FOREST AND STREAM. 



— Tho yacht race under the auspices of the Halifax. 

 Npva Scotia, Royal yacht club, for the Prince of Wales 

 challenge cup, now held by tho Potrel, cftoic "ft on August 

 i-i The race was a mixed one, there being no division 

 into olivSBOfi; but under ii new arrangement the yachts ni 



nine Let- noil under b:nl :in allowance of seventeen Hilda 



half to torty-two minutes to beatt&c si?ctqcn ton yachts, 

 and from twenty-seven ami a half I" Bfty-SlX minute? to 

 bi?al the twenty tons* according to their tonnage. The 

 oourse was fifteen miles. The weather was very line, with 

 :i head wind. The following were the pirtries:— 



Y,„hi Tons. 



Rig /'■■ ti i'"l by. 



Opproy.- 



Swnliow 



Kite 



Whi-pcr 



Cio.iil 



Squirrel 



Petrel 

 Falcon. 

 Cygnet 



i 1 

 8 

 i 

 !> 



IT 

 H 



20 



1G 



; 



9 



Schooner ... . Lieut. FraFBf; 

 ClUter J. A U aili£h. 

 Y:l«l IW, W.I.I. 



Sloop C \. llircliins. 



Sloop . Oonnnodore Wbnd. 



s'..-r . . i; <■..." s.-.vi 



SlOOp |R: I'.Arm- k. 



Blnop A. (' Edwarda, 



-.-!. i Vice-Corn. Hiilloclc. 



Slonp IS Norris 



for at the local regatta of the association, MS sometime 



after the great open meeting-. Distance, two miles, with a 

 turn. 



—Tiie Saratoga regatta is attraoli'tig a large -bare of [tub' 

 lie allenfion. The Ciainerry crew, n1 New York, and the 

 Schley crow, of Savannah, era at SaratORa; also Jamos 

 O'Neil and David Roach. The Wali-wah wirns, Argonaur 

 tas, Alalania-i. Buffalo, Potomac, Pnlmello, and several 

 oih.-ivaie expected shortly. The Oamerovs are located a1 

 Columbia's old (piartors. 



—Messrs. E. QosgrOve, .lohn Dillon, "VTnrlin Mnllanv and 

 Henry Smiili of the Jersey City Tub Taohl CHnl 

 in n n L'aiia on ihe 30th uli. foi a silver modal presented by 

 Mr. ,1 ob i j Allen The race was off SnellV Qrove and the 

 Course un- l-J.i feel to and around sialic boal and return. 

 Tho \v.ater-was smooth and the men paddled with their 

 hands. Ai 7:40 P. M.'n lair star! sras effected, Messrs. 

 Cosffroveand Dillon taking ibe lead an,d puddling off side 



Tin- starl was very prettily eiroetcd al Llh. 52in. 30s., 

 and shortly after three sails voer* seen bearirigin sighrt hy 



those who- wye provided with glasses. Tin- yachts re- 

 turned in the following order :— 



y,„ht. 



Petri 



48 



-,l, 



Os 



,.- 



09 



45 



■;; 



Allhmiuli the Pom 



bv difference of ton 

 handed into lllC Sfti 

 stalled, aoainsl the 



allowed for tonnage, 

 Sqnfrrrcl, and Petrel 

 l. 



reonlatio 



Cloud won the race 

 that a protesl was 

 leforc tin- race was 

 toncerning the tunc 



sillied by the owners of Ihe Wh\$pCl', 



('nderilie old regulations, adopted 



lie- yacht club. Ibe Petrel would have won Hie race. 



