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FOREST AND STREAM 
Devoted to Field akd Aquatic Sports, Practical Natural History, 
„Fish Culture, the Protection op Game.Preservation op Forests, 
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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1874. 
To Correspondents. 
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fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that 
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the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always 
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE CUR¬ 
RENT WEEK. 
Friday, July 24th.—Beacon Park, Boston, Mass.—Dexter Park, Chi¬ 
cago, Ill.—Harrodsburg Trotting Association, Ky.—Annual cruise of the 
Brooklyn Yacht Club—Whitby running meeting, D. of Canada—Driving 
Park Association, Erie, Pa.—Mullen’s walk at the Hippodrome. 
Saturday, July 25th.—Practice day for cricket clubs—Trotting meet¬ 
ing, Manchester, N. H.— Practice day Harlem River boating clubs-Mu- 
tual vs. Hartford B. B. C. Uunion Grounds—Atlantic vs. Chicago B. B. 
C. at Chicago—Waverly vs. W. Kinsely & Co. B. B. C. at Elysian fields 
—First meeting Saratoga Association at Saratoga—Mullen’s walk at the 
Hippodrome. 
Monday, July 27th.—Atlantic vs. Chicago B. B. C. at Chicago—Brook¬ 
lyn Yacht Club in New London, Conn.—Gig race—Trotting meeting, 
Manchester, N. H. 
Tuesday, July 28th.—Northern Ohio Fair Association, Cleveland. O. 
—Saratoga running meeting at Saratoga—Trotting meeting, Manchester. 
Wednesday, July 29th.—Practice day St. George’s Cricket Club, Ho¬ 
boken-Northern Ohio Fair Association, Cleveland, Ohio—Regatta of 
Brooklyn Yacht Club at Newport, R. I. 
Thursday, July 30th.—Annual regatta, Stapleton Yacht Club—North¬ 
ern Ohio Fair Association, Cleveland, O.—Saratoga running meeting at 
Saratoga. _ 
THE UNIVERSITY RACES. 
T RULY, if the scriitinizers of chances—the knowing 
ones _those founding their opinions on antecedents 
and .backing them, those weighing deltoids and biceps, had 
made a selection at Saratoga, Princeton and Columbia 
would have entirely escaped their notice. 
There is a sporting term unknown, perhaps, to most of 
our readers, expressed in the single word fluke, which con¬ 
veys the idea of success gained by sheer accident. If not 
stated in the exact words, we have at least heard it inti¬ 
mated that both the winning crews owed their supremacy 
to chance. Nothing could be more unjust. We believe 
that success was due in each contest to pluck, courage, 
muscle, and skill. The Princeton crew in the Freshman 
race had not the lead at the start, but her men worked 
steadily for victory, and won it by a few inches and as 
many seconds. In the second race Columbia leads but a 
trifle at the start, holds her own, rows on unflurried, never 
loses a stride or stroke, shakes off her opponents, and 
claims the prize by a boat’s length. Such a race is the 
hardest to win. She early asserted her position, and kept 
it. 
As might have been expected, the favorite theory of 
town versus country is again ventilated, but we dismiss it 
as absurd. The argument that despises or questions metro¬ 
politan endurance does not cover the actual conditions. 
None of the crews, with the exception of Cornell, perhaps, 
are made of agricultural components. Marked distinctions 
of classes, as designated by town and country, do not ex¬ 
ist, either physically or mentally, in the United States. 
Our military experience has wholly disproved and refuted 
the assumption that city regiments could not march or 
fight with ^country boys. Such discriminations are as in¬ 
vidious as they are foolish. 
That feature of the regatta which is to be most regretted 
is the foul between Yale and Harvard, emphasizing the 
certainty that a bitter feeling exists between the two crews. 
It may add something to the fostering of a better senti¬ 
ment, that both Yale and Harvard give full credit to Co¬ 
lumbia, and in no way, byword or expression, wish to mar 
or disparage the splendor of the New York victory. 
It is hard even to-day to decide which of the two crews— 
Yale or Harvard—was at fault; perhaps the exact amount 
of blame to be meted out to each of them may never be 
exactly determined. But certainly we have to rebuke what 
seem at present, as carefully reported to us, the words, 
expressions, and actions of the captain of the Yale crew. 
Taken all in all, the week was one of continued unre¬ 
strained enjoyment. Students, professors, parents, ladies, 
strangers, the promiscuous lookers-on—all vied in being 
courteous, honorable, forbearing, patient, and happy. 
