FOREST AND STREAM, 



137 



ration of their applause, and every little while burden 

 or another of the three with heavy hon Horal de- 



signs ; and when the final lap of the 450th mile came, there 

 came with it such a fur,- of excitement, trood nature, applause 

 and cheers after cheers for Harrirnan, Rowell and Enuis, that 

 even the reporters were dazed and bewildered, pniie.emenin the 

 corners woke up, the small boys in the cellar and on the root 

 came up and down like rats as they are, and the Gardenshook 

 from fovmdati'" it, and threatened to oorai 



ing down in its excitement : the impecunious thousands with- 

 out, wk(5 — by intuition perhRpE — knew exactly the position of 

 every man on the trade within, caught up the applause and 

 sent it echoing away out over the squares and through the 

 streets, while messenger boys rushed off to telegraph it on 

 and on. 



Then Harriman, decked out with a tri-colored sash, a train- 

 er walking with him to bear the last huge bouquet, made two 

 more laps, which the judges had decreed as a penalty for the 

 two in which he was assisted; these were two triu 

 marches, and the happy man walked as if he did no 

 what pain was. Then he went into his cottage for the last 

 time, whence he was borne to his carriage, and going far out 

 of his way to avoid the enthusiastic multitudes who blocked 

 up the streets, was finally got safely into bed at his hotel, 

 there to sleep and forget his pains. 



Eowell meanwhile had completed his 500 miles, donned his 

 Ulster and made his tour of the. track, bearing an American 

 flag, while the band played " God Save the Queen ;" but the 

 audience drowned the noise, and the band might just as well 

 have kept still— and Rowell went to his hotel. 



Ennis was all this time spinning around the track, running 

 his score up to -175, and at: 10:57 he had finished his task, do- 

 ing the last mile in the fastest time of the whole match. The 

 first lap was made in 50 seconds, the second in 54 seconds, the 

 third in 52 seconds, the fourth in 53 seconds, the fifth inside of 

 50 seconds, the sixth in 53 seconds, the seventh in 52 seconds, 

 and the eighth in a fraction over 52 seconds, making the mile 

 in 6:55. Then he made his triumphal tour— and Ennis went 

 to his hotel. 



The following table shows the work done by each man on 

 the first and last days of the match, and the totals of each 

 day, etc.: 



FIRST DAT. 



Time Hour of 



ofDav. Walk. Rowel;. Ennis. Harriman. O'Leary. 



U.u t It 1 6 1 S 4 8 2 



3 2 13 1 12 3 10 6 11 7 



4 3 IS 8 18 15 5 17 3 



G 1 24 5 28 7 20 4 22 4 



8 5 HO (I 26 2 25 2T 3 



7 8 35 S SO 6 29 31 2 



S 7 41 1 32 34 6 86 1 



9 S 46 2 36 39 5 41 1 



11! 9 50 C 4(1 6 44 3 4(5 2 



11 10 05 8 45 3 47 50 7 



12 11 00 1 43 52 3 55 1 



1 P.M 12 64 51 5 5ti 7 59 



a IS 6S J 53 7 61 6 63 4 



3 14 73 7 59 1 65 3 67 7 



4 18 73 1 62 1 70 71 6 



5 16 S3 66 3 71 5 73 4 



Ij 17 87 5 71 4 18 5 77 2 



7 is 92 4 ;a o 82 2 si 3 



8 19 97 1 76 7 86 ft 5 



9 20 100 1 80 90 S7 (i 



10 21 104 3 83 94 1 91 1 



11 22 108 6 86 7 97 6 93 6 



12 23 110 91 1 100 93 6 



tl.M 21 110 95 100 93 G 



SIXTH DAY. 



2 A. M 



435 7 



43S 



441 3 



444 



445 S 

 449 6 

 453 5 

 457 3 



459 5 

 463 B 

 4BT 4 

 471 3 



475 



476 7 



460 1 



....... 137 4SS 



138 492 6 



139 490 



140 



410 1 



al2 6 



417 2 



420 1 



422 4 



4a; 6 



430 



433 2 



437 1 



440 



443 4 



44-8 5 



450 



450 



453 2 



467 4 



460 



462 5 



392 1 



396 2 



400 



402 6 



406 2 



410 



410 



413 7 



41S 



420 



423 5 



427 6 



430 



4S2 7 



440 



442 7 



446 7 



400 3 



MILES WALKED BACH DAY. 



