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be desired; both days and niglits have been warm and 
pleasant; the snow has disappeared and the woods are free 
to any who choose to enjoy their companionship. 
The winter here, like the winter outside, has been an ex¬ 
ceptional one. The oldest inhabitant cannot recall a milder 
one. In January the mercury rose to sixty degrees. On 
the first of April, a year ago, the snow lay on the ground to 
the full depth of five feet. This year, at the same date, 
there was not more than one foot left in the woods, except 
in the deepest recesses where the sun’s rays never penetrate 
the darkness. This mild winter must have been highly 
favorable to the preservation of the deer, as these animals 
have been enabled to roam the forest at their pleasure, and 
find an abundance of wholesome food. The grouse, wood¬ 
cock and partridge, too, have evidently passed a favorable 
winter, as they were never more plentiful in the thickets 
hereabouts as they are at present. 
Of course this fine weather has not been without its 
natural effect upon the spirits of the trout, and you may 
drop your line into pond or stream anywhere with the as¬ 
surance of success. The trout here are hot as large as in 
some other favorite localities, but where they will average 
a pound or so, I think the results ought to be satisfactory. 
I think a fisherman who cannot be satisfied with this, is 
very hard to please, and may be set down as a constitutional 
crumbier. The fishing season is now fairly opened, and 
there will be lively sport for the next two months along the 
Beaver and its tributaries. 
Although the wilderness bordering the Beaver River is 
not marked by that variety of scenery which is character¬ 
istic of the more northerly portions of the forest, the ga me 
is more abundant and the fishing better. The Beaver drai ns 
a large extent of territory, including thirty or forty ponds 
and lakes, some of the latter of which are of considerable 
size. Smith’s Lake, too, near its head waters, is one of the 
most charming lakes to be found in the wilderness. It lies 
embosomed among hills rising to the height of five hundred 
feet; the thick forest touches its shores on all sides; a half 
dozen pine-covered islands dot its surface, and its clear 
waters swarm with speckled and salmon trdut. Ten years 
ago few parties penetrated to its shores,but now few go in who 
fail to reach them. From Smith’s Lake to the Raquette, the 
distance is about twenty miles, and from the top of “Pratt’s 
Rock” the principal mountain peaks of the Adirondack re¬ 
gion are visible to the naked eye. The view from this ele¬ 
vation is among the most interesting to be met with in the 
great wilderness. Mr. Yerplanck Colvins’forthcoming to¬ 
pographical report will reveal much more of the Beaver 
River region than has heretofore been given to the public. 
In the last number of Forest and Stream brief refer¬ 
ence is made to the Park bill, introduced by Hon. T. G. 
Alvord last winter. The bill failed to become a law, al¬ 
though assurances were freely given by many members of 
both Houses that the measure would receive favorable con¬ 
sideration. The true cause of its failure was probably a 
lack of time to perfect its details. It was not brought for¬ 
ward until March, whereas it should have gone on to the 
files in January. I have no doubt that, sooner or later, 
this measure will find legislative favor. The Park is a 
State necessity, or will eventually be so regarded; and 
when this period arrives people will wonder at the folly 
and stupidity which delayed its creation for so long a 
period. Allow me to add what I feel to be the truth, that Mr. 
Alvord’s advocacy of this measure was based upon an 
earnest desire on his part to secure its adoption, and that 
he deplores its failure as much as any of its friends. 
The delightful spring days of the past week’ have not 
only roused the trout into activity, but produced their 
wonted effect upon those who are in the habit of seeking 
these forest shades, as a happy deliverance from the cares 
and toils of business. The advance party, consisting of 
gentlemen from Utica, Cleveland and Pittsburg, passed up 
the river to-day, bound for the “Red Horse” chain of lakes. 
Other companies are on the way, and beforp the week 
closes many of the most desirable localities along the 
Beaver will be occupied. These spring parties do not usu¬ 
ally remain as long as the summer visitors, ten days or two 
weeks being the ordinary limit of their stay. Fishing is 
their sole amusement, but of this I here is plenty in spring 
time. Hunting is deferred until July, and this is six weeks 
m advance of the time allowed by law for taking the deer. 
