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that they found it necessary to resort to the mess sued for meals. 

 The safest, plan is to take a good supply of stores from the. citv 

 and to cook for oneself, or with a few friends, as we described in 

 detail last year. 



It has been a mutter of remark that the attendance at the meets 

 does not vary much, iu spite of the growth of the Association in 

 numbers, being not muc h greater now than in tho first years at 

 Grindstone, about 250 to 300. The reason for this is that only a 

 few years ago canoeing was confined mainly to some of the larger 

 cities, and a man at a distance from New York, Cincinnati, 

 Toronto or Philadelphia who wanted to see canoes and meet, the 

 leading canoeists was obliged to come to the meet of the A.O. A. 

 in order to do so. The result of this was the formation of a club 

 on his return, until now cauoe clubs are found in all localities. 

 Not only may a man obtain a reasonable amount of canoeing and 

 meet others with whom to talk canoe without a visit to the meet 

 every year; but the Fo u est ANi Stream carries to him the news ot 

 the meet and the races, with the lines of new boats and the plans 

 of new sails, so that he can keep fully posted as to the progress 

 of canoeing. Thus it happens that men who for a time were seen 

 every year now turn up only on alternate years, or even less fre- 

 quently, putting in their vacations partly in cruising, or at local 

 camps and meets. It is curious to notice how, year by year, clubs 

 attain prominence and then disappear for a time. In '81 the New 

 York and Rochester clubs were among the largest present, both 

 neatly uniformed and with a large encampment. In '85 and '-SO 

 the Mohican and Kingston College clubs were very prominent, 

 and in '87 and '88 Springfield played a leading part. With the ex- 

 ception of Rochester none ot these clubs bad a representation 

 worth mentioning this year, only one or (wo members being 

 present, and yet every one of them is probably much larger in 

 membership and also richer than in the years tbcv visited camp. 



One great function of the annual meet seems to be to create and 

 stimulate au interest in canoeing in new localities, or iu those 

 where it has declined. This is shown this year in the case of 

 Brockville. Montreal and eastern Massachusetts, all of which 

 localities are promised with a boom in canoeing. The success of 

 Mr. Ford Jones in winning the A. C. A. trophy with a home-built 

 boat and rig, and the excellent work of Messrs. Torrance and 

 Sniilie in puddling, is certain to give a great impetus lo canoeing 

 about Brockville and the upper St. Lawrence. Montreal, with its 

 scores of canoeists, has never been represented at a meet until 

 last year, but as a result of the visit of Messrs. Poe and White to 

 Long Island a canoe revival was commenced and is now well 

 under way. Roth of these gentlemen were present this vear, Mr. 

 "White being elected vice-corn, of the Northern Division and Mr 

 Whitlaw, of Montreal, purser, while the Northern Division meet' 

 wiR be held near Montreal. The result will be a strengthening of 

 the Association in this quarter and a decided increase in canoeing 

 there as well. In the Eastern Division the work of the A. C. A. 

 has never extended far from the lower Connecticut River, from 

 Springfield to Hartford, Lowell being a sort of frontier post 

 The sport has been growing, however, about Boston, and the indi- 

 cations are that this coming year the A. C. A. will make great 

 progress there. The good work in the races done by Springfield, 

 Worcester, and especially this year by Lowell, hag begun to 

 awaken the pride of New England canoeists, and a large acces- 

 sion of members is promised. The officers this year will come 

 from Lowell, and it is most probable that for the first time the 

 division meet will be held near Boston and on salt water, bring- 

 ing in members of the established clubs. The A. C. A. meet of W 

 being on Long Island Sound will be near at hand for I lie Eastern 

 men, and they are likely to make a good showing. The holding 

 of the meet in the Northern Division this year has done much to 

 boom canoeing, and the coming meet in the Atlantic Division 

 next year, the first on salt water, promises to do as much for the 

 seaboard between Now York and Boston. The dire anticipations 

 of some old A. C. A. men when the division scheme was first 

 broached have in no way been realized; on the contrary, the work 

 of the past three years proves that the divisions and the rotation 

 of the meet are most important factors in nationalizing the Asso- 

 ciation and in removing alt sectionalism. 



