Sept. 13, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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SOUTH BOSTON Y. C.-The postponed regatta of the South 

 Boston Y. C, was sailed oil 1 Cit y Point on Sept. 3. the courses 1 wing: 

 For first and second classes, from starting point, leaving Thomp- 

 son's Island on starboard, Spectacle and Long Islands on port, 

 Rainsford's Island and Wilson's Rock Buoy on starboard, Buoy 

 7 on port; returning through the "Narrows," leaving George's and 

 Galloup Islands and Nix's Mate Black Buoy No. a on port. Lovell's 

 Island and Red Buoy No. 8 on starboard, Long, Soeetaelo and 

 Buoy 7 on port, to finishing point; 10 miles. Third class, from 

 starting point, leaving (Jow Past ure, Rod Spar Buov No. on 

 port; Black Can Buoy No 7 off Fort Independence on starboard, 

 Spectacle Island, Soul pin Ledge Buov, Red Can Buov No. 0, lovrav 

 middle on port, back to starting point; 7 miles. The wind was 

 moderate, falling to a calm at finish. The times were: 



FIRST CLASS KEELS. 



_ . Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Prince Karl, E. L. Williams 30.01 8 0". K I 37 It 



Breeze, C. E. Paget 29. 00 2 08 30 1 40 50 



Altaire, A. J. McLeod. . .- 28.04 2 22 30 1 53 17 



SECOND CLASS 1CRKLS. 



Raven, M. Kelly 26.00 3 12 45 1 44 14 



Secret, 11. Porter 33.00 3 20 50 1 40 27 



Annie Maud, F. O. Vogelin 33.03 2 30 57 1 4"! 52 



Optic, C. S. Hutchinson 20.05 3 34 00 2 03 25 



Amon, Asa Knowlton 23 05 3 40 00 3 00 07 



SECOND CLASS CENTERBOARDS 



White Fawn. W. C. Chcrrington. ..24.08 1 55 00 1 22 34 



Good Luck, J. B. Farrell 33. Ol) 1 58 50 1 24 27 



Eureka, H. B. Rogers 23.00 1 59 1(1 114 47 



THIRD CLASS KEELS. 



Fearless, E. L. Crockett 31.05 1 40 00 1 20 21 



Volante, J. M. Hall 22.03 1 47 30 1 22 46 



Julia, H. F. Mclntire 22.03 1 59 45 1 85 01 



THIRD CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Jester, A. M. Davis 19.03 1 50 CO 1 22 14 



Magic, M. Kelly 19.05 1 57 00 1 29 30 



The judges were G. F. Clark, Hubert Pope, Thomas Christian, 

 R. N. Gilford, J. P. Bullard aud W. H. Godfrey. 



BEVERLY Y. C— 137th Regatta, 3d championship, Marblehead. 

 Sept. 8. Courses, first and second classes—Leaving B Buoys 5 and, 

 3, Tom Moore's Rock, Turkey Island and Roaring Bull tin star- 

 board, S.E. Pig Breaker Buoy. Haif Way Rock and B Buoys 3 and 

 5 on port and return, 11 miles. Third and fourth classes— Leaving 

 B Buoy No. 6 on starboard, Bowditch's Ledge Beacon and Btake- 

 boat oft Curtis' Point on port, B Buoys 7, 5 and 3 an t Salman's 

 Berth Buoy on starhoard and return, 7]A miles. Wind, strong, 

 S.S.E. veering to S.W., rainy, heavy sea. 



FIRST CLASS. 



. , T „ m - Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Atalanta, J. R, Thomas, C.B. sloop..33.03 2 11 00 2 00 33 



Beetle, T. Pierce, K. cutter 35.10 2 31 19 2 18 12 



SECOND OLASS. 



Sprite Com. Sears, C.B. sloop 27.01Vg 2 18 38 3 08 45 



Witch, Crowninshield, K. cutter. . ..28.04 2 IP 40 2 11 07 



Marguerite, Skinner, Jr., K. sloop.. 2S. 01 2 33 01 2 1 4 14 



Swordfish, J, B. Paine, K. sloop . . . .30-11 2 34 00 2 17 48 



THID CLASS CENTERBOARD. 



