[Not. 19, 1882. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



317 



With such people an ir 

 phere of a for - at 

 upon veracin , and a Ubi 

 nursery yarns will soiiuc 



A.Ba tact, tellowine - 

 titan many another wait 



business man crossing o: 

 larger risks ami puts 

 brother plowing the brii 

 to shipping arise, not IV. 

 hut from reckless disreg 

 \ -•-' i n totheirsc 



g atmos- 

 ion than 



■on Iheir 



fTO »B COKTrSCTiD.] 



LAKE YACHTING. 



Editor Finv.it unci Stream: 



The nipping frosts of the last few nights admonish us that the 

 .'.■idiiingsc:.-..,!! iviil ven soon be closed, tn fact it has virtually 

 closed hero and at the ports on Lake ( Uitario, tin- only sailing craft, 

 now in commission hero being I In- Grucic, which is always the first 

 to begin and the last t\i end the work of tin- season. 



The Atalanbi an feed a few days ago. having had a long and hard 

 experience iu the Erie Canal, and a verv i ougfi atebi i in She lake on 

 her way hither from Oswego. She has been "laid "up for the winter 

 here, and in the spring will he thoroughly overhauled and taken to 

 Toronto, where it is expected a purchaser will be found for her. 



The past season was the most success: 

 new, that has occurred on the lower lal 

 While the sport has shown a slight declii 

 briskly in Toronto and Oswego, aud I 

 most to make or sustain a reputation, ha 

 Aileen. and the light-draft contcrhoard 

 carries a double head rig. as does also th 

 uately, in all the matter's that toolcplace 

 and. in some instances, changeable as w< 

 with a gentle zephyr, Belleville tollove 

 ami the'ibri-i- i ev'r., .:n,_ given :r, Toro 

 and Toronto yacht clubs were favored > 

 weather. 



The handsome Herresh off steam yacht Nereid, owned by Mr. Jay 

 0. Smith, of Utica, N. T., with her owner and Judge Sutton, of Utica, 

 aboard, paid a visit to our harbor last week. She was much ad- 

 mired in all respects, but particularly as regards her coil boiler and 

 herlight, though powerful, engine. 



■ '.'■ . I'd . ' ■ .,vr 7: " ', '" .'.■ 'i .-in: i,,. 



the coming winter, convert his keel sloop Sylvia into a cutter, and 

 replace her present iron keel and inside ballast of iioa with a four- 

 ton keel of lead. With sueli alteration it is quite on the cards that. 

 the Sylvia may astonish the nativef 



ing point of 



IB wind was very light, 

 Oswego slarted the ball 

 with more of the same, 

 by the Royal Canadian 

 b similar unsatisfactory 



Belleville, Ont. 



Po 



HPIIE owner 

 1 Suppose! 

 Blower over a 



ceivo in ei-elu 

 double the ao< 

 cool cabins in 



The logic of 



not even not 



sacrifice of ; v. 

 baa recently c 

 be expected b 

 our sloops, be 

 appeal to the 



A VERY GOOD EXCHANGE. 



r of a now famous cutter expressed it to us i 



tTaci 



this was 



ir miniit. 

 lo 1 not n 



rid. but it 



t the trillil 

 the Bedou 



VAYU. 



THE water lines in the half-breadth plau of this cutter, illustrated 

 tost week, were taken from the builder's model, and represent 

 molding size. The frames are spaced I2in. between centers, every 

 third one being shown in the plans, and every alternate frame being 

 steam bent instead of sawn. 



WHAT IT COSTS TO KEEI' A YACHT.— Jt is said that the 



. ■,.-! of racing .. i. ■riy-tonner could be so much, even lor winning 



and copper which the 3-acht had this season would not, or ought not 

 to, have cost more than £500, including the ft casting of lead keel; 

 the wages of crew and extra hands £40d. and the prize money &50Q, 

 including bonus s to sailing master and pilot. This would make a 

 total of tl.luo. and this was the exact amount represented by the 

 prizes won: so, from a business point of view, the accounts, on my 

 estimate, balanced. As lo the odd .£1.11*1, surely the owner must 

 have Included his own personal expenses. — London Truth. 



