I 



FOEEST AND STREAM. 



17 



P i 



si 



=■ 



1. O.A, Dollar i 1. 85 n 



n 3 1 gfl 17 



i \i,m 8 in n s: 



,. md ... -- ■■> W 12 



5, c'u Jackson 8 10 03 19 



.. ,-, ,-,:,,„,,• 3 ti 29 B 



>.. Hulbert 3 5 Z3 18 



B W. SOOtt 4 7 *g 13 



3 6 g? 10 



oyae • 8 2- 15 



i i Inciter 4 il 10 6 



13. W.Mackenzte ti lu 30 7 



13. J.W\ Castle 5 « 17 10 



IK H. Tucker g 3 6 3 



15. CI , Paul 8 8 6 1 



HOWLING AVERAGES. 



First. Eli ' ft. 



fe; a* 9 g " 



1. S.TO. Hosford 10 



B. ''. W .hicks,,. .4 •> 



3. W. Brewster a 6 



bib Hooper 8 - 



°. 



8, B. F.JeuMns 4 i 



Second El "■ ■■• 



It I I 



office direct frurn the ground, and these particulars are p 



0H1 Idetl leas sooi as ceceiyed. As stati i befon 



1 he twenty-third contest, the scorn standing: ten victories 

 South Wales and twelve (or Victoria, the Sydney met 

 ■won tho last six matches consecutively, but they still ar 

 airear. D, Gregory captained the New South Wales i 

 Boyle the Victorians. The following is the scoro :— 



NEW SOUIH WALES. 



c. Horan, b. Cooper.. 



b. Alexander 



St. BUiekham, b. Cooj 



having- 

 s.two in 

 ten and 



3 3 



ft 



us 



13 



28 



73 



(1 



13 



Ml 



175 



S5 



■M 



IRl 



«a 



4 



7 



■:-;ii 



It 



7 



7 



No 



9%i 



Gregory, not out.. 

 Mori-is, b. Palmer, 

 fiearv, b. Boyle... 



T ; i. ■ .. '<■>. Bovle.. 

 Extras 



.. _,ot C_. 



,19 b. Cooper 



..13 b. Cooper 



.. e. Slight, lj. Cooper. 



.. 1 b, Cooper 



.. 8 Extras ., 



First Innings. 

 Slight, c. Morris, b. Spollorth. 15 



Marshall, c. A. Ba 



Tta.tull 



....20* Total.. 



VICTORIA. 



a out.. 



48 b. Evans 



19 b. Evans 



28 b. Tindall 



b. Spofforth.. 

 8 li. Spoftorth . 



1 c. Garrett, 1 1. 

 2S lj. Spollorth . . 



Palmer, c. A. Bannern 



Spofforth 



Cooper, not out 



Extras.. 



Total 



. 10 



j. and b. Tindall.-. 



not out 



o. andb. Spofforth . 

 Extras 



1 w Scott 1 8 388 93 1» 23 3 1 4.0* 



. v i ictason. ■• . 8 606 2H 21 41 4 2 5.14 

 I iV. Mackenzie 4 5 238 03 13 13 2 5.2o 



NSW T0r;lv Ch'IClCET CLUB. 

 Although this club was only organized in Au-ust last, it played 



,..,,,. n itohes,oI wbiohitwon three and losl six. Thefonbwlng 



is a correct summary of the matches, with batting- averages:— 

 AUGUST 2u, AT PROSPECT PARK. 



First Second 

 Innings, Jnninuz. Toint. 



;.;,.,. v.ii'l; 29 — 21» 



Manhattan (Bd) ;•■•, 83 58 123 



Lost by till runs on fli'St nunc-;: . 



AUGUST 22u, AT I'ATEnSON. 

 Nov.- Vork 89 35 121 



paterson 8* "a 1..1 



Lost by 55 runs. 



SEPTEMBER 2D, AT PROSPECT PARK. 



■Now York 18 - *8 



..;, Lhattan («I) CO 59 



Lost, by 13 runs. 



SEPTEMBER 18TH, AT HOBOKEK. 



New York - 79 44 123 



W. r, era-ire's I2..1) 03 28 91 



\: :i In 82 runs. 



SLlTRAtDF.R 23D, AT PROSPECT PARK. 



New Vork - '' 13 79 



Pilerson 21 57 78 



Won by 1 run. 



OCTOBER 9TH, AT nOBOKEN. 



tc™ Vnrk 51 — 54 



CMi 79 47 320 



Lost by 25 runs on first innintrs. 



