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Nitw York Bay Regatta. — From the very marked success 
of the Newburg Regatta last year, ex-Commodore Joseph 
loobies, of the Columbia Yacht Club ; ex-Commodore John 
D. Brassiugton, of the Manhattan Yacht Club ; ex-Commodore 
A. L. Kreymeyer, of the Pavonia Yacht Club; Nathaniel B. 
Lockwood, of the Empire City Yacht Club, and Mr. John M. 
Bawyer, of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, met in convention last 
week, uud resolved to give a regatta in New York Bay, that 
should be called “ the first annual New York Bay regatta for 
open yachts," that should be free to all open yachts, without 
regard to clubs aud without entrance money. In order to ob- 
tain funds to carry out this resolution, each of the five members 
(referred to above) were authorized to receive subscriptions, 
which are to be devoted to the prizes and other expenses of 
the regatta. It was also resolved to invite a delegate from 
each yacht club to confer with the members of the committee 
upon further arrangements, as this was virtually a national 
enterprise in which all yacht owners would be more or les 3 
interested. The event will come off in June or July, and a 
large meeting is to be expected. 
Seawanhaka Yaoht Club. — The programme of the regat- 
tas of this club for 1878, i9 : 
First regatta, Saturday, June 15.— Open to all clubs, with 
the usual restrictions. A Corinthian regatta for second class 
schooners and first and second class sloops. Two schooners 
and three sloops in either class to start. Regatta to be sailed 
with time allowance. Prizes, $150 in each class, $450. Sec- 
ond regatta, Saturday, June 22. — An ocean race, twenty miles 
to windward and return, starting from Sandy Hook, for first 
and second class schooners and first and second class sloops. 
Owners to command and steer their own boats. Open to all 
clubs with the usual restrictions. Two yachts to start in either 
class. Prizes for schooners, $150 each, $300; prizes for 
sloops, $100 each, $200. Third race. — Annual regatta at 
Oyster Bay, July 4. Five prizes, at $50 each, $250. Corin- 
thian cruise to start from Oyster Bay the day after the 
regatta. 
There may be some alterations in this scheme, possibly in 
thetime of the Corinthian regatta. 
Atlantic Yaoht Club.— The opening regatta of this club 
will be held May 30 ; a regatta for open boats early in June ; 
the regular regatta June 17th ; followed by a regatta for cata- 
marans. The officers newly elected are : Com., George A. 
Thayer, of the schooner yacht Triton; Vice-Corn., William 
Cooper, of the sloop yacht Orion ; Rear Com., William Hil- 
dreth Field, of the sloop yacht Kaiser; Meas., George B. 
Moffat; Rec. Sec., John B. Morgan; Cor. Sec., J. Lawrence 
Marcellus; Treas., Richard C. Field; Trustees — George A. 
Thayer, J. R. Maxwell, J. II. Rhodes, L. A. Fish, W. H. H. 
Beebe, W. W. Beebe ; Com. on Membership — W. W. Rich- 
ards, Austin H. Easton, William Peet ; Regatta Com.— H. S. 
Manning, A. H. Farnngton, Austin H. Easton. 
Jersey City Yaoht Club. — At the annual meeting, March 
7, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 
Commodore, John A. Nugent; Vice-Commodore, A. P. Ball; 
Treas., Asa Brainerd; Sec., James T. Grady; Measurer, 
George N. Weston; Directors — John A. Nugent, A. P. Ball, 
Asa Brainerd, James T. Grady, George N. Weston, John A. 
Hilton, William Clarke, John H. Carnes, Charles E. Gardner, 
J. A. Roberts and A. B. Reynolds. 
St. Augustine Yaoht Club.— Saturday last was a gala day 
for the St. Augustine (Fla.) Yacht Club, it being the fourth 
annual regatta. Other sports added interest to the programme. 
Neenaii Yaoht Club. — Neenah , W£s., March 5. — We have 
one of the finest lakes in the country for fishing and boating, 
and there are a number of yacht races during the season which 
are very interesting. The present season promises to be very 
lively, as 9ome new yachts have been built the past winter, 
which will make a fleet of over thirty on the lake. We expect 
boats here from Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and Geneva 
Lake to participate with us in our races in July and August. 
Inclosed you will find a copy of the by-laws, etc., of the yacht 
club here. S. F. Henry, Secretary. 
— Considerable disappointment is felt in yachting circles 
that the reported prize cf $2,500, offered by the managing 
committee of the Paris Exposition, has proved to be a fable. 
