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ARCHERY. 
Archery in Central Parr..— The stretched of lawn in 
Central Park ought to be diversified these fall afternoons, 
with archery tents, targets and archers. The sport is 
novel. It would interest thousands of spectators. It 
makes a brilliant spectacle. The flight of the arrow to 
the brightly colored target is watched with pleasure, not 
only by the shooter himself but by all others. The turf 
is not injured by the sport. We can think of no reason 
why the Commissioners of Parks should not encourage 
Clubs to meet in Central Park. Who wdl initiate the 
movement? 
Archery in Iowa. —On August 8th, at the Toxophilite 
Archery Grounds at Terrace Hill, Des Moines, Iowa, oc¬ 
curred'a very pleasant ladies match at the Columbia 
Round for prizes offered by Mr. Tac Hussey, an enthusi¬ 
astic archer of same club, lstprize, idoz. pine arrows; 3d, 
1 ladies’ quiver ; 3d, 1 belt spore book; 4th, 1 doz. scoring 
cards. Most golds, a fine bow-string. Miss Laura Owen 
won 1st prize by a gross Bcore of 345; Miss Mamie Cole, 3d, 
320 ; Mrs. J. H. Windsor, 3d, 163 ; Miss Fannie Parsons, 
4th, 162. Miss Cole won special prize, having made 10 
golds. After the contest the clubs were entertained by 
Mr. and Mr. Hussey at the above house and prizes were 
awarded. 
Ohio State Archery Association.— The programme 
of the first grand annual meeting of the Ohio State Ar¬ 
chery Association, which is to he held at Cincinnati, 
October 3d and 3d, comprises three contests for ladies, 
three for gentlemen, and a team shoot of four gentlemen 
from any society. The secretary, Mr. Chas. Welker, 137 
West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, will send official pro¬ 
grammes upon application. The success of the meeting 
is assured. 
—California Archery Clubs are preparing for a tourna¬ 
ment at the State Fair. 
—Mr. Will. H. Thompson is arranging several telegraph¬ 
ic archery matches. 
American Bows. — Chicago, Sept. 8th.—Editor Forest 
and Stream :—In your issue of Sept. 4th is an article on 
‘■American Bows vs. English Bows,” signed “Toxo¬ 
philite.” It may be time, as he says, that he is not m the 
archery business, though his efforts to advertise the one 
dealer he mentions do not inspire an outsider with con¬ 
fidence. It may be true that he has “ used the bow fur 
over twenty years,” tbougb be probably does not mean 
that he has used it as an archer. It may even be true 
that he was present at the late Chicago tournament, 
though his ignorance of the fine showing there of Ameri¬ 
can bows and arrows, and the breakage of several ex¬ 
pensive Aldred bows, would lead one to think he may 
have been present only by proxy. 
Now, I have not been an archer for twenty years, 
never having pulled a bow until the last spring, but 1 
have been learning considerable about the qualities of 
bows this season, and my friends call me a good shot. I 
have purchased about three hundred dollars worth of 
hows and arrows already, trying nearly every kind that 
appears to have merit. I have an Aldred Spanish yew, 
and like it; also American made bows, such as self 
lance, lance backed with hickory, beef wood backed with 
lance, and many others. I have subjected these to very 
severe tests, anil they have had harder use than my yew, 
intentionally, to try them. The best of these were all 
made by one manufacturer, “American bows,” and I 
consider them better than any imported bows. Not only 
is that my opinion, hut I know that all the prominent 
archers at the late tournament agree with me. I would 
not cry down Aldred yews, because Aldred does make 
fine bows, but the Chicago tournament demonstrated 
that American made yews were equal to Aldred’s. 
It would have been fairer if “ Toxophilite ’ had told 
the whole truth about Aldred yews at the tournament. 
