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fishermen and Hell Gate pilots as Mr. Philip Jonas, familiarly 
known as •• Uncle Phil," or Nathaniel Lockwood the Pres.- 
K of the club, or Wm. McManus, and others, will giro you 
an amount of valuable information concerning good holes 
and still water to drop your bait m that could not bo gleaned 
elsewhere. Uncle Phil, who, by the way is truly an illustra- 
eiscwncrt reform— for over thirty years an officer 
tl r°?i°^c C1 Pnnrt of N. V.— has done some tall fishing 
of the SuprC ” yj. Iin j w hat is more, in the spirit of 
the uuefportsman only. For fifty years lias he pulled his 
boat and dropped his line or trolled for bass with squid caught 
at night time around his soap net, and lm is at the present 
dav us readv as ever to go on a hunt for the finny denizens of 
the deep Mr. Jonas keeps a weather-eye on the infringers 
of the game laws of the State, and in connection with the 
Hod and Keel Club of Ilarlem, of whose counsel committee 
be is tbe chairman, is ever ready to prosecute all who break 
the laws by the use of fykes or nets for capturing bass within 
-five miles of the Gate and its estuaries. Many years ago this 
gentleman commenced and won an action against the gas com- 
panies, compelling them to desist from their practice of poi- 
soning the water with refuse coal tar from their works, tor 
this and many other steps in their interests the salt water 
fishermen of the Gate have to thank the sporting spirit of 
Mr Jonas and his confreres. Corned Finch, an old Harlem 
Duller, whose hands no longer blister wheD he takes to the 
paddles for an hour or two, is in charge of the club-house, 
keeps the boats in order, and is always on hand to give a help- 
ing hand to anyone requiring it. 
YACHTING NOTES. 
Tng Intrepid.— O n Tuesday, May 7, this schooner was 
cot under weigh and headed for the Hook. She had op board 
her owner, Mr. Lloyd Pbmnix, and Mr. A. Cary Smith, her 
designer Below Governor's Island the tug's hauser was cast 
off and the big schooner left to shift for herself. Belmont, 
her captain, then put his craft through a series of manoeuvres 
to test her qualities. She was tacked and wore round, sailed 
close hauled and with a free shoot and in smooth and loppy 
water Under all circumstances she proved a thorough suc- 
cess and fully came up to the most sanguine expectations. 
This much was to he expected from a carefully prepared scien- 
tific design as well as from the well known ability of Mr. A 
Carv Smith the St. Clare Birnc of America. Some few would- 
be critics, who saw all kinds of sharp aDglcs and centres out 
of balance, peculiarly novel principles of mechanics etc., in 
her while on the stocks, will now probably wish they had not 
rushed into print quite so readily as they did. Their crude 
guesses and smatterings of knowledge called down upon them 
the ire of several, who, in their desire to set matters right, for- 
got that naval science requires no defence, hut can staud by 
itself upon its merits. The man who throws science to the 
■dogs and falls back on jack-knife art, is simply an ignoramus, 
and his lucubrations call for no remarks The Intrepid had 
odIv one chance of testing her speed on her trial trip, and the 
ready mnnncr in which she made way with the pilot-boat 
Finti will be unwelcome news to the holders of challenge cups 
for ocean matches. Tbe success of the Intrepid will do much 
to advance the art and develop a taste for able aea-going 
yachts. . 
Tna Knickerbocker Regatta. — Tbe match of this Har- 
lem Club bos been postpsned from the 15th to the 30th inst. 
The Fever Spreading. — When staid old conservative 
Britons take to such newfangled concerns as catamarans there 
is a future for such craft Indeed. Herreshoff, of Bristol, is 
building a 80-foot one for parties in England. 
Petroleum Pont,.— Mr. J. B. Smith, of East Providence, 
has launched a yacht, 30ft. Gin. long, 7i tons burden, which 
will be driven by the combustion of petroleum aud air, with- 
out developing steam or tbe use of a boiler. We hope to give 
further details of the experiment shortly. 
Fstbi le-Graoie Match.— This schooner and sloop will 
trv their speeds over the N. Y. Y. C. course for $500 a side, 
some time in June. Capt. Bnggs will command the EtUlU. 
