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Kennedy, Professor of Physics in Yale College and Mr. 

 -q B- Bainbridge the well known amateur of this city. 

 The two distance was two miles. The men were started 

 by Mr. James Watson, the referee, at a little after half 

 past four, Bainbridge getting away first with a lively 

 stroke that carried him ahead of his opponents. Kennedy, 

 however, was rowing a slow but powerful stroke that soon 

 carried him even, and at the turn he was several lengths a- 

 head. He made a bad turn however, and Bainbridge 

 catching him before he was around they started on the 

 homeward journey together. Kennedy, however, soon 

 went to the first again and passed the line amidst the 

 most enthusiastic demonstrations of the Yale students, 

 some fifteen lengths ahead. Time, 14m. 57£s. Bain- 

 bridge's time was 15m. 42|s. Kennedy rowed a slow 

 strok throughout while Bainbridge pulled as high as 35 

 or 36. 



Ackoss the Ocean in a Doey.— Two men, Eben Mc- 

 Auley and Oluf Henrikson, of Gloucester, Mass. , propose 

 in June next making the attempt to cross the Atlantic in 

 an open dory, such as is used by the Bank's smacks in 

 their fishing expeditions. They advertise in the Cape Ann 

 Advertise?' for subscription to assist them in carrying out 

 the feat. The first name has the familiar whaleman ring 

 to it and the speaks of a Norse origin. The combination 

 should be successful in almost any undertaking where salt 

 water is concerned, but we doubt the wisdom of even en- 

 couraging Ithese foolhardy experiments. A similar trip 

 with a life raft, or some new life saving invention, might 

 be productive- of some benefit, but the present trip is likely 

 to end as did that of the three G-othamites. 



—In the academic part of Michigan University the stu- 

 dents have organized a boating association, and purpose 

 giving a series of entertainments during the "\V~mter to 

 raise the necessary funds for the maintenance and proper 

 training of a navy. 



Boating at Halifax.— A race was rowed in Halifax 

 Harbor last week between Obed Smith, of the Smith Nick- 

 erson crew, and George Beazeley of Purcell's Cove. The 

 race was an easy one for Smith who had his man safe the 

 entire distance, Beazeley finally rowing into Market Slip 

 and complaining that his wrist had given out. 



Dartmouth.— Mr. E. C. Carrigan who was previously 

 elected to act as senior delegate to the Intercollegiate* Row- 

 ing Association, has also^ been elected President of the 

 Dartmouth Boating Association. All six of the crew of 

 75 will be upon the University crew of '76 and it is proba- 

 ble that five at least of the crew will consent to row. Mr. 

 Barron of the Twin Mountain and Crawford Hanns was 

 tendered the '75 crew and the Boating Association a com- 

 plimentary dinner. 



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The Late Tournament. — The billiard tournament 

 which commenced at Tammany Hallon the evening of the 

 15th. has closed. The ushers, in their gay ribbons, were 

 very polite and obliging to all strangers, and especially so 

 to members of the press. A remarkable feature of the 

 tournament was the surprise created by the excellent play- 

 ing of the two youngsters, Slosson and Sexton, both of 

 whom did wonders, although the former did not play 

 within fifty per cent, of his game, as a few weeks ago in 

 St. Louis, playing for a wager he made the astonishing run 

 of 285, and averaged 55 6-7 in 500 points. Being ques- 

 tioned in regard to his low averages in the present tourna- 

 ment, he answered by saying that the cushion he played on 

 in St. Louis was entirely different from the one in use at 

 Tammany, and he felt as if a heathen Chinee had hold of 

 .liim whenever he struck a ball. However, it is our opin- 

 ion that if Slosson had come on from St. Louis sooner, and 

 had had more practice, instead of being down among the 

 dead men he would certainly have been first or second in 

 the grand race, as his run of 104 proves to our satisfaction 

 that he was improving in his play and getting the cushion 

 down to a nicety. Sexton, the not-known, is a prodigy' 

 and a curiosity as a billiard player, this being his first bout 

 with the stars, and having a nerve of steel and an abandon 

 that looks almost careless. Sexton is without doubt a' 

 "wonder," and before many moons pass over will make 

 others wonder why the ducats leave their pockets so very 

 fast. Another most remarkable circumstance connected 

 with this tournament is that one of the artists fainted after 

 winning a game, and another is laboring under the idea 

 that he has the disease of the heart. The fact is that the 

 young ones made the place too hot for their older competi- 

 tors, and the strain upon the nerves was more than some 

 of them could stand. Cyrille Dion covered, himself with 

 glory by maintaining the title given him in clays gone by, 

 his superior judgment making him a general indeed. 

