FOREST AND STREAM. 



167 



"i over u four mile odurB 

 turn, for $500 ] time, 



Nf.i. .,,:,. | Clll 



plftCG Oil mrso, tine mile- Four- 



oared gigs, B. Lowae sudexter, Strokes. The 



former's crew won by I .. : oi i length. Single. 



bouJIs, ■won by J. R. Erabreo. Bh md Eom-oarea gigs, won 

 by tbe latter by one length. 



Hudsoh Boat Ootb,— Tha fourteenth annual reastta of this 

 clnb took place at Jersey City, Sept. SI. Course one mile 

 and a half including n. turn. Single-sculls, F. E. I laugh 

 winner, 10m. 22*3. Four-oared barges, won by S. Pearson, 

 stroke; H. V. Mater, C. P. Patterson, F. R. Baldwin, and 

 H, C. Pearson, cox, Time, 9m. 37s. Four-oared shells. 

 won by O. F. Ockerhausen, stroke ; Q A. OckGrbausen, W. 

 Clarke, II. Ockerhausen. bow. Time, 8m. 53?s. Pair-oared 

 shells, won by Ockerhiutsen and Huugh in 9m. 83£s. Running 

 races followed. 



Faoifio Amatkuk Rowing Asspoia.tioit.— The regatta of 

 thiS California association, which was to have been pulled 

 Sept. 21, has gone over till next season, tbe organization not 

 being fully perfected as yet. 



Stukseow Point Pkofessiosal Ka.ce. —In tbe race for a 

 purse of $050, held at Sturgeon Point, Out., Sept. li), there 

 were nine strollers. Course, four miles and a turn. Flaistead 

 claimed a foul from Keiley ; Hostner and Kennedy the same. 

 Keiley claims one from Morris. Plaistead and Roiley werfl 

 disqualified by the referee, Wallace Boss. Morris took first 

 money, Kennedy second. 



Columbia Boat Club.— The fall regatta of this club, of 

 Brooklyn, took place Sept. 18. at Bay "Ridge, L. I. Course, 

 a mile and a half. Single-sculls, won by J. F. Boyd, Kim. 

 23s. Second heat won by C. W. Lippitt. Four-oared gig 

 race, won by J. 8. Btatser, stroke; O. W. Lippilt, C. S. But- 

 ler, H. 6. Mallert, bow. and .1. O. Tweach, coxswain. Sec- 

 ond beat won by Geo. 8. Baru«s, stroke; Geo. C. Eyelaud, 

 Jr., T. C. Overton, J. F. Mallett, bow, and F. P. Scatters, 

 coxswain. Time, 10m. 58s. James Foster, starter; C. L. 

 Sanderson, judge, and R. Bleecker, referee, liowed Sept. 14, 

 eight-oared barge race Elecira and Constitution. Won by 

 former in l:-'.m. lSs. Crew: C. W. Lippitt, stroke; F. Bayri, 

 G. S. Barnes, W. Chapman, C. England, J. F. Mallett, L. 

 Anery and F. F. Lavens coxswain. 



Passaic Rowikg Association. — Tbe annual regatta of this 

 association was held on the Passaic, at Dundee, N, J., Sept. 

 19, Single-sculls, course one mile with turn, won by J. T. 

 Nicholsen in 6m. 53s., benling W. E. Clark. Pair-oared 

 shells, won by Geo. Atterbury and C. G. Buckley, of the 

 Adelphia Club, in 6m. 24s., beating W. Smith and T. Hen- 

 derson, of the Patterson R. A. Single-sculls, second heat, 

 won by W. Henderson in 6m. 42s., beating J. Q. Hayes and 

 H. D. Smith. Doubie-sculls, won by G. S. Nicholson and 

 H. D. Smith, of tbe Adelphia Club, in Cm. 28s„ beating W. 

 Ryle and W. Henderson, of the Patterson R. A. Pour-oared 

 shells, won by C. G. Buckley, stroke ; E. C. Wells, W. Kyle, 

 and Geo. Atterbury, bow, in 5m. 56^3., beating the Patterson 

 crew. 



