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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Among the games since our last issue Worthy of record, 

 from the small figures of the scores, may be named the 

 following : 



Chelsea of Boston w. .Arlington of >.". Y., at Boston... B to 3 



Mutual vs. Cir.eimo.at Brooklyn ,, 5tO? 



Hartford vs. Chicago, at Hartrord 7 10 



Boston vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia 5 to 4 



Athletic vs. Boston, at Boston 6 to 5 



The series of ten games which each of tin; contesting 

 nines in the. professional arena have to play with each 

 other between April and November, Dumber in all 28(1 

 games. Of these 103 bad been played up to Sep1 

 leaving 11? yet to play. Thus far the clubs stand as fol- 

 lows: 



CinO. 

 Boafon 31 10 



Phtludelpui; 

 Hartford... 



Haliimore. . 



35 



—The annual fall games of the New York Athletic club 

 place on the Out-door grounds of the club, corner 

 I tilth and Molt avenue, Mott Haven, on Saturday after- 

 noon, September 36th. The programme will comprise the 

 following contests: 100 yards running nice; I mile running 

 race; } mile running race: 1 mile running race; 3 mile 

 walking race: running high jump; putting the shot. These 

 .; to all amateurs, whether members of the 

 club or not, and the following is the Club'8 definition of an 

 "amateur": Any person who* has never competed in an 

 open competition, for public, or admission money, or with 

 mils for a prize, public money or admission money, 

 nor has at any period of his life taught or assisted in the 

 pursuit of athletic exercises as a means of livelihood. The 

 prizes will be elegant gold medals, to be the property of 

 the winners. The entry list will be closed September i9th, 

 and no entrance fee will be charged. For other informa- 

 tion address W. E. Sinclair, Secretary P. (). box 243. 



— The Staten Island club have completed their tour, and 

 they are now home again, having bad a pleasant trip. 

 though not so successful a one as anticipated. Their record 

 is as follows: 



September 3— Stater. Island vs. Eagle, at Louisville S to 7 



September 3-Stnter, [aland ys Bed SI ok Be, at 8t. Louis 4iol3 



September 4— Stated Island fa. Empire, •• St. Louie to to it; 



JUI ii [Bland re. Western, ut Keokuk. Iowa . ... 3 to 14 



- iten Island vs. MutoaL at Jackson, Mich Stole 



Septembers— stater. I-., in.] vs. Libert; ll Springfield, HI 85 to SO 



September 9-Sraren Island vs. Tecumseh. at London. Out 17 to I 



September 10— Stalen Island vs. Maple Leaf, at Guelpb. Out 11 to IS 



— A close contest took place at Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 

 23th, between the Robt. E. Lees of the former place, and 

 the Garden City nine of Tallahassee, the Lees winning by 

 a score of 14 to*13. The Florida Union, commenting on the 

 game, says ; During the past six months great interest has 

 been manifested throughout the entire State in this popular 

 amusement, hut it has only been within the last two or 

 three months that Jacksonville has followed the example 

 of her sister cities and towns, and organized a base-hall 

 club, composed of some of our first and most active young 

 ■ ting as a name to inscribe upon their banner and 

 urge them on to victory, that of the noble soldier and 

 Christian gentleman, General R. E. Lee. By constant 

 practice they soon developed a nine that will stand second 

 to none in the State, and a week or two since challenged 

 the Garden City to play for the belt they had won from a 

 club until then considered invincible within the limits of 

 Florida— the Jeffersons of Montieello, who, but a week 

 since beat the crack club of Savannah. The challenge of 

 the Lees was accepted by the Garden City, and the first 

 game played on Thursday, as above stated. 



—Weston, the pedestrian is now engaged at the Hippo- 

 drome in another attempt to walk 500 miies in six consecu- 

 Monday was his first day, when he walked 

 sixty-four miles. Mr. Barnumis to pay his wife $5,000 if 

 he succeeds, and $1,000 if he fails. 



—At East on, on September 12th, the Mutuals beat the 

 Eastons by 19 to 2. 



