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FOREST AND STREAM. 



J§ft0iHit$ Jfiws from ^Mbroiid. 



ARE pheasants with their lustrous plumage, absolutely 

 fertv nature'! English sportsmen must think them 

 so, for just now in default of grouse, or partridge, these 

 handsome birds are being slaughtered indiscriminately in 

 the preserves. We cannot help but think, that this kind 

 of sport partakes of the white kid and fauteuil shooting. 

 Imprimis, your single pheasant's egg costs about the 

 price of three dozen chickens eggs; then the young birds 

 are watched carefully from the time they chip the shell; then 

 they are cared for and fed not perhaps exactly as a leading 

 English journal intimates on filtered water, on fried worms 

 and sifted oatmeal, but certainly pretty much as a sweet 

 lady would tend the inmates of her aviary. Whether the 

 pheasants have ribbons around their necks, and are bathed 

 regularly by the game keepers, we are not prepared to affirm. 

 Englishmen in fact are always in doubt as to the exact 

 status of this exotic creature, whether he be a tame or wild 

 bird. All the unfortunate pheasant knows about it is, that 

 pampered until mid-October, cared for soigneed as would be 

 a canary bird in a boudoir, all of a sudden, he is flushed up 

 in the most rude and unexpected way, and quite uncertain 

 whether it is a handful of buck- wheat or ants eggs, which 

 is to claim his attention, he gets the contents of an Eley 

 cartridge No. 8. from an unerring breech-loader, into his 

 flank, and tumbles over dead, sullying his gaudy plumage, 

 representing sport at the cost of certainly a half guinea per 

 bird. I " can't wear these lavende* kid gloves anymore, 

 Cool. Take them away Cool," says some well bred gentle- 

 man on his return from a ball at the Duchess's to his valet. -1 

 "I have danced once in them, put them aside in my drawer, 

 they will do for pheasant shooting, if they are not too 

 soiled. " But give this elegan t gentleman' his due. Beneath 

 the delicate kid, there may be muscles of steel indured by 

 exercise, and when he does encase his taper fingers in the 

 old party gloves, woe to the birds, whether, erratic grouse, 

 swift flying partridge, or more heavy pheasant. Once cover- 

 ed, if in possible distance, down goes the bird, before his 

 unerring breech-loader. 



—Does it not look as if the modern careful process of 

 agriculture would in time entirely destroy game in Eng- 

 land? it seems to be according to our English contempo- 

 rary quite a serious question. Take the American mowing 

 machines used in England, where they cut the wheat stalks 

 as close down to the ground as a barber shaves the hairs 

 from a man's chin, and where is your stubble? Birds even 

 if not disturbed, in the few inches of stalk left, must suffer 

 from the want of protection, and in raising their young, 

 must meet with great difficulties. It seems to be a case of 

 McCormick, V. Perdi.v et aliis. 



—Now is the time for dog shows, and at Nottingham, under 

 • the auspices of the National Canine Society, there is as- 

 sembled a whole universe of clogs, yet all of high degree; 

 in fact, an assemblage of princes. The catalogue includes 

 some sixty-seven classes, divided under the appropriate 

 general heads of sporting and non-sporting dogs. Here 

 you may find the mighty Monarch, a mastiff— height, 33| 

 inches; girth of body, 4-1 inches; weight, 17G— down to ho 

 small a dog that, whether it be a large insect or a toy ter- 

 rier, to be carried in a lady's portemonnaie, you are quite un- 

 certain. 



People, nationalities, do not anglicise readily. Your 



Englishman may take to Polo and beat the Thibetians at it, 

 but whether the Thibetians would take to skittles, or 

 hockey, enr&c-anche, is questionable. An Englishman has 

 introduced cricket into France, and stumps are pitched, 

 and balls are bowled on a pretty French lawn to-day, and 

 the village authorities take an interest in the game. It is 

 in Brittany that this wonder has been accomplished. We 

 suppose the game might in time take root simply be- 

 cause the Bretton and the Cornish man are of the same 

 race. "I never saw," says an English correspondent to 

 Land <md Water, "but one Frenchman join a cricket club, 

 and on getting a blow irom a ball on the leg he never put 

 in a second appearance." Imagine a true Parisian getting 

 a swift cricket ball— a hot one— in his fingers ! 



—The fungologists have lately been in their glory ; and 

 pray what is a fungologist ? It is a human being devoted 

 to the study of mushrooms, both wholesome and poisonous. 

