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— Sir. Richard Walling is building n hnndsomc sloop for 
Mr. W. II II Beebe, of • lie Atlantic Club. Her length is 
30 feet 8 inches; beam, 12 feel 0 inches; and depth, 4 feel 
(} mere The mast is 38 feet long; topmost, 12 feet; bow- 
sprit, 14 feet ; boom, 30 feet; gaff, 10 feet. Shu is to be 
calleil the Daisy. 
— At Roslyn, L. I., Mr. Bedell is building n sloop yacht, 
45 feet long over all. 
— Mr. A. A. Smith, at Islip, L, I., the builder of the 
schooner yacht Cornel is building a sloop for Mr. Hugh L. 
Willoughby, she will he 55 feel long on deck, 10 feet beam 
aud 5 feet 8 inches deep. 
—At Mr. William Smith’s yards is a centre-board sloop 
for Mr. It. Huntley, of the Brooklyn Club. Her dimen- 
sions arc, length 48 feet, 1G feet beam and depth 4 feel 0 
incites. 
— Mr. John Mumm, at the foot of Court street, Brook- 
lyn, lias built for Mr. Robinson a yacht 88 feet long, 14 
feet beam and 4 feet G inches deep. The same builder has 
ust finished a sloop 2G feet long, 11 feel beam and 2 feet G 
ochcM deep. 
The Quincy Yacht Cum.— The regular meeting of this 
club was hold ou Saturday evening, April 3, at Quincy, 
Mass , and the following officers were elected :— Com- 
modore, James II. Slade; Vice Commodore, II. A. Keith; 
Secretary, II. A. Keith; Measurer, Peter B. Turner; Re- 
mit t a Committee, the Commodore, ex-ojlkio, James T. 
TVnniinun, John Sliuw, Jr., Marcus E. Wight; Edwin P. 
Worster. Committee on Membership, Warren L. Brad- 
dock, James T Pcnninmn, Benj. F. Bass, Amber Cleverly, 
H. M. Federhen. The prizes announced iu a previous 
issue were presented to the winners of the regattas of the 
past season. Arrangements were made looking to a series 
of races, both sailing and rowing, to begin early in the 
Summer. The club, although organized late last Summer, 
had on its list thirty-five yachts of various classes, to 
which additions will be made this year. It lias now 
ninety-nine members, aud is on an assured finaucial footing. 
— The St. Augustine, Florida, Yacht Club this season 
has been prosperous, and they have added greatly to the 
entertainment of visitors. At the close of the season, the 
Treasurer’s report of the club exhibited a balance on hand. 
— The Crescent-Undine 8-oarcd shell race, was post- 
poned until Tuesday, the 2?th, at G p. m , on account of 
the weather. Course, lj miles straightway from Peters’ 
Island to Turtle Rock— Commodore Junius M. Ferguson, 
Umpire. 
—The Malta Club of the Schuylkill Navy have received 
a new and beautiful double scull gig, designed especially 
for the use of the gentle sex, and named ‘‘Minnehaha. 
She is of Spanish cedar, trimmed with ash, and is 2? feel 
long by 8 feet beam; her gratings are finished with siver- 
plated nails, and she is further ornamented with silver 
bow and stern plates. M. II Byron is the builder, and It 
is a credit to his known skill. He has under way a four- 
oured gig for the Bachelor Club. 
— The students of Columbia College have challenged the 
Yale College Boat Club to row them a six-oured gig race 
during the coming regatta week at Saratoga. 
—The Neptune Boat Club, of Staten Island, now num- 
bers about sixty members, and is officered by Nicholas C. 
Miller, President; Win. J. (lamer, Vice President; Wm. R. 
Wcmple, Captain. Their old boat house at Factoryville, 
recently destroyed by fire has been replaced by a new, 
commodious, und elegant structure, including a Hoak 
room, drawing room, billiard room, dining room, &c. 
St, John, New Brunswick, "Sports" are talking about 
sending the Paris crew to the regatta which is to take 
place on the Schuylkill during the Centennial Celebration 
«• Philadelphia next year. Representative oarsmen lrom 
all parts of Europe and the United Stales will be present. 
—At n recent meeting of the Central Park Club, Boston, 
t hi- following Board "f Government were elected forthesea- 
soii of '75: President, Charles J. Murphey; Vico President; 
Wm. Byrnes; Secretary, James J. Casey; Treasurer, James 
Dovle; Log Keeper, J. F. Mailey; Steward, Jure. Casey, 
Directors, T. Sullivan, M. J. Casey, F. Downs, J. O’Neil 
and M. Sullivan. 