Providence Yacht Club.— Our Providence correspondent 
■sends us the following items concerning yachtmg matters on 
Narraganset Bay : The club will hold its annual review and 
dinner at Bullock Point, May 30. The race for the Harvey 
T Flint cup will he sailed in June, besides which there will 
hk two other races duriug the season. The commodore also 
-nrnnoses giving a cup, while the catamarans will have a spe- 
ESrn tbo TvaVirs Where they first created. Yacht- 
in<r affairs in and about Providence are lively. 
Jersey City Yacht Club.— The twentieth annual regatta 
of this flourishing club takes place June 1 1. Course, for first 
three classes, from slakeboat off clubhouse to buoy ’ 8j .and 
return fourth aod fifthclass sail to buoy off Robbins Beef and 
return, ’ twice over. There are already twenty-four entries. 
Bay of Quintb Yacht Club.— Under its auspices a match 
will be held at Guannqua, on the St. Lawrence. 
Nahassbt YAcnT Club. -O ur advices point to an exceed- 
ingly spirited season among the members of this club. They 
arc all active working amateurs. The rule compelling mem- 
bers to steer during matches lias been abolished. 
San Francisco Leads.— The yawl rig has been adopted on 
several yachts at the Golden Gate. Must Eastern yachtsmen 
travel all the way to the Pacific for an improved cruising rig? 
The yacht club will open the season with a sail to Vallejo on 
the 27th inst. 
Kingston, N. Y, May 7. -Dwight Knapp, of Rondout, 
has been overhauling his yacht Annie. He has added nine 
feet to the topsail aud twelve feet to the jib, and has been set- 
pices of the Mississippi Valley liowiDg Association. Course 
from Pittsburg dyke to North Market Street and return to 
Chouteau aveuue. The Mississippi Valley Amateur Rowing 
Afsociation also met at Peoria and laid out theeourse for their 
regatta at that place. It will be a straightway mile and ^a halt, 
starting from upper end of the lake and ending at boat-house 
of the reoria Club. 
Hanlon-Plajstbd Race. — The last deposit of $1 000 in this 
race has been placed in the hands of the ttnke-holder.the 
Mayor of Toronto. The race comes off on the loth inst ; fiotn 
men are in good condition. BettiDg in favor of Hanlon. 
Watkins Regatta.— The date for closing entries lias been 
deferred until May 18. The eveDt promises to be one of the 
most brilliant ever held in thi9 country. 
Pacific Amateur Rowing Association. — The knights of 
the oar in San Francisco and neighborhood have organized 
under the above title and have adopted the rule9 of N. A. of 
A. O. with the exception of substituting the date of Jan. 1, 
1878, for Aug. 19, 1872 in the clause concerning amateurs. 
President, Chas. G. Yale ; Secretary, Will Brooks; Treasurer, 
Val. McClatchy. 
Charleston, S. C., May 4.— As the time for our annual 
regatta draws nigh, the interest in boats and boating is rapidly 
increasing, and it is to he hoped that by the 30th we will have 
as large and enthusiastic a crowd with us a9 every annual re- 
gatta heretofore lias brought together. The "Palmettos” 
have made up their first crew as follows: H. Nott Parker, 
stroke; Wm. M. S. LeseBne, No. 3; H. B. Ball,. No. 2; H. 
C. Clieves, bow. Messrs. Parker, Bull and Lesesne are three 
of llie original crew of the Palmettos and have won the largest 
number of races, parhaps, of any amaieur crew in the South. 
Mr. Cheves is a splendid oarsman, and is the gentleman who 
won the single scull race in New Orleans in such beautiful 
style about two yeara ago. Besides the Palmettos, the Caro- 
linas, Electrics, and we hear the Queen Cities will enter crews 
for the four-oared shell race and “ English Challenge Cup.” 
It i9 with regret that we hear that there will be no crews from 
Savannah this’year, but there are to be two or three of their 
best yachts over on the 30lh, and, if reports are true, they 
will no doubt give our yachtsmen a sharp fight for first and 
second prizes. Y knots. 
Canoeing. — Mr. Chas. Chose started on his trip up the 
Hudson, May 7, in his canoe Bubble. She is of the Shadow 
model, was built by Everson and is 14ft. 4in. long ; beam at 
sheer stroke, 28in.; at bottom, 31in.; depth, 10jin.; weight 
05 lbs. Her rig consists of mainsail, jib and dandy. Mr 
Chase will proceed up the Hudson through Lake Champlain 
down tbe Sorel River, thence via the St. Lawrence and cana 
to Kingston, Ont. From that city to Quebec, passing the 
Thousand Islands on his way, up tho Chandiere to Lake Me- 
gantic, and by portage to headwaters and down the Connecti- 
cut River, through Cong Island Sound back to New York. 