 Maurice Daly played in bad luck throughout, and, of 

 course, gets nothing, while the first and second prizes go 

 to the representatives , of Montreal. Financially, the tour- 

 nament is uot much of a success, the depressed times no 

 doubt being one of the principal causes. Appended is the 

 summary of the tournament giving the number of games 

 won and lost, with the highest run and the best average of 

 each player:— 



• Games Games Highest Best 



Players. won. lost. run. Average. 



wnlieDion 5 1 89 80 



JasepLiDion 5 1 122 14 2^7 



Maurice Daly 2 4 124 28 1-13 



Albert (iarnier 8 3 • 119 30 



William Sexton 3 3 136 15 



George Slosson 3 3 U4 16 2-3 



A. P. Ruoolpue 6 62 



The Championship Contest. — The fourth match for the 

 championship of America, the Delaney badge, and $1,000 

 was played on Tuesday night in Tammany Hall, the 

 contestants being Maurice Daly, the champion, and Cyrille 

 jUion, winner of the first prize in the Gamier tournament. 

 the interest evinced by the spectators showed that the 

 Popular love for billiards had suffered but little from the 

 tournament just past. Dion won by 3 points. Dion's av 

 erage, 12|; Daly's average, 11 29-48; Dion's laigest run, 52; 

 Daly's largest run, 104; time of game, 3h. 28m. 



Brevities.— Clake E. Wilson at 57 Cedar street, lately 

 Pertormed the unparalleled feat of pocketing fifteen bails 

 atter the break in their numerical order. Ralph Benjamin 

 <u Portchester, and Gersham B. Hubbell of Hanford, 

 yere \ n town last week. Charles A. Frink is temporarily 

 jnthecit.v. At Chris O'Connor's on Saturday night last, 

 Rudelpfac played two, games (French^ fr- 



aud $100. Sexton won both, getting back his losses on 

 his game with Gamier. Dan. Strauss was very jubilant at 

 the result of the late tourney. James Kernarr, after an 

 extended trip, is back to Gotham. George F. Glosson at- 

 tributes the poor show he made in the tournament to the 

 fact that he was unable to obtain a table to practice on. 

 D. S. Giralds has opened an eating house in Montreal. A 

 three-ball tournament is to be inaugurated at Rochester. 

 K Y. There will be three prizes— $100, $60, and $40. 

 The entries are Kinney of thiscity,Eugene Sprague of Dan- 

 ville, K Y., Frank Twitchell, Eugene Kimball andFurgn- 

 son of Rochester. Simon Burns left for Texas on the 20th . 

 instant. The party or parties who arranged the order 

 of playing in the late tournament, would have displayed 

 great diplomacy, if Sexton'f play had been as anticipated. 

 Joe O'Connor is now mine host of the Queen's Hotel, at 

 Guelph, Canada. Our exchanges speak of some tall pig- 

 eon shoeting done by genial Joe. John O'Conner repre- 

 sents his interest with Capt. Tom Murphy at the Columbia 

 Rooms, this city. M. H. Hewins is now reported at the 

 Hot Springs, Ark. The ma'ch for the championship of 

 the Northwest and Southwest, between Maggioli and Bar- 

 leigh, will take place January 8th, the clay on which the 

 celebration of the battle of New Orleans takes place. 

 What has become of the one-armed tournament that was 

 to be held at A. R. Samuels', Brooklyn? It is about time 

 some of the billiard men in that city got out of their leth- 

 argy. John Keane went to New Orleans Nov. 23d to set 

 up J. A. Walker's tables. Joe Martin is in Philaoelphia. 

