294 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



tati ons will be sent to non-yacht owners by the captains of 

 those yachts expecting to take ftsrt in the review. 



Should yon wish to join us, plea e notify the Secretary by 

 the 15th inBt., when the necessary details will be sent you. 



By order of the Vice-Commodore. 



Chab. H. Grundy, Sec. 



Intrepid and Nobna. — The owners of both of these 

 schooners, now that they have been thoroughly tried, ex- 

 press themselves highly satisfied with their performances. 

 Mr. Oontoit says of the Noma, that she could not be im- 

 proved upon in any direction, while Intrepid is said to have 

 shown such fine seatroing qualities* during her very ex- 

 extensive cruising in the West Indies, that topmasts were 

 hardly ever housed, the vessel was so easy in a seaway. All 

 that wc have written in favor of deep draft and moderate 

 beam has been fnlly borne out by these two successful schoon- 

 ers. If such a thing were necessary in the minds of intelli- 

 gent persons, they may also be cited as vindicating the value 

 of scientific design. Intrepid is said to be even too able as it 

 is for her present spars, and Mr. Lloyd Phrenix is sorry he 

 did not hold on to the longer ones, for the schooner could 

 have carried them in all weathers with ease. 



Detroit Yacht Club. — Several new members have been 

 added to the club, and two new yachts. A. schooner built by 

 Ed. Gordon for Mr. S. H. Ives, 54ft, long, 16ft. 6in. beam, 

 with a cabin 15x10ft. She will carry 1,000 yd3. of canvas, 

 the balloon jib alone containing 300 The other craft is a 

 sloop 30ft. long and 10ft. beam, by Win. Bteinbrecher for his 

 own use. The Chairman of the Regatta Committee has en- 

 tered into correspondence with the other Lake yacht clubs 

 with a view to holding a union regatta at some convenient 

 port. 



Marblehead (Mass.) Regatta.— The Citizen's Regatta 

 will be held June 17, and promises to attract a large list of 

 entries. For information address L. G. Pitman, Secretary of 

 the Regatta Committee, Marblehead, Ma9S. 



South Boston Yacht Club— A union regatta will be 

 given by this club May 30, at 3 p. m., open to yachts of all 

 clubs. First class, 26ft. to 40ft.; second class, 20 to 26ft.; 

 third class, under 20ft. Yachts will be started from to lee- 

 ward to prevent blanketing down the wind. Entries to be 

 made to Mr. Van Pond, 361 Washington St., or to Mr. Jas. 

 Oharnock, 596 Sixth at., So. Boston. 



Colombia Yacht Club.— This club, preceding on the 

 Corinthian principles recently adopted, is on the high'road to 

 success. Seven new members and three sloops have lately 

 joined. A union regatta iu connection with the New Jersey 

 Yacht Club is in contemplation, and "squadron sailing" every 

 fortnight will also be attempted. The annual regatta takes 

 place June 23. 



Eastern Yacht Club. — The first rendezvous of the 

 squadron will be off Swampscott, June 17, 11:30 A. m. The 

 rendezvous for the squadron cruise to New London will be 

 off West Dorchester, Friday afternoon, June 20, and the an- 

 nual regatta will take place off Marblehead, Wednesday, 

 July 9. The cruise " around the Cape " as far as New Lon- 

 don will be a new feature in squadron sailing and will put the 

 smaller sloops to a severe test, should they meet with the 

 wind fresh from the eastward, but this sort of thing is just 

 what is needed. 



Chicago Yacht Club. — The annual regatta has been fixed 

 for June 14, and a second meeting free to all, will take place 

 July 12; the annual cruise, August 16, will be to South Chi- 

 cago and return. 



The Canoe Regatta.— At a meeting of canoeists, held 

 May 8, in this city, it was resolved to organize an ' ' open " re- 

 gatta for Saturday, June 7, course triangular off the Staten 

 Island Bowing Club House on the northern extremity of 

 Staten Island. Open to all canoes, no time allowance, centre- 

 boards, shifting keels, shoes or lee-boards, and shifting bal- 

 last to be allowed ; no paddling except for coming about. 

 A paddling race is to follow and the question of an "upset 

 race" was left to the discretion of the regatta committee. 

