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FOftEST AND STREAM. 



The. places where there is now excellent grilse antj sal- 

 mon fishing about 100 miles by steamboats, ra.il, and stage 

 from San Francisco, are the Butano and Pescadero creeks, 

 near the town of Pescadero, on our south, and Russian 

 river up on our north coast. Here anglers umy revel in the 

 capture of this species of the Snlmo family to their hearts 

 content, and with the fly, as well as with bait fishing, es- 

 pecially the former, at Pescadero. 



At the last meeting of the Sportsmen's (Hub; an interest- 

 ing report was submitted by Mr. Preston (the Club's at.tor 

 ney), on the result of the trial of several parties recently 

 arrested at Pescadero for fishing in tno Butano Creek with 

 seines and nets, and therewith catching "salmon trout" as 

 they are termed by many. The case, which was tried by 

 a (jury who disagreed, twill come up on a new trial soon. 

 The Club prosecuted through Mr. Preston. The point 

 mainly in dispute involves the proper classification of the 

 salmon family, it being contended that the fish caught by 

 the defendants were not "salmon trout" ipim fictu. To 

 this last opinion I fully agree, knowing that we have 

 as many, probably, eight, varieties at least, of the true sal- 

 mon on our coast'. One kind is exactly similar to the com- 

 mon Sacramento and San Joaquin salmon, (the most com- 

 mon south of Mendocino county,) with the exception of 

 having almost completely a square tail and a considerably 

 rouuded and rather snubby point of the head or nose. This 

 sort is found mostly on the southern coast about Monterey, 

 and is sometimes seen in our markets about August or 

 September. It is occasionaly, but rarely, taken on Oakland 

 Wharf among the Saca .memo grilse. 1 question very much 

 if we have any fish here distinct enough in form, color, 

 silvery whiteness and character, to be properly called a 

 "salmon trout." In fishing for salmon with nets, or bait, 

 (with a rod), large, as well as small brook trout, and possi- 

 bly at limes Lake Tahoe trout, are taken out of season, and 

 this cannot, be avoided should these fish become fastened in 

 the net, or caught by swallowing a hook. 1 think it will 

 be finally deckled that the defendants spokeu of in the 

 above named law suit will be acquitted, aDd that quite justly, 

 on the ground that there are no such fish, scientifically speak- 

 ing as "salmon irout" in California, if in any other pact of 

 the world, as stated in the Pacific Life, the laws of California 

 are very stringent as to the preservation of all kinds of 

 game, and, 1 believe, are generally put in force. A heavy 

 fine and imprisonment is the penalty for their violation, 

 and any party has the right to arrest the violator. We 

 frequently hear of arrests throughout the State of those 

 who in illegal season take game. The people of California 

 are determined to protect themselves in these matters, and 

 I assure all sportsmen that the Pacific Life will do all in its 

 power to bring to justice parties who violate our game 

 laws. E. J. HOQFBH. 



gdchUng and posting, 



HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 



Date. 



Boston. 



New York. 



Charleston 



Feb. 8 



Feb. '1 



Feb 10 



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 it a 



9 58 

 JO 4} 

 11 20 

 11 55 



58 



S 88 

 G 23 

 7 10 



7 50 



8 29 



9 05 



■i i? 

 1 47 



5 40 



6 24 



7 04 





7 4t 



Keb.M 



8 20 



The Ice Yacht Haze.— Slee Brothers of Foughkeepsie, 



have sent us a very fine picture of Mr. Aarou Inuis' new 

 ice yacht Haze, with Richard Knight, its sailing master at 

 the helm. 



—Mr. Irving Crinnell's ice yaeht "'Whiff" made one mile 

 and one eighth in 55 seconds on Wednesday of last week, 

 during a heavy squall. 



Boston Yacht Ci.uis.— The annual meeting of Ibis club 

 was held at the Parker House on the 31st ulto. The fol- 

 lowing officers were elected for the present year:— Com- 

 modore, Arthur Cheney; Vice Commodore, P. H. Peabody; 

 Rear Commodore, Andrew Robeson; Secretary, Thomas 

 Dean; Treasurer, Augustus Buss; Measurers, D. J. Lawler 

 and J. B. Smith; Trustees, S. D. Nickerson, Thomas Man- 

 ning, Benjamin Bean. 



Regatta Committee, Coolidge Barnard, Frank E. Pea- 

 body, E. Chase Bean, Roscoe P. Owen and Clarence W. 

