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FOREST AND STREAM. 



according to their size. For Plover, if you have a tine re- 

 trieving spaniel, take him along. 



There never was hetter weather for bay-shooting than 

 the cloudy days that followed the storm, and several Brook- 

 lyn experts at once improved the opportunity on chosen 

 ground. Dr. Aten and the Pike brothers went to Shinne- 

 cook, Messrs Thompson and Wingert to Barnegat, and 

 Mr. Mermier and friend to South Oyster Bay. All met with 

 indifferent success. 



Pinnated Grouse. — Among the many families of the 

 Grouse species the Pinnated Grouse, or Prairie chicken, is 

 undoubtedly the most numerous, and are to be found in the 

 North Western States in almost incredible numbers. The 

 color of the Pinnated Grouse is mottled, with black, white 

 and brown, the male bird having two small wing-like append- 

 ages on. the neck, (hence pinnated) streaked with black, and 

 brown, and a semicircular comb of orange-colored skin over 

 each eye. They are great fighters, dashing at each other 

 with more display than effect, and with little or no damage 

 done on either side. The length is nineteen inches. This 

 bird is found in open plains on which are a few trees, and 

 taking to the scrub oak for shelter. The nest is composed of 

 grasses and leaves, built on the ground under the shelter of 

 a bush. The eggs are brownish white and from ten to fif- 

 teen in number. The great increase of this description of 

 bird is owing to the immense wheat fields which have been 

 sown during the last ten years in the West, where they 

 assemble in packs, and are the gleaners of the harvest. 



There has always been a great dispute among sportsmen 

 as to the which of the two dogs is the better, the pointer, 

 or the setter. The former it is true, will hold his early train- 

 ing longer than the latter, as if the setter has been on cbain 

 a long time, his courage is so high that he will show a little 

 wildness, while a thoroughly broken pointer may be depended 

 on from season to season, unless he is spoiled by bad shoot- 

 ing. Our advice is, if you have an extraordinary dog of 

 cither kind, take him along; if not, the farmers in the neigh- 

 borhood of good Prairie chicken grounds have always fair 

 dogs, and are only too happy to go along and afford you every 

 amusement. Another great desideratum is the dress; always 

 wear that color and texture which will least attract the at- 

 tention of the grouse and be most comfortable to the 

 wearer. At this season of the year the birds are in packs. 

 You can shoot a twelve bore breech-loader with No. 7 shot. 

 Later on, as the birds get wild and separated, a ten bore gun 

 and No. 5 shot will answer better. 



Chicago is the city to start from, as so many favored local- 

 ities diverge from this point, but at either of the undermen- 

 tioned places you can have good shooting, and what is half 

 the battle, a hearty welcome. Belle plains, Iowa, 274 miles 

 from Chicago, C. & N. W. R. R., Elk Horn, Wisconsin, 

 where the Greenhead Sportsman's Club have the! head- 

 quarters, and would be happy to show any gentleman sports- 

 men their grounds &c, Prescott, on the St. Croix river, 

 Pearce Co. Wisconsin, is par excellence the place to make 

 your headquarters. You can then hunt through the counties 

 of Polk, Dunn and Barron, where you will find the Pinnated 

 Grouse in great abundance, and other varieties of game in 

 their seasons. Accounts of Pinnated Grouse shooting in our 

 issues from week to week. 



Blue Grouse.— We can say very little about this mag- 

 nificent and delicious bird as distinguished from the Pinnated 

 Grouse of the Western States, its habits being similar, 

 though in size it is much larger. It abounds in vast num- 

 bers in the woods and immense open barrens near the Strait 

 of Fuca. Their food is of such a luscious nature that the 

 description is barely credible. Whortleberries of a size, 

 color, rich fruity flavor such as we never dream of in these 

 localities, and the raspberry, or salmon-berry, as they are 

 called, of two kinds, both of large size and very prolific. 

 One variety is of the most gorgeous deep scarlet, and the 

 other a soft delicate shade of amber, such as nature only 

 can bestow on her fruits. . 



Some very fine trap-shooting was done at "Nelson's" in 

 Flatbush, last Saturday, by prominent amateurs of Brook- 

 lyn, whose names we are requested not to give. The fol- 

 owing is the score : 



Mr.A 10 11111111 1—10 



Mr.B 1 1111111111 1—12 



Mr.C 1 110 10 11111 0-9 



It would be difficult to beat B's string. 

