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FOREST AND STREAM. 



averaging four pounds. Same day Judge. Eand, of Indian- 

 apolis, made a string of twenty. Wednesday Judge Rand 

 caught twenty-three, and on Thursday caught twenty-six. 

 A. B. Miner caught fourteen black bass in tour hours. S. H. 

 Turrill, of Chicago, 111., beamed on your humble servant this 

 afternoon. lie is on his way to St. Clair Flats for a two 

 weeks' fishing and shooting. " W. 



Piper, Nassau St.— The double cut on one of our advertising pages, 

 to which you refer aB having seen in our paper last week, appears also 

 this week. It" does not represent a pair of Indian Clubs, as you infer 

 but two bottles of the celebrated Piper-Heidsick Champagne, of which 

 Mr. John Osborn. 45 Beaver street, is agent. 



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Antelopb and Dicer of America. — This is the title of a 

 new work, edited by Judge J. D. Caton, LL. D., of Ottawa, Illinois. 

 Probably no one has had better opportunities tor observation than Mr. 

 Caton, who has for many years kept all the speeies enumerated in his 

 ■work in domestication, the moose and caribou excepted. Moreover, 

 he has ever been an ardent hunter, a close observer, and has made 

 natural history the by-no-means secondary feature that it frequently is 

 with spoitsmen. The first division of the work is devoted to the An- 

 telope, prong-horn or cabri (Antilocupra americana), in which the 

 doubts regarding the deciduous character of the horns of the animaj 

 are set at rest. Its horns constitute one of the most remarkable fea- 

 tures which distinguish It from other ruminants. This animal, ob- 

 serves the author, 



"Has a deciduous hollow horn which envelops a persistent eore, 

 whicn is a process of the skull, like the core of the persistent horns of 

 other ruminants. This shell is true horn, and hae the same general 

 system of growth as other horns, although it Is cast annually like the 

 antlers of the deer, and so reveals to us an intermediate link between 

 those ruminants which have persistent, and those whUh. have decidu- 

 ous, corneous appendages. Only the lower part of this horn is hollow, 

 the core extending up scarcely half its length. "When the horn is ma- 

 tured, the portion above the core is round and well polished, and is 

 black, except that the top is frequently of a white or dull yellowish 

 shade. The lower part, which is hollow, is flat, thinnest anteriorly, is 

 striated and rough, with more or less hairs on the surface till they are 

 worn off. No annular ridges, as is usually observed on the hollow 

 horns of other ruminants, are observed. These ridges result from the 

 growth of t'ne horn being principally at the base, while the growth of 

 the horn of this animal commences at the top and proceeds downward 

 to the base." 



Much light is alBO thrown upon the habits of the animal, and its 

 capacity for domestication 8s observed In the author's parks ; and we 

 are told of the faculty it possesses of weeping when in affllctio" 

 When domesticated the antelope becomes very affectionate, following 

 his master, and evincing in behavior as much sagacity as a dog. 



Of the deer, eight distinct and well-defined species are enumerated, 

 viz.: The moose (Cents aloes), the wapiti (C. canadensis), woodland, 

 and Arctic caribou (C. Uirandus and C. tttrandus arctica), mule deer (C 

 ■macrotes), Columbia black tail (ft columoiamu), the common deer (ft 

 virginianus), and the Acapulco variety (C. acapulco). 



Of the moose and caribou, Mr. Caton derives his information from 

 the observations of others, notably the interesting work of Capt. 

 Campbell Harely ; but of the remaining varieties he speaks from care- 

 ful personal study of live specimens observed in his own grounds. 

 After describing the habitat, ailment, chase, form, size, coat and habits 

 of each, considerable space is given to the comparison of the species ; 

 but the most attractive pages are those devoted to subjects but little 

 treated of by naturalists, particularly the effects of emasculation upon 

 the growth of the antlers. 