Eowell. Bonis. Harriman. O'Leary. 



100 



86 3 70 7 



S3 5 51 1 



65 



Days. 



1 110 a 96 



■> ti7 U 7S 7 



3 SO 4 76 3 



4 70 4 84 6 



r, 67 7 70 6 



6 72 1 6!) 3 60 3 



TIME o?P TEE TKACK. 



1 2 58 39 4 37 54 S 31 64 5 6 52 



2 6 39 22 7 4 7 4 15 3 fi 27 4 



3 6 57 60 6 52 20 5 48 59 4 1121 



4 10 16 5,1 6 20 14 12 29 



5 9 22 36 7 35 34 7 37 42 



6 2 27 24 3 55 54 5 17 34 



Total 33 42 50 35 25 33 38 31 41 15 45 17 



ACTUAL WALKING- TIME. 



n. U. S. H. M. S. 



Rowell H'2 15 15 Uarrlman .". :; ,-j 



Ennis 105 34 27 O'Leary 43 51 48 



AVERAGE TIME PER MILE. 



if. 



The total receipts of the walk were $54,314.40, out of 

 which an expense list of §13,517.79 was extracted. This 

 last sum included §5,000 rent, $2,790.15 tor pay of em- 

 ployees, $432 for segars, $1,541 for refreshments and drinks, 

 ¥414 for gas, and so on through the list. At the meeting 

 yesterday afternoon Ennis and Harriman objected to the pay- 

 ment of any money to O'Leary, and the ex-champion receives 

 nothing from the receipts. The balance of 840,706.01 was 

 disposed of as follows: Rowell, $18,398.31; Ennis, I 11,- 

 038.98; Walton (Harrimau's backer), $3,079.06: Harriman, 

 $3,679.66 ; Manager Kelly, §2,000; and $2,000 will remain in 

 bank as a contingent fund to meet subsequent claims. 



Tub Great Soda Cracker Competition — Ten Dry Sodxi 

 Cracters in Ten Minutes Without Drinking : prize $500 ; En- 

 trance fee 50c- open to all: eliew as you please.— Now that the 

 reat pedestrian match between Walker, Eoote and Leggett has 

 has come to an end we begin to take a glowing interestiu the 

 coming soda-cracker competition, which is bound to eclipse 

 all other previous contests of any sort or character whatsoever. 

 The liberal prize of $500 offered will doubtless be a great in- 

 ducement to thousands of unemployed persons, tramps and 

 gentlemen of leisure. The small entrance fee of fifty cents is 

 insignificant iu comparison to the reward to be obtained. The 

 feat of eating ten dry old soda-crackers in ten minutes without 

 drinking any lubricating beverage whatever, or the use of any 



means to promote Bali vation, rflaj . I 



tse, who may really have assumed great riBBS' 



H 



and in public will sufficiently reward the ingenuity of the 



great heads who have conjured up this new sensation. 

 K. P..— This is no dry 



Honors on Land add Water.— Though Hanlan won in the 

 we cannot grant that ho did better than Howell. 



TriE Englishman Takes His Tubs.— For this four years 

 ' lerica I i in every competition of 



whatever c; ; in the last two events, viz., the IJan 



Ian boat race and the late long-distance walk, the Englishman 

 :, i it. There is no use being disheart- 

 ened, however. As the Irishman says: "We can't have 

 everything to plase us." "We will pocket our losses and up 

 m again. 

 The Mf.trhi'olitan' Tyi'K-Stk king CoMFOnMlos neb 

 was carried on in this city last week in conjunction with the 

 great Gilmore's Garden walk, was brought to a happy termi- 

 nation last Sunday, it resulted in a clean score of 330A- 

 columns for the. Herald to 335;; columns for the Sun, the same 

 being the best of the list. The After- was a good third. The 

 most entertaining incident of the affair was that every line of 

 type was read fifteen limes. 



National ColtjMBAeian Society.— The monthly meeting 

 of the National Columbarian Society was held on Tuesday, 

 March 11, at 7:80 r. a., at their uew rooms, No. 152 Prank- 

 lyu street. The society will hold meetings and have an ex- 

 hibition of pigeons on the first Tuesday of each month. The 

 Antwerp hoi ■■ c.s selected for the April meeting, 



baldheads for May and priests for June. Entry fee, $1 for 

 each pair entered. First premium to be a silver cup ; second 

 a |3j third premium, $1. Open to all. Birds from 

 a distance can be sent to H. V. Crawford, Sec'y, 120 Hudson 

 street. 