 On Saturday there is to be a gentlemen's test at the traps, 

 a, Deerfoot Park, Coney Island road. Some twenty-one 

 good shooters will participate. 



Messrs. Madison and Browne have just made a target 

 with the Remington rifle as follows: Conditions— two feet 

 target, eight inch bullseye, 160 yards, and thirty-seven 

 to the string. The target showed eighteen bullseyes, and 

 only four outers. Mr. Madison's last seven shots were on 

 the" lower right hand corner of the bullseye, in a diameter 

 of three inches. 



The Marquis of Lome is a crack shot at Wimbledon, and 

 this month, Lord de Grey struck the deer twice in the heart 

 with a double barrelled rifle while it was passing once. 



—The question of the room occupied by the deer in Eng- 

 land, has been quite a subject of controversy of late. It has 

 been :ound that they displaced 400,000, sheep, but of this 

 number only a fractional part of the sheep could have been 

 brought to market. 



The Athletic club foot of 133rd street, East river, will 

 hold another meeting on Saturday, August 26th. There 

 will be walking, running races, &c. It is very probable 

 that Mr. Buermayer and M. Burris will run again for the 

 100 yards challenge medal, both of the men having won 

 t twice. 



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Utica Trotting Races.— Second annual meeting took 

 place, on August 12th. Weather very bad towards the 

 afternoon, with heavy showers. 



First race, for a purse of $4,000; ior horses that had 

 never beaten 2:34: $2,000 for the first, $1,000 to the 

 second, and $600 for the third, and $400 for the fourth 

 horse. Mile heats; the best three in five, in harness. M. 

 Goodlin's bay gelding, Stewart Maloney, won the three 

 last heats. Time 2 :34, 2 :33f , and 2 :37. 



The second race was the great event of the day : for a 

 purse of $5,000, for horses that had never beaten 2:27. 

 There were eleven entries, eight horses coming to the post. 

 Won by A. Goldsmith's bay gelding, Gloster, in three 

 straight heats. Time 2 :23i, 2 :24f , 2 :24f . 



August loth. — The races on this day were those which 

 had been postponed on the 13th and 14th, in consequence of 

 the rain. The park was thronged. The first was for horses 

 that had never beaten 2:21, for $6,000, mile heats, best 

 three in five in harness. There were five horses starting, Judge 

 Fullerton, Sensation, Camors, Lucille Golddust. Gloster, 

 withdrawn. Fullerton won the first heat, in 2:22; the 

 second in 2:23£, the third heat, he is said to have trotted 

 the half mile in l;04f, the fastest mile on record, and 

 would have won the heat, had not Lucille Golddust crossed 

 him, while rounding the turn on the home-stretch. 

 The fourth heat, Fullerton fell behind, and it looked 

 as if he would be distanced, when with a noble effort, he 

 made for the front and gaining at every stride, won the 

 heat and race in 2 :25£. 



The second race was for $2,500, for horses that had never 

 beaten 2 :50. Won by Budd Noble's bay mare, Clementine, 

 in three straight, heats, 2:30, 2:29i 2:31|. 



August Wth,— A purse of $6,000 was trotted for, by horses 

 that had never beaten 2: 30. Five entries. Won by Frank 

 Van Ness' bay gelding, St. James, in three straight heats. 

 Time 2 :25-f , 2 :25f , 2 :30. The last heat was slower, it being 

 trotted in a heavy rain storm. 



Second race; purse of $5,000; for horses that had never 

 beaten 2:24. Eleven entries. Won by A. Goldsmith's 

 bay gelding, Gloster, in three straight heats. As Gloster 

 won three straight heats on the 12th of August, this double 

 event, is we think without a parallel in the history of the 

 turf. Time 2:24, 2:22f, 2:26i. It must be remembered 

 that the track was in the worst possible condition from 

 the rain storm. 



Saratoga. — August 15$,— First race, three year old 

 sweep-stakes. Two entries. Little's Fellowcraft, and Lewis 

 & Co's. Jere Johnson. The auctioneer horse was withdrawn, 

 and Fellowcraft walked over. 



The second raee was for $500, for two year olds; six 

 started, Won by Dublin, by four lengths. Time 1 :48|. 



Third race Free Handicap for all ages. Purse $600. 

 One and one-half mile dash; six entries. Won by Merodac 

 by six lengths. Time 2 :46^. 



August Wth.— First race, purse $500. One and one-eighth 

 mile, free handicap for all ages. Won by Eolus. Time 

 2:2+. 



