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FOREST » ANDfSTRE AM, 



Johnson made the best time ever made at Silver Lake, beat- 

 ing Halan's time there by 12Js. Courtney expresses his wil- 

 lingness to row Hanlan over the Silver Lake course, which, 

 he sajs, pleases him much. Riley left the same day for 

 Hamilton, Ont., where he was to row on the 21M. inst. 



Why SnoiT.n They Meet? — A race between the Shoe-wac- 

 cae-mettes, Atalantas and Columbias would no doubt be very 

 interesting, thongh in common with the Western press we 

 fail to see by what right either of the New York crews can 

 expect the Monroe men to travel 1,400 miles just to repeat a 

 performance which every unprejudiced critic will allow them 

 quite capable of doing. The Shoes fairly beat the Columbias 

 at Henley, and we may say with ease as well, for they never 

 even spurted for any length of lime and bad plenty of steam 

 to spare til the finish, while the Atalantas got all they wanted 

 at Watkins. It the New "iork crews are really desirous of 

 meeting the Western men, nothing will be more readily ar- 

 ranged. Let them take; their boats out to Michigan, and, as 

 we are informed, the Shoes will give them a race whenever 

 they want one. The latter have by this time got their new 

 boat, we believe, and it is reasonable to suppose that equiva- 

 lent to a lead of an additional length or two, for they were 

 badly handicapped with their old dug-out. A gentleman con- 

 nected with the Detroit River Navy states that if the Shoes 

 desire to go to Henley next year the financial means will be 

 forthcoming. 



Cahoeist on His Travels.— Mr. W. L. Alden, of the New 

 York Times, well known as a canoeist and author of " The 

 Oanoe aud Flying Proa," and other similar books, has housed 

 his canoe for a time and has sailed for a cruise ashore in 

 Europe. As a member of the Rob Roy Oanoe Club of Eng- 

 land he will send us accounts of the sport as it is in England 

 to-day, which, it is needless to say, will prove most interest- 

 ing and valuable to the devotees of the paddle in this country. 



The Shadow Canoe in Massachusetts. — Mr. William 

 Blakey, the well-known shell boat builder of Cambridge, 

 Mass.'. has in hand a Shadow canoe for a member of the Har- 

 vard Club. 



St. Loms Pkospkots.— The heat during the summer has 

 somewhat interfered with active operations in St. Louis boat- 

 ii> es. but for all that the members of the clubs on the 

 Mississippi have had in view the steady development of the 

 sport. Steps have been taken to provide better means of 

 access to the course of the St. Louis clubs, so that it may be 

 possible to hold the regatta of the Mississppi Valley Associa- 

 tion there next year on Creve Oteiir Luke. A dyke is being 

 built from Arsenal Island to the Illinois shore, winch will af- 

 ford n. sheltered stretch of water three or four miles long and 

 half a mile wide, upon which boats could be started abreast, 

 doing away with the obnoxious system of heat racing. The 

 Mound City Rowing Association have selected September 1 as 

 tho date for their annual review, and have invited the Univer- 

 sity and Marine clubs to participate. The St. Louis Club ex- 

 pect to make a trip up to Alton in their renovated barge Daltio, 

 and have other long pulls on the tapis. A new boat club has 

 been organized at Alton, 111. The old puritan prejudice 

 against the honest enjoyment of a pull on Sundays 

 seems to have given way at last to more liberal principles, 

 and St. Louis crews are not afraid to show themselves in then- 

 boats on the Erst day of the week. Modocs have a champion 

 crew actively at work. Keokuk has likewise organized a 

 club, and boats have been ordered from Philadelphia. The 

 boating fever may be said to be decidedly on the increase in 

 the West and in the neighborhood of St. Louis in particular. 



Whitestone Regatta. — The gentlemen sojourning at the 

 Whitestone House, Whitestone, L. I., held an impromptu re- 

 gatta August 14. Course, one mile and a quarter. Entries .- 

 No. 1, Ferdinand Gondii and Charles W. Garrison, red and 

 white; lime, 7m. 14s. No. 2, Sidney H. Nealy and Frank 

 MTliOck, red ; time, 8m. 16s. No. 3, John Braden and James 

 Campbell, blue ; time, 8m. 18s. No. 4, Angus Shore and 

 William H. Ordway ; time, 8m. 19s. Messrs. Gondii and 

 Garrison were the winners. Prizes were awarded by Mrs. 

 and Mr. Brewster Kissam, and consisted of a silk penant arid 

 gold badges. 



