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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE 

 COMING WEEK. 



Friday, May 30— Now York Athletic Club Spring Meeting, at Molt 

 Haven ; Bedell Club Games, Manhattan Grounds ; Orion Rowing Club, 

 at Mott Haven. Base Ball : Capital City vs. Albany, at Albany ; Man- 

 chester vs. Utica, at Utica. Trotting : Belmont Park, PUlla, ; Elkhart, 

 Ind. 



Saturday, May 31.— Snort Hills Athletic Club Meeting. Baee Ball : 

 Springaeld vs. Holyoke, at Holyoke ; rtica va. Manchester, at Man- 

 chester; New Bedford vs. Worcester, at Worcester; Chicago vs. 

 Boston, at Boston : Buffalo vs. Providence, at Providence ; Cincinnati 

 vs. Troy, at Troy ; Cleveland vs. Star, at Syracuse. 



Monday, Jmiei— Newark Shooting Society Annual Meeting. 



Ttmday, Jvm a.— Trotting: Mystic Park, Boston ; Urlchsvllle, 0.; 

 Point Breeze Park, Phila.; Meadvllie, Pa.; Batavla, N. Y. Newark 

 Shooting Society, as above. 



Wednesday, June 4.— Trotting at Battle Creek, Mich.; Milwaukee, Wis. 



In Quest of Salmon.-— Our chief editor Mr. Hallock 

 makes his summer trip this year to the Lower St. Lawrence 

 by invitation of that well known veteran sportsman, Allan 

 Gilmour, Esq., of Ottawa, Canada, and will leave for Pres- 

 cott, Montreal, Quebec, and the Godbout River on June 2d. 

 Mr. Giimour's private steam yacht " Cruiser," a vessel of 80 

 tons, will run the rapids of the St. Lawrence, and taking up 

 her outfit at the two cities named, proceed to the Godbout, a 

 noted salmon river leased, or owned, by Mr. Gilmour. The 

 river is 290 miles below Quebec. Birch canoes and Indians 

 will be taken along for use in the river when required ; for, 

 although casting is done from the shore, the anglers are some- 

 times obliged to follow their fish, or lose them ; and as these 

 chances occur only when the fish get into broken water, the 

 adventure is always exciting, and sometimes bespeaks a Boy- 

 ton Buit. But all these little details Mr. Hallock is expected 

 to recount in his letters to the Forest and Stream ; and as 

 the art and practice of salmon catching is seldom written up 

 by one who is competent to talk by the card, these letters will 

 no doubt be scanned with interest. Mr. Hallock will be gone 

 a month, and on his return attend the quarter-centennial ani- 

 versary of his class graduation at Amherst College, Mass., on 

 July 3d. 



—We have not been asked by Mr. Chick to recommend his 

 Labrador trip, and his circular refers to the editor of this 

 paper without permission. We know that Mr. Chick's vessel 

 on two previous trips was not seaworthy, and of his present 

 craft we know nothing: neither have we any personal 

 acquaintance with Mr. Chick. 



THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERY EX- 

 HIBITION AT BERLIN. 



MANY readers of FofiEST and Stkbam who visited the 

 Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1876, will 

 remember the section of the Goverment Building appropriated 

 to an exhibit of modern, primitive and aboriginal fishing im- 

 plements, boats, and miscellaneous appliances ; for valued 

 contributions to which this paper received a bronze medal, 

 Some such an exhibit is to be made next April, 1880, at Ber- 

 lin, Germany, under the auspices of the German Fischerei- 

 Vereins, or Fishery Society, only that the Berlin affair is to 

 embrace many new features and additions which ought to 

 make it altogether complete. It should be a compendium of 

 all there is known at present on the comprehensive subjects of 

 Fish, Fishing, and Fish Culture. Under different groups and 

 classes the Exhibition will comprise : Objects from all parts 

 of the world referring to sea and Inland-Fisheries, and more 

 particularly aquatic animals of all kinds, alive or stuffed, pre- 

 served in alcohol or represented in pictures; products of 

 aquatic animals; fishing gear of every kind, or models there- 

 of ; fishing craft of all nations in models or representations ; 

 fishing tackle and netting in different stages of preparation ; 

 machinery and implements used for working up the raw ma- 

 terial ; piscicultural apparatus of all kinds including incuba- 

 tors, models or drawings of well-known fish-breeding estab- 

 lishments, and contrivances for protecting or improving the 

 breeds ot aquatic animals. Aquaria ; appliances in use for 

 keeping and conveying treshly-caught aquatic animals ; and 

 for the preparation and preservation of the produce of fisher- 

 ies. Models of fishermen's dwellings and costumes ; matters 

 and objects referring to the scientific investigation of different 

 waters in connection with the fish inhabiting them ; objects 

 and works referring to the history of fishing ; the literature of 

 fishing and fish-culture, and statistics of fisheries ; also maps 

 showing the geographical distribution of fish. 