Then he would have told your readers that three Aldred 
yews were broken, viz.: Mr. Burnham's, Mr. Hall’s and 
Mr. Wilkinson’s. He would also have stated that although 
Mr Carver, the secretary of the National Archery Asso¬ 
ciation. had an Aldred Spanish yew costing him $125, he 
did not shoot with it, and that lie endorses American 
made bows in high terms.. 
One of onr dealers here tells me he has sold this season 
over five hundred fine bows made by a manufacturer in 
your oity, varying in price from $7 to $18, and has heard 
of hut six of these bows being broken, and that since the 
tournament the demand for English bows and arrows has 
largely fallen off, while there is a very great demand for 
the Am erican. Truth. 
Toxophilites vs. Crescents.— Des Moines, Sept. 7. 
The Toxophilite and Crescent teams shot the American 
Round at the Driving Park last evening for the champion¬ 
ship of the State, which the former had won in a contest 
on the 4th of July last. Score 
CRESCENTS. 
Names. 40 Yds. 50 Ftfe. SO Yds. Totals. 
Sherman.-. 161 TR % f 
Battal . 103 110 00 & 
MeCaiu .... .. 99 88 83 2 
TfcSSr... 84 07 83 2' 
433 
340 
1,318 
.130 
43 
~32i 
200 
1,3*0 
Totals...,. 448 
TOXOPHIWTES. 
Hussey. JJ6 
Henry.-. M 
Finkbme. 1J9 
Fullerton. 83 
TotalB.. 579 
Buffalo vs. Highland Park.— A telegraphic match 
was shot Saturday, Sept. 0th, between the Buffalo Arch¬ 
ery Club and the Highland Park Archers, each man 
shooting 90 arrows at 60 yards. Score : 
HIGHLAND HARK ARCHERS. 
,- 1 st 30.-—. .-2(1 30-.-,, - 3d 30.-, ,-Total- 
Hits. Score. Hits. Score. Hits. Score. Hits. Score. 
Mr Kvle 28 128 24 120 28 138 80 384 
Mr GiW "'.n 91 24 98 29 161 70 350 
Ur Weston 24 106 20 114 23 115 73 335 
Mr. Hall . . - 23 119 26 132 26 117 74 368 
Mr. Spalding. 29 
Mr. Smith-.-. 23 
Mr. Granger. 24 
Mr. Sidway.. 24 
BUFFALO ARCHERY CLUB. 
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FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 
FRESH WATER, 
Grayling, Thymallvs tricolor. 
Mnskalonge. Eso;r noltil ior. 
Pike or Pickerel, Ksox twins. 
Fellow Perch, Perea flavcsccmt. 
Trout, Sal mo fontinalic. 
Salmon, Naim n Snlnr. 
Salmon Trout, Salmo confinis. 
Land-looked Salmon, Salmo alo- 
WH. 
Black Bass, Mleroptcrussaimoldes ; AT. nigricans. 
SALT WATER. 
Sea Bass, Scicenops ocetlatus. 
Sheepsliend, Archosaryus proba- 
tocf.phahts. 
Striped Bass, Koceus ttneabus. 
White Perch, Morons amcrlcana, 
Weakfish, Cynoseion reunite, 
Blueflsh, PoMOtomm saltatrlx. 
Spanish Mackerel, Vybium mac¬ 
ula turn. 
Cero, Gytnum regale. 
Benito, Sardo. petamys. 
Kingflsli, MenUcirrus nebutosus. 
The Mackerel Fisheries,— United States Commis¬ 
sion, Fish and Fisheries, Sagadahock House, Bath, Me.. 
August 28th .—It may interest you to know the present 
condition of the Port land mackerel fisheries, as I learn it 
from conversation with several of the more prominent 
dealers of the place. 
They say that mackerel have not been so plenty off the 
Maine coast for a number of years. A large fleet of ves¬ 
sels are fishing between Portland and Mt. Desert Island, 
taking mostly large number two's and all very fat. -The 
vessels “fill-up” is from ten days to two weeks, some¬ 
times bringing in a deck-load beside. A good many ves¬ 
sels from different parts of the State, and some from Cape 
Ann, are packing in Portland at $1.25 per bbl. All the 
packing houses are kept busy, and it is estimated by Mr. 
