INDEX. 



Page. 



Athletic Games at Washington . . — 9 



Base Ball. . ..11, 27, 39, 55, 75, 87, 103. U9, 134, 149, 



166, 182, 204, 220, ?31, 267, 278, 332 



Bicycling.............. ...... 182,205,231,247 



Brief Notes of Different Games. 394 



Chess 75, 316, 348 



College Athletics. . . 363 



Cricket.... 27, 39, 55, 75, 87, 102, 119, 134, 169, 182, 116 



Fastest Walking Time on Record 149 



Foot Races 27, 55, 278 



Fox Hnnt— Cut.. ....... 183 



Gladiatorial Tournament at Hippodrome. ........ 267 



Greco-Roman Wrestling. 167, 278, 300, 316' 332 



Glen Drake. .......... 363 



Jumps. ............. 27 



Lifting Matches.- .......*....... 278 



Minor Items » 407 



National Chess Association. 348 



National Curling Association ... 316 



New York Athletic Club 39 



New York Athletic Games. 135 



Pedestrianism 182 



Rackets... .,..316, 332 



Record of Professional Games for 1875. 268 



San Francisco. 363 



Scottish- American Games 267 



Scottish Games at Brooklyn 38 



Scottish Games— Draughts. 135 



Scottish Games at Philadelphia 38 



Scottish Sport ... 75 



Seabright Athletic Association 11 



Skating..................... .....247, 278, 31b 



Swimming Contests... .......27, 119 



Walking Match 123 



Wrestling Contests .119, 182 



RIFLE. 



Albert R. A. match at Gait, Canada 203 



Amateur Rifle Club ...169, 359 



American and Irish riflemen at Wimbledon ...... 74 



American Rifle Association — 378, 410 



American Team Abroad — 10, 235 



An All-comers Match. .... 346 



An Insurance Match. 378 



Army and Navy Journal Match— Laflin and Rand 

 Medal Match— Mid-Range Match— Gatlin Match 

 —Champion Match— Consolation Match, etc — 



137, 138 



A Shell Holder .99 



At Hudson— Parthian Club • 154 



Banquet to American Team 73 



Brief Notes 410 



Calif ornia National Guard Match , 283 



California Rifle Association 73 



California Rifle Practice 234 



Canada Rifle Matches 234 



Canadian Volunteer at Wimbledon 10 



Captain Bogardus as a Rifleman . . ." , 73 



Composition of Different Gunpowders 170 



Conlin's Gallery 202, 218, 233, 251, 266, 282 



298, 314, 320, 348, 359, 378, 393, 410 

 Creedmoor. 



Canadian Match 121 



Challenge f i om the American Off hand Club .... 106 



Crouch Bullseye Contest , 10, 73, 90, 217 



Irish- American Club Practice 10, 90 



Luther Badge Competition 105, 169, 251 



National Guard Practice 10, 121, 154, 185, 233 



Practice at. . 265 



Practice of the Cavalry Troop. 169 



Regimental Practice 106 



Remington Badge Contest 59 



Team for Canadian Match 90 



The J. H. Steward Prizes 90, 154 



The Ladies Match 105 



The Ratlin and Rand Medal 89 



The Nevada Badge Contest 202 



Turf, Field and Farm Badge Contest... .45, 90, 

 ■ 154, 233 



Creeamoor, Jr., Range 251, 299, 314, 326, 3*6, 



359, 393, 410 



Dignity Among Regulars and Volunteers 247 



Dittmar Powder for Rifle Practice 283, 379 



Experiments with Dittmar Powder 326 



Extracts from the Volunteer Service Gazette 394 



Fxtraordinary Rifle Shooting 285 



Fifth Weekly Competition Shooting 346 



Foreign Items and Notes 155, 234 



Foebst and Stkbam Badge Contest 26. 59, 



89, 105, 138, 154 



Franklin Club Practice— Hartford 106 



Fuller '8 Chicago Shooting Gallery 326 



General Custer as a Rifleman 26 



General Dakin's Target 139 



German and Swiss Riflemen at the Centennial — 235 

 Glen Drake Range .... 185, 202, 218, 234, 266, 314, 



326, 346, 393 



Hamilton vs. Montreal 25 



Heiiwig's Gallery .283, 298, 314, 326 359, 378, 



- 893, 410 



In Montana 218 



Inter-collegiate Rifle Matches 299, 314, 326. 379 



Inter-State Match at Pleasant Lake, Indiana. ..... .203 



In San Francisco. 218 



Marvelous S hooting. . . ■ ■ • • |» 



