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FOREST AND STREAM 
—The new editors of the Harvnrd Advocate fire J. N, 
Byrne, A. H. Latham, E. 8. Martin, L. Swift, and G. E 
Wood berry, literary editors; and W. N. Swift, financial 
editor. 
— Several specimens of ore from the new gold and silver 
mines of Newburyport, Mass., have Just been assayed in 
the Yale laboratory. The richest specimen thus far yielded, 
per ton of the ore, ten dollars’ worth of gold, sixty-five or 
seventy of silver, and fifty per cent, of galena, all together 
about $140. 
—Our Nine has voted not to go to Saratoga. Games 
with Yale and Princeton will be played before the end of 
the college year— one game with each of them here; the 
second at New Haven and Princeton respectively; the third 
on some neutral ground. 
We are informed that the following men arc candidates 
as the “threesome” or the “foursome" has the preference. 
They differ in time and necessarily in the steps given by 
in the intervals between “reeling.” It is 
give any idea of the “slcns" used in anv of 
for places on the University Crew:— Thaver, James, Otis 3 
5.; Wetmore, 75; Taylor, 77; M. F. Stiles| 
allofUS. S olllC8i 
77; Lonng, 78; Yates; 78; Morgan, 78; Brown, 78 .—Ear- 
vird Advocate. 
—The Yale Scientific School ha9 a magnet which weighs 
half a ton and will lift ten tons, the gift of Mr. Wallace of 
Ansonia, Cl., long known as a manufacturer and scientist. 
Princeton Colleoe, Feb, 11, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Since my luRt communlcaUon the boating interest? here have received 
n new Impulse. At a recent meeting of the boat club it was announced 
by the treasurer that about $1,000 had been contributed by various alum- 
ni of (hie college, many of them being residents of New York city, with- 
in the past few weeks, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the 
“University" during the coming season, including tho nece-sary expense 
at Saratoga. It will take about 81,500 to cover the entire expense, but 
tho deficit will be made up easily, either by private subscription, or by 
donation. It seems now as though that thore nro good reasons for be- 
lieving that Princeton will take that position at the close of the next 
Inter-Uolleelato regatta which her rank as an athletic college seems to 
make it necessary that she should assume. 
A new era in boating will take place In the Spring We purpose hav- 
ng a regatta of our iwn In May. at New Brunswick, In this State which 
Is about seventeen miles distant, on the Raritan River. The regatta will 
insist of races bciweun the different class crews, and perhaps one or 
C ’ rhlbill0n “ of ro ' vln C by the University and 
Freshmen crews The date has not been decided upon yet; probably 
bTnfnJrl?.! oftbo raon "' wll > be ^osen. The crews and 
ball nine continue their gymnasium work with unabating zeal Thev 
wme time p ff n e e C t t0d ** ^ ° P,d ° mlC ' Vh ' Ch h “ 6600 90 comtnon hcr * 
Quidyis. 
Rensselaer Polt, Inst.. i 
„ Trot, N. Y,, February 13, 1875. ( 
Editor Forest and Stream:— ’ 
noT!!™!! 111 ^" 5 ' 8 I m,,c 1 at ' en,l0n ,0 Dlan iy sports, because we have 
wl hZ h H ° S , Dl ° ° n? tr “ lulnK ' or for work ln gymnasium 
ILHm at n f “° nrSt ' n0 " 0n8; ,he « rao 'n>t nltogcther not exceeding 
$300 at most; so you sc- that we cannot have anything very elaborate 8 
Our future, however, seems brighter, and we hope yet to be KprcsTted 
at Saratoga \\ e arc organizing an Institute Rlfie Club, and are to have 
Ofnemnol? al1 ”<■»■ The boat club has qultea number 
Ser 0 .;?.,: 6 Frc8h maD c,,ws mif ^ 
£$aKotwl ‘Qngtimes. 
SCOTTISH GAMES. 
MUSIC AND DANCING. 
each performer 
impossible to give any idea of the “steps" used m any of 
the dances mentioned. Like the music of the bagpipe, 
which generally accompanies them, they baffle description. 