This will afford a fine test of Mr. Alden’s Shadoio model. 
ROWING RIPPLES. 
Ariel Club of San Francisco and Undines of Sacramento 
-are alive and flourishing Waters, of Troy, is building a 
paper eight for the Yale University crew Hanlon will 
pull a shell by Elliott of GreeDpoint in his race with Plaisted. 
Odds 100 to 70 against the latter. 
Mew jJublicntioiii. 
A Kentuckian’s Opinion of the “Sportsman’s Gazet- 
teeb." — We copy the following letter, dated 
Louisville, Ky , Feb. 27, 1STS. 
Dear Sir— l wish I bad time that I might. as lar as words go, pay off 
a part of tho debt of gratitude I, In common with all sportsmen, owe 
you for your “ Gazetteer.” 
I suppose I know as much about Bportlng matters as the generality 
ol mon of my years and opportunities. 1 have never been without a 
double gun these thirty years ; my dogs have a good local reputation ; 
my fishing tackle Is referred to ns the best ; I have shot and fl9hed from 
Canada to the Gulf ; 1 have camped ont In all styles, from on the bare 
ground to the luxurious shooting box, and got olong somehow— com. 
fortably or otherwise ; but, now that I have your book, after reading 1 1 
I see so many things opened up to me, so much Information, so many 
things, small In themselves, but which go so far to make up a sports- 
man's life and comfoit, I wonder how I did get along. If not so, your 
book deserves to be In the hands of all true sportsmen. It Is practical, 
It Is really the only practical work of the kind I have ever seen. I have 
had many “ShootlDg and Fishing Books" In my time, but they have 
never suited the wants of the general sportsman of the present day. 
Somehow or other they never " consist." 1 will not be Invidious, nor 
will I name or classify these books— you know them as well as I do; 
but nine out of ten of them might as well be written in Choctaw for all 
the good they do, aud are of no use whatever to a sportsman. For In- 
valids and thoie who do all their ShootlDg and fishing In their " mind's 
eye, Doratlo,” they may serve the purpose to give them something to 
talk about aud appear learned to the unlearned. Now, In your book 
there Is a breezy, outdoor, “been there” style that Is particularly 
charming to one who has been there hlmBClf and knows that you know 
what you are talking about, and eecs that you talk It In a terse, vigor- 
ous, concise, though comprehensive, manner. 
Fraternally yours, J. V. c. 
The writer of the foregoing adds : 
v ~ In regard to our olnb, we have a first -class one, numbering nearly one 
tiog the mastTback three feet and been putting in a new bow- | hundred members. There are many extra shots among U9. We are 
-uni. Our Harby. doing our best to preserve our game and have now before our Legisla- 
tion Solone the draft of what I consider a good law, with every Indica- 
tion It will pass. 
Canoeing in Kanuckia, by tbe Commodore (C. L. Nor 
ton) and the Cook (John Habberton). Illustrated. G. P 
Putnam’s Son9. New York. 
In this book, which, by the way, appears very seasonable with the first 
break of real summer, the public Is let Into the heretofore unfathomed 
mysteries, dangers, adventures and delights of a sport comparatively 
In Its Infancy yet In America, but destined ere long to count among Its 
devotees many thousands of the most conservative stay-at-homes of the 
day. The title ha9 been chosen in accord with the subject matter 
though had there been added to It some Buch explanatory hint as “ 
homoeopathic device how to cure dlspepslaaad the blues" It would have 
been additionally elucidating to the averuge Individual who shuns the 
water as he would poison of the most virulent kind. Since two head 
arc nulvereally presumed to be better than one It Is natural to expectin 
this little volume a sketch of events and transactions of an Interesting 
kind, and In this the public will not be disappointed, especially when 
wo add that araoDgthe enterprising party of adventures no less than 
wo.wlelded besides the paddle p mighty pencil. The latter was exten 
yachting drift. 
