FOREST AND STREAM, 



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CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE. 



DEPARTMENT OP PtTBLTC PABTCS, ) 



• New York, Oct. 10th, 1875. f 

 Animals received at Central Park Menagerie for the week ending 



Oct. 9th, 1875:— 

 Two Snow Bantings, Plectrophanes nivalis. Presented by Mr. Wm. 



. Steward. 



RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE. 



Four Red-crested Cardinals, Paroaria cucullata. 

 Two Troupals, Icterus jamaicai. 

 Two Bobalinks, Dolichotiyx oryzivorus. 

 Twelve Crossbills, Loxia curvirostra. 

 Four Cardinal Grosbeaks, Cardinalis Virginianm. 

 Two Bed breasted Grosbeaks, Hedymeles ludrocianus . 

 Two Bins: Ouzels, Turdus t«rguatus. 

 One Bed wing Thrush, Turdus tiiacus. 

 One Song Thrush, Turdus musicus. 

 One Tambourine Pigeon, Tympanistria bicolor. 

 One Barred Dove, Geopelia striata. 

 On^ Sora Bail, Porzana Carolina. 

 One Calcutta Monkey, Macacus cynomolgus. 

 One Squirrel Monkey, Su,imirls sciurea. 



One .Hog-nosed Snake, Herterodon platyrhinos. Presented by Mr. 

 Henry Eeiche. W. A. Con klin, Director. 



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BASE-BALL — THE PROFESSIONAL ARENA. 



As a matter of reference we give below a full record of 

 championship contests played in the arena from April 19 

 to October 10 inclusive, by all the clubs which entered the 

 lists in April last, the table, of course, including the games 

 not only of the clubs who have failed to play their quotas, 

 but also of the three disbanded clubs. Forfeited games 

 are not included. It will be seen that the Boston Club 

 heads the list by fifteen games majority, the Athletics lead- 

 ing the Hartfords by three games only, while Hartford 

 leads St. Louis ten games. The table is as follows: — 



Club. 



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Boston 



Athletic 



Hartford 



St. Louis... 



Philadelphia... 



Mutual 



Chicago 



New Haven ... 

 Red Stockings. 



Washington 



Centennial 



Atlantic 



Western 



Games lost.. 



8: 71 6 



,.| 2 1 5 

 3 



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 0| 

 01 



7 19! 24j 24 29 



01 



34'30|37|14 22 



51 6 

 2 1 7 



£_0 

 1165 

 0|49 

 0146 

 4 36 

 34 

 1|29 

 4 28 



13 42 



12 37 



—The regular record of games which will count in de- 

 ciding the championship is as follows. In this it will be 

 seen that the St, Louis stands third on the list in won 

 games, and the Athletics may be said to have secured sec- 

 ond position as surely as the Bostons have the first:— 



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Boston II 81 6 1 71 



Athletic | 2 .. ■ 5| 8 



St. Louis 2| 1 ..| 4j 



Hartford | 0i 3. 



Philadelphia '.....! .| 0| 2j 



Chicane ."...'i^il 5 4' 



Mutual ".'.".".! *.".| 0J 3! 2l 



QameB Lost | 6 1 18 1 33 24|29|29|33 



6J.6I 

 7| 6| 

 5! 5| 



4 3' 

 •I 6 

 2 .. j 



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 43 

 29 

 23 

 21 

 17 

 16 

 13 



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THE AMATEUR ARENA. 



