FOREST AND STREAM. 



135 



shooting. On the first day but 10 rounds were fired ; on 



the others 15:— 



IRISH TEAM. 



800 Yds. 900 Yds. 1000 Yds. 



Name. 10 Hounds. 15 Rounds. 15 Hounds. Total. 



Milner 40 67 6i 171 



Thynne 44 64 62 170 



Evans 39 61 * 



Greenhill »4 62 * 



Joynt 33 60 65 158 



Rigby 41 58 61 160 



Fenton 48 57 96 173 



Goff 31 57 * 



♦Retired. 



SCOTCH TEAM. 



Menzies 39 64 60 163 



Roe 44 62 61 167 



Luke , 37 59 67 163 



Boyd 43 59 60 162 



Thorburii 33 52 . 56 141 



AUSTRALIAN TBAM. 



Lynch 41 59 61 161 



glade 45 58 67 170 



King 37 



AMERICAN TEAM. 



Rathbone.... 44 59 



Anderson.... 36 59 57 152 



Oanfield 42 59 58 159 



Blydenburgh.. 40 58 61 159 



Fulton . 50 ... 



Overbaugh.... 17 5u 42 109 



Bodine 35 48 



Weber 47 



Baliard 17 



Mr. Fenton was awarded the very handsome medal pre- 

 sented by the Irish citizens of the District of Columbia, 

 Mr. Rea the Scotch medal, and Mr. Lynch the medal for 

 }he best score made by a member of the Australian team; 

 The Inter -State Match.— The entries for the Inter- 

 State rifie match to take place October 12th under the au- 

 spices of the Crescent City Rifle Club, 'closed on the 28th 

 ult. The following clubs will participate: Rhode Island 

 Amateur Rifle Club of Providence; Amateur Rifle Club of 

 Rochester, N. Y. ; Dearbon Rifle Club of Chicago; Bur- 

 lington Rifle Club of Burlington, Yt. ; Connecticut Rifle 

 Association of North Manchester, Conn. ; Ogdensburg Rifle 

 Club of Ogdensburg, N. Y. ; Leather Stocking Rifle Asso- 

 ciation of Goshen, N. Y .; Milwaukee Rifle Club of Mil- 

 waukee, Wis.; Worcester Sportsmen's Club of Worcester, 

 Mass. ; Amateur Rifie Club of New York city. Possible 

 additional entries: Massachusetts Rifle Association of Bos- 

 ton; Saratoga Rifle Club of Saratoga. The match is to 

 be shot on the ranges of the various clubs simultaneously. 

 Rifle Notes.— Tiff auy & Co. have just finished thirty- 

 six gold badges, one of which will be' presented to each 



member of the foreign rifle teams The Northwestern 



Rifle Association, of Chicago, is again attempting to ar- 

 range a rifle match between teams to be selected as repre- 

 senting the West and East, to be contested at 800, 900, and 



1,000 yards distance The riflemen at Halifax, N. S., 



had their regular competition on the 27th ult The Syra- 

 cuse Standard "goes for" the N". R. A. lu the matter of or- 

 thography. On the water cooler won at Creedmoor by the 

 Sixth Division the word prize is spelled prise, and on the 

 Yates Dragoon prize the word separate is spelled separate 

 Northrield, Minn., is organizing a rifle club Sara- 

 toga Rifle Club tournament, October 10th and 11th. 



\afiannl $L%$timt&. 



New York Athletic Club.— The seventh fall games of 

 the New York Athletic Club took place on the Mott Haven 

 grounds on Saturday. The entries were unusually nurner-. 

 ous, but owing to the bad weather the attendance was 

 small. The vaiious events were decided as follows. — 



One Hundred Yards Running.— First, H. C. Sapatas; time, 10 J- sec- 

 onds. 



One Mile Kun —First, Harrold Laube, Toronto; time, 4 minutes 5} 



Rpponfl ft 



Hurdle Race, 120 Yards.— First, Geo. Hitchcock, New York; time, 19 

 seconds. 



