FOREST AND STREAM. 



203 



I am told that this fish is not round helow the upper rapids of the Mis- 

 sissippi, which terminates here at Davenport, though I cannot give reli- 

 able information upon this point. I think its habitat Is the rocky bottom 

 of the stream, whether in Luke Pepin or the upper or lower rapids. My 

 principal object, however, in thia communication, is to direct attention 

 to another Ilsh, a near relative to the foregoing. It is what is popularly 

 called the black, or jack t-almon, but in reality a different species of pike 

 perch. It seldom attains over fuur pounds in weight, and is caught in 

 abundance down to half a pound. This ilsh is not common to Eastern 

 waters, but, as far ns the Writer knows, is confined to the West. It is 

 sweet and delicious as a table Dsh, und should receive protection. The 

 writer and a friend one afternoon took thlrty-rour of these Bsh in the 

 Mississippi, where they abound, though the books give but little notice 

 ..fit. lu Frank Forrvter there is a reference toil, but not from per- 

 eonal observation, his description being taken from Do Kay. In yon r 

 interestinu journal I noticed that the grayling of Michigan was some- 

 times culled the jack salmon, and, on this account, had my attention 

 more particularly directed to the same named Jl--.li in on r waters; but 1 

 am satisfied that it is simply a variety of the pike perch. Perhaps this 

 is the slime ilsh named Richardson's pike perch— the Canadian snndre— 

 described on pnL'C 104 of Forrester's Fish and Fishing. An officer uf the 

 army, now located at Kock Island Arsenal, a most enthusiastic devotee 

 of the rod, Informed me that he threw away the first fish of this kind 

 caught by him, thinking it kindred to the mullet, or stone roller, a spe- 

 cies of I'rcsli water sucker. The fish in question is, to my eye, a beauty; 

 dark olive patches on the back, white ventral fins, tipped with red, dorsal 

 fin large, prominent and spinous, and caudal llu wavy with rays of light 

 and olive. The writer regards it as one of the sweetest and most deli- 

 clous fish that inhabits our waters, and then it Is In goodly numbers, a 

 ready biter, and a vigorous puller, and Is more gamey than its larger 

 cousin. 



It Is quite a transition to pass from the above fish to the brook trout, 

 yet I cannot resist a few remarks touching this gem of the tumbling 

 waters, in closing my desultory observations. There are no trout streams 

 In Iowa, except in the extreme northern part of the State, the streams 

 being too sluggish for them in prairie land. The writer, in early July 

 lost, explored some of the tributaries that empty into Root Elver, lu 

 southern Minnesota, which, at La Crescent, empties into the Mississippi, 

 Bis first excursion from a mill dam well stocked with black bass at 

 lloka up to Indian Spring, the source of the stream, was rewarded with 

 no success. With rod and fly exploring, he found no chance for a cast 

 amid the overhanging brush, but saw and startled many fine trout. 

 Adopting the style of the country, he tried the common angle worm, and 

 caught between thirty and forty, one thirteen inches long, not fifty yards 

 from the spring. There are Borne three or fonr trout streams close in 

 this vicinity justly noted, which the writer contemplates exploring as 

 early as the mountain laurel blooms next season. While touching upon 

 trout, permit me to narrate an incident that may possibly he interesting 

 to some fishermen. It la strictly germain, as the lawyers say, to the sub- 

 ject matter before us. 



The writer was, many years ago. challenged by Squire Quiggle, a resi- 

 dent of Young Woman's Town, above Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, to fish 

 for trout in Young Women's Creek. Eagerly dashing into the stream, a 

 lew miles from its month, he secured some seven or eight pretty flue 

 trout before the Squire had adjusted his rod. Meantime the latter was 

 busy in lifting the rocks along the shore of the e/eek, and when he did 

 get to work the trout were caught so rapidly that the fly fisher was 

 obliged fa abandon his imitation, and adopt the bait used by the Squire, 

 if only to save his distance. This bait was called by him the image fish, 

 so lifting a stone quietly he found it lying beneath as still as an image. 

