TRJlii, M AINU b 1 KE AM . 





The racket match, which completed tb 

 injj for the club Championship, was played between Mr. G. (J. 

 Allen and Mr. Oliver Adams, with the following score: 



fat. 2d. 3d, Total. 



Mr. Allan 15 15 15 45 



Mr. Adams i 2 5 11 



The second-class handicap match, between Mr. F. K. Halsey 

 and Mr. W. M. Hodges resulted as follows : 



1st. 2d. 3d. ith. Total. 



Mr. HalsflV 11 15 11 15 52 



Ma-. Hodges 15 i 15 18 62 



They were even at 13 in the fourth game and set 5. 



The most escuiueicontest of the day was the second-class 

 handicap match between Mr. L. M. Rutherford and Mr. A. 

 Noel, in which the former had to give the latter five aces each 

 game. The whole of the live games had to be played to de- 

 cide the contest. The score was as follows : 



1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 5th. Total, 



Mr. Rutherford 15 6 9 15 15 UO 



Mr. Noel 11 15 15 7 5 53 



Scottish-Amertoan Athletic Spouts. — Tiie events of the 

 annual spring handicap games of the Scottish- American Ath- 

 letic Club, held at their grounds last, Saturday, were : 



Seventy-five Yards Dish— Fifteen first trial heats, with GO en- 

 tries. Iu the second trial heata the list was reduced to h A Stew- 

 art, 8r, i;WJ Crowley, 8}s ; M J GilliganjSJ fa, and 3 F Carroll, 

 6%a. The final beat resulted in a victory for \V S Crowley iu 8s, 

 wiih Stewart second and Uilligan third. 



Two-mile Walk— Two beats with 21 starters. Final heat won 

 1 V F Lackenmacher in Kim 46>s'9. 



"Half-mile Run— All the rmmera in lhe first heat, by mistake, 

 stopped one lap short, the first one to correct the error being W 

 U Roberts, who won in 2m 28s. J Steele, Jr, won second beat in 

 2m 19s, and W Cbilds won third heat in 2m 27j£'e. Carroll took 

 the final in 2m l~i^e. 



One-mile Walk— Open (o members only, and won by F G Fan- 

 ning, six competitors, in 7m 43}£a. 



fame of fftess. 



MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB, CAFE LOGEL1NG, NO. 43 BOWERY 



Problem No. 52. 



Motto: XV Amendment. 



— The Glasgow vs. Copenhagen correspondence match games are 

 now sufficiently advanced to become Interesting, as may be Been by the 

 subjoined record of the moves thus far made, according to the Glasgow 



White to play and give mate In three moves. 



Gnme No. 114.— EVAN'S GAMBIT. 



Mr. Orchard, the ante editor of the Charleston (S. C 1 .Wips, publishes 



Morphy 's last games, of which the subjoined is a selection. Of it ho 



says : "A beautiful Evan's Gambit, that waB played Nov. 11, 1SG6, at 



New Orleans :" 



REMOVE WHITE'S QUEEN KNIGHT. 



Black. White. 



C. O. Maurian. Morphy. 



1—P-K4 lfl~P tks P on 



While. 

 Morphy. 

 I_p-K4 

 8-Kt-K B3 

 3— B-B4 

 4-I'-Q, KU 

 5-P-B3 

 6— Castles 

 7-P-Q4 

 S-P IRS P 

 9-P-Q5 

 10— P K5 

 11— Q-Q4 t 

 IU — Q tks lit 

 13— K-K 

 14— B-K Kt5 

 15— P-Kii 



2-Kt-Q B3 



3— B-B4 



4— B tks Q. Kt P 



5-B-B4 (a) 



6— P-QS (h) 



7— P CIS P 



S— B-Q lit-3 



0— Kt-QB4 

 10-Kt tksB 

 11— B-Q2 

 12-KI-K2 (c) 

 18— Gasilea (d) 

 14-H-K (e) 

 16-B-Q 



IT— Q-B4 1 

 IS— O-K R4 

 13— y tks B P 

 20— B tks Kt t 

 21— Kt-Kt5 (X) 

 22— K-R 

 23— R tks R 

 24— Q-RSt 

 25— QtksPt 

 26— Kt>K6t 

 2'— P tks Q 

 88— Q-BS + 



29-QtksRand 

 wins 



C. O. Maurian. 

 7 6-K tks P 

 17— K-Kt 

 IS— K-B 

 19-Q-Qa 

 20— K tssB 

 21— BtksPt 

 22— E Us U t 

 23— B tks E 

 24-K-K2 

 25-K-Q 

 26— Q Iks lit (g) 

 21—6 B tks V (H) 

 25K-Q2 



NOTES. 



