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FOREST AND STREAM. 



says an authority in Roman fox hunting; "Italian horses 

 are not worth a copper. Bring a big, heavy, strong animal, 

 for Roman fences are good solid timber, posts and rails. It 

 don't make much consequence what you pay for your 

 horses, for though you will want two of them, you can sell 

 them again. Roman Princes think nothing of giving a 

 paltry £400 for a hunter. 



— At last they have got a good sensation in England. 

 Tired, blaskl of excitements in the United States, we have 

 deigned to allow our own particular sea-serpent to pay them 

 a visit. Mr. Barnum now being in England may account 

 for the veritable presence there. Young ladies on the pleas- 

 ant England sea shores have seen him through their lorg- 

 nettes, and he, the veritable sarpent, is so positive a fact now 

 that a picture has been made of him. Mr. Frank Buckland 

 and Mr. Henry Lee, we may suppose, are now on the qui 

 mm, delirious with excitement, and Mr. W. Saville-Kent 

 may have intentions of enlarging the Brighton aquarium or 

 of converting the whole of the Crystal Palace into a fitting 

 receptacle for the sea serpent. We regret to state, how- 

 ever, that our serpent has very much shrunken as to size. 

 One gentleman saw him only fifty feet long, and raising 

 his head four teet above the water. While another person 

 declared him to be eight feet long. For our own particu- 

 lar American sea serpent to have gone and deliberately 

 shortened himself is a shameful act, and a slur on the coun- 

 try of his nativity, for it i? perfectly apparent to every one 

 that this pet Saurian has the power of making himself any 

 size the spectator wishes him to be. 



— Though the adulteration of food hardly comes under a 

 review of foreign sporting news, we cannot help but being 

 amused at the row it is making in England. Here in the 

 United States with our free and enlightened Republican 

 feelings, we have learnt to grin and bear most anything; in 

 monarchial England, however, they fret and fume and 

 grumble, and end by not standing it. Most of our readers 

 are do doubt familiar with the story of the quarrelsome man 

 in the coffee house, who on seeing a gentleman eat his slice 

 of cold beef without mustard insisted that he should use 

 that condiment, and ended by saying, "What, no mustard 

 with your beef ? Confound it sir, you shall eat mustard." 

 To-day the man fond of mustard would have had to put it 

 in another guise, somewhat like this: "Confound it, sir, you 

 shall eat a mixture of bean flour, tumeric, ginger, and tinc- 

 ture of catharides with your beef." Land and Water puts it 

 amusingly this way : 



Settling down to housekeeping, we refresh ourselves each 

 morning, with, a decoction of Maloo mixture and steel fil- 

 ings, sweetened with sand, and we assuage our appetite with 

 alumed bread, larded butter, fresh eggs from Kamtschatka, 

 and ox tails not unacquainted with omnibus life, whilst on 

 our return home in the evening, we partake of Dartmour 

 mutton from Northamptonshire, sanctify it with a bottle of 

 petroleum champagne and some Hamburgh sherry, and top 

 off with Swiss cheese from Ayrshire and a glass of port 

 from any hedge. Then determined on -enjoyment, we kick 

 off our brown paper boots, light a delicious Houndstiich 

 Havana loll back in an armchair covered with imitation 

 morocco and stuffed with ash-pit pickings, warm our shod- 

 dy-covered legs at a brisk slate fire, mix a tumbler of me- 

 thylated spirits called whiskey. Next day we are ill; the 

 doctor, shamming interest in our case, writes a prescrip- 

 tion in sham Latin; the chemist dispenses it in diluted 

 drills; the family lawyer, pretending pity, writes our will 

 in sham English phraseology to increase his charges; 

 and just when our sham gold repeater, warranted to last 

 for fifty years, stops, we stop too, and end with these shams 

 of life! "Then amidst the gloomy faces of expectant heirs, 

 our shoddy-velvet-covered coffin, studded with lacqued 

 nails, is borne away by dyed horses proudly bearing sham 

 ostrich plumes, false manes, and fictitious tails, whilst hired 

 mourners lengthen out their funeral faces at so much per 

 inch, and cheat at that. 



—The French Geographical Society have awarded the 

 following amounts to various travelers: To M. Dournaux- 

 Dupere, who has started for Timbuctoo, 2,000 francs. To 

 M. Francis Gamier, for explorations of the Blue River in 

 China and the Yun-nan in Thibet, 2,000 francs, and to 

 Messrs. Marche and Compiegne, who are.to go to Africa 

 after Dr. Livingstone, 1,500 francs. 



