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which these yachts were obliged to sail whs 13 miles. _ The 

 following is a summary of the race, giving the boats in the 

 order iu which they rank, according to the corrected time, 

 the first two of course receiving prizes . 



- Meredith 



Sinn Whitney 



Music Neal 



Em — Bangs 



Kelpie- Careu 



Lllv Babb.. 



Gauntlet 



Time. Lor. tlulf . 



: IS mi 1 HI IB 



.1, 8 81 30 1 83 05 



... Z 08 45 1 34 09 



...8 H 3 1 34 26 



. 2 09 3l 1 84 4.1 



i IS CIO 1 43 82 



.CBT6J V 14 36 1 44 12 



In thiB class there was but one entry, as follows:— 

 Mary Ellen Lord 2 IS B0 1 M 02 



The third race was for boats, both centre board and keel, 

 measuring 18 feet and less than twenty-six feet, and there 



■ n entries, seven centre board and four keel boats. 



The course for these boats was nine miles. The following 



is a summary, the boats being arranged according to the 



corrected time, the first two of each kind obtaining prizes: 



THrnn class centre -boards - 



r./.-.'c Captain. Bea.tiwt. Cor. time. 



Fnnnie 1)080 1 So »5 1 03 15 



Wanderer Ku-s I 35 30 t 03 43 



.Maud Puller 1 42 '6 1 06 30 



Pobv Hersey - i 39 ao l o? as 



Firellv Mulch: 1 45 30 1 13 59 



Alice' Smith 1 SO 15 1 IS 58 



Secret. - Blnney. t so to i i: 23 



i 48 io l 13 r.t; 



.. 1 44 311 1 15 53 

 .. . . 1 4S W 1 17 63 

 2 02 3ti 1 2fi DO 



Rtlbv Pre- 1 mi 



Sunbeam , Ntckerson 



Acnes , ..Flint..., — 



Ai-rt Laivley 



The prizes were principally diplomas. 



Qt-cvCY Yacht Club. — The third and concluding race 

 of « series for the championship prizes in each class of the 

 Quincy Yacht Club took place Sept, 16th. The wind was 

 light, scarcely any air stirring. 



The length of the course sailed by the first and second 

 class yachts was eight miles, by the tliird class seven and a 

 Half miles, and by the fourth class five and one-third miles, 

 with four entries in the first, five in the second, seven in 

 the tliird, and four in the fourth. 



The yachts were iu sight from the Judges' boat all the 

 time, but so snail-like was the pace at which they moved, 

 did not inspire the spectators with even ordinary enthusiasm. 

 Many of the second and fourth class were 'compelled to 

 use their oars to reach home. The \ ision having won the 

 first prize in the race of August 15, and also in this contest, 

 was declared the champion and awarded asilkflagmounled 

 on a black walnut standard. The Nettie, which was first 

 in the race of August 29, was second on this occasion and 

 won a silver goblet. 



in the third class the Dolly Tarden and the Rocket, bad 

 each won a race prior to the "present, in which the Rocket 

 was the victor. The champion colors were accordingly 

 awarded to her, while the Dolphin, which had previously 

 been second in a race, won the cup. 



The judges were Marcus E. Wight, James T. Penninuin 

 and Charles F. Pierce. 



Bevelly Yacht Club. — The Beverly Yacht Club held 

 their sixth regatta of the season, Sept. 16th, on the waters 

 of Beverly Harbor. Three yachts entered in the first class, 

 two in the second class and two in the third class Phe 

 start was a flying one. Prizes of solid silver were won in 

 | he respective classes by the yachts Eva, Peri and Tulip. 



— A regatta for working sloops owned on the north shore 

 of Cong Island Sound was sailed oft' Port Chester Harbor 

 on Monday, 21st instant. The prizes as follows: — First, a 

 champion" pennant, fifty feet long, and $40; second, $30; 

 third, $30; fourth, §10. 



— Tbe Regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Club takes place 

 to-day, the 24th. 



