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FOREST AND STREAM. 



on opening or outlet at the lower end, in which is placed a 

 long, largo bag-shaped net, the mouth held open by a hoop. 

 These sections are called "runs." When the net is iu proper 

 position two or three persons start at the upper end of the run 

 and wade, down stream, thrashing the water with sticks as 

 they go, driving the fish before them toward the net, and at 

 the proper moment the net Is lifted from the water. The re- 

 sult is from two fish to half a bushel. There is a deal of Xun in 

 this method of fishing, especially in the evening, which is the 

 nsual time for practicing it. As the bottom of the stream is 

 very rocky, and the rocks very slippery, and it being neces- 

 sary to advance toward the net rather rapidly, one cannot pick 

 his footing; consequently many slips and falls are experienced, 

 each unfortunate, of course, being greeted with a laugh as he 

 plunges wildly to regain his footing, and generally ends by 

 sprawling at full length in the water ; and having once more 

 gained the perpendicular, he is fully prepared for blue- 

 backing, as, having got completely wet, he is regardless of 

 tumbles, and thoroughly enjoys himself. 



The amount of blue backs caught and carried away from 

 this spring alone is almost beyond calculation. The spawn is 

 crushed and dislocated from the spawning beds by this method 

 of driving the fish into nets, and it i-t probable that a very 

 small percentage mature. It is a fact that these fish run into 

 the streams in much smaller numbers than in former years, 

 and the probability is that the waters are rapidly being de- 

 pleted of this valuable trout food. I am, by my experience 

 of the past summer, convinced that it is aa error to suppose 

 that the blue-hacks will not take bait or fly. I caught several 

 in July and August while bottom-fishing, in from forty to 

 fifty feet of water, in the Mooseluckmaguntic Lake, and while 

 they were on the spawning beds they would bite at the bare 

 hook of my gaff. I have no doubt but that a person with a 

 small hook baited with worm, with a fine line, could catch 

 plenty of them from the deep waters during the summer 

 months. Al. Bulles. 



— We have received from George Stinson <fc Co,, Art Publishers, 

 Portland, Maine, a proof copy of the magnificent steel engraving, 

 " La Madonna," after the cehsbrated painting by J. Sant; also a 

 proof copy of a fine work of high art, representing "Italy" — the 

 land of art and music. This engraving is after a paintiug by the 

 renowned artist, Mr. B. H. Pelham. In our opinion, these fine 

 works of high art belong in the front rank. The plates were en- 

 graved in London for Messrs. Stinson & Oo., by Mr. F. Bromley 

 and 0. Tompkins, two of the foremost engravers in the world, at 

 an expense of two thousand pounds sterling, or ten thousand 

 dollars. This house publishes all descriptions of fine pictures. 

 Those who wish to boautify their homes at moderate expense 

 Hhould send for their Art Catalogue.— [Adv. 



§atioml jjwstimqs. 



Coney Island Racks.— A new era in racing will be inaugu- 

 rated, as far as Long Island is concerned, next week, when a 

 number of prominent New York gentlemen take hold of Pro- 

 pect Park fov the purpose of giving what promises to be one 

 of the most successful race meetings ever held in this country. 

 With the large delegation certain to go from New York, and 

 an immense Brooklyn constituency, success seems assured. 

 The races commence on Saturday, the 21st, with sixteen 

 events. Tuesday, the 24th, is the second day, with the same 

 number, and Thursday, the 26th, the last day, with five races. 

 There will be a steeple-chase each day. The names of the 

 stewards are as follows i Henry C. Babcock, August Bel- 

 mont, Jr., Robert Center, F. G. Griswold, John G. Heck- 

 soher, James S. Keene, J. G. K. Lawrence, Pierre Lorillard, 

 Jr., Carroll Livingston, Belmont Purdy, James V. Parker, A. 

 Wright Sanford, Gen. E. 8. Sanford, F. August Schermer- 

 horn, W. R. Travers, W. K, Vanberbilt. 