Although the Lapps have long practiced castration of their reindeer 

 used for draught purposes, no appreciable effect of the operation on the 

 antlers seems to have been noticed by them ; but in numerous in- 

 stances we are led to believe they shed and renew their antlers annu- 

 ally, the same as the perfect animal. The author accounts for this 

 phenomena from the fact that the operation is a very imperfect one, 

 the glands being crushed instead of excised ; as in some instances-, 

 where the operation was more complete, the antlers were not actually 

 shed, but broken off above the pedicle when rendered brittle by being 

 frozen through. Experiments revealed the fact that if the deer be 

 castrated at any time after the antlers are so far matured that the 

 velvet may be removed without injury, they will invariably drop off 

 within thirty days ; and that in this case, as well as when the buck is 

 * antlerless, new antlers will sprout at. the usual time at which th-y 

 commence growing on the perfect animal, progressing in the same 

 manner until they hav s attained very nearly the same size as those 

 cast off. These, however, never fully perfect their growth, and never 

 lose their velvet, in which a moderate circulation continues. As the 

 season returns for the > enewing of the antlers, those of the emascu- 

 lated deer take on new growth, which, however, is entirely expended 

 in increase of diameter of the persistent horn, and in throwing out 

 tubercles upon the same, which are, however, always covered by vel- 

 vet. When, as in some instances, the cold froze through and caused 

 the snapping off of these persistent antlers, it was found that in the 

 Bpring the stumps gave out new shoots, smaller somewhat than their 

 predecessors, which grew until the season for the losing of the velvet. 



Much valuable information has been put forth by Mr. Caton on the 

 subject of hybridity of deer, and he is inclined to the belief that there 

 are hardly sufficient differences between the wapiti and the stag to 

 justify their being acknowledged as different species. This theory is 

 strengthened by the experiments made by Prince Pless. in Silesia, in 

 1862, who introduced the American elK among his red deer herds, 

 where they freely crossed, the progeny interbreeding, stowing that 

 ecfundity of these hybrids was net Impossible. 



The volume closes with au account of the diseases peculiar to the 

 cervine race, the methods of hunting, peculiarities of the flesh of each 

 species, and the characteristics of their respective skins. The author 

 has dealt with his subject in a most able and exhaustive manner, cor. 

 6titutuig a most important addition to North American zoology. 



—Adulteration in wine is a minor evil, since comparatively tew 

 drink wine. But adulteration in tea and coffee is more dangerous, and 

 a similar fraud in soap a positive sin Therefore a new article, known 

 as B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Soap, has been put on the market recently, 

 nnscented, except, by the natural violet odor of the purest vegetable 

 oils, so that the buyer knows he procures an article perfectly free from 

 any evil element. 



England's "White Whale. — The whale which was a short 

 time ago transported from the Coney Islsnd Avuarium, New 

 York, to the Zoological Gardens, London, died there three 

 days after being placed in the tank. The disease, as deter- 

 mined by a post-mortem examination, was pneumonia, the re- 

 sult of a cold contracted during the voyage. The contractors, 

 in no way dismayed by this failure, have already contracted 

 for another specimec. Moved by the sufferings of the captive 

 as described in the London Times, Bishop Claughton has writ- 

 ten a letter to that paper, deprecating -'the repetition of so 

 cruel an experiment as the exhibition of a live,; whale at the 

 Westminster Aquarium."j 



HIGH WATER FOB THE WEEK. 





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Ekroes.— In the article that appeared in a late number 

 entitled " A Cruise Around Nantucket," are the following 

 errors: For "Tom Nevero Head" substitute TompSTever's 

 Head; for "Tockemuck," Tuckernuck; for "Sinsconsett," 

 Siasconset. 



Dorohestee Yacht Club— Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 13.— 

 The deep water regatta was sailed, over a course of 21 miles. 

 The summary is : 



SOHOOSEHS. 



Name. 



Owner. 



Length. Act. Time. Cor. Time, 



ft. in. h. m. s. h. m. s. 



Mist Weston 38 6 3 50 53 3 11 39 



Hermes Goodwirj 35 8 3 58 27 3 10 H. 



Breeze., 41 , 3 36 31 2 51 21 



0EOTEE-BOABD8. 



Shadow Bryant 34 6 3 28 8 2 43 20 



Way ward Sear- 44 10 1 23 48 Ruled out 



Violet Peabody 34 3 Failed to cross line. 



KMELS. 



