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FOREST AND STREAM 
A New Rowing Gear. —We present this week a cut of 
the latest improvement in rowing gear, the invention of 
Mr. William Lyman, of Middlefield, Connecticut. Every 
one that has ever rowed has felt that his boat was going 
wrong end foremost, and has wished that he could see 
where he was going without incurring the risk of a dis¬ 
located neck. Often it becomes nn absolute necessity to 
either use a paddle or resort to the awkward expedient of 
pushing, neither of which is nearly so economical of power 
as pulling. , . , 
Mr. Lyman has made his oar in two parts, both of which 
are fastened to the gunwale by a ball and socket joint 
giving full and free play in every direction. The shaft of 
the oar is placed forward of the loom, and the two parts 
are joined by a ligbt jointed lever or connecting rod, in 
such a manner that the bl ids travels in the same direction 
as the power applied at the handle,instead of in the. opposite 
direction, as in the ordinary oar. The oarsman sits facing 
the bow; pulls as in an ordinary boat; and goes ahead 
The hall is cast on a beveled block that fits in a correspond¬ 
ing slat in a piece of metal screwed to the gunwale, and is 
adjusted to or detached from any boat in a moment. The 
whole gear is as light and as strong as an ordinary metal 
swivel rowlock, and the leverage gives an increase of 
power that renders the use of shot ter sculls equally 
effective. This is a telling advantage in rowing in narrow 
creeks or inlets At each stroke the weight is thrown 
backward, bringing the bow out of the water, instead of 
the usual depression of the bow. The oars fold easily 
back upon the gunwale by drawing the bands back amt 
pushine them outward. When not in use the rigging 
can belnstantly detached and folded up; yet there is no 
possibility of the oars becoming unshipped by accident 
even among bushes or reeds. The stroke is perfectly even 
from catch to finish, and every pound of power exerted 
tends to drive the boat forward. Its perfect noiselessness 
in addition to seeing where one is going, will commend it 
to every one who uses a boat in gunning. It lias been 
successfully used on six-oared barges, and it is adapted to 
every boat that is rowed from the gunwale, 
The College Regatta.— The Freshman race at Sara¬ 
toga was to have been rowed on Tuesday, but the usual 
-vexations, delays, and postponements which seem to be 
inseparable from races rowed on this course occurred, and 
at the time of our going to press—Wednesday morning— 
none of the events had been decided, This is a disap¬ 
pointment, as we had fully expected t,o have given our 
readers an account of at least one day’s events io our pres¬ 
ent issue. However, the postponements, although per¬ 
haps resulting in pecuniary benefit to the hotel keepers, are 
fatal to future rowing on Saratoga Lake, and it is perhaps 
fortunate that the British university oarsmen have decided 
to row only at Philadelphia. The annual intcr-cr.llegiate 
regatta, if not killed entirely, will also be rowed elsewhere 
in future. 
The Southern Regatta.— The Southern Cluh’s rowing 
rega ta was held on the 17lk lost at Miloesburg, Lake Pon- 
charlrain, resulting as follows:— 
First Race—Single scull, one mile. The St. John won, 
Orleans second, Riverside third. Time, 8m. 584s. 
Secoud Race—Double scull, mile and a half. The How¬ 
ards won. St. John second, Hope third. Time, 11m. 51s. 
Third Race—Four-oared barges, two miles. The Hope 
first. Riverside sucomi, Perseverance third, and Southern 
fourth. Time, 14m. 30s. 
— 1 he yacht Belle V.,of Brooklyn,has just returned from 
a two weeks’ cruise on the Hudson, ascending as far as 
Albany. Her Captain and owner, Capt. F. Van Doom, 
aud Mr R. E. Burton, represent the trip as having been a 
most enjoyable one. 
