Sept. ,, 1883.J 



FOREST ANt> STREAM. 



117 



iiu:mii-y ..i 

 of the last I 



A SUBSTITUTE RULE. 



e would you ban 



u BOstrfn, 

 lilun Y. C. l 

 t by bulk. 



riiyof ik-sigh,,!' hull o 



3F QUINTE Y. C. 



length crops out in almost all c 



ici- size bears 1. 1 

 v.-rv fair snbsti- 

 Ims'nNo (he larger 

 adding to depth 

 "cforc, as a check 

 bout pay 

 Oases might be 

 it they are excep- 

 uTerent type and 



LILLIE-HERA MATCH. -The first of three matches between th 

 two rival flyet 



ailed Sept. ] 



THE "NESSMUK" HATCHET. 



"TX7"E reproduce a seal.' drawing, one half real size of our well-known 



' ' f rjlTospriraieiir. "Nessnivt'e's" ht.rchet , especially matte :'.-• a light 



hut serviceable article forming part of the Outfit Of his light cruising 



as possible. 



CUe second class i 

 Cray. wbi< ii is not t] 

 rod tieVEi giving ban 



and kepi tin 



I'tween the Katie 

 t. Jr., of Oswego: 

 handsomely bv 

 II be put in " 



SboEoyalC 

 or three ven 



:■• 



of landing n 

 vil.-il i.. ottt 

 club house, 

 use of thee! 

 The. change 

 asthoj now 



in second 

 Fouryncl 



Fall rar.ee 



The bre 



made w.iv 



IIS follow 



l->:3K:3a: : 

 butter Ail 

 find wind 

 the lead t' 

 Nor;..], ...,. 

 Willi a fr, 

 nverhauh 



while the 



closing i!. 



but Htti r rounding the 



I Light win 



lll-ivsl.. 



Cygnet 



I .:■ . : 



Ail.-cn 



Norah 



cond class lo 

 as follows: I '■..■■:.' :, : 

 at 12:47:68. Sm p, :.;,■ dl 

 denly shunted to leewa 

 secon i round The oBto 

 Willi Katie . ■ 

 ,.. .. . , , 



:l;le all day. and the smaller craft 

 e.nsoquencc. Firs! class was got off 

 line, at l-> : :>r:is ; c,n. i;. u ii,l.| ai 



Aeiua!. Cor. 



111 HH fi IS 18 



C 24 ai! li -J! a« 



good i 

 classes 



breeze 



ices for the club chnm- 



I- M-pi.-nihi-r a. with agood 



•s. Wind cast. wholcsaU 

 away. The judges were 

 ision for Hie day. Sou- 

 i, Allie, Amy. Corsair and 



Length 



Allte, A. S. Wattles 28 OS 



Fairy, C. A. IVrkins 24 01 



Davy Croekel t. A I'utnam ....ill OS 



loHllTH CLASS. 



Amy. E. W. Baxter i! ir, 



IblS. .1. I-.. SO.llb.T .SI IK) 



Joker George Collin .80 os 



Thii.be. S. A. Freeman ,...81 05 



FIFTn CLASS. 



Corsair, W. II. Mills 18 1 1 



Jaip-I. W. I. I'lu'm . In II 



Myrtle, C. H . & it. C. i'oor 19 UH 



Wildfire, a. a. Keith 18 oi 



b, ii ;. v\ . ,'. I-. ■ i .,.,, .it |1<) 



Sin i-rwai. r. V." M. .Morrill 18 09 



SIXTH class. 

 Sea .1 w, 0. B Howe 17 03 



17 oa 



Dandelion. : . Adams 3d IV 06 



MortUn 10 DQ 



tort, e a m gaois ia oa 



ir.i char 



Clip 



Length, 



Ft. In. 



Jennie L., C. H. Loekhardt 88 1 1 



PauLJ, C. Lee ■-> W 



ai m 



Su/iie, G. tl Gordon as 00 



TlJiltl) GLASS. 



Taylor 17 Oil 



Daisy ,i . W, I). Woudblidge IS 05 



1 30 57 



I 31 is 



I 33 48 



I :;•! II 



i m so 



1 0-1 ~'7 



! 0.', .")» 



1 09 50 



l 1G in 



l Ife in 



I ia 13 



i is as 



i in as. 



i n- oh 



I 05 84 



I (I? IK 



canoe. Total weight of hatchet and handle IBo 

 this tool is "double barelled," as its originator 



two culling edges, and probably the only one of the 'sort 



milk' indorses the tool nse.virciiieK serviceable and fully as useful lor 

 canoeing and general cam;, service as the. heavier and clumsier 



:) el li ■ ,-.; ' 



articles. 