 South Kensington was reveling, at last accounts, with pull - 

 balls, beef-steak fungi, and the Boletus edulis and the Go- 

 prinus tormatm. It is a passion like anything else, and there 

 is nothing better in the world to be well acquainted with in 

 both a scientific and edible sense, than a good dish of well 

 prepared mushrooms. 



The report of the Mayor of Vienna shows that ot 400 

 wells used by the Viennese, "not one of all this number 

 contained water which was really fit for drinking. " As 

 there are no less than 11,000 houses in the Austrian capital, 

 according to the iV r . Y. Times correspondent, most all of them 

 depending on wells for water, the examination of all of 

 them would have been impossible. It is all very fine for 

 Vienna to have had an Exhibition of the world's wonders, 

 but it would have been even better if the .amount spent for 

 the Exposition had been used to bring pure water into the 

 city The Danube water is of such wretched quality that 

 it cannot be used. The old Romans know this and supplied 

 themselves with water from distant sources by means o: 

 aqueducts. It seems strange to us in this newer world, 

 with ail the advantages they may have in the older 

 countries, of not only experience but scientific knowledge, 

 lira, the people there should show such utter indifference to 

 one Of the first and greatest necessities of a crowded pop- 

 ulation, and that is good and p alatable w ater, 

 m^tur fel»« nlain— wa shing your face, 



The first methodical attempt to introduce fresh Austra- 

 lian beef into England is now on the point of being tested. 

 A ship has been loaded at Melbourne with quarters of beef 

 and is now on her way to Liverpool. The meat is placed 

 in a close iron tank and this is covered with a coating of 

 blocks of ice. There is no reason why the Australian beef 

 should not arrive in a perfectly sound condition, even after 

 a ninety day's voyage. Whenever the methods for reducing 

 temperature are rendered possible by simpler chemical and 

 mechanical processes than those now employed, meat will 

 be sent all over the world. The time will come when 

 Galveston, with her Texan cattle all slaughtered and dressed, 

 will send her beef not only to the Eastern States, but all 

 over the world. 



)c ^§orm dt\d the ^omj&v. 



— The American Jockey Club held the fourth day of the 

 Autumn meeting at Jerome Park, near Forclham, on Oct- 

 tober loth. The attendance was large, many more people 

 in carriages were noticed, and the weather was sublime. 

 The track was in good condition but very dusty, and the 

 racing afforded amusement and recreation to hundreds of 

 persons who are not accustomed to frequent race-courses, 

 owing to the proper observance of law and order. The 

 first race was for a purse of $500 for three year olds. 

 Distance one mile and a quarter. Nine horses came to the 

 post, and started very evenly. After running once round 

 the course it became evident that the race lay between 

 Catesby. Carribou and the Wizard ; Catesby won after a 

 hard struggle, under whip and spur, in 2-14. The second 

 race was for a purse of $500 for two year olds. Distance 

 three quarters of a mile. Five colts and fillies came to Ihe 

 post and Mr. Connor staffed them evenly. Macaroon led 

 round the bluff, followed closely by McDavid's colt; Weat- 

 cock swerved and bolted. After a desperate race, Mc- 

 David's colt shot ahead just at the post and won the race 

 by a short head. Time 1-18L The third race was the 

 Free Handicap Sweepstakes of $40 each, with $800 added 

 by the club. Distance two miles. Seven horses came to 

 the post. Harry Bassett took the lead and maintained it 

 throughout the race, winning easily. Kate Pease second. 

 Time 3-39£. The fourth race was for a purse of $400. .The 

 winner to be sold by auction. Distance one mile and an 

 eighth. Six horses came to the post and again the start 

 was a capital one. Minnie Me., the favorite, won easily by 

 several lengths in 2-01 A and was bought in by the owner 

 for $1310. The fifth race was a, match for a $1000 a side, 

 between McDaniel's Cora Linn and Bell's Cross the Sea, 

 Distance one mile and three quarters. Cora Linn took the 

 lead and won very easily. It was a very slow race. The 

 sixth race was a match of $500 a side, between Mr. Bel- 

 mont's Cray Planet and Mr. Lorillard's Girl of the Period. 