 Billy Goldthwaite expects to open a room at the South End, 

 Boston, with six tables. The "Red Room" at the Palais 

 Royal, Boston, is again used for billiards. Since John J. 

 Murphy added a gymnasium to the Hub Billiard Palace, 

 he is kept constantly employed. When does that fifteen 

 ball tourney come off? The Centennial tournament, in- 

 stil ued by the Clipper, is now pretty freely canvassed 

 among biiliardists, and we should not be surprised to see 

 the purse swelled to the tune of $10,000- George Slosson 

 can be found at Thomas Bros, room, 1239 Broadvvry. J. 

 A. Walker, of New Orleans, had shipped to him on Sat- 

 urday eighteen standard American tables from the factory 

 of H. W. Colender. Mr. Walker has recently purchased 

 the old Crescent City room, originally opened in that city 

 by the late Col. Merriam. Pool selling was very brisk at 

 Maurice Daly's during the past week. Sexton can be 

 backed for $1,000 each game against any or all the contest- 

 ants in the late tourney. 



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Bicycling. — Stanton, the English long distance cham- 

 pion, to whom we alluded last week. as having undertaken 

 the task of riding 650 miles in seven days, successfully ac- 

 complished the feat with over an hour to spare. The fol- 

 lowing table shows the time of starting and the distance 

 ridden each day — 



Started. Stopped. Distance. 



H. m. h. M. Miles. Yds. 



Tuesday, October 26th 6 20 5 100 1,200 



Wednesday 7 15 5 23 94 1,128 



Thursday 7 3 5 6 100 1,120 



Friday......... 7 15 5 13 90 1.080 



Saturday 7 3 4 51 90 1,080 



Sunday 7 12 5 85 1,020 



Monday ." 6 57 4 47* 87 323 



Skating. — Preparations are already being made for the 

 skating season of 1875-6, and the first in the field to pre- 

 pare facilities for the sport are Messrs. Weed and Decker, 

 who now have their ball grounds flooded with water, ready 

 for the advent of Jack Frost. The programme for Winter 

 sports at the Capitoline Lake this season will include car- 

 nivals, ice boat regattas, races on skates, children's festival 

 days, and several novelties. A coasting track is talked of, 

 to extend from the rising ground, at the northeast corner of 

 the enclose and to continue to the opposite corner, with a 

 turn extending to the west side of the lake. This will be 

 quite a feature. In fact, the Capitoline Lake will be a pub- 

 lic resort for all kinds of winter sports this season, and, 

 as usual, the Ladies' Hall, heated and made cosy for the 

 fair sex who do not participate in the sports on the ice ex- 

 cept as spectators, will be a feature. 



Columbia. — A match game of football was to have been 

 played on the St. Georges Cricket Grounds at Hobol^en on 

 Saturday between Columbia and Rutgers Colleges, but the 

 latter college could not get a team together.- In order not to 

 disappoint the spectators, Mr. Price, Captain of the Colum- 

 bia team, selected an eleven to play an eleven selected by 

 Mr. King. Mr. Price's side proved victorious by two 

 goals against one gained, by Mr. King. 



Princeton.— Princeton College and Stevens Institute 

 had a game of football at Princeton on Saturday. Prince- 

 ton won six straight goals in one hour and seven minutes. 