But here every man is a law unto himself, and nobody 
thinks of prosecuting an offender against the laws of the 
State. The deer, however, would not suffer greatly by the 
destruction caused by summer parties alone. It is the sys¬ 
tematic destruction of these animals in the late fall and 
early winter months, which promises to exterminate them 
at an early period, and deprive the wilderness of its chief 
attraction to the sportsman. 
Persons seeking access to the wilderness here, leave the 
cars at Lowville. A trip of eighteen miles over a passable 
road brings them to the Beaver at “ Humber Four,” a Well- 
Known locality, and where, at the “Fenton House,” they 
always find excellent quarters for whatever time they may 
choose to spend there. Those who wish to pass further in 
can always procure guides in reasonable numbers by mak- 
yrg known their wishes to the proprietors of the Fenton 
lnvr Se ' • ^ art ^ es from the south sometimes leave the cars 
at Martinsburgh Station, and run over to the Lewis House, 
at Beach’s Bridge, where they find temporary quarters on 
^ e ry satisfactory terms. The guides here are as intelligent 
ana serviceable as elsewhere, and ply as good boats as are 
ninished on the Raquette or Saranacs. 
leaver River, May 18th, 1874. P. H. A. 
A Request.—A special demand for the issue of Feb. 12, 
., Forest and. Stream has almost exhausted our 
copies of that date. Any one having that number, which 
* cy do not wish to preserve for binding, will greatly 
0 nge by forwarding it to this office, and we will cheerfully 
Pay for it. 
The Yellowstone Valley. —At the request of our 
correspondent “Monmouth,” and to prevent misleading our 
r caders, we make the following correction: 
McPherson Barracks, i 
Em Tnp -rj. Atlanta, Ga., May 19, 1874. f 
“ lT0R Forest and Stream :- 
ast Thursday’s number of the Forest and Stream, I notice, contains 
Di If ftlC e on hie Yellowstone Valley. As some of your readers may 
hour” 11 U ^ ° n sta tement that “we struck the Yellowstone in eight 
i, . rs h’om Fort Eilis; and my copy (manuscript) of the article reads 
K ruck the Yellowstone and followed it up. entering,” &c., do not for- 
* tlat kis at least three days’ journey from Fort Ellis to the entrance 
~th h ^ auon " There are trout streams every few miles all the way. By- 
j e ' bye > ma y not some of these peculiar trout of the Yellowstone Yal 
/ and River prove to be grayling? 
dtiarml Ragtimes. 
Secretaries and friends of Athletic , Base-Ball , Cricket and other out¬ 
door Clubs will kindly mail their contributions not later than Monday in 
each week. 
—Seven American Cricketers of the Merion club visited 
Hew York on May 21st, to play the St. George club of this 
city, they being unable to muster a full eleven on leaving 
Philadelphia. They were met at Hoboken the same day 
by nine of the St. George eleven who were short handed 
as usual, and late in the afternoon a two days match was 
commenced, rain preventing play at the hour appointed. 
On the 21st the St. George men sent new men to the bat for a 
score of 86, Bema Whelan, their new professional, Sleigh 
and Moeran contributed double'figures. The same after¬ 
noon the Merions scored 55 with but two wickets down in 
their first innings, Fox and Ashbridge making a good stand. 
The next day they ran their score up to 88, leading St. 
George two runs on the first innings. In the second innings 
they disposed of eleven of the Dragon Slayers for 20 runs 
only, and then went in and won the game easily with eight 
wickets to fall. A hail storm interrupted the second day’s 
play, occasioning a new wicket to be laid out. Fox bore 
oif the palm at the bat with 51 in one innings, he making 
two fine catches, R. Ashbridge being next. G. Ashbridge 
finished the game with a six hitto-leg. Hance led the score 
on the other side. The following is the score: 
ST. GEORGE. 
FIRST INNING. 
Hance b R. Ashbridge.20 
Whelan b Fox. 20 
Moeran ct Fox b R. Ashbridge.. .11 
Sleigh ct and b R. Ashbridge.17 
Palmer b R Ashbridge. 0 
Granger b Fox. 0 
Lemmon 1 b w b Fox. 9 
Satterthwaite not out. 1 
Percy ct G. Ashbridge. 0 
J. Eyre absent. 0 
M. Eyre absent. 0 
Byes, 1; leg byes, 3; wides, 4.8 
SECOND INNING. 
ct Stone b Fox. 
b R. Ashbridge. 
ct Fox b R. Ashbridge.. 