 It was about the length of a little finger, cylindrical in form, and when 

 disturbed darted from one stone to another. This bait is lough and 

 white, and the trout leap for It as though accustomed to the food. I have 

 aince found the same imago fish in other trout waters in the East, and 

 thought the mention of it would be of service to fishermen. 1 am in- 

 formed, on pretty good authority, that this little fish is known and used 

 as bait In English waters, and is there called the lotch. Yours, truly, 



J. H. B. 

 ■»•«> 



Motrkirk FtrBKAOB, November 2d, ISM. 

 Editor Forest and Streatc :— 



I read with interest an article entitled "New material for fly rod," in 

 Forest amb Stream of July 23d, page 371. The writer promised to re- 

 port the test of his rod on large trout. I for one should be glad to hear 

 how the rod worked, as, if It was satisfactory, 1 want to make one of the 

 same materinl. C. E, C. 



j^ntixmal Uptimes. 



Secretaries and friend* of Athletic, Dose- Ball, Cricket and other 

 wl-door Clubswtll kindly mail M-> iriblltiomnot later than Monday 



~ — The professional championship ended Saturday, OctJ 

 31st, and the result of the aeries of contests for the whip 

 peDnant is the success of the Red Stocking nine of Boston 

 as champions for 1874, with the right to fly the pennant 

 during 1875. The Mutuals occupy" second position in the 

 race, and the Athletics third. The full record of games 

 played won and lost up to Oct. 31 si is as follows: — 



CntiB. 



t» 



l» 



2 



| 



3 

 E 



1 



W 





"5 



B 



3 

 g 



I 



s 



AtUlotfc 



_ 



it 



i 



8 



3 



f. 



fi 



9 



83 



66 



Atlantic 



1 





a 



4 



» 



ft 



3 



3 



22 



55 





V. 



1 



— 



1 



1 



!i 



1 



1 



a 



47 



Boston. 



8 



ft 



9 





7 



9 



5 



H 



52 



70 





4 



4 



9 



3 





1 



1 



« 



2« 



59 



Hartford 



3 



a 



3 



1 



1 





a 



4 



17 



54 



Mutual 



-1 



7 



B 



5 



9 



H 





1 



42 



65 



Philadelphia.. 



1 



6 



i 



Z 



7 



4 



5 



— 



29 



58 





23 



33 



38 



IS 



31 



37 



23 



29 



232 









— On Oct. 31st the Germantown and Hereon cricket cluhs 

 had a match — one innings a side — on the Germantown 

 grounds, which resulted in the success of the former hy 119 

 to 61. Weekham's 24, John Large's 24, Tom Hargreave's 

 23, and Cooper's and Fox's 16 each, were the leading 

 scores. 



—Mr. Outerbridge has added to the Cricket literature of 

 America another of his ably written pamphlets, the last 

 -work, from his pen being a graphic descriplion of the pro- 

 ceedings of the Halifax Cricket Tournament in August last, 

 containing the full scores of the games ami complete sta- 

 tistics of this noted tourney. The book is a presentation 

 work and it can be had by enclosing address with a postal 

 stamp for postage on application to Box 2704, Philadelphia, 

 post office. 



— In the match at Philadelphia between the ''Foreigners" 

 and lhe "Natives" of the Alhlelic and Philadelphia clubs, 

 the latter won in a seven innings game by 11 to 4. The 

 "Foreigners" included Hicks, Bcchicl, Graver, Eggcler, 

 Sultonflloldsworth, Gedney, Murman, and York. The 

 "Natives" were: — Miller, MeBride, Baitin, Reach, Anson, 

 MeUcary, McMullin, Fultner, and Donnelly. 



— The death of John Lilly white will give into other hands 

 the compiling of Lilly white's Guide, of which John had 

 Charge. It can be greatly improved by an explanatory ap- 

 pendix to each rule. Lillywhite was it strong bat and good 

 howler, but no fielder. He was highly esteemed by the 

 cricket faterriity. 



—Mr. David L. Reod of the Philadelphia club has re- 

 signed from that organization. They will miss the services 

 ot an ardent partizan aud an able secretary, Frank Mc- 

 Bride, too, who started the club, has left it. 



—The Boston "team" for 1875 will be White, Spalding, 

 O'Rourke, Barnes, Schafer, George Wright, Leonard H. 

