have mate a number of sales during the fall, the latest poe the keel 30 Salalin, built and sailed for two seasons by Mr. owle. At Lawley’s yard a large fleet is laid up afloat in the basin, while the rather limited beach is crowded with the smiller craft. Volunteer lies on the railway, while among those hauled up are Tomahawk, Saladin, Gladys, Mildred, Rosalind, Alga, Thelma, Nerissa and the little cruiser Orinda, well known to all of our readers. The Lawleys have struck a popular type of boat in a steam yacht of 60 to 70ft., of moderate power and with very fair accommodations, of which they have designed and built a num- ber. Just now they have two 60ft. yachts well advanced aad are laying the keels for two 70 footers. On the beach to the north of the joiner shop anew and much-needed ship house is nearly completed, a much lighter and better building than the old shed; Back again to Tarr & James yard and there is seen a third ves- sel by a local designer whose boats have been very successiul, the construction -b3ing still further advanced, the planking being partly completed. The vessel is a large ons and of good model, but quite hollow in the bows. She is built with a garboard of 4in, thickness, the rest of the planking being but 2}4in., all of oak. The thick garboird is edge bolted into the keal in order to strengthen the bottom. The next stage of construction is seen in Story’s yard again, the successor to the Phillips, mentioned else- where. The vessel is planked and ceiled and ready for the deck frams. She is the finest looking of the fleat, a large, bold-looking and shapely craft. Just across the road in Adams’ yard is a fifth fisherman, just ready for launching, a boat that has already attracted a great deal of attention about Boston. The ‘*Gloriana fisherman,’ as she is called, was designed by a student of the school of designing in Charlestown, whoze modesty has led him to conceal his name, THE and in it the keel of the Gardner schooner will be laid as soon as the steel is received from the mill, From the accompanying rough sketches it will be seen that the new boatis fully up to date in the matters of ends and oddity, having a shovel snout and a chicken bore keel. ’ The design, which is for Mr. Louis M. Clark, of St. Louis, was made last spring, but after seeing Gloriana Mr. Gardner was not slow to. appreciate the yalue of her full lines, and the new desien was filled out in the bow until very like the Herreshoff boat. The alteration, however, was much less than would commonly be imagined, being mainly aboye water. As the full sections of the bow necessitate.a very shallow forefoot, it bacame necessary to cut away freely: and this, in connection with the position of the center of lateral resistance required for the peculiar sail plan, led to the keel outline shown in the drawing. The yacht is somewhat of an anomaly: her owner has stated that he is building her for cruising and not for racing; and the draft, but 13ft. 6in. on 90ft. waterline, should be nearer to 16ft. if she is to go to windward with Volunteer. At the same time she has a sail- plan that outdoes the latter in size and proportions, the main- mast being, as stated, 6ft. longer and stepped at the middle of the loadline, while the foremast is eyen further forward than Voluu- teer’s. It is needless to say that her model is fair and easy throughout, and with a lead ‘keel 28in. wide on the bottom and 24im. deep she will carry her ballast low. and with 22ft. 6in. beam, about 8in. less than Volunteer, she should stand up under her rig. if she is well handled and raced in earnest the trial between the centerboard and keel will be an instructive one. BUILDING AT ESSEX. 12 is well worth half a day of a yachtsman’s time to run up to Essex for a look at the fleet of fishermen in all stages of con- struction in that busy little town. Within a radius of a hundred yards of the little drawbridge over the Essex River, a vessel may be traced through all the stages of her growth from the time her Keel timbers are hauled on to the ground until she is finally towed away down the narrow and winding stream to thesea. In the yard of Tarr & James there was laid last week the keel of the new Fredonia model, the scarphs being cut and the first sections of the keelin place. At Story’s yard, over the river, was a part of the keel with most of the frames of the forebody set up, for a fisherman of 70ft. l.w.l, and ligbt draft, from a design by Mr. Wim. Waterhouse. The yessel is of moderate dimensions, rather wide and shoal, with little deadrise and a quick bilge. The work of timbering her out was going on rapidly and she is probably in frame before this. “GLORIANA FISHERMAN.” While a good look at heris enough to stamp as a myth the current rumor that she was really designed by Herreshoff to demoralize the fishing fleet, her likeness to her famous prototype is plainly seen. Her general outline is shown in the drawing, the dimen- sions being 98ft. over all, 70ft. l.w.1., 22ft. 9in. beam, 12ft. draft, 10ft. depth of hold. The forward overhang is 13ft. and the after over- hang 15ft. As yet she has no outside ballast, but_there is talk of adding some, and she is likely to need it. The bowsprit is 23ft. outboard, main boom 61ft. and fore boom 23ft. 9in. While laying claim to the salient features of Gloriana, the whole character of the design is different, the bow being much deeper, consequently calling for fuller sections, while the after body is finer. The ves- sel does not show the same distribution of the displacement as in Gloriana, even making a full allowance for the difference between a yacht anda fisherman. She has, at the same time, met with a general approval from the many critics who have inspected her, and may turn out a success. She will be launched this week. Back again to Tarr & James’s yard, and the last vessel is found, lying afloat beside the bulkhead nearly ready to be towed away, a duplicate of one of the later Burgess designs; the original, built this year, having been christened Gloriana. This is a large vessel, but with a hollow bow, which results in a marked fullness forward of the chain plates to a degree that is unfair to the eye. As one boat leaves, another is launched, a third is decked in, and so the work goes oe until the visitor is led to wonder what b2comes of the old vessels. A YACHTSMAN DROWNED AT SEA.—A very strange story was cabled from Gibraltar to New York on Dec. 7, announcing the drowning of Mr. Oswald Jackson, a well known New York yachtsman. From the meagre details given it appears that Mr, Jackson, who sailed from New York on Nov. 28 on the Fulda, of the new Mediterranean line, fell or was washed overboard on Noy. 30. On the evening of that day a man was seen swimming astern of the ship and every effort was made to save him, but by the time the great vessel had been turned and stopped he could not be found. It was not forsome time that Mr. Jackson was missed, and nothing is known as to the way in which be fell from the ship. Mr. Jackson bygilt the sloops Mistral and Iola, and later the schooner Fenella, He was 53 years old and served with eredit in the rebellion, reaching the rank of major. He leaves a wife and two children. 7 CAIMAN -—The new Lorillard houseboat recently put into Nor- folk, having sustained considerable damage to her topsides. She sailed from Wilmington, Del., for Jacksonville. TITANIA,.—It is reported that Mr. C. Oliver Iselin, who ha just returned from Europe, will trace Titania next season, with Capt. John Barr at the wheel. WADENA, steam yacht, Mr. J. H. Wade, has arrived at Boston. Answers ta Correspondents, t= No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, X. T. X.. Philadelphia.—A few days ago while tramping through a marsh I had the misfortune to get my new hip gum boots filled with salt water. Do you know of any method or process to adopt for thoroughly drying the same? The boots haye felt lining, and my boatman tells me they can never be made dry again. Ans. Hang them up in a warm dry place and they will dry out, or heat up some oats or sand and pour in and out. S. 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Silent and moveless casvades of ice veil the rocky steeps where in more genial days tiny rivulets. dripped down the ledges and mingled their musical tinkle with the songs of birds and the flutter of green leaves, Winterberries and bittersweet still give here and there a fleck of bright color to the universal gray and dun of the trees, and their carpet of cast-off leaves and the dull hue of the evergreens but scafcely relieve the somber- ness of the woodland landscape, Spanning forest and field with a low flat arch of eyen gray hangs a sky as cold as the landscape it domes and whose mountain borders lie hidden in its hazy founda- tions, Through this canopy of suspended snow the low noontide sun shows but a blotch of yellowish gray, ray- less and giving forth no warmth and, as it slants toward its brief decline, grows yet dimmer till it is quite blotted out in the gloom of the half-spent afternoon, The expectant hush that broods over the forlorn and naked earth is broken only by the twitter of a flock of snow buntings that, like astraight-blown flurry of flakes, drift across the fields, and sounding solemnly from the depths of the woods the hollow hoot of a great owl. Then the first flakes come wavering down, then blur- ring all the landscape into vague unreality they fall faster, with a soft purr on frozen grass and leaves till it becomes unheard on the thickening noiseless mantle of snow. Deeper and deeper it enfolds the earth, covering all its unsightliness of death and desolation. Now white-furred hare and white-feathered bunting are at one with the white-clad world wherein they move, and we, so lately accustomed to the greenness of summer and the gorgeousness of autumn, wondering at the ease wherewith we accept this marvel of transformation, wel- come these white December days and in them still find content, SALMON AND NETS IN CANADIAN RIVERS, T] HAS been the general experience of the lessees and owners of the fishing privileges in Canada of late that salmon have been growing more and more scarce each year. At the majority of the rivers the fishing this year has been a failure. There is no longer any doubt that the cause of this growing scarcity is the constant and excessive netting of these fish on their journey from the ocean to their fresh-water spawning beds. Instinct directs the fish, when about to breed, to fresh waters, where the young can be hatched under favorable condi- tions for survival and growth; and so strong is this in- stinct that once started the fish never turn back. ‘Their habit is invariably to closely follow the line of the shore as they ascend to the rivers in which they breed; and the result is that the perfected net appliances now in use along the shore line of the lower waters are fataily ef- fective. When one considers the great number of nets now in use, and the long shore line over which they are set at the points most favorable for their purpose, the wonder is not that salmon are now scarce in the upper waters, but that any escape successively all the snares planted on their paths from the sea. Persons most familiar with the facts are of the opinion that unless the Dominion Goverment promptly adopts some decided and effective measures to enable a larger number of the fish safely toreach their spawning grounds great danger of total extermination of the species will be incurred. At present all nets are supposed to be raised from 6 o’clock P. M. on Saturday to 6 oclock A. M. on Monday of each week. But it is asserted positively by numerous and reliable witnesses that even this regulation is in many instances not complied with, The owners and lessees of the river privileges believe that they are entitled to somewhat more generous treatment, and pro- pose a petition to the Government that those nets be here- after raised during three full days and nights of each week, which shall be the same stated three days and nights for all nets. In this they ask only just considera- tion and fair play. The owner or lessee, besides paying a large sum for his right to angle, is obliged to contribute at considerable expense to guard and protect the salmon while in fresh water: He provides employment during the fishing season for no inconsiderable nuuiber of persons, and he incidentally makes a market for supplies which in the aggregate are heavy, and the proposed plan, if adopted, would not in reality prejudice the interests of the net fishermen, but in the long run would actually benefit him, by allowing a larger number of fish safely to pass up and cast their spawn, and thus increase the now diminishing supply. The sportsmen remain at the salmon streams but a comparatively short season: and no amount of angling, by howeyer expert fishermen, can possibly de- | plete a stream, since it is a well-known fact that only a small portion of salmon can be induced to rise to a fiy. Not so with the net fisherman, Instinct keeps the ascend- ing fish unfalteringly near the shore, and there the trapper sets his nets, and keeps them set day and night between two aud three months of each year. If the fish escape the first net they must still encounter scores of others, some perhaps more skillfully arranged to make their capture certain. Their chance of reaching the spawning ground and perpetuating their species is in- finitely small, A large proportion of those that do escape are either wounded or are badly scarred by the nets, as any angler can attest. One important fact should be borne in mind by the authorities to whose charge the interest of the Canadian salmon rivers are entrusted, viz., tbe salmon always re- turn to breed in the same waters where they themselves were bred. If the families native to those streams are prevented from reproducing theit species as nature in- tended, they will have no successors of their kind, and the grandest fish that swims must there become extinct, Besides this evident interest which the Goverment cought to feel to guard and preserve and perpetuate its salmon, it ought in justice to recognize the right of the anglers to a fair consideration for the large sums which they contribute to the revenue for their privileges. The net-fishermen pays out a nominal sum for the right to set his nets, and seems to be reaping a harvest at the ex- pense of the angler. It is an injustice which should be remedied, and the intended petition seems to be a reason- able one, which should meet with favorable considera- tion, especially as the salmon rivers would thereby be- come more yalnable and return increased revenue to the Government for rentals. SNAP SHOTS, ee members of the international fish and game com- mittee met im Hamilton, Ont., last week, and adopted a resolution approving the New York codifica- tion bill, save as to the wild fowl open season, which it. was thought should extend from Sept. 15 to Dec. 15 or Dec, 30, and a resolution asking the Canadian Fish Com- missioners to secure a law a8 to nets and seasons for St. Lawrence River waters uniform with the New York law. The match between the new and old champion at the Fountain Gun Club grounds on Saturday last was an ad-— mnirable exhibition of the capabilities of men and arms in modern trap work. It was an exciting match for the spectators, with the neck and neck race which the men were making from start almost to finish. Everything worked smoothly, the arms were of the best and fully up to the skill of the men, while the birds were the best ever put into traps hereabout. With such a match of so high an order itis befitting that the pen picture report of it should be of similar grade. Such a report FoREST AND STREAM presents toits readers in the present number. Our trap reporter was fully up to the occasion, and every thing which any trap enthusiast would care to know of the match is embodied in his admirable report. Our enterprising and alert Chicago correspondent sends us by wire the new shooting rules of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Association, and the FOREST AND STREAM is thus enabled to print them in advance of all other jour- nals. Our Trap department is full of interest this week, The interest will be maintained through the new year without encroachment on the space usually given to other departments. The Delmonico woodcock case may after all come to trial. At the expiration last week of their last stay the defendants put in an answer denying their guilt, and now, it is to be hoped, there may be a speedy trial. The New York Tribune did some ‘‘fine writing” the other day about the sportsman who sees ‘‘the feathered tail of his pointer” stiffen on point. Horace Greeley would have known better than that. Our National Park correspondent sends us an extremely interesting and instructive account of the tameness shown by wild animals when secured from pursuit by man. The list of papers for our ‘‘Boyhood Number,” which we promised to print_to-day, has been unavoidably crowded out, Look for it next week, 426 FOREST AND STREAM. (Duo, 17. 1891, The Sportsman Tourist, IN MAINE WOODS.—IV. i CAMP, Piscataquis County, Me., Oct, 28.—Our traps are undisturbed this morning, and the great question whether it was a bear or a fisher that dragged away the entrails of the deer remains unanswered. Next to the fun of solving such a question is the fun of having it to Snes aboutand discuss. Itisanother glorious *‘camp ay.” The wind is high and the lake wild, with the white caps chasing each other like wild horses across its sur- face. ‘The rain of last night was snow on the mountains, and what we can see of Katahdin is white and the lesser peaks all wear powdered wigs. Whew! How the wind must tear across those peaks! The sight reminds me again of Lieut, Peary and his faithful wife and his little party left away up on the western coast of Greenland, I ave thought much*about them of late, and wonder whether his broken leg has healed and whether they will succeed in their attempt to reach the northernmost point of Greenland, and if they will ever succeed in getting back in their littie ezeshell of a boat across Melville Bay, with its jostling and grinding icebergs. This again reminds me to look for a newspaper clipping which I preserved from the account by the ‘‘special cor- respondence of the New York Herald.” which I find, and from which I want to quote a few lines. The correspond- ent of the Herald who acconipanied the expedition on the steamer Kite, which landed Peary’s party on the Greenland coast, writes from the Straits of Belle Isle, Newfoundland, under date of June 15. The portion of the account which I give is as disgusting as one often reads, It will be remembered that the expedition was a ‘scientific’ one, and was under the patronage of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, one of whose repre- sentatives was in charge, if I mistake not: AFTER WHALES WITH RIFLES, ‘We have sighted large numbers of whales coming up to the Straits. Half a dozen sportsmen gunned for them with rifles. Mr, Gibson, I believe, hit one, for the mon- ster bellowed as if in distress, Weshot many ducks and puffins, but did not succeed in getting a single one. “Tf the firearms are discharged at the rate at which they are going off now for a few more hours we shall reach Greenland helpless and the bears will be saved.” What a truly scientific procedure and what an edify- ing spectacle this must have been! Think of these ‘scientific gents,” as ‘Truthful James, of Table Moun- tain,” would have called them, sailing along serenely on the deck of their steamer and pouring rifle bullets into the sides of whales till they were afforded the refined pleasure of hearing the wounded monsters ‘‘bellow in distress.” Think of these same people blazing away at the sea, fowl and slaughtering myriads, not one of which did they recover. In the same way have alligators been shot from the decks of Florida steamers, and buffalo from the windows and platforms of Union Pacific trains. Well, what is to be done about it? Nothing except to hold it up to the execration it deserves, and to publish the names of the doers wherever they can be found out, and to preach at all times and places the better gospel. ‘‘All honor to For- EST AND STREAM for the good work it is doing in this cause,” say I. It will tell in the end. Would that it might tell before the end! But the humane sentiment may come about in season to save a few robins and bluebirds that our child- ren’s children may see for themselves and not have to depend on tradition to prove to them how marvelous a thing was the flight of a bird through the air. It is plain, however, that before that time women will so far become—what shall I say?—enlightened that they will see the enormity of wearing crushed and mutilated song birds on their hats. Will you let me quote the words which Longfellow puts into the mouth of the Preceptor in his “Birds of Killingworth;” “Do you ne’er think what wondrous beings these? Do you ne’er think who made them, and who taught The dialect they speak, where melodies Alone are the interpreters of thought? Whose household words are songs in many keys, Sweeter than instrument of man e’er caught? Whose habitations in the treetops even Are halfway houses on the road to heaven! “Think every morning when the sun peeps through The dim leaf-latticed window of the grove, How jubilant the happy birds renew Their old melodious madrigals of love. And when you think of this, remember, too, ‘Tis always morning somewhere, and above The awakening continents, from shore to shore, Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.” Let us, in mercy’s name, teach our children such words and sentiments as these if we would hope for better things. Weshall wake up some day to the real nature of this slaughter. The rage to kill we can forgive in the boy, but in the man it is shameful. The boy’s healthy impulse we can guide into good channels without de- priving him of his enjoyment. The noxious beast shall still be trapped or shot, and legitimate game shall still be lawfully pursued, but for the rest the camera and the aquarium shall come in to help, and life preserving shall absorb the healthy energy and furnish delight more helpful to the coming man than slaughter ever could haye done, IT am, it seems, in a quoting and wrathful mood to-day, and while itis with me let me ask space for one more quotation. It is from a New York Tiibune review of the book ‘New Light on Dark Africa” (remember the title), by Dr. Carl Peters, leader of the German Emin Pasha relief expedition of 1889. The moyement was set on foot by German statesmen and in behalf of German interests, and among its avowed purposes was not only the advancement of German com- merce but to ‘‘fulfill a debt of honor.” Fifteen thousand pounds were subscribed for it, and into Africa went Dr, Peters with a small army of soldiers and carriers, What ideas of “honor” governed the leader, and how much suey Meee. he carried into “Dark Africa” let the follow- ing tell: ‘ “From Dr. Peters’s standpoint the Massais had no rights which the Germans were bound to respect, and their demand for compensation in return for safe conduct through their country was looked upon asa species of insolence to be answered only by bullets. At one place a large force of natives seemed determined that their rights as lords of the soil should be recognized, and made a strong hostile showing, An insult like this to the great German nation could not be for an instant tolerated, and Dr. Peters at once determined to punish its perpetrators, Waiting till they were sound asleep in their village he arranged his men for an attack, On their way they met an old native in charge of a large herd of cattle, In answer to his request that they would not frighten the cattle, says Dr, Peters, ‘a bullet passed through his ribs and permanently silenced hisinsolent tongue.’ A sudden charge was then made upon the village, and the Massais were shot down like sheep as they sprang frightened from their huts. Naturally the survivors resented the action of the white men, and it was only by the greatest good luck that any of the party escaped from the country alive. In traversing the region occupied by another tribe, driving a flock of stolen goats and sheep, the older natives refrained from any attempt at annoyance, but some of the young boys of the tribe tried several times to steal a sheep, On each occasion the party fired volleys into the bushes, and the shrieks of the children ‘pro- claimed that just punishment had overtaken the evil- doer.’ Evidently both the natives in the employ of the party and those of the different tribes encountered were alike regarded as of no account. One of the carriers fell ill and could not travel, He was left to die on the road, and Dr, Peters naively remarks, ‘The lions, which roared on that night louder than usual behind us, unfor- tunately left no doubt as to the poor fellow’s fate.’ ” I know of no form of comment that can add to the bare statement. Evidently our game protective associations will have to include wild men with the wild birds and animals they seek to protect, if they are to be comprehensive and do their full duty. I have shot but one bird since I came into the woods, Tt was a ruffed grouse and it was shot with a .45cal. Winchester, and properly, too, the body remaining intact, the back part of the head and a portion of the neck being carried away by the ball. It was not sport. It did not “advertise to be.” It was mere chicken killing and be- cause we wanted partridge stew, . Guide killed another and in precisely the same way, and our appetites were good, In former years I have often taken a shotgun into the Maine woods, but latterly I have taken only my Winchester and relied solely on what I could do with that. ‘Evidently shotguns have been here, for on a tree I found hung up a noble specimen of that now all too rare bird which Antoine Bissette calls the ‘‘pill-heatin” wood- pecker” and for which the wanton killer could find no better use than to hang it up on a tree for a target, I dis- sected the fine creature—in my way—wishing I had Dr. Shufeldt at my elbow to tell me the hundredth part of what he knows about it, I preserved his crimson crest, his wonderful chisel bill and ivory skull, his needle-sharp claws and his stiff and bristly tail, on which he rests so much of his weight when he taps out his telegraph message on a dead stub, He proved of interest enough to fill one long evening. He will outlast his larger cousin of the Southern States, him of the ivory bill, but he will finally go down before the breechloading shotgun and the man who must shoot at everything that flies, To-morrow we hope for a good day on the bogs and something to make subject of a ditferent sort of letter, C. H, AMEs, THE FALL HUNT. T the foot of the range on the headwaters of the noisy little brook which crawled out from under the rocks and went dancing along onits merry way down the deep cafion.to the sound of its own sweet music, the camp was made under the drooping firs; and near by a steep hillside, carpeted with bunch grass, offered suste- nance to the sweating ponies, tired out with their long climb up the monntains. A hearty dinner was next in order, and a plump blue grouse, the head of which had heen ‘neatly clipped with a rifle ball by my eldest son | Byron while on the toilsome climb up the mountain, and | now dressed, cut up and broiled on the bed of hot coals, ; was pronounced too good fora king. As the sun was rapidly sinking behind the range, no time was lost; and while the two younger members of the party climbed the mountain to the north and north- | west, the old uncle followed the little brook down the }cafion to begin his climb ‘further to the southward. Half a mile down stream I turned to the west and began the toilsome ascent of the mountain, cheered to some- thing of the oldtime eagerness by the fresh deer sign along the brook and the old game trail | was now follow- ing. On the first shoulder of the mountain I found myself leg-weary and out of breath; and as a big tree was found fallen across the trail, I seated myself on its trunk to rest and scan carefully the hillside above. About 140yds. above me, across a small ravine. something was see shaped like a pair of ears, butin color blending perfectly with the background beyond and difficult to distinguish with certainty. A slight movement of the creature’s head soon satisfied me that it was a deer, and also of the fact that it was watching me intently. Its body could not be seen, and as I dared not move and the deer appeared to be lying down with its body hidden behind a big log, no other plan save that of a careful shot at its head seemed at the time at all feasible, The distance was too great for a sure shot, but taking the best aim possible to me i touched the hair trigger. At the sound of the rifle the ears disappeared and a lucky head shotseemed to have been the result. A moment after the ears again appeared, slowly rising to their original position, and it became evident that the ball had passed just above the head, causing the ears to droop, but.a clean miss after all. On trying to eject the empty shell it was found to be wedged fast and could not be ejected. Nothing remained save to find a stick or rod with which to punch out the clinging shell. A stick was found with but slight movement on my part, butin my haste to trim and prepare it for the emergency, a hurried slash of the knife blade cut the thing off three inches too short. Still the patient deer waited motionless upon the: necessary pantomime and I grew wildly excited as I crawled back along the tree in search of still another rod. Found at last and the villainous shell ejected, another shell was hurriedly inserted, and as I rose to see if the Job-like patience of the courteous deer still held out, I was amazed to observe that my change of position revealed the fact that the deer had all this time been standing up broadside to, and that the drooping bough of a fir tree growing in the little ravine between us had heretofore completely hidden its whole body, now plainly in sight, The waning light on the east side of the range, already in deep shadow, tended to obscure everything in view. A second shot was more successful and dropped the deer in its tracks. It proved to be a buck fawn, which, by the way, always seemed to me to be the fool of the deer family, Certainly he had only himself to blame, as his inordinate curiosity had proved hisruin, Night having come by the time the deer was dressed, [returned to camp, and soon both the unlucky boys appeared empty handed, The daylight of the next morning found us breakfasted and girt for another weary climb, Each having chosen his own route, we separated and again the toil began. Up, up, higher and still higher the old uncle toiled wear- ily, until the summit was reached without the sight of a single deer. The sun was now far above the eastern horizon, and the wary deer were already well hidden in the dense thickets which clothed the mountain side, in places entirely to the erest of the range, Following along the crest to the northward, suddenly the plunging jumps of a deer were heard just below mea in a dense thicket, and as the sound indicated that the direction of his run was campward diagonally down the mountain, I followed as silently as possible. Coming at length into a grassy opening, the deer sprang into view from the edge of the thicket and went bounding off down the open hillside with the strange bound of the mule deer, every foot leaving and striking the ground together, and with all its lees hanging down like table legs while in its bouncing flight through the air, and as the gun came instinctively to my shoulder I saw at a glance that its next jump would land it on the very crest of a knoll in front and the next would carry it down thesteep pitch beyond, possibly entirely out of view, so steeply did the mountain side break down at this point, It was evident that the deer must be caught on the next rise, and al- - though I haye no recollection of cecking or aiming the gun, the whole thing was done instantly “with the finger of instinct and the eye of faith” (never was there a truer expression) and as the graceful body, bunched together in his plunging flight, rose again like a glass ball from a trap, the sharp crack rang out; and I stood in delighted astonishment, wondering whether the deadly stricken animal ever would stop rolling and tumbling down the steep mountain side, However, he brought up ab last against some bushes, and J hurried down to find a young buck with the most beautiful antlers I had ever secured, Their beauty seemed perfection itself. Two slender tines without prong or spur, and perfectly matched, they rose nearly a foot above his shapely head, and curving grace- fully inward they gave him the appearance of an African antelope, Linwardly resolved to attempt the impossible and mount the beautiful head at all hazards. But alas for the unexpected! On our return homeward late that night (the hunt for the two boys having proved a blank) while one of them was unloading the deer from the pony it slipped and fell heavily to the ground, breaking one of the antlers off short. ‘Twas ever thus from childhoood’s hour!’ ORIN BELKNAP. Alatuyal History. WAYS OF THE RUFFED GROUSE. | es several ways the grouse alights on the ground. Al- . though for this purpose the bird maneuvers according to circumstances, and adapts himself to his surroundings, yet it appears to be his object and desire to place himself in such a position that the moment he touches the ground he can instantly look in the direction of the danger he has left behind. For this reason, perhaps, it is, as well likewise as to lead his pursuer astray, that the bird usually before alighting turns off to the right or left, and describes in his flight the sezment of a circle. The grouse always lights in an opening or on ground that is comparatively free from shrubbery. And he often stands and gazes intently through the covert at the per- gon approaching. Rarely indeed the grouse completes a circuit. Ihave seen one only do this, and it was a grand sight, This bird started 200yds. away, and being shot, came toward me, standing in the shadow of the forest trees. When nearly opposite, he swerved suddenly and went sailing round in a circle of about 20ft. in diameter, and alighted within it, facing his pucsuer. In no other way could the bird have stopped at this point, flying as he did, while to have done so immediately would have been perhaps dis- astrous, Occasionally a grouse, by a mere flourish of one of his wings, will whirl round, hardly more than on his own axis, and then drop on the ground. But the ruffed grouse at times in his flight does not deviate at all, alighting in a straight live. When the bird does this, he sometimes sails along till he reaches the ground, and the moment he does so he runs on swiftly, Or perhaps he may take refuge under a dwarf evergreen — or other thick cover beside which he has come down, Under the evergreen he stand3 on the ground with his back against the body of the shrub, precisely as he stands on a limb with his back against the body of the tree, Dore, ScHENECTADY, N. Y. FavoneD Texas.—Norris, Texas.—I am a thorough sportsman, and think I live in the best sans country in the United States, there heing bear, panther, deer, turkey and quail without number, besides the finest black bass fishing imaginable in Devil’s River, which is about five miles from the ranch. I keep a pack of hounds and a pointer. Have killed 13 panthers in a little over twelve months,—H, C, G. ' a Dec, 17, 1891,} FOREST AND STREAM. AQT GAME IN THE YELLOWSTONE, ELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Dec. 10. — Hditor Forest and Stream; Our summer's gone long ago, Winter is here, and with ib everything settles ‘down for a long rest. The game can now travel the Waron roads and trails; even look into the hotel windows without being disturbed. It is now the turn of the animals to enjoy themselves and go on sightseeing and pleasure excursions, The other day a party of blacktail deer came to the Hot Springs to see the captive elk and other animais in the wire inclosure, They walked up and down one side for some time, looking at the animals and trying to get into where they could get a better view of the elk, deer and foxes. ‘They showed more curiosity thao the usual visitors who have never seen captives before. They walked about the old camp grounds, then up over *‘the formation” out ofsightin the timber. Even the coyotes call on the captive foxes in the evenings and unite with them in giving us 4, prairie concert, sometimes ending ina fight. I believe the coyotes would kill the foxes were it not for the boxes in which the foxes can bide and “stand off’ their enemies. Since the two ante- lope were killed last summer the elk and deer have been shut up nights to keep them away from any night prowler with a taste for tender meat. All the animals are soon to be shipped to the National Zdlogical Park, Washington, D, C, There are two biack bears, Johnnie and Sue; two elk, Rain-in-the-face and Billy; one blacktail deer, Laura; three foxes, one beaver, two porcu- pines, one eagle, one osprey. A few nights ago the beaver €s- caped from his tin- lined box, It was supposed that he would make for the nearesh water, and follow down stream to Gardiner River; but when found he was up onthe Hot . Spring terraces, where McCartney used to coat speci- iiens. Although somewhat crippled, and having the use of oaly one forefoot, he had tunneled into the. Hot Spring de- posit several feet; he was all covered with white forma- tion, and was ‘‘“work- ing like a beaver” when recaptured, If he works as hard in his Washington quarters he will soon have a comfortable home there, All the animals are in fine condition. The elk and deer are as large as those run- hing wild ,the beaver ahd fumes are even Jarger and fatter than those of the same age in a free state, showing how well they have been cared for by Private Welch, their soldier attendant, The capture of these animals was volunteer work on my part, and represent only part of the total number captured, Two elk died, two antelope were killed, one bear escaped, and another was killed and eaten by a larger one while chained up to a post at Yancey’s. One beaver drowned himself while in a trap? Not much use mentioning four muskrats. that would get into the traps set for beaver. A great many full-grown bears could have been captured in the Park during the summer if we had had suitable cages to keep them in. A full-grown wild grizzly when first trapped will make such desperate efforts to escape that no ordinary cage would hold one five minutes. They will smash through very heavy planks and timbers of native lumber. Even a common lynx will go through an inchboard. Nothing but hard wood and iron will hold them, Of late years a number of bears have made a practice of living about the hotels and camps in the Park. They aré becoming ‘parasites’ or bruin tramps, taking what they want, making no effort for self-support, and living on the table waste, ‘They are ‘‘hog robbers,” no longer worthy a sportsman’s attention, One very large bear at the Upper Geyser Basin Hotel is as regular about coming to his meals as a “star boarder.” Once when the yard man was taking a large piece of waste meat to the pig pen, bruin met him in the trail, The yard man, not at all frightened, hela out the meat. The bear walked up, took it from his hand, went to one side a short distance, and ate the grub as unconcerned as though it was the proper thing to have his meals brought to him. The bears get in the pens. eat with the pigs, or rather drive them to one side and eat what they want. I beliéve bub one hog has been killed by them the past summer. At the slaughter house in Swan Lake Basin, at least nine bears live on the refuse which is thrown to the hogs. They get into the pen, quarrel with the pigs, cuff them out of the way, often making them squeal with pain, and fight each other, the big ones driving the others off. So far they have not attempted to kill any of the pigs or sheep that are curraled near by every night. The herderand butcher have become so used to the bears that they do not fear them much, except when they meet them after dark; then they are willing to give half the road. There are about twenty-five bears who are living about this way during the season: they are in color black, brown, grizzly- gray and cinnamon, ~ All game appears to have increased in and about the Park. Hven the mountain lions are more numerous; more have been seen this fall than for years past. As he was puiling into camp on Little Specimen Creek a freighter on the Cooke City road saw avery large lion cross the road and enter a thick bunch of willows fifty vards from where he camped, His dog would bark at the brush, but would not enter. Going in he found an elk had been killed and buried. The lion had taken one meal. When the man returned a few days later the elk was all gone; nothing but bones remained to mark the cache. Another elk killed by a lion was found on Upper Soda Butte Creek ashort timeago, These animals must kill quite a num- ber of elk, deer and sheep during the year; I havenoidea how many there are in the Park; the number may be anywhere from ten to fifty or even a hundred, The Government scout, Felix Burgess, was out looking up the buftalo, He succeeded in finding seyen bands, three on Nez Perces Creek, four in Hayden Valley or Alum Creek country, where they mostly winter, He re- ports the largest of the bands to number about 100, the next in size about 75, while the smallest has about 20 in all; he thinks there are not less than 350. He did not succeed in locating the buffalo that are known to range on the east side of the Yellowstone, where they have often been seen in summer by members of the Geological Survey, and in winter by Scout Willson. All the buffalo are well toward the center of the reservation, where they can be protected from poachers and specimen hunters, This is important, as $1,000 spot cash has been offered by Hastern pariies for three specimens (head and hides) three years old or over—quite an inducement for any one to kill the animals wanted if they could get them out of the IN THA SAWTOOTH RANGE. From a photograph by Mr. F, Brac, of New York. Park, There is little danger of our buffalo getting out- side the reservation lines this winter. Soldiers are sta- tioned at the Lower Geyser Basin, Norris and Soda Butte; then there are the watchmen at the hotels; and frequent snowshoe scouting parties will be sent out from Fort Yellowstone at the Mammoth Hot Springs. If all are vigilant no one can get near the buffalo without being seen. Mr, Burgess tells of elk by the thousand. He says they are very numerous in Hayden Valley and the open country along Pelican Creel, He also tells of the famili- arity of the foxes, who stole his belt from under his head, and one in daylight stole his riding bridle; he had to chase the bold thief quite a way to recover the bridle. I suppose the foxes are no tamer nor more impudent here than elsewhere, Yet I have known them to cut the strings off a saddle within two feet of the head of the sleeping owner, to steal bridles and straps, cut harness and rob the mess box. I have had them come within a few feet of the camp-fire while several men were stand- ing around. They are often as tame here as Indian dogs when no other dogs are about, The mountain-sheep and antelope have returned to Mt. Evarts and the Gardiner Cafon, coming down on the flat, in sight of the town, to their winter camp ground. A year ago last winter, it is said by parties who wintered in Jackson's Hole, south of the Park, several thousand elk starved to death in that seciion of the country, My informant says that the ranchmen had to camp by their haystack every night after the snow got deep to keep the ell out of the hay yards. Dogs were of no use, for they would get at the hay in spite of dogs or fences, He kilied twelve elk one day in going eight miles. They were so poor and weak that they could not get up even | when he tried to help them with his snowshoe pole; he killed them to end their misery, In thespring he dragged off his meadow over one hundred dead elk. Other ranch- men had to haul away from their ranches, meadows and stock yards hundreds of elk, One man threw into a stream 200 taken from 160 acres of land. That same winter—1889-9¢—I found very few carcases in the north- ern part of the Park: the elk got very thin and quite a number died; but not more than were to be expected, Last winter was very open; game could live anywhere and do well. This winter promises to be rather hard, There has been some hunting in the Park this summer and fall. The limited number of men at the disposal of the acting superintendent who ean be used as scouts pre- vents his men covering as much country as he would like, Since the new Forest Reserve has been placed under his control he has a section of country 69 miles north and south by 72 miles east and west, almost 5,000 square miles to look after, to keep down the fires and protect the game, This whole section, with hundreds of square miles about ib, is without settlements, and is a rough, mountainous and tinibered country, The parties who are doing the poaching are well known to the officers, and like the pitcher that goes too often to the well, will get taken in some day. Occasionally some one gets inside the Park line, kills an elk, and is out at once. Afew days ago the sergeant stationed at Soda Butte found a camp of this kind with the elk meat hanging up in the trees, but could not find the men, He brought the whole camp to Fort Yellowstone and turned it over to the commanding officer, The troop stationed here have been moved to their new quarters; all the buildings are well designed and com- fortable; they are much more attractive than the old tough structures at Camp Sheridan, I must not forget to mention the fish planted by the U. &. Fish Commission in 1889 and 90, TI find all the plants doing well, much better than many expected. In October I saw trout rise to. the surface in Shoshone Lake. These were lake trout, planted in 1890, I saw several others a short distance out in the lake as I was riding along the shore, they looked to be about 6in. long; and in a beaver dam on Heron Creek I saw a few more, the dam was about one and a half miles from the lake, While looking for beaver sign along Nez Perces Creek, I saw a native black spotted trout at least 15in, long, Several fish of this kind and sizé were seen by Capt. Edwards’s men while camped on the creek last sum- mer. How these fish gotinto Nez Perces Creek I am unable to learn. Von Behr trout were planted there by the U. S. Fish Commission; if there are many of the large trout seen by myself and others they will prove des- tructive to the small ones planted. Sev- eral of the plant were seen during the summer; they were about 6in, long. I did not succeed in finding any in Oc- tober. Possibly they were higher up the ereek than where I looked; neither could I find nor learn of any of the whitefish planted in the Yel- lowstone above the falls. Another thing about this fish, [have never seen one up as far as the mouth of Hellroaring Creek, I have inquired cf most every one who. has fished the Yel- lowstone in the Park if they ever caught a whitefish or saw one in the Yellowstone, or its tranches above the mouth of Hellrearing. I could learn of nothing but trout being taken or seen. I saw several small fish in the Fire Hole River below the Lower Geyser Basin, I think they were young of the Loch Leven trout, planted above Keppler’s Falls, 34 miles above Old Faithful. No fish were planted by the Commission in 1891, Prof. Everman, Asst. U. 5. Fish Commissioner, Prof, Jenkins, of Bloomington, Ind., and tr, Lapham were out on a twenty days trip looking over the country, with a view to the establishment of a fish hatchery, investigating the condition of the various plants made in 1839-90 and doing much scientific worl connected with the fish interest in the Park. Prof, Forbes, of Champaign, Iil., spent a few days here completing the worlk commenced last year—a scientific investigation of the fish food supply. The snow is considerably deeper here now than last year a month later. We also had a cold snap in Novem- ber: the thermometer registered at the Hot Springs —16", at Soda Butte —28° and in other parts of the Park as low as -—32". New YorRK Assoolation.—The first meeting of this season of the New York Association for the Protection of Game was held last Monday evening, The president, Hon, Robert B. Roosevelt, entertained the club at dinner, after which the regular business of the Asscciation was transacted. The counsel, Mr. Thos. N, Cuthbert, reported that their suit against the Hotel Brunswick for serving grouse out of season had beeh brought to a successful end by the payment of the full amount claimed by the Association. The suit against Murello had not been reached, neither had the suit against Keyser. A com- mittee was appointed te draw up preper resolutions of regret at the loss of their late member Clinton Gilbert, at one time president of the Association, and for many years a regular attendant at their meetings. A unani- mous resolution was passed thanking Dr, Kidd for his services in briuginge offenders against the game laws in this district to justice. ‘“‘More power to his elbow.’'— If your shooting friend does not read KOREST AND STREAM why not give him a Christmas present and doa little missionary work at the sume tine by subscribing to the paper for hin. It will give him pleasure fifty-two times a year. 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ETROIT CITY, Minn.—‘*Uncle Amuel wants to see you,” so said Eddie Stephens one November morn- ing, as I was putting on my coat to go down town. “All right,” I replied, ““Vll stop and see him as I go down the street,” J had asuspicion as to what I was wanted for, and my suspicion proved correct, for the first words Amuel said were, ‘‘Let’s get ready and go upin the Toad Lake country next week after deer.” [thought a moment before replying, and he continued, ‘Now don’t Say no, but come along and we'll have a grand good week out in the woods, if we do not get a single deer.‘ “Vll go,” I replied, ‘‘You get all the camping outfit ready and ll see to the team,” he said. It made a busy Satiur- day for me, but when evening came all was ready for our start Monday morning. Amuelis the youngest brother of my all-around friend and chum Stephens; we were oft a year ago together after deer and had so pleasant a time we were willing to try itagain, Monday morning found us started for the long drive to the Toad Lake region, Our party consisted of three, as Walter Hayden, a sur- veyor and “cruiser,” wanted to go with us for a couple of days. How rough the road was. It had frozen quite hard during the night, and to drive faster than a walk was im- possible in many places, sometimes for miles ata stretch, None of us knew exactly where we were going. Hayden thought he hada pretty clear idea, and as one of his hobbies is map making, he had drawn and given me a couple, supposed to represent the most prominent features of the country we were going to; but, as he was puzzled to tell the bottom from the top of the best one he had drawn, | did not trust too entirely to finding our way or locating according to map. The first excitement came when we had gone about eight miles on our way. Amuel suddenly told the driver to stop, and the following dia- logue took place between him and Hayden: ‘‘There’s a deer over there.” ‘Where? I don’t see it.” “On that brush point that runs out into the marsh,” “Oh, that white thing! IT don’t think that’s a deer.” ‘Ves, it is; look close now.” T believe itis. There, see it mover” **You go around that side, Hayden, and I'll go this, and we'll get it.” Away they went, and by this time the driver and I had climbed up on top of the baggage and were trying to see the deer. Thedriver was greatly excited, and exclaimed, “Pye never seen a deer yet, and if there is one there [ want to see it.” I pointed out the white object to him, and at the same time assured him that it was no deer, for Amuel and Hayden were quite close now, and no deer with ordinary deer sense would let itself be approached in the open like that. ‘“‘I saw it move,” said the driver. “Oh, why don’t they shoot.” The seeing it move was certainly imaginary, for the hunters were now soberly retracing their steps to the wagon, and the large white rock was left in peace. It was a tender subject with them all the trip, and is still,and I had an effective weapon to crush them with when they grew too hilari- ous. But they repaid the account with interest before we had been long in camp. On we went, enlivening the way by anecdote and incident; on that bluff yonder to the north of the pine slashing Stephens shot the big buck that he and I had chased all the afternoon; just east of that Amuel had shot his first deer of this season, and a little beyond the Ottertail River, which we soon crossed, was where Hayden helped a man kill a bear; and still further along was a great pine hollow at the butt, which hollow had furnished him a camping place all one long winter night, About noon we left the main road and turned east toward the Toad Lakes. On andonwewent. The driver was in despair at the roughness of the road. At length we saw a lake on our right which Hayden declared was Little Toad. We gave up trying to reach the junction of the Toad rivers, where we had thought to camp, aud con- cluded to stop on the shore of Little Toad Lake. We turned toward the lake, drove through a beautiful grove of jack pines, crossed one marsh, came to another that was impassable, concluded that we did not want to get to the lake, turned about and made our camp in the grove of pines we had just passed through. A more beautiful place I never camped in, We could think of no name that just fitted it, so said, ‘‘Let it be Nameless,” and Nameless Camp it was, Dinner was soon ready and the driver started back with the team, We made everything snug about the camp and then started to explore the country. Deer signs there were everywhere, runways like well beaten sheep paths. If a light fall of snow would come we would be in for rave sport, We went as far as the junction of Big and Little Toad rivers, then returned tocamp. Neither Hayden nor myself saw a deer, but Amuel caught sight of one a long way off, Soon after supper we went to bed, filled with anticipations of the morrow, At daylight we had our breakfast eaten and were off, Iwas put on arunway while the others went on east. For two bours I staid at my post. The first living thing I saw, aside from the squirrels, was a hunter coming stealthily through the woods, He was nearly on me be- fore he saw me and was vastly astonished to find a stranger away off there. He had lalled four deer in one day the week before and was now on:his way up into the Toad Hills ona hunt, After he went on silence reigned for a long time, till suddenly the sharp cracking of a breaking stick down the trail aroused me. At the first glance I saw nothing, then I caught a glimpse of a gray object in the brush, I stepped out on the trail to get a better view, with my Marlin ready, for J never shoot at anything in the brush until I know what it is, I was sure a deer would be in sight in a few seconds, when to my disgust an Indian appeared, and his large pack, covered with a gray blanket, was what had so fooled me. Just as he appeared I heard Hayden just behind me say, “Look out, don’t you shoot,’ and from that time on he and Amuel insisted that I had better keep still about the “white rock,” for had not I mistaken an Indian for a deex? But I felt that I was justified in being ready just as I was for what might appear. We now went north to Twin Lakes. Here Amuel started three deer, of which he badly wounded one, but it got away, and although we tracked it a way by the blood the trail was soon lost, Feeling somewhat dis- couraged we went north of the lakes toward the hills, then concluding to go east to Big Toad Lake, which Hayden said was only a mile or soaway. We tramped for more than an hour, and then finding ourselves in a seemingly interminable thicket of poplars and brush, and the lake apparently as far off as ever, we decided to go back and make a drive ab Twin Lakes and then to camp, We separated, Hayden and J going one way and Amuel the other. We had gone about a quarter of a mile, when the crack of Amuel’s Colts rang out. ‘‘He’s shot a deer,” we both said, and paused a moment; but hearing nothing further started on, when the rifle cracked again five times in quick succession, ‘'That’s a signal for us to come,” said I, ‘No,’ said Hayden, ‘he’s wounded a deer and is shooting at it.” ‘tl know better; that’s Amuel’s signal for us, and you can do as you please, but Vm going back!” ‘Well, if you insist on going back I’m going too.” So back we went. We found Amuel stand- ing by one of the largest bucks I had ever seen, He had a standing shot over 350yds. away, hit him full in the neck, the ball going through into the spine, dropping him where he stood, He was a magnificent creature, and four days later weighed 2(8lbs, dressed, The first words Amel said when I came to him were, ‘‘That head is yours,” The head is now in the taxidermist’s hands, and 1 expect will soon be placed on. the walls of my study. We soon had the deer hung up and dressed, and then we decided to carry out our original programme, only Hayden and I were to stop at a house we had seen in the woods on our way over and find out if they had a horse team that we could get on the morrow to haul the deer to camp for us, We found an old German at the house, who said he had a horse team, butit was at Detroit City then and would not be home until night, We made the drive as planned, but without success, Amuel started a deer that ran toward Hayden and in plain sight of him, but just before coming within range turned from its course and disappeared behind a bluff, to be seen no more, Hayden was grievously disappointed at not getting a shot, and all the more so that he must go home in the morning, ‘‘When I saw that deer coming, I said ‘you are my meat,’” he lamented, ‘“‘and now it looks as though I’ve got to go back home like the ordinary gang who go out every year and never bring in any- thing,” We were very gay, however, in camp that night, and Hayden began a Chippewa war dance in the tent, from which I promptly ejected him, and he finished his dance out under the pine trees, emitting mean while a succession of whoops that nvust have caused profound astonishment to all the beasts and birds within five miles of Nameless Camp, ‘At daylight the next morning we were out, and adrive was made at Twin Lakes, but without success. Hayden now bid Amuel and 1 good-bye, and went back to camp to get a lunch and start on his long walk to Detroit City. He was obliged to go, as he was under contract to go north with a party to survey and mark a lot of pine timber. We told him to order a team to come out after us Satur- day, and I agreed to hang a white handkerchief on a jack pine at the place to turn off to get into where the camp was. Reluctantly he left us, We at once started for the old German’s to see about getting the buck hauled to camp, for, as Amuel said, ‘‘I can’t hunt until 1 get that deer out of there.’ We reached the house, and in response to our knock were told to “come in.” We entered, greeted by the savage barking of alarge dog. The one room of the house was small, and in it we found five men, one woman, the dog, a bed, six hundred-pound sacks of flour, sacks and barrels of potatoes, feed for the pigs, the harness for the horses, and in fact everything that belonged to the farm except the live stock. Six rifles and one shotgun stood in the corner, three beautifully ornamented German pipes hung on the wall, but in all my experience of roughing it | never saw as many different things in one small room as there. We were most heartily welcomed, however, and as soon as our errand was explained, in which explana- tion all their limited English, my equally limited German and Amuel’s Danish (which he speaks fluently) were brought into use. They gladly hitched up the team and went for the deer. Fortunately we had to cut a road only a short distance, and at 11 o’clock had the deer hang- ing up by our tent. What course should we take for the afternoon? We finally decided to try and reach Big Toad Lake. We put in that whole afternoon tramping through the woods in the direction we supposed the lake to be, but failed to reach its shores, We hac a very enjoyable afternoon, however, passing through the big pine woods, groves of jack pines and also hard wood, and once for a lon distance we skirted the edge of an immense spruce Bae tamarac swamp, We also crossed the bed of what had been quitea large lake, marked on the maps (not Hayden's) as Mud Lake, but now entirely dry and the bottom a mass of white sand. Not adeer did we catch sight of, although tracks and runways were fonnd everywhere, At length we brought up at an uninhabited house on the Big Toad River. Ido not wonder that no one lived there, for a more dreary, desolate-looking place I never saw. The body of the house was made of tamarac poles, the gables shingled ¢ Ja Queen Anne, and the steep roof thatched with marsh grass. The board shutters were tightly closed and the door secured by an immense padlock, Turning: our hack upon this deserted home, we went down the river to the ford, and then separated for our four-mile walk to camp, which I reached at dusk without having seen a deer, and Amuel came in a few minutes later, having had the same experience, We woke many times in the night to find the tent all lighted up by the glory of the full moon. Toward morn- ing Amuel awoke me to ask if I heard that thing crying out there. I listened and heard the same peculiar cry that had waked us a year ago while we were in camp on the Little Falls cut-off of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Then the ery beginning far off finally came near the tent, and the picture is still very vivid to me of Amuel scantily attired, just as he crawled from bed, standing in front of the tent, in the nipping November air, peering up into the branches of a tall pine, trying to locate by the fitful light of the waning moon, as it shone through the tops of the waving pines, the beast or bird thathad disturbedus, ‘TI see it,” he said, ‘‘a great dark bunch up there; what-it is Lean’t tell, but (ll find out.” Just as he raised his rifle to find out, with a final ery the thing left the tree, and a great owl flew noiselessly on into the woods, while Amuel with many a shiver crawled back by my side to get warm, As soon as light the next morning we were off, and at 10 o'clock found us about a mile north of the Toad hills, and neither of us had had a shot at a deer, I had caught a glimpse of the tail of one in a dense poplar thicket, but that was all, ‘Let’s go upon one of the hills and look at the country,” said Amuel. We selected the one that looked the highest, a perfect cone, rising sheer from the level ground about 200ft., I judge, without a tree on it. Short of breath we were when at last we stood on the top; but what a superb view! North, east, south and west, as far as eye could see, stretched the forest, the dark green of pine and spruce, intermingled here and there by the gray of the hard woods or tamarac, and unbroken save by the lakes and here and there a pine slashing. We could see Island Lake, Height of Land. East and West Twins, Little Toad, the bed of Mud Lake that we had crossed the afternoon before, and Big Toad. Between us and Big Toad were the other Toad hills, one of which we now found was a little higher than the one we were on. ‘What shall wedo?” said Amuel. ‘‘Let’s go to Big Toad if it takes all the rest of the day,” I replied. “All right,” he responded, So taking the direction we started in a direct line through the woods and across marshes, After a two hours’ tramp we stood at length upon the shore of the lake. It isa large lake, with a beautiful gravel beach, and we resolved to try its waters next summer for bass. I felt rather discouraged that night as we lay in bed, for we had only one day more and I had not had a shotat a deer. The next morning we found that a very light snow had fallen; not enough for tracking, however, Weseparated to make a drive at the Twin Lakes. Soon I heard Amuel shoot three times. When I found him I learned that he fad wounded a big buck, and had also started a doe and awn. We took the slight trail and followed those deer until 1 o’clock, when in disgust Amuel said, ‘Let them go. Ill go up through here and you go down across the slasning, and we'll swing around toward camp.” I started off, but had gone only a short distance when I heard Amuel shoot. I turned and saw him on arise of ground, and just then he shot again and yet again, and then whistled forme, I went up, and there lay a great fawn nearly full grown, killed by the first shot, which severed the spinal cord, “T think I've got another one down here.” We went a few rods down the old trail and there lay as fine a doe as lever saw. They were the ones we had been following so long. On leaving the trail and cutting across had brought Amuel and the deer almost face to face in the old logging trail. Oh, the perversity of things! If Amuel had been a few rods further back he would not have seen the deer, and they would have run right on to me, Butsuch was my lot, 1 was not to get ashotat a deer on the trip, We hung the deer up and dressed them, then started for the old German’s again to get his team to haul them out. Wewere about five miles from camp by the trail, and it was dark by the time these deer were hung along- side the buck at Nameless Camp. The old German and his wife and sons were a8 much pleased at our success as we were, and in every manner possible tried to express their pleasure. After we had gone to bed, Amuel straightened himself out, gave a big sigh of supreme con- tent and said, ‘‘ Well, we’ve had a good time, and I’m satisfied,” In the morning, as we went to make our last drive, I hung the handkerchief on the pine at the place to leave the road for camp. Itwas growing cold fast. Wefound the Twin Lakes all frozen over, and on our return to camp from an unsuccessful morning hunt, we found the well which Amuel had dug in the edge of the marsh frozen so that an ax was necessary to get to the water. There were two buffalo birds at the tent, which Amuel said was a certain sign of cold and snow. The birds were about the size of bluejays, only instead of being blue, white and black, had the dun, black and white color of the chickadee, I had never seen any before, and was surprised at their tameness, coming within three feet of us again and again, Shortly after dinner the team arrived, driven by one of the proprietors of the livery stable him- self; the driver who brought us out having given up his position rather than come in for us over the bad roads, ‘We broke camp, loaded up, and as we left the pine grove to turn into the road homeward, I reached up and took the handkerchief from the limb of the jack pine and with it waved a farewell to Nameless Camp. Myron Cooney. DeErrorr Crvy, Minn,, Dec, 2, VIRGINIA LANDS POSTED. J ASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.—Editor Forest and Stream: I have received so many letters of in- quiry of late from Northern sportsmen, asking about the shooting in Virginia and North Carolina, that I find it impossible to answer them as I would like to—individn- ally, Iwill therefore respond through the columns of the FOREST AND STREAM, all the more readily from the fact as that journal is publishing for its patrons all the information it can obtain about the shooting status of the Old Dominion and Tar Heel State. By writing a plain statement I will at least save some sportsman a long fruitless trip; to say nothing of loss of time, temper and tin. I often meet in my travels during the shooting season parties of disgruntled Northerners who have left home with glowing visions of glorious sport, and retracin their steps sadder and madder men. Itis a safe an sound rule for a stranger never to start for either of the — sister States without having an objective point and com- pleted arrangements with some reputable native. Many, i Fi \ 4 -* Deo. 17, 1861.) es = re FOREST AND STREAM. too many, Northerners set off to visit certain Southern | a band of five canvas that had swung in to investigate, sections that they learn by hearsay is a sood game region, and they are almost sure to fall into the hands of irre- sponsible parties, whose sole object is to make all out of them they can. 1 have just returned from a bunting trip of several weeks’ duration in Tidewater, Virginia, being to the manor born, and knowing eyerybody, have had all the sport [ desired both in quail and wildfowl shooting. £ found that the posting of land both in Virginia and North Carolina had become an actual mania. Old barren mead- ows, where a field lark would starve; swamps that a prowling coon would turn up his nose at, piny woods that nothing that runs on four legs, or birds of any feather could exist, all posted. Thé sign meets the eye everywhere, and even neighbors are warned off—the generous character of the people all changed. Away in the backwoods, where the foot of a stranger never treads, one sees the proclamation and promulgation, often writ- ten in barbarous lettering, warning persons ‘from gun- ning on these yer premisses,” Ina measure the Eastern sportsmen are responsible for this state of affairs. I know of an incident that hap- pened last fall. A party of strangers chartered a car and had it switched off at a station not a hundred miles from Norfolk, Va,, and roamed over the neighboring country at will, breaking down fences, leaving gates open, shooting at everything that had wings, and ship- ping their game home, without any courtesy shown at all to the Grangers, Now eyery acre of land in that section is posted. A small unknown farmer can offer but few induce- ments to his guests. It is only the Jarge land owner, well-known and popular, that can give his friends a carte blauche to shoot where and when they please. It is the same way in the North Carolina Sounds, the best grounds are club preserves and rigidly guarded, and they, under the present indiscriminate incessant gunning, are almost worthless—but few clubmen have gone there for the past three or four years. Miss Midgett has a re- sort for sportsmen in the Sound, but the whole adjacent territory is so lined with batteries, blinds and sink-boxes that the ducks are driven away, and only on wild stormy days can any shooting be had. In Currituck every day but Sunday is open, and irresponsible parties shoot in the night and slaughter the wildfowl in every conceivable ‘way. The game laws are practically inoperative. I be- long to three Currituck clubs and know whereof I speak. The keepers of my Currituck clubs write me that they have never in their experience known ducks to be so few in numbers, and so shy, Itis true I had some very fine duck shooting at the Ragged Islands, in Back ay, adjacent to Currituck Sound, which is situated in Princess Anne county. I was a guestof Mr, C. A, Woodward, of Norfolk, Va, who, by the way, is president of the club. A Norfolk syndicate has bought these islands, thirty-two in num- ber, after a hard legal fight and tedious litigation. This property is a sporting principality. Under the Virginia county and State law wildfowl can only be shot on Mon- day, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, thus giving the ducks three days rest. The result is obvious, I believe a few Hastern gentlemen of unexceptionable references might get into that club, It certainly is the finest shoot- ing grounds I have ever seen north of Florida, My advice to those contemplating a ‘‘go-as-you-please” trip to Currituck is like the advice of Puck to those con- templating matrimony, ‘‘Don’t.” About the Dismal Swamp shooting, I would advise in- quiring sportsmen to write to Messrs. Driver & Har- grove, Driver’s Post Office, Nansemond county, Va. | ALEX. HUNTER, WILDFOWL IN OREGON. Hditor Forest and Stream: Tuesday, Dec. 1, was a red-letter day in my hunting experience, It was aday, which for general sport with shotgun and retriever, is seldom equaled. So I shall request FOREST AND STREaM to tell our Eastern brethren about it. ' Messrs. W. A, Story, Harry Bealand the Sewell broth- ers have a fine lake just outside the limits of the city of Portland, on Columbia Slough; and as the weather was suggestive of ducks Mr, Storey invited me to have a day’s shoot with him, He also invited two young friends, Freddy Beal and Al. Versteeg. It seems that nothing leases my friend 8. better than to be teaching the young idea how to shoot, and he never loses an opportunity to interest the boys in this direction, Healwayshas a gang of kids at his heels, and some of these self same kids are becoming so expert with the shotgun that we older sportsmen must look well to our laurels or take a back seat. We boarded the Vancouver motor at 7 A. M., and in half an hour were at the cabin. This ‘‘cabin” is a very neat house that would furnish comfortable quarters for a goad-sizeed family. After placing the boys in a good blind at the lower end of the lake 8. took me into a blind at the upper end of the lake, where we were to shoot side by side for the day. I believe that he had good reasons for haying both of us in one blind, although he gave but one. This was my old lish setter Mike’s eighth birthday and. he celebrated it in grand style. He seemed to forget all his aches and pains. Rheumatism, gray hairs and stif- fening bones were ‘‘not in it,” and nothing short of a reg- ular puppy spree would do him, A rheumatic old dog seldom retrieves a wounded can- vas even on his birthday; but on this particular day the old dog held his own pretty well with Storey’s Pat, the most powerful and ambitious dog in Oregon, Pat is Mike’s younger half brother, and he seemed disposed to entertain his old relative according to the strictest rules of dog etiquette, By 8:30 A. M. we had ous decoys out and our guns in our hands ready for the day’s work. It was the same spiteful sort of weather that had ushered in one other well-remembered day two years before when we killed a Sledload of canvyasbacks, The wind came in gusts on our left; the dark clouds rolled up from the south in a fretful sort of way; the mountains off to the east looked cold and gray, and the bluffs along down the Columbia were spotted with alternate rain and sunshine, The de- coys nodded and bowed gracefully, and again we saw that we had struck a “canvas” day. ‘Mark west,” said Storey, A moment of silence and then four quick reports in rapid succession announced the fate of three out of The trio struck the water dead, but not without those in- voluntary plunges peculiar to the canvasback in the death struggle, But their momentary struggles only the rae reddened the wavelets with their rich crimson life ood. “Mark? north!” and the simultaneous cracks of our guns brought down a pair of fine mallards that had split on the blind. And so it went on throughout the day, with now and then some shot or incident that called forth hearty congratulation, joke or laughter. “Shake! Now we are even,” said Storey, as he neatly dropped a single that I had missed clean with both right and left, Then we shook, and our ha-has would have decoyed a band of laughing hyenas, as he explained that Lhad served him the same trick four years ago at Don’s. What a memory! He had wiped my eye after four years waiting. I felt proud that he had been forced to wait so long. A drake canvas plunged straight from the clouds at the decoys. My old Parker sent him a greeting that met himsquarely in the face, and the blood spurted as if he had been lanced on the jugular as he fell dead in the blind. A band of three all fell at the crack of Storey’s left, two stone dead and one tipped. Never in my experience have I seen so many dead birds with so few cripples ina day's shoot as yesterday. The wind blew our dead birds ashore, and the dogs took care of the cripples. The bays at the other end of the lake were making things lively, and we were sur- prised to see the birds falling so rapidly at their hands, At four o’clock in the afternoon our decoys were all stowed away and we proceeded to count up. Mr. Storey and [ had bagged 141, while the boys counted out 75, a grand total of 216 birds, I feel that much of our success was due to the fact that both Harry Beal and Mr. Storey have been untiring in their efforts to make this a model preserve, The birds have plenty of feed and are guaranteed abso- lute rest five days in each week, but they must fly high the balance of the time, 5S. H. Greens, PORTLAND, Oregon. CHICAGO AND THE WEST, HICAGO, Iil., Dec. 12.—Mr. R, S. Cox, the young man with the pleasantest smile in Chicago, has re- turned from his favorite shooting grounds at Rice Lake, Ont. Mr, Cox is not above swatting a duck onthe water, if he getsa chance. At Rice Lake, the other day, there drew in to his decoys a mixed flock of ducks, six teal, four mergansers and two mallards. These lit among the decoys, by Mr. Cox’s permission, and immediately there- after Mr, Cox accomplished the difficult feat of taking a general shot at the bunch and killing all six of the teal, and two of his inflated decoys, worth $1.25 a piece, The rest got away. “I never kill any but good ducks,” says Dick, And then he smiles. Last Saturday night Mr, C. D. Gammon, Mr. H. Par- ington and Mr. Ed, Hughes left for Ontario, Canada, for a moose hunt. They do not divulge the exact nature of their plans, but say they have a sure thing, Mr. Harry Higginbottom and two friends are back from a big game hunt in the country below the Yellow- stone Park, They killed 14 elk. This is hurried, I do not know whether or not they were in Wyoming, Mr. J. W. Schultz, of Piegan, Mont., perhaps the best outfitting guide of the Northwest country, writes me that during the week preceding Noy. 17 Baron von Grotthuss and a hunting friend killed, at Two Medicine Lake, not far from Piegan, six mountain sheep (big- horns), two elk and a bear. Two of the sheep were large rams, Mr. Schultz would be the best man to write to for any one wanting to kill a bear. He offers to secure at least four shots at bear for any party he takes out or no pay, which is fair enough. This is for the bear season, which is best in May. Mr. R. D, Perry, of Braintree, Mass., who was out with Schultz last May, killed four bears. Unquestionably a big game hunt can be made suc- cessful in that country. The taste for a wild, desperate, blood-curdling, awfully awful Western time after savage beasts seems to have broken out in the East, and I expect a whole lot of folks back there think they are regular devils. This is what the Associated Press thinks about it under the head of “Brutal Killing of Wolves.” GREENSBURG, Pa., Dec. 9.—Paul H. Hacke, owner of a stock farm near here, conducted a “wolf hunt” there to-day. Two Western wolves were the victims of the “chase,” the dogs being Russian wolfkounds. Neither of the wolves was given a chance for his life, the first being turned loose in about an acre of ground surrounded by a bigh board fence. Wour dogs were let at him, but the wolf was game and would haye won the terrific fight had not three more dogs been turned lonse. The wolf was then torn to shreds in a few moments amid the yells and shouts of a delighted mob, Believing that the second wolf would give a lively chase, even against the entire pack of wolfhounds, fourteen in number, Hacke had it turned loose in a ten-acre field. Fora few moments a wild scene ensued, but the wolf was easily captured. Just as it was crouching for a leap over the fence and into a thicket the leading hound caught it by the néck and dragged it back to the howling pack, by which it was torn in pieces 17 a moment. The chase is the first of a proposed series to be held on the Hacke farm during the winter unless the authorities prevent. The authorities ought to prevent. The Barzois ought to be taken to the place where the wolves live wild and not have trapped wolves brought to them. To kill an ani- mal in a pen or against odds which make escape impos- sible is not sport in any sense; and it disgraces good dogs to engage them in that way. This is precisely similar to a “coyote chase” which T once saw at Hutchinson, Kan., and which I took pleasure in censuring as severely as 1 knew how. Penned game is not game, and to kiil it is butchery and not sport. Even a wolf should have his CHOLEE: The Associated Press is right, if it has its facts right, Mr. W. L. Shepard, of Chicago, is the most unfortu- nate man in the world, He always has a grievance with Fate, and something is always happening to him. Mr. Shepard was duck hunting with Mr. Abner Price, guests of Mr. Fahnestock, on the grounds below Peoria, on the Illmois River. Abner is an oldtime duck shooter, but he says he neyer saw more mallards even in the oldtime days. He located pretty quick, and in a couple of days walked out of the marsh with 165 mallards in his pocket. Mr. Shepard was not so fortunate, and the mallards shunned him, so that when "the time came to start for home he was in deep chagrin over the smallest of his string. Mr, Price touk pity on him and gave him a few dozen ducks, so that in all he had fifty or more. These he put in a big carry-all bag, which he put on top the luggage in the wagon, and then the party started for the | railway station. result of a street car accident. E. 429 Somewhere on the road the bag fell out of the wagon and was lost, Then Abner sweetened. oR Shepard for another fifty mallards. Then they came ome. Mr, P. F, Stone and brother were at Paducah, Ky,, last week, and while there Mr, E, Rhinehart, of that city, took them out quail shooting. They got 45 birds im six hours, Mr. Stone says that mallards were reported plenty at Reelfoot Lake, Tenn,, and mourned the necessary re- fusal of an invitation to go over to that famous groind. Mr. R. A. Turtle and two friends were rabbit hunting this week on the Kankakee, and killed 60 rabbits, Mr. John Earle, Mr, McCabe and Mr, A, J, Atwater, of this city, with Mr, G. C. Noble, of Goshen, Ind., had a quail hunt last week. Mr, Atwater attributes their lack of success to a red calf, which flushed all the birds. This beast took a great notion to Mr. Earle, and persistently followed the party wherever they went. Recently we had a wild-wolf chase in the Chicago streets. Now itis a bear chase. Yesterday a brown bear belonging to an Italian escaped and was pursued all through Hyde Park precinct by an excited populace. The bear finally treed and was captured. Chicago is getting to be an awfully wild place, It will be a royal Bengal tiger next. Some Chicago inventions: It was a Western man, I am told, who invented the Mack automatic weedless trolling gang. This is now handled by the Sportsmen's Novelty Co., of Chicago, in which, I believe, Col. C. B. Felton is largely interested. This gang can be pub on any spoon. The hooks are guarded so that they skate over weeds or through rushes, but are sensitive to the strike of a fish. Being automatic, they need no setting or adjustment. This is a device which should save much profanity. Col, Felton tells me it is very practical. Messrs. Von Lengerke & Antoine, well-known in the Chicago sporting goods trade, point out an improvement in, their red V. L, & A, shell, consisting of a further widening of the conical pocket. This, with the treble No, 2 primer, they think make the shell hard to beat, Jimmy Nicholls, of the late Jenney & Graham Gun Co., is now acting as agent for the gelbite product, the in- vention of Dr. Emmons, of the East. Of this [I had not heard much until lately. It was formerly handled here by the American Powder Co, The explosive was billed for improvement, and this may have transpired, This week Nicholls had some of it out at Burnside and asked the boys to try it, Mr. Mussey and Mr. Wilcox were shooting a 25-bird race, the result of which was 17 to 16 in favor of Mr. Mussey. The latter used gelbite shells for his last three shots and they killed the birds with remarkable keenness, so he thought. Mr, Fred Allen, of Monmouth, Ill., the inventor of the world-known Allen duck call, was in town yesterday. He says he never saw a heavier south-bound flight of mallards down the Mississippi than there was this fall, though they kept in mid-river and save little shooting. From the heavy fall flight he predicts a heavy flight up for next spring, and says he never knew this fo fail. Mr. A. Hirth, of the Spalding’s tackle department, has been off duty fora week with a bad knee, the er OUGH. QUAIL IN KANSAS. Reet SCOTT, Kan.—It has been the fortune of the writer to shoot quail in almost every State between the Allegheny and the Rocky Mountains, over every kind of cover, assisted by all kinds of dogs and in company with all kinds of men, from the most contemptible pot- hunter up to the thorough sportsman who would scorn to shoot a bird on the ground, although he knew the bird had five chances out of six if he undertook to kill it on the wing. Some recent experiences in Kansas were so different from all previous ones, that they may interest others who have always shot quail in thick, brushy. cover, The land around Lyons is almost level, and is all prairie, with no brush even along the little streams. The land where the quail are found is mostly under cultivation, and at this time of year one-half of it is in winter wheat and the rest in cornstalks that are eaten down by cattle till they afford but little cover. The farms are fenced with hedges, many of them 15 to 20ft. high, and there ig a strip of weeds and grass several feet wide on each side; and if there is a road on either side it is usually grown up the same way, except a single track along the middle, and as the rods are all four rods wide, they afford a good deal of cover. In addition there is along each hedge a large amount of tickle grass, tumble weeds and corn husks, lodged there by the winds. At this time of year the quail are nearly all found right along the hedges, because there and nowhere else are found food, shelter and pro- tection from the hawks, which always abound where quail are numerous. The reader will see from the above that it is an ideal place to make a heavy bag with little labor, if the birds are there; and I can assure him that they are, or were there, for there are not so many as there were by 250 to the writer’s certain knowledge. When the birds are flushed they fly along the hedge twenty to forty rods and alight close to it, so there is no bother about marking them. There is a good prospect for retting half a dozen shots at a bird if he is not killed. My trip to Lyons was a business one, but there is always a shotgun and shooting suit in my trunk at this time of year, and finding that {a few days could be spared for sport [inquired of the landlord and he referred me to George Hubler. Yes, George said, there were a good many and he would go with me. He was on hand in the morning with a pointer and a 1i2-gauge Greener that looked as if it had seen a vast amount of service. “Now,” said George, as we drove out of town, “this pointer is a great dog to run along the hedges and find coveys, and that is about all he’s good for, We'll go by Sherm. Pode’s and get his black bitch. She’s great on singles and dead birds.” We took the bitch into the buggy and let the pointer run, He trotted along the road some 200yds. ahead of us, looking neither right nor left and apparently thinking of anything else than birds. Presently he turned into the weeds at the roadside and stood looking back at us and wagging his tail. ‘Covey of birds there,” said George, ‘Don’t believe it,” said I. ‘Yes there is, for money, marbles or chalk,” said George. “Put the bitch out and see what she will do,” said I, She went along the road at a fast run, but when opposite the pointer she stopped short, in the very act of crouchin for another*leap, turned her head toward the roadside and became an ehony statue, ‘“‘Giveit up now?” asked. George. ‘Stop a little bit,” said I, ‘i want to enjoy that sight a minute longer.” ‘Well, enjoy it till I go back 1o where I can get through the hedge.” When George came up on the other side we put them up; about fifteen plump fat fellows, that went off with such whirr and speed that I only fired one barrel. We got one apiece. The pointer found one of the dead ones, and after carrying it into the road dropped it and trotted along as before, but the bitch kept along the hedge, working the ground very closely, and about thirty rods along the hedge came to a point, Birds got up in quick succession, one, iwoand three at a time, and six were killed ina few seconds. Before we gathered the dead birds and got into the buggy the pointer found another covey further along the hedge and we had a good time with them, getting five, George said, ‘‘Now we will take the dogs in and drive to Bill Porter's place, where we can put the horsé up and hunt right.” As we drove along seven prairie chickens flew across in front of us, too high and far away for a shot, but we stood up in the buggy and marked them into some prairie grass a full half-mile away, and were fortu- nate in marking them exactly by the end of a hedge and a haystack way beyond them. Prairie chickens are very wild so late as this in the season, but these were evidently tired by along flight and we decided to try them. We drove to within 200yds. of them on the leeward side, and then walked rapidly but silently toward the spot, keeping the dogs to heel. They gave usa 40yd. rise. I got lots of feathers the first shot but did not stop the bird, but the second barrel dropped one. George’s first barrel snapped, but he crippled one badly with the next, and it came down some 50 rods away, where we found it dead. Thad paid no further attention to the one I feathered so freely, but as we drove along the road in the direction of their flight the dogs smelled something, and running guite away along the hedge found a place they could get through, they came back and found the chicken; alive, but unable to fly, With a little coaxing the bitch brought it to the hedge and, witha good deal of pushing, got it within my reach. This certainly was a display of unusual intelligences in the dog. It was 1 o’clock when we reached Porter’s place, After putting away the horse, George said, ‘Lets see what Unele Pete put in the lunch basket.” Eggs, beefsteak, ham sandwiches, mince pie, pickles, and cake. Then we were ready for quail. “Now,” said George, ‘ here’s a solid mile of hedge, and there are half a dozen coveys alongit.” Wesoon raised a covy, and shortly afterwards a second and a third one, all flying ahead of us, and before long every few steps got up one or more birds, They generally darted through the hedge from the man that flushed them, but the man on the other side had a good shot. Most of them flew far enough out from the hedges to drop on bare ground when shot, so but little time was lost hunting dead ones. When we had worked about two-thirds the length of the hedge we made a detour and began hunting back from the far end, so as to double them up and save walking. It would take too long to detail this part of the day’s shooting. It would be impossible anyway, for it was too lively to be remembered, except in a general way. Weput in four busy hours along that mile of hedge and bagged 50 quail. We hunted five other days, but owing to bad weather and poorer hunting grounds our bags dropped to 32 one day and did not exceed 45 any other day. if any of you want to shoot quail at Lyons, call on George Hibler. He is a gentleman and a sportsman. O. H. HAMPTON. WELLSVILLE, N. Y., Dec. 11.—Sportsmen have enjoyed excellent shooting in this vicinity this fall. Plenty of rabbits and squirrels. Partridges and gray squirrels have been exceedingly plenty this year. Otters have been caught near here; they were supposed to be extinct in this county, the last having been caught years ago.—H. iH. B. OHIO QuATL.—Barberton, O,, Dec, 11.—We are having beautiful weather, which makes it delightful quail shoot- ing- [can go out on an afternoon with Royalty Il. and Bruce 8., and in a couple of hours makea good bag, and we dre still leaving plenty for seed.—STANSTEAD, AN ENLARGED “FOREST AND STREAM.” ITH the issue of Jan, 7 next, which will be the first number of its thirty-eighth volume, the FOREST AND STREAM will be permanently enlarged from twenty-eight to thirty-two pages, This change has been made necessary by the growth; of the special interests to which the paper is devoted, and by the corresponding requirement of more space for their adequate presentation. The enlargement is to be taken as an earnest of our purpose to increase the in- terest, usefulness.and yalue of the FOREST AND STREAM; and by means of the better opportunities thus afforded, to maintain for it the character it has so long enjoyed as the representative sportsman’s journal of America. Each of the departments will be benefitted by the change —Sportsman Tourist, Natural History, Game Bag and Gun, Sea and River Fishing—and, in particular, our news columns—the Kennel, Yacht and Canoe, Rifie and Trap. The generous amount of space now given to Ken- nel will be maintained, and the room devoted to Trap Shooting will beso enlarged as to make the department the most comprehensive and the best arranged contem- porary record of that sport. Since this journal was established eighteen years ago, the popularity of sports with the rod and the gun has advanced with giant strides; and in the development of those manly recreations the FOREST AND STREAM has taken ne unimportant part, With their growth it has kept equal pace in worth, in influence, in circulation and in generous public recognition. What it has been it will be, The record of the past contains the abundant promise for the future, In 1892 and the years that shall follow, as in 1891 and the years that have passed, the Yormst 41ND STREAM will stand for all thai is best and truest in field sports- manship; and it will strive to merit from its growing hosts of friends a continuation of that warm apprecia- tion and indorsement with which it is now favored. One word remains to be said: The price will remain unchanged; $4 per year. Subscribe now, FOREST AND STREAM. @ea and River Mishing. Angling Talks. By George Dawson. Price 50 cents, Fly- ods ind Fly-Tackle. By H, P, Wells. Price $2.50. Fly- Fishing and Fly-Making for Trout. By J. H. Keene. Price $1.50, American Angler's Book. By Thad. Norris. Price $5.50. THE FULL TEXTS of the game fish laws of all the States, Territories and British Provinces are given in the Book of the Game Laws. TROUTING IN THE CASCADES.—I. THE MOLALLA COUNTRY. RA MOODY, an old friend of mine, had written me from the Molalla, Incidentally he had suggested that if Il would notify him when I could come out he would meet me at Willimantic Falls with his grays and spring wagon and take me where I could find some trout. Now, although Ira was an old settler in the Molalla country, and as Bob Baily says, ‘thad driven back the howling wolf.and killed the b’ar,” I knew that his know- ledge of trout, at least, was decidedly limited. Bear and cougar hunters generally catch trout with pin-hooks and worms. Did you ever observe with what skepticism and suspicion a regular old moss-back bear hunter examines a book of flies? Courtesy forbidding rudeness he gener- ally compromises with his feelings and suggests that it might be a good plan to take a few worms or salmon eggs along, as the trout out his way ‘might not be catchin’ with them things.” The boy would dig all the worms for you and no botheratall. You are always referred to “the boy” in trouting matters, as itis rather beneath the dignity of a man who kills pant’ers and b’ars for pastime to know much about such trivial matters as trout fish- ing. And the boy, conscious of the responsibilities rest- ing upon the son of such a sire, gravely conde:cends to give you a little information, but witha curl of contempt on his lips that says louder than words, ‘These city fel- lers think they can fish, they have my sympathy,” I had seen a little of the Molalla country in a business way and felt satisfied that there must be fine trouting out there. Soafter consulting with Billy Newman and my wife (it is always a good plan to consult your wife about such matters, even if it does humiliate you), we concluded that we would notify Ira to meet us at the Falls on June 1, Promptly the Latona blew her whistle at 12 M., the first day of June for her landing below the falls, There was Ira with his son Fay, the grays and the spring wagon; and ashore went four happy beings, my wife, Billy, my- self, and last but not least happy, Mike, my red Irish, By the way. the last-mentioned individual is particularly fond of these fishing trips. He has more leisure time to devote to rabbits and such on these trips than when hunt- ing canvasbacks. Ira was fairly luminous with joy and Pay’s 6x8 grin prognosticated plenty of worms and information. The tents, cooking utensils, rods and other luggage were soon loaded and everything was ready for the start, but Ira thought that “the woman” and Fay had better mind the team a minute while we went up street, as he wanted to see a man before going ont. Of course, we found the ‘‘man” (that same cld man) at the usual place, and, al- though we all took modest drinks Ira’s cheerfulness was not in the least diminished. Away we went, everybudy happy, Ira, however, now and then cast reproachful glances at the tents and cook- ing utensils, for undoubtedly he had counted on enter- taining us as his guests. A better man never lived than generous, plain-spoken Ira Moody, but my plans for tha rtp did not include any soft beds with shingles over em. The sun was low down in the west when the grays stopped in front of the rude but neat house on the Molalla. I wanted to go on to the mouth of Canyon Creek and pitch our camp that night, but 1 felt that the suggestion of such an idea would be an insult to Ira and his family. I think my wife suspected me, for catching my eye, she frowned ominously, That settled it, and we gladly stopped. Billy of course was highly pleased with the decision. Of all men I ever knew none likes a hot supper and feather bed better than Billy. However, he is an admirable man in camp—a regular fuss and feath- ers, who would rather cook, carry water, cut wood, smoke his pipe and tell yarns than fish. I do not wish to be understood as speaking disparagingly of his quati- fications as an angler, for he can catch trout when he wants to, but he dearly loves camp. EHveryhody was happy. The horses were glad to get home, for it had been a long, tedious,trip; even Mike and Ira’s ‘‘b’ar’ dog after the customary snifis and snarls became chums and doubled teams on the diggers and pine squirrels. After supper, while the women were chatting over their tea and Billy and Ira were swapping whoppers, Fay and I strayed out into the yard. You see I was trying to stand in with the boy, and [am glad to say that he and I were soon fast friends. Standing there we could look right up into the Cascade Mountains; on and up *‘where Nature’s heart beats strong amid the hills,” all somber and gloomy in the shade of the seemingly endless prime- val forests, now softly wrapping themselves in their night oes of fog lifted up from the lovely valley of the Molalla. “Nature with folded hands seemad there, Kneeling at her evening prayer.” Fay pointed out the course of Cafion Creek, which seemed almost to drop down from between two mountain peaks away off to the east, Hight miles above us Cafion Creek emptied into Milk Creek, which empties into the Molalla, which empties into Pudding River, which empties into the Willamette, which empties into the great Columbia, and on to the sea. I had known Iva for many years, and of course we had a great deal to talk about that night. He was in his glory, and so it was not surprising that my wife found it neces- sary to intimate that we were keeping the good people up very late, I glanced at the old clack on the wall, which was significantly pointing at the Xi mark. Ira, speaking one word for us and two for himself, suggested that it was too early for city folks to yo to beds but, notwithstanding the fact that we were cutting short one of Ira’s best stories, we retired, “To sleep! perchance to dream—” No, not a bit of it, That poetieal lullaby does not fit our case. a . (Dee, 17, 1891, A flea is about the smallest but most active agent His Satanic Majesty has on earth. Webster defines an imp to bea puny devil. Eureka! For size, appetite and gen- eral cussedness I will back the Oregon fiea against any other representative of histribeon earth, On the Molalla they areall full grown and have attained the thirty-second degree, They are as big as kernels of wheat, striped like Bengal tigers, omnivorous and omnipresent. Eastern people will not believe this until they visit this country. Then they will probably conclude that a judg- mept has been visited upon them for their disbelief. At Portland it is proverbial that even at church you can always distinguish the Eastern lady from the native, While the Eastern lady will twist and wriggle in agony, her face suffused with blushes of confusion, her Oregon sister will cooly moisten her finger and go for Mr. Flea as unconcernedly asif it was part of the service. The flea is the plague of this country, which without his impship would be altogether too blissful for mortals, With glassy eyes and haggard faces we were up éarly, accidentally kicking over a few stools and other furniture to bring our friends to an awakening sense of the fact that it was time to get up, Of course they thought that visions of trout had hurried usoutofbed. But it wasn’t— it was fleas. I cannot understand how a human being with atkin less thick than that ofa rhinoceros ean sleep not only soundly but sweetly with these puny devils chewing at him and running hurdle races over his anatomy. I have lived in this country many years and yet must admit that one full grown healthy flea will keep me awake all night; and when the second night comes and ‘ex- hausted nature seeks repose,” if he crawls under me, lies on his back and applies teeth and toe-nailssimultaneously, he will land me flat-footed in the middle of the floor. learned, long since, that a box of flea powder is as much a necessity on a trip into the country, either summer or winter, as hat and boots. &. H, GREENE. PORWLAND, Oregon. WORLD’S FAIR FISHES. N our issue of Nov. 6 was published a synopsis of the exhibit now in course of preparation by the U.S Fish Commission for the Worla’s Columbian Exposition, Tt is our intention to keep FOREST AND STREAM readers advised of the progress made in carrying out the details of this most comprehensive display, and to Gall their at- tention more particularly tosome of the rare and curi- ous fishes which will form an attractive part of the ex- hibit. In the article referred to mention was made of the opah and the e:colar—two remarkuble fishes recently obtained on La Have Bank by Gloucester fishermen. .) DOG SHOWS. Dec, 30 to Jan. 2.—Gloversville; N. Y. Ff, B. Zimmer, See'y. 1892. Jan. 5 to 8.—Albany, N. ¥. W.C.Houss, Fort, Plain, N_Y., Sec’y. Jan. 5 to 9—Charleston., 8. OC. Benj. Mclnnisa, Sec’y. Jan. 15 to 16.—Columbia, S.C. F. F. Capers, Greenville, See’y. Jan, 21 to 25.—Elmira, N.Y. ©. A. Rowman, Sec'y. Feb. 9 to 12.—Obicago, I). John b. Lincoln, Jr.. Sec’y, Feb. 16 to 19.—Jackson, Mich. Chas. H. Ruhl, Sec'y. Heb. 23 to 26.—New York. James Mortimer, Supt, March 1 to 4,—Philadelphia, Pa. H.5,. Brown, Sec'y. e March 8 to1l.— Washington, D.C, F.S,Webster, 738 B’way,N.Y. Mareb 15 to 18 —Pittaburgh, Pa. W, . Littell. See’y, April 7 to 10 —Boston, Mass, KE. H. Moore, Sec'y. April 20 to 23.—Los Angeles, Cal, C. A. Sumner, See’y, May 4 to 7.—San Francisco, Cal. H. L. Miller, Sec’s. FIELD TRIALS. 1892, Jan, 11-]2 —Bexar Field Trials, San Antonio, Texas. Jan. 18 —Pacific Field Trials, Bakersville, Cal, ——, —.Southern Field Trials, New Albany, Miss. THE CENTRAL FIELD TRIALS. 4 (Mee trials were brought to a close on Saturday last, and must be chronicled a success. The cluh was seriously handicapped by the absence of Mr. Churchill, whose inability to attend should have been made known to THE ESCOLAR (Ruvettus pretiosus), _ perfectly well-enown and regular annual visitor to that inland, and to be found in the market in its proper sea- son, This fish attains to the length of about 4ft, and its depth is nearly two-thirds of its length. The specimen taken by Capt. Lee weighed upward of 100\bs. The young has not been recarded: only adults or individuals nearly full grown have been obtained, Although the jaws of the mature opah are toothless the stomach has proved to contain cuttlefish, crustaceans and remains of fish. Iceland fishermen claim that trout are pursued by this species, The bait used in fishing for it at Mideira is a whole fish (ravalla or chicharro), and the favorite depths of 50 to 100 fathoms are found not far off shore, The season is in spring in the early tunny fishinz. It is probable that the opah comes near the island for spawning, as Lowe records a female, about ft, in length, full of roe on March 30, The flesh is partly red. like beef, and partly white: it is said to look well when boiled, but is somewhat dry and insipid, resembling that of the dolphin (Coryphena hip- purus), At one time it was so highly esteemed in Madeira that every opah taken was carried to the governor of the island, and could not be sold without his license, This is one of the most beautiful of the Atlantic fishes, having attracted the admiration of even the dull Portu- guese fishermen, whose name for it ( petxe cravo) signifies “the pink of beauty.” As Lowe had the opportunity to exanune a number of fresh specimens, and described their colors with great fidelity, we cannot do better than quote from his description: «The colors are truly splendid. When quite fresh and uninjured the whole body appears covered with a rich brocade of silver and rose or lilac, formed hy the scales, reflecting on the middle of the sides golden tints; but pure silver and rose-lilac on the back, silver and more rose than lilac on the belly. The whole sides, cheeks and opercles are spotted with round and oval pale or silvery whitish spots, shining through the scales; becoming toward the throatand sides of the breast or belly irregular and confluent, forming waved mosaic marks or bands. The raised sid s of the groove embracing the base of the dorsal and anal fins, and the rows of imbricated scales tunning up between the rays of the caudal fin, are bright ure silver. The head, opercles and back reflect bright iridescent ultramarine tints, * * * The naked keel of the breast and throat is dark rose color mettled with brownish black. The naked muzzle before the eyes, the lips and lower jaw are rich yermilion, The upper lip and top of the muzzle are tinged with olive brown; the lower lip and jaw beneath blend into white. The tongue is white, tinged with vermilion. The ends of the maxil- laries are silvery. Theiris is clouded with gold and ver- milion on asilver ground: the pupil is a bluish black. The edges of the orbits are dusky brownish. “The fins are of the brightest vermilion, as if varnished withred sealing-wax; a little paler and transparent toward the edges,” T: H, B. Books mike good holiday gifs. ant give more pleasure tn proportian to the money eeam ted than anything else, If you want ¢ 970 l bok an shoaiing, fishing. natural history. or any ober auijent crantlel wilh outtoar life, consult the st of the Soortsman’s Library in this muper, or better still, send for Forsst AND Stxpam’s free illustrated catalayue of works on _ puidoar sports. arranging for the annual dinner, reported that it was to be held at Hotel Brunswick, Boston, Toursday evening, Dec. 17, at 6:30 o'clock; that the committee had secured a number of distinguished speakers and that the 91 din- ner promises to be a grand success, Messrs. Chas. F, Munroe, Wm. Howe Mills. and Geo. B. Appleton were appointed as a committee to audit the treasurer’s accounts and report at the annual meeting. Mr, Ivers W. Adams moved that the association employ an officer whose duties in part shall be to investigate complaints of violations of the fish and gatne laws of this Commonwealth, to obtain evidence leading to con- victions, to confer with officials of the State when advis- able and assist in any other work the Board of Manage- ment may desire. Compensation to be determined by the Board, one-half of expense to be paid by voluntary contribution, After discussion it was referred to the Board of Man- agement, RICHARD O, HARDING, Sec’y. City SEWAGE AND Bass,—Chicago, Ill, Dee. 12.—I have noticed some discussion over the effect of the Chicago sewage on the fish of the Des Plaines and Illinois rivers. This sewage empties into the Des Plaines River and runs down that stream, which empties into the Illinois River opposite the Kankakee River, Discoloration of the water below this point is noticeable, but fish are taken even in the low water of the summer, at Marseilles and points above Marseilles and below the mouth of the Des Plaines. At Willow Springs, on the Des Plaines River, some of the best big-mouth bass fishing around Chicago was had this summer, Mr, J. M, Clark and others, of this city, will certify to this. In the high water of the spring there is no question in the world that bass run up the Illinois River, the Kankakee River, and even the Des Plaines River. Still better proof of this than the summer fishing is the vast number of game fish netted this very spring, illegally, under the Riverside dam on the Des Plaines River, which has no fishway. The talk of Mr. E. S. Waters, of Holyoke, Mass., as to the uselessness of fishways on these streams because of the sewage, is altogether ill- founded. I would rather have anything against me than just plain facts. These are them,—H. HouaGuH, CuicaGo Fiy-FisHineé Cius.—Chicago, Ill., Dec, 9.— A movement is on foot among a few of the rather few Chicago fiy-fishers to organiz> a club for practice and for the development of the sport in this region. A meeting is called for Wednesday evening next week. Aftera year or so of work, a tournament will probably be held, This®prettiest branch of angling has been quite too much neglected here.—E. Houan. To Denver vid Roruineron RoOvre.—Only one night on the road. Lesye Ciieago an 1 P.M, or St, Louis at 825 A. M., and arrive Danver 6:15 b.M.the nextday. Through sleepers, chair cars and dining cars. Allrailwaysa from the East connect with these Trains and wiih siv ilar trains via Burlington route ta Den- ver, leaving Chicago at 545 P. M., St. Louis at 8:15 P. M., and Peoria at3:20 P. M.ard750 P.M. All trains daily. Additional express trains, making as quick time ag those of any other road, from Chicsgo, St. Louis and Peoria to St. Paul. Minneapolis, Council Bluifs, Omaha, Cheyenne, Bla k Helis, Atchison, Kansas City, Huu-ton and 4!) points West, Northwest and Southwest.—Adv. THE VELver TRAtN of the Monon Route between Chicago and Cincionati offers the best and most luxurious service obtainable between these points.— Adv. NEARLY ONE-FIFTH NATURAL SIZE. the club before the meeting commenced, so that they could have made other arrangements. We haye in previous issues stated all the news connected with the meeting, so that there is little more to be said. The yisitors and handlers present were well pleased with the way Mrs. March, of the March House, looked after our creature com- forts, providing a generous table and comfortable quarters ‘9 the best of her ability, and her charges were not exorbi- ant. Lexineton, N. C., Tuesday, Dec. 8.—After the bleak, raw weather of yesterday the genial sun and mild tem- perature of to-day was very grateful to those condemned to sit in the saddle all the time with no greater excitement to keep us warm than points and backs, There were only two more braces to run off in the ALL-AGE POINTER STAKE. First Series. BARKER’S GROUSE—GROUSEDALE were cast off at 8:41 in the open sedge field near the village. Barker’s Grouse (Mainspring—Swain’s Fly), handled by S. C. Bradley, and Grousedale (Underwriter—Trix), handled by John Lewis. Soon after, Grousedale found a bevy in sedge and Barker’s Grouse went in in front and flushed. He redeemed himself in part by afterward pointing a bevy. in coyer, which flushed wild. His next move was to nail a single of these birds. Bradley shot and missed, dogs steady. Several op- portunities to find singles were not taken advantage of and both should have been spotted out. Grouse was, however, the best of the two in range and bird work, but was not near his proper form. They were called up at 9:35, Grousedale ranged round handler most of the time and pottered to some extent. Maip oF _KENT—FRANK W.