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The candidates for tlie University crew are at present 

 bein«- coached in pair oars by Mr. Loring, '69. The men 

 run four miles three evenings in the week, but the captain 

 expects them soon to begin to run to Fresh Pond, around 

 the pond, and back to the Square, a distance of six miles. 

 A. boat with stationary seats is being prepared for the crew, 

 Sid the captain intends to keep them on the river until the 

 ice closes the channel, which will probably not occur be- 

 fore Christmas. 



A very spirited game of football was played on Saturday 

 at New Haven with a picked fifteen of Yale, in which Har- 

 vard was victorious, making four goals and four touch- 

 downs, Yale making neither goal or touch-down. 



Princeton. — The foot ball twenty of Columbia played 

 the University twenty on the 12th. The result was a vic- 

 tory for Princeton by a score of 6 goals to 2. Columbia 

 won the first and fourth goals. The playing of Lyman, 

 Weeks, Price, Webb, and Train, of Columbia, was espe- 

 cially good. On the Princeton side those who distinguished 

 themselves were Denny, Co wart, Whittlesey, Mann, Woods, 

 Scott, Ridgelev, and Parmley, the renowned '"Princeton 

 giant'' of last Summer. Our twenty will probably play in 

 Jjew York next Saturday against Columbia, though defi- 

 nite arrangements have not yet been made. Lounger. 



Amherst.— The "Aggies" devoted two afternoons to ath- 

 letics recently. The best figures were those for the mile 

 run, which was won in 5:18, and the standing high jump 

 j of k feet. 



University op Pennsylvania . — The Athletic Associa- 

 tion of this college held its semi- annual contests on the 

 grounds of the North Philadelphia Base Ball Club, at Oak 

 Lane Station, on the 6th insfc. The entries and winners for 

 the various events were as follows: — 



First. One hundred yards dash — Fourteen entries, won 

 bvH. L. Geyelin, '77. Time, 10£ sec. 

 'Second. Standing jump— Three entries, won by H. L. 

 "WiHoughby. Distance, 9 ft. 6 in. 



Third. Throwing the hammer, weight 9 pounds— Pour 

 entries, won by H. L. Willoughby, '77. Distance, 77 ft. 

 8iin. 



Fourth. Three-mile walk — Five entries, won by Ernest 

 Law, '77. Time, 27 min. 33 sec. 



Fifth. Running high jump— Three entries, won by Jas. 

 Bond, '77. Height, 4 ft. 6 in. 



Sixth. Throwing base ball- Five entries, won by H. W. 

 Andrews, '76. Distance, 345 ft. 4 in. 



Seventh. Running long jump — Three entries, won by H. 

 L. Willoughby, '77. Distance, 17 ft. 10 in. 



Eighth. Hurdle race — Three entries, won by A. W. Bid- 

 die, medical department. Time, 15£ sec. 



Ninth. Running hop, step and jump — Two entries, won 

 hy H. L. Willoughby. Distance, 37 ft. 



Tenth. One mile running race — Four entries, won by 

 Addinell Hewson, Jr., '76. Time, 5 min. 42 sec. 



Geyelin's time in the 100 j^ards dash was half a second 

 less than that made at Saratoga in the inter-collegiate con- 

 tests of July last. The following gentlemen were the 

 judges:— C. P. Blight, '76; G. P. Philler, '77; J. C. Patter- 

 son, '78; L. H. Walsh, '79. Timekeepers, W. H. Patter- 

 son, '76, and L. H. W. Walsh, '79. 



Iktmnul Uptimes. 



Base Ball Notes. — The amateurs took advantage of 

 the fine, weather on Saturday last to play a match at Pros- 

 pect Park, at which over a thousand people were gratified 

 spectators, the fielding, as a general thing, being first class. 

 The contestants were leading amateurs of Brooklyn, who 



, played uuder the title of the "old Nassaus and Anatees," 

 the former winning in a full nine innings game by 8 to 2. 



•"On Saturday the Nassau team will play the Chelseas, and 



a good game is expected, provided the weather i3 favorable. 



The Lowell club have been declared amateur champions 



of Massachusetts, and the Olympics, of Paterson, have 



also been awarded the champion flag of New Jersey. 



:■ The professional clubs are requested to send in their 

 championship tables to Mr. Bulkley, of the Hartford club, 

 so as to enable the committee to award the pennant. 



S At the Professional Convention, in March next, only one 



: club will be allowed to enter for the pennant from each 



..feity. 



