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YACHTING NEWS. 



NKW ctttes. Di ion, South B03ton,lwve got out the 



■-• ■ ■ -■ ■ . w cutl r tor Mr. 1 ■ ■■'■ ■• ol L'hll&del- 



pbla. v ■ " o i ■, i '.:•.;.. 



will ... . . cu t in. mi w an i line, i li. diafi nod s 



tt oe 'ii. I'hi ■ Is C whir* oak idtdlOX inc i ■-. Hi Ii " ■ 



lut' 10. i Iij. in] i i-.o bottom, 'i .1" .i. ■ . . . ' ''in", "' 



lo,, moui(leU4 in. ai l In- lr> ■ -. ■ - niain.ai ibe brail ; spaced 



21 In. ;i|' '.i i mi .in -I'm !■■ . i> ■ • I 



' l ' In, Allacbed 10 i!i ). . '- "I !":.'. ,' : .-l"oe 



l -, Bolted Ml ii 15 M ■ i . : i •■ ' ■ i. ! ■ | ■•inn. "r, • in :- ' 



DWiigsi '"in ' in on '■'""■ ■ i. 'i 03 " I - e ends. Ctn plan Ids 



is hi hard plae, i . In. tii s, 1 rop, 3ld< sand Igopli tlk3i inn 

 tuo entire length The flush dec. - ■ ■ c ■-■ r ..■• • 0"-. ..... i . 



Btarnbard.— Job* 



crrn. 

 ghlps. ii. .1. Law 

 eii'juyii. Heisi 

 iK-inhi.i. lobe« 

 (or Mr. Auguslu: 



n. beam and i tc 

 draft than ens' 

 will have tOUi ' 

 builder has und< 



wonderful pace I 

 Belli into our he 



been exploded. 1 



boston, sound in 



boat 19 ii. 



thai, ye sal ■■ I .. 

 sin:, would Kiiuiit 



101 .ii p 



ular, healiliv, sole sport, so ;.u 10 reach til 

 ■ usand nonest boats of SO It and on 

 n :.,.... .... ..i e half a dozen. 



BRITISH WINNINGS —Tin' BUTE total Bl 



racing yachts in iirtttsi] «v, .a.- '••.-■ :-.i- 



cups. Sebneuor Cor inla l.o:..i-: Urn list w 

 Large portion 01 which waa oaggi t) m Ulc 



ru 



I....-LL 



nomesijiiinirtw.., 



down from the last figure b 



JILIA.— Tins old-time cralt Is to cor 

 again to try Her luck ivIMi neem. p ndm 

 also be built by M r. Henry Ktoers ibis w 

 an offset agalnsl Some big visiilng cutte 

 job of hisTite utur out a ttatlron win 



■ ■::■ If SlOOp ligged. 



alterations to make tile. 6n 

 ir, she is but a second-rate i 



cancelled 



i or tills 



'onipauy, 

 .'i Ml- ol 



tflrtulluiUeconstrueuun . 

 probable. 



A HAD MEASURE.— A 1 

 oration tne proh.lbla.an at 



pan ill"'-' •■■■ I ' ig 



r ,.■ , . II vim. . : 



01 BlBVRttng it to 

 THE NKW CLUB. -<»« 



linri i'.'-i II ' ii.'.. .'.'i 



nam.."-: inii'r already been 



.. ivlnc il their com 



A 0EEV DBAVT.— Altl 



ences, \ve t ere bj .■■■' ,;•. 



... .i I,. |ii.i.i, i mi'ii,', 



■ ■ ii ■ " ' ' ■ ■' ' " 

 ; ,. ... , i . to 



Jr., Mr. I, amor, 

 a line seagoing 



u: excellent, pr'o- 

 ,nd ol tbe whole- 



t, ot New Vork, auiliimv to ball from Baltimore. 

