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large for the basket— ferns ad libitum. This is all wrong, 

 because it indicates either that the angler was ignorant of 

 the water to be fished, or otherwise he would have taken a 

 larger basket; or else that the fish in question are to be re- 

 garded as fair specimens of the ordinary catch of an ex- 

 pert who is in the habit of throwing back all under three 

 pounds. Another common trout study shows five one- 

 quarter pound fish on a cut stick, precisely all alike in size 

 and color, and evidently taken from some man's tWo-year- 

 old trout preserve, where no one but a stupid or poacher 

 would care to fish. In a third painting we have a big and 

 little fish hanging together to a nail in the wall — out of the 

 reach of the cat, we suppose, when any person of common 

 sense would have had them in the ice-box. Then, there is 

 the standard single trout (sometimes painted on birch bark) 

 set up on edge like a knife, with dorsal fins unnaturally 

 erect and rigid; and — well, there are a dozen types of this 

 class which any observer will recall to mind. Mr. Ran- 

 dolph's picture, on the contrary, represents the catch of an 

 angler who has just concluded his day's sport and emptied 

 his basket upon a leafy bank for inspection. There the 

 fish have fallen naturally in different positions, some of 

 them tolerably large, others of a fair size, and one that 

 might weigh a pound — no fingerlings, but just such a 

 mess of fish as a conscientious and skillful angler would 

 be likely to take in one of our best mountain streams. 

 Some are dark with bright white bellies, these dexterously 

 lured from the deep holes where they laid; others of a pale 

 amber color, like the sunlight that warmed them in the 

 open shallows. On some the blue and crimson spots are 

 brilliant; on others they fade and almost blend with the 

 hues of their mottled sides. Some are fantastically marked 

 on the back; others are without blemish. This is what we 

 like in the picture. No one ever caught a dozen and a half 

 of trout precisely alike in form, color and size, and this 

 painting is simply the mirror held up to nature. The in- 

 separable rod is not in this case an accessory; but we don't 

 believe Mr. Randolph ever took these fish with a net. We 

 can detect no gill-marks on them at all events. 



Besides the freshly plucked ferns that the fish lie upon, 

 a landscape of valley and hill, overhung by a cloudy and 

 wet atmosphere, enhances the effect of the study — a good 

 day for angling, we'll say, cool, and not too much food in 

 the stream. The picture hung in the shade, as we saw it, 

 but when the blind was raised to let in the western sun, it 

 shed a flood of light upon it that brought out in brilliant 

 colors all the detail and handiwork of the artist, whom we 

 feel bound to congratulate. Mr. yherman is certainly the 

 fortunate possessor of a fine picture. 



— Black bass fishing is reported good in the Potomac 

 river, in the vicinity of Leesburg, Virginia. 



X. T. M. Jr.. of Boston, referring to an article printed in 

 last week's issue relative to keeping minnows alive for a 

 long journey, writes to say: — 



"In your last issue I notice a letter in regard to keeping 

 minnows alive during a long journey. I have found that 

 minnows placed in flannel will keep alive a long time. 

 Perhaps it might be well to moisten the flannel slightly. I 

 have carried minnows wrapped in this way miles by rail 

 and sleigh; at the journey's end they were bright and 

 lively." 



\ The Salmon Rivers op Canada.— Mr. A. J. Wilkin- 



; son, in his very readable article, to which Scribner for 



October gives precedence, thus briefly refers to the salmon 



rivers of Canada. In Hallock's ."Fishing Tourist" they 



are treated of at great length: — 



"The region where salmon can at the present day be 

 taken in sufficient numbers to reward one for the attendant 

 trouble and expense, is a circumscribed one. Beginning 

 at Quebec and following down the river St. Lawrence, the 

 salmon streams are very numerous upon the northern 

 shore, and extend far away to the Labrador coast. Among 

 them are the well-known Laval, Godbout, Trinity, St. Mar- 

 garet, Moisie, St. John's, Magpie, Mingan, Great and 

 Little Romaine and Grand Natabhquan rivers. In the last 

 named, the Governor General of Canada and party killed, 

 some years since, 202 salmon in seven days. 