—Halifax boating men and their champion, George 
Brown, have made every effort to bring about a match be- 
tween Sadler and Brown; and if there be any credit in boat 
race urraneing, they are justly entitled to it. Ilobl. W. 
Boyd, of Gateshead, having beaten Sadler in n skiff racoon 
the Tyne, the result of a challenge to him or Sadler from 
Brown should settle the question of champion oarsman of 
the world. — St. John's News. 
— The Spring regatta of Yale University will take place 
ou Lake Sallonstull the lost week in May. The winner in 
tbe single scull race will represent Yale in the similar race 
at Saratoga. Members of the University crew will race in 
pair-oars. 
BISHOP’S CANOE V OYA GE COMPLETED. 
Dutton, Fla., April 12, 1875. 
EoiTon Forest asp Stream:— 
Tln> paper coiki'j "Marla There*a" completed tier voyage betweeu the 
two gnat gulf* of the continent when *hu reached the water* of tile 
Gulf of Mexico, at ho mouth of the Suwaneo Itlvor, on the night of 
March 20ih, at nine o’clock. My last camp was ou the little hammock 
<le;s than on acre In extent) which, like an oasis lu n doeert. rise* out of 
the rail marshes that fringe the gulf along this part of onr const. With 
the strong current of the Suwunee (fed by a freshet In Okeefccnokeo 
Swum]>) I wa> enabled lo run easily two hundred and thirty five miles, 
from ihe lower mineral spring* above Coliunbus lo the mouth of the 
river, iu about five and a half day*. 
With the strong freshet current 1 could have moved faster, hut a parly 
of gent lemon had procured a boat from Savannah by rail, and kindly 
oflered to escort me to the gulf. Their boat w as a heavy sail boat, so 
we made the best time possible under the circumstance*, they rowing 
and I puddling, aud at lime* flouting along with the current of the 
Suwaneo. Twenty miles from the mouth of the Suwaneo are the Cednr 
Keys, the terminus of the railroad which runs from Fernandlna. 
on tho Atlantic coast, across Florida lo the Gulf of Mexico. I 
have transported the canoe by rail northeastward, to the "Big Bend" of 
the St Mary's River, aud from this station, Duttou, from which 1 now 
write. the canoe will be put Into the rivet, which I hope lo follow one 
honored and seventy- five tulle* lo tho sea. From Feruondina the boat 
will be shipped lo New York, and to her boat house on Lake George 
In my hunt communication yon v/tra Introduced to Broughton Island, 
near Darien, O*. Leaving that pleasant locullty the canoe proceeded on 
her voyage dow n the south branch of the AlUmuhu to St. Simon's Island, 
and followed the Frcdrica River, which 1 * the cuatern boundary lino of 
the Hand, to St. Simon's Sound, it was amooth enough to push across 
the wide sheet of water to Jokyl Island. Tho steamers follow Jekyl 
fjotiL inw Jakyt §?u*4( Vut tut wind «omum««4 to bio w, and I rowed 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
along the marshes, passing tho mouth of the creek, and approached 
Brunswick. 
Night enme on. forcing me to sock a resting place In the marshes 
nn Jointer Creek. Only throe hammocks were found lo He above tide 
water. The dreary marshes extended for miles In all directions An 
hour before dark 1 reached n hammock on tho end of Colonel's Island. 
