

FOREST JAND 2 STREAM. 



CAPE COD NOTES. 



!i , Fobest ahd Stbeam: 



On a recent trip to tbe Cape in search of the sen-fowl, 



which are known to eoaat along its shores at this seafco 



their way North, we found that they lied at Hyaunis, nrmmd 

 Clerk and Bishop's Shoals, daring the winter," and about the 

 ISfli of May start North. Southwest winds bring them into 

 tin- shore and give good shooting to the gunners, who string 

 o?at their hoata 100 yards apart in desirable fly-ways. We 

 Stopped at C'obasset Narrows on the 7th of May. and went 

 down the Cohassct River into Buzzard's Bay, passing Monu- 

 ment P.each. Toby Island, on which there is the prolU Club- 

 house of Air. Toby's old Shooting Club, and anchored oft 

 Pocasset Headland. There was a scattered Hying all day, and 

 quite a number ol'loon passed us, but the wind was not strong 

 rouse the beds, and but a small bag rewarded our 

 labor. Saturday, the 51 h, there was a large flight of BeaJowl, 

 owing to a strong west wind, and quite a number of boats 

 were out and large numbers killed. The tautog fishing near 

 the mouth of the river was very fair. 



The two interests of tbe town of Sandwich, of which Co 

 basset Narrows is a village, are lite oyster and herring. The 

 catching of the hitler is restricted to "the waters of the river 



four miles above the village of Cohasset Narrows. At tow'n- 



i catcher is appointed, and every voting citizen is 

 allowed each a barrel of the catch by paying 30 cents, the 

 nominal cost of catching. They begin eliciting about tbe 15th 

 of April. The tish are thrown 'into barn-Is wilb a little salt, 

 forming with their own moisture a pickle. After packing 

 i runs on sticks run through their eyes, and last for 

 a year. The fishing lasts till the 1st of .lune. 



On the 1st Of May tautog lishing begins. On the 115th of 

 May the striped bass are caught from the bridges which span 

 the estuaries of tbe bay, shrimp and minnow being used for 

 .bait. By the middle of Mav also tbe seup fishing begins. By 

 the first of June the squeteflgue, so-called, are taken with pole 

 and reel. Blue fish at this time also put in appearance, and 

 are taken with lead and trail from the shore, or after boats. 



The boat peculiar to this locality and well adapted to i' i- 

 known as a flat-iron skiff, and has" a flat bottom, which is of 

 the characteristic shape of a Hat-iron ; litis a centre board, is 

 111 feet long by 4eV beam; 32-inch side: carries a movable 

 mast with a 1 0-yard sail ; draws 3 indies of water, is very dif- 

 ficult to upset, and floats in any such emergency. For the 

 Inland shallows of the estuaries and the stronger seas outside 

 in the bay it serves well, and from its roominess is comlorta- 

 ble i i | leasure purposes, and practical and useful when used 

 as m - sler barge. Such a boat can be built by local work- 

 men, complete with sail, for $30. 



Abner Ames, a young fisherman of the Village, or more 

 especially an ovsterman, carried us out in such a craft, and is 

 an cNeelienl sailor. Of the oyster interest he said that every 

 citizen was allowed an acre of the public waters for an oyster 

 bed, and from the restricted waters in which the oyster grows 

 in natural profusion they gather their seed. It requires about 

 t, 000 bushel of seed, or young oysters, to start on acre-bed ; 

 l luce years gives an average good growth. All the oysters of 

 the locality 'grow a scalloped shell, which is peculiar to this 

 locality, and exists nowhere else. The oysters are celebrated 

 for their flavor ; they sell for $2 a barrel in shell, or $2 a gal- 

 ion solid. The price has not fluctuated for years. From Sep- 

 tember they are undisturbed, in which time they are in bulk 

 and shooting their spawn. The first appearance of the young 

 oyster is a black spot I he size of a pin-bead : in nine months 

 he size of a ten-cent piece. The interest of these 

 towns and the novelty of their sandy, treeless ap- 

 pcarance, make a pleasant- change for a few day's diversion. 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



To our customers and the public:— In reply to the damaging 

 reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of 

 our split bamboo rods, by " dealers" who are unable to compete 

 with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular Which 

 we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity 

 of their assertions. 