Last year we discussed critically all the details of the meet the 

 canoes and their fittings in particular, but this year there was 

 not the material for similar review. In model, in building in 

 sails and fittings, there is comparatively little that is new' to 

 notice, but it does not follow that improvement has stopped The 

 case is rather that the late meets have brought out some very 

 good boats, and many improvements in rig and fittings, and dur- 

 ing the past year the owners of these boats have been content to 

 work them up more fully, rather than to throw them aside for 

 new ones, while the i ank and file of canoeists have been busy in 

 bringing their boats and rigs up to the standard set by such mm 

 as Gibson and Butler. Tho result has been that while there are 

 few startling novelties a general improvement is manifest, in the 

 fleet, and the lessons of the meet, instead of dealing with details 

 or model, rig and build, may be summed up in three or four brief 

 propositions. 



First— The danger that, was feared after Pecowsie's success in 

 1886 that the displacement and power of sailing canoes would he 

 cut down to a dangerous limit, has entirely disappeared- the 

 boats of the year are of very good proportions, practically all Kiy 

 30. with a depth of 10 to llin. amidships, and of fair displacement 



the past. 



Third— The deck seat and standing rig war, that has amused 

 and vexed canoeists for three winters, has been settled in a most 

 unexpected manner; the deck seat has come to stay, that question 

 was finally settled very early in the meet by the renowned Mac 

 fitting one to his "disgruntled racer" and climbing out on the 

 windward piazza. The standing rig controversy was practicallv 

 settled by the absence, of standing sails at the meet, the sole ex 

 ception being that of the new Canuck. Where thev have gone 

 we do not know, and it matters little, but there seems little likli 

 hood now of their resurrection. 



Looking first at the canoes, there were no better hoats m-esent 

 than Notus, built in 1887, and Fly, built last year. Both of these 

 are fully up to the limit, 16x30, and of large d's placement that "is 

 with nearly flat floor and strong round bilge. The old Notus did 

 good work in the trophy race, but was disabled on the fourth 

 round, the brass center of the deck tiller jamming so that the 

 tiller was useless. She carried the original sails, as illustrator? in 

 the Forest and Stream of Oct. 20, 1887. =>"«,iea m 



The finest fleet of canoes ever seen at a meet, and conaequentlv 

 ever brought together anywhere, was that of the Vesper C C of 

 Lowell, including Fly, Owl, Wasp, Bllida, Drift and Blanche All 

 were built of Spanish cedar, the workmanship being exceptio'mllv 

 good. The first five were ribbon carvel build, the"Blanohe be'ini 



raj^ ,— , --. --, - - 4 ,. TVr"-fi Perfect workmanship, 



the boats are mainly the creation ot Mr. Butler, who has devoted 

 much time and study to the perfection of every detail of model 

 construction, rig and fitting, and who has turned < ut the most 

 perfect piece of canoe building we have yet seen. It would be'a 

 hard matter to decide finally between these canoes and those 

 built by Mr. Ruggles, but for general use the latter are stronger 

 having more ribs and thicker planking, while the Lowell boats 

 have a higher finish aud are more perfect m their appointments 

 Unfortunately Mr. Brokaw was not present this year with Eel fuse' 

 so there was no opp rtuuity to try the two models again Last 

 year's test, it will be remembered, was far from satisfactory -is 

 Fly was but poorly rigged at the meet. The rig of the Lowell 

 canoes this year was the same as last, but better worked un all 

 hoisting sails. Among the new details were a sliding thwartshin 

 tiller and extension centerboard. The sails for all of these boats 

 were kept on the float in a very convenient sail rack. Two K)in 

 boards were placed on edge, side by side and 2in apart then 

 blocks of wood Sin. square were placed between the two' each 

 spaced Sin. apart, and tho boards were nailed to the blocks ' This 

 made a frame containing a number of holes Sin. square in' which 

 a mast could be stepped. The masts and some of the smaller 

 spars were hollow, built up of veneer. 



