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"gaff," and "land" nine salmon, from a birch bark canoe, the whole 

 operation to be performed alone within the time between 9 A.M., and 

 luncheon at 1 P. M. Please remember that to accomplish this undertak- 

 ing I was obliged to pole my canoe into a swift current, and either hold 

 her there with a setting pole, or anchor her by means of a slung stone at 

 the how, attached to a line passing through an auger hole in a piece of 

 flattened wood projecting out beyond the bow like a bowsprit, and run- 

 ning under the cross bars down to the stern where it was looped or held 

 m my teeth for the anchor to be let slip, or hauled atrip at. will. Then, 

 after hooking each salmon and recovering my anchor, the canoe had to 

 he steered, towed, or drifted about till it reached one of three landing 

 places, distant respectively, two, Ave, and eight hundred yards from the 

 fishing pools. The rod used was a spliced greehhart 18 feet long, made by 

 Bnright, of Castle Connel. My canoe was about the same length. At 

 12:45 I had secured eight splendid fish, and hurried back to complete my 

 task. Naturally, on anchoring the canoe, I struck the ninth salmon, 

 and whilst regaining my anchor line the canoe swung across the cur- 

 rent, and the fish rushing towards me, swiftly as an arrow, leaped clear 

 out of the water and tumbled into the canoe. The tangling and con- 

 fusion which ensued can be imagined. I cut the casting line as soon as 

 it could be reached, and hastened to rig a fresh cast; but time was cried 

 before another fish could be struck. Two of the canoemen (Hoffman's) 

 belonging to the party, and Mr. Robinson, their steward, at the Parker 

 House, Boston, and who hung out the luncheon signal when time was up, 

 are, I think, the only living witnesses to this occurrence. These nine 

 fish averaged 16£ pounds each. About four years since, at the same 

 place, fishing from a small birch canoe, I killed a fine, fresh run and vig- 

 orous fish, weighing 23 pounds, on a toy rod of split bamboo, three ounces 

 in weight, with a light trout line of 40 yards, single trout gut and minia- 

 ture fly, tho operation lasting about, three fourths of an hour. The 

 tackle belonged to Mr. Reid, of Boston; Mr. Turnel, of Hamilton, Out., 

 ana Mr. John Brown, of Brooklyn were present. 



On another occasion, in the river St. John, near Mingan, I killed in 

 one forenoon 20 salmon, the smallest of which weighed 17 pounds, and 

 the largest 27 pounds. In the afternoon of the same day, Mr. Watt, of 

 Montreal, killed fifteen more, all from one cast called "Whitcher's 

 Hole " This work was done from a birch canoe with the aid of one 

 man. Being better acquainted with the cast, and more accustomed to 

 the canor, I could easily have killed double his number. But haviug 

 fished all the forenoon with my left hand only, the other arm being dis- 

 abled and in a sling, gladly surrendered to my companion. We had to 

 run backwards and forwards through a sharp rapid between the fishing 

 pool and the gaffing ground. 



Now these instances are convincing as to the feasibility of making 

 "prodigious scores," particularly if we recollect that the localities 

 named, and the circumstances of capture are so much more difficult 

 than at the river Godbout. Here the fish were caught between a fall of 

 several feet and a steep pitch, where the pool is situated in a bend of 

 the river, formed by an extensive beach of gravel and boulders from 

 which it is easy to cast, and where the fish can be quickly guided to the 

 edge and gaffed. Probably not one in twenty would leave the pool, and 

 a skillful gaff man ought often to land the fish almost as soon as hooked. 



With reference to your correspondent's remark about a guardian fish- 

 ing in such extensive style, I am pleased to say that on calling. Mr. Gil- 

 mour's attention to the matter last season this indulgence was promptly 

 withdrawn. W. F. Whjtchek. 



fochUng %ntl Ranting. 



All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 

 later than Monday in each week. 



HIGH WATER. 



FOR THE WEEK. 





Date. 



Boston.. 



New York. 



Charleston. 



Jan. 20 



Jan.ai 



H. M. 



5 57 



6 5«j 



7 51 



8 48 



9 42 



10 31 



11 18 



B, M, 



3 41 



4 86 



5 33 



6 38 



7 16 



8 

 8 43 



H. At. 



1 57 



2 56 



Jan. 22 . 



Jan. 23 



Jan. 24 



3 51 



4 48 



5 42 



Jan. 25.. .. 



6 31 



Jan. 26...., ....!!.! 