"The range of mountains on the north shore runs within 

 a few miles of the St. Lawrence, and hence the rivers upon 

 that side are very short and rapid, giving but few good 

 pools, and are, as a general thing, very difficult to fish. 

 Only a few good streams are found on the south shore, 

 among which are the Rimouski, Grand Metis and Matane. 

 Passing down the Gulf of St. Lawrence we come to the 

 Basin of Gaspe, into which flow three admirable streams, 

 and farther on upon the north shore of the Bay of Chaleur, 

 and at its western end, are some of the best, including the 

 famous Restigouche, fished yearly by Englishmen who cross 

 the Atlantic for that express purpose; also the Cascapedia, 

 made more noted through Mr. Dawson's most charming 

 letters written from there, where, at a good ripe age, he 

 had taken his first salmon. The Nipissiguit on the south 

 shore of the Bay of Chaleur and the Mirimichi on the 

 eastern coast of .New Brunswick are the last salmon streams 

 of any account until we come to Nova Scotia, where there 

 are a few upon its southeast coast below Halifax. Mr. 

 Hallock, of the Forest and Stream, seems to be the only 

 one who has been favored with much sport in the Nova 

 Scotia rivers. 



"In Cape Breton there is a single good river, the Mar- 

 garie. Here and there small streams are found in other 

 parts of New Brunswick and in the Island of Anticosti, 

 but practically, salmon-angling is confined to the rivers of 

 Canada East and those of the northern part of New Bruns- 

 wick, which includes the Mirimichi. 



"But few of the rivers we have mentioned debouch near 

 a steamer landing, and all others are difficult of access. To 

 reacn these latter the angler must manage in some way to 

 get transportation for many miles over a rough country 

 where it is difficult to find horses, wagons, or roads; or he 

 must charter a small sailing vessel and run along a most 

 dangerous coast, carrying with him both canoes and men. 

 The Restigouche and Matapedia are reached with compara- 

 tive ease from Dalhousie, a landing place of the Gulf Port 



steamers*. This line of steamers also touches at Gaspe 

 Basin, leaving one just at the mouths of the three streams 

 flowing into it. There are the York, St. John, and Dart- 

 mouth, called by the natives the Southwest, Douglasstown, 

 and Northwest. These rivers are among the best stocked 

 in Canada. They flow chiefly through deep gorges, or 

 canons, and between mountains, which occasionally rise 

 to the height of a thousand or fifteen hundred feet. Beauti- 

 ful lakes, filled to repletion with brook trout, are found on 

 the high land between the rivers, which for quite a distance 

 flow within a few miles of one another. These streams are 

 very rapid, and in early spring are almost torrents, and yet 

 they have very few falls around which a "carry" must be 

 made." 



*And by the Intercolonial Railroad.— Ed. F. & S. 



Fishing Movements. — Mackerel have been reported off 

 Cape Cod in considerable quantities, but the weather has 

 not been favorable for seining operations, and the catch 

 has been quite light. The number of fishing arrivals for 

 the week has been larger than for any previous week dur- 

 ing the past two months, and about double the number of 

 last week. The tone of the market is well maintained. 

 The number of arrivals from the banks has been 9; from 

 Georges, 42; from shore mackereling trips, 62; total num- 

 ber of arrivals, 113. The receipts have been about 1,035,- 

 000 pounds Bank codfish; 546,000 pounds Georges do, ; 

 40,000 pounds halibut; and 6,000 barrels mackerel. — Cape 

 Ann Advertiser ■, Sept. SOth. 



— The result of the Newfoundland fisheries this year is 

 below last year inq uantity; but increase dprices make up 

 for the small catch. 



Jachting and Ranting. 



All communications trot* Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 

 later than Monday in each week. 





HIGH WATER. 



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Open Trial Regatta op the Atlantic Yacht Club. 