Hablem Regatta Association.— The second annual re- 

 gatta of ibis Association will be held on tbe Harlem, Satur- 

 day, October vj. Open to all amateurs. Races for eight- 

 oared shells, six-oared gigs, four-oared shells, double-scull 

 shells, pair-oared shells, single-scull shells for seniors, same 

 for juniors. Course, one mile straight away, in heats. Prizes 

 to each individual winner ; also set of colors for the eights, 

 sixes and fours. Entrance fees not returnable. Singlet 

 pairs and doubles, $6: fours, $13; sixes, $18j eights, ;|t}-b 

 National Association rules. Trial heats commence 9:30 a. m.; 

 finals, 1:30 p. m. Conveniences areofl red visiting crews by 

 the clubs of the Association. Entries close Octoher 9, Ad- 

 dress George O. Power, Secretary and Tieasurer, 52Exchange 

 Place. 



The Hopes of New Orlean*.— This Club has officially re- 

 turned thanks to the citizens of Newark for the kind recep- 

 tion accorded their crews at the recent National Regatta at 

 Newark. 



Dolphin Boat Oltjb. — This club held a race for single 

 sculls over a two-mile course on Charles River, Boston , Sept. 

 21. Prize, a cup given by Mr. W. H. Hammond, the club's 

 vice-president. Starters, Messrs. Granger, F. Kyle and F. 

 Jaquith. Kyle went to the front, with Jaquith second. Kyle 

 fouled the turning buoy and damaged his boat, letting in the 

 water. Granger then passed him and won in 15m, 36}i., Kyle 

 second, with his boat half full of water. 



The London " Spobtmak's" Cup. — The sculling match for 

 the cup offered by tbe London (Eng.) Sportsman "was rowed 

 on the Thames, September 16 and 17. In the first heat, Wil- 



into by the latter, the foul being decided against Boyd. It is 

 hardly likely that Elliott will be a match Tor Boyd' in future 

 races, and his prestige obtained on the strength of a foul will 

 be short-lived. Biggins took third prize on a walk-over, 

 Blnckman failing to start. 



SMALL SEA-GOING YACHTS. 



Boston, Mass., Sept. 19, 1878. 

 Emtok Fobest and Stream : 



I have been so nmob interested in the subject of sea-going 

 craft, that I have been induced to give you a little account of a 

 regatta that is to take place Oct. 2, wiDd and weather permitting. 

 Although an interested parly, I will simply give you the facto, and 

 your readers can form their own conclusions. 



The two contestants— for there are only two in this case— are 

 the yachts Gael and Sunbeam. The former ia much the longer 

 boat, and is reckoned herein the first-class keels in our usual club 

 regattas. She is about 27ft. 8iu. water line, 30ft. over all, and 11 

 ft. beam. Her draught of water is 6ft, aft, the peculiarity of 

 which iB her keel of almost 21in. depth amidships. Her stern and 

 sides tumble in very much, the lines of her quarters giving very 

 much the appearauce of a sharp comer. Her bow ia very much 

 cut away, and the leanness is carried to her sheer plank. Her 

 greatest power lies in her "hips," and as she slta on the water, 

 she presents a rakish and graceful appearance. Her ballast, con- 

 sists of lead, with the addition of an iron keel weighing l,7001be. 

 or more. She Dairies considerable canvas for the amount of sub- 

 merged hull, is sloop rigged, and has the reputation of being one 

 of the fastest keel sloops in our waters. She is certainly a credit 

 to her builder and ewner, Oapt. William MeCorniaok. 



The Hmtb^tou is a sccond-claoBboat, and never was intended For 

 speed but, uut'oiUmiteiy, bus developed that reattttg ol i 



il trial Id a staunchness if one questions who has 

 seen hoi tried. She is 26ft, 7iii. over all, 84ft. lIuj. water line, 10ff. 

 Sin. beam, and a draught of 5ft. alt. Her linos arc round and 

 full; she carries her bulk in body, and not so much in keel, the 

 latter being only 12in. amidships in depth; but, having a long 

 run, she has considerable deadwood art, The depth of her hold 

 from the under side of cabin to top of keelson is iff. 6bi., saving 

 ample cabin accommodations for four in cruising, besides a nice 

 forecastle 6ft. long. Although the Sunbeam is the shorter boat 

 she Ions in the custom home about 11-75 or 12-75 more than tho 

 Qiffl. Her spread of canvas is considerable. Her mast ia steppod 

 7ft. Sin. from bow ; length of boom, 31ft. Bin. ; gaff, 16ft. ; mast 

 above deck to truck, 41ft. (tin.; bowsprit outboard to jibstay, 1.2ft. ; 

 bowsprit outboard to headslay, 13lt. 6in ; mainsail hoiat, 21ft. 

