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Handicap Athletic Meeting.— Mr. James Watson 

 will give a series of handicaps on the grounds of the New 

 York Athletic Club on Monday, October 9th. The pro- 

 gramme will comprise races at 100 yards, 275 yards, 600 

 yards, 1,000 yards, and a two-miles walk for those who up 

 to the time of starting have never won a prize in any 

 walking race, except in a match or competition open to 

 club members only. Full particulars can be obtained by 

 addressing James Watson, P. O. box 678, New York. 



BASE BALL— THE PKOFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. 



The contest for the honors in the League championship 

 has recently been narrowed down to a struggle for second 

 place, by means of a reduction in the number of games to 

 be counted brought about by the withdrawal of the Athle- 

 tic and Mutual clubs from further play in the arena, these 

 clubs having found their treasury too low to admit of their 

 incurring the expenses of going West again this season. 

 By the new deal in the game the record up to Sept. 24th 

 inclusive, leaves the five leading clubs occupying the fol- 

 lowing relative positions: — 



Clubs. Games Won. Gaines Lost. 



Cmcago 36 12 



St. Louis 28 17 



Hartford 25 17 



Louisville 23 28 



Boston iy 23 



The full record, counting the Athletic and Mutual club 

 games, is as follows: — 



Club. Games Won. Games Lost. 



Chicago 50 14 



St. Louis 42 18 



Hartford 38 18 



Boston 36 26 



Louisville 29 33 



Mutual 21 34 



Athletic 14 45 



Cincinnati 9 SI 



Totals 239 2*0 



—The following is the record of games marked by one 

 run in the professional arena during the season up to 

 date: — 



BY LEAGUE NINES. 



May 5.— St. Louis vs. Chicago, at St. Louis 1 to 



£T June 10.— Mutual vs. Cincinnati, at Brooklyn, (10 ins.) 1 to 



June 17.— Hartford vs. Louisville, at Hartford 1 to 



OUTSIDE NINES. 



June 20.- -Rhode Island vs. Taunton, at Providence 1 to 1 



July 14. -St. Louis Reds vs. Capital City, at Indianapols. 1 to 



July 21.— Buckeye vs. New Haven, at Columbus 1 to 



July 26.— Live Oak vs. Rnode Island, at Providence 1 to 



July 28.— St. Louis Reds vs. Memphis Blues, at Memphis. 1 to 0~ 



Aug. 3.— Ithaca vs. Cricket, at Binghampton 1 to 



Sept. 5.— Star vs. St. Louis Reds, at Syracuse 1 to 



Sept 2z.— Star vs. Hartford, at Syracuse 1 to 



Stpt.23.— New Haven vs. Yale, at New Haven 1 to 



CHESS. 



The new chess tourney in this city commenced on Sept. 

 20th promises. to result in a series of the best contests at 

 chese seen here for years past. The record up to the 24th 

 shows the following contestants in the van : — 



Players. Games Won. Games Lost. 



Enson 4 



Bird 4 2 



Lisener 3 1 



Ro^er 3 1 



Warwick 3 3 



Delmar 2 



Limbtck 2 



Ciarl-e 2 



Mason 2 1 



McCutcheon 1 



Hell 1 I 



Fowler 1 1 



All the other of the 21 contestants have lost more than 

 they have won. The prizes are $175 in money, and a silver 

 cup, presented by Mr. Luders. Mr. Queen, of the Clip- 

 per, giving the money prizes. 



— The game played between the Red Stockings of Can- 

 isteo, and the Hornells of this place, on the grounds of the 

 latter, last Thursday, was the best game played this season 

 in Hornellsville. The following is the score: — 



Hornells 1 2 10 1-5 



Red Stockings M 3—3 



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No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. 



A. B., Jr., New York.— Please let me know if there is any Bhooting 

 allowed on Staten Island. Ans. Yes, in the proper season. 



Raccoon, Pittsburgh, Pa. — Please give me a recipe for browning a 

 laminated steel shot gun? Ana. Itisa trade secret; you will have to 

 take your gun to a maker. 



