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— Some pool radios: crime off at Fleetwood 

 Park last Wednesday. The first raci 

 between Dan Muee's bay mare Clara <!. and 

 running mate and John Murphy's bay mare 

 Lady Dahlmat \mdor the saddle. The bet- 

 ting on this event was even. After five heats 

 Mane's team was declared victor, The best 

 timamade was S:26i. The second trot for 

 a purse of $400, mile heats, best 3 in 5 in 

 harness brought the geldings J. H. "Walton 

 and ChestorT to the starting post, The 

 toriner was the winner in three straight 

 heals. Best time 2:43. The next event was 

 a sweepstakes for a purse of $250 mile heats. 

 The competitors were Tommy Moore, 

 Bricks, llnmpty Dumpty, and Saugerties, 

 The former wou after running six heats. 

 Best lime 2:17. Thursday witnessed three 

 Mod trots at the same place. The first regu- 

 lar trot of the day was for a purse between 

 John Murphy's aorrel gelding Sorrel Jake 

 and T. Lee's bay gelding Judge Bedle. The 

 former won the race in three, straight heats. 

 I'.i-.-t time 2:431. The second event was a 

 luatchbctwee.n G. Walker's brown mare 

 Ladv Annie and J. H. Phillips' bay mare 

 Susie Clay. Lady Annie after losing the 

 first brat still had the call. The second heat 

 was also won by Susie Clay. Lady Annie 

 afterward went to the front and won the 

 third, fourth and fifth heats. Best time 

 2:13.'r. The third trot was between C. Sim- 

 mons' brown gelding Cbestou and J. Peter- 

 son's gray mare Cora P. Chestou won in 

 three straight heats. Best time .2:37. 



— Flee! wood witnessed some interesting 

 contests last Saturday. The. first was be- 

 tween Charley Green to wagon and the 

 gelding Fred "in harness. The former won 

 in three straight heats. Best time 3:34*. 

 Four horses contested for a purse of $400, 

 mile heats, best three in five, catch weights, 

 thiinn's Tommy Dodd won in three straight, 

 heals. Best lime 2:15, Tommy Moore, 

 Bricks, andHiuuptv Dumpty, competed for 

 a purse of §300, but victory fell agaiu to 

 the former. Best lime 2;43I, 



— John Murphy has made arrangements 

 to keep the club house, grounds and track 

 open and in good order at Fleetwood Park 

 until next Spring. 



— Four races came off at the West Side 

 Park last Thursday. The first trot, half- 

 mile heats, was won by Julia II., she mak- 

 ing the distance in 50 seconds. The second, 

 a running rare, miie heats, brought Out live 

 horses, but Dan O'Coiiucll carried off the 

 Itiitrels. Best time 2:04. The next was a 

 pacing and trotting race between Brigg's 

 John, in harness, and Thompson's Maggie 

 under saddle. The former won two heats 

 in succession. Best time 2:53. The fourth 

 trot was between Rockland Prince and 

 Butcher Boy, hut the latter being distanced 

 the first heat finished that contest suddenly, 

 though the time made was only 3:59. 



— At the Beacon Park, Boston, Lady 

 Went worth, Little Red Folly, and Kate, met 

 on the 880) to eompele for a purse of §200. 

 After live heats the former was the Victor. 

 Best time 2:43. A race between the geld- 

 inus John T. Russell and JYank Hall for a 

 purse of §300 was won by the former. Best 

 time, 2:41. The percentage on pools at 

 Beacon Park during the past season exceed- 

 ed §10,000, and at Mystic Park the amount, 

 full below that sum. 



— Two trotting races were held at the 

 Hudson River Driving Park. The first was 

 bei ween the trotter American Girl and the 

 pacer Copperbotlom for a purse of §2,300. 

 The former was the winner, having gained 

 flic SUCOud and third hunts. Host lime 2:2.j}. 

 The second trot for a purse of $1,000 was 

 between Barney Kelley and Annie Collins. 

 The former won the first two heats, so was 

 yiclor. Best, time 2:34. 



— At Deerfool Park, Thanksgiving clay 

 was celebrated by some good Ironing. The 

 first contest was for a nurse of §50. There 

 were five, starters, but Aleck was I he victor. 

 Bust time 2:5(i. This was followed by a 

 running race of aquiirlrr of a mile between 

 I be horses Cable and Buffalo Bill. After 

 six heals the race was given to the former. 

 Best lime, 29 seconds. 



— At Norfolk, Virginia, on the same day 

 a trotting race, between Ogdcu's Lady p,vt- 

 terson and MeCuull's Orange Blossom, for 

 $1,000, mile heats, best Ihive in live, was 

 WOO by O range Blossom. The best time 

 was 2:37i. Lady Patterson beat Grange 

 Blossom in several races previously. 