oiugui».-i»i) memwi, wic uuu ui m'u- vvuiie uauauian cedar with 

 mahogany deck. The cockpit is 1ft. Sin. long. She has the ch 

 cular saw centerboard, as in Ramona. The rig is a batswini? 

 mainsail of 701't„ mast 15ft., with a similar mizen of 40ft both 

 standing sails, Mr. MaeKendiick's new canoe, the Mac No X is 

 also 16X30, a handsome canoe of moderate proportions with a 



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the laps were tapered oil, but the surface cannot compare with 

 the smooth-skin canoes. There was nothing new in the way of 



building, the St. Lawrence Skiff, Canoe and Launch Co. had 

 several handsome canoes, the build evidently being the same as 

 the Buggies boats. The same firm had at the meet the double 

 centerboard canoe Alle, a handsomely-finished craft, but a cruiser 



"? 1 i-'im|nc- o.t last year was succeed 



Dimple of later build and different model, but in no wav better; 

 m fact, if these canoes are right, the generally accepted' ideas of 

 canoe design must be very far wrong. The hew boat, is across 

 between the 1«« Poa-l and a canal boat, the deck being fuller 

 than the former and not quite so full as the latter. The hull is 

 somewhat like the, 1883 Pearl also, being verv fine in the ends be- 

 low water, tull above and with considerable dead rise; though she 

 is not so deep by 3 or liu. at, midships. The whole appearance of 

 the boat is heavy, and there is nothing light or graceful in the 

 model, nor does 1 1, show great speed. Most, of the canoes had the 

 board ol large size and almost, amidships, as last, vear, the ordin- 

 ary steel or brass plate board being the most common. As stated 

 above, the sails were all of the hoisting variety and hung abaft, 

 the mast, differing in minor details, hut rigged much as described 

 in the Forest ajsjt* Stream of April 19, 1888. Some used a single 

 halliard, some a double and some an upper and a lower halliard 

 (one setting the whole sail, the other the reefed). All of the sails 

 had battens and most of them the rounded leech. 



We cannot, leave the canoes without, mentioning two specially 

 bad specimens, nominally sailing era ft, brought out for the mid- 

 dling race. One, owued by Mr. Johnson, of Toronto, was a shell 

 of the flimsiest sort, built, of stuff little, thicker than veneering 

 with decks and side decks so light that t bcv were badly broken in 

 ordinary racing use. The mast holes were too small to admit of 

 anything much larger than a lead pencil, while the centerboard 

 and trunk were of the thinnest possible galvanized iron, no 

 thicker than the side of a tin can. The other canoe, owned by 

 Mr. Putnam, of Worcester, was perhaps a little better specimen 

 than this, but still a useless affair, the bulkheads, of veneer, 

 being cracked, the skin too light for any real use, and the center- 

 board trunk, of the thinnest, possible metal, plugged tight with 

 cotton. These two canoes came in first and second in the paddling 

 race and were very properly ruled out by the regatta committee 

 iu favor of an open Canadian canoe of ordinary construction, a 

 plain serviceable craft. This will probably put a stop to any such 

 burlesque on a canoe in the future, even if the conditions of the 

 race are not changed, and they are likely to be. The new paddling 

 trophy, uow being arranged for, will probably be given under 

 such restrictions as will confine it to a good class of open paddling 

 canoe, to which end a minimum limit of weight will probably be 

 necessary to prevent any more "match box" constructions. 'The 

 ordinary open canoes are coming into greater use each year in 

 the States aud more are seen at the meets. For pleasure pad- 

 dling and exercise, and especially for "girling," they are tin- 

 equaled, and tlie nwu who wants a canoe at the meet, but. does 

 not care to do much sailing, will find them not only far more 

 convenient to transport, but also to use for knocking about 

 the camp. 



