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FOREST AND STREAM. 



GOODWOOD RACES, CRICKET AND 

 DOG SALES. 



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THE Loudon season lias closed, the shutters are up and 

 the lamps that have burnt so brightly in tire temjltcs 



"I pleasure are fast being snufted out one by one. The 

 Ion; list of theatres of last month is now a short one. The 

 glories of Ascot have passed away and now the Goodwood 

 meeting has brought to a close a season rendered faster 

 l han usual by the visit of the Czar of all the KtlSSias. It 

 was a brilliant success, both in point of good racing and in 

 attracting visitors. The Duke and Duchess Of Richmond, 

 on account of a recent death in the family, received their 

 friends at Goodwood House, and it was given up to the 

 Prince of Wales, and the Royal standard floated over its 

 walls. There was no fear of that bane of trainers, "hard 

 ground," and though the dreaded Act had suppressed all 

 bags, stools, parti-colored hats, cards, and other, "instru- 

 ments of gaming," nevertheless, I have a notion a good 

 deal of money did change hands on the events of the day. 

 The slakes proved a very mild affair, and the horses en- 

 gaged were by some degrees worse (han a moderate lot. 

 Sir J. Astley's Scamp was the favorite, and won by a nock, 

 but there was a good deal of the hood and blinker sort be- 

 hind him, and amongst them Indian Ocean, a plater who 

 always runs high up on the betting and never wins. The 

 Cup proved a better race, and was productive of something 

 more like good form and quality. Unfortunately three of 

 the best performers had the fatal pen struck through their 

 names, and the requiem sounded for Boiard, King Ludand 

 Flageolet. Doneaster.au ex-Derby winner .started at 2 to 1, 

 and though he is accounted a bit of a rogue, the gallant 

 son of Stockwell, the best of stallions, stayed the longest 

 and pulled off the race by a head, the notorious Kaiser be- 

 ing "locked to him" as the horses came into the straight. 

 Organist, of Chester Cup repute, lamed himself, but he 

 was outclassed throughout. Altogether the backers of 

 horses had it pretty much their own way, and though 

 people who know nothing abo it racing tell you the favorite 

 never wins, the takers of odds, I imagine, got home pretty 

 comfortably. 



There was another sale. of blood stock at Middle Park, 

 Eltham, on Saturday, and some high prices were realized. 

 Mr. W. Blenkiron was a large purchaser from Mr. Walker's 

 stud, giving 3,000 guineas for Vespasian, a well known Tace 

 horse, 2,500 for Seclusion and her Vespasian filly, 1,:-100 for 

 the Newminster mare, Pandore, with a filly by llosicrucian, 

 bred by Sir J. Hawley, and 750 for Penance and a Trum- 

 peter colt. England's Beauty, a grand mare well worth 

 .€2,000 two years ago, fetched the line amount of a "pony," 

 i. e., £25. Such are the vicissitudes of racing. A brown 

 rilly, by Blair Athol, sold for £2,000 to Mr. Gretfon, and 

 there was no bid for Vestminster, the Winner of the Cam- 

 bridgeshire in 1869. Apology, the winner in the Oaks, is 

 still first favorite for the great St. Leger, and as mares gen- 

 erally do well at that season of the year, I shall expect her 

 to beat the Derby Hero, George Frederick, named after the 

 Prince of Wale's son, and successful, curiously enough on 

 his youthful highness's birth day. 



Rugby and Marlborough, two large and important 

 Public Schools, though neither so large nor so good in 

 social position as Eton, Harrow and Wmchester.played their 

 annual match before a large assembly at "Lords" on Wed- 

 nesday and Thursday last. Rugby is chiefly celebrated for 

 football, the "Rugby game" being au ancient and original 

 institution and peculiar to the school. Jt differs from all 

 other football by the introduction of carrying the ball and 

 "hacking," which means punishing your opponent's shins 

 with a thick pair of boots, but those men who play it swear 

 by it and utterly despise the milder rules of the more mer- 

 ciful association game. Rugby has won the majority of 

 the cricket matches and this year her star was as usual 

 on the ascendant, and the superior fielding of IheRugbians 

 "•really aided them to gain the decided victory of five 

 wickets. The highest score made was a Marlboro' innings 

 of forty-one, and nothing very excitiug happened through- 

 out the match. 



In "Yorkshire vs. Gloucester" Mr. \V. G. Grace ran up 

 the fine innings of 167, and though he is accounted the 

 best bat and the worst bowler in England, he, ueverthless, 

 succeeded in taking eleven of his adversaries' wickets, who 

 were, of course, disposed of in a single innings. 