Massachusetts 379, 393 



Match at Bellasylva, Penn. 155 



Matches at Syracuse Range 251 



Match of Two Washington County Ladies 106 



Match Shot in Washington • • 379 



Mauser Gun 21S 



Miley's Shooting Gallery , .298, 314, 326, 359 



Milwaukee, Wisconsin • • • 346, 394 



Minor Rifle Notes. 58,. 73, 138 



Mobile Cadets Practice........ 106 



Morsemere.......l54, 218, 234. 251, 266, 283, 314, 



* 346, 379 



Urs. Scott Siddons as a Rifle Shooter 9 



lit. Vernon Amateur Club Practice. 90 



National Guard Club of San Francisco 314 



National Rifle Association of California 10 



New Rifles for our Regulars 283 



New York and Staten Island Club Contest 73 



Oakland Beach Practice of Seventy-first Reg't — 73 



Omaha Rifle Club. ...*.. 283 



Ontario Rifle Association 73 



On New Year's Day. 346 



Oswego Rifle Practice 106 



Parthian vs. Saratoga Rifle Club... 90 



Pistol Shooting Ext) aordinary 218 



Point Blank and Point Blank Range 26, 58, 74 



Powder Charges for Rifles 379 



Powder Measures 74 



Practice at New Haven " 122 



Provincial Rifle Association 10, 379 



Rangeat Chicago..... 10 



Range at Sagg Pond f> 



Reception of the American Team 41 



Review of the Canadian Match. ... 170 



Rifle Associations, Clubs, Etc. 



At Berlin, Connecticut 25 



At Fort Wavne, Indiana 43 



At Monroe, Michigan 59 



At Jamaica, L.I... <5 



Page. 



Boston Highlands Club 10 



Boston Rifle Club. 234, 26b, 282, 299 



Chicago Rifle Club.... 59, 170 234, 251, 266, 282, 



346, 379 



Columbia Rifle Association— Festival. , . 203 



Crescent City Rifle Club. 283 



Dominion Rifle Association...... 90, 106 



Elgin (Illinois) Rifle Club 314 



Elmira Artillery Range.......... 315 



Empire State Rifle Club. .25, 138 



Fort Wayne Rifle Association — ...... 155 



Hartford— Connecticut Rifle Association 346 



Harvard College Rifle Club 326, 394 



Holyoke Club Practice and Matches. .10, 74, 90, 



106, 138, 155 



Ingersoll Rifle Association, Canada 251 



Jackson (Mississippi) Club Practice 234 



• Jamaica, L. L, Rifle Association 170 



Lenox and Addington Club Match. 90 



Long Branch Rifle and Pigeon Club 218 



Massachusetts Militia Rifle Association. 251 



Massachusetts Rifle Association— New Mode of 



Measurement... — . ........ ........... 326 



Michigan State Rifle Association. . 59 



Middleton (Connecticut) Rifle Club 266 



National Rifle Association 41, 233, 359, 378 



Newark Shooting Society . It6 



* Parthian, Jr., Club. ........... .... 59 



Putnam (Connecticut) Rifle Club 10 



Rahway Rifle Club 218 



Rhinebeck Rifle Club 186 



Rhode Island Amateur Club. 394 



Rhode Island Rifle Association. . ..155, 170, 186, 203 



Rhode Island Rifle Range 10 



Richmond Rifle Club at Augusta, Georgia 379 



Roches'er Rifle Club 122, 282 



Rod and Rifle Association of Jamaica, L. I — 90 



Saratoga Rifle Club 394 



Syracuse Rifle Association 154, 234 



Taunton (Massachusetts) Rifle Club 266 



The Viley Club of Lexington, Kentucky 359 



University of California Club. 106 



Victoria (Canada) Club Match * 73 



Waverly Rifle Club 282 



Whitney ville Armory Club Scores 203 



Worcester Sportsmen's Club — 25 



Yonker's Rifle Club. 73 



Rifle Club Match at Keysville. . . . . 25 



Rifle Etiquette in England 170 



Rifle Shooting as a Pastime... — 218 



Rifle Shooting at Fort Wayne 218 



Running Deer at Creedmoor 298 



At Winchester Armory 298 



San Francisco Notes 122 



Seventh Regiment Gallery 326 



Short and Long Range 283 



Stock Exchange Riflemen 218 



Swiss Rifle Shooting. 218 



Telegraph on Ranges 155 



Thanksgiving; Day at Scheutzen Park 234 



Turkey Shoot at Shakopee, Minnesota 327 



The Centennial 346 



The Elcho Shield Presentation. 283 



The Harris Trophy 346 



The International Match 410 



The International Team Badge— Illustrated 59 



The Next International Match 379 



The Nevada Badge 234 



The Press and the Rifle 393 



The Rifle in California 186 



In Georgia 59, 203 



In Scotland 235 



In Wisconsin 299 



The Sliding Man Target 251 



The Team at Poughkeepsie 105 



The Team Banquet in Brooklyn 58 



The Team of Great Britain 394 



The use of the Strap 314, 346 



The Winchester Repeating Rifle 170 



Twenty-second Regiment Reception 218 



What Cheer Range 251 



Whitney Range— Practice 170 



Who next? : 393 



Why Rifle Balls Glance to the Right 167 



SEA AND RIVER. 