LOG-LINE —A correspondent wishes to know why "such an old 

 salt like you ' marks a lead-line with overhand knots iustead of in 

 the regular seagoing fashion Because experience in sailing small 

 yachts has laughl us to use knots in preference to white and red rags, 

 strips of leather and nothing at all for the •deeps". The knots can 

 be counted by the touch at nighi and the rags require frequent 

 renewing, while the "deeps" have 10 be guessed at which is not close 

 enough work in a small yacht. We consider our plan much the 

 more advisable, and more readidy understood l>v casual amateurs 

 iheb'nc. 



EXTORTION A canoe stills,. em 

 article, the transportation of which 

 phauts, savages or diamonds iu bull 

 ROCine Shadow in Buit'alo. wished 

 winter, but the charges proposed ... 

 to risk and weight that it tool, exha 

 demands of the railroads ro someth 

 hope some day to see special rates ; 

 country. By the way, Mr. T. I'. F: 

 l-.uifalo. There ought to bo 11 thrivi 



) most railroads a dangerous 

 mill be classed wllh white ele- 

 A geulleinau hairing boughl a 

 ship her p. Florida for tlw 



C'AELK-IlEND.— Another old friend is greatly troubled at 1 



Inking two half hitches » ith the cud instead of onlv one as ,.,., 



liuioii book lore for bending u cable lo 



ridin 



9 loi 



:ope v 



• end had 1 



iglv breake 



d the single bitch 11 



seizing a 



with the small line m a r;ur wa, 



of leaving her bones on jagged rocks, since then we prefer to put 



confidence in two half hitches when bending small lines and advise 



others to do I lie same. 



ROYAL CANOE CLUB.— This pareut organization of canoeing 

 soiled seventeen races last season, the annual regatta having been 

 held at Teddingtou, July I, for which $125 aud four goblets were 

 offered in prizes, the purses ranging from 810 to S20. 



OBITUARY.— Mr. Geo. A. Osgood died Monday last at an advanced 

 ttge. I1b was well known os the owner of the schooner Fleelwing 

 and latterly of the steamer Corsair. 



Oiut Reader? will confer a fawn" by s, 

 t/f such of t/tsir friends n; <'/v tboi note « 

 of the Forest and Stream, bat who m 

 interested it Ou papj)r. 



NERVOUS SPORTSMEN. 



^OltE of the most e.nthu 

 \? to know are but set 



able t 



*Y0id a phi 



same if a. bird or ci 

 by the dog. 

 'An ungovemabl 



tootmtuble obstac 

 shooting. K such a man 

 will be at the moment of m 

 indifferent its t-, the result 

 The. only remedy that c 

 recollect yourself, make cc 

 and eager as to the result :c 

 are difficult qualiie 

 writing. They should bot) 

 be must never hope to 1 

 though when perfectly fr 

 may shoot as well ns the I) 

 however, u-bU seldom shoe 

 leads to nervousness aud 

 danger, but assuredly disc. 



|M'ov:.'.'l 111.-' i-.il i:i_ a, ti 1 



ivbaek, ••Marksoian,'' in Lho reprint 

 1 many of his remarks hit oft' the 



in who, do what they will, are un- 



pidation, palpitation, or state of 



'i 1 . 1 n - rjog at its point; aud the 



, siuideiilv without 1 oing pointed 



f your shot, ' Coolness ami dei 



to teach, whether verbally < 



1 be inherent in the sporteraa 



citemei 



to the s 



kill, art 



Nervi 



ing the: 



I his 



eve 



in the land. 



bieh not only" incur 

 the young sportsman, and 

 SOUttblo distances. 

 tnd and Hrm but quiet nerve are among the. high- 

 liecessr.ry qualifications of a good shot. If pos- 

 sportsmau he. is certain with perseverance and 



Shooting sves ri.se to the nerves aud confidence 

 r. but the tear of uot hitting, and over-anxiety to 



-'ii generally find the greatest difficulty in keep- 

 's free from excitement when a bird 'is coming 

 .rds them or when the dog points aud they are 

 [tot. 