—The Japanese government have passed a law forbid- 

 ding dog fighting. We shall have to go to Japan some of 

 these days in search of a higher civilization. We are per- 

 fectly aware that laws somewhat of the same character are. 

 supposed to exist in the United States, but brutal contests 

 with dogs, the animals themselves being r-othing like as 

 vicious as the degraded spectators who attend such hor- 

 rible fights, are of constant occurrence. We may enact 

 laws in this country, just as in Japan, but it is doubtful 

 whether we can carry them out as thoroughly as they do 

 there. __^_____— — 



—A new cereal has been grown in Oregon which has puz- 

 zled the farmers, as it is unlike any grain with which they 

 are familiar. From seven to ten stalks grow from one root 

 to a height of about four feet, and these stalks, or straws, 

 are thin and hard. The radicals are tough and spread 

 widely. The heads are six inches in length and covered 

 with a heavy beard, each filament being five inches long. 

 The grain is double the length of a kernel of wheat, and, 

 instead of being firfn and compact, is hollow, the cavity 

 containing glutinous matter. While the grain bears a closer 

 resemblance to wheat than to anything else, the straw looks 

 more like that of rye or barley. Its origin is somewhat 

 peculiar the first grain having been taken from the stomach 

 of a wild goose by a farmer in Tillamook county nearly 

 three years ago. He was struck with its appearance and 

 ulanted it and the succeeding season sowed the product. 

 He distributed a portion of the second crop among a few 

 friends in different parts of the State, who this year raised 

 gmall quantities. It will require another year to determine 

 the vahip, of the grain* 



\ntioml ^nfitxmtn. 



Secretaries of University and College Athletic Clubs will please mai 

 their reports not later than Monday in each week. 



THE SCOTTISCH GAMES. 



•The Second Annual Handicap of several members of the 

 New York Caledonian Club took place on the track of the 

 New York Athletic Club, 130th street, Harlem, on Thurs- 

 day, Nov. 27th. Now that Jones' Wood is being cut up 

 into building lots, the committee of the New York Caledo- 

 nian Club will find it no easy matter to lease grounds suf- 

 ficiently large and within easy distance of the city, to ac- 

 commodate the thousands that annually come from all parts 

 of the Union to witness these noble pastimes. The games 

 commenced at 10:15 A. M., under the superintendence of 

 the committee, A. Cowan, C. G. Nicholson (Secretary), 

 and D. A. Thomson, assisted by members of the New 

 York Athletic Club. The first in order was throwing the 

 light hammer, weighing 14 pounds. Eleven competitors 

 entered, Andrew Rennie casting the hammer 99 feet, which 

 was the best throw; George Goldie second, he was handi- 

 capped 5 feet and tossed the hammer 88 feet. The 100 

 yard race was opened to members of the New York Ath- 

 letic Club. There were 21 competitors, 5 of which were 

 members of the N. Y. A. C. Four heats were run, M. E. 

 Burris of the Athletic Club winning the first, William Mc- 

 Kune of the Caledonian, the second, Samuel Strasburger 

 of the Athletics the third, and Andrew Rennie of the Cale- 

 donians the fourth. McKune then came in first and Rennie 

 second. There were five entries for the running high leap, 

 and the match was won by Joseph Edington, who received 

 six inches, Andrew Rennie being second. The next con-» 

 test was in putting the heavy stone, which weighed 21* 

 pounds. There were seven contestants; John Tasker won 

 at 29 feet 10 inches, John McMillan being second. 



There were four entries for vaulting with the pole. M. 

 E. More, who received 21 inches, won, Francis Duke, who 

 received 12 inches, being second. The quarter-mile race 

 was contested by 12 members, and was won by John Dow- 

 nie, who received five yards, Colonel Carmichael, who 

 started on the scratch, being second. There were six en- 

 tries in the contest at throwing the 56 pound weight. John 

 McMillin threw it 19 feet 9 inches and won, John Tasker 

 being second. 



The boys' race of 315 yards had five entries. James 

 Campbell, the oldest looking boy, won the match, Thomas 

 Grassick being second. The one mile walk was open to 

 the members of the Athletic Club, by whom both the first 

 and scqond honors were carried off, W. H. Stafford and 

 Daniel Stein winning. There were six entries, four of 

 whom were Caledonians. The one-mile race had six com- 

 petitors; John Downie was winner and William Par- 

 ker second. 