A. C. A. PADDLING TROPHY. 



r PHE day before the race for the Paddling championship at the 

 X A. C. A. meet, at Stave Island, two or three members, think- 

 ing that the time and place were favorable, resolved to start a 

 sohsogiptian for a challenge cup to go with the flag. It will be 

 remembered that at the time, of the institution of the paddling 

 championship race, it, was intended to obtain a cup, but the mat- 

 ter did not then come to any conclusion, although several mem- 

 bers gave it support. 



This time it is intended that the thing shall be done. It was 

 therefore announced that a cup or other suitable trophy would 

 be purchased on the 1st of October next, the value to be whatever 

 the subscriptions then amounted to. It was further announced 

 that the cup would be ready for presentation to the champion of 

 1889 at the time of the executive committee meeting this vear 

 (October or November). 



The trophy is to be a perpetual paddling challenge, to be raced 

 tor at the annual meet under such conditions as the regatta com- 

 mittees may from time to time impose. 



v-, 1 ?- a a iT T n? b - or 5 tir ? e the ^ <i f ®. m was raised iu amounts of 

 $ 1 to »10. ihis total can easily be increased to $301) if the A C A 

 thinks it desirable. Subscriptions of gl are solicited by the treas- 



iv? '•'*! H ; ^ & bs ?£* Potter Buildin ^ New York, and William 

 \\ bit!ock,o, West I we n ty -second street, New York. They should 

 be sent immediately. The list, will close in a few days now, and 

 the names will then bo announced. Subscribers will please for- 

 ward amount by check or otherwise on or before Sept. 30. 



ARLINGTON C. C. FALL REGATTA. 



THE annual regatta of Arlington C. C. was held on the Passaic 

 River in the vicinity of their club house on Labor Day Sent 

 2, there being agood attendance of canoeists, members of f"o' clubs 

 in the vicinity of New York being present. 



Lack of wind made the sailing races tame and uninteresting 

 but the paddling races were weU contested, and Were sniriteri 

 fights from start to finish. The Class 4 paddling was anyone's 

 race until about 500yds. from the finish, when Pockmah drew 



scurry was as usual very amusing and interesting. In the stand- 

 ing paddling the contestants were compelled to stand on deck 

 with centerboards housed. 



The Class 1 paddling was made in very fast time. C. V Schuv 

 ler took the lead shortly after the start, and held it to the finish 

 with Douglass a close second. ' 



Many of the visiting canoeists remained at the club house until 

 well in 1he evening, which with coffee and sandwiches, song and 

 story, passed only too quickly for those who were present The 

 races were as follows: 



1. Sailing, Unlimited: 



Kisco \V. B. Daily Arlington. 



She George W. Cox Newark 



Sw?stheart- W H Hillier Or ™"rR 



Neenemouska. Geo. P. Douglass lanthe 



Mineola Geo. W. Baxter lanthe' 



Sybil. Di C F Cue.., Crescent. 



Anita O. T. Connor lanthe 



Wind W. .1. Stewart lanthe' 



Bachelor H. S. Farmer lanthe' 



Ada S Wm. Scott Orcseon. I . 



lanthe L. B, Palmer lanthe 



No Name — F. McLees Rntb«rfY»rH 



Won by Dr. Coe, L. B. Palmer second. ' nalnerr01 d ' 



2. Combined Paddling and Sailing: 



Bachelor H. S. Farmer lanfhe 



Sweetheart. # H Hill, , Crcsunt 



Ivisco Wm. B. Daily Arlington 



Won by Farmer, Hillier second. 



3. Upset Sailing: 



Neenemouska. Geo P Douglass lanthe. 