— While in Toronto recently we saw the ill-fated yacht 

 Foam anchored near the Royal Yacht Club House. She 

 was a pretty craft. A sad history attached to her. She 

 sank in Lake Ontario with several well-known citizens, all 

 of whom were drowned. The yacht was afterwards raised 

 and brought to Toronto. On Thursday of last week, Mr. 

 Anderson", father of two of the six who were lost in her, 

 purchased her and destroyed her by fire in the harbor the 

 same night, that she might no longer remain a memento of 

 the disaster. 



SEBAGO LAKE REGATTA. 



PoiiTLASD. Maine, September 18th, 1874. 

 Editor Forest and Ktre.ui:— 



The regatta fit Sebago Lake, tinder the management of the Emerald 

 Boat Club, which came on" on the 16th instant, was Witnessed by about 

 5,000 people, and proved successful in all respects. The distance rowed 

 by doable and single sculls was about two and a half miles, and for the 

 fours nearly twice that distance. 



The firs! race was for double sculls: first prize. J75; second. $25. 

 There were four entries, but only two boat, started-the Emerald, rowed 

 by Alex. Bailey, of St. John. N B. Hie: A. T. si -v. an, of Portland, and 

 toe Geo MoDonnelJ.Sr.. polled bj HcDoi Hell Bros, of Boston. The Em- 

 erald took the lead at the word, and easily maintained it tluotighout the 

 race, winning by over 2011 yards in IS mm. 15 sec. 



Next came the professional single scull race, for prizes of JUIX), $75, 

 and S25, for which the following men v ere entered and came into line: — 

 T.C.Butler and Plaisted, of Boston: Rourke, of Lowell; Landers, of 

 Salem; and Brailey, of St. John. Plaisted got the lust send off, and led 

 by a length for a short distance only, when Butler. Landers, and Brailey 

 went to tbe front iu a bunch and kept well together for half a mile, where 

 tbe latter, who was a length astern of the other two. broke an oar, and 

 withdrew. Butler and Lander.- showed each ..tier the n iy alternately 

 until near the stake, when the former, pumped by hi- oontlnued spurt- 

 ing, let up for a season, and was passed by both Plaisted andKourke, 

 Landers turning wed ahead, and keeping a good lead to the line, which 

 he crossed in 18:45; Plaisted second, in 19:30; closely pushed by Koarke 

 in 19:35: Butler away behind. 



The third race was for amateur single sculls. First prize, gold natch, 

 valued at $150; second, silver service, vslut ! ' - 1. gold medal, 

 value $50. There were eight entries:— "Sonny" Butler, of Boston; 

 Lynch and Donovan, of Saleui; Stewart. O'Donnell, and McShane. of 

 Portland; Stevens, of Hal ll, ami T . ■ si Bi IgOT. Lynch and Stevens 

 (who were the favorites* fouled with each other when a dozen lengths' 

 from the start, aud did not c ear themselves and - resume rowing until the 

 other sir v. ere well dowu the course, thus losing their chances Tor the 

 foremost places. McShane, O'Donnell, aud Stewart wore the leading 

 boats, and kept well together to the stake, making a splendid race. 

 Stewart succeeded in turning first, and kept just elee.i of O'Donnell tip 

 the borne stretch, winning tie- race In 1U:S3; O'Donnell second in 19*15. 

 Lynch and Stevens, who were about the last to turn tint sink,:, kept 

 pluckily to their work, rowing dowu one after another of their competi- 

 tors, and managed 'o secure the third and fifth place* respectively, Mc- 



Shane being fourth, Donovan sixth, Tracey seventh, and Bntler in the 



The last race was for four oared shells. First prate $300: second, $100, 

 ■eenthe Faulkner-Regan crew, of Boston, and the Emer- 

 alds, of Portland. The contest iru close mS exciting all the way down, 

 and the Fuulkners only reached the stake half a length ai 

 steered and out-rowed the Emeralds on the way back, and eventitttlly 

 erossed the line over a minute ahead iu 30 mill. 3 see. 