A game of foot-ball closed the sports. The following are 

 the details of the games, and the distances are with handi- 

 cap included: 



THROWING THE LIGHT HAMMER. 



Andrew Rennie, 1st prize, 99 feet, scratch. 



George Goldie, 2d prize, 95 feet 4 inches, allowed 5 feet. 



100 YARDS RACE. 



' (Open to Athletic Club) in heats. 

 William McKune 1st prize, allowed 10 yards. 

 Andrew Rennie 2d prize, allowed 4 yards. 



RUNNTNO HIGH LEAF. 



Joseph Edington 1st prize, 5 feet 1 inch, allowed inches. 

 Alexander Tasker 2d prize, 5 feet, allowed 6 inches. 



FINAL HEAT OF 100 YARDS RACE, AS ABOVE. 

 PUTTING THE HEAVY STONE. 



John Tasker, 1st. prize, 30 feet 10 inches, allowed 12 in. 

 John McMillan, 2d prize, 30 feet 4 inches, allowed 12 in. 



VAULTING WITH THE POLE. 



M. E. More 1st prize, 9 feet 6 inches, allowed 21 inches. 

 Francis Duke 2d prize, 9 feet, allowed 12 inches. 



QUARTER MILE RACE. 



John Downie 1st prize, allowed 5 yards. 

 William McKune 2d prize, allowed 20 yards. 



THROWING 56 POUND WEIGHT. 



John McMillan 1st prize, 20 feet, allowed 3 inches. 

 John Tasker 2d prize, 19 feet, allowed 3 inches. 

 boys' race. 

 315 yards. (Member's sons, not over 15 years.) 

 James Campbell 1st prize, allowed 10 yards. 

 George Grassick 2d prize, allowed 15 yards. 



ONE MILE WALK. 



(Open to Athletic Club.) 

 Daniel Stein 1st prize, allowed 60 yards. 

 Thomas McEwen 2d prize, allowed 90 yards. 



ONE MILE RACE. 



John Downie 1st prize, scratch. 



William Parker 2d prize, allowed 75 yards. 



—One of the Assistant Librarians of the Congressional 

 Library, Washington, D. C, accompanied by a member 

 of the British Legation, walked and ran for amusement and 

 recreation from Washington to Baltimore, a distance of 

 thirty-seven miles, in seven hours and a half. The first nine- 

 teen miles, from Washington to Annapolis Junction, they 

 accomplished in the short time of three hours and a quarter. 



j^. Deerfoot Park, Coney Island Road, N. York, on 



Nov. 27th, Samuel Jones, of Greenpoint, and Samuel 

 Abrams ran 100 yard heats, which was won by the former 

 in two heats. 



Three of the Boston Base-ball nine received salaries 



during the past season of $1,800 each; one $1,500; the 

 others $1,400, $1,200, $800, and $500 each, and Addy was 

 paid at the rate of $75 per month during his engagement* 



Editor Forest and Stream: — 



The Foot-ball 20 of the Stevens' Institute Athletic Asso- 

 ciation played a match game on Thanksgiving Day with an 

 amateur 20 at Ridgewood, N. J. On account of the short- 

 ness of the day and severity of the weather, but two in- 

 nings were played, and as these were won by the Institute 

 men the victory was adjudged to them. The victors were 

 then provided with a generous dinner, which warmed their 

 souls and prompted speeches from all hands The boys 

 returned late in the afternoon, well satisfied with the day's 

 sport. A. M. C. 



St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 1st. 



— In March of the present year, cricket was dead through- 

 out the West. It is true at the Racine College, Wis. the 

 game had for years been practised by some of the students, 

 and that at a few country places, such as Sasser, Wis. , and 

 Decorah, Iowa, the skeleton of cricket clubs were said to 

 exist, and at Detroit, Mich, a club yclept the Peninsula was 

 believed to be flourishing, but withal cricket gave no sign 

 of that life which manifests itself in action. No matches 

 had been played the previous year, and no challenges were 

 out for the coming season. In the month referred to a 

 gentleman of St. Louis, named P. Adair, in the columns of 

 The Globe of that city, suggested the formation of a cricket 

 club; his communication called forth others, the result of 

 which was a meeting of cricketers on the 12th of March, 

 and the formation of the St, Louis Cricket Club, with 

 officers as follows : — 



President, Hon. Thomas Allen, proprietor of the St. 

 Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad, one of the Alumni of 

 Union College and a munificent benefactor in the cause of 

 education; vice president, W. B. Davenport, Hon. secretary, 

 Harry E. Sharpe, (also a menber of the Toronto Club of 

 Canada); executive committee, .Cyrus Day, M. D., E. H. 

 Lycett, (also of the Marion Club), J. W. Jeffries, S. L. 

 Southard, (also of the Trenton Club), and F. M. Caddick. 



Four years ago St. Louis had nourished in its maternal em- 

 brace several cricket clubs, two of which were named 

 respectively the "Saint Louis" and the "Jackson," flour- 

 ished for a time, but died at last from want of extra-mural 

 opposition. On the organization of the new St. Louis 

 Club, the old Jacksonites held aloof and attempted to revive 

 their cluh, but in vain. They met and elected officers, and 

 were challenged by the St. Louis, but could not place 

 eleven men in the field. The St. Louis "braves" could no- 

 where find the trail of an enemy; practice was becoming 

 monotonous; in a moment of frenzy the chairman of the ex- 

 ecutive committee, Dr. Cyrus Day, published a challenge 

 through the medium of the daily papers, to any outside 

 eleven or to any twenty-two of St, Louis. 



St. Georges' day was near at hand and on it according to 

 their custom the St. Georges' Society were to enjoy a pic- 

 nic; their manager conceived the idea of adding to the at- 

 tractions of the pic-nic, an exhibition of old England's noble 

 game. With Anglo-Saxon pluck and .pride they dared St. 

 Louis to even combat, and were defeated by only fourteen 

 runs. Elated by their unlooked for success (they expected 

 to be beaten in one inning,) the St. Georges' men set to 

 work there and then to collect names and donations for 

 "The Saint Georges' Cricket Club." $500 and a score of 

 names was the result of half an hour's work, assured the 

 organization of another club and delighted the hearts of the 

 St. Louis men. A match was at the same time arranged to be 

 played within a month, which resulted in another defeat o 

 St. George, this time by twenty-four runs. A third match 

 was played in August, when the St. George won in one 

 inning with many runs to spare, their success being attri- 

 butable to the magnificent batting of Temple, Dale, and 

 Richardson, the two latter being new men. This last 

 match demonstrated the fact that St. Louis contained 

 cricket talent, good enough, if united, to show a bold front 

 to outsiders. The St. Louis Club at their next meeting 

 sent a message to the St. Georges' Club, suggesting the 

 formation of a united club, to be composed of members of 

 both clubs, with a view to sending an eleven on a tour 

 through Canada, and East, and generally to promote the 

 interest of cricket in the West. The suggestion met with 

 a hearty response; delegates from the two clubs met and 

 elected as officers of the united club; president, Joseph 

 Branch, also president of the St. Georges' Society, and pres- 

 ident of The St. Georges' Cricket Club, an English gentle- 

 man, (well known in St. Louis for his liberality in every 

 good cause, and as a John Bull,) every inch of him; vice 

 president, Harry E. Sharpe; secretary, Ben Williams; treas- 

 urer, Cyrus Day, M. D. ; councilmen, W. B. Davenport, 

 T. M. Caddick, Hy. Temple, and A. C. Bagshave. The 

 doings of the united club belong to another place; this little 

 record treats only of the modest St. Louis Club, and little 

 more remains to be said. The St. Louis challenged the 

 Dragons toTanother encounter on the 7th of October, to 

 finish up the season, but being unable to bring out an eleven 

 that could win, they chose not to risk defeat. To the St. 

 Louis Club rightfully belongs the credit of the revival 

 of cricket in the West. Clubs have now been formed at 

 Chicago and Cincinnati; Racine and Detroit are anxious to 

 bear a hand in the fray, so that next season promises to be 

 a lively one, H. E. S. 



— The Hoosac tunnel in Massachusetts, which at last has 

 been bored completely through the mountain, though not 

 yet completed for use, is five miles long. It was begun in 

 1857, sixteen years ago. Its estimated cost was $3,350,000, 

 and a contract was made to excavate the tunnel and build a 

 double track railroad through it for that sum. In reality it 

 has already cost $12,300,000, and it will require the expen- 

 diture of about $300; 000 more to prepare it for traffic. 