The Oakland P.each regatta came oil on August 6th 



,;.■,.' Providence. Rhode Island. All tho races were post- 



,,.,,„.,! ,.\,.,.|,i Hie professional sculler's race, which was 



nf tilt- Tou"hne3S of the water, ".lame- Ten F.vck. of 

 pgckskill; John giglta, of New York, and Evan Morris,, 

 of Pillsburo-h, wore the e-.lries The course was four 

 miles, liiiilb. lo take the easlern shore. Morns Ihe central, 

 and Ton EvcU the western. Morris won the race: bis lime 

 ■ -.- 27ha, -Mi> ■ Ib-iin, S7m. 41* On AugOst 7th, the 

 water again bein« in nO-condttfon for scull racing, the ski if 

 ■i'id Fl on oircd race came off. For the skiff raci — a mile 

 ,,'„]., i,-i|f— there were four enl ries, viz. : — Patrick (ialla- 

 ';.,', ..„' .1 || Cinran. Providence; Christopher G. Wli- 

 ederick A. Plaisted, Boston. Tin 



1 k: 



icked 



ng. In tin 



ick; Pre 

 liallaehei-, Wi 

 r starl ii 



ere three enlrk 

 ion; the Longs! 

 ris crew. COOipc 



id Plais- 

 i'our-oare.d "profes- 

 ■\v,:— The Faulkner- 

 torew, of Portland; 

 id of Evan Morris, 



Reagan crew, 



dohi/lii'.bn^lame-. Ton Kvck, and ( harles Ingalls. Tl 

 race was for lour miles; $450 to fi«' boat, $S00 to second, 

 iino to third, and was imn by the Faulkner Reagan crew 

 inSOm 134s." The Longshore crew came in one minute 

 a n ,| seventeen seconds later. The ISigUn-Monis crew did 

 nol go round the slake, and came in last. The regatta was 

 continued on Annusl lOili, and fortunately, the weather 

 bcinc line, and the water smooth, n proved the most, agree- 

 able dav of the aquatic sports. The entries for the ama- 

 lenr Single seull race were ihe following: -Thomas R. 

 K,„ior, R William Kalbbonic, William IS. Mct'reedy, New 

 York: Michael V Davis, Portland. Mellenry Andnis, 

 Hartford, Conn., and Michael Lynch, Salem, Mass. 1 here 

 was some dispute about Lynch rowing, ami lie took no part 

 in the race under protest. The course was on Coweset 

 Bay from Oakland Beach to the button woods, one mi 

 and 'a half an' 



the stake in 12m. 42s. 

 few seconds behind. 

 lead, and won the raci 

 seconds behind, with 

 Rathborne, Andrus, 



Davis led from the start, turning 

 Lynch second, and Keutor thml, 



On l 



homestretch Da' 

 . 41±s., Lynch 



; kepi the 

 ' i five 



ide gups betr? 



oppi 



d Md reedy d 

 turning the stake. Davis won the fi 

 watch ; the second prize will most likely b. 

 K Bator. 



—Th second annual regatta of the National Association 

 oi Vmaieiir < larsiiieii will be held on the Laureate course, 

 Troy. New York, on Thursday and Friday, September 8d 

 and' lib, l$74, op«'n to Ihe members of all iimater 

 clubs which have been duly organized Ihree mo; 

 to -he daw- ol this regatta. The invitation of th 

 lion holds an amateur to he "one I hat does not e 

 open competition, or for either a stake, public 

 Stan money, or (■nuance fee, or compete with or against a 

 professional for any prize, or who has nevoi taught, pur- 

 sued or assisted in the pursuit of athletic exercises us a 

 means of livelihood, or has not been employed in or about 

 boats ..fin manual labor on Ihe water." The races will 

 1 ,. single -cull shells, pair-oared shell-., double scull shells, 



. Mr. 



"g 

 ths prior 

 associa- 

 te!' in an 



and 



costly 



dilion 



d shells, 'and the prizes are I lie elegant and 

 Challenge cups and plule of ihe association. In ad- 

 it handsome badge will be presented to the winning 



\'evi York as soon as possible, and will be placed On 

 ,„,„ i„ th,. window of ,1 W. Clisack's store, Time* 

 i,b They are ai present held by the following!— The 

 ared cup by the Argonauta club oJ Bergerv, New .lot- 

 he sin.de scull l.nize'bv l.'l.arlo- Myei-. of Ihe Nas.-au 

 ■ N.a 2ork and the double seull prize by the Cres- 

 lol, of Pll'ladeiphia, A pail-oared prize will proh- 



cxhib 

 build 

 four ( 



.~ov; I 



club . 

