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The Coknell Challenge. — Mr. J. N. Ostrom, Captain 



* of the Cornell crew, writes a letter to the Herahl aimounc- 



1 ■ r officially that the Cornell Navy is in receipt of formal 

 refusals in answer to the challenges sent to the University 

 Boat Club of ' Oxford ana Cambridge. Oxford's reasons 

 for declining is: "It would be impossible to get a really 



h representative crew together during our long 'vacation.'' 

 Cambridge gives several reasons, the first of which is the 

 same as that stated by Oxford; second, "By accepting 

 yours we lay ourselves open to innumerable challenges, 

 which we should he quite unable to meet;" third, "It has 

 hitherto been our invariable practice to row against no 

 oilier university than Oxford." The letter closes as fol- 

 lows: "If it should not be inconvenient to you to enter for 

 the annual Henley Regatta we can insure for you there not 

 only competition with the best English eights, fours and 

 pairs, but a hearty welcome." Inasmuch as Oxford and 

 Cambridge enter crews iu this regatta there is still an op- 

 portunity for Cornell to row the English universities. Such 

 au undertaking, however, is out of the question, inasmuch 

 as the Henley Regatta takes place in Juue, about com- 

 mencement week. For this reason the crew could not ex- 

 pect to arrive in England more than a day or two before 

 the race, and, under such conditions, defeat would be in- 

 evitable. Capt. Ostrom goes on to say: "It seems highly 

 probable from this that no Amciicau university will ever 

 succeed in making a r<ace with Oxford or Cambridge with- 

 out sending a graduate crew to the Henley Regatta. In 

 this way the oarsmen could go over early enough to secure 

 the practice which would be absolutely necessary in order 

 to make their chances of success equal." 



Dauntless Boat Club. — At the regular monthly meet- 

 ing of the Dauntless Boat Club, held Wednesday evening, 

 Die. 5ih, 187b', at Grand Union Hotel, the following offi- 

 cers were elected for the ensuing year: — 



0. H. Collin, President; M. Freeborn, 1st Vice . Presi- 

 dent; 0. J. Conkliu, 2d.; VV. It. Morse, Secretary; J. H. 

 Red field, Treasurer; 13. M. Loutrel, Captain; W.J Dem- 

 arest, Lieutenant; O. H. Collin, H. W. Walter, and F. Gil- 

 lelan, 'trustees. 



This club will give an amateur minstrel entertainment 

 and reception on Friday evening. January 12th, 1877, at 

 Lexington Avenue Opera House. They will be assisted py 

 Messrs. Smith, (Jims, and Geo. Brarnhall, Hobble and 

 Meigs, of the Argonautas; Messrs. Newton and Johnson, 

 of Hie New York Athletics; Mr. Gunther, of the Nassau, 

 and others, and it will be a very enjoyable affair. 



A Boat Club's Wealth.— The trustees of the Seawan- 

 liakaBoat Club have filed with the County Clerk a report 

 of the club property as follows: Eight-oared barge, $350; 

 four-oared shell, $200; ditto, $100; two gigs, $250; chairs, 

 tables, lamps, etc. , $100; two story frame boat house, at 

 mouth of Jack's creek, Long Island City, $4,000; total, 

 $5,000. 



—It is believed that Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, and 

 other colleges iu the Middle States will form a Rowing As- 

 sociation in opposition to that formed by the colleges' of the 

 New England ritaies. An attempt will be made to include 

 the Naval Academy- and West Point cadets in the associa 

 tion. 



—Ed. Hanlon, who won the single scull race at the Cen- 

 tennial regatta, has published a challenge dated Toronto, 

 Jan. 4th, to William Scharff, of Pittsburg, offering to row 

 him on Toronto Bay for from $500 to $2,000 a side, allow- 

 ing him a fair amount for his expenses, the race to take 

 place early in June. 



