FOREST AND STREAM. 
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ular rival has drawn out of tha rock and is making play 
ahead. This had habit is largely dua to the prevailing- 
rule allowing yachts so many minutes to cross the line— 
from five to ten, and even fifteen. It induces men to 
hang hack in the hope of getting a streak of luck or of 
finishing some operation which should have been com¬ 
pleted long before. The practice of counting the time 
from the expiration of the delay allowed is still worse, 
and if the plan of starting anywhere between the last sig¬ 
nal and the end of the interval is adhered to, all yachts 
crossing later should be disqualified. Yachts ought to be 
smartly handled, and lubberliness should not be encour¬ 
aged as it now is. I havo seen all sorts of starts, from 
the man-killing style of starting with anchors down and 
not a rag of sad shown, to the ludicrous fashion of giving 
the time-allowance at the start, which, I see, the sapient 
managers of the approaching International Regatta at 
Nice are going to try, and which is still, I believe, in 
vogue in Bermuda. Well, of all the varieties, there is 
none which to my mind is fairer for all concerned than 
the genuine flying start, no time allowed, and every skip¬ 
per on his mettle to launch his barkie clean across the 
line and to windward the instant the signal is given. 
Regina and Vixen, as I have already said, both made a 
bad start, the former worse than the latter, and then their 
respective captains waking up to then- work, the two 
yachts were sailed and no mistake. Do what she would, 
however, Regina was unable to collar her antagonist, and 
the best she could manage was to reduce the distance be¬ 
tween them on the run home, Vixen winning by 3m. 23s. 
A fresh south-southeast wind played havoc with some 
of flio- yachts entered for the Long Island Yacht Club 
Regatta, the casualties being most numerous among the 
second class cabin sloops, one of which, Louisa B., gave 
up, disabled; R&veille and Lottie carrying away their top¬ 
masts, and Admiral Rowan pluckily holding on with a 
sprung masthead and winning. The newsloop, Elephant, 
built by Ellsworth for Mr. J. GK Prayne, made her appear¬ 
ance in the first class, and won very easily off Sophia, 
sailing quite up to the form expected of her and display¬ 
ing an agility belying her name. Excelsior secured the 
prize for open sloops, and the caf^ Kate Joralemon, strag¬ 
gled so successfully under the burden of her name that 
she beat all the other “pussies,” while crossbones, Tar¬ 
antella, walked away from duplex, Columbia, 
AVERAGES FOR 1879. 
CHATHAM CRICKET CLUB. 
The Chatham Cricket dub, of Chatham, Ontario, 
Canada, is composed, with only two exceptions, of young 
men not yet out of their teens, and the expenses of the 
club are borne by the playing members chiefly. Were 
the game properly support ed by the citizens of the town 
of Chatham, it would not he long before the club would 
be one of the first in Canada, if not in America. The 
officers for the year 1879 were:—W. S. Ireland, Esq., 
President; Andrew Heyward, Vice-President; Charles 
Atkinson, Treasurer ; W. Crowe, Secretary. Unfortu¬ 
nately the bowling averages were not kept in every 
match, so an analysis cannot be given. However, Messrs. 
Monck, Nicholls and C. Atkinson havo done best service 
for the club in the order named, while George Beamish 
bowled exceedingly well in the few matches in which he 
took part. 
Matches were played with the first clubs in Canada, 
and with the noted Peninsular of Detroit, six matches 
being won and two lost. The losing games were played 
wish Detroit and Thamesville, but the tables were turned 
in the return matches, beating Detroit 46 runs, and 
Thamesville in an innings and 55 runs. 
The following are the official averages for the season :— 
HATTING AVERAGES. 
Among the Builders.— Mr. II. J. Bryant of Boston, 
has purchased the sloop yacht Fanny, built at Mystic, 
Conn., by Mr. C. II. Mallory. The Fanny is 72 feet over 
all, 23 feet 9 inches beam and 90 tons measurement, 
Rear Commodore Waller, N.Y.Y.C., has ordered the 
schooner yacht Dauntless to be given a new deck and to 
be rebuilt in stem. She will also be fitted with a new 
suit of canvas during the winter months. 
The owners of the sloop yacht Grade intend to put her 
in first class trim for next season, in order that she may 
again show her racing qualities. A new suft of racing 
canvas will be given her. 
There are twenty-three yachts laid up for the winter in 
the basin at the foot of Seventh street, Brooklyn, L. I. 