 Entrance fee to all races $2. The committee consists of Mr. 



F. S. Smith, N. Y. C. C, and Com. Chase, of the J. C. O. C, 

 with a member added from all clubs which participate. Six- 

 teen entries have already been received by the Secretary. 

 Room 84, Morse Building, cor. Beekman and Nassau st. We 

 reserve some more extensive remarks on the proposed regat- 

 ta and the canoeing interests generally for another number. 



Dorchester Yacht Cltjb.— Fixtures as follows : A match 

 May 30, open to all yacht clubs ; two classes for sloops and 

 one for schooners. Entries should be made to Mr. Coolidge 

 Barnard, giving area of sail to be carried at least twenty- 

 four hours before the start. The secretary of the club, Mr. 



G. H. L. Sharp, offers a silk club flag, to be sailed for in Dor- 

 chester Bay, three Saturdays during July and August ; open 

 to all cats under 20 ft. belonging to recognized yacht clubs. 

 Matchea will also be sailed June 28, July 12, Aug. 9, and 

 Sept. 9 ; the first three to be for the championship of the club 

 and the last open to all clubs. Capt. Nathaniel Wales and 

 Charles E. Fuller were elected honorary members. 



A Cruising Sloop.— Pierce Bros., of South Boston have 

 finished a sloop for Mr. Ed. Burgess. She is 26ft. over all, 

 23 on water line, 10ft. 6iD. beam and draws 5ft. She carries 

 1250 lbs. iron on the keel and will be rigged with a pole 

 mast only. Has rocker keel and no fore-foot. The same 

 builders have finished a cat for Mr. Sydney Burgess, 23ft. on 

 deck and 20ft. water line; draft 2ft. 3in. 



Salem Yacht Club. — A number of new craft will be ad- 

 ded to this club. The most notable are Daniel Beckett's new 

 Bchooner, 37ft. Sin. long, 12ft. 4in. beam, and 4ft. Sin. hold, 

 and a sloop by Wm. Smith, called the FVsta, built for Mr. F. 

 A Gardner. She is 2411. 6in. long, 9ft. Oin.beam, finished in 

 red cherry and cypress. Sail area 190 yards, the jibs having 

 40 Joshua Brown has built a schooner 37ft. long, for Mr. 

 Win P. Parker of Salem. She has 10ft. beam and 4ft. 6in. 

 hold! Had both the above schooners been rigged as yawls 

 they would have been speedier, equally handy, and would 

 have had no mainmast blocking up the cabin. As schooners 

 I hey lose much in weatherliness, economy and general ef- 

 ficiency. 



Mosquito Y'aoht Club— The first match of the season was 

 held in Boston waters, May 3, by the little fellows of the 

 Mosquito Club. Course from .South Boston club house to 

 buoy No. 7, off Fort Independence, thence to spar buoy No. 2, 

 and return home. Flying start; wind northwest, and a tine 

 race resulted as follows : 



F1HBT OLABS— CKNTKKBOARDB. 



Sailing 

 ttart. Return. Time, 



Yacht Owner. u. m. s. h. «. s. B. «. s. 



Flora Lee Boardman io 02 18 n 05 30 l 08 IT 



T17WB . McDonald io 01 65 u oe oi l 14 la 



Hpon '■••.'- J Bertram 10 04 10 11 19 09 1 07 69 



RoBlyn , J Condon Time not taken. 



SECOND OLABS— KKKLS. 



Starlight Wlnniat io 00 *5 11 OS 62 i os 07 



Lima TJIliher 10 00 00 11 n 19 1 11 19 



THIBD CLASS— KBEL8. 



Sndie Dean 10 07 64 11 10 S3 1 02 58 



Winsome Condon io 04 42 n os si i 03 39 



J«y Whitman 10 04 40 11 14 12 1 09 65 



Wiiilowlng.......ciiarnocK Not taken. 



First prizes to Flora Lee, Starlight and Sadie; second prizes 

 to Lizzie and Winsome. The judges were Mr. James Mc- 

 Donald, Mr. Ross and Mr. Kenny. 