Ocean Fihewohks.— The Victoria, from Glasgow, was 

 riding out a heavy westerly gale about half-way across the 

 Atlantic on the 18th inst., 'when, at six in the evening, the 

 atmosphere improvised a rich display of phosphoric fire- 

 works. Balls of glowing red fire the size of a man's 

 fist danced upon the yards and stays, and as they 

 fell exploded in mid air with a snapping report. They 

 chiefly alighted upon the ends of yards, at intervals of a 

 foot, though likewise favoring the centers, and at times 

 the vessel had the aspect of being decorated for a first- 

 class festival. One of the balls burst close to the nose of Mr. 

 Theodore Knox, the chief officer, and for a moment blinded 

 mm. The noise was like that of a pistol discharge. No 

 (kbns struck the deck, and no smell was created. The 

 balls were atmospheric and impalpable. They are gener- 

 ally forerunners of a gale. 



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The Fatal Glove Fight — It will be remembered that 

 at a recent glove contest in Boston, one of the contestants 

 was so bruised or stunned that he died shortly afterwards. 

 -Al the autopsy it was stated that his death was the result 

 of organic disease of the heart, but this is what a corres- 

 pondent writes us regarding the matter:— 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



1 want to place before you the facts in the recent so- 

 called "glove contest" at Revere Hall, Boston, wherein one 

 of the contestants was, shortly after the failure to come to 

 time, quite dead, in spite of medical attendance. 1 was 

 the only M. D. present at his case, being called 3 ust as 

 s °on as the spectators mistrusted that all was not right 

 with the man. I found him exhausted, and with marks 

 or external head injuries, especially on the left side. His 

 aeart, though irregular and overtaxed, gave no sign of ex- 

 Ming d'sease. Now, though the inquest managed to dis- 

 cover organic disease of the heart, the M. I), making the 

 autopsy did noi so define what he found in detail. I would 

 suggest that always some regular physician be present in 

 -uuure, if such exhibitions be allowed, to prevent the 

 fighting down" of any man beyond a technical standard 

 *8i involving ^f\Ubr a . ••'. • S'.*>TF<?^F#, 



SKATING. 



Fancy dress carnivals on the skating lakes are now in 

 order, the ice being very favorable for the purpose, as it is 

 nearly a foot thick and will bear an immense crowd. One 

 of these parties was named to take place at the Capitol ine 

 Lake on January 10th— the day we go to press— which 

 promises to be a very attractive entertainment. The first 

 time these carnival masquerades were ever given at a 

 skating rink in this country was in February, J 862, when 

 the Union Pond, Brooklyn, was the scene of a festive 

 gathering of the kind which attracted about ten thousand 

 people. On the Capitoline Lake the water is not over a 

 foot deep, and the ice is now ten inches thick and will bear 

 ten thousand people if necessary. 



— The attendance at McMillan's fashionable Windsor 

 Skating Rink on Madison avenue was numerous the past 

 week. There is some talk of devoting one night this 

 month to a carnival— a sort of exclusive subscription 

 affair. 



— The ball has been up at the Seating lake at Prospect 

 Park for several days of the New Year, but the rain on. 

 Saturday intefered with the sport. 



BASE BALL. 



The Athletic Club of Philadelphia is being organized as 

 an anti-League club under auspices which promise to en- 

 able the club to take its old prominent position in the 

 championship areua. Hicks Hayhurst is to be club man- 

 ager, and honest Al Reach the field captain. Under such 

 management no suspected men will be allowed to enter its 

 team. The nine as spoken of will include Bennett, the 

 fine catcher of the Neshauneeks, of Newcastle, Devlin as 

 pitcher, Fesler at first base, Reach at second, and Meyerie 

 at third, with Fulmer at short field, Cuthbert at left, Sen- 

 sendeifer— the Count — at centre field, and Coons at right 

 field and as change catcher. If Bennett can support Dev- 

 lin's pacing delivery this team will play a very strong game. 

 The Athletics will charge but twenty-five cents admission 

 to their games this season. Al Wright, who has done the 

 club such faithful service so mauy years, is to be the Sec- 

 retary. 



Annual Curling Bonspiel Between North- and 

 South for the Dalrymple Medal. — For the seventh 

 time this match, which ranks among the most important 

 events of the curling season, has been brought to a happy 

 termination. The champions of the North and South of 

 Scotland met on Wednesday last on the Central Park pond 

 to contest for the Dalrymple trophy. There were many 

 obstacles in the way of the match, arising chiefly from the 

 unprepared state of the pond, but the zealous curlers had 

 succeeded in removing them all before the arrival of the 

 eventful day. After the game began the spectacle on the 

 ice became one which can only be witnessed once a year. 