E. G. Willard that they have packed over 7,000 barrels 
in the three weeks ending August 23d. Of these he has 
bought and shipped over 6,000 barrels to parties in New 
York. 
The price for two’s three weeks ago was $5, but under 
the heavy receipts prices have gradually fallen, until Sat- 
urdy they were Belling at $4.121, and Mr. Willard thought 
that Monday they would reach $4. 
Vessels fishing in the bay have done very poorly, and 
have mostly returned with “ broken trips," orfllledupon 
their way home, off this coast. Mr. Chas. A. Dyer gives 
me the following :—Schooner M. E. Torrey arrived home 
about August 1st, from a mackerel trip in English waters. 
She has gone five weeks at an expense for outfit of $470; 
she brought home 200 barrels of fish that sold at $3 per 
barrel net, of which the crew took one half. This left a 
loss to the vessel of $170 in money, beside loss of time 
and general wear. This represents a fair average, he 
thinks, of vessels in English waters in 1879. 
During the same time of schooner M. E. Torrey's trip 
the schooner Alice landed from American waters 700 
barrels of better fish, and stocked $2,500. 
I know of but one Portland vessel in the bay , at the 
present time, and she has not been heard from since June 
25th, when she had 20 ban-els. R. E. Earll. 
Mr. G. Brown Goode, U. S. Fish Commission, Prov- 
incetown. Mass. 
A Big Bass. —Messrs. Chas. Mowry, of New York City, 
and John Mann, of Syracuse, were fishing in the Seneca 
River, at Jack’s Rift, last Thursday, when Mr. Mowry 
captured what is said to be the largest Oswego bass ever 
caught with a fly in that stream. The fish weighed 5 lbs. 
8 oz., and measured 21 in. jn length, 15 in. girth, and GJ> 
in width. The day’s fishing footed up a total of 64. 
Massachusetts— Plymouth Co., Sept. 3d.—A large 
school of big blue fish struck in at lower Seituate Beach 
last week, and all present caught all the fish they could 
carry off. They drove in some of the largest mackerel 
ever seen here, some of which weighed four pounds. 
Smelt fishing has not been veiy good yet—too much heat 
for them. S. K. Jr. 
New Jersey —Forked River, Sept. 13th— The fishing 
at this place still continues good. Messrs. L. W. Warner, 
W. H. Hall and aon, and J. D. Anderson and son in three 
days’ fishing caught over 200 weakfish and about 50 king- 
fish ; some of the latter would weigh 2 lbs. each. Mr. 
~W. C. Rogers and wife and Mrs. Edwin Adams of LoDg 
Branch, in the yacht Haze, have made an average of 70 
fish daily during the past week. Blueflsh are beginning 
to run, but no large catches have yet been made. A. 
Minnesota — Hastings, Sept. 8th,—Editor Forest and 
Stream :—Our friend George Hicks came down from St, 
Paul for a little sport, and we hitch up and take a sea¬ 
sonable start for Trout Brook, the only trout stream in 
this part of the State. On our way out we take in the 
fields along the side of the road, and by the time wo reach 
the brook we have fourteen chickens. Trout Brook is a 
small stream three miles long, and could easily flow 
through an ordinary length of six-inch 6tove-pipe. ft is 
thirteen miles out of our city, a town of 4,000 inhabi¬ 
tants; three miles north of Cannon Falls, a town of 1,200; 
eight miles east of Northfield, a town of 2,500; twelve 
miles west of Red Wing, a town of 5,000, and as 1 said 
before is the only trout stream in. this part of the State. 
So you can judge what the chances for a good basket are. 