Fbenchy Johnson. — "Frenchy," the well known oarsman 

 of the Charles River, will appear in a brand-new paper shell 

 recently received from Waters & Son, of Troy, N. Y. 



Duxbury (Mass.) Yacht Club.— This club was organized 

 in 1876, numbers over one hundred members and owns a 

 club house on Duxbury Bay. Its burgee flies at the masthead 

 of a fleet of forty sail, from Ihe schooner down to the tiny 

 catboat. Officers for the year s Commodore William A. 

 Drew; Vice Commodore, George A. Green; Fleet Captain, 

 N. B. Watson; Secretary, Alfred E. Green; Regatta Com- 

 mittee, T. A. Hutehins, Louis H. Keith, S. S. Richards, J. E. 

 Came and W. A Drew. 



Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron.— Twenty-two members 

 and six yachts have been added to the club this spring. The 

 Y^acht Racing Association sailing rules have been adopted, 

 with exception of the rule of measurement, the Squadron ad- 

 hering to their own in which depth is a factor. Fixtures for 

 the season are 8S follows : opening cruise and annual dinner, 

 June 14; opening races, June 21; races, Jidy 12, August 23 

 and Sept. 6. Harbor cruises and evolutions under command 

 of flag officers, Juno 28. July 19, Aug. 2 and Aug 30. (Hos- 

 ing cruise, Sept. 53. Myitery, sloop, F, O. Si 1 mi eh vast, Esq., 

 will leave on a cruise to the westward the middle of May. 

 Nymphia, Mr. C. E. Brown, has joined the station at Halifax, 

 preparatory to some extended cruising in Bay Ohaleurs. She 

 has been yawl rigged. The other yachts of the squadron have 

 about all been launched. Mosely is giving Pet/til, Mr. G. A. 

 Black, new topsides, deck and stern. He is also building a 

 catamaran for Mr. J. Sterling. There is plenty of good rac 

 ing in prospect, as besides the prizes offered by the Squadron, 

 the Vice and Rear Commodores and the Hon. Secretary offer 

 one, and another will be given by the latter separately. 



Royal Halifax Yacht Club.— The lingering remnants of 

 this once flourishing club have been sold at auction by order 

 of court to satisfy a mortgage and other debts. This club, 

 which for some years has existed in name only, bus dow 

 fairly ceased as a separate organization, as only two yachts 

 were under its flag of late. Y r achting iu Nova Scotia will not 

 suffer by its demise. 



Pro Bono Publico.—" Rouge Croix," to whom the yacht- 

 ing public on both sides of the Atlantic is indebted for many 

 entertaining yachting yarns and who has done much for the 

 advance of the sport in America, will receive with pleasure 

 the books of the various clubs throughout the country, for 

 purposes of reference in writing an annual review of the sea- 

 sons' races. Secretaries of clubs will confer a favor upon tho 

 community by forwarding their club books to " Rouge 

 Croix " in our care, or we will send his address upon applica- 

 tion. Anything that tends to the concentration and perfect- 

 ing of the yachting interests, now so scattered, Bhould be 

 viewed with favor by all having the concerted action of yachts- 

 men at heart. 



A New Yard.— Piepgras, " the Dan Hatcher of America," 

 has added a draughting office to his yard in Greenpoint, and 

 is prepared to furnish drawings and specifications for all 

 kinds of work from a frigate down to ihe five tonner. He 

 now has his hands pretty full building one cutter, exten- 

 sive repairs on an imported " five," and a large freighting 

 scow for Havana parties. Mr. Diedrickson's cutter was 

 launched, May 7, and attracted general attention by the 

 amount of room on deck and below. She will hail from the 

 " Sailor's Snug Harbor," Staten Island. 



Bow Facing Gear. — The price of Lyman's Bow Facing 

 Gear has been materially reduced. ThiB gear is especially 

 suitable to Bporting boats in which a view of the game ahead 

 is desirable. For family rowing and general boating pur- 

 poses it is so well adapted, that a much more extended use 

 of this appliance in the future is assured. The workmanship 

 of Mr. Lyman leaves nothing to be desired as regards materi- 

 al and finish. 



§<jmq §ng and §mu 



MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. 



