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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 14, 1890. 



NEW YORK Y. R. A. 



THE CEDABj POINT AFFAIR. 



APROPOS of the account in last week's issue about the cruise 

 of thB N. Y. Y. R. A., in which we said, "The fl et had been 

 speciallv invited last week to visit the Cedar Point Y. C. and take 

 part in its regatta on Wednesday, aud with this in view the orders 

 were to sail at 8:30 for Cedar Point, the run not counting as a race. 

 The fleet stopned for a short time at Cedar Point, but just at the 

 start of the race the visiting yachtsmen weighed anchor and 

 stood on for Bridgeport, to the disappointment of their hosts, who 

 had gone to much trouble in order to entertain them during the 

 day and evening. This action caused much dissatisfaction on the 

 part of the Cedar Point Y. C. as no explanation was made for it." 

 Com. A. J. Prime, the president of the Association, who acted as 

 admiral during the cruise, in a conversation made the following 

 statement to us: 



"At a meeting of the Association some months ago the Roton 

 Point Y. C. invited the Association while on Its cruise to stop at 

 Cedar Point and take part in its regatta on July 30. No further 

 notice was received from this club. While the fleet was at Roton 

 Point on July 39, at a meeting of the captainp, I was asked to give 

 some information as to the regatta next day at Cedar Point. I 

 replied that I had not heard a word about it yet, but I certainly 

 expected that during the day some one from the Cedar Point 

 club would be there to see me, and as soon as I heard I would call 

 another meeting, but in case we did not bear we would stop at 

 Cedar Point on our way to Bridgeport. The secretary of the 

 Association informed me that he had a letter from the Cedar 

 Point Y. C, saying they would have a tug at Roton Point the next 

 morning tn tow us to Cedar Point. In the evening while at a Dall 

 at Roton Point, a man came to me and said that great prepara- 

 tions were being made at Cedar Point to receive us. I told him I 

 was waiting to hear sometbing about it, as none of us knew any- 

 thing about the race. He then told me be was the vice-commo- 

 dore of the club and I asked him to come on board my boat at 7 

 o'clock the next morning and tell me about it, so I could inform 

 the yachts, and be promised so to do. Wednesday morning 1 

 arose early to see this party, but he failed to appear, and just 

 after the 8:30 preparatory gun was fired 1 saw him sailing by in a 

 yacht and hailed him and asked why he did not come and see me as 

 promised, and he replied that "he did not have time," and sailpcl 

 away. Several of the yachts were prepared to tow to Cedar Point, 

 but at 9 o'clock no tug appeared and I gave the starting signal, 

 and we all sailed to Cedar Point and anchored. We waited over 

 an hour for some officer or committee to wait onus and give some 

 welcome and explanation as to the race, butthe only word I heard 

 from the club was from some person in a little launch as he passed 

 hy, saying, "Have yon got your number?" and I replied that we 

 were waiting to laarn something about the race; but I learned 

 nothing further, and I cannot conceive what use my schooner 

 wanted of a number, as she was the only schooner present . Mr. 

 Cameron, the fleet captain, informs me that the same question 

 was asked of him, and he suggested that the committee should 

 call on the admiral and explain about the race. After waiting 

 over an hour for some recognition from the Cedar Point club, I 

 gave the signal to proceed, aud we sailed to Bridgeport." 



It would seem, therefore, that there was a misunderstanding 

 somewhere, and unless some explanation is made by T the Cedar 

 Point Y. C. we do not see that the fleet erred in leaving. We are 

 certain from Com. Prime's large experience in the yachting world 

 and his great interest in the success of the Association that he 

 would not have acted discourteously under any circumstances. 



HULL Y. C. 



THE second championship race of the Hull Y. 0. was sailed 

 Monday off Point Alierton in a very light easterly breeze and 

 over the same 18-mile triangular course used in Saturday's race. 

 Almost a flat calm prevailed in the forenoon, but the boats were 

 towed to the starting line by the judges' steamer.Wesley A. Gove, 

 and were started when the breeze sprung up soon after 13 o'clock. 

 The first class got away at 13:25, the Albatross leading and Nim- 

 bus close astern. The second class got away in a bunch five min- 

 utes later, the order being Hawk, Harbinger, Mignon and Pil- 

 grim. The windward leg to Davis's Ledge was a pretty piece of 

 work, and some excellent sailing was done. 