1 b w b Fox. 
b R. Ashbridge. 
ct Townsend b Fox. 
b R. Ashbridge.. 
b R. Ashbridge. 
run out. 
not out. 
b R. Ashbridge. 
Byes... 
6 
9 
2 
0 
3 
0 
4 
1 
0 
1 
0 
3 
Total 
.86 
Total 
MERION. 
20 
FIBST INNING. 
G. Ashbridge c Granger b Whelan 1 
Fox b Whelan.51 
Stone c Moeran b Palmer. 0 
R. Ashbridge c “sub” b Moeran.. 31 
Walmb Whelan. 0 
Townsend b Moeran. 1 
Binney not out.0 
Leg byes, 2; wide, 1; no balls, 1.. 4 
SECOND INNING. 
not out. 
b Moeran. 
b Moeran. 
not out.. 
Leg byes, 1; wide, 2: no balls, 1.. 
13 
7 
0 
0 
4 
Total 
Total 
24 
FALL OF WICKETS. 
123456789 10 Total. 
St. George, 1st inning. 31 52 62 62 67 83 85 86 --86 
St. Oeorge, 2d inning. 7 13 13 15 16 17 19 19 20 20 —20 
Merion, 1st inning. 7 19 79 85 88 88 —88 
Merion, 2d inning. 2 16 —24 
Umpires—Messrs. Yinlen and*Brewster. 
Runs earned—By St. George, 96; by Merion, 47. 
Total runs by fielding errors—St. George, 8; Merion, 10. 
Time of game—5:10. 
The St. George Club go to Philsdelphia on Decoration Day to play the 
Germantown Club. 
—The Prospect Park Cricket Club—an organization of 
Brooklyn journalists—opened play for the season on May 
23d, on their splendid field at Prospect Park, and after a 
practice game held a meeting at their club rooms adjoining 
the field, at which the following officers were duly elected 
for 1874. President Mr. John Y. Culyer, Chief Engineer 
Prospect Park; Vice President Mr. A. McLean, managing 
Editor of the Eagle; Secretary Mr. A. W. Peters, of the 
Faust Club; Treasurer Dr. Drayton, Secretary of the 
Coney Island R. R. Company. After the meeting there was 
a re-union of the members at the club room where the 
President invijed them to an elegant supper prepared by 
Mr. Prozart of the Park Shelter House. Toasts, songs and 
speeches were made and a great time had generally. On 
Decoration Day the married and single members of the 
club have a match together. 
—The St. George and St. Louis cricket clubs of St. 
Louis played their first match of the season on the 23d 
Mav, on the grounds of the latter. A close game resulted. 
The St. George claim to have a better eleven than the 
“ United” of last year; at any rate they have Richardson, 
Dale and Allen, three formidable batters, and Mordaunt 
and Webb, two good bowlers. The St. Louis have no bat 
so brilliant as Richardson, but their team is a very even 
one and their fielding should be first class. 
—Some stirring events have transpired in the professional 
championship arena since the last issue of the Forest and 
Stream, the most noteworthy being the great defeat sus¬ 
tained by the champion “Reds” of Boston. They had 
previously met and encountered every nine in the 
arena except the Chicago White Stockings, and defeated 
each with apparent ease, and returning home triumphant 
with the captured Atlantics, were surprised in their own 
camp, on May 23d, and taken prisoners to the tune of nine 
to three. Their previous career had been marked by the 
following signal victories. 
Boston vs. Baltimore, at Baltimore, 3 to 2. 
“ vs. Atlantics, at Brooklyn, 6 to 2. 
“ vs. Hartford, at Hartford, 8 to 1. 
“ vs. Atlantics, at Brooklyn, 8 to 2. 
“ vs. Athletics, at Boston, 10 to 4. 
“ vs. Mutuals, at Boston, 11 to 4. 
“ vs. Mutuals, at Boston, 12 to 3. 
“ vs. Baltimore, at Boston, 14 to 0. 
“ vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia, 16 to 7. 
“ vs. Athletics, at Philadelphia, 18 to 7. 
“ vs. Mutuals, at Brooklyn, 20 to 14. 