A Boy's Tussel with a Small Whale 85 



A Castle Connel Rod 266 



A Correspondent 405 



A Day in Goose Creek, Va 117 



A Dolphin Caught 85 



A Fine Trout 277 



A Fishing Outfit 405 



A Handy Trout Fly Book 107 



A Steam Fishing Smack 362 



An Anonymous Correspondent 389 



Angling for Eastern Salmon (Salmo tialar) in Cal- 

 ifornia Waters 390 



Angling in Kentucky 38 



Angling in Norway 267 



Angling in Prussia 214 



Art Notes 307 



Bass Fishery 308 



Best Method of Angling for Trout 246 



Blue-fish off the Capes. 230 



Braided Fly Rods 327 



Brook Trout in Salt Water 245 



Brief Notes from ail Quarters. 



California 308 



Canada .6, 22, 53, 85, 107, 117, 133, 293 



Colorado 1 117 



Connecticut .70, 197, 277 



Delaware 107, 131 



Fishing in the Delaware 405 



Florida 230 



Georgia ■. 85 



Indiana 85 



Maine 22,70, 181 



Maryland 117, 157 



Massachusetts 22,70, 107, 345 



Michigan 308 



New Jersey 6, 23, 53, 70, 117, 151, 165 



New Hampshire 22 



New York. 22, 53, 70, 85, 107, 117, 132, 151, 260 



Ohio 165 



Pennsylvania. 53, 165, 214, 230, 266 



Rhode Island....... 85, 157 



Virginia... 85, 133, 214 



Washington Territory 85 



California Angling 133 



California Salmon— When to take with Fly 53 



Canada Fisheries 197 



Capt N. W. Beckwith 342 



Casting the Fly , 405 



Catching a Shark in the Hudson, 197 



Centennial Salmon and Trout Rods 246 



Comparative Size of American and European 



Tront...... •• 230 



Conger Eels — 151 



Correction 405 



Dr. T. Garlick's Large Trout 293 



Eagle-Fight for an Eel 198 



English Soles and Turbut in America. 277 



Fine Pompano. . , 405 



Page. 



Fish and Oysters in the North River 214 



Fish in Market, 6, 22, 37, 53, 70, 85, 107, 1 17, 132, 157, 



165, 181, 197, 214, 229, 245, 266, 277, 293, 307, 327, 342 



362, 374, 389, <05 

 Fishes and Fishing of the Great Lakes, 293, 307, 327 



343, 389 



Fishing at Conneaut. Ohio 246 



Fishing for Eels in Tiji.... 166 



Fishing in Lake Erie. 165 



Fishing in Montana. 54 



Fish Refrigerating 277 



FlyBookand Fly Hook.. 22 



Fly-Fishing for Blue-fish.. 117 



Gill- Net and Seine Fishing. 246 



Herbert's Gun 343 



Hornbeam for Rods. 35 



Immense School of Mackerel off Newport 197 



Lady Anglers. 230 



LakeTahoe, Cal..... .'.».., 151 



Large Trout in Rangely Waters. 165 



Last Day of the Season in Pa 70 



List of Bass Caught at Newport 230 



Mass. Angers' Association...... 181 



Maskinonge ... 374 



Mesh Measures........ 362 



More Early Shad 293 



More Needle Points— "Sharps". — 363 



Movements of thg Fishing Fleet. 374 



Mr. J. Ives Pease, of Twin Lakes, Canaan, Co. 