Nerina, Robert Saltonstail, cat SSLIO 1 50 13 1 38 26 



Hoiden, Gordon Dexter, cat 31 11 1 54 29 1 42 48 



THIRD CLASS KEELS. 



Kathleen, R. S. Peabodv. sloop 25.10 1 51 40 1 43 25 



Wraith, H. P. Benson, sloop 22.03 1 55 52 1 14 29 



Mosca, C. H. W. Foster, sloop 24.06 Withdrew. 



FOURTH CLA»S. 



Psyche, W. L. Jeffries, C.B. cat 18.11 1 59 15 1 44 19 



Dolphin, Royal Robins. C.B. cat ... .18.00 2 00 25 1 44 21 



First class, Atalanta first; second class, Sprite first, Witch sec- 

 ond; third class centerboards, Nerina first; t hird class keels, Kath- 

 leen lirst; fourth class. Psyche first. Sprite wins and holds pen- 

 nant for best correct time, Psyche wins and holds both pennants. 

 Nerina wins both pennants, tieing Hoiden and Wraith, a sail-off 

 is necessary. Mosca fouled Hoiden, delaying her some minutes, 

 Mosca being at fault withdrew. Judges, II. H. Buck, Edmund 

 Parker. Judges' yacht Diana, E. Y. C. 



SING SING Y. C.-The fall regatta of the Sing Sing Y. C. was 

 sailed on Sept. Kin a fresh N.W. breeze, the times being: 



FIRST CLASS— CABIN SLOOPS— COURSE 20 MILES. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Waif, S. W. Edgerton 29.09W 6 23 30 6 23 30 



Crawford, Chas. E. Day 37.04^ 5 53 38 5 48 58 



Lurline, .1. S. WashDurne 24. 1014 6 40 02 30 12 



Vixen, F. A. Rigby 2fl.01ji 5 51 37 5 44 14J4 



THIRD CLASS— OPEN <:AXOOATS— COURSE 20 MILES. 



Alex, Samslag Bros 25.11 5 33 19 5 35 14 



May F., Wi C. France, Jr 24.09 5 08 47 4 58 12 



Cora,B. Smith 24.01% 5 11 47 4 59 67 



Irex, R. N. Haddock 22.09^ 5 SO 46 5 16 16 



Pauline B., J as. Smith 22.0534" 5 24 09 5 08 59 



Nina, A. D. Peterson 30.00J4 5 04 10 5 04 10 



FOURTH CLASS — CA BIN CATS — COURSE 20 MILES. 



Earned, Chas. Semkul 40. 06% 4 57 07 5 32 38 



Ella F., John Dixon 25.11% 5 41 48 5 32 38 



Lotta, W. W. Washburne 21.06J4 



FIFTH CLASS— CAT RIGGED— CO irRKE 20 MILES. 



Alice J., C. Schade 19.11% 6 21 42 6 21 43 



Spray, F. Thomas 18.07 



Erminie, 17.07' 6 48 10 6 48 22J4 



little Dean. D. McGlyun 16.05 6 02 35 5 55 Z7U 



Midget, A. Osborne 16.06 



SIXTH CLASS— CAT RIGGED— COURSE 16 MILES. 



Silver King, W. Bright 15.11J4 4 52 12% 4 22' 15-K 



Noma, E. S. Pelman 13.05 Not timed.. 



The winners were: First class— Vixen, Yonkers Y. O. Third 

 class— May F., Tappan Zee Y. C. Fourth olass-Harned, Youkers 

 Y. C. Fifth class— Little Dean, Columbia Y. C. Sixth class— Sil- 

 ver King, Yonkers Y. C. For fastest time over the course the 

 Hanied won the special prize. 



PLEON Y. C— On Sept. 4 two races were sailed, the sail-off for 

 first class and one leg for the cup. The times were: 



PENNANT RACE. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Snail 15.11 59 46 58 48 



Mary 14.00 1 02 38 1 00 32 



CUP RACE. 