Before palmetto leave* could be ent for a bed, an alligator nearly us 
large as the canoe drove me out of the hammock— that I*. I did not wait 
for him to drive mo; we both retired nt tho same Unto, he Into the river, 
while i rowed op the creek to hunt np Mother resting place Tho next 
day I rest bed Nt Andrew’s Sound, which 1* almost destitute of camping 
If you follow the line of the marshes and cross the wide mouths 
of Ihe two Snilllo rivers to the head of Cumberland Island . Here, Tor 
the third lime since I left the St. Lawrence, I was obliged lo seek 
assistance lo cross Ihe wide sound. It wit* so rough that tho sloop which 
took me found sowo difficulty In weathering Ihe sand shoals and break- 
ers, which nl low tide vox the waters of this treacherous sound. Mr 
C'lubhkoeps a comfortable public house on the high bluff of Cumber- 
land, where I remained until the tempest abided, then rowed through the 
connecting waters along the bountiful shores of Cumberland, post the 
ruins of Dungcnnoss, until tho white dwellings of Fernandinn, on 
Amelia Island, opened Into view. This lovely sheet of water, between 
the Nt. Mary's River, Amelia Island, mid Cumberland Island, with its 
One inlet from the Atlantic, may yet become the headquarters, during the 
Winter mouths, for our Northern yachting fleet. The depth of water, 
sheltered anchorogo ground, proximity to the terminus of a steamboat 
line from New York, and the railroad terminus ul Fernandlna, &c.. pre- 
sent many advantages that cannot he found ns fur south along our coast 
in any other section. As I turned to the right to row across the mouth 
of the hronJ St. Mary’s Rlvor, the noble hull of the Tidal Wave was rid- 
ing easily nt anchor near Fernandlna, with Commodore Voorhies and 
party on hoard. Some weeks later, at the ruins of Dungenness, on the 
southern end of Cumberland Island, I saw the Tidal Wave party enjoy- 
ing n pic nlc beneath the shade of olive trees upon a grassy lawn. 1 re- 
mained only two days In the towns of St. Marys, on tho Georgia side 
of tho liver, aud Fernandlna, on the Florida shore of Amelia Island A 
portage was mude over the rullroad from Fernandlna to the lower mineral 
springs on ihe Suwuuee, from which point 1 reached the Gulf of Mexico, 
as related In the first purt of this letter. From the "Big Bend" of the 
St. Marys Rivet I hope lo reach the Atlantic coast once more, In four or 
five day* of canoe voyaging, and end my canoe travels of more than two 
thousand mile*. 
I have had u steam yacht (05 ft. keel) placed nt my disposal on the 
Gulf of Mexico. As soon ns I ship my canoe from Fernandinn to New 
York, I Intend to return to Cedar Iveys and cruise sontnwurd a* far us 
Sarasota flay, to fish and hunt. I may roach Now York by tho 25th of 
May, when I hope to pay my respects to you In person. 
Very truly yours, N. H. Bishop. 
f/f? fH/ollcfles. 
Cornell Umvbksity, April 17, 1855. 
BdITOH FoitKBT AND STREAM:— 
The lake Is nt last free from ice, and the men who arc pnlling np for 
the 'Varsity tuko their dally practice thereupon. The pulling thus far 
has been iu the pair-oar, and will continae to ho conflaed to such prac- 
tice for a week or so yet. About the flrst of May the quarters will be 
ready, when tho crew will he definitely chosen aod regular trulnlng inau- 
gurated. The Freshmen have men at hard work from whom a good 
crew cuu be selected, and they are doing their best to raise the funds 
necessary to send n crew lo Ssratogu, b-t yet It is In doubt whether any 
will he rent. Tho foot bullish* are at work ouco more, several practice 
gnincs having been played upon the hill In the mud and slush, and soon 
wo shall expect to see the "wind hug" rushing along. Impelled by sturdy, 
a* well as scientific kick*, on tho "uvenue." Last year base ball was not 
what might he culled in good ordor among the students, till very Intern 
the season; bnt this year the now hoard of officers have set the ball (not 
thu b. b.) rolling, and as they mean bueincss, we trust soon lo *ee the 
"willow" raised on the ball ground with two good nines to back it np. 
As tho ground is rapidly drying It will not be long before doffing our 
gowns und donning our uniforms, and with musket in hand we shall be 
patiently awaiting, “Heads upl little finger touching the scam of your 
pnntsl eyes directed toward tbs ground thirty paces in frontl"— the com- 
mands of our captain— "Company, right forward, fours right, murchl 
Fours in circle, right wheel; or, Right front into line, march)" etc , &c. , 
ad nauKum to somo. NothwithsUinding a slight indisposition ou tho 
part of some to military labor, a parade day will generally see about 
three hundred blue coats In line. 
The spelling school fever reached the University lust week, and the 
result was n match between "town and gown” on Friday evening, under 
the auspices of tho Navy. Tho town side was composed of business 
men, printers, teachers, scholars from the public schools and academy, 
aud a few elderly Indies, who undoubtedly were once belles of spelling, 
if not of beauty. Tho person who stood up longest on the town side 
was an elderly gentleman, cashier In one of the banks in town. Tho 
gown side was composed of two professors, six lady students, aud the 
rest— nineteen— gentlemen students of the University, forty in all. Six 
on the gown side remained after the cashier had succumbed lo too much 
avoinfir/wis, weighing just nn e too heavy. It was entirely enjoyable, 
and many were the laughs nt the extraordinary twistings which some 
words received. Oue of the Review editors, who evidently had not 
troubled the dentist, lately, got decidedly confuse I with chlorq/orm, and 
came very near succumbing under ils soporific effects. But tho fun rose 
when our colored Freshman "moku" attempted to spell pensile. Ho was 
evidently thinking loo much of taking "notes," and down he went. But 
the fuu bubbled over into cheers and stamps and whistlings and yells 
—a pandemonium let loose for a few minutes— when one of our profes- 
sors, from a sudden bilious attack, was forced to take a back seat. Ue 
was undoubtedly thinking of French roots. Thus the "gown" stands 
ahead, and the Navy in pocket about $200. The Navy, in conjunction 
with the Musical A»?ociatlou, ate to give a combination entertainment, 
consisting of gymnastics, singing and music, on the 30th of this month. 
