FOREST AND STREAM. 



... i i oa f sugar in it, and with such a hidden power to 

 Kr a smile to one's face. By jingo! the recollection Of 

 •t makes my mouth water. One day he came for me to go 

 to Marshpte river, on a two day's trouting trip; we arrived 

 Jhpre at night, and in the morning we were at the brook or 

 river at eight o'clock, and pulling on the long rubber boots 

 IhP always furnished them): they were very long kept in 



osition by a kind of suspenders over the shoulder. We 

 P tflDoed into the brook and waded down stream, fishing 

 with live bait (mummy chubs); he went ahead and caught 

 nl the large ones. I followed behind fishing, and caught 

 that escaped his hook and carried a net, and among other 

 thincsi that wonderful bottle. We had been fishing for a 

 I-ounle'oi' hours with good success, when I heard him call, 

 George George, come here quick! I have got a mighty 

 fellow hooked! I hurried down to him, and saw his line 

 leading under the bank. I riled up the water with mud 

 above so the trout could not see me, then run my net under 

 the bank and scooped out the trout; he was a noble fellow, 

 weighing at least three and a half pounds. "Ah! ha!" 

 savs Webster, 4> we have him! Look at him, George, did 

 vou ever see such a big fellow ?" Yes, says I, I have caught 

 is big <* trout as that. "Confine yourself to the question," 

 said Mr. Webster; "did you ever see so big a trout, 

 George?" Yes, says 1. "Seen as big an one?" says he. 

 Yes ta\s I, I have seen and caught as big a trout as that. 

 Mr 'Webster surveyed me, as 1 stood there deep in the 

 water and said: "Ah, George! 1 fear I shall never make 

 anytb'i. g of you! You are an amphibious creature. You 

 lie in the water, and you lie out or the water. Where is 

 that bottle, George? Come, let's start home." G. F. W. 



Doings of the Fishing Fleet.— The weal her for the 

 past week has been uulavorable tor the operations of the 

 shore fishermen, and under the stimulus of light receipts 

 and an improved call, fresh fish have reached top prices, 

 the latest fares selling at 4£ cents per lb. for cod and 3£ for 

 haddock. The fishing; arrivals continue small, as is usual 

 in December, only eight having been reported for the past 

 Week— five from the Banks and three from La Have. The 

 extreme high rates for lresh halibut noted last week broke 

 on the arrival of the first Bank fare, though good prices 

 have been obtained for all that have been lauded, the last 

 sales being at 13 and 9 cents per lb. for white and gray. 

 There is no change of importance in other departments of 

 the fish market. The fish receipts lor the week Lave been 

 about 116,000 lbs. Bank halibut, and 30.000 lbs. cod and 

 3,000 lbs. halibut from La liave Bank. No shore fish of 

 consequence landed. — Cape Ann Advertiser, Dec. 23d. 



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Albant, December 19th, 1876. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Either by your error, or mine, that portion of my article describing 

 the flghcing of the black bass, in your issue of Dec. 14th reads: "The 

 former I have always attributed to the clearness of color caused by living 

 in pure swift water, and their rage to the fact that there was not depth 

 enough for th«m to sro down very far . " It should read: ' 'The former I 

 have always aitributed to the clearness of color caused by living in pure 

 swift water and their ra^e. The latter to there not being depth enough 

 for them to go down very far." Please correct and oblige your truly, 



Dexter. 



§zUonxl Uptime*. 



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A New Equestrtan Venture.— Mr. Fred J. Engel- 

 hardt, the proprietor of the Uentral Park Riding School, 

 has made a venture in which we wish him individually a 

 Happy JSlew Year and all manner of success. He has se- 

 cured the American Institute building and converted it 

 into tbe "Metropolitan Riding Academy and American 

 Tattersalls." A track of one eighh of a mile will thus be 

 provided for the purpose of teaching, training and exer- 

 cising A special feature of Mr. Engelhardt's enterprise 

 is a weekly public entertainment, at which competitions of 

 all kinds, wrestling, and other athletic feats are promised. 

 The first of these will be given on Friday evening of this 

 week for the benefit of the poor of New York. The 

 Central Park Riding School will be maintained as hitherto. 



GREAT RACQUET TOURNAMENT. 



ANNUAL HANDICAP OF THE NEW YORK RACQUET COURT 

 CLUB. 



At a meeting of the officers of the New York Racquet 

 Court Club, held upon the 12th of last month, it was 

 resolved that the annual handicap matches for a first and 

 second prize should be begun upon the 23rd ult. The 

 entries closed three days previously, when it was found 

 that twenty-five gentlemen had given in their names. 

