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TST 



yards rise, 80 yards boundary, with 1£ ounces of shot ; Foun- 

 tain Gun Club rules. 



"Williams" 1 1 1—3 Miller 1 1-3 



Wilson 1 1 1—3 O'Connor 1 1 0—2 



James 1 1 1—3 Duatln 1 0—1 



Gilclersleeve 1 1 1—3 HelmstetlD 1 0—1 



Kedding 1 1 1—8 Peters 1 0—1 



Hemming 1 1 1—3 Byrne 1 0— I 



MatHou.: l 1 P-2 Edwards ..0 — 



White 1 1 "— 'J 



Heleree, both shoote, Mr. Walton 



New Yoke— Buffalo. Nov. 30.— Tbe Buffalo Guu Club held 

 their regular shoot at their grounds on Nov. 29, for the club 

 prize; H and T traps. 01 y«rds rise, 80 yards boundary. The 

 following was tbe BO 



C G Pickering 1 1110 111 1-8 



Riebard Edge 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— a 



J Q Gibbons 1 10 111110 1—8 



WHPrice 1 111011110-8 



THCUragn - l oooooooo 1— a 



F B ' ickering 1 1111111 0—8 



WWHaasom 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— S 



Ties of eight, shot off at 20 j'ards, 5 birds. 

 C C Pickering .... 1 1 1 '—3 WHPrice. 1 110 0—3 



v IpBHHSYLyAittA, Leroysiilk. JVov. 26.— The picturesque Moun- 

 tain Lake is situated in the town of Burlington, Bradford Co., 

 Pa., some ten miles from tbe county seal. Towauda. It is 

 nearly round, and with an area of one hundred acres. The 

 water is clear and deep, and well-stocked with pike, yellow 

 perch and sunfish. It has a broken border of cleared land 

 and woods, and on its western bank is a large plot from 

 which the small brush has been cleared away, leaving the 

 larger trees, which form a grove where many a picnic is held 

 each year. At several places boats are furnished, all very 

 tastily painted and provided with all the necessaries which 

 add to the comfort of the fisherman. Anc*t,er. 



J a Gibbon* 1 1 1—3 WWBansom. 



Ties of four, same distance as above, 2 birds. 

 KB Pickering 1 0—1 W W Ransom 1 1—2 



Dexteh Pabk, Jamaica Road, L. I., Dec. 1.— First sweep- 

 stakes had six competitors at $5 each, making $30, which 

 was divided .$17 to first, $8 1 o second, and $5 to the third. 

 Each man shot at ten birds, 35 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 

 1} ounces shot. K and T traps; the Long Island Club rules 

 to govern. 



tWard 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— s 



tGildcrsleeve 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1—8 



Williams 0* l.* 1 10 11111-7 



Burroughs 1 0* 1 l l i 1—8 



Woods 1 1 0* 1 1 1—5 



Rivers 0" 0110001 1—4 



Same Day. — Sweepstakes— With nine competitors at S3 

 each, total §27, divided §13 to first, $9 to second, and $5 to 

 the third, at 5 birds each, 25 yards rise, and the other condi- 

 tions same as above. 



tWilliams 1 1 1 1 1-5 Ward 1 1 1-8 



iKivers 1111 1—5 Hicks 1 8*1— a 



fQilderfileeve 1 1 1 1 0—4 Woods- 1 s 0*0—2 



tMurphv 1 I I 1—4 Edwards Oil Ow— 2 



Burroughs 1 1 0*1—8 



i nivided first and second money. 



t Divided third. 



" Fen dead out of bounds. 



Referee— Clias Hester. Time of shooting— One hour and forty-ave 

 minutes. 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



To our customers and the public : — In reply to the damag- 

 ing reports wbich have been circulated respecting the quality of 

 our split bamboo rods, by "dealers " who are unable to com- 

 pete with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular 

 which we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proviug the 

 falsity of their assertions. 



CONEOY, BlSSKTT & MALLESON, 



Manufacturers, 65" Fulton Street, N. Y. 



FISH IN SEASON IN DECEMBER. 



Slack Bass, Microplerm aalmoides; Yellow Perch, Perca flauesceng. 