—This heat livened us up a little. Maid of Kent (King of Kent—Hops) was handled by C. E. Buckle and Frank W. (Duke of Vernon—Royal Cute) by John Lewis. They were cast off at9:38in sedge. Noth- ing was done for some time, and then Frank was the first to find and pointed a beyy in goud style in the open; Maid hon- ored the point, Lewis fired and Frank retrieved the wounded bird very well. Then Maid pointed and was backed by Frank; noresult. Maid roaded and then pointed a single Buckle fired and missed. On out of cover and we traverse considerable likely ground before Maid pointed false, Frank backed. At edge of dwarf pines Maid pointed, roaded, but nothing found. Hrank had backed. Aiterward at edge of woods Maid stopped to a good pointon a bevy. Buckle fired, missed, dog steady. In cover soon after Maid stepped up a single, and knowing she had no excuse to offer, meekly dropped and turned to Buckle with a look of ‘Yes, 1 know, but get it over quick”? Buckle gave her a tap or two and on she went again. HWrank then pointed in the open, drew on and roaded to a bevy, side of woods, which flushed wild. Then dogs were ordered up at 10:26, and this finished the first series. Second Series. After a little consultation the judges called for DUKE OF HESSON—WILD DAMON.—They were cast off. in sedge and ragweed at 10;35. Soon after, Wild Damon pointed a bevy which Buckle flushed, dog steady. Tooneside Duke ointed too, but nothing more was found. Following the evy, 20 work was done on them. After this Wild Damon came up with a bevy in the open, Buckle flushed, fired and killed, dog retrieved in good style, following the scattered birds into pines. In cover, Wild Damon found a single which flushed wild. Then Duke dropped to a point, then roaded, footscent probably. Goins out of cover, Wild Damon pointed another bévy and Duke honored him, when birds finshed wild. Going into cover after them, Wild Damon drew up suddenly and Duke backed, but the former was mistaken. Dogs ordered upatli11, The work donein heat Was much in Wild Damon’s fayor; ranged well and showed good sense and nose. BARKER’S GROUSE—ROOK I],—Why the former was called 432 FOREST AND STREAM. (Duo, 1, 1891, up on the work he bad done is not discernible, and he still further hurt his previous good reputation by poor work in this heat. The only work done in the few minutes’ run was 8 point by Rock II., and Bradley flushed the bevy, dog sep Bradley killed and Rock retrieved nicely. Up at 11:27, MAtTD oF KENT—PRANK W., were then called out again. Maid pointed a bevy, to which Wrank backed. Buckle flushed the birds and dogs were steady. Following the birds into cover to the woods where Frank dropped to a single, which flushed wild: and dogs were called up at 11:55, and judges, after consulting, decided that Duke of Hessen, Maid of Kent, Wild Damon and Frank W. should fight the hattle out after hinch. It was certainly apparent that Rock II, had done equally as good work as any of those named and better than one, Duke of Hessen; and Nick of Naso, who had put wp a better race than Duke in the first series, should also haye had another look in, though of course Duke had a little the best in pace and range in that heat, Nick found the birds, and that is what we are after generally. Plenty of time was taken for lunch, the sun was warm and it was no use hurrying with only two heats to run, DUKE OF HESSEN—MAID OF KENT.—Starting off in open sedge field at 1:23, doxs were soon separated, Duke being lost, and then when found we waited for Judge Wallace, who was looking for him. Then Duke pointed his first bevy, White fired at the flush, killed, and Duke retrieved in good style, Maid had honored the point with stvle. Down in woods to the left Maid then pointed a bevy, Then dogs were separated again, Ouke being lost. Found, some time after Maid pointed another bevy, which Duke honored, and Buckle firing, killed, and Maid retrieved very nicely, This closed the heat at 2:23. WILD DAMON—FRANK W.—They were put down in corn- pateh at 2:28. After going 20m. without finding game they were held np and a move made along the road to fresh fields and pastures néw. Soon after being put down again, in cotton patch and at edge of woods, Wild Damon pointed a bevy, which Buckle flushed, dogs steady. Then Frank W, pointed bya tence, but nothing came of it. Dogs then ranged tor a long time; birds seemed scarce, and we were all getting out of patience, when Frank W. nailed a bevy in the open; Wild Damon backed well, and Lewis fired and killed, and Frank retrieved in good shape. Dogs were immediately called up, snd judges soon decided that the prizes should be be awarded, Maid of Kent first, Duke of Hessen second, and Frank W. third. Im this decision there were two dogs, whose work had fully entitled them to consideration in the stake money, left out in the cold, and popular opinion placed Wild Damon first, Rock II, or Frank W. second, and Maid ot Kent third. WEDNESDAY, The All-Age Stake—aAbsolute Warner. PAuL Bo—MAID oF KENT.—This morning was admirably suited for an early start and had we begun proceedings at 730 A.M. we might have run two heats in the four-hour race as well as the absolute winner heat in the All-Age Stake. As it was we did not commence till almost 10 o’clack, haying ridden about four miles to the Hargreaves Farm. The above brace was cast off at 9:56 in the open fields. The English setter Paul Bo was handled by Frank Richards and the pointer Maid of Kent was handled by C, HH. Buckle. Both ranged off well and Paul Bo was the first to find, pointing a bevy, which when flushed Richards shot and killed and, as usual, Panl refused to back, As rulesin this meeting call for retrieving it is a matter for surprise that Paul has not had his education made complete by being taught this simple adjunct. However, it is not un- likely that, following the example of the Hastern Wield Trials Club, the rule requiring retrieving will soon become a dead letter. It is a mere matter of education and has little to do with a dog’s natural field qualities. ‘To resume the work of the heat, the scattered birds were followed into woods, when both dogs ranging out of sight they were found on points and both behaved well to wing. Still on the track of these birds, in bottom land at edge of woods, Paul pointed twice on singles. Then we passed into open country to look for another bevy. It was not long before Paul's good nose spotted the whereabouts of another bevy, at which Richards shot and missed. Maid was not near to back. Then dogs were called up at 12:28 The heat in nearly every particular was in favor of Paul Bo in range, pace and intelligent beating out of ground and in handling his game, The heat was awarded to Paul Bo. SUMMARY. Richard Merrill’s English setter Paul Bo (Paul Gladstone —Behemian Girl) against Charlotteville Kennels’ Maid of Kent (King of Kent—Hops). Paul Bo declared absolute winner of All-Age Stake and Heo0. An intermission of about two hours then ensued, till the lunch baskets arrived, which time the Hawkeyé and Kodak fiends used to good advantage. No time was wasted over lunch, and the first brace in the WREE-F'OR: ALL STAKE, First Serves, Rie RArP—CouNT ERIC, were cast off at 12:05 in ragweed near the farmhouse. Rip Rap, the pointer, by King of Kent —Hops, was in charge of that veteran handler Capt. Mc- Murdo. Count Eric, the English setter, by Connt Noble— Fannie W., was handled by 5. C. Bradley. The dog may haye been somewhat banoreanped at first by a strange handler, his regular handler, N. B. Nesbitt, being compelled by bis indisposition to give up the task and leaye for home, In our opinion, however, the dog ran a better race than he has yet shown at the trials, Mr. Bradley seemingly being able to get more work out of him than he has previously shown. Almost at the start Rip Rap found a bevy of four or fiye birds and was steady to flush. Then he pointed sey- eral yards further on, but there was no result. In woods Rip Rap pointed another beyy, Count backed, McMurdo fired and missed. Koading out of woods Rip Rap pointed. Then he pointed again, footscent very likely, At this time OCount was hunting off by himself as usual. In some sedge, just out of woods, Rap pointed a bevy and was steady to wing. Then the other dog was found higherup. It was not very long before Rip Rap nailed two birds by a plum thicket, McMurdo put them vp, fired, but missed. Higher up in sedge Rip Rap got another one which MeMurdo killed and dog retrieved very well. At 12:46 the dogs were brought together again, Count having been lost, He was, as usual, paying little heed to his handler, but soon improved in this under Bradley’s careful management. Rip Rap wag run- ning an excellent race, never getting too far from the gun, but still bunting with good range and intelligence, ‘The difference in style was very noticeable, Rip running in his ustial snappy, high-headed manner, but Count looks more like a lost dog with drooping stern as he cets along over the fields at a slouching, but fast gait. After traveling about Half an hour, Rip Rap found another bevy at edge of woods and Count honored the point; McMurdo missed the birds aud Rap was steadier than the other dog, who moyed for- ward a little. Following these birds Kap found a single, and Count pointed but nothing found. Down by the rail- tuad Rap found a single, Count backing, and bird finshed wild, aiter waiting for the dogs to he “‘photoed.”? Now it was Count’s turn to get a bevy and Rap honored in his stylish manner and dogs were steady to the flush; Bradley fired and ~vounded hird, and while Count was finding, the bird few in front of Rap, who made a grab for it and took the conse- quences meekly, Of these birds Rap gota single, Count backing, hen Count pointed false twice, it back- ing the last one from the front with style, “The atti- tudes this pointer strikes in the field fill both the ar tist and the sportsman with admiration and one forgets his rather plain head when viewing his fine quivering frame. After this McMurdo walked up a bevy that Count had been pointing; Bradley fired and killed, but hird was not retrieved, as Count was not near to see it shot. Following them into thick cover Rap stiffened out to another point. Count backed well and MeMurdo put up these birds, both dogs being steady. Then Rap just stopped as a single flushed wild. Just out of this cover,in ragweed, Count pointed, but nothing found. Here Count was hunting well and was under good control. He soon nailed a bevy near the woods. Rap honored his point stylishly, and Bradley firing, killed. and the Count retrieved nicely. Count followed this up at edge of woods with another point to his credit, Rap backing and Count moving as a single rose tooneside. Then he nailed another bird, which Bradley killed, but the bird fell too faraway. This was at 2:20 and both dogs were going strong, and we realized that this was going to he a banner heat if they kept it up. Count’s next work was to find a bevy; Bradley killed and Count made a good retrieve. Out- side of oaks Count nailed a fine bevy and was held for Rap to back; then Bradley flushed, but missed the birds; both dogs steady. Atedge of pines Count followed this up by getting another beyy, but there was no kill, Ranging into Swamp, in bottoms, Rap pointed a bevy which McMurdo put up, and dog was steady to wing. Count was ranging oft to ane side. bout a hundred yards further on Count pore asingle, and then Rap nailed another one, Count acking him, and dogs were steady to the flush. Count was not to be denied, however, and getting into corn stubble be scented another bevy, which Bradley flushed, Then Rap in same place made a no-game point, foot- scent probably. By some woods Count did the same, but roading on, at edge of woods he caught up with the birds and pointed; below him Rap nailed a single,which fiushed wild. Both dogs roaded further into woods, and soon Rap dropped to a single, McMurdo fired and missed, dog behaving nicely. Down in some corp stubble Rap cametup with another bevy, stiffened out as usual, and Mc- Murdo shooting, missed, but a crippled bird in the bevy tried -to rise at the same time as the others and dropped within a foot of Rap’s nose, but he behaved admirably, not moving till ordered, when he at ounce picked the flutterer up and retrieved. Down in a ditch Rap pointed, drew on, pointed again, but McMurdo could find nothing; dog roaded and at lastin sedge came up with the bird, McMurdo killed and Rap retrieved nicely. Moving across some sedge fields Rap pointed in a thick brier patch and a single flushed wild, dog steady. Dogs now separated, Count going oft to the right, Meanwhile Rap woues unsteadily in pines and roaded on, nothing found. Rap was still going well, but Count had slowed down to a walk and was a very tired dog. In sedge just before the finish he pointed fur. Dogs were ealled up at 4:05, Rap still going strong. Considering the excellent record Count Hric had made on birds in this heat he had every one’s sympathy during the last half hour, as he was a very plucky dog, answering his handler’s motions when he could hardly put one leg ahead of the other. On bird work he was the best, but Rip Rap had the speed and endurance and was given the heat. This was a splendid heat, the dogs finding fifteen bevies with the consequent singles. Obedience was also in Rip Rap’s fayor, though to Mr. Bradley’s credit be it said, he handled a strange dog in a masterly manner, getting the good work out of him that we knew was in him. THURSDAY, Maip oF KeNT—CHANCE,—The air this morning was frosty and nipping, and the hoar frost lay thick on leaves and the blades of the sedge grass, but the warm sun soon evaporated all this and as the day wore on it was quite warm, This brace was put down near the town at 8:11. Maid of Kent, the pointer (King of Kent—Hops), was handled by C. FE. Buckle, and Chance, the English setter (Roderigo—Bo Peep), was handled by bis part owner J. M. Avent. They both went off well and kept up a good range, but it was nearly an hour before game was found, when at the edge of pines Chance fiushed a bevy and was soon lost to yiew. Searchers scattered in all directions to find him, and Avent fired twice to attract the dog’s attention, which had the desired effect. Meanwhile Maid of Kent had been keep- ing' te the course and ranging on through corn stubble. Then Chance was brought up and at once went off into pines, when he pointed false near the outside. Going through sedge field Maid retrieved a dead rabbit in most approved style, and she must have thought her handler had a queer way of expressing his thanks when the whip tingled ber hide. At 9:49, at the edge of pines, Maid just stopped on or flushed, could not see which, a bevy, the bitch dropped to wing. Then she was held up for Chance, and follow- ing the singles, when Chance dropped to a point and Maid backed, but nothing found. Some yards further Maid pointed a single, and to the left Chance also nailed a bird, which Avent killed and dog retrieved. Then Maid pointed, drew on and nailed one underatree. Dogs separated again and Chance while away pointed false twice. Lower down in woods Maid pointed a bevy and Chance was brought round to back, when Buckle killed, and Maid retrieved fairly well. Following these birds Maid secured one, Chance honoring her point; Maid was steady at the flush but Chance was not: Buckle killed and Maid retrieved well. Then an uncertain point for Maid and the bird flushed wild, Chance also pointing directly after near same place, with no apparent result. Im woods near the main road Chance went off on anotber of his explorations, and Avent had to mount and go after him, the dog was eyentually found by the guides and brought up to business again. Chance then soon found a bevy and Maid showed lots of style when she honored the point; Avent shot and missed, dogs steady. Following the scattered birds toward cover, both dogs got singles before getting to the woods, and Chance also nailed another just before entering. At the edge, Maid secured two more points on the singles, About half an hour after, Maid pointed a bevy, Buckle killed and the bitch retrieved just fairly from cover. Chance, mean- while, under no control, hunting some distance off to the right, and Maid was held up for him to follow the birds, Hdge of cover Maid pointed twice, on singles each time. On and into corn patch Chance pointed false, backed by Maid. After awhile he pointed again in a clump of firs without result. Both dogs were now, at 11:25, hunting pretty close to the guns, but still going strong. Tn sedge, Maid’s action denoted game, and roading she finally drew: toa point at the edge of a wheat patch, and Buckle fiushing, shot and wounded the bird which Maid did notretrieve. These birds were not followed. Then Chance pointed false in ragyeed, and at 11:55 he began to slow down in his gait, and noghing more was done in the way of game finding. At 12:11, Maid still going the freshest of the two, they were called up and the heat awarded to Maid of Kent. Both dogs had plenty of hunt in them at the finish. Maid showed good intelligent range, a keen nose, and was better on herbirds. Shealways hunted well to the gun, which cannot be said of Chance till the freshness was worked out of him. The decision was entirely approved. After lunch the two setters | PAUL Bo—Kine’s MARK were cast off at 12:45. Paul Bo (Paul Gladstone—Bohemian Girl), winner of the All-Age Setier Stake, was handled by Frank Hichards and King’s Mark (King’s Noble—Belle Belton) was under the care of S. C. Bradley this time. Both ranged out well and King’s Mark was the first to point and was held on it some time for Paul Bo to back, when he moved on alongside the woods. but nothing found, Lower down he pojnted false and Pau dropped to the back. Down in bottoms, in cover, Pani ~ pointed false, then pointed again by the side of woods and was held for King’s Mark, and judges, going on in front for King’s Mark. flushed severa! birds and Paml moved on. King’s Mark further up pointed and Paul crossed him right in front without backing. No game found. After ranging out different lots of ground Paul pointed in swamp, Mark backed, but nothing again and this was getting moboto- nous. Downina hollow in swamp King’s Mark pointed a single and Paul backed, Bradley shot snd missed. In the Open, in corn stubble, Kine’s Mark dropped to a point and Bradley firing at a single that flushed wild, the balance of bevy rose,a bird was killed and Mark retrieved nicely. Lower down Mark sat down to another point, Paul backing across him. No birds found, Here at 2:40 Paul began to slow a bit, but it seems near the start he had fallen into a deep hole of water and, mnable to get up the sides, had nearly exhausted himself when his handler found him and hauled him out of his chilly quarters. Then Paul ran right into a bevy, which flushed into woods, the dog stopping to wing. Paul then pointed and roaded on with- out locating anything, Higher up King’s Mark nailed the bevy almost at the same time, and Bradley killed, the dog retrieving, Then Paul came up to his bird in swampy cover, others flushing all round after, so his former point was on game after all. In a patch of grass in corn higher up, King’s Mark pointed, roaded on, pointed again, but failed to locate, At 3:15, both getting down toa walk for a while, King’s Mark goimg at a snail’s pace nailed a bevy, which flushed wild. Then he thought he had had enough ofit and came to heel, At 3:30 he quit, with a look at his handler as much as to say, “It you want to hunt any more with that crowd you can, but 'm through.” It is not that he gets tired out, but he sulks, and as he is rather wise in his generation, he knows when he has had enough of it and no coaxing can move him on after. Hedid the same with Barker last year. Take him out alone he goes hopping around for several hours when required. Down in bottom Paul dropped to a point and birds flushed wild further on; then he dropped to a point, roaded on, and a single got up as he was passing to the left of it, and he should have done closer work. Outin the open Paul seemed to get his second wind and was going fairly well when called up at 4:45, and of course Was awarded the heat. There was not much game found, and neither doe showed winning form for a four hour race. PRIDAY. Second Series, The morning was again a lovely one, perhaps a trifle too warm toward the middle of the day, and uncomfortable for the dogs but pleasant for the spectators. We were getting things down to a focus now, and to all intents and purposes — it looked as if this heat would find a winner for the final. Rir RAP—ANTONIO were cast off at 8:17 about three miles from town. Antonio had run his bye on Tuesday afternoon with one of the stewards, and Rip Rap had not rin since Wednesday: Both started well, and near the start in pines Antonio pointed uncertainly several times, then drew on, but Rip Rap was the first to find the game and pointed. By a fence afterwards Antonio pointed false and was backed by Rip Rap. Antonio was then lost fcr some time by the bridge, and Rip Rap hunted on she course to Hargreave’s farm. At9o’clock Antonio was breught up after half a dozen people had been looking for him. Soon after the judges separated again owing to Antonio’s lack of control, and after ten minutes ranging on his owu account he came in. Then working to the right Antonio pointed false, but- was hunting at random and not to the prescribed course. Down in sedge in open ground Rip Rap got a good point on a bevy, MeMurdo fired and missed. Birds were followed and in cover Rap got two singles; McMurdo killed and Rap retrieved well. Antonio then pointed hy the water just below and then pointed false again. Above this ev ay Rap pointed, roaded on but failed to just locate it, and bir fiushed to one side afterwards. In open further on, Antonio pointed a bevy which fushed as Avent came up. After the scattered birds, and to Antonio’s point two got up wild, then he got another and Rap pointed, Antonio backed but nothing raised, Antonio rushing in before point was left. Then Antonio made an uncertain point. In sedgein the open Antonio pointed, atid roading on unecertainly at last nailed some birds which flushed wild, dog steady; Avent fired and missed. Both dogs then pointed singles. In fence bottom Rap nailed a single stylishly and after pointed false, Antonio backing. Then Antonio side of pines in sedge flushed a bevy, and lower down made a point but nothing found. Going toward some woods Rap scored again, get- ting a bevy, and Antonio honored stylishly. A false point. then a point on a single followed for Antonio. Rap after- wards scored well on a beyy which flushed wild while we waited for Antonio to back. In sedge to the right the iatter pointed false, Dogs then brought together and sent off in sedge, when Antonio came to a point, then leftit. Antonio was still ranging the fastest, but Rip Rap was also going a good steady gait. Then Antonio by a ditch pointed a bevy, and Rap backed well: Avent fired and missed. A point on hirds by a spinney then followed for Antonio, well backed by Rip Rap. Then he nailed a single down in swamp, backed by Bap from the hilltop, and near the railroad he fotind another, and was working well to the gun now. Meanwhile down in the same swamp Rap had pointed twice on singles. Then by the railroad Antonio found a bevy, Rap backed well, and dogs were steady to Ayent’s shot. This Antonio followed up with another bevy on the billtop at edge of woods. In woods after the singles, Antonio pointed, roaded on, pointed again, and a single was flushed. Avent missed, as usual, There were no birds killed over thisdog. Ria ranging out of woods, came up with a beyy; McMurdo fre and missed. By the side of the woods Antonio nailed a single; Avent fired and missed. In open ags+in and Rap pointed a wounded bird: sent after it, chased and bounced on itand retrieved to the Captain, Antonio hacking with style some distance away. Dogs called up at 12:17, Antonio showing the best disposition to hunt, Rip Rap loafing a little, but still had agallopin him, speed at finish about equal. Antonio won the heat. The next beat should have been between Paul Bo and Maid of Kent, but Paul’s previous heat the day before bad not agreed with bim and he was withdrawn, owing to sickness, by consent of judges. Maid of Kent then ran a bye with one of the stewards, and the company took plenty of time ior lunch and rode leisurely home. SATURDAY. Final Heat. ANTONIO—MAID of KENT.—To give the pointer a little more rest, as she bad run later than Antonio, the judges went out for a little amusement, and had some pretty sport, the rendezvous being the Grimes place at 12:45, When lun- cheon was over, the dogs were cast off at that time just near the farm buildings in ragweed. Vive minutes after Maid nailed a bevy, Buckle killed and Maid retrieved in good style: Antonio at this time being off im the woods to the left. ~ Previous to starting the judges announced that only the enides and judges and handlers should hunt for lost dogs, and this was right, as itis not fair to the dog which is keep- ing well to the conrse for others, including Mr, Avent’s ken- nelman, to mount and bunt for Antonio, who is the princi- pal offender in this sort of thing. To resume my tale, Following the scattered birds Maid found singles. Higher up, in sedge, divided from the judges’ view by a row of small trees, a bevy was seen to rise in the air, and one of the judges galloping ahead found Maid there, and she was cred- = rs = #3 &©€83 7 | bro, 1%, 1891, FOREST AND STREAM. 433 ited with a flush. She was standing wagging her tail when firstseen. At 1;04 Antonio was lost and Maid went on alone by the railroad. Antonio was brought up again at 1:20. During this time Antonio had found a single and made two false points. Maid found another bevy and two different singles, and Antonio pointed false, and ranging to one side pointed again umncertainly; nothing found. Maid was now hunting with good sense and alone, Maid, by cover, stopped as_a bevy flushed down wind, and in woods she pointed two singles of these, Buckle fired, Killed and Maid retrieved nicely. Buckle is evidently a good shot, too good at times for the best interests of his dog, as in retrieving the bird the bitch lost time once or twice which Antonio placed to his advantage by meanwhile finding a single or two, Antonio, after a false point, was again lost to view at 2:03, Maid working out the ground nicely aud with good range, At 2:30 Antonio came up with the procession again, Avent following on horseback; the dog had found asingle while away. At 2:40 Antonio oft again, Avent mounted to look for him, and the dog was seen to cross our path soon after going like a steam engine straight for some woods to the right, where Avent was put on his trail, and at 2:55 the dom was secured after finding a beyy in the woods, Downinaspinney Antonio then found a single, which flushed wild. Antonio then pointed in rag- weed, but left the point as Avent came up, Then Maid, backed by Antonio, made a no-point, and by the ditch An- tonio found some birds, which flushed wild, and followed this up by a point on a single; pointed again without de- cision, bird getting up to one side. Further on each got singles, and Buckle killed that to his dog and Maid re- trieved, After this Antonio nailed a birdin plum thicket. Antonio afterward made game and roaded into a bevy. Avent fired and missed, and the dog going on pointed, foot- scent probably. In sedge further on he pointed false, but down in a hollow he secured one bird, Maid now pointed fur. At 4;30 Antonio dawdled a bit, Maid ranging out well and showing little signs of fatigue. In sedge Antonio then pointed wncertainly, roaded, pointed again, but nothing found he showing little interest in his work. At 4:35 Maid slipped her handler, going back on the track and was not found till close of héat, when not far behind, one of the guides eame up with her while she was pointing stiff and had been for some time evidently, what turned out to be a rabbit, dogs had then been called up, as it was 4:45. Then the judges went off to consult and had a long confab be- fore riding toward the crowd, when to the astonishment of a good many it was announced that Antonio had wou the Hree For All Stake of $1,000. Judge Tracy also announced that they were unable to decide between the two dogs on the work done in this heat and were compelled to draw their reasons from the previous work doneinthestake. This was hardly fair to Maid of Kent, as this race was not run under the spotting system, the judges having distinctly stated in answer to the question that it was a heatrace, Besides, to judge the two dogs on this basis the judges should have also seen the two dogs run in their byes, which they did not do. The decision was hardly consistent and Antonio was again a lucky dog, for he was beaten on birds and his numerous false points, to say nothing of his lack of control till he tired down, should have materially affected his chances; added to this his not retrieving a bird during the heat or stake, while Maid retrieved all shot over her. This brought the meeting to a close, and shows conclusively the need of a third judge, for the lack of which the other two were necessarily handi- capped, Messrs. Tracy and Wallace worked hard and con- sclentiously to arriye at the decisions and were always atten- tive to the work of the dogs throughout the meeting, and both are very capable men. Summary, Kirst Sertes, Charlotteville Kennels’ pointer Rip Rap beat Edward Gray's English setter Count Hrie. Charlotteyille Kennels’ pointer Maid of Kent beat J. M. Avent and Bayard Thayer’s English setter Chance. Richard Merrill’s Hnglish setter Paul Bo beat B. Ridgway and Ff. &. Brown’s English setter King’s Mark. Fs J. M, Ayent and N. T. Harris’s English setter Antonio a ve. Second Series. Antonio beat Rip Rap, Maid of Kent abye. Paul Bo withdrawn. Finut. Antonio beat Maid of Kent and won the prize, $1,000. PHILADELPHIA KENNEL CLUB FIELD TRIALS. 1D eee SVILLE, Va., Tuesday A. M. (Special to For- est and Stream).—The attendance at the trials this year is very heb Several members, including Messrs. D. C. Connell, F. G. Taylor and FS. Brown, are detained at home by sickness. Among those present are Cor. B, Ridge- way, J. H. Winslow, Dr. Glass, J. C. Mitchell, L. Smith, §. C. Bradley, Chas. Barker, John White, Major Taylor, J. F. Johnson, Chas. Heath, W. A. Coster, Col. Merriam and J. O’H, Denny. The, Members’ Stake closed with only_five entries, drawn to run as follows: Lena with King’s rk, Sport with Ben Hur, Joe Lewis a bye. The opening dayis favorable for good work. K, THE ALBANY SHOW. Editor Forest and Stream: The New York and New England Poultry and Kennel Club has perfected arrangements for holding its first show at Albany, N. Y., Jam. 5 to 8, 1892, under A, K. C. rules, and from the way entries are pouring in it promises to be a “rouser,’? A number of well known kennels haye made entries for nearly all their dogs. The prizes are large, $10 to first and $5 to second, and $10 for kennels of four best specimens, besides a long list of cash specials ou nearly every breed. No Yankee notions, etc., but the cold cash, and as they have a large guarantee fund, exhibitors will be sure of their money, The dogs will be benched with new clean benches and everything will be done for the comfort of the dogs. That noted judge, Jas. Mortimer, will pass judgment on the quality of the stock shown, and C. H. Rockenstyre, known far and near as ‘‘Rocky,”’ will superintend the dogs, and T. Gordon Lillico, a noted veterinarian from England, will care for the health of the stock. The show will be heldin the mammoth Lark street Rink (Academy of Music), which is well lighted by electricity by night, is well ventilated and heated, and all notable events take place here, The club is composed of peceressiie breed- ers, and nothing will be left undone for the comfort of ex- hibitors. The hotels and railroads will give reduced rates during the show, Send for prize listis, etc., to me. C, E, |[ROCKENSTYRE, Press Com, ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 12, PLAN FOR A BEAGLE KENNEL.—Ellicott City, Md. —HEditor Forest and Stream; Would your kennel editor or somé reader kindly give in your columns a short description and a working plan of a kennel to accommodate twelve beagles, part of them puppies, and three setters? It is un- derstood that an acre of ground will be given for the build- ings and inclosure, aud ihe dogs to be kept confined to this inclosure except when hunting or out for exercise. The owner desires to breed beagles for sale and his own use, and desires to be as economical as possible in point of expense. of building. By giving such plans a great favor would he con- ferred upon myself atid possibly others, who, like mygelf, = possess htt]e or no mechanical skill—SAmugEL J, FoR? sufficient to constitute a case of action, ruled at Special Term, and the defendants appealed. libel are useful to explain its meaning, whether the publication is libelous must be judged by the publi- cation itself. tothe plaintiff in connection with his alleges that he is a librarian of the Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement in Albany,and that he holds many private trasts, librarian, office. pation as to which these publications were made. Francis, 121 N. Y.. 199. Sanderson ys. Caldwell, 45 N. Y., 405. als Denio, 347. THE ALBANY DECISION. | Eee ees G we sive the full text of the decision of the Supreme Court of this State in Geo, B, Gallup vs. a ust Belmont eb al. This case, owing to the bearing it R the A. K. C., assumes an importance that cannot be over- estimated. Owing to the decision and opinion, which we give below, these suits have now been abandoned, and the question as to whether a club can Jegally publish the names pte disqualified members is definitely settled in the affirm- ative: SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TERM, THIRD DEPART- on other suits which would haye been brought against MENT. LEARNED, P, J,, and LANDON, J. BARATOGA, September, 191, Ghorae B, GALLUP, Respondent, ) coins Aves” BELMONT, ef al, Appellants, ( Lowrey, Stone & Auerbach (Grosvenor P. Lowrey, of Counsel) for appellants. Parker & Wiero (J. Newton Hiero, of Counsel) for respondents, OPINION. LEARNED, P. Ju: The complaint charges that the defendants, excepting Rogers, were the members of the Amerigan Kennel Club and publishers of the American Kennel Gazelte; and that Rogers was the printer of that newspaper; that the plaintiff was a member of the Albany Kennel Olnub, and that said club in March, 1889, held a bench show and awarded prizes; thatin Webruary, 1890, the defendants pea concerning plaintiff a certain libel, which is set forth at length. A second eount, after stating the same preliminary mutter, alléges the publicationin the same paper, subsequently, of a cer- tain other libel, also set forth at length, The defendants demurred to the complaint as not stating facts The demurrer was over~ The meaning of the words cannot be extended by inuendo be- yond their natural import, aided by reference to the extrinsic facts with which they may be connected. street Co., 16 N. Y.. 217. Woodruff vs. Brad- The allegations in the complaint preliminary to the alleped But the question This is nota case where the publications were made in regard business. The plaintiff But this publication has no connection with this office of Even negleet to pay prizes awarded at a dog show would not affect one’s competency to perform the duties of that Nor do these private trusts constitute any ane or oecn- aore Vs. The question must be, then, whether these publications held the plaintiff up to scorn or ridicule, or disgraced or degraded him in the eyes of men, or tended to do this. Bergenien vs. Jones, 91 N. Moffatt vs. Cauldwell, 3 Hun., 26. Cooper vs. Greeley, | The words are not ambiguous, nor do they permit of more than one interpretation. Lewis va. Chapman, lt N. Y,, 369. Hunt va. Bennett, 19 N. Y., 175. The plaintiff claims that the words published tend to degride him. The defendants say that they have no such tendency, The first publication purports, from its language, to be the re- port of some committee of the American Kennel Club, and the action of the Hxecutive Committee thereon. V It; states that the Advisory Cemmittee in September, 1889, ordered the suspension of the Albany Kennel Club for non-payment of its prizes awarded in March, 1889; that thirty days had expired, and no official notice of such payment had reached the Office; that President Belmont had suspended all officers of said club, under Rule 28, and that no- tice to that effect had been sent to certain officers of that club, naming them, among them the plaintiff. Thereupon the publica- tion states that the secretary was instructed by the HWxecutive Committee to notify these persons, naming them (including the plaintiff), “that they are disqualified until the awards given by that club are paid in full.” Now it is to be observed that there is nostatement of any wrong- ful act on the part of the person thus disqualified. It is only stated that a clubof which they were officers had neglected to pay the prizes which had been awarded. And that no official in- formation had been subsequently received of such payment. Neither of these persons is described as treasurer, and neither of them is stated to have neglected any duty. It would seem that if any kennel club does not pay its prizes. then the American Ken- nel Club disqualifies the officers. Or rather, to state the matter more caretully, if the American Kennel Club is not officially noti- fied of such payment, then if votes such disqualification. So that, the only charges against these officers is a failure to notify the American Kennel Club officially of the payment of those prizes. The effect of such disqualification is not set forth. What these ofticers ave disqualified trom doing is not told to the public in the alleged libel. ‘The question here is not as to the actual effect of the yote of the committee, but relates to the effect on the public of the publication, as to the character of the plaintiff. There is nothing disgraceful in being disqualified. Judges of the Court of Appeals and Justices of the Supreme Court are disqualified from acting at the end of the year in which they become seventy year's old. Jt would not be libelous to publish the fact that one of these oflicers had become disqualified lo serve. The plaintiff, in his argument, says that the words charge him with a failure to discharge a pecuniary obligation. But this is not so. There is nothing which charges that these prizes were pecuniary obligations of the persons named, viz., the plaintiff, W. QO, Hudson, Amasa J. Parker and Robert C. Pruyn. If these prizes were pecuniary obligations of these persons, there would haye been Do hesitation as to their payment. To publish that a judgment has been recovered against the plaintiff was held not to be libelous in Woodrufi vs. Bradstreet, ui supra. Still less then would it be libelous on this plaintiff to say that some association had not paid a debt of which association this plaintiff was an officer, Itis not charged thatthe non-payment was the plaintifi’s fault. We may infer that in the organization of the American Kenopel Club it is the rule that its privileges shall not be enjoyed by officers of any other club which hag not paid its prizes. But this rule and action under it impute no fraud or dishonesty of these officers. Many causes for which these officers are not responsible might prevent the club from paying. And if neither the rule nor the action of the American Kennel Club makes « charge of dishonesty, it cannot be that a publication of such action gives publicity to any such charge. Nor can-such a charge be inferred from the mere statement that for surh non-payment by the association the plaintiff was disquali- fied. Kyen if it be assumed thatthis word meant disqualified from some privilege of the American Kennel Club, there is nothing dis- gracefulin that statement. Unless it were known what the quali- fications were for the enjoyment of such privilege, it would not be disgraceful not to possess them, In would seem that prior to Dec. 19, 1889, the officers of this Albany Kennel Club had possessed these privileges, whatever they may liaye heen, They are stated to have lost them because their club (not they themselves) had not paid its awarded prizes. If it had been published that this non-payment was owing to dis- honesty, or negligence of these officers, another question would haye arisen. But nothing of that kind appears. Nor does the publication mean, as alleged in the complaint, that the plaintiff cheated and defrauded the exhibitors at the bench show. On the coutrary, there is nothing in the publication which implies that the officers owed these prizes, or that the non-payment was caused by them, The second count charges the publication of a list of persons headed “Disqualified,” and containing the plaintiff’s name, fol- lowed by an explanation that no person under sentence of disqual- ification can exhibit or take a prize, or act as agent for any person at any show held by a member of the American Kennel Club. In this, a8 in the former count, We must take the words for what they tairlymean. They arenotequivocal. The meaning of Dis- qualified 7is here explained. It is that for some reason the Ameri- can Kennel Club refuses to these persons the privilege of exhibit- ing, 6tc.,at any show held by ove of its members. — The plaintift avers that this publication set forth in the second count was intended to have it believed that plaintiff was dishon- est, and that the Albany Kennel Club did not pay its awards, and thst the members thereof defrauded the exhibitors. Nothing is Stated in that publication as to the Albany Kennel Club or its ex- hibition. The article merely gives a list of the disqualified per, sous, and explains what such persons may not do. It does not state the cause of disqualitication, co that if there ls any injurious effect in the publication. itisin that statement that Lhese parsons to publish that he isnot allowed to exhibit or fake a prize ai_a bench show held by a member of the American Kennel Club? Is the exhibition at a bench show of this club such a very moral act that to be excluded is disgraceful or disreputable? We think not. If it were a matter of public knowledge that to exhibit or take prizes at such a show required the possession of high intellectual, moral or social qualities, then the publication of a statement that one was disqualified might be considered a statement that he dia not possess these qualities, and therefore “‘one caleulated to in- jure his character.” The article is undoubtedly, as plaintiff claims, a statement that he, not the Albany Kennel Club, is deprived of a privilege of ex~ hibiting. Bot this is no injurious statement. Construing the language according to the principle Jaid down in Cooper ys. Greeley, it imputes no wrongdoing to the plaintiff. And there is not the ambiguity in the language which leaves it open for the jury to give a construction to it. We are of the opinion that the interlocutory judgment overrul- ing the demurrer should be reversed, and that defendants should have judgment on the demurrer, with costs: I concur, J. S. L. AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB MEETING. fee quarterly nieeting of the American Kennel Club was held Dec. 10 ab their offices, at 44 Broadway, New York city. It was one of the best attended meetings the club has yet held, drawn together no doubt owing to the many important matters that had to be considered and passed upon by the executive committee. There were fifteen delezates present, not including Mr. Belmont, who was in the chain. The aniendments proposed by Dr. H. T. Foote, under Art. KIYV. of the constitution were adopted with some slight changes as follows: _ Rule XI, A dog suitering from (eézemc) mange or any con- tagious (or objectionable) disease shall be disqualified, and forfeit any prize which may have been awarded toit, and shall be removed at once from the show building. The regularly appointed yeterinary shall alone decide as to the condition. of the dog, and his decision must be given in writing. Rule X VIL. Bench show committees may provide (swelu classes for dogs of established breeds as they choose). j. The Miscellaneous class shall comprise all dogs for which no regular class has been provided in the Premium Lists. Antries in this class must specify the breed of the eahipil, andl itmust be so published in the Catalogue, 2, The Selling Class shall be for dogs to be sold for a max- imum price, to be stated in the Premium List. An exbibi- tor may catalogue his dog in this class for any sum less than the maximum. ; 3. The Novice Class shall be for a breed for which a regu- lar class has been provided, and for competition in which a dog shall not have won a prize in ai open class at any American Kennel Club show, or which has not won (sueh) a prize ina recognized show held in England or Canada, 4, The Pappy Class shall be for dogs over six months crud. under twelve months of age. 5, The Open Class shall be for dogs of any age, which have not already qualified for the Challenge Class, and for which no Challenge Class has been provided. 6, The Challenge Class shall be forall dogs having won four first prizes in the open classes. A dog having won three first prizes in this class (one of which shall have been, won at a show having not less than 500 entries) shall have the privilege of the title of champion, without further com- petition. : Rule XX, Special prizes shall only be offered for dogs of established breeds, and no dog eligible for special prizes ean be withdrawn trom competition, unless it has been stated on entry blanks, ““Will not compete for special srizes.”’ : Rule XXXILI. (Additional Rule.) No show shalt extend’ over four days, tneluding the last day of receiving and the first day of liberating the exhibits. Notr.—All clauses in italics are the added amendments, After this the question of the New Jersey Kennel Club was takenup. No one appeared for them, Mr, Richards read the charges formulated by the advisory committee against the N. J. K. C., which were as follows: The under- signed, individually. and as the adyisory committee of the American Kennel Club, do hereby charge the New Jerse Kennel Club, one of the members of the American Kenne Club, with conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the associa- tion, and do charge that the membership of said New Jer- sey Kennel Club, and the continuation of such membrship is prejudicial to the welfare of the Ameriarn Kennel Club. SPECIFICATIONS. Specification 1, That whereas: the executive committee of the American Kennel Club did at its first regular quarterly - meeting, held on Sept. 25, 1890, impose a sentence of dis- qualification upon one Charles J. Peshall upon charges theretofore made against said Peshall, due notice of which sentence of disqualification was given to all the members of said American Kennel Club, the said New Jersey Kennel Club did thereafter, on or about the 15th day of May, 1891, elect and appoint said Peshull to the office of President of said New Jersey Kennel Club, - Specification 2. That whereas the executive committee of the American Kennel Club did at its regular quarterly meeting, held on Sept. 25, 1890, impose a sentence of disqual- ification upon one Charles J. Peshall, upon charges thereto- fore made against said Peshall, due notice of which sentence ot disqualification was given to all the members of said American Kenuel Club, the said New Jersey Kennel Club did thereatter, on or about the 15th day of May, 1891, elect said Peshall as the delegate and representative of said New Jersey Kennel Club in the American Keune! Clith: Specification 3. That whereas after the said election and appointment of the said Peshall as delegate and representa- tive of said New Jersey Kennel Clubin the American Ken- nel Club, to wit, on or about May 25, 1891, said Peshall pre- sented his credentials as such delegate and representative at the regular quarterly meeting of the executive committee of the American Kennel Club held upon said day, and said exe- cutive committee declined to receive said Peshall as the dele- gate of the New Jersey Kennel Club, and rejected his cre- dentials, the said New Jersey Kennel Olub did again re-elect and reappoint the said Peshall as the delegate and repre- sentative of said New Jersey Kennel Clubin the American Kennel Club Specification 4. That the said conduct of the New Jersey Kennel Club, set forth in specification 1, and the said con- duct of said New Jersey Kennel Club, set forth in specifica- tion 3, is in each instance, and in all said instances conduct amounting to a refusal to recognize the sentence of disquali- fication imposed by the American Kennel Club upon said Charles J. Peshall, and conduct amounting to a refusal upon the part of said New Jersey Kennel Club to abide by the action of the American Kennel Club in imposing such penalty, and conduct subversive of the atithority of the American Kennel Club in the performance of the functions for which it was organized, and therefore hostile to Ameri- can kennel interests which said American Kennel Club was tormed to promote and protect. Dated New York, Nov, 9, 1891. (Signed) JOHN S. WISE, AUGUST BELMONT, JAMES UL. ANTHONY, THos. H. THRRY. _ The charges had been served by messenger on Mr. Geo. Wilms, secretary of the N, J. K.©,, but no notice was taken of them. fm accoydance with a motion passed at the last meeting ib was phen inoved and seconded that the New Jersey Club be expelled. A yote wes then taken, which re- sulted in the expulsion of the New Jersey Club by a practi» may not do certain things, Can it then tend to disgrace 4 person : cally nnanimoys yote, Max Wengel and A, B, Blossom der 43 4 oseales to vote. The vote stood 11 in favor of expulsion and F #3) ank. The following clubs were elected to membership; The Freeport Poultry and Pet Stock Association, of Freeport, Dl.; the New Hngland Field Trial Club, of Boston, and the Bexar Field Trial Club, of San Antonio, Texas. Resigna- tions were received from the following clubs: The Phila- delphia Kennel Club, St. Paul and Minnesota Kennel Club, and the Toledo Kennel Club. ROCKFGRD DOG SHOW. HE dog skow held by the Northern Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association at Rockford, Tll,, must be set down a success. The quality of dogs present was decidedly better than former years, though tha number of dogs did not show much increase, The only hitch was in the matter of delay in judging, the judge unfortunately being also the superintendent, a state of things by which the best iiterests of dog shows are not subserved. The delay in getting outa catalogue was also detrimental to the interests of the club. It is.a praiseworthy matter when a club gets out a_marked catalogue, but exhibitors would rather have just the plain catalogue if they have to wait till near the close of the show for the marked one, as was the case in this instance. Mr. Tim Donoghue made his début in the ring as a judge, though he is well known to all as an oldtime exhibitor, and his cheerfultemperament has put life into many a show gathering, He judged pointers, setters, foxhounds and beagles, while Mr. Harry lL. Goodman, the superintendent, took all the other classes. The judging gaye good satisfac- tion. Ben Lewis has got together another good string of dogs, and I hope he can keep up his winning gait right through till the flowers bloom again, and the sanve applies to Mr. Naylor. lh The dogs were fed on Spratts biscuits, and the disinfect- ant used was Sanitas powder, The old style wooden benches were used. Most of the winners are well known, so a de- tailed criticism need not be given. {The following is the prize list; MASTIFRS,—Opan—Dogs: Ist, Chas. E. Bunn’s Ormonde: 2d and yery bigh com,, Colin C. McLain’s Oyrus and Sraosha, Bitches: Jat and 2d, Chas, E. Bunn’s Mattela and Sinaloa. Very high com, reserye, Colin C, MeLain’s Armati. Very high com,, Chas, E. Bunn’s Lady Cobrey. Puppies: ist-and 2d, Colin C. Mc- Lain’s Sraosha and Armati. GREAT DANES —Open—Dogs: Ist, Imperial Kennels’ Dnpera- tor; 2d, Jos. Zilligan’s Grover Cleyeland. Bitches: ist, Geo. W. Clayton's Minca; 2d, I’. S. Anderson’s Columbian Daphne. Very high com., F.S. Anderson’s Columbian Flora and Jas. A. Law- rence’s Trene II, 8T. BERNARDS.—RoOUGH-COATED—OPEN—Doge: Ist, W. Ci Hickox’s Pernwood Bruce; 2d, Dr. John W. Dunlop's Othello, Very high com, reserve. Whitewater Kennels’ Rovalty. Very high com., Whitewater Kennels’ Gen. Bedivere and FE, A. Ander- son’s Knight. Bitches: ist_and 2d, Pernwood Kennels’ I. 0, and Blodwin. Very bizh com., Whitewater Kennels Clara. Puppies: ist, J. EB. Wright's Tot. ST. BERNARDS.—SMoo1s-CoATtEp—CHALLENGE—Ist, Fern- wood Kennels’ Lord Hector,—Orprn—Dogs: Ist, South Bend Ken- nels’ Sir Hldred. Bitches: Ist. Capital City Kennels’ Nell I. BLOODHOUNDS.—ist, R. G. H. Huntington's Jack Shepherd. GREY HOUNDS.—1st, F. 8. Anderson’s Kentucky Blue. FOX HOUNDS.— Dogs: 24, Derwent Bros.’s Radical. Bitches; 2d, Derwent Bros.’s Passion. _ POINTERS.—Dogs; 1st, J, H. Winslow’s Inspiration; 2d, J. G. Harle’s Chief Amo, Bitches: 2d, G, F, Rohr’sa Bird, ENGLISH SHTTERS.—CHALLENGHi—ist, P. H. Gotzian's Monk of Hurness.—OPEN—Dogs: 1st, H. Northwood’s Benzine. Bitches: ist, Dr. J. A. Hartman’s Albert's Nellie: 2d, A. J. Kiofanda's Paxie Maid. Very high com., P, BH, Gotzian’s Minnesota. Puppies; ist, T. , Taylor's Buster Billings. IRISH SETTERS.—CHantence—ist and 2d, Oak Grove Ken- nels’ Kildare and Seminole,_OPEN—Dogs: 1st, Oak Grove Kennels’ Kildare Glenmore; 2d, Seminole Kennels’ Lord Elcho. Bitéhes: ist. Dr. Wesley Mills’s Elfreda; 2d, Seminole Kennels’ Bessie Glencho IT. GORDON SETTERS—CrHALLENGE—Ist, Dy. Samuel G, Dixon's Duchess Wayerly.—Oppy—Dogs: Ist, B F. Liewis’s Asp, Bitches: Ist, Dr. Samuel G. Dixon’s Countess Richmond, FIELD SPANIELS—CHAtEENGE—Ist, B. F. Lewis's Black Diamond.—OPan—Dogs: 1st, T. E. Taylor's Newton Abbot Torso; 2a, Mrs, A. P. Smith’s Arko, Bitches: Ist, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ What Not. OOCKER SPANIELS.—OnALLENGE—Bitches: 1st, Ancient and Modern Spanis] Kennels’ 1 Say.—OPan—Dogs: Ist, J. P. Wiley’s Jersey Obo; 2d, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ Gothamite. Britches: Ist, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels’ Lady Obo: 2a, J. P, Willev’s Black Duchess, Puppies: lst, Ancient and Modern Spaniels’ Woodland Pete, COLLTES.—RouGcH-—CHALLENGE—Dogs: Ist, Seminole Kennels? champion Roslyn Dandy. Bitches: Ist, Seminole Kennels’? Metch- ley Surprise.—OPran—ROuGH—Dogs, 13t,Seminole Kennels’Rowdy; 2d, John Hawkes’a Walter Scott III, Very high com, and reserve, 8. J, Black’s Wooley. Very high com., H. R. Smith's Griefen- stein. High com., H. A. Rogers’: Banker, Bitches: Ist, John Hawkes’s Grange Nellie; 2d, Seminole Kennnels’ Dot. Very high com., H, RK. Suvith’s Pine Grove Qieen and Pine Grove Maid. High com., BE. A. Rogers’s Wellie, S. J, Black’s' Perty and Lill, eee R. Smith's Willis. Puppies: 1st, Seminole Kennels’ Sco- tilla BULLDOGS.—CuAtnangE—tist, BE, A. Woodward’s Bo'swain.— Oprn—Biiches: Ist, H. A. Woodward's Duchess of Parma. BULL-TEREIERS,-CHsaLLenge—|st, Wm. J. Bryson’s Duft- erin -—Oppn—Dogs; 1st, W. Clayton’s Chautauqua Sam. Bitches, ist, Geo. W. Clayion’s White Gipsey, Puppies: ist and 2d, Geo. W. Clayton’s Chautauqua lam and Chautauqua Bird. DACHSHUNDE.—CHALLENGE—Ist, B. F. Lewis's Gill —Oppyn— ist and 2d, Wm. Loeffisr’s Lina K. and Hundesport Bergman, POODLES.—Bitches: 1st, Mrs. W. P. Woodarad’s Pera, BEAGLHS,—OPEn—Dogs: ist, Wm. H. Child’s Tony Weller, Bitches: 1st Middleton Kennels’ June Rose; 2d, Wm. H. Child’s Oak View Juliet. Very high com., Rudolph Nngleman’s Sadie and R. ©. Rinearson’s Dottie R. and Bettie R. SMOOTH FOX-THERRIERS.—Orprn—Dogs; 1st, R. B. Fishburn’s Glendon Spark; 2d, Harry Northwood’s Painter. Bitches: Ist, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Venus; 2d, G. R. Halden’s Auburn Beauty. ; : WIRH-HAIRED FOX-TERRIERS.—1st, Anglo-American Ter- rier Kennels’ Barton Sting. ” IRISH TERRIERS,—Ist, H, O'Connor's Galtees; 24, Anglo- American Terrier Kennels’ Ballymony. SCOTCH TERRIERS.—Ilst. W. P. frazer’s Grey. Cente DINMONT TERRIERS.—Ist, BH. J. Linzen’s Border linker If, ~. SKYE TERRIERS —1st, Clifford A, Shinn’s Sir Stafford. BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS,—Ist, Anglo-American Terrier Kennels’ Prince Raglan. PUGS —CHALLENGE—Dogs; lat, M. H. Cryer’s Bob Ivy. Bitches: Ist, Howard Kennels Sateen.