(a) The leading authorities say It mikes no difference whether the B 

 be played to this square or It's 4; but when the Q's Kt is given, the 

 latter move Is unquestionably preferable. 



(b) 1 have no hesitation in recommending Kt-K B3 here. 



(o) This certainly cannot bt Black's best move; P-K R3 was the 

 safest and best play. 



(d) Again P-K E3 would have been better. 



(f) Another inferior move. P-K B3 would have given Black a safe 

 position. 



(.0 An old-'.ime Morphy attack— saenfleng both Rooks, bat winning 

 the game. 



<j) Nothing else is left Xor him to ix 



(ft) It instead of this Black play 21—? CJ B3, the following variations 

 would have ensued : 



27— Pt*8Q 27— F-QB3 KM-Q-KSt 30-K-Bi 



2s-«-B3 1 25— K-B2 31— P-Q7 and wins 



23_Q-Q7t 29-K-K3 | 



CURSORY JOTTINGS. 



— Q/ieen Victoria says that chess is the only game thit is entirely free 

 from objectionable tendencies. Her son, Prince Leopold, is a line 

 player. 



—Philip TI., of Spain, la said to have conferred the Bishopric of 

 SegortnouRuy Lopez, a famous chess master, In recognition of his 

 skill at chess, 



—Sir Walter Raleigh is reported to have said, "I wish to live no 

 longer than I oan play at cheea," 



White. 

 Glasgow. 

 l-P 0,4 



a— p-tjB4 



8-P-Q KS 

 4— Kt O 1S3 

 5— Kt-K B3 

 ti-B-K Bt 

 7-PKH 

 S-7! K K13 



Black. 

 Copenhagen. 

 l-PK?, 



2— P K 04 

 3— Kt K B3 



4-B-K2 



" , ; 



B— P-Qa 



7— Kt-K 1M 



White. 



Copenhagen, 



1-P-K4 

 2 -P-K B4 

 8-B Q B4 

 4-BtAsQP 

 B— K-B 

 6-Kt-K B3 

 7 -P-K K4 

 8-K-B2 



Biact, 



Glasgow. 

 1-P-Kl 

 ■■ I, 

 3-P-Qt 

 4— Q.K B6-t 

 6— P K KU 

 6— Q K R4 

 T— S-KKH 

 S— P-K Kt5 



—The not wholly unexpected death of Professor Anderseen caused 

 Chessdom to weep and mourn over the loss or oue of its greatest mat" 

 ters, to whose life-long devotion to Cassia the career of none of h s 

 predecessors Is comparable. The chess world not only keeps movlnr, 

 but is an active one withal, so much so that even so sad and dlstresslrg 

 an occurrence as that neither Impedes nor relards Its progress, nor 

 causes Cassia'B votaries to forget their present and future duties as trne 

 knights. In chess, enthusiasm, sympathy and love go hand In hand, 

 year lu and year out. 



—The unexpected announcement by Mr. Charles MoSlip that the 

 brilliant career of the Westminster Papers is ended with this month' 

 number, chessplayer; universally regard 03 a calamity, and one that 

 causes them to even forget, for the moment, to mourn f>r the great 

 Andersaen. The decision tint thus suddenly oouslgns the Papers to 

 the tomb that it must have eventually reached, in the height of pros- 

 perity, usefulness aud popularity, Is announced with much feeling, 

 and although all regret that it is done, a more fitting time could hardly 

 have been selected. Bnter now than when the tide of adversity sets 

 In, or the weakness of old age is realized— the last move made, and the 

 inevitable mate, so near at hand, that the resignation must be spoken 

 with the beat grace possible. We shall say bnt little of the Wcitminster 

 Papers as a chess organ— the eleven volumes which the April number 

 completes are a noble and fitting monument to its memory. Asachess 

 monthly it was universally esteemed as the best published. The last 

 number contains the following, with the request, "American papers 

 please opy," which we are not at all disinclined to do : " There is a 

 three-halfpence a-line mm infesting the chess world just now, who?e 

 lucubrations upon the subject of chess and ch;as players would be en- 

 tertaining if they were not offensive." 