—The Westerns beat the Empires, of St. Louis, at Keo- 

 kuk, on September 8th, by 9 to 2. 



— Radcliffe, of the Philadelphia club, has been expelled 

 from that club for dishonorable conduct, ami is ■ ■ .■ 

 able to play in any professional nine. 



An eleven of the Manhattan and Prospect Park clubs 

 played the Staten Island eleven September 12th, and de- 

 feated them by 04 to 49. Two against one is not exactly 

 the thing. 



— A Boston paper says : — Persons who found fault with 

 the Bostons and Athletics for going to Europe will find 

 consolation in the fact that they paid expenses on thi tl ip, 

 while all the other clubs have been losing money at home. 



— The champion Bostons sustained the worst defeat 

 known in their record on September 14th, on which day 

 the Chicago nine took them into camp by a score of 10 to 

 Q, The odds were 1 00 to 20 on the Bostons, and the result 

 was a surprise to the Bostonians. 



—A fine game was played at Greenville, Mich., on Sep- 

 tember 9th, between the Athletics, of Grand Rapids, and 

 the Eaton Rapids club, the former winning by 6 to 5. 



— The Osceolas, of Salem, defeated the Invinciblea, of 

 Albany — what's in a name — bv 82 to 1, (!) on September 

 4th. 



—Frank Macker, of the Red Stocking nine of Chicago, 

 ran the bases at the Clinton tourney in 15* seconds. Ber- 

 throng, in 1867, ran them in 144. 



— The Uncas, of Charlestown, Mass., defeated the Reso- 

 lute? at Deering, Me., on September 10th by the small score 

 of 4 io 1. It was a model contest. 



— The Ogdensburg club defeated the Prescotts, of Can- 

 ada, September 10th, by 9 to 6 only. A finely played 

 game. 



— The Harlem Rowing Club regatta came off on Septem- 

 ber 14th. In the iwo mile race for the single scull cham- 

 pionship yesterday, Mr. T. B. Kern champion, 

 was the victor. Mr. Dodson won the medal presented by 

 i Tilghruan. In the one-mile pair-oared gig con- 

 test, Messrs. C. W. Turner, stroke, and J. W. Arthur, bow, 

 were the conquerors. The single scull one-mile handicap 

 was handsomely won by Mr. H. Conkling, a nephew of the 

 Senator, Messrs. Knapp, Osborn, Dodson and fc 

 the fortunate men in the two-mile four-oared shell match. 



ha mul Miter 



* FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 



Black Bass. rmCTOpU rut labnmdes, tnicropte.rua nigricans. 

 Striped Bas Weakfish. 



• notion saltaior. Skeepshead. 



Pompauo. 

 Snapper. 



Grouper. 



Koeknali. 



i permitted in Maine and Canada nntil October first. 



SOCTIIEKN WATERS. 



tk bass). Sheepshead. 



Drum (tWO Species). Tailorfish. 



KingSsb. Sen Ba;-. 

 : Bass. 



Fl3H IN Market.— There were several novelties on the 

 slabs ibis week. Notable was what is called the redfish, or 

 ! spot In forni the fish resembles the striped bass, only it 

 has a reddish hue. The name spot is derived from a small 

 black spot, found just before the caudal — a mere blotch of 

 black, but standing out boldly in relief against the yellow 

 and crimson hues of the fish. This specimen was caught 

 Off ihe Jersey coast. In winter, redfish come in quantity 

 from North Carolina. In our waters the fish is quite un- 

 usual. It is a fair fish to eat, perhaps a trifle coarse. We 

 noticed, loo. a drum fish, caught off Montauk; he must 

 have weighed fifty pounds. Drum fish in these waters are 

 not common. In ihe South the roe is a great delicacy. 

 Y.v i i ,k Bopie scales from this drum, which are fully a 

 sixteenth of an inch in thickness. Flesh rather coarse. 