 Distance half a mile. Gray Planet took the lead and won 

 easily by severe! lengths. This was a ridiculous distance 

 for four year olds; mile heats would have tested the respec- 

 tive stamina of the horses, and made the match interesting 

 to the outside public. The seventh race was the Handicap 

 Steeple Chase. Purse of $800. Distance about two miles 

 and a quarter over a heavy hunting course. Five horses 

 started. This was a very exciting race, and the public took 

 especial interest in it, owing partly to the novelty and the 

 chance of an accident, The horses jumped the hurdles in 

 sood style, Mary Clark leading, followed by George West 

 and Bibakiba, but on getting to the top of the hill, to the 

 right of the stand, she seemed exhausted, and on going 

 down the steep decline, George West came to the front, the 

 little mare recovering herself, closed on George West, and 

 they both jumped the last hurdle together. George West 

 was too fast for the "little gray" on the flat, and finally 

 won a most exciting race without accident of any kind by a 

 length. 



—The American Jockey Club held the last day of the 

 autumn meeting at Jerome Park, Fordham, on' k October 18th. 

 The weather was cloudy and threatening, which tended to 

 keep many persons from visiting this beautiful course; 

 as it was, the attendance was very fair, the racing was in 

 every respect satisfactory and closed as handsome a fall 

 meeting as was ever witnessed at Jerome Park. The first 

 race was a dash of a mile and one-eighth for maiden three 

 years olds. There were four entries all of which came to 

 the post. They got away with a good start, Carribou in 

 the lead, McDaniel's filly next. This order was soon chang- 

 ed as Periwinkle went to the front, and was never caught, 

 and won by four lengths in 1 :17£. The second race was a 

 dash of three quarters of a mile for two year old maidens. 

 There were five entries. After another good start Macaron 

 aud Weathercock were neck and neck on the lead. Maca- 

 ron hard held, won by four lengths in 2 :03f The third rac e 

 was a full handicap of one mile and five furlongs. There 

 were nine entries, Mr. Sandford scratching Mate at the 

 last moment. After several false starts the flag fell to an 

 even send off. Lizzie Lucas went to the front and made 

 the pace very fast; on the lower turn Shylock and Merodac 

 were together, which resulted in a splendid race for home, 

 Shylock lasting the longest, and won by half a length, 

 Merodac second, time 2:5(H The fourth race was for a 

 purse of §1,000. Distance two miles and tliree quarters. 

 There were tliree entries, but Mr. Sandford having with- 

 drawn Preakness, the race was a match between True Blue 

 and Katie Pease; the former giving the latter twenty-one 

 pounds. Katie Pease made the running, but True Blue 

 won the race easily in a hard gallop by eight lengths, time 

 5:102. The fifth race, was a handicap sweepstakes for all 

 ages,'$25 each with $500 added by the chib. There were 



eight entries all of whom started. Distance one mile and a 

 furlong. The start was one of Mr. Conner's best efforts. 

 Quits, an outsider, made the running and won an exciting 

 race by a length in 2:01. Kadi second. The last race of 

 the meeting was a handicap hurdle race, entries free, abom 

 one mile and three quarters over a fair hunting course. The 

 owners of the horses seemed disinclined to start them 

 owing to the weights being too heavy, but Mr. WTieatly 

 Secretary of the club, used his influence, and succeeded in 

 getting the owners of Lochiel, Revenge, and Bibakiba to 

 start their horses. At the fall of the flag Lochiel jumped 

 off with the lead followed by Revenge, leaving Bibakiba 

 standing at the post, the starter charging, however, that 

 Murphy wilfully pulled the horse. Lochiel jumped the 

 hurdles clean and well, and won by a dozen lengths. Mur- 

 phy the jockey of Bibakiba, was expelled the course which 

 includes expulsion from all race tracks in this country anil 

 Canada. 



— The great race of four-mile heats at the Oakland Trot- 

 ting Park, San Francisco, October, 18th, attracted fully 

 5,000 spectators, intense interest being centred on the per- 

 formance of Joe Daniels as against California bred horses, 

 Thad Stevens being the selected favorite. The race was 

 for a purse of $5,000, of Which the winner received $3,000, 

 the starters being Joe Daniels, Ballot Box, Thad Stevens 

 Irene Harding, and Kate Gift. The start for the first heat 

 was good, Joe Daniels winning it easily in 7:42J, each mile 

 being run as follows: 1:58, 1:59, 1:561, and l:48f. For 

 the second heat the horses got away well together, Joe 

 Daniels leading for the first mile. In the second mile he 

 was headed by Thad Stevens, who retained the lead, win- 

 ning it in the extraordinary time of 7:30, Ballot Box second, 

 Joe Daniels third, and Irene Harding fourth. The third 

 and deciding heat was also won by Thad Stevens in 7:43, 

 Joe Daniels second, Ballot Box third, and Irene Harding 

 fourth. Thad Stevens' victory was received with tremend- 

 ous applause, and there is already talk of sending him East. 