The society invites contributions from all parts of the globe, 

 offering to defray all expenses from the Berlin termini to the 

 Exhibition building, and to return them to exhibitors free of 

 charge. Arplications for space from abroad are such as to jus- 

 tify the belief that the Exhibition will be of a truly Interna- 

 tional character. In most instances the governments of the 

 different foreign countries have promised to give the enter- 

 prise their hearty support, and we hope that America will 

 unite also. Illustrative of the fisheries of all quarters of the 

 globe it is hoped the exhibition will be the means of stimulat- 

 ing inquiry and Introducing improvements in the various de- 

 partments represented; and more especially that it will tend 

 to increase the interest taken in the preservation and replen - 

 ishment (by a rational system of pisiculture, etc.) of waters 

 suitable for fish. 



The Committee hopes to find it. possible to offer pecuniary 

 awards for notable achievements in connection with fishing — 

 the recipients to be exclusively professional fishermen. All 

 communications respecting the Exhibition should be addressed 

 to the "Ausstellungs-Commission des Deutschen Pischerei- 

 Vereins," No. 9 Leipziger Platz, Berlin, W. 



"Waste Not, Want Not." — In certain localities, nota- 

 bly on Michigan streams, nearly all the fishing skiffs have a 

 transverse section formed by parallel bulkheads amidships, 

 with auger holes through the bottom, and a cover, which 

 forms a seat for the angler or oarsman. In this device, which 

 A. B. Turner, the editor of the Grand Rapids Eagle, has 

 been chiefly instrumental in introducing so very generally, 

 the fish are placed as soon as caught, and are thus not only 

 kept fresh for use, but alive and well, to be returned again 

 to the river if not wanted. The angler of course has all the 

 pleasure of catching his fish, without any subsequent re- 

 proaches of conscience for needlessly desttoying life and de- 

 pleting the streams. It is astonishing what results follow 

 this system of economy. Last year the party to which the 

 writer belonged, while taking grayling on the Au Sable, 

 returned to the stream 700 fish under ten inches in length 

 within four days, those that were larger alone being kept for 

 present use and to carry home. At the same time another 

 party whose boat was not provided with a well, or fiah box, 

 confessed to have thrown away five hundred dead spoiled 

 fish. 



Of course, it is not only present life which is saved by so 

 returning superfluous fish to the rivers, but the progeny which 

 keeps the streams populous. It is catching the small fry, as 

 well as the big fish, which impoverishes ; and ihis is why con- 

 servators of our fish and fish food demand the use of seines 

 and nets with large meshes. Average fish life is of short dur- 

 ation, and many varieties, including trout, begin to propa- 

 gate at the age of two years, while still quite under size, and 

 not more than six inches in length. What a sin it is then to 

 catch these little seedlings, and what a slander upon the name 

 and art of angling ! 



In view of the fact that the majority of trout anglers carry 

 baskets, all small trout must be immediately turned back to 

 the stream as soon as they are unhooked, or they will die. 

 But as trout run small in many streams, the angler with in- 

 different luck dislikes to give up what few he has taken for 

 fear ho will not aggregate a mess, and is therefore to an ex- 

 tent excusable in keeping them. But, as a measure of econ- 

 omy, all anglers, as soon as they have taken enough fish, large 

 or small, to insure a mess, should thereafter keep none but 

 the largest which the stream affords. There is, however, a 

 good deal of fishing done from boats, and to those who use 

 boats, when those boats are their own, there is i o excuse for 



not providing them with wellB ; much less is there foi men 

 who let boats for angling ; they are morally bound to fit them 

 out in this way. This well we have found to be a most con- 

 venient wash basin and tub when empty ; or if tightly plugged 

 with corks, it makes a most convenient locker for portables, 

 or for game in the thooting season. We trust all conscientious 

 anglers will heed these injunctions, and waste no fish. Let 

 them catch legitimately but not inordinately ; or, if the maxi- 

 mum of catching will not surfeit them, let them catch to their 

 heart's content, until their arms and shoulders tire and ache, it 

 so be they return to the water alive all the surplus above their 

 wants. Let not a fin be sacrificed to greed, wantonness, or 

 vain-glory. Great strings of fingerlings are not trophies of 

 skill or of manly prowess. 



