FOREST AND STREAM. 



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■■■' creel ! 3h baskets and wading boots ana stored in an 



9pen wagon drawn by mules, with ribbon's in their ear Kips, 

 nd u i Eor the Bhobola River. A three-mile drive 

 brings ua to Hatton's Bridge. Leaving tlie ladies and children 

 ind .in esoprl with thek tods at tlie bridge, where a dc |, „ 



filled witli troui , . ,i ollowcd n 



v IxOai] down the Shobolaa mile before we commenced 



01 ! fev castS ill Btlll water were unsilcees.-.ful. bill 



furthei on we reached the rapids, where tisli were plenty am I 

 hungry. They Herein swill water and in eddies Wherever 

 a tVout could Jie there he was, ready for fly, worm or grnb. 

 Wading the Iwoot about two miles on, 'we. reached the 



''Farms, "' now a descried clearing, with heavy baskets, count- 

 in;.' rr line Ush- few of them weighing less 'than one-quarter 

 Of a pound. Below the "Farms" there is another mile of good 

 fishing, -until Lite stream spreads out into, lame still-water 

 ponds, where the trout Collect in winter. 

 It. lias bee j i tperieneethat amateur fishermen cannot 



land as many lish in (lie same time and waters as the back 

 Woodsman, and whether the amateur whips the stream first or 



he native has the largest basket. 1 must admit, that Ned 



look two fish to iny one, lUtb.0Ugh.in the mailer of tackle I 



was provided with a light rod and reel and braided green silk 

 hue, while ho was equipped with an ash pole, and about 

 elv feel of black horse-hair line made by himself. It was 

 hardly a satisfaeiory explanation that he pave thai ii must be 

 all in the "color of the line." With wcil-tilled creels, after- 

 noon saw us on our homeward march. We found our party 

 at the bridge', anxious b> compare notes, for Ihey had caught, 

 some trout, and are ready for home. And havin.u' 'udde.da basket 

 i : si i eggs, a live sucking grimier to our stores we are soon 



1 - awns, behind the patient mules, inching the club 

 house before sunset, where an ample meal is discussed with 

 that relish and zest that only open-air sports can giVfl. 



Oj the following day. only one of the party was in the mood 

 fornshing. Ned was ready and impatient io be off for Ihe 



Bloomhlg Grove stream. There was rowing on I he lake for 

 ladies and occupation in the house. 



There are about seven miles of good fishing on the Blooming 

 Grove, from Millville. where the stream enters tlie Laekawax- 

 en up to the falls at YVaddell's. A rough path strikes the 

 stream above Ihe falls about two miles from Ihe Park, where 

 one can Wade across and lish down the opposite bank; the 

 otbei side is rocky and precipitous. After several mile's of 

 quiet winding through Westbrook's meadows the stream 

 makes a bold pinnae ot' about :«) feet over a projecting ledge 

 falling into one of the lies! pools on the stream. Ned was 

 anxious to get down a, id try the pool under the falls before the 

 watef was raised by the flow from Kleinham's tannery, while I 

 cautiously dropped a 1ly from above into the roaming pool be- 

 low. At the second east, well over towards the - opposite 

 shore, a greedy fellow rose and was landed by care. 



I ul management and some hand-over-hand work at the top of 



the talis. Then descending over rocks and fallen timber we 

 lished the deep pools, taking eighl' good sized fish in going 

 about out! mile. Having secured trout enough with those be- 

 fore captured, and with due regard to future sport for other 

 members, we reeled up and retraced our way by a good road 

 to the old clearing at the Falls, where we ale onr'-pieces." and 

 altera short nooning look the path home. This stream has 

 furnished many full baskets this season to native and visiting 



fishermen. It will long be a never failing sourc f pleasure 



for trout fishing. There is 11 dam of about twelve feet high at 

 Millville. and two high falls in the seven miles, so that what lish 

 are. in the stream must have grown in its pools without run- 

 ning up from the Lnekawaxeu. A tew lish. weighing from 

 one-half to one pound, are ample reward for the reasonable 

 trout fisherman, and with ordinary protection this fine stream 

 will afford gontFsporl. for many years. With some care, agood 

 basket of lish may be taken to I be city after a few days' fish- 

 ing, and are a welcome He it to friendsaf home, but, as a rule, 

 the city sportsman should capture only enongh for present use, 

 ami be satiffied with sport for sport's sake. J. A. 



pfiowil jgHBthteB, 



WARRENTON RIDING CLUB. 