Natiosal Regatta. — Full reports of the great event of tho 

 year — the Nat ional Regatta of the National Association of 

 Amateur Oarsmen, held at Newark Tuesday and Wednesday 

 last, will appear in our issue of next week, 



Deteoit vs. Michigan. — After the Detroits won th£ four- 

 oared shell race at the Detroit Biver Navy regatta, the Michi- 

 gan four challenged them to row for the trophy won. This 

 was at once accepted. Aug. 16 was fixed for the race. Course 

 one mile and return. Mr. J. N. Ostrom, of the Excelsiors, 

 was umpire. Crews-. 1.— Detroit— Bow, James Craig, Jr. ■ 

 No. 2, C. B. Hodges; No. 8, W. J. Gray; stroke, Walter 

 Rowan. 2— Michigan— Bow, J. Hurley; No. 2, E. Nolan; 

 No. 3, C. Cable; stroke, J. W. Holmes. Detroit pulled 38 

 strokes in good form, but one of their men met with a mishap 

 to his sliding seat. Michigan was pulling faster, turned first 

 and worked up to 44, coming in winners in spite of a crab, 

 in 13 minutes $ seconds, Detroits lo minutes 20 seconds. The 

 Michigans were challenged by the Excelsiors immediately 

 after the race, and the latter have also challenged the Mon- 

 roe crew for a short course. Answer not yet received. 



Raodsg on the Passaic— A single scull race took place 

 on the Passaic, at Newark, Aug. IS, between William Barry, 

 of Jersey City, and John Eckford, of Newark. Course, three 

 miles straight away. Eckford took the lead and maintained 

 it throughout the race. Time 28 minutes. 



Racing at Niagaea.— The consolation race for the men 

 defeated at Barrie, Ont.. which was held at; Niagara, Aug. 17, 

 was a great success. It was held under the auspices of the 

 Hanlan Club and the Queen's Hotel, Toronto, and the Queen's 

 Royal, of Niagara. The first event was one for heavy 

 weights. Entries: Charles Perry, of Toronto; Thomas 

 McGraw, proprietor of the Queen's Hotel, Toronto,- Mr. J. 

 A. Miller, of St. Catherines, and T. A. McClean, of Toronto. 

 Won by McClean after a close contest, Miller second. i<'or 

 the sinule sculls, were entered ; Evan Mollis and II. Coulter, 

 of Pittsburg; Ed. Ross, of St. John, N. B., and W. MeKim 

 and A. Elliott, of Toronto. Judges, Messrs. Wallace, Ross, 

 and J. A. Hosjner. Btarter, T. Plaisted; time-keeper, P. 

 Luther and Hanlan, referee. Course one mile, twice around, 

 making a distance of four miles. Coulter took the water 

 first, but, MeK.ee went to the front with 3G strokes; Morris 

 then spin-led and taking McKiiu's water got the lead. They 

 all turned the nearest buoys, and on the run back Ross 

 spurted going to the front with 40 strokes. At the next turn 

 Li;. K, -:pset. and was rescued by Coulter. Ross kept his lead, 

 pushed closely by Morris and Elliott ten lengths behind. Ross 

 won by hull a length bl 89m. 274s. Prize, a purse of $260. 



Metropolitan Regatta. — The date for closing entries for 

 this regatta has been extended to Aug. 23. A large number 

 of crews will take part in the event. 



SorjLLrao in Virginia. — The race between George 'Weis- 

 gerber, of the Brown Boat Club, and Louis Felsing, of the 

 Nail City Club, for a purse of $500, came off at Beach Bottom, 

 above Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 17, Tho men were well 

 matched; Felsing made a spurt and came in one and a half 

 lengths ahead. Time, 20m. 40s. 



Sofia Raoe at Rochestee, N. Y. — Mr. Editor: A scull 

 race took place last evening on the Genesee River, above the 

 dam at Rochester, over a two-mile course, between J. B. 

 Durand, I). D. Sully and W. F. Sandway, amateur oarsmen 

 of this city. C. H. Haskin was chosen Teferee, and James 

 Mallory time keeper. Soon after the word " Go " it was evi- 

 dent who would win, Durand leading at thirty-four strokes to 

 a minute, Sully following at thirty-two. At the turning 

 point Durand brought about quickly, gaining several lengths 

 on Sully, who made a very slow turn. The race was won by 

 Durand in 14:40, followed by Sully in 15:19. Sandway came 

 in with a brokeu toe strap. Durand was presented with a 

 handsome blue silk sack, worked with white. Sandway re- 

 ceived a leather medal, inscribed — 



TO WILLIAM F. SANDWAY, 



Asa token of valor aud skin in not winning the single smil race ontlie 



upper courae ot ibe Genesee Biver, August 15, 1S7S. 