" IIow to Thais is Archery."— Although full of hints 

 even for the beginner this little book, written by Maurice and 

 Will H. Thompson, is in reality intended more as a guide 

 for the advanced archer, being a study of what is known as 

 the " York Round," excellence in which denotes the finished 

 bowman. The York Round i3 really long range shooting, 

 representing a certain number of arrows at each of the greater 

 distances of 60, 80 and 100 yards. Of course there is a radi- 

 cal difference between shooting at a target at point blank 

 range and at one placed at one of the above distances, and the 

 methods to be used are so different as regards elevation, etc., 

 that the inexperienced archer would find himself somewhat 

 at sea without an instructor or guide. The little book now 

 published by Mr. E. I. Horsman, the well known manufac- 

 turer of archery goods, and written by such authorities as the 

 Messrs. Thompson, supplies this want and is a boon to those 

 who desire to become expert bowmen or bow women. The 

 book is of convenient size and is very handsomely printed and 

 bound. (Published by ;E. I. Horsman, New York. Price 50 

 cents. 



Spi/tt Bamboo Bows abb Patented— AVi/w Forest mid 

 Stream : Will you kindly notify dealers in archery, through 

 your valuable paper, that our Split Bamboo Bow is patented, 

 and that all infringements will be prosecuted and our patent 

 protected to the full extent of the law. We have always ad- 

 vertised this bow as being patented, but notwithstanding, we 

 hear from all directions that cheap imitations and infringe- 

 ments on our patent are being made and sold. 



Yours respectfully, Con hoy, Bissett & Malueson. 



New York, June 16, 1879. -[Adv. 



The Astley Belt.— The fourth contest for the Astley 

 Belt is now in progress at London. The four contestants are : 

 John Ennis, of Chicago, 111. ; " Blower" Brown, of Turuham 

 Green ; R. Harding, of Black well, and E. P. Weston, of New 

 York. 



St. Lawrence University Fused Spouts — Cnutoii, Si. 

 .Lawrence Co., -V. ).— Third annual field day of St. Law- 

 rence University, Friday, May 30 : 



Standing High Jump— J V Witherber, '80, 4ft Sin 



Throwing Base-ball— L O Sawyer, '81, 287ft Bin. 



Banning Broad Jump— iVm Fitzgibbons, '82, 18ft 3in. 



Throwing Hammer, lfl^lbs— 1> Lamphear, '80, 63ft 9in, 



Mile Run— G D Judson, '80. 5m 45s. 



Banning Hop, Skip and Jump— J V Witherber, '80, 39ft 2in. 



Hurdle Race -200 yards, 3 hurdles 2%H, 2 hurdles 3ft— J V 

 Witherber, '80, 27s. 



Sack Baoe-J L Edsall, '80. 



Standing Broad Jump— J V Witherber, '80, llftllin. 



Wrestling, arm's length— WillBOn Lewis, '81. 



Mile Walk— J V Witherber, '80, 8ra 29s. 



Barrel Kace— 100 yards, each contestaut to propel a barrel with 

 a stick-H F Gunnison, '80. 



Throe-legged Race, 50 yards and return— J V Witherber, '80, 

 and J L Heaton, '80. 



Wheelbarrow Race — J L Heaton, '80. 



Strangers' Race— >i'-rnile dash, open to students in the country 

 -WmFitzgibbon. lm. 



Pole Jump— .T V Witherboe, '80, 22ft l)£in. 



Egg Baco— Six eggs placed two rods apart, to be collooted one 

 at a time, without breaking, into a basket placed at the starting 

 point— L C Rich, '82, lm 25s. 



Hundred Yards Dash— Wm Fitzgibbons, '82, 10%s. 



Wrestling, catch as catch can— J L Hoaton, '80. 



Hundred Yards, backward— Wm Fitzgibbons, '82: 14s. 



Half Mile Ruu-L C Rich, '82, 2m 19s. 



Tug of War Between Departments— Won by Theologuea. 



Hour's Race, go-aa-you-please— L C Rich, '82, miles 216 rods. 

 L. C. Rich, Sec'y. 



CRICKET. 