Mostci.aic. STOCK F.u:m. Orange Co., Va., May 30. 



Mi;. Editor : Allow me to add my congratulations to the 

 hundreds I know you have already received in reference to the 

 great improvements in our favorite weekly. I have just re- 

 turned from the spring meeting of the ' Warren ton Hiding 

 Club, The meeting was a success, although the entricswere neit 

 as numerous as we should have liked I o have seen. Iu the eve- 

 ning there was the club supper, and a very enjoyable one it was. 

 Gen'l Payne, the president of the club, graced the head of the 

 table ; on his right sat Gen'l Fitzhugh Lee, a prominent can- 

 didate for Governor. On Gen'l Payne's left was another 

 prominent candidate for gubernatorial honors, the brilliant 

 Col. Daniels, of Lyncliburgh. Then there was Gen'l Robin- 

 son, the 1st Colonel of the. Black Horse, 7:! years old, a.s hale 

 and beany as a man of 25, Charley Payne," Charley Greene, 

 Slide]) (an ex-officer in the Union army, and a great favorite), 

 old Sheppard Panel, and lots of others. 



Next October they are going to have a fall meeting, audi 

 want you to come down. We will be able to give you some 

 good shooting, and I hope a jolly time. B. 

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Obion Ciam Athletic Spouts.— -The first public meeting 

 oT the Orion Rowing and Athletic Association, since their con- 

 solidation, took place on the 30th ult., at the West Side Driv- 

 ing I'urk, .Jersey City. 



Tuatil was a grand success, [he enthusiastic expressions of 

 favor of the large, audience-composed of Ihe best citizens (a 

 large number of whom were ladies I "1 the cit\ and country — 

 amply testified. Full delegations Were present from the prin- 

 cipal athletic clubs of New York City. Great, credit for the 

 admirable manner in winch the arrangements were carried out. 

 is due to the genial president of the club, Alderman Prank 0. 

 Fry, Executive Officer Captain D. W. Lawrence, and Commit- 

 teemen Robert Packer, John Van Gelder, George E. and J. 

 H. Van Loan, 0. Hoe, and W. F. Meyers. 



The following gentlemen acted as ollicers of the day: 

 Messrs. M. T. New bold, J. F. Luther and P. \V. Mitchell, as 

 judges— the latter also as time-keeper. Mr. E. Pluramer, ref- 

 eree. Prof. Smith, starter, and Mr. James Robottom, scorer. 



The exercises consisted of contests iu Walking, running, 

 jmnping, etc. A fine baud was iu attendance. The games 

 commenced, on schedule time, 3 p. it., and were carried out to 

 the letter until 4:20, when a heavy thunder storm broke on the 

 scene, which delayed matters for an hour, leaving the track 

 exceedingly heavy— and all know that Jersey mud "stieketh 



a Brother." And though the boys showed com- 

 mendable pluck, it is hardly fair to have their time go on 

 record under the circumstances ; but they showed conclusively 

 what they could do under more favorable auspices. 



Among the particulars to be noticed, where all were so 

 good, was the warm encomiums on Mr. Conner, for his admir- 

 able style ot walking, 'flic artistic and splendid running of 

 Mr. Hough, and the feat of Van Loan in making 120 yards 

 and ten hurdles on a heavy track in twenty seconds. 



A notable feature of the occassien I not down in the bill) was 

 the running race of Judge Newbold with tlie contestants of the 

 one mile walk. After running at the lop of his speed in the 

 bol sun to the lsl .quarter-pole the erudite judge gave it up in 

 great disgust, and came across lots to the judges' Stand, saying 

 (while the perspiration poured from his 'heated face), that if 

 they wanted him to keep up with the long legs of Conner or 

 Ihe nimbi. .,ncs,,(' Van r,oan he wanted Mitchell's Holler or 

 Dudley's 3 minute colt No more of thai forjudge Newbold. 



