FOREST AND STREAM 
W. Wild and J. McMahon won in Cm. 15s. The last race 
was between a six-oared barge and four-oared gig, won by the 
latter in Cm. Ss. Mr. C. B. Green, Argonnuta 11. A., acted as 
referee. 
Harvard-Corneli. Freshmen.— It will bo remembered that 
after having failed to make a match with \ ale, the Harvard 
freshmen sent a challenge to Cornell, which was, after some 
hesitation accepted. Cornell naturally enough preferred 
forming a six, as it seemed doubtful enough if she could get 
an eight together. Harvard seems to have acted rather 
hastily, and may lind out that she has harder work cutout for 
her than she expected. They have been in training for a 
long time, but so far as one can judge the tables seem to be 
turned this time, and the same advantages which Harvard had 
over Yale at New London now seems to be on the side of 
Cornell, and the Cambridge crew suffers from too light ma- 
terial. Moreover, the crew from Massachusetts lacks an 
efficient coach and the regularity and vigor which one might 
infuse. The average weight of the Harvurdcrew is 1541 lbs., 
and average age 20. Against them Cornell has pitted a crew 
weighing on an average 158J lbs., and their age nearly 21. 
Goddard, the single sculler, coached them for awhile, and 
Crocker, 79, gave them attention at odd times, but there has 
been so far little system in their operations. Their stroke is 
a copy of Captain Cook’s famous Yale stroke ; in other mat- 
ters they follow the customs of the regular ’Varsity eight, 
which showed to such advantage on the Thames recently. 
The general impression is, however, that Cprnell’s lot is still a 
good bit ahead of their opponents in nearly all essentials, and 
that the crimson will probably have the best of it at the finish. 
The race conies off July 17, and in our next issue we will have 
a full account from our special correspondent. 
Stadacona Rowing Club. — J. N. Gregory, Esq., of Que- 
bec, Canada, has been appointed Commodore of this club. 
rowing ripples. 
Shoe-wac-cnc-mcttcs may enter for the national regatta at 
Newark. They will be the guests of the Eurekas It is 
simply outrageous to say that Mr. Geo. Lee “threw” the race 
at Henley. Scurrilous letters about him were sent to Eng- 
land and only too gladly published there Eurekas are 
putting in regular work for the coming national regatta at 
Newark The chamber of the Common Council of that city 
has been tendered the N. A. of A. 0., and special police ar- 
rangements will be devised to secure a successful regatta 
A rowing regatta for professionals will probably be held in 
Dorchester Bay, Bostou. Evan Morris, John Biglin and 
others are expected to enter A six-oared race for amateurs 
is also talked of Hanlon-Ross race at St. John, N. B , 
takes place July 25. Easy work for Hanlon Flaisted has 
challenged Reagan ot Boston ; no answer yet Glass, of 
Philadelphia, built the pair-oared boat rowed by the Ward 
Brothers Frencliy Johnson is looking out for fresh laurels 
since his victory at Boston, July 4 Hanlon damaged his 
Elliott shell recently while practicing at St. John, but not be- 
yond repair Reagan now states that he will row Plaisted a 
five-mile race at Springfield. Step up, Fred Ridgefield 
Association has been reorganized under the presidency of 
General Sbaler. 
and U ivct[ fishing. 
FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. 
FRESH WATER, 
Trout, Salmo/ontinalU. 
Salmon, Satmo talar. 
Salmon Trout, Salmo confinis. 
Land- locked Salmon, Saimogloceri. 
Black Baas, Micropterus salmoulc* ; 
M. nigricans. 
Muekalouge, Knot nobilior. 
Tike or Pickerel, Esox Iticius, 
Yellow Perch, Perea tlavcscene. 
SALT WATER. 
Sea Bos 0 , CentropristHi i atrarius. 
SDeepsnead, Archotargus probato • 
cephalu . «, 
Striped Bass, Iloecus linneotus. 
White Perch, Morcme americana. 
Weakllsh, Cynoncion regalia. 
BlueBsli, J’oiaalumux mllalrix. 
Spanish Mackerel, Cybium macuta- 
tum 
Cero, Cybium regale. 