Nimbus was first round the buoy at. 1:48, and set her jibtopsail. 

 Hawk was 30 seconds behind and broke, nut a large jibtopsail and set 

 balloon staysail. Mignon luffed around at 1:50:30, hoisting balloon 

 jib in stops as she went around. Pilgrim followed at 1:51. Alba- 

 tross rounded at 1:51:30. and set jibtopsail. Mignon broke out bal- 

 loon jib two minutes after rounding, but the Pilgrim worked up 

 on Mignon's weather quarter before breaking hers out. Har- 

 binger had to make quite a tack to get out to the buoy, and did 

 not round until 1:55, breaking out balloon jib as she rounded. The 

 wind hauled to northward and eastward, and the Mignon soon 

 took in her balloon and set her jib topsail. Harbinger held on to 

 her balloon jib until 3:25, and apparently lost by holding to it so 

 long. 



Tne breeze was fairly strong on the second leg, and the outer 

 stakeboat was rounded in the following order: Nimbus 3:11:00, 

 Hawk 3:40:80, Mignon 2:46:00, Pilgrim 2:47:30, Albatross 2:ft0:g0, 

 Harbinger 2:53:30. The first class, oy mut ual agreement, carried 

 no spinakers, while the second class ail set theirs. The Harbinger 

 did the quickest, work on her light sails all through the race and 

 broke her spinaker out as she rounded the stakeboat. The others 

 were all slow setting theirs. Hawk carried balloon jib also. The 

 wind lightened all the time, and at times the race was almost a 

 drift. The wind finally hauled again and spinakers were taken 

 in, Harbinger setting hers again about a mile from the finish. 

 Hawk crossed the line first at 3.55:51, followed by Pilgrim at 1:00:57 

 Mignon came third at 4:03:08, Harbinger, which had run well, 

 coming next at 4:11:21, then the first class boats, Nimbus at 4:11:50 

 and Albatross almost drifting across the Hue at 4:30:37. Hawk 

 Wins leg and the championship in ber class. Nimous wins leg 

 and must sail off with Albatross. Summary: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Nimbus, J. J. Souther 34.04 3 31 50 2 49 04 



Albatross, J. J. Henry 34.03 3 50 27 3 07 20 



SECOND CLASS. 



Hawk, G. Dexter 31.04 3 10 51 2 23 50 



Pilgrim, E. W. Dixon 28. OS 3 15 47 2 24 40 



Mignon, H. Babson >;•->. u 0.-. 2 30 ho 



Harbinger, .L R. Hooper 28.01 3 26 21 3 34 14 



The judges were Messrs. J. A, Stetson, W. A. Cary, E. C. North, 

 J. R. Chad wick and E. L. Burweil. 



We nave cups for every class. In the first class, 27 to 35ft., cup 

 valued at $150, and second prize 850. Other classes cups only. 

 We shall also offer a cup valued at S1S0 for forty footers, making 

 it open; all the other cups being for club boats. 



Tnere will probably be the same provision as the Beverly Club 

 made, namely, that the Minerva must sail. The Gossoon belongs 

 to the club. The race will come off after the Corinthian series, 

 and the official circular will soon be issued. 



The forty-foot and first class will sail on one day over an out- 

 side course, and the other classes on another day over inside 

 courses. 



AJ1 cups won in a single race. No two out of three.— W. A. C. 



GOSSOON AND MINERVA. 



THE New York Times of Aug, 4 contains the following inter- 

 view with Gen. Paine: 

 "There appear to be many conflicting opinions about the respec- 

 tive merits of the t wo boais, but it is very plain that no one believes 

 that the Gossoon has any wide margin over the Scotch cutter. 



"Gen. Charles J. Paine, owner of the Volunteer, followed the 

 jrace very closely, and he says be is convinced that the Gossoon is 

 the fastest boat of the two. The General explained his view of 

 the contest to-day to The Timers correspondent, and it appears 

 that he thinks the Gossoon was fiomewhat handicapped by her big 

 clubtopsail in the latter part of the race where the Minerva gained 

 on her. 