Choke Bores. —We are glad to perceive that our state 

 ments with regard to the fallacy of choke boring guns are 

 indorsed by our American sporting contemporaries. The 

 New York Forest and Stream thus speaks on the mat- 

 ter: "We notice that in all the reports commendatory of 

 the new system chilled or hard shot is spoken of as being 

 used; and if the wonderful results of pattern and penetra- 

 tion claimed can only be obtained by the use of this hard 

 shot, the chDke bore is not the gun for general work in 

 this country. For pigeon shooting it certainly possesses 

 advantages, but we believe a modification or abondonment 

 will be the result of another year's experience." What 

 does our contemporary the Field think now of its new 

 " t0 yf — Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 



A Proper Assertion of Dignity.— From the Volun- 

 teer Service Gazette we take the following;— 



"As we have lately noticed, many matches have recently 

 taken place between Regular and Volunteer soldiers, in 

 which officers have shot on both sides. Hitherto it has 

 been rather the custom for the Volunteer team to be made 

 ■up of all ranks, while the Regulars sent noue but non- 

 commisioned officers and rank and file. This may of course 

 be accidental in some cases, but it is not a desirable state 

 of things, and we believe that Volunteer commanding offi- 

 cers would act prudently in making a rute that none of 

 their officers should take part in a match firing against a 

 'Regular' team, unless at least one officer formed part of 

 the latter. At a recent match at Brighton there was no 

 officer in the Scots Grey's team, though there was one in 

 the Volumes 



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Augusta Evans' new novel, "Infelice," bids fair to riva 

 "St. Elmo 1 ' in advance orders. Carleton & Co. , the publishers, are ne- 

 gotiating with a large dealer for the enormous number of 50,000 copies, 

 including "the market." 



T. B. Peterson & Bros., Philadelphia, announce that 



they will publish next week a new novel by the popular and well-known 

 Western authoress, Miss Eliza A. Dupny, entitled "A New Way to Win 

 a Fortune." It will be published complete in one large duodecimo vol- 

 ume, bound in morocco cloth, gilt back, price $1.75. 



The Language and Poetry op Flowers.— Mrs. Mar- 

 tha Ewing, the gifted poetess of Rochester, N. Y., has issued a little 

 hand book with the above title— a book, indeed, for the vest pocket, and 

 filled with sweet thoughts suggestive of the fragrance of the rose and 

 the fragrance of the lily. It is illustrated, aiso, and the glowing words 

 depict the flowers in radiant colors which no pigment can supply. 



Mr. Wm. L. Stone haa just published his "Keminescences 



of Saratoga and Ballston" in a handsome volume. It is filled with en- 

 tertaining accounts of those popular watering places, and of the noted 

 characters tbat have frequented them. 



Jfnxwep §}a <^ori[e%gandent$. 



Wo IVotice Taken of Anonymous Communications. 



Snipe, Monroe, Mich.— The weight of the grizzly bear in Central Park 

 is 800 pounds . 



Youno Sportsman, Warerville.— Please inform me where I can obtain 

 a pair of carrier pigeons, aud the price? Ans. Address Jos. M. Wade, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



F., New Haven.— Where can I obtain female wood ducks in exchange 

 for males of same species? Ana, Possibly from Fred. Mather, Honeoye 

 Falls, N. Y. 



H. B S., Chestnut Hill, Mass.— You can get a second-hand Remington 

 gun by addressing Br. Henry Schoenfield, Miamisburg, Montgomery 

 county, Ohio, or H. Morgan Jones, 30£ North Fifth street, Philadelphia. 



J. H., Auburn, N. Y.— Will you have the kindness to inform me if 

 there is such a gunmaker as Harlow in Birmingham, and if so, what is 

 his standing as such? Ans. The name of John Harlow is not on the list 

 of gunmakers of Birmingham. 



C. W. W., Charlestown, N. H.— What book can I get to post me up 

 on poultry houses and best breeds of poultry to raise for market and 

 eggs? I want to go into raising on a large scale. Ans. Address Fan- 

 cier's Journal, Philadelphia, Pa. 



C- S. R., Niagara Falls:— Will yon please tell me if there is any dan- 

 ger of pin-fire shells not being manufactured and not obtainable, and if 

 so, how long before they will ran out? Have been told there are no mora 

 pin fires manufactured. Ans. The supply will last as long as the guns. 



A. F., City.— Please give me the address of a good manufacturer of 

 muzzle loading guns and rifles. Ans. You can have a shot gun or rifle 

 made to order by most any of the gunmakers of this city, who advertise 

 in this paper, or by John Krider, corner of Second and Walnut 

 street s .Philad. elphia. 



Baqubttb.— Write to Dr. It. A. Alloway, SO Radigoude street, Mon- 

 treal, for information respecting Megantic district of Canada. Theo- 

 phileBeauchamp, St. Hyppolite de Richemy P. O.. Providence of Que- 

 bec, is a good guide. There is good fishing and shooting in season, 

 salmon trout, brook trout, and bass in abundance, with plenty of small 

 game. 