7 18 



Brooklyn Yacht Club. — This club held their annual 

 meeting on Wednesday evening at their club rooms, the 

 President, P. W. Ostrander in the chair. After the Trea- 

 surer's report had been received, the election of new mem- 

 bers and officers was proceeded wilh. The following gen- 

 tlemen were elected members of the club:— George L. 

 Kingsland, yacht Alarm; Charles J. Osborne, yacht Dread- 

 naught; J. D. Smith, yacht Estelle; 8. M. Mills, yacht 

 Vesta; Edward P. Miller, yacht Cynthia; William Edgar 

 ledgers, Thomas Palmer, R. Eagan, G. M. Riley, R. Cor- 

 nell White. The following gentlemen were elected offi- 

 cers:— Commodore, John S. Dickerson, schooner-yacht 

 Madeleine; Vice Commodore, John B. Piatt, schooner- 

 yacht Clio; Rear Commodore, John G. Johnson, sloop 

 Lizzie L.; President, P. W. Ostrander; Secretary, William 

 T. Lee; Treasurer, Chauncey M. Felt; Measurer, John M. 

 Sawyer; Assistant Secretary, George G. Dunning; Fleet 

 Surgeon, Samuel Hall, M. D. ; Judge Advocate, Hon. John 

 Oakey. Trustees— Ex-Commodore Robt. Dillon, Commo- 

 dore T. B. Aslen, Henry S. Woodland ex-Commodore M. 

 T. Davidson. Committee on Membership — S. L. Blood, 

 Samuel McElroy, and Wm. M. Ringwood. Regatta Com- 

 mittee—Barry Willard. Aloiifco Slote, and William Bishop. 

 Mr. John B. Norris offered a resolution for a special com- 

 mittee to meet a similar committee from the Atlantic Club 

 to take measures for the consolidation of the two clubs. 

 After remarks of ex-Commodore Dickerson, ex-Commo- 

 dore Dillon, President Ostrander, and others, the question 

 was taken, and by a rising vote the club was declared 

 unanimous in favor of the appointment of this committee. 

 The following gentlemen were appointed such committee: 

 John B. Norris, M. T. Davidson, R. Dillon, B. Willard, 

 Henry Hentz, R. Huntly, and Commodore Dickerson. 



Seawanhaka Yacht Club.— This club held a meetiug 

 at Delmonico's on Wednesday of last week. Commodore 

 Swan, in offering his third annual report, recommended 

 that the annual regatta be held on June 26th instead of 

 July 4th, owing to the Centennial celebration at Philadel- 

 phia. After the presentation of some of the prizes won 

 last year, the following officers were then elected: — Com- 

 modore, Samuel J. Colgate; Vice Commodore, Rutherford 

 Sluyvesant; Rear Commodore, Robert Center; Treasurer, 

 Bayard L. Foulke; Secretary, Frederick De P. Foster; 

 Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Irvine, D. D.; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. 

 Corey; Measurer, A. Gary Smith. Regatta Committee— M. 

 Hoosevelt Schuyler, James H. Elliott, Dr. L. DeForest 

 Woodruff, C. Wyllis Betts, and Thomas S. Young, Jr. 

 The following new members were elected:— G. W. Robins, 

 Jr.; Timothy M. Cheesman, John R. Suydam, Walter L. 

 Suydam, A. Floyd Delarield, Herman Oelrichs, Meyers 

 bayard Brown, and Robert C. Cornell. 



Royal Halifax Yacht Club.— At a meeting of this 



club, held last week, it being the eighteenth annual one, 



nag officers were fleeted for ths eoming y§ar:^ 



Commodore, Alex. H. Scott, Esq., (unanimously re-elected); 

 Vice Commodore, John Pugh, Esq.; Rear Commodore, 

 William Hebb, Esq.; Auditors, J. A. Grant, Esq., and A. 

 Forsyth, Esq. • Secretary and Treasurer, C. C. Vaux, Esq. ; 

 Assistant Secretary, H. H. Groom, Esq. Sailing Commit- 

 tee—James Kerr, (re-elected); D. M. Story, Esq., Hon. 

 Robert Robertson, J. Townsend, Esq., and Captain H. 

 Langdon. House Committee, Flag Officers and Secretary— 

 W. G. Wiswell, H. J. Marshall, and A. H. Hart, Esq. 

 Measurers— D. McPherson and T. J. Bently, Esq. 



