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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING 

 WEEK. 



friday, Aug. 23.— Chicago Yacht Clnb Cruise to Lake Winnebago. 

 TrottiDg: Earlvllle, 11).; Newark, N. J.; Fowlervllle, Mich.; Warren, 

 O. Running meeting at Saratoga. 



Saturday, Aug. 24.— Nahasset Yacht Club Regatta at Cohasset, Mass. 

 Cricket : St. Timothy vs. Wakefield, at. RoxboroUgh, Pa. Trotting at 

 Warren, O. Running meeting at Saratoga. 



. Monday, Aug. 26.— Brooklyn Yacht Club Annual Cruise. Trotling at 

 Lincoln, 111. 



Tuesday Aug. 2T.— Trotting : Paterson, N. J.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mil- 

 waukee, Wis.; Flalnvtlle, Conn.; Sycamore, III.; Macomb. III. 



Wednesday, Aug. 58— Metropolitan Association of Amateur Oarsmen 

 Annual Regatta. Trotting as above, and at Wolcottvllle, Conn., and 

 Waterloo, N. Y. _ 



DUSSELDORF. 



WE are glad to notice that our comments on the German 

 Fest, -with the letter of Mr. Farrow from Dusseldorf pub- 

 lished in our 1 ast issue, have been so widely noticed. 



We rarely espouse personal quarrels. What others think 

 of us, or what they may write, we are utterly indifferent 

 about ; but acts of discourtesy shown to our people when 

 abroad we are quick to resent. If Mr. Farrow did go to Ger- 

 many as the representative of a leading firm" who manufac- 

 ture the Ballard Rifle, that is no reason why Mr. Farrow, who 

 is a straightforward man, known especially for his modesty 

 and retiring disposition, should be treated rudely at Dussel- 

 dorf. Mr. John Rigby was a representative member of the 

 Irish team, and at the same time the most noted of rifle 

 makers. It certainly made no matter at Oreedmoor what was 

 Mr. Rigby's calling. This gentleman made innumerable 

 ftiends from his skill, pleasant manner and courteous be- 

 havior. But whether he had been John Rigby, a rifleman 

 alone, or a riflemaker, we fancy his reception would have 

 been quite the same in the United States. We have a right, 

 then, to draw this parallel. The kind greeting the American 

 team met both in England and Ireland we are most grateful 

 for. We do not, then, feel pleasantly when we learn of the 

 treatment received by Messrs. Farrow and Johr at Dusseldorf. 



BRITISH RIFLE TEAMS. 



A RECENT article in the London Field (July 27) upon 

 " team shooting " shows that the British press has at 

 last begun to realize the secTets of team shooting and to ap- 

 preciate what is necessary to be done before the " Palrna " can 

 ever be brought to British shores. In the opinion of our most 

 unprejudiced shots the Field is correct in considering disci- 

 pline and training as the most important point connected with 

 the successful management of a team, and that the next most 

 vital thing is position, the selection of the rifle being last in 

 importance. Without the absolute surrender of individual 

 opinions and jealousies, the team resolves itself into an indi- 

 vidual contest. Hitherto foreign riflemen never seemed to un- 

 derstand that it is better to "follow your leader," knowing 

 him to be wrong, and thereby prove that fact, than to throw 

 away his experience when it may happen to conflict with your 

 own judgment. The result of the last match at Wimbledon 

 for the Elcho Shield would seem to prove that the Irish at last 

 have grasped this secret, as well as the value of the American 

 "back position," which they all appear to have used. 

 . A comparison of the Irish scores with those made by them 

 in previous matches for the Elcho Shield and in the competi- 

 tions at Oreedmoor, shows a 'most marvelous improvement. 



Considering the difference always found between the scores 

 at Wimbledon and Creedmoor, it will be seen that the Irish 

 already constitute a team which will give the best Americans 

 who have ever got together as a team all they want to man- 

 age. From the testimony of the American riflemen who 

 watched their shooting for the Elcho Shield they have but 

 little more to learn in the way of team management. It may 

 therefore be justly considered that all the difference existing 

 between them and an American team is what will be caused 

 by the difference in rifles. This we are inclined to think is 

 now less than is generally supposed. We speak in the present 

 tense, because the foreign riflemen using muzzle-loading rifles 

 now take even more care to clean them perfectly than is done 

 by an American with his breech-loader. 