Lately there was a real and excellent carrier-pigeon lace 

 from Exeter to London, the pigeons being liberated at six 

 o'clock on Tuesday morning, the wind being south-south- 

 east and very moderate. The first bird presented at 100 

 High Holborn was Mr. Partridge of Paddington's red- 

 checquered cock Lord Lyon's at 1 1 :5S, and took first prize, 

 Mr. Srneed's dark-checquered Comet being second at . 1:3-1 ; 

 Mr. Smeed also won the pigeon race from Bedford of fifty 

 miles, the time being 1 7'. 



The American Base Ball players made their first appear- 

 ance at Liverpool on the ground of the Cricket Club. It 

 happened, unfortunately, that there was a counter attrac- 

 tion iu the shape of a cricket match between the 1 Ziugari 

 and the gentlemen of Lancashire, but still the attendance 

 was greatly in excess of anything known on the Liverpool 

 ground, and a very favorable, impression was produced in 

 favor of the game. Everywhere the visitors seem to have 

 a hearty Welcome, Mr. Pullman granting them free use of 

 'his sleeping cars and the Midland Railway Compae . 

 ui'ously placing n special trtiin at their disposal from Man 



chesier on stopping at Matlo 

 course the game was not 

 stood hits and catches woi 

 short time before the game 

 an exhibition of skill in I 



rp hDB 3 ■< route. Of 

 ;, -- id, though the 



t ippreciated. For a 

 tutors were treated to 

 aud catching the ball. 



The height and distance, to which the ball w as thrown 

 seemed even to tin: mosl experienced of our cricketers little 

 short of marvellous.and no less wonderful were some of the 

 catches, where the ball thrown fast, a short ranger seemed 

 to have the velocity of a bullet. The quickness of hand 

 and eye was the subject of general remark. 



There 

 Aid ridge 



s, but 



Oil • r 



the dra 



atgti sale of pointers and setters at 

 Is, the Khiwlas kennels, did not go 



Oft as wo 



Mr. Carl 





1111. Wl 



eied, though Citadel, a pointer of 

 at tQ Mr. Hemming for £25. The 



heal of 5 



than title 

 was infoi 



ior ai 



d the n 



ioore'.-. pointer* cliilii't go for more 

 d altogether the quality of dogs sold 

 imber of purchasers small. 



Idstoxe, Jn. 



Anguxi 



12,/,. 



—The a 



nnounecment that two of the best 



American teams would make their ,/,/«/ at, Lord's in the 

 national game of baseball, hitherto unknown on this side of 

 tlie Atlantic, excited a lively interest among the athletic 

 element of the metropolis. Cricket had, however, been so 

 long established that its devotees felt but little uneasy at 

 the idea of Ibe American pastime supplanting it altogether^ 

 though they can now have but little doubt that their favorite 

 pursuit during the Summer months has met, with w serious 

 rival. Everybody is loud in the praise of the pluck and 

 energy of the strangers in travelling so manymilcs to intro- 

 duce this novel sport, and all thoroughly understand thatit 

 is not a mere speculation of Mr. Barnum's or any other 



entre])i'iit!UJ\ but, a genuine attempt to show 



us in England 



that the Americans have a national game, ; 



nd can play at 



it well. The Marylebone club, in recogni 



lion of the trootl 



will shown hv the Americans towards f 



lem when tliev 



wee- cricketing in the Slates, placed their, 



,round at, their 



disposal and gave ih,.m every facility at 



d convenience. 



The day was warm ami bright, possibly to. 



bright tor diffi- 



cult catches, and Ihe attendance was large, 



5,01)0 being the 



reputed number of the spectators during o 



ic period of the 



game; Of course it was some lime before 



the rules were 



understood and appreciated, but our game 



if rounders is an 



unscientific kind of baseball, and though 



the notions of 



chaff and corking, which are peculiar tc tl 



e former, were 



obliterated, yet the recollection of if server 



to render the 



mysteries of pitcher, striker ami Iongstop i 



iore intelligible, 



The proceedings commenced with crick 



it, but at four 



o'clock the ground was cleared and the ha 



sas marked out 



Willi -mall bags of sand a foot square, line 



s being whilen- 



ed from one to Ihe other. The Boston 1 



>am wore, their 



white ilnnnels, red stockings, bands and c 



ips, whilst the 



Athletics were resplendent in blue. To m 



unprofessional 



eye it was of course difficult to catch the V 



irying points of 



the game, but from the way in which 



Barnes and 11. 



WtnVht played for Boston and got runs, il 



seemed that the 



Athfelies were oil their play, and in fact II 



eir lidding was 



not, up to the Boston form, the latter me 



i stopping " hot 



ones," and returning UlCUl with a rapidity 



that made more 



than one IiaWKe of Lord's open his eyes. ' 



Che precision of 



throwing was marvellous, aud butter fill- 



ll-S unheard of. 