M. nigricans, Bea Bass. Scicenops ocellatua. 



Pike or Pickerel, Sum tueiua. White Perch, Morone americona 



Fish in Maeket. — The tempestuous weather of the last week 

 having made fishing difficult, market supplies are scarce and 

 prices rule very high : Striped bass, 25 cents ; large, 20 ; 

 smelts, 25 ; hluefish, 15 ; salmon frozen, 35 ; mackerel, 15 to 

 25 ; Southern shad, §1 50 each ; white perch, 15 cents ; 

 Spanish mackerel, 30 ; green turtle, 18 ; terrapin, $10 to $3G 

 a dozen; halibut, 20 cents; haddock, 8; codfish, 8; black 

 fish, 15 ; flounders, 12 ; sea bass, 20 ; eels, 18 ; sturgeon, 10 ■ 

 sheepshead, 25 ; scallops, per gallon, $1 50 : soft clams, per 

 100, 30 to 60 cents; whitefish, 15; pickerel, 15; salmon 

 trout, 20 ; hard crabs, per 100, S3. 



Movements of the Fishing Fleet. — The sch. Live Yan- 

 kee, of this port, the last of the Bay of St. Lawrence mack- 

 ereling fleet, sailed from Port Mulgrave on Friday of last 

 week with a fare of 145 bbls. mackerel. The number of 

 United States vessels in the bay this season has been 140, of 

 wbich 86, or over 61 per ctnt., hailed freni Gloucester. 

 Portland had 10 vessels in the bay, Boothbay 9, Newbury- 

 port 7, and no other port over 4. The fishery proved an un- 

 profitable one, the total catch of the fleet being 20,500 bbls. 

 sea packed, of which 14,250 were taken by Gloucester vessels 

 and fi,250 by vessels from other ports. Average catch 137 

 bbls. sea-packed, or 109 packed. 



This is the seasou at which the Bank fleet is at its mini- 

 mum, and the Georges fishery draws to a close. The number 

 of Bank arrivals reported the past week has been 10, bring- 

 ing 33.000 lbs. halibut, and 375,000 lbs. codfish. Number of 

 Georges arrivals reported, 10 ; catch, 160,000 lbs codfish, and 

 1,000 lbs. halibut. — Gape Ann, Advertiser, Dec. 1. 



How to Pkesekve Fish.— It often happens that amateur 

 fishermen in this country catch a great deal more fish than 

 they need fur present use. Such may be glad to know the 

 following easy method of preserving it recommended by a 

 high scientific authority, M. d'Ainelis : "The flesh, raw or 

 boiled, and cut in slices (if the promptest results are desired), 

 is placed in a bath formed of ordinary water and citric acid, 

 in quantity sufficient to make it strongly acid. After two or 

 three hours the piece is removed and subjected to moderate 

 artificial heat or left in the open air till dry (the former takes 

 about one hour, the latter five or six). The flesh can now be 

 kept for years in any place. To restore its flexibility, all that 

 is needed is to keep it three or four days in fresh water. En- 

 tire fish may be preserved in this way after removal of the in- 

 testines." Adirondack fish dried this summer have proved de- 

 licious. 



Rational pastimes. 



Knickerbocker Athletic Association, — Tbe inaugural 

 meeting of this new club was he'd at the American Institute 

 Building last Monday evening. The sports were witnessed 

 by about five hundred spectators. The walk is oblong, per- 

 fectly level and one-eighth of a mile around. How the 

 young athletes acquitted themselves may bo seen from the 

 subjoined summary : 



Eleven events were on the programme which bad eighty-eight 

 entries. Trial heats of a dash of seventh-five yards opened the 

 sports. The final heat brought F. Henshaw, Harlem Athletic 

 Olub; G-McNichol, 8cottiBh- American Club, and J B Elliott, of 

 Greenpoint, to the scratch. Elliott landed the winner in rare 

 good shape by two yards in 8% seconds. Among the winners 

 of tbe trial heats was M IVIeFaul, of the Fanwood Atheletic Clnb, 

 who is a deaf-mute. It was hi; first publio race, and he ran 

 very creditably. The champion amateur pedestrian. T H Arm- 

 strong, Uarlem Athletic Club, won the one mile walk in 7m 32s, 

 besting, in his old time Style, T J Mort, of the same club, and 

 G Buckley, Scottish-American Ciub. The latter finished second, 

 but was disqualified. Twelve started iu the open dash of one- 

 quarter of a mile. A It Pierson, Waverly Athletic Club, Xew- 

 arlf, won the final heat and secured first prize id lm 3s. Q- 

 MoiSichol, fcioottiah-Anierican Club, was announced as the best 

 man in the running broad jump a 17ft 2 1 i,'tii, though the de- 

 cision was questioned by the friends of Vv T Livingston, Har- 

 lem Athletic Club, who reached 17ft 2in on I he ground of an 

 error in measurement. W Hayes jumped 15ft 9^,'in. In the 

 three mile walk T H Armstrong again proved the winner. He 

 beat T Bulkley and J J MbCrird easily. Armstrong's time was : 