'"You see, the wind freshened considerably in the latter part of 

 the windward work, 1 said Gen. Paine, 'and under these conditions 

 the Gossoon's ciunt.opsa.il might not have helped her any. The 

 Minerva earned her small clubtopsail. It is pretty hard to ac- 

 count for the Gossoon's rapid gain in the first hour of sailing, con- 

 sidering that the Minerva did so well out toward the windward 

 mark. The tide might have helped the Gossoon some, and possibly 

 the wind favored ner, althougn it certainly looked as tnougn she 

 was beating the Minerva on her merits.' 



" Speaking of the class of forty -foot yachts, the General said: 

 'I have never departed from my belief that the Lord has made 

 tnings so that the nigh-powered boa's can win, notwithstanding 

 the Minerva has been successful. I do not mean to say that the 

 present boats of high power can beat the Minerva, but I think that 

 power will win if put into a proper model, and if everything aboard 

 the boat is rigut. On the other hand, I would not like to see rules 

 adopted which would bar out boats of moderate power.' 



" 'Then you believe in classifying yachts by their racing lengths?' 

 inquired the reporter. 



if> %6S, I do, provided sail area it not tweed too heavily,' 



" 'Then, is there no limit to the economic use of power?' he was 

 asked. 



" 'Yes. Po.wer may be carried to an extreme, but I do not believe 

 it has been so carried in any of the present forty-footers for racing 

 purposes. I do think, however, that carrying power to such an 

 extreme as is found in some forty-footers is undesirable, and I 

 would be glad to see some rules adopted by the leading yacht clubs 

 which would prevent this excess.' 



"In speaking further of the Gossoon, Gen. Paine said that she is 

 sure to improve. Her deck and spars will dry out, which will help 

 her some, and she will be generally tuned up. Her light construc- 

 tion is unquestionably to her advantage over the Minerva, but then 

 she has got that now and cannot be improved upon in this respect." 



The following is from the Boston Globe of Aug. 3: 



"No doubt the victory of the Minerva is a disappointment to 

 American sympathizers, but it will have a good effect on the 40- 

 foot racing this year. If the Gossoon had won everything from 

 the start she would have stopped racing in the 40-foot class as 

 effectually as the Minerva did last year. It is strange how fleet- 

 ing a thing fame is. After the first victory of the Gossoon -over 

 the Minerva nine-tenths of our yachtsmen had settled down to 

 the belief that the latter was 'done.' In spite of her continued 

 success over all the American forties she was sent to the rear as 

 quickly as if she had never won a race. Now that she has reas- 

 serted herself people are reminded of what a very fast boat she is. 

 and how impossible it seemed to beat hpr a f«w weeks ago. The 

 fact that we now have a boat that is fully as fast as the Minerva 

 shows a great stride in the direction of speed, and we should be 

 well contented if the new American flyer can take half the races 

 from the swift forty. 



"Charles F. Adams, 2d, the helmsman of the Gossoon, is very 

 frank in talking about the race. He says: 



" 'I think that the Minerva fairly outsailed us after the breeze 

 freshened. Up to the time we forced her about we had gained a 

 good deal, but from that time she got away from us a little all the 

 time. We could foot as last as Bhe could and possibly a trifle faster, 

 but she pointed higher all day than we did. With regard to over- 

 standing the mark, we thought we did the right thing at the time, 

 but thinking it over since, I am inrlined to think we did lose a 

 little by it. She would have crossed our bow if we had tacked, and 

 we did want to be under her lee on the laBt tack for the mark. We 

 had made u p our minds to tack just when she did, and if she hadn't 

 tacked we should have come about in a few seconds anyhow.' 



"Capt, Charles Barr of the Minerva looked happy, as Was natural 

 under the circumstances. On being congratulated on his victory, 

 he said: 



" 'It's not much to talk about; it was altogether too close to be 

 pleasant. Some people have told me that it was a fine race, but I 

 didn't see the fun of it. It was much better fun before the Gos- 

 soon came into the racing.' " 



PLEON Y. C. SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP, Aug 6.-The second 

 championship race of the Pleon Y. C. was sailed off Marblehead on 

 Aug. 6 in a light S.W. wind and under sunny skies, iu spite of a 

 threatening morning. The times were: 



FIKST CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected.' 



