FOEEST AND STREAM. 



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last games in Brooklyn for the season. The games played 

 In the championship arena in October are as follows:— 



C t g— Boston vs. Hartford, at Boston.. .... „ 3 to 2 



0ct . i —Mutual vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia. 4 to 2 



O ct 8— St.. Louis, vs. Chicago at St. Louis 4 to 2 



C fc g— Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia at Cincinnati 5 to 1 



Oct 4— Mutual -vs. Boston, (exhibition) at Troy, —..„. 6 to . 3 



()ct 9_ahicasro vs. St. Louis, at Chicago.... — . . 7 \,o 1 



Oct r— St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St Louis 6 to 4 



o c t„ 5— Athletic vs. Hartford, at Philadelphia... >. 7 to 4 



Oct 8 -Hartford vs. Athletic at Philadelphia 8 to 1 



Oct' 7— Boston vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia.. 8 to 7 



Oct' 12— Hartford vs. Athletic, at Hartford 18 to 2 



Oct' 13— Athlefic vs. Hartford, at Hartford 8 to 7 



Oct'. 14— Hartford vs. Athletic, at Hartford 10 to 10 



Oct' 14— Chicago vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia 10 to 6 



Oct! 14— Boston vs. St. Louis, at Boston ...12 to 8 



Oct! 15— Athletic vs. Chicago, at Philadelphia... 6 to 2 



C t] 18— Philadelphia vs. Chicago, at Philadelphia .11 to 3 



Oct! 18— Hartford vs. St. Louis, at Harlford. . . .5 to 



THE AMATEUR ARENA. 



—The revolving season of the amateur fraternity will 

 not end until Thanksgiving Day, in November, up to which 

 time games will be played every fine day, especially at 

 Prospect Park. The important match of the week was 

 the return game between picked tens of New York and 

 Brooklyn, in which New York was again successful, this 

 time by 8 to 0. Mr. Chad wick awarded the prizes, as fol- 

 lows::' Best batting to Hankinson and Lee; best fielding 

 to Tracy and Dunn. The model games in which amateur 

 nines took part since our last are as follows:: — 



Oct. '9— La Belle vs. Clipper, at Wheeling, Va 4 t o 1 



Oct. 13— New Haven vs. Yale, at New Haven, Ct 4 to 2 



Oct, 13— Active vs. Philadelphia, a' Reading, Pa., OC ins). 4 to i 

 Oct! 12— Chelsea vs. Concord, at Brooklyn (13 innings) — 7 to 4 



Oct. 18 -New York vs. Brooklyn, at Brooklyn 8 to 



Oct. 2— Eureka vs. Olympic, at Oakland, Cal 8 to 4 



Oct. 2— iEtna va. Cass, at Detroit, Mich 8 to 7 



Oct. 9— Portsmouth vs. Athletic, at Portsmouth, Va 9 to 



Oct. 15— Philadelphia vs. Active, at Reading, Pa .9 to 4 



CRICKET. 



— The young Americas polished off the Morions on Oct. 

 2d to the tune'of 379 to 82 in one inning play. John Large 

 scored 74 and Bussier 81, Soper Baird carrying his bat out 

 for 83. The five Newhalls added 97 to the score. Ash- 

 bridge's 22 was the best on the other side. Only eight of 

 Young America went to the bat. * 



Greco-Roman Wrestling.— The novelty of the long- 

 promised exhibition attracted a large crowd to the Grand 

 Opera House on Wednesday evening of last week, to wit- 

 ness the wrestling match between M. Andre Christol and 

 William Miller. The latter is a tall, muscular man, weigh- 

 ing 225 pounds, while the Frenchman is much smaller and 

 turns the scale at 170. Both men were stripped to the 

 waist, and were splendid specimens of muscular activity. 