— The Echo " hears that Mr. Jacob G. Ascher, who recently defeated 

 Captain Mackenzie in a ches3 tournament at, Montreal, will be enter- 

 tained at a dinner by one of the London clul>s on Hie occasion of his 

 visiting London. Mr. Ascher is a Jew." considering the mendacious 

 character of Ihis precious piece of information, most people will be in- 

 clined to think that the "luformer"of the Echo is also a member of the 

 only community of persons that ever attempted to make bricks without 

 straw, and that the paragraph is a Jem d'esprit prompted by esprit Jew 

 corps. But we do not think so. The thing seems to us to be a currish 

 snap at a gentleman by some loafing Gentile, whose characteri-ties aie 

 too contemptible to be described in a phrase or an epithet. During 

 his recent visit to Montreal, Captain Mackenzie played a very large 

 number of off-hand games, occasionally a dozen or so concurrency, 

 and lost, of course, " In clustering battle," a game or two ; but he was 

 defeated, In a chess player's sense, by no one, so pass that "informer " 

 on, Mr. Passmore Edwardes. The same person, we should Imagine, 

 furnished the Times with a masterpiece of ignorant buffoonery, in the 

 guise of an obituary notice of the late Herr Anderssen's career. It 

 occupied about twenty lines, and the corrections it provoked required 

 jU3t about as many in the subsequent Issues of the " Thunderer." 



—Nothing is more democratic than chess. The whole object of the 

 game is to mate (or kill, as the word originally signified) the kings, 

 which 13 often done by good players In lhe mo3t red republican style ; 

 aud the humblest piece, the pawn, may rise to the highest dignity. 



—Tamerlane, Henry IV, of France, Charlemagne, Charles XII. of 

 Sweden, Queen Elizabeth, Frederick the Great, and many other sove- 

 reigns, were lovers of chess. 



j ,— John, sen of King Henry, and Fulco fell out at chess, and John 

 broke Fulco's head with the chess board ; and then Fulco gave him 

 such a blow that he almost killed him.— Old Manuscript. 



J$nsaieii8 fa {jkatjrengottdenis. 



No Notion Taken ot Aa 



CurasiuinloatEa 



—We cannot attempt to comply with the requests of per- 

 sons who write for the full names and addresses of the corres- 

 pondents whose initials appear in this column. 



J. B. G„ Toronto.-The scores of Oct. 9, 1S78, did not reach us. 



Black Bass, New York.— The black bass open season in New York 

 State opens May 20. 



F. W. S.— The Newiiouse trap is made by the Oneida Community, 

 Oneida, N. V. Minnesota pays a bounty on wolves. 



A. V. D.. Philadelphia.— We regard a double nose in a pointer as a 

 freak of nature, and decidedly against the dog's appearance. 



W. L. B., Danvl le, Ky.— Tjistemuer comes in many forms, each 

 requiring different treatment. We must have symptoms in order to 

 prescribe. 



G. W. S., Akron, Ohio.— Yonr pappy will probably get over his 

 trouble. Feed him stimulating feed, and keep him out of doors as 

 much as possible. 



J. B. McL., Janesvllle.— We shall shortly publish a cut of a Dandy 

 Dinmont, tagether with full description, Do not know of any one in 

 this country having them for sale. 



L, M., Salem, Oregon.— Buy Livingston Stone's book, entitled "Do- 

 mesticated Trout." We can furnish it. Mr. Stone is in charge of the 

 17. S. Salmon Hatchery on the McOloud River, California. 



Subscriber.— I have a lot of silk-worm gut, and find it very brittle. 

 Can you inform me thrcngh your paper the best means to make it more 

 pliable? Ans. Soak the gut several hours in strong vinegar. 



Reader, Newport, E. I.— Can yon inform me of the proper bait for 

 land-locked salmon at this or aoy season of the year? Ans. Artfileial 

 flies or worms. They will take any bait which a trout will take. 