 .HKT'i'K BOATS. Tire aceopianeeof tbe Uerresboff vedette. "boats 

 pinnaces bi in i.'i ..-. naval amiioi'iiles, alter exhaustive eotn- 

 n.ive tests wii n tbe btosi En^lish-omlt boars, is sruisraetorylis an 



Here le still leu in me United States knowledge 



tllng to published accounts. Hi" Uerresboff 



:- ir r 



ri'lli'i 



,-.,|nai 



It IB their 

 T sign lb ed 

 s. Among 

 gwtlH tbe 



( 'oir.\Tr.>S.-M 

 "by I.itivii ', 

 uu dock, ai on i lie 



i -, in , , i aam a id s ft. em. water, wnifly 



lCHT.— Mr. E. J. Ttod?p. of Middle Bass Island, 

 iel .-i . a , adit buili by David Bell, of Buffalo, 



, . I ' loi ■- . ' . - a b 'am and 4. ft. deep, with an 



Ol'.— Mr. Cbarles Flsli r -r, formerly Ovrner ot tbe 

 uu out In a llarniigfon-bullt keel next season, 

 it. 9 in. over all, ii fu on tbe line, and draws 5 it. 



. (iot'doii llennftt's lai'jre s..eai)rer, 2rri ft. long. 

 -il fniui W'rrrJ \- .Sl.ani oil's ji ard, at Newburgb. 

 ed Polynia, like Mr. Bennett's last vessel. 

 >er, sallluir under Soufb Boston Y. c. burgee, 

 araa in am ,..i''.s r'n's season. Tkal Is sensi- 

 jlng like raodincailon. 



..e will publlsb tbe plans and descrip- 

 Moe ot tbe latest date 



meeting .Jan. 25 for elec- 



Ing picked up 

 lOthUig lo sail 



ptswers in §j)orre8pondmt8, 



B. c. H.— Ana. i- \Ve liuve Willi en for information butgot no re- 

 ply. 2. ?5u to if inn, according to merit. 



A II. 1,., TitusvlUe 

 troubb d wllli worms 

 lor treatment. 



c. W. v., nasi lugs-ou-Uud?on.— Can a puppy fsetter) s monlbs old 



l nl r ill-. '- '-'L'.'.-r. I'letli'i-.r.' 7--|!on Tndlan 'ileal and lilllic. 



-. .n-, i .in. on. i . .. , , ' • |-. , iculars about the 



C. (J, 1., Peoria, 111.- 



CHOKE-BORING. 



A RECENT numbfir of this paper contained tbe following 

 quesiion and answer : 

 jr. L„ HoclieUe, III.— Does eboke-boring a gun enlarge tbe gauge? 



|-m, i. -I il_.- . ,: , ,.;l . -a'. 'a ,-ii ,','.., , ..I'.'.l '.. i ii , ii..' a '■!... 1" Sin I 



same as iiei'are. or will It take a No. 9'.' Ans. It takes tbe same sbce 

 01 . ii. ii as before. 



Commenting upon our reply to J. L., an esteemed contrib- 

 utor writes ■■ "You answered 'J. L., Hochclle, III.,' p. 305, in- 

 correctly. His gun is a Mo. 10 cylinder boro. Now, about two 

 iocbea at tbe muzzle remains the same iu choke-boring it, 

 but the balance of the bore ia enlarged to about No. 9 gauge, 

 hence it will require a No. shell. I would correct the error. 

 My tain is a No. 10 and I use a No. 10 shell, but for two 

 inches at the muzzle Ihebore is only about No. 11. The No. 

 of the shell conforms to the enlarged part of the bore, and 

 his will be No. 9 shell and No. 9 gauge." 



Were the Fobbsi and Stream in error, there is no one 

 from whom it would more gracefully receive correction than 

 from the writer of the letter just quoted. His long experi- 

 ence, practical knowledge and hunting lore, together with a 

 happy faculty of imparling iiis knowledge lo other and 

 younger members of the craft, give weight to what he may 

 say, and will always receive from us a respectful hearing. 