This medal is awarded with the exhortation, "In Turg/te 



•remis." Amphion. 



Bocltester, Aug. 10. 



Fast Time in a Ca><oe. — Mr. Editor: Your correspondents 

 give some pretty fast time in their account of " Four Weeks 

 in Canvas Canoes" — two miles in three minutes through a 

 rift. I am a canoeist, and I have traveled a shade faster than 

 your correspondents. My boat's ruins may be found some- 

 where. She was set on fire by the friction, and " I only am 

 escaped alone to tell you." G. L. M. 



New York, Aug. 16. 



Canoeing in Open Water. — The canoes, Cloc.hettea.xxA Star, 

 which cruised from this city to Newport, R. I., were both 

 wooden canoes of lapstreak build, the former a Shadow and 

 the latter a Rob Roy modeL 



j^i mid ^ivej[ fishing. 



FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



FRESH WATER, 



Troll', Salmnfontinatt*. 

 Salmon, Sctimo saiar. 

 Salmon Trout, Salvto conjinis. 

 Lawl- locked Salmon, Salmo glovert. 

 Gmvling, ThymalluH tricolor. 

 Black Bass, Microptertis salmoides; 



M. nigricans. 

 Mnakalonge, Hwz noUlior. 

 Ptke or Pickerel, Esox luciws. 

 Yellow Percli, Pert ' 



SAI/T WATER. 



Sea Has*, SeieBtooM »<-rUahix. 

 SbeepaneaUj Archosargits probate- 



Weukflan, Cynmcion regalia. 



Spanish lta<-kerel, Cj/bium macula 

 turn. 



Ccro, Cj/bium regale. 

 Bouuo, darila pelarnt/H 

 Kingtlsh, Menticirrusneb ulosus] 



Fish in Market— Betail Prices Bass, 25 cents ; blneflah, 



8 ; salmon, 25 ; mackerel, 20 ; weak fish, 10 ; Spanish mackerel, 

 25 ; green turtle, 10 ; halibut, 15 ; haddock, 6 ; king fibh, 18 ; 

 codfish, 6 ; black fiah, 10 ; flounders, 8 ; porgiea, 8 ; isea bass, 18 ; 

 eols, 18 ; lobsters, 10 ; aheeps-head, 20 ; Bcallopa per gallon, $2 ; 

 pompano, 25 ; hard crabs, per 100, 82.80 ; soft craba, per dozen, 

 75 cente. 



Spanish mackerel unusually scarce and high. It looks as 

 though the catch on Long Island would be a failure ; sheeps- 

 head abundant, from Barnegat ; bluefish in moderate supply, 

 from New Jersey and Cape Cod ; some very large bluefish re- 

 ceived from Portland, Me., an unusual circumstance. 



New Bkunswick. — Black bass fishing ou the Richelieu 

 River, near St. Johns, is very good at present. 



Nokth Shobe of Lake Superior— Indianapolis, Ind., Aug, 

 15— This summer we coasted the north shore of Lake Superior, 

 from Silver Islet, to Sault Ste Marie, fishing lake and streams 

 whenever we felt like it. We did not, however, go up the 

 Nepigon. Rock fishing was poorer than usual. The lake is 

 eighteen inches lower than usual, and the streams all exceed- 

 ingly low. Some streams 1 had formerly fished were nearly 

 dry, and fishing impracticable ; others good. So I had better 

 and poorer fishing than ever before. Our finest fishing was 

 off the rocks. 1 took two at one cast— one 23.J and the other 

 18J inches' long— and immediately after two others, 17^ inches 

 loug. All Salmo fonlinaUs, of course. C. O. H. 