— Brown's Patent Gun Cleaner, advertised elsewhere, is 

 neat, handy and satisfactory. One convenience it possesses 

 is the readiness with which the soiled wiper or patch may be 

 removed and a clean one substituted in its place. 



The Rocky Mountains. — We call attention to the adver- 

 tisement of Mr. Mahlon Gore's proposed trip with a party to 

 the Rocky Mountains. This is a rare opportunity. 



Bird Skin Tidies.— A decided novelty in the taxidermist's 

 art is the new bird skin tidy designed by Mr. Fritz Von 

 Kordorf, and for sale at Harris' Sportsmen's Emporium, 177 

 Broadway. These skins are preserved entire, and suitably 

 lined, and make a handsome ornament for the parlor or study. 

 As souvenirs of field exursions these tidies ought to become 

 popular. 



The Mexican Lion. — Last week Dr. Morton Robinson 

 brought to our office the skin of one of these formidable 

 beasts, which measured something like 10 feet from lip of nose 

 to tip of tail when fresh. It was the trophy of one of his 

 grazing friends in ISew Mexico who shot it by moonlight 

 while depredating upon his sheep-folds. We printed a 

 history of the transaction in Forest and Stbbam last winter 

 in one of a series of very interesting letters from that quarter 

 of the globe. These " varmints " aTe quite numerous, bold, 

 and cause the raneheros much anxiety and loss. Naturalists 

 group the puma, panther, cougar, and mountain lion, under 

 that variety of the Felidis called Jelti com otor. Its range is 

 from Canada to Patagonia. 

 Shooting Tournaments Postponed.— The LouiBville, Ky., 



Tournament has been postponed until the 16th of -June, and 

 Ihe Illinois State Sportsmen's Association's Convention at, 

 Peoria has been deferred indefinitely. The reason iu each 

 case is a lack of birds. Messrs. Griffith and Barbour, the 

 managers of the Louisville Tournament, assure us that the 

 birds will tie on hand for the five days' sport, beginning on 

 the above date. 



Canada.— Montreal, May 3.— As the close season for the 

 latest of game birds began here on the 12th instant, we, who 

 do not care for glass ball shooting, are oiling our guns with 

 either neat's-foot or pig's-foot oil, which are both "good rust 

 preventives, and laying them away until the beginning of the 

 open season— September 1. The ice remained on our lakes 

 and rivers until the last of April, which almost spoiled our 

 spring duck shooting. A few good bags were made, how- 

 ever. Our friend, Mr. C. C. Beatty, one of the most popular 

 mail agents in H.M.'s mail service, reports good spurt, among 

 canvasbacks, pintails and black ducks, at The Point, in Mis- 

 sisquoi Bay, the last day of the season, the 30th. 



Stansthad. 



Rhode Island— Newport, May 4.— Snipe have been quite 

 plenty on the Island this spring, some very good bags have 

 been shot ; some seafowl shooting from the boat-house also 

 very good. 



New York— Greenwood Lake, May 6.— The severe weather 

 has played sad havoc with tho lew quail and grouse left. Have 

 seen and heard a few woodcock, but not as many as usual ; 

 but the season has been so cold and backward that they may 

 yet come in time to give us at least late sport in the fall. The 

 steamboats resumed navigation in connection with the railroad 

 on the the 12th of May. The road is now known as the New 

 York and Greenwood Lnke Railroad, and is operated bj the 

 Erie Railroad, and all trains arrive and depart from Chambers 

 and Twenty -third street via Pavonia, inBtead of Debrosses and 

 Courtlandt streetss and Pennsylvania Railroad depot, as here- 

 tofore. Some of our leading resident sportsmen have recently- 

 organized a shooting club, to be known as "The Warwick 

 Gun Club." The President, Wm. B. Bradner, M D, is one 

 of our leading physicians. The Secretary, Geo. W. Pitts, Is 

 a wide-awake druggist, and the Supervisor of our town. The 

 club is composed of fine shots and good business mvn. They 

 propose having weekly practice glass ball shoots, and you will 

 probably have some good scores from them during the season. 



New ilsRBZr—Bamegat Inlet, May 10.— Birds are very 

 plenty. b. 