If it is inexpedient to fit a boat with a well, fish of all kinds 

 can be kept in a suitable crate or can towed over the side or 

 the stern of the angler's skiff ; or even a basket large enough 

 will answer well. 



— > -•• 



"Down the Big Riyke."— Under this caption we print 

 this week a continuation of the series of papers from our issue 

 of May 8th describing a skiff-journey down the Mississippi. 

 It is an honest matter-of-fact statement, and conveys more 

 plainly than a more carefully studied recital would do, an idea 

 of what is to be seen along the channel of that mighty stream. 

 More than this, it proves that it is quite possible for two care- 

 less and verdant navigators to pull through without adequate 

 outfit, or even the bare necessaries of life, or the knowledge 

 requisite to procure comforts, avoid distresses or avert disas- 

 ters. An inanimate waif on the vexed currents of this turbid 

 stream, without aim or direction, would probably fare no 

 worse, and no better than these hardy but inconsiderate voy- 

 agers, who camped in the swell of passing steamers ; lived on 

 a steady diet of sour slapjacks, and woodpecker soup, or 

 starved alternately, taking no thought of the morrow and 

 hardly of the present. If ever men "roughed it" literally, 

 these did. The most uncivilized bush ranger could bestow 

 himself more comfortably with a simple match-safe and 

 hatchet. Pluck and endurance they had in abundance, to bear 

 up for a journey of 2,000 miles ; but if these usually desirable 

 qualities are not balanced by caution and good judgment, they 

 are likely to lead to disaster. We hope the heroes of the voy- 

 age will find no imitators of such doings and belongings. 



D. Hodgmax & Go's. Etjbbee Goons.— Readers of this 

 paper who have seen the long standing advertisement of this 

 reputable firm in our columns have learned by repeated visits 

 to their rooms that many articles of personal comfort which 

 formerly they were wholly ignorant of have now become in- 

 dispensable to their campaigning outfits. It is astonishing 

 what a great variety of conveniences are made from rubber 

 none of which are so important as those which protect from 

 wet and damp. One of the certain vicissitudes of camp life 

 is wet weather, and for this the sportsman should always be 

 prepared. Besides summer showers and autumnal and winter 

 storms, there are the damps of the ground and the night dews 

 and fogs to be guarded against. In the fairest weather the 

 yachtsman cannot enjoy a stiff breeze without a wet sheet and 

 flowing sea ; and so with salt water fishing, uo professional 

 fisherman undertakes a cruise unless he be provided with an 

 " ile sute;" not more for protection against rain and driving 

 sea than from the slime and gurry of fish, and the pails-full of 

 water he hauls in with his lines. On our inland streams wad- 

 ing pants and overcoats are always aluxury, if not an absolute 

 requisite. Besides clothing and blankets, there are scores of 

 miscellaneous articles of convenience which should very prop- 

 erly be included in the sportsman's outfit. 



The Non-Tkeatixg Society.— The Business Men's So- 

 ciety for the Encouragement of Moderation in the use of Al- 

 cholic Drinks (a most immoderate name by the way), which 

 has been recently started in New York city, bids fair to be 

 most successful in accomplishing its ends. The principle 

 adopted by the society is neither to " treat " friends, nor be 

 " treated " by friends, to alcholic drinks. Besides being a 

 most silly and nonsensical custom, " treating " is responsible 

 for more of the intemperance troubles tnan anything else con 

 nected with drinking. We heartily commend the society, ita 

 methods and aims. It is sensible, in the hands of business 

 men, and bound to succeed. 



Coney Island.— The Coney Island season of 1879 is fairly 

 inaugurated to-day by the opening of the Manhattan Beach 

 Hotel, and the thousands of people from Brooklyn and New 

 York who go by boat and cars to the Island to-day are the 

 first of the many thousands which will swell the total num- 

 ber of excursionists into the millions. Visitors of last suuv 

 mer would hardly recognize the Manhattan Beach Hotel with 

 its added wings, cheerful dress, perfected bathing houses and 

 score of new attractions. A new railroad track has been laid 

 and under the efficient supervision of Mr. Corbin the travel 

 ing facilities are safe, sure and speedy. 



Dhcoration Day.— To-morrow is the day set apart for the 

 decoration of the soldiers' graves with flowers. By common 

 consent the occasion will be observed as a holiday, and a3 up- 

 on all holidays there will be numerous field meetings of clubs 

 and societies. We should not forget the lessons of duty aud 

 bravery which this anniversary so beautifully and appropriate- 

 ly commemorates, nor need those who join in the generous 

 rivalry of the sports of the day thereby do less honor to the 

 brave boya who sleep beneath the sod. 