 This mode of wrestling is different from anything of the 

 kind usually practiced in this country or in England. The 

 contestants' are allowed to catch each other in any way 

 above the waist, and a fall is decided by the loser "being 

 thrown flat upon his back with both shoulders touching the 

 floor simultaneously. Christol was much the trickiest and 

 quickest, but Miller evidently possessed the greatest 

 strength. The former, however, gained the first fall, lay- 

 ing his opponent flat upon his back. Miller won the sec 

 ond and third falls and Christol the fourth. The deciding 

 round was intensely exciting; the men pushed and strug- 

 gled, until Miller, by main strength, pushed his adversary 

 down, and catching hold of his outstretched wrists, pressed 

 his whole weight again and again on his breast, until 

 Christol's shoulders were touching the floor. Miller was 

 declared the winner, and the stakes— $1,000 — handed to 

 him. 



— One hundred and forty members of the New York Stock 

 Exchange have organized arrowing association, to be known 

 as the New York Stock Exchange Rowing Association. On 

 Tuesday the following officers 'were elected :— President, 

 Brstyton Ives; Vice President, Alex. Taylor, Jr; Secretary, 

 E.A.Drake; Treasurer, R. B. Hartshorn; Captain, C. H. 

 Leland; Lieu tenant, C. G. Peters; Trustees, J. W. S. On- 

 dee; W. Lummis, M. Burr, Jr., S. J. Drake, and F. K. 

 Sttuges. 



lew $$uMicatian8. 



BOOKS 



RECEIVED. 



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First Book of Zoology. By Edward S. Morse, Ph.D., 



etc., etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1875. 



This very notable and entirely original work will immediately receive 

 and retain the favor of all to whom the instruction of our youth in Nat- 

 ural History is confided. Certainly no work has appeared in this coun- 

 try which so perfectly answers the requirements of the case; and we 

 suspect that not a few of the teachers themselves will be taught by it. 

 Prof. Morse's reputation as a naturalist is like that which Csesar's wife 

 had, or ought to have had, for virtue. Few, if any, of the younger zo- 

 ologisis of this country stand higher, and none more deservedly so. His 

 brilliant career as a public It cturer is well known; but as in all similar 

 cases the public is less familiar with the enormous amount of patient, la 

 borious application, both in the closet and in the field, which have been 

 the distinguishing features of Prof. Morse's scientific career, and which 

 alone could have given him the enviable position he now holds among 

 men of science. It is a gratifying indication of the healthy state of sci- 

 ence in this country that a man like Prof. Morse, absorbed as he is in 

 study of the most important and abstruse questions in biology, will yet 

 take time to smooth the way for the timid beginner, and set forth the 

 fundamental principles of zoology in a manner which will enable even 

 a child to understand them. Nothing can be clearer than his description 

 of the various animals he treats of, or than his explanation of their 

 modes of life, or than his exposition of the principles of their classifi- 

 cation. Witu equal tact and judgment he does not seek far for rare or 

 strange objects, but in our homes, streets, and gardei s he picks up the 

 objects that meet us at every turn, tells us all about them in his own in- 

 imitable way, and invests each with a charm. He moreover tells where 

 to look for such things, and how to find them, and preserve them and 

 study them. Such a work as this will be of the greatest possible use, 

 not only as a text book from which cer r ain facts may be learned, but as a 

 stimulant to the young mind, exciting interest, calling for the powers of 

 observation and judgment, and faiily placing the student in position to 

 take care of himself. To ourselves,, the book comes as the welcome re- 

 flection of the man himself, whom we have known only to respect, ad- 

 mire and love; and this, too, not alone in the brotherhood of science, 

 but in the higher relations which may subsist between men. Certainly 

 no safer, or surer, or more delightful teacher of the rising generation 

 In all matters of which this book treats, could be desired. 



The success of the volume, which is placed beyond contingency, will 

 of course be in no wise affected by anything we might say about it; but 

 this is no reason why we should uot add our slight tribute of piaise. to 

 the many high enconiums which the work merits and receives. 

 Nebraska: Its Advantages, Besources, and Draw- 

 backs. By Edwin A. Curley. New York: The American and For- 

 eign Publication Company. 