 Two matches were played on the opening day, and from 

 that time unto Tuesday last, when the final tie was played, 

 the court was almost daily occupied by the contestants. 

 That the game is rapidly attaining a high degree of popu- 

 larity may be attested by the attendance, on successive 

 days, in the galleries, which were graced by numbers of 

 ladies. The play throughout was highly creditable, and 

 in some individual cases showed great proficiency and 

 skill. On Thursday evening the prizes, which consisted of 

 two beautiful sets of sleeve buttons of very unique design, 

 wete presented to the winners, Messrs. J. T. Soutter and 

 George T. Dixon. The following is the complete score of 

 all the matches :— 



FIRST CLASS. 



F:RST TIE. 



Name 



*>• T. suuuer . 

 Gj^Allen^. 

 A. S. Thorp. 7 

 H. W. Miller. 



S-Liai^ 



llMay^.... 

 0, Saucton. 



IHow hanuicap'dl Scores. 1 Winners. 



H^jD^^BabcoVk!!! 



y. W. Sherman"' 

 £i.A.. Low ery.,.., 



fwpBalfou7.'~; 

 T - B.Baldwin. ., 



scratch. . . . 

 Scratch.... 



o aces. 



5 aces 



3 aces 



Ihandai.d3acet 



i hands, I ace.. 

 •4 hands, 1 ace.. 



2 hands, 2 aces. 

 1 hand, 3 aces.. 



I hands, 2 aces. 

 % hands, 2 aces. 



15,15. 17 



10, 12, 15.... 

 15,13,15, 15. 

 6, J 8, 4, 2.. 

 15, 15,"l5, 15.. 

 17, a, 6, 8 . 



15. 15. 10, 15.. 

 10, 13 1 5, 9.. 



5,15, 6 



15, 15,15 



walk over.... 



J. T. Soutter. 



A. S. Thorp. 



D. Lydig. 



dr. Sancton. 



J. A. Lowery. 



J. W. Balfour. 



SECOND TIES. 



Name 



.^J,. A. Lowery.. 



^w. B a if oar....; ;;; ; 



g. Ly die: . . . 7777777. J7T 



Qj. it. Saact on. '. .*.*.* " . * 

 ?■ T - boutteF 



Winners. 



A ' s, Thorp;;,;;;;;;; 



8, 15, 15, 15....,,.. iJ. A. Lowery. 



5,11, 8, 8.... j 



15,13, 15. 15..,., ,Jd. Lyalg. 



7, 15, 3, 3............ 



15,15, 15...., 



" Ml 



FINAL TIES. 



Names. Winners. 



S. T. Soutter ..-..J. T. Soutter 



J. A. Lowery 



J. T. Soutter J. T. Soutter. 



D. Lydig... 



SECOND CLASS. 



FIRST TIES. 



Names. 1 



Handicap. 1 



Scores. 1 



Winners. 



Geo. Dixon 



Scratch 



1 ace 



15, 15, 6, 17 

 7, 14, 15, 15 



15, 15 15 

 9. 7, 6 



Walk over. 



G. Uixon, 



G. Redmond 





A. H. ThorpT.7 



3 aces ... 



A. H. Thorp. 



D. Creder 



1 hand 



1 hand, 2 aces.. 

 1 hand, 2 aces.. 





M. Morgan...'. 

 KG. Field 



,Yf. Morgan. 



A. W. ttaniord 



C. Fellows 



Ihand 



1 hand 



1 hand 



1 hand 



I hand 



15, 7, 15, 15 

 7, 15, 2. 11 



15, 15, 15 "" 

 4, 8, 9 



A. W. Sandford. 



E. H. Harrimau 



A. J. Vioch.... ...... 



E.H. Harrimau. 



G L. fcioyt 



11.6. 3 



R. Redmond. 



K. Redmond 



1 hand |15, 15, 15 





W R. Travers 



1 hand, 2 aces.. | 





SECOND TIES. 



Names. 1 Scores. J Winner 



R. Redmond |11, 15, 15, 17 



E. H. Harrimau 15,15,10,15 



E. H. Harriman. 



M . Morgan 



2, 7, 2 



G. Dixon. 



G. Dixon 



15, 15, 15 





A. *v . Sauford. . . 



15 15, 15 



A. W. Sauford. 



A. H. Thorp 



13,14. 7 





FINAL TIES. 



Names. 