 Thee were in ail eleven rinks composed of eighty-eight 

 players, and what with their strange gestures, curious 

 shouts and jokes, they presented a scene well worthy of 

 a visit. The peculiar cries or orders of the skips sounded 

 strangely to American ears, but the universal good humor 

 was something which all could appreciate. The game 

 lasted for about four hours, and when Mr. John L. Ham- 

 ilton, the Umpire and President of the Grand National 

 Curling Club, announced the result, victory was found to 

 be on the side of the North. The following is the score:— 



RINK NO. 1. 

 NORTH. SOUTH. 



S. B. Lewis |J. Crawford 



W. Laird iJ. Moflat 



K. McPherson J. Koliock 



J. Malthman, skip 18, J . Crawford, skip 26 



BINK NO. 2. 



J. Waldie 



T. Osborne 



D. Muir 



L). Jotmstoue, skip 14 



rink no. 3. 



Mr. Archibald 



W. Carrie 



3 . McConchie 



A. Dalrymple, skip 19 



RINK N". 4. 



John Gordon '. 



John Hay 



M . McDougal 



•T. Ileudeisou, skin... 19 



RINK NO. 5. 



Thomas Boihwell 



VV. Thompson 



Aud. Mitchell i 



W. Kellock, skip 21 



G. D. T. Underbill 



v.. D. Robbing 



J. Wheeler 



G. Fraser, skip 23 



Mr. Bain 



Mr Mouciu 



VV. Brander 



G, T. Addison, skip 



19 



A. McKie 



.1 . Eu ssell 



W. Underhill 



J . Phillips, skip 13 



R. S winton 



J orieph Ross 



VV . Symmers 



Jaines Adie, skip 19 



J. Suffern 



5. bmillio 



J. MeNeisti 



a. Mclntyre, skip 



James L. McEwen. 



J. Bnkttt 



D. Mann. 



D. Fouli?, skip 



rink no. 6. 



I John McNaught 



. .. I James Moir 



I James Fisher 



1 U 1 M . Thompson, skip 14 



rink no. 7. 



John Russell 



G.Crawford 



J Templeton 



R. Russell, skip 16 



26 



rink no. 8. 



Wm. Lewis |W, Carmichael 



D . McLintock W. Ritchie 



John McLean J. Pattefton 



W. Ferguson, skip 30|W. Hogg, skip 15 



kink no. 9. 



John Smith |K. Simpson 



John Thompson Geo. Henderson 



A M.Cook AdamYoung 



Geo. Grieve, skip 22|jJL. Baxter, skip 20 



. RINK NO. 10. 



o ames Gait 



P.B. Shields 



John living 



James B . Nicoll, skip 15 



RINK NO. 11. 



John Boag 



R. McUormack 



James Nutchell 



H. L. Palmatier 



James Gillie. 



J. Frazier.. 



James Stewart, skip 31 



Alex. Walker 



J.Campbell 



W. Winterbotiom 



O. McKenzie, skip 14 



W. Weikle, skip ... 22 



Total 228 Total 201 



Majority for Noith, 27. 



The result is made all the more interesting by a glance 

 at the history of the match. Seven games have, as inti- 

 mated above, were piayed for the medal. Of these the 

 South won six, so that this is the first occasion upon which 

 the North has carried off the trophy. Besides this, the North 

 also won the two subsidiary prizes, the flag and Kirkpatrick 

 medal, awarded respectively to the skip making the high- 

 est score, and the skip beating his opponent by the greatest 

 number of points. Although the South had previously, 

 with monotonous regularity, taken the leading prize, it 

 had never succeeded in walking away with all the honors. 

 rf- jio f^ull was ieg&t&&& by #$$& victors mA vap^ishH m 



entirely satisfactory, and the banquet which followed the 

 match was characterized by all manner of jollity and 

 mirth. 



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Wo Notice Taken of Anonymous Communication*. 