But for the evil of "revoking," which is the great abuse 

 the Amateur Association must try to put a stop to next 

 season, the season ot 1875 would have been a very credita- 

 ble one to the amateur fraternity. Despite the prevalence 

 of the picked nine contests played under the guise of club 

 contests, there have been a goodly number of legitimate 

 matches, and most assuredly a higher degree of fielding 

 skill displayed— thanks to new rules— than ever before 

 known. Below will be found a record of the best played 

 games for October, in which amateur nines have partici- 

 pated on one side or the other, or also on both: — 



October 2- -Star vs. Bochester, at Bochester 5 to 2 



October 2 Princeton vs. Germantown, at Princeton 5 to 3 



< >ctober 4- Confidence vs. Flyaway, at Brooklyn 5 to 3 



October 7- -Quickstep vs. Athletic, at Wilmingron".".!*6 to 4 

 October 2— Androscoggin vs.Bates College,at Lewiston6 to 5 



October 4— Alaska vs. Hobokeu, at Hoboken 6 to 5 



October 9— Harvard vs. Tannton, at Taunton ' 7 to 6 



October 2— Lowell vs. Resolute, at Pall River 8 to 2 



October 5— Downer vs. Iron City, at St John, N. B ' 8 to 3 

 October 2— Produce Exchange vs.Nameless,at Brooklyn8 to 4 

 October 5— Active vs. Archer, at Reading, Pa.. 8 to 5 



October 2— Bagle vs. Olympic, at Louisville. . . " * 8 to 5 



October 2— Live Oak vs. Beacon, at Lynn. 9 to 4 



October 1— National vs. Creighton, at Washington ' " "9 to 4 

 October 8— Chelsea vs. Star, at Brooklyn "9 to 6 



October 9— Equitable vs. Winona, at Brooklyn ''"9 to 8 



Athletic Games.— There will be a series of walking 

 and running matches, open to professionals, on Friday and 

 Saturday, October 29th and 30th, on the grounds of the 

 New York Athletic Club, Mott Haven. The first day's 

 races will comprise a 100-yards run and a five-mile run. On 

 the second day, a one-mile run and a three-mile walk. The 

 prizes are $75 in each event; $50 to first, $15 to second 

 and $10 to third; entrance fee $2 for each race. Entries to 

 close at the office of the Sportsman at 4 P. M. on Monday 

 the 25th inst. Mr. James Watson will have the manage- 

 ment of the meeting. 



JiiGHT Miles Walked in One Hour.— notwithstanding 

 the many claims to the performance of the above feat ad- 

 vanced by ambitious "peds," the one under consideration 

 is the first genuine performance of the distance within the 

 time mentioned. The walk occurred on the 20th ult. at 

 Lille Bridge London, W. Perkins, the professional cham- 

 pion of England being ^the performer in a walk against 

 time. The hrst lour miles was covered in 28m 59>f and 

 he eight miles in 59m. 5 2-5s. The walking ihroughout 

 £ stnctly fair, and the time at both distances the rastss 

 ever achieved by any human being. 



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Dog Poisoning.— A short time since a valuable fox 

 hound belonging to Mr. Josiah Eaton, Jr., of New Bed- 

 ford, which was bred from one of the finest importations 

 from England, and was probably as good a dog as any in 

 the country, was poisoned. Mr. Eaton had refused an 



THE CHAMPION DACHSHUND, MANN. 



offer of $300 for the animal. Shortly afterwards another 

 dog of the same breed was poisoned. We trust Mr. Eaton 

 may be able to discover the miscreants who perpetrated 

 this outrage, and if there is no law for their punish- 

 ment, that they can be held up to the execration of their 



countrymen. 



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The Memphis Field Trials. — We are advised that ar- 

 rangements have been made with the Illinois Central Rail- 

 way company to transport parties desirous of attending 

 the bench show and field trials of the Tennessee State 

 Sportsman's Association, which commence in Memphis 

 October 25th, from Chicago to Memphis and return at $24 

 the round trip. Tickets good to return until November 

 4th. Return tickets, to be valid, must be endorsed by the 

 Secretary of the association. Dogs are carried free over 

 this line. Quite a large party will leave Chicago October 

 23d at nine A. M., to arrive in Memphis at three P. M. of 

 the 24th. 



With regard to an impression which has gotten abroad, 

 that dogs without pedigrees will be barred at the coming 

 show, we are requested to state that such is not the case, 

 but that pedigrees are desired when known. Mr. Bryson, 

 President of the association, writes us that their meeting 

 will be one of the largest ever held in the United States; 

 enough dogs are now entered to make a large and credit- 

 able show, and more are coming in daily. The trap shoot- 

 ing will undoubtedly be very fine. 



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CURE FOR MANGE. 