The prizes, consisting of nine gold and eleven silver badges, 

 were simply elegant. They were original and unique in design, 

 of pure metal, and elicited great praise. 



The whole exhibition was a great, and very flattering success 

 to the boys of the Orion, not the least matter of simulation 

 was the fact thai the club retains three of the prizes, though 

 having but four entries. 



The Scottish-American Athletic Association of New York 

 with forty entries carried off eleven, showing what superb 

 athletes Ihey are. 



The following received prizes from the hands of Capt Law- 

 rence, bestowed with appropriate remarks, interspersed with 

 music by the band : 



One Hundred Yards Hash.— First prize, II. B Wilson, 

 Scottish-American Athletic Club, N. Y. ; second, H. B. Grif- 

 fin, same club. 



Hue Mile Walk.— First prize, T. A. McEwen. Scottish- 

 American Athletic Club, N. Y. ; second, Chas. Conner, same 

 club. 



One Hundred and Twenty Yard Hurdle Pace.— First prize, 

 J. H. Van Loan, Orion Rowing and Athletic Club, Jersey 

 City; second, VV. P. Meyers, same club. 



Running High Jump.— First prize, John Knox, Scottish- 

 American Athletic Club, N. \. ; second, A. If. Oakes, young 

 Men's Christian Association, N. Y. City.' 



Half-Mile Pun.— Mist prize, F. E.' Hough, Hudson Boat 

 Club, Jersey City; second, W. P. Banham,' Harlem Athletic 

 Association, N. Y. 



Quarter-Mile Run.— First prize, J. H. Ferguson, Yotikers 

 Athletic Club. N. V.: second, W.O.Wilkinson, Young Men's 

 Christian Association, N. Y. 



Three Mile Walk, —First Prize, Chas. Connor, Scottish- 

 American Athletic Club, N. Y. ; second, J. H. Van Loan, 

 Orion Rowing and Athletic Association, J. C. 



Running Broad Jump.— First prize, Geo. McNichol, SeoL- 

 tish-Amerean Athletic Club, N. V. ; second, H. E. Wilson, 

 same club. 



One Mile Run.— First -prize, James Clnistian, Scottish- 

 American Athletic Club, N. Y. ; second, C. Rowland, same 

 club. Jacobstaff. 



Union Athletic Clara.— The annual spring games of the 

 Union Athletic Club, of Massachusetts, came oil" oil the grounds 

 of the Boston Baseball Club, on Saturday last. The following 

 is a list of tlr- 



Pulling the shot— J. G. Lathrop (U. A. 0.), 3l feet 4 

 inches; P. Johnson, 31 feel. 



Standing high jump— J. G. Lathrop, 4 feet 5i inches ; 0. 

 E. Come, 4 feet, 2 inches. 



One mile walk— J. B. Dermie (T. A. G), 7m. 424s. ; J. A, 

 KeUehcr(U. A. C), 7m. 56As. 



Running high jump— H. E. Ticken (N. Y. A. C), 3 feet 4 

 inches; Oeorge 11. Carver (U. A. C.i, 5 feet 1 inch 



Throwing heavy hammer— P. Johnson (l). A. C). 73 feet 3 

 inches. 



Three-legged race— J. C. Bibber and G. F. Kingman (U. A. 

 <'•), 18 seconds. 



One hundred yards run— Edward Merritt (N. Y. A. C), 10J 

 seconds. 



Potatoe race— Frank Burgess (V. A. O. ) 



Half mile run-T. H. Simmonds .; Harvard College), 2m. 

 12s.; J. T. Williams (U. A. ('.). 13m. 18 -|-s. 



Three mile walk-O. C. Wokech (IT. A. C), 24m. 48s. 



Hop, skip and jump— P. Johnson, 41 ft. 4 in. (best on record 

 in this country for an amateur). 



Quarter mile run -10. Merritt (NT. Y. A. C.) 57f sec. ; A. S. 

 Bracket!. (P. A. 0.) 58a 



Running broad jump— P. Johnson, 17 ft. 3 in. 