“ vs. Hartford, at*Boston, 25 to 3. 
“ vs. Baltimore, at Boston, 2&to 7. 
Their first defeat in Boston was the result of their allow¬ 
ing the Atlantics to score 7 runs in their first innings; a 
lead the Reds tried in vain to offset. In the following 
eight innings of the game the Reds made 3 runs and the 
Atlantics 2, the latter winning by a score of 9 to 3. It 
was the Atlantic club which first broke the string of vic¬ 
tories of the celebrated Red Stockings nine in 1870, and it 
will be seen that they gave the Reds the closest games of 
their recent tour. 
—Collins and Peters of the St. Louis Red Stocking nine 
have been engaged as professionals of the Chicago club in 
place of Mesyrole and Glenn retired. 
—The American Base Ball Eighteen who are to play at 
cricket with the English Twelve of 1872 at Lord’s ground 
in London on August 3d next, began a series of practice 
games on May 21st at Philadelphia, on which occasion the 
Boston nine with Harry Wright, and the Athletic nine com¬ 
bined together in a match against the eleven of the famous 
Young America club—the champion cricket club of the 
United States—at Germantown, and in the presence of a 
large concourse of interested spectators, the base ball 
players' managed to come of victors in the one day match, 
owing to the impossibility of playing the game to a close, 
the stumps being drawn at dark when the eleven had 
five wickets to go down and only 15 runs to get to win. 
The full score below will give our English readers across the 
water some idea how well our base ball representatives can 
play cricket. 
ATHLETIC-BOSTON. 
FIRST INNING. 
G. Wright c C. Baird b Davie-13 
McBride c D. Newhall b Davis- 8 
Spalding cS. Wright b Davis_11 
Anson run out. 0 
Leonard b Davis. 4 
Schafer b Davis. 0 
McGeary c G. Newhall. 1 
Sutton c R. Newhall b O.Newhall 19 
McVeyb Davis. 0 
H. Wirght c Large b Davis. 0 
Sensenderfer b C. Newhall. 1 
O’Rourke c Thompson b Davis.. 0 
White c and b C. Newhall. 0 
McMullen c and b C. Newhall_4 
Gedney st R. Newhall b Davis_ 0 
Clapp b Davis. 0 
Reach c R. Newhall b Davis_ 3 
Mu man not out . 7 
Hall b C. Newhall. 2 
Byes. 0 
Leg byes. 1 
Wides. 5 
SECOND INNING. 
run out. 
c G. Newhall b Davis. 
c Clark b C. Newhall. 
b Davis. 
c D. Newhall b Davis. 
c R.Newhall b C.Newhall.. 
c G. Newhall b Davis. 
c G. Newhall b Davis. 
c C. Newhall b Davis. 
c R. Newhall b C. Newhall 
absent. 
c L. Baird b C. Newhall — 
cL. Baird b Davis. 
o L. Baird b Davis. 
bC. Newhall. 
hit wicket b Davis. 
not out. 
b C. Newhall. 
c and b Davis. 
Byes.-. 
Leg byes. 
Wides. 
0 
5 
0 
0 
7 
0 
1 
5 
8 
12 
0 
3 
0 
0 
0 
2 
2 
2 
0 
0 
0 
3 
Total 
73 
Total 
YOUNG AMERICA. 
FIRST INNING. 
G. Newhall c White b G. Wright.. 9 
H. Thompson c Reach b G.Wright 1 
R. Newhall c b G. Wright b H. 
Wright.14 
John Large c Murnan b H.Wright 5 
Loper Baird c White b H. Wright 1 
C. Newhall b G. Wright. 5 
D. Newhall c G. Wright b H 
Wright.12 
Cooper Baird b H. Wright.3 
Sydney Wright b H. Wright. 0 
E. W. Clark, Jr, not out. 1 
Davis b H. Wright. 0 
Byes. 2 
Leg byes. 1 
Wides. 3 
SECOND INNING. 
c O’Rourke b H. Wright... 
not out. 
c and b H. Wright. 
c Spalding b McBride. 
c White b H. Wright. 
b H. Wright. 
not out. 
cMcYey b H. Wright.. 
Byes.... 
Leg byes 
Wides... 