 (iln. ; jib on toot, 22t't. Gin. Her main boom laps over tho stern 

 about lift., and is very heavy ; there are about 173ydB. of lOoz. 

 duck in jib and mainsail, besides a jib-topsail and gaff-topsail for 

 cruising, and a large balloon-jib and gaff-topsail for racing. Wa 

 never reef the jib, but sot a storm jib on the stay, or from an eye- 

 bolt on the bowsprit as occasion requires. A party of four have 

 put in a reef in less than four minutes outside In a seaway with- 

 out experiencing any trouble or losing way or course. Her ability 

 to carry so much canvas has been demonstrated many times, as 

 most of the boats reef boforo we think of it. She sails very well 

 for a heavy boat, as her record will sustain, having taken prizes 

 amounting to thirty-one in number. 



This race is to determine the spood of tho Gael and Sunbeam la 

 a stiff bre«ze, and outside the light. The course ia to be ten 

 miles to windward and back for $100 a side ; no shifting by dead 

 weight allowed ; no restrictions as to Bails ; Boston Yacht Olub 

 rules with Herrasboff's table of allowance to be followed. 



It- will also tend to demonstrate whether a shoal boat with weight 

 on her keel is better than a deep body with weight inBide. Tho 

 race is creating a great deal of comment, and is looked forward to 

 with much interest. 



In giving you the above measurements I have kept within the 

 limits, so as to give your readers something of an idea to form 

 their conclusions on. We are now entering the season of yachts- 

 men 'a bliss — fall winds and woathor, rousing nor'westers and 

 northers, that mako tho timid stay at homo, but calls us on deck, 

 and makes one keep his weather eye open. 



We made a splendid run from City Point to Marblebead the 

 other day in less than two hours (a distance of 17 miles), the wind 

 fresh from westward, stopping in the meantime to shake out 

 a reef off Tinker's Island, and oatching fits before we got inside. 

 Some of our fair friends expressed much anxiety as the squalls 

 laid ub into it, but wo quieted their fears by telling them we had 

 painted tho top and sides of the house with copper paint. 



Kedou. 



A. BRITISH YACHTSMAN GRADUATE. 



Editor Forest and Stbeaii : 



In your able notice of Mr. Thomas Brassej's yachting career, in 

 your isaue of 12th inat., you state that bo "never did much 

 raoing." This is not quite correct, for Mr. Brassey atone time 

 wont into racing con canon, being one of tho best supporters of 

 the Birkenhead Model Yacht Club, which sailed many a hard 

 match on the turbulent Mersey. He racod Spray of the Ocean, 

 cutter, and some other small craft before he purchased his "flying 

 fifty," the beautiful Si-ton cutler Gyiuba, built in 1854 by Fife, of 

 Fairlie, for Mr. J. M. Rowan. Mr. BraBSoy raced her in the Irish 

 and Mersey waters in 1*56 and 1857, winning Her Majesty's Cup 

 in the latter year ; in 1858 he took her to the ThameB, raced her 

 there, on the south coast, and in Iiish waters. He was not as 

 successful with her as Mr. Eowan had been ; indeed, while in that 

 gentleman's possession, she was never beaten— starting five times 

 in 1854 and taking five first prizes, total value £360 ; and starting 

 four times in 1855 with four first prizes, total value £270. Mr. 

 Brassey also raced the Albatross, sohooner, built for him when he 

 parted with Oymha. Since then he has aonfinod himself to 

 cruising, and was the firet yachtsman who obtained a Yachting 

 (Master's) Certificate of Competenoy. Rouoe-Ohoix. 



' mdifax, Sept. 18, 1878. 



§{g mid ffivei[ 



FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 



FRESH WATER, 



MuHkaionge, Esox nobilior. 

 Pike or Pickerel, Ettoxlucius. 

 Yellow Perch, Perca itaveactnt. 



SALT WATER. 



Sea Bass, ScUmopx oce.llatw. 

 Saeepstiesd, Archosaryua probata. 



iooeri. Strtpetl Bass, Roccut linneatm. 



White Perch, .!/<.)■, -me amertcama. 

 \oiden; Weakflsh, CyuMGUm regalia, 



' . I '. li. V.'. .!.'■. )■■■.■■ .'.lii/i'' ■'.:'. 