J^nswets to Correspondents. 



Mo Notice Taken of Anonjmons Cammualcattdnt, 



E. H. J-!., Canton.— It the bull is cut. the snot scoreB as DOS ; same rale 

 on circles. 



Subscruibr, New.Brighton.— Apply t.o.Rnapp ,t VauNoslrand, Wash- 

 ington Market. 



L. A. M., OMo.— Know of no water telescope. Write to Abbey & Ira- 

 brio ; see advertising columns. 



Yachtuan's handy Book.— Party having ordered same can have 

 it by sending address to this office. 



A. S., Hummelstown, Pa.— In trap shooting II a bird is once out of 

 bounds it Is always out, and must be scored a lost bird. 



Taxidermist.— Send your birds to K. L. Newcomb, Salem, Mass. 

 Yon can learn his charge for s:urnng and mounting them by writing 

 to him? 



J. P.. 0., Coadersport.— You will get what yon wish by addressing 

 J. Palmer O'Neil, 41 Fifth ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., who f urniahes all 

 Kinds of sportsmen's supplies. 



Z. T., Northumberland, Fa— My setter gyp cannot hold her urine; 

 is spayed ; please give me advice ? Ans. How long since was she 

 spayed, and what is her general condition ? 



J. M. C, Ralston.— Write to Waters & Son, paper boats, Troy, New 

 York. They make paper canoes. Specify your wants. For modern 

 canoe, Geo. Koahr, foot 135th St., Harlem, N. Y. 



H. B. B., Boston.— What variety of duck decoys would be best for 

 Calaveras Co., California ? Do you think, maliaid and teal would do ! 

 Aug. Mallard, teal and widgeon would answer. 



R. O. B., Adams.— From your description we should imagine that 

 your dog was a very large setter. Dust your birds with dry corrosive 

 sublimate and it will probably keep the moths out. 



Moc Casin.— We have time and again published information about 

 moccasins. M. S. Hutcnins, of Dover, N. H., manufactures the Good's 

 moccasins which were recommended in this paper so long ago as Au- 

 gust, 1SI5, 



B. B. 0., Boston.— 1. What pattern should a 20-bore gun (full choke) 

 make at a 30in. circle, 10 yds., No. 10 shot? 2. Is medium or coarse 

 Orange powder the best for a charge ? Ans. I. About 500 pellets, a. 

 Medium. 



Breech-Loader, Salem, ST. J.— Please inform me through your 

 paper if Bogardus haB published a book of his last trip to Europe? 

 Ans. His latest edition contains a sketch of his European trip. We 

 have it on sale. 



J. TJ. S , Bridgeport, Conn.— At what age do bitches stop breeding? 

 Is seven years too old if in good condition? Ans. The time varies. 

 A bitch at seven years of age, under ordinary cneumscanees, should 

 not be too old to breed. 



J. J., Remington.—" Canoeing in Kanuckia" 753. and " Canoe and 

 Flying Proa" 50o. wUt give you much information on canoes. Harper 

 Bros., New York. Also " Budding Canoes," by JBaden Powell, S1.25. 

 Latter book we can get from England. 



J. L. 8., Phila.— For " Lloyd's Register" write to J. D. Leary, 73 

 William St., New York. He is agent for the book. Contains rules and 

 specifications for building, list ot ail English yachts, their dimensions, 

 owners, builders, etc., and other information. 



A. M. H., Milton.— Bathe your pointer's feet in salt and water. Use 

 the following lotion for your spaniel's ear, pouring it in and holding the 

 flap over It lor a few minutes : Goulard's Extract and wine of opium, 

 of eachx oz. ; sulphate of zinc, !-i or.; water, S ozs., mix. 



W. B., Newfane, N. Y.— Supervisors fit counties in New York State 

 have no authority to legislate respecting game which is provided for in 

 the State law. They cannot alter nor amend the existing law save to 

 provided for such game as is not mentioned in the statute. 



