380 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



r 



shols he had played. LiJce many another curler, he had 

 been greal in his flay, and hid, I bolicvo, h far heller riiriit 

 In In i,i*l Minn some I have mot since. Even then, though 

 his buffets were ''wearing thin and hare," lie could dp 

 rather more than hold his own its a skip agalrisl any player 

 in the countryside. Early In the mortliug he was at my 

 door. "Haste 'e. man, ah'rlso; the pmriieh Is midst ready, 

 an' its trauo to be a gralin' flay tor eurlin' !" "I'll lie doon 

 in a jiffy," 1 replied, and jumping inio rny clothes, I was 

 down slabs in :i l,n niinules. ' Hurrying through break- 

 taBiin n alyifl which we were both doomed toregrotere 

 long, anil which did no Justice to the gudewtfe'a prepara- 

 tion oi leery, tve were soon ready to start, Mrs Ken- 



nedj wrapped Tom up win oily, "INoo gudoinan ve'll dae. 

 1 lid's hel eneueh o' il'sel', 1ml ve'll he wane the 

 waur o' vii- RT&vat 'em ye got to the loch, for there's a sued 

 Wind blawin'. There's yer besom, as braw ft am: AS ye filer 

 hart; an hailh o'ye he sure nit' play weel. Our puii's ninir 

 need o' Hie how o' meal lhan Mine ilher ne'criloweels." 

 Tom laughed at his wife's purling injunction, as we stepped 

 out mi our walk lo the woods surrounding the place ot the 

 COming Strife, It was indeed a lovely morning. The air 

 was sharp and frosty, and the landscape coated with a thin 

 coveting of rime glittered under the dimly visible morning 

 sun. Wc tramped cheerily along, Tom devoting most of 

 i tie lime to giving me a few words of advice, no could 



see, I .-.oppose, lhat. i was in sotnew hal of a tltitler, and 



began bis discourse accordingly:— 



PJ ' as Iho' ye were playin'' for life an' no for a how of 

 meal, an' niver think o' ither folk. Keep yer mind on the 

 gem and the channel ataues an' yer e'e on" me, anil try to 

 dae as J I ell ye." 



SuCh was the burden of his song. He told me how to 

 day certain imaginary shots, and illustrated his instructions 

 IV anecdotes of his own career, but he invariably reverted 

 to tlic Terrain, "Dae as 1 lell ye," .sometimes 'intensified 



liv the a.ldiiion, "an ■ the consequences." It was all 



thai I remembered of his "words of wisdom," and even 

 that little was in danger of heiug occasionally forgotten. 

 As we nenrctl the loeii, we overtook the other two players 

 of our rink, Tom's landlord and Ihe minister of the parish. 

 "Guid morn', laird," Tom began, "the ice suld be guid 

 eneueh for us to set thae bodies harac wi' a flea i' their jug. 

 The wind's ma'tsl. cuttit the hair off my face, an' I'm think- 

 in' we'll ha'eMuiii' k.i n euilin'. An' h'oo's a' at the manse!'" 

 "(loud morning Tom; we're all well, thank you," replied 

 the minister, "but, you're not so keen as you used to he, 

 surely, else you would scarcely let ihe laird and me be on 

 the road ahead of you," "\Veel," replied Tore, "what 

 would he ha'e? Yc've got to play afore yer skip, ye ken, 

 and I'm glad ye come up withool soopin'." 



When we readied the ice, Tom's good humor was shared 

 in by everyone, and amid a storm of puwky jokes and sly 

 flits from, all sides, Ihe preliminaries were arranged and we 

 got to work. It was the crowning point of my curling 

 career when 1 bent over my slone for the first shot, with 

 my mentor's advice in my 'ear, "Noo, dae as 1 tell't ye, and 

 play steady. Dinua fash yer thoom ahoot wha conies after 

 ye." Xoihiiig in the ininierniis campaigns of after years 

 ever equalled the fluster of that supreme moment when the 

 enthusiasm of youth was buoyant and undamped, and be- 

 fore repealed reverses had taught me lo restrain the eager 

 hope of victory. Away went the stone roaring along the 

 sounding board of ice, careering merrily oveithe hog score, 

 and lying safely wiljhin a foot of the tee. Thus the battle 

 was opened, and simultaneously from the other rink came 

 the low rumbling of the first shot. The ice was in beauti- 

 ful condition, as keen as ever a stone glided over, and as 

 billiard table. For a long lime everything went 

 (juicily enough, but as the excitement grew, the ends were 

 Contested mine closely and watched more anxiously. Tom 

 was radiant when a brilliant stone from the laird, who 

 played third man, left us with one shot, safe, and his own 

 chance of scoring another. "I'm thinkin' I can pit in 

 anither ane there," said he, and straightway delivered the 

 finest shot of the game. "The deevil's in the slane," 