 E. H. Harrimau 



Scores. 



I 



Winners. 



G. T. Dixon. 



A. W. Sanford. 

 G. T. Dixon... 



11,15, 9, 9 .u. T.Dixou. 



15, 13, 15, 15 I 



6, 9, 10 IG. T. Dixou. 



15. 15, 15 ! 



J. T. Soutter, 



CHESS. 



A Chapter for Beginners. — The game of chess is 

 played by two persons, with sixteen pieces each, of oppo 

 site colors, on a checkered field of sixty-four alternate 

 white aud black squares. The forces are divided by the 

 color line — black and white. 



The board must be placed with a white corner at the 

 right hand. The lines of squares running upwards are 

 termed "files," while those from left to right, or right to 

 left are called "ranks." The line of squares running ob- 

 liquely are designated "diagonals. M 



The forces in cluss con. ist on each side of a King, a 

 Queen, two Rooks, two Bishop3, two Knights, and eight 

 Pawns. In the corner squares are placed tlie Hooks; a 

 Knight is stationed next to each Rook, and a Bishop next 

 to each Knight; the King aud Queen occupy the two cen- 

 ter squares of the line, observing that the white Queen 

 always stands on a white square and the blackQ ueen on a 

 black square; the Kings are consequently opposite. 



The eight Pawns on either side are placed on the squares 

 in front of the superior pieces. For the sake of distinc- 

 tion the pieces on the King's side of the board are called 

 Kings's Bishop, King's Knight, and King's Rook ; and the 

 Pawns on the same side are the King'3 Pawn, King's 

 Bishop's Pawn, Kings's Knight's Pawn, aud King's Hook's 

 Pawn. The pieces and Pawns on the Queen's side are 

 named in a similar manner from the Queen; as Queen's 

 Bishop, Queen's Rook, etc. 



The King can move in any direction, but only one square 

 at each move, except in castling, as will be explained else- 

 where. Supposing the King to stand on his 4th squaie, he 

 could move to King's 3d, King's 5ih, or to King's Bishop's 

 3d, 4th, or 5th, or to Queen's 3d, 4th or 5th. The adverse 

 Kings can never move on to squares adjoining each other. 

 JSo piece can move to a square which is already occupied, 

 except to take a man. 



The Queen is the most powerful piece on the board. She 

 has the advantage of moving in straight lines, forward, 

 backwards, sideways and diagonally to the extent of the 

 board in all directions. Place her alone in the center of 

 the board and it will be seen that she has command of 

 twenty-seven squares besides the one she occupies. 



Next in power to the Queen is the Rook (sometimes call- 

 ed thu Castle). It moves in a straight line forwards, back- 

 wards or sideways to the extent of the board, having the 

 same power as the Queen except in moving diagonally. 



The Bishops move diagonally forwards or backwards to 

 the extent of the board, consequently they must travel on 

 squares of the same color throughout the game as the ones 

 they stand on when the game commences. Place a Bishop 

 at King's 3d and you will see that he commands eleven 

 squares. 



For beginners the moves of the Knight are most perplex- 

 ing and difficult of explanation, lie is the only one of the 

 pieces which has the power or privilege of leaping over a 

 man. His move is one square in a straight line and one in 

 an oblique direction. Or, as a horse man once expressed 

 it, while being taught the moves: "That horse takes one 

 step and then shies out." Place the King's Knight, on his 

 own square, and there are three squares he can move to, 

 viz. : King's 2d, King's Bishop's 3d, and King's Rook's 3d. 

 Or better, place ihe Knight on either of the four center 

 S-iUi.res,and he commands eight squares. Place him on White 

 Kiug's 5th square, and he commands White King's Bishop's 

 3d and 7th, Knight's 4th and 6th, Queen's 3d and 7th, and 

 Queen's Bishop's 4th and 6th. If the beginner will place 

 tne Knight on King's 5th square, and move him first to 

 King's Bishop's 3d, and tnen back again to King's 5th, and 

 so on, until he makes the eight moves named above, he 

 will have conquered the difficulty. 



The Pawn can only move forward in a straight line, ex- 

 cept in capturing, when it moves obliquely. Tlie Pawn can 

 only move one square at a' time after the first move. On 

 the first move it makes it is optional with the Pawn to 

 move one or two squares. The Pawn is the only man 

 which cannot move backwards. 



In capturing, you lift off the adverse man and place your 

 own man on the square it occupied. To illustrate: Place 

 the white Queen on her square, and then place the black 

 Queen on white King's Rook's 5th. White may now take 

 black Queen by removing her from the board and placing 

 his own Queen on the squaie thus vacated by the black. 