 First Mile, 7m EOViJs ; two miles, 15m 55>a's ; three miles, 24m 

 oi%s. J B Hanna, with 5ft lin, was awarded first prize in the 

 running high jump. J Christian, Scottish Aineiican Club, had 

 no difficulty iu winning the one mile run from H C Rommel], 

 Triton Boat Club, in 5m 23ji's, and A W Adams, Scottish-Ameri- 

 can, put tbe 8hot3-trt ll^'in, just 2ft l}{m further than McNulty, 

 who obtained second prize. W F Myers, Orion Bowing and 

 Atletic Association, captured the hurdle race, 120 yards, ten 

 flights, the final heat being in lSJis. Frank M Clinch secured 

 the club quarter mile in lm 63£s, and the half mile dash Fell to 

 W J McNulty, TJ niou College, Schenectady, ISI Y, in 2m 26s. 



Scottish Ameeioan Athletio Club. — The third annual 

 handicap games were held at the club grounds, No. 329 W. 

 •54th Street, Dec. 1. The entries and winners were as follows : 



Two hundred and twenty yard run, trial heats, first in each 

 heat to run in the final heat. First heat C Stewart won in 31a 

 the second heat was run alone by Mr J Knox in 3Gs, the third 

 by H H Moritz in 34V^s, and the fourth, between Mes-rs Fa- 

 brigou and E Arnold, wu,s won hy the latter in 28>2S- One mile 

 walk was won by G A Lundin, 2m start, in 8m 12s. In the 

 running high jump J B Hanna, won, 6ft lin. This gentleman, 

 who was allowed 3 inches by Mr Knox, was therefore tbe win- 

 ner. Putting the shot was won by Ham a with handicap of lift. 

 The half mile run. — Messrs Arnold, Eabrigou and Hanna took 

 part. Hanna gave the first mentioned 60 yards and the second 

 30 yards start. Arnold won easily in 2m lOV-^'a. There were 

 three entries in vaulting with the pole, M E More, J B Hanna and 

 J Knox. More won by 4in. He cleared the bar when 7ft £m from 

 the ground. The HO yard run, trial heats, first and second in 

 each heat to run in filial heat. In the first heat Knox won ; 

 the time was 60s. The Becond heat was between Messrs Stew- 

 art, Moritz and Arnold, who won. Time, 60Ja's. He had ten 

 yards start of Stewart and five of Moritz. 



Th8 next feature was the final heat ot the 220 yard rnu be- 

 tween Messrs Arnold, Moritz and Knox. The men reached the 

 string in this order, Mr Arnold's time being 27s. 



The three mile walk was won by J J McLeod, O Connor was 

 second, J L Newbery third aud T Buckley fourth. The win- 

 ner's time was 27m 7a. Connor's was 36s behind. 



Then came the final heat of the 4i0 yards run between Msssrs 

 Arnold, Moritz, Knox and Fabrigou. Mr Arnold Mfm in 50>£s ; 

 Moritz was second and Knox third. The games cloeed with the 

 " tug of war," ten men on each team. 



For Forest and Stream and Hod and Gun. 



AMONG THE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTH- 

 ERN CALIFORNIA. 



I DOUBT if any State in the Union presents a more attrac- 

 tive field for the hunter or sportsman than California. 

 Bince its completion the Texas Pacific R. R. proceeds the en- 

 tire length of the State to the Colorado River, making its 

 way through the valleys at the foot of the Sierra Nevadas 

 and Sierra Madras, and thus presenting to the hunter 500 

 miles of magnificent ground unsurpassed for accessibility, ex- 

 tent and variety of game. In the mountains may be found 

 the grizzly, cinnamon and black bear, deer and the Califor- 

 nia lion — which, by the way, is a notorious coward. The 

 deer and antelope migrate to the lower levels during the win- 

 ter months. Here are also seen the mountain quail, a lordly 

 bird, which is as white-meated as a chicken, and attains a 

 large size. On the plains are numberless quail and bar ea, and 

 on the lagoons and rivers, in the winter, may be fouud im- 

 mense quantities of wild geese, canvas-back and mallard 

 ducks with the more common varieties. Approaching in 

 great flocks during the months of October and .November for 

 their winter's sojourn, they remain until spring, infesting the 

 rivers and grain fields of the upper and lower Santa Anna val- 

 leys, offering rare sport. 