 This fish was captured while fishing for striped bass, some 

 thirty having been taken, which averaged forty pounds 

 each. Bltiefish very abundant, and found off Canarsie; 

 worth eight cents. They are now in their prime, and will 

 be plenty for the next month. Smacks are now fitting out 

 for the fall bluefish catch. This is the season when 

 bluelish are "refrigerated" for winter consumpton. Span- 

 ish mackerel plenty, and worth thirty-five cents; caught off 

 Long Island and Seabright, 2\ T . J. These fish are also now 

 being put away for winter. Slriped bass continue scarce, 

 only a few schools being captured; they are in demand at 

 twenty-five cents. There never was such a profusion of 

 soft crabs; worth from seveutyfive cents to one dollar a 

 dozen. Frogs not in quantity. Lobsters plenty, but very 

 minute. Scollops coming in in fair quantity; worth $1 50 

 a gallon. By the way, kingfish have been quite rare this 

 year, and never plentiful; worth twenty-five cents. This 

 week finishes the salmon. The amount put away for win- 

 ter use, it is stated, will be much less than last year, per- 

 haps not more than 80,000 pounds. Last year it was 

 thought to have been 175,000 pounds. It may be remem- 

 bered that in July and August there was a sudden falling 

 off in the salmon catch. 



— The Germantown Telegraph complains that the tavern 

 keepers at Barnegat tell big fish stories of great catches 

 there, in order to attract visitors. Correspondents who 

 write for Forest 43SD Stream, however, are none of them 

 inn keepers, and their statements are wholly reliable, we 

 1. aee every reason to believe. In the case of one indivi- 

 dual, whom we supposed to be interested in the hostelries, 

 we threw out bis letter on this very account. 



Massachusetts, Sspf. 11. — A second drive of "blaekfish," 

 numbering 618, were captured at North Truro, Mass., last 

 Thursday, and sold in lots, aggregating $5,805 25, and the 

 purchasers expect to realize $20,000 at least from the oil. 



The North Sydney Herald says that two fishermen, en- 

 gaged in the quiet and lawful pursuit of taking cod, 

 were surprised by the appearance of a dog-fish on one of 

 which measured fifteen feet from gill to tail, 

 and had to be raised on board by the fore and main throat 

 blocks. The liver of this monster dog-fish filled a barrel. 



Ohio.— Heu l&tom, Sept. 8th.— The old question, Will 



black bass take a fly ? is still agitated, I see. I concluded 



l>ass lasl week, for the first time this season, and, 



i dies, I took a good supply of black 



''chtlb" minnows, and a few "hellgrumites?" I was re- 

 warded with thirty fine bass, weighing from half a pound 

 to two and a quarter pounds. 1 found the chub minnows 

 just the thing for them, and the music of my double click 

 reel was better than Pat. Gilmore's jubilee. Now that is 

 not so bad for one, in this section, where bass are scarce 

 and fishing not bis forte. H. 



New Jehsey — Barnegat Inlet, Sept. 12th. — Weakfish 

 scarce this week; only catch worth noticing was sixteen on 

 Friday. Blackfish also run small. Dr. Kenworthy on 

 Friday landed here with twenty-eight bluefish— weight 

 from one to eight pounds — and reports them in schools of 

 acres from the Inlet to Reed's, outside. To-day they came 

 in the Inlet. The light house boat took thirty-eight, all 

 good size; only four boats out. K. 



— Eighty-five guests from the United States have regis- 

 tered at the Coucbiching Hotel, Ontario, Canada, the pre- 

 sent season. The hotel is the most elegant summer water- 

 ing place in the New Dominion. Couchiching is one of the 

 Muskoka chain of lakes, and is accessible by railroad from 

 Toronto. An elegant and most comfortably appointed 

 Steamboat also runs from it through the outlet to the foot 

 of Lake Simcoe, a distance of thirty-three miles. 



— Messrs. Hart and Miller, of Kimball's Tobacco Manu- 

 facturing Company, of Rochester, and Mr. Strong, of same 

 ted for the South Muskoka, Canada, fast week, 

 on a hunting and fishing tour. They purpose extending 

 their trip to the Maganetewan region, famous for its deer 

 and bass, and will be absent about four weeks. 