 Many valued contributions from his pen, on point blank 

 trajectory, el c. have enriched the columns of this journal 

 and done much to dispel false theories and to instil into the 

 mind of the sporting public a comprehension of some of the 

 fundamental principles Of the art of shooting. 



We beg in the present instance, howeyer, to question the 

 correctness of our friend's statements ; and will soon take op- 

 portunity of stating a few plain facts about the choke-boring 

 of guus, which may prove of interest to others. There is 

 nothing very mysterious about, the "choking" of a gun. 

 We hope to make it plain euough for the comprehension of 

 the veriest tyro. 





emant t 



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?e.rjirrle:,; 





lo :m i 



ill Willi a 



Ii 



at he rr 



reives it.. 



. What Is understood by a 



-■ riles are intern; 



omen dm 



ei-s and colt's! 

 Jnglsbot my 

 _. e doue wrong, so o'.ea-.e 

 f a dozen pellifs Indeed under lib 



-;.-;. ,. ii.. ii,. - ei ,a- v.',. .-- I .■ 

 e tbe shot Is lodged. Can anvi lire-. 

 vVe. nreglaa;] lliar .vo i are seu.-'ible ol 

 .tire. The shot thai can ire nil esc 



Cor I " J I v. iron i or IliolaO -no looaa 



a recommend, though several 



u on the monument erected 



i he i'arouesi Burdctr-Couti.s 

 oi BUckle or Edinburgh. TUe 



THE DOG IN ART. 



ONE of the good things of the season is an engraving en- 

 titled "Sympathy," representing a little girl, who has 

 probably been sent out of the dining-room for bad behavior, 

 silling on the stairs, iu a disconsolate attitude, her chin rest- 

 ing on her hand, while a flue modern bull-terrier sits by her 

 side, bis bead on her shoulder, and his eyes gazing comfort- 

 i n sari y into her face. 



An English firm has published a fine engraving of the cele- 

 brated rough-coated St. Bernard, Tell, formerly tbe property 

 of Rev. J. Cumming Macdona. The dog is represented hold- 

 ing a siick in his mouth, and standing by the side of a boy in 

 Highland costume. The original painting is by Mr. S. Car- 

 ter. 



We hear that Mr. J. M. Tracy, the well-known painter of 

 clogs' portraits, combined with beautiful landscape scenes, is 

 soon to occupy a sludio in this city. Schuyler and^ Dunne 

 have one of his original works on exhibition at their gun- 

 stoie iu Broadway. 



Many of the paintings, chromos and figures of dogs, which 

 are brought forth from time to time, are evidently not pro- 

 duced by students of Stonehenge's points. We have seen hi 

 the window of a fashionable uptown crockery store what is 

 intended to be a life-size, true-colored earthen figure of a 

 pug dog, but which possesses points of the pug, the blood- 

 bound, the bull dog and the mastiff. 



A prominent Broadway restaurant shows an excellent St. 

 Bernard portrait, iu crayon; a liver-colored pointei's head, 

 in oil ; and a French snipe-shooting scene, in oil. 



QUAIL IN CONFINEMENT, 



West Haven, Jan. fi. 



Editor Forest and stream : 



Having kept quail iu confinement several seasons for stock, 

 I will give my experience. I make a square coop large 

 enough to keep from eight to ten pairs. 'Iwo-thirds of the 

 way I put in a partition with a hole in centre of this parti- 

 tion large enough for them to run through into the rear part. 

 This hole contains a slide-door from top on outside, so that 

 the birds can be shut in while cleaning the front, and vice 

 versa. The front is made entirely of slats, placed so near 

 that they canuot get their heads through to injure them. 

 The back part ia made quite dark, with door for cleaning. 