Ratnakd, Sutton, Mass.— I have a pointer dog that has rheumatism 

 which Beems to be wholly in his hind parts. Some days he is t|Uile< 

 smart, others all down again. What can I do for him? Ans. Give 

 salicylic acid, 3 grains m mtik every hours; if the parts are hot and 

 inflamed, rub twice a day with chloroform liniment. 



G. A. McC, Altonu, Pa.— My dog Joe has running Bore eye, and what 

 seema to me a bad cold in the head. Please advise me what to do for 

 him. Ana. For the eye, apply warm fomentations, aud, if they do not 

 afford relief, bathe it with ziuc lotion, one grain to the ounce of water. 

 The cold in his head must be described more minutely to be prescribed 

 for. 



I.— Will yon inform me as to the cheapest and quickest way of 

 fog Hie Eahgeley Lakes? Ans. Would refer you to Farrar's 

 '• Kaugelcy L We can furnish It. 



teid Co., Conn,— What is your remedy for chafed feet- 

 feet chafed by walking 1 1 have used the following : First, a foot bath 

 , second, a foot-bath of warm water, with the addi- 

 tion of a handfll of sail and one of bran stirred in it, In which the feet 

 be soaked for twenty minutes or more. Ans. Soft soap is bs 



k. D., Sliawueetown, 111.— 1. The symptoms yon describe are those 



.company shaking palsy. We should give the dog 



in -the one prescribed for " L. S." in this column. Afterward 



give her tonics, with plenty of exercise and fresh air. Feed liberally. 



1 tor symptoms of worms. 2. The file binders are adapted to 



thia paper. 



G. W. E., Medfleld, Mass.— For information concerning Tex as lands 

 read some of the letters written to this paper. Write to J. E. Buckley, 

 i iMgist, AuBtin, Texas. ; to J. D. Brown, Gen. Pass. Agt. Mo., 

 i Texas R. R., St. Lonis, Mo. ; to W. H. Abrams, Land Com- 

 missioner, Marshall, Texas, and send to A. S. Barnes & Co,William at., 

 N. Y. for " A ThouBand Miles Through Texas." 



L. M., Texas.— For plans of sharpie write;to our advert isers. Would 

 advise nothing smaller than 13ft. Sails about 165 square feet. Adopt 

 regular sharpie rig as described in our columns. Sails of [triangular 

 form, laced to two masts ; clews stretched out by light sprits from 

 mast, rteduce to your size boat in proportion as the; lengths of boats. 

 May publish plans before long. 



l'. A., New York.— You will please inform me through yonr valuable 

 paper if pike live in salt water, and also how to preserve grapes. Ans. 

 Pike live in the estuarieB of the Chesapeake, but have direct access to 

 saltwater. As to preserving grapes, we do not understand whether 

 you refer to the makin? of raisins, to household sugar preserves, or the 

 keeping of grapes fresh. Either branch is a little out of our line. 



Lintilt.e, Marietta, Pa.— I have wintered a number of quail in my of 

 fide, In the fall I cut the right wing of each bird. The time for turn- 

 ing them out is drawing near, and they are not yet able to fly. What can 

 I do for them? Did I make a mistake in cutting the wing? What is 

 their time for moulting, and when should they be turned loose ? Ans. 

 The wings will grow out again. All birds monlt just before hot 

 weather, quail included. Turn them loose as soon as April 1. 



A. R. ,s., Gonldsboro, Pa.— How many feet of perpendicular fading 

 water wld speckled trout scale in going up a stream ? Ans. Don't 

 know of any authentic record. Probably notover three feet where the 

 Bheet of water swings clear of an artitieial dam ; but very many feet up 

 a natural cascade, where projecting nodules of rock assist the ascent. 

 Salmon are higher leapers than trout, and will scale a natural fall of 

 twenty feet, if there is the slightest helding ground against its face. 



Constant Reader, Rutherford, N. J.— My Gordon setter bitch is 

 troubled with tightness of the bowela. She is fed on scraps from the 

 table, with small quantities of meat. I have given her powdered aloes, 

 bnt it does not seem to do her any good. Ana. Give your dog a pill 

 composed as follows : Blue pill, y. scruple ; compound extract of coln- 

 cynth, 1 scruple ; powdered rhubarb, 5 grs. ; oil of anise-seed, 2 drops. 

 Afterward change diet ; feed oatmeal and vegetables, and give yonr 

 dog plenty of exercise. 



