FOREST AND STREAM. 



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—A Salem, Mass., correspondent reports, September 18th, 

 gome smelts caught, but the season not fairly opened. 

 Pleasant Beach near, Kimball's Hotel, in the vicinity of 

 Cohasset, is a favorite locality for smelts. 



— Landlocked salmon are beginning to appear In Grand 

 Lake stream, Maine. The laws in relative to close time are 

 to be strickly enforced by the authorities this year. G. "W» 

 Atkins, Esq., will soon commence operations for securing 

 spawn. 



— Dr. John P. Ordway, President of the Massachusetts 

 Angler's Association, and a party of friends have been 

 having excellent success on the Rangeley waters. 



— A large quantity of very fine sea bass were taken at 

 Monterey, California, last month. This fish is very rare in 

 that locality and this is the second visitation known since 

 1844. 

 y An Excellent Way to Carry Live Minnows.— We 

 commend to our readers the method alluded to by our cor 

 respondent in the subjoined note. It is evident that the 

 straw accomplishes several good purposes. Being hollow 

 the tubes, or different straws, aerate the water as it slops 

 about in the pail; they prevent the water from freezing, 

 and also the fish from being thrown violently against each 

 other or the sides of the pail :— 



New yokk, is re. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Noticing in a late issue of your paper an. article relating to the trans- 

 portation of live bait, I will simply suggest a plan that I tried many 

 years a«o with perfect success. During several winters I fished in Maine 

 for trout and pickerel with stt lines through the ice. Often 1 drove from 15 

 to 20 miles to toe fishing ground. I learned by experience that I could 

 keep 200 or 300 minnows (or shiners, as we called them,) from early 

 mornL g till my return in the evening by putting them in a three-gallon 

 pail with clo e cover, tilling the pad two-thirds full of water and the 

 other third with handfuis of clean rje or wheat straw. The fish seemed 

 to lie in the si raw with perfect comfort, and were as fresh at night when 

 returned to the tank as though they had not been shaken up for 40 

 miles drive. Perhaps a perforated cover might be an improvement. 



Maine Fisherman. 



Massachusetts— New Bedford, Sept. lQth.— Market well 

 supplied with fish this week. Bass fishing at the Islands 

 has proved very successful. Mr. W. K. Rennick, of the 

 Cuttyhunk Club, still wears the Diamond Club badge as 

 4 'high hook," his largest bass so tar weighing 54 pounds. 



Concha.. 



18^.— Bass fishing the past week has been good. The 

 Cutiyhunkers have caught plenty, so have the rest of the 

 clubs at the Vineyard and all the other Islands. I have 

 been and caught as many as I wanted. I send you a 

 sample, {don 1 t put it in the paper). 



Thanks for ye noble fysshe. We will not put it in the 

 paper. — Ed]. 



Fibbing Movements —The arrivals this week have been 

 83, again&t 100 ol last week, as follows: — 25 from Georges, 

 44 from mackereling and 14 from the Banks. The receipts 

 of Georges codfish have been 425,000 pounds, Bank codnsh 

 1,120,000 pounds, showing a decrease in the aggregate 

 over la^t week, of only 67,000 pounds. Receipts of mack- 

 erel, 7,280 barrels against 9,740 of last week. Georges hali- 

 but, 34,000 pounds. The market still continues buoyant, 

 there bt-ing no excess of stock and the prices quoted in our 

 fihh market are fully sustained. The call for best quality 

 mackerel is far greater than the supply, and it is hoped 

 that the fket now absent may succeed in getting some of 

 the bloasers, which will bring a good price. A good catch 

 the coming fortnight would do much to help wind up the 

 season favorably. — Gape Ann Advertiser, September \5th. 



Dead Fish:. — Large shoals of lake trout, which are now 

 coming down the streams toward Tulare lake have been 

 dying in great numbers since the hot weather commenced. 

 Tons of them line the banks of Tule river, fouling the 

 water and rilling the air with an almost unbearable odor. 