Sunbeam Nickerson 25 2 3*56 28 2 49 29 



Gaul McCormick 29 1 3 56 30 2 59 40 



Unknown Chambers 23 10 3 59 47 2 49 41 



White Wing Chamook 22 9 4 28 5 3 15 13 



Qtjlncy Yacht Ct.ub— Ojf Mear's Hotel, Oct. 13.— The 

 closing regatta of the season was sailed for gold prizes, over a 

 course of — miles. The summary is : 



FIRST-CLASS. 



Name. Owner. Length. Act. Time. Cor. Time, 



ft. in. h. m, s. ir. m. s. 



Foily Sheppard 27 1 1 40 12 1 18 10 



Secret Biuney 23 3 Not taken. - 



SECOND-CLASS. 



Nattle ...Nicholson 20 6 1 41 00 1 15 19 



Ela ;.... Barker 20 % 1 52 00 1 23 52 



Psyche Clark IS 3 1 54 45 1 24 34 



Wildfire., Keith IS 1 1 55 00 1 24 30 



thled-class . 



Imp Maybury 16 10 1 38 45 1 12 34 



Dandelion Adams 17 5 1 38 30 1 12 57 



Elmer Chubuck 16 8 I 42 00 1 .15 38 



Annie Turner 16 8 1 47 32 1 21 10 



Bed Lion Morton 16 8 1 43 35 1 21 13 



Metropolitan Amateur Eegatta. — The first annual re- 

 gatta of the Metropolitan Association of Amateur Oarsmen, 

 came off on the Kill Von Hull course yesterday. The pro- 

 gramme included sis races, as follows : 



Six-oared gigs— Argonauta B A, Bergen Point, N J— C B Greene, 

 W T Taylor, B V B Schuyler, C E Dunbar, Edward Smith, Walter 

 Man, E M Benton (cox). Dauntless R C, Now York— F Gillelan 

 C E Knapp, H W Walter, H W Peckwell, W GDemareat, D Boaoh. 

 W r M Andrus (cox). 



Four-oared gigs — Carman B A, N Y — V G Audubon, D De Long, 

 A B Wilson, I Mangam, HAS Martin (cox). Vesper B C, States 

 Island— H S Pratt; I O Henderson. T H Pratt, C G Dedrickson, J 

 W Edwards (cox), Nereid B C, Brooklyn — J C Bergen, E T Nich- 

 ols, W Fehr, Jos P Earie, J C Egerton (cox). 



Four-oared shells — Argonauta — Walter Man, Ed Smith, RYE 

 Schuyler, C E Dunbar. Columbia College B C, N Y— E E Sage, 

 R B Colgate, C S Boyd, J T Goodwin. 



Pair-oared shells— Atalanta B C, N Y— John B Eustis, W S 

 Downs. Nautilus B C, N Y— Wm Walsh, Fred G Levien. 



Single-scull, senior — Trition B C. Newark, N J— George W Lee, 

 Vesper B C, Yonkers, N Y — Thomas Fearon. 



Single-sculls, junior— Nereid— Job P Earle. Nautilus— Wm 

 Cbilds. Neptune, Staten Island— F L Rodowald. Argonauta— W 

 T Taylor. Nassau, N Y— Walter S Wilson. 



We went to press before the races were rowed, and are 

 therefore obliged to defer the particulars until our next issue. . 



Analoston Boat Club — Washington, Oct. 13. — The fall re- 

 gatta was rowed over the usual one and one-half mile course. 

 The race for the president's medal was rowed by the shells 

 Philadelphian, manned by Postal, Maunder, Robertson and 

 Page, and the America, whose crew were Whiting, Paird, 

 Marshall and Campbell. The former won in 10m 5s. 



The race between the shells America, manned by Mosher, 

 Douglass, Wyman and McKenney, and the gig Ganymede, 

 manned by Jones, Maddox, Page, Simmons, H McKenney, 

 Slatisbdry and Burdette, was won by the Ganymede iu 10m 

 40s. 



The working-boat race, between Marshall and Postal and 

 Page and Robertson, was won by the former in 11m 3s. 



The race between the eight-oared barge, Falcon, and the ten- 

 oared barge, Aiuiiostan, was won by the'latter in 11m 27s. 



