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FOEEST AND STREAM. 



The Navy Boat House lias been enlarged during the past 

 two or three weeks, and can now accomodate comfortably 

 twenty or more shells, with dressing rooms for the crews. 

 This is a long needed improvement and adds very much to 

 the convenience of the Navy. 



It is to be hoped that we may be able to send out some 

 fine crews next season, and we shall do our best to send a 

 crew to the next inter-collegiate regatta at least as good as 

 our crew at Springfield, which was recognised as the most 

 muscular on the river. Arrangements arc being perfected 

 at present, whereby we shall have by the end of this month 

 a new gymnasium building fully equipped for work. This 

 is being done by the students, with the aid of some of the 

 Professors, who see the necessity of physical as well as 

 mental culture for the right and perfect development of the 

 human body. • J. 



—The Billiard Tournament at Chicago opened on Nov. 

 10th at the Music Hall. The first game played was be- 

 tween Joseph Dion of New York and Peter Snyder of 

 Chicago ; Dion played with his usual care and un- 

 equalled nerve, and won the first game of the Tournament 

 on the sixty-seventh innings by a score of 400 to Snyder's 

 272. Dion's largest score was 84; Snyder's, 45. The sec- 

 ond game was between Francois Ubassy and John Bes- 

 singer. Ubassy playing with his peculiar nerve and 

 nonchalant air, made several runs of double figures, the 

 largest of which were 86 and 69. He won with great ease 

 on the thirty-first innings, being 400 to Bessinger's 187. 

 The average was 16 4-81. The games to be played are all 

 three ball French caroms of 400 points each. 



— The billiard match between Maurice Daly of New 

 York and Geo. F. Slosson of Chicago came off in the latter 

 city on November 8. The .game was the three tall French 

 caroms. Daly gave Slosson 100 points out of 600. The 

 game was a remarkably close one, and was won by Slosson. 

 Daly made 592 points. 



— A wrestling match for $2,000 a side is to come off at 

 the end of this month between John McMahon of Rutland, 

 Vt. , and Patrick H. Doyle, of this city. Deposits have 

 been put up and articles signed to wrestle square hold, best 

 two in three, fair back falls. McMahon is the champion 

 wrestler of America, and this match is for the championship 

 and the stakes. 



A foot race for $200 a side was run at Toronto last week 

 between C. Nurse and an Indian named Kerraronwe, the 

 white man winning, making four miles in 21 minutes, 40 

 seconds. 



fachting mid ^odtinQ. 



HIGH WATEK, FOE THE WEEK. 





DitTE. 



BOSTON. 



NEW YOEK. 



CHARITSTN 



Nov. 13 



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Nov. 15 • 



Nov. 10 



Nov 17 



h. in. 



6 41 

 7. 32 



8 17 



9 1 

 9 43 



10 25 



11 7 



h. m. 



3 27 



4 17 



5 1 



5 46 



6 29 



7 11 

 7 49 



h. m. 



2 41 



3 32 



4 17 



5 1 

 5 43 



Nov. 18 



Nov. 19 



6 25 

 7 7 



—The Eastern Yacht Club, is the leading organization on 

 yachting and boating matters in eastern waters, and has 

 rapidly increased in strength and influence the past 

 season. The muster roll numbers 260 members and some 

 fifty yachts of all classes are owned by the club. 



The first event of the season was the annual regatta of 

 June 11th, the "ladies' day." The weather was dull and 

 overcast, with now and then a shower, but it cleared off 

 about mid-day. A good breeze prevailed throughout, vary- 

 ing from WSWtoS W. Nine schooners and three sloops 

 entered! The start was a flying one, the yachts crossing a 

 line between Marblehead Rock, and a stakeboat about 

 north of it. They were instructed to leave Half-way Rock 

 on starboard, Pig Rock stakes on' starboard, Egg Rock 

 on port, Graves Bell buoy :>n starboard, Harding's bell boat 

 on port' crossing the starting line; a distance of about thirty - 

 five miles. 



The steamer John Romer was provided for the accom- 

 modation of non-yachting men and the lady friends and 

 relatives of the members. The schooner yacht Azalea, 

 John M. Forbes Esq. , took the first prize, leading the fleet; in 

 actual time. Halcyon, Brenda, Haze and Fearless did not 

 appear, and forfeited their entrance fees. Vision made an 

 excellent run, and would have won had she boon in the first 

 class, but having no competitor in the second class, she could 

 not take a prize. Shadow was ruled out for starting too 

 late, and Coming lrfd no antagonist. 