C. B. P., Phila.— Can you tell me anything about a book on dogs, sec- 

 ond edition, price $2, published by the late Francis Butler? Ans. Fran- 

 cis Butler is dead, and his book out of print. 



W. C, Ft. Clark, Texas.— What is the cotton-tailed rabbit, frequently 

 seen and very wild here? . Ans. Lepus bylvaiicns, the common hare 

 commonly called rabbit of this country, 



Skcrbtaby, Fond du Lac, Wis.— Please name a responsible firm to 

 ship venison to. Ans. Messrs. E. & A. Bobbins, Fulton Market, or 

 Messrs, Whitley & Morris, Washington Market, this city. 



W. H. W., Lakeville, Conn.— The bat you send is the hoary bat 

 (Lasiurus cinereus, Allen) which is more or less common all over the 

 country. What other species of bats are found in your district? 



D. G. S., Brooklyn, who asked for information regarding Texas and 

 S,u hern California, in our issue of 14th hist., can heajr of ti colony leav- 

 ing leaving Massachusetts to settle in Southwestern Texas by addressing 

 F. W. Ellis, Wo burn, Mass. 



M W.— How can I find out the results of the late Philadelphia Bench 

 Show as to prizes awarded? Ans. We gi e it up. Our own efforts have 

 been, so far, unavailing, but we presume that the total list of Centennial 

 awards will soon be published. 



M. B. W., Albany.— Where can I get a copy of Mr. Greener's work 

 on "Modern Breech-Loaders?" Ans. Mr. H. C. Squires, No. 1 Court- 

 laudt street, this city, has a few copies of the original work, which can 

 be bought for 75 cents each; first cost, $2. 



An anonymous correspondent who signs himself "A. H. B.,"aeks 

 certain qnet-tions which will be replied to when he bas, we miuht say the 

 decency, to comply with a standing request at the head of this column, 

 and which is peculiarly applicable to the present instance. 



C. W., New York —Please inform me as to what kind of shooting can 

 now be had around (within a couole of miles of) South Amboy, N. J. 

 particularly the kind of snipe, and if tbey are very plenty. Ans. You 

 wiil fiud very little shooting within two miles of South Amboy. A few 

 English sn,ipe in the proper season. 



Kbntuok, So. Farnsworth, N. H.— I see yon recommend "Belmon- 

 tyleOil." As there is no gun dealer near here will you please let me 



know where I can get some, and the expense of a small bottle. Ans. 

 Write to H. C Squires. No. 1 Courtland street, this city; price per bot- 

 tle 25 cents, with postage, probably 30 cents. 



C. M Lexington, Ky.— Has Greener's new work on choke bores been 

 published in this country yet? If not, when do you expect it to be 

 ready? Ans. Although advised of the preparation of such a woik we 

 have not yet seen a copy. Your best plan would be to write direct to 

 Mr. W. W. ttreener, St. Mary's Works, Birmingham, England. 



H. F,, Philadelphia.— In your paper of the 14th there is a letter from 

 Monroe marshes. Can you tell me if all that is said about the shooting 

 there is true, and how is the best way to get there? What hotel accom- 

 modations and the expenses? Ans. The information is correct, Monroe 

 is reached by Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad from Toledo. 

 Good hotel accommodations at about $2 per day. 



H. S., Columbia, S. C— 1. 1 have a very fine laminated eteel gun 

 marked Moore & Harris. It came from a firm advertising in your paper. 

 Are Moore & Harris good makers? 2. What size shot would you advise 

 me to use in duck shooting? Ans. 1. Moore & Harris made good, relia- 

 ble guno; very few better makers of their day. 2. For shooting over de- 

 coys No. 4 shot; for point shooting with heavy guns larger shot is best. 