 —Saturday the 16ih day of September, the open boats of 

 the Atlantic Yacht Club held a regatta for prizes offered 

 by the club at the meeting of September llth, under the 

 charge of Vice Commodore Fish, W. H. W. Beebe and C. 

 T. Lippit, who were authorized to make«such rules as were 

 necessary. Time allowance to be one minute for each foot 

 of length. The couKse, twelve miles, was a flying start, 

 from Gowanus bay to and around Fort Lafayette and re- 

 turn. The start was made as follows; — 



Name. Owner. h. m. s. 



Yiuita Capt. Farrington 2 li8 04 



Ada Cap*. Moll'at 2 10 06 



Lapwing Capt. Morgan 2 10 45 



Nomad. Capt. Hogina ". 2 09 27 



Wing Capt. Feet 2 11 06 



The breeze was light and the start was before it, the 

 Vinita leading along shore, the Ada following, with the 

 Nomad and Lapwing out in the channel to catch what little 

 remaining ebb there might be, and Wind last. The Wind 

 passed the Lapwing just below Hunt's Dock, and there 

 crept towards the shore till she got ahead of the Ada and 

 Vinita so that the Nomad, Wind and Vinita, in the order 

 named, arrived at Fort Lafayette, which was passed, as 

 shown hereafter. Upon coming back, which was to wind 

 ward, the Wind and the Vinita passed the N'»-*mad, and the 

 former lead the fleet, increasing her iea,d until the home 

 stakeboat was passed, as follows: — 



Fort Home Elapsed Conceded 



Lafayette, stakeboat. time. time. 



Name. b. m. s. h. m. s. h. m. 8. h. m. s. 



Y^ind 3 3 55 3 55 15 1 44 09 1 43 09 



Vinita 3 4 25 3 57 03 1 48 23 1 51 08 



Nomad 3 3 35 3 59 20 1 49 53 1 53 28 



Lapwing 3 8 30 4 - 02 34 I 51 49 1 52 34 



Ada 3 9 10 4 05 45 1 55 39 I 55 39 



The first prize, which was awarded to the Wind, was a 

 handsome barometer, and the second to the Vinita was 

 card receiver offered to second boat by Warren Greenleaf . 



The regatta for the champion pennant of this class will 

 take place on Saturday, the 30th, but over a triangular 

 course in the bay. 



Central Hudson Yacht Cltjb. — The fall regatta of 

 the Central Hudson Yacht Club was sailed at New Ham- 

 burg on the 30th September. The Leroy won the first 

 prize for first-class yachts, the Frank the first prize for 

 second-class, and the A. S. Ring the first prize for-third 

 class. 



Cornell's Challenge. — At a very large and enthusias- 

 tic meeting of the various classes of Cornell University, 

 held at Ithaca on the 29th September, it was decided to 

 send a challenge to the winners in the Cambridge-Oxford 

 race, which occurs in March next. The challenge will be 

 for fours or eights, with a coxswain, as the Englishmen 

 may decide, and for a four-mile race over the regular 

 course from Putney to Mortlake. 



New Jersey Rowing Association. — The first regatta 

 of the above association, which comprises the Atlantic, 

 Meteor, Empire, Nautilus, and Valencia clubs, was held at 

 Pleasant Valley on Saturday last. The races resulted as 

 follows: — 



Junior Sculls — F. Barkelew, Athletic club, 1st; W. J. 

 Hopkins, Meteor club, 2d; no time. 



Senior Sculls— D. McQueen, Athletic club, 1st — time, 

 10m. 42s.; R. S. Murray, same club, 2d — time, 10m. 48s. 



Four-Oared Gigs, for championship of th,e Association — 

 Empire Boat Club— Messrs. R. Hill, Jr., H. Stoothoof, W. 

 S. Church, and J. T. Headley, Jr., stroke; J. Babcock, 

 coxswain, 1st — time, 8m. 41s. 



Meteor Boat Club— Messrs. W. T. Hopkins, G. Miller, 

 L. Meyer, and F. Walter, stroke; J. Schoenfeld, coxswain, 

 2d— time, 8m. 59£s. 