One-Mile Walk.— First, D. M.Stone, N. Y. A. C; time, 7 minutes 

 31 seconds. 



Four Hundred and Forty Yards Running.— First, E. Merritt, N. Y. A. 

 C; time, 54£ seconds. 



Three Mile Walk.— First, D. M. Stone, N. Y. A C; time, 25 minutes 

 12 seconds. 



Seven-Mile Walk.— First, Charles Connor, N. Y. A. C; time, 58 

 minutes 32£ seconds. 



Running High Jump.— First, H. E. Ficken, New York; 5 feet 5 in. 

 i Running Broad jump.— First, Isaiah Frazer, Yonkers; 7 feet 4 in. 



Putting the Shot.— First, H. Bueruieyer, JSf. Y. A. C; 35 feet 4 in. 



—A new turf paper called lt Le Cheval de Guerre," the "Warkorse," 

 has made its appearance in France. We have the second number. The 

 publication office is in Paris. 



Billiards by the Hour. — The system of charging by 

 the hour instead of by the game, for billiards, has of late 

 been somewhat discussed among room keepers, and our 

 opinion in the premises has more than once been asked. 

 We think with one of our billiard writers (Si. Slocum), that 

 it is the only just aid equitable method of settlement for 

 both parties; and, in vogue, tbe good player will not have 

 to pa}' twice as much for an hour's amusement as the poor 

 player pays. We think it would be well to adopt it. — Bil- 

 liard Gae for September. 



BASE BALu — THE PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. 



The championship issues, both in Canada and the United 

 States, were settled by the September contests. In the 

 United States the Chicago club bore off tbe palm with a 

 record of 52 victories and 14 defeats, out of 66 league club 

 contests. The battle for second place is still going on be- 

 tween Hartford and St. Louis; but fourth place will be 

 occupied by Boston, and fifth by Louisville, Cincinnati 

 being last. The record to October 2d, showing the games 

 that will count in November next, is as follows: — 



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September has closed, and the appended record shows 

 the model games played in the League arena during the 

 month, the limit being placed at five runs for the winning 

 nines: — 



Sept. 15.— Mutnal vs. Cincinnati, at Brooklyn 2 to 1 



Sept. 15.— Louisvilie vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia 3 to 



Sept. 29.— Louisville vs. Boston, at Louisville 3 to 



Sept. 30.— Hartford vs. St. Louis, at St. Louis. 4 to 1 



Sept. 6.— St. Louis vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn (10 ins) 4 to 3 