— Judge Pnllei'ton and Occident again 

 tried their speed near San Francisco last 

 Saturday. Fullerton was the favorite be- 

 fore the' race but after the first heat Ilia rival 

 loomed up into favor and kept it until the 

 contest was finished. Fullcrlon did not win 

 a heal, so the victory was earned by Occi- 

 dent in a hrief period of time. The heals 

 yrcre run iu2:lt), 2:25, and 8:80$. Murphy's 

 Black Hawk ami Ilasseit's Jerry tried their 

 speed for a purse of §200, mile heals, best 

 lliree in five, catch weights. The former 

 was declared winner on the fourth heat. 

 Best time 2:55. 



—We learn that a meeting of repre- 

 sentatives of some of the prominent trot- 

 ting associations was held in New York last 



week, and it was decided to hold a " trot- 

 ting circuit " on the following days : 



Philadelphia, Cpnimenciog Tin. ■-.!.,, ., 



Praspec [Pork, " ' Jane i 



Hartford, " " " S 



Providence, " " ' @ 



Mystic Parft " ---- " " S- 



Eeacon Park, " " "SB 



— Mr. Bonner's last purchase, the bay 

 gelding Wellesley Boy, by Godfrey's 

 Patchen, is trolling very fast. Mr. B. drove 

 him half a mile over his new track a few 

 days since, the wind blowing half a gale, in 

 1:074. 'Wellesley Boy was live years old 

 last. Spring, and can trot in 2:20. Lie is one 

 of the most promising young horses in this 

 country, ne was cheap at $15,000, 



— Lieut, Zubowitz, an Austrian officer, 

 who undertook for a wager to ride on his 

 own horse from Vienna to Paris in. fifteen 

 days, accomplished his feat Nov. 0, arriv- 

 ing at the Place du Trone shortly before 10. 

 But for a slitrbt accident to his horse, which 

 is of Hungarian breed and of average size. 

 he would have arrived a day sooner. The 

 horse did not appear exhausted by its long 

 journey. About 300 persons, some of whom 

 had bets depending on the event, had assem- 

 bled to witness the Lieutenant's arrival. 



A MtrLis Stotiy. — Says the Territorial 

 Enterprise: A gentleman' who is too modest 

 to allow us to use his name, furnished us the 

 following instance of sagacity which he yes- 

 terday saw displayed by a pair of mules— 

 those curious spotted fellows belonging to 

 Hank Blanchard. Hank and John Pagan 

 were seated in a buirgy behind the mules, 

 driving along South street, near the 

 Divide. Suddenly the animals halted. 

 Whipping and coaxing were alike in vain ; 

 they would not move. What to make of 

 this Hank didn't know, as the mules had 

 never before so conducted themselves. 

 Seeing that the animals constantly turned 

 their heads in one direction, Fagan began to 

 look that way, to see what it was that so 

 strongly attracted their attention. In a 

 moment he dropped on it. It was a shingle 

 which read, " Hay §23 per ton," the regu- 

 lar retail price being §25. The mules hat! 

 observed this, and could not be moved be- 

 yond it until Hank got out. of the buggy, 

 went into the place and came back, pre- 

 tending that he had ordered ten tons of the 

 article at the reduced rates. They then trot- 

 ted oif perfectly content. 



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Puep.vring Game for Market. — Poul- 

 try should be fat, and kept for twenty-four 

 hours from food before killing, to have the 

 crop empty. Food in the crop sours, black- 

 ens the skin, injures the sale of poultry, 

 and buyers will' not pay for this useless 

 weight,' Opening the ve'ili in the neck, or 

 bleeding in the mouth, is .the proper mode 

 of killing. If bled inside the throat, the 

 bills should be pried open with a piece of 

 chip, aud the poultry hung up by the feet 

 on a line. This makes bleeding free, and 

 prevents bruising. The head and feet should 

 be left on, and the entrails in. The flesh 

 should not be mutilated in any manner. 

 Turkeys and chickens dry picked keep much 

 longer and sell higher than the scalded. If 

 the picking is done by scalding, the water 

 should be heated just to the boiling point, 

 and the poultry held by the feet, dipped in 

 and out the water four or five times, count- 

 ing three each lime iu or out. The work 

 should be done neatly, quickly, and thor- 

 oughly. After pickling, hang up the poul- 

 try by the feet in a cool, dry place, till the 

 animal heat is out, and the poultry thor- 

 oughly cold and dry. Avoid freezing, as 

 poultry will not keep long after thawing. 

 Wrap in thin, light, strong paper. Brown 

 and dark, heavy paper, having too much 

 acid in it, injures the poultry. The head 

 should be wrapped separately. Always 

 pack head downwards. This throws the 

 soft entrails on the breast bone, the poultry 

 keeping longer in this position. Pack in 

 clean, dry, tight dour barrels. 