 growled the opposing lead, as it glided in between two 

 others, when almost a hairslircudtli either way would have 

 ruined the shot, and curling in lay cheek to cheek with the 

 tee. The excitement kept on the rise as the game drew 

 nearer its close, and the voices of all the skips rang out in 

 tones of warning and direction on the clear, bitinc air. 

 The shouts of the opposing riuks sound like tile jargon of 

 an unknown barbaric tongue to the uninitiated, even though 

 he may be no stranger to "the mcllilluous Doric; but where 

 to the curior can their music he equalled? Tom was so 

 worked up, thai though at f'nsl a simple gesture was enough 

 to guide, the players, his directions were now rolled out, 

 couched in I life uncouth technicalities of the game, and 

 strung along a line of humorous similes and caustic re- 

 marks which knew no end, and such as I never beard 

 equalled. "Eh, but that's a bonnie slane," be would say 

 tome, "man ye ttra :' a steam eiy/im." "iNoo, laird, a' 

 ye can dae is to set them lleein', like yer tenants at Marti 

 'mas when ye're axiri' them for the rent." " 'Od minister, 

 that's the last slain- ye've played the day. Gin ye could 

 in -each :i S weel's ye curl, I believe I'd lave the Frees and 

 come back to the auld Kirk." "Soop ! lads, soop ! Get 

 him ower the hog score. Weel, minister, ye're no that bad 

 after a', tho' ye lie gey an' lanely like oot there, as tho' ye 



n' in the poripii. when tile kirk's skalcd. " Such arc 



a few specimens of the tire which Tom kept up all the after- 

 noon. To his opponents he showed no mercy, and though 

 his chaff had a decidedly sharp flavor at times, it was in- 

 ■ 1 1 reived good huinoiedlv by its subject. "Like 

 player," like slane; that ane's ower fond .:>' 'the half way 

 boose to get far ower ihe. hog score." "Ye're after me like 

 a foal after its mither," he said to the opposing skip, 

 "while's he gets t.ae her, lmt while's he gangs caperin' roun' 

 the field, an'' afore he's through forgets he's got, a mither." 

 "Toots man, div ye think ye're playin' an the ither rink?" 

 said he to the third man when be played a wild shot; and 

 again, wdien another sent a stone past, the circle. "There's 

 yer stane awa hnme wilhoot ye, Craigkennethy, ye'd best 

 send the pair tliegitber." "That line's as bowleggit as Ihe 

 cause 'ayheid tailor." "That'll dae," shouted the skip lo 

 his third num. "Dae?" replied Tom, "I should think it 

 would. It'll naether dae you any guid nae me ony harm, 

 ami that'll mak' it due a' the belter," 



The. day was waning when we finished, and the victory 

 was found to be on our side by sixteen shots. I was elated 

 bui tired, and Tom was ill high leather over the result of 

 the game. "XJooray for Bogie | winna ihe puir fowk hae 

 aaini eraim' pariltel) noi if Dial bow o 1 meal. It's no'tbat 

 you lads want smoddani, but eh, ye've a heap to learn afore 



iiritei u' Bogie," 



.lor followed,!!) which winners and losers joined, 



and at last Tom succeeded in chaffing the vanquished into 

 throwing down the gauullet. for another match. "We'll 

 ha'e the puir rates doun to naetliiiig afore we're dune wi 

 ye," Said lie as we bade them ail good bye. When wc 

 reached home Mrs. Kennedy's salute was, ' "Weel, gude- 

 man, did ye won? But, I see ye ha'e, tho' ye're laiih tryin' 