Yale College, T.ale Saltonstall, Oct. 12.— The fall regatta 

 of Yale, which was rowed on Lake Saltonstall, Oct. 13, open- 

 ed with a barge race of two miles, with a turn, which was 

 won by the class of '79, in 13m. Is.; '78, second; '80, third. 

 The quarter-mile canoe race was won by A. A. Eddy and 

 H. Livingston in 3m. Gs. The pair-oared race of one mile, 

 with a turn, was won by H. Livingston and B. S. Renter, 

 in 8m. 2]s. The barge race between first and second divi- 

 sions of the senior class, one mile, was won by the former in 

 6ui. 53^s. The single scull race, two miles and a lurn, was 

 easily won by E. P. Livingston, in 14m. 42fs. 



Cornell's Fall Begatta.— The fall regatta of the Cornell 

 navy was rowed on Cayuga Lake, Oct. 18 over a course two 

 miles straight away. The six-oared boat races between the 

 classes for the Cluck cup and the University championship 

 was won by the class of '78 in 13m 48s ; "79 second, 80 third. 

 The single-scull championship race was won by G M Wells, 

 '79, in 15m 45s. The six-oared gig contest, between the fresh- 

 man representatives of the Sprague and Tom Hughes' Clubs 

 resulted in a victory for the former in 15m 45s. 



PbiKcetoN College Eegatt a— Burlington, Oct. 13.— The 



class crews were: '78— Hyne, Jr, Geer, Hess, Stevenson, C 



C Clark and Ktewart; '80— Horton, Ballard, Livingwood, 



Johns, Culls and MeClaren, captain j '81— Lynde, Bradford, 



Ipin, Jr, Warren, McDermott, nnd ; lin and 



stroke. The race was won by '80, who went over the course 

 of one mile and a half in Tin 59s. 



Wesletan Fall Begatta.— Middlemen, Conn., Oct. 13 — 

 1 he class crews were. : 



"78— E A Sumner, A Kynett, B A Rich, F Ingrabam, D 

 Jack, captain, E Mead, stroke. 



•79-E C Wallace, J A Wright, J M Collins, D M Vail, A 

 Maun, Jr, E A White, stroke. 



•80— J A Bailey, F Greely, M Griffin, G Plimney. W B Hill, 

 H Warren, stroke. 



The course of three miles was gone over by '78 in 20m 20s : 

 and by '80 m 20m 30s. 



Shawmut Rowing Ci.ua— South Bay, Mass., Oct. 13.— In 

 the annual regatta there were two races. Single-scull race 

 for gold medal, open to all, one and one-half miles, won by 

 S. Gookin, in 10m 12s. Amateur race, for silver medai 

 same distance, won by W. Backman, in 10m 35s. 



Virginia— Wheeling, Oct. 13.— The single-scull race of 

 three miles was won by Weisgerber, of Wheeling, in 22m 40s. 



Luther vs^ Morris.— The five miles race between Evan 

 Morns and Patsey Luther, which was rowed near Pitsbm-"- 

 Pa., Oct. 13, was won by Morris in 37m 4s. 



Davis vs. Tex Evck.— The three-miles sculling race be- 

 tween Michael Davis, of Portland, and James Ten" Eyck of 

 Peekskill, was rowed at the latter place Oct. 13. Davis won 

 in 21m 22^s. 



The Hanlon-Ross Race.— The five-miles scullin°- race be- 

 tween these competitors was rowed at Toronto, Oct 15 



Hanlon won easily in 38m. 9s., according to the official time- 

 keeper, or 3Gm., according to timekeepers on the refereree's 

 boat. 



Rhyme for Yachtsmen. —This is the seaman's maxim for 

 wet weather ; 



It the rain comes before the wind, 

 Always let the halii >-ds stand; 

 If the wind comes before the rain, 

 Let the halliards fly amain. 



—The Seneca Farm, which is in another column advertised 

 for sale, has long been famous anion g the ducking shores of 

 the Chesapeake, and is a nr st desirable purchase for a club. 



&tiawtyt fa §0i[rcsiwuh(tte. 



No Notice Token of Anonymous Cuuiiminlcuilo 



E2*- A number of anonymous correspondent will understand why 

 their queries are not answered, when they read the lines at the head ot 

 this column. 