J. J. P., Bellefontaine, Ohio— In your correspondence with "F. L. 

 G.," of Boston, you say yon have a gun of the same dimensions of his, 

 viz.: 12 gauge, length of barrel ,20 inches. Is not this a typographical 

 error? Did you not mean 30 inches instead of 20 inches, or does Scott 

 make a good Bhooting gun 12 gauge, 20 inches long? Ans. Of course It 

 was a typographical error; the length should have been 30 inches. 



F. S. S., Pittsburgh, Pa,- I have recently bought a very good-looking 

 dog, but I cannot tell what kind of a dog he is. He is rather long in 

 the body, very short legs, tail short and bushy, like a setter's when not 

 well feathered, head same as setter's, ears long, color black and white. 

 Please give me youi opinion of the dog. Ans. From your description, 

 your d©g is probably a tetter, but without seeing him we can give no re- 

 liable opinion in regard to him. 



J. K. B., East New Market.— What is the best plan to adopt in break- 

 ing a pair of pointer pups— take them together in the field or single, or 

 whether thev should be taken with an old dog or not? Ans. Full in- 

 structions on breaking have been given in former issues of our paper. 

 Your best plan is to purchase a copy of "Dinks, Hutchinson, and May- 

 hew," one of the best works on dogs, and follow the rules for creaking 

 you will find therein. Can send to you a copy, price $3. 



T. S. G., Madison.— Will yon kindly inform me in your next the prop- 

 er way to reach Milford, Pike county, Pa , and how long it takes to get 

 there, and also some farmer or family who will board a party of ladies 

 and gentlemen for about a week? Is the hunting and fishing good there? 

 Ans. By Erie Railroad to Port Jervis, thence stage eight nrles; time, 

 about six hours. Several hotels, but we do not know names of farmers 

 who will take boarders. Good ruffed grouse and woodcock shooting, 

 and some black bass. 



J. S. N., London, Out. — 1. Can you give me a recipe for making 

 mocking bird food which will keep for some time? 2. Can you give me 

 the price per dozen tins of prepared food in New York? 3. What is best 

 to be done with lice on birds? Ans. 1. The mockingbird food is a trade 

 preparation which you could not compose yourself. 2 and 3. The food is 

 worth $4 per dozen tins, and Messrs. Charles Reiche & Bro., No. 55 

 Chatham street, this city, have a powder which is a sure cure for lice, at 

 25 cents per box. 



J. H. W., New Haven.— What kind of a gun and what is the price of 

 Wm. Moore & Co.'s fine twist breech-loader? 1 saw a gun the other day 

 marked "Ward;" it had laminated steel barrels. Have you ever heard 

 of such a make, and if so how does it rank and what is it worth? Ans. 

 The firm you meniion were good, reliable gun makers, but they have 

 ceased doing business. We know nothing of "Ward" as a gunmaker. 

 Dealers in guns frtquently have their names engraved on guns. We can 

 form no idea of the value of a gun without seeing it. 



H. B. S., Newton.— Please answer these queries in your next issue: 1. 

 What are the dimensions of the patent folding camp baker spoken of 

 in Forest and Stkeah sometime ago, also the price of same? 2. What 

 is considered the best open back sight for a breech-loading rifle? 3. At 

 what age doe** a setter pup shed his teeth? 4. How many hundred yards 

 will a Maynard rifle prove accurate? Ans. 1. About two feet square; 

 we do not know the price. Write to Eaton, Holberton & Co.,l02Nas 

 sau street, for it. 2. We prefer the sporting leaf sight, graduated for 

 different ranges. 3 At about five months. 4. The old style Maynard 

 at 300 or 400 yards; but they are now being made for long-range shoot- 

 ing, say 1,000 yards. 



Wann oi, an get, Lowell.- 1. Do you send covers for binding Forest 

 and Stream, and if so what is the price of each? 2. I have a valuable 

 mare 20 years of age whose good qualities I would much like in a suc- 

 cessor. Having never had a colt, is she too old now to take the risk of 

 losing her by sending to some first class Bullion? 3. Will her progeny 

 be likely to take "scratches" from her, she having had them now in 

 both fore feet for eight or nine years? Ans. J. We have no covers for 

 binding, but if you will send us your papers will have them bound for 

 you; cost $1 .50. 2. Your mare is not too old to breed, although repeated 

 service may be necessary. 3. They will not. 