Perhaps 12.10 43 00 40 40 



Jay Gee 12.07 . 44 47 43 20 



Ruth 13.00 46 03 43 11 



Estelle 11.09 47 14 44 07 



The final race of the season was sailed off Marblehead on Sept. 

 6, starting in a fresh breeze but finishing in very light weather. 

 The times were: 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



Length. Elajised. Corrected. 



Jay Gee 12.07 1 28 07 1 25 04 



Monarch 12.03 1 35 37 1 32 35 



II1CST CLASS— KEELS. 



Mary 14.00 1 14 10 1 10 40 



Snail 15.00 1 12 40 1 11 00 



FIRST CLASS— CENTERBOARDS. 



Mist 14.05 1 07 47 Not meas'd 



Reba 13.00 1 17 53 1 13 23 



SECOND CLASS— KEELS. 



Estelle 11.09 1 01 33 58 00 



Annie 11.06 1 06 40 1 03 55 



Editb 11.08 . 



Lark 9.06 1 24 30 1 19 30 



SECOND CLASS— CENT ER BOARDS. 



Ruth 13.00 1 02 45 59 21 



Perhaps 13.10 56 02 53 14 



DORCHESTER Y. C— 105th regatta, Aug. 28.— Club course, 7 

 miles. Weather, clear. Wind, north-northwest. Tide, flood: 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Mabel, F. L. Dunne 21.5J4 . 1 10 10 00 44 50 



FIFTH CLASS. 



Mil-age, J. Dearborn 1S.8!4 1 13 33 45 16 



;Scamp, F. Gray 19.5}| 1 13 19 45 52 



Nora, G. B. Dennie 1 17 05 



Winners of prizes— Class Four (special prize), Mabel. Class 

 Five, first. Mirage; second. Scamp. Mabel having no competitor 

 ■in the fourth class, the judges decided to let her start with the 

 fifth class and sail for a special price. There, was a double-reef 

 toreeze. Judges, H, B. Callender, L. M, Clark, E. R. Tilton. 



BUFFALO Y. C— Many new additions are to be made to the 

 local fleet, and Buffalo is likely to figure more actively iu the 

 Lake Y. R. A. circuit next season. The keel of the new cutter 

 Louise has been got out by Hingston & Son, and Mr. Kunhardt 

 has sent plans No. 24 for another and larger cutter. She is 34ft. 

 over all, 24ft. loadline, 7ft. 6in. beam, and 5ft. draft. The iron 

 (keel weighs 4,8001bs., and the lower sail area is 700sq.ft. Flush 

 ,deek witb small cockpit. Mr. Kunhardt is also getting out the 

 plans for a 30ft. compromise, and several other yac hts are in pros- 

 pect, so that Buffalo will contribute a full quota of new craft 

 nest season. 



OATBOATS AT NEWPORT.-Tbe race of the Newport cat- 

 boats was sailed ou Sept. 6 in a strong N. wind, the course being 18 

 miles. The times were; 



E. O. Mathews 



Marion 



Spray 



Amelia 



Carrie 



Kit He 



FIRST CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



10 35 00 1 55 25 3 20 25 



10 35 35 1 53 45 3 17 10 



10 37 10 1 52 35 3 15 25 



■SECOND CLASS. 



10 38 25 1 51 12 3 13 47 



10 38 00 1 56 10 3 18 40 



13 39 58 3 17 01 3 37 06 



THIRD CLASS. 



Princess Ida 10 40 25 2 13 10 3 34 45 



Alice 10 14 15 Disabled. 



Greta 10 41 30 2 21 15 3 39 45 



Annie 10 41 00 2 13 IS 3 32 15 



Bessie 10 40 45 2 20 20 3 39 35 



Planet 10 42 50 



Trixie 10 4L 50 2 16 20 3 34 30 



Li2Kie 10 41 10 2 13 10 3 32 00 



Alice sprung her mast and withdrew. 



BOSTON MOSQ.UITO FLEET.— On Sept. 3 the mosquito fleet 

 sailed a race in a fresh breeze, the course being off South Boston. 

