Forest and stream. 



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The Maine Dog Law.— The last Maine Legislature passed 

 a law requiring that all clogs should bo licensed, and wear 

 a collar with the owners name and the registered number 

 thereon, thy fee for same beiug one dollar for dogs and two 

 dollars for bitches. For keeping D dog not registered the 

 fine is $10, and the dog may he killed by any constable. 

 The owner is protected by a clause which says: Whoever 

 wrongfully removes the collar from, or steals a dog licensed 

 and collared as aforesaid, shall be punished by a fine not 

 exceeding twenty dollars; and whoever wrongfully kids, 

 maims, entices, or carries away such a dog, shall be liable 

 to the owner for its value. It is a pity we have not such a 

 law in this and adjoining States, only we should like to see 

 the fee at least $5, for a bitch. 



Game to the Dhatii— An old fox-hound belonging to 

 Bradoury Bennett, of Amherst, followed a fox from Satur- 

 day morning to .Monday morning, and then lay down and 

 was chilled to death. He was a tender-fooled dog, and blood 

 followed at every step, and his feet were badly worn off. 

 The running was most of the time on Joe English Hill. 

 Peter W. Jones saw him running Saturday morning, and 

 heard him at intervals through the ni ht. 



Stranger than this, a hound puppy, one raised by Al- 

 Sturtevaut, of this city, followed close to the old dog all 

 the way, bulowing to bis youlh and stronger vitality, stood 

 the forty-eight hours' run and then stayed with the dead 

 dog forty-eight hours longer, refusing to let any stranger 

 come uear him. His master was sent for aud came and 

 got^him Wednesday morning. 



Jr'eier \V. Jones gives us the details of the story, leaving 

 no doubt of the forty-eight hours' run; but it is probable 

 the puppy went oil' and got something to eat during the re- 

 maining forty-eight hours in which he guarded his dead 

 companion. — Manchester, (X. H.) Mirror, March 1st. 



Pesmbtiltahia. — Our correspondent at Greenville, Pa., 

 writes us thai "ut the regular meeting of the Greenville 

 Sportsmen Club, A. P. Heulein, Esq., was elected Attorney 

 for the Club. H. T. Blair, Superintendent of S. & A. R. 

 R., was elected a member, also Hon. William Achre. 

 The Club is in fine condition financially. The members 

 are looking forward for lots of sport the comiug season. 

 Capt. Nelson's Gordon seller dog Dash, has been missing 

 for a couple of days, and the Capiain is fearful that he 

 has been ioully deall with. He, the Captain, has another 

 fine Gordon. The sire is from Mr. Pape's Kennel, Eng- 

 land. Mr. Pape makes a visit occasionally to Huutsville, 

 Ohio, and is the guest of Judge Ingals. He presented the 

 Judge with a beautiful black setter, which he uses for stud 

 purposes. M. H. B. 



—Mr, Leroy Collins, of Lancaster, Mass., hr-s imported 

 from the Kev. J. Cumming Macdona's kennel, some splen- 

 did specimens of ihe Si. Bernard, He is breeding the 

 smooth-coated dog. 



— Mr. Frank D. Shaw claims the name Kirkinan for a 

 tan setter dotr, whelped December 19th, 1876, by Mr. Geo. 

 Col burn's Dash out of Mr. E. Yards, J is. Fanuie. Mr. P. 

 H. Morris claims the name of Irene for a red bitch out of 

 the same litter. 



— Mr. F. A. Diflendorfer, of Lancaster, Pa, writes us 

 that his bitch Bess, dam of Begoirah, whose portrait we 

 published last week, has visited -Sir. Miley's imported red 

 Irish setter. 



— Mr. James T. Walker, of Albany, N. Y., writes to 

 claim Ihe name of Black Bess for his hitch puppy by his 

 Dash out of Beonetl's Mub. The name of Black Bessie was 

 claimed last year by Mr. F. W. Jones for his naLiqe English 

 setter, and is so entered as No. 198 in the Kennel Register. 

 Perhaps Mr. Walker will now choose another name, if he 

 thinks these are too near alike. 



—Captain Taylor's sheep dog "Demon," by Robbie out 

 of Eflie, bothRosshire collies, has visited Mi. Halett's im- 

 ported collie "Don*' 



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Seawanhaka Yacht Club.— The second regular meet- 

 ing of the Sea wanhaka Yacht Ciuo was heldatDelmonico's 

 on Monday week, Commodore Colgate in the chair. The 

 Chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose re- 

 ported that no change is advised in the course for the open 

 boat races. 