11 is tremulous or excited, whether at the noise 

 s of birds springing from the ground or otherwise, 

 1 unsteady and diiYeronl aim to that which ho 



lo person cannot shoot well, or at all events onlv 

 nd calculating moments. They are too hasty iu 

 lent. Xo matter how near a birds gets up "the 

 :iy levelled at it regardless of range, and geuer- 



insti 

 ally the bit- 



iNervous men usually shoot best when by themselves. In 

 presence of strangers they invariably shoot badly, some 

 through the vexation and annoyance of being considered bad 

 shots, of losing the reputation, or of being beaten by inferior 

 sportsmen. 



Feelings of envy and disappointment are sure to produce 

 bad shooting. Borne men when shooting become envious of 

 their more, successful companions; perhaps plodding, unpre- 

 tending fellows, with cool and steady nerves, who seldom 

 miss a fair shot, and who soon tot up a heavy bag, to the mor- 

 tification of their envious and disappointed companions. 

 When the nervous sportsman misses at lair range, it is either 

 because his trigger-finger is uot quick enough in obeying liis 

 aim, or having got the right aim. he does not keep the gun 

 moving as the bird moves long enough to insure the shot strik- 

 ing where be intends. 



It is impossible 10 attach too much importance to the con- 

 sideration of these .matters; the disregard of them is fre- 

 quently the cause of missing a very fair shot, for if the finger 

 en sin any way, or fails tn act hi conceit with the eye, the 

 bird is inevitably missed. There must be no momentary pause 

 —the flying object is rapidly moving— an imperceptible in- 

 stant between the moment of true aim and that of drawing 

 the trigger causes u delay in the ignition of the powder, and 

 so the bird Hies away unhurt by reason of the shot Hying be- 

 low or behind it. 



Nervousness is not a fault, but a failing, or rather a misfor- 

 tune, particularly in one desirous of becoming a good shot. 



If a man is naturally nervous, be seldom or never shoots 

 well, particularly in the company of others; but if, possessing 

 the.otnor essential qualifications, he cau get the better of the 

 failing, there is no reason why he should not in the course of 

 I ime shoot well. Borne who have attained high distinction in 



early performances; so with cricket, and some other games 

 of skill, nervousness is a great impediment to good play, but 

 as the player warms to the game he improves, because the 

 discomposure abates, and accordingly ho plays with skill and 

 precision. So with shooting: if tin sportsman, possessing 

 other good qualifications, linds that by practice tie can over- 

 come the nervous feeling, he never need despair of becoming 

 a good, or even— -The Dbad Shot,' 1 in Land anil Water 



ople 



1 1. civ are 111 

 inl-s: there are 

 nd 27p whippcrs-in. 

 leets per week, and, allowing that 

 many nines £600 as it hunts 

 a total of i.£V>,(Xw as an aii- 

 eded to keep the various estub- 

 alargas no must be added the amount 



HCXTINfl EXPENSES IN ENGLAND.— Judging from 

 the recently published lists of hounds, hunting shows no signs 

 of decaying during the season of lsK3-fl. Some idea ofthe 



tabic' Mist on the list"conn'- the s?a^!„e.unls. ol wovii there 

 are in England fen packs, containing iu the aggregate M5>$ 



nineteen professions 



packs, made up of ii 



lliy huntsmen and 



These packs give 4- 



each pack costs 



in a week, we 



proximate amount 



lishments going. Tt 



spent by those riilinj. 



shoeing of their horses, and the requisite saddlery. Say that 



on an average there are not more than Uibmeti in each hunt 



pice- ut the iowiiguie ofi'50 each; that gives 14,100 men with 

 •Jo-SOl) horses, aud then value £1,44(1,000. The keep of these 

 horses amounts to a very large sum. which finds its way into 

 is - and corn dealers' pockets. Then as regards'labor. 

 at the different kennels stablemen, feeders, second 

 ;euien, mid stud grooms, while the followers of the hounds 

 it of course, keep their grooms aud helpers. Earth-stoppers 

 and game-keepers have also to be provided for, so that in one 

 way or another hunting causes a vast sum of uiouev to bo cir- 

 culated every year, much of which would, were' it not for 

 sport, In- spent abroad in more pleasant climates. - -full Kail 



<.'o..e"-. 