E. G. K., Wiliiamsport, Pa.— 1. Did not Fobest and Stream some 

 years since give directions for constructing split bamboo rods ; and if 

 so, can I procure the back numbers treating of this subject? 2. Do 

 you know anything regarding the merits of Bassafras as compared with 

 other woods for but pieces of trout rods? 3. Can you give the best 

 sizes for first and secoud ferrules on a 10 or lift, thrse-jointed fly rod ; 

 or is this a mere matter of judgment ? Ans. 1. See page S6, volume 

 6. 2. Should not feel Inclined to recommend it. 3. About a half inch 

 and a quarter inch respectively. No exact scale of measurement. 



J. L., Georgetown, D. C— 1. A, B and C Bhoot a pigeon match. A 

 kills S birds, B kills 8 birds, C kills 7. C olaima that A aud B shoot olf 

 for first money and he gets second ; is he right or wrong ? 2. Does the 

 same rule govern glass ball shoots ? Ans. 1. Wrong. A and B shoot 

 off for first money, and the loser in the tie shooting takes second. 2. 

 Yes. The only variation to this rule is in " class shooting," where 

 there are a large number of competitors, and the shooters are divided 

 into classes, as they may have killed 10, 9, S, or T birds, each class 

 shooting off for its particular prize. 



J. N. S., Bridgeport.— 1st. Two of the teats of my pointer bitch hang 

 three or three and one-half inches lower than the others, and feel as if 

 they were filled with small atones packed tight together. She was all 

 right two or three days ago. Can you tell me a remedy ? 2d. Is there a 

 book published containing the pedigrees of all noted dogs ? Aus. 

 Bathe the teata with warm water, gently pressing them. You don't say 

 whether your bitch is with pupa or haB been nursing. 2d. Yes ; the 

 English Kennel Club Stud Book, and In this country Arnold Burgea 

 American Kennel and Sporting Field. Also, shortly to be published, 

 the American Kennel Stnd Book. 



Fitz, Danphin, Pa.— Will you tell if the salmon rivers in Nova Scotia 

 are, any of them, still open to strangers, or if there 1s any reserve on 

 sea or other tront at present time? Would the Cobequid District, 

 N. S., be a sequestered locality, and afford good sport now as formerly 

 —not cut up and ruined by improvements or tourists ? Ans. All the 

 salmon and trout rivers of Nova Scotia are now, as they ever have 

 been, open to all, the license system in force in Ontario, Quebec and 

 New Brunswick not being the law in Nova Scotia. Neither is there 

 any reserve on the sea or river trout fishery. There is no such locality 

 known in Nova Scotia as " the Cobequid Dis'rict" in connection with 

 salmon fishery. There are the Cobequid Mountains in Cumberland 

 County, bnt there are no salmon rivers in the immediate vicinity nearer 

 than River Philip. The western rivsrs are the earliest for spring 

 fishing, aud this year an Indian caught two in Port Medway River 

 Queens County, about the loth of January, with a fly. 



L. S., St. Louis, Mo.— 1. I have a ten months old setter dog of a 

 dark red color, same as a spaniel. The dog is weak in the hind lep», 

 and when he runs or walks the motion of its legs are like a hop. Would 

 you be so kind as to let me know what will cure the above? He also 

 growls when he is asleep. 2. Of what kind is the dog ? Ans. 1. Your 

 dog probably has rheumatism ; but, without knowing how he has been 

 kept and fed, it is impossible for us to determine. Over-fed dogs sud- 

 denly exposed to cold or wet are particularly liable to it. We should 

 give, if there is much pain, neat, a rurge composed of bine . 

 scruple ; compound extract of colocynth, 1 scruple; powdered rhubarb, 

 S grains ; oil of aniee seed, 2 dropB ; divide, and give in two doses, six 

 hours apavt. Alter this has operated give the following pill twloe a 

 day until the pain has abated : Calomel and powdered opium, of each, 

 y. gtain; caldlum We are now prescribing for rheu- 



affectB the hind quarters, in the manner 

 named, but from the careless way in which ailmeDts are described, it 

 i« impossible for U3 in many instances to determine the disease. Your 

 have worms; in which case give him areoa nut. .As we 

 only know the color of the dog, how do you expect us to determine liUj 

 breed? 