C'ONKOY. BlSSETT & MAIXESON, 



Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. 



NOTES FROM THE LAKE REGION. 



Axdovek, Me., May 5, 1877. 

 Editor "GbeAT Consolidated." 



Tlio little village where lam now located— Andover— in, as you aro 

 probably aware, the nearest town to Hie two Klcliardson Lakes, and on 

 the great central route to the Katgeley Lake region, the romc via 

 Farmingtou being i lie upper one, and that by Betbei the lower. For 

 brook trout fishing, the locality about Andover cannot be beaten, speak 

 ing from u personal experience of several years. The brooks are all 

 within easy walking d.staDce ot the hotel, the distance to different 

 brooks varying from Iwo to five miles. Black Brook, Sawyer Brook, 

 bid Maid Brook, and Frye's Brook are some of the best, and a day's 

 i these streams will furnish from one to live hundred 

 trout for a catch, the dah weighing from one-quarter to a pcnucl each. 

 The greater part of the banks of these streams are favorable for fly 

 fishing. 



From Andover to the South Arm of the lower Rtchardeou Lake (Wc- 

 lokenebacook) is twelve miles; the first three miles of the distance it 

 the regular country road; the last nine miles lies through the wilder- 

 ness, tills or itself being a great charm to a stranger. Five yean ago 

 this wood road, or lake road, as it is called by lite natives, was decid- 

 edly rough, but, this epring there has been raised by private subscrip- 

 tion and the town of Andover 1600. which, judiciously expended, will 

 make as good a road as one would care to ride over. 



The new and beautiful little steam-yacht Henry B. Simmons tha 

 made her first appearance last summer on the Richardson Lajtee, Is 

 being put in complete order for the present season's travel, and will 

 commence her regular trips about 1 he last of May between Echo Land 

 ing and the South Arm, and the head of Hie upper Richardson Lake 

 (Molcctuinkaniunk), stopping at the Middle Dam, Metallic l'oint, Mos- 

 quito Brook and Upper D.iut. This is ihe finest boat in the hike re- 

 gion, thoroughly and substantially built, has double englDes, steel 

 boiler, nice cabin, large standing room, life preservers, and is tilted up 



in a 





Parties who intend visiting indan Kock this) season will lind the 

 route by way ni Andover preferable, on some accounts, to any other. 

 One can take a parlor cor on the Boston and Maine Railroad and ride 

 to Bryant's Pond wlthoul change 01 cars, where connection is made 

 with tirst-ciass Concord coaches for Andover, arriving at Andover two 

 or three hours earlier in the evening than they would at Philips if iney 

 went by tlieFarmlngton route. No prettier stage ride can betaken 

 iu New England Mum that between Bryant's Pond and Andover, the 

 nv.tci i culling as It decs (or the entire distance up the valleys of the 



Androscoggin and Bins Rivers, with line mountain views all the 

 way. There ore no tiresome lul'n Do Mil? route fur lion-us to climb, the 

 road being level as a floor, ami the stage ride Is In no way (aligning. 



[teaching Andover at Blgllf o'clock in the evening one secure? a com- 

 fortable nigh i'u rest nl ihe Andover House, one i I the '>•■ hotel! 

 the lake counlry. The scenery also from An. lover to tHe lakes is very 

 line, the road passing through ihe celebrated Blaok Brook. Notch, 

 which furnishes some of the mom romabtlc views to be met with in 

 Maine. Al the arm of the lake the traveler embark? ..n the Henry B. 

 Simmons, and sails across the two Richardson Lakes for nearly their 

 entire length, landing at the Upper Bain. The Richardson Lakes have 

 been called by competent judges thp gems of the Raugcley chain, and 

 are considered by many to be equal to any sheet of water in Europe. 