Bonllo, dartla p 'elamys. 
KlngQsh, SIcTitidrrue ncbulcsus. 
TROUT FLIES IN SEASON FOR JULY. 
Lillie Egg, Xo, 12.— Body and leet of orange and yellow, mohilr and 
hare's ear mixed ; wings, bright hyaline, slightly mottled ; set®, same 
as wings. 
Lightning Bug, Xo. 10.— Body of equal parts, of dark brown, and black 
mixed, tipped with yellow; feet, of feathers fiom the English grouse; 
wings, doable, the Inner wing black, the outer wing a yellow b uivn. 
< general Hooker, Xo. 9.— Body made of bright yellow and green, ringed 
alternately ; feet ; red liackle ; wings, of the tall feathirs of the ruffed 
grouse. 
Little Claret, Xo. 11.— Body and feet, dark claret mohair, slightly 
tinged with blue ; wings, of the bittern, or brown lien ; set®, dark 
brown. 
Claret Fly, Xo. 9.— Body, dark claret; feet, black ; wings, of the brown 
hen. 
Ftlid Green, Xo. 10.— Body, feet and wings, a pale green. 
Fish in Market— Retail Prices.— B ass, 20 cents ; blue 
fish, 6 ; salmon, 25 ; mackerel, 20 ; weak fish, 10 ; Spanish mack- 
erel, 15 ; green turtle, 15 ; halibut, 15 ; king fish, 20 ; black fish, 
10 ; flounders, 8 ; porgios, 6 ; sea baas, 18 ; eels, 18 ; lobsters, 
10 ; sheepsbead, 20 ; Canada brook trout, 50 ; pompauo, 25 cents ; 
hard crabs, per 100, 82.50; soft crabB, per dozen, 8150. 
Salmon ceased coming from the Provinces. Bluefish in 
great plenty from all along the coast. Sheepsbead are scarce, 
a few from Barnegat. Striped bass scarce, a few comiDg in 
east from Martha's Vineyard. Mackerel very scarce. Span- 
ish mackerel comiug in slowly from the neighborhood, but in 
good quantity from the Chesapeake. No whitebait to be had. 
CoDsumption of fish in the neighborhood of New York note- 
bly increased by the opening of Dew places of summer resort, 
three houses— Manhattan Beach, Cable's and the Brighton— 
using 3,000 pounds of fish daily. Saratoga demand increas- 
ing. 
Massachusetts. — New Bedford, July 15. — Bass fishing has 
been extremely successful at Cuttyhunk the past week. To- 
day a large “trunk” or leather-back sea turtle, captured by 
the smack Transit, was brought in, weighing 950 lbs. Re- 
cently I took a hand at the black bass, with which some of 
the large pondR near here are slocked, calching 43, the largest 
weighing 4J and 5 lbs. each- Concha. 
Movements of the Fibhing Fleet.— The number of fish- 
ing arrivals reported the past week has been 74, viz., 14 from 
the Banks, 47 from Georges, and 13 from mackerling trips. 
There is no encouraging news from the fleet either off-shore 
or iu the Bay St. Lawrence. The receipt of codfish for the 
week have been 100,000 lbs. from the Banks and 050,000 lbs. 
from Georges. Halibut receipt, 280,000 lbs. Bank and 
18,000 lbs. Georges.— Cope Ann Advertiser, July 12. 
Rhode Island — Bock Island, July 13. — Mr. Joseph O. B. 
Webster, of New York city, made two lurge catches of bass 
on Thursday and Friday of last week (July 11 and 12), off the 
grounds of the Ocean View Hotel, at Block Island. 'I here 
were five in all. and weighed 7, 23, 49, 5 and 50 pounds 
respectively. They were all caught from the private fishing 
stand of Mr. Henry Steers, of New York, erected near the 
hotel. Messrs. N. G. Guild, Dr. E. Y. Bograun, C. H. Guild 
and Senator Dyer, of Providence, went bluefishing this morn- 
ing (July 13) from the Ocean View Hotel, Block Island, and 
caught in one hour thirty bluefish, weighing from five to seven 
pounds each. Tautogare also biting well. N. B. 