Mr. Henry J. Steers, of Providence, R. I., has ordered 
a eentreboard schooner yacht built at Nyack on Hudson 
during the present winter. She will be named Republic 
and will be of the following general dimensions :—Length 
Over all, 93 feet; length on deck, 90 feet; length on 
water line, 82 feet; length on keel, 79 feet; breadth of 
beam, 22 feet 6 inches ; depth of hold, 8 feet 10 inches; 
draft of water, 7 feet. Her frame, keel, keelson, stern 
and stempost, centreboard trunk and outside planking 
will be of white oak. AH knees are to be of hack¬ 
matack and oak. Her deck will be of selected white 
pine, the bulwark stanchions of locust, witli top rail of 
oak. The dimensions of the Republic’s spars are given 
as follows:—Bowsprit, outboard, 28 feet; iuboard, 8 feet; 
flying jibboom, 48 feet; foremast, 75 ; mainmast, 77 
feet; foi-etopmast, 32 feet; maintopmast, 33 feet; fore¬ 
boom, 26 feet: foregaff, 25 feet; mainboom, 56 feet; 
maingaff, 29 feet 6 inches. Mr. J. M. Sawyer will furnish 
tire new yacht with working and racing sails from canvas 
made to order. Her cabin accommodations will be very 
ample and comfortable. The main cabin will bo 14 feet 
by 16 feet and finished in haudsome hard woods. Mr. A. 
P. Bliven will superintend the construction of the Re¬ 
public, and she is to be finished by the latter part of next 
April. 
The schooner Siren, owned by Dr. C. Morrogh, of New 
Brunswick, N. J., will be lengthened this winter and en¬ 
rolled in the New York Yacht Club. 
Captain E. Willis, of Port Washington, L. I., is build¬ 
ing a centreboard and counter stern sloop yacht, 48 feet 
on the water line, for a tea broker of this city. She 
promises to be fast. 
The “Sunshine.” —This tidy little schooner has been 
recently bought by ex-Commodore Wm. Peet, Atlantic 
Y. C., and will appear in New York waters next season. 
She is an excellent and handsome little cruiser of sixteen 
tons, and about fifty-two feet long. 
J ?nfiotwl ffastiims. 
THE GAME OF CRICKET. 
Proposed Visit op Australian Cricketers.— Notwith¬ 
standing the fears entertained by many persons here that 
the misrepresentations circulated in England as to the 
disturbance on the Association Cricket Ground during 
the second match with Lord Harris’ Eleven, will seriously 
militate against the success of the enterprise, the proposal 
to send another Australian team to the mother country 
in March next year is again attracting attention is criclc- 
eting circles. Mr. John Conway, who, it mil be remem¬ 
bered, acted as agent for the late team, is moving in the 
matter at Melbourne; but several New South Wales play¬ 
ers whose services are almost certain to he required are 
anxious that the cricket assoeiatious of this and the 
neighboring colony of Victoria should conjointly under¬ 
take the duty of selecting the best eleven that can be got 
together and send them to England under their auspices. 
Tiie two representative bodies have accepted the respon¬ 
sibility of the task, and in a few days a selection commit¬ 
tee will probably be appointed to pick the team, the New 
South Wales Association having already taken the in- 
iative by nominating Mr. Murdoch to act on their behalf, 
—Sydney Morning Herald, 
STATEN ISLAND CRICKET CLUB. 
SUMMARY op matches. 
This club has played thirteen First Eleven, ten Second 
Eleven, and one Junior, with the following results :— 
Date and Place. 
MRS! ELEVEN. 
Sides. 
May 17, at Staten Is- J Staten Island.- 57 
land. I St. Georges. 86 
Won by 5 wickets. 
May 31, at Staten Is-} Staten Island.108 
land. | Columbia College.39 
Won by an Inning s and 26 runs. 
July 4, at Staten Is- ( Staten Island.109 
land.| Belmont. 68 
Won by 9 wickets. 
July 11,12, at Staten} Staten Island.129 
land...1 Longwood.91 
Won by 6 wickets. 
July 17, at Prospect ( Staten Island. 41 
Park.1 Manhattan.102 
Post by 58 runs ou flrst innings. 
July 21, at Nieetown, j Staten Island. 68 
Phila.1 Young America.173 
Lost by 109 runs on flrst innings. 
July 22, at Nieetown, J Staten Island.100 
Phila.. | Fox Chase.137 
Lostby 37 runs on flrst innings. 
July 23.at Nieetown, i Staten Island.. 93 
Phila. | Chestnut Hill. 87 
Won by 6 runs On flrst innings. 
July 24, at Baltimore, I Staten Island.103 
Md.-.i Baltimore.. 45 
Won bv an innings and 13 runs. 
