▲<m«*r 10, issa.j 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



87 



Tho meisurctm 



iHWS fall to spe. 



isoc. per mile c 



to MGtt. ore ex. 

 those dimansla 

 each foot of nu 

 4ft., n rule not, 

 and passengers 



OluJillgn>.ipp >." 



especlally for o 

 them. The a.ui 



K. Kramer ami H. 



CUTTERS. -Thy 



cent issue. They ; 



slataiiui 

 band w 

 tho M.ii 

 Cup in i 

 for Am 

 learned 

 thin j.. I 

 outfit il 

 can and 

 be cutt. 

 aU com; 



:■ v. C. fleet. Boston, 

 started in tln» .lid 

 lnHvi'v.'i'. M,i.-!:i'> si'i-v.i.I i hem 

 lowihg, but no doubt, all ihe Am 

 a.vd Stukau will give a gambled 

 the business into a siibatnniii. 

 tjazefta, Thos irniiseoi'ou,- 1. 

 right. One turf journal, ropo 

 dishonor enough to credit Magi 



of till- v. M l^cao h.'is «-.•:, in 



Y. 0., July 3; iWou city rogat 

 itch ii. V;.i.-i-i.-aii «-u 

 regatta. June 21. when Moggie « 

 and would have scored but for 

 attempt to belittle her vlctoi 

 olaimi'n-- tin- Bosom v i ihl as 

 claim wasast up in Boston lost 



A BEA.UTII-TI. MO 



model yacht, technical 



ney, 53 Beave 



by an amateur, who h 



. ROY At CANADIAN V, p.— The club has 1 



,. ■•- dessi- .J IV. and A. An 



r;i- maidi tor tn- I 



r HA.VJJN Y. 0.— the yachts 



Qriswold. 



raid ni i:.,< ti„> follow 



Isbmest ninl most perfect 

 now on exhibition bj Man- 



9ft.: tonnage about 30. Fluiff deck, with batches iariS .1 . 

 windlass, winches, hawse pipe?, chains, patent aachorsTbinnaele 

 with geuuino compass. hloci.-s. boats, in short oven thin-,- complete. 

 and to scale down to tho smallest: it. m», outiit Sail- it-ar son in- 

 splicing of wire, block straps, dcilev-s and lanvar.ls all worked i"' 

 detail ill.- same as oh a large vessel Bowsprit to rig in 

 and a r.u ■•h.-i. Hoist or mainsail. >M'!.i ;..„,:„ :}>,. mi/.zen boom. 17ft., 

 with 23ft. hoist to sail. The hnUis regularly built and very Mani- 



garboards and sl,:. r sirn'ke. a'iid deck of hollv. But to bo appreci- 

 ated thUh.. . a. If she makes no 



mistaken. 



STOVE FOR OANOF.raT.s.-Wheu traveling by river with the 

 beach bandy, it is often preferred to camp by pitching ih.> tent, 



starting a fire and preparing for ti. eni::^- :n.'..!. perhaps the 



principal one of the dav. Portable stoves of the alcohol pst suasion 

 ore good enough in their way, but for camping, especially if cruis- 

 ing in Coat where one stove i. made to do duty for tlu crowd, H 

 Hheet-iron contrivance is eHeellvc as well as eheap and handy. ( , .':ii- 



inado use of the foU ovm;; niTungemeiit at" a cost*.):' less than $2. 

 The stove was mad- will, an elliptic base of she. I iron. IS Inches 



biultoti the ground and the stove s«t over it a - booi) as'fi irly Ignited. 



In front a 5-rach door allowe 1 for I ling and draft. The top had a 



15-lnch hole to receive kettle or pan, and a funnel 12 inches high and 3 V, 

 in diameter a; tin- rear conducted off thesmoko. Tho outfit oouaisted 

 of a ;Iit 4-auart cam;, kettle with copper bottom, a teakettle 

 and a frying pan with an i.v, ii ail. !.'d tor baking It ,i,.-=ir. .1. Tecs- 

 all stow one .vitbin another, the wlnle affair weighing 3 to i pounds. 

 A rousing lire cnu be quickly got up in wind or rain in this or a cimi- 

 lar arrangement. 



HULL Y. O.-The fifth class yachts, whose match was declared off. 

 owing to misunderstanding at start in the races .1 . 