TROUBLE IN INDIANA.— An Associated Press dispatch 

 1 Chicago, No-.-. [4, reports; The Tollcston Club oi this 



the r 



The, 



1 



oil v 



ed • 



Indiana. They 

 and so Incurred 



,;..„. Inretu.lia 

 making it ;• misi 

 shot within it^ 

 poachers liave : 



ol 



fcunty, 



• law-'.. 



at see- 

 law 



i hunters is looked forward to. 



7 days ago C couple of 

 tig the arrest of Judge 



of this city and P. A. 

 y have been bound over 

 f exporting game from 



sportsmen and market 



Jlnswerg to $oneH$(tnilmtji. 



DnunTFtt, Washington, D. P.— EI0J10 did not. 



A. H. b,, Easton, Md.— We know of no gum decoys. 



T. 7.1. 8.. New Bedford, Mass. We have not received the boolra. 



.f. L. Z.. Pew Turk City. Bee notes of New Jersey shooting iu 

 another column. 



.1. M. A., Coo 



,»ive you a go... 



11. P., Linda 



flection of the ( 



plans 



H. E. W., Newark, N. J. -Do you think 'J drams of powder iu a 

 gtra barrel would exert more than twO-Hlirda the now erof 3/irarns? 

 Ans. No. 



,vr. W - P.- Fort Plain, N. Y.-Your dog probably has chronic bron- 

 chitis. Give him three times daily two or tare,:, grains of iodide of 

 potassium. 



T. 0, L„ Little Utica, N. Y.-Hotmdiug deer is at all times forbid 

 den 111 at. Lawrence county. The season for shooting deer will close 



J. R. B , Montrose, Pa.-Wild 1 



a understand the St. Law- 

 be from Aug 1 ""' -"ii 



awful there. 



he sent on, and not kept there during th< 



T. C. L., Little Utica, New York.— W 



rence county iS.T.1 open deer season I j 

 her 1 , Hunting deer with dogs is uever J 



N.. New York.— Please explain the meaning of the terras 80 ton 

 gas, 4tl-lb gun. 0-lb. gnu, or pounder. Ans. The 50-ton nun is one 

 that weighs eighty tons; the other weights are those of the respec- 

 tive sizes of shot fired. 



E. J. 8., Worcester. Mass.- Wants the address of a bear hunter in 



Arkansas who will guide him lo .e-eoil lew.- limiting in January Per- 

 haps K. J. 8. will find what he wants al Crockett's Bluff, where 

 Byrne" will give him some help. 



W. H. S., Germantown, Pa.— If your gnu scatters too much you 

 may have it re-choked closer. Perhaps you do not load it rightly 



Try various eharu-ies of powitei-und shot., and by exoeri nt see if 



you cannot make it shoot close enough. 



A Ruff Gkouse, Cleveland, O— Wants "good partridge shootinir 

 within twenty or thirty miles of Cleveland, near some railroad Or 

 if r cannot Hint such a place, where can I find an abundance of rab- 

 bits f My work will pcniu tmy being away but a day or two at a time " 



huh 



tie on the highes 



'off 1. e 



it adopt this 1 



» shoot off for first, second, etc. 



prescribe the 

 ''class-shoot- 

 .here aro tics 

 lakes second 

 IS third lor if ties, 

 le, ihen those who 



W. P. W., Boston, Mass.— Please give the pedigree of Waters's 

 Grouse. Ans. Waters's Grouse is by Grouse, out of ltonip Grouse 

 byl-' y's Tramp out of Fay's black and Ian bitch, name unknown 

 Romp is by Horace Smith's Grouse (Bruce-Flv) out of Cora ll" 

 (Horace Smith's Bruce-Cora), Bruce was by Capt.' Sipple's dog, out 

 of the celebrated Bonwell bitch, who was by the Carter dog and 

 out 01 Gddersleeve'sTip. Cora, imported in utero, by BufT. out of 

 Uen. Sargent's Fanny. 