Aug. 9, at Staten Is-j Staten Island. 69 
land. 1 Manhattan. 66 
Won by 9 wickets. 
Aug. 29,30, at Staten (Staten Island. 47 
Island. .1 Hamilton. 66 
Lost by 8 wiokets, 
f Staten Island Eight- 
Sept. 19,20, at Staten I een. 34 
Island. j Gentlemen of Ireland 
L Twelve.135 
Lost by U wickets. 
Oct. 27, at Staten Is- I Staten Island. 27 
hind.(New York. 16 
Won by 65 runs. 
SECOND ELEVEN MATCHES. 
TTniiAWn i 12 Staten Island. 65 
May la, at Hoboken • • j St. Georges (2d).... 62 
Won by 29 runs. 
May 22, at Slaton Is-j Staten Island . 45 37 
land. (Columbia (1st). 52 36 ( 
Lost by 7 wickets. 
June 6, at Prospect I Staten Island . 197 
Park .(Manhattan (2d). 22(7w).. 
Drawn. 
June 26, at Staten Is- j Staten Island.143 
land. 1 Newark (1st) . 63 66 
Won by an innings and 24 runs. 
July 5, at Staten Is-i Staten Island. 202 
land . «•....( Columbia (1st) . 94 136 ( 
Won on flrst innings by 10S runs. 
T..1— n. v; ....Am. ) Staten Island....126 .. 
July lo, at Nieetown. -j Germantown (2d) . ill 
Won by 15 runs. 
July 17, at Nieetown. {loingAmerioa ii 
Lost by 166 runs. 
July 24, at Staten Is-1 Staten Island.. . SO 
land. ( Merlon.....103 
Lost by 23 runs. 
Aug. 33, at Staten Is-j Staten Island. 47 
land. . .(St. Georges (2d). 66 132 
Lost by 19 runs. 
Sept. 6, at Staten Is-I Staten Island. 32 
land .. (Young America (2d).203 
Lost by 171 runs. 
JUNIOR MATCH. 
Aug.2, at Staten Is-(Staten Island. 81 57 
land . St. Georges... . 1 19 20 
Won by 118 runs. 
RECAPITULATION. 
Won. Last. Dravm. Tutal. 
First Eleven matches . .... 8 5 0 13 
Second Eleven matches...4 5 1 10 
Junior match.". 10 0 1 
Total. , — .. .13 10 1 24 
Thirty-three members played in first eleven matches, 
twenty-nine in second eleven (of which eighteen in first 
also), and eleven in a junior match (one of whom in sec¬ 
ond), making in all fifty-four who have taken part in 
games. 
It win be seen by the following average that the 
batting of both first and second elevens shows a fair im¬ 
provement over last season, hut the bowling has been less 
effective, 
138 
FIRST EL8VBN—BAT1TNG AVERAGES. 
i i p ii i» 
I : r» as 
1. P. W. Kessler. 2 8 58 25* 37+ 
2. A. Harvey. 5 9 151 39 89 
3. J. E. Roberts. 1 2 19 12 19 
4. V. Miley. 9 14 173 48 58 
5. W. H. Davidge.1 1 11 11 ll 
O.C.W. Banco.11 19 167 47 61 
7. P. Roiialdson . 9 14 131 40* 40* 
8. J. J.Eyre. ..1 2 10 9+ 10* 
0. John Leo. 5 6 49 15* 16* 
10. Bassett Jones. 5 7 57 17 III 
11. E. J. Adams.ii 4 28 10* 10* 
12. F. Satterthwaite.. ..3 5 21 Hi 10 
13. E. W. Stevens.12 17 120 20 26 
14. J. R. Moore .10 18 125 22 31 
15. J. E. Sprague. .13 18 1J0 33 83 
16. M. C. Byre. 9 12 56 27* 32* 
17. George Lano.11 10 98 25 25 
IS. II. Inman. 1 2 12 10 12 
19. C. M.. Dodge.. 4 r. 27 11 11 
20. G. P. Thomas.2 3 8 8 8 
21. E. H. Outcrbridge.... 5 7 19 6 0 
23. A. F. H. Maning. 2 4636 
23. George Heyward. 1 2 3 3 3 
31. P. Allen. 3 5 7 4 4 
35. J. Filmer. 5 0 7 4 4 
26. J. H. Hitchcock. 1 2 2 2 2 
27. J.llawson. 1 2 2 2 2 
28. M. G. Haughton.1 1111 
29. B. B. Kirkland. 18 1 1 1 
30. G. E. Moore. 1 1 1 1 1 
31. It. Hole. . 1 1 l) 0 0 
32. E. A. Woolston . 1 2 0 0 0 
33. W. M. Donald. 3 4 0 0 0 
♦Signifies “ Not out." 