 Aug. 8. '''ours.- from in. lyes', leaving Parrel huoy on port, tofla" off 

 Strawberry Hill, thence lo flag off Vumkin Island, th-uee to Pig Rock 

 beacon, thorn.:,, to Hug o!T Pettieu's Isimrl, mid home: live :uida ball' 

 miles. Wind light S. K. .Six boats were soul a .vav at 3 P. M., with 

 Joker leading, .Janet, and Wil iiir.. close aboard Janet gradually ran 

 tho rest and spun onr a lead uearing rluuikin mark, whieh she 



retained all day. Janet taki's first regular and Wil, Hire .,■,-. -.-. :,,- 



larprizo. She also takes first Corinthian and J. >k,:r second I'mar,- 

 thian iirize. Judges, J. 11. C'ouant. (.'. Li. Southard and M. J. Kiloy, 

 aboard the Commodoro's sloop Anna. Summary: 



Length,. ' icttinl, Correotod. 



Janet. \V L. Phiuney 18 "l i 2 'ooNJli I 38 38 



Wiidfir.-. N. 11. ic-itli IM 01 2 ill VJ l 3B27 



Ibis. J. T. Souther aO Otl 3 03 Ofi 1 40 IS) 



Joker, George Coftiu SO 08 3 (Ki !8 li4*2i) 



ahfe'"" 1 ::: :■:::: :lS ) T imo ^ taken - 



NEW BEDFORD YACHT CLl'B.— The race open to second-class 

 sloops of the club sailed August 3, in light and variable southwest 

 winds. Course lii'ie-ii mile-;, triaivular. in Buzaards llav One prize 

 Of $50. The wind failed entirely toward tho elose. 'Summary as 

 under: 



Load Line. Actual. Corrected 

 l't. In. it. st a. nil. b 



Imp.'-rln. J. L. StuckpoJe 111! 2 :i.) ;jt 2 33 3? 



Ariel, F. E. B.ii-on SS 4 2 40 1)0 2 89 19 



Whistler, J. A. HowfiS 31 2 47 19 23731 



Nixie. N. H. Emmons 29 « 2 53 10 2 39 42 



Peri, Bands .'17 o 2 l?, is 2 47) SO 



Kisni.'t, W. A. Abbe 29 4 2W5? 2 42 21 



Isabel, Chapman .3.) 2 51 03 Stilt* 



Pointer, 1). L. Parker 28 8 3 UH .VI x BO ^r 



The match for ihe Coiunio.leio's Challenge Cup. open to principal 

 clubs, was sailed the next, dav m light BOuthweat wind over fifteen 

 mile conrac. Pointer, 2S 8. p, L. Parker, won in i :, 33, beating Ki 

 drim, R. H. Morgan, 4 18 34, and Josie, 21 3, Horace Wood, 4 J2 id. 

 Tho Glimpse withdrew'. 



TORONTO (. WN'Or. ri,',. iv The sailing challenge cup W«S Bui Bp 

 Saturday. July 2U. and brought out six oano.-s— Ise.bel, double 

 centorboard Pearl, Robert Ty-i..,i: Boreas, same, Com Neilson; Kau- 



Sha b |o w,"liv'nk,-',.'l. ,).' 1. K-'iV. ^i!o S , "i:!-'?/.'."i','-''.n k.-'.d Slm'lnw mod-": 

 F. M. NichoUon. C'jursi-. four times around a tlireo-niiartnr milo 

 triangle. Wind very Ught. Only two canons finished, both of them 

 the Pearl models -Isabel and Boreas. Capt. Tvson showed a huge 

 flttll over Isabel with a newfangled rolling rijefung gear, win, line the 

 sail about the mast; while Koreas had two smaller but well -lilting 

 latoeua. The lalt.-r held the lead, but Isabel's pig sad told 

 wind and landed her the cup. The sec sing Shadow 



and Sadie .V, agree 1 to go over the triangle only one,- to decide own- 

 ership to the oup for th»ir lot. Wou by shadow with a largo halanue 

 K 



t.nl.e who I.h grounded In just suoh facts as are here given is well 

 equipped for tho intelligent study of Nat o- 1 ,;. 



i:,.se little books is a happy one— 



'•The grcit thuig is to get your foot on Uie first rung of tub lamlar." 



WORMS AND CR0STACEA. 



Of tho Guides f >:•:•■•■■ . Hon Sooiory 



^^t 



i;i'.\i:t:i.i v 



xiy-nlnth championship 

 ass, HoidealnsaoondBnd 



deser 

 this , 



lsape 



tu the land. Xhfl 

 ■ ■ common etu-th- 

 s the te.vi 

 nv sul.,.livl = ioas of 



■lell..: 



Au 



gu 



t;; 



bi-ilillg Ml 



lb 



s P 





■n.Uc.n be 



II 





:..-:. 



a probahlj 



!, F.Gomer'sKhodeteland 

 -. En-daud. towu regatta. 