 .i,P D e offered by tfte'Trojans. Enlnes wm ui 



•'Dili and must he made to K. R. t'ratl, Sccreia 



Committee, N. A. A. U. The following are the 



apnoinied:— Solieihno C 01 Uee, (I. A. Wat. 



i ,,-,-v A. N. P.oieher, W. EL Orelup, and L. 

 Recopuion comrailte, Leo Chamberlln, W.N. T 

 Richards, M. MoMaugs, and ti. I J . Lawion 

 mi,,,.,., .1. W. Tompkins, captain of the Lm 

 W a. tirehi|i, Capjain ol the I lys- - Cinl 

 crodii due for the holding of the regatta in 

 t„- awarded lo George A. Wat 



>V SOUS, paper boat builder:-. VI 

 „, make iheaif..ir whai il prom 

 — Mr. U. P. Del.dield. ol Nei 

 to ihe President ol the Sarai 

 handsouie uold badge, 10 be gi> 

 local sculler s , memOers of ihe.i- 



ho hj 



. be 



August 

 Regatta 

 umittees 

 , W. (I. 

 (irilliih. 

 aycr, R. 

 Regatla corn- 

 ate club, and 

 Much of the 

 i thai city should 

 rm of E. Wati re 

 orked diligently 



oik city, has forwarded 



Rowing Association a 



as a challenge prize for 



iiition It will be rowed 



do. Mei 

 the latter poll 

 fairly pointer 

 start. Mr. 

 water, bm ai 

 ho used as 



i.Mn 



in- andSmitl 

 ird 



dlea 



Mr. Smith, after il 

 "yacht " so full of wal . 

 he retired from the contest 

 shortly after the slart an, 

 accident, winning, tin 

 once rounding the stal 

 Mr. Sinilh, which oi 

 these gentleman, M 

 second. 



be had f 



,-ould i 



) forlu 



• el 

 other 

 Il Ihe 

 vhich 



thai she 



Mr. Cosjrrn 

 and completed tl 



nodal. Mr. Mu 

 lioal and afterwa 

 ainncd one mo,, 

 Mnllanv, bowevi 



■r. made a good 



KniToit PortKsT ami Strram: 



I'OUTI.ASIl. lIo...\lO_'IWl3(l, 1S?4. 



Lake on tlio-JOth nil , 



his opponent If) second*. 



— A Boston correspondent . who has Contracted Ihe canoe 

 fever, writes us thai be has bouglil a blrCb canoe, and ex- 

 peel- lo do some heavy "exploralinj ainon^ Do- di.-taul 

 waters of Ihe Charles River and the unexplored fastnesses 

 of Nahant Ibis season," and asks:- 



fcpgjsl going to give us any 

 i? Are they nol almost as 

 OOflfin, and don'l they ah- 

 nd sail bHslu'cSS- 

 uld desire- 1 iigk 



• keel 



'T.v ihe way, is your cano. 

 information ffibOHl birchen bai 

 useful and twice as lighl as Ibe \ 

 swer every purpose — barring tl! 

 wllich a voyager in untroubled v 



with impartial ignorance of all canoe-, and strong pretcr- 

 enccs for the horse car as a means of locomotion, Inn con 

 slant perusal of Foiikst a so Stui.am has awakened the 

 long-dormaut, nomadic instinct, and I've l;oi canoBialcia 

 all over." 



[We are reluctant to inform ouranxious impiirer thai the 

 birch canoe is nol named or known in the category of 

 civilized craft which our modem canoemen paddle and sail'. 