 The large fish vary in weight from ten to 15 pounds. The 

 waters are full of fish or all sizes, from a minnow to a 

 flounder. The Visalia Weekly De ta says that as the lands 

 along the streams need hi: artificial means to enhance their 

 productiveness, mere seems lo be no way of utilizing the 

 dead fish as a fertilizer. With such feed as abounds in the 

 mountain streams and shoals of the lake, it is no wonder 

 that ducks, geese, and other winged game move in such 

 vast^fiocks as to cloud the sky when they rise frjm the 

 water. Buzzards and crows in great numbers feast on the 

 dead fish, and gorge themselves to an extent that they 

 seem careless of the shooting around them. — Pacific Life, 

 Aug. 2m. 



Yachting and Ranting. 



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 later than Monday in each week. 



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—The yachts of the Manhattan and Columbia Yacht 

 Clubs sailed a race on Thursday last on the Harlem river. 

 The course was fiom a stake- boat off ihe Manhattan Club 

 House, foot of Eighty-ninth street, to and around a stake- 

 boat off HOih street and return, a distance of two miles, 

 to be sailed over five times. The entries were as follows: — 



TIKST CLASS. 



Length. 

 Name. Owner. Ft In. Club. 



Geo. B. Dean.., fjuas. Schwank 22 04.... Columbia 



SophiaEmma J. Varian, Jr 21 10....Manhat'n 



SECOND CLASS. 



EUa... W. Johnson. 17 04.... Columbia 



Skifj Jack J. D . Brassin^ton 17 06 ... . Manhat'n 



The winners were the Sophia Emma, whieh sailed the 

 course in lh. 46m. 50S., and the Skip Jack, 2h. 13m. 35s. 



—The autumn regatta of the Central Hudson Yacht 

 Club will take place September 30th, 



Started. 



Name. h. m. s. 



Idler 12 23 06 



Vindex 12 Si2 32 



Maocap 12 20 42 



Coming 12 23 56 



Ariel 12 23 10 



Pirate 12 21 35 



Seawanhaka Yacht Cltjb Regatta.— The fifth annual 

 regatta of this club was sailed on Saturday from Oyster 

 Bay, L. I. The course for schooners and first- class cabin 

 sloops was from Hog Island to and around Eaton's Neck 

 Buoy, thence to and around Shippen Buoy, thence to and 

 around Matinecock Buoy, aud thence back to the starting 

 point, which made a course about thirty-five miles long. 

 Owing to the roughness of the Sound, the course for first 

 and second-class open sloops was so modified as to keep 

 them entirely inside of Oyster Bay. The entries in the 

 first class comprised the schooners Idler and Ariel, and 

 sloops Madcap, Pirate, Vindex and Coining. They were 

 started at 12:17-30, the Madcap being first to cross the line. 

 The Idler walked rjght away from the rest of the fleet, and 

 the Vindex showed herself the best of the sloops. But 

 little of the race was seen, however, save by those in the 

 yachts, as the judges' steamer did not accompany them 

 around the course. The time of starting and return was 

 as follows: — 



Arrived, t 

 H. m. s. 

 4 36 00 



4 54 55 



5 13 48 

 5 18 08 

 5 30 SO 

 5 38 33 



While ihe yachts were buffeting the heavy seas outside 

 in the Sound, the smaller yachts were having a fine race 

 inside the bay. Six in all started, making the course aa 

 follows: — 



Started. Arrived. 



Name. h. m. s. h. m. s. 



Mil til 11 31 25 3 22 37 



W.T.Lee 11 31 30 3 25 26 



Meteor 11 32 30 3 34 49 



Miguon 11 31 35 a 51 05 



Waif 11 30 00 4 '9 19 



Jeia 11 32 15 4 54 05 



Thus the Idler won the schooner prize, beating the Ariel 

 on corrected time 44m. 10s, The Vindex won the prize in 

 the first-class cabin sloops, beating the Coming 25m. 25s. 

 on corrected time. The Madcap won in the second-class 

 cabin sloops on corrected time, beating the Pirate 27m. 