Fox Chase.-- -A correspondent recently asked ue where he could pro- 

 cure a copy of Everhart's poem "The Fox Chase." The book is pub 

 lished by Messrs. Porter & Coates of Philadelphia. 



E. W., Old Westbury, L. I. -Do yon think W. & C. Scott & Son's $100 

 breech-loading guns good for ordinary land and water shootiug? Ana. 

 Certainly; as good as any guns made for the same money. 



J. H. S., Brooklyn, L. I.— Will you please inform me when the season 

 closes for rabbit shooting in this State? Ans. No general State law. 

 Rabbits cannot be killed on Long Island after January 1st. 



Subscriber. Boston.— Your dog has diabetes. Give him the follow- 

 ing; Gallic acid l£ drs., powdered opium 10 grs., powdered gum Arabic 

 i dr, ; mix and make into 24 pills, giving three each day. 



F. aud L., Brooklyn.— When the end of a setter dog's tail is merely 

 cut off without pulling out auj cord or muscle will it stand out straight, 

 or will it do otherwise? Ans. A selter's taii should not be cut, if at all, 

 until he is nearly grown. Then if properly done it will stand straight 

 without regard 10 pulling out cord or muscle. But many dogs who carry 

 tlieir tails crooked or bent straighten them in the field. 



A. B. II., Peasedale, R. I.— My setter has piles. Can he be cured? 

 He is a great pet and I should hate to lose him. Ans. Procure the fol- 

 lowing ointment, and apply morning and night: Compound gall oint- 

 ment 1 oz. Give the most simple food, say oatmeal or rice and milk, 

 with a little boiled liver occasionally, as it actB as a laxative. 



G. R. W., St. James, Missouri.— Can you advise any treatment that 

 will prevent dogs' feet from getting tender while hunting rough ground? 

 AnH. Soaking them in alum water or brine will harden them, but regular 

 exercise will keep the feet in proper condition. 



Top Snap, Cazenovia.— What is the fare to Jacksonville, Florida by 

 water, sailing vessel and steamship? Ans. By sailing vessel, $15, by 

 Femanaina line, $20; by steamer via Charleston or Savannah, $27.50; 

 excursion ticket $50. * 



R. G. C, Jackson, Nebraska.— Will you please answer in Forest ant> 

 Stream, how severe frost havj they had at Tampa, Fla., this winter 

 and has it damaged orange trees to any considerable extent? It is said 

 here that tbev had the heaviest frost for forty years, and oranges are 

 killed to the ground. Ans. A few flakes of snow fell in Tampa and the 

 thermometer fell to 24" Fah. Very little damage was done there. See 

 editorial elsewhere. 



W. P. P., Greensburg.— In the number of Forest and Stream for 

 August 17th. 1876, is an article headed "Colleges and Their Training," 

 which speaks of a book on the subject by H. W., Fothergill, Eng. Can 

 you inform me how to procure the book? Ans. Write to editor London 

 Field, 346 Strand, London, Eng. We have never seen the book here. 



R. M. S., Nelles* Corners. --Where can I get the beet double-barrel 

 breech-loading shot gun for say $50? Ans. It would be unjust to the mauy 

 eminent manufacturers who advertise in our columns for us to diseriou- 

 nate between their guns. You must examine and judge for yourself. 



C. C. P.. Baltimore.— I have a bull terrier that is sore and mangy at 

 the end of his tail. You will oblige me by letting me know what to do 

 for it in your next paper? Ans. After washing your dog thoroughly 

 with carbolic Boap, make an ointment as follows: Take 2ozs Basilicon 

 ointment, ioz. flour of sulphur, and spirits of turpentine enough to 

 make an ointment of the proper consistency to be well rkbbed into the 

 parts affected. 



X. Y. Z„ Boston.— I have a setter, and he has a double or split nose. 

 I would like to know if it is a eeparate breed, or if you ever neard of 

 setters having a split nose. Ans. We consider the split nose a decided 

 objection in either setter or pointer, but particularly in the latter as in- 

 dicatii g impurity of breed. It probably originated with the old Spanish. 

 breed of pointer, and now crops out occasionally where there is mixed 

 blood. If it were merely a freak of nature, as some contend, it could 

 not be transmitted or reproduced as it undoubtedly is where dogs pos- 

 sessing it are bred from. 