Four-Oared Shells, scratch crews— Messrs. Benson, Al- 

 laire, Barkelew, and McQueen, 1st — time, 7m. 35s. 



Messrs. Rieley, Taylor, Murray, and Kudlick, 2d— time, 

 7m. 40s. 



Rutherford Park Regatta. — An interesting amateur 

 regatta was held on the Passaic at West Rutherford Park, 

 on Saturday. The distance in all the races was one mile. 

 The sinerle-scull race was rowed in three heats, the first 

 being won by G. S. Atterbury, of the Paterson Rowing 

 Club, in bm. 13s-; the second by G. D. Small, of the Tri- 

 ton Boat Club, in 5m. 46s. ; the third by F. E. Townley, in 

 5m. 37s., and the final heat by Townley, no time taken. 

 The other race was for four-oared shells, between the fol- 

 lowing clubs: Hudson Boat Club— F. Sayles, bow; G. 

 Ockershausen, No. 2; H. Ockershausen, No. 3; F. Ocker- 

 shausen, stroke. Triton Boat Club— G. D. Small, bow; 

 S. A. Smith, No. 2; H. C. Rommell, No. 3; E L. Phillips, 

 stroke. Bayoune Rowing Club— T. B. Mettam, bow 7 ; W. 

 H. Jasper, No. 2; J. H. Chadwick, No. 3; L. Van Bus- 

 kirk, stroke. The Triton won in 4m. 40s., with the Hud- 

 son crew three seconds behind. 



Greenwood Lake Regatta. — The entries for this re- 

 gatta which occurs on the 6th and 7th insts. promises even 

 for an inaugural event, to be something quite out of the 

 common. It would indeed be a boon if that much desired 

 spot, a National Regatta course, had been discovered at last. 

 The entries as far as received are as follows: — 



JUNIOR. SINGLE SCULLS. 



Arlington Boat Club, Greenpoint-R. V. Young. 

 Argonaut a Boat Clnb, Bergen Point — G. E Man. 

 Atlantic Boat Club, lloboken— Richard McEwan. 

 Atalanta Boat Club, New York— Edward Mills. 

 Cartartt Boat Club, Newark— B. L. Williams. 

 Harlem Boat Club, New York— A. B. Hoeber. 



Nautilus Boat Club, New York— Gerald McLaughlan, P. J. Sweeney 

 L. E. Rouse. 

 Neptune Boat Club, Staten Island— A. C. Sharp, Jr. 

 Nassau Boat Clib— W. Robinson, J. D. Foot. 

 Seawan haka Boat Clnb, Greenpoint— R. H. Orr, John Keppel. 

 Passaic Boat Club— Names not in. 

 Viking Boat Club, Pamrapo, N. J— C. H. K. Halsey. 



SENIOR SINGLE SCULLS. 



Atalanta Boat Club, New York— O. P. Ackerman. 



Neptune Boat Club, Staten Island — Julian Kennedy. 



Triton Boat Club, Newark— P. E. Townley, George D. Small. 



Seawanhaka Boat Club, Greenpoint — Robert H. Orr, Joun Keppel. 



Vesper Boat Club, Yonkers— Thomas Fearon. 



DOUBLE SCULLS. 



Neptune Boat Club, Staten Island— T. li. Keator and Julian Kennedy. 



I'AIR-OAKED SHELLS. 



Triton Boat Club, Newark— S. A. Smith and T. E. Townley. 



Areonauta Boat Club, Bergen Point— Edward Smith and F. C. Eldred. 

 Substitutes— W alter Man and William Taylor. 



Arlington Boat Club, Greenpoint— George W. Thomas ;and R. V. 

 Young. 



Atalanta Boat Club, New York— W. H. Downs and John E. Eustis. 

 Substitute— Edward Blake. 



Nautilus Boat Club, New York— Wm. II. Walsh and P. J. Sweeney. 

 Substi tites — F Bassett and W. Ctnlus. 