The banks resemble a street in New York—they are worn 
so smooth by fishers. We are all very unsportsmanlike 
up here, and never fish with a fly, the’ worm having the 
preference: but please don't censure us. But back to my 
story. George is from Lake Superior, and averts that the 
stream is not big enough to hold a two-yearsv-ok'i trout, 
and lies down for a snooze. We know better, we Vuvu 
been there beforehand start oil alone, At the of 
two hours we. return with a basket of ‘thirty, runj our 
pocket scales are at once brought into play. Two of them 
weigh seven ounces, one eight, one nine, and one sixteen 
and a half ounces. The other twenty-fi ve range from 
throe to six Inches in length. Tins would not be much 
of a catch for a New York spnvisinau, but we were justly 
proud. A large platter Was procured when we got home, 
and it was a beautiful s- giifc to see three nicely dressed 
young pinnated grouse surrounded by a “wealth of 
trout,” lettuce, and need boiled eggs, laid out on it. 
Tyro. 
—L. H. jftM'sjy. of Abbey St. Imbri, killed a fine lot of 
striped has- •'■ •- ioney Island Creek Tuesday night. The 
largest* • mo weighed 12 lhs. It was on exhibition at John 
tin pi i ■ aid s ini Liberty street Wednesday. 
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No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. 
VW We cannot attempt to give specific directions where to go for 
game or fish. Correspondents must Itcep themselves posted hy consult¬ 
ing aw news columns. 
ZSriYe matte no charge for answering inquiries in this calum a. 
W. T., Brooklyn.—-The killing of robins Is prohibited in New 
YorkStale atall seasons. 
W. H. B„ Fisher villo, N. H.—There is nothing you can do to 
cure yunr dog. He will probably cease having the Ills us ho gets 
older. 
A. FI. Dc L„ New York.—Thorn are no arobery clubs In New 
York city. The Brooklyn Archery Club moots in Prospect Park 
Brooklyn. 
P. H., Elizabethtown—Please let mo know tho price of the 
cheapest gun made by Parker Bros., West Meriden, Conn. Aus. 
Fifty dollars. 
J. M. M., Columbus, Texas.—Tho symptoms you describe are 
those of worms, and If you trout your dog for these parasites 
you will probably put an end to the fits. 
T. W. A., Boston.—Would you be kind enough to inform mo in 
yovtr next issue. the beat place and season for brant? Ans. At Great 
South Bay, Long Island, tn the Spring. 
A. M. A,, New York—Does the recent State law prohibit the 
shooting of the bird commonly oalled highliolder, and when 
Is such law up in Richmond County ? Ans. Prohibited always. 
E. T. P., Washington, t>. C.—We could not judge under what 
circumstances the accidont occurred to yam- gun. It would 
bo advisable for you to correspond with the makers who are very 
honorable gentlemen. 
Webb, Waterbury, Conn—Excellent grouse-shooting may bo 
bad anywhere along the lino of the Keokuk and Des Moines Rail¬ 
road, from Grand Junction to Fort Dodge: also at any point wost 
of Iowa Falls on Iowa division of Illinois Central Railroad. Con¬ 
ductors will give all needed information. 
Axion, Now York.—If the man is right-handed in wielding the 
axe ho raises it over his right shoulder; if ho is left-handod, over 
his left shoulder. But in chopping wood the axa is wielded over 
hoth shoulders. Charles Reade’s ambidexterous coming man will 
probably strike the golden mean and bring the blow straight 
dawn. 
0. F. W., Baltimore.—A friend of mine has a fine Irish setter 
gyp red in color; he had her lined by Rowdy, an Irish setter of 
the Baltimore konnel; she lmd seven pups, throe are ns black as 
black can be; would you call them full blooded Irish pups or not? 
Ans. There is sometliiug wrong: she should not have thrown the 
black puppies. 
R. W. A., Now Haven—1.1 notice In your Issue of the3dof July, 
under the heading of New York GamoLaw, Soc. 7, that ducks can 
he shot from vessels propelled by steam or sails, in Long Island 
Sound. Whore is the dividing Hue forth© State of Connecticut? 2. 