 Ilr. Fagarfs Wave. What 

 •eeoipt of details by mail. 

 .. a custom not in vogue 

 ad Bjtainst which no rules 



:ently Inn 



ehed 



v.'.aiher: Ivit •..',,! ■ T:. . 



inDthOr aolthiK On Hie day (ol* 



n sporting journals but Fiiar.sr 



m the by-laws: ".\o water shall be 

 the l.mk-s. after the signal to start has 

 il anchors and chains shall be carried 

 t not lieus.'d iisshii'liiiK ballast, nor for 

 aeht. llalln.it shall not be shifted or 

 er during a race." 



?rand party left Boston, August 5. for a 

 If of sc. Lawrence. The schooner bad 

 'lug the clipper ship Worth 



>u her 



third 



fit all her c 



) Fm 



championship match was galled 

 . . wind, a very close race being the 

 i Lizzie.18.lt, Silas Porter, Jr.. won in 2. 15:20, heating 

 II. Thompson, by 3s. only, though 45s. later on actual 

 ith. Haven aud tfie cat rig SallieR. 



!>•>.! . 



uch 



mailer than the cat- 



ompauy. the local crult not shifting balla-t 

 GKM.-Mr. H. O. West. Of the Knickerbocker Y. ('., hns sold tho 

 keel sloop Com to Mr. J. A. Osgood, of Boston, and the sloop will 

 therefore return to her original hailine port, where we hope to see 

 the hard-fought battles of her class the other side 



of the Cod. 



BUTTER KlO.-The 

 cutter rig and recelvi 

 ' improve tlieSyl 



With 

 heat. 

 MAlelK.-This cutter still li, 



Sylvia, (ff Belleville, Ont.. will be altered to 

 four tons of lead on the kc-1. 'I liis should 

 ia, as she is a deep boat, with much dead rise, 

 in proportion, the cutter ought to be hard to 



vport In luir old berth, and will 

 iraie unless more care is bestowed upon her keep. 

 Ir-.n:.- , mi in the scorching sun. It appears that her 



<S AGAIN.— Tho new 30-ton cutter Alleen and the 



• Oriole, of Toronto, sailed a private match of fortj- 



Course same as in tho rocent sweepstakes of the 



■ nn the f.u:ui,.i„ Sporlsmatii 'The resell of the 

 eepsl ikes pr ive 1 conclusively the superior- 

 draught cutter over the cenLerboards." 

 . c. -Now has three regular challenge cups, the Mnr- 

 arc Cup and the Commodore's Cup, all or which will 

 the matches to-morrow. 



M m $tnblui<ifwM. 



NUTTALL BULLETLN. 



$nmver$ to §onesjjoiitknt<i. 



& 



H. B„ Glasco.-YeH, the arm i3 ail rl»!it and (ho llr. it 

 sponsible. 



XL J.— Wo can suj.ply I)r HeoshnU's "Bo&k of the Black Bass," 

 Price, postpaid, ?3. 



C. W.-The articles on camping out '.■■.re published In Issues of 

 May 11. June 29 and .Inly !.'l. l-s:. 



N . s ''-- Sep current l.atci- f r.en W..s, Virginia pilots I in this paper. 



J- '•■ \\— i'or a bpojj id management ,,f dogs, toy 



Dinks. Mayhew and lint, hihson; wt can supply it. 



R.— The bead of fish sent by you from Lake Chaniplaiu is that of 

 the fresh water saeepshead, tlnptoidvnoliu gruanienit. 



R. E. B.. Cincinnati. O;— You can travel 

 per day on horseback, depending upon tlu 



J. c. II., New York. -You wil, be directed iii th" exact fishing 

 spots at the Klneo House, Moosehead Lake, Me. Theguld, .. in i faotol 

 keepers thereabouts can jiost you fully. 



D. B., Fails City, Nebraska— 1. You cannot r 



talions. They will not linn ihes ting quaiii 



bafrels are practically as good as "PamasctiK.' 



E. G., Galveston, Texas.— Take your rubber boots ;., n shoemaker 



tojjemendedj orsend to oup of the rubber lirms adv. r, i 



for a bottle of their preparation for mending rubbor art-lole! ' 

 directions accompany the bottle. 



L. A. II., Aurora. III. 1. Have ther ■ ever been any game birds im- 

 P-..-t-.| i.j th-. United States from Chinaf it. Is there a I 

 carrying loaded cartridges in a trunk to be convey ed on u railroad 1 

 Ans.' ^■■s: pheasants were imported into uivpJn and California 

 % No. 