Mr. Curley visited this country in the interest of the London Field as 

 its special commissioner to the emigrant field of North America. The 

 fcook under observation is one of the results of his travels and re- 



searches. Looking at it from our own standpoint, we cannot but regret 

 that the author, during his tours of observation, should not have given 

 more attention to the sporting facilities afforded by the wide plains and 

 the waters of the Platte River and its tributaries; for the English emi- 

 grant is by no means always confined to the agricultural classes. Younger 

 sons and others who seek the New World to engage in sheep growing 

 or stock-raising are invariably tinctured with the love of field sports iu- 

 heient inBritish nature, and the country affording these facilities, in con- 

 junction with those @f the more material pursuits, is the one to which 

 their attention can be most easily directed. And of all the States in our 

 Union, Nebraska, probably, taken as a whole, is the most tempting. 

 Sufficiently removed from civilization, by which we mean the proximity 

 of crowded and overgrown cities, for the settler to find an abundance of 

 rich and virgin soil, the hand of the speculator has not as yet grasped its 

 fairer portions to consign them to disuse until such time as he can com- 

 mand a fancied value. Watered by beautiful streams, and with timber 

 in the Nio Bran, its fartherst boundaries still the home of the red 

 man and the bison, a railway, one of the arteries of the continent, con- 

 necting it with both Atlantic and Pacific, it offers inducements for settle- 

 ment and emigration which Mr. Curley has by. no means overstated. His 

 work, indeed, is a plain statement of facts and figures with no strain of 

 romance but matter-of-fact detail, and hence its value. He has gone into 

 the subject in a spirit quite contrary to that which produces the usual 

 speculative hand book, made up of ancient and apocryphal maps and 

 traveler's stories, issued in the interest of local speculators or a railroad 

 land grant. Our emigrant system is described in detail, and the emigrant 

 advised of his course from the moment of his arrival at Castle Garden 

 until he is landed in his Western home. The resources of the soil and 

 the mode of cultivation are all explained, and a mass of information col- 

 lated in its four hundred and odd pages. The book is a handsome addi- 

 tion to the library, and can be relied on for accuracy. 



Sheldon & Company will publish in a few days a second 

 series of "Our Poetical Favorites," by Prof. A. C. Kendrick, of Roches- 

 ter University. 



This volume will contain selections of longer English poems. The 

 remarkable success of the first series proved that Dr. Keudrick, with his 

 fine poetic taste, had made a selection of unusual excellence; and this 

 new series will doubtless And a ready sale. 



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JSHT'Mo JVotice Taken of Anonymous Communications. 



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J. B. T., Astanta, 111.— Are the sporting rifles made by the Whitney 

 Arms Company good and reliable? Ans. Yes, equal to any. 



Justice, New York.— Please decide the following:— A bets B that C 

 will nut walk two miles in nineteen minutes before Oct. 1, 1875. C does 

 not intend to walk before Oct. 1, nor does he attempt it. Is the bet off, 

 or does A win? Ans. We should decide the bet off. 



H. H. S., New York.— I have a black and tan slut near seven months 

 o d, who has been troubled with her eyes running for some six weeks- 

 some days not at all, and others a good deal. I have been told that sugar 

 of lead is good. Is it so, and how and how often must I use it? Ans. 

 Apply a weak solution of sugar of lead or sulphate of zinc.two or three 

 times a day. 



H. G. New York.— Please inform me what shoot there is, if any, in 

 Pike county, Pa., and at what stations to stop; also it any guide and 

 dogs can be had up there? Ans. Go to Milford. Erie Railway to Port 

 Jervis; thence stage. "Bub 1 ' Wells will find guide, but you had better 

 take your own dogs . Game, ruffed grouse, quail (after 1st prox.,) and 

 wild pigeons. 



E. H. D., Peotone.— riease tell me where I can obtain the Naturalist 

 Advertiser and Historical Bulletin" for 1875, and its price. How should 

 book'manuscript be prepared for publication— that is, on what size paper 

 should it be written, and with pen or pencil? Ans. Address the Natu- 

 ralist's agency, Salem, Mass.; we do not know the price. Prepare your 

 manuscript on large sized note paper and write with pen and ink only 

 on one side. 