These mild, sunny, winter days find me occupying, as a 

 centre from which to make excursions, a charming little town 

 injhe upper valley. To the north, twenty miles elistant — but 

 apparently but five in this pure clear air— lofty Coeaniunga, 

 rising abruptly from the plain, uplifts 11,000 feet of serried 

 cliffs and canyons. The approach is from the eastern slope, 

 where the canyon pass, forming a gate through the Sierra 

 Madras at this point, allows a comparatively easy access to 

 its otherwise inaccessible heights. In its woody canyons are 

 all the varieties of our mountain game. 



A few years ago one had the surety of a fine basketful of 

 trout on many of Ihe streams, but of late the fishing is not 

 as satisfactory. On the San Bernardino range, however, 

 which makes its way Southward from the Cajou Pass, there 

 are several streams, at the bead waters of which, if you are 

 good at climbing, can be had fine fishing. The springs are 

 icy cold, thus giving the trout an excellent fineness and flavor. 

 But the true paradise of the camper— the Mecca of the sports- 

 man— ib Baa Jacinto, which reposes in its rugged outlines 



forty miles to tbe South. Its characteristics are a series of 

 densely wooded mountain valleys on a plateau 5,000 feet in 

 altitude High above these springs the crested peak of Tock- 

 witch (Devil), 4,000 feet high, the mysterious land of the 

 clouds. Leaving horses behind, a difficult trail leads you up- 

 ward to the gateway between the peaks, through which you 

 pass into the lockwitch Valley. This has been Invested with 

 a sort of superstitious interest by the dwellers of this moun- 

 tain land. 1 here are rumors of an extinct crater, a lost 

 ledge of soul gold a wild man of tbe mountains, and I know 

 not what else, llus belief is heightened by an occasional 

 dull, heavy booming which is heard on the clearest days. 