While slight advantages may arise from the form of bullets 

 or mode of rifling, as to which manufacturers differ, the true 

 difference existing between a muzzle nd breech-loading 

 match rifle after all is mainly that the barrel of the latter can 

 be cleaned more easily after each discharge ; and, what is of 

 much more importance, the rifleman can, by looking through 

 the barrel, be certain it is clean before he loads. It has been 

 claimed that the stiff, greased wad, which is forced down 

 upon the powder in loading tho muzzle-loader, was all the 

 cleaning that wasrequired, and that in consequence its manipu- 

 lation was less troublesome than its American contempo- 

 rary. This has proved to be a fallacy. As such it has been 

 abandoned, and both rifles are now cleaned alike. When this 

 is done, the argument as to the inconvenience of cleaning is 

 at once shifted, all the fancied advantages of the muzzle- 

 loader are gone, and it becomes a clumsy, obsolete weapon. 



The scores made by Mr. Humphrey with a ltemington, 

 during the Wimbledon meeting, show that with all the care 

 bestowed upon the muzzle-loader it is still inferior in accuracy, 

 and the devotion with which its adherents cling to it can only 

 be nscribed to the tenacity (to use the mildest term) for which 

 our British cousins are famous in adhering to old customs and 

 old things. At the same time the record of Ireland's team is 

 so superior as to afford every indication that next year will 

 see them again at Creedmoor in a third contest for the Cen- 

 tennial trophy, in which America will do well if she is able 



to hold her own. 



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TOWN CUPS. 



THE recent move of the inhabitants of Newport, R. I., in 

 offering a "citizen's," or " towJJ" cup, to be sailed for 

 by the New York Yacht Club, was a step in the right direc- 

 tion, though the donors were a little too late with their offer, 

 as the fleet of the club was obliged to disba nd upon its return 

 to Newport harbor. While the intentions of the citizens sub. 

 scribing to the cup were, no doubt, of the best, there can be 

 no harm in calling their attention to the advisability of taking 

 more liberal council in future, and offering the cups not 

 merely for any individual club, but of throwing the matches 

 open to all comers. By confining entries to one club, the race 

 becomes circumscribed in its importance and local only in its 

 interest. It becomes a mere family affair. Since the congre- 

 gation of yachts from all the ports along the coast in any par- 

 ticular harbor is evidently of much immediate profit to the 

 merchants and general public of the town, it is hardly judi- 

 cious to make any individual distinction in favor of one club 

 over another, especially as all yachts contribute alike to the 

 greater prosperity of the town fortunate enough to have them 

 present in its harbor during the season. Had the Newport 

 cups been offered earlier in the year, and the races thrown 

 open to all comers, such action would have drawn together a 

 large fleet of yachts, hailing from the Metropolis, Boston, the 

 East and intermediate pomts, much to the benefit of the town. 

 It is customary in England to offer public cups upon liberal 

 conditions, and the experience gained at Cowes, Ramsgate, 

 Torquay and many other yachting centres, has been so favor- 

 able that the annual recurrence of these events is looked for- 

 ward to with quite as much interest among racing yachtsmen 

 as the regular regattas, for this the entries for town cups 

 stand witness. Our own gatherings of small open yachts at 

 Newburg, the New York Bay Regatta and New Rochelle, as 

 well as the many similar events in Boston harbor, where the 

 Nahasset, Dorchester and Beverly clubs have been doing so 



much toward the promotion of legitimate yachting, afford a 

 reliable gauge of the popularity of public matches open to all 

 comers. If it is desired to keep these races select, no trouble 

 will be experienced in that direction by simply limiting entries 

 to yachts of regularly organized clubs which have a recognized 

 standing. What has been done for tho advancement of yacht- 

 ing among open boats, should be immediately undertaken by 

 those whose interests are merged in cabin yachts. So far, 

 racing among the larger craft has been but a dull and dreary 

 repetition of generally poorly attended club regattas. Remove 

 (he narrow choking limits of club entry only, and a vast 

 change for the better will at once become apparent. Will not 

 Philadelphia or Cape May, Oyster Bay, New Haven, New 

 London, Stonington, Fisher's Island, Greenport, New Bed- 

 ford, Nahant, Gloucester, Portsmouth, Portland, etc., lake 

 notice and offer public cups for competition next season ? Let 

 all these towns put their heads together, devise a ' common 

 code of rules for measurement, classification and time, fix the 

 events for such dates that a racing yachtsman may, if he 

 wishes, attend them all in succession, let the cups be worth 

 sailing for, and bring the events properly to the notice of the 

 yachting public, and then, not until then, will yacht racing 

 among the large craft be lifted out of its present doleful 

 stagnation. It will take our yachts to sea a little more and 

 the effect on model and seamanship will be of a wholesome 

 and much needed sort. 