—OPEN—Dogs: Ist, Howard Kennels’ Penrice; 2d, Mrs. M. M. Ballantine’s Ourtis. Very high com. reserve, Seminole Kennels’ Kash, Jr. Very high com,, Geo. H, MecLain’s Bobbie Mac and Eberhart Pug Kennéls’ Seven Dollars, Bitches: 1st, Hoerhart Pug Kennels’ Mable W.; 2d, Howard Kennels’ Lady Clover, Very high com. reserve, Geo. H. McLain’s Peggia Gillivan. Very high com., M. H. Cryer’s Cribbage. High com., Seminole Kennels’ Little Duchess. PouPrPres—Dogs: lat, Howard Kennels’ Penrice Boy. Bitches: ist, Eberhart Pug Kennels’ Peggy Pryde; 2d, Seminole Kennels’ Little;Duchess, SPECEALS, _ Best kennel Irish setters, Oak Grove Kennels; best kennel col- lies, Seminole Kennels; best kennel Gordon setters, Dr. S. G. Dixon; best_ kenuel mastifis, C. E. Bunn; best kennel spaniels, Ancient and Modern Spaniel Kennels; best kennel St. Bernards, Fernwood Kennels; best kennel pugs, Howard Kennels; best ken- nel of any other breed, C.C. Mchain’s mastiffs; best dog in the show, Inspiration; best litter of puppies, H. R. Smith's collies: hest poodle, Pera; best pug bitch in open class, Mable H.; largest exhibit of dogs, Seminole Kennels; best_ English setter, Monk of Purness; best pointer, Inspiration; best Irish setter bitch, Elfreda; best setter dog, Kildare: best St. Barnard, Fenwoad Bruce; best pug in open classes, Penrice; best fox-terrier, Glendon Spark; pest collie, Roslyn Dandy. Ne Tt FOREST AND STREAM. DOG CHAT, We: are very Much interested in the call that Mr, Millais makes, on behalf of Dr, Romanes, for instances to either refute or prove the popularly accepted idea that a mesalliance will more or less mark the subsequent litters the: bitch may have. ‘There have been desultory proofs advanced on both sides the question, but we do not believe there has as yet been any decided movement to bring such a number of cases to light as will prove the theory one way or the other, Krom the questions on this subject that we receiye from time to time we know that, should some definite conclusion be arrived at, it will ease the minds of many dog owners who, when such a contrefemps occurs, are in a dilemma as to the right course to prrsue, especially in the case of a valuable breeding bitch, Our own éxperi- ence has been, happily, a very limited one im this respect, not enough to form a decided opinion one way or the other, and we shall follow the instances that may be published with much interest. Weshall be pipasee to publish the experi- ences of any of our readers who may be able to throw light on this dark subject, for it is one of vital importance to present and future breeders of dogs. Among the new kennel advertisements this week we notice that Fairmead Kennels and A, M. Jaggard have great Dane pups for sale; Huddersfield Kennels, prick-eared Skye ter- riers; F, H. Perry, Irish setters; “Tilton Place,”’ pointers and setters; Geo. Collingwood, broken Euglish setter; M, A. Hanchett, Irish setters; 107 Bergen avenue, collie dog; Frank F, Dole, noted bulldogs: H. Blaisdell, beagle pups; W. H, Hyland, pointer bitch; G. W. Pattterson, St. Bernards; P. H, Coombs, Yorkshire terrier pups. At stud: Glenrose Ken- nels’ beagles and Frank F. Dole’s bulldogs, We aiso draw attention to the coming sale of St. Bernards at the Ameri- can Horse Exchange. Our progressive contemporary the Fanciers’ Journal has issued a Christmas number that is replete with good articles on dog and poultry subjects by well-known writers, which will afford a pleasant hour’s reading to any one, We were sorry to miss Mr. Prank Dole when he called the other day but we are glad to say he was not allowed to de- part without leaving his little budget of news. He has im- ported for Mr. John EH. Thayer the well-known fox terriers Miss Dollar and Brockenhurst Tyke. Both have won nu- merous prizes on the other side and will be welcome addi- tions to the fox terrier company here. Mr. Thayer,we hear, is well pleased with them. Mr. Thayer has exported a deer- hound bitch; note the ex carefully as we believe it about the first dog exported in a bona fide sale, at any rate of this breed, The bitch goes to Mr. W. X. Sellar of the Union Club, London. Mr. Dole himself has imported the bull ter- rier champion Sir Monty II., winner of about fifty prizes, There is likely to be keen competition in the bull terrier classes this coming year, and evidently friend Hrank is not going to lose any of his well-earned laurels. For Mr. Manice, who already owns Windrush Rioter and Janet, he has im- ported the dachshund bitch Venus II., a big winner on the other side, among others haying wou a challenge cup and special for best in showand for best brood bitch. Weare very pleased to see the attention that is being given to this hitherto neglected breed, for despite his rather awkward appearance there is no more merry or companionable dog than the dachshund, If the death list of our principal dogs increases at the rate itis doing, kennel papers will have to publish an obituary column, [tis really distressing to hear of the death of sa many fine dogs as have taken place this year, by far the most unfortunate in this respect that this country has yet experienced. There have been rumors in the air for some time that the great Plinlimmon had gone the way of all flesh, But for some reason his owner deferred making the matter public. Owing toa direct inquiry to Mr. Moore we haye obtained authentic information of his death. Mr. Moore writes: In reply to your inquiry asking if Plinlimmon was dead or not I would say thal he is. Your space has been occupied so much lately, making mention of different dogs that have died, I thought I would make no mention of this one.—F. H, Moorn. That we and all St. Bernard lovers condole with Mr. Moore in his loss goes without saying. No information is given as to the time or cause of his death, but no doubt the dvain on his constitution from the several tumors he was relieved of by Dr. Glover, may have been the cause of his demise, and add to this the fact of his peculiar conditions of life while on the stage with his former master, “Hritz’?’ EKmmett, and his increasing years, the cause of his death is not far to seek, We remember the last time we saw him, not long. before his sale to Mr. Moore, he seemed, although apparently in full bloom as to condition, to have some difficulty in lying down on the stage, acting something like old champion Otho used todo, Plinlimmon was whelped June 29, 1883, and was by Mr. W. M. Pothecary’s Pilgrim out of his breeder’s, Mr, T. Hall, Bessie Ll., so it will be seen that the dog was getting well onin years, After Mr, Hall the Rev. Arthur Carter owned him, and he in turn, we believe, sold him to Mr. J. ¥, Smith, and he sold him to Mr, H. R. Chap- man, who then sold him to Mr. Sydney W. Smith, and from the latter well-known St. Bernard man, ‘Fritz’? Emmett, on the lookout for a canine sensation, purchased him for the then large price of $5,000, and his departure from Hngland with an almost practically unbeaten record, Prince Batten- berg, we believe, being the only dog that lovered. his colors, was a matter of regret to all Hnglish St. Bernard breeders, who, however, quickly forgot their loss in the charms of the now great Sir Bedivere. Plinlimmon had won the St. Bernard challenge cup five times, a record unattained by any other dog. His winnings—vwell, it is needless to repeat them here, for does not the above record tell the story, suf- fice itto say his list comprises first and specials at the cream of the English shows, It-has always been a matter of regret that he was not shown on the bench in this country, but his actor owner was obdurate on the point, not to say mer- cenary, aud also carried his objection so far as to allow no stud service to any one, at least there is no public record of his doing so, Mr, Emmett imported him in 1888 and his record on the stage is known to every one who delighted in the performances of his noted master, Of course, such an animal as he was was necessarily extensively used in the stud on the other side, and he numbers many well-known putge winners among his progeny, Prince Regent, we elieve, was the best of his get and Pliny, Scout, Young Plinlimmon, Refuge IL, ete., arenames that oceur to us at the moment as celebrated sons of his. Again we say, Mr, Moore has our sincere sympathy. - In the loss of champion Ilford Chancellor Mr. James W. Whitney, proprietor of the Flour City Kennels, has lost a mastiff that he will find difficult to replace, though we are leased to know that his young dog Cardinal Beaufort will He a worthy surcessor when he attains his ‘‘majority.’’ Mr, Whitney is now tasting some of the bitier side of valuable dog keeping, and it is needless to say that we as well as the mastiff breeders will condole with him in his loss. When we visited his kennel recently we remarked that he never looked better and seemed as active as a kitten. Apoplexy, we are told, was the eausé of his death. He died Dec. 9. Ilford Chancelior was wheiped May 14, 1885, so must be said to have been far from an old dog, He was by the well-known champion Ilford Caution ott of Brenda Secunda, by Turk out of Brenda, Turk, by Colonel out of Motive, and as his name would imply, was bred by Mr, R. Cook, of Mngland- His winnings in Hngland number some twenty-five first prizes, and since he was imported by Mr, EH. H. Moore in 18°), he has won about the same number here. He was pur- chased by Mr, Whitney in 1890 trom Mr. Moore, Tlford Chancellor has been a success in the stud, his principal get being Ingleside Maximilian, that takes after his grandsire, and Crown Prince Maximilian. Mr, Whitney, in view of the death of this dog, was doubly fortunate in securing such a good young dog as the now head of the kennels, Cardinal Beaufort. _ Mr. Mortimer writes us that Mr. Geo. Raper, the noted judge in England, will be one of the judges at the forth- coming New York show. This is a good selection and will ee a benefit to many breeds, notably the terriers, ereyhounds, etc About the Duke of Maplecroft, a dark horse in St. Ber- nardom, the Stock-Keeper has a good deal to say and goes to the trouble of exploding very effectually the idea that he was to beat Sir Bedivere hands down, as was the report pit about here when some of our moneyed St. Bernard breeders were advised to buy bim. Mr, Ruppert cabled for his price and was told 87,500 was the rock bottom figure, so be was left severely alone, and fortunately, as it turned ont, for in- stead of setting the St. Bernard world on fire, he only Wo, under Mr. Betterton, second prize at the late Birmingham show. This is what Mr, Betterton says in his notes for the Kennel. Gazetie, which he gives Stock-Keeper the privilege of publishing: “‘Beautifnl head, bitchy head, well marked, well shown, but thin. Legs, good bone, but alas, forelegs weak (and here follows a drawing of crooked legs), lacks - squareness in muzzle, weak in hind legs, Beautiful tail, well carried.” Mr, Betterton says he is a nice dog, of medium height only (bis heigbtis 8lin.), and nothing behind this to make any fuss about, And thisisthe dog tbat would have been bought by New York parties had the price besn anywhere near the #5000 mark. Verily the old proverb, “Look before you leap” is very applicable to St. Bernard buying just at present. For lack of space this week English notes and many queries must go over till next week, Mr. C. H, Buckle, of the Charlottesville Kennels, has gone down to Mississippi to locate a winter training ground for their young pointers. : Messrs. Geo. E, Gray and Frank Richards will locate this winter together somewhere in the Mississippi State to train their Derby dogs. Mr. D. A, Upson did not keep the now celebrated pointer Promotion, winner of the Pointer Derby and absolute Derby winner at Central Field Trials and second Pointer Derby at U.S, Field Trials, very long. Col. B. Ridgway, of Philadel- phia, Pa., purchased him last weak. This well-known memi- ber of the P, K. C, must be congratulated on his purchase of a good dog, The £500 trophy tbat will be given at the New York ahow by Messrs. Reick, Ruppert and the W. K. C., for the beat American-bred St. Bernard whelped after 3890, is how being made and will be a very fins work of art. Figuresof Prince Regent, Scottish Prince and Princess Florence, the two latter his finest get, will be modeled in relief, The New York Herald is also douatine 25 bronze medals forthe best in different breeds at the New York «how. The medals, we are told, will be very fine and well worth winning. Dr. Foote bas had a touch of distemper in his kennel, which now we are pleased to say is clear of it. But not he- fore his Rochelle Otero had succnmbed and one very prom- ising dog pup._ Otero was sold and only awaiting her visit to Broomfield Sultan. . The South Bend Kennels, of South Bend, Ind., are mak- ing strenuous efforts to come tothe frontin St. Bernard breeding, and have just bred their bitch Nymph to Sir Bedi- yere, Their Sir Eldred, we see, won out af Rockford, Il., show the other day. They have two good pups by this dog Sir Hldred, one weighing 491bs, at three months old. | {Those who are wont to look upon the size of a dog as its most valuable requisite, will be delighted to hear that the proportions some dogs attain are not limited to those of the dogs we are familiar with at our shows—St. Bernards, for instance, When the editor of the Stock-Keever, Hneland, tells us that he bas, through Mr. J, L. Wilson, the. well known fancier, had the opportunity of seeing a dog that would make the largest St Bernard look small, we should think the limit of appreciable size has been reached, ‘his dog is a Thihet shepherd’s dog, and yesembles a0 enormous sheepdog, with frill, tail and rough coat of a yellow fawn col He is said to be as gentle as he is bie; and this would seem to be just the breed for some of those who uve eyer on the lookout for sensation, even in dogs, If there is not much money in collie breeding in this country quite the opposite seems to be the case on the other side providing one has the proper stock in the kennel, We have several times lately made mention of large prices for puppies of this breed, and now a Mr. TT. Powers has sold three Hdgbaston Marvel—Barwell Pearl pups to the well- known collie man, Mr, A, H. Megson, for $1,000, The latter gentleman has also paid 52,000 for the collie Southport Pilot, that beat the crack Sefton Hero, Mr. Megson also allowing the late owner five stud services of the dog. At the late King’s Lynn (Eng,) show, held a fortuight since, the Prince and Princess of Wales exhibited thirteen dogs, winning several prizes. If this piece of information could only be disseminated among the ‘“‘Doncherknows” of this city who pattern their ties by that of his Highness, the next W, K. GC, show would be a crowded one. NOTES AND NOTIONS. O lise broil about the pedigree of the png dog Lord Clover is in a very unsatisfactory condition. Whether readers are ‘‘concerned”’ or not as to the facts about this, very many are certainly ‘‘interested,”’ as the display of keen thrusting on Mr. Ballentine’s part was certainly of a very interesting character. But be we ever so little concerned as to the sub- ject matter of such a brilliant fight as this bas been, we can- not avoid an interest rowing up in our minds as to what the real truth is concerning a matter which has evolyed such pyrotechnics, and there has been no real proof submitred on either side of the question. I am very far from advising that smouldering embers be rekindled, but it is not wise to drop any subject in such a half-ehewed state (if yon will pardon the inelegance of the Weiss and Mr. Ballentine should produce the evidence of the Hnglish authorities he cites as indorsing the pedigree and Dr, Cryer show what foundation he has for his doubts. oe I have just happened on a little Christmas book called “Wop and Mop,” issued by Elome Words, Loudon, Hng., the canine. illustrations of which strike me as superior to any- thing Ihave seen, The artist is one W. W. Lloyd, of whom I have never heard before, and he displays in a most marked degree the faculty of seizing the most characteristie features pr done: a point most artists fail in, THE ONLOOKER,. Dee, 17, 1801.) — i FOREST AND STREAM. 435 MR. HACKE’S BARZOIS, M® PAUL HACKER'S large farm, located some two iN miles east and south of Greensburg, was the scene of an exciting and thrilling wolf hunt. The idea of the chase grew out of the fact that Mr. Hacke’s large family of Barzois or Russian wolfhounds are ken- neled at his fatm, Among others who had a curiosity to see how the Hacke kennel would perform in the presence of a wolf, was Dr. Grimes, who was largely instrumental in inducing Mr. Hacke to purchase the hounds. After some dickering two wolves were secured from the Schenley Park Zoo, They were of the prairie variety, and were shipped from the Par West last spring. Since that time the best at the gommand of Supt. McKnight was none too good for them, and they were in prime condition for a battle and arun. A party of about fifty gentlemen watched this novel hunt with interest, A more delightful day could not have been selected, The Beet Betton ade’ which was somewhat lacking in Sportsmanlike qualities, was the trial of a party of seven young dogs that had never had an encounter with a wolf, The wolf was turned out in the inclosure of the kennel with little chance of escape. He seemed to regard it as a hope- less case and at once made a rush for an angle in the high and strong wire fence. The young hounds regarded him with a feeling of natural enmity, but with hair erect, eyes blazing and his fierce jaw set he held them at bay for some moments. Then the veteran Osniaday was brought out, As he bounded from the kernel he sniffed the air and in an instant he leaped across the yard, fairly brushed the younger dogs aside and began a life and death battle with his natu- ralfoe. Swift as an arrow from the bow, says the corre- spondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, bis long white head and nose shot out toward the wolf. The next instant two long gleaming rows of merciless teeth sank into a death grip upon the wolt’s throat. and the struggle began. The young dogs now joined in the unequal battle and the victim was soon killed and left a torn and bleeding mass, Thedogsdid not escape, however, without punishment. One of them ventured too near the jaws of the wolf and the desperate animal took a farewell grip upon his nose, sinking his teeth clear through that member and leaving an ugly wound. The second wolf was released in the middle of a 20-acre field, with fields on every side and a heavy wood stretching away in the distance. Although the odds were against the wolt, it still had some advantage in this particular, that it could dodge along the fences more readily than the dogs. The full pack of fourteen hounds were turned loose in pur- suit, and then began a desperate run. The hounds did not have a chance to extend themselyes freely, owing to the turns and smallness of the lot, and the wolf managed to out- foot them in the first mad chase around the field. Then the terrific pace began to tell upon the wolf, and with one grand leap he cleared the fence and made a wild dash for freedom down the straight road. The hounds followed in hob pur- suit, fairly leaping and tumbling over each other in their eagerness to reach the-victim. The wolf kept to the road until he could fairly feel the hot breath of his pursuers, when he gained a point by turning suddenly, clearing the fence, and leading the way across another great field. The whole pack, wolfand all, soon disappeared over a rise of ground, and when the spectators arrived the fragments of the wolf alone told how the chase had ended. Noone saw what dog first reached the doomed animal, but the fact had been elearly established that the Barzoi hounds are certain death on the track ofa wolf. At is possible that during the winter another hunt will be given, in which the chances of the wolves will be made nearer eyen. THE INFLUENCE OF A PREVIOUS SIRE. _Fiditer Forest and Stream: Mr, Everett Millais writes to the Fanciers’ Gazette that the distinguished inve tigator, Dr. G. J. Romanes, has un- dertaken an investigation of the notion that when a bitch has an alliance with a dog of another breed her subsequent offspring exhibit traces of the first alliance, and he asks that breeders will communicate with him what their expe- rience has been as to this. May I not ask that American breeders will join in.so excellent a work and will communi- cate, either direct to Hverett Millais, Hsq., 31 Grosvenor road, Westminster, tome, or to your journal? Mr. Millais rightly points out that owing to the lack of accurate infor- mation on this subject owners of a bitch which has suffered “a mistortune”’ are apt to deem her ruined for future breed- ing, and give away or dispose of for a song what might otherwise be a most valuable animal. Any who communi- cate incidents, either of bitches who have exhibited this in- fluence in subsequent offspring, or of bitches that have con- tracted mongrel alliances with no harm following, need not hold back for fear that the knowledge may in any way inure to their detriment, for all they need to dois to expressa wish that their names shall be withheld from publicity of any kind. My own observation and experience has been so over- whelmingly against the influencing theory, except as oc- curring only in the most insignificant minority of cases, that J earnestly hope all the instances known will he collected, when I feel quite satisfied as to what the outcome will be. W. WADE. Hubton, Pa,, Dec. 1. NATIONAL BEAGLE CLUB MEETING. | Baas) , Mass., Dec. 12. — A meeting of the National , Beagle Club was called to order by O. W. Brooking at 8P.M. Present F. W.Chapman, W.S. Clark, W.A. Power, H, Y. Jamieson and O, W, Brooking. Voted that commun- ication of F, McKee Thayer be placed on file. Voted to lay communication of Mascoutah Kennel Club on table, and that the secretary correspond with said club for more infor- mation, Voted to correspond with the A.K.C. secretary relative to alsin, class on bench. Voted to offer the follow- ing specials at New York show, February, 1892: Five dollars each for best dog and bitch entered by breeder, open to the world; #5 each for best dog and bitch in show; club medal for best kennel of four owned and entered by one person or kennel, open to members only, Communication from H. F, Schellhass read, commented on and placed on file. Voted to postpone annual meeting until Jan, 9, 1892, at Young’s Hotel, Voted to adjourn. HF, W CHAPMAN. Tt is hard work to select an acceptable Christmas present, something that will give real pleasure. For the sportsman there is nothing more pleasing than & book. which deals with his favoritetopic. He enjoys tis perusal, and the satisfaction ut gives him vs a lasting one. FOREST AND STREAM’ jree dlustrated catalogue gives the intending purchaser a wide runge of selec- tien dnd offers miny. suggestions which al this season of the year are very tiinely. NAMES AND PORTRAITS OF Brrps, by Gurdon Trumbull. A book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can identify without question all tha American game birds which they may kill, Cloth, 220 pages. price $2.40. Por sale by Fornst AND STRMAM. A Boor Asour Inprins.—The Fores, and SaREAM will majl frees on application a descriptive circular of Mr. Grinnell’s book, ““Bawnee Hero Stories and folk-tales,” giving a table of contents and specimen illustrations from the volume.—4 dy, Rifle Range and Gallery. THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. THERE was a shoot for the Winans Trophy in the Amateur Reyolver Championship match at Philadelphia on Saturday eve last. It was held in the gallery of the Wurfflein Pistol and Rifle Association, 227 North Highth street. It is a most convenient gallery, ina central part of town, and some remarkably fine rifle scoring bas been done on the range, The revolver shooting was not so remarkably fine, in some instances being below the aver- age. Among those who shot were H. Travis, whois a son of the well-known Capt. Travis, of pistol shooting fame; J, J, Mount- joy, Dr. Gardiner, R. L. Dubbs and Mr. Yost, of the Wayne Gun Club. The shooting editor of ForEsT AND STREAM was present and supervised the shoofing done, To-morrow, Friday evening, Dee. 18, and Saturday evening, Dec. 19, the match will be on at ona SATAN RECORD GALLERY: FARGETPRACTICE APMSTINE FoR GENTLEMEN. UM g Al’ (355 and 19.59 Broaduity,, New Werk fy Borthavest corner off Ulrtptirst street. p') SS wr RECORDS (OF SHORT RANGE CRAGK 2 I SHOOTING DURING THE PAST “TERT Y NRE” A NEW YORK. Conlin’s well-known gallery," Thirty-first street and Broadway this city. Mr. Conlin has extended his shooting sereens so that pistol or revolver shots may shoot either at 12yds.in the open or at the French gallery range of 16 meters (5244ft.), or at the cham- pionship range of 20yds. This is one of the most convenient and enjoyable ranges to visitin the city, and the matches will be open to all comers without cost of entrance fees. Those who may not have their own weapons ready for use will find the armory of Mr. Conlin admirably provided with everything in the shoot- ing line, and scores Gan be accurately and expeditiously made. New Jersey Riflemen. [Specially Reported for Forest and Stream.) HEADQUARTERS OF OLUBS. Miller R. C,, 80 Hudson street, Hoboken, Union R. C., 223 First street, Hoboken. Friday Night R. C,, 210 Washington street, Hoboken. fixcelsior R. C., 78 Montgomery street, Jersey City. Seitz R, ©., 354 Palisade avenue, Jersey City Heights. Palisade RK, C., 254 Palisade avenue, Jersey City Heights, Bxornsior Riri Cris, Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 8.—Ten shots, off-hand, 25-ring target, possible 250. The scores made in ths shoot for weekly class medals are appended below: W H Hallowell..-. 25 2h 25 24 24 23 28 22 22 21—334 Wi se HaMHIN PY ce ceners terres) eo es's 25 25 24 24 23 28 2R 23 22 21—998 CO Boag...---- ~-25 25 24 24 24 28 22 22 22 2198p W J Henness +25 25 24 24.28 23 28 22 22 21232 VV ete lcnatessiace esis eae . 25 25 25 23 28 23 23 22 22 20-231 H Hensen ....- . 29 24 24 23 23 22 22 22 21 21—227 CL Pinney...-. ~-20, 25 24 24 23 22 22 21 20 20—226 J Speicher .... 1.20 24 23 23 22 22 22 23 21 91—995 a _ 2B 2d 23 22 99 99 bo a1 b0 20991 Thos Hughes .- C Bauchle.....-. ..25 24 28 22 22 21 21 20 20 20—219 DURETENES teatro sangane cer =F yreeres 25 23 238 22 22 22 21 21 20 20-218 fifties. y ! and will remain there tor the winter. Minter Rirue Cius, Hoboken.—Capt. Richard W. Dewey, Dec. 9. Ten shots, off-hand, 25-ring target, possible 250, The scores made in the shoot for class medals were: First Class. EAstah'S. ace ee Deeg Pe oe 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 23 23 22240 IDET ONS TES Oe ee OOM cathe Ore 25 25 25 25 24 24 23 2B 92 99998 CO Fudsonede cree ei Dh 25 24 D4 24 24 24 28 92 99_994 PMINWEN: y Me. Dee h cohepsuctieoeiast 2h 25 2h 25 24 23 23 23 22 21 395 EU IGSL ree aac vp ae on 25 25 Bh 24 24 D4 98 93 23 v0 936 Dillerokenitiu. jsteucaesesspieeee 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 21938 FP Brandt. ...c..ccccccssscsee sels s e235 25 24 24 24 23 23 22 99 91 998 Capt Dewey........ Ee te Aten 30 25 BA 24 24 23 23 22 vd 21 21 — First class medal won by Lou Sool, 240. Second Class. ‘ J Carragher .............-. sites alate 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 28 22—285 MEEISIGEHRG Dre) ei sete ales aeeises 2h 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 22 21—234 Second class medal wou hy J. Carragher, 2:5, Third Class, CALGON feet s be b hieretsipiertcte ate eet 25.25 24 24 23 28 22 22 20 20—228 A Seltenreich......--.... eee tate 25 24 23 28 23 22 20 20 20 20—220 AU DST ere setae) alelechercieee acirs 25 24 23 22 21 20 20 18 18 18—209 F Kammel..............+ Facade diate 24. 23 22 21 20 20 20 19 19 19—207 Third class medal won by A. Stadler, 228. : The club is rapidly coming up to its old form and will no doubt make some of the best scores of the season before long. Team shooting followed between teams captained by Hi. Fischer and L, Sohl, resulting in a tie, as follows: H Vischer........ “ae a 231 Ui staN ets OmbeAR AS 236 C Judson ...... + ee ZOD 1B AY GUUS eo ae a 235 UOTE Sse ee ee ee, 234 KY Brandt... ...... .-.. 286 D Heneken.... ... ....- 285 J Carragher.... ........2385 Dd IAI TOGEN.-sc laos. nest 4 Capt Dewey............. 235 ASbtadletn: (aya, 2 225 H Seltenreich .......... 230 EF Kummeil.............. 210-1610 EF Dunsteadt....... .... -208—1610 GREENVILLE Rirue Crve.—Greenville, N. J., Friday, Dec, 11.— Ten snots off-nand, 25-ring target, possible 250; (Es uA aXsy wt leer eeronoeee ees etree ine 2) 25 25 24 k4 24 24 25 23 23—240 (CO OES ore eeete fcebhre Geen 25 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 22—2a7 SCG) GR SB eter ie et Geran eete 25 25 974 24 23 28 23 22 21 20—229 FRG DIO TES batches pete ete tbe ees ae 25 24 24 24 28 23 28 22 21 17—228 Perkins..... breath bern, oss hope recede or 25 24 24 28 23 28 22 22 21 20—227 Ohetvenb Pars aa tears case tc eo 25 24 24 28 23d 22 22 21 2) 21—221 Oollins.......... sence tearm ness cee chee 225 24 23° 23 22 22 21 21 20 20—22 SpA Neo versy neers» Rioters 25 25 24 24 23 21 20 20 19 19—220 CUD Yoichi ees Ree peor eecaends 25 24 28 22 22 21 19 19 18 18—211 TEU arrreag ee trarerere tad peace. Fre a oem nat INTE 24 23 22 22 22 21 20 19 18 16-207 A meeting was beld immediately after. The club decided to challenge the Palisade Rifis Club, of Jersey City Heights, toa team match, Toe secretary announced that the challenge sent to the Excelsior Rifis Club, of Jersey City, had been accepted. A. merry social session followed. NOTES. The Miller Rifle Club (Tapt, Richard W. Dewey) hold a two- days’ shoot at headquarters, #0 Hudson street, Wobiken. on Fri- day. Dec. 26 (thristmas Day), commencizg at 8 P. M., and Sunday, Dec. 27, shooting comm: ncing at9 P.M. The prizes are: First, $20; second. $15; third, $12; fourth, $10; fifth, $8: sixth, $6; seventh, pe eighth, $5; ninth, $4; tenth, $4; eleventh, $3; twelfuh. $3; thir- eenth, $2; fourteenth. $2; fifteenth, $1. Best two tickets to count, Any .22-cal, rifie will be allowed, The shooting committee are; David Miller, Chairman; E. Fischer, Chas, Judson, J. H. Kruse, and Capt, Dewew. Herman Klemt is the vocalist of the Friday Night Rifle Club of Hoboken, Frequently Herman entertains his fellow members with the rendering of fine tenor solos. Tnose who also share in entertaining are Hd. Phalon and J. Chayanne. The club in re- ards tO menibership and popularity ranks among the first of udson county. It igs just packed with jolly good fellows and there isn’t a crank among then. The Secaucus Gun Clab will hold a live pigeon shoot at Berg- kamip’s, Secaucus, on Christmas Day, for turkeys. Geo. L, Graf and James Johnson, members of the Palisade Rifle Club of Jersey City Heights, bave lately devoted their epars tins to what they term “trick, fauey and diffi ult shooting.” They are becoming quite adept in ihis lire, and itis sale thet they are already billed to appear at a Inca! theater as G, G. Thompson snd J. J, Daly, the champions of the State in pistol, revolver and rifie shooting, We wish them success, Capt, John Reinhardt of the Palisades is a most conscientious officer, and is always wide awake for an oppoviinity to adyance the membership and social standing of his elub, Secretary Gus Finger of the Palisade Rifle Club is quits an adept in what he terms the “black art.” Gus hopes some day to equal Hermann, Alson Stadler is the Adonis representative of the M llsr Rifle Cluh, His handsome appearance trequently calises much jeal- ousy among hisfellow members. Hais**»ay up” in social matters. Oapt. Henry L. Hansen of the Hufson River clib is a fine shot without doubt, he now leading the entire cluh in percentage, J. H. Kruse of the Miler Rifles Club was awarded the handsome gold medal at the meating of the Hoboken Turn Verein, which he won by 2 scére of 25. 25, 25=75 out of a possible 75. The protest therefor of L. Schmidt was set aside. The Schuetzen Club Hansa is the youngest clut in Hoboken, and if appearances go for anything, it will ue one of the most prominent in ashort time, as the m«mbership litt is swelling, The Club’3 headquarters are at the Hansa Hotel, Wirst stree, near Hudson, Hoboken. The gentlemen who are “booming” rhings up for the club are Messrs, Selters, G. Wangersbeimand J. Wangers- heim. They have already secured 25 menibers, The Miller Rifle Club’s team men are doing more practicing since the match was made with the Manhattan Shooting Club, Once more the rifie shooting season is on us, and a glance at the scores will show that every club is regaining its old form, The Miller “nub’s first ten seores last Wednesday averaged a little over 235, out of a possible 250, This shows that the members are once again shooting in their old form. A glance at the scores made will show this. One good feature of the Miller R*fle Club’s msnsgement is the idea of presenting class medals every week. hs clubis divided into three classes, first, second and third. Ame al is put upin each class to be competed for for 26 weeks, The man making the highest score in his class every shooling nigst wears thea medal until the next. The man winning the medal the most times in the 26 weeks is presented with the mtdaland promoted a class higher, This latter rule. however, relates only to second and third class members. Theidea has been followed by several clubs in the county, as itis a practicable one, spurring the menon. as it were, to make their best score. The sc-re in the first class in tha medal competition if ahout evenly divided between Soh], Miller, Schlicht, VWitzsimmons and Judson. In the second G CG Varick has won it once, J). Carragher twice and J. H. Kruse six times, In tha third H. Katzenkamp has won it once, H, Seltenreich three and A, Stadler five times. J. A. kK The Our Owns Win. NpwaRk, Dec. 15.—The first series of the best-two-out-nof=thres matches between the Our Own Club snd the Puritan Rifle Club took place on the former’s ranges to-night, the result being two straight victories for the hom« team, bv the appended ecores: Hirst Match—Our Owis, GEGOGREI cits laden-tuleeea teers 112111119 911 1211 H—109 FA Freiensehnet.............. 11 1211 121112 9 11 11 12—112 CH Townsend.................. 11 10 17:11:22: 10 11: 12 Wd 12-111 aU Heber 2... 22.2... e0e eee ee ee 12 DP 10 A 11 11 12°12 10—102 ANG Renny oan s len nenennn S 1111 121210 9 1071 11 12—109—848 Puritan. @esatier. ten ee eel 9711111 11 8111010 #-1'0 CG Carpenter... ,5.,...----+ ».#10 10 31 10 11 10 12 11 12 19—107 Er Hellb. Aye: Waele ae 1010 11 9 12 12 10 10 10 11105 W Hauselman.... -.....-.-.-55 Vi 1110 8111212 11 7% 10—108 GE KOE Fela ee ee eee WO V1 1212 12 9 11 12 10 11—110—525 Second Ma'ebh—Our Own. Goerke pits tts psputaneeeiee vee dO V1 1211 1212 10 TL 11 W—1 Freiensehuer. Wahisale peatires 10 911 1011 9 10 12 12-105 Townsend ... -2J2 11 Ji 10 71 10 12 12 11 12-112 Hehber...... 10 $1212 10 9 11 72 8 12—102 (QLiGiR aye Teo eee es 12 910 91011 1! 11 11 12—105—5a6 Puritan. SE teh ae Aces ee ee Mt: 8il 710 21212 9 jI— 9 Carpenter. . ol), Eel Oe IS 107 Wels. pees eee Wf 70 8 11 11 12 12 1) 10-107 Hauselman, ., 121010 11.12 11 103212 71-111 ~ piesa Feet se s4e5¢ .--l2 11 12:11: 10 WW 11-13 12. 9—110—432 All the contestants excepting Townsend used Ballaid rmfics. He used a Wurfilein special gallery rifie, his average being the high- est in the two matches, The retnrn series will be shot early in January, Next Tuesday evening the Our Own’'s second team will suocot against the first team of the Independent Rifle Clnb on the latter’s range. The Rifle at Walnut Hill. Boston, Dec. 12.—The regular weekly shoot of the Maseachu- setts Rifle As:ociation was held at its range to-day, with a large attendance of riflemen. The shooting conditions were goon. Fol- lowing are the best scores made to-dav, distance 200yds., standard American target; all being re-entry matches; Cup Off-Hand Math. cents BT J BFellows.....-. 82 HD Martin........ 78 W Conway. W C Johnson... .. i) : All-Cowmers’ Rest Match. J Francis......-... 109 AS BHunt. .......98 A Gnild..._........ 89 F Daniels ........ 108 WC Corney... .. of DN Winn........ RY AH Ballard.....- 105 JF Jones ... ..... 94 S PSmith...,..,., 87 D Martin. ........ U3 All-Comers’ Off-Hand Match, W Charles....... .82 A M Snow........ ia W Oi Coarney....... 70 B Mason........ s.at9 D Martin... ... 42 HW Lowell..... away 6] Pistol Match, d0yds. H Severance....... 91 E Parsons .....,..: 86 M T Day.......5... BB W © Joues.......-. 7 A DStevens.,.,....84 O Moore.. ........, 81 GL Hosmier........ 87 The Turtle Bays Alive. The Turtle Bay Rifle Club has again come to the front under the efficient management ofitscaptain., G,. H. Jantzer. The club’s headquartersin Fort)-second street near Lx ngton avenue have been refurnished and are very cosy and comfortable. Theclub has sneceeded in solving the great probl+m of perfect ventilation, a sheet iron conduit carryiny all the smoke off. Thursday even- ing hasagain been set down #58 practice evening. while the con- tinuous prize contest, similar to \iat of last year, will take place on Tuesday of each week. The conditions are scores of ten shots, number of targets uulimited. the three best scores of tach man to count. To make the contest more even the less experienced members will receive an allowance on esci score. Fifteen hand- some prizes will be divided among the winners at the close of tha season. Wuriflein Scores: PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11.—The reguiar weekly scores of the Wurifl-in Riflc and Pistol Assoeiation, at 25yds., possible 240, mine target. using Wurfilein .22ca]. rifles, off-hand, were Made abt 228 West Highth street as follows: FW Travis vo. ree eg ee eee ee ee se CORD eb 2) BO 2) 20 vn eo esd Sei VLOAITU Umer Lada acelas ke 24 22 24 25 2b 28 23 25 25 25-24] LS PASC eit He ee A oe er ae we 24 23 25 22 24 26 23-24 Sh—239 WWiRVereny A ee nee 22°2h Bh 21 28 25 22 2d 24 25—9BK Dr Gardiner. ,...--.--+. ...---. --..24 22 2% 24 2a 24 20 21 24 2t—231 J Wuritlein........ pee boss ebag sere 25,28 21 23 21 19 23 21 25 23—224 (engl al DU0d aa ee RR ES aE A Ree Aig 22 21 24 28 19 20 24 24 22 24—p74 WowWee ee cies ce pene ee ae 22 2) Wi 28 23 24 23 22 22 24—22]) Leslie Woods...., PEABER Se BE Bevo lye 2 22 16 28-21 23 22 21 2h 21—22() J BoNG@WtODs se ppee pee. weer see cee ee cores AD 22 ee PERS AT 22—219 Empire Rifle Club. New Yor, Dee, 11,—The following scores were made Tuesday, Dec. 8, by members of the Hmpire Rifis Club at the club’s range, 12 St. Marks Place; distance 100/t.. possible 250: Chas Aatuler 2... -.ccssaec ee 02 W Miller..., ..,, ieee asia des 221 G Talimann, Jr. x A Stahl. Jr.... Bed SAC SPbGR ae eens ea peers oats W Res-nst ans =2ai. LASINO WEI cia cece rete. J Grimm ys oe weeds Oo BAT GHAR oye cose ie cine 1204 VWieltibonsbetinone,) done ees pereceeeeG ELI GI OVE. acr-= eee ioe y eels The Harlem Rifie Club. A PRIZE shoot will take placa on the range of this club, 2,072 Third avenieé, on Jan, 15, when $200 in cash will be distributed. 4836 FOREST AND STREAM. (Dec, 17, 18919 - Crap Shooting. GIANTS AT THE SCORE. “GENDLEMEN, the result of the match is a victory for EK. D, Ful- ford by a score of 223 kills to J. L. Brewer's 216.” This was the announcement made by Referee John Riggott in front of the Fountain Gun Ciub house, at Woodlawn, L. 1L., at 3;20 P.M. on Saturday, Dee. 12. Only twenty-two words and sixsmall figures, but what a volume ot meaning is conveyed! Just let your memory go back ahout four weeks and imagine trying to convince yourself that any man living could defeat Jack Brewer in one, much less three, matches. On the night of Nov, 11, the night before the first Fulford-Brewer match at Marion. bets of 20 to 4 were offered on Brewer with no takers, The following night, after Pulford had killed 100 straight against Brewer’s 29. hundreds of people remarked that “it was a fiuke,” and that the next day Brewer would “bury Fulferd.” Gere came another surprise in the shape of a score of 99 for Ful- ford to 98 for Brewer. Now people began to ask ‘Who is Pul- ford?” “Where did this ona spring from?” and many other questions of like character, Then again, when on the third day, with all his hard luck in haying to change his guns, he tied Brewer on 94in the match and lost by but ene bird in the shoot- ott, the talent began to think thatiat last the hitherto invincible Jack bad met his equal, for whom he had been searching so many years. Brewer himself acknowledged Fulford to be “the toughest customer he had ever met. after searching over three continents.” On Nov. 14, after he and Fulford had agreed to meet at Woodlawn Park in a_match at 250 live birds each for $1,000 a side, Brewer said, “Mr. Fulford, if you beat me then, I'll take off my hat!” EK. D. FULFORD. The weather on Saturday was as perfect as if made to order. T'He sun shone bright and clear, the air was cold and crisp, the atmosphere dry enough to preyent even a lazy bird (had there been any in the lot) from feeling draggy, and the wind blew diagonally across the line of traps from the right with a force that caused a straight or a left-quartering driver to make for the feneé at a pace that called for quick work on the part of the shooters. And whata crowd was there to witness this battle of the giants. A representative party inevery sense of the word. Men from north, east, south and west had left their homes and journeyed to Long Island for the sole purpose of seeing what they were coulident would ba the finest shooting exhibition every seen. Wor were they disappointed. Ti was estimated that there were fully 1,800 people on the erounds, and [ am inclined to thiuk that the number was at least 200 higher. It was the largest attendance seen at any pigeon match in this locality for a long number of years. Among the most prominent of those present may be mentioned John W., Fulford, John Dustan, ©. BE, L. Brelsford, J. W. Warden, Harry Buek, D. M. McCormick and R. Sherer, of Harrisburg, Pa.; Jacob Pentz, of the Sporting Times; Chas. E. Willard, of Chicago, 1ll.; Harvey MeMurchy, Daniel Lefeyer and Chas. M. Mowry, of Syracuse, N. Y.; J. Frank Kleinz, James Wolstencroft, William Wolstencroft, Sr., William Wolstencroft, Jr., Isaac Wolsten- eroft, Richard Irwin, Boyl Irwin, Harry Irwin, Judge Clayton, Chas. Smith, Peter Grim, Prof. Neusch. Dr. Kobler, Harry Day and A. Sheatz, of Philadelphia; Jacoh Koch and Malt. Koch, of Buffalo: D. O. Upson, of Sleveland; W. 8S. Govett, of Lyons, N. Y.; Chief Engineer Robert Kierstead, Building Inspector I. W. Town- send, 8. S. Hedden, W. Fred Quimby, L. O. Hedden, Gustay_L. Freche, C. M. Heddep, W. R. Hobart, Justus Yon Lengerke, Hb. Francis, J. BE. Wheaton. Ed. Carrington, ". H. Harrison, H. O. Geoffroy, of Newark, N-J.; A. Sickley and Enoch D. Miller, of Springfield, N. J; Wm. Sigler, Dan Terry and Wm. Terry, of Montcluir, N. J.;.J. Frank Class, ef Pine Brook. N. J.; P. J. Zeg- lio, of Warrenville, N. J.; John Riggott, of Rockaway, N. J. T. H. Keller, of Plaintield. N. J.; J. H- Smith. of Hackettstown, N.J., Wm. Gardner, of South Orange, N. J.; R. Tillou, 8. Youmans and R, Quad. of Maplewood, N. J; R. Beam, of Madison, N. J.; Wm. R. Hieles, of Christiana, Pa.; W. A. Cruttendon, of Cazenovia, N. Y.; M. F. Lindsley and Capt. Cranmer, of Hoboken, N. J.: Al. Heritage, of Jersey City, N. J.; Neaf Apgar, of Plainfield, N. J.; H. A. Penrose and W. C. Cody. of New London, C Schwartz, of Lebanon, Pa.; D, Waclow, of Cortland, N. Y.; Ryan, of Williamsport, Pa; H. Folsom, Geo. Ortsifer, H. H. Bates, J.B. Smith, 1. B, Savage, C. W. Bissell, and W. Yon Beuren, of New Haven, Conn.; C, H. Burbridge and Allen Willey, of Hart- ford, Gonn.; C. L. Gove, Geo. Dorn, Henry Kurtz, J. lL. Smith, and John Meyer, of Albany. N. Y.; Dr. Chas, Weed, O. L. Hunter and H. L. Gates, of Utica, N. Y.; Miles Johnson, of Newtown, N. J.; Capt. John §. Shepherd, of Queens, N. Y.; Thos. J. Dolan, Edgar C. Murphy, G. Floyd-Jones, H. C. Squires, Harry Craft, James Pilkington, J. P. Burnham, E- Dimock, A. T. Sullivan, James Hanchen, ‘Snapper’ Garrison, Ben West, Abel Crook, C. Blattmacher, D. Miller, John Pace, Judge Green, Isaac Hyde, L. T,. Davenport, Walter Peet, Louis Schortemejer, L. T. Goebring, A.E. Eddy, J. Schlege, H. Knebel, “Okey” Kerher, J. Blake. P. Ward, or this city; Under-Sheriff MeLaughlin, of Brooklyn: Judge Newton, of Coney Island; J. H. Welland, of Chicago, I].; J. Van Dyke, Fred Beale, and Geo. Cubberly. of Long Branch, N. J. ' The shoot had been very extensively advertised, the leading papers in all parts of the country haying made repeated mentim of thefame of the men and what they were expected to accom- plish. Thomas H. Keller, better known as “Tee Kay,” did some creat hustling in the matter of press notices. The Fountain Gun Club had everything in “‘apple-pie” order for the match and had erected a temporary grand stand which was filled at an early hour, After 9 A, M. every train on"the Sea Beach or the Culver roads deposited its quota of passengers al one of the stations, and by 9:30 the crowd had grown very large. Brewer and Fulford, the two principals, with a number of their immediate friends, reached the grounds at 9:40, Shortly after- ward they were attired in their shooting sweaters’ and went ont to shoot a few practice birds. Before they had fired many shots they realized that neither the hirds nor the weather conditions were favorable for clean scores. Bothmen looked to bein superb form, and each was confident of his own ability to win. After they had become sufficiently limbered up the real business of the day was taken in hand, and things arranged for a start in the biggest match eyer shot in the world. Without any discussion John Riggott, of Rockaway, N. J.,a veteran of many hard-fought contests and a member of the Newark Gun (lub, was selected as referee; at the suggestion of Jacob Pentz, of Sporting Times, Chas. H. Townsend, of FOREST AND STREAM, was Selected as official scorer, and Neaf Apgar, of Plainiield, officiated as trap-puller. The birds, which were furnished by Wm. R. Feiles, of Christiana, Pa., and Miles Johnson, of Newtown, N.J., were handled by J. Frank Kleinz, of Philadelphia. It was precisely 10:46 A, M. when Captain John L, Brewer stepped to the score in his usual nonchalant Manner, and after glancing once or twice along the barrels of his‘*Princess”’ Greener, asked, “Are you ready?” “Ready!” came the response from {rap- puller Apgar, In an instant came “pull” in a sharp and clear tone, and as the trap went over cut went a vicious-looking blue bird from No.3 trap toward the right boundary. Bang, bang came two reports in quick succession, and down went the bird dead as a stone. “It all the birds are to be of that style,” said a bystander, ‘“‘there’l] ba no big scores to-day.” The trap was re- filled and up stepped E. D. Fulford to the score. cool as a cucum- her and with a confident smile lurking about the corners of his mouth, Once, twice goes his new hammer Greener to his shoul- der, then ‘‘Are you ready?” in a measured tone. “Ready!” came the reply. Once more the gun goes up, then the butt is dropped almost even with the elbow, “pull” in a drawling tone is followed by a quick bang, bang as No.4 trap goesover. The bird by this time is plucked ready for the pot, but you were too quick, Hddy, and Referee Riggott promptly says “another bird,’ the one shot having been on the ground when it metits fate, The next time he says pull over goes No.3 trap and out goes a straight driver which is grassed with a quick first, Everything went along swim- mingly until the sixth round, when Fulford caught his Jonah in the shape of a terribly fast left-quartering driver, which was slobbered with the first barrel and which refused to stop on the second. His eighth bird, a lightning driver, carried itself off the grounds only to fall a victim to the army of bushwhackers who were on the outside looking for material for potpies. Brewer killed ten straight, but met his fate on his eleventh, a bird which went from No. 4 trap straight for the right fence, and then just as the first was pulled twisted to the left and saved itself from the second. This was added to the spoils of the bushwackers, as were his twelfth and thirteenth birds, both straight drivers that flew as though possessed. He also lost his eighteenth, a strong driver which fell dead over the fence. His twenty-fifth, a right- quartering incomer, was hit with both barrels, but not hard enough to persuade it tostop. His fifteenth bird was a “corker” of a driver from No. 3 trap that was killed in magnificent shapes witha long second, All this time the telegraph man had been plugging lead into his birds, good, bad or indifferent. in a manner that showed he was out for business. His seyenth bird was a fast left-quar- tering driver that he killed in splendid shape with the second barrel. His seventeenth bird was a terror. The instant trap No. 2 was sprung out went a Zig-zagging driver that changed its course faster than an ordinary eye could follow its movements, It Caught the first barrel in good style, but refused to stop, and every one expected to see it added to the list of lost, when “bang” went the second and down went the bird with its wings still out- atretcned. stone-dead, at least 35yds. from the trap. “That was a ood shot, Fulford,” said Brewer, and everybody agreed with hin, is twenty-fourth bird was another good one and called for close work as it circled. Atthe end of the first round the score stood 23 for Fulford to 20 for Brewer. By this time the shooters and spectators began to realize that they were looking at the flight of a remarkable lot of pige.ns, and a number of bets were offered that neither man would kill 230 out of the 250. The birds flew like demons, and were made still faster by the stiff wind, which stead- jly increased in force and kept the big flag of the Fountains stretched to its full tension. By this time the shooters began to he handicapped by the current of air, which formed an eddy in front of the house and twept the smoke and dust full in their faces at each discharge of a gun. This must certainly have in- terfered at times with use of second barrel. THE SECOND ROUND, On the second round Brewer started with a fine second barrel kill of a circler to the left and Pulford followed with a quick first on a left-quarterer. Brewer's ifth was a scorcher from No. 5 trap that carried two loads of shot over the wocds and is probably still fiying. Fulford’s seventh, a slate-colored hen, was killed about ten yards from No. 2 trap by a fine first. Brewer’s ninth was another of tbe fast driyers which was killed at long range by a Magnificentsecond. His twelfth, a right: quartering driver, called for another splendid second; his fifteenth, a left-quartering driver was a fine first barrel kill,and hissixteenth, a lightning driver, car- ried two full loads to the fence and fell dead before it could raise to safety. This was hit with the second at full 70yds. His twenty- third and twenty-fourth were both left-quartering drivers of the “Jet me fo” kind, but in both instances Jack’s deadly second brought them to grass. Fulford’s eleventh, a right-quartering driver; his thirteenth, a right-quarterer; fifteenth, a circler to the right and his seventeenth, were all lightning birds, but in each instance his beautiful first barrel work brought the birds to grass. He lost his eighth bird. a lefi-quartering driver that was merely feathered with the second: his eighteenth, a very fast driver that climbed out of both charges, and his twenty-fourth, also a left- quartering driver, very vicious, which carried both loads to the houndary and fell dead less than a foot outside. Scores, Fulford 45, Brewer 44. THE THIRD ROUND. On the first Brewer made aneat kill of a fast left-quarterer, Fulford following by a_ fine long second on a right-quartering driver. Brewer's second, a Jeft-quartering driver, yery fast, went “over the hills to the poor house,” and Fulford, just to keep in the swim, sent his next bird on the same course, although it was hard hit. Fulford lost bis ninth; Brewer lost his sixteenth, and so did the Bridgeport man, Brewer’s nineteenth, a screaming left- quarterer, Gatried 2402, of shot as far as the fence and fell dead, just over. Fulford’s eighteenth. a left-quartering driver, got away to liberty, not eyen the pot-hunters being able to grass it. Brewer lost bis twenty-second; Fulford his twenty-third and twenty-fifth. Brewer's tweaty-third was a left-quartering driver, that required a macnificent exercise of judgment to bring to grass, but he went there on Jack’s second. Fulford’s star birds were his sixth and seventh, both fine second-barrel kills on left-quartering drivers, the last at long range. Score, Brewer 65, Fulford 64, THE FOURTH ROUND. Brewer's third bird wasan ugly twister which fell dead a toot outside; Fulford’s fifth, a left-quartering driver, very fast, got over in safety; Brewer’s tenth, a straight driver, followed suit; Fulford’s eleventh, a laft-quartering driver, left for parts un- known; Brewer's twenty-second was a lightniny right-quartering driver that nothing could have stopped. Brewer's second bird was killed in beautiful style with the first barrel; his thirteenth ditto, both being very fast left-quartering drivers; his twenty- third, which started in the same direction as the other two, wasia terror. but came to grass at the first fire. Fulford caught a cracker of a right-quartering driver, which ought to haye died in the air on the first fire, but required a second to make it fall; his thirteenth was a left-quartering driver, which was another ele- gant second-barrel kill, as was his fifteenth, of the same ilk; bis twenty-first, a left-quartering driver, was killed in great form by: a, fine first, while his twenty-second, an ugly right-quartering driver, twister and zigzagger, called forth a fine display of skili, but was obliged to come to grass just inside the boundary, Score on the even hundred, 87 kills for each man, At this point the betting, which had been strongly in favor of thebig Philadelphian, took a turn and dropped toeyvens. The spectators were at this stage fully convinced that they were at a genuine shooting match, where thé men were on equal footing as regards skill and where each map was shooting to win. Theeyes of both men began to look swolien and bloodshot from the constant blowing back of the smoke and dust, but otherwise there was no perceptible change in their condition, eithar as regards endurance or nerve. It was here remarked that the majority of the misses credited to the men were on driying birds, which, as a rule, area ‘‘einch” for either of them. Twelve of the thirteen birds missed by Fulford J. L, BREWER. and ten of thosé missed by Brewer had been either direct, right or left-quartering drivers. The reasons assigned for this will be given later on. WHE ELIELH ROUND, Brewer opened the second hundred with a good tirstand Wul- ford followed suit. Brewer's second, a gircler to the Jeft, called forth a round of applause, as he put in one of his old tima double shotsand sent it to grass. His seventh was a terribly fast left- quartering driver that fell dead over the fence; his ninth, which went in the same direction, was sent to grass by a remarkably fine second: his tenth, a “river, left for some more congenial quarters; his seventeenth was a very fast_and tricky lett-quar- tering driver that got tired of life when Jack put in his second; his nineteenth got away in safety by some lively flapping of wings and his twenty-fifth died just over the fence. Fulford’s eleventh was a corker of a right-quartering driver, killed by an elegant first; his thirteenth, a fast driver, called for another fine first; bis eighteenth, a driver. fell just over the boundary; his twentieth, a tricky. twisting driver, was killed with the second at s0yds. Score: Fulford 111, Brewer 108, : THE SIXTH ROUND. Fulford lost bis third bird, a right-quarterer, awfully fast; his fifth, a fast driver, and his seventh, a left-quartering driver that could out-fly a bolt of lightning. Brewer’s thirteenth was a screamer that went straight to the front. dropping feathers as each barrel was fired, but refused to die. His seventh bird called KLEEN Pe EB RER MPR ELS, 554 $9.3 EXNY RANT PSE TEAM Pt ag UY PI BREN TPR at, FRR FS SAE ERE ANNE NNR SIR ARI INA PF NEUE 2h ENB BARA AA En Na ES 20 Boel ARRS NAA PR er MY 98 Sop Bee PENS AEN INGEN FINK 23 Fae PS PE PN etek PN PTD BeNOR 2 3. WER PIR PR Ket 3 3 Petpet! BR gt TINA NE Bel tee 23 Tertnt ——— 223 _FULFORD’S- SCORE. Facesimile from original officia] score, FOREST AND STREAM. 