 Il is the peculiar toy and vehicle of ibe aboriginal redskin; 

 and although it. is liudil and buoyant and lull of poetry, and 

 well adapled lo bis requirements, the palefaces are con- 

 ceited enough to beliov.. that they can iiiumi fuel me -.iiuc 

 thing lienor in all respects, ([idle as liirhl and less ea.-y lo 

 damage or capsize. Only yesterday our attention was 

 (railed to a panoe manufactur 

 backed with canvas, and wiiighi 

 is no doubt but that we are gain 

 in time the intellect ofthepi 

 ingenuiiy of the early ahDrigrne 

 shall have, something to say of I 



— There are two lines of 



ad of interlaced steel strips, 

 ng.but forty pounds. There 

 ing on the Indian, and that 

 omiii day will vie. with Ihe 

 Some of tllCSe (lavs we 



.ark canoes. -l-?b.i 



fCJl Montreal 



spiyii 



"Ur 



and Quebec, Urn old " I'.ichclicu" lino, and lb 



Coiiipauy's line. Our (.'riiiadian sigeril, - Mr. Alc.\ Icr M. 



Shewan of Montreal, wishes lo acknowledge ihroilgh lh< 



medium of this paper ihe receipt qf speoial coprtesies Eron 

 the officers of the fnion line, entirely uii»oliiiied on hi 



part, bestowed BS a tokeB Of regard lor Foi:i> t ami Stcf.am 

 which paper, by the way, is pretty well circulated am 

 widely known throughout the New Dominion, it bciui 

 taken by mail subscribers alone in forty-two tcVas, 



JZitHwcp %o {gorvcsponrli'HfS. 



We xhall eit'tearor in. f/d.-- thjiur!u,<i>' to impart atiii A0, 



Slteh ii<fm nnilit'ii 'i< H'.-ni A. n;'.w / / ir, tt, anitf't "i ilti'l t.i <>1. .-. 

 m, ii. 'I'- ,ri/l rli.-rl"'',/ H„ .„,,.,",-. ,.„■■■,'.:. 



the f cope ill ■' I 'hi" /■«i» r. /'-..■■ - . '• - 



ii/,;. mi,/ flapping. >/"■/ ,/t'i,ri ii'i'/<; m>,t iii --'i "'•', "I- ■-"- ' 



pleit,s/>r>i, tO'i'es. itix/. I/,,',*. 



i,„m;,n,t/ rides, fie. All Imim-hcf m th. s),,,rls)i,<i,,\. .rat 



al.tentivn. Anonvi ih ('uiiiiiiunifnliiiiia not Noticed. 



1,,1-w.oil, .1 \ n .lo., papers. A good 



an aniclo giving full informntion re- 

 uorthem sonatrlak of HiqKlgan thnl 



W. S. Dodo-e. L»Uratii;o.-S>ii(l »s i o name o* ypui State, as there 

 are rourleeti LiUininiies. Some book? KR to I"- forwarded in yon. 



Ii. (;. Kmiiiit, setnnlcet..— 11 

 central point for your parr)0se i 



l-ci:i..o. Will piinl in our n, 

 spwtira; tUe gaum nmi fUU of t 

 b'ordar on laikc Hupurior. 



[lAciii.K.-TIn? lirtilnijat Troy is confined chiefly to per<3l .o,d l.a>.-.. 

 'nn-i-u :io- aoinv iront rilr, iims in llio vicuiiiy. bn' Ok -re arc liboilt t« o 

 ri^licnncii to every ti-ili. 



U. 11. L.— Can yon tell mc wucve there is good bluet; Uu>.^ fi.-<liiiii; «nh- 

 in, «ay lOOnillcs. nmrc or less, of New York, ami espouse or ,i week's 

 triii? 1- there black bus* fishing ft| 'l'..vin l.ik.'s. Conn. orBildd'a Lake . 

 \,-,v ,t,i.:,y: An-, i.eud i.a— li-liiiar a' Twin Lake.-; only tiii-kcicl in 

 Bodd'stake Pafr bass lislm-L- in Hike cttftrity, Penn. Addrea* Mr, 

 WiliUiinso", Luckiiwuxeii- 



C A. B., Carlisle, Ohio.— What i« the liesi feed for do?8 through the 

 season of qaail shooting? Ans. Oatmeal anil Indian meal, mixed and 

 well boiled: ocoaeionahy give n little vegetoWes mixed with liroth nn,l 

 llicoal meal 



\,,,i \. \, w lliiniiisliirc— Cim n 

 ■. cithrr by letier or rrtW9pM>e 

 'or Kronec and quail HhooilnRfo 



rrespoiidents Wast 



tion. .villi the i«isi 



Aii8. For weekly 



Hih Twist. Tables lloiel, i inklaml Write to Mr. (1a1e,r 

 dnnt of Sllilrp.-'s factory, Hartford. Conn, .lohn 1\ Mo ire's Son- i 



•nipnlva Metrorilrine. 