We are all expecting it with eagerness, but more of It anon. J. 
Harvard University, April 24, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
1 wish to correct a statement made In my last that Yalo would accept 
onr challenge to pluy it* at foot ball, ouly ou condition that we would 
agree to play them at base bull. She hu* accepted the challenge of ‘77 
foot ball team, and we are to play— if rules cuu be agreed upon which 
shall give no advantage to cither party. Tho '77 base ball club has ac- 
cepted a challenge to play a series of games, the flrst nt New Haven, 
May 18lh, the second hero, the third— though both nines hope there will 
be uo need of a third game— at some convenient place to be hereafter 
decided upon. The University nine ployed the Freshmon a game on 
Thursday, with a score which speaks very bad for 78. The University 
fool ball team are to play tbe graduates next Thursday (April 29th). The 
game wllluDbuldy.be vegy Interesting, as the under graduates are In 
good practice, while this Is the ouly weak poiut iu the graduates, who 
will have a very strong team. The University team Is to sit for a group 
picture on Monday (April J6tb). The races of tho trial fours took place 
last Saturday, bnt the water was very rough and all the attention of the 
crows was required to keep the boat from being swamped. Whetmoru’* 
nun come lu a very little ahead, but it cannot be snid that this crew was 
mode up of bettor material from thi# fact, nud there will probably be 
other races soon. Many of the club crows rowed down to see the race, 
but most had cause lo regret that they bad taken their boats from the 
rest*. Several boats were quite badly damaged— all were nearly filled 
before reaching the float. The Chess Club is erill engaged in games with 
tUe.’pxhrldg* nud Bouton Chib»( both gootvs ore progressing Very well, 
and with nboat equal chances for each. The Atheuenm of '75 has re- 
ceived permission to give entertainment*, provided the sale or tickets he 
strictly private, to raise fund* to pay tho expense Incurred In changing 
and refurnishing their club house. The programme is very good, and 
the entertainments will probably be sncccuful. The. centennial wna 
thoroughly enjoyed by the students; ninny went home, some stayed In 
their rooms, and about four hundred went to Lexington or Concord, or 
both. All declare that they had a stunning good time, but I will not go 
to the next one. Strange!— sud! bnt yet so true. Many went with the 
Intention of staving to the ball, hut when they saw the floor llipy con- 
cluded they could do better to go back to Cambridge and there 
"celebrate." The rill e corps are progressing finely. The drill* are very 
regularly attended, and much Interest is shown. Application liar been 
made to tho Stole for arm*, and we shall probably get them by the time 
we are ready to commence drills iu which they are required. Mr. Barnes 
of 70 hue been elected captain of Company A, in place of Mr. Eldrldge, 
elected major. Mr. Denny, '57, adjutant. M. 
Ration, il Ragtimes. 
— The cricket season of 1875 will open at Hie German- 
town cricket grounds on Saturday, May 1st, when a prac- 
tice game will be played by members of the Philadelphia, 
Germantown and Young America clubs. T. Rhodes has 
been re engaged as professional, und will live in the cricket 
house. The silver cup won by the Philadelphia twelve at 
the Halifax tournament will be offered as a champion cup, 
to be played for iu a series of matches betweeu the princi- 
pal clubs of Philadelphia. Some of these matches will 
doubtless be played on the new ground of ihe Morion club, 
which will be formally opened in May. It is expected that, 
the officers of the Halifax Gurrison and a Canadian twelve 
will visit Philadelphia in September next to take part in a 
grand cricket tournament to be held here in that month. 
It has not yet been decided whether there will be a cricket 
fete held in June. 
— The professional season will begin on the Union 
grounds, Brooklyn, on the 30th inst., with a game between 
Hie Mutuals and Centennials, On the 3d proximo the Mu- 
luuls and Bostons will play on the same grounds. 