OCTOBER 15TU, AT HOBOKEN. 



New York 103 — 103 



Irtllege -- 51 — 51 



DOT IBEH 27Tb, AT STATEN ISLAND. 



w ew Yorf IB 30 82 



.,,,1 27 89 110 



Lost by til runs. 



NOVEMBER 5TIJ, AT PATERSON. 



New York 74 - « 



patcrson 83 — 83 



Lost by 9 runs. 



BATTING AVERAGES. 



g I § »| pI I 4 



I I P a* Ht I |5 



s s : £•» a= & Si 



168 Total 147 



United States VS. CANADA.— The Hamilton WcmfilQ Times of 

 Jan. 23th says, in referring: to our sug-jjestiou that a. Cricket Asso- 

 ciation he formed in Canada :— " ATe perfectly agree with the re- 

 marks in the Forest and Stream ; and as, according to all the 

 sporting papers on the other side, the Hamilton Club is the 

 champion club of the continent, and -works perhaps more har- 

 moniously than any, we would suggest that a meeting be held in 

 Hamilton at as early a date as possible to form the assoi laHon 



Hot at., Citt Cricket Club.— At the annual meet hig of Ihisor- 

 ganizotion, held at New AVestminster, British Columbia, Jan. 3d, 

 the following Board of Directors was chosen for the ensuing 

 year:— W. M oresby, President ; 0. N. Treer, Vice-President.-, W. 

 H. Keary, Secretary-Treasurer; Committee of Management, w. 

 N. Bole, J. W. Harvey, J. S. Clutc. About thirty members wen, 

 The club financially is in a nourishing condition. There 

 are no honorary members, all being contributing and active. 

 There are seventy-two members belonging to the club. The club 

 intends to challenge the San Francisco Club some time in May. 



A MICHIGAN SPORTSWOMAN. 



IT bt-hooves us women to improve every opportunity 

 that is pi- 1! anted Poi a i to come to I •<■ I total a id shov- 

 that we arc cororiotent to write, Bpeali or i ote, just as the 

 case demands. \\'e as a, class are not IlioitK'it. to be quite 

 ho interior to the opposite sex as we were in dayi go ie 

 yet there is still esisting a feeling of superi 

 To prove litis a fact, take a remark ! heard a gentleman 

 malco concerning the first article that appeared in the 

 Woman's Colnum in FOKEST AND Si !:/ ml, i I, ■■ i i [rj 



K» one need try to make me believe that awoman-wrote 



that, for its too well written." Now [believe a woman 

 wrote it, and that said gentleman will see ere twei i 

 years Itave elapsed that a woman can not only write a 

 spicy article for a sportsman's journal, but is capable of 

 doing any work that requires brain power equally us well 

 as a man', 



Idi ool Unowwhetherlheeditorof FORE > 



be a woman's-right'a man, sol will not write a sultittge 



•tide, but I do think he would not have been so kind sis 

 to give us a column in Ms paper if he had expected it to 

 be filled with lines utterly devoid of sense. I thankhim 

 paving the way, bo that editors i i other papers oaaj 

 follow after. He has given oi ladies an opportunity of 

 spending a few pleasan tnomeu jocco tonally in writiii . 

 and. in tlie wnnl.s of Sol Smith Russell, 1 say : "Girls, 

 improve your opportunities." 



My object iii writing this article is to have one mure 

 added to the list of women who do not think it vulgar to 

 use firearms. I never awoke to the fact bliat I could use 

 .hem until one year ago last spriiijr. Mv husband and 1 

 .vere in Petosky, Mich,, at that time, tie went, to kill 

 ,-iigeons (for they were there in great ttui i 

 the country. He liad from the oral - or acquaintance 

 been anxious Cor me in learn to use Brearnis, and so on 



this farticular trip he It s gun witb him forme to use. 