Spanish Mackerel, Cybiu'm macttla- 



tum. 

 Cere, Cybium regale. 

 Bontto, tiarda pelamyt. 

 Klngtlsh, Menticirriti ndmlotus. 



Fish in Market— Eetah Prices.— Bass, 20 cents ; smelts, 25; 

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

 mackerel, 40; groon turtle, 10; terrapin, per doz., $9; halibut, 

 12!4 ; haddock, 8 ; king fish, 18 ; codfish, 8 ; blaok fish, 15 : floun- 

 ders, 8 ; porgies, 8 ; sea bass, 18 ; eela, 18 ; lobsters, 10 ; sheeps- 

 head, 25 ; turbot, 35 ; English soles, S5 ; Boallops per gallon, §1.25; 

 soft clams, 80 to 60 ; white fish, 15 ; pickerel, 18; black bass, 18 

 ponrpano, 75; whitebait, 60; smoked salmon, 18; hard ora,bs, per 

 100, &2.50 ; eoft orabs, per dozen, 75. 



Tnosu White Mountain TsOuT-We have often been amused 

 at the persistency with which a lie will travel. There seems 

 to be some magic quality in a misrepresentation of facts, 

 which appeals especially to the taste of the average newspaper 

 scissors man. Mot one man in a thousand, outside of those 

 New England States, really cares a tig whether "the great 

 quantities of nout caught in the White Mountains this season 

 have been discovered to be young salmon, with which the 

 New England Fish Commissioners have beon stocking the 

 streams at great expense, etc.," or whether "the great, etc.," 

 are so many crocodiles. But we have seen this important dis- 

 covery hashed up in just sixteen papers, hailing from every 



part of Hie country, and the Only satisfactory explanation of its 

 travel that we can guggGBt Is its uttei nonsense and falsiti 



Massaoui .setts— Cohass-d, Bept. IS. — Shad are. plenty ia 

 Weir Biver, and take tho hook readily, Use shrimp for bait 

 aud a tiy rod. The. tis.li caught weigh from one to three 

 founds 8. E. J. 



Movements of tttf. FisHlsG Fmibt.— The number of fish- 

 ing arrivals reported at this port the past week has been il 

 with cod and 10 with halibut from the Banks, 18 from 

 Georges, 5 from the Bay St. Lawrence, 4 from Shore mackerel 

 ing trips, and one from Greenland ; total, 44. Some good 

 fares of Bank halibut have been received, several vessels land- 

 ing upward of 40,0110 lbs. each, the total receipts for tho week 

 being 380,000 lbs. Receipts of codfish, 1,070,000 lbs. from 

 the Banks and 300,000 lbs. from Georges. The Bay mm bring 

 fair cargoes, the receipts for the week being 1,350 bbls. mack- 

 erel, but late intelligence from the Bay show a meagre catch 

 or late, with the probability that the season is about over, 

 Receipts of shore mackerel,' 050 bbls., and of Belched halibut 

 60,000 lbs. from Greenland. The weather has been more fa- 

 vorable for curing codfish.— Oapt Ann Advertiser, Sept. 20. 



New Yobk— Port Jensti, Sept. 19. — Seven feet of " Albany 

 beef," weighing 150 pounds, was killed by a discharge o'f 

 firearms in the Neversink Kivcr, an affluent of the Delaware, 

 at Carpenter's Point, near this place, yesterday afternoon. 

 This is the second sturgeon ever captured in this neighbor- 

 hood. 



Vieginia— Clifton Forge, Sept. 17.— It is now in the 

 height of tho bass season here. A great many are being taken, 

 though not bo mauy as laBt year, on account of the great flood 

 sweeping out a large number of them. Our Fish Commis- 

 sioner, Colonel McDonald, paid us a visit a short time since, 

 and is making arrangements to transfer a large number to 

 other portions of the State. 



Tbnsbssbe. — Columbia., Sept. 19. — Anglers are making 

 preparations for the fall bass fishing. The anticipated 

 catch is large. Several parties have already arranged for a 

 week's hunt and fish on the adjacent trout streams. Val. 



Texas.— On Tuesday Mr. Archer, the great American 

 whaler of tbe Colorado, caught fifteen alligators and pike gars 

 at one haul with a seine, about five miles below the city. The 

 smallest of the lot weighed 75 pounds. Mr. Archer has also 

 caught several immense catfish the last two days. — A.untin 

 Statesman. 