The American Amateur CnAMPioNsnir.— To settle the 
question of the championship for amateur rowing crews, the 
Watkins, N. Y., Regatta Association have announced a grand 
national test regatta, open to all amateurs, to take place May 
or June next, on Seneca Lake, N. Y. Representative races 
will embrace fours, pairs aud singles, and will be one and five- 
sixteenths of a mile straightaway (exact distance of Henley 
course). Winning crews are to be sent to Henley-on-Thames 
and Paris Exposition races by the Watkins Regatta Associa- 
tion as representative amateur oarsmen of America. Exact 
dates and details of regatta will be furnished in a few weeks 
and forwarded to all amateur clubs in the United States. 
Metropolitan Rowing Association.— At a meeting held 
lost Saturday evening, the following clubs being present— 
Argonauts, Atlanta, (Jarman, Columbia, Dauntless, Hesper, 
Nassau, Nautilus, Vesper and Winona — it was resolved 
to open the regattas of the club to all amateur boat clubs * n 
the world. The first regatta will be held July 4, on the Hud- 
son River, somewhere between the Battery and Spuyten 
Duyvil. 
Aoquaokanonk Rowing Club.— This club of Passaic City, 
N. J., has elected the following officers -. Pres., John M. Gill; 
Capt., Wm. J. Cooper; Lieut., Chas. Pike; Treas., Jos. W. 
Higbie ; Sec., Cornelius Demarest -, Trustees, Wm. J. Cooper, 
Chas. White, J. W. Higbie. E. C. B. 
Yale and Harvard.— The course for the regatta at Now 
London, June 28, is down the Thames, toward the city, the 
finish to be at Wiuthrop’s Neck , a neck of land a quarter of a 
mile above the city. Buoys will be anchored along the centre 
fini?h\vm U hfmnrfc H ip . hlh , 0f “ mile , apaTl ' HQd start and 
The clToWnf ? Cd 9lern , P° 8,s P^ced on opposite banks, 
ine Choice of a referee, hereafter to alternate between the two 
colleges, falls this time to Yale, who selected Professor A. M. 
Wheeler, of New Haven. The conditions for spectators are 
most excellent. It is proposed to run flat cars along the rail- 
road track on the river bank, keeping the sight-seers abreast 
of the race the whole distance. 
The Yale Crew.— T he crew chosen for the coming race 
with Harvard is as follows : 
Weight. Height. 
Cnrtlas, '79 Bow )65 6 feel lOjtf laches. 
Clarke, ’78 2 169 6 llv? “ 
Rogers. '80 „ m 6 .. 
Livingston, T 9 7 771 6 .. n .. 
Thompson, -79 stroko is* r. low 
Polhemus, If) .Substitute 105 5 n£ •• 
—Harvard has challenged Cornell to an eight-oared race 
at New London, next June. 
§amif §ag and (§nn. 
GAME IN SEASON IN MARCH. 
Hares, brown and gray. wild duck, geese, brant, etc. 
FOR FLORIDA. 
Deer, Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, 9nlpo, Ducks aud Wild Fowl. 
"Bay birds" generally, Including various species of plover, sand 
piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, phalaropes, avoecet- 
etc., coming under the group LimlcoUe, or Shore Birds. 
Retail Prioes, Poultry and Game.— Game— Canvas-back 
ducks, $1.50 to $2 per pair ; red head, $1.00 to $1.25; brant 
geese, $1.25 ; mallard ducks, 40 to 50 cts. ; black do., 40 to 50 
cts. ; widgeou do., 30 to 40 eta.; broad bill do., 40cts. ; teal do., 
40 ct9. ; wild geese, per piece, $i ; quail, per dozen, 40 cts.; 
wild pigeons, flights, $1.75; stall fed do., $2 50; Philadel- 
phia squabs, $4.00. 
Poultry. — Philadelphia aud Bucks County dry picked 
chickens, per pound, 20 to 22 cts. ; do fowls, 15 cts ; do tur- 
keys, 20 cts.; do ducks, 20 cts.; do geese, 15 ; State and West- 
ern chickens, 12 to 15 cts. ; do turkeys, 15 cts. ; do fowls, 13; 
do ducks, 16 cts. ; do geese, 10 ct9. ; capons, 25 ; slips, 22 ; 
spring chickens, per pair, $1.50. 
New Hampshire— Nashua, Feb. 20.— The prospect for 
quail shooting next fall i9 very good. The Fish and Game Club 
has a membership of 45. Officers for 1878 are : Pres't., Ed- 
ward Spalding ; Vice-Pres’t., Hon. Virgil C. Gillman : Clerk, 
Chas. E. Whiimarsh ; Treas., Geo. H. Andrews; Executive 
Committee, Gill. C. Shattuck, Aaron King, A. W. Greeley ; 
Attorney, E. E. Parker. The club has been aotively engageu 
in the stocking of our waters with salmon and bass. Webb. 