—The Athletic and Philadelphia nines met for the first 
time this season in a championship mulch on April 22d, 
aud the game resulted iu a victory for the former by a 
score of 6 to 3. 
— The championship season is now in operation, aud the 
following games have thus far been played: — 
April 19— Bouton vs. New Haven, at Boston 6 to 0 
April 21— Boston t s. New Haven, at New Haven 14 to 3 
Anri! 21 — Philadelphia vs. Centennial, nt I’hlladelpliiu — 7 to 4 
April 22— Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Philadelphia 0 to 3 
April 21— Hartford vs. Atlantic, at Hartford « l» 5 
April 76— Motion vs Washington, nt Washington 8 to 2 
April 26— Philadelphia v*. Centennial, nt Philadelphia. . :0 to 7 
April 26— Atluutic va. Now Haven, at New Huvun. . . 3 to 2 
— The Hartford played ihe Amateurs on April 23d, and 
beat them by 30 to 0. 
— The match played at Hamilton Park, New Haven, on 
April 21st, between the Boston und New Haven nines, re- 
sulted in favor of the former by a score of 14 to 3. 
— Ou April 23d the Mutuals played a field nine at the 
Capitolina grouuds, and won by 1*9 to 2. The next duy 
they had lough work to wiu by 7 lo 3. 
— The Boston Juniors and Egleslou clubs played a game 
April 23d on the Union grounds, Boston, with the uppeud- 
ed result: Eggleston, 13; Boston, Jr., 1G. 
— George Wright, the short slop of the Bostons, has just 
issued a neatly printed pamphlet containing a complete 
record of the champion’s doings ou the hall field (luting 
the past season, wi'h other interesting items, including 
photographs of George Wright in twelve different alti- 
tudes; four for instruction iu hatting and the other eight 
for instruction in fielding. 
— The Yale nine met the professionals of the New Haven 
club on April 24th, and the result was a score of 15 to 5 in 
favor of the latter. 
— The St. Louis club visited Louisville last week, playing 
the Olympics on April 19th, and winuing by 2G to 0, while 
on the 22d they won by 24 to 4. 
— The Lowell (Mass.) club is fully organized, and pre- 
paring for the seasou of 1875. The nine will he composed 
of first class players. 
—On April 24th tho Atlantics came near defeating the 
new nine of the Hartfords, at Hartford, by a score of 
5 to G. 
— The Syracuse club has made arrangements with the 
Driving Park Association whereby all matches played in 
the city will bo played on the Driving Park. To clubs in- 
tending tours through the State good inducements are 
offered, which can he had by writing to the Secretary, O. 
G. Lumbard, Nos. 6 and 7 Granger street, Syracuse, N. Y. 
MAGAZINES. 
The Popular Science Monthly, with its army of writers so 
well known to the scientific world, contains the usual number of papers 
on interesting topics. Professor Hnxlcy relates some of the results of the 
Cuallengcr Expedition which sounded the bottom of the sea almost 
around the globe, and Rev. S. Lockwood contributes a most excellent 
illustrated puper on Sea Anemones. 
From way off in New Brunswick, where they are still 
held In Winter's icy bonds, comes the St. Johns’ Maritime Monthly, as 
bright aud fresh a* though bom of perpetual sunshine Insteud of fog and 
rain. In the current number Mr. Poirier continues the "Origin of tho 
Acudians;" Rev. Mr. Harvey's discourses of " Livingstone ” und Cen- 
tral Africa, and a variety of Interesting papers, complete the table of con- 
tents. 
The American Naturalist contains its usual contrihulions 
to knowledge, and scientific papers on Botany, Zoology, aud 1 Geology, to 
say nothing of Paleontology and Anthropology. Professor Ch, Fred 
Hartt and Messrs. Parry and PackSrd are the principal essayists in the 
current number. 
Scribner's for May is as usual excellently illustrated, and 
the table of contents as varied and entertaining as ever. Mr. Holland's 
"Story of Sovenoaks" i* oontlnnod, and so Is "A Farmer's Vacation." 
The latter is the most practical and Interesting account of Holland and 
its wonderful dykes and canals we have ever read. 
St. Nicholas, published by the same house, who by the 
way, are now occupying their new and elegant store. Nos. 743 and 745 
Broadway, is brlmfull of amusement for the little ones, and. we may ad- 
mit, for us of larger growth. The altn of St. Nicholas, however. Is not 
restricted to amueemeut, It Improves and teaches as well. The contents 
of the current number are equal In variety and merit to the best. A* 
they »ay ot JUra, Whwlow’a Boothlng A tbe ohildrro for it." 