 58s. The Wm. T. Lee won in the first-class open sloops, 

 on time allowance, and ihe Meteor in the second-class open 

 sloops. 



Yachting on the Hudson. — The following yachts 

 owne i in Youkers contested over a 20 mile course on Sat- 

 urday: First class, sloop-rigged — The Scud, D. Corning; 

 Vesper, George White; Winona, A. J. Prime; Irene, A. 

 Gould; and Unknown, B. Griswold. Second class, cat- 

 rigged— Wild Cat, D. Corning; McVicar, W. B. AlcVicar; 

 Black Bird, Wm. Allison; Foam, B. Reeves; and Vivian, 

 H. Vont. The prizes were: For the first boat crossing the 

 home line, a handsome pennant; for the winning boat in 

 the first class on time allowance, $25; in second class, $15. 

 The race was won by the Scud, 3m. 46s. ahead of the Ves 

 per, which was second, and ihe Winona was third. The 

 Winona's owner claimed that in rounding the stake-boat 

 off the glue factory near Alpine, his boat was foroed to 

 loul the stake-boat by the Vesper. A new match between 

 the Vesper and Winona was immediately arranged.. The 

 course was about six miles long, and the race was won 

 easily by the Winona. 



Brooklyn Yacht Club.— The fall regatta of this club 

 occurs to-day off the course in the lower bay, the yachts 

 rendezvousing off the Gravesend Club house. A large en 

 try list is anticipated. 



College Point Regatta.— In the regatta held off this 

 place on Wednesday of last week the L. B. Prince won 

 the purse and pennant presented by Mr. Donnelly, and the 

 Quits saved her entrance. 



New Jersey.— The Raritan Boat Club of New Bruns- 

 wick, and the Carteret Boat Club of Perth Amboy, rowed 

 three miles on ihe 13th opposite New Prnnswh k for trie 

 championship of the Raritan river. 'iLe course was irom 

 a stake boat near the Albany stieet bridge, a mile and a 

 half up the river and return. The Raritans not being 

 pusheu, rowed leisurely, and reached tbe winning point in 

 21:45. The Raritan crew were J. T. B. Hillhouse, stroke; 

 J. L. Janeway, bow; S. N. Warren and T. T. Swift. The 

 Carteret's were N. B. Neilson, stroke; A. B. Marsh, bow; 

 N. Merrit and Joseph Marsh. 



On the same day the Triton Boat Club, of Newark, held 

 its second annual regatta on the Passaic river. There were 

 five rowing matches and a canoe race. The first race, sen- 

 ior sculls, was won by F. E. Townley in 9£ minutes. J. 

 W . Van Ness was winner of the junior scull race in 10m. 

 50s. Two men contested in the canoe race, which was 

 won by J. F. West in 14m. 10s. The fourth contest, be- 

 tween two pair-oared gigs, was exceedingly close, the boats 

 being bow and bow over the mile and a half course. S. A. 

 Smith and H. Truax were decided the winners by 18 inch 

 es. The last race was between the four-oared shells Bach- 

 elor and Old Maid, and was won by the latter, whose crew 

 were: W. A Bruuizinghoffer, Jr., H. Truax, F. H. Ship- 

 man and G. Clark. Time, 8m. 45s. 



Boston Yacht Club.— The ninth annual regatta of 

 this club was sailed last week, but owing to a lack of wind 

 was not altogether a success. The course lay fiist from 

 the line off me club house, out Broad Sound, leaving Ram 

 Head buoy on the starboard, Faun Bar on the port, round 

 ing the Bell buoy off the northeast ledge of the Graves, 

 leaving it on the starboard; thence to the Bell boat on the 

 Hardings, leaving it on the starboard, up Lighthouse Chan- 

 nel, through the Narrows, leaving Fort W arren, Gallop's 

 island, Nix's male buoy and Spectacle Island on the port, 

 to the point of starting. The sloop May nard, belonging to 

 David Seers won the first prize in the first class, and the 

 schooner Fearless the second. In the second class the 

 sloops Shadow and Eva won first and second prize respec- 

 tively. In the third class the Posey came in first, but was 

 objected to by the Wanderer on the ground of a foul, so 

 the prize was not awarded. 