Wisoohbkt-t AsMaind^ September Hi.— The fishing party, 

 consisting of Dr. E. K. E. Carpenter, of Chicago; Silas 

 Humphrey, Esq., of StlUman Valley, III.; Eugene F. I'rinci; 

 and the Editor of the Ashland P-rets, with Alex Welcome, 

 John Madwegan, Sam Stoddard aud George Whitbird as 

 guides, returned from the headwaters of White River on 

 Wednesday last, after a ten-days' trip among the pines on one 

 of the finest trout streams in America. 



Bass Fishing at Montauk.— During the past week or two 

 there has been some capital bass fishing at Montauk. Mr. 

 8. Stearns, of Brooklyn, made an excellent score, including a 

 splendid fifty-pounder, of which he has adorned the register 

 at Stratton's with a capital portrait, that is, if one may say 

 that a fish is susceptible of portraiture. Rod fishing, with a 

 wind that has in it a point more or less of northing, can bo 

 prosecuted with great comfort and convenience all along the 

 south shore of Montauk. Just inside the lighthouse, at the 

 extreme end, in a little bay, in which the long Atlantic surges 

 thunder on a wide shore of great boulders, all round aud pol- 

 ished from the crumbling cliffs, there is a capital fishing- 

 ground. Here Mr. Sauford R. Gilford, one of our great, mas- 

 ters of landscape painting aud a most enthusiastic and accom- 

 plished disciple of the rod, has been plying the latter 

 vigorously and successfully for a couple of weeks. The sport 

 is fine, and is only occasionally interfered with by big, vora- 

 cious flukes, whose ill-advised ambition leads them to- aspire 

 to the diet of their betters. This involves the loss of an 

 occasional fine bait of lobster, adjusted with great pains 

 and designed for a nobler quarry than a huge, ungainly flat- 

 fish. 



The weather just now at Montauk is heavenly, and the 

 wild beauty of the place is more impressive than at any other 

 season. The endless slopes of the downs are rich in autumn 

 colors, and tho little dells and sheltered nooks where the Mon. 

 tauk trees seek refuge are gardens of the richest, and warmest 

 colors. Wow and then one hears tbe crack of a fowling-piece, 

 and startled flocks of plover fly wildly overhead, uttering their 

 plaintive cries. Snipe abound in every reed-girt shore of the 

 countless pond«, and tall herons stand statue-like along tho 

 shallows. Teal feed in tbe weeds and a few black ducks dot 

 the waters of tho Great Pond. There is an abundance of gamo 

 and solitude, and tho whole place, its aspect and its people 

 impress one with a sense of primitive and untamed wUdness 

 that is imparted by no other spot on the near Atlantic coast 



The accommodations at tbe Point, ''such as tboy are aud 

 what there is of them," are good. Clean beds and a good 

 table, including a sound and well-cooked country fare, with 

 plenty of good milk and butter, can be bad at Stratton's or at 

 Osborn's or at tbe Lighthouse, over the domestic part of 

 which Mrs. Babcock presides. The prices charged are very 

 reasonable. 



The best way to reach Montauk is to take the Long Island 

 Railroad to Bridgebampton, buying a through ticket to Baat- 

 hampton. At the latter place Mr. W. Gardner, irreverently 

 known as "Bill Gardner," will house- one comfortably and 

 make all the arrangements for teams across Napeague Beach 

 to the Point, a distance of about twenty miles. Mr. Gard- 

 ner kept Montauk Light for many years, and is a practical 

 fisherman as well as hotel-man, and his advice and assistance 

 aro invaluable. 



Rarb Fish at Fuwon Maeebt.— Mr. Blackford had quite 

 a series of rare and curious fishes at Fulton Market last week 

 There wasa thrasher shark with an extraordinary development 

 of tail. The creature measured some seven feel two inches in 

 length, of which the tail alone was 45 inches. This shark was 

 caught off Martha's Vineyard. What an awful whipping such 

 a tale must give, and if it could be applied on oats or wheat 

 threshing machines might be at a discount. A remarkable 

 capture of spotted bass, or, as they are called, the " spot," 

 was made off Sandy Hook, some twenty having been caught 

 with hook and line. This fish resembles in many respects the 

 bass, only different in color, having a golden shade, with a 

 distinguishing black spot near tho tail. Tbe locality of this 

 fish has heretofore been placed to the south of us, and we 