Connecticut — New London, July 15 — To-day closes the 
t routing season, the law coming in operation on this date. On 
Saturday I caught a fine string, sixteen in all, in two hours’ 
fishing, and wus somewhat surprised to find some of the fe- 
males iu spawD. Is this not very early for trout to spawn ? 
Black bass do not bite well now, and no luck is reported. 
Have been once this month ; used all kinds of baits, artificial 
flies, frogs, worms, crickets, grasshoppers and minnows, and 
only caught four in ten hours’ fishing. Striped bass are plenty 
at Rope Ferry bridge, but can’t be induced to take the bait. 
What shall 1 use ; have used crabs and eels ? Misal. 
New YoRK—Meacham Lake, July 13. — Mr. W. E. Webb, 
of New York, caught at Char Pond to-day three speckled 
trout, weighing in the aggregate eleven pounds, the largest 
weighing five pounds. This is the best string taken this 
mouth. A. It. Fuller. 
Clayton, July 14.— Never was fly fishing for black bass 
better than at the present, and only for the discomforts of 
casting while sitting iu a boat, I should declare the sport 
almost equal to that of taking the tattooed beauties of the 
Adironducks. Flies tied on Nos. 1 or 2 Limerick hooks are 
large enough, and those found killing for trout will take the 
dusky sporis of the St. Lawrence River. A ten-feet rod, 
weighing nine to twelve ounces, is the thing when you are 
provided with the right sort of a landing net. Those who 
troll with spoons or fish with Htinnows are having what they 
call capital sport, but none of this sort of fishing for those of 
us who know how to “ fling the fly.” We are now on shore, 
and are catching eels ; on every side they are squirming. 
Never before was I inside a ring quite so crooked. But 
enough of eels or any oilier sort of lisli that know not how to 
appreciate the beauties of the charming flics we offer them. 
J. B. MoH. 
Cum Grano Salis.— M erely tbe force of association. Wc 
do not abate a jot or tittle of that hyperbolic license which is 
everywhere and always recognized as the inalienable right of 
the narrator piscatorial ; and, without insinuating aught in 
malice, we write that heading for “Old Salt's” fish report, 
simply becauso his own name suggested it. Otherwise it is 
salt which has lost its savor, and cannot be salted. Having 
read in the Syracuse Stand-jrd the statement of “ XX.," that 
fifty bass in one day was the largest of the season in the vicin- 
ity of the Thousand Islands, “ Old Salt," Mr. T. G. Alford, 
sees the gentleman’s fifty aud goes “XX." one “ X.” — yes, 
a half a dozen of them, better. Herein as follows : 
“I desire to state that I have been here— ‘ Clayton,’ not 
‘ Alexandria Bay ' — twenty-four fishing days. My catch of 
black bass up to this p. m. for the time is 1,320, or a daily 
average of 55 My best days’ fishing are 53, 59, GG, 71, 79, 
79, 80, 100, 103, 105, 114— all black bass. My entire catch of 
all kinds of fish to date, in number, is 2,001. I hive always 
fished nearer Clayton by from five to eighteen miles than to 
Alexandria Bay. Whatever may be the great attractions at 
Alexandria Bay, Clayton is the place for fish, good hotels and 
competent oarsmen. Quite a number of gentlemen here at 
Clayton have more than one day each caught their 50, GO and 
75 black bass, notably Mr. Crane, of Brooklyn ; Messrs. Law- 
rence and Bruudreth, of New York ; Mr. Barbour, of Utica; 
and young Messrs. Andrews and Ruger, of Syracuse, etc. 
Good fishing, cool nights and good health all assured. 
New Jersey — Barnegat House, July 12. — Weakfish are be- 
ginning to bite well, and our boats came in to-day as follows : 
“Vapor,” Capt. Parker, with Messrs. Ridgway & Co., of 
Philadelphia, seventeen weakfish. The “Sarah,”Capt. Potter, 
with Mr. J. Wan, of Troy, N. J., nineteen weakfish, two 
king-fish. The “Carrie,” Capt. J. Falkinburg, twenty-two 
weakfish. Arthur. 