Brooklyn Yacht Club. —Tne annual cruise of this 
club will commence to day, the yachts rendezvousing at 
Glen Cove. The following yachts are reported as certain 
to join; Schooners, Madeleine, Clio, Comet, Dreadnaught, 
Syren, Mystic, Lethea, Playful, and Sea Witch; sloops 
Lizzv L,, Niantie, Favorite, While Wilm, Kate, Selene, 
and Undine; The following yachts are reported as likely 
to join; schooners Estelle, vision, Gypsie, and Tempest; 
sloops Arrow, Gracie, and Pirate. An invitation will be 
extended to Commodore Gifford, of the Countess of Duf- 
feriu, to join the fleet. Mr, Gould, proprietor of the Mnu- 
hassett House, on Shelter Island, has invited the club to 
visit that place, and promises a subscription of $250 from 
the guests of the house for prizes At the last, regular 
monthly meeting. Dr. Johnson moved that a committee be 
appointed to secure a relief, if possible, for owners of 
vachts under ninety tons who are now refused a j acht 
license, and required to have the name of the yacht and 
the port to which she belongs painted on the stern, pursu 
ant to act of Congress. The resolution was adopted, und 
Messrs. Johnson, Handley, and Osbourne appointed a com 
mittee to take the matter into consideration. 
—The feat of crossing the English Channel in a canoe 
has been accomplished by Lieutenant Colville of the 
Grenadier Guards, who started from Dover at three o'clock 
in the morning and paddled into the harbor of Palis at 
half past nine, doing about thirty miles zizag across Ihe 
channel in six hours and a half. The exploit is regarded 
as fully as hazardous as the swimming feats of Webb and 
Boyton. 
The Dory Centennial .—On the 2d inst. the steamship 
Amerique. from Havre for New York, spoke the dory Cen¬ 
tennial, Capt. Johnsen, hence for Queenstown, in latitude 
42 50, longitude 62 23. Capt. Johusen reported all well 
and that he wanted nothing except to obtain the longitude, 
which was furnished him. 
Yachting in North Carolina. —An interesting and 
exciting race for a purse of $50 was sailed on Thursday. 
July 6ih, in Core Sound, between Ihe Lucia, a Fair Haven 
sharpie belonging to Mr. Ives, of Beaufort, and the Sunny 
Side, a clinker built, open boat, sloop rigged, owned and 
sailed by Dank Bell, of Morehead City. The Lucia was 
built by George M. Graves, of Fair Haven, Conn., and 
beat the famous Law, sharpie, one or more races on Long 
Island Sound in August, lt-75, in races for hotel prizes. 
The Sunnv Side has never been beaten before by an open 
boat, but the Lucia beat bir handsomely. The race was 
from Barker's Point, in Coro Sound, to Ihe point of 
Shackleford, opposite Fort Macon. Beaufort Harbor, and 
was a dead beat to the windward, in rough water, strong 
wind, aud against ebb-tide; wind southwest. J- E. W. 
mid giver S shi W* 
FISH IN SEASON IN JULY-. 
FRESH WATER. SALT WATER. 
Trout. Sai/no fontmatis. ScaBa ft, Sehennpt ouflatus. 
Salmon, Salmo ealur. BteiisbaUff; Archosargua pro Sato- 
Salmon Tronl, Salmo nonjintfi. cephutne. 
Laud-locked Salmon, Sulim QtoVerl, S’rlped Bass, Roc.ctis lineat.us. 
Grayling. ThvnuMiU tricolor. While Perch, Mou>n« uu.n itmia. 
Black Bass, itieroptenu ealmohles; Weukfl-I, CijMsdon rcgulu. 
if niorica’is. BlueOah , f’omatoinua tallaMx. 
Mascalonge, Esox nabilior. Spanish Mackerel, Oytiium macula- 
Pike or Pickerel, Esox Indus. turn. 
Yellow Perch, Ferctt Jiavrswnt. Cero. Oyblvm regale. 
Bonito, Sm'da ptlamye. 
Kingtlsh, Mettlicirrus nebttlosue. 
For list of seasonable Iroat flies for July, boo our issue of June 59Ih. 
Fish in Market.— The contiuued warm weather has 
driven fish off shore into deep water, consequently most 
varieties arc scarcer and have advanced somewhat in price. 
Striped bass are worth 18 to 20 cents per pound; bluefish, 
8 to 10 cents; 9 almon, 80 cents; mackerel, 12 to 18 cents 
each; Spanish mackerel. 60 cents per pound; green turtle, 
10 cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; halibut, 18 cents per 
pound; haddock, 8 cents; codfish, 8 cents; blackfish, 15 
cents; flounders, 10 cents; porgies, 12 cents; sea bass, 18 
cents; eels, 18 cents; lobstrrs, 10 cents; sheepsbead, 18 
cents; soft clams, 30 to 60 cents per 100; hard shell crabs, 
$4 per 100; soft shell crabs, $1.40; frogs, 50 cents per 
pound. 