Wind W.J.Stewart lanthe 



Won by Douglass. 



4. Class 4, Paddling: 



Neenemouska Geo. P. Douglass . Iauthe 



No Name Frank McLees '. Rutherford , 



Sybil Edward Edinger Crescent. 



fPrav * • Col ms Bayonue. 



She C. J. Pockman Hudson 



Anita. O. T. Connor lanthe 



Won by Pockman, Edinger second. 



5. Tandem Paddling: 



Spray Collins Bro3 Bayonne. 



She Coe and Pockman Crescent 



Arlington A. H. Schuyler and Daily ".1 Arlington 



Daisy ....... ..C. V. Schuyler and Gi bson Arlington. 



Won by Collins Bros., with A. H. Schuyler and Daily second 

 Coe claimed a fowl against Schuyler, and was sustained by the 

 regatta committee, thereby giving Coe and Pockman second place. 



6. Hurry-scurry and Upset: 



Sybil E. Edineer Crescent. 



Arganauta N.H.Day NJAC 



Anita H. S. Farmer. lanthe." 



Kisco.... W. B. Daily Arlington. 



Turtle F. Place, Jr Arlington. 



Redante.. A. H. Schuyler Arlington. 



D ^, sy Y- W^- C - Y- Schuyler Arlington. 



Won by N. H. Day, wit.li Edinger second. 



7. Standing Paddling: 



Bachelor H. S. Farmer lanthe. 



Brunonia Geo. P. Douglass , lanthe. 



Kiseo W. B. Dally ArRngton. 



Da'sy C. V.Schuyler ArRngton. 



She Geo. Cox Newark. 



Argauauta-- ........ N H. Day-... Arlington. 



Won by Daily, Douglass second. 



8. Class 1, Paddling: 



Arganauta N. 11. Day 



Rodante C, V. Schuyler 



Scoot Geo. P. Douglass 



Clara, R , W, J. Stewart 



Won by Schuyler, Douglass second. 



N. J. A. C. 



Arlington. 



lanthe. 



..lanthe. 



BROOKLYN C. C.-The postponed regatta of the Brooklyn C. 

 C. was saRed on Saturday, Sept. 7, off the A. Y. C. basin. In the 

 iii'sl race for unclassified small boats three started with a very 

 slight southerly breeze and strong hood fide. Dr. R, N. Denis- 

 son's Gallons, a 17ft. cruiser, hung above (lie line for 5m. before 

 she got wind enough fo cross. Mr. G. G. Clapham's cat, Rita, 

 and Mr. Thomas Clapham's yawl, Gnat, were unable to get 

 across the line, and did not attempt, to go over the course, a six- 

 mile triangle formed by channel buovs 18 and 20 and the horn* 

 stakeboat. The Galloux finished in 3h. and 4m. In the moan- 

 firne the breeze had freshened, and the race for canoes was 

 sailed around a mile and a half triangle. The starting signal 

 was given al, 8: 10:50, and the canoes finished as follows: 



Eclipse R. S. Blake Brooklyn C. C 4 05 00 



Brooklyn... 11. C. Ward Brooklyn C. C 4 08 00 



Sybil ... Dr.o. F. Coe Crescent C. C Not timed. 



Vagabond.. C. J. Stevens New York C. C Not timed. 



Ho G. P. Douglass lanthe C. C Not timed. 



Plum W. S. Elliott: Marine and Field C.Nottimed. 



g*et>tg £ L. Duunell Brooklyn C. C Not, timed. 



L'unch W. H.Cammeyer, Jr. .Brooklyn C. C Not timed. 



I he starters in the combined race were: 



HP, G. P Douglass, lanthe C. C; Eclipse, R. S. Blake; Brooklyn, 

 H. C. Ward: Niente, F. L. Duunell; Queen Bess, R. J. Wilkin; 

 Bunch, W . H. Cammeyer, Jr., Brooklyn C. C. It was close and 

 excit ing, Eclipse finally winning with Brooklyn a good second 

 and Ho third. The final race, a mile and a half to leeward and 

 ret urn for all classes, was won by Eclipse (cauoe), R. S. Blake, the 

 others finished in the order named: Brooklyn (canoe). H. C. 