• v Fish Pabadise. — Editor Forest and Stream: About one 

 mile long, half a mile wide, in places very deep, water very 

 cold, fed from bottom springs, clear as crystal and surrounded 

 by mountains. This is the little lake where the prettiest of 

 all trout abound. It is a pleasant day's journey from New 

 York, and yesterday I took seventy trout from its bright 

 waters, the majority reaching one pound in weight. With 

 many of their kindred they reached home as fine and hard as 

 when taken from the water. Here, as in most other favored 

 spots, the spring time is the best to take trout in quantities, 

 but they abound in such profusion that a fine mess can be 

 made at any season. Sherbrooke, P. Q., is the centre of a fine 

 trout country. To the west, in Brome and Bolton, some 20 

 miles, are dozens of little lakes all containing trout, and if 

 one^prefers pounders to the whales of Raugeley, this is the 

 spot to gather 'em in. To the south, some twenty miles, is 

 Averill Lake, a splendid water for pounders, while 50 miles 

 eastward, in a dense wilderness, lies Lake Megantic, where 

 trout were taken this season that marked the four pound 

 notch. The fish here will not weigh less than a pound each, 

 fight, like "all possessed," and no other fish inhabit the lake. 

 Three miles east of Barton, Vt., which is fifteen miles south 

 of Newport, lies May's pond— a grand little sheet of water 

 one mile in length, where a basket can be filled with "whop. 

 pers"ina short time. Lunge in Mempluemagog are scarce 

 this summer, and pickerel also have "gone west," but perch 

 are taken in great numbers, for some fiend stocked the lake 

 with them, and they have multiplied amazingly. Black 

 bass have been put in aud will be sizable to take next sum- 

 mer. To reach this country lake the 8 am. train from 

 Springfield, Mass., over the Connecticut river and Passninp- 

 sie River railroads, reaching Newport and Mempl 

 at supper time, and Sherbrooke at 9 p.m. The trip over 

 these roads is one of great beauty, with ever-changing scent- 

 ery, touching the Green and White Mountains, and winding 

 along the two charming rivers nearly to their source. 

 Herbert, P. Q., Aug. 16 Ch. Kit Clarke. 



New Hampshire.— Crawford Rouse, White Mountains, 

 Aug. 15.— Trout are plenty and of good dimensions. Hooked 

 75 to-day, the largest weighing 11 oz.; length, just 12 inches. 

 Ammonoosic and Dry rivers are the best streams. 



Nimrod. 



Massachusetts— Nantucket, Aug. 17.— This has been a 

 poor week for bluefish. Owing to the wet. weather the fish 

 swim deep. The largest catches are as follows: Flora del- 

 mar, 72; Undine, 61; Thorn, 53. Sharks very plentiful. 

 Perch caught in great numbers : one party of three, Wednes- 

 day, caught 801 in one hour and fifty-two minutes, and the 

 same day I caught a yellow perch 151 inches long. 



Jack Curlew. 



Movements of the Fishing Fleets.— The arrivals for the 

 past week have given a more hopeful aspect to the fishing 

 outlook, and our wharves have presented the Imsv appearance 

 which characterized them in more prosperous seasons. The 

 arrivals have not been numerous, numbering 5B in all, but 

 some very good fares have been landed in the se\ eral depart- 

 ments of fishing, followed by Gloucester vessels. There have 

 been five Bay arrivals. The Shore fleet continue to report a 

 scarcity of large mackerel, though a few 2s and large 3s are 

 culled from most of the trips. The number of arrivals for the 

 week has been 6. The Bank cod fishermen have commenced 

 to put in an appearance with favorable reports, and the re- 

 ceipts in this department have been much larger than for any 

 previous week this season. Arrivals, 9 : total catch, 1,180,000 

 lbs. The number of halibut arrivals for the week has been 7. 

 The number of Georges arrivals has been 20, and the receipts 

 260,000 lbs. codfish and 17,000 lbs. halibut.— Cape Ann Adver- 

 tiser, Aug. 10. 



Rhode ISLMsn.—Narragansett Pier, Aug. 14.— A large 

 tunic was caught off Point Judith on Tuesday. It, was en- 

 tangled in the lines of a lobster pot and towed to the pier by 

 a rope fastened to its fore flippers. From nose to tail it 

 •measures 7J feet, and from tip to tip of fore flippers it meas- 

 ures 8£ feet, Its upper parts are black ; under shell pink and 

 white. Its back shell was quite hard (though not as hard as a 

 common water turtle) and had five ridges running its entire 

 length. The largest ridge was about three inches high. The 

 top and under shells were joined at the sides by flat pieces. 

 The turtle could not draw in its head or flippers. The throat 

 was covered with pink and white spots. The turtle died ves- 

 terday. F. R. Welsh. 