One mile run— G F. Kingman (U. A. C.) 4m. 40 js. 



Boston, June 3, 1877. 

 The first regatta of the Quincy 1 acht Club took place Satur- 

 day, June 2, off the Pine Point House. Appended is a sum- 

 mary : 



FIRST CLASS ST.VKT— 2:-10 P. M. 



Ae. nine. Cor. time. 



• Ft. in. h. u. s. u. si. s. 



Secret, J. Binney 23 3 2 OS S3 l as 22 



SECOND CLASS START— 2:50 V. M. 



Water Lilly, P. Grain, ... la I 2 07 03 1 33 04 



Wild Fire, fl. A. Kietel.. 1s I a 12 111 1 35 S3 



Masie, J. U. Staiie la 9 2 2-1 47 1 50 27 



Nattie, 



Kuiguia, capsized. 



THIRD CLASS START— 3 P. M. 



Imp, W. F, Mayl.in.y Hi 9}£ 1 20 20 54 11 



Dandelion, 3. O. Adams. . IT 5 I 80 15 o 55 la 



Kad lion, G, w . m,, iiun.. Hi s l 2S ot i in i3 



t'u.lluc, S. W. Meiten ... 17 1 .12 U 1 10 14 



Elmer, P. ciiiii.onck, Jr. . 10 s 1 43 53 1 IT 35 



Annie, P. B. Turner 10 S 1 -IS 15 1 22 35 



The first of the series or championship regattas was sailed 

 January S by the Duxhury Yacht Club, the yachts being 

 divided into two classes, the lirst consisting of sloop anil cat 

 rigs and the second of sprit-sail yachts. The breeze was very 

 strong from the southward. Summary of the time ; 



FIRST CLASS. 



Cor. time. 

 Name. Owner. h. Ii. s. 



bile Hour L.lt. Keith 



Clara B T. A. lluteliius 51 40 



Motile J. II. Kimomls 1 03 20 



SECOND CLASS. 



Little Charley fC.Ttiuismii l 39 •'■' 



Cook Rohm Austin Keene Nut taken. 



HaiUe C n. p. WiUouusuu 1 25 211 



Gladiator ..: P. Brumes l 25 5S 



Hornet. a.m. Watson l 23 54 



liriihil n'rciifli Ii. In mi" I'jr. 2:1 



Meteor S. llicharda 1 25 20 



Dexter Geo. Delano 1 28 29 



Smnirgler R.A.Wtaaor 1 29 IS 



Naotiius G. A. Green Xot token, 



Zephyr \v. J. Wright - 1 25 20 " 



Annie Clark w. Itansoui 1 27 BO 



(Regular VacUiiuj Matter oft Page MO.) 



S?tt §nlt'W> 



Pcotection of Fisn CtjLTcniKTs. -Both Houses of the 

 Legislature of Michigan hare passed a law whose object is to 

 protect persons engaged in fish Culture, and it is to be hoped 

 it may receive Ihe Governor's signature. We append a copy 

 of its provisions. It is entitled "A bill to encourage tbo 

 propagation of lish in the State of Michigan 1" 



Section' 1. The Teople of llu Stale ofMitMgan enact. That 

 it shall he unlawful for any person or | icrsous to kill or lake 

 speckled trout or oilier tish from any private lake, pond or 

 stream, used for the propagation of such fish (except by the 

 consent of tlie proprietor of such lake, pond or stream). " 



Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating Section 1 of this 

 act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 

 viction shall pay a' tine' of not less than ten dollars, and not 

 exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense; are! shall, on 

 eonvPt ion thereof, stand committed to the comity jail until 

 such penalty is paid, provided that such imprisonment shall 

 not exceed three months. 