 Careful observers who saw the race think that Joe Daniels 

 will yet turn the tables on the California horses, it. being 

 plainly evident that he was short of work, and had not fully 

 recovered from his journey. 



The winner, Thad Stevens, was bred in 1865, and is by 

 Langford out of Mary Chilton, she by imported Gleneoc 

 out of an American Eclipse mare: granddam Queen Mary, 

 by Bertrand; Langford being by Belmont out of Liz Givens, 

 she by imported Langford out of Charlotte Pace, by Sir 

 Archy. 



—The Maryland Jockey Club, have postponed the open- 

 ing of their meeting until to-day, on account of the late 

 storm , and heavy condition of the track. 

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GAME IN SEASON FOR OCTOBER. 



Moose, Alces Makhis.) 

 Elk or Wapiti, Vermis Canadensis.) 

 Babbits, common Brown and Grey.) 

 Wild Turkey, Mel&dgris gallopeivo.) 

 W T oodcock, Scolopax rimticola.) 

 Buffed Grouse. Tetrad umbeil/US,) 

 Esquimaux Curlew, Numemus bo- 

 realls.) 



Caribou, Tarandus Rangifer.) 

 Bed Beer, Caricus J'lrginiamis.) 

 Squirrels, Bed Black and Gray.) 

 Quail, Optyx Virginlana.) 

 Pinnated Grouse, Tetrao Oupiclo.) 

 Curlew, Numenivs Arquata.) 

 Sandpipers, Tringi/ue.) 

 Pigeons, and all kinds of Wild Fowl 



[ Under the head of " Game, and Fxsfb in Season" we can only specify in 



general terms the several vark'ies, because the laws of States vary so rnvcli 

 that were we to attempt to particularize we could do ?io less than publish 

 tliose entire sections that relate to the kinds of game in question. This 

 v',v, 'iij/i require cucjreat amount of our space. In designating gam-ewe are 

 guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and 

 our readers won Id do well to nrovide themselves with the laws of their re- 

 spective States for constant reference. Otherivise, our attempts to assist them 

 ivill only create confusion.} 



— Wm. C. Prime, author of "I go a Fishing," has been 

 at Paul Smith's, St. Beds Lake, Adirondacks, for two weeks 

 past deer hunting. 



—The farmers of Staten Island have warned all sports- 

 men by posters that they cannot allow shooting on their 

 grounds. 



—Mr. Richard Ramft and friend leave for Weldbn, N. 

 C, this week for quail and duck shooting. Several gentle 

 men leave for North Currituck, K C, on Saturday next. 



—We hear of several deer being killed last week on Long 

 Island, in the vicinity of Islip, by members of the South- 

 side Club, and one pair of antlers is credited to Recorder 

 Elackett. We regret that the animals were run to water 

 by dogs. A single trophy ought to be reward sufficient for 

 a whole day's persistent stalking. 



— Marriner A. Wilder, Esq., of this city, who is largcly 

 eno-ao-ed in lumber manufacture in Nova-Scotia, and is with- 

 al a veteran moose hunter, returned last week from a fort- 

 night's sojourn on the Lower Raquette, Adirondacks, where 

 he°bagged three deer. We tender our thanks for a sample 

 of the venison. 



—The second annual fall gathering of the Blooming 

 Grove Park Association took place on their grounds m 

 Pike county, Pennsylvania, on the 16th inst., and contin 

 ued three clays. There was an attendance of some fifteen 

 members and a goodly number of ruffed grouse were 

 brought to bag. We understand that hounding deer has 

 been prohibited at the Park. 



—The season for quail shooting in New York State be- 

 gan October 20th, under the game law, and will continue 

 until the 1st day of January. Quail are reported in con- 

 siderable quantity in the vicinity of Rochester, and grouse 

 and woodcock in abundance. Snipe have not been plenti- 

 ful in that section, on account of the dry season, thotlgl>a 

 few are found near the marshes, exceptionally good bag? 

 having been made on the Bracken marshes a week ago. 

 The birds are not distributed at all, and are found only jg 

 localities, 



