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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 21, 1887. 



BANSHEE.— A line little cruiser of the compromise type has 

 just been added to the fleet of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C, the Ban- 

 shee, designed by Mr. A. Gary Smith, and built by Poillons under 

 Mr. J. F. Tams's supervision. The Banshee is a centerboard boat 

 with a deep lead keel of 7 tons, and cutter rigged. She is 48ft. 6in. 

 over all, 39ft. 9in. l.w.l., 14ft. beam, 5ft. llin. draft. Below she has 

 a large stateroom on starboard side, a toilet room forward, an 

 extra stateroom on port side, and a very good saloon aft. She was 

 launched ou July 12 in the presence of her owner, Mr. P. S. Pear- 

 sall, of Black Rock, Conn., Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Pearsall, Miss 

 Pearsall, Mr. Thomas Pearsall, Mrs. J. J. Thorne, Miss Cochrane, 

 Miss Endicott, Mr. J. Fred Tarns, Mr. Daniel Lindley, Mr. ,1. F. 

 Schiff, Mr. E. Bobbins Walker, Mr. F. M. Cronise,Mr. Frank Polk 

 and Mr. Wm. Bond. The yacht was launched with topmast on 

 end and all ready for a trial trip, the christening being done by 

 Miss Lottie Pearsall, who broke a bottle of Irish whisky over the 

 bows. 



DELVYN AND BEATRICE.— A private match was sailed on 

 July 6 between these two yachts for a $50 cup, the course being 

 from Larchmont around the Gangway Buoy, two rounds, making- 

 two lees, to windward and two free. Delvyn is a 5-ton cutter, 33ft. 

 l.w.l., 5ft. oin. beam and 6ft. Sin. draft; while Beatrice is a center- 

 board sloop, 31ft. l.w.l., 12ft. 6in. beam and 3ft. Sin. draft. On the 

 first round a squall came up which sent the cutter ahead so far 

 that she had a lead of over a quarter of an hour at its termina- 

 tion. Beatrice gave up at the end of the first round, Delvyn fin- 

 ishing alone. The judges were Messrs. Monroe and Flint, Larch- 

 mont Y. C. 



R. J. DOUGLAS & Co.— The firm of R, J. Douglas & Co., suc- 

 cessors to Powell & Douglas, has lately been changed by the with- 

 drawal of Robert Douglas, whose place is taken by Miles G. Nixon, 

 of Chicago. Mr. Nixon is well known as a yachtsman and 

 designer, and under his practical supervision a still higher stand- 

 ard of excellence may be looked for in the work turned out by the 

 firm. 



CHALLENGE TO OPEN BOATS. — Hugh Masterson, of Bridge- 

 port, Conn., will match his 20ft. boat Americus against any 30ft. 

 boat in the world for $250 or $300 a side. Race to be 10 miles to 

 windward and return, boats to be rigged jib and mainsail. Chal- 

 lenge open for the next thirty days. 



YACHTING NOTES.— Nokomis, schconer, has been chartered 



by J. D. Cheever, of New York Thistle, sloop, has had her mast 



cut off 4ft. at Mumni's — Nirvana, keel sloop, has stepped a new 

 mast 6ft. 4in. longer with larger rig Carlotta, schooner, is fit- 

 ting out at Mumm's Basin. 



BURLINGTON BAY.— The second series of yacht races for 

 the championship of Burlington Bay was sailed at Hamilton on 

 July 16, resulting as follows: First Class— Surge, Coquette, 

 Cacique. Second Class— Flirt, Mystery, Stella. Third Class- 

 Flight, Rustler, Adeline. 



DEATH OF EX-COM. HUSSEY.-Mr. Henry Hussey, ex-Corn. 

 South Boston Y. C, died on board the steamer Saale on her last 

 voyage to New York. He had been to Germany for his health but 

 was ordered home. For three years he was commodore of the 

 South Boston Y. C. 



ULIDIA-SCHEMER.— The three matches outside of Sandy 

 Hook between these two yachts will be sailed the last of this 

 month. 



BEVERLY Y. C— A regatta was sailed off Monument Beach 

 on July 16, the winners being Surprise, Mist and Elinor. 



RACING ON THE SHREWSBURY.-A race was sailed on July 

 13 in which Daisy and an unnamed boat won. 



GENESTA.— Genesta is now racing in the A Class with the 

 spars and ballast she first carried in 1884. 



BRUNHILDE, schooner, J. J. Phelps, sailed from St. Croix on 

 July 12 for Bermuda. 



\mwers to ^atre^ondmt^ 



%3S~~ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



J. D.— See our game columns. 



B. L. C— See our shotgun columns. 



A. G. W., Miramichi, N. B. — Write to Fred Allen, Monmouth, 

 HI. 



Tadousac— Writer of paper on Tadousac will please send ad- 

 dress. 



S. M. H., Boston.— For trout to stock with apply to F. M. Gilbert, 

 Plymouth, Mass. 



Romme.— Go into a New Orleans gun store and they will give 

 you the information. 



Babchland, Silver City, Utah.— Letter sent to you has been re- 

 turned. Please send address. 



D. J., Exeter, N. H.— Write to Schoverling, Daly & Gales, 84 & 

 86 Chambers street, New York city. 



J. P. V.— We have written to address given about "Woodcraft" 

 poem, but letter has been returned. Please send correct address^ 



North Woods, Yonkers.— Woodcock are not so abundant in the 

 Adirondacks that any special point can be recommended to yon. 

 For deer go to Fenton's at Number Four. 



J. A. M., Middleburgh, N. Y.— If three tied on score of 9, one 

 broke 7, and two tied on 5, the one who broke 7 won second prize. 