 In front part is a trough to slide, with end projecting so as 

 to give fresh water often. They require their dust bath 

 in confidement every day. This I provided for by sweeping 

 very dry dirt from some sunny place about a shed, placing it in 

 the front part of the coop. For feed, oats, buckwheat and 

 wheat screenings, given alternately, I maole my coops six 

 tVet long, four feet wide and two high. Top is of boards 

 with boles bored in. These coops two men carry every 

 morning iuto a warm, sunny place, and at night they are 

 returned into a building and placed on stools as uiah as con- 

 veni'iit, and are made to stand well out from the side of 

 the building. The , legs of bench should he covered with tin 

 or snmelhiijg to prevent ra's or mice getting at the birds. In 

 the above manner 1 have kept them without losing a single 

 bird. Warhkn Lowe. 





■ 







utieiadr, 



I'd racers ton 

 ed no i" a n die Instead 



ORE 

 a mil 



who follow d ii 



LlV 

 ,11.."' 



'i.e 'la'ii 

 aT.'C 



'.innate 

 !iis beloved master 



00, 



rati ft. load-] ■ - 



and o. ■■ . 

 refusing to 







or to the gray.;, 

 .'..-spot 







jind T 



: . has been e*erclstii I Ii f 11 



igenulij "a n block for Air. S. K. l'ialt, N. v. T. ' - 



a in '" It 'ill .a.-. I i I'ii Ol i'.a. I 



.laiufii'jto load lint, With 36 o i 



Sin. dratu Eor racing over the club course in the lower bay 



The magnitude to Which tlie seed business has grown in 

 ibis country is an indication of the extension and Cultivation 

 of a truer tu.-t,e fiji the useful and the beautiful, and an evi- 

 dence that our people are becoming more appreciative and 

 intelligent citizens, We cheeiluliy hail all who further 

 tla 2BC tnosl desirable ends. Foremost of all arc the grea* 

 s ed oo. o1 Oi it, ""oio, 11. M. Ferry eo Co., who, by 

 untiring energy and i ;enuine zeal in their business, have 



o re than ny other house in Ihe country to spread the 



! and cultivate the taste for intelligent gardening. 



Send lo them fur their Illustrated Seed Aunuai for 1882, sent 



v Lo apply, and which none who love the beautiful 



should be without. 



CLUB ELECTIONS. 



Yonkehs Yacht Cr.un.— Oillcers for 1S83: A. J. Prime, 

 Commodore; C. T. Mercer, Vice-Commodore ; F. W. Post, 

 Fleet Captain ; C. E. Barry, Secretary ; Johu Nesbitf, 

 Treasurer? W. Allison, Measurer; J. A. Post, Steward; 

 J. Devoe, W. H. MeVicker and T. L. Moltrna, Trustees. 



iNtw Yoniv Sennta/.EN Corps.— Officers for 1883 : Cap- 

 tain, Her, 1). Basoh : F. W. Merteus, Rcc. Sec.; EI. D. 

 Gerdts, Fin. Sec; H. Rottger, Cor. Sec; A. Steffens, 

 Treas. ; H. Ren ken, Custodian ; F. Harenburg, Adjutant. 



"Murder Most Potrn." I'ue Bo ton ITa-ahi reports this 

 incident ; A somewhat sin tuilar affair occurred at the deer 

 park on the Common a few days since. An old and fat buck, 

 for a longtime the "boss" of the rieer herd which Boston 

 maintains for the edification of its citizens and bucolic 

 strangers, took it into his head, on Thursday las'— lime, 

 about 5 o'clock in the evening— to shed his horns. As slated, 

 iieliael long ruled abs ill Le monarch of the herd, there being 

 none so bold as to dispute his sway. He had Eeeured line 

 proud position by virtue of his superb H strength and sagacity, 

 aud he had exercised his authority n)lh ru imaU degree of 

 tyranny, malting himself particularly obnoxious to the young 

 bucks, who were constantly bemoaning his interference in 