 Wright, McVey, Beats, and Manning, all" gentlemanly and 

 reliable, as well as skilful, professional players. 



— The professional contests since our last issue were as 

 follows;— 



October 27— Hartford vs. Alhlelic, at, Hartford 10 to 3 



October a~-Boston vs. Philadelphia, at Boston II to 8 



October 2d— Boston vs. AthlottO, at Boston ii) to 7 



Octobers)— Hartford vs. Philadelphia ai Hartford ...Olo 4 



October 29— Boston vs. Athletic, at Wurcesi.nr. 10 i i.i.ing-- :t io 2 



Ootobor 28— Atlantic vs. Philadelphia, ni Brooklyn II (o 5 



October 30— I: i: i [ , ■■ i:,:,i,,i\ "i ' ,. UY , i ,■■ ,,, 



October 30- -Philadelphia ra Mutual, at Brooklyn. II to 4 



October 27— Boston vs, llartford, at Boston into 5 



Out of the 380 games which formed the full series to tie 

 pi a veil between May and November, 232 have been played, 

 leaving 68 games to be played up to Oct. 31st, the Boston 

 club being the only contestant to complete their full series 

 of ten games each. The disbandment of the Baltimore 

 nine threw out all their 47 games, and left the other seven 

 contesting nines occupying the following positions in the 

 race : — 



Oames 



Club. 



Boston 



Mutuals 



Athletic 



Philadelphia 



Chicago 



Atlantic 



Hartford... 



43 



Games ZJ)st. To Play. 



35 



165 



Totals 185 



The average of runs to a match for the winning nines 

 in October was 9:16, and for the losing, 4:7- For Septem- 

 ber the average was 9:6 and 4:26. This last was the best 

 average since May. Except in April, the average has not 

 been nine and a half in any month of the season. This 

 shows very fine play. 



— A Chicago paper says:— "Meyerie, Cuthbert, Treacy, 

 aud Maloue will undoubtedly connect themselves with the 

 new St. Louis club. Joe Simmons is also an applicant for 

 a fielder's position in that nine. Cummings' demand of 

 $3,000 will be acceded to by the St. Louis directory, it is 

 said, if he will agree to cut loose from Hicks, who is not 

 wanted." If this is so, unquestionably the St. Louis club 

 are paying dear for their whistle. 



—On Oct. 30th the Stars of Newark visited Paterson, 

 and in a game with the Olympics they wore defeated by a 

 score of 18 to 4. Foran led the score, as he did in the 

 Resolute match, with the West Ends. In this game Brown, 

 Bunce and Roberts of the Nassaus, and McCabe of a New 

 York nine, took part on the Star side. In fact it was a 

 picked nine against the Olympics. 



—On Oct. 29th the Staten Island club defeated the Silver 

 Stars at the Oapitoline Grounds by 21 to S, 



—On Oct, 23J the Resolutes of New York played a pretty 

 game with the West Ends of Jersey City at the latter place 

 and won by a score of 8 to 1, 



—The Staten Island club's match with the Eastons has 

 Deen postponed by the latter club, and the Bridgeport game 

 will not bo played until the 10th iust. 



—On Oct. 31st nohoken was the scene of a lively con- 

 test at foot ball between contesting sides of Rutgers and 

 the Stevens' Institute. The result, after six games had 

 been played, was a "Chicago" for the Stevens' boys, 

 Rutgers winning all six games. 



—Warren White goes to Chicago with Hastings, and 

 Stevens and Fleet, Deli 1 man aud Pike to St. Louis. The 

 Chicago club retain Glenn, Devlin, Peters, Zettlin, and 

 Force, and they are to have the Canadian player Kearl, and 

 Snyder. 



—The professional clubs for 1875 will include the 

 Athletic, Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Mutual, Phila- 

 delphia, and St. Louis; besides which there will be the 

 Atlantics, the Westerns of Keokuk, and the Reds of St. 

 Louis. 



—An Atlantic "team" is talked of composed of Rule and 

 West of the Chelscas, Smith of the Concords, Booth and 

 Sweasy of this season's Atlantics.Treacy of the Arlingtons, 

 aud Daesch.cr, Redman aud Rogers of the Nassaus. 