 Bllir to look douce and glum. Come awa'' an no keep "the 

 beef an' greens stannin' ony lunger." And "beef an' 

 greens" we had in a style which is but poorly imitated by 

 the "corned beef and' cabbage" of the curlers dinner in 



I lefl on the following morning, and was never again for- 

 tunate enough to play under my old skip. He is dead now, 

 but Bogie will never have a more enthusiastic or finer 

 curler. He is the foremost figure in the happy memories 

 associated with my first curling match, and I cannot say 

 that I ever met bis equal, though it is jusl possible that the 

 eves of youth may magnify his prowess. Seeing him stand 

 beside the lee bending" his body from side, to side and in- 

 dulging in the most frantic contortions of body and feature, 

 as though by his own motion he would lend direction to 

 the slimes, is nne of the most, vivid of my early curling re- 

 collections, Even now his slaiwart though aged form, is 

 recalled lo me whenever I see a skip swaying to" and fro in 

 the same strange fashion, as if trying to make the will of 

 the curler reach the roaring stones. 



*•*■ 



Cuni.iiw.— The event of last week among the curlers of 

 the metropolis was the grand match North w. South, it 

 being the fifth game of the series which has thus far been 

 played at Central Bark, The division made places natives 

 of the north and south of the Clyde as opponents, and, as 

 heretofore in these mulches, the South bore off the palm. 

 The emblem of victory is the medal presented in 1870 by 

 Mr. Dalrymplc, of St. AudrewsClub, which so lai has always 

 been won by the Southern players. The following is the 

 score of the game:— 



Kink. SUii 







Skip. 



1...T. Fisher, Cal 



, N. V 



...15 



I). Bailey. Jersey City., 



2..S. IVIcCoiicbie, St. and.... 



...33 



W. Ferguson, SI. Ant. 



S..G. Grieve. N. 



Y. C. C... 



...83 



J. Anrlo-wson, Burns... 



4.. A. Love, Jen 



-anlwe 



...18 



J. Adic, X. Y. 0. C 



P. Scott. Oat., N.Y.... 



11. .G. Everett, — 





r . .28 



G. Crawford, Empire... 









J. Watt, 



8 ,j, b ,■■ em Ji 



nl .." H'kiy'n.". 



""IS 



A. Mct'lintock. Cal .... 

 J. Mailman, (Jul., IVkly 



in, L). Meeks, Bn 

 l'.....D. Koid, X. 



5- •(." ,', 



' "~>- 



11. Fruzier, Yonkers 



A. Robertson, 



13 ,J, Templeton 



cal . N. Y. 



...32 



11. Foulls, Cal 



13. .J. Kellock, Y 





...215 



J. Stewart, Yonkers 



14, .t). jManson, — 





...35 



W. B, .Mcintosh, ... 



15,. S. Clemerson 



St, And... 



. . .24 



W. C Chirk, N.Y 



Total 40S Total ...38S 



■Referee— J. L. Hamilton, President. Grand National Curling Club. 



In addition to the Ddrymple Medal for the winning side, 

 the Iloagland flag to the skip making the best, score over 

 his opponent was won by Mr. D. Bailey, of Jersey City, 

 while, a silver medal to the second best" skip was won by 

 Mr. G. Clemerson, of the St. Andrew's club, Mr. Bailey 

 skipping for the North in Rink No. 1, and Mr. Clemerson 

 for Rink No. 13 on the South side. After tho match, the 

 players enjoyed a good and substantial dinner at the Ca- 

 sino, which was in'turn followed by speeches and songs. 



— The following games have been played at Central Park: 



. Yoi 



vYork.. 



: (Brooklyn).. 



. 81 to 58 

 . 69 to 60 

 . 59 to 43 



. 37 to J5 

 . till to 28 

 . 61 to 26 



January S— Caledoi 



January 8— Empire City 



January 9— St. Andrew vs. ivuni 



January 9— Sew York vs. Tbistl 



January 9— Caledonian vs. Kmn 



January 11— Fireshiru '■-. Uumfrii 



January 11— Cali'it..uirtn i Cnmklvi 



January 11— New York vs. Thisll 



January 11 — St. Andrews vs. Bun .. 



January 12— New York vs. Caledonian 



January 12-Tnislle iHmoklyio vs. Thistle 



January 13— rali:doni:m vs. Caledonian IBrooklyn) 



January 13— Thi.-ilr inrooUiyn) vs. Caledonian.... 



January 13— Company I) vs. Company 79th Kegt... 