4837 forth all his skill, as it made for the right boundary, but a well- timed second grassed it. Fulford’s eleventh and twelfth were both very fast right-quartering drivers, and showed elegant first barrel work. His fourteenth was another of the same direction and caliber and was neatly killed with a fine first. Brewer's seventeenth bird was a very tricky left-quartering driver,a fine first; his twenty-fourth, a driver, awfully fast and a climber, fell dead over the fence. Fulford’s twentieth bird was a circling left- uarterer that dropped dead a foot over the boundary; his twenty- fontth, a fast driver, climbed out of both loads and escaped. Score 181 each, and the betting stil! even. dé THE SEVENTH ROUND. Brewer killed a fast right-quarterer with a cleyer second and Fulford followed with a miss on a left-quartering driver that climhed over his second. Brewer’s third was a.dandy driver that caught both loads full and struck the fence before he would stop; his eighth and ninth were left-quartering drivers, the first calling for a beautiful second, and the last falling on a superb first. !Ful- ford’s sixth, a fast left-quartering drivet, fell on the first. Brewer Jost his twelfth, an ugly zig-zag driver; his fourteenth ditto and his fifteenth, a fast and tricky left-quartering driver; his six- teenth was a left-quartering driver that flew like a demon the in- stant the trap was pulled. was brought down by a magnificent second; his fifteenth went in the same direction, but dropped on the first, although it was awfully fast work; his twenty-tbird, which was a left-quartering driver, refused to stop on the first, hut came down at 70yds. on the second, an elegant kill. Fulford lost his twentieth. another climbing driver; his twenty-fourth was a humping circler that dropped on a masterly first. Score, Fulford 154, Brewer 153. THE EIGHTH ROUND. On the opening shot Jack puta quick first into a Jeft-quartering blue bird, and Fulford followed with a pretty second at, long Tange on a chocolate left-quartering driver, that tried in vain to circle out of the charge. Jack’s third, a left-quartering driver, was terribly fast and went away to join some of its friends out- side. Fulford's sixth, a fast driver, followed suit. Jack’s ninth was a vicious left-quartering driver, killed with an awfully quick first which doubled it up in the air. His fourteenth went Jike a streak and kept out of the dead lina bo'h times he fired; this was a blue right-quartering driver H's fifteenth started straight for the front. but twisted out of the first load; Jack sentin his second aud the feathers fiew in all directions, but much to the surprise of eyerybody the bird fiew to the fence and gave up the ghost on the outside. His twenty-third was a fast left-quartering dr’ver that dropped feathers all the way over the field, but refused to fall. Fulford’s thirteenth, a left-quarteringe driver, was a hustler, and heving climbed out of the first concluded to twist out of the second and getaway. 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Brewer bad 14 right-quarterers, 46 left-quarterers, 42 straight drivers, 13 right-quartering drivers, 84 left-quartering drivers, 1 jincomer, 7 right-quartering incomers. 12 left-quartering incomers, 4 hoverers, 27 circlers and twisters, 9 dead out of bounds. Tne guns and loads used were as follows: Brewer—W. W. Greener ‘**Princess’? hammerless, weight'71bs. 15}¢0z., barrels _30- inch, shells Ely’s ‘‘Tournsment,”’ length of shell 43 inches, Ely primers, powder American Wood. 33%dr. in both barre]s, Squires’ grease and waterproof and Hly’s thick felt wad on top of powder, 14% \z Tatham’s No. 7 chilled shot in right and 14402. No. é do. in left barrel, Squires’ top shot wads, Squires’ special crimp. Load- ed_by Henry C. Squires on Dee 11. _ Fulford—W. W. Greener hammerless gun, weight @1b. 70z., 40- inch barrels, shells Ely’s “Tournament,” length 3 inches. Ely primers, powder Schultze, 4dr. in each barrel, Squires’ salmon felt and Ely’s thick felt wads on powder, li40z. No.7 Tatham’s chilled shot in right and 1440z. No. 6 do.in left barrel. Squires’ tep shot wads, Squires’ special crimp. Loaded by H.C. Squires Dec. 11, The summary of all the matches shot by the two men shows: Miilferde ese eet eee, Se eee 100 99 «6944 2238—h40 Be er owt! Aotetchr ete ticks eich 99 98 94 25. 216 —532 Brewer Brewer 174. Atthis point Brewer began to be vexed at what he termed his poor shooting, and said to the writer, * ’ve not shot so meanly in ten years, and don’t know what the trouble is. I know I held right on the last birds I missed!” Fulford also got out of patience at losing birds which he thought he hit hard with his second but which seemed to have urgent business elsewhere. Dick Irwin, who knows Brewer like a boik, was amazed at his loss of so many driyers. “A bird which goes in that direction is a cinch for him,” said Dick, ““and I don’t see how they get away.” But get away they did. THE NINTH ROUND. On the sixth bird, a twister that flew likea demon and made all sorts of motions, the giantfrom Hammonton expended both FERN 508 Sade SEL PLE BNR EDO LO RE ET OF AI IN FR OR RR 14 i OM Ae — H AK ? fh? LR Ae ER IPL & KB eet PN eet LGN TGR Ege USAR WE 21 3 > 2 A the i) aN SNe Nc Le CRP EYR BWA Re PLES 1 AYR YD BR NREL Gh DK 23 So BK TREC RR LE BRAN NON Lael oh CPPS SRN OPS 8 PE PMO SPF 1 SER IPR RP eR R BNR Spl tp SAR SER Th 2 F BYOB PY PEP RE EH OM Gas BE 19 TortuA— 2b BREWER'S SCORE. Fac-simile from original official score, a barrels and scattered feathers, but stop it would not. Notte be out of the fashion, Fulford caught a fast driver which scurried over the fence after climbing out of both barrels. His seventh showed pretty work with the first; his eighth, another left-quarter- ing driver, followed number seven over the fence. This cut his lead down to two birds, but on the thirteenth, a bad circling towerer, his opponent scored another miss. Brewer’s seventeenth, a chocolate colored left-quartering driver, called for one of the finest shots of the day, being folded in the air witha beautiful second at full 80yds.; his twenty-third, same direction, was another splendid exhibition shot. Fulford’s thirteenth and fifteenth were both fast drivers, but good judgment on the first barrel in each instance brought both to grass; his twenty-first was a hummer that made a bee-line for the left boundary, but had to step when it caught the second at long range. Now the score stood 200 kills for Fulford, 197 kills for Brewer, with 25 more birds to go for each man. At this juncture very few bets were offered. Some of Brewer’s friends were still confident of his ability to win, although they acknowledged that his chances were rather slim. THE FINAL ROUND, Both men were now in dead earnest and watehed one another’s shots very closely. Their eyes began to look bad from the con- stant blowing back of the smoke and dust, as before mentioned, and it was surprising that they were able to see to use their second barrels. There was no perceptible tiring on eifher side, nor did either man show in the slightest degree the effect of the terrible strain on their nerves. The Hammonton man caught a Tartar in his second bird, a lefi-quartering incomer, which got away from both barrels; his seventh was a wig-zagger that also went away, as did his tenth, a terribly fast driver, and his eleventh, a climbing left-quartering driver. Fulford’s first eleven were killed, but his tweifth, which described a baker’s dozen of circles, left him to go over the woods. Jack’s sixteenth, a twist- ing driver, caught two full charges of shot but managed to strug- gle over the fence to die. Ed’s nineteenth was another circler that escaped from the field. Brewer lost his twenty-second, a fast driver. Onthe245*h bird Brewer was shot out, as even had he killea his last five birds and Fulford lost his last five the latter would have won by 218 to 217. On the twenty-third and twenty- fourth birds Brewer dis splendid work with the second barrel, the former being an ugly circler and the latter a very fast right- quarterer. Fulford’s twenty-second was a tast driver and killed handsomely wilh a long second, At 3:18 thelast shot was fired and two minutes later Referee Riggott made the announcement quoted at the head of this story. Tbus ended one of the greatest matches eyer held in Amer- ica, both as regards the caliber of the men, the issue, the quality of the birds and the management in general. Of the birds toa much cannot be said.- Thev were the finest lot, without excep- tion, ever trapped in this country, as vouched for by old veterans who haye been “in the swim” for many years. Mr. Brewer says they were the finest lot he ever saw, outside of England, and that even there it would be hard to beat them. Just think of five hundred birds being trapped in a single day and only three of the lot needing a shaking up! The wonder is that even these men, noted experts of iron nerve and marvellous skill that they are, should have grassed even 439 of them inside the boundary, or 449 including those which fell dead outside of the bounds. During the earlier part of the race Brewer had slightly the luck of the birds; from the fiftieth to the one hundredth round the luck was slightly on Fulford’s side; on the next hundred it was about even; from the two hundredth to the two hundred and fiftieth Fulford was favored, but on the last twenty-five there was little if any difference. Taken from start to finish the luck of the birds bad little or nothing to do with the result of the match. Astar asthe men were concerned a yolume might be written. As stated before, Brewer declared that he*thad not shot so meanly for ten years,” and having witnessed his work at various times and places I am inclined to think that he was correct. Every bird lost was a “rasper,” so that on that score the shooters can rest easily. It was noticed, however, that at times Brewer would strike a brilliant gait and putin both barrels with his. old time rapidity on a number of rounds, and then again would he seem to be slow in getting on for a while. Only one of his lost birds made a clean miss, the feathers being kno¢ked out of each 438 FOREST AND STREAM. {Dee. 17, 1891. of the others. Forthe first time in his career he shot American wood powder. His friends say he made a mistake in not prac- ticing with this powder previous to the date of the match and acquainting himself with its velocitv. He says the penetration was perfect but that it was either faster or slower than he had calculsted on, the result baing that he would shoot slightly ahead or behind the birds. For this, of course, the responsibility rests with the man and not with the powder. Another mistake that he acknowledged having made wag in not using the same gun he used when he shot against: Fulford at Marion, The gun he used last Saturday was his old one, with which he won his honors in England, a first-class weapon, but one which he was not accus- tomed to use lately. In a conversation with Fulford in the Astor House, on Saturday ot ee night, the writer remarked that he seemed to be slightly off in his second barrel. “Yes, he replied, “that is true, hut it was the fault. of the gun, and not myself. I never shot a better first barrel in my life, and never di? I hold any better with my second, but while the former is a perfect shooter, the latter at 50vds. makes a attern that is epen enough to let a pigeon find more than one oop-hole for escape.” Heis going tosend the gun back to Mr. Greever with an order fur a new one, made to shoot, regardless of cost. Hisold hammerless gun, which he used at Marion in Novem- she had a deadly second barrel,in which he had perfect con- ence. At the conclusion of the match Brewer turned toward his oppo- nent and said, “Fulford, you’re a dandy!” and then turning toward the crowd, and raising his voice, he continued, “Now, I’d like to make a match for the championship of the world, won by me in England in 1888, and have never been asked to defend. I will shoot for the title and $5,00) or $10,000 a side, under Hurlingbam or Tondon Gun Club rules, and will ber nohody.” As he concluded he looked full a! Folf rd, who quietly said, “Tain’tin it, Jack.” Later in the evening Mr. Fulford said to the writer that he would not talk mateh until efter he had received his new gun and given it a thorough trial. “If it is satisfactory.” he said, “I will heteady for business. After that,” he continued, ‘I will back Mr. Brewer and myself for a team match against any two men in the world for from $5 000 to $10.000 a corner!” During Saturday’s match the principals were on the most friendly terms throughout, and occasionally would exchange bantering remarks. On one occasion Brewer’s gun was discharged before he had said ready, and Fulford in a lanehing tone said: “Don’t get rattled, Jack; you’re a little nervous!” Brewer smiled, said “Yes, you’re right,” and walking to the score made one of the finest kills of the day on a twisting right-quarterer that caucht both barrels before it struck the ground. As he returned to his seat he remarked that it was a good thing to have a double- barreled gun. When Jack’s 1021 bird appeared as though it would scale the fence the crowd began to yell, but they stopped as it struck fu!l against the lower p:nel and fell dead. **You shouted too soon that time.” said Captaia Jack. His ninety-seventh bird was arustler, and as it went over the fence, Fulford’s admirers hooted at a great rate. This caused Jack’s dander to rise and he snapped out, ‘Never mind, Dll make some of you suckers cry your eyes out before you're six months older.” ee During the shoot some one asked Miles Johnson, *Who is this Fpiford?” ‘ “Don’t know; never heard of him before these matches,” said the Newtown veteran; ‘guess he’s like the mushroom—came up with the last shower.” Above will be found detailed scores of the great match, along with a photogravuic reproduction of the official score sheet, which shows tte flight of every bird. This is the first time in the history of trap-shooting that any such table has been published. The arrow heads denote the directiun of flight from the moment the bird left the trap; a dash across the shaft of the arrow denotes that the second barrel was used;a dot onthe butt of the arrow denotes a lost bird: a star alongside the arrow shows that the bird fell dead out of bounds; where an H is shown the bird was a hoverer; T deno'es ‘hat the bird towered in addi‘ion to its other course. The figures over the arrows show the trap from which the bird was sprung. C. H. TOWNSEND. FULFORD-BREWER. Set of fourteen pno.os.4xh, haracteristic ~o-itions, $2.50; sin- gie pictures, 25cents. J. B, BORNHAM, 464 W. 20th st., N. Y.—Adpv. Captain Money Wins Again. Capt. A. W. Monay, the gentl-manly expert who is represent- ing the EH. C, powder company to such good advantage in this couatry, added another to his ] ng list of trap victories, by defeat- ing L. T. Davenport.at the Carteret Grounds, at Bergen Point, on Tuesday. The bicds were a very fice Jot and the Captain in spisndid fettle, while Divenpor' seemed tob,s out of form. The Gonditions were 160 birds per maa, 30y;ds. rise, 59 7ds. boundary, for $500 aside. Justus Von Langerke was referee. Tne score was: Money 90, Davenport 80. eee}! 3 ( & Forgord’s I st ry A oN, Je ltt ee * AMY, a Sey Nt rhe ~ i, ae yAuta rd tay “7 tien TP ke ay MI ay Brewers 17 i TAN , My, at ‘| y Vy, tg a Wt os Moat HY SY RQYLTHL Seca TE | VAY, Se! . \ ATL Xz T wes v bey wy i f A Vow en) Nav Brewers 13t 4 nie WAN Tian Uy a a ee attr We ine — 4, i Veet 134, x 4 { ret mi) a ti Mr Brewers Lightning veo = See Det With Setond Larval th : Pustor ds ‘3° 4i We SLA a) ‘ ~ \ ft “ } a Folsoy al’s. Site Wey fave ree y : ids | xe \ : i 1 why ao owen * “ OAM Men) Sat oe ee laa ’ = | bie jy Na ole dPins V NSE a aoe T) ab . NEN i \ ig Weaata 2 Za os \ ae (ond w/) ; ft Xs oT; A pa Begin SA Whos ke b pe bees abs vy crore oe i Ly (0% iA ‘ as HY OVW VGH EY’ DAL. PEN ‘Cy a ae ye : a LAB ee 4 oF ie hae F sae yy ate * Se hy * MPAs At Wooo aw n- ARK. oe ‘fy an : {: \ = : > aN ih tsb a pet te. \, Baye een NO es I= KY | i Whe: ers ae ig - idem, Pee wae THE ILLINOIS RULES. [Special to Forest and Stream. CuHicaGco, Ill., Dec. 16.—EHditor Forest and Stream: Here are the new live bird rules as adopted by the Illinois State Sports- men’s Association. They are given in the full text, put on the wires directly from the official copy, and now for the first time published. Thus do the trap-shooters of **Chicago and the West” look not in vain for the freshest news,—E. Houen. LIVE BIRDS. Rule 1—An inclogure as a boundary shall he established, its base being a, so-called dead line, which shall be 100yds. long, the sides of which said dead line shall be 40yds. long, and shall be at richt angies to, and connect with the ends of said dead line, thus forming three parts of an oblong square,and its front being a halfcirele, con- necting with the uninclosed sides of said oblong square, thereby forming an inclosure 100yds, wide atits base or dead line. and also 100yds. wide at a point 40y4s, distant from either end of such dead line; and the extreme length of such inclosure shall be 90yds. as measured from the center of the dead line over the center trap, as hereafter located, tothe ceuter of the line forming the circumference of the said half circle. Rule 2.—The bouudary line should be a wire fence not exceeding 2ft. in height. or where a fence has not been constructed. flags or posts shall be set, not exceeding 25vds. apart on the straight hnes of the ground, and not exceeding 10yds, apart on the half circle; and such fence when constructed, er such flags or posts when so sef (2 line being drawn from post to post), shall be recognized as constituting the bonudary lines of the grounds. If a fence of greater height than 2ft. ison a line with an7 part of the boundary (as measured as above), a line or fence shall be established at least 2yds. within such fence, where it so encroaghes, and such line sball be recogzniz d as the boundary line. : ; Rule 3.—The center of the deadlin» 8 all be called the score. and the traps. shall be iccated cn tbe serment of a circle, set 5ids. apart, aud directly in front of and 80yds.from such score, the location of the center trap being at right angles with the line of the deadline. J J Rule 4.—All contests at live birds shall bs shot from 5 groun d traps, which shall be numbered from 1 to Sinclusive. Plunge FraDE Pay, be used, however, when so directed by the Board of irectors. Rule 5 —The standard gun shell be a 12-bore weighing less than 8lbs. Guns of Jess caliber shall receive a handicap allowance of Jeyd. for each sized bore less than the standard bore, provided the weight of such gun shall not exceed 6i4lbs.; 10-gauge guns shall be penalized 2yds. by handicap. Any gun weighing &lbs, or over shall be classed at the handicap distance of a 10-bore. No gun of larger caliber than a 10-bore shall ba used. Any gun weighing less than 6lbs. shall receive a handicap allowance of 2yds, in excess of that given for reason of its gauge. Rule 6.—The standard distance from the traps for the standard gun in single bird shooting shall be 30yds., and at double bird shooting 25. ds. Rule %—The standard charge of shot shall be not to exceed 1140z as measured in a Dixon Cup No. 1,106, or No. 1,107 struck measure. The charge of powder shall not be limited. Rule 8.—T wo judges and a referee and a scorer, who shall keep the score under the direction of the referee, shall be appointed before the shooting commences. The judges and the referee shaJl appoint a shot judge. One judge sball call the shooter to the score and shall act for him, watching hisinterest under these rules. The other judge shall call the attention of the referee, and not of the shooter, toany supposed violation of these rules by the shooter, as in case of not holding gun properly, not atand- ing at score, ete.; and the referee shall call the shooter’s atten- tion prior to shooting if possible. The order of shooting shall be determined by drawing for place, and each contestant shall be in readiness within five minuies after his number has been called, unless, for cause, he is granted further time by the referee> He May exchange places with any coutestant, bowever, with the approval of such contestant and the referee, In team contests the drawing sbali be for position of teams. The representative who shall go to the score shall be determined by the team itgel!. All entries shall close prior to the drawing for place, and no guns shall te fired until after such drawing. ¢ = Rale 9.—The shot judge shall examine one or more of the car- tridges of each contestant prior to their use, and if they contain more shot than the standard quan tity the shooter shall obtain 4 ——, | ail: . Dec, 17, 1891.) " other cartridges. Such cartridges as haye been accepted by the shot. judge shall not be liable to after challenge. Ali contest- ants shall keep such cartridges at the stand, or near to the score, exposed to view, and shall remoye only such as may be required for immediate use, and shall use no others. Any contestant who shall load from any others than those which have been acceptea by the shat judge shall forfeit a!l right in the contest. Rule 10.—Phe shot judge shall be judge of the gun, and de- termine as to its handicap. Guns shal! not be loaded before going to score. Missfires, if not caused by the negligence or ignorance of the shoo.er, shall not operate against hint. Breechloaders shall not be considered as loaded until the breach and barrels are closed. Muzzleloaders shall not bs used. Rule 11—W ben a person is at the score and ready toshoot he shall call ‘-Pull,” when the puller shall immediately release the hird or birds. Should the bird or birds not take wing Immediatelv upon pulling the trap or traps, the shooter may declare “no bird;” and if a bird does not take wing within thirty seconds after the trap has been sprung, the referee shall declare ‘tno bird," if re- quested to doso by any contestant, In case a bird takes wing he shall be accepted by the shooter. The referee shall declare as “no bird’? any bird which shall walk one yaid from the trap. In dobtble-hird shooting both traps shall be sprung and both birds must také wing simultaneously, and both birds must be on the wing when the firstis shotat. If both birds are killed with one barrel they shall be scored. Birds may be made to take wing hy palin a cord having on it any artifirial means for alarming the rds; but the same shal) be used uniformly for each contestant. No other means shall be used to make a bird taka wing. In single-bird shooting should more than one trap be opened ata time and both birds: take wing, the shooter may take a bird or not, af his pleasure. If he shoots, a bird must bescored. _ Rule 12.—The gun shall not be carried to the shoulder until the shooter [has] ralled *‘Pull.” In case of an infringement of this provision and [ii] the bird bas been killed, the referee shall order a new bird to be shot at. Should the trap or traps be pulled be- fore the word * Pull” is given, the shooter may take the bird or birds, or not; but if he shoots, the bird or hirds shall he scored. Rule 13.—No bird shall be declared a dead bird until it has been retrieved within the boundary lines. Three minutes only from the time the bird was shot at shall be allowed in which to retrieve the bird. The referee shall declare asa lost bird any bird that has heen shot at and has passed beyond the boundary lines; any bird that lights upon any building, fence or other object out of the reach of the gatherer while be is standing on the ground, snd shall have closed its wings; any bird that is not retrieved in the - time limit; any bird which perches upon the boundary fence and has closed its wings: any bird which has been challenced and does not show flesh shot marks; any bird which is shot at while not clearly on the wing, with the first barrel, and not killed with either barrel, but if killed it shall be declared ‘no bird;” any bird shot at with the second barrel after the shooter has left ihe score, or has opened his gun, or has ordered the bird to he re- trieved afler his having used the first barrel. A bird shall be scored as a dead bird which has been shot at by a contestant under these rules and has been killed and gathered and shown to the referee within the time allowance for gathering a bird. Rule 14.—If any bird shall fiyso that to shoot at it would be to endanger a person or property, il sliall not be shot at, but the referee shall allow another bird in iis stead, Ifa bird be shot at by any other person than the party at score, the referee shall de- cide whether it shall be scored or another bird be allowed. In case any contestant is balked or interfered with, or if there is any other satisfactory reason to the referees why it should be done, he may allow him another bird. Rule 15.—A shooter may gather his own bird, or appoint a per- son, or send a dog for that purpose; but no extraneous means shall be used to gather if, and no other person shall be allowed fo assist in gathering. In case the gatherer is interfered with the feteree [shall] allow the shooter another bird. No person other than the gatherer shall go hetween the referee and the bird being gathered. In case of doubt as to which bird is to be gathered, the referee shall show the bird to the gatherer. Rule 16.—In case of a tie at single birds, the distance shall be at original distances, and it shall be shot off at 6 birds until the match is derided. Ties in double bird shooting shall be sbot off at five double rises each contestant, unless otherwise agreed, Rule 17.—In handicap shooting no contestant shall he placed ati a greater distance from the trap than the standard requirement as to the sizeof the boreof the gun. Ties shall be shot off tm- mediately after the main contest and hefore anotber has been an- nounced. Shooting, however, shall close at sundown and be re- sumed on the following eee In private contests at single birds, ties shall be shotoff as follows: Im 100-bird contests, to 7 ' each contestant 0 single birds to each man; in 40-bird contests, 25 birds ta each man: in 25 bird contesis, 10 birds to each man: in conlaesta of less than 26 hirds, 4 birds to each contestant, Domble- bird ties shal! be shot off under the same general rules, substitut- ing pairs for singles in number, In sweepstake contests any con- testant who has tied for a money prize may eleci to withdraw from the contest; and his pro-rata of ihe priza shall be paid him if he so elects; but he must announce his intention to the referee before the first tie bird 10 his class has been shot at. Rule 18.—All matches shall bein class shooting unless other- wise agreed. Any contestant who shall intentionally miss a bird for the purpore of getting into a class lower than the one he would othe-wise have been in had he killed the bird, shall he de- barred from receiving any prize in that contest. If a referes is in doubt as to the intention of the shooter he may order him to shoot at another bird, ; ; Rule 19 —No shootmg within the inclosure; or in case there is no inclosure, no shooting within 200\ds, of the score shall be al- lowed ofher --han at the rcore. f a, Rule 20.—No pulling of the feathers or otherwise maiming or irjnring « bird tha]] be allowed. Rule 2l—WNo person whose conduet is ungentlemanly upon the grounds, or who shall persistently violate any rules after his attention has been called to the fact, shall be permitted to partic p.ite in a contest, and the referee shall so determine. Rule 2% —A referee’s decision in all cases shall be final. Rule 23 —In 5 ground trap contests the cords to the traps shall be so arranged thar in opening any trap the shooter cannot be apprised as to the trap which is to be opened. The selection of the trap shall be by hazard, with dice box and numbers, or otherwise, in such manner as to be totally fair to each contestant, and the number shall only bs known to the puller and referee until the trap has been sprung. The shooter may use one or both barrels at each bird. A bird shot at with the first barrel while on the wing may be killed with the second barrel either while on the ground or on the wing, and shall be scored. If the first barrel misses tire and the sevond is used while the bird is on the wing, it shall be scored. If the second is not used the referee shall declare “no bird.” If tbe first is used and the second misses fire and the bird is not re- trieved, the bird shal!) not be scored, but a new bird shall be given and a blank charge shall be used in the first barrel. On being re- trieved the bird shall be scored, Vissfires caused by negligence of the shooter shall be scored against him. Ties shall be decided at origival rise. Rule 24.—Spectators shall not be allowed nearer than 20yds. from, and only in rear of, the score line. Rute 25,—Hntrance money shall include the price of birds and be aéducted from purres unless otherwise agreed. Rule 26.—Pool selling or betting or other gambling upon the re- sult will not be recogmiz-d. Rule #7.—In addition to other penalties imposed by these rules, fines of Fi tor each off-nse shall be imposed by the referee for pointing 4#UN at any person under any circumstances, turning around or leaving the score with a gun haviog a loaded or un- loaded shell in itschamber, having a loaded gun anywhere on the ground except at the score, for shooting at a bird afier it has passed thedead line. All fines when collected shall be equally divided amoug the trappers. No fine sball be remitted, and no contestant shall be permitted to continue in a contest after a fine has been imposed on him until he shall have paid surh fine. The referee is required to see that these rules are strictly observed. and if be sees a contestant violating th-m he must so declare and impose the petialty whether achallenge has been entered or not. A referee’s decision in all matters shall be final. CHICAGO TRAPS. CHICAGO, IIL, Dec. 11.—There has been considerable trouble in the air of trp circles bere of late. and some of it is liable to be precipitated almost any day. Wverybodly is pestering everybody else for a match, and feels had if he don’t get it. If Col. Brewer and Gen. Pulford should happen out this way it is altogether likely that they could get a rare, either one, and if they think. either one. that they ean kill 100, or 99, cr 98, or 97, or may beeven 95 out of 100 ni the present Chicago f.ght of pigeons stamped J. Watson, they can break Chicago and teke the World’s Fair back Haat with them. 4 Arrangements were about concluded to bring off the long-de- ferred match between Mr.J, A. R, Bliiott, of Kansas City, ana Mr, A, E. Thomas, of this city, which was to have been shot here atan early date. Mr. Thomas, however, was taken seriously if], and is only now juat out of bed, so that word had to be sent to Mr. Elliott that his next Chiesgo shooting match must he postponed foratime. This was qualified, however, to the effect that if Mr. Eliott was feeling badly about not heing able to meet Mr. Thomas the boys would try to arrange it so that Mr. Hlli tt could come to Cnicego and shoot not one, but three different matches, and may be more. Infact this would not bea difficult thing at all. Obsriie Budd has jast written that he wonld like to shoot matches, and he would not decline a match with Jim HPlliott in Onieago. Frank Parmalee, of Omaba, has within the past three days expressed an identically similar desire. Moreover, Jack Winston. of St. Louis, is har-kering to come to Chicago and shoot, any numberof matches with any number of men. of any sort under the starry canopy. This rattle-head youth sells cigars. To his customers he sends out printed postal cards announcing the dates when he will probably favor them with a call. He has issued a series of such cards for the benefit of his Chicago ac- qu:intances. Billy Mussey got seven of these postals the other evening addressed in his care for as many Chicago shooters. Mr, Wins on says on these cards that he will call on or about Christ- mas on Mr. Andy Thomas. Mr, W. P. Mussey, Mr. Geo. Hofmann, Mr. Geo Kleinman. Capt. A. © Anson and Mr, R. B. Organ “with a full line of cigars.” Mr. Winston further annonuces on a card addressed “All Chicago, care Mussey’s Billiard Hall,” that he will also call on said Ali Chicago on or about Christmas with a full line of cigars. This is Mr. Winston's way of seeking a pigeon mateh, There is litile doubt’ that Winston, Parmalee and Budd can be, and they may be assembled in Chicago on short notice, and in case Mr, HWilioft wishes to shoot a match fora conplect million dollars, or say th, or $4.50, the boys will try to arrange it, G:o, Kleinman cannot shoot any match just now,for he has no suitable gun on hand. Abe Kieinman is laid up with a most serious accident, which threatened the loss of his right eye, he having slipped on the pavement and fallen, striking an iron water plug. He was taken to the hospital insensible, and has as yet no use whatever of the hurt eye. Of the numerous friendly conlests among our own shooters, usually 50 or 100-bird events, Mr. John Watson, the owner of Watson's Pirk, at Burnside, where these eyents invariably come off, has kindly kept the reagers of FOREST AND Srream informed over hissignature of “Ravelrigg.”? It wil bea remembered that a few days ago Capt, A.C. Anson and Mr. W. P. Mussey had a $100, 100-bird race, Mr. Mussey winning by one bird. The result of this was auother challenge from the redoubtable base ball warrior, and the second match was shot to-day. The 10:40 train carried a good little crowd of shooters, among others Mr. Mussey, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Heikes, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Clark and Mr. Latchaw, of St. Louis. On the train a superbly ragged and dirty specimen of the Dago street musician, a hoy perhaps 10 years of age, wus collared and taken bodily along. accordeon and all, to serve as a mascot, he being rewarded therefor with more money than he ever saw before. With the boy in front, playing martial airs, the party marched over from the station and took possession of the grounds. A little practice sweep was engaged in by Messrs. Wilcox, Mussey, Latchaw and Shaw, 15 birds, price of birds hasis, 2 AL J. Atwater, Mr. M. J. Hitch, Mr. Thomas, Mr, Geo. 'T. Farmer, Mr. P. F. Stone, Mr. O. Von Lengerke, Mr. J. Porter, Mr. J. M, Hutch- inson and Mr.J Emory Soule, of Philadelphia. Mr Soule is a member of the Riverton and other crack private shooting clubs of Philadelphia, and was interested in sceing this, his first Chicago match, altbough he will see manv, doubtless, during his visit of a, month with the Chicago men. Mr. Soule thought the birds trapped_to-day would compare exceeding well with the Philadelphia Cluh birds. Early in the day the birds flew with only average vigor. At noon a slight breeze rose, andin the 100- bird match the birds ruled fast and strong}; with a few easy ones. Toward evening their average quality again fell off very percept- ibly. The day was bright, warm and very pleasant. Anson—Mussey. Ait 12:3) Capt. Anson shot off 5 practice birds in sharp and slash- ing style. He was fayoritein the mafch, the more especially as the wind was briceging most of the birds into right-quarterers, at which flight Capt. Ansan is especially good. Mr. Mussey had moreover not shown exceptional form in his 15 practice ina. When the match began, however, it herame apparent how diffi- cult.it is to predict in a pure sporting event. Capt, Anson missed his first bird, and from then on till the close of the race Mr, Mue- sey led him,the gap never closing. Mr. Mussey lost 8 birda in each 50: Capt. Anson lost 11 birds in his first 50 and 13 in his second 50 appearing to go quite off form in the second half, and shooting very slow, 2 fact which acconnts for his heavy showing of 11 birds dead out of bounds. His opponent, on the contrary, gathered speed and confidence and general sassiiess with every bird toward the close, and finished like a house atire, using first apd second alike with an audacity which almost looked like carelessness. Mr. Mussey in the style of his performance never did so well, and outclassed himself, alihough he has made much higher scores under easier circumstances. Both meno sot 1l2-gauge Greeners, Capt. Anson the one he honght of Mr. Elliott. and Mr. Mussey one belonging to Mr. Organ. Both used the Blatebford Schulrze load, Mr. Mussey using the Ely buff cases, Capt. Anson the U.S.C, Cos Climax. The fo'lowing is the score. Conditions, 100 live birds, $10(, American rules; Mussey.. 31202221 22202202220—15 Anson...., 01021022202002211 222—14 #1021010122211120211—16 12212210112212202202—17 Rezeslee2ece 02222 10—18 Jol111222111 0211 221—17 222222202220 2220122) 1 022221110 Zoll210210—15 22201072221220122212—17 02222102002111201120—14 84 76 Dukes—HRock. IMMEDIATELY after the close of the foregoing match, Mr. J. W- “Dukes? and Mr. “B. Rock” shot off the 40 birds race, upon which they had earlier agreed. This match was the intens+st struggle for second place nver was seen. Both men went clear to pieces, and did some very bad slobbering work, quite below whar should fairly be expected of either of them. The match was much of a see-saw for last place, first place seeming beyond hope in the mind of either. “Dukes’? had it won within the last 3 birds, but his 4 lost birds in the last 4 put bim out of it. “Rock” accom- plished the feat of Ir sing 3 birds out of 20 at one stage, but got his last 6 straight and wou by a sit gle bird, amid much good-natured chaffing of both shooters. “Dukes” shot a Parker 12-csuge, and “Rock” a Colt 12-gauge, both using Schn] ze loads. Following is the score. Condinons; 50 live birds, $50 American roles: I W Dukes.... ..0222102101112 20122220110 1212200022221 222 21021200001—36 Baitockas.s pert. 221011111 12201221201200210202122 1100020120021111121—37 Mr. C. B. Dicks and Mr. J. L, Wilcox to day concluded arrange- ments 10 shoot a match cf 100 liye birds, $100, within the month, Mr, Dicks haying defeated Mr. Wilcox this week, Dec. 8,in a Sf) bird race, $50, with a score of 40 to 39, The crowd now went home, after some sweepstake shooting. The last thing seen of John Watson, he had a four busbel sack and was filling it with dead-ont-of-hounds birds along the fence, relics cf the two matches above recorded, The New Illinois State Rules. A QOOMMITIEE is now conferring, by appointment of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. for the revision of the old Lilinois State rules, which have done duty for so many years here. It is probable that this committee will present their report within the week next following. and a8 sonn as the drattisinir will be pre- sented in fullin FOREST AND STREAM, with the public invitation for full and unreserved eriticism from shooters all over the coun- try. The committee are anxious for this, aa they w'sh to profit by any ideas they mey thus tceiye, and will use any desirabie ones before they submit their final rep rt to the association. One feature of the new rules will pronably be the horseshoe boundary. 5O0yds. on a dexd line af the seore rignt and leit to the ends of the horseshoe side lines, then 40yds. straight from the deadline, the sife lines from those points being reached by the end curye, a stgment of a circle desciihed from a point 10vds. beyond the cen- tertrap. The old Illinois rules boundary is 80. ds. from the cen- ter trap. Itis alsobkaly that the new rules wll be strict against fault of the shooter or his gun, and perhaps even on his load. A number of such things are under digeussion. Ir is hoped that when these improvements are published, the trap 1eaders of FOREST AND STREAM will help out with their views from a wider circle Than the tormulating one, The changes of such rules should be infrequent and only made with the utmost deliberation and prevision. H. Hougs. [The rules wired to Forusr AND ETRHAM are printed to-day.) Onondaga Team Match. Syracuse, Der, 10,—The Onondaga County Sportsmen’s Clab, of Syracuse, held their team snoc at Maple Bay, the most interest- ing shnot of this season, captained by MeMurehby on one side and A. T. Courtney on the other: Courimer’s Taam Courtney,..- ..,.6. 2.2.00. eee IDI ahd —29 Wieilters: 120 ..1tt te erki ele bee 11119911091 171111100111011001 —23 WOULD; facts be tacia, Sete aed 11099 1119031)901111) 111117111—29 Wefeyer .s.2.ti423 9) Sia ~ + e)111111 00011901199 1101171111125 Montgeomery ....2,..-:. -essceee- 1747000301111114'1011111311100 - 22 Do Wisiltersy cea: toe. Ss riret ere: os #141019111111199101111111101111—26 Howell eaceceueeeseess eve © QLIGULIGI1 (11990111910 11171 111 —28 WPehitis aqdactas choit te operas Phe OiL O1L£7701112112111111110101 —26 Frazer....... BE ee 11411101191 0620110010001110001 —17 GHaBEE Pe ras grcxcceat ese oh! 01190110 101101111001111110. 10112425 MeMure' v Team. MeMurchy......... ..,......-.-1011101007111720111 11111011 111—27 Mae Hmd SOn8 6c: 5c. ee eats eT LOUTL ITI 1011011110011 11011— 27 mle Wxsavan: seeks cueetc.sslep 197010111103111110110'0)111101—23 PATSITOGIA : Co UREA yc See genes 110911111.011717111011011101111—2£ MOR Hai Ye.) eerie uy ass Sewn i sas 1011110110010011.11111111101111—28 (CA ath aes ISA Reet es .. 001111 1001113111001 117 10111111—24 SDAMPLErIs Slskan Mitigisime a: mie 11001019 001110 1110111111111 —28 Smibhhar -acemeereny ay eres. 04114199110100111101711111010— 24 Araya OO AV Eeebe sett: 1017.199011110111111111111.00111—26 EMO MOway (Fis ieee dees ain 01100011. 1010111111111110111111—24 250 Courtney Tie. Qourtiney........ 2.5 11111011— § © Walters...... 111101011i— 8 JS Nts) VIR ee «11J1011010— 7 Mowry ........ 111111111—10 Petit. .... .......,.0171111001i— 7 1 Montgomery.111111111J—10 Lrfaver.... ....... AWMIINN1I— 8 D Waliers......11011010— 8 Frazer,. ........... 1111010010— 6 Mace............ 1111011710— 8—8} + M: Murchy Tie. MeMureby........- J1i1117101—10 Hudson......... 111119111— Spangler......-.-... 1111000711 — 7 Holden... .....1IT1011011— 8 Reyer | Soca seen 111171110i— 9 Mosher ...-.... LI111101i—. 9 JABHTOUG. cee oleur be 1NO1I0I— ¥ ~ Ginty,.... ... 1011011 101— 7 Pretties i 0 30 x Ol1NI— § Hoilaway-.:....111111110i— 9—k¢4 Peppering Pigieons at Burnside. Burysipe, [il., Dec. 11.—The following events were shot at Watson’s Park this week: f Tuesday,—W. P. Mussey vs. J. L. Wilcox, 25 live pigeons for price of birds; Mussey..........2,. fate CE Goesgectodtio 0011020110201202212210222—17 Wilcox......-.. SPs ocr sels ope . 0001100221210111121200021—16 J. L. Wileox vs, C. B. Dicks, 40 live pigeons, F0 2 side: Wilcox, 30°d8. ...2102222201212120012202221101222222012?125200121210—39 Dieks, 28dds. .....222200112022221121222 121 12121011111020222021010220—40 Wednesday.—Club shoot, South Chicago Gun Clnb, 20 live birds per man: LWillard ,22110120222101111000—15 *J_ Dukes .12101022012221221122—17 HW Willard 01111222120012112011—16 J J Larkin02200:00010112020221—11 A Reeves.01022010000101012200— 9 * Notamember, Willard was winner of medal. Thirty Penria blackbirds, A. W. Reeves 25 (medal winner), L. ©. Williard 16, FP. Williard 16, Dr. J. J. Larkin 12 Thursday—Shoot of tbe Prairie Guu Club, 15 live birds per main, for the Johnson medal and “Co. Dem, Cup.” " Johnaon Medal. A Stabford....111201022221112—13 A B Myers....1200100210021]0— 8 H W Loveday.122201211210202—12 *Map Anson.. .222112120112712—14 Hy Eblers.... .211222122021)02—18 *\WeJ Wich. ... .222021211021212—-15 J Hutchinson. 112212010112102—12 *#£ W Dukes... .102111121122021—13 Gib Harris ...110010201011011—-10 *Sideway...... 221221212121112—15, AFeatherstone 0000U0000101022— 4 *Not members. This was also a sweep. each contestant pnutiime in ho. Sideway - won first, Anson second and third was divided. On the tie for the medal and cup the following scores Were made, Bhilers finally winning both: Co. Dem, Cp, Same conditions as firat shoot. Hy Ehiers..... 222212222021222—14 J Hatehinson .10Z02w HW. Loveday.1022121127220 w AWeath eraron: 000201 9: Gib Harris. ...21120212220w HB Myers ,..000200~W AStabford....1011220W — : To-day's event was a sweepstake at 10 live birds each, $5 en- trance. The scores (ties divider); Cap AC Anson...,,. 0211712211—9 IW Dnkes......, .,2002202220—6 Laffingwell...... . .0211012210-7 A J Atwater.,..,-..,.2200200210—5 Myrick... 0.) e+ 5s «eel202221022—8 GT Warmer.-..,....4111120102—8 BRO Heikes,....,:,.,100220112i—7 RAVELRIGS, 440 FOREST AND STREAM. . (Deo. ii, 1801. FIXTURES. If you want your shoot to be announced here send in notice like the following: Dec. 19.—Boiling Springs Fish and Gun Club, open sweepstakes at 50 artificials. at Rutherford, N. J. Dec. 19.—Open sweepstakes at live birds, on John Erb’s grounds, Newark, N. J. Dec. 19.—Maplewood Gun Club, practice shoot at artificials, at Maplewood, N- J. 5 Dec. 19.—South Side Gun Club, regular club and open shoot, on elub grounds, near Emmet street station, Newark, N. J. Dec. 25.—Athens, Pa., tournament, at kingbirds and live pigeons. W. K, Park, Sec’y. Dec, 25.—Boiling Springs Fish and Gun Club, open tournament at artificials, at Rutherford, N, J. Dec. 25.—Maplewood Gun Club, open tournament at artificials, Dec. 25.—Amateur Gun Club, all day’s shoot at artificials, on Fifth avenue grounds, Newark, N. J. Dec. 25.—Jonn Erb’s grounds. all day’s shoot at live birds, Bloomfield avenue, Newark, N. J. Dec. 25.—Woodside Gun Club, all day tournament at live birds ane artificials, club grounds, foot of Riverside avenue, Newark, 1892. : Jan. 1—South Side Gun Club, open tournament at artificials, on club grounds, near Emmet street station, Newark, N. J. Jan, 26,—Hamilton Gun Club, live pigeon and artificial target shoot, at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. June 13-18.—New York State Association’s Thirty-fourth Annual Convention, at Syracuse, N. Y¥. Chas. H. Mowry, Sec’y. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. THOSE who care to take a pleasant ride over the D. L. & W. road for the sake of a good day’s sport at liye-pigeon shooting will have an opportunity to da so to-morrow, when an all-day’s shoot will be held on the grounds of the Union Gun Club at Sprinefield, N. J., about two miles from the Millburn station. The fun will begin at 10 A. M., there being four events on the pragramme, The first will be at 5 birds each, $5 entry; second at 7 birds, $5 entry; third at 5 birds, $5 entry, second-barrel kills to count one-half a bird; fourth at 10 birds, $10 entry. All excepting the third event will be under Hurlingham rules. When under ten entries the money will be divided into 50, 30 and 20 per cent.; over ten entries, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Hacks will meet all trainsat Millburn. Birds are included in the above entries. Other events, either at live birds or targets, will be arranged to suit the contestants. * * A great many shooters have recently expressed adverse criti- cism upon the practice followed by managers of club grounds of shooting in programme cyvents and taking the bulk of the money expended by those who had perhaps traveled a number of miles for the sake of a day’s sport, A few weeks ago the writer attended a shoot not a hundred miles from New York. The manager had offered two cash prizes for the first and second best averages in the programme events, and when the summing up was reached it was found that the said manager had won the first average money, besides securing a goodly share of the pots and the money for the targets. One of the contestants on this day told the writer that he was ‘done with the grounds.”” Where the manager knows himself io be a superior marksman he should keep out of all events, if he wishes to attract outsiders. * Bo Last week I commented upon the foolish custom of a number of clubs arranging tournaments for one date and announced that both the Boiling Springs and Maplewood Gun Clubs had arranged open shoots for Xmas Day. Since that time I have received notices stating that both the Woodside, Amateur and Independent Gun Clubs, of Newark, would also hold tournaments on Dec. 25. As the time between Christmas and New Year days are usually Marked by a Cessation of business and sportsmen will all look around for a chance to enjoy themselves, it would be feasible for these clubs to fix upon separate dates when each one could attract a big list of shooters. x * x Next Thursday will be a great day for sport unless all signs fail, about four-fifths of the clubs around New York and New Jersey haying announced all-day shoots at either live birds or artificial targets. ; = * John Erb’s Old Stone House Grounds, on Bloomfield avenue, Newark, N. J., will be the scene of some lively pigeon shooting on Xmas Day, a big crowd of local and visiting experts being ex- pected. If the birds are anywhere as good as the ones furnished the Newark Gun Clnd at the last monthly shoot, full scores will be the exception rather than the rule. R. Heber Breininall and William Hayes, of the Essex Gun Club, of Newark, started on Sunday for a southern shooting trip, to last fora week or ten days. Myr. Breintnall recently spent a week in Virginia and had some rare sport. While there he killed a partridge which he says was the first one seen in ihe State in thirty years. Mr. Hayes, who is well-known as the most expert Schuetzen rifileman in this country, if notin the world, isalsoa splendid wing shot and never comes home without a goodly store of garne. 4 eB H. A. Penrose and James Ciinton, of the Standard Keystone Manufacturing Company, were in town last week and reporta tremendous drive of business at the New London factory, x * {)The Hamilton Gun Club, of Hamilton, Ont., is out with a big programme for a shoot at live pigeons and artificial targets, to be held on Jan. 26,1892. Over $1,000 in gold will be given in prizes and special inducements will be made to American experts to attend. 4 x * Crockery smashers will have a chance at a hig pot on Saturday on the finely appointed grounds of the Boiling Springs Gun Club, at Rutherford. The main event will be at 50 bluerocks, $5 entry, targets to be deducted from the entrance fee. The fun will begin at 1:15, aud Secretary Jeanneret assures a good time to all who attend. x * Tuesday and Wednesday of next week will be great days on the new grounds of the Riverton Gun Club, when the “Champion cup,” “Winter cup,” and ‘-Anybody’s cup.” will be shot for, the contests being open to membersof the Country Club, of West- chester county; Larchmont Y. C.; Carteret Club; Country Club, of San Francisco, Gal.; Blooming Grove Park Association, Philadel- phia Gun Club, Westminster Kennel Club, Tuxedo Club, and members and guests of the Riverton Guo Club. The conditions of the “Champion cup” contest to be held on Tuesday are $50 entry, 25 live birds, 30yds. rise, three misses out. On Wednesdav the first match will be for the “Anybody’s cup,” miss and out, $10 entry, handicap. The second match will be amiss and out, $10 entry, handieap rises. for the “*Winter cup.” Riverton Gun Club rules will govern. Shooting each day will begin on the arrival of the 10:30 A. M. train from Philadelphia. On Dec. 26 the “‘Presi- dent’s cup” and special prizes will be shot for by club members. oO The Atlantic Rod and Gun Clu» held a special meeting on Dec. 1%, and made some radical changes in its by-laws. The initiation fee was raised to $10. Hereafter the regular shoots of the club will be held on the grounds, West Hnd, Coney Island, on the second and fourth Thursday, in October, November, December, January, Hebruary and March, and on the fourth Thursday in May, June, July, August and September in each year. The shoot will be at 10 birds each, instead of 7, under modified Hurlingham rules. The club will shoot in three classes, A, Band ©, 28 to 30yds., 25 to 27yds., and 21 to a4yds. inclusive. * tb The trap experts of the Manhattan Athletic Club are booming the sport under the efficient leadership of James Pilkington, wnon is as expert with the smooth-bore as with the sculls, On Dee. 11 two sweepstakes were held at Manhattan Field, the conditions being 10 kingbirds per man in each. In the first. sweep the result was astollows: James Looney 8,T. Nearing 7, J. A. Herrity 4, F. Brinlinger 7, J. Pilkington 9, J. E. Nagle 6. In the second shoot the scores were as follows: James Looney 9, F. Nearing 7, Herrity 6, Brinlinger 8, Pilkington §, Nagle 5. Pilkington and Looney then shot at 25 birds, Pilkington breaking 24 and Looney 18. = * Some of the young and enthusiastic shooters in Dexter Park, L, I., have organized a club called “The Dark Secret Gun Club,” They shoot at bluerocks on a Moonlight night, when President H. Knebel, Jr., calls them together. J. Brennan, A. Andrews, J. Fay, M. Fay, W- Simmering, F. Markhopf, H. Bomerman, and F. Ashwold are the founders of the club. In their first shoot H, Knebel broke 7 out of 10 and J. Brennan 6 out of 10. Western shooters and those GE their Hastern brethern who visit them will have a rare treat on May 17, 18.19 and 20, 1892, judging from the fine bill of fare” received for the third xnnual tourna- ment of the Kansas State Sportsmen’s Association, to be held at Ciuncil Grove, Kansas, On each day there will be six State evelts, and six open to all events, the programms comprising contests at both liye birds and targets. Programmes may be procured from 8. W. Cleek, Council Grove, Kansas. - C. H. TOWNSEND, Trap in Brooklyn. Brookuyn, Dec, 10.—There was a keen contest for the Duryea eup at the regular monthly shoot ef the Fountain Gun Club aft Woodlawn Park, Long Island, to-day. The club shoot isat 10 live birds, modified Hurlingham rules, club handicap, for a series of prizes donated by members of the club. The first prize is the Duryea silver cup. Yesterday lL. T. Davenport won it for the first time. The score of the ties, 3 birds miss and out, was: A. Purdy 2, D. Sheils2, L. T. Davenport 7, C. E. Morris 6, West 1. Club shoot—A. Purdy 10, D. Shiels 10, E.H. Garrison 8, L. T Davenport 10, A.C. Hunt 9, W. Laird 8, M. Lindsley 9, Mr. red 9,“*Wanda”’ 9, C. Kisher 9, J. R, Woods 7, J. E- Lake 9, C. EK. Mor- ris 10, D. J. G. Knowlton 8, J. B. Voorhees 7, D. Van Ord 9, B. West 10, H- W. Blattmacher 9, C. W. Wheeler 6, W. Gilman 10. The Parkway Rod and Gun Club made poor scores to-day at Dexter Park. The birds were good and only two straight scores were made, one of those by an invited guest. The club shoots at 7 live birds, modified Hurlingham rules, for a gold medal, club nandicap. H. Bookman and G@. Pfohlman, not members of the club, killed their 7 straight. Score of the shoot: A. Andrews 5, E. Helgans 45, A. Botty 4, T. T. Edgerton 5, H. Bookman 7, H. W, Bramyell 4, L. Miller 5, M. Borden 3, G, Pfohlman 7. P. Ganns 4. A match at5live birds each was shot by A. Botty and T. T, Edgerton for $10 and the price of birds. Botty won, killing 3 to his opponent’s 2, It was almost dark when they shot. C. EH, Morris and G. H. Garrison shot a mateh at 15 birds each, $25 a side, just before the club shoot commenced. They tied with 15 eraient and agreed to shoot another match at the next shoot of the club, F “Clinkers” at John Erh’s. THE monthly shoot of the Newark Gun Club was held at John BErb’s on Dec. 10, the attendance being rather light. The birds were a splendid lot of flyers, being helped in their flight by a stiff breeze which came across the line of traps from the left, The day’s fun began with a series of 4-bird sweeps, $3 entry, two moneys. Hurlinghamrules governing. Thescores are summarized as follows, ties being divided: CM Hedden...-1101 2121 2221-11 GGriffen........ 1102 1121 2022—10 M. F Lindsley...1022 2122 212111 W Hollis....,... 0011 1120 0161— 7 RH Breintnall.1211 2201 2120-10 A Heritage, Jr...... 1211 G000-- 4 Club shoot, 10 live birds, Hurlingham rules (modified) to govern, $5 entry, three moneys: M_F Lindsley (28). .0122222122— 9 R Breintnall (28). ..12210220lo— 7 C M Hedden (28)...1111202012— § A Heritage, Jr (80).2220102021— 7 G Griffen (23)..---... (011122221— 8 W Hollis (28)........ 0202112010— Tore os) Pal ease 211U01/01711— 8 Four-bird sweeps, same conditions as first three events: G Hedden...-2221 1211 2112 ...—12 W Hollis ...2121 1101 1001 -..— M Lindsley ..2222 1112 0711 222-14 Heritage, Jr.111] 1021 .... ..-- R Breintnall2212 1102 1121 ...—1l E Francis.....-. .., 2102i10— G Griffen. -..2121 2202 2102 0..