 Ward Brooklyn C. C; lanthe (canoe), L. B. Palmer, lanthe CO.; 

 Sea Urchin (canoe), B. S. Nadal, New York C. O.J Vim (cruiser) 

 Jno. Johnson. Brooklyn C. C; Galloux (cruiser), R. N. Denison, 

 Brooklyn O. C; Sybil (canoe), O. F. Cox, Crescent C. C. Galloux 

 had fourth place, but Dr. Denison supposing he had finished 

 drifted back with the tide without crossing the line, thus allow- 

 ing Sea Urchin and Vim to get in ahead. 



TORONTO C. C.-The second of three sailing races to be sailed 

 ( Ins (all, came off on Sept. 7, over the regular "triangular course, 

 1}£ miles, 4 rounds, on Toronto Bay. The entries were in two 

 classes, the rowers and sailers being divided. In the former were 

 Hyla, Mac, Una, aud Guenn, and in the latter Bervie, Petrel, Le- 

 vi I e. Aloha, and Sardine, Guenn was first over the line, with 

 Hyla, Mac and Una in order, but Una soon took the lead, holding 

 it for two rounds. Hyla:then came to the front, and held to the 

 finish. The end of her mizen sheet parted, leaving very little to 

 work with, so the mizen could not, be squared when off the wfud, 

 but she managed to keep ahead. Una lost second plasc to Mae 

 through the. loss of the mainsheet, compelling her to luff in order 

 to regain it. The times were: 



Start. 



Hyla, D. B. Jacques 4 05 



Mac, W G. MeKendrick 4 05 



Una, Colin Eraser 4 05 



Guenn, J. W. Morse 4 05 



The times in the second class were: 



Bervie, A. Shaw. 



4 00 



Finish. 



Elapsed. 



5 80 0;» 



1 15 00 



5 20 35 



1 15 35 



5 20 35> r , 



1 15 35i 6 



5 28 20 



1 18 20 



5 22 37 



1 22 37 



5 26 37 



1 22 37 



5 27 (15 



1 27 05 



Petrel, George Sparrow 1 00 



Levite, W. C, Lee 4 00 



Aloha, H. C. McLean 



Sardine, S. Y. Baldwin 



The record in first class score stands Una 6, Mac 0 and Hyla 4 

 points. In second class it is Bervie 7, Petrel 7, Levite 4 points. 

 The annual regatta will be held on Sept. 14. 



RED DRAGON C. C— The second race for the R. D. C. C. trophy 

 cup was sailed on Aug. 31. The wind was very light from M.E. 

 and marred what should have been a very interesting race, the 

 boats being in the best possible trim, and particularly as this was 

 the first meeting between the Io and Cigarette, the former a 

 smooth-skin and the latter a lapsl rake, boih of the Fly model. 

 Io is a new boat just from the shop, and her owner has hot had 

 time to get her in trim. She capsized by running out of the wind 

 under the lee of a schooner at anchor on the course. She is un- 

 doubtedly very fast aud will give someone a hard chase next time. 

 The course, around Petty 's Island was abandoned as unsatisfac- 

 tory, and a triangle laid out, off the club house, distance 3 miles, 

 twice around; start 3:05 P^L The times were: 



1 15 00 

 1 15 01 



117 30 



Mermaid D. A. McCormick..... ".".'„.".\".' 1 20 00 



Valesca H. M. Kreamer Not timed. 



Ip C. B. Baag Capsized. 



tern F. Gergm Withdrew. 