—June 28th, a regatta, took place off Swampscot, eight 

 schooners and four sloops entering. The day opened fine 

 and clear, a light breeze blowing from the S W. In the 

 afternoon a thunder squall came up from N. E. which 

 caused most of the yachts to take in all sail, and some of 

 them gave up the race. After the squall was over, the wind 

 came out aa;ain from the old quarter. 



Halcyon won the prize for first yacht, with the allow- 

 ance $100- Fearless took the second class schooner prize, 

 $125 '; and White Cap the second class sloop prize, $75. 

 Rebecca, Clytie and Shadow gave up the race. 



-The annual cruise began July 8th, the following named 

 yachts comprising the squadron, under command of Yice 

 Commodore Whitney : Schooners, Julia, Halcyon, Wivern, 

 Belle, Haze, Edith, Vision; sloops, Coming and Elaine. 



The fleet rendezvoused off Beverly at 11 o'clock P. M., 

 and reached Portsmouth the same evening. Portland, 

 Boothbay and South West Harbor were visited, and the 

 yachts finally arrived at their destination, Bar Harbor, 

 where a stay of several days was made. Returning, the 



yachts visited South West Harbor, Camden and Portland, 

 where the squadron broke up. 



—Rear Commodore Jeffries offered a cup to be sailed for 

 off Swampscot, September 4th, which brought out eight 

 schooners. Wind south, very squally, shifting to south 

 west, with a high sea. The cup was won by Silvie, though 

 Halcyon beat her over the course, but as the owner gave 

 the cup, he did not race for it. America sailed over the 

 course, and in spite of the weather, so favorable to her 

 from her greater size and power, was handsomely beaten 

 by Halcyon and Silvie. Each schooner had to contribute 

 an entrance fee of $10 to make np a prize for second boat, 

 which was taken by Fearless. 



— The closing regatta came off September 16th. The 

 weather was dull and threatening, though it cleared off, 

 and the wind which was S W fell light. Four first class, 

 and four second class schooners entered, and one sloop. 



Halcyon took two prizes, one for best time without allow- 

 ance, and one with allowance, $100 each. Fearless carried 

 off the first prize for second class schooners, $100; Vision 

 took second prize in same class, $50. Silvie took second 

 prize, first class schooners, $5'0, 



Most of the fleet are now in winter quarters between the 

 railroad bridges at Beverly. 



The following is the list of officers of the club : The 

 office of Commodore is left unfilled as a mark of respect 

 to the memory of the late David Sears Esq. Vice Commo- 

 dore Stanton Whitney, Rear Commodore John Jeffries Jr., 

 Secretary, Henry B. Jackson; Treasurer, Addison Child; 

 Measurer, Frank D. Child. We take this opportunity to 

 return our thanks to Henry B. Jackson, Esq., for his courte- 

 ous information. 



— The schooner yacht Tidal Wave, N. Y. Y. C, Mr. 

 William Voorhis, is at Smith's Yard, Nyack, for repairs, 

 and is to be furnished with a new bow. 



— The Meta- Vision race has not yet been decided. The 

 judges cannot agree on an umpire. 



— Mr. Henry Word, sloop yacht Seline, B. Y. C, intends 

 sailing to Florida and there pass the winter, shooting on the 

 St. John River. 



— The yachts Prospero and Magic, B. Y. C, have arrived 

 at Port Jefferson to go into winter quarters. 



— The Brooklyn Yacht Club will hold a meeting on Nov. 

 26th, when the prizes won during the season will be pre- 

 sented to the owners of the successful yachts. 



— The Harlem Yacht Club held a meeting on Nov. 6th, 

 the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing 

 year :— 



Commodore, W. II. Johnson; Vice Commodore, Jos. 

 Armitage; Treasurer, Maurice Campbell; Secretary, John 

 McDermott: Recording Secretary, Thomas Mook; Mea- 

 surer, O. P. Ray nor. Directors, M. J. McCaffery, H. W. 

 Genett, II. J. Campbell, Manfred Carroll, David Hanson. 



WINNING SCHOONERS AND SLOOPS FOR THE SEASON OF " 

 SCHOONERS. 



Date. Name. MHts. 



June6 Madeleine, N.Y.Y.C. Course 35 



June 6 Idler, N.Y.Y.C. Course 35 



July 19 Tidal Wave, Glen Cove to Huntington 15 



July 21 Madeleine, Huntington to West Haven — 35 



July 22 Tidal Wave, West Haven to New London.. 50 



July 24 Foam, New Haven to Stonington 15 



July 25 Clio, Stonington to Newport 



August 13 . . Idler, Glen Cove to New London 90 



August 15 . . Madeleine, New London to Newport 40 



August L'3. - Madeleine, Newport 40 



August 25 . . Madeleine, Newport 40 



October 2. . Eva, N.Y.Y.C Course 40 



October 11 . . Enchantress, Cape May Lightship 283 



October 14. . Enchantress, Cape May Lightship 232 



Date. 