Henry L., Portsmouth, Mich.— Who is the agent of the Bawbone 

 Crimper? Ans. Bvery house in the U.S. and Canadas. 



B. McC, Elizabeth N. J.— Is there anything that will repair rubber 

 boots so as to hold ? Ans. Saturated solution of pure gum in Bichlor- 

 ide of metheylen. 



J. E. S., Ponghkeepsie, N. T.— What is the correct charge of powder 

 and shot for squirrel and quail-gun, 30 in., 12 bore, pin lire? Ans. 

 About 3 drs. powder and 1 oz. shot. 



F. G. B., Scranton, Pa.— Is there a three-barrel gun manufactured m 

 Cortland, N. Y.I Ans. Tes, the Baker gun, with a rifle under the shot 

 barrels. See our advertising columns.- 



Harry Harris, Brooklyn, N. Y— How long did Ben Johnson survive 

 his friend and patron, William Shakespeare 7 Ans. Twenty-one years, 

 dying iu 1C3T, at the age of fcixty-four. 



O. C. J., Leesburg, Va.— Where was the first theatre established in 

 America, and when ? Ans. The first theatre ever established in Amer-* 

 ica was at Williamsburg, Va., in September 1752. 



F. H. W„ Mashapang, Ct.— Will you give me the address of -a reliable 

 firm that deals in wild game in N. Y. city ? What is Eugene G. Black- 

 ford's address ? Ans. Knapp & Van Ostrand, Washington Market, N. 

 Y. Blackford's address is Fulton Market. 



Capt. E. F., San Antonio, Texas.— Can you recommend me to some 

 reliable house in New York where I can obtain, already prepared, the 

 prescription's given in "Hallock'.s Gazetteer 7" Ans. C. It. Pleasant A 

 Co., 61 West Houston street, corner of Wooster. 



A. S. B , and others.— Is it your opinion that the game law of Illinois 

 so reads as to make it unlawful for a non-resident to shoot game in that 

 State? Ans. No. The enactment plainly slates that no non-resident 

 shall kill, snare, or entrap gjrne for the purpote bf shipping ml 

 State. 



Pharmacist, Falls City, Nebraska.— How can I remove indelible ink 

 stains 7 Ans. Paint the spot with iodine, then soak in a solution of cy- 

 anide of potassium. When the stain has disappeared wash the fabric 

 several times in cold water, Remember that cyanide of potassium is 

 highly poisonous. 



II., Huntingdon, Tenn.— Ha3 such a feat ever been performed in 

 America as one man shooting an apple or potato from the head of an- 

 other, at the distance of forty paces, with a ride? Ans. Mike Shaw, or 

 Kentucky, frequently performed the feat. We have seen the statement 

 that the Austins performed similar feats. 



Opun, Denver, .Col.— I have had a dispute. Can there be live Sundays 

 in February 7 Ans. Yes. There were five Sundays in the month of 

 February, 1857, and there will be five Sundays in the same month of 

 IS8U. Such, of course, can scour only in a leap year, and then only 

 when the first of the month talis on Sunday. 



W. I). W., Philadelphia.— Will you inform me If the Steadman's flea 

 powder advertised in your paper, is perfectly Bate? Is there no dan- 

 ger from the dog licking his coat of the application 7 Ans. We will not 

 vouch for any nostrum or remedy whose composition is unknown to us. 

 We have never heard of any injury resulting from 11 a a ae. 



H. L. TL, New York.- I want to get a good turnspit dog and am at a 

 loss to know where to look for one. Can you tell me where to procure 

 a nice one in this neighborhood? Ans. The peculiar breed e 

 known as "turnspits,'' are not- to be had in America. They are ex- 

 tremely rare in Great. Britain, the race being neatly extinct. 



G. W. H., New York.— I am desirous of taking a day's shooting this 

 fBll, and write you to inquire of some locality of easy access, near the 

 city, where one could go-a place that would warrant the trouble taken, 

 in amusement if nothing else; it is immaterial what tie game be. 

 Ans. Go to Orville Wilcox's Bay View House, or Lane's, Good Giound, 

 Long Island, 