 Jones. 



Membership Committee, Commodore Arthur Cheney 

 and Secretary Thomas Dean, czofficio, A. C. Martin, Chas. 

 E. Russ, William Sewall Whitney, 



House Committee. Commodore Arthur Cheney, ex officio, 

 .(>. B. Curtis, Chas. E. Russ. 



Commodore Cheney modestly accepted the position to 

 which he is re-elected, and affirmed his interest in the sci- 

 ence of vachting. 



Ex-Commodore Benj. Dean and Nathaniel G. Herreshoff 

 of Bristol, R. I., were elected honorary members. 



The Treasurers report having been found satisfactory, 

 and the House Committee having also reported, Capt. 

 Phillips made a suggestion that the sailing rules be amend- 

 ed so that schooners should not be obliged to sail against 

 sloops in the first class, the rule now reading all yachts of 

 and above U8 feet measurement belonging to the first,class. 

 That subject will also be presented at the next meeting. 

 The new club books show that there are now three steam- 

 ers, seventeen schooners and forty-five sloops owned in the 

 club, and thai the roll of membership includes nearly 

 three hundred names. It is expected that this coming sea- 

 son new and interesting features in yachting will be de- 

 veloped by the club. 



Auei tm; meeiibg the members received an informal in- 

 vitation to an elegant dinner, from the Commodore, Mr. 

 Cheney, and the good time was kept up until 8 o'clock in 

 thejeveuing. As the company warmed to the interest of the 

 occasion, jokes and ready wit., followed by repartee, kept 

 them in laughter the most of the evening. The famous 

 actor, Mr. John McCulloch, (introduced byCom. Cheney) 

 held the "attention of the company, by two recitations, 

 which received loud applause. 



On motion of Ex-Coin. Dean, the privileges of the club 

 was tendered to Mr. McCulloch during his stay in Boston. 

 The company broke up with the familiar song, "Auld 

 J.angSyne." W.S.N. 



Michigan.— 1 "' i iarsmen,— 



Our Detroit correspondent semis us the following items of 

 interest, regarding floating in that vicinity:— "The Detroit 

 River Navy, composed of the Detroit, Excelsior, Zephya, 

 Wautaga, Centennial, and Chatanooga clubs are hard at 

 work preparing for the next regatta of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Amateur Oarsmen, to be held in this city August 

 15th and 16th. 2Xo means will be left undone to makefile 

 regatta a brilliant success. It is also proposed to hold the 

 next North western Amateur Rowiug Association in Detroit. 

 The proposition meets with general favor. The Regatta 

 Committee, to take charge of the National Regatta is com- 

 posed of H. E. Buermayer.New York, J. R. Stevens, Sagi- 

 naw City, and II. W. Garfield, Albany, N. Y. An effort 

 is being made by Ihe Detroit barge crews to induce the 

 National Association to include barge races in the next regat- 

 ta programme. There is no other city in the Union where 

 barge racing is made so much a speciality by oarsmen. 



Rover, 



New York Yacht Club. — The annual meeting of this 

 club was held on the 1st inst. and the ticket as printed in 

 our last issue was elected without any opposition. The 

 following words were added to Article IX. of the constitu 

 tion: — "But no owner, by reason of owning more than one 

 yacht, shall be entitled to more than one vote." 



The subject of club houses was referred to a committee 

 of live, who will report at a special meeting to be held on 

 the evening of the 15th inst. Four new "members were 

 elecled. 



Yale and Cornell. — At a meeting of the boating men 

 of Yale College on the third inst., the Cornell matter com- 

 ing up, a motion was made that the challenge be declined, 

 and Mr. Bushnell, '74, spoke in favor of the motion, stal- 

 ing that Yale gave Cornell an opportunity to row at Phila- 

 delphia, and Cornell declined and could not be induced to 

 enter a crew, although strongly urged by graduates, and 

 that it was the purpose of Yale to keep the Yale-Harvard 

 race free from any innovations. The vote to reject was 

 then carried unanimously. There is no doubt but that 

 funds will be raised to carry out the projected Harvard 

 race. There are twelve men now in training, from whom 

 the crew of eight will be chosen. 



Rational §a£tinm. 