Sends ' 362 



Needle Points 342, 308 



New Trout .405 



One of the Neatest Fly-Dressers 389 



OnFlies 6 



Oregon Salmon fisheries. 230 



Perception of Fish 293 



Perch Fishing at Betterton 117 



Perch Fishing on the Chesapeake 6 



Prodigious Salmon Scores 343 



Salmon Fishing.... 6 



Salmon Fishing in California 38 



Salmon Fishing in Bonventure . 19 



Salmon Fishing on the Nayo River, Cal 2S7 



Salmon Scores at River Godbout 307 



Salmon Scores in the Cascapediac 117 



Sea and Bay Fishing in California 197 



Seth Green on Needle Hooks — . 246 



Shad, Oh! 278 



Striped Bass at Hell Gate 181 



That Veteran Angler, Geo. Dason, Esq 342 



The Adirondacks . . . . * 54 



The Canadian Fisheries 165 



The Fisheries, 6, 37, 53, 7C, 85, 107, 133, 151, 165, 



181, 214, 230, 246, 266, 278, 293, 308, 327 



The Fishing Fleet 342 



The Godbout Salmon Scores 374 



The Grayling in England 405 



The Magnete wan as a Trout Stream 85 



The Muskoka Lakes 6 



TheOrvis Reel 267 



TheOrvis Rod 133 



The Wiuinnish 6 



This Hook or That 38 



Those Trout Among the White Hills 246 



Trouting in Michigan 38 



Trout in the Magnetewan . 117 



Trouting in North Carolina 19 



"Uncle John" at Betterton 2:4 



Warren (Pa.) Sportsmen's Club 38 



White-Fish in Detroit River 245 



Willow Bass Hods 327 



THE COLLEGES. 



Amherst 231 



Athletics at Columbia 247 



Athletics at Harvard 166, 182, 215 



Athletics at Princeton 247 



Athletics at Steven's Institute 267 



Athletics at Union 215 



Athletics at Yale 166, 182, 198, 2^0 



Boating at Dartmouth 247 



Boating at Hamilton 310 



Boating at Yale 267 



Bumping Races at Princeton 199 



College Athletics 278 



College Rowing Association 278 



Dartmouth at the Centennial 267 



Events at Dartmouth 166 



Harvard and Tuft's Foot-Ball 199 



Number of Students at Yale 278 



Princeton 231 



Regatta at Harvard 199 



Rules for Foot-Ball 278 



The Withdrawal of Yale from the Regatta 331 



WOODLAND, FARM AND 

 GARDEN. 



A Horse with a Silver Throat 388 



A Piant Destructive to Bees 101 



A Tropical Nursery Wanted 373 



A Word for the Horse . 261 



An Easy Way to Make a Hot-Bed. 388 



Agricultural Resources of Maryland 4 



American Wild Fruits 36 



Anecdotes of Horses 261 



Artificial Incubation 324 



Canning Fruit 100 



Carbolic Acid for Poultry 100 



Cattle Diseases 300 



Cause of the Death of the Horse Lexington 261 



Chinese Agriculture 164 



Coal Ashes as a Fertilizer 196 



Commission Allowed Gardners 341 



Cultivating the Passaflora 84 



Care of Horses 212 



Curious Propagation of Potatoes ......... 100 



Effect of Forests on Rainfall 212 



Ergot ..•■- 260 



Forebts and Climate • — 21 



Foot and Mouth Disease 164 



Fruit in Market. 132 



Gapes in Chickens 180 



Gardening in California 373 



German Method of Preserving Wood 212 



Grape Culture in Texas and California 69 



Growth of American Cheese Production 236 



Gusiloge of Maize i 180 



How Fruit is Kept in Prussia 172 



How to Extricate a Mired Animal 356 



How to Get Eggs in Winter. .. 356 



How to Select a Home in Florida. 276 



Important Stock Sale in Toronto 277 



Improved Flowers • -228, 324 



Indian Summer. 28i 



Is Florida Healthy 324 



Kansas Crops — 148 



Keeping Fruit in Russia..... 212 



Largest Grapevine in America 277 



Lawns £0 



Liquid Manure for Pot Plants 21 



Military Gardening. .196 



Melon Trade of Florida • • 5 



Minor Notes .,.-.. • -196, 212 



Mushroom Caves 59 ] 



New Food for Horses and Sheep .'.'.'.' 228 



New Ornamental Trees , '""' 373 



Officers of Utica Park Association \,\\' 303 



Oiling Harness , * 373 



Orange Culture in Florida 295^ 340 



Our Wool Product ' 196 



Peaches for Europe .... 84 



Pineapple Culture in Florida 20 



Planting Bulbs 195 



Planting Forest Tree Seeds , 245 



Hants 373 



Plants for the House 69 



Profit from Low-priced Grapes. 196 



Pyracantha Japonica 373 



Queen Bees .'. 389 



Rhododendrons • " • * 373 



Ripe Strawberries 341 



Sap Circulation 143 



September m the Flower Garden 84 



Sheep Feeding 339 



Spurious Pedigrees... ...: :oo 



Stone in the Stomach of a Horse 180 



The Attempt to Export Peaches 133 



The Central New York Fair 148 



The Epizootic— Regimen to Prevent 196 



The Glut of Peaches 35 



The Land of Horses 36 



The Ntlumbum Luteum . 69 



The Potato Bug. 341 



The Use of Fallen Leaves 373 



To Bake Canvas -Back Ducks. 324 



To Make Covered Walks 333. 