Well. the. second morning after our arrival I decided to 

 go with him to shoot at pigeons, never thinking I could 

 hit one: but, strange to relate, 1 came iii at li'ion with 



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\y. iiaud 



.). B. Freed ii 



m. u.Uirey H 



t;. Caldwell 6 



.1. Cud.lihy 5 



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it. Bacon •» 



\\ . M. i.iiuli-um S 



T.. la. ■:,>,... 4 



,i. m v orth ;l 



N. HJcltS B 



;.'::.:::",''-".'. a 



C. l.lvic. U 



10 124 52 



10 52 17 



omit n-d, as they were but imiicrfeelly 

 George Giles, Jr., and J. AUworth, 



Cfttl :;:.i n« .\e--i B m.ia. Th 

 Ihe rival colonies of Victoria ai 

 concluded iil.cn thi 



and Ihe 



play 



ssl betw 

 ad Just t 



latoh Is played at 



tekotbyallolasst 



Llsideihc--1i«'rn/«,:i 



■ that theproin- 



get the fall of i 



plnyed In Sydney (300 miles off), the rea- 

 ltors of that paper make special arrango- 

 tch wickctaudscoreiolcgraphod to their 



Destroy the Yermin, — The following extracts from 

 an address recently delivered by Mr. Everett Smith be- 

 fore the Sagadahoc Association for the Protection of 

 Fish and Game, at Brunswick, Me., contain some, very 

 sensible suggestions relating to game protection. Mr. 

 Smith's extended experience as a sportsman and worker 

 in the cause of protection give him especial authority on 

 such topics ; — 



In Great Britain the creatures that prey upon the game 

 are termed ''vermin," and the extermination of vermin 

 forms one of the most important duties of the game- 

 keeper. Upon a certain tree near the kennels, the game- 

 keeper hangs all the vermin killed, that his master may 

 behold practical evidences of duties well performed. I 

 have derived much pleasure from the examination of 

 such collections, not only by the variety of specimens, 

 but by the proof of many more valuable lives saved by 

 the sacrifice of these creatures. In the north of Europe 

 and Great Britain the ravens and hooded crows are 

 among the most deadly enemies to field game. These 

 birds not only kill many young grouse, but also destroy 

 their eggs. The game-keeper therefore makes especial 

 efforts to destroy the ravens and crows, as well as the 

 hawks and owls, by the destruction of their nests and 

 young, by gun, traps, etc. Weasels are diligently trap- 

 ped ; but the. foxes, although the most deadly of vermin, 

 are not killed as such, but preserved to afford sport with 

 the bounds. In New England, however, where the na 

 ture of the country forbids fox hunting as practiced ii 

 old England and in our Southern States, the fox shouli 

 be treated as the inveterate poacher and outlaw that hi 

 is, and esrieeial means taken to exterminate him, Those 

 familiar with his habits know that the favorite resorts of 

 the fox here are among the alders and birches, where he 

 finds woodcock and young grouse in summer, and hares 

 in winter. I do not know that foxes eat the eggs of birds, 

 as do the skunks and some other small animals, but if, 

 after an unsuccessful hunt for field mice in an old pas- 

 ture, the fox seeks the adjoining coverts frequented by 

 grouse and woodcock, he is only too sure of capturing a 

 substantial and dainty morsel. 1 jjThe gentle and unsuspi- 

 cious nature of the woodcock renders it an easy proy to 

 the fox, and it is especially subjected to his attacks, frra 

 the fact of residing in just the places most frequented 1 

 the fox at all seasons ; and it breeds so early in the spring 

 that it is one of the first buds to afford reynard a change 

 of diet and gratification to an appetite that has become 

 ravenous from the short rations of along winter. Of 

 the " vermin" in this State, the foxes and weasels are 

 foremost, and I would urge all persons interested in the 

 protection and increase of ruffed grouse and woodcock 

 to take active measures to exterminate them. I would 

 suggest for the furtherance of this object, t hat sportsmen's 

 associations offer a reward for every one killed, naming a 

 sum such as would when added to the value of the skin, 

 be an inducement for the trappers to take them. The 

 practice of putting out poisoned bait is highly dangerous, 

 not only to the lives of all the dogs for miles around, but 

 persons have been seriously poisoned by skinning ani- 

 mals thus killed. Trapping is a most effective method, 

 and often a whole family of foxes, old and young, may 

 be taken by traps. The following method is oil en \ery 

 Buocessful : Let the trapper select a knoll in the vicinity 

 most frequented by the foxes, and plow two furrows, the 

 longer the better, over this knoll, crossing at right 

 angles on its summit. At the point where the furrows 

 cross each other, set the trap ; and if this is well done 

 many foxes will be taken during the season, 



;1 birds, Shot! 



many happy hunting 



Since then 1 have b 



than two birds in a 



those first two pigeon 

 Oident my killing th 



Tin" 