 As we said* before, the Pawn captures obliquely, thus: 

 Place a black Pawn on white King's Bishop's fifth, and 

 one on white Queen's fifth; then place a white Pawn on 

 King's fourth, and supposing it is white's turn to move, 

 the white Pawn can capture either one of the black Pawns 

 but if it were black's turn to move, the white Pawn migh- 

 be captured. Capturing a piece, however, is never com' 

 pulsory^ when any other move cau be made, except to 



j relieve your King from check. Tiien you are very often 

 forced to capture a piece. ..,,-,_ 



The following abbreviations are usedm all English chess 

 books, magazines, and newspapers: K for King, Q lor 

 Queen, R for Rook, B for Bishop, Kt. for Knight, P for 

 Pawn, and Sq. for Square. . . 



Castling is a compound move which you have the privi- 

 lege of claying once in each game, under certain restric- 

 tions. It is done by the King and Rook. To castle with 

 the King's Rook you move King to King's Knight's square 

 and place Rook on King's Bishop's square. To castle with 

 Queen's Rook you move King to Queen's Bishop's s-quared 

 and place Queen's Rook on Queen's square. . Thus in 

 either case tbe King moves two squares while the Rook is 

 brought round the King to ihe square adjoining. To be 

 enabled to castle, your King must not be at the time in 

 check, neither of the squares the King traver.es or rests 

 upon must be checked or commanded by a hostile man, 

 the squares between the King and Rook must be empty or 

 unoccupied by friend or foe, and neither King nor Rook 

 must have moved. 



The King is in check when attacked by any piece or 

 Pawn. He is attacked wheu in the range of any piece or 

 Pawn; and when the King is unable to get out ot the range 

 of an attacking piece he is checkmated. The King is the 

 objective point. There are but three ways of parrying a 

 check. 1. By capturing the checking piece. II. By inter- 

 posing a man between your king and the checking piece. 

 III. By moving your king out of check. If the 

 situation is such not to allow any of these methods you are 

 checkmated and the game is ended, — Hartford Times. 



(RWThe Publishers of Forest ajsd Stream very natur- 

 ally think that a year's subscription to this paper is a very 

 acceptable Holiday Present to anyone fond of sport or 



fresh air. 



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— "Sailing Directions. — Old gent (in the vicinity of the 



docks): Can you direct me to Charing Cross? Ancient 



mariner — Charing Cross? Le's see, wind's about norwest 



by northe — you keep the sun on your weather bow and 



you'll jist about fetch— — . Old gent hurries off. 

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—The St. James Hotel at Jacksonville, Fla., has more 



guests at this time than in any year previous to 1875. There 



were more arrivals in November and December last season 



than any other season. 



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How to Pet the Canaries.— Says a writer on Canaries: 

 In this way 1 answer the question, "How 1 had such luck 

 with the birds ?" Simply by allowing the birds to attend 

 to their own affairs, and by letting them understand that 

 their mistress would never harm them. Also, by accus- 

 toming them to plenty of light and air and company, 

 rather than, as recommended in books, keeping the cage in 

 a dark room, for fear of frightening the birds. Make just 

 half the fuss directed in bird-books over the matter, and 



t you will have, doub'.less, better success in raising birds. 



' Never give them sugar, but. all the red pepper they will eat. 

 It is the best thing for them. And if your birds feel hoarse 

 at any time, put a piece of fat salt poik in 'Jie cage, and 

 see how a little fellow will enjoy it. Give him flax seed 

 once in a while, and if he appears dumpy occasionally give 

 a diet of bread and water, with red pepper sprinkled in. 

 Open the cage door, and give your pets the freedom of the 

 room ; soon they will come at your call, and fly to meet 

 you whenever your voice is heard. I had one who came 

 regularly to my desk as I sat writing each day, and dis- 

 puted with fluttering wing and open beak, my humble 

 right to the ink stand. He would Lake his bath as I held 

 the cup in my hand, and coolly dry himself on my head. 

 Another would fly down or up stairs to me whenever I 

 called him, and many a time, when I have been out, he 

 has welcomed my return by flying down the stairs, and 

 singing at the top of his voice all the while, until at last, 

 perched on my shoulders, he would accompany me to my 

 room.— Spirit of the Times. 



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 speeial designs lor 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, Philippe & 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 obliges 

 wpto purchase. Union Squ^re^New Y*^k, 