HULL Y. C.-The 



// club hook for 1888 is a well arranged puhli- 

 ■ sir. ry of the marvelous growl b of the", 'lull, 

 .incorporated April 20, 1882, il now lias -lail 



I of iwenly-twoschi ers. all hut Iwoof thcin 



sloops ol wliici, iwenlysix are keels; four 

 I eathoats. Die pamphlet contains charts of 

 . eiisloinary custil u;i,.„ .-,,,.- bylaws, an ox 

 nil- rules. • 1 1 . 1 1 1 • - 1 i . nli.l ;i|'oo,lse!eelionof li. 



the burgee may show whether it is s 



club, private or ilag-oliicer's 





syuare and the third swallow- 



lag with while starVn 1-en'fer.'' ' "' 



duo has adopted a square blue 



MATCH ON' THE BAY. -The unfl 



lfshcd sweepstakes of tho 21th 



ult. wassailed Aug. 31, with better si 

 to the start. Mimic. 27ft. liu.. I'al. M< 

 27ft. liu.. and Mary Ke-gan. John Ke 



ecess. The same boats came 



djchanj Mistake, Judge Elliott. 



irom a leal:, and Iveg.iu iiasshor 





t..oleil Mistake, voting M.-dieluui ll 









Kob bio's Heef lino -, llleuer around 1, 



i..v off Couev Island Point and 



home: sail twice „ver. The clinker g 



cit off first, followed bv Mimic, 



until lac .alter Iwo K „i '•,,.,< Ik-I <•(! ' ' 



\V. Same order was kept np 

 n (be Narrows, by a long tow 



niile-eoursc off Marble- 

 UCO.U. ymj. u «ixk ago we wrote: rrera seems a trifle too full in body 

 to be driven, and we should prefer her chancer ... light weather That 

 ■ >ur preference was well grounded Is shown In this flrsi race. The 

 wind was l.ghl from soulhwest and ilera llnished in 3:2:7. with l.illle 



Largetums'changei'l baml^'on {l!T<Tn^'' J ib''rf i^iVfr'o,',' 'k'c'k' '•'- 

 load hue. lift. Sin. beam will, a draft of 7ft. Sin. l.illle is lisft! Cfn.'on 

 d. •■•!.. Bijft. Oiu. on the Hue, lift, beam and Oft. tlrafl. Hera has con: 

 si.iei-able weight on her keel, and l.illle is an old centerboard altered 

 by the addition of a deep wooden keel, 



SAN FRANCISCO YACHTING.-Stone has got a 60ft. steam 

 launch under way, and Farmer is building a small cathoat. Schooner 

 Ariel has bad a lead keel bolted on and a llennuda mainsail instead 

 of (be gall sail. Tunic, has Spreekels' new Snff. schooner in inline. 



A. u)os,|„,io race torsi, ml ats is contemplated in San Francisco 



harbor, all to measure less than thirty five feet. 



OSWEGO REOATTA.-Tbe winners at the Oswogo regatta, sailed 

 August JO, were Katie Oray, of Trcnion, (hst prize; Uracil!, of Belle- 

 ville, second: Laura, of Oswego, third, and Ella, of Oswego, fourth, 

 (nirliclil, of Kingston, crossed the finish second, but una ruled out 

 for folding the Uracie. 



ATALA.NTA.-Com. Vermilye, A. Y. 0., airived in his schooner in 



Habla.v harbor Aug. 31, and willreluru to the southward the mi.ldlu 

 or this month. 



^Lnmvtr$ fa @omgpondmt$. 



H. B„ Lancaster, Pa.— The rifle will do very well. 



Nassau.— see our last issue for New Jersey rail shooting locality. 



J. B.S., New York.— There is no mention of the "meadow ben" in 

 New Y ork law, 



TV; H. B., Boonton.— We. should ride that the ball ought to be 

 scored as broken by the shooter. 



Sayvillk.— It is not probable that we shall publish a compendium 

 of Forest and Stkeam iehtbyological matter. 



J. E. L., Torringlon, Conn.— The measure of powder is arbitrary 

 Take a Dixon's measure, which is usually accepted, as your gauge. 



D. D.— You want one of the Boker guns which combine two shot 

 barrels with a third ritle barrel, or else an auxiliary title barrel which 



lay be inserted into the shotgun barrel. 



G. H. t Canal Fulton, Ohio.— 1. Belton was by Sykes' Dash, out of 



Oaisy «)„, was litter sister,',-, ,W. ,-| n,,'s !:„-,, I,:,,;, ,-, , •,,, M , , ., 



of Belle. 2. Belton is the sire of Sanborn's Nelly, 

 A. S.— I would like to buy a nice setter dog. a good ranger and 



staunch. Do you know of one? Ans. A card inserted in ouradvertis- 

 ing columns will bring you the desired information. 



E. C. L.— It would he cheaper to buy a hammerloss gun than to 



have ) our present . _ 



lime that you 



gun-makers. 



inverted. If, however, you like the barrels, 

 add have the work doue by any of the ham- 



Woo ncocK, Matteawan 



authorized in Dutchess c 



in such county modifying the 

 season opened Sept 1 . Game t 



N. Y.— "When is the shooting of woodcock 



•inty, N. Y.:< is there a special law in force 



ieral State law r Ans. Woodcock 



ot bo killed for market purposes. 