Fullest indulgence was tolerated within the limits of good 
sense and propriety, and all the quaint, boyish antics of 
the collegians became interesting by their novelty, and 
were dignified by the toleration of the elderly and prudish, 
and the participation of the more sedate. Not even the 
heat and dust and postponement from day to day served to 
abate enthusiasm or provoke impatience or malevolent 
criticism. There was evidently no disturbance of eclat or 
good morals. Doubtless Saratoga will be voted a desirable 
locality for future regattas, and few will be foolish enough 
to attribute the fouls and the foibles of Harvard and Yale 
to disadvantages of place or condition. It may be a ques¬ 
tion whether Saratoga Lake is not more subject to sudden 
flaws and flurries of wind than other stretches of water, 
and also whether the morning hour is not altogether pre¬ 
ferable to the afternoon for satisfactory competition; but 
this may be partially decided next month, at which time 
we hope all college dissensions may be settled and sink to 
the bottom. Of one thing we feel certain, which is, that 
the College Rowing Association is becoming too unwieldy 
to move with mechanical precision and continuity, or with 
integral harmony, and that both Saratoga and Springfield 
will have to greatly enlarge their lodging capacities in 
order to accommodate the annually increasing throngs that 
gather to witness the inter-collegiate regattas. 
MR. SHIPMAN’S CHALLENGE TO ENG¬ 
LAND. 
W E publish the following challenge to English 
owners of pointers and setters, from Mr. Shipman 
of Iowa. We should wish to know, however, under what 
laws, rules and regulations, Mr. Shipman proposes to run 
this match. Whether by the English rules, which allow 
no points for retrieving, or by the rules suggested by us, 
which are now being adopted throughout the Union, which 
concede fifteen points for that useful characteristic in the 
setter. 
Nothing would give us greater pleasure than to see this 
match taken up in a friendly spirit on the other side of the 
Atlantic, especially as we understood Mr. Geo. Macdona in 
a letter to us to state that he would probably be over here 
some time in August. An International Field Trial on the 
prairies of northwestern Iowa, over pinnated grouse, 
(prairie chickens) would indeed be a magnificent sight. If 
the match ever comes off, we will personally guarantee to 
find ten gentlemen who will enter their pointers and setters 
in an All Aged Sweepstakes open to the world, entrance 
fee $100. This sweepstake with the match, would make 
three days of glorious sport, and would tend to improve 
the breed of our dogs more than all the talk in all the dog 
books that were ever published. 
State Centre, Marshall Co., Iowa, ) 
July 18th, 1874. ( 
Editor Forest and Stream :— 
What has become of the International Field Trial of set¬ 
ters and pointers? Is it to end in smoke? Northwestern 
Iowa is the place of all others for such trial, and we claim 
Iowa has produced some of the best dogs in the United 
States or world. . 
Can not you get up such a trial, to take place in north¬ 
western Iowa between the 5th and 15tli of September next? 
The setter “Bismarck,” frequently referred to in your jour¬ 
nal, was raised and trained by the undersigned in this 
country. We will make a wager (provided his present 
owner consents) of twenty-five hundred dollars that he can 
beat any setter of pointer that can be produced to hunt pin¬ 
nated grouse (prairie chickens), the match to take place 
during the time (5tli to 15th of September) in Marshall, 
Story, or any of the adjoining counties of Iowa. If Mr. 
Price or Mr. Macdona will enter his favorite bitch Belle 
against.Bismarck in this trial we will allow him five hun¬ 
dred dollars towards expenses of a trip from England here 
and return, and promise him an opportunity for as fine 
sport of the kind as the world can produce. 
Yours Respectfully, Y. J. Shipman. 
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Here and elsewhere the usefulness of the English spar¬ 
rows is destroyed by feeding them. There are localities 
where the trees are nearly stripped of their leaves, despite 
the presence of hundreds of twittering, chirping, droning, 
useless sparrows which roost every night on the branches 
which the worms have laid bare. There should be a law 
preventing the feeding of sparrows from the first of May to 
first of September. 
The New Springfield.— Questions have been frequently 
asked us by correspondents, in what way the new Spring- 
field rifle differs from the model of 1870, and whether the 
cutting off of the barrel would impair its accuracy and 
general usefulness. The ordnance officer in charge at 
Springfield, has kindly sent us the following replies to the 
questions. * 
The model of 1878 differs from that of 1870 as follows: 
The barrel is of low steel instead of iron. The calibre is 
reduced from 50-100 inch to 45-100. The rifling consists of 
three plain concentric grooves equal in width to the bands 
.005' 1 deep. The rapidity of the twist is increased from 
one turn in 42 inches, to one turn in 22 inches. There are 
some other changes as to shape of hammer, screws, band, 
stock, ramrod, &c. The rear sight has been changed. In¬ 
stead of the old leaf sight, the Enfield sight with the in¬ 
clined base is used, which is placed further forward on the 
barrel. 