FIXTCBES. 



June 19— Prospect Park, Columbia va Manhattan (2d), 

 June 20— West Philadelphia, Young Am r(ca vs Belmont. 



: ili-..'..:iv nil i ■li,l,':- ■" ■ .■;,. ■ , .i.icn. 



Jnne 21— Ardoiore, fhilaJelphla (8dl vs Merion (2d). 

 Jane 16— Staten Island, Newark vs Sialeu Island (2d). 

 Jane 23— Ardmore, Dorian vs Merlon. 

 Jane 26— Hoboken, Manhattan vs St Georges. 



Manhattan (2d) vs. St. Georges (2d).— Although the St. 

 Georges took a strong eleven to Prospect Park on the 

 12th, the Manhattan boys defeated them in a one inning 

 game. The St. Georges have played five matches this season, 

 all of which they have lost ; for, besides by a mere handful 

 of young players, there seems to be no interest taken by the 

 members of this old organization in the welfare of their club. 

 This is to be the more regretted, as the club's list shows 

 many thorough and excellent cricketers. For the victors, 

 Hay ward contributed 12 ; and for the St. Georges, young 

 Giles a well-played 13. The following are the totals : 



1st Inn'g. 2d Inn'g. Total. 



Manhattan 63 ., 63 



StGeorges in .. 40 



Bklmost (2d) vs. Merion (2d). — This match was played 

 on the 14th on the Belmont Grounds at West Philadelphia, 

 and resulted in a victory for the home club by one inning 

 and 61 runs. Annexed are the totals : 



lstlun'g. 2d Inn'g. Total. 



Belmont 14» .. 144 



Merlon , 36 is 83 



Girard vs. St. Timothy. — These young clubs met at Oak- 

 dale Park, Philadelphia, on the 14th, when in a one inning 

 game " the young Stephens " secured a victory by a score of 

 02 to 50 for the Sts. 



Young America (2d) vs. Qbrmantown (2d). — In an in- 

 teresting two-innings game between these second elevens, 

 played at Nicetown on the 14th, the visitors won by 88 runs. 

 For the Young Americas, Gowen, and a hard hit 50 ; Mur- 

 phy, 5 and a good 40 ; Pease, 23 and 12 ; Clark, 14 and 4, 

 and Brown, 9 and 10. For the home club, Capitt, 14 and 25; 

 and H. Thurman, and 13: 



1st Inn'g. Sd Inn'g. Total. 



TonngAmerlca 74 137 211 



Germantown 46 7f 128 



Limbs of the Law at Cricket.— A rather novel match 

 was played last week at, Philadelphia, between the students 

 of two celebrated law offices. The following are the totals, 

 and names of the sides -. 



lat Inn'g. 2d Inn'g, Total. 



Richard LAsUarst'a oUice 51 96 140 



John B Townsend's office 46 84 so 



Manhattan vs. Paterson.— One of the best matches of 

 the season that has been played in the vicinity of New York 

 came off on the picturesque grounds of the Paterson Club, at 

 Haledon, on the 16th. Plenty of good cricket was shown iu 

 this game by both elevens, the Manhattans particularly cover- 

 ing themselves with glory. The Patersonians have a good 

 wicket, and have built a nice little house in which to enter- 

 tain visiting clubs, and an eleven, which with practice will 

 prove a strong one. For the New Yorkers, Heoper con- 

 tributed in fine style 70 (not out ; Brewster, an excellent 22 ; 

 Jenkins, 15 ; Love, 15, and Greig, 10. For the Jerseyites, 

 Finnegan did finely with 26 and 15. The day was a delight- 

 ful one for out door sports, and the large number of specta- 

 tors present added greatly to the interest of _th.e game. The 

 totals are as tollows : 



HI Inn'g. 2d Inn'g. Total. 



Manhattan , 16fl .. 169 



Paterson 41 43 84 



Penniusolabs vs. Chatham— On the 12th inst. the Pen- 

 insulars of Detroit, Mich., met the Chatham Club, at Chatham, 

 Ont. , and were defeated in a full played game by 30 runs. 