—The third annual meetieg of the Hudson River Yacht 

 Club was held at their rooms, West Fifty-seventh street 

 and North River, on Tuesday, Jan. 11th, when the follow- 

 ing gentlemen were elected to serve as officers during the 

 ensuing year:— John T. Lynch, Commodore; Robert Shaw, 

 Vice Commodore; John J. Finn, Secretary; Joseph Stilger, 

 Treasurer; John Klaus, Measurer; Adolph Joseph, Steward, 

 and Richard V. Freeman, Edward Wilson, and Charles 

 Frick, Trustees. A committee was appointed to prepare a 

 set of engrossed resolutions to be presented to the retiring 

 Commodore, Richard V. Freeman, for his services during 

 the past two years. 



Atalanta Boat Club.— On the evening of the 11th 

 instant the members of this, the oldest club in American 

 waters, held their twenty-ninth annual meeting at their 

 club rooms, Village House, Arlington Square, when the 

 following officers were chosen for 1876:— President, Geo. 

 B. Deane, Jr.; 1st Vice President, Frederick H. Clark; 2d 



ant, George Roahr; Board of Trustees— Messis. Martin V. 

 B. Smith, Philip C. Benjamin, Charles Devoe, A. Byron 

 Cross, and S. H. Noyes. The declination ol R. Parker, 

 Jr., to again be a candidate for the Presidency, was re- 

 ceived with regret, but the members experience great sat- 

 isfaction in the knowledge that their new chief officer, a 

 gentleman who is most favorably known to the entire com- 

 munity, will ably sustain the Atalanta's ancient and honor- 

 able record— a record of nearly thirty years of boating 

 history. 



—The Pioneer Rowing Club, of Brooklyn, has just com- 

 pleted au elegant boat house on the water front at Third 

 avenue and Thirty-fourth street, which is reached by Fort 

 Hamilton cars. The building is replete with every con- 

 venience for the use of members, and the reception of the 

 boats. The room in which the latter are kept -is 60*25 

 feet; the reception room, 42 m 30 feet handsomely floored 

 and wainscotted. The doorway, which is furnished with 

 glass panels, and the French casement windows lead out 

 on the balcony on the water-front, from which a fine view 

 of the bay can be obtained. On the water-front, leading 

 from the boat house, is a gangway communicating with 

 the float from which the boats are launched. The struc- 

 ture is in fact furnished with every essential of a boating 

 club, and is quite an ornament to the water-front on Gow- 

 ans Bay. 



— The Meteor Boat Club, of Hoboken, have decided to 

 row to Philadelphia about the 1st of July for the combined 

 purpose of witnessing the celebration and taking part in 

 any of the rowing events which may come off. They will 

 row in a six-oared barge, and are now having a new one 

 built for that purpose. The crew will be composed as fol- 

 lows: — Bow, William Hopkins; 2. R. A. Kammerer; 8. F. 

 A. Gunther; 4. F. Miller; 5. L. Meyer; Stroke, F. W. 

 Woiter. Substitutes, Messrs. Charles Eder and C. Miller. 

 The crew will soon go in training. 



— Mr. Thomas Hughes, in a private letter to B Frank 

 Rees, declines the position of umpire of the Rowing Asso- 

 ciation of American Colleges for 1876. He nevertheless 

 says he prizes the honor very highly, and regrets his ina- 

 bility to accept the office. 



The International College Boat Row. — BeWs Life 

 has an article on the proposed race, in which it says That, 

 owing to the late date at which the Plenley regatta will 

 probably be rowed this year, the English universities would 

 find it impossible to get their crews to this country and in 

 condition by the 19th of July. It says that our universi- 

 ties may take part in the international collegiate race, and 

 also the international regatta at Philadelphia, is the 

 wish of the whole country, but it will be necessary for our 

 friends across the Atlantic to fix a later day. The inter- 

 national regatta at Philadelphia is fixed for the end of 

 August. It is highly probable that England will be repre- 

 sented there by two or three crews independently of the 

 Universities. Why not hold the collegiate race at the same 

 regatta or within a few days of it? When the invitations 

 from the New York Regatta Committee reached England 

 all three of the Universities had separated for the Christ- 

 mas vacation. At. the resumption of the term the matter 

 will be discussed, and even if the date of the proposed con- 

 test is changed, it is impossible to say what the decision 

 will be; but as at present fixed, it will be impossible for 

 either of the Universities to accept the invitation. 



\%twml $z$tim*B. 