But this may be said, that more fun can be extracted from 
what Scotchmen call “a guid ganging reel" than from all 
the quadrilles and waltzes of a ball programme. In the 
case of the foursome reel, the parties stand in a row, the 
men on the outside looking towards each other, and the 
girls on the inside, each looking to her partner. The “reel” 
consists in the four passing each other on the right and left 
alternately, and taking up the position above described, 
after in this way describing the figure eight. Then the 
“steps” are performed according to individual taste or 
knowledge, and then again comes the reel. When danced 
on board a steamer in a heavy sea, as is frequently the case 
at excursions, it is very exhilarating. If couples lose each 
other, and sets get mixed, its matters little. Everything is 
sure to turn out 'all right in the end. Generally a vast 
amount of decorum characterises the opening of a reel at 
a country fair or festive gathering. The first figure is 
sailed through with the gravity and stiffness of mutes nt a 
funeral. But by and by the dancers warm to their work, 
and an occasional shrill "hooch” may be heard from an en- 
thusiast whose blood is already beginning to tingle. Less 
ceremony is shown in reeling, and the music admits of no 
loss of time. Faster fly the restless feet, and steps of the 
most confusing complexity are gone through with a rap- 
idity which defies the ej r c to follow. The rising color and 
heaving breasts of the dancers arc evidences that things 
are becoming interesting. Partners are actually trying to 
rival each other in the wondrous fleetness of their move- 
ments. The piper is getting purple in the face, and you 
almost hope that it n.ay be his normal color, when, lo ! 
just as you expect to see his rounded cheeks burst, lie gives 
a mightier blast and is off into the rapid variations of a 
soul-stirring stathspey. It is just the point at which Burns 
saw the witches in Allowny kick wheu auld llornie played 
the pipes. 1 J 
"The piper loud and louder blew, 
The dancers quick and quicker flew; 
^ey reerd they set, th.-y cross'd, theyclecklt, 
Till Ilka carlin swat nnd ricket: 
And " 
A SIGHT, to many wonderful and emphatically extra 
ordinary, may be witnessed in New York It Wt 
twice a year on the two great gatherimra of 1 1 
rayed iu the fantastic but picturcsoiie dress cl U nen , ar - 
Hlgblander. The two occas'ons are the a^ 
annual ball of the New York cl&Sl^ciS ^ 
cities are no doubt equally favored Boston „i„;_ ' ^tlier 
the oldest Scotch club on this continent- PhiladeKh/n h ^ 
strong organization, and every other citv 
the United States, of any importance h Ik l a - nd 
club, or some other society representative of 
fraternity. New York isLw /pS^ 
count of the pre eminence which, by numerirnl aC ' 
cml strength, its Caledonian club has reached I,. ^ fl ,K an ' 
mgs are the grand reunions of tho cxi'ed 
Land o’ Cakes.” and finely represent nnr ^ir i f tbe 
tton. The peculiarities of U.es^ fSve seafo^ l° P '^ 
and suffleent'y striking to merit some comment ed 
that nothing was danced at the i»>n ? upp09e ', however, 
France. ” At the same hme he S not In*, De , w frae 
‘horn pipes, jigs, stratlispevs ant? reels ’^whilh^i f ° r ,he 
poet commends, and which are peculiarh' d s ?I no 
these the dances most admired, and w ^ ® esides 
place in the programme of Highland «^,i, - y lmve a 
Sword Dance or Gilli-Callum Ind are the 
would be a hard matter to find the origin o^anv of g i'i II 
Dancing is common among all primil ve nr nn l/ ° f , tlie9e - 
mam characteristic of certain reliu?, « P . P andl8 the 
have belonged both to the eadv snvn™ R 8eemH ‘o 
the Gael; &d it excelled any ^modern® dance" I M US 
nation it dem nded of strength amt „ ce *“ tl,e combi- 
trB.ed by all ScoJ, d”,V C e, en ra S '|;,^^ d er ““- ^ 
Gilli-Callum is a modern form of a sort nf p.m- k- j 
over swords, practiced by tho ancient r n ?pd P ^ h,C d £ nce 
of these weapons, or two' Sticks are L * R? 1 ' edo ? ,ans - Two 
the variety and intricacy of the fl °° r ’ and 
care and agility on the nart nf XL dem f and great skill, 
touching them. The latteHs the LV/ 6 perforraer . to avoid 
more ancient form, ^ dexterity. I n its 
lutious of attack and defence Tid I ! tbrough the evo- 
fereu very considerably from’ the qUeuc f e il dif ‘ 
Tlie same remarks apply to the Dirk n C * Um of ,0 ' da y- 
seldom to be witnessed. 7 ° ck Dance . winch is now 
choiean ei’rds^oMhe' uorUi e e?n 1 sJo , l nd beSl known Terpsi- 
of more or less intricacy ^ and difflmd ’ 19 a series of “steps” 
a flie display of . h a ^ds 
I he Reel and Strathsnov « graceful strength. 