 The Canadian club has lost several of its best players, such as 

 Whelm, Eberts, Wells, etc., and in extending a challenge to 

 to the Detroit club, stipulated that Dale, Francis, White and 

 Littlejohn should be barred, as these are probably the best 

 men in the Peninsular team, it is not to be wondered that the 

 Chathams were victorious. For the home club, Little scored 

 17 and 12 ; Bell, and 16 ; Syers, 5 and 1 1, and Atkinson, 

 10 and 8. For the visitors, Irving asserted with 12 and 15 ; 

 Hinchman, 2 and 13 ; and Lane 1 and 10. Annexed are the 

 totals : 



1st Inn'g. 2d Inn'g. Total. 



Chatham 68 S4 140 



Peninsular 47 63 110 



— A well known guide and keeper of a boat house at Niagara 

 Falls went over the falls the other day and disappeared in the 

 rapids. He was druuk at the time. His boat was caught in 

 the rapids above Goat Island, as he was returning from Port 

 bay, and hurried along over the abyss. Walker lay in the 

 bottom of the boat, too drunk to help himself. The water was 

 only a few inches id depth, and he might have jumped out 

 and clung to the rocks until aid reached him. He made no 

 attempt to save himself. The boat was broken In two before 

 it went over the falls, and he was thrown headlong over the 

 rapids. Hundreds of people saw the accident, but could do 

 nothing to save him. Men who get drunk have no business 

 to go out above the falls. Men who go out above the falls 

 have no business to get drunk. 



^-See adv, Riverside House, Forked. River, H. J, 



fame oji §hess. 



MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB, CAFE LOGELING, NO. 49 liOWEKY 



Problem No. 56. 



Motto : Klllarney. 



White to play and give mate in three moves. 



SOLUTIONS TO rEOBLEMS— NO. 53. 



[Add a White P at Q3 and a Black P at Q8.1 

 1— B-B6 i_p_ 



2-P-Q4 a-Any 



3— R mates 



Game No. 117.— AUSTRALIAN CHESS. 

 Of this game the Adelaide Observer says : " Brevity and Brilliancy.— 

 The following lively little odds game was played by members of the 

 Adelaide Chess Club :" 



BKMOVE WHITE'S QtJEBN BOOK. 



White. 



Black. 



White. 



H. Charlies. 



T. S. Adey. 



n. Chariick". 



1-P-K4 



1-P-Q Kt 



13-P-KB1 



8- F-<M 



3-B-Q3 



2— B-Kt3 



14— Ptks P 



3— P-K3(a) 



lS-Q-KStld) 



4-Kt-Q B3 



4— Kt-K B3 



16-R-B2 (e) 



6— K KJ-K2 



8— P-B4 



17-Kt-K3 



6-p-k;; 



6— P tks P 



18— QtksKt 



7— B Us P 



V— B-B4 



19— K-R 



8— Oastlea 



S— B tks B 



20— Q-B6 



9— Kt tks B 



9-B-HU! 



21— Kt-K B5 



10— QKt-KtS(b) 10— P-K4? 



22— Kt-KB (j) 



11— Q-Ktfi-r 



11-K-B 1 



White malt 



12— K Kt-BS 



12-Q-B2 





Black. 

 T. S. Adey. 

 13— P-Kt3 

 14-B tks B (c) 

 15-Q-B4 t 

 16-Kt-Kt5 

 17— Kt tks R (() 

 IS— B-B5 (g) 

 19-B-K8(h) 



ao-K-Ktoi 



21— P tks K( 

 22— Q-K Bt 



NOTES. 



(a) P-K B4, as shown in the Sidney match between Fisher and Smith 

 would lead to some Interesting liaca of play. 



(6) Beginning a vehement attack. 



(c) Black could also play Q-B4 1, and thas take K P with Q. 



(<i) White now goes la for some deBperato play, only excusable 

 against a Rook player. 



(<•) K-R at once were better. 