C. R. G., Connersville, Ind.— 1 . My setter dog has been sick for the 

 last two weeks. He has not shed last winter's coat yet, and he looks 

 terribly rough, the hair on his bitck and sides are all turned the 

 wrong way, and he has a very dry nose. 2. I have 9 J. Hollis & Son's 

 breech-loading sho*, gun. How do they stand as makers. It is a very good 

 gun, but scatters too much. What had better be done with it? Ans. 



1. Have mailed to yon some condition powders for your dog, which, if 

 given as directed, will, we think, cure him. 2. Hollis & Sons are good 

 reliable gunmakers, Any skillful gunsmith can re-bore your gun and 

 make it shoot right. 



Rocky Mt. Vag, Philadelphia.— In your last issue but one you give 

 an extract from an army report, mentioning the trouble Custer's men 

 had with their rifles— in extracting the empty shells. Now, yeu do not 

 mention what rifles they were, and as I have seen Remington's, Spring- 

 field's, and Sharp's in the hands of our troops on the plains I (and no 

 doubt others) are in the dark as to the species referred to. Ans. We 

 presume the rifle was the regular army carbine issued from the Govern- 

 ment arsenals. What the pattern was we do not know. Our point is 

 that the cavalry should be as well armed as the infantry, with weapons 

 of equal quality and range, particularly as they ure so frequently used 

 dismounted and as infantry. 



A. M., Wilkesbarre, Pa.— In your issue of September 14th I see 

 communication signed "A.," dated office of Blooming Grove Park Asso- 

 ciation, 37 Park Row, September 8th, 1876, in which he says grouse 

 shooting is "now" in older. Will you be kind enough to inform him 

 that grouse shooting does not commence before October 1st in Pennsyl- 

 vania, where Blooming Grove Park happens to be located. I think a 

 statement as above, coming from a sporting association, ought to be cor- 

 rected through your paper. Ans. Section 12 of the Charter of the 

 Blooming Grove Park Association reads as follows: "The Corporation 

 may make its own game laws through its Board of Directors. * * 

 Sucb game laws shall be applicable only to the land actually owned or 

 leased by said Corporation." 



W. H. S., Springfield. — 1. I live four miles from the river, and I want 

 a boat that I can put in my soring wagon and take to the river and use 

 and then bring it home. I have come to the conclusion that a canvas 

 one is the one I want. The spring wagon bed is six feet long. Wouldn't 

 the boat described by Mr. Treat, made of Bteel, do, or the one made by 

 Colvin? Please \mblish about the one that yo ' think would suit me best. 



2. Some time last summer E. H. Crane, of Grand Rapids, Mich., said in 

 your paper that he would shortly publish a book on emoalmin* birds 

 and animals. Do you Know where I could get it and what the price 

 would be? It was in July 8th number. Ads. 1. The Fenner boat, 

 made by Charles 4. Fenner, Mystic, Conn,, would, gt^t yo4 bests 



as to length. Write to him, or to J. H. Rusbton, Ctenton, N. Y. 2. 

 The book is not yet issued to our knowedge. 



N. L., Boston.— 1 . I have a setter bitch which I think is troubled with, 

 worms. 2. What is Dr. Goldsmith's address, and is bis dog Rap import- 

 ed? 3. Could you inform me where I can procure some live partridges 

 and quail and some jackass rabbits? 4. Please inform me the proper way 

 of cooking peafowl so as to take that fishy oc strong taste off them. 

 Ans. Your pup is, no doubt, affected with worms; have mailed to you 

 the proper doses of areca nut with directions foi its use. It rarely fails 

 to cure. 2. Address Dr. Goldsmith, Rutland, Vt. Rap was imported. 

 3. Quail can be procured in season of Messrs. Whitney & Morris, Wash- 

 ington Market, this city. We donbt if yon can get ruffed grouse or jack- 

 ass rabbits. 4. Your peafowl should have no strong taste. Old birds 

 must be first parboiled. 