To Tell the Age of Sheep 339 



Tree Planting. ; 35, 



Water Pipes ,'_. 164 



Watering Poultry 304 



Window Gardens and Winter Ferneries 245 I 



Window Plants 373 



Wintering Bees 228 



Wintering Flowers 35$ \ 



YACHTING AND BOATING 



[See also Answers.] 



A Book f«r Young Yachtsmen 230 



A Correction 348 



Across the Ocean in a Dory 247 



An Aquatic Novelty 134 



An Aquatic Velocipede 87 



A New Portable Boat 363 



Another Challenge 347 



Around Boston 7, 23, 43, 54, 71, 118 



Around Chicago 22 



Around New York. . .11, 2.2, 43, 54. 71, 86, 101, 118, 



133, 155, 166. 182, 198, 332 



Around Philadelphia 7, 23, 71, 102, 182 



Around Washington 198 



Atalanta Boat Club, New York. 375 



At Pittsburg 134 



Ajt Princeton College 102 



At Watkins 1 Lake... ■. 134 



Boat Race on the Danube 182 



Boating in Canada 134 



Boating at Halifax 247 



Boston Yacht Club 405 



Break-up of the Paris Crew 43 



Brooklyn Ice Boat Club 278 



Brooklyn Yacht Club , ,375 



The Schuylkill Eight- Oai ed Race 263 



Canada Yachting Event 54, 71, 101 



Cedar Point Regatta. 86 



Centennial Notes— Boating at Princeton. 395 



College Regatta 347 



Commodore Garner's Challenge 118 



Drowning of a Yacht Captain 71 



Events at Springfield 155 



Events on the Potomac 182 



Fairchild's Canoe Voyage 54 



Fall Reeatta of Small Yachts of the A. Y. C 118 



Florida Haibors 348 



Flushing Bay Regatta 86 



Hudson River Yacht Club 375 



Ice Yachting.... 295,310, 395 



In England... 230 



International Regatta in New York Harbor. ..... 332 



International Regatta on the Schuylkill. 246 



International Rowing 405 



In the South Cove 86 



International Rowing Regatta 7 



List of Regattas for 1S?5 294 



Lowell Regatta.... 1«'2 



Lynn Yacnt Club 362 



Massachusetts at the Centennial 278 



Match on Lake Saltinstall 2*6 



Measurement for Time Allowance 262 



Meteor Boat Club of Hoboken.... ... .. 3^5 



Minor Boating Events . . .43, 118 



Monroe (Mich). Regatta 71 



National Association of Amateur Oarsmen 332 



Mr. R. L. Ogden 405 



New Rochelle Regatta 70 



New York Yach t Clu b . . . 405 



Northwestern Boating Events J| 



Officers Elected •••• W 



On Long Island Sound 43, 54 



OnSenecaLake • ••-• 54 



On the Hudson River "1 * a, 118 



On the Canada Lakes 118 



On the Passaic •• 1J°_ 



Owasco Lake Regatta ■ 102 



Paris Crew at the Centennial Mi 



Pioneer Rowing Club of Brooklyn .3.5 



Races Between the Mohawk and Dauntless, and 



the Dauntless and Resolute 198 



Red Cap (Canada) Regatta. 86 



Reeatta in the Mediterranean H»-, 



Ribless Boats 1! 



Rowing in England .-. — - * •• 4 



Royal Albert Yacht Club Regatta 1 



Royal Canadian Yacht Club Regatta 



Rules for Safety in Sailing... I 



Saratoga Regatta. - • • - - 



Seawanhaka Yacht Club • • oi 



Seneca Lake Regatta... ••• 8 



Single Scull Races .23, ^S 



Steam Launches 40 



The Amateur Oarsmen 3tf 



The College Regatta aM 



The Gramercy Boat Club 3°£ 



The Halifax Yacht Club ...Jsj 



The Harvard and Yale Race ........ 40 



The International College Boat Row W 



The Resolute and Comet ........... j| 



The Resolute and Estelle 1» 



The Resolute, Dreadnaught, and Vesta If 



The Seawanhaka Boat Club.. , 3g 



The Schuylkill Naval Board ............ i» 



The Troy Regatta. • J 



Watkins* Regatta.... ..•••• \- J*. 



Winning Yachts of 1875 ..■-» 



Yacht Cruise to the West Indies 1 



Yale and Harvard. 