Sept. 12. — St. Louis vs. Boston, at Boston 5 to 2 



Sept. *9 —St. Louis vs. Hartford, at St. Louis 5 to 2 



Sept. 27.— Boston vs. Cincinnati, at Cincinnati 5 to 3 



Outside of the League the following model games were 

 played during September: — 



Sept. 1,— Hartford vs. Pall River, at Fall River 4 to 2 



Sept. 1.— Boston vs. Crocket, at Binghampton (5 ins) 2 to 3 



Sept. 1.— Union vs. Paris, at TJtica (35 ins) 5 to 2 



Sept. 2.— Hudson vs. Nameless, at Brooklyn (11 in) 4 to 2 



Sept. 2.— Resolute vs. Mutual, at Elizabeth 3 to 1 



Sept. 2.— Orchard vs. Contest, at Brooklyn 5 to 4 



Sept. 2. — Electric vs. Western Union, at Boston 3 to 2 



Sept. 2.— Biown Stocking vs. Mahoning, at Cleveland 5 to 4 



Sept. 1.— Case vs, Mutual, at Jackson (5 ins) 1 to 



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



Sept. 6.— Amatenr vs. Riverside, at Louisville 3 to 2 



Sept. 8.— Memphis Reds vs. Eckford, at Memphis 5 to 2 



Sept. 6.— Acme vs. Atlanta, at Chicago 5 to 



Sept. 8. — Mutual vs Cypress, at Canada. 5 to 2 



Sept. 9. — Indianapolis vs. Junior Cincinnati, at Indianapo- 

 lis 2 to 



Sept. 11.— Alleghany vs. Indianapolis, at Alleghany 3 to 



Sept. 12.— llion vs. Buckeye, at Ilion 4 to 2 



Sept. 12.— Mutual vs. Beverly, at Camden 4 to 1 



Sept. 14.— Alleghany vs. Erie Browns, at Erie 3 to 2 



Sept. 15.— Buckeye vs. Cricket, at Binghampton (10 ins).. 4 to 2 



Sept. 15.— West Eud vs. iEtna, at Milwaukee 5 to 3 



Sept. 18.— St. Louis vs. Resolute, at Elizabeth 4 to 3 



Sept. 18. — Buckeye vs. Olympic, at Paterson 4 to 4 



Sept. 19.— Chelsea vs. fludsou, at Brooklyn 3 to 



Sept. 19.— Alleghany vs. St. Louis, at Pittsburgn 4 to 3 



Sept. 20.— Star vs. Chicago, at Syracuse 2 to 



Sept. 20.— Hartford vs Ithaca, at Ithaca (11 ins) 5 to 4 



Sept. 20.- -St. Louis Reds vs. Indianapolis, of Indianapolis. 3 to 



Sept. 20. — Olympic vs. Buckeye, at Paterson 4 to » 



Sept. 21.— Mutual vs. Buckeye, at Brooklyn ..4 to 3 



Sept. 21. — hnterprise vs. Orange, at Orange 3 to 3 



Sept. 21.— Hartford vs. Auburn, at Auburn 4 to 2 



Sept. 21 .—Keystone vs. Lockport, at Lockport 5 to 4 ' 



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



Sept. 22.— Olympic vs. Buckeye, at Paterson 3 to 1 



Sept. 23.— New Haven vs. Yale, at Ne,v Haven 1 to 



Sept. 23.- Nameless vs. Osceola, at Brooklyn 4 to 3 



Sept. 23.— Star vs. Hartford, at Syracuse (? ins) 5 to 5 



Sept. 26.— Boston vs. Indianapolis, at Indianapolis 2 to 1 



Sept. 27.— St. Louis vs. St. Louis Reds, at St. Louis 4 to 3 



Sept. 27. — H-rie vs Buckeye, at Erie (7 ins) 2 to 3 



Sept. 29.— Enterprise vs. Orange, at Jersey City 3 to 3 



The Alaska club games and the New York and Brooklyn 

 picked nines are left out on account of alleged "crooked" 

 play. It will be seen that finer games were played outside 

 the league arena than in it. 



CRICKET. 



Philadelphia, October 2d. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



The game of cricket between the English Gentlemen and 

 the American Team, postponed from 22d and 23d ultimo, 

 whs begun at the Germantown grounds on Friday last. 

 The Americans won the toss and went to the bat, scoring 

 139 runs for the inning. Dan. Newhall making 40, Bob, 

 36, and Magee, 26. Saturday was so stormy that the game 

 was postponed until Tuesday, to-morrow,. The English 

 clowns did not make their appearance for the game at the 

 Athletic grounds on Thursday last — their first "trick." 



Sculls. 



* 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. 



The record of the Canadian championship leaves the 

 honors with the Tecumsehs, of London, as follows:— 



P. H. R., New York.— Is rabbit shooting allowed already on Staten 

 Island? Ans. It is. 



J. G., Newark, N. J— Please inform a reader of your valuable paper 

 if there is a change in the law regarding rabbit shooting in this State. 

 Ans. No. The close season for rabbits expires November 1st. 



M. P. Hoboken, N. J.— Please let me know in your nest if the law is 

 up Oct. 2d on Lone: Island in regard to rabbit hunting? Ans. Rabbits 

 are only protected on Long Island, and then the law expires Oct. 1st. 