 Crossing a short carry al the Upper Dam, yen take the little steam- 

 launch Oquossoc, and sail the enure Lcngl-Tl of Uooselucmognntic 

 Lake, and up the river to Indian Rock, arriving there early in the aftcr- 



Tiuis ii win be seen that the sportsman or 1 -1st who visits Indian 



Rockbyway.it Bryant's Pond and Andover, crosses tbe three principal 

 lakes of this beautiful ehain. besides obtaining the finest combination of 



lake 



ol Car 



issihe Rangolej Lake, 



i Rock 



Ion and Phillips yon onl; 

 est, and have a two-mile carry to 

 Indian Rock. A pleasant trip, how 

 for the ilrst time, would be to go i.y way of Bryant's Pond and Andovfcr, 

 and return via Phillips and farininglou. The Middle Ham CRtnp, situ- 

 ated on the lower Richardson Lake, has changed hands this season, and 

 Mr. AlddHfla Br.n.ks has leased ii this year instead of U. K. Godwin. 



Mr. liioeks is well known to ihe I lues of II Anglers' Retreat." 



and will no ibiulu give general sulisfiiotioii in his new position. Mr. 

 Lewis T. I'.rown. ilteaireni of the lierbn Mill-, is Iiiiviiil' the si. ■inner 

 luaiii'.n.l. which run: 



uiiiig > 



Magail 



The 



ol pr 



jjiuhtim] and Zhutthni. 



Date. 



Boston, 



.Veto Port. 



Chai lestm. 







n. m. 



11 M 



a i 



M.n. 



24 





5 48 



r, oii 



Mar 





in en 



ii :■; 



■ ■ 



Mav. 



26 



1 1 n.' 



; 23 



6 Ii 



May, 





1 1 53 



8 OT 



.in 



M.o . 



2S 



10 



:,:; 



s 2U 



Mil v. 





n M 



9 41 



S IIS 



May. 





i as 



in so 



9 -17 



Atlantic Yacht Club. — The lirsi yachl race of the sea- 

 son wassailed mi Tuesday afternoon. by the cal Imai class for 

 He- challenge pennnnl held by the Lapwing, over a 15 mjlu 



course. The race was a drifting match al Hie Start a line 

 breeze al the scratch down the bay, with all the wind the boats 

 could stagger under on the return, Summary : 



.Name. fart. /■','„ ■•../•. 



Nomad S:2Q:20 7:35:19 4:14:59 in i:v- 



■ 8:20:30 7:li':5S 1:20:22 4:2":22 



Wind 3:20:83 7.4i:ls 4:2i'.:45 .|:25:'.0'. 



Lapwing a:_':l:lT ftS8:B5 4.S6:0S 4:>:.::'.\ : 



Ni« Iobk Yacht Oi.bb. — A, general meeting of this club 

 held on Thursday evening. May 17. Commodore Kane 



linutesof tin 



prevtoui 

 idWaltei 



• tinir v 

 elected, i 

 .angdoii. i 



ad and 

 them 



W 



the chair. The I 

 approved. Eleven new mei 

 the Messrs. Hitcucoc.lt, Igdit, 

 Ihe steamers Ocean Gem, Ru 

 Alfred Orovirn, for twenty-seven years a member, was elected 

 an honorary member. A testimonial was voted (and a com- 

 mittee of three appointed in connection therewith) to he pre- 

 sented to Commodore Dickinson, of the Madeleine, in recogni- 

 tion of his signal victory over the Countess of DuiTcrin in last 

 Summer's races for the American cup, the same to be pre- 

 sented on board the Commodore's flag ship during the 

 Summer's cruise. The yachts will rendezvous on Tuesday, 

 ihe ?ih day of August, probably at Glen Cove. The meeting 

 having adjoined, ihe members were invited by the Commodore 

 in partake of an elegant eolation in the club rooms. 



Boston, .Mn\ 17. 18717. Mr. Glensou's ealamaran has been 

 died, and already proves a source of trouble for those who 

 keep racers. They begin to ask if "that thing will be 

 allowed io sail with respectable boats?" 



Why not ? if some one ah 

 her rail, and look Ihcconceil 

 build a raft, thai would beathi 



We are too apt to take pr 

 fair 



npetit 



When : 

 i< 111 



ild come along with even a huii- 

 n of my racer, I should try and 

 if I believed in raeini: only. 