The second race was for a purse of $3,000; four mile 

 heats, for all ages; $2,500 to the winner, $500 for the second 

 horse, and entrance $50 to the third. The following horses 

 started : Bessie Lee, Arizona, Hubbard, and Viley. First 

 heat won by Arizona, one length in advance. Time 7 :65|. 

 A remarkably good heat in every respect. Second heat, 

 Arizona again came in winner. Time 8:28£. 



Third race was for $500; one and three-fourth miles to be 

 run. Three horses started, Business winning by three 

 lengths. Tlme3:12i. 



Long Branch. — Second annual meeting West End 

 Jockey Club, was held August. 16th. 



The First race was for the gentlemen's subscription cup, 

 mile heats, the best two in three, for gentlemen Jocks only. 

 Entries : Impecunious ridden by Mr. Frank Durand. Lord 

 Jersey, by Mr. John S. Hoey, Jerold, by Mr. F. B. Stout- 

 enburgh. Won by Jerold. Timel:57i, second heat 2 :02. 

 The next event was the Ladies' cup, between gentlemen's 

 hacks, ridden by gentlemen Jocks. Five entries. Modoc, 

 ridden by Mr. Charles Willis, Jack Horner, by Mr. Frank 

 Durand,' Golddust, by Mr. J. P. Remington, Lord Mon- 

 mouth, Mr. J. Hoey. Distance one^ mile. This race was 

 badly bungled. Somebody rung the bell which started off 

 a portion of the riders. Modoc parted with his rider, at 

 the false start. The race was eventually won by Jack Hor- 

 ner. The same day another purse was subscribed for on 

 the ground, to be ridden for by gentlemen, who started 

 theirliorses, under the misapprehension, caused by the false 

 start, which was won by Mr. C. H. Townsend's Rummy. 

 Time2:13i. 



August 18.— Rain, rain, rain. Purse of $3,000 for horses 

 that had never beaten 2 :38. Twelve horses started of which 

 six were distanced. Hart's little Longfellow winning 2 :38i, 

 2:38i, 2:39£. Same clay, purse $1,500 for five-year-olds and 

 under. Wilson's Kate Bennett Avon in three straight heats, 

 2:38, 2:38, 2:41. Last race, purse $6,000, free to all; four 

 horses entered; Goldsmith won in three straight heats, 2:25^, 

 2:27i, 2:34*. 



August 20th. — One hundred and sixty horses have been 

 entered, for the extra meeting on Friday and Saturday. 

 The gentlemen at Long Branch, have offered a silver ?punch 

 bowl, valued at a thousand dollars, for the best amateur 

 race, with amateur rider, during the meeting. 



Smuggler, " the great Kansas trotter," is on his way to 

 the Prospect Park grounds, where this fall he will be en- 

 tered for the large purses. The St. Louis Democrat says it 

 has been asserted that he has frequently trotted a mile in- 

 side of 2:20, and this on the Olathe track, which is said to 

 be a f ew r yards over a mile in length. He is a large, power- 

 ful bay, seven years old, and sixteen hands high. 



UhUtic $m%Biimts. 



CROQUET. 



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WHAT a steadfast hold croquet has ! Go where you may 