(/) Here Is Black's weakness ; Q tks Kt would win off-hand. 



to) Not bad ; for If K Kt tks B, Black exchanges Q's. 



(ft) Instead of trying to save the B, Black should play Kt-B3. 



(0 If R-Kt, White could draw by Q-Q9 1. K Kt-BS t, Q-B6, etc. 



(j) If Black makes the proper reply, K-B, White must be content to 

 draw by a perpetual check as follows : 



22 22— K-B IS6-Q-BS+1 25-K-B 



23-QtksRt 23— K-K2 26— Q-RSt and wins 



24— Kt-QO 24— Kt~B3 I 



CURSORY JOTTINGS. 



—Owing to the miscarriage of the April number of the America 

 Cheat Journal, we were unable to announce the reaalt of Its problem 

 tonrney until this week. The Ave prize problems, winners, etc., will 

 be found below. Oar gaess as to the first prize winner was, it wiu be 

 seen, a good one. Tne prize winners, with the exception of Mr. Mohle, 

 are comparatively unknown as problemists : 



First Prize Problem, by II r. O. Mohle— A masterpiece : 



White— K on O KtT, (J on Q Kts, Kt on K5, B on K K. 



Black-K on K B5, P oo K RO. 



White to play and mste in four moves. 



Second Prize Problem, by Mr. H. D. Morwood— A flue problem iu an 

 attractive form: 



White— R ou Q R3, Q, on Q7, K on K Kt8, P on K IU. 



Black— K on K5, P on K K4. 



White to play and mate in three moves. 



Third Prize Problem, by Amanda Brace, or Woloottvllle, Corn).— A 

 beautiful two'er that would undoubtedly have stood second but for the 

 number of pieces employed lu its construction, as Hie rales of the 

 tonrney required 1-30 of a problem's difficulty to be deducted for each 

 piece. This is, we believe the first problem tourney prize won by a 

 lady : 



Whlte-Q on Q R, Kts on Q KtT and QS ; Pa on Q B3, 02, K3 and K 

 B 3; li on K4, K on K Kt5. ^ 



Black— Kts on Q, Kill and Q2, P'a on Q B5 aad K Kt3, K on Q7. 



White to play and mate iu t*o moves. 



Fjiirth Prize Problem, by J. C. Ninde-A brilliant two'er. and one 

 that would rank high in any past, present or future tourney :' 



White— Bon Q3, K on K, K on K2, Kt ou Ki, P'a on K0 and K B3, O 

 on K K6. 



Black— P'a on Q3 and K B3, K on K4. 



White to play and mate In two moves. 



Fifth Prize Problem, by J. M. Hughes— A fab- two'er ; we solved it in 

 half a minute : 



While— P'a on Q Kts, Q B-2, Q4 and K BB ; R's on Q B4 and K4. K on 

 Q2, Q on K2. 



Black— Kts on Q B3 and K3, K on Q4. 



White to play aud mate lu two uioveb. 



—Preliminaries have been satisfactorily arranged iu theDelmarvs. 

 Loyd match, and play begiu May 7, The stake la merely nominal— 

 $100, which Is lu the hand* of the stakeholder, Mr. C. A. Gelberg, Esq. 

 The umpires are I., H. Hellwitz, E«q,, President of the Manhattan C. 

 C, and the President of the Elizabeth (N. J.) c. C. The games are to 

 be played on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Cafe Logeling, 49 Bow- 

 ery, and Elizabeth, N. J., alternately. The first five gameB to decide. 



—The grand tourney held lately at St. Petersburg, Rnasia, resnlted 

 In the first prize falling to Tehlgorm, and the second to Messrs. 

 SebuTurs and Soloftzoff. The other entrieB VfHre Alapln, Asetialn, 1,1a- 

 aelle, Nesluig, Petroffsky aud Evou Schmidt. The grand tou. ney n 

 progress at Moscow will probably reaalt hi the prizes falling to Zolofts- 

 zoff, Evon Schmidt and Helwlgg. 



—A chess circle numbering over forty members has been former) 

 Bologna, The President is Marqala Reved!^ 