—The Hartford "team" for,1875 will consist of Allison, 

 Bond, Mills. Carey, Ferguson, Burdack, York, Remsen, 

 and Tipper, with a new change pitcher and catcher to be 

 added. 



—The Boston cricket club defeated Harvard by 130 to 53 

 in a match played at Cambridge, Mass., October 24th. 

 Pettlt led the Boston score with 90, Clarke scoring 23, 

 Dwight's 27 being the best on the other side. 



—On Oct. 28th the White SI ockings played the Franklins 

 a close game, winning by 3 to 6 in a full game. The 

 Whiles, the same week", defeated lhe Westerns by 7 to 0. 

 On Oct. 24th they defeated the Franklins by 5 to 1. 



— On Oct. 2i)lh lhe Reliance club of Brooklyn defeated 

 the Jasper College nine by 11 io 5 at Manhtiltanville. The 

 Reliance "team" included Larkin, Rosbern, Swandell, 

 Powell, Dover, Hod.es, Hibben, Bradford, and Clinton. 



— Eggler and Hall will strengthen the Athletics for 1875, 

 and with Clapp, McBride, Anson, Fisler, Sutton, Reach, 

 Sensenderfer, and two new men, a fine "team" will be 

 raised . 



— McGeary of the Athletics— says a Chicago paper— 

 and not, Snyder, is to be catcher of the \\ hite Stockings. 

 It happens, however, that they have engaged Higham at 

 §3,000. 



—At Weymouth, Mass., on Oct. 24th, the White Stock- 

 ings and Ffeetfoots played a pretty gti me, marked by a score 

 of 5 lo 4 only in favor of the Fleetfoots. 



— The Atlantics were Io have "gone West" on Oct. 80th 

 for a few weeks play with the Chicago nine, but the latter 

 would not guarantee expenses, and so they did not leave. 



—The Mutual "team" will include Mathews, Start, Nel- 

 son, Dacscher, Poarco, Hatfield) Goer, and McGee 



—The St. Louis "toam" take Miller and Bradley, from 

 •E«slon, aud Fulmer, McMullen, Cuthbert, and Troacy. 



— Brainard is to he the pitcher of the Westerns next 

 year. A good and reliable man. 



—The Philadelphia's retain Cummings, Craver, Mack, 

 Halds worth, and Eechtel. 



—During the last visit of the Westerns to Chicago they 

 were defeated by the "Whites" by 10 to 2. 



—Notwithstanding the lateness of the season athletic 

 exercises are still vigorously prosecuted at Boston, A 

 handicap came oil at Beacon* Park on the 28lh instant, the 

 prizes offered being $130, $50 and $20. The distance was 

 140 yards, and the "peculiar form of the sport had never be- 

 fore been witnessed in that section of the country. The 

 several runners were classed off for three heats; John 

 Graham of Lawrence and John Melrose of Boston in the 

 first heat; the first to have 114 yards from the scratch and 

 the other 13?, ; Bart. Tinnache of Boston 13| yards and 

 Christy Blank of East Boston lttj in the second; Edward 

 McEvoy of Boston 15 yards, Andy Tufts of Lynn 15 yards, 

 John Hourihan of Boston 18 yards. Each of the heats 

 were run in their order, the allowances from 140 yards 

 being made. In the first Melrose was the victor, in the 

 second Tinnache, and in the third McEvoy. The handicap 

 was accordingly made up by those last named, and the re- 

 sult was Tinnache won the "$130, Melrose the second money 

 and McEvoy the third. 



— The velocipede race on the Westchester County Fair 

 Grounds, near White Plains, last Wednesday, between 

 Frank Shaw, champion of the United States, and Henry 

 Naylor, champion of England, which was to decide the 

 championship of the world, was won by Shaw. 



— O'Leary is bound to make a name for himself. He has 

 already made a remarkable record, if all accounts are true, . 

 but he is anxious to get the sporting men of Chicago to 

 recognize his peculiar abilities, and to champion him 

 against more famous, but, perhaps, inferior pedestrians. 