— Three Messrs. Walker, brothers, of this city, and a 

 friend have just returned from the Muskoka country, and 

 are so well pleased with their trip that they propose Io try 

 it again. They caught several dozens of fine trout. 



— In a recent nnmber of our paper we spoke of a gray- 

 ling weighing five pounds having been captured in Michi- 

 gan by our friend Samuel C. Clarke, Esq. That gentleman 

 waives any claim to the distinction. The fish was caught 

 by Robert Clarke, of Chicago, some years ago in the Jor- 

 dan, when that river was first visited by anglers. 

 «■» 



OUTRAGES IN SUPERIOR WATERS. 



Pittsbdhoh, Pa., September 9th. 1874. 



EljlTUI! FoBEST AND STHEA.M1 — 



I think it my duty as a sportsman to inform you of a practice of the of- 

 ficers belonging to the CoUingwood and Lake Superior steamers, which 

 company advertises in your columns, and is largely indebted to the pat- 

 ronage of American sportsmen. 



These officers carry torpedoes in their vessels, and explode them un- 

 der water in all harbors where their boats may land, in this way killing 

 hundreds of fish, which are dipped up as they float. Men are going 

 ronnd through all that region selling these torpedoes, and the result will 

 he that the Indians and settler! wil! "se them and soon destroy the trout. 

 I w as obliged to procure a permit to enable me to fish with a fly in Cana- 

 dian waters, while Cauadians are kitliug them iu this w-holesale manner. 



Iwoulda.sk yon to call the attention of the Superintendent of Canadian 

 Fisheries to this fact. Aquaria . 



We Ihank our wide awake correspondent for calling our 

 attention to these wanton proceedings, and shall most cer- 

 tainly place the matter before the Canadian Fishery Com- 

 mission. If the offenders can be designated, we see no 

 reason why they cannot be punished by fine, under exist- 

 ing laws. The fact that permits to fish are issued by au- 

 thorized agents, implies a police surveillance of the Superior 

 waters, which, if too loosely exercised, ought to be made 

 more efficient, The name of our complainant is at the dis- 

 posal of Comissioner Whitcher, who we trust will take the 

 offenses under official consideration. — Ed. F. & S.] 



— George Dawson, Esq., the veteran angler and editor of 

 the Albany Journal probably does not shoot wide of the 

 mark when he says that there are not twenty salmon 

 anglers in the United States outside of New York city. 

 Old as he is, and experienced in the gentle art, he is obliged 

 to confess that he never himself caught a salmon until the 

 summer of the present year. Catching one's first salmon 

 is an episode in life which is pregnant with strangely pecu- 

 liar sensations. Entirely new sets of brain nerves and 

 body nerves are brought into play, and the man who stands 

 for the first time at one end of a line, with a salmon fast at 

 the other, feels— well, hardly like "a fool," but very much 

 as if he had got himself "on a string," as the sa 

 Few persons, perhaps, would be able to describe their ex- 

 act mental stress and physical condition at the time; so we 

 hasten to give this experience expressed in words ns re- 

 ceived from one gifted with the pen. Mr. Dawson says:— 

 As I seized mv „-*.:. t -almon ro;l which scin. d like a c* d:trbeam after 

 the eight ounc- switch with whii b I had been ii-him:- and began loerada- 



■■ lien he first 

 hears Ibe rattle of the enemy's musketry, or at some very ihnid men feel 

 when, for the first time, they -tana up before a ttreat multitude of free 

 ■■■:-nt electors io entertain and enlte-hten them with those 

 profound eh i.. . "i rh. .-,- brilliant bursts of eloquence 



which popular infill n:e ion iisim ly deem ■ ; mul er of- 



coursc ingredients of a stamp speech. 1 had reached a cast of perhaps 

 fifty feet, in a direct line, and • 



toned the uuioldfags of a newly disc< 



..- 



[ the spot 

 iepulcke 



•knocked me down with a feather" at that particular moment: but I do 

 know that 1 never before e one .-o near --going oil in a faint," or found a 

 cup of cold waier more nil, -hint.'. I had heard of those who had had 

 the "bnck fever." anil I shall hereafter hav< more sympathy and greater 

 respect for them than heretofore, for 1 undoubtedly had the malady in 

 its most aggravated form, and felt, as my astonished guide said 1 looked, 

 •'pale as a ghost." 