SECOND ELEVEN—BATTING AVERAGES. 
S | | J J 
S' I g S& ft 
S' § S s- 
Names. 2 f fg 
1. A. D. Irving. 2 
2. J. J. Eyre . - .. — li 
3. J. E. Roberts.5 
4. R. Hole. 7 
5. F- Satterthwaite. 6 
6. C. M. Dodge. 9 
7. E. H. Outcrbridge.... 8 
8. A. Furbor .0 
9 . V. Miley. 1 
10. L. P. Bayard. 2 
11. G. K. Moore.9 
12. W. II. Davidge. 9 
13. A.Blackburn.. .4 
14. B. B. Kirkland.2 
15. W. M. Donald.1 
10. W. O. McDonald.2 
17. M. G. Haughton.. . 7 
18. E. J. Adams.1 
in. H. Inman. l 
3). J. Filmer. 8 
21. E. A-Woolston........ s 
22. J. Holden. 1 
23. A. F. II. Maning. i 
24. A. J. Messer. 1 
25. A. E. Tucker. 2 
20. G.P.Thomas. 3 
27. E.E. Orpo. 3 
‘Signifies “ Not out." 
first elbve; 
1. F. Satterthwaite.1 
2. E. J. Adams.1 
3. M. G. Haughton. 1 
4. Goo. Lane..10 
5. A. F.H.Manning. ... 1 
6. J. E. Sprague.13 
7. B. Junes. 5 
8. C. W. Bonce.9 
9. E. W. Stevens.10 
10. J. Lee. 2 
11. M. C. Eyre. 1 
12. A. Harvey. .2 
13. P. Donaldson. I 
SECOND ELEVBI 
j*! 
Names. 
10 870 298 27 36 
1.60 
1,40 
1,40 
BOWLING AVERAGES, 
III! 
15 1,664 492 90 82 
20 1,231 441 68 52 
7 357 104 13 11 
13 513 239 
EOWLING AVERAGES. 
& g & N ^ 
L A. F. H. Maning.. . 
2. J. Holden. 
3. L. P. Bayard. 
4. F. Satterthwaite.... 
5. J. J.Eyre. 
6. IV. O. McDonald_ 
7. W. M. Donald. 
8. L. Poole . 
9. E. H. Outorbiidge.. 
10. M. G. Haughtou ... 
11. J. 13. Heberts. 
12. 11. Hole. . 
13. J. Filmer. . 
14. G. E. Moore. _ „ 
15. G.P. Thomas. 1 2 4:1 86 0 0 
18. C. M. Dodge. 1 1 6 0 0 (I 
17. A. B. Irving. 1 1 12 8 0 9 
18. A. E, Outei’bridge_ 1 1 12 12 0 0 
JUNIOR ELEVEN. 
Batting Averages— 1.Poole,89; 3.L. Haughton, 87; 3. Moore, 
6: 4. Wjggin, 5; 6. Lord, 4; 6. A-Eyre, 3.60; 7. Prentice, 3; 3. Car- 
roll, 2.50; 9. M. G. Haughton, ir.,2.50; 10. Niohols, 1; 11. B. Byre, .60. 
Bowling Averages.— 1. L. Haughton, ,33; 2, Poole, 1.38: 3. 
Carroll, 2.25. 
The above is compiled from the Secretary’s official report. 
4.0 
6,39 
8-57 
8.60 
11.33 
12.60 
16.0 
16.0 
16.85 
.18.76 
28.0 
2.5.20 
Daft’s American Tour.— Richard Daft, captain of the 
American team, was present at the annual dinner of the 
Notts Oastle Cricket Club, held at the Maypole Hotel, 
Nottingham, last Saturday evening, (November loth,) 
and made a long speech in response to : the toast of his 
health and that of his men. Referring to the start. Daft 
said that for several years past he had received invitations 
from influential people, not only in Canada but in 
America, to take out a team, but “as innumerable diffi¬ 
culties presented themselves he was compelled to defer 
the visit until the back end of last season. Even then ho 
could not have gone, but for tha great influence exerted 
among other county secretaries by Captain Holden, 
honorary secretary of the Nottingham County Club, and 
whom he was pleased to see present in the chair that 
night. Turning to the States, Daft said the reception met 
with there was quite as cordial as it had been in Canada, 
and that the players who opposed them were of better 
class. Though defeated they accepted defeat kindly and 