Dover , March ll s — We note that blue-birds and rob- 
ins have arrived, aod wild geese are flying over. Ducks of 
the different kinds have begun to bed along our coast in large 
numbers. G. A. W. 
Massaohu8EUT9— Salem. March 12. — A woodcock lost its 
life last Monday night, the 4th ult. , by flying against Hospital 
Point lighthouse, Beverly. Wilson snipe are ulong. Spring 
birds are very early. Black ducks are getting into some of 
the inland meadows, etc. Ipswich, Rowley, Parker River, 
and Newburyport marshes and rivers free of them. 
R. L. N. 
Conneotiout — Lakeville, March 8. — Robins, bluebirds, red- 
wings, blackbirds, etc., plenty; have also seen jiucks 
North. 
ducks going 
W. H. W. 
New York — New Utrecht, March 4. — The birds are com- 
mencing to go north rapidly. Meadow heDS ( Rallus crepitans ) 
were seen on our meadows a week ago, and woodcock are 
striking on. I flushed one a few nights ago in my yard, and 
to-day a friend brought me a female bird which new against 
a telegraph wire, severing its throat and causing death. Scat- 
tering flocks of blackbirds, bluebirds and robins are "passing, 
and the gulls have left our bays. The crows and English 
sparrows are building their nests, and if the instinct of birds is 
a good criterion, we shall have an early spring. The frost is 
out of the meadows, aud if the weather continues fine, the 
next warm ram will bring on the first flight of English snipe, 
which will give sportsmen better recreution than glass-bail 
shooting. J. H. B. 
Eldred, March 11— Under above date, we hear from the 
veteran hunter, Isaac M. Bradley. The new protection law 
will probably make partridges very abundant here the coming 
season. One man shipped, last fall, over one thousand birds, 
and more thun five thousand were sent from here. 
Buffalo, March 8.— Blue bird9 and meadow-larks here to- 
day. Pigeons flying plentifully in the southern part of the 
county. No snipe yet. Unoas. 
New York State Association.— We acknowledge from 
John B. Sage, Esq., the receipt of the constitution and by-laws 
of the N. Y. State Association, amended, to 1878. The consti- 
tution has been ably revised by the Secretary. The most 
notable change is that of section 5, in regard to the treasurer, 
who now has to execute a bond for $4,000. Some fifty clubs 
will be represented at the coming convention. Mr. Sage has 
been busy in New York arranging the programme, which, 
thanks to his energy, is sure to be a very complete and inter- 
esting one. 
New JzBSK'z.--Barncyat Inlet. — Kinsey's Ashley House, 
March 11 .— Our bay is full of geese and brant. More of the 
latter came into the inlet on Saturday in one day than we have 
known for years. B - 
Pennsylvania — Titusville, March 11. — Pigeons 'have been 
flvine every day last week, but most too high to be shot. 
Several flocks of geese passed over Saturday. Poor weather 
for foxhimtiBg: none have beeu killed lately. “Clinton 
fox-hunter" relates of finding a dead fox half onion u 
perhaps it „„ . VK b., TdS '2 
delights in eating the same after being skinned. Hs do<?1t 
not for hunger, as he h .s plenty of fnSh meat every day 
G. H. W. 
Tennessee- -Nashville, March 7.— Now that the season tor 
shooting quail, turkeys and deer has closed, our sportsmen 
wSodcoirt «S g t , f0r tbC nppe T nCC of ^ ack9 «ipe and 
here for a sLr? . U 1Cre V 8 Kenemlly an abundance about 
river banks iL 11 " 6, m the marsh y P*“ces and along the 
fouud at ReelfiTwf nu “ ber8 1 of , wild fowl are also to bo 
Many oi oJZrfi 8UCh , as duck *» g c ’ ost '. bmnt and swan. 
Aching a - p lr lsmen go there for shooting as well as for 
h. o%S d , Dr ' l- 
Arnold and W. J. Chit „r other a wm won^'lS 
oTone'S C,0S " r “» «*» 
J* D. H. 
Kentucky- Louisville, March 7.-Val. Cowling ami Q am 
ssasjSdSi" K “ uk " kee thii —4 
tt-'Xsaet 
plenty on the river from that city to Westport. Louisville l! 
to have a shooting tournament during the spring races. 
Florida -Halifax Inlet, March 1.— The hunting in this 
region has improved under the new game law. and more deer 
have b: en killed than for the last two or three years A hid 
twelve years old, from Philadelphia, who was out’ with a 
hunting party near Now Smyrna, is reported to have killed a 
bear, a deer and a wild-cat. [Good work for a boy of twelve 
—Ed.] I notice the white herons aud egrets, being no longer 
hunted for their plumes, are becoming tame and easy of an- 
proach. 8.C.C. 