 ■s by legislation, rather than by 



ng ballitsl was the rule in these 



tha] an- iis must bitter opponents 

 uli is previously. You who are far 

 ■ re its. ni of so sudden a conversion. 

 have been in Boston forabi months, 

 gs have been held in business cir- 

 ul out there is a Golden Rule, or 

 icv lake unto themselves another 

 d up to windward basbeon done 

 1 ihe man thai was Foolish enough 

 ith < ;il in anil living.-, had Io eon- 

 _'al1a times. fjnless In chose to 



compete with ihe highflyers, he 

 ill hold three regattas ihe cm- 



kind of a boat. Lead push* 

 principally in open crafts; an 

 to gel a comfortable yacht, « 

 lent himself as a fixture in re 

 pull his boat all to pieces to 

 musl look at prizes, and not 



The Nahasseii Ynehl Club 

 ingscason. The first will beheldofr the .\..nh Sleue. .luh 

 14; Ihe second. Augusl 1. off the South Shore, and ihe third, 

 .1 the North Shore. Five new members and two 

 ii'-u yachts have recently been added to its roll-call. There are 

 now in the club forty-eight members and thirty yachts. The 

 club is in a very prosperous condition, being wealthy in ihe 

 services "i a very enterprising s< cretary. 



At a Special Committee meeting of fin- lias; Boston yacht 

 Club. Inld in their elub rooms on Border street, Tuesday even 

 ing. .May 16, the regular documents were signed for procuring 

 a charier. According to requirements a new election of of£ 

 cers will be held, as there is some dissatisfaction expressed at 

 the present management of the club, and the active members 

 look forward to better times. Kbbbb. 



Vai.k Ukoatta. The Yale navy f eld a urns SUCO iu'i 

 ike Saltonstall, on Saturday last. Therewere three 

 ro barge races and a Single-scull race. In the ili.i 

 barge face crews from the Academic Classes of 78, 79 and '80 

 were entered. The oou) i frji this and all the other acei 

 over two miles' distance, one mile ami rctin 

 bnrgesreceivedtli.-sitjualtogo. AH purl At the 



mile lurrtitig, '79 went around first in Oni. 40s., 78 in 6m. f Is. 

 ami '80 in Oni. 46s. Coming down the last hair mil 

 WHS intensely exciting. Up Co within twenty rods of (lie finish 

 it was dilfiouit io gay whether 73 or 78 would win. 

 a magnificent spurt, passing the winning-post in lie 

 lime, unparalleled in several years, of l-'ini. 03-Js., elm ri> ... 

 r8in Hint, its's. The time of '80 was 13m. 14s. 



In the single-scull the contestants were: VV. A. Kaus "th- 



G M. Edwards, '79; H. 11. Donaldson, 79 ; W. T. Hart, "78. 

 Going up all save Donaldson kept .-lose to the western bank, 

 while Donaldson hugged the eastern. He was the first to 

 round tlje turning flag in 8m. i fail got around in 8m. 8£s. 

 Ransom, after turning, losl his chances by pulling mil of his 

 course. The race was dearly Donaldson's on the last half 

 mile, and he crossed the line in 15m. a»$a; Han second, in 

 Him. li^'s.: Hansom third, in H'mi. 39As.: and Edwards last, 

 coming over the line in Kim oils, a barge nice between the 



law and medical sol Is completed the days spoil., the former 



winning in 13m, S'ljs. 



Coi.t.Muu (i iSS Uai i ■-. The rowing season may be said 

 to have been inaugurated on Saturday last by the regatta of 

 the Columbia College Rowing Association. Thelirsl, race was 

 mile heats, between the Jnmor, Senior, Sophomoreand Fresh- 

 man Crews. The first named contended in theflrsi heal i 

 Juniors winning by a length in 6m. 51s. The Fresbmen had 

 no difficulty in disposing of ihe Sophomores in 5m. 40s; and 

 they won also the final Beat by any number of lengths in 6m 

 14s" 



The second event of the day was a four-oared race between 

 graduates and undergraduates, 'i his race was looked upon as 

 a sure thing for the graduates. Ihe crews being made up jg 

 follows : 



'fhc graduates got the best of the start, jumping away with 

 u good had. Al tbe half mile, however, the youngsters wtir 

 fully two lengths ahead, and increasing this steadily, won 1 1 ,,. 

 race by a dozen lengths in 5m. S5&., the graduate making the 

 mile in 6nl. itis. 



