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THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



was held so long by the old gentlemen who was 

 to give it its " sweet liberty " that its interest 

 flagged, and John Myers soon captured it. 

 Prize, $2 and the duck. 



The races over and the rain commenced, the 

 main trouble was getting home ; there was no 

 shelter on the island and punts and skirls were 

 above par. It is to be hoped that at the next 

 regetta better accommodation will be provided. 



THE POINTE CLAIRE REGETTA. 



The second annual regetta of the Pointe 

 Claire Yacht Club, took place on the 6th inst, 

 over the usual course and was very largely 

 attended. The course being " choppy " and full 

 of " white caps," sculling was rather a thing to 

 be avoided than desired. 



The first was the yacht race, for which the 

 following craft entered : — 



•'"' Eolus" — Grenier and Brunei, St. Ann's; 

 allows 3m. 12s. 



" Waterwitch " — D. Lewis and F. Tracey, 

 Longueuil : allows 3m. 2 -is. 



" Oriole " — Wright and Raphael, Pointe 

 Claire; allows lm. 36s. 



" Zephyr 5 ' — R. Barber, Pointe Claire. 



" Petrel"— G. A. Campbell, Pointe Claire ; 

 3m. 



The " Oriole " came in first," Waterwitch " 

 second, "Petrel" third. The prize, a §100 

 silver cup, is now the property of Messrs. 

 Wright and Raphael ; the '•'Oriole" having 

 also won it last year. The winners receive in 

 addition to the cup, a medal valued at $10, 

 presented by Mr. T. J. Claxton. 



The boats which entered lor the row-boat 

 race were : — 



" The Agnes," A. Ross, Pointe Claire. 



" Frou Frou," D. Ducharme, Lachine. 



" Alice," C. Thurston and Killaly, Lachine. 



"Lottie," C. Houston, Pointe Claire. 



The course was round the Dorval Light 

 house and back, and seven of the boats were 

 handicapped. The "Lottie" ran into Pointe 

 Claire shortly after the start. When the light 

 was made, ami on the way in, while the " Frou 

 Frou " and " Alice " were scudding along neck 

 and neck, the former to the leeward, and the 

 " Agnes" to the windward a short distance 

 behind, the "Alice" capsized. Mr. Ducharme 

 immediately lowered his sails and had bis boat 

 rowed to the rescue. The* three men who were 

 in the " Alice" were in the water for over an 



hour, and were picked up by the crew of the 

 " Frou Frou " after considerable trouble. A 

 very high wind was blowing, at the time. The 

 " Agnes " had a walk over the rest of the race. 

 Mr. Ducharme entered a protest, and has leff his 

 boat at the Pointe, in the anticipation of the 

 race being sailed over again. 



The double scull lap-streak, won by Conway 

 and Duquet, of Lachine. 



Single scull lap-streak, won by Jno. Conway. 



Canoe (two paddle) race — Messrs. C. DeB. 

 Leprohon and G. Auldjo, of Lachine, won ; 

 Messis. C. Nelles and Kohl, of Pointe Claire, 

 second. 



Tub race — W. Auchterlonie first, C. Holden 

 second and G. Claxton third. 



Correspondence. 



To the Editor of the Canadian Sportsman and 

 Naturalist : — 

 Dear Sir, — I regret that my Postscipt about 

 shooting robins should have annoyed Dr. Gar- 

 nier. I do not question the delicacy of a dish of 

 robins, nevertheless, I adhere to my assertion 

 that I never knew a sportsman who shot robins 

 for pleasure or profit. I object to the killing of 

 robins, because the male is a favorite songster, 

 protected in Ontario by Statute. Robins and 

 other insectiverous birds can only be killed 

 legally by men on their own land, and then 

 only when damaging fruit. There is an old 

 tradition of the origin of which I am not aware, 

 that the robin is " God's bird," hence by many 

 held sacred. I differ with the Doctor regarding 

 the hunting of deer. There is infinitely more 

 sport in a shot at a buck while leaping and 

 bounding through the forest, than at one stand- 

 ing still ; and the signal music made by the 

 hounds is itself exciting and worth listening to. 

 If either kind of hunting deserve the title of 

 " Pot hunting," it is, in my opinion, " Still 

 hunting." One skilled still hunter in a favora- 

 ble locality, will kill more deer in a given time, 

 than three parties of five each can with dogs. 

 I have hunted frequently with dogs for deer, 

 and I never knew of a deer driven by hounds 

 out of his beat on the first day, that could not 

 (if alive) be tound in the same neighborhood 

 on the second day. In conclusion, let me say 

 that my experience leads me to think that 

 " spike-horned" buck and doe differ in appear- 

 ance and structure from the branching-horned 

 kind ; they are lower in stature, with finer heads 