> The Billiard Tournament.— On last Monday Tam- 

 ,;:niany Hall was largely attended by a very respectable as- 

 I serahlage of ladies and gentlemen, the occasion being the 

 apening night of the second grand tournament at the 

 French three ball game. The contestants include those 

 noted experts— Daly, Gamier, the Dion brothers, Rudolph, 

 'Slosson, and a "colt" named Sexton, who is a new candi- 

 date for billiard fame. The prizes amount to $3,500, of 

 ! ; which $3,000 were given for the purpose by Mr. Lorillard, 

 ;jand $500 by Delaney, the billiard manufacturer, Gamier 

 ^having the tourney in charge. Games will be played after- 

 (JJnoon and evening until the23d instant. The first contest- 

 ants to enter the lists were the Dion brothers, and after an 

 i ordinarily played game Cyrille defeated his brother Joseph 

 J; by a score of 300 to 235, Cyrille's average being ten, and 

 WM best run 43; Joe's best run was forty-eight. The next 

 ((competitors were Daly and Rudolph, and, though the game 

 ii> was close up to the seventeenth inning, in the nineteenth 

 fMy virtually won by a splendid run of 124, he finally 

 liPoming in victor by 300 to 125, it being the worst defeat 

 l|mudolph has sustained in a billiard tournament. On Tues- 

 ji-uay Sexton and Slosson entered the lists, but our paper 

 went to press before any result was arrived at. The ar- 

 / rangements of the tournament are. excellent, and some very 

 / nne play is likely to mark the contests. 

 i Bicycling. — We published recently an account of a long 

 | nue on a bicycle, or velocipede, made by a gentleman in 

 Ohio, and which wa's unquestionably the best on record in 



f -~ country. This pastime, which appears to have been 

 put short lived with us, has taken firm hold across the 

 ji; water, and apparently ranks next to boating among ath- 

 ^tetic sports. Since we noticed the event alluded to, Mr. J. 

 ^•K-eene, in a match at the Lillie Bridge grounds, near Lon- 

 •imn, has covered ten miles in the unprecedented time of 

 /nirty-three minutes, thirty-five seconds and a half. Some 

 junie since Lieutenant Zubowitz, of the Austrian army, 

 'iPjle his mare Ceradoc from Vienna to Paris, a distance of 

 ijpwj miles, in fourteen days, which was considered— very 

 Uu Justly, we think— a remarkable feat. A few weeks since 

 ; ^e Mr. Laumaille rode a bicycle over the same ground, 

 i only reversing the route, in twelve days and four hours, 

 f;Oyer horrible roads, tough and knee deep in places with 

 fewua. Not to be outdone, Mr. Stanton, the English long 



distance champion, commenced a fortnight since to cover 

 the same distance, but in seven days. On the first day he 

 rode, including stoppages, 100 miles and 1,200 yards be- 

 tween 6:20 A. M. and 5 P.M., and in three days (since 

 which time we have no report) he had covered, between 

 nearly the same hours, 296 miles. This riding, however, 

 was being done on a prepared path, not on the road. The 

 feat, if accomplished, will certainly be a remarkable in- 

 stance of endurance. 



ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



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Miss Bessie Turner, so famous as the piquant witness in 

 the Beecher-Tilton trial, has written a book entitled "A Woman in the 

 Case," which Carleton <fe Co. will publish this week, with a portrait of 

 the author, photographed by Bierstadt. 



Julie P. Smith's new novel, "Courting and Farming," is 

 in the press of Carleton & Co. The other books by this author, includ- 

 ing "Widow Goldsmith's Daughter," etc., have sold to the extent of 

 nearly 40,000 copies. 



"Betsey and I are Out" had such marvelous success that 

 the author is now printing an illustrated book for young people entitled 

 "Little Folks Letters." Carleton & Co. will publish it. 



West India Pickles is the spicy title given by W. P. 

 Talboys to a humorous book, in the press of Carleton & Co., being the 

 diary of a yacht cruise last Winter among the West India Islands . 



Mrs. Marie Darlington Deslqude, a well-known Ne w 

 Orleans society belle, is about to publish, with Carleton & Co., a novel, 

 entitled "The Miller of Silcot Mill. 



Peterson's Detector. This excellent publication, of 

 incalculable advantage to every one in business, is even more perfect at 

 the present time than it has been in the past, and insures all against tak- 

 ing counterfeit money. Price only $1.50 a year. Send for a sample 

 copy, free. 



As there is a great furore now about Old Coins, we 

 would advise all to get a copy of "Peterson's Coin Book," containing 

 perfect fac similie impressions of the coins of the world. It will be sent 

 by mail, postage paid, on receipt of $1. ByT. B. Peterson & Bros., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



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JVo Notice Taken* of Anonymous Communications. 