Scotad M d are dabbed £ lu 
But the rest of the quotation is inappropriate under ordi- 
nary circumstances. Everything like stateliness has dis- 
appeared long before; men and girls are in the ecstacies of 
the last few galloping sets; time and tune both have 
changed and new steps of more bewildering intricacy 
dazzle the looker on, as lie watches, or tries to watch the 
feet winch are almost as invisible as the spokes of a rapidly 
revolving wheel- From every direction the uniform shout 
of exultation, hooch is heard, and, in the panting rally 
w/nn -T er la8St8 1 , follows with breathless heartiness. 
When it is over the dancers walk demurely to their seats 
or huger on the floor or ground for the formation of another 
inM»r C, o» a n Cei n ma y not have been reproduced to the 
Lfnfi l c t i >e lo 1 n .' an b!l11 - but it possibly shows the 
kind of school at which many of the dancers there learned 
to reel. Tins dance is generally the first item on the 
programme of Scottish games in this country. As many 
men as choose participate, generally all in Highland ' 
LvolU ulC. 
„Z , ,“W ?C . C . 0m ?? yin . g musi . c is usuall y performed on the 
great Highland bagpipe, which is possibly the only purely 
national instrument in the world. In European cbuStries 7 
at least, all others are found to be common to many 
T Mm ah’ ,ie H, ^ hland bagpipe is used in Scotland alone 7 
Il l as been much maligned, loudly execrated, and abund- 
irnp 7 d !i CU e , d; and y ? 1 ' historians can be found to lovingly 
trace its development from the pastoral reed of primitiv^ 
dmnpa t J , . e , chaa,er - and ‘o the chanter willi bag md 
d f°“®®- D bas been praised as enthusiastically as it has 
been cursed, if shut up in a small room with it in the 
hands of a piper with leather lungs, its strains can'scarcely 
be described as dulcet, though there cau be no doubt of 
their bemg inspinng, m a way. On the other hand beard 
at a distance m the midst of proper surroundings, the pipes 
li fl nf ll ‘ eir ° wn d So,ne of ‘be most daringw P ar! 
tb j Highlander have been attributed to (he 
Ane . cd ° te . co,lld be piled on anecdote to illustrate 
the wonders which Us music has worked, and when a writer 
shall arise to treat of music from the utilitarian point of 
view, the fact may be remembered that the custom was 
• once prevalent in Scotland of playing the pines b. 
harvest field behind the slowest reaper. A11 P things con 
awaken a £ e general and undefined, bwans^tVey 
-m 
Arnold was in Philadelphia and Brooklyn engaging nlnv 
The club will have a very fine ground. b 5 £ Payers. 
-The Bridgeport club-T. B. F. U. S.-it is said wilt 
not join the professional association this season but w 
remain as they were last year— co-operative amateml 
which means a nine with amateur as well as corap en s*»S 
players in it. Nichols, the pitcher of the T. B.'s, says ti 
be has received a liberal offer from the New Haven c lnl 
but is undecided ns yet, as he has u good position in Bridp 
port, most of the nine working in the same establishment 
—The Haitfords will have a new uniform for 1875 t, 
will be of white flannel, trimmed. The shirt will have n V 
the breast the name “Hartford," in plain blue letters. Th ' 
stockings nnd belt will be blue, and the cap is to be of n, e 
vizor 7 Patlern ’ White ’ with blue cord and lar S e white 
— Tlie subject of a walking match between E. Pavsm, 
eston and Prof. Judd is being much discussed, and tlm 
preliminaries are said to be arranged. Mr. Barnnm wi i 
his usunl generosity, has offered the use of the hinJ 
drome, and $5, 000 in money to be awarded to the man 
who walks the greatest number of miles in six consecutive 
days. It having beeu reported that this walk (?) was to ho 
uuder the supervision of the New York Athletic club wo 
can state by authority that such is not the case, and that 
association does not indorse either of the men for this nor 
formance. 