Athens, Ga., October 4th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Among other communications in your valuable paper I see frequent al- 

 lusions to mange in dogs and its treatment. I am surprised that a rem- 

 edy which has been in use among sportsmen in the South from time im- 

 memorial, and which is as certain as it is simple, has not long before this 

 found its way into your columns. I have used it for ten years, and 

 seen it used by others in numberless cases— for mange is very common 

 in warm climates— but have never known it to fail in a single instance. It 

 will not only cure mange, but any cutaneous affection. Take two parts 

 hog's lard, one part sulphur, and one part pine tar. Stir well together. 

 Kub the parts affected well with the mixture, and be certain to put 

 on enough to saturate the hair and skin. It is not a bad plan to anoint 

 the whole dog from the end of the nose to the tip of the tail; for when a 

 dog has mange in one spot the whole skin is usually dry and hard. After 

 applying it, rub the skin briskly for about a minute, and then tie the dog 

 in a clean spot. The tar produces at first a slight itching, and the dog, 

 if allowed to run loose, will seek relief by rolling in the sand. This, 

 however, will pass off in a couple of hours. 



Two applications about four days apart will effect a cure in the worst 

 of cases. The dog will stop scratching after the first application; the 

 skin becomes healthy and soft, and the old coat of hair is shed and re- 

 placed by one as glossy as silk. Usually within ten days all traces of the 

 disease disappear; but of course it takes a longer time to shed off the 

 hair. I think Wm. Hunting, in Land and Water, will find that follicu- 

 lar mange will not require twelve weeks of this treatment. 



Yours, W. B. Thomas. 

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Freaks of a Dog. — Some weeks ago we had occasion 

 to chronicle a "leap for life," made by a dog owned by our 

 fellow townsman, S. P. French, the said canine having 

 made a successful leap over the railing of the verandah of 

 the Sun building, a distance of some twenty feet, to the 

 street, in order to escape the vengeance about to be be- 

 stowed upon him by the junior member of the firm. On 

 Sunday last the said dog appeared in a new character — 

 that of a fisherman. Some boys were engaged in throw- 

 ing pieces of brick in the deep channel of the river below 

 Jones' warehouse, when the dog would dive and bring the 

 pieces back. At last he remained under water longer than 

 usual, somewhat to the alarm of the boys, when finally he 

 came to the surface with a salmon in his mouth, the fish 

 wiggling for dear life, and the dog struggling for shore. 

 Another dog on the bank, taking a view^of the situation, 

 hastened to his relief, and the two succeeded in bringing 

 the fish on shore. It weighed, when dressed, eleven 

 pounds. — Golusa ( Gal. ) Sun. 



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— A correspondent suggests a Bench Show in connection 

 with the State Fair to be held at Albany next year. The 

 grounds are ample, and the location central and accessible. 

 If the managers would offer premiums we have no doubt 

 that a large entry of dogs could be obtained, and a very 

 successful show would be the result. 



The accompanying portrait is a faithful representation 

 of Mann, one of the best dachshunds in Germany, and the 

 property of an officer of the Guards at Potsdam. The 

 owner, in giving his biography, says:— 



"I wish to maintain that long coated terriers (dach- 

 shunds) may be ex- 

 cellent for pursuing 

 and killing all sorts 

 of game, although 

 it is contrary to 

 public opinion that 

 such is the case. 

 Mann was born in 

 1869 near the moun- 

 tains of the Herz, 

 and when a few 

 months old amused 

 himself by hunting 

 rats and digging up 

 and killing mice in 

 the field. He had 

 'hot completed his 

 first year when he 

 had his first tussel 

 with a polecat; he 

 dug him out and 

 killed him after a 

 severe fight. From 

 this moment he was 

 indefatigable in 

 creeping in fox bur- 

 rows, and would 

 bark and snarl at 

 old reynard until 

 the workmen had 

 succeeded in unearthing the fox. I used to take Mann out 

 whilst deer stalking and duck hunting, and he acquired 

 such a passion for all kinds of hunting that he learned to 

 retrieve ducks from the water as well as the best retriever, 

 and would follow wohnded deer until he- succeeded in 

 making them stand to receive the finishing ball." 