 — At Ihe recent meeting of the New York Caledonian 

 Club tho Treasurer's report showed a balance in hand of 

 §23,872.78, showing good financial management of the club 

 affairs. The election for committees for 1870 resulted as 

 follows :-^Games Committee — John "West, James G-rim- 

 mond, A. F. Dykes andD. B. Fleming; Library Committee 

 —Robert A. Gunu, John S. G. Hagan, J. Wood, R. Hamil- 

 ton, Jr., and A. F. Dykes; Reception Committee for Ball- 

 John Henderson, Kenn. Mackenzie, and Angus Cowan. It 

 was resolved to have, as in former years, a curling match, 

 as also a checker match. 



— A closely contested and well played game of base ball 

 on ice took place January 16th on the large lake at Pros- 

 pect Park, the occasion being Ihe return game of the sea- 

 son between sides chosen by Messrs. Barnic and Bunce. 

 Good pitching was shown by Burdock and Cassidy, and 

 excellent catching by Dunn and Barnic. In the first in- 

 ning Barnie's side got in seven runs, but afterward they 

 only added a single, three blanks in succession failing to 

 their share off Burdock's tossing. The score below gives 

 the figures: — 



BAKNDS'S BIDE. 



BUSCE'S 



Ketty, 3d b.. 



Dm 



r.f.. 



Reddy, 

 Clongk, c 



Myer, r. s 



Chatt. s. s 



Crosby, lsi. b... 

 McLaughlin, f. 



Tot.ls 



....1 1 2 S 



....0 1 



....1 



...1 8 



....» 1) 



....i o o o 



....0 



....0 



Cassidv, p 



Dodge, 1st b... 



I'.arnie.c 



Palmer, 3d b... 



Quiun.s.s 



Spelman, c. f . 

 Basset t, -d b... 



Lister, r. 6 



Garner, r. f 



Campbell, l.f.. 

 Nelson, f 



. 7 1 15 2 Total.. 

 rNMNGS, 



..10 12 



..1 1 

 ..113 

 ..0000 

 ..1000 



8 5 15 5 



1st. 2d. 3d 41b. 5th. 

 ,'Jt ■'. ■■} 0-7 

 ..7 1 0-8 



Bum. i'ii Side 



liarnie's Side - 



Umpire-Mr. Chadwiek. 



Time of Game— One hoar and ten minutes. 



— There is every prospect of there being an "Elm City 

 nine" among the contestants for the whip pennant next 

 season. Mr. W. S. Arnold, of Middletown, with untiring 

 energy has been canvassing New Haven for some time 

 for subscriptions, in order to put the affair on a sound 

 basis. All that is needed is $3,000, and it is very likely 

 that it will be raised, and that the following players will be 

 engaged for the season:— Banker, of the Eastons, catcher; 

 Riitt, of the Atlantics, pitcher; Lathan, of the Torontos, 



first base; Dorseher.'of the , second base; Boyd, of 



the Ifartfords, third base; J. Rvan, of the Baltimores, left 

 Held; Oiled, of Ihe Allantias. centre field; Tipper, of the 

 llattfonls, right Held; with Tommy Barlow, of the Hart- 

 forda, short stop, and Nichols, of the 8, B.'e of Bridgeport, 



to be substitute and change pitcher. This will be a. good 

 learn to start out with, and if the present expectations are 

 realized some good games may be expected between this 

 team and the Yale nine. If Ihe required amount is sub- 

 scribed, measures will he I aken I o prepare a new ground, 

 located on Howard avenue, and conveniently reached by 

 the line or horse cars going to West Haven. The project 

 is surely worthy of trial, and if Manager Arnold succeeds 

 in his ailempt, to him. and to him only, will belong all Ihe 

 credil and adviintages'whieh may eventuate. 



fiUini'th, 



A OhaWjSSSGE to E.wlaxd.— Chris. G'Conner, who, by 

 general consent, seems to be the leader of the American 

 billiard world at. present, has issued the following chal- 

 lenge to English billiard pin vers, lie says:— 



"1 will wager $o,(l(HI Hint. I can produce two billiard 

 players from New York city Who will beat, any two Eng- 

 lish players under ihe following conditions: Two games of 

 1,000 points each to bo played. One the English game, on 

 an English table; the other the American game, on an 

 American table. The player who makes the greatest num- 

 ber of points in the two games to be declared the winner. 

 I will give or lake $§00 to have the games played in Lon- 

 donOl'New York." 