June 6 



June 6 



June 10 



June 10 



July 4 



July 4 



July 19 



July 19 



July 19 



August 4... 

 August 6... 

 August 13.. 

 August 15 . 

 August 21 . . 

 October 2... 



si.oors. 

 Newiie. 



Vision, N.Y.Y.C, Course 



Grade, N.Y.Y.C. Course 



Vixen, A.Y.C. Course 



Alert, A.Y.C. Course 



Alert, Oyster Bay 



Vixen, Oyster Bay 



Vision, Ocean 



Alert, New Bochelle 



Grade, New Eochelle 



Alert, Cold Spring 



Alert, New Haven to New Loudon 



Viiulex, Glen Cove to New London 



Y index. New London to Newport 



Vision, Newport 



Vision, N.Y.Y.C. Course 



note. 



35 

 35 



40 

 32 

 28 

 28 

 40 

 20 

 20 

 36 

 B0 

 90 



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40 

 40 



Tint,: 

 4.01.20 

 4.06.12 

 6.40.00 

 8.13.00 

 3.41.00 



21.00.00 



3.13.23 



3.16.09 



7.16.37 



39.00.00 



35.22.00 



Time. 

 4.34.31 

 4.35.51 

 4.52.18 

 4.2r.03 

 3.3146 

 3.19.04 

 6.11.50 

 4.24.48 

 4,31.18 



6.40.20 



24.00.00 



5.06.01 

 7.46.01 



—In Portland Harbor, Me., a boat race took place on 

 Nov. 6th, between J. H. Kennedy and J. O'Donnell. The 

 distance rowed was three miles; Kenned}- won in 24h. 

 30 sec. 



—Henry Adams, Jr., and Henry C. Seaman, of Brooklyn, 

 both excellent oarsmen, rowed round Manhattan Island on 

 November 4th. They rowed in a pair-oared boat vv eighing 

 150 lbs. The weather was very much against them, as at 

 one part of the journey they snipped water almost every 

 stroke, so much so, that Seaman had to stop rowing and 

 bail out. The distance rowed was about thirty-six miles, 

 which they accomplished under eight hours; allowing for 

 bailing out, dinner, &c, and the actual rowing time would 

 be about six hours and twenty minutes. This was a good 

 performance, especially for young men. 



Amherst College, November 8, 187o. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : — 



Though the best college time on record, and the manner 

 in which its crews have usually acquitted themselves, have 

 won for Amherst high rank among rowing colleges, the 

 present has been a most unaquatic season. The usual fall 

 regatta was omitted for various reasons, and though there 

 is a good deal of enthusiasm in college on the subject, there 

 has been very little rowing done. The training of this 

 year's crews will be in the hands of the Commodore of the 

 navy, Mr. G. E. Brewer, who was bow oar of the winning 

 crew two years ago. He already has a number of Fresh- 

 men at work-. They have been in the boat but a very few 

 times, yet give promise of coming quite up to the average. 

 The University crew for the coining season has very little 



decided about it as yet, All of last year's crew, with one 

 exception, are still in college, and probably most of them 

 will pull again this season. Several new men are also ap- 

 plicants for positions in the crew, and a great deal of hard 

 work will be done between now and spring by those who 

 hope to represent the college in the next regatta, The old 

 boat house of the Association was crushed last winter by 

 tile accumulations of snow and ice, and the boats of the 

 club are now stored in sundry tobacco barns. This boat 

 house was four miles from the college, and will not be re- 

 built until the completion of the Massachusetts Central 

 Railroad, when it will be erected on the line of that, thus 

 making the Connecticut more accesssible to boating men 

 than it has ever been. The facilities of Amherst for boat- 

 ing are not extensive, as most all our pulling has to be done 

 on the Connecticut, which is so far from the college. There 

 is, however, a small winding stream within half a mile of 

 us, on Avhich there is room enough for one boat. The 

 finances of the club arc not particular!}* prosperous, though 

 we have no doubt of being able to present two crews at the 

 next regatta, as usual. F. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR NOVEMBER. 



Moose, Aires Jfalchis.) Caribou, Tarandus Jlangifer.) 