Atlantic City, July 14.— Fishing good past week. Sheeps 
head, kingfish and flounderB are biting freely. Rob. 
Pennsylvania— Soiiuylkill Angling.— Mr. Vandevere, 
whose experience with the fish in the Schuylkill should en- 
title him to speak with authority, contributes to the Philadel- 
phia Sunday Post these directions for fellow craftsmen : 
“Lafayette Station, on the Norristown branch of the Read- 
ing road, is a favorite spot for bait fishing. Take a boat and 
cross over to the west side of the river, and fish from the 
soap-stone quarries. A few hundred yards below tbe ferry 
the water is deep. Angle with float in about six feet of 
water, using for bait crawfish and minnows. A more favored 
spot with anglers may be found a quarter of a mile north of 
the ferry, on the west bank of (lie river, opposite a small 
island, which may be easily found. Fish from a point of 
rocks, which form a deep pool on either side The ground is 
well Bhaded. Angle with float, allowing it to drift close to 
the rocks. A fair basket may be taken from this point at 
anytime. The deepwater from that point down to Flat 
Rock dam furnishes good trolling grounds. In the deep 
pools at the foot of Flat Rock dam bait fishermen are often 
successful in making fine catches. A quarter of a mile below 
the dam fair bait fishing may be found in the deep hole at the 
head of the railroad tunnel. The fish that have been laken 
here run above the average size of those caught in the river, 
the favorite bait being crawfish. Good fishing may be had 
one mile down from that point to the Falls of the Schuylkill, 
and trolling is also fair. There is good still fishing for bass 
at the Falls of tho Schuylkill and WissahickoD, and it hua 
been uuusuully good this season- I have heard of several 
good messes of bass being taken at Belmont Landing, but 
cannot vouch for the same. ” 
— Philadelphians may find fair trout fishing at Trout Run, 
a little stream near Kirkwood. Take the 8 a. m. train from 
Vine street wharf, Camden and Amboy Railroad, to Kirk- 
wood. Mr. Sharp there will give needed directions. A short 
rod is the one to take. 
Michigan — Crystal, July 8. — Friend A. : Fishing has been 
and is good. Silver rock bass and pickerel have been taken 
iu large numbers and good size. Black bass commenced bit- 
iDg freely, tnkiDg live minnow or 6hmers, still-flshiDg. I fish 
with a light bass rod, with multiplying reel, fi at and small 
sinker, Biugle gut leader with hook, snell on small piece of 
gimp, and cast off from boat. We caught some splendid fel- 
lows, weighing from two to six pounds. The great trouble is 
to keep your bait away from perch, for they take it as soon 
as it strikes the water, some weighing two pounds. There 
are thousands of small black bass, always accompanied and 
guarded by the old ones. O. L. 
Theology and Fishing— A parly of Pan-Anglican clergy- 
man are now pan-angling in the wilds of Wisconsin. 
Potato Bugs, Farmers and Fisn.— Did any ardent angler 
ever try a potato bug as a lure? It's sure to kill — that is if 
the fish eats it. The farmers near Saratoga Lake, N. Y., were 
glad at heart the other day when they saw the potato bugs, 
which had started out to fly across the lake, fall into the 
water and into the jaws of the fish therein, which leaped up 
to receive them. But it was not so funny when the fish d ed 
from indigestion aud were cast up in great numbers upon the 
land. 
This is a hint for that man who is always hooking aud then 
losing the “ biggest bass in the lake.” Just try a potato bug 
fly, and when the big bass escapes next time you may enjoy the 
grim satisfaction of knowing that he’s done for, anyway. 
When he comes up for the inquest he may prove not to be 
such a wonderfully huge fellow after all. 