The atmom. good order prevailed throughout the entire day, and the 

 Emeralds are to be congratulated on the general good management of the 

 affair. "Vrm." 

 ■«■» 



SCHUYLKILL NAVY REGATTA. 



., September 21st, 1874. 



to-d:tv. are not sj full a- 

 -. Undine, nor West Phlla- 

 eltl to the other four. The 



Pan., 

 Editor Forest ash Stream:— 



The entries for the Fall Regatta, pul 

 was hoped, neither the Philadelphia. Ci 

 delphia club corning to time. This leav 



Crescents have it their own way on doubles, beiug the only entries. II i - 

 a pity they didn't put in a four, but it i-eetn- they are laying themselves 

 out to beat the Pennsylvania's six. Tney have a Of - mil Scalfe, 



with sliding seals, and may, perhaps, retrieve their defeat of last year: 

 but I don't, think the game worth the powder; shell only are lit for racing 

 nowadays. The chief interest for the "knowing ones" lies in tbe single 

 race. It will no doubt he hot between McBeurh, Leibert, and Schmiit. 

 Tbe sympathies of most, everybody are with "Mac. " 



Commodore Ferguson has been doing good work On the other side. He 

 has enlisted Oapt. Gulston, of the London Rowing Clnb, aud John Tyler- 

 of the West London. At their meeting on the 11th several prominent 

 Americans were expected, among whom were Gen. Schenck. United 

 States Minister; Hon. B, F. Moritn. Secretary of Legation, Loudon; 

 Hon. John W. Forney. Geo. Wilkes, aud Theo. Cuyler, of our Park Com. 

 mission. The President of the Dublin university Rowing Club (who, by 

 the way. is a dcreyranni u already trying to gel up a crew for the ••Cen- 

 tennial." Besides the amateurs, there will be some professionals on, and 

 we may see what, the St. Johns crew can do again. When the Conn no 

 dore returns, which will be on Monday, we will know more fully what he 

 has done. Truly yours, Sculls. 



The followiug entries have been made for the Schuylkill Navy Regatta, 

 to be held on Saturday next; — 



Single sculls. —Joseph B. Leibert, Quaker City Club: John McBeath, 

 ditto: Max Schmitt, Pennsylvania.-; Wm. G. Thomas, ditto. 



Double sculls, — C. E. Steel and H. F. 'Winner, ami George Millikeu. Jr., 

 and George Young, both of the Crescents. 



Vour-oared Gigs.— Crescent Club, Hinchman (stroke*. Young, Steel, 

 and Millikcn; Harper (coxswaini. Pennsylvania Club. West (stroke), 

 Zelner, Halaorn, and McKlwell: Fairman (coxswain). 



Six-. .are. I Large-. — Crescent Club, Hinchman (stroke). Young, Baru- 

 hurst, Spering, Wilmer, and Milliken: Steel (coxswain). Pennsylvania 

 Clnb. Laveu- rtrok Cos HeBsanhm it. Conrad. Williams, and Street; 



i- : ... ihi Quaker City Club, McBeath (stroke), Adams, Stin- 



son. and Cormier (bow), Pennsylvania Club. Lav ens (stroke), Hender- 



following one another at intervals of half all ln.ur each: -Singles,, Gigs, 

 Doubles. Barges, and Fours. The latter will he one andahsli m left, 

 straightaway, from the Falls to Rockland; the others from Rockland up 



The officers Of the regatta are as follows:— Umpire, John Culin, Penn- 

 sylvania Clnb: Timekeeper. W. R. Tucker. Undine club; Starter. N. 

 Thonron, Philadelphia Club: Judge, F. Mitchell. Quaker City club. 



The committee having charge of the regatta are A. lirumbhaar. Phila- 

 aeVphie i liilv chairman; R. H. B. Fairman. Pennsylvania Club, and Geo. 

