316 THE YOUNG 
Stephens, J. J. MeGeer (coxswain), first, 
in 8m. 14s. ; O. Berger, Y. R. Roby, J. T. 
Harden (coxswain), second by several 
open lengths ; D. W. Edwards, A. Waeng- 
ler, L. Walter (coxswain), beaten off. 
Senior' single-sculls.— J. R. Pettit first, 
in 8m. 55s. ; Max B. Kaesclie second, by 
more than a length; P. J. Engel and 
James Gallagher did not finish. The 
winner was in front from the start. 
Junior single-sculls. — L. Walter first, in 
8m. 23s. ; Floyd Grant second ; W. H. 
Cormell, 0; W. D. Kelley, 0; T. A. Fitz- 
simmons, 0. At the first attempt a foul 
occurred between Kelley and Grant, 
causing a fresh start. A steam-launch 
interfered with Connell, and Kelley met 
with a mishap by the breaking of his 
footstrap. 
Four-oared gigs.— J. R. Pettit (bow), 
O. J. Stephens, W. D. Kelley, S. Yan 
Zandt (stroke), J. J. McGeer (coxswain), 
first; P. J. Engel (bow), William Schulet, 
Oscar Berger, Max B. Kaesche (stroke), 
A. J. Maehler (coxswain), second. 
Six-oared gigs.— Bachelors : Y. R. Roby 
(bow), William Schuler, O. J. Stephens, 
William Lalor, L. Walter, Max B. 
Kaesche (stroke), John T. Harden (cox- 
swain), first, in 7m. 6s. ; Benedicts : P. J. 
Engel (bow), F. Grant, J. W. Goodsill, 
Jas. McCartney, Oscar Berger, A. Schnei- 
der (stroke), A. J. Maehler (coxswain), 
second, by two lengths. 
Eight-oared shells.— J a>mes Gallagher 
(bow), Joseph Halk, L. Shaffner, T. A. 
Fitzsimmons, J. R. Pettit, Y. R. Roby, 
William Schuler, Max B. Kaesche 
(stroke), John T. Harden (coxswain), 
first, in 6m. 32s.; E. J. Connell (bow), 
D. McGin, J. C. Martin, G. W. Koehler, 
F. Grant, L. Walter, Oscar Berger, Wm. 
Lalor (stroke), D. W. Edwards (coxswain), 
second, by a few feet. 
Odd Notes. 
— The largest black bass known to have 
been caught in Greenwood Lake is stated 
to have been landed a few days ago by 
Andrew Dickinson. It weighed a little 
more than eight pounds. 
— About two thousand persons were at 
the Nantasket Skating-rink, Mass., Sept. 
SCIENTIST. 
1, to witness a game of roller-polo be- 
tween the Boston and Nantasket Clubs. 
The latter team won the first goal after 
playing seven minutes, and, as the half- 
hour limit expired before another was 
gained, the Nantaskets carried the day. 
— The thirtieth anniversary of the birth 
of the Pottsville Fishing Party, a social 
organization composed of prominent 
men, was on Aug. 30 appropriately cele- 
brated at the People's Railway Park, 
Pottsville, Pa. 
— At a meeting on Sept. 6 of the com- 
mittee appointed by the National Rod 
and Reel Association to make arrange- 
ments for the tournament to be held Oct. 
16 and 17, different committees were ap- 
pointed and an amateur fisherman was 
defined to be one "who has never fished 
for a living, has never been a guide, and 
has never been employed in the sale or 
manufacture of fishing tackle." 
— A meeting of the National Rifle Asso- 
ciation was held Sept. 4, at which it 
was announced that sufficient funds had 
already been guaranteed to enable an 
English team to come to this country 
next Summer. A committee of five will 
be appointed by the N. R. A. to prepare 
for the match. 
— The first annual picnic of the Boston 
(Mass.) Homing Pigeon Club was held 
Sept. 4. The entertainment consisted 
of dancing and the liberation of several 
coops of thoroughbred birds which were 
on exhibition. Sixteen birds were sent to 
Cambridgeport, eight to Dedham, fifteen 
to Lowell, seven to Stoneham, twelve to 
Waltham, twenty to City Point, fifteen to 
South Boston, and nine to Jamaica 
Plain— 102 in all. The fourteen birds that 
made the 800 miles' journey from Canada 
were on exhibition and attracted much 
attention. 
€mn&pvikmt. 
Ed. Young Scientist— BesiV Sir : I would beg 
leave to call your atteotion to the fact that here 
on the Boise Elver is a place where flowers in 
abundance furnish food for an unlimited num- 
ber of bees. I have been up on the South Fork 
of the Boise Kiver, where no one yet has ven- 