Geese and ducks, after being killed, should 

 have all the feathers picked off, then rubbed 

 all over withfinc rosin, after which dip them 

 in boiling hot water in and out seven or 

 eight times, then rub off the pin feathers, 

 after which wash off the fowl with warm 

 water, using soap aud a hard brush. Imme- 

 diately after rinse them well in cold water, 

 then hang them up by the feet in a cool, dry 

 place till they are thoroughly dry, when 

 they can be wrapped and packed as before, 

 suggested. Poultry thus dressed and packed 

 will, in moderately cold weather, kei p Sfl eel 

 and fresh for fifteen to twenty days, ami can 

 be shipped from the extreme West with 

 safety by freight. Never pack poultry in 

 straw, as in damp or warm weather it causes 

 if, 1.0 sweat and heat. 



Game, deer, rabbits, coons, opossums, and 

 squirrels should be opened, and all the en- 

 trails taken out, leaving only the kidney fat; 

 then the insides should be wiped perfectly 

 dry with a soil, clean cloth, after which 

 wrap the small game in paper, packing hack 

 downwards. 



Wild turkeys, ducks, geese, grouse, phea- 

 sants, quail, pigeons, and birds of all kindr 

 should always have the entrails left in I hem, 

 aud the head and feet on. They should never 

 be mutilated in any manner. Drawn birds 

 sour in a short time, and sell for less than 

 the undrawn, even if sweet. Wrap the bend 



separately in paper, then the body. Pack 

 head downwards iu tight, clean barrels, the 

 same as poultry, 



Shippers should remember well that all 

 game aud poultry should be thoroughly cold 

 before being packed, otherwise it will soon 

 SWOal ami heat. Barrels are the best, pack- 

 ages that shippers can ship in.— Jesse &il- 

 mere. 



Tun Lion in His old Age.— When a 

 young lion reaches the age of two years he 

 is able to down a horse or an ox; and so he 

 continues to grow and increase in strength 

 till lie reaches his eighth year, when "his 

 talons, teeth, aad mane are'perfeet, aud he 

 grows no more. For twenty years after be 

 arrives at maturity his talons and fangs 

 show no signs of decay; but after that he 

 grows "chubbish." He is no longer a match 

 lor I he tremendous buffalo; he prowls around 

 the cattle kraals, and snatches a lamb orji 

 kid, just as he did when he set out with his 

 parents nearly thirty years before. A woman 

 or a child at night," shares Hie same fate. 

 His strenghth and sight now decline more 

 and more, till the mighty lion grows lean 

 and mangy, and crawls "about from place 

 to place eating any offal he can pick up, and 

 despising not even so small an animal as the 

 field mouse; and starves or dies, or is fallen 

 on and slaughtered by a few cowardly hy- 

 enas, or is discovered, unable to move, be- 

 neath a tree, and knocked on the head by 

 some wandering Kaffir. 



— The experiments with the Peabody rifle 

 have not caused the experts to admire it as 

 they might, owing to its kicking power; but 

 this fault is now', it seems, thrown on the 

 cartridges, which were provided by the 

 Slate. It is proposed in future to use the 

 Berdan cartridges, which are claimed to be 

 thoroughly fitted for the breech loaders of 

 the Peabody pattern. 



— The question whether snakes eat toads 

 is answered affirmatively by a writer in 

 Hard!tiria\ who speaks from direct obser- 

 vation. Having discovered a carter-snake 

 in a strawberry-bed, he struck The creature 

 a sharp blow with a slick, aud out Hew a 

 medium-sized load. Before die blow only 

 the hind feet of the toad were visible, pro- 

 truding from the snake's mouth. 



Hilbko House, "West Kirby, Cheshire, 

 England, November 10, 1874.— Editor Iforest 

 1 Strt vm ■ :— 1 cive you much credit for 

 the dignified and high tone which distin- 

 guishes the Forest and Stream. We all 

 read your various correspondent's' articles 

 with much profit and pleasure. "Wishing 

 you and your efforts to give a high and 

 lofty tone to the true gentlemen of the 

 sporting world may crown your paper with 

 complete success, I am, dear sir, yours, 

 faithfully, G. de Landke Macdona. 



Having recently purchased, for the use of onr 

 Florida Commissioners, a very line Breech Loading 

 Gnu. madehy tlie celebrated firm of W. & C. Scott 

 & Sons, England, and the outfit purchased being iu 

 excess of their wants, we now oiler the gun for sale. 

 Description-Breech Loader, Side Snap, Double Shot 

 Gun, 10 bore; length. 33 inches: weight, about ll T lbs. 

 Trice, Slin.' Address, Foiikst and Stkea.m! 17 

 Chatham Street. 



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