SpoBTSitiN of SEy-ENTr-Oxi: Years.— If a farmer Hying in New Y or 

 State owns ten or Hi teen a.-r.-s ..f woods lying .dene i lie highway, ca 

 he by sign prohibit persons from hunting in those w.„m>> Ans. Ye 

 See the text of the trespass law, ipioted In ..or i^sue of July J 

 page 476. 



K. U.— You could use cilclelh for small tii 

 would prove very heavy and inconvenient. A 

 with a "ily." will shed the rain. The "dy" is , 

 so stretched across the top of Hie tent as to sou 

 the tent proper. 



camp tents, but 

 eras tent, It fitto 

 xira piece of clot 



W, B.— Book: 

 by L. Wright. 1 

 •'Practical Ilgcoi 

 gl.SO. 8. Mr. T. 



■ i, I.e. 



Id plan 



•lb 



druv 



Ways, rc-ien 

 Who wins? 

 politics: but 

 wise, it was 



RATTLESKi 



N. Y.-Couli 

 be wiUinsr tc 

 fangsV lw< 



POIH.MA.1. / 



edge require 

 "Buacn C. 

 Conn., would lik 



a the election i" would defeat M-. 

 ; through tho filling for severr.l 

 nominated ever .M and defeated, 

 •ritv on bctiinc; nor on Canadian 

 "play or pay . ' K \i ins ; if other- 



of Nat 



ii: 



the do 



it.f.in 



.1:0. •: 



ule 



this c 







s adopt 



Iso Mr. Nehrhng's "List of 

 :e of the other counties of 

 '. hi Recent Literature aud 



AMKltlCAS' CA.Mr.BIKIl S1IOOT1NC. 

 Mr. John Mortimer Murphy, the author of the present woi 

 rteicntly well known to most sportsmen as a very prolific, if 





the buds and mammals of V ... 

 volume under consideration contains dcscrlotions of our game birds 

 and water-fowl, treats of Iheir haunts and' habits, and also of tlu- 

 various modes employed in their capture; there are at least many 

 tilings in its pages which it may bo worth while for the tyro to 



allow 



of tho smaller born. Oilier 



only oue-half that. 



J. R. E.— Would like to know where to get iufoi 

 ter of country, modes of travel, expense, and sucl 

 as one ought 'to have before siartinx ■•■■ /■ trip i 

 tory, with view u> finding suitable pluce f ■. i ,■:,: 

 hi farming lands. Ans. Write to tin I 

 the report of Gov. .John W. lloyi for year I-'-..., 

 which you will obtain upon application as above. 



Killyfish.— Thetiatno of kilhr.s!. is a local on 

 Now York, where the Dutch sell' lers 1 

 literally croekflsli. for the Hutch 'kill" meant t 

 the tish are called bythfi Indian name of "innm 



adopted i iji'i-u'h- 

 iii t'avoi 



e.l ill! 



nnd absurdly . 



■vhich a 

 In issi 



is to have had considera- 

 g t- rm- ere used through- 



umployed iu this country, 

 igh to the American ear. 

 A seem to any one raised 

 Che book is handsomely 

 r of wood cutH, some of 

 ago Judd Company. 



SCIENCE LADDERS 



i C. P. Putnam's 

 series of Readers 

 cts are given iu 

 i fact. BO plainly 





Training vs. Breaking; pi 



The; 



C.-l. Whal ougbl >o be the color of a 

 c nge of two months) -'. Wh. ro can 1 Hud 

 Kti» seas ai fopBh • ilinggntue to befouud 

 and smallers; reams ii....:, ..;,:;„!:.,■ C,,,,,, 



;lug» .mis. I. At this ago they 

 ellow:.-li red. a. Considi the table of ey«u 

 theam of July 20, 3. We can wtnd y«a 

 ee, Sl.«i. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 

 See advertisement of Shelton's Challenge Gun. 



The most e\-an-.';oralod dispatches come In- the (I'd! line,' llmtpM* 



Avalanche 



s cull a doK a "kinguuk," but if you want 



to b 



..] v 



ni. I ; 



■xpr 



it tho 



Sufficiently dearly espial 



I, and this appears to have been 

 before us Nos I. and 111 ..!' th, 

 Water," and -Vegetable Life." Th, 



ring the Mrs 



.HUM le blS t 



e apartment 

 I until tho bow 

 is he told bis 1 

 ini the whole 



lie 



cuts, which are more llinu ever valuable in works of just this kind, lak.-n as a w !...'.■ t lies'- ,,,,.. !.-,„, wn as "i'l:..-'(. oum'iouOM," 

 Tha mors of thOBO Biaipls elemental}- books we can bav» the bcttur, | msud themwlves to yachtauien upon their ival mui iw. . 