 Those who broke 9 divide first or shoot off for it. 



A. C. S., Ithaca, N. Y.— Richard D. Sears, of Boston, is the cham- 

 pion lawn tennis player, and has been ever since the champion- 

 ship matches were established at Newport in 1881. 



J. J. S., Chicago.— 1. Bogardus uses a Scott gun, Carver a 

 Greener, Paine a Smith & Wesson pistol. 2. There is no other .22 

 that we know of. For snap rifle shooting get Raub's trap and 

 flying target; see advertisement of them elbewhere. 



C. R. K.— 1. Write to C. A. Coleman, Moscow, Maine. 2. A rifle 

 is the proper weapon for deer. 3. Choose a caliber not smaller 

 than .38. 4. If you use a chokebore shotgun chamber the buck- 

 shot on a wad at.the bore to determine proper number to load in 

 a layer in the shell. 



A. E. M.— 1. Most all of the winning Irish setters in this country 

 have Elcho blood in their veins. 2. Write to W. H. Pierce, Peeks- 

 kill, N. Y. 3. As to muzzle the standard says, " the color of the 

 nose dark mahogany or dark chocolate." As to color the stand- 

 ard says, "white on chest, throat or toes, or a small star on the 

 forehead, or a narrow streak or blaze on the nose or face not to 

 disqualify." See full standard in "Standards and Points of Judg- 

 ing." 



A. N. S., Brooklyn. — Will you kindly give me the address of 

 parties of whom I can purchase helgramites, as I intend spending 

 a couple of weeks in Sullivan county, at White Lake, where I hope 

 to catch some black bass. If you know of any other good bait for 

 bass, will you kindly mention it? Ans. We do not know of any 

 one who keeps helgramites for sale, certainly not in the city. At 

 Greenwood Lake some of the guides keep them. Take some salt- 

 water shrimps with you, alive or salted, and you will find them a 

 good bait. 



E. N. F. Northampton, Mass.— If by a mishap a bitch is served 

 by a mongrel, are the pups of future yeats liable to take back to 

 the mongrel to their detriment in anyway, if sired by a thorough- 

 bred? Ans. This is a mooted point. We have seen many cases 

 of such mishaps, but we have never observed anything in the sub- 

 sequent produce to justify the conclusion that they were in any 

 way influenced by the previous sire. In one instance a pointer 

 bitch was by accident bred to a bulldog and had a litter of promis- 

 ing bull pups, but in all the subsequent litters no trace of the bull- 

 dog was to be seen. 



A. J., Solomon City, Kans.— Please decide the following: Shooter 

 No. 1 goes to score, calls pull; the bird is thrown from trap; he 

 shoots; bird alights near trap; judge calls dead bird. Other 

 shooter, No. 2, stands back watching bird; boy traps another bird 

 and is coming in; boy attempts to catch bird; shooter No. 2 chal- 

 lenged the bird; it on being approached by boy flies away; shooter 

 No. 2 had not been called to score, nor had he gone to score nor 

 had five minutes elapsed. Ans. No. 2 had not lost his right to 

 challenge, and his challenge being manifestly a correct one, 

 should he sustained. 



W. D. C, Ratama, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.— The State of 

 Massachusetts exercises jurisdiction over all ponds over twenty 

 acres. Now, assuming such natural pond, first, would it be law- 

 ful to anchor a boat in such pond to shoot ducks therefrom? sec- 

 ond, is it lawful to shoot ducks from a boat in this State? Of 

 course the foregoing applies to the open season. Please answer 

 with as much degree of certainty as possible, as sportsmen here 

 are in doubt as to their rights under the law. Ans. So far as 

 game laws go, the size of the pond is immaterial. The law (Chap. 

 276, Laws of 1887) imposes a penalty on any one who "shoots at or 

 kills a wild fowl or any of the so-called shore, marsh or beach 

 birds, with or by the use of a swivel, or pivot gun, or by the use of 

 a torch, jack or artificial light, or pursues any wild fowl with or 

 by aid of a sailboat or steam launch." This we do not construe as 

 forbidding shooting from a rowboat at anchor. A special law 

 (Chap. 246, Laws of 1886) prescribes that "whoever shoots at or 

 kills any wild fowl or any of the so-called shore, marsh or beach 

 birds from boats in the harbor and great ponds of Nantucket, and 

 the waters in and around the islands of Tuckernuck, Muskeget 

 and the Gravelly Islands, shall be punished for each offense by a 

 fine of $20." 



INFORMATION WANTED. 



G. T. wants to know best points for quail in northern Virginia 

 and West Virginia in the fall. 



Dr. G. V. H. wants address of Savannah, Ga., publisher of a 

 chart of the Okeflnokee Swamp. He proposes to go there with a 

 party in the fall. 



Will some of your readers please give me a receipt for cleaning 

 the con ode left by powder from a rifle barrel, which will not in- 

 jure the rifling. This corrode was caused by the rifle not being 

 cleaned after use.— S. R. N. 



Wbitb Upthegrove & McLellan, Valparaiso, Ind., for new 

 catalogue of sportsmen's and civil engineers' wear.— Adv. 



New York City, May 18, 1887. 

 T7te 17. S. Caiij'idge Co., Lowell, Ma»s.: 



Gentlemen — I wish to thank you for the very excellent shell 

 you are putting on the market. I refer to the "Climax." I swear 

 by it, not at it, as I Lave had to do with other makes. It has giveH 

 me unqualified satisfaction ever since I first began to use it, and 

 that is since its introduction. Don't allow it to deteriorate, and 

 sportsmen will call you "blessed." Very truly yours, 



-Adv. (Signed) C. W. Cushibr. 



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