E. C. H., Fowler.— Please inform me where I can get the best duck 

 shooting in November, and also the nearest one to the above named 

 place where I can be sure to fiud plenty of game. Aus. You will 

 probably find good duck shooting on the marshes about Sandusky. 



J. T. T., Guelph, Canada.— Capt. Parker Gilmore has the credit of 

 having introduced the Salmo fontinalls into English waters. This fish is 

 now successfully bred by Mr. Parnaby, at Borrowdale. 



R. T. M., New Haven.— The fish you send is evidently the yellow car- 

 anxor yellow mackerel {Carangus chrysos, (Mitch.) Gill ) It is found 

 from Cape Cod to Florida, and is very abundant on this coast in Sep- 

 tember and October. 



C. G., Mamaroneck, N. Y.— I have captured a coot. Can you tell me 

 what I can persuade him to eat? He refuses live fish, clams and corn, 

 and shows fight every time I go near him. Ans. We hardly know; if 

 your corn was soaked he might eat it; or try to get succulent young salt- 

 water plants and soft roots. 



T. S. R., Minneapolis, Minn.— Where and at what price can I ob f ain 

 a copy of T. Martin Tri pe's "Birds of Minnesota,' 1 published in 1871? 

 Ans. We do not know; it is probably out of print, but perhaps some of 

 our readers may know. 



H. J, Natick, Mass.— 1. Please inform me the best way to trap the 

 fox? I have tried mmy times to trap him with poor luck; is there any. 

 thing 1 can scent the trap with? Can you tell me the best book to get 

 n trapping? 2. What is the lightest breech-loading (12-gauge) shot gun 

 to be made for $100? Ans. 1. See answer to D. H. H. 2. About seven 

 pounds. 



F. W. S., Philadelphia.— I have a Sharp's sporting rifle, old style 1 

 /shells and primers), I want to have it altered so as to use cartridges 

 will you please tell me who can alter it and probable cost? Ans. The ex- 

 pense of altering your rifle would be equal to the cost of a new piece. 

 Write to the Sh.rp's Co ., Bridgeport, Conn. 



W. H. S., Philadelphia.— 1. Can a person not a resident of New Jer- 

 sey shoot in that State without being a member of the West Jersey 

 Game Association, and if not, how much does it cost to join the asso- 

 ciation; who is the President, and where would a persou go to join? 2. 

 Is reed-bird shooting good now, and how long does it continue so? Ans. 

 1. Not in the counties of Camden, Gloucester, Saltni, Cumberland 

 Cape May and Atlantic. Address Jesse Starr, Jr., Oarnden. g. Yes" 

 but the birds leave with the first frost. 



W. K. P., Philadelphia.— 1. What composes the loading tools of a 

 shotgun? 2. Where can I get the game laws of Pennsylvania? 3. What 

 is the beet size shot for reed-birds? also ducks? 4. In Gloan's book, 

 "The Breech-Loader, 1 ' page 123, he says, "An excellent plan for loading 

 shells is, first fill up the base of the shell with pawder, that Is, to the top 

 of ihe walls which surround the cap and over this put a wad. The rest 

 of the powder is then nut in and the load completed in the usual way." 

 What do you think of this loading? 5. What do you think of using 

 French chalk, (same as used by boot makers) as a lubricator for a shot 

 gun? Ans. 1. A. Dixon's measure, lammer, cutter and turner; the las' 

 nimed three generally coma in one tool. 3. From Chas. Suydam, No. 

 149 Chambers street, or through the back numbers of this paper. 3. Nos. 

 10, 11, and 12 for reed birds and No. 4 for dncks. 4. We do not advocate 

 that mode of loading. 5. Can not recommend it. 