The distance between the bases WAS lliirly 



yards, so that lo 



effect a run, a player had to travel one hurt 



ired and twenty 



vards at tip-lop speed. I believe I am rig 



it, in stating that 



•u Amen::, about live :'."res is re .■■.■lrecl. sc 



that the players 



must have scarcely had room enough at Li 



rd's. It was all 



through a most one-sided affair, the chief 



•ause being the 



fact that the Athletic pitcher, McBride wa 



i "out of sort:;," 



raid this le;Ho Irs side bsiHg wsitewasl 



ed" three limes 



in succession. AtaQllgsl lire BoMnuians 



, Spalding and 



McKey fairly divided the balling honors 



Batten disap- 



pointed his parly, and Anson was perhaps 



heir best man. 



A brilliant, catch at, short stop was marie bj 



George Wright, 



and fairly hrttegtt down the house, with iv 



mense applause. 



The following is the score : 





ATIII.iTICH. i pi 



-.1 • ,; - 



a Id po a| 



i, i,: Pfl a 



■\r^\r,,iw.n i' r 13 4 OiG. Wright, s s, 



4 i 4 



\n'™ Ht V" - 1 a 10 ! S|,aUling. p... 



4 3 3 5 



4 4 II 



McBride 1> ' ' - " DiMcVey, o.-... 



8 4 4 1 



l\lunian"r 1 1 - 2 Leonard, 1 f... 



a a i r 



u,,,|,.„' ->,| |," 1 2 ;t UjO'ttomke, 1st 1 





IS.Idb:: 1 1 3,11. Wright, cl. 



i a 5 ( 



ClHim c U 1 6 ITlall.rf 



Gedney.'lf S 1 .Sclmfer 3d b,. 



i a a o 



3 i 3 a 



Total ^ ir •:;' il! Total 



a •.•-. ar 7 



i n fie ninth, the game being now virtually over, and the 

 Bostons two to the good. '1 he following is the score: 



ATItl.KTICS. llO.-TUo:. 



KLRS -MADE IS EACH INNING. 



Athletics 3 0011 10 1- 7 



Bostons 3 7 4 5 3 tl 0— *l 



BaBes by errors, Bostons, 9; Athletics, 1: Huns eitrned. Athletics, IV, 

 Bostons, 11. L"mpire,ilt. Thomas Bmlus, ci the Boston flab, Duration 

 ol game, two taonrs and ten minutes 



The spectators at "Prince's" on Thursday were neither 

 so large in number nor so enthusiastic as those at "Lord's." 

 Unhappily for the Athletics, they were deprived of the 

 services of M'Bride, whofelt indisposed, Kent of theBoston 

 team taking his place as substitute. At 4:80 the Athletics 

 commenced batting, and the game proceeded literally 

 even for about au hour. After live innings each, the 

 Athletics were one in advance, but, after the fifth their 

 opponents forged ahead, owing to the indifferent pitching 

 of McMulleii, ihe passing of two balls by Clapp, aud a mis- 

 take made by Oeduey a! left field. Barnes made amends 

 for his bad fielding by making a good hit, which realized 

 three liases and let home G. Wright. In this innings 

 Anson made the finest catch of the day, and e a . initio 

 catcher iu place of Clapp. The Athletics rallied in their 



,,;.,!,,!, inhii,.," ■ . ■ . . t obiaijiei! Bve cubs, tmi railed to. score 



Gel! tie; 

 Total.. 



I. S.. 



I - ■> ,i>,|,:t 







•J 1 









4 1 



1 







-.1 1li 



n 



o 



II 1 



t> 



~ 



it ;-; 



il 



.321 



. 11 W 



11 17 SO 131 Total 



ItllNS MAItE IS KACH INSCBG. 



1st. -M. Sri. 4th. 5th. tiili. 7th. Stic '.ttti. 



Athletics 1110 ■■', 3 — 1 1 



Bl -!"!!>. ...... 0011 4 13 1—14 



thin- em-ned. Athletic-. 5; Ho-tuli". ,V. Ihe latj onel'rors Uesions, .-,; 



AUiIeii,:,, .t; Heme runs, Kenl. 1: Schnrer, 1: double play, Sehnfur and 

 O'Jtf.iivke. finnire. D. V. Houston, of the Alhktk Club. Duration nf 

 game, one hour unci 50 minutes. 



" The, /'Vnv.'" is rather severe on the game, and conlrasl;-; 

 it very unfavorably with cricket. The editor says : 



" In our own individual opinion it has so many inherent 

 defects that if has not the slightest pretensions to be con- 

 sidered superior to, even if it is equal with, our juvenile 

 amusement "rounders," on the basis of which it has been 

 modeled." 



