FOREST AND STREAM. 
The Hanlon-Mobeis Rack — Trento , Onl., June 5 . — Ed 
ward Hanlon, the Toronto, Out., oarsman who lately van- 
quished Fred Plaisted, loft this morning for Pittsburg and 
Hulton, to take up his quarters and learn the course, lie is 
in much better form thun when he crossed the line ahead of 
Plaisted. He was accompanied by Heaslcy and Houdon his 
trainers, and Mr. Douglas, of the Hanlon Club. He took 
with him lus Swaddle audWinship, nnd his paper boat, anew 
one by Elliott, will follow him to Pittsburg. A boat house 
built on a raft is in readiness for him at Pittsburg, and will, 
upon Ins arrival, be towed up the river to Hulton. The date 
lixed upon for the nice is Thursday, June 20th, over the Hul- 
ton course, distance five miles, §1,000 a side, Hanlon being 
allowed two hundred dollars for expenses. After the race 
Hanlon will go to St. John, N. B., to give Wallace Ross 
a chance on home water. 
Brock ville, a small town on the St. Lawrence River, two 
hundred miles east of Toronto, talks of making a stir on Do- 
minion Day (July 1st) by arranging fora single scull race, four 
miles ; they are very auxious to have Hanlon take a pull in it. 
McKen will row and they expect Fren'chy Johnson and Riley 
to outer. The capital, Ottowa, also yearns for aquatic sports 
ana offers to get up a race if Hanlon will pull. 
—Another aspiraut for sculling fume. McKen, of this city, 
challenged Felsingburg, of Wheeling, Va-, for a three or five 
mile race, but the latter declined for the present. McKen, de- 
termined to get on a race, intends scattering the challenge 
among the New England oarsmen, including Davis, of Port- 
land, Mr. Plaisted’s trainer, looking for some of them to 
getberitup. McKen looks for his new Swaddle & Winship 
boat next week. Ah-Mik. 
Tne Watkins Champion Four— Monroe, Mich., June 7.— 
. wa £cae-mette Boat Club is the youngest of the 
JmnU N J lvy ’ Lavin S been organized in 1875 with a very 
whicb ’ mdeed, has never increased much 
l ,! e °"Smal number. Combining a word from the 
fMtawo.tUmi.uid another from the Shawnee, signifying 
Grape River, the result was “ Shoe-wae-cae-mette,” and this 
lT? S J' V . e coni P ound word, so full of difficulties to many 
Dnghsh tongues, now stands as the appellatus of the champi- 
ons of America. It is pronounced ns if spelled thus : “Show- 
wah-say-metty. The crew who have made fumous the name 
oi their club are young men, all natives of Monroe, except one, 
was born in the same county. Stephen Dusseau, the 
stroke, is a tall, finely made, bronzed young man, of about 
tmrty years of age, who was born in Vienna, a village ti n 
miles south of Monroe, of respectable, well-to-do parents, 
with whom he always resided until he came to Monroe, a few 
ycais since, to remain with his uncle, who is the proprietor 
t a sportsmen's hotel, and the resort during the duck shoot- 
lu ., th ° fa11 °f sportsmen from all parts of the 
"f; an “ b0l ‘th. Mr. Dusseau, when officiating in any ca- 
?, a - C i , ’ i a , ct , ed as botel clerk, and cannot by any means be 
said to have labored at manual labor for a livelihood. W. H 
“ , a nat p lv ® of Monroe, son of Henry Durell, of the 
nrm of Adams & Durell, manufacturers and dealers in furni- 
"! e ; He has always resided with his father, whom he has 
assisted at various times, but never engaged at any business 
a anil cannot be considered a laboring man. 
p! ,? t ^°> Nad ^ aua - Moses and Joseph, are also natives of this 
ci y. About the time they approached manhood, their father, 
^Aowaa a grocer and liquor merchant, died, and left a com- 
O „owi. e f wbicb y> elded the family a very neat income, 
sufficient for their support. The young men were extremely 
iona ot outdoor sports, and shooting was a favorite pastime. 