— At a meeting of journalists and others connected with 

 the metropolitan daily and weekly journals, held in New 

 York on January 14th, a Press Base Ball Club for the 

 Centennial year was organized, and the following gentle- 

 men connected with the Forest and Stream, Clipper, 

 Herald, Times, World, Tribune, Ban, Frank Leslies, Brook- 

 lyn Eagle, were elected as officers and members of the club 

 team for 1876: President, Mr. Henry Chad wick; Vice 

 President, Mr. Samuel McKeever; Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, Mr. T. Bayerd Brasher. The members of the team 

 are Messrs. Howard Crosby, Charles Blodget, J. H. 11am- 

 ilion, B. Loughlin, T. B. Brasher, J. R. Carpenter, Al 

 Martin, J. Rankin, and C. Joy. The club will open play 

 at Prospect Park early in April, their practice days being 

 Tuesdays and Fridays. 



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Billiards.— M. H. He wins is home again at Hartford, 



improved in health and twenty -five pounds heavier 



Michael Geary expects shortly to open a room with twenty 

 tables, comer of Sixth and C streets, Washington, D . C 



H. W. Collender^ias anew table, which is pronounced 



by connoisseurs a marvel of beauty. . . .The formal open- 

 ing of the Columbia Room, on Monday evening, was a 

 grand affair. Slosson, Sexton, Gamier, and O. Dion gave 

 e^iwblti™ of thm srfeil! , . 3o%®&% &*x%b?h of M^ - 



writes that he will play anybody in the State of New Jer- 

 sey for $250 aside. . . .Gamier has not yet accepted Cyrille 



Dion's challenge to play him for $500 or $1,000 a side 



A. R. Samuells, of Brooklyn, is happy over some Centen- 

 nial scheme, the field of which is Philadelphia, but he 

 won't divulge. . . .A tournament commenced at Fall River, 

 Mass., Dec. 17th, at the Pocassett Hall. The entries are 

 W. H. Briggs and J. B. Sullivan, of Fall River; A. W. 

 Staples, Taunton; and W. R. Vance, New Bedford. Bris- 

 tol county is expected to send one or tw r o players. There 

 are two cash prizes— $80 to first and $20 to second. . . . A. 

 P. Rudolphe, of New York, and Edward Daniels, of Bos- 

 ton, are matched to play in the latter city on the 20th inst., 



Daniels receiving the odds of 150 in 600 Joseph Dion 



has gone to Montreal on. his annual visit, and will probably 

 stop at Toronto during the tournament for the champion- 

 ship of the Dominion A youngster of fourteen is said 



to have 'moled" forty-five balls without missing, lately, at 



Baltimore Daniel Strauss has made the celebrated 



French expert, Mons. M. Digne, an offer to visit this coun- 

 try. It is now probable that the Vignaux brothers, Digne, 

 and Plot will arrive in this country about the same time 



Maurice Daly has been exhibiting at the Metropolitan 



Hall, Jacksonville, Fla An amateur tournament is in 



progress at the Union Square Rooms. The first prize 

 will be a handsome gold medal Jerry McLaugh- 

 lin receives a gold medal this week, emblematic of the 



championship of the Nautilus Boat Club Wm. McKay 



won the gold medal at the Dion brothers' rooms, given to 

 the best amateur player at fifteen-ball pool. McKay liber- 

 ally returned it to be contended for again in March.... 

 Clarke E. Wilson has deposited $50 as a preliminary slake, 

 in reply to the challenge of Ned Bryan, of Providence, and 



selected Hartford and Boston as the cities to play in 



A. Vereneseneckockockoff is the name of the billiard man 

 at the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati . 



Carter vs. Sbtaw.— The Adelphia Theatre, at Toledo, 

 Ohio, on the night of January 7th, was the scene of a Very 

 exciting match between Louis Shaw, of Indianapolis, and 

 Eugene Carter, of Toledo. The contest was brought about 

 by the result of a former one played in the same city Dec. 

 17th, where the Ohio champion was beaten by Shaw 89 

 points in 500. On the night in question the game was the 

 same — three-ball, 500 points up, for a stake of $500. Shaw, 

 as at the previous game, had it all his own way from the 

 start, winning with a majority of 189. Score — Shaw, 500; 

 Carter, 311. Averages— Shaw, 15.5 33; Carter, 9.14-33. 

 Best runs — Shaw, 108; Carter, 89. Referee, Joseph Cas- 

 par, Norwalk, Ohio. Marker, W. B. Bnrnham. Time, 

 2 hours, 30 minutes. __^__ 



^nmt\n §£a ($ari[eM$andenf$, 



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No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. 



Spinner, Trenton.— What kind of hooks shall I nse for sea fishing in 

 Florida? Ans. The Chestertown hooks are highly recommended by Dr. 