 W. Parker. Quaker Citv Clnb. 



J. GiLLiNoHAM. Secretary Schuylkill Navy. 

 —The Colombia Boat Club, of Brooklyn, held their an- 

 nual regfttta on Saturday, September 19tb, in Gowanus 

 Buy. tlie lirst race was 'a pair-oared, distance two miles, 

 the course being; from the Twenty-fourth Street Dock to 

 Stewart Docks. "There were onlv two entries. Blue, . I. 

 D. Halsey, stroke; H. T. Dunham, bow. White, J. D. 

 PursH, stroke; C. S. Osborn, bow. The boats were started 

 evenly, the Whites a little ahead, but after pulling for five 

 minutes they suddenly stopped, aud on rowing up to the 

 steamboat Wyoming, which was specially chartered for the 

 guests and lady friends, the crew .stared that one of the 

 sliding seats had got out of gear. The Blues simply rowed 

 over the coarse "in fair time. The second race was the 

 Junior Siugle Sculls, for which there were three entries. 

 Mr. Bleecker.however.was unable to appear,having sprained 

 his arm, so this race resulted in a match between C. S. 

 Butler, color blue, and C. O. Lewis, colors blue -and white. 

 The course was from the Twenty-fourth Street Dock to 

 Hunt's Dock. At 4:40 the word was given. Lewis started. 

 off with a fine spurt, leading his antagonist by two lengths 

 before the latter caught the'sigual. Before the. close Of the 

 first half mile, however, Butler had overtaken his contest- 

 ant, and with a fine, powerful stroke, led to the home line, 

 coming in in 8:42. Lewis was out of condition. The third 

 and last race was the Senior Single Sculls, over the same 

 course as the previous race. There were three entries and 

 all started. Osborn led and rowed in beautiful style. Purse 

 dropping out, having injured his boat, Lippitt" pulling a 

 good game stroke ; but Osborn was too much for him and 

 won the race by six lengths. The prizes for the first race 

 were two silver medals ; for the second, one silver medal, 

 aud for the tliird a handsome silver soup tureen. 



The Alcyone Boat Club held their regatta over the same 

 course on Saturday, September 19th. There was but one 

 race, between the 'six-oared gigs Blonde and Brunette. The 

 race was fairly conlestcd, the Bloud crew winning in o2:53 

 seconds. 



—The Nereid Boat Club had also a little affair of their 

 own. which was a four-oared gig race with coxswains over 

 the same course as the previous clubs. This race was by 

 far the most interesting and well-rowed contest of the day. 

 The following ar'e^he names of the Crews - — 



Undinn.— W. S. Earle, bow; H. 0. Broun, No. 3; W. 

 Wise, Jr., No. 3; J. P. Earle, stroke; W. S. Cowing, cox- 

 swain; color, red. 



i ,< ,-J. E. Borne, bow; Wm. Fehr, No. 3; W". D. 

 Johnscn, No. 3; Geo. H, Earle, stroke; S. W. Brown, cox- 

 swain; color, blue. 



Off they started as evenly as possible, somelimcs a spurt 

 would throw the I, udina ahead, then again a vigorous st roke 

 from the crew of tlie Penelope and the nose of their boat 

 would verge ahead; this line racing continuing until within 

 one hundred yards of the home stakeboat, when both gigs 

 were almost abreast of each other; when within twenty 

 yards from the finish the crew of the Undina made a 

 "glorious spurt and theit' boat went over the line with an ad- 

 vantage of one half length. The time of lhe winning crew 

 was 12m. 39s. 



—The Schuylkill Navy, of Philadelphia, will hold their 

 annual fall regatta on September 3<ifb. 



Jlnsweqs $o (£owHyondmt$. 



Max, Mott Haven.— Ton can shoot deer on Long Island only by stalk- 

 ing, and then only between the 1st and loth of November. 



E. C. H.— Please answer, through the columns of your paper, where 

 is the best place for gutmiug ten miles from Philadelphia. Next week's 

 paper, ir possible? Aus Chester— both island and main land. 



Books.— I wish you to recommend a good, retiahle book, giving the 

 particulars of the time made hy running and trotting horses, and details 

 in connection with racing'; Ans. Wallace's or Bruce's Tnrf Registers 

 arc equally reliable. 