What, about See. 8—does it read right? Ans. 1. At the State line. 
Of course. 2. Was inadvertently misprinted, and should have 
read exactly opposite. 
H.H.,Philadelphia—I have a black and tan terrierwbo has 
been troubled for sometime past with fleas; have tried to rid her 
of them, but up to the present have been unsuccessful. Will you 
please inform me through your paper what is the best thing to 
use in such a case? Ans. Steadman’s flea pov. cjj?v advertised in 
another column will rid your dog of fleas. If one application is 
not sufBeieut, try auother. 
Constant Reaper, Newark, N. J.— At Jit. Desert, 31c.,you will 
find excellent trout fishing in Eagle Lake, whioll is two miles from 
Bar Harbor. Jordan’s Pond, reached by wagon road I rotfl tbo 
harbor,is also a good trout water. You wHlUnd plenty of desira¬ 
ble camping goundsin the vicinity. The main fish in season in 
9 uly are black bass, land-locked salmon, salmon and shad nfter 
the loth. Great South Bay, L. I„ is an excellent place for, be'.' 
shoodng. 
R. A. G,, Hartford.—May I trouble you for the inline w |_ 
dross of some one at Lake St. Francis or St. Pater on ttj,© g| Law¬ 
rence who can give me information about the shod. 1 n„. rL . y p, 
the name Henry Mervinn, who writes from Harwood O.,tho 
persons real name? Ans. For gnldeson Lal<■ s. Peter. ,v,-,, « ntc 
to F. S. Wotherspoon or Mannsseh Smith■-.•Three Rivers, p. n 
Canada, who will inform you. Henry Me, | ;ui ftei-ps _i sum',) 11 
toiryat Harwood, Rice .Lake, Ontario. 
H. J. M. C.. Brookline, Mass.—ftei ye seven sottov pupa, live of 
whichhavedew olaws. Tlic jm >3 nrc pov, six ic.mithsold, would 
it do any harm to out these ciAvvs off? Jf to 1 ,',, removed please 
state with w hat instnunorA : Ans. it (in- ,\„, y claws are merely 
attached to ;llm log bjvmtoguu.ont tb.-ffy can ho removed with a 
sharp knifo, taking hack sutlictont iAm to cqvsr the wound which 
removal wil I .jpuasfcn. U tlmy regularly formed and attach¬ 
ed to the bone 8 ho 1110 not Vouch them. 
T’Romx. Staton I -land,- ify setter luts been going more or less 
tame tor the I 11 M two months, especially after jumping; and the 
ctlier, Jay f .tiscovfred that the cause of it was evidently owing to 
1 ho V; 1 . i" , r the „rjar foreleg being' greatly enlarged, its size being 
iiottTlycpjpfl to one s little finger, while tho corresponding sinew 
in (lu I'av log in nuly the size of whip-cord. J have been rubbing 
1 be b'M with strong liniment for several days, and the fever and 
rwWIing mound part affected has considerably gone down, bu 
tho since* is’still very large. Would you advise continuance of 
treatment? Ans. Your dog has evidently sprained his log. You 
t liOClld first allow him perfect, rest, particularly as far as jumping 
Is- concerned. You might bathe the leg' with Pond's Extract, and 
if the swelling of the sinew is not reduced in a few days, paint it 
with iodine. Jt will never got well, however, if you continue to 
exereiso tho dog. 
Fishing Statistics.— The following statistics have 
been published by Secretary Ex-arts as a mem. for the 
United States and England : 
The comparative chances of professional men catching 
anything when they go fishing are : 
Doctors.- -. 7 in 50 I Merchants.18 in 50 
Lawyers. 8 In 50 Professors.. J in 50 
Editors.10 in 50 | Unknownsma- 1 ! boy,with 
Artists. 2in.60 I straw hat and broken 
Architects.. . 13 in 50 suspender ..49in 50 
llookkeoporB . . 3 in 59 I 