 The times were: 



MRST class— 13 to 15ft. 



Lucy, W. H. Ransom 



Length. 



Elapsed. 



Corrected. 



...li II 



1 00 50 



1 06 52 



. ...11,04 



1 08 04 



1 07 29 



.14.11 



1 09 54 



I (19 50 



....15.03 



1 13 31 



1 11 52 



....14. or. 



•1 18 41 



1 18 11 



....14.03 



1 24 09 



1 23 24 



....14.(10 



1 27 45 



1 29 51 



...,14.00 1 37 53 



1 26 59 



—UNDER 13FT. 





....12.01 



1 10 34 



1 13 40 



....12.00 



1 32 21 



1 19 17 



....13.11 



1 23 56 



1 20 57 



12.03 



1 30 15 



1 27 27 



MARBLEHEAD V. C.-The 3d regatta ot this club was sailed 

 on Sept. 8 over a 5-mile course m a strong breeze. The times 

 were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corre't'd 



Mist, I. R. Thomas 11.05 35 44 35 30 



Marguerite, Knight & Brown 17.10 39 49 39 45 



Reba, Palmer & Poole 13.00 44 17 42 29 



Ella, P. Carter 17. OS 48 16 48 10 



second class. 



Jay Gee, F. B. Litchinan 12.07 42 54 40 56 



Estelle, Dunlap 11.09 43 41 41 1.1 



Ruth, John Dunlap 12.00 43 58 41 52 



Heron, W. E. Bowden 13.03 45 18 48 18 



TKe judges were F. B. Litchinan, Frank Tucker, Chas. Good- 

 win. Mr. Tucker's yacht was used for a judges' boat. 



HULL Y. C, THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP, SEPT. 3.— The third 

 championship race of the Hull V. C. was sailed on Sept, 8 in a 

 very strong blow from S.W., the fleet sailing under double reefs. 

 The times were: 



FIRST CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Albatross. J. J. Henry 34,02 



Shadow, Dr. J Bryant 33. II 



FIRST CLASS KEELS. 



Aglaia, d. E. Davis 33.11 



FOURTH CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Niobe, C. W. Keats 20.02 1 24 35 



Mabel. T. L. Dunn ■ 19 11 1 25 50 



SIXTH CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Mirage, J. Dearborn 17.05 1 33 36 . 1 07 03 



2 U 45 

 2 13 32 



2 23 02 



1 45 34 

 1 46 59 



1 56 30 



1 01 43 

 1 03 43 



Rocket, H. M. Faxon 16.02 



Hid nor, finish. 



NEW YORK Y. C.-The fall regatta of the New York Y. C. will 

 be sailed on Sept. 20 over a new course, starting on a line drawn 

 from the flagship Electra, anchored about one-quarter of a mile 

 south of Buoy No. 10, thence to Buoy 8J4, passing south of it, and 

 north of Buoy 5, off the point of Sandy Hook, to and around the 

 Sandy Hook Lightship, turning it from the north and east, thence 

 to and around a stakeboat anchored one-quarter of a mile south- 

 east from the buoy on Shrewsbury Rocks, turning it from the 

 west and south, and returning over the same course to starting 

 point. The. time limit will be 8 hours. 



TORONTO-PRINCE OF WALES CUP.— One of the most 

 absurd races on record is that of Friday last at Toronto, where 

 the entries for the Prince of Wales cup included the 70ft. 

 schooner Oriole, the 5-ton cutter Molly, the small sloop Caprice 

 and the open boat Alvaetta, the latter 19ft. over all. The course, 

 was over a 15-mile triangle on tne opsn lake, two rounds, with 

 half a gale blowing and a heavy sea. Oriole sailed the course 

 twice while the others were sailing it once, Alvaetta sailed but 

 one round. 