Oswa, H. A. Hildreth 19.04 1 42 09 1 30 53 



Composite, Mclntyre 21.06 1 41 30 



Edith. S. W. Sleeper .. .17.08 1 47 13 1 34 01 



Milo, E. C. Mason 17.08 1 50 34 1 37 23 



Snail, A. G. Wood 15.07 Withdrawn. 



SPECIAL CLASS 



Minna, J. H. Norris 16.08 1 28 30 1 18 44 



Don, Blaney & High 16.04 1 31 50 1 22 29 



SECOND CLASS— CENTERBOABDS. 



Banjo, J. I. Tavlor 17.05 1 19 18 I 10 20 



Wasp, B. B. Orowniushield 14.07 1 21 37 1 10 23 



Monnie. .1. W. Dunlap 13.07 1 30 06 1 17 56 



Reba. Poole 14.10 1 39 07 



SECOND CLASS— KEELS. 



Sheila, W. Jackson 13.06 1 29 17 1 17 03 



Midget, H. Jackson 12.06 1 30 55 1 17 37 



Esteile, C. Pierce 12.11 1 34 14 1 31 33 



Sheila and Banjo having each won two legs, take the champion- 

 ship in their classes. Oswa and Composite were both protested 

 by Edith, and the winner will be announced later. Minna and 

 Don now each have one leg for the championship of the special 

 class. The judges were Frank Toole and A. G. Wood. 



DORCHESTER Y. C. FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP, AUG. 6.-The 

 first of a series of thrpe championship races held by the new 

 Dorchester Y. C. was sailed off Harrison Square on Aug. 6, the 

 times being: 



FIBST CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Montezuma, G. E. Curry 33.01 2 11 38 1 37 53 



Rival, W. S. Nickerson 26.05 2 12 25 1 43 23 



SECOND CLASS. 



Rocket, H. M. Faxon 16.03 1 30 51 0 59 31 



Flora Lee, C. D. Launing 16.11 1 31 43 1 01 17 



Tantrum, J. F. Small 14.08 1 38 04 1 04 26 



Jackdaw, G. Lewis 18.02 1 34 28 1 08 33 



Viento, C. B. Pear 16.09 1 39 59 1 09 25 



Mirage, G. K. Dearborn 17.05 Withdrawn. 



Scamp, H. N. Nute 18.04 Withdrawn. 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



Pansy, J. T. Preston Not taken. 0 59 17 



Cowslip. J. Longstreet Not taken. 11115 



Violet, H. W. Smith Not taken. Withdrawn. 



The judges were Hartford Davenport, James E. Swan, Henry D. 

 Wing, M. W. Davison; regatta committee, C. E. Bockus, H.W. 

 Burr, H. W. Smith, F. C. Blanehard, D. H. Mason. 



ROCHESTER Y. C. MADGE CUP.-The first race this season 

 for the cup presented last, by Messrs. Wolters and won then by 

 Madge, was sailed on July 31 over a course of five miles to lee- 

 ward and return on Lake Ontario. The wind had been strong 

 S.W., but fell considerably before the start. The times were: 

 Hippie 3:04:55, Vol Qette 3:08:21, Majei 3:10:33, Edith 3:10:51, Armida 

 3:11:02, Fascination 3:11:14. The order at the turn was Ripple, 

 Velnette, Fascination, Mujel, Armida and Edith. Ripple lost her 

 topmast through some trouble with the backstay. On the beat 

 home the wind freshened, and Fascination, in taking in her top- 

 sail, had a bad knock down. Velnette finally won on corrected 

 time, the elapsed times being: 



Start, Finish. Elapsed. 



Ripple 3 04 55 4 50 24 1 45 29 



Majel 3 10 33 4 48 40 1 38 07 



Fascination. . 3 11 14 4 53 02 1 41 48 



Velnette 3 08 21 4 47 38 1 39 17 



Armida 3 11 02 5 07 00 1 55 58 



Edith 3 10 51 4 50 29 1 39 38 



MOSQUITO FLEET Y. C— First cup race, Aug. 9, course No. 1. 

 Weather cloudy, wind easy and moderate, tide flood: 



FIBST CLASS. 



Length. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Correc'd. 