AC various times they have engaged in light indoor work in 
commercial houses, and Moses has been in the employ of the 
writer of this article, who always found him an enthusiastic, 
competent, reliable and willing young man. The two, as I 
have said, are brothers, and descendants from the first families 
or French settlers. All four of this remarkable crew are 
young men of excellent character and reputation, sober 
habits, and, though they have not the advantages of a collegi- 
ate education, nor the culture which men of higher and better 
circumstances or birth enjoy, are in every sense respectable 
ana entitled to the rer.pect, kind consideration and dignified 
treatment which their late wonderful and surprising achieve- 
ments in aquatics would alone demand for them. The ques- 
tion has been raised : Are this crew disqualified by reason of 
their occupation from entering the Henley Regatta ? Their 
mends in Michigan think not, and with them all must agree 
on considering the above brief outline of their lives. The 
English rules may bar out all but “gentlemen," and if all 
contestants must have a genealogical record reaching back to 
King John, I would say in the words of Jonson : 
" Boast not these titles of your ancestors, 
bravo youths; they’re their possessions, not yours; 
When yooroivu virtues equat’d have their names, 
. l wil be but fair to lean upon their fames, 
h or they are strong supporters; but, till then, 
The greatest are but growing gentlemen. 
Jt is a wretched thing to trust to reeds, 
wnieti all men do that urge not their own deeds 
Up to then- ancestors ; ” 
Or, as John Cleveland as well says : 
" He that to ancient wreaths can bring no more 
From his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score." 
Let, then, respectable gentlemen be admitted to all amateur 
regattas. But the ways of those cockneys are past finding 
out ; and though they might send one of their crews of high 
degree over lure to compete with our men, it is, perhaps, 
possible that they may rule out the same men over there. 
However, we shall see what we shall see. Klnka. 
[From our correspondent's letter it appears that not a single 
member of this “four" can be debarred from Henley, as 
none of them have ever been engaged in manual labor. 
Though we hardly think they can win, their wonderful stay- 
ing powers will bring them close to the leading crew. — Ed.] 
—An exchange gives the “ Latest Base Ball News." Yes, 
and give us the Basest Late Ball News. 
—Wo call our readers' particular attention to the advertise- 
ment of the old firm of Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co., 751 Broad- 
way. who make a specialty of works in natural history. They 
solicit correspondence with libraries, reading clubs, aud book 
buyers generally. 
■ST Fohest and Stream will be sent for fractions of a year 
as follows : Six months, $2 ; three months, $1. To clubs of 
two or more, $3 per annum. 
— — 
Tlic Sportsman's Glossary contains the meanings of all those 
l veins which no fellow cau And out anywhere else. 
gjjiag mid gjnn. 
JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME 
Game in Market— Retail Prices, Poultry and Game— G ame 
—Wilson Snipe, $3 per dozon ; plover, S3 per dozen ; bay birds, 
large, #3. per dozen ; small do, 60 oenta ; wild pigeons, flights, 
SI ; stall fed do, $1.60 ; Philadelphia squabs, $2.50 ; wild do 
75 oonts. 
Poultry.— Philadelphia and llneke Comity dry piokod chickens, 
25 cents per pound ; do fowls, 1C cents ; do turkeys, 16 cents; 
do duoks, 18 ; State and Woatom ohiokens, 16 cents ; do tur- 
keys, 15 cents; do fowls, 14 cents; do duoks, 10 oonts; spring 
ohiokens 25 to 35 cents. 
Canada — Montreal , June 4 — Last Wednesday I brought to 
bag an old bald head eagle that has for many years frequented 
the shores of Mississquoi Bay, off Lake Champlain. He is 
now being mounted by our taxidermist in the Natural History 
rooms here. n. P. L. 
A Message from the Bosh.— W e have received the follow- 
ing letter inclosed in an envelope of birch bark, sealed with 
spruce gum. It has a most familiar backwoods and “ Injun ” 
smell about it which is exhilarating. We envy the sender in 
his taunts. “ May we all be there !" 