The Chairmau of the committee lo report upon the vexed 

 question of lime allowance and measurement said that the 

 present table of allowance is very unjust in ail cases, und 

 the committee, together with many members of the club, 

 are of the opinion that the remedy is very difficult. The 

 committee have found, however, that a system based on 

 the gradual increase of a parabolic curve is only one which 

 wilTgivc the correct allowance between yachts, varying 

 slightly, and recommend that plan, in order to give all 

 members an opportunity to be heard on the important 

 subject the committee advised that it be postponed until 

 the next social meeting of ihe club, when each member 

 be allowed five minutes to give his views, the Commodore 

 having the power to extend any speaker's time to fifteen 

 minutes. The motion was carried. 



The committee presented the following programme of 

 races aud regalias for the current year; — 



Mauy members seemed to think that this list would entail 

 too much expense on the club, while undoubtedly makiDg 

 a brilliant season, and finally, on motion of Mr. Center, the 

 fifth and sixth races — the Ladies' Day and the September 

 opeu boat couiest— were stricken out, when the balance 

 met with universal indorsement. It was also agreed that 

 if in the Corinthian race, June 16th, the second class 

 Echooner event should not fill, the Regatta Committee must 

 appoint another day for the race to take place. 



New York Yacht Clob. — Pursuant to a call a special 

 meeting of this club was held on Friday evening at the 

 rooms, corner of Twenty-seventh street and Madison ave., 



I sixteen yacht owners being present. The question which 

 has occupied the attention of the members of the club 

 for some time past, whether the club should relinquish its 

 club rooms in Ihe city, was the only theme discussed at the 

 meeting last night. The consideration of this important 

 subject kept busy the gentleman who were present. Com- 

 modore S. N. Kane, of the schooner Restless; Mr. T. B. 

 Asten, of the schooner Clio; and Mr. Guiteau spoke in fa- 

 vor of rescinding the resolui ion adopted at the last meet- 

 ing to give up the Madison avenue club house, and Mr. S. 

 J. Colgate, of the schooner Idler, and Mr. Wm. Krebs, of 

 the Regatta Committee, made addresses upholding the res- 

 olution passed at the previous meeting. When the ques- 

 tion was put. whether or not the resolution should bean- 

 nulled, it was decided by a vote of 12 to 4 to retain the 

 New York club rooms. The. question of retaining the 

 Stateu Island club house did not come up. Before the 

 meeting adjourned it was decided to hold a social dinner 

 at Delmonico's on the 21st inst. No other business was 

 transacted at the meeting. 



WrxLiAiisBUBGH Yacht Cltxb.— The annual meeting of 

 the Williamsburgh Yacht Club was held on Friday even- 

 ing last, at the loot of Dupont street, Greenpoint. There 

 was a very full attendance of members, aud after the 

 transaction of routine business, the following officers were 

 elected for the current year: — 



Commodore, T. W. Reeves; Vice-Commodore, Jacob 

 Schmidt; Rear Commodore, W. H. Bullard; President, E. 

 S. Zoble; Secretary, C. E. Mielke; Assistant Secretary, 

 W. H. Bavdell; Treasurer, Henry Miller; Measurer, J. A. 

 Brush; Judge Advocate, Henry" Messinger; Trustees, N. 

 Lockwood, R. H. Nash, A. Lubbers, Robert Place and F. 

 Thorue; Regatta Committee, H. Coleman, D. O'Brien, A. 

 Finehout, J. Van Brunt, and W. Davis; Steward, J. 

 Northrop; Sergeant-at-Arms, W. H. Waters. 



The Secretary presented a report, showing that the 

 financial condition of the Club was all that could be de- 

 sired, its assets amounting lo $3,000, while its debts do 

 not exceed the sum of $47. 



Rockaway Yacht Club.— The annual meeting of the 

 Roekaway Yacht Club was held on Tuesday last, and the 

 following officers were elected tor the ensuing year:— 



President, N. Jarvis, Jr.; Vice-President, Alexander H. 

 Stevens; Tieasurer, Alfred Neilson; Secretary, Henry If. 

 Man; Commodore, Daniel Lord, Jr. ; Measurer, N. T. 

 Lawrence; Regatta Commiitee, Daniel Lord, Jr. ; William 

 Eummis and diaries A. Cheever. 