Tantrum, J. F.Smalll.15.00 4 00 5 16 05 1 16 05 1 16 05 



Nellie, J. O'Leary 14.11 4 00 5 30 55 1 20 55 1 20 50 



Lottie, S. H. Rich 14.06 4 00 5 37 40 1 37 40 1 37 07 



SECOND CLASS. 



Bessie,W. C. Cherr'tonl2.11 4 05 5 26 50 1 21 50 1 19 33 

 Skeeter,S. N. Small... .12.11 4 05 5 40 00 1 35 00 1 32 43 



The wind at the start was moderate. About half an hour after 

 the start it died out considerable. The Tantrum turned the buoy 

 first and took the lead and held it to the finish. In the second class 

 Bessie took the lead and beat her competitor handsomely. Win- 

 ners: First class, first leg, Tantrum; second class, first leg, Bes- 

 sie. Judges, M. W. Ransom, J. A. O'Leary, Jas. F. Barry. 



CAROLINA Y. C. 2D REGATTA, JULY 28,-Weather fair; 

 wind light from S,; tide ebb: 



Length. Start. Finish. 



Lillian-Florence, H. M. Bowden 16.02 4 20 00 6 47 10 



Vixen, E. S. Latimer 19.08 4 13 30 6 43 36 



Pirate, Norwood Giles 19,09 4 23 35 6 34 13 



Peggotty, Harry Walters 20.03 4 23 52)^ 6 39 36 



Pirate won in first class, and Lillian-Florence in second class. 

 Owing to lack of space on our course, which prevents a "flying 

 start," yachts are given their time allowance at the start, being 

 sent off in detail. Regatta committee, R. N. Sweet, M. S> Willard, 



H. N. Parsley. Judges, Col. Stanhope E. Blunt, U.S.A., Col. 

 Beuchan Cameron, N.C.S.G., D. M. Williams. 



GANANOQUE REGATTA.— Clayton, N, Y., Aug. O.-Tbe Gan- 

 anoque (Ontario, Can.) regatta for sailing skiffs, advertised for 

 Thursday, the 7th iust., but postponed on account of light weather, 

 was held to-day in a heavy wind. Five of the fastest ooats on the 

 St. Lawrence River started with the following result: 

 Yankee Doodle, St. Lawrence R, S., C. & S. L. Co., Clayton, N.Y..1 

 Choctaw, F. Jones, Broekville, Ont- .- ,3 



I. O. U., F. Hawley. Kingston. Ont 3 



Cyclone, — . Lasha, Gananoque, Ont 0 



Y. kwa, —.Nicholson, Gananoque, Ont 0 



Arietta B., R. Bullock, Gananoque, Ont 0 



Yankee Doodle was a mile ahead of the second boat, and once 

 more demonstrates that the ohanjpiosship for Bt. Lawrence River 

 iklfh beloa*. to CiaytoB, N. Y. 



AN EXPERT OPINION.-The New York papers have not hesi - 

 tated to handle the classification question without gloves during 

 the past year, the work of the various committees coming in for 

 pretty severe criticism. How much the most of this was worth is 

 shown from the following editorial from the New York World, 

 which certainly surpasses in absurdity anything that has been 

 published for a very long time: "We are glad to note that 30 

 eminent, an authority as Gen. Paine agrees with the World as to 

 taxing of sail power. As Gen. Paine says. 'Power will wiu if put 

 into a proper model and if everything aboard the boat is right.' 

 Power in a yacht is the power of sail. Other things being equal, 

 the hull which has the ability to carry the greatest sail area will 

 win, and she ought to win. Given two hulls, each 40ft, long, one 

 carrying a boom 5ft. longer than the other, and having 4ft. more 

 hoist, this hull will have the advantage of somewhere near 20ffc. 

 more of sail area and must win unless there is some great awk- 

 wardness in her model. To tax the superior sail-carrying capac- 

 ity of this boat in order to make her more like her rival is to 

 destroy the technical value of a yacht race. Aside from the 

 physical invigoration of the sport, the interest would be largely 

 that aroused by a game of chance. To tax sail power is like tax- 

 ing the. endurance of a trotting horse to bring him down to an - 

 equality with his less capable rival." 