—At Wood’s gymnasium, on Saturday evening, a Wp 
number of gentlemen assembled to witness a display of 
athletics, as well as fencing and sparring. The exhibition 
was extremely creditable and entertaining. Mr. Wood is 
one of the old landmarks of our city, and lias attended to 
physical culture for two or three generations. 
—A prettily played game of base ball was played on the 
ice at Prospect Park on February 12th, with the following 
score;— Burdocli’s side, 19; Bunco’s side, 12. Umpire, Mr 
Chadwick. Time of game, 1 hour and 10 minutes. First 
base by errors, Burdock’s, 13 times; Buuce’s, 7 times. Runs 
earned, Burdock’s, 2; Bunce’s, 0. 
i ™°. 3 ' J - Gallagher, winner of the second prize in the 
late Cleveland tournament has challenged Eugene Caster 
who took 1st prize, to play for the gold championship 
badge, for the required stake of $250. 1 
-The contest between Rudolphc and Yignaux will occur 
oE H v ’ 111 ll ! ls cily - on Monday night next, 
February „„ Yignaux lias the advantage of having been 
Chicago* 115 “ m0Sl uninlerru P ted| y while Rudolplie was in 
ChTrt 1 * p 0 ffl inthi f an A n a11 ’ R °cbester, N. Y„ on February 24, 
° f . A n aDy and Byron GilletttJ of Corning are 
to play the tliree-ball game, 400 points up, for $400. 
m . „ , CRESS DIRECTORY. 
v M - ^?’ Martinez, of Philadelphia, visited New 
York last week. He played a number of games His 
score was : Martinez 3, Makenzie 2, Drawn 1; Martinez 0 
Mason 4, Drawn 0; Martinez 3, Albcroni 1, Drawn 0 The 
f“T,: ere ^ yed 81 tbeCafe International, and excited 
great interest in consequence of the beauty of the game and 
the rank of the contestants. Our readers are nrobablv 
aware of U.e fact that Mr. Makenzie is champion of tlm 
United States, and that Mr. Martinez is considered h£ 
strongest P layer m Philadelphia. Although notamatdi 
champion. 062 16 l ° C0D S rtttuIat ed on his score with the 
M ew $&Mic*tionn. 
magazines. 
curling e c^te U was ni played C February e nth°o ’° ,? n( ^ A 0 ®^ 011 
street rink, three rinks aside A 7 ™!,? V^ e Adelaide 
Major Walker, was contended fnAnH • meda1, S ,ve n by 
gold medal will be comDeted for w ‘V, 8 expected that a 
matches between these two clubs ^Tbfo^fnrV 116 “"“o'* 1 
London, 54; majority for Toronto, 30. T ° r0at °’ 84; 
retary. Directors—’ a ^, a Corresponding Sec- 
Alfred ThoS W S Arnold A' ? eor ^ , W ' M - H^ed, 
Hill. The by-laws of i\ d ’ ( , Cbarl , ea Webster, and Eli 
Litcrar y Magazine is conducted by the 
is=~~s5=s= 
PrcvmTiuDea ^ 1 ^ C ° l,ege t0 P IC8 - enieriaiDiiig- and of value. 
a PP ear8 to be awake as to the uecessity of good hard work bv 
way of preparation for the great regatta. ’ y 
In Far Fin and Feather , Mr. Charles Suydam fur 
lhc ™ nild A-h laws of the various 
Sir W *“ " 8e,Ql information regarding hunting and Ashing 
Of huntmg ° f ,ntCreMln? aneCd ’ 0tC “ 
IntSa Monthl y is not devoted to the shipping 
,h e8UP S?« 8ed fr ° m its ,illc ' bul 'akesits name through 
I* m K, rit,me Pr ° VlDCeof New Brunswick. Llterainr°e, 
w l cl .atl-d ,o i objeets, and tho current number contains artlc.es 
and hi. preten9lon8 ' Quaint old George Fox 
ana me Quaker followers are ably described. Mr. George Forbes writes 
fbr going We 8 t nUme ° f MouchUouguac, we do not blame him 
Ph^L WC,iS ' S f° wel1 known ia connection with 
Johnson's Dental Miscellany contains papers of great 
nwffcd°wlth It tfrodn° n ' 8 ‘ ght ° f tb ° borrlble paraphema.lt con- 
nected with It produces incipient loolhache. and we close ihe book. 
early to hfind 
