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WILD CAT. — The steam launch Wild Cat was launched from 

 tbe works of C. L. Seabury & Co., Nyack-on-Hudson, N. Y., at 8:30 

 on Saturday evening, I6fch instant. She is designed specially for 

 speed and is owned by Mr. Fred D. Hughes, a well-known New 

 York yachtsman. Following are the dimensions of the Wild Cat: 

 Length over all, 40ft., extreme beam, 5ft. 10in., draft 28in. She 

 is double framed with very light cedar planking, copper fastened 

 and riveted, finished throughout in mahogany, and develops a 

 speed of 18 miles per hour. A number of engineer's trial trips have 

 been made and proved very satisfactory to the owner and build- 

 ers. The machinery consists of a 50 H. P. compound engine and a 

 Seabury patent safety water tube boiler. She is allowed 2501bs. 

 working pressure and turns a 37in. wheel 400 revolutions per min- 

 ute. The boat is open cockpit style and has a square stern with 

 propeller aft of the rudder. The Wild Cat will be used by Mr. 

 Hughes as a pleasure boat in New York waters and vicinity. 



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SPORT. 



THIS is the title of a large illustrated work, now being published 

 in parts by Messrs Bradlee Whidden & Co, of Boston, and 

 devoted to depicting various phases of shooting and fishing. Sec- 

 tions I. and II. are now before us. 



Only a publisher, we imagine, can have any conception of the 

 difflcu] ties and the expense attendant upon the production of a 

 work of this character. These difficulties have to do almost en- 

 tirely with the illustrations, for there are many men who are com- 

 petent to speak intelligently of the animals to be included in a 

 collection of this kind, and it is quite possible to select from among 



our sportsmen an editor, or better still a corps of editors with 

 experience broad enough to enable him or them to properly super- 

 vise the work. When we come to figuring the wild denizens of the 

 plains and woods and streams the case is different. To find an 

 artist who knows how to draw and color a particular fish or animal, 

 and who is at the same time a landscape painter is not always 

 easy. If in addition to this it be demanded that he know some- 

 thing of the habits of these creatures, and of the circumstances 

 which attend their capture, the difficulties of a choice are greatly 

 increased, and it is found that the number of men who can accept- 

 ably furnish the illustrations for a work of this kind is still further 

 reduced. Besides, each artist should be able to superintend, at 

 least in a general way, the reproduction of his own sketches. It 

 will thus be recognized that special knowledge of several differ- 

 ent kinds is required for a successful work in this field. In the 

 selection of the artists for the present work the publishers have 

 had a fair measure of success. 



The parts now at hand include the text and illustrations treat- 

 ing of the salmon, the moose, the brook trout, the black bass, the 

 tarpon and the antelope; subjects for half a dozen essays of consid- 

 erable length and for illustrations which might stir the 'sportsman's 

 blood. The exigencies of publication have, however, obliged the 

 publishers to limit the text to two pages on each species treated, 

 one being devoted to a brief description of the fish or quadruped 

 and the second to a short sketch of howitiscaptured. These hand- 



differ in excellence and the later are better than the earlier ones. 

 The black bass illustration is spirited and well done, and the scene 

 is attractive and natural. So too is that of tarpon fishing, which 

 has a fine flavor of the sea. Mr. Remington's illustration of an- 

 telope shooting is characteristic and gives a capital idea of the 

 wide sweep of the plains. His horses, and the cow puncher, with 

 his shaps and his six-shooter, who is holding them while his com- 



panion shoots, would be recognized anywhere. It may be objected 

 that the antelope play a small part in this sketch, but from the 

 composition of the picture this is unavoidable. 



Wehave said the later pictures in these two parts are better than 

 the earlier ones, and it may fairly be assumed that as the work 

 progresses, the experience gained by those connected with it will 

 result m the pictures of each succeeding number being better than 

 those which have gone before. 



It is unnecessary to speak at length'of the text of the work, 

 which is brief and as a rule elementary. We note the inexact 

 statement that the female antelope has horns, while, as is well 

 known, a good majority of the does are without them, at least for 

 some years. The generic name AntUocapra is misspelled, but this 

 is the only typographical error that has caught our eye. 



There should be a broad field for a work like this, and we shall 

 look forward with interest to the appearance of future numbers. 



lEg*™ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



Fisherman.— The specimen you wished Identified is a specimen 

 of the cavalli. See drawing in our Florida number of Jan. 9, 1890. 



J- A. L , Owego.— The explosive you send looks like some we re- 

 ceived from the inventor last spring, with a statement that it was 

 not yet perfected for use. We do not know its composition. 



H. E.H., Lowell, Mass.— We are not conversant with the rules 

 governing the distribution of prizes in bowling matches; and in 

 the absence of conditions previously agreed upon, are at a loss 

 to see how your dispute can be settled save by mutual agreement. 



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