On the same day the Lynn Yacht Club openedva series of 

 three regattas, for prizes of silver medals, to be awarded 

 in the first, second and third classes, respectively. There 

 were no entries in the first class, owing to ihe fact that all 

 had a;one to participate in the Boston Yacht Club regatta. 

 In the second class five yachts started, and in the third 

 class nine. The weather wa? unpropitious, and the atmos- 

 phere damp ano chilly, while the wind blew freshly from 

 the southwest. In the second class the Louie won in lh. 

 11m. 3s., and in the third class the Avis won in lh. 30ml 

 30s. 



The Dory "Centennial."— It seems but the other day 

 since we noticed the sailing from Gloucester of this little 

 twenty foot dory on her perilous voyage across the Atlantic, 

 and now hear of her safe arrival in Liverpool, and have 

 the narrative of her sole occupant on his lonely voyage. 

 Capt. Johnsen says that the weather was fine until June 

 22d, when he put into Shake Harbor, his compass being 

 affected by his iron ballast. He started again on the 25th, 

 and had a fine passage and fair winds until the 7th of July, 

 when in latitude 41.50 north, longitude 54 west, a heavy 

 gale from tbe southwest sprang up, during which the boat 

 shipped a heavy sea, which started the combing of the 

 hatchway, and the water got in and spoiled some of the 

 provisions. At this time he spoke a bark bound from Mex- 

 ico to Liverpool, and the captain invited Johnsen to go on 

 board, saying he would drop him off Cape Clear, and not 

 mention anyihing about it; but Johnsen declmed. The 

 gale passed away, and he had fine weather until the 10th of 

 July, when a strong breeze came from the southwest, and 

 he made a good run until the 2d of August, on which day, 

 being then about 300 miles from Cape Clear, he spoke the 

 brig Maggie Gander, from New York to Swansea. After 

 running for a couple of hours with the brig, which short- 

 ened sail to keen company, Johnsen hqve his boat to in or- 

 der to ride out the gaje, which had greatly incitas-ed. He 

 unshipped the mast for this purpose. About half an hour 

 after being hove to, the boat got broadside on to a heavy 

 sea and capsized, but Johnsen got on the bottom and re- 

 mained there about twenty minutes, when another sea 

 struck her, and he succeeded in righting her. This was 

 about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Just after getting into 

 the boat again be saw a shark alongside, and its fins struck 

 against the bottom of the boat. He fastened a knife to an 

 oar and cut at the shaik, which then went away. The boat 

 was half full of water, but he pumped it out and weaihered 

 the gale, which lasted till next day.. Everything was wet- 

 ted, and he lost his kerosene stove and his square sail by 

 the upset The weather continued rainy and foggy for four 

 days, during which time he could not dry anything. 



On Monday, August 7, about 100 miles off Cape Clear, 

 he spoke the brig Aliredon, from Liverpool for Baltimore, 

 and got some bread aud water, his own bread having been 

 damaged by the salt water. Next day he got soundings to 

 the south of Cape Clear, but it was foggy aud he could not 

 see land. On the 9th he spoke the ship Prince Lombard©, 

 which gave him the bearing of Wexford Head as fifty-three 

 miles east by north. On the 10th he sighted Milford, but 

 the wind became contrary, and he put into Abeivastle. He 

 sailed again on the 12th, aud reached Holyhead last Friday, 

 and Liverpool yesterday morning. Johnsen estimates that 

 his average run during the voyage was seventy miles a day. 

 He was provided with medicines before starting. When 

 aske^ if he would care to repeat the voyage, Johnsen 

 replied that he "thought he had had about enough of it." 