DEATH OF LORD ALFRED PAGET. — This well-known yachts- 

 man died lately on board of his yacht Violet. His yachting career 

 dates back over 40 years, beginning with various sailing yachts, 

 the most famous of which was the Xantha cutter, built in 1865 by 

 Mr. John Harvey, and ending in steam, lie has probably built 

 more steam yachts than any other yachtsman, some of the best 

 known being tne Xantha, Santa, Cecilia, Santa Maria aud a num- 

 ber of Violets. 



EASTERN Y. C— The fall regatta of the Eastern Y. C. will be 

 sailed on Sept. 14, There will be but few entries in the larger 

 classes, Sachem, Puritan and Marguerite not being entered, while 

 no New York yachts will go round. Good entries are looked for 

 in the 40ft. class, and the boats are now getting ready. Xara has 

 had a new bowsprit 3ft. longer. Col. Cochrane's new schooner, 

 CEnone, will sail her first race. 



HARLEM Y. C. FALL REGATTA.— The fall regatta of the 

 Harlem Y. C. was sailed on Sept. 9 from College Point around the 

 Sands Point buoy, for all but two yachts, these turning the Gang- 

 way Buoy. The wind was strong N\ W. The winners were: Class 



B, Peerless; Class C, Bessie B.; Ciass D, Sophia Emma; Class F, 

 Gussio (a walkover); Class H, Vitesse. Bessie B. wins for the 

 third time the commodore's cup, and holds it. The judges were: 

 J. C. Summers, P. Grace and H. B. McAllister. 



SAILORS' HANDBOOK.— Under the tittle of "Seglers Hand- 

 buch." the publishers of Wassqtsport are now issuing in parts a 

 new work on yachting by Lieut, von Muchall-Viebrook- The 

 work is divided into three parts — design and construction in 

 theory and practice; yacht sailing; and miscellaneous craft, such 

 as canoes, ice yachts and model yachts. When completed it will 

 make a handsome octavo volume. 



NEW ROCHELLE Y. C.^-A special sweepstakes regatta has 

 been arranged by the New Rochelle Y. C. for Sept. 15, open to all 

 kinds of small craft— duck boats, sneakboxes, open skiffs, etc. 

 It would be interesting to see some of the best canoes entered*, but 

 several club races, together with the New York cup races, are apt 

 to keep all the canoes about the Upper Bay for the next two 

 weeks. 



CRUISE OF THE SEA FOX. — The flagship of the Seawanhaka 



C. Y. C. was at Marblehead on Saturday, on her way to New York, 

 after a cruise as far East as Campobello, having left New Bedford 

 on Aug:. 22. She met a Heavy S.E. gale on the first night out, 

 when off Cape Cod, being hove to all night, part of the time under 

 single-reefed trysail. 



HAMILTON Y. C— Commodore Kilvert has been in New York 

 recently and had a look aboard some of the yachts in harbor. He 

 reports the Hamilton Y. C. in a very flourishing condition, a fine 

 club house fully paid for, 8700 iu the treasury and popular interest 

 increasing. The club burgee is a blue pennant with white triangle, 

 base on the luff. 



GLEAM.— The new owner of the steam yacht Gleam, lately 

 sunk at Baltimore, is H. M. Flagler, of the Standard Oil Co., 

 owner of the schooner Columbia. She will be repaired by Wood- 

 all & Co., of Baltimore, her name being changed. 



- LARCHMONT Y. C— The special race for open boats that was 

 set for Saturday last was postponed oue week, as there was a very 

 heavy blow all the alternoon, 



LLOYD'S YACHT REG ISTER.— We have received the supple- 

 ment to this valuable work, containing additions and alterations 

 to July 1 of this year. 



lav ffubluntian^ 



PRACTICAL CARP CULTURE. 



"PRACTICAL CARP CULTURE," by L. B. Logan, may be 

 X safely accepted as the standard guide for the new industry 

 of water farming, 



In the infancy of any industry there is, as the author tells us, 

 much misdirect i<»u of thought, effort and means. Tens of thou- 

 sands of people have made ponds and received carp for planting 

 from the U. S. Fish Commission within the past ten years, and 

 very few of them have had any difficulty in raising the fish, 

 although a great many have experienced considerable difficulty in 

 bringing them to table. They have made no arrangements for 

 draining their ponds, and although carp can be trapped or taken 

 with an angle, special measures are necessary for taking them by 

 these means. It is no less difficult to fake them with a seine, but 

 there should be little difficulty in imagining the state of mind of 

 the Oshculturist who, having raised thousands of fine fish fit for 

 the market, is unable to laud one of them. 