Alex., Illinois.— 1. Will you please give me a recipe for browning 

 gun barrels? 2. In giving powder charges ior guns do you mean a 

 drachm apothecaries' or avordu ois weight— that is, 27£ grains or 60 

 grains? 8. What is the proper charge for 7f-lb. gun, lsj-gonge, 28-in. 

 barrel, of Oriental l<FG powder? 4. In fishing for black bass with a 

 minnow should the bait be near the bottom or top, also with grasshop- 

 pers? 5. is a 12-gauge breechloader as good for this region as a 10- 

 gauge. Ans. 1. I- is a trade secret. 2. We mean a drachm measure, as 

 gauged on flasks or Dixon's loaders, which corresponds nearly with the 

 apothecaries' drachm, but is an arbitrary measure. 3. Three and a half 

 to four drachms,depending on the game. 4. Instill water or ponds fish 

 near the surface with a float and light sinker. In quick water yon need 

 no sinker. The current will play your bait for you. 5. We prefer the 

 12-gauge for general field shooting, but for ducks alone the 10-gauge isW 

 better. 



Pokomoke.— A fiiend of mine having recently disfigured his face by 

 blowing gunpowder into it. I apply to ask if there is any other method 

 of removing the grains, except by the tedious process of picking them on 

 with a needle. I have taken your paper almost from the beginning, and 

 If I remember light you once printed the recipe I want in one of your 

 earlier numbers. I cannot aid you further, but you will confer a very 

 great favor by finding it and sending it to me. Ans. We forward to 

 you by mail at once, but v. ill print here for the use of other readers who 

 may require it. Yoi will find the recipe in Vol. I, page 76, Sept. 11th, 

 1873: Excite a smart eczematous inflammation by means of a solution 

 of five grains of corrosive sublimate to eight grains of water. This will 

 detach the granules, which can be wiped out <vith a towel. We do not 

 know that this means is applicable to old burns. It is to those of recent 

 date. 



J. B. B., New York.— I would be very thankful to yon for some in- 

 formation concerning brook trout. I am about to start a trout pond, and 

 would like to know what is the best thing to feed them on. Also what 

 food has been tried and failed, for I don't want to try anything that has 

 already failed How large quantities can be disposed of in New Yoik 

 markets at one time, and the best time of year for so disposing of them? 

 And whether large fish are more valuable than small. Also the whole- 

 sale price that is paid for the same? Ans. Opinions differ as to the best 

 food, some preferring a vegetable, and some an animal diet, which they 

 claim to be the natural feed of the trout. Liver, maggots, sweet corn 

 bread and curds are much in use. Some of the finest trout, in size and 

 flavor, that we ever saw were raised on curds, and we are, from our own 

 observations, decidedly inclined toward its use. Very lage quantities 

 of trout aggregating tons, b jib. live and dead fish, are brought in the 

 New York markets, in the latter half of March and during April and 

 May, at about 50 cents for Long Island and 15 cents for Canadian. The 

 medinm-sized fish are preferred. 



Dumwoodt, Kingston.— I have sent you by mail a bug u^ed by onr 

 fishermen in this locality for catching bass. It is called dobson, skip- 

 per, clipper, crab, and many other names. It is found under the stones 

 in the Wallkill and Ron dout creeks. Can you tell me its scientific name 

 and what it lives on, and also if you have heard of its having oeen used 

 before as halt for black baes? Ans. The dobson, -o called at the North 

 and known as the Helgramite at the South, is a very common bait, both 

 for bass and trout. They are the full grown larvae and purpro of several 

 aquatic species in the family Sialina Their feeding ground is chiefly 

 in sluggish rivers. They are rare in mountain streams or head springs. 