 Ibis has since been explained by scientific parties as beimr re- 

 verberations of thtmder along the Colorado River. But 

 whatever else this valley may contain there are numerous 

 glens and small valleys wooded with tbe pine and mountain 

 oak, watered with icy cold springs, with an abundance of 

 green grass. Here the deer are reported to migrate in droves 

 during the dry, parched summer ot the lower plains 



We had been in the lower mountaiu vallevs for several 

 days, enjoym? very good sport among the squirrels aud moun- 

 tain quails, with an occasional sight at a deer, but owing to 

 the rapid settlement of these valleys of late tar lumbermen 

 with two sawmills also in operation, they had evident.lv 

 chosen remoter covers. This was likewise apparently the 

 case with bears, although one Thomas, a wealthy stork 

 owner, had recently succeeded in poisoning a 2 200-lbs griz- 

 zly m this vicinity, and the tracks of another had been die 

 covered a few days previous which measured nine inches bv 

 fourteen inches. ' J 



We were thus in a fair way of continuing our diet on squir- 

 rel and the mountain quail-which, by the way, is a noble 

 bird, and deserving of further mention—when a friend provi 

 dentiy brought in a haunch of a yearling calf in a fine condi- 

 tion, which he had shot from a noble herd of deer the day 

 before. This decided us for an extended hunt, and a few 

 days later found us, devoid of all superfluous articles, toiling 

 our way over the divide into this valley of mystery. A dav 

 ot reconnoitermg followed, resulting in the selection of a fine 

 camping place on the eastern slope of the highest peak which 

 towered above us, giving promise of magnificent view* 

 Night soon fell about us, the cool, thin air necessitating a 

 roaring fire, about which we gathered with pipes and stories 

 until, tired with our long tramp, one by one we sank into 

 oblivion. Ihe next morning, just as the old gray sentinel 

 above us was catching the first rays of the sun, while the val 

 leys were yet in shadow, and C, engaged in replenishing the 

 fire, was admonishing us to up and make ready for the day's 

 sport a distant, whip like crack of the rifle ruade known to 

 us that one of our ambitious Nimrods was absent on the cha»e 

 bus early. Some time elapsed, during which the quail were 

 taking 011 a beautiful brown and the coffee was steaming furi- 

 ously when H. burst m upon us, puffing with excitement and 

 the thm air, informing us that he had come upon a drove of 

 fine deer in a ravine hard by, which being shot at made off un 

 a long, narrow valley, which had given indications the day 

 before of being a good cover, as large patches of grass on 

 its side showed existence of springs. Our breakfast was 

 soon dispatched and the plans for the day's campaign coT 



C and myself making a long detour, struck the upper end 



bush each taking a side of the ravine. After beating about for 

 some time, losing my companion in the meantime, and hear- 

 ing an occasional rifle-crack, I climbed the ridge di<Wrta«r 

 on the other side a beautiful little valley running parallel with 

 he one I had left. Slowly descending, 1 had nearly reached 

 the bottom, where a small stream made its way X there 

 came a succession of rifle-shots but a short distance below^ 

 burmising that this came from H.'s Winchester, I quickly got 

 into cover, and had waited but a short time when there was 

 a.quick, nervous rustling through the bushes, and out spring 



distant'. 7 Y Seyeral d06S hardl ? %jS 



Rising quickly, I took a steady aim at a fine-looking am 

 mal in the centre of the drove, and, firing, had the safisfac 

 lion of seeing her jump high in the air and fall with a few 

 brief struggles, while the others immediately made off un the 

 ndge and disappeared. H. and myself soon reached tmfren 

 dezvous with our game, where, comparing notes, we f on- d 

 the result oi the day's sport to be three file deer Twenty 

 one had been seen during the day. weniy- 



An ascent of the peak was decided on as the programme 



, lon^J ™^ WS? t0 i!S Went* volcauic°oS! 

 it looked a somewhat dubious task. Devoid of trees it rose 

 a battlement of granite cliffs and precipitous slopes of huge 

 boulders, which early dawn found our party engaged in seal 

 mg beveral hours of exceedingly hard climbing • fnUowd 

 and occasionally finding ourselves debarred irom f urther nro 

 gress by insurmountable difficulties, a movement to the rear 

 was necessary m order to find a new trail. Finally all dim 

 cullies overcome, we stood, a panting crowd, on the tonmost 

 ridge, 9,000 feet in mid-air, feasting our eyes on the UxilfmZ 

 mficence of the scene, occasional glmp^AKteTad 

 caught as we drew near the top. The San Gorgonuo pj ss lay 

 below a vast chasm between ourselves and Mt, San Bernard! 

 no and its consort, the old "Gray Back," with an aKw 

 over 12,000 feet looked the very home 'of glacieis Sd snow 

 ns round smooth back showing bleak and bare. Out luroS 



he Pass to the eastward, the Colorado desert Wretched m in- 

 terminable desolation, a vast sea like ruin 

 tuE& xlVS a T'l a f reeaWe scene. Reposing between the 

 Stth f r Iff' 7 hlCh t0rm a hu S e Protecting wall on he 

 north, and the hazy, picturesque coast range on the south 



he Santa Anna Valley presents a scene of loveliness Over 

 the coast range apparently laving the base of Mt. St Jago 

 appears the Pacific, ninety miles distant. With a good e ass 

 vessels can plainly be discerned through the dry electric at 

 mosphere As we were to break camp°that day, our time was 

 limited. Reluctantly turning away from this panorama 

 few hours later found us at our rendezvous, packed and heavi- 

 y laden with our spoils, starting out with an ei^ht-mlTes 

 tramp confronting us ere we reached our lower camp 



• T ut 5 U m tLlngs come t0 an eud > and Anally the welcome 

 sight of T.-8 cabin, dwarfed by the lofty shadowy Ss 

 which overhung it, and j seeming almost Liliputian L P s£e 

 met our tow. We made this our headquarters for severs] 

 days piloted by T., the veteran hunter, on various excursions 

 until the time arrived for our departure. As we S2 

 through the winding valleys, uncler immense Jines oaks an! 

 cedars, over a clean carpet of grass and ferns, Z 'la-ter w 



fl3i t?l r T llDg T; NQW EDgland autu ^ leaves in the r 

 fiammg tints, deeply did we regret our departure from this 

 grand old mountain park. A ride of I on y miles ihro 5h the 

 beautiful valleys of San Jacinto and Kaweah and we entered 

 Riverside lust as the sun was sinking behind Mt. S I J^o aid 

 Temescal, hazy and blue in the West. g q 