Illinois— Peotone, March 4.— Ducks aud geeso numerous. 
Prairie chickens are quite plenty here ; the males can be heard 
drumming on a sunny morning. Quails are scarce ; have seen 
none for a long time. Saw robins, blackbirds, and meadow 
larks on the 2d. rj y 
Iowa— Winter set, March 0.— We have a lino prospect for 
grouse during the coming season. They were quite plenty 
last year, and as the winter has been so unfavorable for trap- 
ping, there will be an abundance after the spring hatch 
Quail are very plenty. J. W M ' 
Wisconsin— Janesville, March 7. -Canvaa-backs airived in 
large numbers, March 5, at Luke Koshkono D g. Col L A 
Harris, Thos. A. Logan (Gloan) and Ben Robinson all of 
Cincinnati, are at Bingham’s, Koshkoning. R, y # 
Janesville, March 7.— Blue birds and robins first seen here 
Mar. 3 ; wild geese and some ducks seen on the prairie for 
the past week. Large flocks of wild pigeons flying here to- 
day for first time. Weather warm and poor prospects for 
spring duck and snipe shooting. R. V. 
Wisconsin — Menasha, March 1.- 
ably be unusually good. 
-Game season will prob- 
8. L. H. 
Colorado Golarado Springs, Feb. 27.— The sage brush on 
the line of the Denver aud Rio Grande Railroad, about twen- 
ty-five miles south of this place, abounds in Jack rabbits, with 
now and then a specimen of his more Northern brother, L. 
campestris, and a fair sprinkling of the ubiquitous cottou tail* 
Large bags (in this case gunny sacks) are brought home by 
(he sportsmen who care to go down after them. Ou Saturday 
last I shot six inside of an hour, aud fifteen in about three- 
fourths of a day. A few ducks are making their appearance 
though not in sufficient numbers yet to muke it worth while 
to go after them. q jj_ 
A Sportsman’s Resort in Wyoming.— A correspondent 
writes from Wyoming Territory uuder date of February 8 : 
“ Our camp is located on the road from Fort Reno to Fort 
Custer, where the road crosses the Tongue River. We are 
five miles from the foothills of the Big Horn range of moun- 
tains. We have had the most enjoyable trip conceivable, and 
all the sport the hardest to please could desire. We put up a 
most comfortable log cabin, and built the best chimney and 
fire-place I ever saw out of the slabs of sandstone we found 
just where we wanted them, and got everything in the most 
comfortable shape, ready for some cold weather, and have 
been most agreeably surprised not to have any. The snow 
fall has not exceeded six inches, and it disappeared almost as 
fast as it fell. We have determined to locate here, and open 
a resort for sportsmen in combination with stock raising. 
This ia the beat wooded, wutered aud grassed country in the 
United States. Besides, an abundance of gx>d coal crops out 
iu many places. Some of it can he fired with a match. Ab 
soon as I can get buildings erected, and otherwise prepared to 
make one comfortable, I propose to open a house for sports- 
men. Such a place for game— bear, buffalo, elk, deer and 
mountain sheep— I have never seen. The streams are full of 
the finest trout, while this mountain climate is simply superb. 
New Bbunswiok — St. John, Feb. 25. — There is much com- 
plaint about cariboo slaughter. Some time ago eight carcasses 
was openly exposed in the country market here for sale, and 
last Friday seven were brought down to Moncton from the North 
Shore. We had a “Game Protection Society," hut the big 
fire destroyed their records and upset things generally. They 
intend to reorganize ; such a society is wanted very muck 
The cariboo were killed by our own people, and not by out- 
siders. o. W. 
Newfoundland— Harbor Grace, Feb. 17.— Our old friend,, 
the partridge, seems to be getting scarce, uud the cluck cluck 
of his voice is less frequent. Some say the rabbits destroy 
the eggs. How far this is true I know not. I urn of opinion^ 
however, that the rabbits are far better for the poor people. 
You must have setter dogs to hunt purtridge. There ore four 
nice setters here — Shot, Grouse, Pat and Grouse. Pat is u 
fine, smart, light, humorous young Irish dog. He is com- 
plaining ofcough now. c. 
Wild Pigeons.— T he first flocks of the usual wild pigeon 
flights have appeared in Oceana and the adjoining counties of 
Michigan. 
Pennsylvania. — Tionesta, Forest Co.— Pigeons are very 
numerous in this county and have been all the winter. 
McK. 