A. H. K.. New York.— Is there good rabbit shooting in the vicinity of 

 Holmdell, N. J.? Are there any quail or pauridge in same locality P 

 Could you. tell me of any better place for rabbit shooting nearer New 

 York? Ans. You could find some rabbit and quail shooting in the vi- 

 cinity of Holmdell, also near Old Bridge and Spotswood, in Middlesex 

 county, N. J. 



R. R., Jr., New York.— How do you give the pepper recommended to 

 canaries in your issue of November 11th? Ans. Mix with some favorite 

 food, such as soaked cracker or the yolk of an egg, boiled hard, a little 

 red pepper, and keep it wbere the bird can eat of it as much and as long 

 as it likes, but be careful at the same time to provide plenty of other 

 food, so that the birds need not be confined to a pepper diet. 



L. L..New Haven.— 1st. Which of the two London gunmakers— 

 Scott or Tolley— turn out the most serviceable breeeh loader for $35? 

 3d. Which of the three States— Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa— afford 

 the best general shooting the year round, and what part ©f the State de- 

 cided upon is the best? Ans. 1st. We are at a loss to say which is the 

 best gunmaker; both are first class. 2d. Missouri and in the vicinity of 

 Jefferson City. 



SpaFvKill.— 1st. What kind of a dog is the best for rabbits, a common 

 hound ox a beagle? 2d Where can I procure one or two good pups, and 

 the cost of the same? Would like to get them in a month or two. 3d. 

 What is the cost of ferrets apiece. 4th. Is the improved Dittmar pow- 

 der as good as ordinary black powder, and as safe? Ans. 1st. We pre- 

 fer beagles or harriers for rabbits. 2d. Address Mr. H. Bergen, Road 

 Hall, Middlesex county, N. J. 3d. From $i to $8, 4th. The Dittmar 

 powder is much used iu the West and Northwest and approved of. We 

 cannot speak of its merits as compared with black powder by our own 

 experience. 



C. B., Philadelphia.— Will you inform me what is the proper charge of 

 powder, amount and No. of shot, size and distance from target which is 

 in common use by gunmakers as a standard to test guns by (breech load- 

 ers?) How many shot should a No. 10 bore breech loading shot gun put 

 in a target of proper dimensions, with correct load, etc., as a test of its 

 shooting qualities? What is the standard of penetration? How do you 

 try a gun in that respect? What should a No. 10 bore gun do in regard 

 to penetration? Ans. FourMrachms of powder, l£ oz. No. 7 shot. Tar- 

 get 30 inches in diameter; distance 40 yards; £90 pellets, evenly distrib- 

 uted, is good; thirty -five sheets of hardware paper, usual thickness, is 

 good penetration. 



T. C, Brainerd.— You speak in an editorial of the Evans repeating 

 rifle. What is it like and where is it made? Ans. Most modern maga- 

 zine guns, of Which character is the Evans, have the cartridges intro- 

 duced in a tube parallel with the barrel. The Evans carries its thirty- 

 four charges m a short tube in the stock, so that the weight is against 

 the shoulder and not at the extremity of the gun. Tbe feeding mechan- 

 ism is highly ingenious, consisting of an archemedian screw, which re- 

 volving, places the cartridges in the chamber. The rifle functions com- 

 prise a down movement of the lever, the cock strtking upward. When 

 the lever Is used the old shell is ejected, the new cartridge is chambered, 

 and the piece cocked. There are no spiral springs, all. being direct lever 

 and ordinary spring movements. Calibre is .44; centre fire; lengths, 25, 

 23 and 30 inahes; weight, 9 pounds. The Evans rifle was perfected and 

 placed in the market some six months ago. It will fire with great ra- 

 pidity. The agents are Messrs. Merwin, Hurlbert & Co,, No. 83 Cham- 

 b3rs street, New York. 



—As geese were the salvation of ancient Rome, so ihe 

 perpetuation of our New England Thanksgiving Bay ret 

 on Turkey. 