E. W.. Hudson, N. Y.— 1st, Is your your book, "Camp Life in Flor- 

 ida '" issued yet? 2d. Which do you consider best for general use in 

 Florida, a Stevens single barrel breech loading gun or a good double bar- 

 rel muzzle loading gun? Ans. 1st. "Camp Life in Florida" will be ready 

 early in November. 2n. The double gun by all means, as, if one gnu 

 oulv is carried, one barrel could be used for ball or buckshot. 



G P. D., Brockport.— Please inform me which is the best ornithology, 

 others than "Birds of North America," by Prof. Baird, and the price? 

 Ans. Coue's "Key to Nwtli American Birds," price $7, is a concise ac- 

 Gount of every living and fossil bird at present known north of the Mexi- 

 can boundary. Published by the Naturalist's Agency, Salem, Mass. 



S H. P., Bridgeport, Ct.— I have fished this Summer and early Fall on 

 the Housatonic River for black bass with fair success, but since our first 

 frost they have ceased to bite almost entirely. Is it usual for them to 

 stop biting so early, and does the depth of water make any difference 

 with them'? Ans. The same report reaches us from every locality visited 

 bv frost. We think the bass find the deep water when practicable, .and 

 are not inclined to bite. 



H. C, Columbia, S. C— I see by your paper that you answer questions 

 which pertain to field sports. Please answer in your next issue the fol- 

 lowing: What size shot is best to be used in a single barrel Parker muz- 

 zle loading shot gun, 15 bore 27 inches in length, for duck shooting, and 

 at what distance it will kill duck with the shot you advise me using? 

 Ans. For ducks we would suggest one ounce No. 4 shot; the distance de- 

 pends on the gun; forty yard's would be very fair. 



Boy Hunteb, New York.— I would dice to go shooting on election day, 

 Nov. 2, and I do not know where to go. Would you tell me where, 

 within an hour's or less ride from New York, say from ten to twenty-five 

 miles I can find good shooting for rabbits, robins, squirrels, quail, or 

 any small game? 1 would like to go as near New York as possible, but 

 would like to go where the game is pretty thick. Ans. No place to our 

 knowledge within that distance of New York where you would not be 

 likely to trespass on private grounds. Go to Rockaway beach or on the 

 flats about Barren Island and shoot sand pipers and peeps. 



H. E., Poughkeepsie.— I notice in the Forest and Stream a note 

 about the beaver in Virginia, and I should like to have a little informa- 

 tion regarding whether it would pay, and what other game there is, and 

 if there are many trapping there yet for the beaver? Is the country set- 

 tled very much or not? Ans. We are told that the Nottoway and Me- 

 herrin Rivers are full of beaver, and that all ttieir small tributaries are 

 dammed by them to the injury of lands and crops. A large number of 

 persons have gone there, and we should think they would soon be cleaned 

 out. There is small game in abundance, and some turkeys and deer. 



Neophyte, Brooklyn, L. I.— 1st. What quantity of powder and shot 

 wonld make a reliable killing load for a muzzle loading 14 bore gun, 

 weight 8|- pounds? 2d. What brand of powder would you recornuiend? 

 3d. Where, within two hours' ride from the city, could one g© for a 

 couple of days' shooting, a full bag rather than a few choice birds being 

 the desideratum? Ans. Try three drachms powder \\ ounces shot. 2d. 

 The different brands of powder advertised in our columns are all good. 

 3d. Farmingdale, Monmouth county, N. J., where the season opens on 

 the 1st of November. 



Attorney, Washington, D. C —I have a thoroughbred Gordon setter 

 pup, eight months old, that is troubled with an eruption or rash, which 

 seems to be confined to his ears, and between the toes of the forefeet the 

 feet are very warm and feverish; he walks with great difficulty, keeping 

 one foot off the ground most of the time; appetite i.ot very good. If 

 you can give me any advice as to what treatment to follow I will be 

 greatly obliged. Ans. Take one ounce flour of sulphur, one ounce pow- 

 dered charcoal, and laid enough to make an ointment. First wash the 



feet and ears well with caetile soap suds, and when dry, anoint thor- 

 oughly with the ointment. Give him very little or no meat. Well boiled 

 mush made of Indian or oat meal is good food. A purgative, we think , 

 would be beneficial. 