The cutting off of the barrel about three inches would 
not affect its accuracy materially at established ranges. 
The only trouble would be that its trajectory would be 
curved, and consequently the “dangerous spaces,” or mar¬ 
gins of error in estimating distances at different ranges 
would be diminished. The explanation of this is as fol¬ 
lows: If, the trajectory was a perfectly straight line, it 
would not matter how closely we estimated the distances; 
as long as we aimed straight, the object would be hit. But 
the more curved oiir trajectory is the more close.y we have 
to estimate the object’s distance to avoid passing over or 
under it, and the more curved the trajectory is the more 
he will pass over it, or under it, for the same error in esti¬ 
mating its distance. The trajectory of the carbine is more 
curred than that of the musket. Suppose we estimate our 
object to be 500 yards off when it is really 400, and we 
shoot at it consecutively with each of these arms with the 
sights set for 500 yards. We will pass over it in each case, 
but the deviation will be less in the case of the musket than 
in that of the carbine. We would shoot six feet above it 
in one case, and seven feet in the other. 
For sporting purposes we should prefer the shorter arm. 
National Sportsmens’ Convention.— We have several 
important letters relative to the called National Sportsmens’ 
Convention, which are deferred. It will be the purpose of 
this journal to further any earnest and honest effort to 
secure better laws for the protection of game throughout 
the country, and their better observance. We fear that 
very little can be accomplished in this direction before the 
9th of September, as the time fixed is not only unseason¬ 
able, but so near as to give our sportsmen no time to dis¬ 
cuss it. 
A Present from the Irish Team.— Col. George W. 
Wingate, President of the Amateur Rifle Club, was the 
recipient of a new breech-loading rifle, of the Swinburne 
model, a present from Mr. Arthur B. Leach, one of the 
Irish team. The weapon is a very elegant one. On the 
gun is a silver plate, bearing the following simple in¬ 
scription : “Col. Wipgate, from Arthur B. Leech, 1874.” 
The gift is received by Col. Wingate as a token of the 
friendly feeling with which the Irish team regard their 
future opponents. We are more than pleased that the late 
efficient Secretary of the N. R. A., and the acting Presi¬ 
dent of the A. R. C. should have been the recipient 
of this handsome testimonial. All we have to say is 
that if there is any shoot in the rifle, Colonel Wingate will 
get it out of the Swinburne^ ^ ^_ 
Action of the N. R. A. in Regard to the Lawlessness 
at Creedmoor.— At the meeting of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the National Rifle Association, on Monday last, it 
was determined that every possible precaution in the way 
of regulations should be taken to prevent drunkenness at 
Creedmoor. In furtherance of this end, it was resolved 
that after Angust 1st no lager beer should be allowed on 
the grounds. Col. Church, President of the Association, 
has addressed the commander of the Second Division N. G. 
in relation to the Twenty-eighth regiment’s recent perform¬ 
ance at Creedmoor. Gen. Shaler has also sent a circulai to 
regimental commanders of the First Division N. G., calling 
attention to the necessity of preventing such disgraceful 
conduct. Official inquiry from headquarters at Albany has 
been made into the conduct of the regiment referred to. 
Province of Quebec Rifle Association.— The sixth 
annual meeting of the Point St. Charles Rangers at Monti eal 
commences on the Uth of August and will be continued on 
the following days. There are no less than eleven first-class 
prizes to be won, with over 200 prizes in all. The. Stran¬ 
gers’ Stakes, Ladies’ Cup, and Small Bore Championship 
are open to all comers. Any information will be given 
by addressing the Secretary, Lieut. Col. Fletcher. We 
sincerely trust that some of the members of our Associa¬ 
tions will enter into the list. The programme of the match 
may be had at the office of Forest and Stream. . We re¬ 
gret to notice the restriction made by this Association as to 
limiting military rifles to 50 calibre. This measurement 
will exclude almost all our American rifles save the Rem¬ 
ington. The Sharp being 44, the Springfield 44, and the 
Ward Burton 45. Weave led to suppose that if this dis¬ 
qualification was removed, as to American rifles, quite a 
number of our leading shots would be glad to participate 
in the match. 
—We wish particularly to enjoin upon many of our cor 
respondents the necessity of reducing the length of their 
contributions. 