Long Island.— Sayville, Aug. 16.— E. Backus and friends, 

 from Nassau, N. Y., fishing at Sayville, L. I., caupht 285 

 bine fish in about four hours, chumming. A lady took 77 of 

 them. They were au even run of about 2 pound fish and 

 very gamey. The removal of the pound netB undoubtedly 

 has much lo do with the large quantities of fish in ihe Great 

 South Bay this year. 



Bass at Montauk Point — Philadelphia, Aug. 10. — Last 

 week, at Montauk Point, L. I., J. B. Stearns took six bass 

 weighing 11, 5, 21 J, 10, 18 and 12 pounds each. G. B. 



._ caught six which weighed 

 35, 18J, 15, 50, 17, 10 pounds. These were all taken within 

 three hundred feet of each other on Montauk Point, I have 

 fished Pasque Island for the last six years, but this beats 

 them all. J USE . 



New Jeesey— Kinsey's Ashley House, Barnegat Inlet, Aug 

 19 — Weakfish biting freely. J. N. Kirby, Phil Malioy and 

 T. A. Henderson, N. Y., took 74, averaging 311bs, 11 blue- 

 fish, 19 bass; John O. Hughes and boys, Phila.^ 67 bluefish ■ 

 Wm. Steel, Lewis Jamison, Bordentown, N. J., 26 bluefish- 

 W. H. Bodge, of Towanda, Pa., 25 bluefish ; A. I). Hughes 

 nnd friend, Bordentown, 43 bluefish ; C. W. Hancock, 30 

 blackfish; H. L. Lewis, and P. P. Shirwood, N. Y., 33 blue- 

 fish, 15 weakfish ; F. Hiller, F. C. Edson and Wm. Birney, 

 Jr.. Elizabeth, 25 bluefish. Sheepshead were biting good 

 llMil Priday. Thursday some 300 taken off the ground. On 

 Friday night a party from Waretown with a large haul 

 seine Bwept the channel at the shecpshead ground, and since 

 then not a bite has been felt nor a fish taken. Thus one small 

 parly' destroyed the livelihood of some seventy-five poor men, 

 who have for the last two months been making from .$4 to 

 $10. per day with their hand lines Cause: Political interfe- 

 rence with our State Commissioners, thereby depriving our 

 county of a warden. £j. 



" Come Prepared to Rottgh It."— That is the injunction 

 which accompanies and supplements the graceful Invitation 

 sent out to the friends of the " Solid Comfort Fishing Club," 

 of Mercer, Pa., who are now in camp at Sugar Lake, seven 

 miles from Cochranton. The club is made up of officers, an 

 executive committee, and the rest of the fellows, nineteen 

 altogether. There is the solidiest kind of comfort in the 

 roughest of roughing it, and so long as tho fish bite and the 

 bail holds out may the Sugar Lake Campers get rest unto 

 their souls. 



The FraseuRivbb Salmon Season. —A correspondent of 

 the New York World writing from New Westminster, British 

 Columbia, under date of Aug. 10, sayB that in that land of 

 piscine plenty, salmon are selling at one cent each : 



The '-run," as the fishermen call it, hag been unprece- 

 dented. Indeed, the canneries have more fish than they know 

 what to do with, and thousands of the dead salmon are daily 

 thrown into the river because there are not men enough to can 

 them. Each cannery is turning out from 400 to 1,000 cases 

 daily. The profit on each case varies in different years, ac- 

 cording to the run of fish, from $1.50 to $3.50; this year it 

 will probably be more. Chinamen do all the work after the 

 fish is lauded. The fishing is done principally by Indians. 

 A good many people say that the present run maybe expected 

 every year, as they urge that until now the coned, mode ot 

 catching the fish has not been understood. Several of the 

 canneries are not only canning salmon, but have begun to salt 

 the fish and pack it away in barrels. A good many people" in 

 this colony cry out against the employment of Chinese labor, 

 But for the Chinamen the fisheries could DOtexiBt: H 

 be impossible to obtain while labor to do the work. Indeed, 

 the cannery proprietors would be very glad to get whites, The 

 season lasts for a few weeks only, and at the end of that time 

 the men would be out of work. The Chinamen board them- 

 selves, aud at the end of the "run " take themselves off. 

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As Eoho fbom Michigan. — Editor Forest and Stream ■ 

 A short and pointed article in Fobebt and Stbbaji of July 

 18, entitled "Hoggishness," repremands the ideas of too many 