The other sporting papers are allloud^iu their encomiums 

 as to the American lidding, catching, &C-, PlH they mostly 

 damn with faint praise the game itself The Sln.uilorri, one 

 of the best daily papers, says the play is well worth seeing, 

 if it, be only to note how far superior the throwdng and 

 fielding of the Americans at their national game is to ours 

 at cricket. Anyhow, I think that base ball has had a fair 

 trial, and whether the seeds sown will ripen into fruit, Ihe 

 next season will tell us. 



The Cricket match between Ihe twelve of the Marylebone 

 Club and the eighteen or the Atnencuus was declared 

 drawn. The M. C. C. made 106 in three innings, lucre 

 being some good batting, but small scores. McBride bowled 

 two of their best men for " duck egits " with fast tinder- 

 haud, and Messrs. Auslen, Hill, Lubbock, Koso and 

 Appleby met the same fate, with dreary blank scores, at 

 the hands of Mr. G. Wright. The Americans wen; tired 

 by their exertions at base ball, and seemed puzzled by 

 Rose's slows and Fickering's underbands. The rain fell at 

 one time somewhat heavily, and under the circumstances 

 the score of 107 which they realized was a very creditable 

 one. Their batting was described by Ihe press as uot very 

 scientific, although the fielding is everywhere admired, 

 The Canterbury cricket week of course brought litany 

 visitors to this aucient city, which boasts one of the finest 

 cathedrals in England, celebrated for its connection wdlh 

 the martyred Thomas A. Beckett. The great match of the 

 day was Kent aud Cloucester e*. England, the All England 

 eleven counting in its cause .lupp, Poolcy, I.illywhite, 

 ShttW, Morley, and other famous names amomrst the pro- 

 fessionals, and their opponents having two out of the three 

 Braces; Lorfl Harris from the Oxford eleven, Messrs. 

 Thornton, Yardley, and the lion. F. Bennett. The respec- 

 tive scores were Kent and Gloucestershire; 2111 first innings; 

 247 second innings. All England 201 first innings; 2'.V. 

 second innings. The match was a jplQSB one, and an 

 extraordinary catch by Lord Harris alone pulled it nut of 

 the tire, as Mr. Mitchell ami Greenwood, two of the All- 

 Englanders, in the second and last innings, iiad got their 

 eye in, and were playing inagnilicenlly. Oscroft, another 

 of their men, was playing well, but playing forward to a 

 sMtp ball of Captain Fellows, he fell and dislocated his 

 thumb, and of course retired hurt. Mr. W. G. C4race, for 

 the counters, made the high scores of 94 and 121. In an- 

 other match of Kent l». Marylebone, Mr. Grace made 12b', 

 the respective totals being Kent (both innings) 1G8 aud 144, 

 Marvlebone, S6g. There, were twelve men on each side. 



The grouse prospects are truly alarming, as in many 

 districts it is to be feared that birds arc as scarce as pretty 

 women, and iu Yorkshire Hie accounts are very dismal. 

 ?acxi week will, however, relieve our suspense. The crop 

 of partridges: seems to promise well, though il is dilticull to 

 tell for certain till thecorn is all cut, Theyoung p hensant 

 which 1 have seen look healthy and strong. 



IpSTOSB, Jit, 



WISCONSIN CONVENTION. 



Cim xcio Office / 



Forest asd StrexH, Aug, 20th 1874. ( 



The meeting of the Wisconsin State Association for the 

 Protection of Game was held in the Court Ilouse at Portage 

 City, on the 18th instant. 



The meeting was called to order by A. B. Turner, of 

 Portage City 'Slate Register. Mr. li H. Strong, of Barra- 

 boo occupied the chair. F. W. Woodward, of Eau Claire. 

 Secretary! 



it was moved and carried that a committee of three be 

 appointed to draft constitution and by-laws. W. %. Corn- 

 ing, A. J. Turner and Col. R. M. Strong, committee. 



Mr. Turner moved that I. G. True of Fokest ano 

 Stream, and T. C. Banks of American spm-tmrn,, be invi- 

 ted to participate in the convention. Carried. 



Motion was made and carried that the Association adopt 

 the constitution and bylaws of (he INcw York Stale, Asso- 

 ciation, as those they would act under, with proper changes 

 of names, && 



Motion was made and carried, that lite first annual meet- 

 in- be called and heltl on the first, Tuesday in V 

 1870, al Madison, Wis., during the session of ihe Legifila- 



! , i-, ■ ' ifrer considerable argument and man; suggeBi -.-- 



i; , ,, ri! h la l.cst method for the preservation I i 

 a future success of the State Association, 



1 1,,, .a, :cl i II _eiiiral. officers was called for. ',"1 



1) de I it Q SI "ire of Barraboo, a iv.-iilent of the 



'i elelil 01 the Association. 



,■:..■; ; d, The same good feeUi ;, md 