AnKAXHAs—Mnysville, May 7.— We have a masnificent 

 game country here. Deer are plenty (sixteen have been seen 

 inside of ten days within two and a half miles of town), also 

 wild turkeys. Quail are numberiess, and rabbits a drug, even 

 in private families. All we need is a good law well enforced. 

 But every one is afraid to prosecute law-breakers, and there 

 is not enough of the right kind of material to form a society 

 for game protection. If any of your friends want to come 

 to such a place as this in the fall I would be pleased to fur- 

 nish any information. B. W. Scott. 



Illinois— Quirtey, May 8.— Blue wing teal are plenty, and 

 there is another flight of Wilson snipe, quite fat and much 

 less wild; am sorry to say that many resident Bportsmen (?) 

 are shooting both snipe and teal. The females of both are 

 full of eggs. The other day I took a ride in Mo., saw plenty 

 of quail. a. B. B. 



Colorado — Boulder, May 3. — Shooting has been a success 

 here this season, as snipe, ducks and geese have been plenti- 

 ful. Was down on the Platte a few weeks ago with a party 

 of four, and we bagged in all 107 ducks, the majority, how- 

 ever, being teal. Antelope also are numerous on the Platte 

 and Big Thompson. Would be pleased to give information 

 concerning Colorado to those of your readers who desire it. 



R. A. Mayor. 



Be ant. — ISditor Forest and Stream: The season for brant- 

 ing at Cape Cod may now bo said to be fairly closed. Nor 

 has it been at all satisfactory to those engaged in it. Ordi- 

 narily, the brant arrive in such numbers as to afford fair sport 

 by the 18th or 20th of March, but this year, although parties 

 were there awaiting their arrival, none were killed before the 

 30th of that month. It so happens that some years there are 

 very few young brant. The present is one of those excep- 

 tional years. Of the 102 brant Killed by the M. B. Club, only 

 three were young ones. The club has for sixteen years had 

 but one season as bad as this. The best shooting always oc- 

 curs when there is a large proportion of young birds. The 

 old, that from yeiu- to year visit this place, become perfectly 

 familiar with boxes, bars, boats, batteries and all other wicked 

 contrivances introduced by skillful gunners for their destruc- 

 tion. They seem to understand exactly what that little pile 

 of sand, with three brant (decoys) sitting on the point, 

 flanked by four dozen wood decoys, means, and of course give 

 it a wide berth ; and furthermore, when but few young birds 

 accompany the adults, they are driven off by the latter ; where- 

 as, if the young predominate, they will come to the decoys 

 even though they have to separate to do so, and often will 

 draw the old ones after them. It is upon these occasions that 

 the sportsman is rewarded for all his trouble, us he often 

 knocks over twenty or thirty at a shot. Usually the season 

 closes by the 24th of April, but when it is backward ther<< are 

 some brant left in the bay as late as the 1st or 5th of May. 

 They do not, however, decoy well at the very end of the sea- 

 son, as they seem to be awfully impressed with the idei that 

 they are late, and must hurry along, which they do most 

 energetically. H. 



Boston, May 6. 



One-Armsd Shooters.— By a fortunate principle of com 

 pensation it often happens that a person deprived of an arm 

 acquires such skill with the remaining one that he is, single 

 handed, more than a match for other men with the regular 

 number of arms. We once knew a one-armed man who was 

 the unquestioned champion of the village boxers. Two arms 

 would seem to be necessary in the handling of the gun, and 

 yet our readers must remember the exiraoidinary shooting 

 skill of Mr. Ward, ofCanada, some time ago described in this 

 journal. Another instance of this character has just come to 

 our notice. A correspondent, Mr. C. N. Young, of Hoosick 

 Falls, N. Y., writes that his brother, who lost hia left arm 

 years ago, is, despite his misfortune, an expert with the shot 

 gun, who habitually scores more, birds iu a day'B sport than 

 his companions. 



Cards New Model Thai-.— Through the kindness of Mr. 

 Will H. CrutteDden, of Cazenovia, N Y , who is the general 

 agent for the Card Rotary Traps, we have been enabled to 

 make trial of one of his latest style, which he calls the "New 