A. C. A. MEET OF 1890.— On Saturday night after the Larch- 

 mont Y. C. regatta, the cutters Vandal, Lotowana and Kathleen 

 were at anchor at Larchmont, the. latter just in from Msrble- 

 head after a very quick passage. On board of Vandal was Com.- 

 elect Stanton, Ex-Com. Oliver, and Vice-Corn. Stephens; on Loto- 

 wana was Mr. Foster, and on Kathleen Mr. Whitlock and Ex- 

 Com. Gibson. The fleet sailed over to Oyster Bay and spent the 

 following day m a thorough search for a camp site for the Asso- 

 ciation meet of 1890, to be held in the Atlantic Division. All parts 

 of Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor were visited in rowboats. 

 W hile no site was suitable in all respects several were found 

 which might be used. At one spot where a landing was made a 

 relic of departed friends was found in the shape of a Newbur^h 

 paper addressed to Mr. Nate Smith, denoting a camp of last 

 summer's cruise of the Newburgh men. No special locality lias 

 yet, been selected for the meet, and persons who may know o'f any 

 suitable place convenient to New York are requested to notify 

 Messrs. Stanton or Stephens. 



. — were: 



Nacoochee — H. E. McCormick 1 15 00 



Cigarette F. W. Noyes. . . 



Lassie B. E. Fortiner. 



J$nm&is to (^omsgondmk. 



l^~No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondent*. 



P., BT-ederickshall, Va.— -1. Iu what months do crappies bite best? 

 2. Do they guard their nests and young like the black bass? 3. 

 At what depth of water and what kind of brush is best to place 

 in the pond for them to deposit their eggs on? During the last 

 five years I have placed over 500 crappies in a two-acre pond and 

 have been able to catch but very tew, generally noue. 4. Does 

 the red-eye perch guard its nest and young? 5. Will the large- 

 mouth black bass thrive in the still waters of a pond? 6. We have 

 a fish here known as the "white chub, Carolina chub or southern 

 chub. It is sometimes caught weighing 101 bs., and it has every 

 appearance of the black bass except that it is more bulky. Is 

 tins not the large-mouth black bass, slightly altered in appear- 

 ance by pond culture? Ans. 1. June probably best, and through- 

 out the summer. 2. We do not know whether this fish guards its 

 young as vigilantly as the suufishes and other basses, hut it 

 probably does. See FOREST and Stream of Aug. 8, 1889, p. 13, for 

 an account of .the nest-building habits of tne sunlish. 3. It is 

 not recorded whether the crappie makes nests in the sand or 

 gravel, like the suufish, or whether it spawns among brush, etc. 

 Information covering this point is much desired. Logs and tree 

 tops make good hiding places for the crappie. 4. Yes. 5. Yes 

 6. It is the large-mouth black bass (MU ropterm salmoides). 



Budweisser, St. Paul, Minn —The yarn about the little girl, 

 who was carried off into the air by a bunch of toy balloons and 

 saved from drowning in the lake by a rifleman who punctured the 

 balloons one after another, causing her fo descend gradually into 

 his boat, was a pure hot weather invention of. the silly season. 



S. R. F.— You neglected to give your post office. The de tr 

 hounding season will close in the North Woods Oct. 20. 



INFORMATION WANTED. 



J. E. S., Brooklyn, N. Y., wants to find some wild pigeon shoot- 

 ing not far from New York. 



Forest and Stream, Box 2,832, N. Y. city, has deseriptive illus- 

 trated circulars of W. B. LefliiigwelTs book, "Wild Fowl Shoot- 

 ing," which will be mailed free on request. The book is pro- 

 nounced by "Nanit," "Oloan," "Dick Swiveller," "Sybillene" and 

 other competent authorities to be the best treatise on the subject 

 extant. 



Names and Portraits oe Birds, by Gurdon Trumbull. A 

 pool! particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can 

 'dentify without question all the American game birds which 

 ( cey may kiR. Cloth, 220 pages, price $2.50. For sale by Forest 

 and Stream- 



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