Bass at Pas^ue Island.— A paragraph in our last issue 
mentioned that up to the 12th inst. no bass had been taken 
at Ptisqun Island. We have since learned that litis was an 
error. On June 20th the first were taken. Mr. Baylan the 
“veteran" member of the club landing two weighing 42 
pounds each; and on the 26th of the same months he 
caught one weighing 50 pounds. The catch to date this 
year ia far ahead of that at a similar period last year, the 
smallest fish weighing 10 pounds. Among the members 
now at the Pasque Club House are the President, J. J. Don¬ 
ohue (who, by the bye, caught on Saturday last a40 lb. bass) 
aud family; J. L. Stitimus and family, and C. P. Casserly, 
of Cincinnati; Solon Humpkrys and wife, Sam Brown and 
wife, Henry Gunther and family, F. O. Herring and wife, 
Geo. A. Bobbins and sons, Dr. Guernsey and daughter, 
and J. B. Sterns, all of Now York, aud Edmond DoPes- 
tere, of Cuba, 
Bbeershead.— Says file Germantown Teleymph.--— 
“For the same rea°oU that the Spanish mackerel uvoids 
the Delaware Bay, the sheepshiad seems to he influenced, 
as it ia but rarely this fish is taken above Cape tleulopen. 
Two years ago. however, one was hooked at Pennsgrove, 
near Wilmington, weighing six pounds. The person who 
look it had just cast his line into thu water and the fish 
almost immediately seized the bait. It is said to be the 
only specimen of the kind eyer taken so far up the river.” 
It is rarely that the sbeepslioad is taken in the manner 
described by our contemporary. As a rule he (the aheeps- 
head) is a slow biting fish. In the Great South Bay we fish 
for him wit it small soft clams as bait, placed on the book 
whole, Ihe shells being first cracked. This saves consider¬ 
able annoyance from worthless fish, such as sea robins, 
etc., who would otherwise be continually taking off the 
bait. The bile of the sheepshead is peculiar and unmis¬ 
takable, but when baiting with whole clams you must give 
him lime. Let those sharp sheep’s teeth of his work 
through the cracked shell of the clam and get fairly .at the 
bait and strike. Time was when in the channel opposite 
the Surf House one could almost be certain of a good bas¬ 
ket of sheepshead, but now, thanks to the vandals of the 
South Side, dragnets sweep the bottom in every direction, 
to flie utter destruction of all rod fishing. Of late old 
mowing machines have been sunk on the sheepshead 
ground, which will prevent netting, but not until they had 
been taken in nets by the ton. Riding down a few even¬ 
ing since in ODe of the comfortable drawing-room cars of 
the Central Railroad, our companion related a joke played 
on “mine lit Satnmis, of Fire Island, which is too good 
to be kept. A few years since the "Surf" filled up early, 
mosquitoes were scarce and guests clamored for sheeps¬ 
head. It so happened that some fishermen in the vicinity 
had captured a large tlmm, a fish somewhat resembling the 
sheepshead, but comparatively worthless. The fish was 
carried up to Ihe hotel and Samnlis, supposing it to be a 
sheepshead, eagerly demanded the price. The fishermen 
were modest and thought that a “drink all around would 
be about right.” To tills the host gladly consented and 
even repeated the dose. With a request to all of his guests 
present to “take sugar in their’n” at his expense, but as the 
fish was being borne in triumph to the ldtclieu, Charley 
H., of New York, happened to step in and asked Simmis 
“What in b—1 he was going to do with that cursed drum?” 
Carnasie was once u great place for sheepshead fishing, but 
tbe Betters have cleared them out, Thanks to the New 
Jersey Legislature, Baruogat Bay is free from pounds or 
drag nets and probably better sheepshead fishing is to be 
had there than anywhere along the coast. The sheeps¬ 
bead is not only one of the most gamey of fish, ranging 
from five to twenty pounds in weight, but liis table 
qualities are unexcelled. Would that ihrno were more of 
them. 
—In u reply to our correspondent ’'Scales," in our last 
week’aiseue. the printer neglected to place the euquiier's 
address aitei hie name, which made % appear tint we 
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