Young Subscriber, St. Lonis.— You informed me in your last issue 

 that I could obtain good duck shooting in any of the counties of Illinois 

 southeast of St. Louis. Please state in your next issue what county in 

 the above given State you think is best for good sport, where I had bet- 

 ter leave the cars, and also in what direction I shall travel to find the 

 given place. .Ans. If you will walk six miles ea^t of St. Louis to Breese 

 Lake you will probably find as good duck shooting as you would by go- 

 ing further from home; or go toward Alden. only ten or twelve miles 

 distant; there inquire for Long Lake; or go to Maradosia, in Morgan 

 county, or almost anywhere in Greene, Scott, or Morgan counties. Ask 

 the station master in what direction you are to walk after leaving tho 

 cars. 



Nimrod, Boston.— I made a careless mistake in my last inquiry. I 

 should have said Henry Buckley, Birmingham, instead of Charles. 1st. 

 Can you give me any information concerning this man as a gnnmaker? 

 2d. Can you give me the names of a few reliable dog trainers in the vi- 

 cinity of Boston? 3d. Will "F," who owns the Greener choke bore 

 that made such a fine target at thirty yards try it a't forty and forty-five 

 yards and report through the columns of your paper? Ans. 1st. We have 

 examined the list of Birmingham, England, gunmakers, and find no one 

 named Buckley among them. 2d. Know of none near Boston. H. J. 

 Perry, Palmer, Mass., has. a good reputation. 3d. Pe.haps "F." will 

 reply to this. 



J. B., New York.— Will you be kind enough to let me khow the Post , 

 Office address of Wm. Moore & Co. gunmakers? Also inform me of the 

 proper way of loading a double barrel muzzle loading shot gun made by 

 the above parties, size 30-inch barrel, weight 8 pounds, No. ll bore; and 

 also the best way to clean a gun after coming home from a good day's 

 shooting? Ans. Wm. Moore, the gunmaker, is dead, and we do not 

 know that any of the firm are manufacturing guns now. For upland 

 shooting use three drachms of powder and 1£ ounces shot. For ducks, 

 four drachms powder. After a good day's shooting wash your gnn with 

 tepid water rand a little soap ; dry thoi oughly and oil with sewing ma- 

 chine oil. 



J. J. F., Montreal.— Can yon inform me where I can get within 80 or 

 100 miles v of this city (Montreal) shooting of the following description:— 

 Snipe or woodcock, ruffed grouse and ptarmigan, and lastly, squirrel 

 (gray and black?) Are dogs or guides required at any place where you 

 c°.n get squirrel shooting? Ans. We are told that in the neighborhood 

 of Kilkenny Lake most of the game you men ion is to be found. Route 

 from Montreal to New Glasgow by stage every day; from thence you 

 must hire conveyance to the lake. On the read to New Glasgow inquire 

 for John Haile, who will post you. At the lake, W. Hamilton, or "Rapi- 

 dee Willie," as he is called, or the Ward Brothers, will act as guides. 

 Take your own dogs if you have any. 



C. W. T., Yonkers.— Please give me the exact distinction between 

 canvas back and red-head ducks. Ans. The red-head is the pochard of 

 Europe, although abundant in this country, while the habitat of the can- 

 vss back appears to be confined principally, if not altogether, to North 

 America. We give you the exact description of both, italicizing those 

 parts wherein the distinction appears. Red-head— bill, dull blue, with a 

 black belt at the end, broad and depressed, shorter than hea'd, the nostrili 

 within its basal half; color, of head, rich pnre chestnut, with bronzy or 

 red reflection; of back, mixed silvery-gray and black in equal amount; 

 the dark weird lines unbroken. Canvas back— bill blackish, high at the 

 base, and narrow throughout; not shorter than head, the noetrils at it* 

 middle; head much obscured with dusky, black waved lines of the back, 

 sparse and much broken up Into dots, the whitish thus predominating. 