W. M. F., Newport.— See Wingate's Manual, or the rules of the Ama- 

 teur Eifle Club. 



Hbnrt Yingling, Hanover.- -You had better write to Livingston 

 Stone, Charlestown, N. H., for information about your black bass pond. 



Lymak, Boston.— For full information about Currituck, address either 

 Andrew Po»veli, 31 Park Row, "New York, or George II. Wild, Red Bank, 

 New Jersey. 



Carter.— Will you kindly inform me which work is the best, or a 

 good one, on the birds of North America, both game ana song? Ans. 

 Baird, Brewer and Ridgway. 



S., Pousihkeepsie.— Is not the snaring of pheasants in violation of 

 law? Ans. Yes; in this State. In Massachusetts aud Connecticut oae 

 can snare on his own premises at certain seasons. 



J. N. R.— Where can I obtain the oar-locks, such as are used on the 

 Adirondack or Long Lake boats; they are cast, I believe? Ans. Of Peck 

 & Snyder, No. 126 Nassau street, this city. 



H. E., Hartford, Conn.— We do not know of any arm yet filling the re- 

 quirements you ask for. We have urged makers to manufacture them, 

 but heretofore without success. It could, however, be readily made for 

 yon. 



J. W., New York. — You do not state the distances atwhichthe shoot- 

 ing was made. Conlin's targets are the exact reductions of the Creed- 

 moor ones, and their size is calculated according to proportionate dis- 

 tances. 



P. H. R., New York.— Please inform me in your nest issue to whom I 

 have to apply in regard to the next Bench Show in Brooklyn? I have a 

 dachshund which I wouid like to exhibit. Ans. Mr. Thomas Smith, 

 Stony Brook, L. I. 



Constant Reader.— You will confer a favor by informing me where 

 there is shooting of any kind within a distance of twenty miles of New 

 York? Ans. We will leave it to any of our readers if this "Constant 

 Reader" is what he represents himself to be. 



Morewet, Bridgeport.— Can you inform me if the Cape Ann oilcloth 

 suits are made to measure, and where they can be ordered, and oblige? 

 Ans. Address L. Ennis, Nos. 116 and 117 South street, this ctty; or 

 Bennett & Marr, Gloucester, Mass. 



L. W. F., Mid die town.— Could satisfactory results be obtained by 

 breaking a pup on partridge in locations where quail are not abundant? 

 Ans. Yes; a dog well broken on ruffed grouse (partridges) would surely 

 be a good quail dog. 



H. F., New York.— A 22 calibre rifle should shoot exceedingly close at 

 the range you mention. Weight of projectile and proportionate charge 

 of powder at the distance you state give almost a straight trajectory, the- 

 oretically. Consult the scores made at Conlin's gallery. 



E. B. C, Beverly, Mass.— 1. Would you prefer an English gun cost- 

 ing $180, to an American gun costing the same? 2. Is the 10 bore bet- 

 ter for general shooting than 12 bore? Ans. It would depend upon who 

 made the gun and the style of it. 2. We prefer 12 gauge for upland 

 shooting. 



Quid Melius, New York. - 1. Would you advise me to buy a $100 En- 

 glish gun, in preference to a $75 American gun? 2. Would a $100 Amer- 

 can gun be as good as a $100 English gun. Ans. 1. Yes. 2. You could 

 probably buy a second-hand English gun for that price which would suit 

 you better. 



Oregon Inquirers.— Correspondents inquiring about the hunting and 

 fishing of Oregon, and the class of animals indigenous to the region, are 

 referred to the long series of exhaustive papers on the zoology of that 

 country, which appeared in our editions of 1874, over the "pen" name of 

 "Mortimer Kerry." 



J. E., New Bedford.— Will you give m? tha address of some parties 

 that are owners of the best fox hounds in the country— dogs that have 

 the best nose, most endurance and good speed? I want the very best 

 chat can be got— dogs that will follow a fox, but not hares and rabbits. 

 Ana. Address Peter Knox, Newton, Sussex county, N. J, 



J. L. S., Hamorton, Pa.— Can you recommend to me a reliable and good 

 party in New York city to whom I could ship canvas back and other 

 ducks from Norfolk this Winter? I think of going near there to remain 

 through the duck season, and want to learn of a party from whom I can 

 get regular returns. Ans. Messrs. E. & A. Robbius, Fulton Market, 

 this city . 



A. H., New York.— Where, near New York, can I find good duck 

 shooting for the 25th? Is Babylon, L. L, a good place? Are there any 

 boats to hire, and is there any ho f el or farm house where a party of four 

 or five could stop all night? Ans. Babylon is a fair place, and you will 

 find every convenience there; or go on a little further to Sayville. Go to 

 Ike Bedell's and inquire for Capt. Ed. Danes. 