L. O. T ., Weybridge, Vt.— 1. Will you please inform me if cocker 

 spaniels are good for partridges, and where I can obtain one? 2. Is 

 there any trapping for beaver in Arkansas or Virginia, if so, in what 

 streams? Can you inform me where I can find good mnskrat and mink 

 trapping this fall? Ans. 1. Cocker spaniels are good dogs for ruffed 

 grouse, called partridges. One advertised for sale in our paper. 2. | 

 You will find plenty of beaver in Brunswick. Nottoway and Greenbriar 

 Counties, Virginia. The vicinity of Perth, Ontario, Canada, is said to 

 be a fine trapping region. The upper Ottawa river is the stream. 



Best Rifle, St. Louis.— I have a .40 calibre, 50 grains twist, one turn 

 in 22 inches, Remington. Do you consider that a good hunting rifle; if 

 not, could I have a barrel with less twist on it? I *as thinking also o f 

 getting a .32 calibre barrel (extra long cartridge)and have it fitted on for 

 squirrels, etc. What will a barrel cost rifled and blued (steel) suitable 

 for it, and where could I get one? Please give the rate and style of twist 

 in the Winchester. Ans. The "four feet" was an error. One tarn in 

 about 2 f « inches is correct, and your rifle is right. We doubt if you can 

 have a .32 calibre barrel fitted to it. The Winchester rifle has about 

 one twist of rifling in SO inches. 



Gustav Bartel, New York.— Please inform me, through your valu- 

 able paper, what kind of work has a workingman to do in a^State hatch- 

 ing house; would he have the opportunity to get acquainted with all the 

 required and different manipulations of hatching, etc., etc.? To whom 

 has a person to address himself to get a situation in the State hatching 

 house of Maryland? An*. Address T. B. Ferguson, Esq., Fish Com- 

 missioner of Maryland, at the Maryland Building, Centennial Exhibition 

 Grounds, Philadelphia. 



D. H. H., Ashbysburg, Ky.— 1. Can you tell me how to drees deer and 

 coon skins for gloves, strings, &c, something to take the hair off ? 2. 

 Where is the best place to go to hunt and trap for the winter, and what 

 time is best to start? 3. Could a green hand make it pay? 4. Do you 

 know of a place where a green hand could get in with an old trapper and. 

 learn something? Ans. 1. It would take more space than we can spare 

 to give the information. Send 20 cents to Jesse Haney & Co., No. 119 

 Nassau street, for the Trapper's Guide. 2. In Nottoway, Brunswick 

 and Greenbriar counties, Virginia. 8. We should think it doubtful. 4. 

 We do not. 



Skinny— Can you give me a recipe for dressing skins of animals? Ans. 

 Take the skin as fresh as possible, and having mixed a sufficient quan- 

 tity of salt and water till it will bear an egg, saturate it with alum; pat 

 the skin into this blood-warm and let it lie and soak 24 hours; theu take 

 it out, and having tacked it upon a board (the fur inward), scrape the 

 skin and a thin membrane will come off; then, havine warmed up the 

 pickle again, put the skin into it a Recond time and let it remain five 

 hoijrs more, after which take it out and nail it upon a board to dry (fur 

 inward), and then rub it with pumice stone and whiting. Hare and oth- 

 er skins may be prepared in the same way. They are always in best 

 condition for preparing in winter. 



C. S. Mc, Englewood, N. J.— I have a fine setter dog and I want to 

 get him in trim for quail shooting in November, and I should like to have 

 your opinion on the subject of feeding him; both previous and during 

 the hunting season? He has had perfect liberty this past summer as I 

 have had no opportunity to use him, but I expect to give him pretty 

 steady work this coming fall. Ans. If your setter does not get into 

 any kind of mischief or run off to hunt on his on "hook," as many dogs 

 will in the country, it will be as well to give him his liberty, but as a gen- 

 eral thing it is better to keep a dog chained to his kennel or otherwise 

 confined most of the time; but no dog can be kept In perfect health un- 

 less he is freeo from the chain or confinement once or twice a day. We 

 invariably see that our dogs have their liberty a short time morning aud 

 evening for a little exercise, and in order that they may empty them- 

 selves away from their kennel . If a dog is loosed twice a day, ten min- 

 utes liberty will suffice. In regard to feeding, if yon have scraps enough 

 from your table to keep him in good condition, no better food could be 

 given him, but in case yon have not enough of such food, boil hasslet or 

 any other rough meat with corn meal or oat meal, making a well cooked 

 mn«h. And if a do° is fed enough food in the evening to keep him in. 