Carp culture, like any other industry, requires some special 

 knowledge of the subject to insure the desired results; indeed, 

 Mr. Logan's work suggests a great many subjects on which it is 

 very desirable to have the experience of others before engaging in 

 the enterprise; for clever, bright- willed men this is especially 

 essential, for in their efforts to secure exceptional success they 

 are by no means unlikely to^adopt the measures best calculated 

 to defeat their ends. The introduction of minnows and insect 

 larvae into carp ponds might readily suggest itself as a measure 

 for providing a natural food supply, and so it is for the minnows, 

 frogs, crustacean and numerous insect larvae, which prey greedily 

 on the carp fry. Still more remarkable is it because less known 

 that although certain species of water plants are very favorable 

 to i he propagation of carp, firstly because they support a supply 

 of insect food, and secondly because they favor propagation by 

 becoming points of attachment to the spawn, there are other 

 native water plants that swallow and assimilate the young fry 

 greedily, and although these plants, within certain limits, "may 

 perform useful functions, even in a carp pond, by fertilizing it 

 both for insect and vegetable life, it is obvious that it. may be pro- 

 pagated to such as an extent as to exterminate all the try as fast 

 as they would be hatched. 



On these aud other kindred subjects the intending carp farmer 

 should have full information before he engages in the industry; 

 he should have the generalized results of the collective experi- 

 ence of those already engaged in the industry, and the conclusions 

 of fish commissioners, scientists and others who have been enga ged 

 in investigation and experiment. In fact, before a man spends a 

 hundred dollars on a carp pond, he should spend a dollar in secur- 

 ing the information necessary to render his investment a success. 



Water farming, as supplementary to tilling the soil, may be 

 made both pleasant and profitable, and even conducive to health, 

 by varying the everlasting diet of salt pork with a ration of fresh 

 fish, at once wholesome, nutritive and palatable. That an acre or 

 two of water on a farm would be a great convenience and con- 

 ducive to the pleasure of the farmer's family goes without saying, 

 and the extent to which carp culture is prosecuted in Germany 

 and Austria as an economic pursuit leaves no room to doubt that 

 it may be pursued with profit ; n this country. 



The carp is not a sportsman's fish. It does not rise to the fly, it 

 is not predatory in any but a limited sense, and although it might 

 be taken with a maggot, its mouth is so delicate that the hook tears 

 through as soon as the lish begins to struggle. The carp is, never- 

 theless, a very voracious, feeder, and under favorable conditions 

 grows with a rapidity unapproaehed by any of our game fishes, 

 and this, conjoined with the fact that its flesh is very palatable, 

 renders it preeminently suited for domestication. 



It stands no chance with our native fish if exposed with them to 

 the st ruggle for existence; it preys on none and is preyed on by 

 all, and the only object to be gained by introducing them into our 

 partially depleted lakes and rivers would he to secure a food sup- 

 ply for our game fish. In fact, the raising of carp fry for periodi- 

 cal introduction into trout streams is one worthy of careful con- 

 sideration. Of course, the principal object in raising carp is to 

 secure a good supply of food for the table, and tne carp lends 

 itself as readily to the arrangement as if it had undergone a pro- 

 cess of special adaptation to it. It can subsist and thrive on so 

 little water, that the fish is always taken to market alive in Ger- 

 many, and in this country we react of pits being dug in the cellar 

 and stocked with the winter's supply of carp, the water being led 

 in through a small gas pipe. 