—10 CET op >) Ta ala) a The Trap at Watson’s Park. Duc. 3 the Fort Dearborn Gun Club held its monthly shoot, each man firing at 15 liye birds, under American Association rules. The scores: F O Griffin. ...211900011210212—10 Al Hoffman... .220200200221201— 9 Dr Hutchinson221020112120120—-11 H Loveday... .102102212221012—i2 *A C Anson...111200111101N1—14_ + G T Sidway..202001111112201 11 GO D Gammon..111021111121110—-18 *+G@ W Willis. .910101111122010—-10 G T Farmer.. .121221020122112—13 * Medal winner. + Not members. RAVELRIGG. Unknown Gun Club. THE members of the Unknown Gun Club he'd their last monthly shoot of the year at Dexter Park, L.1,, on Dec. 11. The weather was delightful for shooting and the birds good: D. Monsees 7, M. Brown 8, J. Bobling 7, HE. A. Vroome 5, J. Cahill 5, D. Snipe 11, H, Van Staden 6, J. Sampson 3,J.Schumacher 11, H. Krofut 3, J. Hyde 7, J. Flynn 6, C. Plate 6, Dr. Schwartz 6, G. Pfohimann 5, A. Langenburg 7, Henry Boemermann 6. Referee, Mr. H. Knebel, Sr. Cleveland Gun Club. THE regular shoot of the Cleveland Gun Club was held atthe traps of that organization on the afternoon of Dec. 10. There was afair attendance and some good work. The following are the scores made at 25 birdseach: Rudolph 21, Elworthy 20, Tamblyn 19, Sterling 16, Flick 21, Watts 18, Alberts 15, Jones 14, Saffold 14, Senta North 23, Bell 11, Althans9. Tie for first, Rudolph 9, ick 8. Prize Shoot in Williamsburgh. THE Williamsburgh Shooting Society proposes to have a prize gallery shoot on Web. 15, 1892, atits new gallery, Prizes to the amount of $150 will be awarded to the winners, and the event is open to members of other rifle clubs. Theclubintends haying an international shooting festival at Ridgewood in the summer of 1892, at which handsome prizes will be awarded. Capt. G. Krause of the club is the prime moyrr in this matter and is meeting with good success in his efforts to have the “crack” amateur riflemen of the country compete at the festival. Every week we are obliged to defer to the next week trap scores which come in too late for pub- lication in the current issue, It Is particularly re~ auested that scores be sent us as early as possible Canéas Canoes and how to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. Price_ $2.00. Canoe Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T. 8. Steele. Price150. Four Months in a Sneak- bow. By N. H. Bishop, Price $1.60. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By “Seneca.” Price $1. Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to ForESsT AND STREAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raves, and report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to FOREST AND STRBAM their addresses, with logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittines, and all items relating to the sport. OVERHANG IN CANOEHS.—A correspondent this week brings up the question of overhang in canoes, though His suggestion is hot yery definite. So far as the 16x80 canoe is concerned, the A, C, A. rule permits a man to shorten the keel and add an over. hang other than a counter stern or transom, provided the total limit of length does not exceed 16ft. At intervals of three or four years the proposition comes up to make the limit 16ft. waterline, but there are two objections to this, the waterline can never be exactly and finally determined in so small a craft, and besides the extreme length would be run ont to such dimensions that the canoes would be very difficult to house and transport. While on a limit. of 16ft. l.w.l., 30in. beam and 10in. draft. it might be possi- ble to build a faster and safer craft than the standard canoe, a large part of the gain would be due to size alone, and the type would be unfitted for the purposes for which the canoe is now chiefiy used. Whatever advantages may seem possible from in- creased bulk above water, it must be remembered that they can be fully realized only in acraft of considerable depth and dis- piacement, or at least in one of great beam. If our correspondent refers to the canoe-yawl, the most suitable crait for his waters, there is nothing to prevent experiment with overhang, there being no existing class, as boats of this type have never visited the meets in sufiicient numbers to make successful the attempis that haye been made to create aclassfor them. The modern canoe belongs to the most ancient and excellent of all families of boats, one of whose chief characteristics is the possession of a moderate and by no means an exaggerated overhang at each end. In certain sizes and types of canoes, overhanging ends may be added with advantage, but never to the extent that is possible in the case of a moderate yacht with greater beam. ballast and displacement. One great advantage of both the canoe and canoe-yawl is the handiness when ashore, which is due to the compact form, and this would disappear at once if an attempt were made to build a “Gloriana”’ canoe. THE REGATTA PROGRAMME,—IE silence gives consent the proposed regatta programme recently given out by the committees evidently meets with general japprobation, as no comments nor criticisms of any kind have thus far reached us. It must be ad- mitted that the programme is a very good one, andif properly car- ried out,the racing of 792 should be in every way satisfactory, The programme being published much earlier than last year, and there being very little chance that the present committee will at- tempt a change of rule before the meet, the racing men can start in before the new year to plan and prepare forthe events they wish to startin. Such changes as have been made from the 91 programme are all improvements, and none are of such a nature as to disturb in any way the established events. One excellent addition is the paddling race for service canoes, open, and pro- pelled by a single blade, the weight limit, 55lbs., keeping out the racing shells, and admitting only a strong and substantially-built open canoe. The removal of the limit of weight in the principal paddling class, and the recognition by the regatta committee of a second paddling class of service or cruising canoes, places paddl- ing in a very satisfactory condition. The cruising race for general purpose canoes, which last year was over a 6-mile course, has been reduced to Smiles, a combined race precisely like the record event, The sailing upset race, which last year was restricted to general purpose canoes, a great mistake as eyents proved, has been restored to its old place, all canoes being eligible, A time limit has been added in each of the races, the allowance in each ease heing large enough. The committes has made a good start in giving out the programme at such an early date, an earnest. that the rest of their work will be equally well done. SMALL CRUISERS.—The letter of Mr. Wicksteed, which we published several weeks since, has brought out several similar communications concerning the smaller cruising craft. which, with another letter from him, we publish this week. There isa BRASS SLIDE SAIL PLAN OF CANOE YAWL *80-80,” “Buio, 17, 1891, ee HONVO TIMVA ‘T6S1 ‘CUTLSHOIM “M ‘H Ad CaNDISad feneral interest iu such craft among boating men in all parts of the country, and many new and useful craft have been built of late, though as they do not race they are little heard of. Descrip- tions, and particularly drawings of these boats and their rigs are always welcome, and we will gladly publish them. NEW YORK C. C.—The New York C. C. did a graceful thing in remembering its namesake, the new cruiser New York, and adding its share to the service of plate subscription now being raised by the Herald. The only other club on the subscription list is the Oswego Y. C., which was one of the first subscribers. CANOE YAWLS AND SMALL CRUISERS. Editor Forest and Stream: _. I send you with this the lines of the canoe yawl whose sail plan you were kind enough to publish in your last issue and which I hope will be on the stocks in a few days. The more I study the thing out and cxperiment the more I am satisfied with the governing ideas of the design, the cutting away of deadwoods and keel and the use of two centerboards, one a little forward of the ordinary position and the other in the form of a more than ordinarily powerful rudder. Madcap has at any rate been a decided success, and 1 hope the new boat will be even more so. Looking over some of your back numbers I came across the lines of the Heathen Chinee, a very successful boat on the Thames. In your remarks you said the success of the peculiar desigu was probably due in great measure to the Chinese lugsails which she carried; but are not the same features present in her design, a big centerboard and rudder giving lateral resistance in plenty and a full middle body tapering not only horizontally but verti- poly. to the ends and the absence of any fore or after deadwood or skag. : rx. _T pointed out in a letter to you some years ago that af all sailing erait the canoes, and only the canoes, were adhering to straight \ . -. « J - J roe | > keels, and I still believe that the greatest improvement in model which can now be effected is in cambering and rockering the sides upward and reducing the frictional surface to the mini- mum amount possible. In windward work especially I believe that the excessive fining of the waterlines is of comparatively small importance. HENRY K. WICKSTRED. CoxsurgG, Ont., Dec. 5, Editor Forest and Stream: ‘ : : Probably many of your readers are, like myself, interested in an all-round boat that js not too large to be handled alone in putting in and out of a boat house, that is easily managed by one man under sail, but has room enough for afriend if company is wanted. To such, a description of my boat may prove of interest. Two years ago [ came into possession of a canoe 16ft. long, 40in. beam, 2lin. deep at ends and 15in. amidship; fully decked, with sin. waterways; a keel boat with straight keel 13gin. deep running her full length, rigged with two leg-of-mutton sails of good size. Before the wind she would run like a witch, but close-hauled, the lee way she would make was surprising. Unfortunately, on the Delaware one cannot keep the wind continually aft, and I finally got tired of being beaten by boats in every other way inferior, so early this season I began a great overhauling of old numbers of the FOREST AND STREAM, a comparison of canoe rigs of various kinds, and the covering of any blank paper that came under my hand with various designs of rigs. Each seemed lacking in some important particular, but I finally settled on the following plan: To avoid sacrificing the roomin cockpit the centerboard well was put forward under the deck, using a steel-plate board 3,,in. thick, the keel enabling me to do with a small board well for- ward. The forward mast tube was moved forward right into the eyes, the after one 12in. further aft. The steering gear was a heavy yoke of my own contrivance. bolting through deck and con- nected with yoke or rudder by wirerope. Nearly twenty years’ experience in Delaware River hikers, tuckups and duckers failed to make me see the many defects claimed for the gafisail, and I have never yet seen a sail with as many good ajl-round qualities, 7 properly cut and fitted; so the sails of the So-So are both gaits, th Bll hallierde leading to clutch cleats right at the helmsman’s hand, By letting go peak halliards gail is reduced one-half very quickly, butit has to be- bad weather indeed when her sails are sScandalized or even reefed. Under her new rig, So-So was tried early in March last and was given the benefit of all the hard spring winds, before most of the summer sailors began to think of refitting. She proved fast, safe and weatherly, eats right into the eye of the wind, is stiff asa church, rarely requiring one’s weight to be thrown outside her gunwale. Quy fastest small boats are the tuckups, and so far the So-So has beaten every one she sailed against. Th July, after a hard spring’s sailing, accompanied by my wife, I cruised along the upper waters of the Chesapeake, making headquarters at a fine old farm house on the eastern shore. We took the weather as we found it, and found some of it pretty bad, So-So would ride a sea that would drench the crews of the fishing noats, and she would keep dry and outsail them besides, several times beating boats that she could have been set inside of easily. With my wife for crew, I explored the rivers that form the head of the hay, Northeast, Elk, Bohemia, etc., quickly and comfortably. Her fastest ailing is done when handled by one man, with small sandbag just aft «f cockpit to put her down by the stern, but no other ballast. I may sometime put a racing rig on her and sail her with a crew on the gunwale. So-So. PauMYRA, N. J., Dec. 7. Editor Forest and Stream: I have been much interested in reading from time to time de- scriptions of small cruisers and the many different rigs for this class of boats. _ The one described in your issue of Nov. 26 while good,would not do so well where there is much shoal water. I have a Barnegat cruiser, one of Mr. Bishop’s building, 16ft. long, 5ft. beam, and 2lin. deep, as described in the FOREST AND STREAM of Jan. 14, 1886. The rig is a simple leg-o’-mutton sail, laced to boom, and in place of mast hoops I have small brass castings sliding on a jack screwed to aiter side of mast. Only one halliard is used, running Ov+T a sheave on masthead and having spliced into one end a snap hook, which is snapped into a ring in head of sail, then when putting sail on the boat all thatis required is to put the slides on the jack and hoist away. - The advantages of this rig are, first. simplicity, no clumsy ar- rangement of the blocks and halliards: second, it can be taken very quickly from the mast, which cannot be done with most rigs on boats of this size, thus enabling the cruiser to keep his sail always dry. | J The jack is a strip of oak 34in. square, having a groove in two Opposite sides *,,in. wide, in which the flanges of the slides work. It commences about 1ft. above deck, running to masthead. A stop can be put to prevent the slides trom dropping off when the sail is lowered or reefed. The centerboard is well forward, and the rudder has a small drop plate. This type of boat is very able and comfortable for cruising, and the rig, | think, is very good for such purposes. The sail contains 120sq.ft., 16ft. hoist, 15ft. boom, 21ft. leach; and 1 have carried full sail on Barnegat Bay when large catboats were reefed, A boat of this kind can sail over flats where the small cruisers with low-hung metal rudders and boards could not go. Tom’s RivER, N. J., Dec. 1. H.W. SmMrirn. Editor Forest and Stream: * Of late I have become very much interested in reading the FOREST AND STREAM, and I was much taken with Mr. H. K. Wicksteed’s plan tor single-hander in the issue of Noy. 26, under the head of Canoeing. Only the fear of a breach of etiquette in canoeing prevented me from buiiding a canoe with overhanging ends. Why not have a shorter keel, with overhanging stem and stern, on a canoe as well asona yacht? Is it not a safer boat ona rough sea? Such a boat has proved to be fast ina yacht. Whynot in acanoe? We have no organized club here in Silver Creek, although we should have. We have a number of canoes and small yachts, and one would think by the boating talk that we would have a large fleet of new white wings in the spring. Our sailing is on open water—Lake Hrie—and yet we find men who think that a single-hander should be light enough to take under one’s arm and swim ashore if upset. For myself, like Mr. Wicksteed, I desire a canoe that I can take some comfort in on a cruise, and in a race can invent something for ballast that will get her there in time single-handed. Another obstacle in my way has been the centerboard trunk in the cabin. And Ihave now designed an cscillating centerboard that wholly does away with the centerboard trunk in the middle portion of the boat. The centerboard is of extra length, and goes home to its house as quickly as a folding board when coming in contact with an obstruction. I would like to have the opinion of some good boating man as to its merits, and would cheerfully give the details in full to any reader of the ForREsT AND STREAM who would like to test the practicability of the device. *H, He: SILVER CREEK, N. Y. , “LWe would be glad to publish the plans of the centerboard, as some such invention is much needed. [tf it is at ali practicable there is no doubt that some of our readers will be quick to test the aciual merits.] : WAR CANOE RACING. A VERY decided change has been noticeable in canoe racing during the past two seasons, and it now seems likely that for a long time to come the paddle will have an equal share of popu- larity with the sail in racing at the meets, and to a ceriain extent in local events as well. ‘he sailing events have thus far been the great racing atiraclion of the meets, the entries being far more numerous and the races consequently being greater in number and more closely contested than the paddling events. In pad- dling there have always been one or two men of known ability, like Johnson, Rice and others, whom the average paddler has not cared to face; but in sailing the conditions have been different, though it is hard to say why, and though a number of recognized experts, like Butler, Brokaw, Gibson, Jones and a score more, were entered, there have always been plenty of new men to start with them. At Jessup’s Neck in 1890 and at Willsborough Point this year, the principal paddling race assumed an importance which it never before pussessed, and next year the various pad- dling races promise to be still more exciting. Canoe sailing can never lose its popularity, but just now the amount of time and money required 10 build and work up a first-class racing canoe is beginning to operate against large fields of starters, so that rela- tively there will be a more equal division of the racing men and programme events between the paddling and sailing than has ever before existed. A proposition has been made within a year by Mr. Barney look- ing to the utilization of this boom in paddling to increase the excitement and interest of the racing week, especially to the spectators, whether canoeists or transient visitors to the camp. Tne proposal is to the effect that each of the four divisions shail own and bring to the meet a war canoe, manned by a crew from within the division; the four crews to paddle a race in these pic- turesque cratt. Mr, Barney has given considerable thought to the details, his idea being that the canoes should be of exactly the Same size and model, alike in every respect, and of course manned by the same number of men, probably sixteen and a helmsman. For convenience of transportation, each canoe would be built in three sections, a middle part some 16ft. long, and two ‘ft. ends, making a total length of 30ft., the three being bolted together by metal connections. In shipping, the two ends would be placed in the central portion, all going intoan ordinary boxcar. A captain would be appointed in each division, whose duty it would be to keep posted as to the paddlers who would be present at the meet, and from whom hecould pick a crew. Of course the time for crew practice would be short, probably a week, but with enough good paddlers in fair condition a very good crew might be made up tor each boat. Any one who has seen a war canoe like the Unktahee, the Ko- kokoho or the Mohican under way can form an idea of what a race would be like with four of these canoes, manned by seyen- teen men each, the crews uniformed in bright colors and the big single blades fiashing. From a picturesque standpoint, the sight would far surpass a rowing race sucnu as the Harvard-Yale, and with the rivalry between the four divisions the interest and ex- citement would be fully as great. If such a race can be made an established feature of the A.C. A. meet, it will ina few years become one of the principal racing events, NEW YORK C, 0.—The annnal meeting of the New York C. OC, was held on Dec, 14, at the Hercing Rooms, with Com. Howard in the chair. The question of removing the house to Bensonhurst, on Gravesend Bay, and giving up the station on Staten Island, was fully discussed, the sense of the meeting being strongly in favor of the change, and it is probable that it will be decided on when the matter comes up at a Meeting next month. A proposal to enlarge the house by adding another story was also discussed, and favorably received, The following officers were elected: Com., Wm, Whitlock; Vice-Com,, J. R. Lake; Sec'y-Treas., O, J, Stevens; Trustea (for 8 years), G, H, Daley. The incoming regatta, com. qnittes was instructed to revise the crnditions nnuder which the international challenge cnpis held. A subscription of $21 was taken tip toward the service of plate for the new cruiser New York. On motion of Mr. Burchard, it was resolved that the club send its greeting to Mr. Puultuey Bigélow, with congratulations OH the successtul compittion of his cruise down the Danube, y¥ery handsome copy (ft the new constitution and bylaws, together with a list of the members «nd canoes, and of all officers since the club's organization, ha; just been printed; the gift ta the club of Com. Howard. Mr. Whirlock, the newly-elected commodore, is ine of the oldest members of the club and an ex-commodore, and the plans now under consideration are likely to be fuliy carried out Dext year under his direction, 1m a manner that will greatly benefic the club. DIVISION PRIZES. oj [sek following circular has been sent to each of the canoe clubs in the Bastern Division, A. O. A. At the present time, of cures, it 12 understood that many club treasuries are low, the expenses of fhe yaar, and the tact that dues for 1892 haye not bean collected, hayiug produced that condition. During January the fund will doubrless assume larger proportions. The projec- Lora wish gratefully 16 ack owledge the following contributions: Paritan C. C., Boston, Mass......--.,. A Veith resee eco LO Sbhuh-shuh-Gan G. C., Winchester, Mass .-.. 62.1... es 10 he eireular reads: EASTHRN DIVISION. Boston, Oct. 1, 189).—Mr. , Secretary.—Dear Sir: At the receit annual meeting of the Hastern Division, A. ©. A., it was decided to endeavor to collect by voluntary contribution a sum of money, to be used at the discretion of the executive committees of tne Division for the purchase of two trophies, It was further voted, that the Division support the fuid by a contribu- tion not exceeding $50. The trophies are intended to represent the sailing and padding supremaciés of our Division, and shall be raced for each year ut the Division mert. We have in the Pastern Division enough clubs to dtfray the expense, if a reason- able proportion will contribute the sum of $10 tothe fund. Your club is respeciiully solicited to contribute, that it may do its part toward increasiug the activiry of our members in both branches ofthe sport. Any such favoras that desired, together with the name of the contributing club, may be forwarded to yours ira- ternally, JAMES W. CartwricHt. Jr., Vice-Commodore Hastern D.vision, A. ©. A, (P, OU. ox 1259, Boston, Mass.). BRITISH CANOE ASSOCIATION.—On Dec. 12 the general committee meetine of the R, OU. A. was held at Neweastle-0n- Tyne, Engian!, with a camp-lire of the Association in tre even- ing. Th cuief work before the committes was to select the site ot the next meet, tne proposed sites being Menai Straits, Loch Long and Lough Erne. iJach ting. Small Yachts. By 0. P. Eunhardt._Price.$10._ Steam Yachts and Launches. By O. P. Kunhardt. Price $3. Yachts, Boats and Canoes. By O, Stangfield-Hicks. Price $3.60. Steam Machinery. By Donaldson. Price $1.60. Yachtsmen who do not see what they want under this heading will please lookunder the hagehes of the Canoe, peep into the Kennel, squint down the buriel of the Rifle, open the Fish Car and Game Bag, mqmre of the Sportsman Tourist, and if their yearn- ines ave still unsatisfied, push their explorations into the Hditorial and Advertising Departnents. LAKE ERIE AND INTHR-LAKE RACING.—We are glad to see that the yachtemen of Lake Erie are bestirring themselves in emulation of their more progressive brothers on Lake On- tario, and are mavgurating a moyement which. is likely to result in anorganization on Lake Erie similar to, and working in har- mony wilh, ihat on Lake Oatario, In 1985, the year following the orgs:izaiion of the Lake ¥. R. A. on Ontario, an attempt of a similar nature was made at Baliast Island, or more properly, Put- in-Bay, in Lake Erie, but without success, one cause of faijure be- ing the adoplion of a pcor Measirement rule which prevented the attendance of the Lake Ontario yachts in the races, and served to Aivide rather than to unitethe two lakes. What was an experi- ment on Lake Ontario in 1885 has since proved a compléte success, and the Lake Erie yachismen need no better guide in organiza- tion than the constitution of the Lake Y. R.A. There is every reason on both sides why a common system of rules should pre- ysil, and why the fieets of the two lakes should interchange friendly visits. In the gyent of a Lake Brie association being formed it is proposed that the Lake Y. R. A. fieet should visit Lake Erie fora season, omitlirg the annual round of Lake On- tario, the visit being retu;med a year later by the Lake Hrie fleet. Yachting has made great progress on Lake Erie since 1885, and a modern and progressive organization including all the yacht clubs on the Jake is urgently needed. NEW YORE Y. C, PRIZES,—The prizes given by the New York Y_ OG. this year, thirty-six In number, are now on exhibition at Wiffanyls, in New York. The collection surpasses in cost aud beauty ail previous ones, the chisf feature being the cup won by Gloriana in the apecia! race ab Wewport. INTERNATIONAL RACING, re.HE present condition of racing in the larger classes is far from patistactory oo bo:h sides of the Atlantic; with us there wap this-yeer and l#st but-a single strong racing class, and there is yexson to doubt the permanency of the class which made the racing this year; on the other side much the same state of affairs is found,our 40ft.class being paralleled by the 20-raling class there being au the Bame time ene larger class, the 40-raters. While the Gauses of 1he decrease of racibs tonnage in the two countries are many aod complex, a number uf them being beyond any remedies which yachtsmen can appl); there can be no doubt that inter- national compel ilion, of (he sort that played such an important part beuween 1880 and 1887, would at once give a strong stimulus to Fauing On both sides. American yachtsmen, and British as well, would welcome @ renewal of the triendly contests that en- livened the three years trom 1885 to 1887. It is needless now to discuss the reason tor the stuppage of a work that was doing so much for both parties, the Diain facts are that international rac- ing bas stopped, to the detriment of all concerned, and that there ja no prospect of its ri -estublishment under the old conditions. If there is, a8 We believe, adesire on the part of American yachts- men to put an end to the present deadjock, there 1s ¥ way todo so whivh is at once gracrtul and sportsmaniike. For over a dozen )eare almosuthe whole brunt of international raving has been porne by Briti:h yachrsmen: the venture of Mr, James Coats in sending ou“L Madgeim 1839 im order to test her against American craft, was no leas bola and spirited than thie voyage of ihe Amer ca under Oom, Stevens in 1851; Clara was hrought «nt by Mi. Sweet ina similar way in 1885; and Genesta, Galatea and THisile each gave Up a season at Lome and came out herein ignorance of what tormivable adversary might confront them at ihe laat moment. All of these yachts, with others such as Mugeie, Ulidja, Shona, Stranger and Miranda, brought out by American owners, raced under heavy natural handicaps, having heen pullt under ea d-fiereut and very peculiar rule, for different joca) conditions, such a’ wind, waler and Curses, and a5 a mat- ter of enurae each stranger having to meet alone either the fiset in the open rega.las or we best single boat that conld be picked to meet her. . t Tr anatural handicap which attends eyery vessel who leaves her] ome waters Gan Lardly be overestimated, different rules for builainz, different waters and winds, strange courses, strange yachts, strange turks and headjands, anew climate for the erew, combine io muke a heayy totalin favor of the home yacnt and against the irate fr, So much is this the case that itis noticeable within very limited distances, as between New York and Boston, or the Clyde and the Solent, the victor at home being easily van- quished when hein turnis the visilor. There is nething unfair im e}) this, this simply the ehanges of war; but it has happened that in twelys seasons of international racing, or from Madge to the latest Fife boats, Barbara and Jessica, the chances have been entirely on the side of the American yachts in home waters, and against the yisiting British craft. We have not forgotten that several yachts, such as Thistle, Minerva and Barbara, were specially intended to race here, and so suffered little from the difference of rule, nor haye we overlooked the fact that some of ihe yisitors would have been beaten by their American rivals had all the odds been reversed; but at the same time it must be evident to every one who is familiar with recent international races that circumstances and conditions have uniformly favored the home boats, : Just at this time the idea is prevalent, and it is most probably true, that America possesses the fastest yacht of her size afloat. However much Gloriana’s good qualities may have been over- estimated by poptiiar enthusiasm, two facts appear yery clearly on the face of the season's record, that the leading boats of the 46ft. class are proportionately much faster than any of the 70ft. or smaller classes, ancient or modern, that have sailed beside them; and also that Gloriana is easily ahead of all her class. While it wonld be difficult to gauge’her definitely with the single stick Volunteer, of double her length, she has beaten a much larger number of her own Class. and relatively faster boats, than Volunteer defeated in the old £0Ft. class, and she stands to-day as the foremost embodiment of Amsrican progress in yachting. If the adiniration and confidence which American yachtsmen have expressed is at all genuime, it would be a most natural and at the Same time graceful act to send her as Mr, Coats sent Madge, or as Sir Ricsard Sutton brought out Genesta and Lieut. Henn brought out Galatea, to seek for worthy opponents away from home. While a trip across the Atlantic on the part of Gloriana, and a participation im the season races in British waters would bring in again the international element whith adds so much zest to yacht racing, there are some reasons why she would not be the best boat for such a venture. Although the measurement rule is practically the same in both countries, the different methods of classification, with local conditions, have produced a great disparity in yachts, and Gloriana would no more fita class in British waters than Jessica does here. By the Y. R. A. rules she is of 31-rating, and so would come between two classes, there being no racing yachts of intermediate sizes between 20-rating and 40-rating. While she would be much too large for one class, she would be too small for the other, thus either giving or receiving such an amount of time as to destroy the interest in the races; and at the same time it is very doubtful whether her type and general proportions are the best for racing abroad. . p f The proper course then which presents itself is the designing of anew Gloriana for British waters and British rules, eitber a 20- rater, of about 46ft, l.w.l, or a 40-rater, of about Soft. lw.l. No doubt the designing of such a yacht would be a welcome work to Mr. Herreshofi and but liltle more difficult, now than was the conception of Gloriana a year ago. The working of the new Y. R. A. rule, and the type which it has produced, are so well Known to him that the conditions of the problem would be hardly more complicated than in the case of the 46ft. class last winter, with a dozen promised boats.’ Concerning the reception which such a “Yankee” visitor would meet in England to-day, whatever the case may have been in the past, there is now nothing in the rule~ which would militate in the least against a yacht built for the purpose, and as for the feel- ing to be expected from clubs and members, there is no reason to believe that she would not be welcomed in the regular open events of the season as heartily as Genesta and Galatea were in America; being allowed to sail on the same footing as the home yachts. There isto such a project a savor of daring and bold adventure which should commend it at once 'o American yachtsmen; at the worst, if unsuccessful, there would be only praise and admiration for the plucky and patriotic owner who would make the attempt. There are many yachtsmen to whom the expense would be of no moment, and a number have forsome time been considering the idea of taking an American yacht to Hugland, and now is the time to do it. J there are any substantial advantages in the peculiar features of Gloriang, now is the time to prove it by them, before they become tne common property of ail designers. If taken in hand at once,it should be possible by the middle of March to have afloat and ready for trial a successor to Gloriana, but built with the special purpy eof tracing with British yachts in their home waters; and there would be ample time to cruss the Atlantic and refit by the middle of June. The strongest of the larg+ classes next year will be the 40-raters, with Thalia, Creole, Reverie and three or four new yachts by Watson, Fife and Payne. The addition of a Herreshoff hoat to the class would treble the interest and give a new life to yacht racing on both sides of the Atlantic. However ably American yachtsmen have acquitted themselves in the part of defenders, there is nothing specially creditable in resting content with such a part and leaving to others the risks and honors of the cha!lenger’s part. {t is well enough to have defended ourselves with credit against attacks at home, but after a long series of successes ia this direction ib is time to put on 4 bolder front, and if there is an\thing honest or genuine in the belief that we possess a champion, to send bim forth to do battle against all he may miecet. NEW YORK Y.C, PRIZES AND WINNERS, 1891. N their window on Union Square, Tiffany & Co. have on exbi- J bition for a few days the thirty-six sterling silver cups jnst completed by that firm for the New York Y. C. prizes for the season of 1891. Hach cup was especially designed so as to be ap- propriate both in form and decoration for the class in which it is offered, The collection is the iargest in number, as well as the costliest set of prizes ever oftered by any club. The prizes are in the form of bowls, loving cups, pitchers, tankards, beer mugs, vases, cigar holders, ete The name of the winner, daté, class and course is etched on each cup. The following is the list: Léth Annual Regatta, June 18. Glass 3. Sloops, Cutters and Yawls.—First prize, Katrina, — Glass 6. Sloops, Cutters and Yawls:—First prize, Gloriana; recond prize, Jessica. SOHOONER LISD. Squadron Runs, August, 1891, Prizs wou by Constellation for the following runs: Virst, Hunt- ington to New London; first, Newport to Vineyard Haven; first, Vineyard Haven to New Bedford; first, New Bedford to Newport, Prize won by Quickstep for the fullowingruns: First, Huntiog- ton to New London; first, New London to Newport; first, New- port to Vineyard Haven; first, Vineyard Haven to New Bedford. Prize won by Mayflower for the following runs: First, Hunt. ington to New London; first, New London to Newport; first New- port 10 Vineyard Haven. ; Prize won by Marguerite for the following rnns: Second, Hunt- ington to New London; first, New London to Newport; first, New- port to Vineyard Haven. ; ; ; Prize won by Fortuna forthe following runs: Virst, Huntington to New London; first, New London to Newport. Prize won by Merlin for the following runs: Wirst, Vineyard Haven to New Redford; first, New Bedford to Newport. Prize won by Iroquois for the following run; First, Huntington to New London, , 4 Prize won by Volunteer for the following run: Second, New London to Newport. . : ' Prize won by Palmer for the following mun: ton to New London. | ‘ ; Prize won by Hnone for the following run; Newport to Vine- yard Haven. Second, Hunting- SLOOP List. Squadron Runs, August, 1821. Priza won by Hildegarde for the following runs: First, Hunt- ington to New London; first, New London to Newport; first. Vine= yard Haven to New Bedford; first, New Bedford 10 Newport. Prizes won by Clara for the following rune: First, New _London to Newport; first, Newport to Vineyard Haven; first New Bedford to Wewport. Prize won by Sayonara for the following runs: Second, Hunting- jon to New London; second, New London to Newport; second, Vineyard Haven to New Bedford; first, New Bedford to Newport. Prize wou by Katrina for the following runs: First, Huntington to New London: first, New London to Newport. Prize wou by Lris for the following rune: #irst, Huntington to New London: first, New London to Newport. Prize won by Gossoon torthe following runs: First, Newport to Vineyard Haven; first, Vineyard Haven to New Bedford. Prize won by Cinderella for the following ruos: First, Huut- ington to New London: first, Vineyard Haven to New Bedford, Prize won hy Oweene for the following runs: First, Huntington to New London; first, New London to Newport; second, New Bed- ford to Nawport. Priza wou by Mineola for the following runs; Second, Hunting- ton to New Loudon; first, Newport to Vineyard Haven. ; Prize won by Huron for the following run; First, Newport to Vineyard Haven. Prize won by Mischief for the following run: First, Newport to Vineyard Haven. ; Prize won by Bedouin for the following run: Second, Hunting- ton to New London, Prize wou by Nantilus for the following run; Second. Newport to Vineyard Haven. SPHCIAL PRIZES. Martha's Vineyard, Arg. 10, 1891. Olasses 1, 2 and 3—Schooners—Special prize wou by Mayflower. Olasses 4 and 5—Schooners—Spacial prize wou by Qnickstep. All classes—Keel schooners—Special prize won by Giaone, Oiass'3—Sloops, cutters and yawls—Special prize won by Be- ouin, : Classes 4.and 5—Sloops, cutters and yawls—Special prize won by Cinderella, Class i—Sloops, cutters and yawls—Special prize won by Say- onara. Glass 7—Sloops, cutters and yawwls—Special prize won by Gos- soon. ‘ SPEGIAL PRIZES. Newport, Aug, 12, 1891, Olass 6. Sloops, Gutters and Yawls.—first prize, spacial cup. value $5U0, won by Gloriana. Second prize, special cup, won by Sayonara. Third prize, special cup, won by Uvira,. ‘The Gloriana cup is a loving cup, 154in, in height and “in, in diameter, weighing 120 24, and of Strictly nautical type, the body being decorated with two gracefnl and beautifully modelled mer- maids forming the handles. The cup is supported by one arm clasping the upper edge, while the other is extended, holding the laurel wreath of victory. The hair is interlaced with strings of pearis, and has the appearance of being blown about by the wind, blending gracefully inco the intersection of the body and neck, around which is inscribed the words "Won by Gloriana,’ in letters of seaweed, while the remainder of the inseription is on the body. The base is composed of a border of scroll-like shells and seaweed, growing from the foot and terminating in graceful lines around the lower part of body. ‘Phe above official list was uot completed at the time our tables of winners were published, but the only important differences are that Volunteer is second in place of third on the second run; Cin- derella, and not Hildegarde, wins the special race at. Vineyard Haven, and Sayonara is tied with Mineola for second place on firstrun, Itis also worth noting that Clara wap not regularly entered in the Vineyard Haven race, but sailed a special aweep- stakes race with Cinderella, With these corrections our record is, we believe, correct as to places; the exact number of prizes won is a very difficult matter to sectle, as will be seen trom the above list, the yarious wins being combined in a single prize. CLUB ELECTIONS: Pavonia ¥. C.. Tersey City, Dec. §—Com. Norman L. Rowe; Vice- Com., W. A. Smith: Ureus,, Louis Mittlesdort; fm, See’y, W. FP. Tobin; Cor. Sec’?y, Banjam'n_J. eh ie Meas., Wm. Chester; Fleet Surgeon. J. H. Van Mater; Fleet Caprain, Geo. W, James; House Committee, A. B. Bennett, Archie White, and J. L. Morey; An- chorage Committee, L. M, Kayser, John Bell and A, BW. Roe; Delegates to the New York Yacht Racing Association, N. L. Rowe, W. A. Smith, and A. B. Bannet!; Board of Tiustees, W.J. SORA ate R. 'feechman, C. E, Baldwin, HB. J. Smith and Nat ritchard. Orange Lake Ice ¥. 0., Newhurgh, Dec. §&—Com., Henry C. Hie- ginson; Vice-Cou., Dr. Willect O. Kidd; Treas., Gardiner Van Nostrand; Sec’y, Wm, H. Smith; Treas., Chas, Dison. Audubon ¥. G, New FYork, Dee. 7.—Com., 5. J. Rad’ord; Vice- Com., frederick Decxens; Fin. S2e’y, Howard Craoipton: ‘Treas., Robert B, Saul; Cor. S3e’y, Harman Bolte; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. J, J. Quigley; Meas., George Mason, Rocherter Y, C—The annual meeting and dinner of the Rochester Y. C. was held on Dec. 7, with Com. White in the chair and sixty members present. The officers elected were: Oom., Matt Cartwright; Vice-Com., B. N. Walhridge; Capt., J. George Cramer; Rec, Sec., T. B. Pritchard; Treas.,.W. H. Beizgs; Cor. Sec., BH. G. Newel!; Meas., J.J. Pellan; Wert sareeon, Dr. I. BH. Sawers; Hxecutiye Committee—R K. Dryer, A, T. Hagen, Geo. 0 Newell, J.R. White. The reports of the various offi ‘ers showed the club to he in a very prosperous condition, financially and In other ways, With a large and united membership and a growing fiest. Com, Cartwright is one of the best known and most popular yachtsmen on Lake Ontario, the newly-elected president of the Lake Y.R.A., aud under his administration the club may look for a very suceccessful season in ‘97. SMALL RACING YACHTS,—To mest the growing demand for asmall yacht forracing, pltasure sailing and singlehand work, the St. Lawrence River Skiff, Canoe and St-am Launch Co. has recently order+d a design from Mr. Wiliam Gardiner for a yacnt of 18ft. corrected length, and is now prepared to build a number of boars at a very low ftizure durmg the winter. The yacht ina handsome fiush-decked cutter, 28ct. Gin. over all, 16ft. \.wal., Sth. Gin. beam, 4ft, draft and d243q. tt. Sail area. The cockpit is large and made watertight and self-bailing, For cruising a tent may be used, while there is a large cuddy under the /orwarddeck. The rig 15 a simple boom and gaff mainsail with a jib set on a short bowsprit. The yacht is handsome in outline and has a neat oyer- hang at each end. A lead keel makes her non capsizable. With three or four such crait, all of one build and model, a cinb might do a great deal of good racing, cach boat carrying Lwo or even three men, while from their safety they are well suited for ladies’ use. MODEL YACHT RACING.—A correspondent asks for a Mle for measuring apd classifying model yachts. There is new no uniformity among model yacht clubs, many rules being used; but the length and sail area rule is steadily superseding all others, Probably the simplest form of this rule would be to measure the actual size of each sail crrried, extracting the sqdare root of the total area. ‘To this root add ihe waterline length, and divide the number by 2, which will give the “corrected length.” The yachts may be classed by this corrected length, or by waterline length, hut the former is the more desirable. The sail measurement may also be made by the Seawvanhaka rule, which we have frequently published, the length of spars being the basis of meusurement. STRAM YACHT RACING.—Some interest has been excited in the States this year by the arrangement of a steam-yachh race, which, however, did not come off, ow ng to the breakdown of one competitor and the efounding ot another, Some little excitement would doubtless be cansed by a good steam-yacht race, but it is difficult to see what geniine sport could be gotoutofit. Speed under steam is a question of construction and of engine power only, or at most of management in the engme room and stoke hole. The interest of racing between sailing yachts consists in the tact that in addition to the contest between the various de- signs there is the further element of seamanship and skillinl management under sail_—Nautical Magazine, VHSTA, sclir., one of the three American yachts which raced across the Ailantig in mid-winter just 25 year's ago, has been sold for $7000 to the Rev. J. J. Dougnerty, the head of the Mount Loretto institution at Princess Bay, Staten Island. She will be square-rigged and used as a training vessel for the boys under the command of Cap’. Geo. LH. Reeves. REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN YACH'TS.—We have re- csived from Mr. H.G. Peabody parts 4and 5 of this elegant publi- cation, the former containing views of the 80-footers and smaller racing craft, -and the latter of the entire 46(t, fiset. Parto has been also issued as a Separate yolume, bound in cloth. Mr. Geo. A. Stewart has furnisned the letter press. SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y¥. C.—The Oyster Bay ¥. C. has recently been consolidated with the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., adding 74 new members to the latrer organization. Tne establishment of the lather club at Oyster Bay Nias made tie move 2, most desivable one for both clubs. — Answeys to Correspondents. (Ss No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. ¥. A. 8,—The illustration_on page 63 of the “Forest and Stream Book Catalogue” is of an Englisheetter. It was drawo by H. B, Tallman, of Oak Lawn, R. I. Oo. 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Imported Fox Terrier (smooth) A grand dog, perfect terrier head (j}% inches), beautiful ears, capital bone, best of legs and feet, short, strong back and grand, hard coat. Own brother to Ch. Radiance, by Ch. Result—Lady Ethel. Winner of eight firsts and two seconds in England, beating Rational, Khor Spendthrift, Dudley Starcher, Sundown, Rifleman and other well-known prize dregs. Second Kingston, Ont., 1891; 2d, Hamilton, 1891. Fee $15, PUPPIES FOR SALE, H. NORTHWOOD, Martin's Ferry, Ohio. AT STUD. FEE i KING OF KEN (A. K.0.5,B, 6264), Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rep, Zig-Zag, Tapster and Maid of Kent. Pointer Puppies for sale. Apply to JAS. MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon, L. I. In Ub. Champion RACER, JR., Fee §10..... A.K.R. 5,407 ROY K, = - a 10..... 18,914 THE RAMBLER, ~ eS Lee “18,907 RABBI, - . fe OG1ON 4 a G.te6 Also the Dachshund PELDMAN K., Fee $10, ing kindl as to just what style of a beagle is desired. Satisfaction guaranteed in 6yvery case. H. L. KREUDER, Rockland Kennels, Nanuet, N. ¥, Bu the Stud, REFUGE II. : (Plinlimmon ex Recluse.) Winner of over forty prizes, including the medal jor the best stud dog, A’ ricultural Hall, London, 1891, He is the sire of Refugee, Recluse I1., Rud- yard Lady, Young Refuge, Highland Chieftain, Baron Cleyedon and many other prize winners. He is the best-headed and heaviest-boned dog eyer sired by Plinlimmion. ; Fee, $60.00. Kingston Regent. (Prince Regent ex Lady St. Gothard,) Winner of first prizes at Kingston, Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal, 1891. : Fee, $50.00. Marquis of Ripon, (Prince Regent ex Lady St, Gothard.) Fee, $40.00. Keeper, Jr. (Keeper ex Surprise.) The best-headed smooth living. FEE, $25, PUPPIES FOR SALE. , NEW YORK ST. BERNARD KENNELS, 138TH ST, AND THH HUDSON RIVER. HENRY JENNINGS, Manager. FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. Champion Raby Mixer........815 Reckoner”........:.0.0..0c002..05. 15 Pitcher.........., Ae Horietic eee tes Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous matrons, HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. ELHPRATED DOGS AT STUD.—Bulldog J Ch. Harper, bu'l-terriers Gully The Great, Ch. Sir Monty II., Hinks and Edgewood Ben- digo, Dandie Dinmont King o’ the Heather, Dachshund Windrush Rioter, English setter Rockford. For particulars address FRANK EF, DOLE, New Haven, Conn.” At Stud.-English greyhounds, Gem of the Season, winner of over 50 firsts and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and specials; Dexter, corded coat poodle. Pups from the above for sale. GREYHOUsD & PoopLE KENNELS. Salem, Mase, A’ STUD.—THE BEAGLE CHAMPIONS and circular of steck for sale. GLENROSE BEAGLE KENNELS, Melrose, Mass. She Rennel. AUCTION OF FOX-TERRIERS. The Property of the WOODALE KENNELS, Proy, N. ¥. We will digpose of some winners at the late shows and also some grand puppies and fine brood bitches of the very best winning strains, At the AMERICAN HORSE EXCHANGE, 1644 Broadway, New York, Tuesday, Dec. 22, at2 P. M. Terriers can beé seen Monday afternoon and Tuesday at said place, Bloodhounds and Mastiffs. For Sale.—Part of Judith and Victor litter of attractive dog. the best companion and house dog, as well as the greatest trailer. Also forsale one mastiff bitch pup, whelped August, 1891. Dam, Winchell Bess; sire, Beaufort’s Colonel, Photographs 25 cents. q J. WINCHELL, Fair Haven, Vt. Dogs Boarded, Bred or Treated.. Best of care and food given. Utmost liberty consistent with the disposition and health of each dog is allowed. . T. FOOTE, M.D., D.V.S , Box 862, New Rochelle, N, Y, City office, 120 Lexington avenue, N, ¥-. Yorkshire Terrier Puppies. A few now offered for the holiday sale. All by champion Bradford WHarry_and_ individually e000 specimens. P. H. COOMBS, 1 Exchange Block, Bangor, Me. POINTERS. Puppies combining the blood of such sires.as Beaufort, Graphic and Glenmark, — aol LENGTH oveRdée. LIME; PLACEMENT. yi, 5. + beet 1 We Dechy DSR LL, ME ld fs 8 ae <7 aL Le. id. MME, MLE, My SELLA SS GWU Wa We CO ig 2 CLG CMA s 2 ‘ a : ee — | —————— ————————— OT —c eee S,”-™rtC“C:;:leeeESES,hl 461 —" July 11,—St. Lawrence Y. C.—29ft. class. Wind flawy. Valda second, Chaperone taking first. ! July 25.—Valois Annual Special Handicap.—Wind fresh. Sin- glereef. Four starters. Valda beaten 2m. by Viking of 35ft. c.1., by the same designer. Valda should get 8m. from Viking but in this race was scratch. Aug. 29.—Special unclassified rave over special course.—ALl classes combined. Lower sail breeze. Valda led the fleet by 4m. 228, elapsed time but had to give 16m. 42s. to Thora, a St. Law- _ rence River skiff of 19ft. l.w.l., and that boat won the first prize by 1m. 305. : In her two seasons, therefore, Valda has started thirteen times, winning nine firsts and four-second places. She has but once been beaten bya boat of her own class and has beaten the first pes boats five times of the eight that they happened to start to- gether. Of the four first piaces lost, in one she was actually first by six minutes corrected time, but lost on handicap. One was lost toa boat of 35ft. 5in.c.1. in a fresh breeze and another on time fo a St. Lawrence skiff which got from Valda 16m. 46s.0n a ten-mile course through a curious result of the approximate measurement of sail area, Valda having 660 sq. ft. actual sail on 21ft. ).w.].,while the skiff had 400 sq. ft. actual sail on i9ft. lw.l. Valda, being 24.ift. e.l., would under the club rules allow Thora, 19.3ft. c.1., put 4m. 27s. in 10 miles. RACING RULES FOR OPEN BOATS. A ere annual meetings of many yachting clubs will take place the coming month, and the question of new measurement -Tules is sure to come up in the clubs which are composed of the smaller class of boats. For years it has been the cry of the small boat owner and clubs that they have been crowded by the larger clubs and have not had fair play _ If the members of the small clubs knew it, they are standing in their own light, and by their unreasonable rules are preventing yachtsmen from building a type of small boat which their present rules prevent. One thing is certain, the club which puts the least restriction on the design is sure to succeed in the end, and new boats of the radical type will be built as experiments. The taxing of overhangs is inconsistent with speed, because it aiiects the elements of a design greatly and prevents public spirited yachtsmen from going forward. Nobody wants a slow poat and all want the fastest, whether she be cruiser or racer. ’ The Corinthian Club stands out a8 a success, because its mem- bers are progressive, and its rules are so broid that boats of ali kinds may be developed with but little hindrance. The time has gone by for the “sawed off” constituency to control much longer. The races between the Tartar, Mabel, Queen Mab, and other old boats have ceased to be interesting, from the very fact that nothing is to be gained from the results. _ The American yachting public want new ideas tried, and they do not helieve in standing still. The ‘sawed off’? has almost reached its highest development, and the question to be decided is: Can the 21-footer or other class length of the cator jib and mainsail boat be improved, if restrictions are taken off the design? J The catboat of to-day is, with a few exceptions, practically the same boat that it was 20 yearsago. The Queen Mab and Mabel were racers over 15 years ago, and the writer well remembers the match races between the Mabel and Ionia on Dorchester Bay over 10 years ago. The races then created more interest than they do now. : There is a healthy feeling growing up in the small clubs in regard to broader rules for measurement. The thinking men of the clubs have come to the conclusion that restrictions.must be taken off designs, and in this they coincide with designers. Something must be done to create a, new interest in the smailer classes and fhis means a radical change in the rules. Chabs that tax overhangs both forward and aft will not be Tea eee ee Siw ee eS eg oe : i * ies NS e fo * “VALDA”’——-SATL PLAN. pateowized, while those.showing broader ideas are bound to suc- ceed. A boat with overhangs runs the risk of being barred out for ex- ceeding the leneth, while the square ender can be sunk to her planksheer and still bold her length. The regatta committees of the smail boat clubs would do a good thing by coming together and talking the matter over. An inter- change of views is sure to be beneficial, and yachting in the end will be benefited. Boston Herald. AN ALTERNATIVE CORRECTED LENGTH AS RULE. Editor Forest and, Stream: {ft seems to me that your suggestion that the leading yacht clubs establish one or more Classes with a corrected length limit as alternatives and experiments is the most sensible and practical one which has been made for some time. It appears to me that there is a capital opportunity to do so at present. Rumors of a 53ft. class are in the air. Why caunot half a dozen of tha leading clubs offer prizes fora class of 455ft. sailing length? A 46-footer with 4,000ft. of sail would fit into it quite handily. And judging from the performances of that class with the Clara, it would not be an easy matter to beat them with more length and less sail. At the same time, if would be open to any one to try with say 50ft. length and 3600ft. of saii,or even 53ft. of length and 3,250ft. of sail. [f the larger boat proves the faster, why is she not also the better in other respects? She would cost little more to build, less to handle, have more accommodation and probably be a better sea boat. Itseems to me that the notion that a classification by corrected length would produce anu undesirable type of boat is a pure bogy, born mostly of ignorance and misrepresentation. [ cannot see why an Hnglish 20-rater of 46ft. is not. so long as you keep her at the sail area for which she was designed, a more con- venient, comfortable, good all-round boat than an American rac- ing craft of the sams length, but with the sail area of a 40-rater 59ft. long. But admitting that she is not, there is not much pros- pect that she would prove a winner in American waters under corrected length. The generally lizhter winds and smoother waters render it almost certain that a shorter boat with larger sail area would prove superior. Hiven in Great Britain the differ- ence in Jength between the winners at, Stuthampton and on the Clyde, where the prevailing winds are lichter, is quite marked. At any rate, nothing wili ever be learned without experiment. The establishment of a 55ft. c. 1. class would give an opportunity to make such an expsrim3ut in the most interesting manner be- tween the 46-footers and any longer boat that would fit the class. Now is the time to try it, before a lot of 53-footers with monstrous sail plans ‘are called inte existence. CeE. - D. J. LAWLOR. oe many friends of the veteran naval architect, D. J. Lawlor® of Chelsea, will be pained _to learn that he is confined to his bed, dangerously ill with cancer of the stomach, and there is but little hope of his recovery. A visit to his home in Chelsea yester- day found him very weak and steadily failing, and his demise may be expected at any time. Mr. Lawlor was born in St. John, N. B.. in. 1824, and came te this city when fifteen yearsold. He procured employment and served his apprenticeship with Whit- more & Holbrook, well-known shipbuilders at that time. On learning his trade he went to Gloucester, where hecarried on boat building for some years. Hereturned to Boston about this time, and for forty years has taken a most prominent part in ship building and yacht designing, Soon after his return to this city he designed the brigantine News Boy for Dabney & Co. of this city, and she was a wide departure from the then prevailing type of merchant vessel, The News Boy attracted world wide at- tention, and was favorably commented on in Grijith’s Nauticat ¥ Magazine. This was his starting point. He was always a good stu, dent, and by close application became very ap} in his profession No man on either side of ths water can claim a wider experience. for he has designed and built more vessels than any of his co- laborers. Over 150 merchant vessels were built from his designs, and these inelnde ships, barks, brigs, schooners, of two, three and four masts. He has also designed guite a number of towboats. Among the fishing vessels were the Sarah Pryor, John H. Mc- Manns, Sylvester Whalen, Susan KR. Stone and others. When the steamship Meteor was projected, the late R. B. Forbes requested him tomake a design and model, and the prize was won by Law- lor against the field, among whom were Messrs. Webb and Steen. The veteran designer has a fleet of nearly 500 vessels to his credit, and in nearly all cases he both designed and laid the vessels down. Many of these he built at his yard, corner of Condor and Meridian streets, Hast Boston. Insteam yachts he clearly has the lead, for the steam yachts designed by him number 117. The Adelita and the one now building in Providence are among the number. Mr. Lawlor designed and built the schooner yacht Gitana, and there is not a better sea-going vessel afloat, Itisa remarkable fact in his career that he has designed the last ves- sel built at Hingham and also at Medford. Im the pilot boat fleet Mr. Lawlor has fifteen vessels. Among them are the Hexsper , Phantom and D.J. Lawlor. Mr. Lawler is a self-educated man and his success is due to his own efforts. He came here a poor boy and had no one to help him. His departures in naval archi- tecture were as radical in their time as those of to-day. He had ideas of hisown and was not afraid to carry them out. He in- vented the double topsail on_square riggers, and also the cut of head sails. Before the late Mr. Burgess went into naval archi- tecture asa profession, he often visited the veteran, and from him gained mauy a good point. Mr. Lawlor represents faithfully the old school of mechanics, wall up in all branches of the trade. The cost of the fleet designed and built by the veteran would reach well up into the millions, The gap left by the late Edward. Burgess and removal of Mr. Lawlor from active work is one that eannot be easily filled. Both were clever in their specialties,— Boston Herald. HARLEM Y. C. ELECTION.