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FOREST AND STREAM 
A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 
Devoted to Field and Aquatic Sports, Ppactioal Natural History, 
Fiau’C olture, tub Protection of Game,Preservation of Forests, 
aitd the Inculcation in Men and Women of a healthy interest 
in Out-door Recreation and Study: 
PUBLISHED BY 
4$orext and ^trem\ publishing f&omyagi!, 
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NEW YOKE, THURSDAY, NAY 25, 1876. 
To Correspondents. 
All communications whatever, whether relating to business or literary 
correspondence, mast he addressed to Tun Fought and Stream Ftjb- 
lishikg Comp ant. Personal or private letters of course excepted. 
All communications intended for publication must be accompanied with 
real name, as a guaranty of good faith. NameB will not be published If 
objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded. 
Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper are solicited. 
We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. 
Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are nrged to favor ns with brief 
notes of their movements and transactions, as it is the aim of this paper 
to become a medium of useful and reliable information between gentle¬ 
men sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will 
find our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements. 
The Publishers of Forest and Stream aim to merit and secure the 
patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re¬ 
fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that 
beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved taBtes, nor pervert 
he legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always 
tend to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise¬ 
ment or bnsiness notice of an immoral character will be received on any 
terms; and nothing will be admitted to any department of the paper that 
may not be read with propriety in the home circle. 
We cannot ho Teeponsible for the dereliction of tho mall service, If 
money remitted to ns is lost. 
Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, If possible. 
CHARLES HALLOCK, Editor. 
WILLIAM C. HARRIS, Bnsiness Manager. 
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM¬ 
ING WEEK. 
Thursday, May 25th.—Centennial Billiard Tournament at Philadel¬ 
phia. Bine Club Shoot: Scranton, Pa., N. R. A., at Creedmoor. Trot¬ 
ting: at Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia, and Lancaster, Ohio. State 
Sportsmen’s Convention, at Geneseo. Base Ball: Chicago vs. Hartford, 
HtHartford; St. Louis ve. Mutual, at Brooklyn; Louisville vs. Athletic, 
at Philadelphia: Cincinnati va. Boston, at Boston; Alaska vs. Mutual, at 
Hoboken; Lowell vs. Resolute, at Portland, Me.; St. Cloud vs. Osceola, 
at Orange, N. J. 
■Friday. May 2fith.—Centennial Tournament, Philadelphia. Trotting: 
at. Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia, and Lancaster, Ohio. Convention 
at Geneeco. Base Ball: Brooklyn vs. Chelsea, at Brooklyn, Chatham 
vs. Olympic, at Hoboken; Lowell vs. Androscoggin, at Lewiston, Me.; 
Maple Leaf of Guelph, Out., vs. Mutual, at Jackson, Mich. Creedmoor. 
Saturday, May 37th.—Centennial Billiard Tonrnaraent, at Philadel¬ 
phia. Quincy Yacht Club Regaita, Quincy, Mass. Trotting: at Laucas. 
ter, Ohio. Convention at Geueseo. Cricket: St. George vs. Philadel¬ 
phia, at Hoboken. Base Ball: Chicago vs. Hartford, at Hartford; St. 
Louis vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn; Louisville va. Athletic, at Philadelphia; 
Cincinnati vs. Boston, at Boston; Nameless ve, Aliska, at Brooklyn; 
St. Cloud vs. Stevens’ Institute, Hoboken; Lowell vs. Bates’ College, 
Lewiston, Me.; Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. Creedmoor. 
Monday, May fl9th.— Rifle Shooting: Schuetzen Park, Union Hill, 
New Jersey. Base Ball: Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia. 
Tuesday. Muy 30th.—N. Y. Athletic Club: Mott Haven, Rifle; 
Schutzen Park, Union Hill. Opening CrniBe Atlantic Yacht Club, of 
Brooklyn. Trotting: at Lincoln, Nebraska; Le Roy, New' York;Madi¬ 
son, Indiana; Freeport, III.; Ambler Park, Pa., and Belmont Park, 
Philadelphia. Perth Amboy Yacht Club Regatta. Base Bull: Chelsea 
vs. Olympic, at Paterson, N. J.; Harvard vs. Live Oak, at Lynn; 
Alaska va. Chatham, at Hoboken; Arlington va. Reaolnte, at Elizabeth, 
N. J.; St. Cloud vs. Staten Island. 
Wednesday, May 31st.—Illinois State Fish Association, at Peoria. 