 Thev are both herbivorous and carnivorous. Ephemeridoa, small-sized 

 beetles, and water-fleas, cntomoztraca, are their principal food, but they 

 have been reared to maturity in aquaria on an almost exclusive vegeta- 

 ble diet. The wings of the perfect insect are twice the length of the 

 body, closely reticulated with veins, semi-transparent, and of a yellow 

 ashen color. An imitation made of newly tanned leather was used with, 

 wonderful success in the trout streams of Western Virginia fifty years 

 ago. 



F., Boston.— As your decision is very important in regard to stole n 

 dogs, given in your answer to "Fleish," Sept. 7ih, permit me to differ 

 from you and state in my opinion that the non-payment of the tax is a 

 question simply between the owner and the city authorities, and in no 

 ways affects his property in the dog as agiinst any individuals, provided 

 there is no clause in the local law decreeing the forfeiture of the dog in 

 case of non -payment of the tax. Whether the tax be paid or not, I 

 contend the owner can reclaim his dog wherever he finds him. Please 

 reconsider your decision for the benefit of many readers? Ans. The 

 answer to which you allude was intended to apply to a particular case, 

 and in giving it tne writer had in mind a case which occurred in this 

 city recently, when a gentleman had a well known dog dealer arrested 

 for stealing his dog. The Justice acquitted him on the ground that dogs 

 were not property. We have had a similar experience in Philadelphia, 

 where there is a license fee for dogs, which, if not paid, leaves the dog 

 oi his owner without protection. In point of fact, however, dogs in 

 this State are property, and by statute subject to taxation as much as a 

 horse or a cow. The increasing value of dogs r enders some decisive 

 legislation on this point necessary. 



Ruffbd Grouse, Pittsburg.— A sporting friend of mine has a dog 

 which whips his flanks on quail, and so meiimes on ruffed giouse. I 

 have been out with his owner giving him some practice. The first day 

 he flushed three birds and pointed 15. Some of the birds were about 

 100 feet from the dog; his average point is a lout 35 feet from a bird. 

 Second day he made 23 stands and two flushes. He was worked the 

 second day with a dog that made 16 stands, eight flushes and two backs, 

 and had we been scooting, or flushed the birds as soon as pointed, the 

 latter dog (my own) wojld have h d no chance at all. Some call him a 

 blinker because he Wags his tail when standing. His nose is always hoU 

 and I don't know whether it hurts him or not. What do you think of 

 my friend's dog. Ans. A dog that will point 15 out of 18 ruffed grouse is 

 better than we have seen or known a dog to do— 23 point* out of 25 1 hances 

 is wonderful, and this, too, with a hot nose. This convinces us that 

 "there is nothing new under the sun. " Your "sports*' are not well posted 

 as to what constitutes a "blinker." A "blinker" is a deg that backs off 

 his point and comes "to heel," or ranges away to find other birds. A 

 dog that wags his tail while on a point indicates bad breeding or bad 

 breaking. 



W. W. W. .Murray, Iowa.— 1. I have a pup whose tail needs docking. 

 How should I go about it? 2. I intend visiting New Fork and Philadel- 

 phia during October, and would like very much to see some good set- 

 ters and pointers. Who Bhould I call upon for that purpose? 3. W* at kind 

 of a setter would you advise me to buy for prairie chicktu and duck 

 shooting? I want one dog to do all my wo r k Id 't bunt very much. 

 My duck shooting is down along the Missouri Kiver. Ans. 1. W hen a 

 pointer pup' tail promi-es to ue out of proportion in length it should 

 be docked by the time e is four or five we ks old, so as not to show the 

 alteration when he grows up. In docking a pup's tail place it on a 

 block, and with a chisel or sharp knife cut it off. It may tile^d tome, 

 but will soon stop of its o«n accord. The proper place to cut it v, e 

 could not tell without seeing the pup; but a pretty safe criterion to so 

 by i* 'o cut off all that reaches below the second joint of hind leg ?, 

 Call upon us when you c ,me to this city and we will show you M>me fina 

 specimens of high-bred setters and pointers. a. A compact. weH foime'4 

 thoroughbred setter of any strain will do well on prairie grouse m§ M 

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