MIST— WILDCAT— On Aug. 5 a very close match race was 

 sailed at Monument Beach in a double-reef south wester hetween 1 

 Mist, G. H. Lyman, Jr., B. Y. C. 26.08 sailing length, and Wildcat, 

 S. P. Hill, of Monument Beach. 26.04 sailing length. Course was 

 from Monument Beach to and around West Island Buoy and re- 

 turn, h% nautical miles to windward and return. The match 

 was sailed without allowance, boat for boat, although under B. I 

 Y. C. rulps Mist would allow 62 seconds. Wildcat started Zb sec- I 

 onds ahead, but Mist finally got a trifling lead, though Wildcat 

 was close after her. Running home Mist shook out one reef and 

 Wildcat shook out both. Mist crossed line 83. ahead, winning by '■ 

 33s. actual time; a close race for a 31-mile course. Under B. Y. C. [ 

 rules Wildcat would have won by 30s. 



JESSICA.— On the night of Aug. 6 the new cutter Jessica ar- 1 

 rived at New York from Fairlie, which port she left on July 3. [ 

 She was brought out by Capt. James Rltcnie with a mate, Archi- 1 

 bald Paton, and a crew of two. She had rather a hard passage, | 

 with head winds. Her cruising rig will be replaced by a racing 

 suit somewhat larger than Minerva's. Jessica was designed for I 

 the 20-rating class, and is 46ft. l.w.l. and 10ft. 4in. beam. 



CAPSIZED.— The centerboard sloop Lydia, of Yonkers, when I 

 near that place on Aug. 4, on her return from the New York Y. L 

 R, A. cruise, capsized suddenly and dropped her crew of four into [ 

 the Hudson. Tney were rescued by small boats. 



lew ffntlimtian^ 



NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME. 



A BOOK on the big game of North America.giving the habits and 

 the best method of hunting each species, has long been needed 

 and will be very welcome to alarge class of readers. 



Some time ago, when it was announced that such a book was to 

 be published, containing articles on various species by a number 

 of weU-known writers, and edited by Mr. G. O. Shields, consider- 

 able curiosity was felt by hunters of large game as to what the 

 production would be. This volume had just made its appearance 

 and is now before us. 



It is only a few years since the fashion was inaugurated of mak- 

 ing composite books on sporting subjects. The most imposing of 

 such books was "Sport with Gun and Rod," issued some years ago 

 from the press of the Century Company, but that was a booki 

 rather for the general reader than for the man who was above all 

 things a sportsman, 



A book written on this plan, with articles from the pens of hunt-' 

 ers who may be called specialists as to the particular game which 

 they pursue, will probably serve its purpose better than one which 

 is the production of a single individual, even though he be well, 

 qualified for his task. At the same time it is plain that a book, 

 made on this plan suffers when looked at from a literary stand- 

 point. It is likely, unless it is edited with great care and skill, to 

 be a literary patchwork. However, it isnot from a literary stand- 

 point that, a hook of this character should be reviewed. This book 

 is for sportsmen, and, no matter how keen the literary sense of a 

 sportsman, he desires above all thing3 facts, aud these be is more 

 likely to get in this way than in any other. To him it matters 

 little if the style be crude and diffuse, so long, as it is intelligible 

 and reliable. He is not in search of literary excellence, but of ; 

 information, and the more detailed and exact that information is, 1 

 the more useful is the book. 



Up to the present time no book has ever been published de-i 

 voted exclusively to the big game of America. Mr. Shields is 

 the pioneer in this di rectiou, the first man to carry out an idea* 

 that has tmdoubtedly occurred to many hunters. He has selected 

 for his contributors, as will be seen by the list given below, many, 

 men who are well known as contributors to the sporting press, 

 and among these are a considerable number who are perhapai 

 moTe competent than any others to write on the species that havei 

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 a number of cases very grave errors have crept into the accounts 

 of the habits given of certain animals, but notwithstanding such- 

 blemishes in the work, it can fairly be said that "The Big Game: 

 of America" ought to have a place in the library of every man 

 who uses the rifle. 