E. W. F., Wethersfield, Conn.— 1. Can you inform me if Saltus' 

 Dash prizes were first or second? 2. Has Bonnet Carrie ever been ex- 

 hibited, and do you consider her an extra fine animal? 3. How many 

 years back does Plunkett's pedigree extend? Ans. 1. First. 2. No; 

 she is a remarkably bandpome and well bred bitch. 3. Plunkett was by 

 3eauty, he by Tim, he by Rover, he by Ranger, he by Rattle, further on 

 the sire's side the K. C. S. B. says not. Plunkett's dam was Grouse, 

 by Hutchinson's Bob. Bob was born in 1859, and his pedigree is given 

 for three generation?; how many years it extends we do not know. 



Gill, New Castle. N. Y.— 1. Can I breed quails from a trio I have? 

 2. Where can I buy live quail? 3. I generally bag two-thirds of my 

 birds; am I a good shot? 4. Deiine a pot-hunter, and to what class 

 does he generally • belong in society, morals, etc.? Ans. 1. Probably 

 not in confinement; turn them out in the spring and they will breed. 

 I. Live quails are frequently advertised in our columns. Messrs. 

 Whitney & Morris, No. 218 Washington street, this city, generally have 

 them.. 3. Yes, better than the average. 4. A pot-hunter is one who 

 hunts for profit and not for sport, but as long as such obey the laws 

 and do not shoot out of season we cannot see hosv their morals or 

 social position can be.affected by their calling. 



E. J. R., Westfleld, Conn.-s-The distemper has left ray Pat with a 

 very sore eye; the flesh is raw all around it. I had a dog run over sev- 

 eral weeks ago, and I think that the bone on the top of uis head is 

 cracked, and about every other day a bunch forms about as large as a 

 hen's egg, and discharges bloody matter. What would you advise me 

 to do for them? Ans. We should recommend a dressing of carbolic 

 salve around the eye; it is cooling and healing, For the wouiid on top 

 of the head first apply a flaxseed poultice, and afttrwards, if the wound 

 appears painful, wash with a weak solution of su^ar of lead and powder- 

 ed opium, applied warm. 



Juniper, Sears-dale.— We have given a large number of recipe 8 for 

 waterproofing boots. A new one, giveu in the London Garden, is as 

 follows' Take 1 pint of drying oil, 2oz. yellow wax, 2oz. spirits of tur- 

 pentine and loz. Burgundy pitch— the hard materials melted over a 

 slow fire, and the others added and well mixed. Rub this mixiure on 

 the boots at a distance from the fire, repeatedly, until the leather is 

 saturated. Common black pitch was found equal to the Burgundy, and 

 rather better. It is probable that other variations might be made with- 

 out detriment, provided a proper consistency is maintained in the mix- 

 ture of the oils, wax and pitch. The boots do better to dry three or 

 four weeks after being treated with the composition, than to use them 

 while it is fresh. Will some of the readers of the Forest and Stream 

 give this composition a trial and report the result? 



F. R., Allentown, Pa.— 1. Do yon think the country lying between 

 the Platte river, in Nebraska and Arkansas river, Kansas, in the West- 

 ern part, will be populated very much in about three years? 2. Do you 

 think.the large quantities of game which abounds there at present will 

 last yet for many years? 3. Please name all the large game, small, 

 game, feathered game and fishes which abound there. 4. Which is the 

 best agricultural country, that lying north of the Smoky Hill Fork or 

 south? 5. When would you advise me to go out there? Ans. 1. Prob- 

 ably not. 2. The buffaloes are almost all gone now, and the antelope 

 are being rapidly exterminated, especially in the northern part of the 

 section to which you refer, deer and small game will, of course last 

 longer. 3. We have not space in this column for such a list as you r«s* 

 quest. 4. Not much difference in the inimediat® vicinity of the Cranky i 

 5 What do you want to go for? IV settle df to Mttst? If the fsxm&£ $i 

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