The usual system of carp culture involves the construction of 

 three separate ponds; one for hatching, oaa for raising stock, and 

 one tor the big fish; and to keep these apart and secure facilities 

 for subjecting each class to its proper treatment, it is necessary to 

 provide facilities for dr.-iinintj the pimis, which is genjrally done 

 twice a year, before and after the breeding season, when the stock 

 is selected for market. And admirably harmonizing with this 

 necessity is the additional necessity of freeing the carp from the 

 intrusion of minnows aud other fish, frogs, etc., whose spawn is 

 constantly being introduced into the pond. 



With a suitable clayey or loamy bottom, or even a sandy bot- 

 tom which will hold water, the floor of. the ponds is being con- 

 stantly enriched with humus and nitrogeneous matter, and manv 

 German farmers construct their carp ponds in duplicate, and 

 after emptying them take a couple of crops off the bottom before 

 restocking them with lish, thus making carp euliure fit into a 

 system of rotation of crops, taking the part of peas in a dry land 

 rotation. The subject is one of great interest to farmers all over 

 the country, a subject which may fairly be characterized as one of 

 national importance. It is a subject which, within limited circles, 

 is thoroughly weR understood iu all its details, and in L. B. 

 Logan's "Practical Carp Culture" we have the results of the ex- 

 perience of carp culturists down to date. To the ordinary citizen 

 who likes to keep himself posted on all the live questions of the 

 day, this treatise is full of interest; to the carp culturist it is 

 indispensable. 



\mwerB to <$orrespimdmt$. 



83P™No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



Small Yachts. By G. P. Kunhardt. Price $7. Steam Yachts and 

 Launches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $8. Yachts, Boats and 

 Canoes. By C. StansticM-Hicks. Price $3.50. Steam Machinery, By 

 Donaldson. Price $1.50. 



W. H. F., Columbia, Pa.— For deer and bear in North Carolina 

 go to Bel vide re. 



S. D. D., New York.— The Bay Shore Journal, Suffolk Democrat, 

 Patchogue; Sag Harbor Express. 



N. Y. C, Newark, N. J.— The lines of Pappoose can only be had 

 of Mr. Burgess, who wiR not permit their publication. 



F. Li. R., New York.— Choose a I2g, gun. Deer are now in sea- 

 son in the Adirondacks. You cannot find good shooting near New 

 York. 



H.— For wild rice write to Mr. Chas. Gilchrist of Port Hope, 

 Out., whose advertisement is given elsewhere. Sow in shallow 

 water in the autumn. 



Lex.— 1. The combined rifle and shotgun is made by L. C. 

 Smith, Syracuse, N. Y. 2. Some of the laws in the compilation 

 are up to date aud some are not. 



Wild Charley.— The powder has been described at great 

 length in this paper; you can find out much about it by repairing 

 to the agents, whose names are giveu in our advertising columns. 



R. C. L., New York.— When does the close season on deer begin 

 in New York city or State? I expect to go on a deer hunt inNoi th 

 Carolina in November. Up to what date can I send my game 

 here? Ans. The close season for possession of venison will close 

 Dec. 15. 



J. J., Maiden, Mass.— Can you put me on the track of some par- 

 ties who can shoot for me some owls and hawks this winter in 

 Maine or any place else? Ans. As your State offers a bounty on 

 these birds there ought to be no difficulty iu securing all you 

 want if you will pay for them more than the bounty. We cannot 

 give you names of any one who would supply them. 



H. F., New York.— How are salmon marked by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission when captured and released? Ans. A thin platinum 

 tag has a number stamped oa it and it is attached to the hinder 

 portion of the main dorsal fin by a platinum wire. The number 

 is recorded together with date of capture, sex, length and weight. 

 By this means the rate rate of growth is known. 



M. S. N.— What is best way to stock a lake with black bass ? It 

 lies in the Adirondacks. rocky bottom and shore, in some parts is 

 175 feet deep. It is three miles long by nearly a mile wide, and 

 three years ago 75 six-inch black bass were put in and one of 21bs . 

 was taken this year. Ans. If the waters are suitable for the fish, 

 they have bred there, and there is not much use in further stock- 

 ing. If, however, you wish to put in more it is best to put in large 

 fish from the nearest water and to plant them either this fall or 

 before next May. 