Sec. 3. A prosecution may he brought in the name of the 

 People of the Stale of Michigan, against, any person or per- 

 sons violating Ihe provisions of this act, before any justice of 

 the peace of the county in which such violation is alleged to 

 have taken place, or before any court of competent jurisdic- 

 tion ; and it is made the duty of ail prosecuting attorneys in 

 this State to see that the provisions of this act are enforced iu 

 their respective counties, and they shall prosecute all offend- 

 ers on receiving information Of the violations of this art. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the proprietor of any such 

 private lake, pond or stream, who is engaged in the propaga- 

 tion of fish as contemplated by this act, Io post or cause to' be 

 posted, in a conspicuous manner at places not more than 

 twenty rods apart, commencing on either side of such private 

 lake, pond or stream where it enters the premises of the 

 owner sought to be protected and extending along or near 

 cither bank to the place where such waters leave such premi- 

 ses, public notices painted on boards in large plain letters 

 that the owner, naming him, is engaged in such business, and 

 all persons are prohibited from killing, hiking or catching any 

 fish in the wafers within the limits of such notices. 



Every State in the Union should have a similar law, whose 

 penalties should bo rigorously enforced against the miscreants 

 who net, poach and plunder the ponds anil hatching houses 

 of fish culturists. 



AoCIDENTA 



For a conside 

 ford were fou 

 It has since b 



Pollution of & BrVBB in Connecticut.— 

 ible time the fish iu the Park River at Hart- 

 d fronting dead upon the surface as if drugged, 

 ■n ascerl ained that the destruction was occa- 



sioned by the washing of a lot of electric battery .jars, for- 

 merly used on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- 

 road in connection with the electric signals. The batteries 

 were removed some weeks ago from along the line of the 

 road, and deposited in one of the company's buildings in 

 Hartford. The jars had all been emptied, but I lie washing of 

 them had not been attended to, and on Thursday a number 

 of men were set at work cleaning them. Without knowing 

 that they had contained dangerous fluid of any kind, the men 

 took the whole lot, about 100 jars in all, to the river, anil 

 threw them into the water. Small quantities of vitriol re- 

 mained in them, and on washing floated away on the surface 

 of the water. The stream being low.it was thoroughly im- 

 pregnated with the vitriol, with fatal results to every fish that 

 came in contact with it. Probably four or five hundred fish 

 were killed. Many of them are still lying on the edges of the 

 stream. The slaughter of the lish was purely accidental. 

 Several years ago the fish were in a similar condition, and a 

 number of people were made sick from eating the poisoned 

 fish. 



—Genuine Tennessee shad, some of the fruits of a deposit 

 of 80,000 young shad that was made at Knoxville in July 

 1875, have been caught out of the Tennessee River at that 

 place. 



Examination op tub Fishway.— C. Q. Alkins, of Bucks- 

 port, Superintendent of the V. S. Breeding Works at that 

 place, and the designer of the lish way at the dam at Treat's 

 Fall; E. M. Stillwcll, State Commissioner of Fisheries, with 

 L H Eaton, the constructing engineer of the works, visited 

 the fishway again Saturday evening, the tide being at its 



'.west stage, in order thai Mr. Atkms might, go through and 

 examine the entire work, to elect wlueh the watei had 

 Io be shutout. When this was done two salmon ol large 

 size were found, evidently surprised at not finding Ihe gates 

 open A srentleman living near the works jumped into the 

 fishwaVand lifted one of the salmon out, wei-lnug some IS 

 or 'Jo pounds; but it was thought best to restore him to his 

 native element, that he. might pursue his way to the head 

 water. Mr. Atkins and Mr. Stilhvell expressed them, f, 



..', '. i,.,l with the ellicaciousness ol Ihe structure, having had, 



,,;.,.. ocuha demonstration that tish passed through. 



kins The fishway is flic largest and most thoroughly cou- 

 ',,,, ed Of any intUeKew England States, and. taken alio 

 «ether is superior to any in the United States. I. w,l prob- 

 ably lie the type of the most important lishways l.erealter to 



i,e constructed La the country --Brngm Wag, Mm 



—The Abingdon I Irrimwi says that Mr. Joseph Sprouls, near 

 Mendota, lr.uf a very large black perch in his spring, and 

 i 1 £cb he has had in there tor five years. He can go to the 



watrUige. pick it,up, rub ^ 



Sp out ' ' Hctu,ht Ii five years 'ago out of , he North Fork 

 o the Holston with a hook and put if ml o his spring, and has 

 kept it there and made a special pet ol if ever since. Its 

 about twenty inches long and from lour to six wide. 