Ihe Club is in au exceeding prosperous condition, aud 

 has enrolled in its fleet some of the fastest open boats 

 owued in the vicinity of New York. Since its last annual 

 mealing the Club has become incorporated, and it is now 

 entitled lo a place among Ihe other yacht clubs, for 

 although organized as recently as 1871, it has constantly 

 added to the number of its members and the reputation of 

 its boats. The annual regatta is held in the mouth of Au- 

 gust, aud is always a feature of the summer season. The 

 Club also iutentit continuing a custom, inaugurated with 

 great success last summer, of evening receptions at the 

 Clubhouse. The Club has recently adopted new sailing 

 regulations, by which all races sailed under the auspices of 

 the Club are to be entirely Corinthian. 



The Golden Gate Yacht Club— At the annual meet- 

 ing of the Golden Gale Yacht Club, held ou Monday even- 

 in-, Feb. 19tb, 1877, the following officers were elected lor 

 the ensuing term: — 



President, Thomas D. Riordon; Vice President, Robert 

 Wheeler; Secretary, Joseph Schmidt; Treasurer, diaries 

 Hug; Commander, A. M. Jennings; Vice Commander, 

 Frank Farey; Auditing Committee, Emil Meyer, E. Era- 

 graber, and George Hoar; Investigating Committee, Jos. 

 Schmidi, Conrad nubueraud Theo. Van Bergiu; The club 

 will open its yachting season of 187T with a giand yacht 

 excursion on Sunday, April 8th. 



Haklem Regatta Association.— The annual meeting 

 of the above association, which is composed of delegates 

 from the principal boat clubs ou the Harlem River, met 

 last week at Knickerbocker Cottage in Sixth avenue. The 

 meeting was called to order by the President, Mr. F. G. 

 Brown, of the Nassau Boat CluO. Each club in tne asso- 

 ciation was represented by three delegates: — Messrs. King, 

 Claike and Ackerson, the Atlantas; Knowlton, Barnettand 

 Rathbone, the Athletics; Goodwin, Sage and Boyd, Col- 

 umbia College; Peckwell, Loutrell and Freeborn, the 

 Dauntless; Mills, Reade and Meyers, the Nassau; Neville, 

 Childs and Levien, the Nautilus; Kelly, Belmont and 

 Rives, the New York, and Leland, Starr and Peters, the 

 Stock Exchange. 



The annual report of the Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. 

 C. G. Peters, gave a very flattering account of Ihe progress 

 of the association during the past year. All the indebted- 

 ness of the organization has been paid off and the assess- 

 ments levied on each club returned. Even wiih these drains 

 on the treasury there still remains a balance on hand for 

 the present year of $173 15. 



Tne following gentlemen were elected officers for 1877: — 

 President, J. T. Goodwin, Columbia College Boat Club; 

 Vice President, R. L. Reade, Nassau Boat Club, Secretary 

 and Treasurer, Edmund Kelly, Stock Exchange Boat Club. 

 The above named delegates, together wiih John King, At- 

 alanta; G. T. Barnett, Athletic; M. Freeborn, Dauntless; 

 R. L. Reade, Nassau; R. L. Neville, Nautilus, and G. L. 

 Rives, New York Rowing, were elected members of the 

 Executive Board. 



The date of the annual regatta was not fixed, but it will 

 take place, in all probability, between the loth and 30th of 

 June. 



Nereid Boat Cldb.— A meeting of the Nereid Boat 

 Club was held on Thursday evening last, at the residence 

 of Mr. Joseph P. Eaile, Columbia Heights, to adopt a pro- 

 gramme for the boating season of '77. The following of- 

 ficers have been elected for the ensuing year: Cap am, Jos. 

 P. Earle; Lieuienant, Heywnod C. Brown; President, 

 Chas. R. Flint; Vice President, W. D. Johnson, Recording 

 Secretary, James C. Bergeu; Corresponding Secretary^ 

 H. R. Post; Treasurer, F. B. Rogers; Auditor, Wm. 

 Wise, Jr.; Chairman of the Investigating Committee, E. 

 F. Nichols, which officers with James L. Gladwin, com- 

 prise the Board of Directors. 



Last evening the following gentlemen were elected active 

 members: Messrs. H. B. Beecher, A. H. Watun, Seelye 

 Benedict, Wni. E. J. Fules, Horace C. Hardy, Jno. B. 

 Phillips, Chas. W. West, William S. Gould, Geo. Post, J. 