The contents of this massive volume of nearly 600 pages with 

 the names of the authors are given in the. following list: Intro-: 

 duction by Hon. John Dean Caton; Moose Hunting in the Rocky; 

 Mountains, Newton Hibbs; Elk Hunting in the Olympic Moun-: 

 tains, W. A. Perry; The Wapiti (poem), " Wah-bah-mi-mi"; The 

 Caribou, Wm. Pittman Lett; The. Woodland Caribou, Dr. R. B.: 

 Cantrell; The Mule Deer. Rev. Joshua Cooke: The Mule Deer ofi 

 Southern California, T. S. Van Dyke; The Columbia Black-tailed 

 Deer, Thos. G. Farrel; the Virginia Deer, Walter M. Wolfe; A 

 Deer Hunt. "Wah-bah-mi-mi"; Hunting the Grizzly Bear, W. S.t 

 Rainsford, D.D.; The Polar Bear, Sergt. Francis Long; A Polar 



Bear Hunt, : Tne Black Bear, Col. Geo. D. Alexander; The 



Buffalo, Orin Belknap; The Musk-Ox, H. Biederbiek; Still-Hunt- 

 ing the Antelope, Arthur W. DuBray; Coursing the Antelope 

 with Greyhounds, M. E. Allison; The Death of Venus (poem), 

 Wm. P. Lett; Tne Rocky Mountain Goat; John Fannin; The Pec- 

 cary, A. G. Requa; The Cougar, W. A. Perry; The Lynx, J. O. Nat- 

 trass; The Wolf, Wm. P. Lett; Coursing the Gray Wolf, D. S. 

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 smith; Coon Hunting m Southern Illinois, Daniel Arrowsmith; 

 Fox Hunting in Virginia, Dr. M. G. Ellzey; Alligator Shooting in 

 Florida, Cyrus W. Butler; The Ethics of Field Sports, Judge John: 

 Dean Caton and W. B. Leffingweil. 



There is nerbaps room for a difference of opinion as to whether 

 animals like the peccary, the wolf, the lynx and wildcat should 

 be called game. Certainly the raccoon, fox and alligator ought 

 not to be included in this list, though the smaller cats and tue 

 gray wolf may perhaps belong there. The wolverine is properly 

 fur, and is not in any r sense game; as weU include the fisher, the 

 badger or the ground hog. 



It is quite impossible, within the limits of a review of this char- 

 acter, to go over all the chapters of this book and criticise them 

 as we should like to. It seems better to take up a single article- 

 one which treats of a species very familiar to all hunters in the 

 W T est. and very easily killed, and to call attention to certain mis- 

 statements made about this animal which ought never to have 

 been permitted to appear in a work of this kind, which by many 

 of its readers will be regarded aa authoritative. 



Mr. VV. A. Perry, in his chapter on elk hunting in the Olympic 

 Mountains, makes the statement that the elk, when about to shed 

 their horns, seek some secluded thicket and there rub the antlera 

 against a tree or bush until they have pushed them off. This- 

 statement is, of course, the reverse of true. The experience of all 

 observers shows that when the deer and elk lose their horns, thia 

 operation is wholly an involuntary one. The absorption which 

 takes place at the base of the antler weakens its attachment tc 

 the pedicel and the horn at length drops off by its own weight, 

 This dropping off of the horn has been frequently witnessed, and 

 the fact that bare mesas and hillsides in the Rocky Mountains 

 where elk have their winter feeding grounds, are often thickly 

 strewn with shed antlers, is additional evidence, if this wert 

 needed, that they do not. rub their horns against trees and bushes 

 to get rid of them. Still speaking a h out the horns, Mr. Pern; 

 says that when the horns have completed their growth and are 

 getting hard, and the elk commence rubbing off the velvet, "there 

 is evidently some microbe or insect in the velvet that irri- 

 tates the animal." We know of no evidence to support 

 this statement, and it Beems much more simple and rea- 

 sonable to suppose, as has been done by previous writers, tha'. 

 as the flow of blood becomes leas, the skin which surrounds 'tin- 

 horn itches like a healing wound, and that it is to relieve himself 

 from this irritation that the elk rubs off the velvet. In speaking 

 of the rutting season, the statement is ma^e that the band of elk 

 always acknowledges one leader, the largest and strongest bull in. 

 the herd) This of eeurs* is true ip a certain sense, but it is not 