"Even wild boars he brought to bay and was very clever 

 in avoiding the tusks of these ugly costomers. Twice he 

 received very severe punishment, but he was as undaunted 

 as ever after his recovery. I used to hunt snipe with him 

 on marshy swamps that would not bear me, and even 

 there, he was useful to me, as the little scamp would beat 

 the ground and flush the birds, and I got many a good shot 

 at them. And in the evening whilst lying in wait on the 

 runways, Mann had learned to lay quiet at my feet and 

 when the game came near, he would give a low whimper 

 and lick his nose and shiver all over. But an admonish- 

 ment made him quiet and he only kept trembling until my 

 rifle finished the career of the animal. At home my little 

 pet is rather lazy, but as soon as he sees me handling the 

 rifle he is life all over, lie has ugly tricks too; if he finds 

 the wounded or dead animal before I do he will help him- 

 self to a goodly meal, and when he .thinks I do not take 

 him out often enough, he will go out alone, visit the bur- 

 rows and hunt for day's after hares and deer, and I never 

 feel sure that some of the sporting fraternity will not stop 

 the little fellow's pastimes by a ball, should he be found 

 outside of the limits of my hunting grounds." 



%mt[t j$ag mid %nn. 



GAME IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. 



Moose, Alces malchis. 



Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis. 



Hares, brown and grey. 



Wild Turkey, Mileagris gallapavo. 



Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola. 



"Ruffed Grouse, Tetrao unibellus. 



Plover, Charadraius. 



Godwit, Limosinoe,. 



Rails, Rallus Virginianus. 



Snipe and Bay Birds. 



Caribou, Tarandus rangifer. 



Red Deer, Caricxs Virginianus. 

 Squirrels, red, hlack and grey. 

 Quail, Optyx Virginia. 

 Pinnated Grouse, Tetrao cupida. 

 Curlew, Numenius arguaria. 

 Sandpioers, Tyingance. 

 Willets. 

 Reed or Rice Birds, Dohchonyx oris 



von. 

 Wild Duck. 



Game in Market.— The supply of game, although 

 rather more liberal than at the date of our last reporj;, must 

 necessarily remain limited until really cold weather has set 

 in. Our quotations are: For pinnated grouse and ruffed 

 grouse, each, $1 per pair. Quail, $4 50 per dozen, some 

 so small that the dealers throw them out without offering 

 them for sale— so much for changing the close season to 

 the 1st instead of the 20th, or even the 1st November, 

 which would have been more appropriate. Connecticut 

 appears to furnish the bulk of the ruffed grouse, and Iowa 

 the prairie chickens. Woodcock sell for $1 per pair; we 

 saw some remarkably fine ones at Messrs. Robbin's. Eng- 

 lish snipe are worth $3 50 per dozen; reed birds, $1 25; rail, 

 $1 50; plover, $2 40; bay birds, all prices, from 25 cents 

 per dozen for ox-eyes to $2 40 for yellow legs; mallard 

 ducks bring $1 per pair; teal, 75c. ; widgeon, 75c. A por- 

 tion of the ducks come from Illinois, but the largest quan- 

 tity, and by far the best in quality, are received from 

 Seneca Lake. Wild pigeons are worth, for stall fed, $2 50, 

 for flight, $1 75 per dozen. 



"Born in the Woods to be Scajred by— a Hare." — As 

 Mr. E. M. Quimby and a friend were shooting at Morris 

 Plains, N. J., last week over a brace of setters, both dogs 

 came to a stand unseen by each other on opposite sides of 

 a fence. On approaching the nearest one a little hare 

 started from almost under her nose, and dashing through 

 the fence, flushed a ruffed grouse from under the other set- 

 ter's point. Query — can hares be trained to "tree part- 

 ridges ?" 



— We have received a pamphlet containing the constitu- 

 tion, by-laws, and revised regulations governing pigeon 

 matches of the Long Island Shooting Club, of which Mr. 

 Wm. Parks is President. 



—The telegraph tells us that on Saturday last Capt. Bo- 

 gar dus, the champion wing shot of the world, was arrested 

 in St. Louis, at !he instance of the Society for Prevention, 

 of Cruelty to Animals, for shooting a match. 