San Francisco yachting is lively and the sport ramdly gam- 
in? fresh members. Tbe yawl rig gives satisfaction out 
“ore Dr Scudder will sail the Only Daughter with a 
-phrUt'm spirit this season LoDg Island Yacht Club has 
ounsuw enrolled Nereid comes out with three bulls 
thirty yacoY- t | li8 many barrelled schooner more anon 
tins summer, tv. ou( R ( uina. is tbe prettiest of her class, 
1 aimer will not Jv Cooley will tool her Catamarans are 
insideandout Geo. between them runs high 
•being black-leaded, t ^ added to her spar. This w ill 
.. .bloop GraeU >8 faavM the olher ftr8l chlsa sloops 
make her a formidable riv* b w not racc lboilgh B he 
Schooner AmbwrirM ™L P £ okB J f her Jacob Smith 
could not be speedy, lrom tlx . . . 
will be skipper of the John UiP‘ n ' 
THE OAR A1\ D paDDLE - 
8 t. Louis Boating. -Tbe to%°* ed Ji 8 /’ 
Cup, now held by tbe St. Loui 
Four clubs will compete— th Mod°ca, WMt e rnB, St. Louis 
and Mississippi. The match ^ ** P^d under the aus- 
slvely called Into play and every eventful Incident bos been handed 
down to posterity In the sketches liberally Intermingled with the typo. 
To be tnre, once In a while the pencil falls behind the pen ; for ex- 
ample. where an angelic form, probably tome country governess, ap- 
pears within the horizon of the gallant four ; but the flutter caused In 
manly bosoms by ttls maiden, fancy-free— for such she was to the best 
of the author’s knowledge— or else the hasty manner of her disap. 
pearance may be taken in extenuation of the not over-complimentary 
likeness. The cruise was undertaken by fonr members of the New 
York Canoe Club In search of health and recreatloo, and Is both Inter- 
esting and Instructive in lis results to others proposing to go and do 
likewise ; while to the novice the perusal of this volume will open up a 
new field, perhaps unthought of, In which he can, at very moderate coat 
and an amount of time to suit his convenience, enjoy fresh air and na- 
ture to his heart's content and return to the tedious grind of the dally 
mill In the city with renewed vigor and hope. The cruise extended 
from the headwutcrs of a tributary of the St. LawreDce across the 
boundary line Into the primitive regions of Acadia, thence down lo the 
“Great Lone River of the North," where the canoes were finally 
slowed and sent home by rail, while the tourists took steamer to Mon- 
treal. Of especial value to the lovers of the sport are the pages of the 
appendix which contain full Information utunt canoes, where to get 
them, how to rig and supply them and how to take care of them. We 
doubt not this pleasantly written volume, replete as It Is with the many 
“ haps and mishaps of the statesman, editor, scribbler and artist,” will be 
read with pleasure and profit by the public In general and will conduce 
materially to the widening of the circle of canoeists throughout tho 
land. 
Voyage of -rnE Paper Canoe, by Nathaniel H. Bishop. 
Lee & Shepherd, Boston. 
To the public at large Mr. Bishop’s name Is already familiar through 
his travels in South America, and the bock drscilblng his thousand miles 
walk across the Andes and Pampas. In his new work, the second on 
travel he lias sent forth, we are given a very graphic and Instructive 
account of a remarkable voyage 2, COO miles from Quebec to the Gulf of 
Mexico In a paper boat. Havicg left Quebec, Mr. Bishop proceeded 
down the Richelieu River, often called the Sorel, though erroneously 
so according to the author, thence through Lake Champlain, the canal 
and Hudson to T oy. There Ills old wooden boat, weighing some 800 
lbs., was discarded for a paper canoe of only SCIbs. weight. The latter 
was built by Waters & Sons, of Troy, aud was found after the long 
voyage, concerning which the pnbllc hr. s been informed in detail in the 
columns of the Forest and Stream, to have fully gone through the 
most severe and prolonged trial with gratifying success, Mr. Bishop 
speaks highly of paper as tho materlalof construction for boats. and his 
arted experiences on his Journey certainly entitle him to claim au- 
thority on this point In connection herewith the render of this volume 
is let Into the secret of discovery of paper boat-bulldlng. .Young Mr. 
Waters desiring a mask for an evenlDg’s entertainment, but finding the 
price too high borrowed one and took a cost of It In paper. Tills set 
him to thinking, and ere long his genius and efforts were rewarded by 
the production of a shell boat, which has been the forerunner to the 
large fleet of this class of craft now to be met with on all onr rivers. 