 He claims that he can out walk Weston or any other dis- 

 ciple of this sort of exercise, and he is doing all he may to 

 induce Chicago belting men to think likewise. Recently, 

 in the presence of several of them, he undertook a twenty - 

 tive-milc tramp at Dexter park. He had stated that he 

 could accomplish that distance in four hours and thirty 

 minutes. The assertion was doubted, and in proof of it 

 the trial was made. He finished his task in four hours and 

 twenty-five minutes, coming home on the 25th circuit of the 

 track perfectly fresh, and apparently ready for a similar 

 undertaking. The achievement awakened considerable 

 confidence in his ability. There is some prospect of nego- 

 tiations for a match between him and Weston. He also 

 offers to bet $1,000 that he can walk fifty miles in eight 

 hours and forty-five minutes; and that he can besides heat 

 the best time made in Europe or America during the present 

 century. The Hibernian is evidently in earnest. 



— E. Daniels arrived from Boston last Saturday, and L. 

 Newhall has reduced himself down to 126 pounds, which 

 will place him in proper condition for the tournament. 



fjittwds. 



—The Brooklyn Amateur Tournament, now iu progress 

 at Samualls' Billiard House, near the post office, Brooklyn, 

 is increasing in interest as the games progress, and the 

 coming week's play promises to be quite exciting, as the 

 result will be to indicate the coming champions. Indeed, 

 one of the contestants, Mr. Knight, lias secured such a 

 winning position already that it will be difficult for any of 

 his adversaries to reach him. Next to him stands Mr. 

 Pfannkuchen. The record up to Nov. 2— no games being 

 played on the 3d, election day— is as follows:— 



Players. Games played. Games Won. Games Lost. 



Knight 8 7 1 



Pfnnakochen 4 8 1 



Rules --• 4 3 1 



Dorian 3 2 1 



Pihet 2 1 1 



Griffith 2 1 J 



La Torre 4 8 2 



Huckhanl 5 8 3 



Kavauagh 4 I » 



Vandenverkeu 4 



Ferris 3 3 



Clark 3 _3 



. Total 48 23 23 



The best average made to date was 2:62, by Knight, he 

 also making the best runs. The games played in the after- 

 noon are open to lady visitors, for whom special seats are 

 reserved free. 



• The French Game T.otjrnameht.— The gathering of 

 billiard experts in contests at the three-ball French carom 

 game, which was commenced at Tammany Hall on Nov. 4, 

 promises to iie a very fine display of the beauties of the 

 most scientific billiards. There are to be thirty-six games 

 played in all— exclusive of ties and games to decide them 

 —and in these contests Messrs. Ubassy, Gamier, Vignaux 

 and Rudolphe will represent France; Messrs. Daly, Slosson 

 and Daniels, America, and the Dion brothers, Canada. 

 Ladies are admitted free, and every arrangement has 

 been made, calculated to make the tournament a creditable 

 success. Mr. Daniel E. Gavit will conduct the tourney- 



— The great National Billiard Tournament for the chain* 

 piouship of America, and $2,500 presented by M. Delany, 

 the patenter of the wire cushions, commenced last Wed- 

 nesday evening at Tammany Hall. The following prominent 

 hilliard-plavers take part in it, viz:— A. P. Rudolphe, M. 

 Vignaux, F. Ubassy, A. Gamier, C- Dion, J. Dion, G. 

 Slosson, M. Daly, being an array of Knights of the Cue 

 that have never before tilted on the same field, so we may 

 expect Some remarkable playing, and, perhaps, the longest 

 runs ever made before in any tournament. 



—Monsieur Tivag has prepared a very excellent speech 

 for the opening of the tournament, and it will, no doubt, 

 be appreciated, as his oratorical abilities are well known to 

 his many friends. 



—Mr. Slosson is the only one representing' the West in 

 lhe billiard [tournament now going on in this city. Slosson, 

 in practice with an amateur, recently played a game of 

 5(10 points, French, winning by 300 to 30, and making the 

 fine average of 20. 



—Ubassy & Vignaux, with the assistance of the 

 players mentioned, gave an exhibition in their rooms, 

 corner 14th street and Broadway, which was largely at- 

 tended by tho lovers of billiards. Some very fine play was 

 developed. 



—The pools at Maurice Daly's have been very lively, with 

 Vignaux the favorite for the championship. 