Elk or Wapiti, Venus Caiw.de urns.) Ecd Deer, Owricus Yirginianu?,) 



Rabbits, common Brown and Grey.) Squirrels. Eed Black and Gray.) 



Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.) Quail, Optyx Virginiana.) 



Woodcock, Scolopax ruHticola.) Pinnated Grouse, Tetrao Oupkio.) 



Luffed Grouse, Tetrao iimbettus,) Pigeons, and all kindsof Wild Pow[ 



| Under the head of " Game, and Fisn in Season?'' toe ean only specify in 

 general terms the severed, varieties, because the laws of States vary so much 

 'that were we to edternpt to particularize toe could do no less than publish 

 those entire sections thai relate to the kinds of game in question. This 

 would, require a great amount of our space. In designating game we arc 

 gvideel by the laws of nature, vjxm which all legislation, is founded, and 

 'our readers would d'owellto trrovlde themselves with the laws of their re- 

 spective .Stales for constant reference. Otherioise, our attempts to assist them 

 will only create confusion.] 



- — 4 ■ 



—Black ducks are now very numerous in the vicinity of 

 Fire Islands, particularly in the West Bay, near the head 

 of Morris Channel. They are collecting in the creeks on 

 the islands. Scattering flocks of coots (velvet ducks and 

 scoters) and old squaws are occasionally seen, and there 

 will soon be good shooting when the greater body of the 

 birds arrives. Decoys are indispensable for ducking in the 

 bays. Those who have no duck boats can have good shoot- 

 ing by setting their decoys off from some of the points 

 near Eastern Island, Oak Island, or near "Whig Inlet. There 

 are also a great many ducks passing through Jones' Inlet, 

 below the Fire Islands, which may easily be "stooled." 

 Sailboats may be obtained at Babylon, Bay Shore, or Islip. 



— Captain' Toffey and party returned from Shinnecock 

 Bay last week with sixty-five broadbills, the result of one 

 and a half day's shooting in company with those efficient 

 marksmen, Bill Lane and Cy. Foster. , 



— Here is some important information we gather from 

 the Germantown Telegraph: 



"The favorite region for Philadelphia sportsmen to visit 

 is the waters of the upper Chesapeake and its numerous 

 tributaries. The severe but necessary laws regulating the 

 killing of game on the shores of Maryland have already had 

 a salutary effect, as is observed by the unusual number of 

 ducks which now annually visit those attractive grounds. 

 Those who contemplate shooting there this fall may not be 

 aware of the principal features of the game laws relating 

 to that section, that the season for killing wild fowl com- 

 mences on the 1st of November and ceases on the 31st day 

 of March. The only days in the week that shooting is 

 allowed are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Shooting at 

 night is very properly prohibited. During the day no 

 larger gun can be used than the ordinary fowling-piece. 

 For the violation of these laws the fines vary from fifty to 

 five hundred dollars." 



On account of the mildness of the season sportsmen have 

 thus far not been very successful, as but comparatively 

 few ducks have as yet made their appearance. As soon as 

 the weather grows a little colder, the canvas-back, the red- 

 head, the black-head, the widgeon and the wild goose 

 will make their advent in increased numbers. 



A contributor to the Germantown Telegraph has put 

 strangers under obligations by informing them that the 

 favorite locality for the canvas-back is the narrows at the 

 mouth of the Susquehanna, between the Spesutic Islands 

 and the western shore. These narrows are about three 

 miles in length by three hundred yards in breadth. By 

 the middle of the present month the canvas-back will visit 

 those thoroughfares in quest of the wild celery root which 

 grows there in great quantities. 



—Messrs. Birdseye and Charman, of Brooklyn, accompa- 

 nied by their dogs, Prince and Hero, killed thirteen brace 

 of ruffed grouse in New Jersey last week. 



— All kinds of game appear to be much more abundant 

 throughout the country than for several years past. This 

 fact is true of the moose and cariboo of Nova Scotia, as 

 well as of the quail and ruffed grouse throughout the Uni- 

 ted States. We hear of some fine bags of quail from Mon- 

 mouth county, New Jersey, a dozen miles below Long 

 Branch, and also from back of Plainfield. Bears are be- 

 coming a nuisance in Pennsylvania. 



$ — George B. Greer, the sugar refiner of Wall street, 

 writes us that he is enjoying himself among the buffalo, 

 blacktails, and antelope near Fort Wallace, Kansas. Our 

 friend is working like a beaver for Forest and Steeam, 

 and has got us a goodly subscription list among the army 

 officers at several of the frontier posts. 



— A yearling Cow Moose, imported from New Brunswick 

 by the editor of this paper, can be seen at the depot of 