W. II. c . u -,-;.. 

 n fact n i -or fit 'II- l'ii 

 work on the Breed 



.1,1. \\. have sent yon tin- Wurd-Biirlon 



y._\Ve think , 



i,l Me, i ftamliol Parmer JD the proprietor 

 -.Ale. HuiiL-eley is 2,1 rnilcH distant from 

 •'>irinin..'toil. 17; Indian Roel< (Camp Ken- 

 i'.,n,|, 10 mil.'s; Ml. Bine. Ml. Saddleback 

 niihs respectively. 



IYio 



'plant) 



of No 



r |.:iper 



f I 1 ;-. 



with 



iai! W ill yon be -ok'nel a- to -ive tne your opinion iik io h,-i locotity, 



&c.S -\„-. (irai,-..- i iv. by .,11 mean- Q Mi-ih.to ill.-, arid 



ttli :., •■ :., uriaiido. 



.1. I! II , S. V. I have permission to il — 1 1 m a iirimle bike near ibis 

 city. There are plenty of black bass in it. bat how to take thorn is the 



llltsti,)! 



I 



y flic 



.'IIOI..I 





.1. L. V. 

 good iiapi.ii, 



n consider Newfoundland n 

 Very ;nml. Wlial kind Of 

 lie island? Ans. Reindeer, 

 ena and mnsicrat". Would 

 rtorn New York, and whnl 

 S>, and lake, steamer to St. 



woods, from North ( n ( n to 

 , Siaranac, and Lake Placid, 



weeks tie sufficient time to 

 , reverse the rout.,— that is, 

 aore pleasantly, and have a 

 Ans. Better by nil mean*. 

 ,vill answer, though the time 



SI. Ml 



I-ISCA Ton. -In Blillil'-. • Ai.i.ll.; 



lowing: 'About south from Fire 

 s. E, by K. from the Highlands, Ii 

 to S. W. by W.. hnviii'.' on ii fron 

 bank is plenty of tlsll." What In 

 Caught there, anil do excursion pa 

 answer Perhaps some of onrr 



I.oi -isvii. t.i-:. Ky.-I tmvea very 

 ol a bitch of good, s,„ck by a Cana 

 The bitch bus never been I rained i 



(Veil as If h-s dam had been trainei 

 ibe dun 



iders can eive nw the light that l 



nan nil,.- pup. live monthaold. on 

 inn doe:, well trained and well tired 

 bunted . Is he likely to turn out a 

 ■ Ans. It would have been belter i 



viil 



and paii. 

 old dog. 



-il.le 



. take. 



If he takes a fan 



e quickly, and 

 ze highly, and 



lOOtiag, I sellfi 



zzle loader, :M 

 alcr. I oz. No. 



i obtained the 



■ e.-kedr Aliv. 



:h. \.-,,„, 

 e called an av- 



oid flshlng 

 1 I he best ? 



a by Adirondack Railroad. Is trout lishiug al- 

 um please Inform me as to the shooting to be 



ha 



I'ond, a i ih.- bead el Mooaehead Lake, is a breediim place for black 

 duck", and Lucky I'ond i- a t ivorltc resort totlhem. These are ilfteeii 

 miles from Kineo and 1 weiev from '-r, ,-iiville.. Knffod prouae are .ihund 

 untmosi everywhere, auaSeei ai-,. on Spencer Mountain,* mile from 

 \l,„,.-eneail Like. A graft! variety of gamo ia found at Brassaa Lane, 

 nen' i nc Canadian line, at th,' homi of Misery river. Guides cm lie pro- 

 cured at Greenville or Kineo House. 