Second Conneootoot Lake, May 81, 1878. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
About three years ago I went into your office to ask after 
reliable map publishers, and was kindly directed to one, but 
I hud not sufficient life remaining to care for civilities. I will 
now thank you, and should you seek for quiet aud recreation 
m this locality you will find that once feeble body at your 
service gratis. 1 carry my 75-lb. boat with ease over the 
mountains to unfrequented lakes and ponds, and do not 
always follow trails at that. I have not been within hearing 
distance of a locomotive since 1875, but some power brings 
your valuable paper weekly even here, forty five miles from 
North Stratford, on the G. T. R. 11. This lake is one of the 
chain that forms the source of the Connecticut River. The 
lumbermen have not ventured so far up the rapids, and its 
shores are frequented by moose, caribou and deer. I have 
observed eight deer anil one moose on its grassy shores 
quietly feeding this week. There has never been any jack 
shooting down here, I have been informed, until I came here, 
and I have done none since 1876. Then, with N. A. Wil- 
liams and nephew, of your city, we obtained six shots before 
f midnight of Aug. 1. Trout and salmon trout are taking 
j bait eagerly. I have taken several ranging from three- 
. quarters to three and a half pounds this week. 
Edw. Norton. 
[The information which our correspondent gives about the 
numbers of moose in New Hampshire is very gratifying. — E d. 
F. and S.] 
Massaohussett8— Cambridge has a new club, known as 
the Middlesex Sportsmen’s Club, of Cambridge. The officers 
are: Pres., T. H. Hall; Vice-Pres., Ira Taylor; W. R. 
Schaefer; Sec., F. R. Schaefer; Treas., F. R. Ellis. 
| IWoodcook on Long Island. — A clergy ma who gives as 
a pleasant incident of his settlement in a new eld the natur- 
al introduction to a fellow sportsmen by his dog Gipsey, a 
granddaughter of the famous “ Whiskey," writes U9 as fol- 
lows concerning the coming woodcock season about Sag Har- 
bor : * 
• “ In our wandering for about one hour and a half we saw 
six woodcock, whereupon we concluded that woodcock, like 
many other things, had taken advantage of the early spring 
and were preparing to give us good shooting in July. I think 
I never saw the birds so tame as they were that afternoon. They 
were as gentle as rail. A party of gentlemen might secure 
very fine sport through the first half of July by making Sag 
Harbor their centre, and branching out to Noyac (where there 
is a very flue establishment for raising trout), and northwest, 
etc , and as woodcock are plenty this season, the good marskmau 
cannot help securing very fine sport. The son of Nimrod is not 
tormented in this vicinity by those hateful bits of board nailed 
to every tree, and reading, “ Gunning forbidden by law," 
“ Don't shoot on this farm," “ Hunters be not alowd hear/' 
etc. As far as I have seen the trees are unadorned after the 
above manner. * Pointer. 
New Jersey — Forked River, June 8. — The gunning for bay 
birds has been very good. A Mr. Shaw, of the Grand Hotel, 
N. Y., with John Bunnell, shot in two days, the early part of 
this week, thirty-five bay snipe of different kinds. The pros- 
pects, owing to the mild weather, for fine shootiDg next full 
are better than for a number of years. The houses on the 
beach are to be kept the same a9 heretofore, only one having 
changed hands. " Harvey's Cedars” will hereafter bo kept 
by Charlie Bennett, well known as an efficient hotel keeper 
about here. The Barnegat House, formerly Carman House, 
at this place, will be kept open thi9 season under the manage- 
ment of Mr. S. L. Atkinson, and everything will be strictly 
first-class, the house having been very much enlarged and 
improved during the past season. Arthur. 
Kinsey’s Ashley Mouse, Barnegat Inlet, June 8 th . — A falling 
off of bay birds. A few good hags made this week. B- 
Pennsylvania.— Sharon, June 4.— Over five hundred 
thousand wild pigeons have been caught and shipped from 
Warren County, Pa., during the present season. 
Tennessee— Columbia, June 1.— Farmers report an unusual 
amount of quail in the fields, and do all they can to save 
them from being killed when cutting. From all we can hear, 
there will be bird shooting for every body. Val. 