Curiosity or Jealousy of Black Bass. — I notice a com- 
munication on this subject in your issue of June 20. Iq 
W akefield, some years since, in trolling with flics I was foolish 
enough to have five flics on my gut leader . all of them bril- 
liant, and two of them the scariet ibis. I was rowed over a 
noted spot, rocky bottom, several times without success, when 
dually the said fly was laken by a very small bass, not over 
six inches in k-Dgth, who was so small that I concluded to al- 
low him to trail ; but to my surprise the flies had not passed 
over ten feet of water when, if you can credit it, all of them 
were taken, and by fish of good size. The result was that, 
although I gave them the butt, the strain in different direc- 
tions was too great, and after a moment or two the leader 
parted and I lost them all. These four fish had evidently be- 
come jealous of the small bass already hooked, and thought 
that he was having “ a good tbiDg all to himself.” On another 
occasion on the same day in the same pond I was casting with 
two scarlet ibis, when I struck one fine fish, and while I was 
playiDg him near the boat another smaller fish struck the other 
fly, in my plain sight under water, aud both were captured. 
The latter fish was unduly excited by the actions of the one 
already hooked, and ran after the iish exactly as a brood of 
young hens run after one who has gotten some choice morsel 
in its beak. That these fish, who do not intend to bite, are 
excited by the actiou of those who are hooked is in my ex- 
perience certainly a fact. Whether they are moved by curi- 
osity, jealousy, or some other emotion, is not for me to say ; 
but it is cerlaiu that a second fish will invariably take the 
second fly, if a'lowed to, after one is hooked. D. F. 
To Phk8ERVE Shrimp foe Bait. — Wc salt them down here, 
first taking off the head or shell and washing them clean. 
They will keep nicely for some lime this way. The salting 
seems to make no appreciable difference to the fish I have 
tried trolling for trout or weak fish with a revolving spoon, 
as you once advised a Corpus Christi correspondent to do, 
without any success. The same must he said of that formi- 
dable looking trap— the eagle-claw. I don't think a gamefish 
can be induced to go near it. P. 
Galveston, July 6. 
Trout Eating Muskrats— Yarmouth, N. S., July 9.— 
While fishing iu the Carlton River, in this county, a few 
weeks ago, I caught a trout weighing H pounds. Opening 
the fish, I found two young muskrats about the size of full- 
grown mice. May not your correspondent of July 4lh 
have found the same ? I do not see how trout can go into 
the woods and catch mice, but have no doubt they will take 
almost anything in the water, from a fly or worm up to a 
young duck or a frog. Yours truly, d. K., Jr. 
It is quite possible for trout to catch mice swimming in the 
water. The old guides, who accompanied the party in the 
North Woods, would not have mistaken mice for young musk- 
rats. 
BASS FISHING IN NORTH ALABAMA. 
The attention of lovers of the rod generally is called to the 
excellent fishing grounds found on the Tennessee River and 
its tributaries. The greatest inland fishing centre and the 
most noted may be found on tho “Muscle Shoals," a section of 
the Tennessee River lying in North Alabama, covering a dis- 
tance of thirty miles, and extending from the mouth of the 
Eln River to the town of Florence, Ala. By reference to 
“ Hallock's Sportsman's Gazetteer ” any one may find plain 
and accurate instructions for reaching these waters. Look 
under heading of Alabama for Landerdale County iu the di 
rectory, and every word with reference to the game and 
sports of these magnificent grounds, ns given by Mr Hallock, 
may be verified by a visit to them. What has been done in 
the way of angling along these shoals would till volumes, ex- 
hibiting some of t he rarest and finest sport in North America. 
The geological formation of the river's bed is such that the 
mighty stream has, with apparent difficulty, worked out its 
present channel, and it is a notable fact that no change or 
alteration of sufficient importance to he noticed has occurred 
in the past century. Great pools, eddies aud expanded areas 
in the river are to he found all along the shoals, produced by 
projecting ledges of rock, in which countless numbers of tho 
finest bass sport and frolic undisturbed, except by an occa- 
sional buffalo hunter in his dug-out with gig and torch, pro- 
ducing at times a scene both picturesque and lurid. But 
these gig meu rarely ever get more for their trouble than a 
blunted prong in throwing at the bass; for while the buss 
may become very much interested at this invasion of his terri- 
tory, he adopts practically the sentiment that “distance 
lends enchantment to the view,” and keeps a safe space be- 
tween himself and liis would-be captor. That he is curious 
upon all nety demonstrations is a fact well known to those who 