 you will find its votaries. The noble expanses of 

 our parks, the tiny garden lawns, even the sea side beaches, 

 are studded thick with arches, and the pleasant click of the 

 mallet and ball resounds through the air. There is a deal of 

 the private, inner life in the preparation of the game, which is 

 unrecorded. Who is it that looks never so eagerly in the 

 morning paper for the weather report ? Surely that lithe 

 and winsome lassie has no ships at sea ; no lover on the 

 raging main ? She is scanning the columns to find out 

 whether the afternoon will be clear and fair, for she has a 

 mighty match of croquet to play to-day, a match, it is true, 

 which was commenced as long ago as the first pleasant May 

 day, but which is still undecided ; and then the toilette, 

 the dainty skirts, the jaunty hat, the tidy boots— all inte- 

 gral parts of the game. "So glad, " (we overheard the other 

 day one fair speaker saying to her friend on the croquet 

 ground)— "so glad that those dreadfully huge bunchy skirts 

 are out of style, for how could we, dear, play croquet in 

 those old inflated Jupes ?" t And just then she took her turn 

 with the mallet and made an excellent hit on her adver- 

 sary's ball ; then the pretty foot came into play. The neat- 

 est possible instep stood balancing on her enemy's ball, and 

 the next moment whack it sounded as with vigorous wrist 

 and sturdy stroke she sent her enemy's ball clear across the 

 ground ! Watch, too, those little boys, bending under the 

 weight of the croquet box as they are tugging it along, and 

 the mother and the two daughters and the gentlemen who 

 follow— that is the idylic type of croquet playing. Think 

 of the enthusiastic lady, who plays after sundown, groping 

 for the balls— or the inventive lady, who vows she will have 

 calcium lights to illuminate her croquet ground with the 

 next time the moon disappoints her. Croquet is a good 

 game, principally because it combines within itself suffi- 

 cient healthy exercise with skill, and above all is a sociable 

 game. But' is it the only out-door sport ladies can enjoy ? 

 Why the gentler sex play at golf in England, and amuse 

 themselves wonderfully at it. They are going to have 

 (these charming English ladies) a golf tournament shortly. 

 It is a game presenting no great difficulties, and can be 

 learnt as readily as croquet. Then there is archery, now 

 almost forgotten in the United States, though practiced in 

 Canada. Why should we not revive it ? It will be the 

 pleasant task of the Forest and Stream to use its best 

 endeavors to resuscitate female archery. Requiring no cx- 

 cesive exertion, combining with itself the most refined and 

 elegant associations, the bow seems to us specially adapted 

 to relieve the sedentary occupations to which our women 

 are still far too much devoted. 



CRICKET. 



The Cheyenne Leader makes an appeal for the preserva- 

 tion of the buffalo from indiscriminate slaughter. Last 

 year, 200,000 were killed for their skins alone. The exten- 

 sion of railroads has given the hunters an opportunity to 

 drive the buffaloes into comparatively restricted districts, 

 and thus they are penned and shot down, and tens of thous- 

 ands of carcasses are left rotting on the ground. The de- 

 struction has been so great that the market has been seriously 

 affected. 



— Rosicrucian, sold at Middle Park, Eltham, last month, 

 was started at 5,000 guineas and fetched 6,200 guineas. 



A FINE game of cricket was played on Saturday, Au- 

 gust 16th, between the St, George's, of this city, and 

 the Staten Island club. The day was all that could be de- 

 sired, and notwithstanding the late heavy rains the ground 

 was in fair condition. Some of the St, George's men made 

 a good stand at the bat, and the bowling of Brewster (Stat- 

 en island club) was above the average. The St, George's 

 club will have to look to their laurels on the arrival of the 

 "United St. Louis eleven." The St. George's won the 

 game with a score of 91 to the Staten Island club's 38. 



The United St. Louis eleven will arrive here on the 9th 

 of September, and most likely play the St, George's and 

 other clubs on the four following days. 



The Manhattan club go to Boston next week to play the 

 AValthams. 



The St. George's play the Boston and Waltham clubs on 

 August 2ath and 30th at Boston, Massachusetts. 



The St. George's club was organized in the year 1840. 

 The greatest difficulty with them of late years has been to 

 find a piece of land within easy distance of the city suffi- 

 ciently large to make a good wicket and to play on. Their 

 grounds at West Ninth street, Hoboken, are in good condi- 

 tion, and several improvements have been made since the 

 last season. We are likely to have some exciting times be- 

 fore the season closes, as the St. Louis and St. George's 

 clubs of St. Louis have picked a strong eleven from both 

 clubs, to be called "The United eleven of St. Louis," and 

 purpose starting immediately to play matches with the 

 various clubs of the Northern cities and Canada. The St, 

 George's, of New York, start the latter end of the week to 

 play matches with the Waltham and Boston clubs. 



W. G. Grace, Esq., of England, in a late match, Gentle- 

 men vs. Players, made in his first 'inning 158 runs. The 

 Player's (professional cricketers) total runs were only 106; 

 thus Mr. Grace beat the players off his own bat in the three 

 first, innings, a feat never performed before in the annals of 



cricket, 



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The National Amateur Gymnastic and Athletic Tourna- 

 ment Association w T as organized for the purpose of devel- 

 oping the taste for athletic pastimes. Its principal aim is 

 to bring amateur athletes together for friendly contests. 

 Athletic clubs, college and public gymnasiums, and lifting 

 cure establishments are invited to send their best men. It 

 is proposed to hold a grand tournament on November 8th, 

 and to offer many small prizes, so that a large number may 

 havefr chance of winning than have it confined.to a few. 