H. H. R., Rockford, 111.— I wish to know if the water that is carried 

 through cast iron pipes, if it is continually changing, would do to use 

 for a trout pond? We have the Holly Water Works here, and if the 

 water can be used I wish to start a pond, as I have a good location for 



one. Who can give me the necessary information and fry for this? Ans. 

 Address T. B. Ferguson, 192 North Charles street, Baltimore, or Thomp- 

 son & Tagg, New Hope, Bucks county, Pa. 



Secretary Luzerne Co. Sportsmen's Cltjr, Wilkesbarre, Pa. — 

 Will you inform us where we can buy live quail (bob whites), also live 

 pinnated grouse (prairie chickens)? We desire to stock certain portions 

 of our county with these birds, and do not know where we can procure 

 them. Ans. From Kaiser & Co., 10 Ohio street, Sedalia, Mo. ; have 

 both quail and pinnated grouse. Live birds can often be bought, of 

 Whiteley & Morris, Washington Market, between Barclay and Vesey 

 streets, this city. Price about $4 per dozen. 



G. H., W., Cornwall, Ont.— What will it cost to have the choke bore 

 barrels maae for my gun such as you mention? My barrels are too thin 

 to bore over; also, do you think a pair of 10 gauge barrels could be fitted 

 to it, the gauge being now No. 12? An ordinary quality of barrels would 

 suit me well enongh, so long as they would stand 31- drachms of strong 

 ritle powder. I think the decarbonized steel would do as well as any. 

 Ans. A good pair of choke bored barrels of 12 gauge can be fitted to 

 your stock for $25, with which you could use 8J- or 4 drachms of the 

 best powder. 



Gerry/, New York.— Will you pleaee inform me where I can go duck 

 shooting on Thanksgiving, some place within twenty-five or thirty miles 

 of this city, so that I conld leave on a late train the evening before; 

 where to stop, the name of some gunner I might write to to meet me 

 who would furnish boat, decoys, etc. What is about the usual price 

 paid to a gunner for the day ? Ans. Write to W. E. Lane, Good Ground, 

 L. I., or Capt. Ed. Dane, Sayville, L. I. Both have decoys, etc; charge 

 for same and batteries from $5 to $6 per day. We know of no place 

 nearer. 



S., New Haven, Ct.— Please inform me what locality in the South to 

 go to for the best duck shooting— canvas back and other ducks. I should 

 want to find some place where the shooting ground is not all leased or 

 bought up, and where I could shoot in a sportsmanlike manner and not 

 be molested. What should you consider a fair average of a day's sport 

 in the locality you may name? Ans. If you do not desire to visit Flor- 

 ida, we should decidedly recommend Port Royal, S. C, or Newbern, N. 

 C. Every accommodation can be had at either place, with ducks and 

 other wild fowl in superabundance. 



Neophyte, Brooklyn.— Will you be kind enough to inform me where, 

 on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, between New York and Phila- 

 delphia, would be the best place to drop off for a day's shooting? Some 

 civilized settlement where one could engage a liberal-minded, modest- 

 priced, intelligent and well-posted guide with a good dog preferred? 

 Ans. You could find but little shooting on the line of the road you men- 

 tion. But on the Camden and Amboy route, at Old Bridge, or Spotts- 

 wood, if you could find a good guide with a good dog, you could get 

 some good shooting, but we are not acquainted with such a person. 



N. J. S., London, Ont.— I have a very handsome and lively setter dog 

 over a year old; he has a fine nose and great endurance, but is unbro- 

 ken; I have no time myself to attend to him, as I only get an occasional 

 day's shooting. I ask, through the medium of your paper, if there are 

 any dog breakers in this section of Canada? I have inquired all around, 

 but can find none. What is the usual fee for breaking a dog? Wood- 

 cock, snipe and partridge are the principal game in this immediate dis- 

 trict. Ans. We are not acquainted with any breaker in Canada, but 

 could have your setter broken by a breaker in New Jersey. The cost of 

 breaking depends upon the length of time reqnired to perfect him. 



Inquirer, Grand Central Depot, New York. —You must elevate the 

 sight beyond 60 yards. A ball begins to fall the moment it leaves the 

 barrel. If you put in too large a charge of powder your ball is liable to 

 tumble (go end over end) . If you should lengthen the chamber for 70 

 grains, increase the ball in proportion. We would not advise, however, 

 your having the rifle rechambered, unless you want to fire over 200 

 yards. We think we know your gun, and with the charges you have, 

 most accurate shooting has been done at Creedmoor. If you will feel 

 your way patiently with your rifle there is no doubt but that in time you 

 will secure that accuracy. 