—The annual election of officers of the Harlem Y. C. took place on Dec. 17 at the club house, 519 Hast 121st street. The officers elected were: Com., T. H. McDon- nell; Vice-Com., Mortimer P. Lee: Rear-Com., Julius Greenbaum: Pleet Capt., F. Natterer; Treas., S. J. McCauley; Meas., W. D. S. Hyer; Fin. Sec’y, H. B. McAllister; Rec. Sec’y, ©. L. Fellman; Cor. Sec’y, T. B. Bates; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. H. M. Cox; Steward, A. Borst; Board of Directors, Geo. W. Fuller, Jas. F. Lalor, T. W-. Jackson, Wm. Towner, A. Johnston, Robert H. Wiley, A. M. Steb- bins; House Committee, W. A. Hall, A. G. Austin, W. Scardetield, J.T. Kennedy, T. J. Hendry; Membership Committee, H. L. Ful- ler, H. G. McCord, John Traugott. LIEUT. HENN.—Ir a letter this week Lieut. Henn informs us that he has been compelled to give up his projected visit to America in consequence of the serious illness of Mrs. Henn, and they will spend the winter in Scotland instead of Florida, a matter of regret to both. Galatea is laid up at Dartmouth. We have re- ceived a remarkably fine photo of her, made from a painting by Admiral Beechy, R. N., showing her under trysail, storm jib and staysail, on the return voyage across the Atlantic in 1887. ALTERATIONS.—Hope Leslie, schr., has received a new stern at Frisbe’s yard, Salem, Charm, PF. S Ketchum, New Jersey Y.C., has been raised Gin. and lengthened. CONQUEROR.—The case of ths stexm yacht Conqueror, owned by #. W. Vanderbilt and recently seized by Collector Fassett, of the port of New York, was before the Supreme Court at Wash- ington last week, butno decision was reached. SAGAMORE, steam yacht, W. A. Slater, will sail shortly for the Mediterransan. with ewner aud family on board. [Dre, 24, 1891, BRITISH CENTERBOARD SLOOP “VICTORIA,” 1849, BRITISH CENTERBOARD YACHTS. | OW that the centerboard yacht has become an active factor ? in British yachting, a certain interest attaches to the early pintory. of the centerboard, The accompanying drawing was pub- shed in the *‘Rural Almanac and Sportsman’s Illustrated Calendar” for 1873, with the following description: “Centerboard yachts have never been looked upon with a favor- ing eye in England. It is true we have hundreds of boats of which the American Una was the type, but not one that could be dig- nhified with the name of ‘yacht? have we. Tne Americans on the other hand have adopted centerboards in their largest yachts, and moreover employ that appliance in merchant ships of four and five hundred tons burden. But the centerboard has not been adopted in America on account of any inherent virtue it pos- sesses; its adoption has been entirely one of necessity. Nearly all the channels and harbors along the eastern American coast. from New Jersey to New Brunswick, aré extremely shallow, and would not be accessible to the old-fashioned British deep yacht or merchantman. Consequently the Americans have been driven into building yessels of very light draft of water and great beam, and as such vessels are, by reason of the narrowness of the im. merged longitudinal section, deficient in weatherly qualities, a moving keel is applied, which can be lowered when sailing to Windward in deep water, and housed when going through a shallow channel or when sailing before the wind. _ “But if must not be supposed that the centerboard or sliding keel was an American inyention; on the contrary, if is a very old English idea, and we have at this moment before us the design of & boat with a sliding keel, built by Lord Percy in 1774; another design, from which a boat with sliding keel was built at Deptford in 1789, is also before us; and we have also the design of the cele- brated revenue cruiser Trial, designed by Lient. Schank, R.N., and built in the Government dockyard at Plymouth, in 1789, It will thus be seen that Englishmen can claim the invention of the sliding keel and centerboard, and the Americans are to be cred- ited with the discernment that first saw, utilized and acknowl- edged its merits. It is generally supposed thaf a large centerboard yacht is not so seaworthy as a keel yacht; but this is entirely a mistake, the Vesta, centerboard schooner yacht, crossed the Atlantic in the winter of 1866 and encountered very heavy weather; her crew de- clared that she behaved splendidly through it all—that she was buoyant, easyand dry. Amsrican yachts: frequently get caught in heayy weather when away from their cruising ground, but we have not heard of one being lost. Of course a large beamy, shal- low yacht that carries little or no ballast requires a little more careful handling than the deep, heavy ballasted one, but there is no pretence for saying they are unsafe. Wor our own part we often wonder that as there are so many Hoglish tyachtsmen’ who keep yachts and never move out of the Solent, or out of their hative river or harbor, that'some of them do not patronize the light and airy American centerboarder. Hyery little creek and inlet is accessible to them; they are extremely handy and make very high speed in such light winds as would scarcely move a 200 Lia BCHOOnES that carries about 70 or 80 tons of iron and lead as allast. “The Victoria, of which we give an engraving, was built at Liverpool in 1849, from a design of Mr. Charles Melling, whose Safety Yachf we gave an illustration of in the Rural Almanac for 1870. The Victeria was-32ft. over all, 1lft. beam. dott. draft aft and lft, 9in. forward. and was fitted with a sliding keel 10ft. long. Her tonnage by Hnaglish measurement was 13 tons. Her rig is not that of the Una type—the latter hayethe mast stepped right in the eyes and carry no headsail—but represents a rig common in America, even in large yachts, There areagreat many disad- vantages to one large headsail which the yacht sailor well under- stands. The Victoria was fast and weatherly, but the model. since the time when she skimmed over the Mersey, has been im- roved upon, and probably if Mr. Melling designed a center- oarder at this time, she would be a very different craft from the Victoria. Wesimply give the sketch of her as a ‘landmark? in yacht designing; all such things should be preserved, as the study of them forms part of the education of the naval architect, and moreover, they preserve us from falling into exploded errors, and will prevent a man usurping credit for a design that perhaps had existence before he was born.” Canaging. COMMODORE WINNE requests us to give notice that he and See’y-Treas. Wackerhagen will be at the Murray Hill Hotel on Dec. 27, and will be glad to meet all canoeists, especially those wha have suggestions to make or questions to ask concerning the As- sociation or the meet. SMALL SAILING CRAFT. Hditor Forest and Stream. é I haye thought to write you for a long time about my little boat built from lines taken from "Canoe and Boat Building,” and, as the small boat men seem to have the fioor, take this opportunity. I built from lines of the Priscilla, with I1ft. added to length, making 16ft. over all; and the boat spread somewhat after the ribs were in, making her 4('t. Gin. beam, [ havea fine little boat, and a fast one, and in light winds a wonder. I have added ajib for racing, my company being the 25-footers. ‘ My racing mainsail has close on to 200ft.. and the jib 35ft. I take a little sand when alone, but she does nicely with one, two or half a dozen aboard, as 1 have tested herina piping breeze. There is to be quite a flset of this class of boat here next season, three being already built on the Priscilla’s jines as modified by me. They are built quite light, so as to be easily housed, and of light drait,so as to get into the bays,over the weeds, or out on the beach almost anywhere. J havyetaken great pleasure in reading about the Mad Cap, So So, and other small boats. and want to shake with them, and to thank the author of ‘Canoe and Boat Building” for the pleasure I have taken with Priscilla. E, W. DELANo. A, C. A. MEMBERSHIP.—Atlantic Division: Richmond Ellis’ B, R. Roome, Arlington, N. J.; Dr. W. G. Budington, New York: Maurica D. Wilt, Philadelphia, Pa. Answeys ta Correspondents, H.C. W., Okahumpka, Fla.—The manufacturers will send you full directions on application. SUBSORIBER, Pittsburgh, Pa —The oun should pattern about 150 to 160 pellets, and ought to penetrate about 15 to 17 sheets Denni- son’s penetration pads. X.—Do you publish a book called *Plorida Fishing” or “Plorida Fishes.” What is the price? Ans. No; but our special ‘““Plorida Number,” of Jan. 9, 1890, is a volume in itself. A. P. D., California.—Use 3i4drs. powder, 11437, shot, and ex- periment with slightly varying loads until you have determined best pattern and panetration, 30yds. circle at 40yds, H. B., Wellsville, N. Y—Will you kindly inform me through your correspendence column i, Does the hare or the rabbit bring forthits young on top of the ground? 2. Which have their eyes open when born? Ans. 1. We have hares (not rabbits) in this country. Hares do not burrow; they liein bushes or depressions in the ground, or in holesyin the rocks, hollow trees, etc, The young of the hare have their eyes opsn at birth, and are covered with hair, while the young of the rabbit are blind and naked. SAVE ‘TROPHIES. WRITE FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE “HEADS AND HORNS.” it gives directions for preparing and preserv- | ing Skins, Antlers, ete. 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The Blue Ridge Kennel has now opened its book for the fall season of 1891 and spring of 1892 for Gath’s Mark and Dan Gladstone, limited to fifty services each. $2,000 is given away in premiumis to the get of the above dogs, which win different Derby Stakes in 1892 or after, Particulars on application. THE BLUE RIDGE KENNELS, Sperryville, Va. - ,. FOREST AND ) STREAM. - A eee fee OF THE Be AND GUN, Pree. se AYHAR. 10 Cts, 4 Copy. } Six een $e. NEW YORK, DECEMBER 31, 1891, j VOL. XXXVII.—No. 24. No. 318 BROADWAY, Naw YORK. CORRESPONDENCE. THE FOREST AND StRzAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications on the subject 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 noi responsible for the views of correspondents, ADVERTISEMENTS. Only advertisements of an approved character inserted. 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Sampson Low, Marston, Searles and Riving- ton, 188 Fleet street, and Brentano’s, 480 Strand, London, Eng. Brentano’s, 17 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris, France, sole Paris agent for sales and subscriptions, Foreign subscription priee, $5 per year; $2.50 for six months. Address all communications : Forest and Stream Publishing Oo, No. 318 BRoADWAY. NEW YORE Crty. CONTENTS. The Kennel. Flour City Kennels, Dome-Shaped Skulls. Barzoi Points. The Pulse of the Dog. Inre Antonio vs. Maid of Kent Great Danes, Editorial. The Revolver Shout. Impassable Fishways. Snap Shots. The Sportsman Tourist. Jin MelLane’s Bay Pony. Canoe Recallections In Maine Weods.—viL Natural History. Summer Robin Roosts.—i. Wolves in the Adirondacks. Game Bag and_ Gun. - Always Curry » Compass. A Wild Rice Scheme. Chicago and the West. An Incident of Camp Life. Psoyoi. Lord Clover’sa Pedigree. Gloversville Dog Show. Retrospect. Dog Chat. Kennel Notes. Answers to Correspondents. Rifle Renee and Gallery. Revolver Competition. Sport in North Carolina. Trap Shooting. As to Limitations. “Forest and Stream” Tourna- Boston Notes ment. Sea and River Fishing. : Drivers and Twisters. The Kingfishers. Yachting. Trouting in the Cascades.—ur, | Lake rs Yachting, Angling Notes. Thora. es Angiers’ Associa- | Canoeing. | Phe Organization or Canoe Avtifeially Reared Trout. Clubs. Fishculture. Cruising Sneakhox Moccasin. Sliding Centerboars. Watching tne Nests. : Answers to Queries. Feeding Habits of Whitefish. “FOREST AND STREAM.” On January 7 the “Forest and Stream” will be permanently enlarged to 32 pages. The price will remain the same. THE REVOLVER SHOOT. HE revolver competition for the Winans trophy is calling out a goodly number of expert shots, and by the time it shall be completed the trial may fairly enough be termed national in its scope. There was at one time a disposition in some quarters to criticise the accepted con- ditions as to distance of firing, but the event has demon- strated the wisdom of the 20yds. selection. As was said by Mr. Conlin, of this city, who has had a long experi- ence with revolver shooters, it is all well enough to talk glibly about fine work at d0yds., but when it comes to getting a list of shooters to compete at that distance, the men are not readily to be found. Fine shooting at 20yds. is in every way a test of skill as exacting as coarser work at the longer range, and as for practical use of the weapon, no one will deny that it is to be employed at the very shortest range in the thickest of hand-to-hand conflicts, An officer mounted would ride up and reserve his fire to the last moment. It is very instructive to have scores made at long ranges on large targets. Such shooting enables estimate to be made of the average aberration of man and arm together, but it isnot always practicable to have a 50 or a 100yd- range. Jumping to the other extreme, the matter of 12yd. shooting has been so ciphered down, and the scores have been made so close, that the experts ought in self- respect to abandon that distance. All the merit in very close scores has gone with the production of the fine weapons now to be found in every gallery, Double the distance. and both the shootér and his revolver are put to more than double test. The time will come when 20yds. shooting will show as fine records as those now on the walls for izyds. To hasten that time was one of the con- siderations which jed ForREST AND STREAM to fix that limit for the amateur revolver contests. = IMPASSABLE FISHWAYS. ()X Nov. 19 we published a communication on fish- ways in which the Holyoke structure was described as @ failure because of its faulty construction. This is only one of many similar cases which have come to our knowledge. Inspector J. R, Kinney of the district com- prising the counties of King’s, Annapolis, Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne, Queen’s and Lunenburg in Nova Scotia, in his annual report for 1890 has the following to say about the subject: ‘* Of all the fishways in this district I know of but three or four that are properly cared for. In more than one instance, as I have before pointed ont, the fishways have assisted in making the streams non-productive. For instance, take the case of the lower dam on Salmon River, county of Digby, where there is a ‘patent’ fish ladder, built entirely below the dam, without any attempt at an auxiliary or wing-dam below. Before the creation of fishways and ladders this stream was a noted salmon stream, but now the salmon and alewives have been ‘ patented ’* out of existence. Happily the lower dam on the Clyde River was so far demolished that fish have now an unobstructed passage, hence the utility or non-utility of the fishway at that dam is no longer a live question, as the structure is per- fectly dry at all times.” Inspector Robert Hockin of District No, 2, Nova Scotia, comprising seven counties, at the end of 1890 reported as follows concerniug fishways: ‘“‘Upon examination of the fishways in this district I found that of those con- structed fully 90 per cent. were not, at the time of ex- amination, in such a condition as to allow fish to pass within their spawning grounds, and that they were not fulfilling the purpose for which they were intended.” In the report of Mr. Wilmot, Superintendent of Fish- culture in Canada, we find the following statement: ‘‘The undersigned has been instructed on several occasions to visit and inspect certain fish-ladders in different parts of the country and in every case has found them. to be perfectly useless, either from unsuitability of location or want of proper construction, the consequence of which has been that these passes, which cost considerable sums of money to help sustain the fisheries of the locality, act the reverse way by giving greater facilities to persons to kill the fish at the entrance of these passes, and by squandering the money in the construction of them— thus showing the necessity that exists for adopting the most perfect fish-ladder now known, and compelling the owners of mill dams to put in these passes, under the requirements of the Fisheries Act, section15. This want of a duly authorized fish-ladder, and the delay in having an efticient one put in every mill dam or slide, or other obstruction in all of the streams of the country is telling most severely against the keeping up of fish life by the natural as well as the artificial method of reproduction.” We have presented the above statements in order to show one phase of the fishway problem. Effective fish- ways are in existence and we desire to place on record the results of their introduction. To this end contribu- tions are invited from interested parties everywhere who have opportunity of investigating these important acces- sories to the increase of the fish supply. SNAP SHOTS. HE fatal ‘“‘accident” on the Hudson River was caused in just the way that the usual didn’t know-it-was- loaded gun ‘‘accident” occurs. When the train was brought to a stop a trainman was sent back with his lan- tern to signal trains approaching from the rear, Accord- ing to published reports this trainman took it for granted that the next train to follow would be a local and would stop at a station; accordingly instead of remaining on the track to signal the train he went into the station; the train proved to be not the local he had expected, but an express, which thundered by and crashed into the train ahead. All because the trainman took it for granted. The average human being who shoots another with a gun he thought empty in the same way takes it for granted. that the gun is unloaded. So far as close and exciting racing is concerned, the year just closing compares poorly with some of those immediately preceding it: there has been no great inter- national race, as in ’85,’86 and ’87, and even the home races have lacked the excitement that attended the ad- vent of Minerva and Liris in the 40ft. class in 1886, While the many races of the new 46ft. class have afforded plenty of sport through the season, the immediate and unqualified success of Gloriana in the first week of the racing, robbed the following races of all interest and excitement, as it was clear from the first that she was without a dangerons rival. The present year, however, will not be forgotten, but will have a prominent place in yachting history. Just as the year 1851 is remembered as a turning point in yacht designing, the old theory of a full bow and fine run being swept away to be replaced by one radically opposite: so the present year—1891— marks a new departure in designing, in every way as notable as the other. Just as the long, fine bow of the America drove out forever the round blufi ends of the old yachts, so has the full waterline of the Gloriana put aside the hollow bows and fine lines of existing yachts. Paradoxical and contradictory as this statement may appear at first sight, its truth will be plain to all who consider the subject carefully. Of the many distinct steps in advance that have been made in naval architec- ture in the forty years between 1851 and 1892, one of the most important is that embodied in the full waterline and buoyant topsides of Gloriana. The extinction of the buifalo from the plains of the West has been followed by a disappearance of the buffalo grass which formed the chief subsistence of that animal. In his paper on ‘‘English and American Flowers,” in the Fortnightly Review, Prof, A. R. Wallace accounts. for the supplanting of buffalo grass by other coarser plants by the theory that “the uniform hardening of the sur- face by the tread of bison, together with the equally reg- ular manuring, favored the growth of this particular form of grasses.” The interesting photograph of a hunting outfit on the Sawtooth Range, which was reproduced in our issue of Dec. 17, was there wrongly credited to Mr. F. Bracht, of this city. The picture was taken by Mr, FP. F, Frisbie, of Detroit, Mich,, and we take much pleasure in giving him the credit due for so excellent a piece of work. Mr. Fris- | bie has been fortunate in securing views of camp life and scenery in the wild hunting grounds of the Northwest, and his work demonstrates his skill. The New York city salt-water fisherman who resorts to the fishing banks off the New Jersey coast is of so much importance commercially that he is to have a sea- going steamboat built especially for him. ‘The well- known Capt. Al Foster, who takes tens of thousands of anglers down to the banks every summer, is building the boat, which will be 225ft. in length, will have three decks, and be provided with devices intended to make salt-water fishing a delight. Tt is expected that in 1892 the FoREST aND STREAM will be a better paper even that it has been in 1891, be- cause we shall have better facilities for gathering the news and better facilities for handling it. No enthusiast interested in the gun, the rod, the dog, the trap, the yacht, the canoe, need look elsewhere for all the news. It will be in the FOREST AND STREAM. It would be a consummation devoutly te be wished if some arrangement could be made by Canada and the United States to secure adequate protection of the fish in the St. Lawrence River system of waters. “Sniggering” is the term used in Great Britain for what we call “jigging,” that is catching a fish by jerking a big hook into its body. It isa heathenish practice and deserving of the heathenish names. Many a man who cares nothing for shooting and who affects rather to despise your hunting dog is glad enough to share the game that dog helps to provide. ANY subscriber may supply a friend with a copy of the current issue of the FOREST AND STREAM by sending us on a postal card the name of that friend, 466 [Dec, ai, 1881, Che Sportsman Courist. + JIM McLANE’S BAY PONY. How He Got Him. Some time ago a friend of mine suggested to me that we two should take a trip in a flat boat down the upper Mississippi, The railroad which passes near Fort Benton does not again approach the river as you. go east until near the mouth of Milk River, a distance which, following down the bends of the serpentine Missouri, is abont500 miles, though by rail if is not half as long. We built 2 boat at Benton and went down past Cro- quant du Nez, past Cow Island, past the Rock Creek ferry near the site of the old trading town of Carroll, which caved bodily mto the flooded Missouri one stormy night, past the mouth of the Musselshell, with its bullet-riddled cabin, and a hundred other spots, resorts of wood hawks and _ horse thieves, scenes famous for Indian skirmish and border feud. lt is not my purpose to tell about this trip other than to say that after two weeks of toil, cold and exposure we came again within sound of the engines’ whistle. The road lay at some distance from the river, but we ran ashore at the foot of a cut bank and I clambered up to make inquiries at some cabins about a mile away. After plunging through the brushy thickets in the gathering darkness [found open country, and reached the cabins on the bluffs, but T was hardly better off. The householders were pure and primitive Indians, whoknew no tongue but their own, and even declined to under- stand the few words of Piegan I had at my command, At last, after trying all my own resources from baby | P tall to dog latin in vain, 1 made signs to a benevolent- looking old fellow with two pairs of brass bangles in his ears to follow me to the river and talk te my more accom- plished companion, How Brassbangles understood me I can’t say, perhaps it was by reason of the necessity of the case. At all events about half an hour later we stood on the bank and my associate by ridiculous but effective gestures made a bargain with the savage to transport our baggage to the railroad on condition that we should give him the boat and its rigging. I afterward added a quantity of old clothes for good measure. Brassbangles, however, was earnest in his petitions for ‘‘whisk,” This, I assured him, was bad, but he retorted by a most comic pantomime that he smelt my breath. However, he smelt nothing more in the way of whisky on that occasion, and soon we were squatted with our baggage around us in his cabin, where we were compelled to pass the night while await- ing the morning: train. We had eaten our supper and distributed rations to quite a circie of new-made friends. Wehad smoked a little and seen a quantity of tobacco yield to the persistent begging of our hosts, when my ear caught the sound of a heavy wagon driving fast over the prairie. Brassbangles dropped the blanket that was around his waist and slouched swiftly out. Soon we heard the team stop out- side and an imperative voice seemed to direct the unhar- neasing of the horses, while from the crackling and snap- ying of bushes we thought that some of the contents of the wagon were being carried into the thicket. The newly arrived driver soon came in. He was a dark, sinewy fellow and wore for the moment an expression of mingled distrust and menace. He was, in fact, a whisky trader, and had come on to the Assinnaboine reservation with a load of liquor, running the risk of the serious penalties of the law. He fancied at first that we were Government officers, but my friend’s tact soon showed him our harmless nature, and he began to make amends for lis previous distrust by a frank friendliness. For my part I was almost sorry that we were not ofii- cers, that we might make some effort to destroy the in- famous traffic of selling whisky to the Indians, but I became so much interested, as the night wore on, in the trader’s stories of the early frontier that my respect for righteousness lost something of its vigor and became per- haps sicklied over with thought of the valuable contribu- tions to history and ethnography that the mistaken ad- yenturer was giving us, ; Jim’s recollections (for the trader's name was Jim McLane) were of many tribes and nations. He himself was half Scotch, half French and half of each of the tribes with which he did, or had done business either in the present or past. How much real Indian blood ran in Jim’s veins was doubtful, but it appeared when he spoke of the Piegans that he was half Piegan, when the Assin- naboines had a place in the story he was half Assinna- boine, and his claims to Crow and Gros Ventre blood seemed to depend also on the association of the moment, Lam inclined to think that Jim’s mother had been a half- breed, but as he lost his mother in early life and was per- fect master of many tongues, he could never quite decide which tribe should claim him, and so gave each one its due turn, _ Conspicuous in many of the exploits which Jim nar- rated was a bay pony,a cause of war fruitful as the beauty of Helen or the body of Patroclus. But to appre- ciate our historical perspective we must now go back a little nearer the beginning and get an idea of the upper Missouri in the days of the fur trade. _ Fort Benton is now a town blessed with a railroad and at the head of steamer navigation on the river, but it is decaying with a rapidity which promises a speedy end. Other towns with more railroads and cheaper freights are taking away its reasons for existence, and the city of Great Falls is relegating Fort Benton to the place of a romantic but past tradition, _ Twenty or thirby years ago Fort Benton was perhaps _ Smaller than it is to-day, but it was’ then the center of a greatand growing trade. The square adobs tower and the long mud walls, whose relics we may atill see, in- closed a post planted on a flat by the river and com- manded by a semi-circle of bluffs, whence a single rifled sun could have ruined the establishment with a dozen shots; but the bluffs were too distant for the range of small arms, and under the conditions of the time the fort was strong. A firm of fur tvaders, whose members, Carroll & Steele, had formerly worked for the American Fur Company, had hereset up an independent post. The Blackfoot bands, which then held a vast, an almost undiminished territory, brought their peltries here to exchange for the treasures they most loved, Further down the river lived d @ the Gros Ventres, and these, as well as the Crees and Sareees from Canada and now and then even distant ape or hostile Crows, made this post a supply point. — Buffaloes were as thick on the prairies as the cattle are now, Wolves and coyotes were numberless. Bear, elk, mouhtain sheep, antelope and the precious beaver, with otter, fisher, fox and mink, abounded on every side, but chief of all these was the buffalo. The commerce in buf- falo robes was immense. And as there was competition among traders, the Indians must be kept in good humor, a task that needed both diplomacy and firmness. Some- times, in spite of every precattion, the savages would blaze out into hostility; and sly assassination was one of the lesser eyils to befeared from people who, when aroused, delighted in the invention and practice of unspeakable eruelties. One thing the best Indian could not understand, and that is that warfare should be confined to conquering warriors, The Indian on the warpath killed everything and tortured everything that he met if he could. This is not an indictment of a race, all of whose bad qualities have been fostered by alternations of coddling philanthropy and cruel reprisal grafted on a consistent policy of vulgar theft. Tt is the statement of a trait that seemed inseparable from Indian blood in its original savagery. Among the Blackfoot braves who were trading at Fort Benton was a young fellow of high renown as a hunter and fighter, His cringing squaws would spread a robe for him to alight on at the door of the lodge when he came back from the chase, His leggings were beautifully fringed, his blankets were of the most approved device, and nl coppery cheeks glowed with broad stripes of red aint This proud young dandy, who was named Lone Wolf, traded at the post, and from him Steele had bought the bay pony that forms the subject of this monograph. Bot Lone Wolfs temper had for some reason become clouded. He was low in purse and low in mind. Jim McLane, who worked for Steele at the time, noticed the changed demeanor. Lone Wolf no longer responded to the compliments of the day. He neglected or repulsed peace, offerings of sugar, even of tobacco, His heart was poor. Still amid all the bustle of the post, thesulky Blackfoot did not attract much notice. Jim attended regularly to the horses that were ‘“‘kept up,” that is to those which were sheltered and grained for daily use, and had for a sen a large double log cabin with a padlock on the oor, As he brought in the horses one morning after watering them he passed Lone Wolf lying on the ground and apparently chewing the cud of meditation, Jim tied the horses in the stalls and then gave them hay, but before he finished he heard some one calling his name in front and interrupted his work to step out and see what was wanted, He came back in three or four minutes and was going on with his business when he noticed that the bay pony was gone, For a moment he was puzzled. Then he rushed to the door. The Indian was gone too. He looked up the river and down, he scanned the flat and the bluffs, but neither horse nor Indian was to be seen, nor dust cloud nor any sign of galloping creature, The pair had vanished. Jim at once reported the facts to Steele and got a sharp scolding. A few days after Steele bought a fine Oregon horse and told Jim to take better care of him than he did of the other one. This was Steele’s last allusion to the bay pony. But Jim’s spirit was deeply galled. All his Indian blood was boiling at the disgrace of being out- witted by a horse stealer, For in Indian esteem thecleyer horse thief is but a little lower than the warrior who dangles a hundred scalps, while aman or a tribe that loses horses is as contemptible as a beaten enemy. Meanwhile Lone, Wolf had gone to his camp, about seven niles from Benton, and was running buffaloes earnestly to make up for lost time. Worse than that, he now gave his custom to the rival traders, while old Four Bears, a Blackfoot brave who was on good terms with all sides, used to ride into the post every day or two with tales of the prowess of Lone Wolf and his pony. “Tone Wolf killed six buffalo to-day,” Four Bears would chuckle, ‘‘Lone Wolf got good horse, Lone Wolf big chief,” Without a second’s pause he dashed between the horses and the lodges and urged the band off toward the prai- ries, then, as they headed theright way, he rode through, roped. the bay pony around the neck, shortened: up his hold till he and his prize were close together, and send- ing his spurs in made his best speed for the breaks of the bad land bluffs, As he looked back he saw the excited bucks stream out of the lodges and peer after him, shading their eyes with their hands against the rays of the fast declining sun, Then the Indians dashed back to get their guns, and the boys rounded up the scattered herd. It takes little time for tough savages to get ready, and before Jim had half a mile of a lead the Blackfoot braves were thronging after. Jim was riding a grain-fed horse, stronger for brief effort than the grass-pastured Blackfoot ponies, and of course the captured pony had no load, so Jim chose a direction that led him through a country seamed by steep clay-sided barrancas 200ft. deep, and racing up and down these discouragers of pursuit he hoped to distance his hunters. But for a while the Indians gained ground. Hardly more than one wide ridge lay between the chasers and the chased, but the sun had now gone down and the orange aky of twilight brought the crest of the swell into relief, On this crest Jim mounted, and with his utmost efforts managed to maintain his interval of safety, riding in full sight of his foes. A little later and in the darkness of the interim be- tween the fading twilight and moonrise Jim turned sharp off his course toward the river, and while the baffied braves followed fiercely after nothing, he at his ease again forded the Missouri and tied up his recaptured pony with his grass-rope to a tree. Then he rode to the bce and for the last time crept in with the caution of a thief, : The next morning, after doing his chores in, I fear, a sleepy and imperfect manner, Jim asked Steele what he would take for the chance of getting back his stolen horse, Steele, with the quick sure suspicion of a fron- tiersman, said, ‘“You’ve got the horse.” Jim speaking but a partial truth, said he thought he knew how he could get him, but Steele had-no fancy for so dangerous a piece of property and thought it would in- jure his trading with the Blackfoot bands also; so, as he was a generous fellow, he told Jim that he could havethe pony if he got him, It did not take long for Jim after thanking Steele to have the animal back in the stable, and hardly was this business done when old Four Bears turned up looking for his accustomed cup of coffee and full to the brim of the deeds of Lone Wolf on the bay pony; for Four Bears’s band was camped in a diiferent place from Lone Wolf, and his news was a day old. “Tione Wolf kill four buitalo yesterday,” said the old man, with his triumphant chuckle as he swallowed his coffee. ‘Major Steele has a new black horse,” said Jim when Four Bears had finished his cup. ‘‘Come and see it,” Now, the black horse stood in the first stall and the bay pony in the second. Four Bears while looking critically at the Major’s mount caught sight of a white stocking on a bay hindleg in the stall beyond that seemed familiar. He stepped quickly and eagerly around and recognized the animal. He turned toward Jim with his eyes as big as saucers and his mouth open, and covering his mouth with his hand by an Indian gesture eloquent of confusion, he walked out without a word. Thus the famous pony became the property of Jim MeLane, But as that good old rule of owrership, “Let him keep who can,” then prevailed in Montana, the future possession of this chattle proved full of chance and change, The Blackfoot brave, chagrined at being beaten at his own game, was all for reprisal, and his threats were often reported at the post. When Jim rode his horse out for exercise he always chose the brightest part of a bright day, and rode along the crest of the wide barren ridges whence the eye could command a wide view and easily defeat any attempt at ambuscade. But after three or four weeks of watchful- negs there was a little relaxation of tension, and, hasten- ing one day on a distant errand, Jim swung around a curve in the trail, and lo! about a hundred yards off and ambling toward him came Lone Wolf with his rifle across his lap and looking, as usual, grim, Jim had but a re- volver which, however, was somewhat hidden on his The largest tally for any one day reported by Four { thigh. He was afraid to reach for his weapon, for that Bears was eleven buffalo forthe bay pony, but the evident merriment and satisfaction of the old runner were an insult in themselvyes—and as for any attempt to reclaim the stolen horse, such an idea had entered no one’s head. He was the spoil of warlike success; and ugly hints of the untoward fate that would befall Lone Wolf's enemies were whispered around, But Jim’s heart was hot, and yet he was crafty He would take a horse out for exercise and, as soon as he was out of sight, would ride off toward the Blackfoot camp, hide in the brush and watch with a field glass until it got so late he couldn’t see, and then he would ride back to the post, stable his horse quietly, and beat his work the next morning with so domestic an air as never to arouse suspicion about his doings, But around the Blackfoot lodges there was good watch, too, and many precautions were taken to keep all their ains. ° Through his glass Jim could often see the band of horses driven in in the evening or taken to water or picketed around the lodges—but there was always a boy or two on guard to give instant alarm, and the bay pony had been disguised. His ears were tied back with a thong passed around his neck, and his skin was plastered in spots with clay. Besides this, he was always tied hy a short neck rope to some companion pony, so thatit would have been almost impossible to get away with him by a rapid swoop. And after a month the Blackfoot lodges were moved gome six miles further off,so that Jim’s scouting trips took nearly the whole night, and were fast wearing out his strength aud patience. He became half desperate, and is it not written that fortune favors such as this? One aiternoon Jim set out inan uncompromising moed., He forded the Missouri, and left on an island a new grass rope. Then he coiled his lariat and sneaked rapidly toward the Indian lodges. With his glass he saw a boy driving the horses to drink, and he made a rapid cirenit and pulled wp behind some brush a couple of hundred yards from the water hole, and as he halted he saw the | boy turn around and go into a lodge, witha], | while every would bea signal for instant war, and at a hundred yards. the rifle had all the advantage. He was afraid to turn and run lest his enemy should, as he expressed it, ‘‘paste me in the back, you know. Them fellows is awful good shots on horseback,” So Jim putona caressing smile and whirling his whip in an ornamental manner, let his whip hand finally rest unnoticed on the handle of his pistol, stride of his horse made him feel happier because it put the arms of the possible combatants more ou an endive indeed, at very short range Jim would have the advantage, Lone Wolf was evidently as much surprised as Jim at the encounter, and sat unmoving while Jim rode up with profuse courtesy and turned his horse swiftly around so as to be on the Indian’s right, next the butt of his rifle; then Jim, with the prompt mendacity of a born diplo- matist, told Lone Wolf that Major Steele had sent him to Lone Wolf to invite that celebrity to the post in order to present him with gifts and renew their. friendly relations, For a moment the Indian pondered, Then he looked at the bay pony and smiled, Then he gruuted approval and they rode together to Fort Benton, friendly but very watchful and alert. Arrived at the store Lone Wolf was seated with honor and laden with coffee and tobacco and cartridges, while he for his part gave the Major a hand- somely painted parfleche of raw-hide which he carried tied behind his saddle, and between Jim and the Black- foot reigned white-winged peace for several years, until, in fact, Lone Wolf met his death fighting the Crows. How He Lost Him, ‘There was a good deal of nervousness felt at the post, for the Indians were getting uneasy. The Blackfoot bands had drawn off and the scattered parties of Gros Ventres seemed to be concentrating. A The town-which had grown up in the flat alongside of the post was laid out in a rough square, and volunteer patrols watebed all night on each of the four sides to guard against surprise, ‘ The patrols were divided into three reliefs: the evening watch from six to ten, the middle watch from ten to two, and the morning watch from two until sunrise, : = ' clearly precious. _ below the post, where in very dry times there was hardly Dro, at, 1891,) FOREST AND STREAM, 467 I es a eee ee oe Trading with the Indians had practically stopped. Only a few old friendlies came in now with uncertain or gloomy news, Of course the horse herd was a matter of anxious attention. Hyery one brought up his horses if they were within reach, and the band was herded on the flat in sight of the post and partly fed with hay be- cause the feed on the flat had been almost consumed by the mule trains of the freighters. Some people, however, had left their horses at_outly- ing ranches, and in these cases 1 was usually thought best to view their probable loss with philosophy. Matt Carroll, however, had a friend who owned two fine driv- ing horses which were running on,Jones’s ranch, about fifteen miles below Fort Benton, on the right bank of theriver. This friend not only wanted his team, but he wanted it badly, for he had to drive to Helena in great haste, and these horses were about the only ones he could rely on for his intended journey. Carroll had tried several times to get men to go for the horses, but in vain. It was thought, to he sure, that the Gros Véntres were north of the Missouri, but the slightest chance of capture was an unpleasant risk, Finally Car- roll happened to remember Jim, so he proposed to give Jim $50 to ride down and bring the animals up. As Jim was well mounted he could get down in two hours easily, and ought fo be ableto come back with the team in three hours more—so that starting after breakfast he could be in time for dinner at the post, Jim thought the matter over fora moment, and then Inured by the chance of getting some cash, which had of late been a kind of property that he preatly lacked, he agreed to go. The arrangement was madein the afternoon. Jim, counting as present his future earnings, started in on the credit of his contract, ‘and for the first half of the night sought that experience of life and manners which is found in the barrooms and card rooms of the frontier, About midnight he de- termined to go home, when he suddenly remembered that his turn for patrol duty fell in the morning watch; so he decided that it was not worth while to go to bed, and ony dozed in a chair by the barroom stove until called ror duty. ‘After breakfast Jim saddled his horse, took his rifle and set out. This horse was the identical Blackfoot pony got from Lone Wolf, and from the retrospective value of %200 which Jim set upon the animal, its memory was Jim forded the river at the first riffle 6in. of water, and then turned eastward, but not even the chill of the winter morning could enliven his faculties dulled by his long vigil, and perhaps somewhat stupefied by the reaction from his eyening’s jollity. Jim nodded. His horse sympathized with his humor and jogged easily along. He was going at only half his intended speed, but the thought did not trouble his sleepy mind. As the road pitched into a steep ravine the horse sidled down with an eyen more deliberate gait. He reached the bottom and Jim waked to find himself wrenched from the saddle, his gun torn from him, his horse cap- tured and half a dozen painted braves around him, In am instant a knife was at his throat, and his days were like to have then ended but a mild-mannered old gentle- man who accompanied the war party prevented the mur- der and said that the prisoner must be straightway led before the council, The prisoner accordingly was stripped. of his coat, trousers and other clothes down to his drawers and undershirt (though his moccasins were left as a favor) and he was made to follow the horses up to the assembly of warriors on the mesa above. Fortunately for Jim the same mild-mannered old chief who had already saved his life continued to take an active interest in its preservation, perhaps by force of habit, perhaps on the ground of some relationship by blood or adoption. The party assembled were clearly bent on war, There was no baggage to be seen. No squaws. The ponies were without saddles, prepared for rapid work. The men had nothing with them but their arms and, by reason of the cold, their blankets muffled warmly but shapelessly around them, and every face carried broad daubs of red paint, which added to the dull ferocity of the expression, “My son,” said Jim’s old friend as they approached, ““many questions will be asked you, You must answer these questions. Then you will be protected. I have slept in the same lodge with you, you have given me buffalo meat and coffee, but you must answer the ques- tions. The young men are angry. Their hearts are very high. They want horses and scalps.” The warriors who were squatted around on the ground as Jim/’s captors came up did not move otherwise than to cast a grim look on the new comer, but when the pris- oner’s character was explained first one and then another would put a question to the shivering wretch. How many men were there at the post? Jim made a @enerous estimate, How were they armed! Did they keep good watch? How many horses were there? Where were they herded? All this had to be answered with ap- proximate truth. And indeed the truth should have made the Indians cautious, but they had gone too far to abandon their project now, and merely got information to shape their attack. When the examination was over there was a well-supported suggestion that it would be wise to take a preliminary scalp for good luck. Jim’s old friend, however, stuck to his defense, and it was decided to send the prisoner off to the river and svim him over to keep him from giving the alarm. Twoof the young bucks that had effected the capture were detailed for this service. Jim was tied to the tail of the horse of one man while the other rode behind to see the fun. The trail was steep and stony. Jim’s moccasins, already soaked, were of little protection now, and his thin underclothes were torn hy every shrub they passed. The horses were put at a fast lope, If Jim stumbled he would be dragged to death, and the grinning savage in front lashed indiscriminately at his horse and his prisoner, sure to torture his captive wherever the blows fell. Im atime, short in minutes but Jong in anxious peril, the party reached the river. Jim’s hand was untied, and the Indians, taking their guns care- fully, signed to Jim to jumpin. It needed no second hint, Before the sign was fin- ished he had dived into the surging currentand was speeding down the rushing stream under water, He rose almost safe from any shot, but to dc thle assurance he kept on going rapidly down until he reached a shal- tow far below. Then he waded to the northern shore xnd sat down under the low cut-bank to get bis breath and think, ‘ Until now he had been under a fearful tension. The shock of the surprise, the hideous prospect of torture and. death had deprived him of immediate feeling. He shiy- ered, but he didn’t Know it. His feet were torn and mangled by hisrun and his body bruised and bleeding from the branches on the trail and the whip of the In- dian, but atthe time he had no thought for that, Now, as hesat chilled by the icy river, half frozen by the winter wind, bleeding, sore, and at last, for the moment gate, he broke down and cried with the convulsive sob- bing of utter pain and prostration. At last he climbed the cut-bank and found himself on the site of an old cabin, and rummaging around some- what aimlessly, his eye fell on an old-fashioned cap and ball Colts revolver lost in the rubbish, It was quite worthless, but it-was something, and Jim grasped it for want of a better weapon and began slowly to crawl and totter back toward the post, elinking and hiding like a coyote, it was getting along in the afternoon, and the west wind seemed to bring faint sounds of yelling and firing that were not cheerful for a defenseless and freez- ing man, so he chosea retired den and waited, keeping alive as beat he could until after sunset. Then there was no choice—he must get to shelter or perish. He now struck out with what speed he could, At 8 o’clock he had reached that lofty bluff called the Croquant du Nez. On the river side it was almost perpendicular, and he kept along there, thinking that he would thus be safe on one side anyhow, The wind had now risen to a very gale and it brought to him the sound of voices, but whether of whites or savagss he could not tell, Hefell flat on his face and waited. The sounds came nearer, Soon he could dis- tinguish forms against the night sky, About 50yds. away the group stopped and consulted, Jim’s first notion was that the men were Indians, and he was about to drop over the bluff and take his chance of being killed by the fall; then a sudden gust brought him some words in English. They were men from the post and their language boded no good to a stray savage, The same gale that carritd the words of the whites to Jim made it useless for him to try to call tothem. Yet he must do something, for their peering glances had made out his body and they were going to fire on the chance. With a shout, perhaps not wholly inaudible, of ‘‘don’t fire! don’t fire!” Jim jumped up and, holding both hands above his head to show at least that he was harmless, he rushed forward and fell in the midst of a reserve party that had come to seek him. For the Gros Ventre raid had failed todo anything more | than capture a lot of horses and the scalp of one defense- less unfortunate, at the expense of two warriors who fell before the rifles of the whites, but, as has been seen, among the animals lost was Jim McLane’s horse, who now disappears from history. H. G. DuLoe. CANOE RECOLLECTIONS. WN Y first introduction to a canoe, by personal centact, My eccurred in my ninth year at the mouth of the River Raisin, in Michigan. I had been vainly trying to capture some rock bass on the banks of the river when I chanced to see an old Indian in his canoe, whom I beckoned to my side and asked him to ferry me over to a charming little island where I thought my chances for sport would be improved. The good red man complied with my request, swept his cratt across the water like magic and yolunteered to await my pleasure; and having caught a fine lot of fish I was duly landed upon the main shore again, deeply in love with the dugout canoe and as nappy as aking. To have a canoe of my own soon be- came the leading hope of my life, and it was not long before I was gratified, through the kindness. of my father, and a nice little Pottowattome afiair soon became the leading topic of conversation in the family. In the inimediate yicinity of my home, on the southern side of the Raisin, stood two beautiful little islands, all covered with trees, bushes and vines, and the tiny harbor which they formed became the resting place of my canoe; and after I had safely circumnavigated thetwo islands anum- ber of times I was prepared for further explorations, which f duly accomplished—not only on the Raisin but also on many other waters of the United States. Tt was in a birch canoe that I visited the headwaters of the Mississippi River in 1845, when my companions were Chippewa Indians, and whose characteristics it was my privilege to study and admire, and whose so-called sav- age methods never caused me as much fear as the hoot- ing of an owl over my head, as I counted the stars while lying under my blankets in the shadow of the trees. It was from the same tiny craft that I watched the ripples which were playing with each other in the center of a marshy pond before parting company, some of them turn- ing to the west to find the waters of Sandy Lake and thence to pass down the Mississippi River to be lost in the Gulf of Mexico, while the others, finding a passage down the St. Louis River, were to cross the basins of ihe great lakes Superior, Huron, Hrie and Ontario, until they reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Tt was in a canoe, moreover, that I first visited the desolate sand hill where now stands the city of Duluth, and obtained my first view of Lake Saperior, From that point to the Apostle Islands I paddled along the southern shore of the great lake, catching trout at the mouths of yarious streams, picking up agates all along the shore and afterward forming an acquaintance with the Porcu- pine Mountains, Copper Harbor and the Sault Ste. Marie. And I may add that next to the pleasure of meeting the Poet Bryant at the Sault I enjoyed a canoe race over the rough waters and captured many a noble trout, with a Chippewa chief for my companion. My first view of the St. Lawrence was obtained at the Thousand Islands, when I rambled among them in a Frenchman's canoe, now sketching the picturesque rocks and evergreen caves of verdure,and anon joining in battle with muskalonge. Ata later date I caught black bass in the waters of the Ottowa with the late Harrison Stephens, the noble man and millionaire angler of the Dominion. It was from a birch canoe that [ first gazed upon the stupendous cliffs of the Saguenay River, and while touching their sides with my paddle, was informed by my Canadian comrade that the water under our shallop was not less than 600ft, deep, Long before the Restigouche, the Nepisiquit and the Mirimichi rivers had become generally known as favorite haunts of the salmon, I nayigated their waters in birch eanoes, Jonce made a canoe trip with my wife and a sister along the Matapedia and St. John rivers, and subsequently visited the Hermit of Aroostook in his cabin on that river, nor can I ever allude to the bark canoe without recalling the superb wilderness scenery of the Upper Penobscot and Kennehec, and the magestie form of Katahdin, as it looks down upon Moosehead Lake in its marvelous beauty and lovélinéss. While the dugout or solid canoes of the Southern States cannot, on the score of beauty, be compared with the bireh-bark canoes of the North, they are undoubtedly much safer, and associated with a world or beauty. Those of the upper Tennesee may boast of a mountain land of surpassing beauty, and of a rare and interesting history; while those of Florida have it in their power to pilot the way along the sleeping streams, where the live-oak forests, matchless springs and lakelets, broad lagoons and fairy- like islands are forever competing with each other to win the affections of the alien sportsmen and travelers. And then, if we pass down the Alabama and Pascagoulah tivers and reach the lower Mississippi and its southern tributaries, we shall find that while the steamboats now monopolize the business of those regions, the sportsmen and lovers of matchless scenery must depend for their choicest pleasures upon the canoes of those romantic waters, As there is hardly a river in the United States that has ~ not, in earlier and later times, been navigated by the dugout or birch bark canoe, the very mention of the craft naturally recalls the wealth of our country in its flowing waters. The total number of parent streams within the Union and on its borders is said to be 346, while their tributaries make a total of 5,000, And to the streams here mentioned may be added 1,817 full grown laies, making a grand total of nearly 8,000 waterways, wie which the American canoe has hitherto been iden- tified. Turning now to the important part which the canoe has faken in the history of our country, we cannot but be surprised at its success. Lewis and Clark depended upon it when they opened a pathway of empire over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, And so was it when Cass and Schoolcraft discovered the sourcess of the Missis- sippi River; aud also when Henry, Carver, McKenzie, Jaques, Hennepin, and such explorers as Champlain, La Salle and La Honton first made the world acquainted ayith the wonders of Canada and the region of the Great akes, It was to their birch canoes that the Hudson’s Bay and American Fur companies were indebted for their great and long continued prosperity, and without the birchen walt how futile would have been the zeal of the French missionaries in their labors among the aborigines of Canada and the United States. It was in a birch canoe that Daniel Bacon coasted the lonely shores of Lake Huron when leading the noble and self-denying life of a Protestant missionary among the Indians, whereby lie set an example which ought to bring a blush to the faces of a large majority of the modern preachers of the land. Except for the canoe the world would this day be without the possession of that marvelous volume of American adventures from the pen of Charlevoix. Another man who in later years was greatly assisted by the canoe in his explorations was the artist Catlin, and he it was who pronounced the birch canoe the most beautiful craft in the world. But perhaps the most imposing picture that was ever produced by the birch canoe and its cousins the piroque and batteau was that connected with the passage of Abercrombie’s army through Lake George, when seven- teen thousand men erossed over to Ticonderoga in their romantic fleet, only to be defeated in their war-like ex- pectations. Aside from their beauty and fairy-like movements, the American canoes are noted for the skill with which they © aré managed in Tunning down the rough waters of our rivers, or in bounding over the billows of the sea. The skill which the Indian and French vyoyagers always manifested in the management of their cauoes hasseemed | to me a marvel and a mystery; and while the birch canoe has won the palm in gliding and leaping down the rapids of the North and West, the tiny fishing craft, with its covering of skin, has performed wonders along the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. As boy and man, I remember only two occasions when my life was endangered in connection with acanoe, The first was in a shallow bay of western Lake Hrie, when I attempted to haul into my canoe a mammoth’ catfish which I had hooked with a hand-line, and the weight of which exceeded that of myself and canoe combined. I secured my fish, but measured that part of the lake with my legs and arms, and duly reached the shore in safety. The second adventure that I would mention occurred in. the yalley of the Restigeuche, Although accompanied by my wife and a sister, I had planned a canoe trip on the Matapedia. Two canoes, with four Indians and three passengers, made up the cavaleade. After crossing the Restigouche and entering the tributary, we made two discoveries, first, that there was a roaring freshet coming down the stream, and secondly, that all the Indians were in a state of intoxication, whereupon I ordered an im- mediate landing, and in less than two hours we were all safe under the roof of Athol House, the place of our de- parture. Weremained there one day, and then started for the St. Lawrence over the Metis portage by the usual route in an ox cart, over the hills and through the woods, and I owe it to the Matapedia to declare that, while joined by the canoemen in preventing me from passing up its beautiful waters as I desired, it was my privilege to capture near its source a 26lbs, salmon, as a kind of return for my disappointment, CHARLES LANMAN, POSSUMS UP A TREE. Bditor Forest ind Stream: T never saw a wild possum in my Jite,and mighty few of any kind anywhere, but I can settle that dispute about “possums up a tree.” by quoting from no less an authority than “Uncle Gabe Tucker,” who in one of his most celebraled musings says: “De bantam chicken’s mighty fond of roostin’ purty high, An’ deturkey buzzard sails above de eagle in de sky; Dey ketches little minners in de middle ob de sea, An’ de smalles’ kin’ 0’ possum up de bigges’ kin’ o’ tree,” 4 H. i. TY. It Will be Kept There, AUBURN Four CoRN@ERS, Pa., Dec. 8.