♦»♦ 



FIFTY MILE SCULL RACE AT CHICAGO. 



Ohicago, Illinois, May 14, 1877. 

 Kiiiioe Forest \nd Stbiiajh: 



A fifty mile rowing match took place on Saturday last on 

 the Calumet river, fifteen miles south of this oity, belween 

 W. B. Curtis, of this city, and C. A. Bar j, mi, of Nil L . 5 

 Michigan. This being the second match between these two 

 nihlct.es, considerable interest was exhibited m ihe progress 

 of the mulch. Barnard is a noted sculler, and is a member 

 of the- Chicago Association of Scullers. In his first contest 

 with Curtis, several years ago, at Grand Haven, Michigan 

 in a two mile race, he won the match. He is a much small- 

 er man and weighs considerably less than bis spirited com- 

 petitor. The match was for no consideration, as Mr. Curtis 

 never rows a match or takes part in athletic sports for 

 money. The weights were as follows : Barnard's own 

 weight, 140±, sculls 8, shell 314- pounds, the shell htinf 

 paper, Il}x26 in size. Curtis' own weight, 175, sculls 8* 

 shell 33J- pounds; boat of paper, 12x30. Capt, A. o! 

 Douns, of the Fafragut Boat club, was chosen referee. 4 he 

 first seven miles of the nice the men rowed side by side 

 After that Barnard gained on bis competitor. At the end of 

 the first fifteen miles Curtis was compelled to stop, owing to 

 a severe pain in his side, caused by a severe accident arising 

 from an injury received last summer while participating in 

 athletic games, held at the ball grounds. After a rest of 

 fourteen minutes he once more started, but had made only 

 three miles when the intense pain caused him to give up the 

 race. At this time Barnard was a mile and a half ahead. 

 The course was a stretch of the river a mile and a half in 

 length. The following is Mr. Curtis' time : 

 Distance, 



.Miles. 



IX 



Time, 

 l. 1 .- miles. 



i:i : .ni 

 liil'ii 



I3-.-1S 



12:55 



i:i : .i,i 



14:115 

 IS: III 



14::m 

 ' i:.n 

 28:45 

 15:50 



Total. 



13:01) 

 25:ilil 



*H 15M5 X-.w. 



6 12:55 61:40 



''>.■ I**) 1:05:20 



■• W:S6 1;18:4B 



la.v. 14:05 



l:4tl:im 

 2:H(i:00 

 S ,.,„ 



U..V 28:45 8i48:45 



3:02:00 



On his fifteenth mile stopped fourteen minutes, 



Barnard continued the race, making a record he can truly 



In- proud of, placing him foremost among scullers. The 



following i:; his time: 



Hist: 



!§*:: 



in;,.. 



15 .. 

 161.?.. 



Is . 



22>; 



21 



•an 



21 







30 



31M 



s:i 



::::;: 



■I"'. ... 



•12 















I- 



■W 



Time, 



,, || :. 



13:ii(l 

 12:ii5 



'eh 



12:-15 



D 



1S:35 



. I 



12:55 

 13:20 

 14:30 

 IS: in 



■j jo 

 ll'.H re 

 17:00 

 13:00 

 16:00 

 : m 



15:21 

 lllaill 

 111:02 

 llWlO 

 21:47 

 17:iln 

 15:30 

 lti:45 

 21:15 

 23:iii i 

 15:nn 

 I6:l)t) 

 14:00 



heiM 



into 



Total 

 13:00 

 25:05 

 Sft« 

 61:30 



1:18(35 



I::i2::i5 



. ... 



.. 

 8:117:00 



3:5li:ini 



... , 

 t.l:2o:::n 



5:05:11 

 5:21:11 



5:53:J3 

 B: 15:30 



e: 1^.111 

 7:04:4,5 



S:U4:il0 







stonped seven uiinut.es. 

 t f.iiue.ti anil tea, fifteen minutes. 

 f stupped seven iiiiimi-s aiiil sevc-nteen accrnds. 

 i Sl..|.|ieil seven ml 



li . i . tie hoped that Mr, Curtis nay soon recover his 

 wonteii health, for he is will kn man who 



takes a deep interest in everything ptrtaiuing to the eleva 

 fiouof athletic spoils, 



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