Nimrod, Boston.— The following is the result of testing the W. W. 

 Greener choke bore gun at 40 yards, at 30 inch target, with 4 drachms of 

 powder and l£ oz. No. 6 shot: Left ban el— 284 pellets within the circle; 

 right barrel— 223 pellets within the circle. I find the best loading for 

 my gun to be 4 or 5 drachms of powder and 1£ oz. shot, with the pink- 

 edged wads on the powder, and one ever the shot for long range and 

 concentration. For scattering the shot, I make use of 3 drachms of 

 powder and 1 to l£ oz. shot, one pink-edged wad over the powder and 

 the same over the shot. I have made a very good target at 60 yards, 

 but have not the record at hand. F. 



Tall Henry, Thomaston, Conn.— Can I stop a man from snaring 

 upon land which does not belong to him. but upon which he has the 

 owner's permission to snare? I have a Tolley gun, bored on the old sys- 

 tem, which, at 40 yard?, puts 175 No 6 shot and 200 No. 7 into a 30-inch 

 circle. I have shot partridges with it at 76 and 80 yards; but with a con- 

 centrator I can kill them at 100 yards. How is that? Ans. We are in- 

 clined to think you can. The Connecticut game law is very explicit as 

 to giving permission only to land owners to snare only upon their own 

 ground. At all events it would be a good test case, and perhaps lead to 

 measures that would stop snaring altogether. 2d. You should be well 

 satisfied with your gun; no choke bore could equal it — but those paces 

 must have been very short for a tall man. 



Sub, Chicago.— Please inform me as to the greatest number of can- 

 secutlve bullseyes made at 500 yards? Ans. Some one in Scotland- 

 Mr. Ross, we think— is said to have made 18 bullseyes at 500 yards; but 

 we have looked over the records time and again, and have not yet found 

 it. We think Col. J. A. Shaffer, of your Chicago Rifle Club, has done 

 the best shooting at 500 yards we have yet seen recorded. We publish 

 the Colonel's score to-day— 22 bullseyes out of 23 shots, 114 in a possible 

 115. There is getting to be a rule, as in racing, that scores, though cred- 

 ited, do not have full weight, unless recorded in a positive match. Mr. 

 Farwell made, on October 23d, at Creedmoor, 20 consecutive bullseyes 

 at 800 yards; 5 of them on th® match, the other 17 not scored on the 

 match. 



Crack Shot, Philadelphia.— 1. Is the Ballard rifle that Wra. Read & 

 Sons, of Boston, advertise to sell for $18, finished as well as a Wesson 

 and how do they compare in shooting qualities? 2. Can a skeleton 

 stock be obtained that will fit a Colt revolver, and if so, can they be ta- 

 ken off and put on at will? Where can they be had, and what would be 

 the cost? 3. Wnat is the price of a muzzle loading rifle, such as are 

 used by backwoodsmen? Can Belmontyle oil be obtained in Philadel- 

 phia, and will it prevent fire-arms rusting in damp climates? Ans. 1. 

 The Ballard rifle sold by Wm. Read & Sons is an excellent gun for the 

 price; but the Wesson rifle is a higher finished guu. Both are good 

 shooting rifies. 2. Any of the gnnmakers advertising in our columns can 

 have a skeleton stock fitted to your revolver, the cost of which would be 

 about $5. 3. About $30. 4. Yes; from John Krider, Second and 

 Walnut streets, Philadelphia. 



C. A. S., Shakopee, Minn.— Will you "please explain to me the mean- 

 ing of such figures as appear below, in an account of rifle shooting at 

 Croton Falls, taken from 3 ten shot strings 220 yards. 1st, G. W.F., & and 

 1-16 inch, 871 . 2d, 14 31, etc. . My idea of string measurement is,' meas- 

 uring from centre to centre, and the above figures are all Greek to me. 

 Again, is not an average of two inches on a five or ten shot string 10} 

 yards, off-hand, open sight, first-class shooting? To what association 

 should I write to get rules, etc., containing a description of such meas- 

 urements as reported above, or by which such shoots are governed? Ans" 

 The American backwoodsman, in measuring a string of shots, would use 

 a string, measuring thedistanee from the center of mark to the center 



of shot. Thus in diagram 1 2 3,0 is the bullseye If the 



ball struck at 1, it would measure 1; if the second shot hit at 3 the 

 whole measure of the two snots would be 1 plus 3, or 4. Records of 

 string shots have been rarely preserved. We think that of two inches 

 to the.shot to be excellent. _ Could not feive you any books to refer to ' ■ 