—Forest and Stream Pub CGo.: Inclosed find ten dollars ($10) toadyance my subseription to the FOREST AND SrReAM for three years. Lintend to read it as long as you keep it up toits present standard. G&G, W. BuNyHLL 468 FOREST AND STREAM. (Dio, $1, 1881. DREAM GOLD. W BEN bluff Prince Hal the golden circlet gained, The friendless glitter of the monarch's eye Half broke old Palstafi’s heart; amazed and pained That Harry thus should pass him sternly by. So this old year, while yet another reigned, Fair promise made of mirth and royal cheer; But onee enthroned, a cold demeanance feigned, Passing with alien face and heedless ear. But, ab! what boots it that in favored laps; Porgetting mine, the horns of plenty poured? Had not the year its gold? though noWw perhaps Of all it gave remains no minted hoard. The golden banners of departing fall, The gold of amber flagons emptied quite, The gold of sunny tresses—dream gold all— Ah, well! [ would not mintit if J might. M. M. Cass, JR, IN MAINE WOODS.—VI. N CAMP, Piscataquis Co., Me., Noy. 1. 1891.—Another beautiful, still autumn day greeted us. The deer- doggers were early at work, One deer was put into the water somewhere on the lake, but for somie reason es- caped the battery of rifles lying in wait. So, at least, it was reported. When I arose all of the dogs were in the woods, and several of them giving tongueatonce. About nine o’clock the hunt drew near, and two canoes were madeready, Suddenly, down the lake, we saw the deer swimming steadily out from shore, With my glass lsaw it to be a noble buck, with the finest antlers 7 have seen this year, His doom was certain, The canoes were rap- idly nearing the poor creature, Heturned and saw them, and in his terror became confused, but finally turned again for the nearest point of land,and swam—or rather sprang with convulsive leaps—throwing a good part of bis body out of water at each desperate plunge, From the shore with my glass I could see his open mouth and extended tongue and frightened eye, Old Boy—‘' Yes, but promise faithfully, you won’t publish it ’—then he retails some spicy nib of dog news that the But—well, it’s editor would give his eye tooth to print. yery discouraging. There are four dogs now on the way or being imported Times have changed somewhat, and purchasers of dogs seem to want to keep their doings secret for fear, we suppose, that some rival will cable over for another to beat his; and so it whose names we cannot get at for this very reason. goes. [Cory] VETERINARY INFIRMARY, sete 05 KLIZABETH StREET, Waton Square, SW. \ November 19, 1391, ! Jacob Ruppert, Hrq.: Dear StrR—As I cabled you yesterday I went to Birmingham I was obliged to go there, ag the owner, Mr, TT. Smith, refused to bring the dog np to Loudon, However, from the results I might have sayed myself the trauble and you the expense. The Duke is a nice doz and has gota yery good head and also body. He is also a very nice color, but he bas bad forelegs, the left foot turnipg out very much, and | am afraid the defect will never be remedied. ‘The dog has also rather large ears, Which spoil his expression, that aiherwise would he eats is length is yery good, measuring from the tip of the nose to the tip ot the tail 7ft.,and he has got plenty of bone, the measurement Tbe measurement round the skull is abont2é4ein. The dog’s muzzle is square and deep, but inclined to he weak. The price asked, namely £1,500, is most ridiculons, fact [ don’t advise you to buy him, even at a much lower rate, He is small, not measuring more that 3lin. at the shoulder. round the arm being 1inp. In * * * (Refers to feé, etc.) Yours faithfully. A. J. SEWELL, P. 8.—Did somebody vecurmmend you the dog? This letter shows that Mr. Tom. Smith was asking $7,500 for the dog, and lucky it is there are such men as Dr.Sewell, on whom American buyers can depend fora protective opin- jon on dogs on the other side. The first premium Jist of the large spriig shows is now before us, that of the Mascoutah Kennel Club. The list of | judges is a distinctly Western one, only Dr, Cryer for pugs and toys vepresenting the Mast, and coming asit will Feb. 9 to 12, 80 Soon before New York, the show will, we are afraid, have altogether a distinctive Western flayor, though the money offered is enough to induce the best kennels in the Itis certainly the most liberal list ever offered in America. In the large breeds the challenge prizes Open classes are $25, 515, silver medal and bronze medal, and the entry fee for these classes will be $4, In setters, pointers and col- lies the prizes are #20 and $10 in challenge, and the same country to enter. are $30 and $20, something quite munificent, with silyer and bronze medals in the open. Foxhounds, greyhounds and deerhounds have $15 and $10 in challenge, and the same in open, with silver and bronze medals for third and fourth. Other prizes range 510 and $5 in challenge and open classes, and as almost every breed has chailenge classes for each sex, the dogs which have earned their titles There are kennel prizes given will be well taken care of. ranging from $25 to $10. A $25 special for the handler with the best conditioned lot of dogs; $25 tor best kennel of sport- ing dogs and the same for non-sporting, and_another quar- ter of a century for best kennel of toys entered by one exhib- For toys the entry fee is $2 and all other breeds ex- cept those mentioned aboye $3. The judges who will have itor, the task of placing these valuable prizes are well known men, though some of them have had little or no experience in the judging ring. St. Bernards, R. J. Sawyer, Meno- minee, Mich.; mastitis, great Danes, Newfoundlands, fox- terriers, bulldogs and bull-terriers, Harry L. Goodman, Chicago; Russian wolfhounds, deerhounds and greyhounds, Roger D, Williams. Lexington, Ky.; English setters, P. H, Bryson, Memphis, Tenn.; collies, John H. Long, St, Louis, Mo.; Irish and Gordon setters, cocker, Clumber, field span- iels, foxhounds, beagles and bloodhounds, John Davidson, Monroe, Mich.; pugs and toys, Dr. M, H. Cryer, Philadel- phia, Pa.; pointers, Chesapeake Bays, Irish water spaniels, and miscellaneous, Tim Donoughue, La Salle, Ill, The entries close Jan, 23 with the committee, room 717 Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, M1. Apropos of Psovois a little bird whispers that Mr. Hacke intends importing a lot of 75 dogs of this breed. When is this going to stop we wonder? Among the new advertisements this week we notice that Beebe Bros. offer beagles for sale; Jas. Wrinkle a pointer: Oak Grove Kennels, pointer pups; Chas. H. Bunn, mastiffs, At stud—D, H, Rose cfiers the Hnglish setter Antonio. Wants—W., D. E., two pointer pups. Mr. D. C. Luse, owner of the American Coursing Kennels, Great Bend, Kan., has received from M. Phister, Cincinnati, sixef the finest imported greyhounds in Anierica, They are from the kennels of Col. North, the nitrate king of Hngland. Four are half brothers and and sisters to Puller- fon, winher of the Waterloo cun three times in succession. Tne hounds are Norwegian, Belle of Hlthan, Bennerito, Nettle, Field and Oarvick. An offensive and defensive alliance has been consummated between two noted dof men in a kennel of Psovoi, We hear that the kennel hus purchased one of the best dogs of this breed obtainable and it will sail for this country next Satur- day, From a photo we have seen the dog is a most hand- y, tlany seven dollars beforé he could calf Dillman had no such On Tuesday morning Vladimir was to somé animal; very Straight in front and strongly built throughout. It is one well known as a good one, 2aving wou the grand medal at Moscow. We are not pertiitted to reveal the name. We hear that Mr. J. L. Little, the Clumber man, has donated, through the Spaniel Clib, $20 for specials in the Clumber classes at New York show. _ Last year there was considerable grumbling among exhib- itors at W. K, O, whose dogs were relegated to thé basement. It is the intention of the management this year to obviate all that, if possible, and bench all breeds on one floor. ‘To this end, and to keep down the number of entries, the fee for each dog will be $5. To counteract this and keep pace With the times, the club will put up about #2,000 move prize money. The ‘démendment to the A. K. C, rules, Mr. Vrédenburgh tells us, have been ratified by mail vote of deiezates. BORZOI POINTS. N_a letter to the English Stoch-Keeper the Duchess of Neweastle writes: “Permit me to say a few words in answer to ‘Highlands?’ remarks respecting ‘Borzoi points’ English judges will soon ruin this breed if they form a fresh standard; they will breed animals (not”dogs) as topheavy and useless as the present St. Bernard, simply through trying to make ele- phants of them, “In Russia they do not cousider height a point, simply symmetry of form and speed for hunting, The average height of the dogs is from 16 to 18 vershoks (28in. to 3114in.), over this height they become coarse, and lose symmetry and speed which are so much valued. , “With reference to color, a black Borzoi, if placed beside - a white che of equal merit, would bave to be content with second honors, White with colored markings is the favorite color, then yellow or fawn, and last the dark colors, such as gray, blue or black. Where are afew breeders who go in for the dark ones, but they are in the minority. fey: have not seen Mr. Hacke’s Osmaday, so cannot say what his head is like, but certainly the collie type is) not sought forin Russia; they like long thin heads. like Kri- Iutt’s and Oosslad’s. With regard to shape of hody, I have just received a young dog from Colonel Tchebishoff, and both he and General Balderoft consider his body perfection (these gentlemen are two of the principal judges at the Im- perial shows for these dogs), he is wider in front than any I have yet seen, yery deep in chest, splendid shoulders with tremendous bone, very good legs and feet, sood arch, long straight tail well let down to the hocks, and can goa great pace, This dog is grandson of Nagrajdai, the only one who has taken the gold medal single handed. With regard to the respective merits of Oosslad and Argoss, I have both dogs in my kennels here, and certainiy, seeing the two dogs running together, the most unprejudiced observer cannat fail to say that Oosslad beats his brother in more than one point, having much the best hindquarters, arch, and move- ment; and with reference to color, I have a litter by Oosslad out of a red bitch, and they are all lighter than he is. I hope a club will soon be formed for these dogs that will stick to the old Russian standard, for, in my humble opm- ion, they cannot be improved, there being no other breed to equal them in grace and pertection of shape; besides this, they have many other qualities, they are most faithful and affectionate companions, and, as far as my experience goes, they are most intelligent. I onzht to know. considering I have had nearly fifty. “KATHLEEN NaWOASTLE.” THIS WILL SUIT PROF. ROMANEHS —Champaign, iL—EHditor Forest and Stream: 1 think I have something new and remarkable in the dog line that interests me very much, and 1 am sure will interest those of your readers who are lovers of thorougrhred dogs. In April, 1888, I bought of Mr, Harry Muss, this city, a very handsomely marked young black and tan terrier bitch out of his prize winning Lady (2692) and by imported Mahomet (4429), which | I named and recorded as Roseleaf (6915). When Roseleat came in heat I bred her back to Mahomet, as there was no other first-class dog convenient, and got a healthy, nicely marked litter of puppies. The third litter of this mating came June 20, 1890, and judge of my Surprise to find one of a litter of six puppies to be a pure maltese color in place of the black, tan marks being just thesame. Now, I took care of Hoseleaf myself during this mating, and I know no dog but Mahomet was near her, as I kept her shutup and locked up till all signs had disappeared, I have bred dogs long enough to know that to keep them strictly pure every pre- caution and no chances must’ be taken, Now, here was a bitch puppy eligible to registry, as straight bred a black and tam as ever was born, and a Maltese. I couldn’t ac- count for it then, and haven’t yet. Could in-breeding make it? At any rate she has grown into a fine, perfectly healthy bitch, which [ named Rosebud, kept, and own her now. Her shape, instinct, actions and tan marks are all terrier. This same thing occurred in a litter bred by Mr. Harry Muss out of his Lucy, by Dick. They were whelped February, 1890, and of a litter of three, two were dogs and both of this color. Now, Mr. Muss is an old breeder, very careful and perfectly reliable, and I have every reason to believe these two pup- pies to be of just as pure blood as Rosebud. When Rosebud first came in heat, March, 1891, J bred her to one of these dogs, Harry, but she did not getin pup. Last September she came in heat again, and on the 27th I bred her again to Harry and anxiously awaited the result, expecting a part of them would breed back in color and be black and tans, but on Noy. 29 she gave birth to a litter of four of the prettiest Maitese puppies anybody ever saw, every one exactly like herself and the sire, one dog and three bitches, all healthy, doing well and as fine as silk. Think I have a new breed and will name them Maltese terriers, What think you? Inclosed is tabulated pedigree, which shows their breeding. —A. G. ADAMS, [There is already a breed called Maltese terviers, pure white with long fleecy coat. | THH HOUND MAKES A POINT.—Philadelphia, N. Y. —Lditor Forest and Stream: A few years ago a party of men went to Indian Territory hunting birds. They had but one dog when they started, but on the way a hound was picked up. The hound was half bloodhound, the other half was of beagle blood. When the hound chased a jack rabbit he would bark loudly, while the other dog would point—she was asetter. As these men did not want the hound barking they licked him when he chased rabbits and chickens, One day the hound was seen to stop for an in- stant and straighten outin as pretty a point as any dog ever showed. After he had stood a minute or so he started atter the big jack rabbit he had pointed. He was seen to point several] times afterward.—RAY SPRARS, IP your shooting friend does not read Fornst AND StREAM why not give him a charming present and do a little missionary work at the same time by subscribing to the paper for him, 1% will pine him pleasure fifty-two times a year, Do you reulizs that next year $4 wiil buy you 1664. of these big pages, and ali of them devoted to wholesome, manly sport. Tab PERPEO? PocKE® O1uER, advertised by Cushman & Den, nison, is weli deserving of its name, and js one of thease haudy + little articles that win appraciation, : 478 FOREST AND STREAM. (DEo, 31, 189% WIRE-HAIRED FOX-THRERIER TANTIY Y.—Philadel- phia, Pa.—Nditor Forest and Stream: Somewhere in this glorious country of ours there is a gentleman who owns a wite haired fox-terrier doc named Tantivy. imported June, 1891, by Ely Czar out of Vere Broom. I want to get, if I can. the service of this dog, hut do not know the name or address of his owner. Several inquiries for same hayes heen fruitless. Can you give me this information? Another question. one thatis in harmony with above. will fit in here very nicely. Whois Brokenhurst? Is he a fox-terrier, and was he hred by Mr, Tinne, of England? He—‘Broken- burst?’—has given the fox-terrier-loving public several arti- cles that have been hoth instructive and interesting. He must have encouragement, and 7 hope he will continue to give to the “fanev’’ weekly, if he can, the result of his prac- tical experience, for it would be valuable information that the American breeders enuld appreciate and would find wse- ful in their efforts to improve this game and lively little dog, which in America is not up to the Hnelish standard. Tf you cannot give me the above information, will not one of the many readers of vour valuable paper who may read this article favor me?—G. W. PRICE. WUN LUNG’S SISTER.—ditor Forest and Stream: Twas somewhat discouraged oyer the death of my bitch Wun Luneg’s Sister, as I had hones of her doing well at the Oentral, where she died. Mr. McCartney, her trainer, had every confidence in the little animal. and am satisfied did all in his power to save her. My trainer, W. B. Harvey, who was handling my entries for the Bexar Field Trials met with a sad death at his ranch gate, near Maishall, Texas, heing foully murdered as he was entering lis yard the nieht of Nov. 28. It will he remembered be handled Mr. Anrory R. Starr’s dogs at Texas Field Trials last season, and with credit, too. He was 28 years of age. and had been married only two weeks at the time of his death. He had ju-& taken my dogs and had been handling them only a few days, and as this unfortunate affair left me with no trainer. Tintended sending for Sister. who I was confident would secure a place in onr trials. Under fhe circumstances I will have to handle and run my dogs as best I can, and will try and replace Sister in the near future.—O. M. Rounps (San Antonio, Texas). CHRISTMAS, 1891.—New York City. — Hditor Forest and Stream: . 1 C@ Macalester (82) _-. 122220 D BS Chew (27) ....s2.32s: al] D Keyes (29). .--, 121110 FAH OCV COU) Soak Lente teat 0 © Dolan (29)..-..... . 22110 COOP ati Ls ebidaeetet il} éiShoot-olff of tie for cup; Dendo(ST)So 2 )-ni eee ee U2. Dorrance\(2s). 2 hss pee eee 200) In both events Harry Cartwright was referee and Jacoh Pent scorer, Sweeps were next in order, the results being given: No. 1, $5 entry, ®0yds. aS miss and out: Macalester... ........... 711122 Warburton.... .........,.210 WTO Meee dosedadae- peeeeleiel2: Marey,dr si vel bane nKT) OEY eae ede totes wae wzeceeld Toa wrence.... ....:s+1 set 120 Mhormes. 2.02 20.l. Si 12122200 INGE Viees ie ures ecienetd 10) Loo T ee Be ne na sane 2110 060 J). Frishmuth..,...., et eel) Leieeat skal Meee ns a Aa 11210 Bilison....... Srey 2) AiiR SAMO 4: Aaa Coens Ase 22110 F Frishmuth..,.... Pare as!) Te bhai ky Gye Bons obi Ae 2220 Keyes... 2. 05..-.15 ASrodo 0 Money divided by the § men. No, 2, 5 entry, handicap rises, miss and out: Warburton (28) .... ... 1212112122 Marcy, Jr (28),...... +210 JOHNS (28): -.2.........0. VW2111122 Lawrence (80).... .... .20 Randolph (B1)........... M2212" iosy (aly)... see. sueeeseU Dolan (29) ..2. eel. 22211112120 + orrance (25).-.,...,... 10 Macalester (32). ........111120 eves (20) Way pyc ektl J Frichmuth (28)....... 220 Money (8024)..., .....-. 0) W Prichmiuth (26)....... 120 THorme- (Bl). oo. ee) eee pal Waitin (26) ewre 210 Harnara(28)..... ...4., 0 The 10 men divided. No. 8, $5 entry, s0yds. rise, miss and out: Jet HoPskayw seeks Shh esa sae APL LOG yi ice on, yore sean BU Macalester,.............. 122210 Liawrence-........... ; at) DOETENGEP suterue Le leeO" Keyes ae). ll iy ee it) Dolan 25 Aen ee eee UIZO ie = ohte sseeatote we... Mees as MMOS vac ote ee peers ait! Warburton No. 4, $5 entry, handicap rises. miss and out: Dilsns (25) rane ee te a 2122 Randolph (80) ....... .......- att) Money (80)..:. ... 2112 Warburton (28).......-. ..... 0 Macalester (82)......- 1120. Keyes (29),.,-.... .- taste A CREX LD S35 ( 2) oe ene een annem L720) Class Defeats Neafie. On Taesday, Dec. 22, despite the miserable weather conditions, @ number of shooters went to Montclair via the D. lL. & W. RB. R- and from there staged to Frank Class’s Pine Brook Hotel, The attrachion was a match at 25 live birds each between Frank Class, 30yds. rise, and Daniel Neafie, the latter being a well- known Boonton (N,J.) trap-shooter, who shot from the 2hyds. mark. The match was for $30 a side, Hurlingham rules to govern. Corpulent John Riggott, of Rockaway, was referee and scorer and Hugh Leddy, the well-known Montelair boniface, was - stakeholder and trap-puller. The birds weré good considering the weather and Class proyed that he had lost tops of his old- time ekill, as he succeedsd in shooting out his oppcnent on ths twenty-first round. The scores: : Class... .,.201211211112011111121—19 Neafie .. .220001112202200001210—18 LEDDY WINS FROM CAMPBELD, : Next in order was a little match at 15 birds each, for a. ‘*eon- sideration,” between Hugh Leddy, of Montelair, and Mr. Camp- hell, of Glenridge, the result of which was as follows: Leddy.....--...111201212201202-12 Campbell..... L21071102120212—1 1 Fulford—Brewer. A memento of the great match. Fourteen photos, $2.60. Two good photos, 50 cents, J, B. BuRNHAM, 464 VW, 20th Bt, Ny Vino, Dro, 31, 1891,) / FOREST AND STREAM. 479 The East Side-Mutual Shoot, THE old woods at the foot of Hamburg place, Newark, knownas a picnic ground éyen to the famed ‘toldest inhabitant,’ was the gcene of some excellent shooting at both live birds and bluerock targets on Xmas Day. Justin the rear ot the woods proper is the club house and grounds ot the Wast Side-Mutual Gun Cinb, one of the strongest organizat'ons in New Jersey. The house i8 a cosy frame structure, well fitted for the use to which it is put, and the sround roomy. with a clear background. The fun opened at 9 A, M. with live-hird shooting. The first two events were at 4 birds each. $2 entry, two moneys. The score of No, 1: HC Koegel........ Sa weey Wi—f J Luedecke........... ..:. 11—4. HieBaats ee ee TV fers (ois Aoi LM0—8 Hirst money divided, No. 2, same conditions: WR PWLING, sa bow oes gone Waib= d=" ERT Ger tals cds W1u—s TiSehrathh. = los, sscceves Ula Snederke. ony oor: 0111—3 HVEPSrinentl es ke 1110—3 Koegel ....... --. bibtrere! 0110—2 Ties for first and second divided. No. 3, 10 live birds, $5 entry: three moneys: ; 4 Hilfers. .......-,.121211122210 Koegel .............. 1220101021—7 Baat... s:: Pe ese W1O1112— 9 Schrafft.......... «+. 1010021121—7 Pertment ........--.. 1110122210— 8 Luedecke............ 1022022001—6 Wo. 4, 6 live birds, $3 entry. two moneys: Sehvairh......- ar: 112222—6 Hilfers....,.-.-.- 211 201—5 aeealenio: : Sg, 131221 — Ge =Baate ceeds le eee eee 110200—8 DEATH OTN ee en Oe 1i2111—6 FPireh money divided. No. 5, Same conditions, ex-three moneys: Hilfers... -. | eee lees | 221122—6 Koégel......5--......- ...210022—4 Hassinger.......-...- he plete Baas, uo phoer Bera os eee le 022012—4. METINA Dist te ones .10121J—5. Perment,:............... OLO00U0—1. PEI Vadino ects. bie taae 121120—5. Ties divided. Tt was now well along in the afternoon and after the live bird traps had been removed and target traps substituted, bluerock smashing was statted and continued until dark, The yarious events were as followe: : No, 6, ten targets, ou entry, four moneys: I Weer arbi Cie eros: ae 11I011111—9 “~Schrafft....... .... .- L110110010—6 ities) LOS Ween eener 1111101110—8 “Hiassinger........... O110011010—5 Perment.....--...-- -0100111111—7 Young..... reed ice lade 0010101301—5 Hilfers.....- heres OOOLIIITI—7 “Whling’ ... 0... 0000001000—1 Hague,...,... .-... J00L1101J0—6 Hendershot.... ..,..0000000000—0 Richards........ .-. ,J101011/110—6 Ties divided. No. 7, same, except two moneys; Hassinger...........01011J1101—i Schrafit............ 111 1001L000—5 Perment. .....2..,... 01711101017 “Young’............. - OO100LC000—2 BS stetar eee aks carat As 1011100111—7_-~KRichards............ 0000000000—0 First divided. No. 8, same, except three moneys: Hassinger.-. ....,..1101101111—8 Hilfers.... ........:. 1000110110—5 Schraiit.20.... 2.2. OUM0LIM—s8 Richards ......,... OODOIOLII9—4 Apt Mee hdie)Loserrn. IN110010—F_ _Hague............... 0000141001 —4 Koegel .. cease -AlLDTMIOOOII—7 =~ Gendell, -..........-. ALOO000T10—4 Perment ....... ....0111110101-7 Ties divided. No. 9, five pairs. $1 entry, three moneys: . ESSN Wipes Ae pp. legt 00 10 10 10 11—5 Koegel.,........ 40 10 00 10 00—2 Hussinger..... .10 01 14 11 00—5 Schrafft........ +1000 GO 00 00—1 erment.........11 11 00 00 01—4 No. 10, same: Perment......... 11 O1 31 01 11—8 Schrafft,..,. ...10 00 00 11 01—4 Koegel . ..10 111011 11-6 Hassinger....... 00 60 00 10 0O—1 eiebiene) tagamsat lo 20) 00 11 10 LO 11—6 A Jolly Day at Maplewood. Deo. 25 was a great day on the grounds of the Maplewood Gun Club, over a score of shooters being on hand and about 2,300 tar féis being thrown. These grounds are pleasantly situated in a ravine just south of the D, L, & W. Railroad tracks, a shart dis- tance beyond Maplewood station, and have a foreground equal to any inthe State. A commodious club house, well warmed and ligkted, enabled the shooters to keep comfortable, Plenty of solid and liquid refreshments were also at hand, The most inter- ésting event of the day was the annual team shoot for a supper. The teams comprised 9 men cach and each man shot at 15 biue- yvock targets. The result; Siggins’s Team. Tillou’s Team, Sigeing ...) 22. WOW I—13. 8 Tillou...,....011711110011011—1. Yeomaas...... OVLOONOIOINOITI— 7¥ W Smith...... 1111101111 101—18, Sicklev.... .. 011011101101100— 9 Drake .- 111111000011111—11. Wick Smith...110100011111-18 Wolff . .-111010110110011—10 A Parry...... Li0110111101010—11_ Manritz 001011100011111— 9 Van Iderstine.11111011111101i-13 Reeves -011111001111011—11, Van Dyke......UI11111—i5 Hobart «1111011911111 1—15 (yeldner.. .,..11111171110010I—12 C Dean.... ,...111171100111111-—18 Lb Dean...,.... 1111111 10011111—13 C Brown...... ,OOODOOVG010L011— 4 106 OF As ® consequence of this result the club will on New Year’s evyebing enjoy a course dinner at Post's Hotel, at South Orange, and Tillou’s team. will “pay the freight.” The twenfy-two sweeps shot during the day resulted as per the appended scores: First sweep at 10 birds, Bl entry: Brientnall........... 1111011101—8 Wanlderstine....... 1000100701—5 Malthe | oe be ,. 1111111011—9 ~Reeyes.... .._ rss TLWONLOLI—6 EU ler len tos ae 0011 10—7 Second sweep, same: Brientuall. .........111111110—9 Vanliderstine....... OnwoT1—7 Smith wee veeeee LIVIIIOIII—8 Reeve....-... eee 0110110001—5 LETH es icaced Art doe PES 1111101011—9 Drake.........-..... 1111013111—9 Third gweep, same: Brientnall....-...... 01J7111111—9 YamnIderstine. ....-. 1010101101—6 Smith.... .1111101111—9 . 1101001 110—6 Parry...:. ,..- JOIW11—8 ~Drake.....-.... ....10101117101—7 Fourth sweep, same: - , Brientne#ll,... ... .111111111—10 VanlIderstine......, 1101100110— 6 STi emer e ne oe eae 1111117110 Drake... —.... ...J11111/1110— 9 Parry 2. 0 00-2. TOMI 3 FPiith sweep, same: Brientnall . ..-.,.J1/11011i— 9 Drake.............. 111001L1111— & Smith .... -...... 010101111— 8 VanDyke........... MLA iGL— 9 Lene eta, Weare 1110101130— 7 Phillips.... ... 2... 111n—1n Vaulderstine,...... (0010001I0jI— 8 Hobart ............. W1M1jN1— 9 Sixth sweep, same: P Brieninall.......... WM11—1) VanDyke .......... OLIN ~ 8 Smith.... .. 1NIII— Y Philhps,.....2...2.. 1111111010— 8 Parry .. . LIL000LINI— 7 ~ Hobart.-..-.......-. M101 & Drake ........ . 011010111 0— fi Seventh sweep, s? me: - Brientnall......... 1i1011— 9 Van Dyke.......... 114101111) — 9 Mimii thie see Lele 1111101111— 9 Pbillips..,... pieiny 111N0L0— 7 Ratt Veen eh ie. = AMAONI— 3 Hobart... .:2tsi2.- 1111011— 9 Jap SON aa omae ed 100111110 § Wolfe pores ey OLLI 8 Righth sweep, same: Brientnali.......-- QOlNI1II— & Van Dyke.......~ 1111131111 10 Smiths )----..--—-L—PATipsy 2. W1wO0UWI— § IAC Yee ten ae eae ey O1011101i0— 6 Hobart.... » .. wLWI10IT1I — 8 Penacee eee a OWTIII— 9 Wolti@.......20..00.. HOMO & Ninth sweep, same: Brientnall ....... WL0— 8 Van Dyke......... LITO 1— 9 Smith..... ... . -UUHTIII— 9 Paoillips... .. .LITHOTIO— 8 Parry . -, O1UIITOO— 7 Hobart... .e st LILETIIAT —10 JDEES eee Oe ee ees 11111011 11— 9 Tenth sweep, same: , Phillips. . ..... ...WUTIII-10 Drake... oi . 101010111— 7 Wan Dyke .....- ..- WHIiI— 9 W Ssmith . LLUI10111— 9 Hobart. .. . ... L00INII0I0— § Parry.... 101010011— 7 Youmans,... , OIOLNTI1I— & Sickley.. ..1HI111111— 9 Osterhout ..,.....-..J0U1111JJ0I— & Geldner.......... DITO — 8 Hleventh sweep. 15 1argats, $1.40 entry: ; Ea gsi ee D1iM011101111—18 Hobart........ 011111101111001—1. Veomans,......11111001111111—18 Siggins «--J17911101001111- 12 Van Dyke.... 1110111134 Drake... - -111119111101101—13 Osterhout. ONION U01—11_—«Geidner, »111111111001110—12 --111011030111110—11 1110111111— 9 ve} Van Dyke....... . 111I011—0 Yecmans.. ..-1171111111—10 Drake ...... _..-.-I01110011I0— 6 Smith,... 1117111111—10 Van Iderstine.,.,,.101011100i— 6 —-Sickley ---1111101110— 8 Osterhout .......... WOOL LI— 7 Thirteenth sweep, s#mie= Youmans...-..-,,,cAL01010— 7 Osterhout..... ..... ONTO —¥ Drake.....,..-.,.,,-LI1011011— § Geldner.. ee LOO Hobart.....--.. ...J1110i—10 ~Tillon.... . ....0100101010—4 | Yan Dyke ........,.J0101111'—9 Parry.... woe. + LOD1TTI11I—8 Siggins,...,..-. .,.-l110101100— # Phillips... » eee LLOMIII110—§ Fourteenth sweep, same; Osterhout..--...... H01IN1I—9 Drake veeey esse LLOOTLOLO— 6 Eta baits tere eee 1011111— ~Youmans........--. WONT — 8 Van Dyke ..- 1110111101—8 Smith...............1111111—10 Phillips...... 1001011100—5 Van Iderstine...... 1111111110— 9 _ Fifteenth sweep, same: Phillips ..........- .1010010101—5 + Osterbout......... . OLVIT110— 8 BO} S TANS So Seneeaceee 0111 011—8 “Smith .,...--,....0. TIOVIII— 9 Bice lyase Pes): see 1110110010—6 ~Yan Dyke.......... L101 1— 9 eiitetia bch yS yo yGern Coe oss) 1110111007 Youmans........... 1141111101—10 Geldinerisca.)....... AMIONOI—8 Manitz....,.....- ,1071001071— & OPAC cb ua ieee ers W0N1111—9 Sixteenth sweep, same: haa UDIEUA Sh eeeymenie W1011111—8 Osterhout.... ...... 1OLLOIOVIO—5 Van Dyke.....,....,.0U111111—9 Norman......-.--.., 0010101001—4 Philltps veeceees eLLOTIIIIIO—8 Smith -.......26-6.s 0101711011 —7 Drake. - ea seey ey of ONT11I110—8 Seventeenth sweep, same; { Ley ; FEUGIAT Gees ewe. cere 1011101 11—"8 Deau........,...... LL00111101— 7 PHS, sts et 1LOM0N1I— § Osterhout........ wr LIILOIOLII— & Van Dyke....---.. , L0101LI1— 8 Van Idersting.....- O1OTLI010— 6 ipyanltge oy Sue ...-001111110I— 7 Smith... .......... 1001101301— 6 Highteenth sweep, same: Philips ........---LOOMOIWWI— 6 Smiths...........5 W1111111—10 Hohatt ss eee 1111100101— 7% Osterhout........... O10NI111— 8 DIgket cee A eeict ALM101100— 7 Norman............ OLO00B0000— L Van Dyke... ..- ..1NU111101— 9 Nineteenth sweep, same: ee ; Phillips........ «--.,1101110110— 7% Osterhout....-....- 11101011 11— 8 Hobart ..........., O111111011— 8 Youmans ....-.....01M11111— 9 IPR Ge odie AMI00111JI— 8 Van Iderstine...... JOONGOIOLI— 4 Vitis DV KG 22 sce O100T011I— 6 Norman.... ....... LoNNNcON00— 1 Smith... ......... OOJ111L000— 5 Twentieth sweep, same: ECHR Eyes Bears enee 10001000C0— 2 Phillips,..,..-..,-.. 0OLOOII00I— 4 Sel imee se pocteid de as 1O10001001I— 4_-—«sdDrake...,,.- -..,--, 11,00110010— 5 Van Dyke ......... 1L1OIT111— 9 : Twenty-iirst sweep, at 15 targets, $1.50 entry: Drake......... L1IOLIIOOLIII1i—12_ Parry.,........ 114111111011010—12 Phillips. ...... VUOIOIS01I110—-11 Brientnall.,...101111111110110—12 Van Dyke.....L11U1110111111—14 Smith..... ... UIM0N0LII—18 Hobart, .. ....111111111100110—14 Twenty-second sweep, same: Phillips ...,..,101110111001101—10 11)111111111101—14 Youmans...» .010110111101100— 9 W Smith WANT L01I—4- eee RLILILEILEELIUE Le VV SOMERIUSE ee ve day was the shoot-off of a tie for the club medal, for which dur- ing the season August Manitz, J. Warren Smith, A. Sickley and R. Wolfe had tied. Hach man shot at 50 bluerock targets, and Smith was the winner, The scores: Manitz........4.-- 011010101011001101111111110001 w STHiti eee os eee YU LDT 191009 1009.19.10 109.119.191.110 10 — 46 BICKIGY 0. esc a0 LOUD LOUD 190.110.100.110 10.111 01. 11001111 — 45 PVVO)TG ee ee eterieaes OLLOVLOLOI L1G01 AAT TL 1011101010111 111—41, Down in Hunterdon County. THREE Bripaus, N. J., Dec. 24.—Inclosed find scores for two days shoot at this place, Dec. 22 and 28. First Day.—No. 1, 6 aoe targets, 50 cents entry, 3 monevs: MGSO Tipe petep tien enroreak ga SLD eye Sh Teeter cheve cies ote rors 100101—3 [BARA 5 epee aac oD 101101—4 Sheppard.... .. ,...-... 110010—38 CRs Oo fete RH 110010—3 KReading...-......... .. .-L00011—5 No, 2, 9 singles, $] entry: ; Mason see st sanntdites: WIOWUAMI—8 ~Case.... 52. ese ne see 011010110—5 Sheppard ........... -O1111111—8 Reading ... .........000111010—4 IBY sito yeas Hate LTO — BS STOUG tenes eo oe a ..010101001—4. No. 8, 6 singles, 50 cents entry: IVRARO ISN orice Werle eeenidr, Se LL LOLs fy.) MISISUTU teste peat eastern Late sestare O10LII—4 Sheppard.......... «...: Oll11I—45 Reading 2 eee ee OLOOOO—1 SHAT b yentcles ote hei) feet ai TIO — a Case le eee call 010000 -1 ase No. 4, same conditions: Brant 5, Mason 4, Sheppard 4, Reading 2, Stout ?. Vin 4 No. 6, same: Brant 6, Stout Schenck 3. No, 6, same: Stout 3, 5 No. 7, same: Sheppard 6, Stout 5, Mason 4, Case 4) Brani 4, Schenck 4, Reading 3. ; No, 8, same: Stout-4, Reading 4, Sheppard 4, Case 4, Brant 4, Schenck 4, Mason 2. A No. 9.same’ Mason 6, Reading 5, Sheppard 4, Case 4, Schenck 3, Brant 3, Stout 2. ; , No. 10, same: Mason 5, Schenck 5, Brant 4, Case 4, Sheppard 3, Stout 3, Van Master 1. No. 11, same: Brant 6, Mason 6, Sheppard 5, Stomt 5, Schenck 5, Van Master 5, Case 4. No. 12, 9 singles, unknown argles: Brant 9, Mason 7, Case 7, Van Master 7. ‘ Second Day.—Hvent No. 1, 4 live birds, $3 entry: First. Second. Third. Fourth. Ties. 5, Mason 5, Case 5, Reading 4, Brant 6, Mason 5, Schenck 5, Case 4, Reading 3, IWATHTAMA SOT ee sociale rss bee 1111 1 = 0010 0111 010—13 BV ey TW ceeietees slew ios acces loraidlnleds ierriafens O11 1001 111!) 1010 ...—10 Visa Viet ete ots cee ites ietelelndees 1100 = 0001 HOLL i 2 8 PLEO LTS hoce neath 554 BI ee cers O01 1011 1011 1101 O11—15 MITALC ia. eatcttaveor enc rad trees 0v00 1110 1010 1111 | COL SSS, Sect 8 eR ee ae cee saNie nti 1000 —] Fuemineton, N. J.. Dec. 25.—The following scores were made to-day at tbe Xmas shoot of the Flemington Gun Club: No, 1, 10 single blnerocks, $1 entry, 6 moreys, 3 traps, unknownangles; HK, N. Tolt 5, D. B. Boss 6, G. Reading 5, G. Ruple 6, J. barnsel 5, R. H, Moore 3, .A. W. Ross 2. No. 2,same: Moore 7, Reading 5, A, W. Boss 3, D. B. Boss 3, Tolt 8, Ruple?. No.5, 6 live birds, 80yds, rise, Hurlingham rules, for the club medal: INIGOEse Men eet dette 111110—5 Reading................ 202021—4 MOliveetet Gnose abe reece Ole —p The tie for the badge will be decided at the next monthly shoot. The following scores were made at the shoot of the Pittstown Gun Club: No. 1, 6 single Keystone targets: 5, Huff 5, Ayers 5, Mason 4, Gary 4. No. 2,9 singles: Ayers 8, Sheppard 8, Mason 8, Gary 7, Reading &, Ruple 6, Huff 4. No. 3,12 singles: Stout 11, Sheppard 10, Stryker 9, Gary 9, Mason 9, Reading 6, Ayers 7, Ruple 7. No. 4, 6 singles: Reading 5, Stryker 4, Sheppard 5, Gary 5, Ayers 5, Mason 5, Stout 3. On shoot-off Ayers and Mason diy. first money. ‘ No. 5, 12 singles: Reading 12, Stryker 11, Stout 11, Gary 71, Shep- pard 10, Ayers 9, Mason 7. Gary won second on shoot-off. No. 6. 9 singles: Stout 9, Reading &, Stryker &, Ayers 8, Gary 7, Mason 7. Ayers won second on shoot-off; third diy. No, 7. i2 singles: Ayers 11, Stout 11, Reading 10, Stryker 4, No. 8, (2 singles: Mason 10, Stout 9, Stryker 6. G. Eh. BR. Reading 6, Sheppard 6, Ruple Philadelphia Holiday Shoots. THE regular Christmas shoots were given by the gun clubs in and around Frankford, atall of which special prizes were offered, eonsisting of poultry. shooting accoutrements and money. At the North Hnd Club grounds money prizes were offered at a live-bird shoot, Hurlingham rules governing. Five traps were used at a0yds. rise, each contestant shooting at 20 live vigeons. The day's tolirmney resulted as follows: J. Frank Kleinz 17, William H. Wol- stenrraft 20, Robert Welsh 19, Al, Rust 20, J. Wolstencroft 18, Wade Wilson 15, J. Sivad 18, Mr. Hack 14, William H. Pack 17, lsane Wolstencrott 14, Nathaniel Swope 13. Those who tied diy, the purses, no shooting off being allowed. At the Frankford frounds eleven events were shot off, bluerocks being used. Wellington. WELLINGTON, Mass., Dec, 26.—There was only a fair attendance at the grounds of the Wellington Gun Club to-day, and the con- ditions were not favorable for double bird shooting, owing to the heayy fog. The winners in the several events follow: Three pair targets, Gore and Gale: 4 targets, Gale; 3 pair targets, Choate and Gale; 6 targets, Gore; 3 pair targets, Bradstreet; 6 targets, Gore; 4 targets, Choate and Bradstreet; 6 targets, Choate; 6 targets, Gore; 3 pair targets, Gore; 4 targets, Choate; 5 targets, Choate; 3 pair targeis, Bradstreet; 6 targets, Gale and Bradstreet; 10 targets, Keystone match, Bradstreet; ).pair targets, Bennett. Riverside, N. J. A VERY interesting shooting mateh took place at I. B. Meeks’s place Dec. 23 between John Rothaker and A. James. The match was shot under Hurlingham rules, 32yds. rise, 30 birds per man. The birds were very strong and the wind blowing considersbly Tade shooting somewhat difficult, About three hundred people were present to witness the shoot. The score: J. Rothacker, 24: A, James, 25, Xmas Shoot at Athens. AvHmns, Pa., Dec. 26.—The trap-shoot on Christmas Day drew out a good party of spectators, who enjoyed seeing the targets fly and the dead birds fall. Among the shooters was the genial M. fF. Lindsley, of the American Wood Powder Co., and the way he sround up the kingbirds at long distances showed that, his powder was gee stuff.’’ At expert rules he averaged 949 without trying very hard. : Vollowing are the scores. Lindsley, Park and Adams shot tinder expert rules: a! No. 1,10 singles; Lindsley first with 10, Park, Adams and Wolf- radt second with 8, Davies third with 6. Ble 1 No. 2, 10 singles: Lindsley first with 9, Adams second with 7, Park and Snider third with 6, Wolfradt 5, Davies 4. ney No. 3,10 singles: Adams first with 10, Lindsley second with §, Park third with 7, Davies 6, Snider 5, Wolfradt 4, Alberts @. No. 4 10 singles: Lindsley and Park tirst with 8, Wolfradt and Snider second with 7, Davies and Alberts third with 6, Adams 5. No. 5, 15 singles: Lindsley first with 16, Park second with 10, Adams third with 9, Davies 7, Wolfradt 7, Snider 6, Alberts 4. _ Wo, 6, 10 singles: Park tirst with 10, Lindsley second with % A third with 8, Adams 7, Davies, Alberts and Snider 6 each. No. 7, 10 singles: Lindsley first with 10, Park, Smith and Snider 8, Davies and Wolfradt 7 each. No. 8,10 singles; Lindsley first with 10, Park and Adams second with 9, Snider 8, Davies, Wolfradt and Smith 7 each. h No. 9 10 singles: Lindsley first with 9, Snider second with 1, Smith 6, Davies 5, Park 5, Alberts 4. No. 10, 10 singles: Lindsley and Snider first with 9 each, Adams and Park second with 8 each, i No. 11, 3 live pigeons from one trap im center of 30-yard cirele, S0vds. rise; good strong birds; many dropped dead out of bounds. Adams killed 5 and took first, Snider 2 and second, Lindsley, Park, Davies and Smith 1 each and third, Alberts 0. No. 12, 5 live pigeons: Park and Smith killed 2 and divided first, Lindsley, Davies and Wolfradt 1 and second, Snider and Adams “‘goose-egged.”” 75 : ; No. 13,3 live pigeons: Lindsley, Smith and Dayies killed 5, Sni- der 2, Park 1, Adams “goose-egged”’ again, W. K.P. Canadian Christmas Shoots. Toronto, Dec. 25.—The Toronto Gun Club held a very success- ful shoot ati the Woodbine this afternoon. It was an open eyent and the Owl, Victoria and Toronto Game Protective and Sport- ing clubs were well represented. Fin@rain somewhat marred the sportin the early part of the day. No. 1, 10 pigeons, 26vds., $2 entry, 4 prizes: © Charles ...-..... 1121171111—10 T Sawdon...;........ 1211021021—§ D Blears e.s-s. LLOMIII— 9 T bewig........0.-. 2022120221—8 OUStone.issstee er OMN12Z111iI— 9 ~-T Charles ........... 1100101112—7 S Greenwood....... 2220211122— 9 S MeClute.......... -1011110120—7 W McDowall ...... 0112111212— 9 W Bovel......-.-.... 101-1110110 =7 H Fleming ..-....., 1211210122— 9 G Morley............ 1020111012—7 No. 2, same conditions, was not finished, owing to darkness; those haying a chance to win prizes in this shoot will complete otek score later. Six matches at 10 bluerocks each were also shot. COLLINGWOOD, Ont., Dec. 25,—The Collingwood Gun Club have had two shoots at live birds within the last week. At the first meeting the birds were rather weak. The score stood, out of ten birds: DEUTCl hen eee, 1011110111—8 C Tymon........:... 00000001 11—3 AH Johnston.....-. T110111111—9 J Aston............:. 1111010111—9 W Lewis..%,.... ....1101101001—6 The shoot this morning was more spirited. The birds were keen and got away much better. Out of ten the result wae: mba Cloke tece cae yas W1I10NI—9 OW Lewis:::.-9....:. 21111001111—8 A H Johnston.......J11111101I—9 C Tymon............ 1100110011—6 DLAISTOM saves. Selon» cielk 11161111—9 A BPratt............ 1110111311—49 S Hewitt...........- 0111010100—5 New York State Shoot. Editor Forest ond Stream: On reading ““Mutton’s” article in your issue of Dec. 24, we find that he is the man that trap-shooters throughout the entire United States have been looking for, and if he can do what he says he can, he certainly will haye the everlasting thanks and blessings of us average shooters. He has hit upon a plan “that our coming mest may be liberally conceived and wisely planned with due regard to the rights of the average shooter.” Now, that is what we have been trying to think out, but as yet we haven't it just as we should like, bub thanks to‘'Mutton” he has come toour rescue, Now willhe kindly inform us through the columns of your yaluable papsr, so that not only we but the whole world may be informed of this much-sought-after plan. We would like to call “‘Mutton’s”’ attention to the fact that the New York State Association names the price to be charged for the targets at the State shoots. Also that their rules govern all matches, and that the Association, not the club, where the shoot is held, says who may or shall not be eligible fo participate in the events. We certainly expect to be prepared to give the shooters who may attend the shoot here not only a good time but a fight- ing chance to wit in every shoot. SYRACUSE SPORTSMAN, Old Stone House Grounds. In rain or shine, blow high or blow low, John Hrb’s popular grounds always attract their full quota of shooters. An abundant supply of live birds are alwayson hand, of a quality to suit the most fastidious expert. The shooting on Xmas Day drew about a dozen men, and all the events were what are termed “Jersey sweeps,’’ the conditions being 4 birds per man, $3 entry, under six entries two moneys, over six entries three moneys. In the first five sweeps tne scores, in order were as follows: Hie QiSTigw tse Perret st ees teas s 1022) a2 dts 1112—15 PDs Sek sabes yd Repicee She rets 2212 111 C111 iil 1211-19 Hinsen 100 so sorte i Sas y2212 4d11 1102 0221 1202—17 ERT rey ee eee 2) 2110 0001 1101 1020—12 In all the above ties were diy. The final six sweeps in order were as below: bredden, ees ss eee 0121 2121 1120 1211 1112—22 HOC epeettra hits tee are 1012 12)1 1112 0201 2111 101—21 (SS Creamer! Gane +1112 1110 1211 1201 1111 1100—20 Smoithimueeeeeerakii: 2021 1201 1122 1712 0017 i1101—19 AVL ict etebereitiepere)nta eels eetetie aad 002 1112 1112 OO0L 0221 1102—16 Higley sjo een eee PSE Ae ea 1211 0112—18 CATACH, a dteeelel feted teh asa 2 2112 862201 «= O10I— 9 HIMSENYEL ceicckbie ttle 1220 2111 2012 —10 In the final event first was div.; second was shot oft and won hy Mack; third div. Some Georgia Scores. Macon, Ga., Dec. 26.—The following scores were made yester- day by members of the Normandale Gun Club of this place. No 1, 25 bluerocks, $2 entry, three moneys: a ME Nornianisiessssecces Sa ee ht 1011101011000011000101010—12 Ri (Saln@erstse annum treet ese - pee ete es ee 014011100101000101'001000—10 DM Dunn. s:.3.-- Stan eetroreerr ce A NHEL MUM UAL Ea oath hee No, 2, same conditions: ; INDEMIAINT Himestineneted that Bitreh cee dees 0101070100110001110101110—13 Saunders....... eh, Se Sd ie eee ee to 0011111011000101000011101—14 LNT Elise Surin sk estier eee rere ce re oe ebas 19111911001.19191111112101.— 25 No. 3, same conditions: DSO T YVUR Tiga se ures pecs abated weed ep taalegete ee 1100110100001001110110101—13 LAPS Ee voy Rateen cleo es Sw eae eee e rnc tr - 0110011110100100701111100—14 SM SUEY oo BE epee pet fire pe 1100111101111101001017111—19 SAMMI See eed ane gee peld teeter see eee --0011101100001001110101011—13 TONGA hae Ae epee arden tga tains 011.1101101111111111011011—20 No. 4,10 singles, same conditions: Norman,...:.4. 2.4. O1O0011U10— 4 Saunders....,....... O11 1—4 Troutman.........,1111111111—10 Dumn.... ........... M0lnT111—¢ Maillerecw seat: AODLO0NIIII— 7 Ties divided. Red Bank, Tas Riverside Gun Club had an interesting series of matches Dec. 28, the targets being live birds and Keystones. The princi- pal match was a shoot at 25 birds, entranee $10, governed hy National Associationrules, Hdward M. Cooper won first money with a score of 24, John Cooper securing second with 23, Henry C. White and Phil Daly, Jr., scored 22 each, Fred Beale and Jas. Cooper 19 each, and Albert Ivins and John Bergen 17. A number of miss and out sweeps were won by James and John Cooper and Daly. A sweep at 9 Keystones was won by Daly and EH. Cooper with 9 each. John Cooper and Gscar Hesse: secured second money with 7 each. Jas. Cooper and D. Kearney broke 7 each and divided third money. The closing event was a sweep at 15 STREAM. 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Will bs sent from now (ineinding Sept. num- her) to January, 1694, FOR ONE LITTLE DOLLAR! 16 months. Just think of it. Sample copy free. JAMAICA PUBLISHING O0., Jamaica Plain, Mags, CHRISTIAN HAHN, PRACTICAL Glass Blower, And Manifactuver of . Artificial Eyes For Birds, Animals and Manufacturing Purposes, 16 North William St., New York. Send for Price Vist. 90 the Stud. . AtStud.-Baglish greyhounds, Gem of the Season, winner of over 50 firsts and specials. Pious Pem- broke, winner of over 20 firsts and specials; Dexter, corded coat poodls, Pups from the above for sale. GREyHouNnD & PoopLm Kanwens, Salem, Mase. owe en SSL ee eee Vv STUD.—THE BEAGLE CHAMPIONS Bannerman and Fitzhugh Lee, also the field trial winner Ring. Stamp for stud cards and circular of stock for sale. GLENROSEH BEAGLE KENNELS, Melrose, Mass. (Due, 81, 1891, ’ Hi the Sind. REFUGE II. , - 5 ee e= pee i Winner of over forty prizes, including t Teka) for the best siud dog, Agricultural Hall, London, 1891, He is the sire of Refugee, Recluse i., Rud- yard Lady, Young Refuge, Highland Chieftain, Baron Clevedon and many other prize winners. He is the best-headed and hoeayiest-boned ai ever sired by Plinlimimon. poe Fee, $60.00. Kingston Regent. _ (Prince Regent ex Lady St. Gothard,) Winner of first prizes at Kingston, Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal. 1891. Fee, $50.00. | Marquis of Ripon. (Prince Regent ex Lady St. Gothard.) Fee, $40.00, Keeper, Jr. (Keeper ex Surprise.) The best-beaded smooth living, FIEE, S25- PUPPIES FOR SALE. NEW YORK ST. BERNARD KENNELS, 138TH ST. AND THE HUDSON RIVER. HENRY JENNINGS, Manager. MENTHON KENNELS’ ST. BERNARDS, PHOINIXVILLE, PA., AT STUD. The Giant Rough-Coated St, Barnard LORD BUTE, “355 As a stud dog Lord Bute has no equal. FEE $100. The Handsome Rough-Coated St. Bernard Lord Thorndale, *%3;-> A son of Champ. Hesper. A stire stock getter. FEE 835. Stud Cards and Catalogues on application. FOX-TERRIERS IN STUD. Champion Raby Mixer........815 Weckone?l............e0c0esaeecee. 16 Brockenhurst Tyke............ 15 Pitcher. ....2.....0.00...ccsse00.» BB Puppies for sale from these celebrated dogs out of famous matrons. HILLSIDE KENNELS, LANCASTER, MASS. Imported Fox Terrier (smooth) ht Jate (H.K.0.8,B.) P A N | ke B. “Ratan.” A prand dog, perfect terrier head (744 inches}, beautiful ears, capital bone, best of legs and feet, short, strong back and grand, hard coat. Own brother to Ch, Radiance, by Ch. Result—Lady Ethel. Winner of eight firsts and two seconds in Hngland. beating Rational, Ehor Spendthrift; Dudley Starcher, Sondewn, Rifleman and other well-known prize dogs. Second Kingston, Ont,, 1891; 2a, Hamilton, 1891. Fee $15. PUPPIES FOR SALE. H. NORTHWOOD, Martin's Ferry, Dhio. AT STUD. THE BEAGLES Ch. BANNERMAN, Ch. FITZHUCH LEE, | RING. RBES. oor oe Practically.__...... Free, Tor siud cards and circulars address GLENBOSE BEAGLE KENNELS, Melrose, Mass. i AT STUD. FEE $50 KING OF KENT Sire of the phenomenal field trial winners, Rip Rap, Zig-“Aac, Tapster and Maid of Kent, Pointer Puppies for sale, Apply to JAS, MORTIMER, Supt. Westminster Kennel Club, Babylon, L. I. At Stud. Fee $50. NTONTIO. Black, white and tan English setter, by Roder- igo ex Bo Peép. Field trials winnings: Divided third, Central all-age stake, 1850; first, all-age stake, La. Interstate trials, 1890; first, all-age stake, Southern trials, 1890: champion stake, Hast- ern trials, 1891; free-for-all four hour race, Oen- tral irials, 1891. For particulars address D. EH. ROSH, Lawrenceburg, Tenn. Ee ee 611 Mints and Points for Sportsmen. 1.50 BLUE RIDGE KENNELS. IW TEE Ss rob. The celebrated champion stake winner GATH’S MARK, GATH'S HOPE and DAN GLADSTONE. The Blue Ridge Kennel has now opened tts book for the fall season of 1891 and spring of 1892 for Gath’s Mark and Dan Gladstone, limited to fifty services each. $2,000 is given away in premiums to the get of the above dogs, which win different Derby Stakes in 1892 or after. Particulars on application. THE BLUE RIDGE KENNELS, Sperryvil jt “i suet i ey 4 salt ae meas ae ¥ ng 3 9088 01197 9