J. R. H.— Skag is the after keel or deadtvood placed under the round- 

 up of a small boat's stern. The term Is also applied to designate a 

 piece called shoe boiled to the keel aft to secure greater draught. 



Mastiff, XewTork— Would youkindly iDformme where I could pro- 

 cure a inasutr and what would be a fair price 7 Ans. We know of no 

 regular dealers in mastiffs and oan only suggest to you to advertise. 



D. G. B., Ausiin, 111.— Please tell me where to procure a copy of the 

 new circular Issued by tue G. R. and I. E. R. Co., reftired. to In your 

 last number? Ans. Address A, B. Leet, at the Company's ofllce lu 

 Grand Rapids, Mich, 



L. F. N., Salem.— Where can I get "Shooting Simplified," by J. D 

 Dougall 1 \u9. Address Orange Judd Co., Broadway, New Yoi k. 



A. B. C, Boston.— What is the title of J. D. Dougall's latest work on 

 I It, ftudwhaS IS the price? Aus. We believe 

 the title Is " Breech-Loaders." It cau be hid from Chas. Scrlbncr's 

 BoBs, 74:; Broadway, 8, Y, 



T. R. K, WheeliDg, W. Va.— A pointer pup has two lumps under 

 neck. Ans. The probability is that the lumps will disappesr, but you 

 might put a flax-seed poultice on them. The thinness of your dog must 

 be due to some other cause. 



w. B. R„ WelUnd, Ontario— Give your dog. a couple of capsules of 

 balsim of copaiba every day. The discharge may be in the sheath 

 alone, in which case wash it with the following lotion: fculpbate of 

 zinc, 10 to 15 grs.; rosewater, 1 oz.; mix. 



O, Statesville, N. O— I have a pup, Saidle, by Elcho out of Stella. 

 Row and where can I obtain information aa to the two latier, llielr 

 pedigree, etc ? Ans. Ete&o's pedigree can be obtained from his DW) 

 Dr. Wm. Jarvis, Claremont, N. H. We do not know to which Stella 

 you allude. 



A. W. R., Ridge Hi'l, Mass.— About a week sgo my dog was taken 

 sick purging, aud since then has become nearly blind ; his eyes look 

 smoky. Ans. Change the diet of your dog, and if the purging contiuuts 

 give him a tablespoonful of the foliowing night and morning: Castor, 

 oil, 2 oz ; tincture of opium, 1 oz,; mix. 



W. A. Mc3.-Best way to learn how to sail a catboat is to take an ex- 

 perienced hana out with you. From him and actual experiment you 

 can learn more In half au hour than you can from books, If you w ant 

 to read up upon bnat sailing generally, Kemp's "Manual" is the beit 

 book published on that subject, price S',50. Can obtainjt for you. 



Cook Fighter, Charleston, S. C— We must protest our utter igno- 

 rance of all rules of the cock-pit. Had we ever investigated the laws 

 governing the handling of fighting cocks, or were we iu any way 

 familiar with the usual mode of procedure in such gatherings, we 

 should be happy to answer your queries. As it Is, we know nothing of 

 cock-fighting rules, and what is more, we do not care to learn a iything 

 about thtm. 



F. D. B., Mt. Morri3, N. Y.— It has been asserted that no white man 

 was ever far enough north to see the nest, egg or young- of the wild 

 goose (common). I wish more light. Will you please give us their 

 nesting-place, or where they rear their young ? Aus. Wild geese bretd 

 in considerable numbers within the limits of the United States. We 

 have frequently seen nests and young on the Jlissouri River, and in 

 other parts of the West. 



J. A., Hoooken, IS7. J.— l. I own a pair of Irish water spaniel pupe. 

 Their father and mother, both imported, took two first prizes at the W, 

 K. C. show, 18TS, and first and second prizes, 1S79. If I line the bitch 

 with a firat-clasB Irish water spaniel dog, what ought I to get for the 

 pappies? 2. Could I put my dog to his sister's pups without any 

 narni ? 3. Can you tell me of a good book to train my dogs by ? Ana. 