Neptune Boat Ciub, Stateu Island- J. II. Riley and Julian Kennedy. 

 Substitute — T. R Keator. 



Seswauhaka Boat Club, Greenpoint— Robert H Orr and John Keppel. 



FOUK-OARED S1IKLLS. 



Areonanta Boat Club, Bergen Point— F. C. Eldred, bow; Ed. Smith, 

 No. 2; G. E. Man. No. 3; Charles E. Dunbar, stroke. Substitutes- Nat. 

 Traskand Wm. Taylor. 



Arlington Boat Club, Greenpoint— George F. Thomas, bow; Frank 

 Logan 1 , No. g; Frank Pidgeon, No. 3; K. V. Young, stroke. Substi- 

 tutes— J. B. White, II. B. Moore. A. J. Valentine, George Paynter. 



Atalanta Boat Club, New York— Ed. Blake, bow; U, P. Ackerman, 

 No. 2; W. H. Downs, No. 3; J. hi. Eustis, stroke. Substitute— Ed- 

 ward M'lls. 



Harlem Rowing Club, New York— Mark J. Knapp, bow; A. B. Hoe- 

 ber, No. 2: A. G. Scrauton, No. 3; Howard Conckting, stroke. Sub- 

 siitules- Robert Lepper, II. VV . Coates, E. B. Pinekney. 



Eureka Boat Club, Newark— J. Angelman, P. Young, W. Ryno, John 

 Young. 



faesaic Boat Club, Newark— F. R. Fortmeyer, bow; W. T. Pelletier, 

 No. 5; George C. Phinne, No. 3; W. B. Flarell, stroke. 



Nassau BoaC Club, New York— W. Robinson, bow; A. B. Frost, No. 

 •2; Lindsay Watson, No. 3; George S. Floyd Jones, stroke. 



Triton Boat Club, Newark— S. A. Smith, bow; M. P. Hayne, No. 3; 

 William Smith, No. 3; E. L. Phillips, stroke. 



Viking Boat Club, Newark— E. A. Doir, bow; R. G. Orane, No. 2; Ed. 

 Kmsey, No. 3; B. U. Saunders, Jr., stroke. 



SIX-OARED GIGS, WITH COXSWAIN. 



Neptune Boat Club Staten Island— T. R. Keator, J. G. Murphy, 

 An bur .■strand, C. C. King, James H. Riley, Julian Kennedy. Cox- 

 swain, James Edwards. 



Eureka Boat Club, Newark— J. Angelman, P. Young, W. Ryno, J. 

 Young, Charles L. Poreless, John Erb. Coxswain, Jobn Couttrdl. 



Nassau Boat Club, New Yovk— J. B.Roberts, W. Robinson, J. D. 

 Foot. A. B. Frost, Lindsay Watson, Geo. S. Floyd Jones Coxswain, 

 W. K. Foster. Substitutes— John A. Walker, Charles Badgley. 



Dauutless Boat Club, New York— Horace Walters, H. W. Peckwell, 

 O. L. Knapp, W. G. Demarest, Frank Gillilan, D. Roach. Coxswain, 

 Marshall Fieeborn. Substitutes — <\ E. Trotter, W. R. Morse. 



Hudson Boat Club, Jersey City — Name not in. 



Tiffany & Co , Silversmiths, Jewelers, and 

 Importers, have always a large stock of sil- 

 ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, 

 racing and other sports, and on request they 

 prepare special designs for similar purposes. 



Their timing watches are guaranteed for ac- 

 curacy, and are now very generally used for 



sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany 

 & Co., are also the agents in America for 

 Messrs. Patek, Phillippe & Co., of Geneva, of 

 whose celebrated watches they have a full 

 line. Their stock of diamonds and other pre- 

 cious stones, general jewelry, bronzes and 

 artistic pottery is the largest in the world, 

 and the public are invited to visit their estab- 

 lishment^without feeling the slightest obliga- 

 tion tojpurehase. Union Square/ New|York, 