—The Canadian yachts Oriole, Cuthbert, and Brunette, 

 sailed a race last week from Toronto to Niagara, for a cup 

 of the value of $100. The Oiiole won by 38 minutes, the 

 Brunette second. 



The Greenwood Lake Regatta Course. — A pro- 

 posed regatta course at Greenwood Lake for the use of the 

 rowing associations of this city and vicinity was examined 

 on Saturday by representatives of several clubs, upon the 

 invitation of the Greenwood Lake Sportsman's Club. 

 Nine associations were represented: The Neptune by 

 Capt. H. P. Delafield, J. H. Riley, R. Penn Smith, W. K. 

 Sutor, and A. C. Sharp; the Argonauta by Edward Smith 

 and E. A. S. Mann; the Athletic by Henry Meeker; the 

 Nautilus by William Walsh and L. C. Thomas; the Ata- 

 lanta by Dr. Withers; the Viking, of Bayonne, by Major 

 W. E. Hoy; the Nassau by M. C. Watson; the Triton tiy 

 S. A. Smith; the Passaic, of Newark, by F. H. Hamilton; 

 the Harlem Rowing Club by T. R. Keator. These gentle- 

 men, with Remington Varnum, Managing Director of the 

 Montclair and Greenwood Lake Railroad, aud Jacob F. 

 Randolph, President of the Morris Canal Company, were 

 met at the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot by W. O. McDow- 

 ell and Albert H. Varnum, chairmen of the Executive and 

 Regatta Committees of the club. A special train took the 

 party over the Montclair and Greenwood Lake road to the 

 lake m one hour and twenty minutes. A small steamer 

 carried the guests over the proposed course. The lake, at 

 its upper end, afforas a straight, unobstructed stretch of 

 three miles on either side; the water, even in the strong 

 wind of Saturday, was little ruffled. The lawn of the 

 Brandon House, at the stalling point, would givea good 

 view of the beginning of a race, while cleared, rising 

 ground faces the finish. The rowing men spoke very fa- 

 vorably of the course, and several ot them stated that their 

 clubs would probably take part in the first annual regatta 

 of the Sportsman's Club on October 6th and 7th. After 

 viewing the course, the visitors partook of a dinner at the 

 Brandon House, which for is choice menu and the gas- 

 tronomic appreciation of the guests reflected great credit, 

 upon all who hud a finger in the pie. We have little doubS 

 that the Greenwood Lake regatta course will become one 

 of the most popular rowing courses in the country. 



New York. — In the outrigger race an the 15th for the 

 championship of Albany, Frank J. Davy beat Henry Sager. 

 Distance, two miies; time, 19m. 3ls. 



Arlington Boat Club —The annual regatta of this 

 club was held on .Newtown creek on Saturday. The course 

 for all races was one mile and return, except for the last, 

 which was one mile. The senior single-scull race was won 

 by R. V. Young in 14m. 27s. The junior single sculls 

 was won by Frank Pidgeon, the time of the final heat being 

 13m. 59is. The pair-oared race was not riuished. The 

 last race was between three four oartd crews. Moore's 

 crew, comprising besides himself as stroke A. J. Valentine, 

 No. 3; Frank Logan, No. 2, and J. W. Valentine, bow, 

 won. No time. 



Louisiana. — The annual regatta of the Louisana State 

 Amateur Rowing Association came off at New Orleans on 

 the 13th. The four-oared shell race for the championship, 

 three miles straight, was won by the Hope crew, Riverside 

 second, New Orleans third, South fourth. Time — 16m. 

 25s. The four oared barge race, three miles straight, was also 

 won by the Hope, Aspinwall second, Magnolia third, Per- 

 severance fourth. Time— 17m. 47s. The single scull shell 

 race, two miles down the stream, was also "won by the 

 Hope, Perseverance second. Time— 12m. 58s. The single- 

 scull work ing- boat race was won easily by the Howard, 

 the Hope second. Tinie-^-lSm. 42s, 