 Kenworthy. our correspondent. They can be bought of Abbey & Imbrie, 

 48 Maiden Lane, and presumably of other tackle dealers. 



Green Horn, N. Y.— I would like to get a berth on some smack to go 

 fishing; having no acquaintances in the business, I don't know to whom 

 to apply for such a berth, so I ask the benefit of your knowledge how to 

 proceed? Ans. Call on Mr. E. G. Blackford, Fulton Market. 



W. H. K. Ronseville, Venango Co., Pa.— Please give me the names 

 of breeders of beagle hounds; want one for tunning rabbits. Ans. S. 

 Bestor, of Hartford, Conn., L. E. Handerson, of Vergennes, VS., or 

 W. A. Leonard, Ferrisburg, Vt., will teli you all about beagles. 



J, E. S., Phila.— Messrs. E. K. Tryon, Jr. & Co., No. 19 North 

 Sixth street, Philadelphia, are agents in that city for the Oriental Powder 

 Co. In his inquiry about a gunsmith in Boston City named Fonks he 

 probably means Mr. Joseph Toriks, No. 45 Union street. His reputa- 

 tion is A No. 1. 



G. A. Jackson.— I have a very valuable bound that is constantly 

 shaking his head, and When walking around holds his head over on one 

 side. Please tell me what to do for him, and oblige. Ans. Your hound 

 has canker/ Wash his ears with Castile soap, and pour into them a weak 

 solution of blue vitrol, four grains to an ounce of water. 



H. P. E., Salina, Kansas.— I have a fine pair of setter puppies, say 

 ten months old, affected far inside the ear with innumerable small lice 

 or parasites about the size of grains of ordinary ground pepper, per- 

 fectly white, which crawl rapidly about in the ears. The dogs seem to 

 hear well, and apparently are not troubled by the affection. Ears 

 sli&htly inflamed and offensive. Ans. Rub a little red precipitate 

 ointment or mercurial ointment upon the parts affected. 



B. G. D., Galveston, Texas.— 1. What American make and fize of 

 gunpowder corresponds nearest in size of grain and shooting qualities 

 with Curtis & Harvey's No. 6? 2. What is the cost of Curds & Har- 

 vey's powder in New York compared with similar American powder of 

 the best brand? Ans. 1. Dupont'sNo. 1, and Orange Lightning No. 6 

 correspond with Curtis & Harvey's No. 6. 2. The price of Curtis & Har- 

 vey's powder in New York is $1.50 per pound. We consider if about 

 equal to the best American brauds. 



Mebctjtio, Alleghany City.— I am about to buy a fine high priced 

 English breech-l«>ading thot gun. Should I have it delivered in London, 

 and a friend should shoot it while there and leave it uncleancd, could he 

 bring it over for me free of duty, or would he have to make affidavit that 

 it is for .his own private use. In other words, does it make any differ- 

 ence whether it is for his own use or mine so long as it is not for sale? 

 Ans. You could pass a gun in for yourself, but under the existing mode 

 of entering personal effects it would oe difficult for a friend to do it for 

 yon. 



W. E. S., Boston.— 1. Can you give me the * 'regulation rules" for 

 accurate testing of guns as to pattern and penetration? 2. Where can I 

 find a detailed report of the London Gun Trial of 1375? 3. Have any 

 important results followed the introduction of the English "chilled" 

 snot? Ans. 1. There are no "regulation rules," the test used in the 

 Field trial being a certain number of shots at a Pettit pad 30 inches in 

 diameter, distance, 40 yards, 1 J ounces No. 6 shot, no restrictions as to 

 powder 2. A detailed report of this trial was published in the Turf, 

 Field and Farm of Dec. 13, 1815. 3 Not in this country, where its ute 

 is still limited. Better penetration is claimed for it in England, and it 

 was used in the winning guns at the Field trial. 



Alfred, Norfolk, V.— Please give me the following information in 

 regard to coot shooting. 1 Is it necessary to conceal the boat with 

 bushes or straw; if so, which is preferable? 2. Do you place the decays 

 to windward or to leeward, and how many decoys are generally used? 

 3. Is it necessary to have coot decoys, or will those used for black duck, 

 widgeon, &c, answer? Ans. 1. It is not usual to cover the boat, and the 

 bushes and straw would soon be washed off. 2. The decoys should be 

 anchored so as to head towards the boat, if more than one person is 

 shooting, on her beam. A buoy should be attached to the anchor rope 

 so that the boat could be used readily for picking up the dead and crip- 

 pies. 3. Black duck decoys will answer. For further information re- 

 garding eoot shooting, see pages £47, ■ 288, %V- 