 Morran and Henry E. Nesmith, Jr. 

 Wm. M. lYins, Jr. and Francis Lanton, Jr., were ap- 



pointed a committee to revise the constitution and by-laws. 

 To accommodate the increased membership, a second story 

 is to be put on the present, boat house. The plans pre- 

 pared by Mr. Chas. W. Clinton being completed the work 

 will be commenced at once. 



Although the present fleet of the club numbers eleven 

 boats with a capacity of sealing 58, two new four-oared 

 gigs have been ordered to be ready for the spring regatta. 



In response to indications from the N. Y. Rowing Club 

 of their desire for a friendly contest, it is anticipated that 

 they will be t iuvited to a social race, which will bo an 

 additional pleasure of the spring regatta. 



As usual the float will be put in the water the beginning 

 of next month. The membership of the Nereid is limited 

 to 63, being besides 53 active honorary and honorary mem- 

 bers who have been active boating men of the Nereid for 

 three years or more. The property of the club is unen- 

 cumbered antl the club is out of debt. 



Boston Yacht Club. — An informel meeting of the 

 Boston Yacht Club was held March 10th, Ex-Commodoie 

 Barnard in the Chair. The object in calling the meeting 

 was to arrive at some arrangements to please the non- 

 yachtowning members of the club and to promote its 

 greatest prosperity. The following Resolution was 

 adopted:— 



Resolved, That in the sense of this meeting the Boston 

 Yacht Club should commence the season with an early 

 regatta, followed by a dance in the evening, to be succeed- 

 ed by a series of monthly or semi-monthly entertainments, 

 consisting of four to six leative occasions or picnics, which 

 should be managed under the supervision of a special com- 

 mittee, composed of the House and Regatta Committee. 



A resolution presented by Wm. F. Halsall, Esq., that 

 the sailing regulation allowing shifting ballast be abolished 

 met with general approbation. 



A resolution presented by Chas. Russ, Esq., altering the 

 by-laws preventing yachts participating in regattas unless 

 owned eusirely in the club also received unanimous sup 

 port. 



— At a Texas bab) -show it was a long time before any 

 one could be found to act as n judge. Finally five brave 

 men were found to act, on condition that the awards should 

 not be announced till the judges had ten minutes' Start. 

 The mothers sat in a circle, babies iu lap. The juoges 

 made their rounds, compared notes, handed the result to 

 the spokesman, and ran for their lives. 



— The most difficult gun to keep clean — A fouling piece. 



— Men talk about the idle wind, but Ihe wind is always 

 busy, and, like a cheerful farmer, whistles ut its work. 



— Peaceful sleep is the sheet anchor of health. 



—"Business is picking up," as the chiffonier said.— 

 Philadelphia Bulletin. 



The Naturalist for March seems to us not quite up to its 

 usual standard; for although several of the articles are of great vulue 

 there are o.hers which are nor. so satisfactory. 



L.F. De Ponetales contributes io this number one of itsmosi interest- 

 ing articles, entitled "Hints on the Origin or the Flora aud Fanna of the 

 Florida Keys," au essay which will prove very attraerive to all who read 

 it, but especially to '.hose who have visited these little-known islands. 

 another article of great importance is that on "Geographical Distribu- 

 tion of Animals," beiug chapter xvi. of Prof. A. R. Wallace's recent 

 work under that title. In addition to the papers above mentioned are 

 "A Few Words About Scavengers," by Prof. Tenney, "Ou a Provisional 

 Ujpothesis of Saltatory Evolution," by W. U. Dale, "A Provisional 

 Hypothesis of Pangenesis," by W. K. Brooks, and "Traces of a Voice 

 in Fishes," by Dr. U. C. Abbott. 



'the General Notes are full, and the authropological uews especially 

 important aud interesting. 



"The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet," sings the Imid of Avon. 

 This accounts for the rush for the new toilet article, B T. Babbitts Toilet 

 Soap. The world has begun lo realize that ordinary scented soaps are 

 dangerous, and that this new toilet soap, with its purity, sweetuees uml 

 emollient softness, is not to be disputed as the perfection of Its bind.— 

 Attn. 



Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and 

 Importers, have always a large stock of sil- 

 ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, 

 racing and other sports, and on request they 

 prepare special designs for similar purposes. 

 Their timing watches are guaranteed for ac- 

 curacy, and are now very generally used for 

 sporting and scientific requirements. 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 te purchase. Union Square, New York 

 Adv. 