Base ball talk is already prevalent in sporting circles 

 though the skating season has not. yet ended. Great pre- 

 parations are in progress for the coming campaign, es- 

 pecially in the professional arena, in which six League 

 Association clubs and about twenty International Associa- 

 tian clubs will enter the lists. A new club is being or- 

 ganized in Philadelphia with a team which will include 

 such reliable players as Mc Bride, Roach, Fisher, Sensen- 

 dorfer, Meyerle, Eggler, Fulmer and Hall. It is to be run 

 on a limited stock company basis. 



— The delegates to the Convention of Professional Ball 

 Clubs, called together to organize an international associa- 

 tion, will meet in Pittsbnrg on February 20th. It is ex- 

 pected that at least twenty clubs will be lepresented. 



—The St. Louis team for 1877 will be as follows: t'lapp, 

 Nichols, Dehlman, McGeary, Battin, Force, Croft, Remsen, 

 Bloug and Dorgau. 



— The League Association book, though an improve- 

 ment on last year's book, contains not a iiue of statistics 

 about the championship contests, such as giving the games 

 won and lost, in a special table. In the record of games 

 played credit is given to the Boston Club for a tbree to 

 two victory obtained bythe llartfords. This is an im- 

 portant error for an Association book of statistics. 



—Borden, under the new rules of the League, has 

 deemed it advisable to compromise with the Boston Club, 

 and he is now off the salary list of that prgaaizatipn. 



—Those of the Boston' team at present in the city are 

 George Wright, Leonard, O'Rourke, Murnan, Manning, 

 Morril and Brown, all of whom have begun practice in the 

 gymnasium ot the Young Men's Christian Association. 

 The boys arc taking a daily run in the hall in addition to 

 other exercises. Manning prefers the Boston Club to all 

 others, and knows nothing about any propositions to go to 

 Cincinnati. He says he has not been approached u^on the 

 subject. 



—The "Base Ball Guide" will be issued immediately 

 after Ihe Pittsburg Convention. Mr. Cbadwick has pre- 

 pared an elaborate appendix to each rule of the new code 

 of the League, explanatory of each section. It will be a 

 work of over a hundred pages. 



SKATING. 



Southerly winds prevailed to such anextent from Febru- 

 ary 1st to 'the 5th as to render the skating lakes of the 

 metropolis useless for the sport, the ball being down at the 

 Park and Capitoliue. lakes since the 1st inst. 



At the Brooklyn Rink, however, roller skating has been 

 largely patronized, another large crowd being present at. 

 the'seeond Fete on February 1st. On February 3d inst,, 

 at the night seance, there were over nine hundred people 

 on the floor at the Rink on skates. The next Fete takes 

 place February 8th, with races on the 10th inst. 



To Coktbibdtors.— The following original contribu- 

 tions are awaiting publication. We will dispose of them 

 as fast as our space will permit.:— 



Sealing in the Pacific; Indian Joe Maree; Lake Superior 

 Sketches— A Series; Turtle Egging in Florida; Louisiana 

 Duck Hunting; Dusky Litigation; Pine Forest of Pa.; 

 Club Footed "Buck; Christmas With a Life Boat Crew; 

 Notes From My Diary (111. River); Fishing off Nantucket; 

 A Snow Sboe Tramp; Woodcock .Shooting in July; Shoot- 

 ing Around Port Royal; Hunting in Mississippi; Crow 

 Blackbirds; My First Bull Moose; Soooting in Southern 

 California— El Cazadar; Fighting the Rare; Day's Hunt in 

 California; Our Camp on the Ausable; Trip to Stony 

 Island; The "San Gabriel JSarrerV'— jBl Gowulorj Trout 

 Fishing on the Aar; On the Sunflower River; My First 

 Trip; The Backwoods Canvasser; Some Incidents on a 

 Whaler; A Moose Hunt in Canada; Sport in Michigan; 

 Chickens in Minnesota; On to G. Lake; The Blue Grass 

 Region of Kentucky. 



Alexis.— That the Russian (Stsahd Dulse wbi 



visiting this country is a sportsman any one knows, for on 

 the occasion of his last visit he passed some time on the 

 plains with General Custer, to whom lie presented some 

 valuable deer hounds, now in the "possession of Edwin 

 Thornc, Esq. Since Alexis arrived he has been taken in 

 hand by the sportsmen of Norfolk and vicinity. He has 

 had line squirrel shooting, and the Norfolk Fox Hunting 

 Club have given him a grand fox hunt. 