 good condition, it is best to accustom him to this way of feeding, and 

 any healthv dog will do well if thus fed. No dog will make good work on. 

 game with his stomach f nil of food, and no skillful sportsman ever 

 expect them lodo well under such circumstances. If you give a dog a 

 hearty breakfast just befon he is put to work after a few short turns he 

 will stop and throw it up. The better way is to give your dog his supper 

 and breakfast at supper time. It will surely do him far more good than 

 if the same food is divided and a portion is given him in the morning 

 before he is taken to the field to shoot over. 



P. D-, White River. Washington Territory.— You would confer a great 

 favor by giving me the address of some person who sells correct colored 

 pictures of the different kinds of trout and other fish? Ans. There are 

 but few scientific works on fish that give figures of trout and salmon col- 

 ored from life or true to nature. No real artist would gain anything by 

 consulting any such figures. He would, however, do well to read scien- 

 tific descriptions of the color, as well as to learn the proper proportions 

 of the head, tail, fins, eyes, etc. We can only name two works which 

 profess to give correctly colored figures of salmonoids. The first is 

 Agassiz's "Salmones de l'Europe Centrale," the only part of his pro- 

 jected work, "Histoire Natnrelle des poissons d'eau douce de l'Europe," 

 that was published. It appeared at Neuchatel in 1839 in folio. This 

 first number contains the salmones themselves, and the second, appear- 

 ing in 1842, by Carl Voght, contains the "Embryologie des Salmones." 

 We shall only speak of the first of these, which has 27 plates, some col- 

 ored. This part cost 75 francs on ordinary and 150 francs on heavy pa- 

 per. Eacb figure is given twice in outline and colored. There is the 

 Rhine salmon in several varieties, several trout and coregoni or white- 

 fish. The figures are drawn and colored with all possible exacti'ude, 

 but are stiff and wanting in life like appearance. However, these are 

 the most peifectly true figures of salmonoids that have appeared. The 

 other work is on salmon only. It is "Young on the Growth of the Sal- 

 mon in Fresh Water," London, folio, date about 1839. William Young 

 gives some very good colored figures of salmon from the young parr, the 

 larger to the full-grown salmon . No other works are known to us that 

 approach the t wo hce mentioned in correctness. Some smaller figures 

 of trout, colored, may be found in the works of Cuvier et Valenci- 

 ennes, in the "Naturalist's Library," Donovan's "British Pishes," 

 Lloyd's "Scandinavian Adventures," etc. Larger figures are to be found 

 inBloch, Meidinger, "Fish of the Danube, etc., bnt they are not to he 

 trusted. The American grayling is figured only in Richardson's "Fauna 

 Boreali-Americana," London, 1836. 4to. No good figures, colored or un- 

 colored, of American salmonoids have been published. The i eld is 

 open to one who wishes to occupy it. A series of very correctly draw* 

 plates in folio, appearing in numbers and colored by the chromotint 

 process would repay the undertak'ug of them. We have several species 

 aud varieties of the salmon, salmon trout, orook trout and white-fish. 

 both on the Atlantic and Pacific slope, most of which have not even 

 been descrined or merely indicated. Tneir brilliant colors at difi'eeut 

 ages and seasons would afford a wide scope to the labors of a skillful ar- 

 tist; but he should first take some lessons in ichihyologv, ijx Older "t'Q 

 give his work scientific and permanent as well as artistic value, — J, Ca&* 



SON B-KSYOORT, 