Subscriber, Buffalo.— Are yon really in earnest when you recommend 

 the use of No 6 Shot for woodcock and snipe-See Sept 3d? We think 

 in this locality that Ho. 10 i- sufficiently heavy? Ans. Typographical 

 error, which was corrected in the next issue. 



Broad Street .—Can yon givf me, throagh the columns of your paper, 

 the name of some good work containing instruction in salt water fishing 

 for inesperts who fish for the commonest ones? 1 shall be greatly 

 obliged, as also I've no doubt many others. Aus. '•Fishing in Ameri- 

 can Waters," by Scott; Harper & Bros. 



Boots, Boston.— Will you be kind enough to reprint the recipe for 

 water-prooting boots, which yon published last Spring? 1 havegivenit 

 a fair trial and find it perfect? Ans. Six oz. mutton suet, 8 oz. beoswax, 

 tjoz, ro -in. and a pint of linseed oil; melt the three first ingredients to- 

 gether and add the last. Apply on uppers and soles of boots. 



6, N. B., Delphos, Kan.— Any papers calling the Springfield a sport- 

 ing title are iu error. Those used at Creedmoor are just as they come 

 from the National Armory. These arms can, we believe.be obtained 

 by purchase, by addressing the head of the Ordnance Department, at 

 Washington. Your suggestion in regard to cooking game is an excel- 

 lent one, and we wiU make use of it. 



A Subscriber, Middletown, Del.— Can yon name to me any good per- 

 son near Middletown, Delaware, or the adjoining States, to whom I can 

 seud a field spaniel pup to have it properly and thoroughly broken in to 

 geueral shooting, say for quail, snipe, woodcock and duck shooting, and 

 to retrieve from land and water:- Ans. Perhaps Mr. Carnnon, of Bridae- 

 ville, Del., wonld recommend some reliable person. 



Plumb, Boston.— Will you please inform nic where 1 can find good 

 duck shooting within one or two day's ride from this city, also the best 

 time to go? Ans. Eastern end of Long Island is the best place we know 

 of near Boston Tor ducks. By addressing a letter to Squires. Bay View 

 Honse, at Good Ground Post Office, yon will obtain information when 

 tbe fowl are flying in quantity. October is a good month for ducks 

 there. 



M.B.. New York. —Please inform me what railroad to take for Parry 

 Honse, Beach Haven, N. J., and the price of an exclusion ticket for two 

 days, also the station for getting off, and the most convenient way to 

 reach it? Ans. Southern New Jersey to Tnckerton. Tickets, S«- What 

 kind of game will be found there in the middle of next month. Ans. 

 Ducks, snipe, plover, widgeon, and the various kinds of bay birds; also 

 rabbits on the islands and .piail on the main land. 



W. C. B., Akron, Ohio.— 1st, What size shot in a 30-inch, 12-bore 

 breech loader, weighing 7} pounds, should I use in shooting wild tur- 

 keys? Ans. No. 5. 3d. Would a trim of above description, loaded with 

 Inn It -hot. No a. give as good results in hunting deer as a muzzle loading 

 rifle, calibre 38? Ans. It entirely depends on what kind of a shot yon 

 are. You would undoubtedly wound and lose more deer with the shot 

 gun, but the ride would be most effectual and sportsmanlike. 



Uncle George. New Haven.— 1 take the liberty to ask your important, 

 and valuable advice with respect to the choice of tbe best pocket pistol. 

 I want to get. the best revolver, all things considered? Ane. We use 

 Smith & Wesson, 2{ inch barrel, calibre. 2-2-100. Its mechanism is sim- 

 pli , . 31 -v to clean, while its accuracy and range are remarkable. We 

 h v, carried this pattern many years and desire no better. We have seen 

 this little weapon repeatedly hit a li-inch bnllseyeat lOOyards. 