It i 

 r husband ( 



was tlte first of 



Eul ; can kill more 

 As i look back to 



at, : 



fcelpiece, and hunyont into the 

 air, to some hunt ing ground 



Tore sunrise, and call it fun. I 

 :-r. The mystery is solved, for I can do 

 myself, now. I am cu hand to go every 



,S ! i till 

 and talf- 



U-li . 



cold breakfast off I 

 poisonous early o 

 that must be reat 

 marvel n 

 the same 

 time he ii 



It's not SO much the killing of birds I enjoy, I 

 pleasure I give my husband by going with him 

 ing an interest in his sports. He will punt a b< 

 a whole day, just for I ho sake of seeing me silt 

 and iu the Held he never— well, "hardly ever 

 at the eame bird I B 

 me but one mean t 

 and that was last SU 



1 would like to fry my hand at shootin 

 so we drove from our home about live n; 

 a field Where there were quite a numb 

 they were a long ways over in the fieli 

 road, so my husband, pointing to a. sin 

 tome, '-You take your gun and sit be 

 so the birds can't, see you, and I will go 

 and scare them up so they will Hj ,..,,, 

 as a dutiful wife, minded, and stationet 

 hand, behind the stump, and be went across the Si M to 

 send the birds to tue. 1 sat there for some time ; at last. 

 I heard bang! bang! from across the field. I did not 

 raise my head, but thought, "he has frightened si me 

 birds, and they will be coming right this way." Bui no ; 

 they did not come. Another bang! an tor, 



Then I ventured to raise my head above thestum] to 

 what my husband was doing, but he waved big baud for 

 me to keep quiet ; I sank- down again ; but I was in such 

 a cramped position that I could endure it no longer. I 

 rose to my feet just in time to see a lark fall. Then it 

 dawned upon me that I had been a subject of foul play. 

 Mr. M. had been ha expense, .nit 1 paid 



him back by killing more birds before the afternoon was 

 over than he did. I forgave him, and wo had a delight- 

 ful ride home at sunset, 



I have killed quite a variety of game, pigeons, ducks, 

 meadow 1-trks, pro me chickens and ptririd- - ■ 

 best of it all, I have never had an accident in conse- 



hunted together, 

 ti that 



larks ; 



md came to 

 them; but 

 iv from the 

 eat-by. said 

 this stump, 



iss the field 

 ." Well, I, 



I ask 



mud 

 had v 

 trout 



(6 Of 



them 

 ' Ic 



alarj 



uth n 



iishii 



ny shootii 

 Why, they 

 all to mil 

 nod for fe 



ig. This t 



' y licirYi 

 ne sit. lit lu- 

 ll out so i 



d 01 



arl 



tt W 



ent 

 aril 



he 



' t 



th 



•-I 



C* : 



lira 

 tan, w 

 lose " 

 -mil w 



■ boat, 



■ twill 



ti: :i!m 

 not mv 

 s on tii 



l-S foil 



killiaj 



yet 



wh 

 lj 

 tie 



.-:<! 

 rfl i 



and when 

 are a wo- 

 o was very 



de, nlininl 

 .rilaii River 

 a.ii-llwoulil 



more 

 had e 

 won! 



1 con 



men with 

 lioagd. Ho 

 lii-rds that 



if old trees 



thati 



iverh 



ing the ws 



lor. 





Ic (.hot 



ight iii 





-I--, ceckless, 



so he 

 him 



boat, 



took 

 hath 



villi i 

 advi 



isllf-j -.v:s 

 ne. The 

 -.e ; he wa 



m 



In 

 ttl 

 \ t 



elll.iall 



ilil hit 

 I'raid ]\ 

 rn.ph.it 



igered 1 



if hod i 

 re, M - 



in the 



o lal.ii 



yl 

 I i 



g 



de and told 



cmg in that 

 ot need any 

 vould shoot 

 1 think tbo 



his' out of- 



jacket tlui 

 tect.ed fl'O 

 but not le; 



I t i 



id da 



!St 



alb 



oi.ii 



I last 



lit I had j 

 proved a failure. My dress 'was short, but it waso'i ladies' 

 doth, and oh ! how those Nebraska burrs did cling to it. 

 1 wore men's boots because they were Kiu.li. but the burrs 

 got in the tops of thorn and I was far from happj . \v by 

 would it not pay some dealer in sportsman's goods to 

 make a speciality of ladies' outfits, so that we can hunt 

 and fish without suffering more inconvenience than a man 

 does? J, M, 