 A little practice will enable you to distinguish between them. 



J. H. J., Green Bay, Wis.— 1st Please give me John Mortimer Mur- 

 phy's address? 2d. Can you furnish me a book on zoology of Oregon or 

 Washington Territory, or any kind of a book on hunting in that locality, 

 or name of person, paper, or publishing company in that part of the 

 country who might give me such information? 3d. I am thinking of 

 going there principally for hunting, can you tell me whether Oregon Of 

 Washington Territory is the better place to go, and what part in the State 

 and Territory do yon think preferable? Ans. 1st. Box 3,166 New York 

 city. 2d. You can get a book on the zoologv and resources of both 

 countries by writing to S. J. McCormick, Portland, Oregon. Mr. Mur- 

 phy has compiled both; also others on the entire region west of the 

 Rocky Mountains. 3d. The same class of hunting can be found either 

 in Western Oregon or Washingtoii Territory. Any part will afford you 

 all the sport you desire from elk to panther hunting. 



Constant Reader, Wilkesbarre, Pa.— Will you kindly answer the 

 following questions in your valuable paper:— I have a pointer pup a lit- 

 tle over four months old. When he first came to me he hai a slight 

 eruption on the poll. After I had had him a few weeks this spread and 

 came out all over his body indiscriminately; no actual sores, but the hair 

 seemed to get thin and come off in small patches not larger than an old 

 fashioned three cent piece. I rubbed him with carbolic acid and glyce- 

 rine, and the eruption has nearly passed away, but he lost flesh from the 

 time' I first received him, and three weeks ago he was but a living skele- 

 ton. Sometimes his appetite would be good; at others he seemed not 

 to care for anything, shivering and wanting to be quiet. At this time I 

 noticed he had a diarrhea, and changed his food from corn-meal to bread 

 and milk and the general scraps from the table; he has improved a Utile 

 vnder this change, but the diarrhea still continues, and some blood ia 

 passed occasionally; the fseces are generally black to a lead color, and 

 have a granulated appearance, as if wet gunpowder had passed through 

 him undigested. When the diarrhea first commenced I noticed a few 

 fine worms were passed; the worms were not larger than hairs, and about 

 an inch iu length. I have given him also a few of the tonic pills recom- 

 mended in Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchinson, on page 156, but as yet have 

 seen no improvement. I should think he had the distemper, but I do 

 not find the other symptoms; his nose is cool and moist, eyes clear and 

 normal, tongue normal, breath not offensive. 1st. What is the matter 

 with him? 2d. What shall I do to cure him? 3d. Is the leanness all 

 caused by his disease? Ans. The distemper in pups comes in such a. 

 variety of forms it is often difficult to detect; yet we can hardly think 

 your pup has that disease. He probably is afflicted with worms, and 

 would advise you to givo him thirty grains of powdered areca nut, to be 

 followed by half an ounce of castor oil. It can do him no harm, and 

 may relieve him . 



— The theory in a recent inquest that the deceased was 

 killed by the glancing of a rifle ball fired in anothe'r direc- 

 tion but striking the water, has elicited the statement from 

 Mr. W. W. Winchester, of the Winchester Arms Works, 

 that the deflection from any given rifle is always to the 

 right. Where the twist is to the right the ball on. striking 

 the surface of the water will go to the right. The ball has 

 two motions, direct and rotating, and when it meets with 

 an obstruction, as the surface of the water, the.flrst motion 

 is opposed or arrested to a certain extent, while the rotat- 

 ing is not obstructed, but on the contrary accelerated, and 

 caused to pursue its flight on the angle of motion, viz., to 

 the right. A ball fired from a rifle with the twist from the 

 right to left would glance te the left. Mr. Winchester be- 

 lieves that a ball fired*from a smooth bcre rifle striking the 

 water at a complete right angle at the point of its Impact 

 would not be deflected either way, 



—Mrs. Maria R. Audobon, granddaughter of the gre; t 

 naturalist, is a remarkable swimmer, and at Watch Hil), 

 this season,' ventured out to sea far jbeyond the most &d* 

 venturoub man in the place. 