S. C. McC Atlanta. — Would you refer me. through yonr columns, to 

 some good work on breeding, especially of dogs? Mr. W. W. Reid. of 

 England, sent me the pedigree of his dog Sam. in which I see he has 

 crossed brothor and sister for four generations. Do you think I could 

 adopt, this plan profitably? Ans. Hutchinson on Dogs, also Laverack 

 on the Setter. We are opposed to breeding so much in-and-in, as it ren- 

 ders the progeny undoubtedly delicate. The puns of different sires and 

 dams, although of the same strain, might be bred with success. 



Sierra, Denver, Col. — I own a pup seven months old, who is afraid of 

 the renort of a gun. He runs away when one is fired. How can I give 

 him confidence and get him over his provoking timidity? Ans. "Homo" 

 says: ■■When my youngster had reached the. age of fonr or five months 

 T would never feed him withont directly before discharging a pistol or 

 gun, beginning first with light charges, increasing the loads when he be- 

 gan to associate the report with the pleasure of satisfying his hunger. I 

 am convinced, when I became ready to teach him, dropping to shot or 

 c..rnitii-in i> -hot. the siitht of the sun would be a pleasure rather than 

 Hi tdvorae. Read F..f.est and Steeajs, April 2d, 1874. 



W. L. F. , Stamford, Conn.— Having ten days to spare from October 1. 

 will jrpn kindly trll me where m.nir New York) I cau get the best huntlne 

 aud listing at the least expense during that period? If I could take my 

 yacht to place named so much better: also please state the expense of 

 trip and name of best guide (if one is needed), and ereatly oblige one 

 w'hoenjoys "sporting," but who has had small experience? Ans. You 

 will find sport across the Sound at Northport: or why not try the Thim- 

 ble Islands, on Guilford? Both places afford goad fishing and duck and 

 snipe shooting. We' have always ereatly enjoyed a yacht voyage to 

 Thimble Islands. If you prefer, you can take your yacht to Bnrnegat, 

 where the sport is better. At Barnegat Village, on Tnckerton Railroad, 

 an excellent boatmen and gunners. 



W. L. P., City.— Can I get the first five numbers of Vol. 1 of the For- 

 est and Stream at your office? Ans. Yes. Where (in season) can 1 

 get good quail shooting on Long Island within two to three hours' nde 

 of the city? Ans. Smithtown and Northport on the north side. and 

 Amityville and Patchogue on the south side, arethe best, but in most any 

 case farmers will object to straneers shooting over their land. If yon 

 have any friends at either place, you will obtain good sport no doubt. 

 We think that Aaron Vail, of Smithtown Branch, would readily give 

 permission to shoot o-er the very tine cover in his vicinity: and yon may 

 also get some yellow legs and- snipe down the bay. However, in conse- 

 quence or the three years prohibition of quail shooting that expired last 

 season, the birds are quite numerous also on the scrnb plains, and a good 

 bag will he the reward, if you use a good scrub-setter that is used to the 

 work. North Islip and Farmingdale are good points to start from for 

 scrnb shooting. 



.1. S. W„ Philadelphia. I have a young setter hitch about a year old, 

 which for some time past tins been troubled with a disease of the ear, 

 which I think must be canker. It first appeared in the left ear. when I 

 used sweet oil and laundanum. It then attacked the right ear. when I 

 applied the same remedy. It appeared to become well in the right, but 

 again returned to the left, I am now osing warm water and alum, bnt 

 wtl bout uitich apparent success. The base of the ear is somewhat red 

 and -inflamed, the irritation extending part, way down the interior of the 

 tl.it>, itthi - vear. The ear is generally discolored by something which 



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apparent 



in nil C hi yon inform me of a remedy, or what would be the best mode 

 : ,n , i in this case? Ans. Your setter bitch surely has canker. 



Cull upon Horace. Smith, Esq., our business agent in yonr city, 125 South 

 Third street, who has a certain cure for this terrible disease. 



— Iu consequence °f "'"' columns being occupied with 

 Creedmoor this week, a large number of communications 

 are necessarily deferred. 