 1. About $25 each. 2. Ye3. 3. " Sportsman's Gazetteer." 



W. H., New- York.— I have been feeding my dog for the last month 

 on Spratt's biscuit, mixed with oa meal. He seems to oe in pretty 

 good heallh, but his nose is always hot and dry. Do you think that the 

 oat meal given him every day with the biscuit is too heating, and it so, 

 is Spratt's biscuit alone sufficient to keep a dog in good health 7 How 

 many of the biscuits should be given to a dog when not in exercise; 

 and fed once a day? Ans. Feed the biscuits alone, giving three each 

 day. 



F. B. M „ Luling, Texas.— 1. What is a skeleton breech ? 2. My dog, 

 when over-Seated, jumped into the I iver, and had a fit; what do you 

 think caused it ? 3. My Borden shell burst In the plating ; what caused 

 it to give way? Ans. 1. The metal heel plain or base of the stock 

 which exists merely at the edges all around, and the wood checkered 

 inside the meral. 2. Jumping in the water when over-heated, and he 

 is not likely to have them again, except under similar circumstances. 

 3. They were poorly plated. 



E. A. M.— A calhoat's sail is like an ordinary mainsail, being filled 

 with boom, gaff and hanks on the mast. A lug satl has a yard along 

 tue head, projecting from one quarter to one-third its length forward 

 of the mast. No boom nor hanks nor lacing around the mast, A stand- 

 ing lug has a boom in addition. Lugs are hoisted by bending on the 

 halliards to the yard, or better, to a traveler or iron ring around the 

 mast, the yard being hooked to the ring. In ordinary iug the tack is 

 lashed down to the mast or thwart. 



J. S., St. Paul, Minn.— For miscellaneous shooting, where one is 

 liable to meet both large and small game, which would you recommend . 

 the Snelton auxiliary rule barrel, or the Biker three-bavrelied gunv 

 Ans. Both are excellent. Our choice would depend upon which pre- 

 dominated, the large or small game : it the litter, the Shelton auxili- 

 ary. If liable to jump a deer or a bear lu cover at any moment, the 

 Baker would have the preference, since no time would be lost, as ihere 

 would be in adjusting the auxiliary barrel to your gun. For open 

 ptairie shooting the ghelton would obviously be preferable, 



F. L., Alpena.— A gentleman here, who pretends to know, says there 

 is no such species of duck commonly called mallard, except the drake, 

 and that the female is the gray duck. I claim that they are just as 

 much a mallard as the drake, and that the gray duck Is a species in 

 itself. Am I right or wrong? Ans. We would answer your question 

 with a word if we knew what you meant. The female mallard Is en- 

 tirely different from the drake in color, a3 you can see by looking at 

 any flock of domestic ducks. The gray duck is a different species, 

 belonging to another genus, and is, of course, very different from the 

 female mallard. 



Amatedr, Cedarville, Ohio.— Would you kindly give me the propor- 

 tions of a nass fishing rod that Is well balanced, etc ; to be about 15ft. 

 long, and lo be made of ash, with lancewood tip ? Give length of each 

 joint, and circumference of each where joined, with size and taper of 

 but piece ? Aus. A rod of two joints ash and (lp of lancewood weigh- 

 ing about 2 lbs., fifteen feet iu length, and taperirg symmetrically from 

 about Ji of an inch diameter at the reel seat to almost a point at tip la 

 an approved rod. Better buy Hallock's "Spoilsman's Gazetteer,' 

 which devotes a very considerable space to bsss rod-, tackle, reels, 

 artificial files, methods and places for fishing, characteristics of specles- 

 etc. l 



Rufps, Montreal —Can you give the addre3B of publishers of maps o 

 Northern Maine and New Hampahlrp, bordering on Canada, or whore 

 ruch maps may be purchased? Abo, please give me the name ot a 

 thorough work on Iohthyology, and where It may beprocured ? I have 

 the " Gazetteer," and want a work that contains an introduction to the 

 science tf possible, as well aa a book of reference, Aus. p.ease refer 

 to the Bibliography of your "sporismau's Gazetteer'' for numerous 

 works on Ichthyology. The Flttu Edition, ready this week, contains 

 many additions. Livingston Stone's Append! S to '^Domesticated 

 Trout- " (a most valuable book, price $1 .76,) contains four or live pages 

 of titles of works on Ichthyology, In English, French, and German 

 text. For maps of Eastern Townships apply to Smith * Co., St. Johns, 

 l". q.., or to Roberts A- Oo„ Montreal, 