Rifle: Schuetzen Park, Union Hill, New Jersey; Rifle Competition for 
place on International Team. Derby Day, Englund. Trotting at places 
asabove. Toronto Rowing Club Boat Race. 
—Everybody going to the Centennial Exhibition should 
provide themselveB with a railway guide for the journey. 
The best one to purchase is either the Traveler’s Official 
Guide, containing all the through time-tables and list of 
railway officers, sold at 50 cents per copy, or the pocket 
edition of the same, called Official Time-Tables, price 25 
cents. With the last named they can ascertain the popu¬ 
lation of all the cities they pass through, and their princi¬ 
pal business interests, etc. It also contains a fine litho¬ 
graphic map of Philadelphia, showing the Centennial build¬ 
ings. Both are issued by the National Railway Publication 
Company, Philadelphia. 
THE STATE CONVENTION. 
T HIS Convention is now in progress. There is a large 
attendance, and the Sporting Press is well represent¬ 
ed, H. Busby of Turf ; Field and Farm, Banks of Bod and 
Gun, Rowe of Chicago Field, and Tileslon of Forest and 
Stream, being present. The number of pigeons provided 
is 12,000, which will give the competitors sport enough, 
The business meeting was held on Monday, o f which a 
full report will appear in our next issue. As wc go to 
press early on Wednesday morning, although our paper is 
nominally published on Thursday, we can give only the 
following brief report, telegraphed to us by our represent¬ 
ative:— 
In the State Pigeon Shoot on Tuesday there were 98 en¬ 
tries, 10 single birds each. P ope’s side scored 334 and 
Manning’s side 340—a close scratch. Mr. Wagstaff, dele¬ 
gate from the New York City Society for the Protection of 
Game, was the first to kill 10 birds straight. In the Ama¬ 
teur match thdfe were 116 entries. 
The pistol shooting contest was deferred. In the short 
distance rifle shooting Dr. C. E. Rider, of the Monroe Club, 
won the first prize; .1. M. Brown, of the MoDroe Club, sec¬ 
ond, and M. Forsyth, of the Geneseo Club, third. 
Our report is up to Wednesday morning. 
Paradise Regained. —One of the Acts passed by the late 
Legislature and signed by the Governor,incorporates a Moun¬ 
tain and Lake Villa Park Association, which proposes to 
secure not less than 20,000 acres in the heart of our great 
northern wilderness, embracing some of the most beautiful 
lakes and forest hunting grounds, wherein fish and game are 
to be propagated and preserved. The nominal capital is 
$200,000, in 1,000 shares of $200 each, and no subscription 
to be received of less than five shares. Not more than ten 
per cent, to be called in the first year, and Ibe remainder 
only as wanted for improvement or the purchase of addi¬ 
tional lands. Property already secured for the use of the 
Company includes a large hotel, saw mill and 1,000 acres 
of land, partly wild and partly improved. 
Two hundred lots of four acres each, and embracing a 
handsome water front, to be laid out. Each member to 
have one, and to improve it as he may please. Choice of 
lots to be determined by the highest b>». Hatching-houses 
and ponds to be erected this year. Next winter a steam 
yacht to he taken in, which will have an extent of lake and 
river navigation of twelve miles. A good road to be con¬ 
structed as soon as practicable, so that the park will not be 
more than twenty-seven miles distant, from railroad facili¬ 
ties. The Act confers ample powers, is clear, concise, sym¬ 
metrical and carefully framed to prevent abuse of its provi¬ 
sions for objects foreign to its purpose, and the scheme is 
to be pushed with energy. The Corporators named in 
the Act are:— 
A. B. Lamberton, Rochester; C. C. Morse, Rochester; 
James W. Wadsworth, Livingston County; James Faulk¬ 
ner, Jr., Livingston County; Charles N. Ross, Auburn; 
R. M. Richardson, Syracuse; Thomas McCarthy, Syra¬ 
cuse; R. U. Sherman, Oneida County; Walter Ballou, 
Oneida County; H. H. Thompson, New York; James L. 