Minnesota — The State Association convenes at St. Paul, 
June 19, 20 and 21. Ten thousand pigeons have been re- 
ceived for the shooting tournament, and a large concourse of 
sportsmen from Minnesota and adjoining States is expected. 
Ohio — Wilmington, June 5. — Large broods of quail hatch- 
ing out hereabouts, and everything promises a fine shooting 
season. Posted. 
Montana— Helena, May 28.— Game in this county is abun- 
dant. Grouse and chickens have been doiDg well. Our win- 
ter has been mild, and spring favorable for chickens and other 
small game, and sportsmen are anticipating fine sport at the 
expiration of the game law, August 10. If any person can 
spare time t° visit Montana, he will find a fine climate and 
gwM snooting, large and small g-mie; and as to sceuery, the 
world cannot boast of a second Yellowstone National Park, 
and Americans should not uudertako to see Europe until they 
lmve seen America's greatest wonder, distant from Helena 
about 180 miles. Have had a few visitors from Englaud and 
Ireland, who have repeated their visits. Helena. 
—The Helena Hauler's Lodge, referred to in our issue of 
May 9, is located iu Montana, uot in Arkansas. A member 
writes : 
“We have organized a club for fishing anil huuting, and 
have taken up 170 acres of land. Have a line lake, aud are 
stocking same with trout. Isolated from the “genial influ- 
ence, etc., we fall hack on our own resources aud amuse- 
ments. Have a rifle, rod and gun, aud now this fishing and 
sporting dub can boast of as good marksmen as any State in 
the, Union. \? 11 mft y bftvc opportunity to hear from us, 
and that soon. 
Squirrels.— I f any one wnnts squirrel Bhootiug that is 
squirrel shooting lot him go to the happy hunting-grounds of 
Walla Walla County, Cal. A bounty offered there for squir- 
rel scalps has brought iu within the past two months 80,850 
of these trophies. A mar. named Holmes preaentc 15,500 
scalps at one time. 
Brainerd, Minn., May 24. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Iu your paper of May 2, •* Guy Rivers " has an article entitled 
“ Scenes iu the Choctaw Nation," in which he describes at 
length the killing of a panther nt night (a terribly dark night 
it wus, too), by shooting at his eyes, which he says were like 
“ two large round orbs of fire that shone with baleful bril- 
liancy." Will the gentleman please state how he could see 
those “ orbs of fire" when it was very dark and he had no 
eauip fire? We have had some experience in night shooting 
at deer and other animals, but never yet have been able to 
catch the glimmer of an oyo unless we had a “Jack ” or the 
animals came near enough to the camp fire to see their eyes, 
or rather the shine of them from the reflected light. Wlmt 
we want to know is this— will a panther's eyes shine like 
“orbs of fire " with a “ baletul brilliancy " in n night as dark 
ns cun be, with no artificial light near at hand ? Would like 
to hear from some night hunters, if the subject is worthy of 
their attention. Haviland. 
[Our experience of night bunting is very limited, hut we 
have always supposed that an animal’s eyes shone by reflected 
light only.— Ed.] 
Tlic American Clqb LUtcontnlus (be unnio* of nearly ‘J,0(IO 
Angling, Ilonr, Gnu, Hunting, Base Hull, A (111 olio, Iicuucl, Rifle, 
Yachdug and .Hi»ccllu.iicou».l'lul>- < i price, 50 coma. 
PIGEON MATCHES. 
How to Prepare Scores. — To insure insertion In current 
issues of this paper, scores should be sent so as to reach us on 
Tuesday, and earlier if possible. These particulars should bo 
given and these only : Place, date, name of club, name of 
competition, kind of trap and balls used, distance of rise, 
boundary, rules governing, and weuther. Scores are valueless 
without these. . 
* Au asterisk slgulUes dead out of bounds. 
Canada— Slrathroy. Stay 34.— Plunge trap, 23 yards rise, 80 yards 
boundary; badge held by John Paine. 
Dospard 1 1 1 o o 1 1— 8 Smith 1 1 1 1 o 1 o— 5 
Johnston l i) 0 1 l » 1—4 Paine l l l l o o 1-6 
Saul 0 0 l l l o 0—3 
Ties on five. 