S D. Hampshire, N. Y. -In the town of Caulstco, Oct. 87, ahuntei- 

 shotadecras white as snow, except a little irruy about its face and 

 ears; the rest o; us body was all as white as snow. Is it not very 

 uncommon? 1 he man saved the skin whole except the feet. Con it 

 be mounted by a taxidermist so it will look natural? If so. would it 

 be of much value: Ans. White deer are rare. See some interesting 

 notes 011 the sul.jeet in ..in- issues of May 11 and as, and June 3 and 

 li>. 1SH2. A taxidermist could mount the skin. We cannot say whal 

 Us value would be J 



A Reaj>kr, Philadelphia— 1. Will the use of No. 10 wads with 

 brass shells, in a No. t& sun, 8 lbs. weight, 80 inch barrels, choked to 

 throw 3l~' out of SOU pellets of shot in a 30 inch circle at 40 varus 

 bulge or otherwise injure the barrels? 2. Are brass shells preferable 



is of MOW- 



r.l n. 



• for 



ich a gu 



his 1. No. 



will probably ge: be 



'J. Ye 



uad 



Wf.st Imues, Havana.'— 1, Whit 

 December shooting in Florida or 

 of convenience to both places froi 

 ly to be found? 4. Wh.u guns an. 

 tlio purpose.? 5. What is the rami 

 In both places? (J. What clothes < 

 to be found? 6. Any m.h.-.itic; 

 parties to apply to forgetting K'uii 



the best places for general 



a. Whieii are the 'meant! 



ma? :i. What gameisllke- 



miiions are best lltted for 



liivd - 7. Are suitable dogs 

 > reliable and experienced 

 Us, teams if required, and 

 . ...11 lie greatly appreciated. 

 Ans 1. (..iiotbe Lake his.suiimee country 111 Florida, via Florida 

 houiherii Railway: 01 1,, U h.-.riou eoindy. Texas, where you can 

 1011I I--.. . i....ir.i in 1 to. i..-^ for --j ,,,1 t ,, s-i.,1,, p,. r ^^•^.^.l; l w ith saddle 

 Jiorse at a., cents 10 s-l.i'O per day. -e. siennichlp, railroad, horse. 

 and mule. .1. Deer, turkejs, ducks, geese, snipe and onail. 4. 

 Double barrel shotguns, with an assortment of shot, namely. Nos. 4s to 

 Us for ducks; 13s 10 ios for geese and turkeys: bucushoi for deer- 

 Hs to Ills lor sni|.e and quail. You mighl lake a ride for doer! 

 a. In Hie Morida region, about liti degrees. We do not know the 

 lexas temperature, e. Light and. strong Shooting suit. See adyer- 

 liseineiits. ?. If you have, a good dog, take it w ith you ; well trained 

 dogs are not numerous there. 8, You will probably have no difflcul- 

 ••--istance, if you announce yourself as a 



irtsmai: 



$,ew §ablii{<ition$. 



Gue.von on Milch Cows.— A treatise upon the bovine species iu 

 general Translated from the French by Tlios. J. Hand. Illustrated 

 New \ orfc: Orange, Judd &. Co., 751 Broadway. 



KATt Sandohkk'h Scnsiiixe Calendab.— A handsomely Illustrated 

 wall calendar, with a selected bit of poetry for each da}- iu the year 

 Compiled by Kate Sanborue, aud published by James yt Ostro'od A- 

 Co.. Boston, or C. T. Dillingham, New York. 



X. w. \ vnii A Soy's American Newspaper Annual, 1WW, contains a 

 carefully prepared list of all newspapers and periodicals in the 

 United Mules m „i Canada, arranged by Stales In geographical s,. l; . 

 lions, and by towns in alphabetical order. It gives the Population 



and Territory as a whole, an 

 giving valuable information 

 agricultural products, princi 

 and soil, location, area, etc 

 mcut of newspapers in each 

 giving the number of each t 



; ids. 



llbilsuc. 



ilsdelil, 



•laic. Territory und prov- 

 iwns in which papers: are 

 < comity seats. Complete 

 lib., giving fust I he Infer- 



".UhCei!. is.- ill i'i 1' I i" 



work of iis" kind. Price 