Jackson, New York._ _ H. H. T. 
California. —In the target practice of the Sumner 
Guard under Capt. Burns, at Alameda, May 13th, the 
largest company score on record was made, 67£ per cent, 
of the highest possible number of points being tallied. 
The distance was 200 yards. Tne company consisted of 
62 members, and five rouuds were fired. T. E. Carson led 
off with a score of 22 out of a possible 25, and was follow¬ 
ed by Capt. Burns with a 22. There were three scores of 
21; five of 20; six of 19; ten of 18; and the lowest of all 
was 7. The Alta California says :— 
“The scores, which will be found below in detail, are so 
far beyond anything heretofore published as having been 
made at 200 yards’ distance, that we have taken some pains 
to compare them with the record of the Oswego Company, 
which won the Nevada Badge presented by Gen. Batter- 
man. That company presented themselves at the target 
with the minimum number of men (46) allowed by the 
New York law, and made (JSA per cent, at the 200 yards 
distances; the Sumners made 876 out of the 1,300 possi- 
bilty, and gained the brilliant credit of 67 4 13 per cent. 
The shots are classed as: 27 bull’s-eyes; 114 centres; 76 in 
ners; 31 outers; 12 misses. The percentage of hitB on the 
target is 95. Forty-four men hit the target, five times; four 
hit four times; four hit three times. The credit for the 
best centre shot was won by M. A. Bates, the bullet strik¬ 
ing three-quarters of an inch from the exact centre; W. 
F. Relict made a similar success—a tie—but lost his ad- 
ventage in shooting off. The Oswego Company made only 
22 bull's-eyes against the 27 made by the Sumners, and the 
Oswegoans are charged with 22 misses, while the Sumners 
get only 12 duck eggs.” 
Blooming Grove Parr.— This delightful summer re¬ 
sort offers special attractions to visitors. Tho club house 
is now open, under the charge of Matt, who superintended 
last year. Members and their guests will find him ready 
to give them a hospitable reception. The elks and deer 
in the breeding parks are doing well. Excursion tickets 
may be had at the Erie R. R office, 401 Broadway. 
-- 
—Our correspondent F. A. Ober (Fred Beverly), of Fer¬ 
nandas, Fla., has sent us several photographs of the ca¬ 
noe in which Mr. N. H. Bishop completed his recent re¬ 
markable voyage, and a very good likeness of Mr. Bishop 
himself, which we shall soon publish. Most of these 
views were taken on the St. Marys River, but one, a sun¬ 
set view from High Point, Cumberland, is a very fine artist¬ 
ic work. Mr. Ober will supply the portrait and three 
views of the canoe for $1. His address is at Fernandina. 
THE WILD HORSE OF AMERICA. 
BY JAMES 6. BAILEY, A. M., M. D. 
O N the boundless plaiuB of Texas, where habitations 
are few and scattering, wild horses roam in num¬ 
bers. Their original progenitors are unknown, but aie 
supposed to have been bred in Central Asia, and from 
thence distributed to other parts of the globe. In form 
and disposition they resemble domesticated horses, though 
they often differ in color, many being piebald, mouse 
color, or dun, besides the intermediate slmdeB of black, 
bay, sorrel, and gray. These unusual colors are attributable 
to promiscuous breeding. 