—There is little or no ice in the sound, and the 11 o'clock 

 night boat for New .Haven from Peck Slip resumed her 

 trips Feb. 5th. The boats of this line are healed through- 

 out by steam. 



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— John Slratton, of Monroe county, Tenn., recently 

 killed six black bears during a heavy snow which prevailed 

 in that part of the State, 



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Timely.— The letter of our Danville, (N. Y.) correspond- 

 ent will be found to contain some timely and valuable sug- 

 gestions. 



-*»♦- 



—History will bestow undying laurels upon the bold cit- 

 izen of Cincinnati, who recently, when a plumber sent him 

 an exorbitant bill for $500, in his turn sued that plumber 

 and recovered to the extent of $3,000 for damages, etc., on 

 account of the abominable manner in which the work was 

 performed. 



—Miss Clementine A r . Lasar, the first sopiano singer of 

 Plymouth Church choir; was married to George S. Studwell 

 on Sunday evening, at half past five o'clock', by the Rev. 

 Henry Ward Beecuer. 



—Neck mufflers for ladies, of silk trimmed with chenille 

 fringe, are much worn. They come in all colors. 



$ew publications. 



TnE Centennial Exposition. Described and Illustrated: 



By J. s. Inai'im. Published by Hubbard Bros.. Philadelphia. 



This is a volume which every person should buy who wishes a lasting 

 eonvenirof the great Exhibition. Its title indicate* its character suf- 

 ficiently, without requiring extended comment, It comprises a properly 

 illustrated history of the Centennial from the beginning to the close, 

 with a description of the principal buildings and their interesting dis. 

 plays, tbo Memorial parades and adversaries, .state days, award! to 

 exhibitors, and numerous other snbjecla showing Ihe magnitude and 

 character of the World's i ! air, and illustrating the best achievements of 

 human genius, industry and skill, from all laud* and all peoples. The 

 publishers invite the most careful scrutiny as to completeness before 

 purckasing. 



The Nuttall Bulletin for January, 1877, is no less attrac- 

 tive than the numbers which have preceded it. The presentissue opens 

 with n delightful accouut by Mr. Brewster of one of our most beautiful 

 warblers, Dendroeca maculosa, in which a lull resume of its habits is 

 given in an unusually pleasant sr. vie. Mr. Iti<lgvv::y riiruisbes a brief note 

 on the Western variety m' the Robin, which he.digniiU s with 1 1 

 name jrroplnquies. The recent abundance of the Snowy Owl alo.-.g the 

 New England coast is noticed by Mr. Deanc, who gives us considerable 

 information on this point, drawn from several different sections of the 

 country. 



in an article entitled "DMrihnliou of New England IlioK" Mr. II. 

 A. PiiriJIe replies at some length to Hr. Brettet'a article in ihe preced- 

 ing number of the llildii.. Mr Pufdie does Just what lir. Ilrcor 

 asked of him, and give* a list of facts authenticated by references, which 

 fully sustains his position. The article is of gieat interest and is calcu- 

 lated to setilo roan} disputed points, especially in reference to the 

 northern range of some of our summer birds. .Mr. I.aurcin 

 coiniuiiuicalion,relat»-s ihe facta in reference to i he occurrence of Bern tela 

 leucopsts ueai Sew Sork, whi< ii wen' recorded in this paper some seeks 

 ago, and Mr. Hnrick informs us of ihe c ipiurc of asecudd specimen of 

 Hdmlnlhoi'haga Lawrtnctti. The occurrence of Several • i. 

 Accidental Id Hew England," by Mr. Purdia, cl.-e.- th- ii.iiuh.r: i.ui our 

 apace will not admit, of bur noticing the article at length. The general 

 notes are as usual interesting and valuable. 



Tiffany & Co,, Silversmiths, Jewelers, and 

 Importers, have: always a large stock ol sil- 

 ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, 

 racing and other sports, and on request they 

 prepare special designs for similar purposes. 

 Theiy timing watches are guaranteed for ac- 

 curacy, and are now very generally used for 

 sporting and scientific reqtiirements. Tiffany 

 & Co., are also the agents in America for 

 Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co., of Geneva, of 

 whose celebrated watches they have a full 

 line. Their stock of Diamonds and other Pre- 

 cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and 

 Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, 

 and the public are invited to visit their estab- 

 lishment without feeling the slightest obliga- 

 tion to purchase. Union Square, New York. 

 Adv. 