28 
0 
21 
0 
0 
0 
4 
, 3 
2 
2 
0 
Total...•.56 
Total_(four wickets to fall).. 60 
BOWLING ANALYSIS (SIX-BALL OVERS). 
YOUNG AMERICA—FIRST INNING. 
Bowler. Balls. Buns. Mdns. Wickets. 
C. Newhall. 98 42 4 5 
Davis. 96 32 3 12 
SECOND INNNING. 
C.Newhall. 66 28 2 6 
Davis. 70 17 1 10 
ATHLETIC BOSTON—FIRST INNING. 
George Wright. 120 32 5 4 
H. Wright. 78 10 6 6 
Leonard.. 42 9 3 0 
SECOND INNING. 
George Wright. 36 19 1 0 
H. Wright. 78 25 3 5 
G. Rourke. 6 4 0 0 
McBride. 30 8 0 1 
Umpires—T. Rhodes and E. Hopkinson. 
Wides. 
0 
5 
0 
3 
0 
0 
3 
0 
0 
1 
1 
—But few good games are now being played by our local 
amateur clubs, chiefly in consequence of their persisting in 
playing under the crude code of rules adopted at their Tate 
convention in this city, the objectionable feature of which 
code is the undue latitude given to wild pitching, by the 
absurd rule introduced governing the delivery of the ball 
to the bat. By this rule pitchers are allowed to do just as 
they like almost, while the strikers are obliged to strike at 
every ball pitched over the bat. The game at Fordham on 
May 20th between the Fly Aways and the Rose Hills 
afforded a sample of the working of the amateur code in 
this respect, and a still further proof of its bad effects was 
shown in the Hameless and Rutgers game at Prospect 
Park on May 23d. The following scores of amateur games 
as thus recently played under this code, shows its work - 
ing plainly enough. 
May 20, Fly Aways vs. Hose Hill, at Fordham, 27 to 14. 
May 21, Alert vs. H. Y. University, at Orange, H. J. 42 to 4. 
“ 23, Montague vs. Blagden, at Capitoline grounds, 
51 to 8. 
May 23, Hameless vs, Rutgers, at Prospect Park, 26 to 14. 
A very pretty game was played at Central Park on May 
23d, the opening day for ball playing at the Park, between 
the Young Eagle and Armenian clubs, the latter winning 
by a score of 6"to 4 only, in a seven innings contest. The 
other game played was marked by large scores. During 
cne game a boy name James Byrnes was hit on the head by 
a bat slung from the striker and lie was carried home 
insensible. 
—The model contests by the professional nines this 
season, thus far, have been the following: 
Boston vs. Baltimore, at Baltimore, 3 to 2. 
Chicago vs. Athletics, at Chicago, 4 to 0. 
A'hletics vs. Atlantics, at Brooklyn, 5 to 2. 
Boston vs. Atlantics, at Booklyn, 6 to 2. 
Philadelphia vs. Hartford, at Philadelphia, 6 to 4. 
Athletics vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia, 7 to 1. 
Athletics vs. Chicago, at Chicago, 7 to 2. 
Mutual vs Chicago, at Chicago, 7 to 4. 
Boston vs. Hartford, at Hartford, 8 to 1. 
Boston vs. Atlantic, at Brooklyn, 8 to 2. 
Atlantics vs. Baltimore, at’Brooklyn, 8 to 3. 
Mutuals Vs. Baltimore, at Brooklyn, 8 to 5. 
Mutual vs. Athletics, at Brooklyn, 8 to 5. 
Atlantics vs. Boston, at Boston, 9 to 3. 
Baltimore vs. Hartford, at Baltimore, 9 to 7. 
Baltimore vs. Athletics, at Baltimore, 9 to 8. 
In these finely played games, as the score shows them to 
be, the Athletics played in six, winning three ; the 
champions participated in five, winning four; the Atlantics 
in five, winning two; the Baltimores in four, winning two; 
the Mutuals in three, winning all; and the others in two 
each, winning one each, except the Hartford which lost 
both. 
—--— 
—Hearly 8,000 visitors have registered at the St. James 
and Grand Hational Hotels in Jacksonville, Florida since 
Hovember. 
—Can’t a manufacturer of condensed milk very properly 
be termed a cream-machinist* 