In the domestic horses of tho present day the high points 
are the result of culture. Thoroughbred horses, if allowed 
to run wild on the plains, soon degenerate into the mus¬ 
tang. Wild horses range in herds varying in numbers 
from a score to many hundreds, each herd being under the 
guardianship of a single leader, who disciplines his troops 
in a wonderful manner. The leader holds hit. position by 
right of conquest, and loses his chieftanship if vanquished 
by one more powerful. The young males, on arriving at 
an age when they show a spirit of gallantry, are always ex¬ 
cluded from the herd, unless by strategem each one can 
induce some mares to join him; otherwise they are forced 
to lead a solitary life. It is quite exciting to witness a con¬ 
test for superiority among stallions. The leader, when en¬ 
deavoring to drive a young horse from his herd, often 
finds his match, and is frequently conquered instead of be¬ 
ing a conqueror. When such a battle lakes place each 
contestant goes boldly to the front of the herd, striking 
fiercely at each other with their fore feet, and with their 
teeth biting and holding on with the tenacity of a bulldog, 
tearing the flesh from each other. The young stallion 
may whirl quickly and kick his adversary, but the old 
horee never stoops to this effeminate mode of combat. 
Should either one prove victorious the remainder of the 
herd are willing subjects to his discipline, while the van¬ 
quished is forced to seek other company. The leader of 
the herd can be readily distinguished at some distance by 
the peculiar toss of his head. When alarmed he is the 
first to give the signal for a stampede, and is the last to re¬ 
treat, always remaining between his charge and danger. 
When quietly grazing he is ever on the wulch for intru¬ 
ders, but when the herd is in motion he is always foremost, 
nis faculty for concentrating the herd when members are 
inclined to straggle is remarkable, rushing at them wiih 
open mouth, admonishing them to join their companions 
or suffer a cruel incision from his teeth. This jealous 
watchfulness keeps herds from mingling. 
The mustang is strong and capable of great endurance 
as a saddle horse. When examined with the eye of a con¬ 
noisseur many points are observed quite equal to the thor¬ 
oughbred; the limbs are exquisitely turned, flat, clean, and 
sinewy, with ample chest, widely distended nostrils, and 
with brilliant and protruding eyes. The majority of them 
have heads and necks finely proportioned; the peculiar 
leanness about the flank, which may detract from their 
beauty, gives them speed and endurauce. No animal dares 
to face a herd of wild horses. The carnivora fare badly 
when the united strength of the herd are brought to bear, 
as it sometimes happens when an enfeebled member is at¬ 
tacked. Domesticated horses are sometimes enticed among 
a herd. Many years ago a symmetrical stallion of power¬ 
ful build by some means escaped domestication and joined 
a herd of wild mustangs. His exact history was never 
known, but it was supposed that he escaped from a vessel 
wrecked on the coast of Texas and swam ashore. Many a 
herdsman coveted the possession of this beautiful creature. 
The united efforts of relays of the fleetest and most en¬ 
during horses were frequently brought into requisition, 
but his speed and endurance as often proved a match for 
them. At length he was shot, and upon his neck were 
found seven different lassoes which had proved too brittle 
to hold his agile form. Within his range are found many 
of his foal; one, a powerful stallion, though broken to the 
halter, no skilled horseman could" remain on liis back and 
endure his tremendous struggles to relieve himself from 
restraint, having the wild disposition and spirit of his sire. 
Many of the finest horses in the State owe their pedigree 
to "Wild Bill.’’ The facile pencil of Van Zandt portrays 
the highest points of his beauty and development. His 
color was a deep mahogany bay, with black points, with 
thick flowing tail and mane; his majestic carriage gave 
grace and elegance to every movement. Herdsmen some¬ 
times secrete themselves and dash upon a bunch of mus¬ 
tangs, and by dexterous maneuvers cut off sucking coils 
from the herd, and in the confusion detain them a moment, 
when the dams disappear with the rapidity of lightning. 
The colts then take kindly to their newly-made friends 
and follow them to the corral. In this way many valua¬ 
ble animals are procured. The writer once possessed two 
of these animals, which were not only models of symmet¬ 
ry and beauty, but were hardy and enduring horses. One 
was taken when but a few days old and reared from the 
bottle. He was diminutive, but symmetrical in form, and 
bis steel roan coating always shone with glossiness. His 
ambling pace enabled him to go in considerable less than 
a thiee minute gait. When mounted by a lad suited in 
weight to his small size, it only aroused the inherited dis¬ 
position to indulge in “pitching,” which he was sure to 
practice with success, especially when his rider was a 
stranger. “Mike" was the admiration of all; although a 
household pot and constant companion of the juveniles, 