J. M., Baltimore.— Is there any work giving instruction in fly- fish- 



rn.tr, , "ir is it to he acquired onli by observation and practice-.' Ans 

 ■] ,,e best American work is "The American Angler -.s Book," bv Thad- 



'"-'If: ''-,'-■ I :., f lit till. -i-,i and cot. i :, i, e -,,; '1 V |i.:l,iie. ,1 u I ill' I cine 



Price 86.80. Wo can furnish it. B J g ' Q S ' 



D. H.P.— 1. Y"ouwill find good Chesapeake ducking at Havre de 

 Grace. 2. The bay is full of professional shots now. and there is no 

 room there for market shooters. 3. For map go to Col ton -s. in Wil- 

 liam su-eei. iiu.s cii .1. ,\ t-ood book on liicsulijici i s I.t.ng's "Amer- 

 ican Wildfowl Shooting," published by .1. B. Ford ,£ Co., (his city. 



H. W., Shelbyville, Ind.— WiU you please inform me through vour 

 pajier where 1 can procure blacl: bass irv. rh,- proper .,-;;<„„ lo blunt 

 then, and what they will cost:- Ans. Wr'ii,- vour Mac' Fist, (-..muris- 

 sioncr, Mr. Calvin Fl-lcher. Sj.encer. (H^:,\- n. We know ,.f no 



black bass. Waters are usually stocked with n'dulis. '""'''' "'" ° 



K. K. K., Philadelphia— Is there a gun made for shooting a small 

 harpoon with cord attached that could be used fort-niching porpoises' 

 It so where are Ihey made or sold? Ans. Yes, harpoon guns are used 

 In the whale fisheries. They are somewhat similar to swivel guns 

 \.. u can probably procure such a gun through nnv house ot gmi 

 j|™ 1 j'J s . or if not, by applying to the New England 'whale-ship om- 

 it. T. W., Jersey City.— Has any one as yet succeeded in breeding 

 quail in confinement, and if so with u hut 'success- i ,-sk the ouesiion 



I "Use 1 would like lo Irv (he experiment and also prohl soiue't h at 



by the experience of those who have preceded me in the attempt 

 Acs. Quail-rearing experiments haw been made in i his eonuirv tor 

 nit. re i ban a quarter of a century, but no one has vet ImH m,t- r M f <,„... 

 cess at it. Our files contain many articles 

 K. W. T., Brum 



1 the 



:k, Ga.— What is a "pompano" fish? What is ius 

 usual size anu wnere found? Are (hev generallv considered a del- 

 icacy? Ans. The pouipuno (Southern coast), eavall ■ cr.-vdl.. 



(South Carolina) Tnu-lu/imhis caruliitux, is a llsh found in salt 

 water all along I he Soul hem coast. Itisafish of ..tal s| mp e com. 



in.-ssetl laterally, colored olive on the back and shading l 'l,t i ,-l 



» w .3 i ' " w( t'"? lls about a pound and is considered one of the best 



of fishes at New Orleans and New Y'ork; at. the hitler plate ii some- 

 time,, s.-iis as In"!] as a dollar per pound. An excellent figure is given 

 by kilhourn, in "The Oa.no Fishes of ihe Fniied Slates, " accompanied 

 by an equally good ilescr.plion bv l'rof. (i. Brown (b.oile | ,,, veins 

 ago ibe Us), was unknown in New York markets. ' 



Field Glass, Cincinuali.— I was greatly pleasBd with vour ,.,:, ,- 

 esting edllorial on "The use of the Field class' .,, F,„ rs-r ,'m,si,. hk .„ 

 dune 28. Il is a mallei- which is of great ir.t, ,-,-si „,„i inmon'nnce to 

 me, as I am sliglilh Inc. bled will, myopia, and having .,„.„, 1-s, 

 summer in Colorado «itli nothing bm an opera e|.,.s p, nssisi n,v 

 siL'hl. I soon found (hat son. filling more pow-rfufwas n'.-ces'sai v. h 



if so we should be glad to 



Ida fb IkutKKLs. Ionia, 

 civ any limes, li 



NEW Y'ACftTS. 



Mr 4 c,'- 



a Uoslnn owner, a; 









tithe I,, 



yr p;,,-l w, 



will no .low -.., 





the imp,. e..„,ci,l 





IJlaccd a,. 









iron Inside. Mr. 









thick ...... las., and 





70.1. wa..- 



i water lim 



sesson for tlesiguci 



sbitlsfair K 



id a design fo: 

 draft, i.e.- 



ad 111 wide a 



SALEM BAY Y. C— Unrt, 



Uuder auSpioea of the Salem Bay Y. C. 

 id August a9 in the bay The famous 



The famous l.illi, 



NEW srifVKY. - Long Island Sound is uow being rcsurveyed by 



•?, A. S - CuaM ''"' i; ',' >,1, ' ,i '' Survey, Five parlies are In the field 



, witn the steamers (.ednev and .-.id, man and two schooners. It will 



take till imr, to finish the work, (hough it will be pushed with vigor 



I and detail charts issued as fast as harbors are plotted. 



the directions 



ise you lo send 

 IJ of 111, linns 

 bllows: Tinct. 

 le; sulphate of 

 finely ph",r up 



£WSI£ 



in ii.u, ■!-, ami 

 t wire scratch 



THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE vVIND, as the dog said at 

 Pairxuont last Mondaywheu "he became a statue of carven 

 rock." 