Messrs. Roberts and Cook, or Bennett, ought to promptly 

 accept this; 



The Cleveland Tournament.— This exhibition of bil- 

 liard skill will be opened on January 35th by Messrs. Vig- 

 naux and Rudolphe, the two greatest players now in this 

 country. Afterwards they will travel West for a week or 

 two, giving exhibitions together, returning by way of Al- 

 bany by Februaiy 5th. 



Another Tourney in Brooklyn. — The Brooklyn Ear/le 

 says that Mr. Samnells bus effected arrangements with 

 Messrs. Rudolphe, Vignaux, Gamier, and Pbassv, and these 

 three with others are to appear in that city shortly in a 

 regular prize tournament, in which money prizes amounting 

 to $500 will be contested for. _ The arrangements will bo 

 such as to give ladies free admission and reserved seals in 

 a special compartment of the hall. With the incentive of 

 money prizes, a degree of interest will be imparted to the 

 tourney exceeding thai of any ordinary exhibition series of 

 games as far as the contest are concerned. 



>M$£. 



Croasen * Libalre'a Chess Rooms— Comer Nassau and ridio-n streets. 

 New Brighton Chens club— At Capt. Taylor's, Tonipklnsville avenue. 

 Christian Union Chens Rooms— Fulton avenue, opp, -Elni pi., Bk'lyn. 



Boston Chess Club.— The annual meeting of the Bos- 

 ton chess club was held at the club rooms in Hamilton 

 place. The following officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: President, Rufus Sawyer; Vice Presidents, P. Ware, 

 Jr., I. J. Wetherbee; Treasurer, Smith Wright; Secretary, 

 John B. Rhodes; Executive Committee — W. A. Carbet.t, 

 C. Chadbourne, A. Hill, D. B. Hallelt, and Thomas H. 

 Webb. 



The Brooklyn Club Tourney. — The following is the 

 score of the tourney of this club up to Saturday: — 



Flayers. tarn • ■ I'lmjed. Won. Lost, 



Spence 17 13 1 



Dr. Burnett 14 12 2 



Horner 14 11 3 



Kiweii aa 9 is 



Philips 1H 8 2 



Ke 



Thompson.. 



Sehierin 



Peck... 



Duvis 



Sjeaver. . .... 



Leonard 



Stark 



. 



The New York Tourney.— In the record of won games 

 at this tourney the score to date stands as follows : — ~ 



Flai/tiv. Games Played. Won. Lout. 



ilelmar - -'- 47 39 8 



Alberoni 



. 43 



37 



Dr. Barnctl 29 82 



The tourney will close the first week in February. 



J?w §abUcatiom. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Report 



B Topographical Survey of the Ad- 

 rasas Fon the Year 1873. By Vorplauck Colvln. 



Published by Weed Parsons & Co., Albany. 



This highly interesting report is by far the most valuable yet issued on 

 that loved and romantic spot, of our State, lhat nark which is the clysinm 

 of our sportsmen, anglers, tourists and all lovers of primitive, luxuriant 

 Nature. 



Tbisvolume gives in detail an account of mountains, of lakes and 

 streams, and describes the pri.icipal topographical features of the region 

 and the work of the surveying parties. Sketches of the most prominent 

 scenery aregiven, besides a panoramic view of the principal mountain 

 peaks, and maps of Ihe different sections, with their ponds.streams.f.jrestii 

 and ridges. As the work is devoted specially to the labors in detail of 

 the surveying' parties, no extracts would give an idea of their mission, 

 technical terms and descriptive scenes being mingled together. The 

 difficulties eucountered by the surveyors wc can imagine from the 

 sketches, which show them toiling through Mud Luke, or brushing their 

 path throngh the dense forests. The report is complete enough to suit 

 I lie most fastidious critic; so we may feel assured that the Legislature 

 will not regret the amount of money it expended on this survey. The 

 value of the minerals discovered alone ought to more than counterbalance 

 the cost of the expedition. Of the zoology of the region, the author 

 says that moose tracks were found in the most remote parts: but as that 

 animal is now nearly extinct, a law should be passed forbidding its be- 

 ing killed at any season. 



The heaver, wolf, fox:, duer, and OthernnlmMS were found quite abund- 

 antly, the deer being especially mniuMoii.i. When tho park is laid out It 

 will he one or the lineal resortu in thO Would for tourioin and sportsmen, 

 mid will collect much credit on tlw taste nnil generosity of our t.^UIwi';:, 