TURF JOURNALISTS. 



JT is a fact worth mentioning that the journalists of Chicago 

 have organized a Jockey and Trotting Club : that is to 

 say, they constitute such a component part of it as to be 

 recognized as its most prominent feature, like the nose 

 on a man's face. There is nothing singular in the adven- 

 ture, however, and nothing that should suggest an incon- 

 gruity in sporting circles ; for Pegasus, the fastest flyer of 

 early history, was owned, entered and handled by a literary 

 quill driver, and in more recent times, but still before the age 

 termed "fast," pony expresses were instituted to obtain the 

 latest news in advance of the Government mails. From re- 

 motest date to recent times, newspaper men have been insep- 

 arably associated with the horse (or his immediate conge- 

 ners), and to some of the most notorious of them the* horse- 

 whip has been an emblem and synonym of valor or dogged 

 perversity. It is not remarkable, therefore, that the editors 

 of Chicago should find their affinity on the turf and track, 

 and seek recreation and health in the "troubling of the pool," 

 as did the halt, the maimed and the bodily and mentally af- 

 flicted in Anno Domini days, eighteen hundred and sixty 

 years ago. We've no doubt that the diversion will prove to 

 all concerned a sort of "merry-go-round," and perhaps pecu- 

 niarily advantageous. Our best wishes for their success at- 

 tend each meet and heat. 



The following are the gentlemen prominently associated in 

 the new enterprise : 



L. E. Don, Pres. ; S. J. Medill, City Editor of Chicago 

 Tribune, Yice-Pres.; Dr. N. Rowe, Sec'y ; Wm. Boyle, Asst. 

 Sec'y ; Alvin Hulbert, Proprietor Sherman House as Treas. 

 CoL H. W. Farrar, Manager Chicago Evening Journal ; Clin- 

 ton Snowden, City Editor Chicago Times; Geo. B. Arm- 

 strong, of the Inter -Ocean newspaper; Abner Taylor, Harry 

 Pulling, of the Commercial, and A. Hulbert, of the Sherman 

 House, constitute the Board of Directors. 



The inaugural meeting takes place next October, 8th to 

 11th, at the new West Side track. Col. J. W. Conley, who 

 has canvassed the eastern turfmen, says the project is every- 

 where greeted with enthusiasm, and that all the leading 

 stables in the country will certainly be represented. He has 

 made a definite arrangement with Rarus, Hopeful and Great 

 Eastern to engage in a race together on the third day of the 

 meeting, Rarus to go to wagon, Hopeful in harness and Great 

 Eastern under saddle. In point of novelty this race will " lay 

 over" anything of the kind ever seen, and that it will draw 

 an immense crowd none will doubt. The pacers have also 

 been provided with a purse. On the last day there will be a 

 free-for-all race which, as Rarus and Hopeful are barred in 

 it, should bring together a fine field of such flyers as Great 

 Eastern, Proteine, Midnight, etc. The programme in full is 

 as follows : 



First Day— 2:40 class, $1,000; 3:20 class, $1,500. 



Second Day— 2:28 class, $1,000; 2:33 class, $1,500. 



Third Day— Special purse of $3,000; Rarus to wagon, 

 Hopeful in harness, Great Eastern to saddle. 



Fourth Day— 2:26 class, $1,500 ; free-for-all pacing race 

 for $750, and free-for-all trotting race (Rarus and Hopeful 

 barred) for a $1,500 purse. 



We shall watch this club of journalistic turfmen with a 

 fraternal regard, and promote its interest so far as lies in our 

 power. 



FLAP-JACKS. 



'HIS is what the old plainsman told ub. We had invited 



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and eggs, a beefsteak, some Spanish mackerel and delicately- 

 made French rolls ; for if there is anything our cook prides 

 herself about it is her French rolls. The bacon and eggs were 

 appreciated, as were the fish and steak, and the rolls seemed 

 to suit exactly the plainsman's taste. 



"Not as good a- breakfast as on the praine?" we inquired. 



" I don't know. It's a combined meal, and a mighty square 

 one, now mind I tell you," said the plainsman. " I see a lady 

 writes sometimes for Forest and Stream on eating, and gives 

 you receipts how to cook things. That coffee with a stick we 