But this slate of ridiculous semi-stupor lasted but for a moment. The 

 slight twitch I felt as the rly slipped from the mouth of the ti-h operated 

 like the sound of a trumpet. Brery nerve tingled, and the blood leaped 

 through my veins as if every drop win an electric battery In a very 

 few momeuls. however. I was . .d marked the spot 



where the fish had risen, had muttered up my line for another cast, bad 

 dropped the fly, like a snow-flake, just where I desired it to rest, when, 

 like a flush, the same enormous bead appeared, the Bane open jaws re- 

 veuled themselves, a swirl and a leap and .> strike followed, and my 

 first salmon was hooked w 1th a ihudl w Dlch told me. as plainly os if the 

 the operation had transpired within the range of my vision, thai if I lost 

 himit would be mv own fault. When thus assured, there was excite- 

 ment but no flurry. My nerves thrilled and every muscle assumed the 

 tension of well tempered steel, hut I realized the full sublimity of the 

 neiMinlon, and a sort of majestic calmness took .he place of the 

 which followed the lirsi appanion. My untested 



the pres 



led from 



:-.-ful . 



md c 



.-.■: a 



jelieve thai his i 



ed out a livlier melody 

 stonished fish made his 

 dc as it .-tretehed and 

 ed; and for fifty min- 

 ing and rushing, such 

 ! would have "injected 



.. _ jews-harp, and the whole framew 

 a full hand of music. And during all ibis time my canoe rendered effi- 

 cient service in keeping even pace With the eccentric movements of the 

 struggling fish. "Hold him head up, if possible," was the counsel given 

 me, and "make him work for every inch of line." Whether, therefore, 

 he took fifty vards or a fool, I tried to make him pull for it, and then to 

 regain whatever was taken as soon as possible, The result was an inces- 

 sant clickiugof ihe reel, either in paying out oi in taking in, with an oc- 

 casional flurry and leap which coald nave been no more prevented than 

 Hie on rushing of a locomotive. Any attempt to have suddenly checked 

 him bv making adequate resistance, would have made leader, line or rod 

 a wreck in an instant. All that it was pro;., r or safe to do was to give 

 to each just the amount of strain and pressure it could bear with safety - 



pressure so exactly that the strain upon my rod did no: vary half an 

 ounce from the first to the last of Ihe struggle. 



Toward the close of the light whei. it was evident that the "jig was up" 

 and I felt myself master of ihe situation. I took my stand upon a pro- 

 jecting point in the river, where the water in- shallow and where the 

 most favorable opportunity possible was afforded the gaffer to give the 

 stru^lin" fish the final death thrust and so end the battle. It was skill- 

 fullydone. The flrst plunge of the gaff brought him to the green sward, 

 and there lay out before rue, in all his silver beauty and mngnuacetit pro- 

 portions, my first salmon. He weighed thirty pounds, plump, measured 

 nearly four feet io length, was killed in fifty minute-. It is said that 

 wheu the good old Dr. Bethune landed tat first salmon, "he caressed it 

 as fondly as he ever caressed his first born." I could only stand over 

 mine in gpeechlass admiration and delight— panting with fatigue, trem- 

 bling In very c-cstaey. 



This victory was a surfeit for the morning. With other fish in full 

 view, ready to trive me a repetition of the grand sport 1 had already ex- 

 perienced. I made no other cast, and retired perfectly contented. The 

 beautiful fish was laid down lovingly in the bottom of theennoeand 

 borne in triumph to camp, where fish and fisher were given such hearty 

 welcome amid such hilarious enthusiasm as was befitting "the cause and 

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