Smith 1 o—i Pulue l i — j 
No birds to shoot oil Despard's tie. Palno retains badge. 
Same Duy— G ass balls, Bogardus trap, three sides trap. 
Johnston — 0 loiooiio o— 4 Saul 1 0 1 0 0 l o l 1 l— o 
H S smith, iioiioiil (i-7 K Smith 0 l o 1 l I l t l i_s 
Paine o ooiiioii 1-0 Cuddy i l l l I o 1 o r i— r 
M Smith 1 1 l l l l 1 o l l-o Di>spards....l o l o 1 0 l l i o— 0 
Anuklb. 
Montreal Gun Club.— F ourth monthly shoot, Jnnos. Flvo single 
and two double rlaas each ; 31 yards rise, bo yards boundary; club 
rules; 
Hamilton 1 1 o l 1 11 11— s Bachlow 0 o o 0 0 00 10— 1 
Blackwood 10 111 11 11— S Hacking 1 0 1 0 0 00 10— 0 
Tevers 1 l 1 0 l oi il— r Scrnohuu l l l l l it n— o 
Same Day — Side shout. 
St radian. 
Hamlltou... 
Bonneville. 
Walker 
.1 1 1-3 Blackwood 1 1 1—3 
1 1 1—3 Tevers 1 0 l— 3 
1 l 1—3 Hacking 0 0 l—i 
0 i 1—2 Bachlow o l l— a 
Total 11 Total 8 
Royal 11. 
Maine— A ugusta has a now club known as tho Cushnoc Heights Clan 
and Fishing club. Weekly matches at glass balls ere hold. 
Augusta, June 0.— Cushnoc nelghu Gun and Fishing Club: regular 
weekly practice ; doable spring trap ; 3 8 yards rlso ; Paine’s rules. 
Karnharn .111111111 1-10 Macklo 1 1 1 0 1 1 l o 1 1- 8 
Higgins -.1 11110 0 111—8 Clement.... 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1— 0 
Fl-h 1 110 1110 10-7 Dyer u 0 1 (Ml 1 0 1 0 1- 4 
Thorndike.. 1 00010010 0— 3 Longfellow. 1 001001101-6 
Hunt 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0- 3 Tobey o 1 1 0 1 1 1 o 1 1-- I 
This olub was organized the 1st of May, contains fourteen members 
and the above Is tneir th rd club shoot. 
Massachusetts— C ambridge Glass Ball Club shoot, at Belmont, 
June 7. 
William H Harrison t llllllioilllllioio i — it 
Olios Butebrook l OllllOlillioitiili l— IT 
William Evans, Jr o 1 1 1 o l 1 o 1 1 1 l 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1-16 
AS Hurrlman 1 01 1 1 11 1 l I I 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1-16 
A II Htbbard lliilioilllllioiooi 9-18 
c g Hall 1 • 1 1 00 1 0 1 1 A 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 o—i4 
Charles Farwell oillOOOlltlitlOOlOl 0-12 
C C Hebbard i i l 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— IT 
R Maun l l l o l u 0 0 1 1 l 1 1 0 1 1 1 l o-l* 
Nbw York — Slagara Falls, June 3.— Pigeon match between H. F. 
Pierce aud J. M. Warner; H and T traps, New York State rules : 
Wltmer 20 yds i l 1 0 1 1 l 1 1 1 l 1 1 0 1 1 i 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 *-20 
Pierce, 21 yds i i i l o l oo l l ooi i ooi o o l l i l l l-i® 
Same Day-Match between S, T. Murray and R. O. Fulton, ton birds 
each, 26 yards. 
Murray i 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1-7 Fulton 1 1 1 l l o 1 • 0 1-1 
Tie on seven— 31 yards. 
Murray ....1 1 1 0 * Fulton 0 1 1 1 1—4 
Same Day— Match between G. B. Cart la and Thomas Walker ; flvo 
birds each. 
Curtis 0 0 0 0 1-1 Walker l 1111-5 