Sir. Bishop sailed .lown the Hudson In hla new bolt fourteen feet long, 
thence through the canal9 to the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay. In 
hla book, besides an Interesting account of his own personal adventures, 
his readers receive tbe history of all places passed and Important events 
or the turulog points In the Industries or customs of town and country 
are brought out In relief. - Thus while In metropolitan waters the old 
story of the first steamer's trip to Albany Is reverted to and the reader 
of the present day can pause and reflect upon the wonderful progress 
made In the last century In the means of travel. While In Delaware that 
peculiar and ancient institution, the whipping post at Newcastle, come9 
In for a rebuke from the author In the shape of a letter from a resident. 
About this method of puulshment people are apt to stray off Into theory 
and sentimentalism too much. It Is thtf most effective, cheap and Just 
method of punishment In practice. Nothing la here Intended to be said 
about the advisability of making a public show of the execution of the 
laws and, so far a9 the prison yard Is opened to the curious on days 
when the majesty of the law asserts Itself the exhibition can only be 
demoralizing. But Delaware does not find herself retrograde under 
this " barbarous," i. e. effective, method of punishing for crime, and so 
has the temerity to maintain in the face of the “ civilized” world the 
result of her experience. In the lower part of Delaware Bay Mr. Bishop 
met with a capsize, and his qccounts of how Invaluable he found a flask 
of brandy upon that occasion will furnish food for reflection for over- 
zealons 1 nights of the Blue Ribbon. Concerning his reception in the 
South Mr. Bishop has but one opinion. It was open-hearted, generous 
to a degree, and thoroughly honest. It, In fact, operated so favorably 
upon him as to almost change his views as a Northern man. If tho 
testimony he bears to the good will and Intentions of the southern half 
of the Union serves to draw tighter the bordsof friendship and re- 
spect among our people, his book will not have been written In vain. 
The mechanical portion of the volume leaves nothing to be desired, 
the paper Is excellent, the type clear, and the Illustrations finely exe- 
cuted. 
The Dog, With Simple Directions for his Treatment, and 
Notice of the Best Dogs of the Day and their Breeders or 
Exhibitors, by Id9tone. Twelve engravings ; fourth edi- 
tion. Cassell, Petter& Galpin, New York. 
With the current dog; show In New York, th^use of a book of Id 
Btone’s requires no comment. There are two names In canine litera- 
ture which are mo9t conspicuous, Stonehenge and that of the author of 
the book under review, and their opinions are considered as positive. 
The book consists of some forty-two chapters (there are about forty 
distinct breeds of dogs known in England), so that every dog has a 
chapter of the mo9t exhaustive character devoted to hia description. 
Suppose, as a sample of the book, we give somewhat in detail, the fox- 
hound aa Idstone trea’8 him : Firstly, the system of hunting the dog Is 
fully discussed, which leads to the history of the dog himself, traced 
back from the sixteenth century ; next, the authorities on the form of 
the dog are given, with descriptions of standard animals of present and 
former times, with exact measurements. The utmost care and Judg- ■ 
ment are conspicuous In the treatment of every subject, aud though 
IdBtone la quite positive aa to some of his opinions, they are always 
advanced with a host of stroug arguments. In the Introductory chap- 
ter. which treats of breaklog, the advice given la of themost useful and 
practical character. "It is not every man who understands even the 
common everyday handling of a young dog. It Is partly a gift, a good 
deal the result of love for I he dog, and an appreciation of hlscharac- 
ter, and paitly, It Is the result of patience. * • • In reality, the 
handling of a dog Is a very simple business— a union of firmness and 
kindness, and a thoronnh control of temper under trying circumstances. 
When a dog lias a blow let him feel It, but don't Ulck and • worret ’ him 
all <lny. Let the whip be used after all other meaos have failed. Let 
It be the word first, and the whip lust." In this same Introductory 
chapter, how a dog shoe Id be kenneled and bedded la given, with ex- 
cellent advice on the feeding and rearing of puppies, with a genera 
method of treatment for canine diseases It is quite unnecessary for 
any reviewer to expatiate on the merits of Idsione, whose name Is 
familiar to every one owning a dog. As lie Is authority In England so 
la Idstone accepted In the United States. If our recommendation In 
such a case Is worth anything, should a gentleman's library be without 
ldatone, we adylsc the purchase of the book, 
