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other lakes and ponds another year. The salmon at Sebago 
are very large, averaging double the size they do in the 
eastern part of the State. They vary from six to seventeen 
pounds. They are of a bright silver color, with very few 
large black spots on the sides near the back, so nearly re- 
sembling the grilse that the difference can hardly be per- 
ceived. ~The land-locked salmon at Sebec and in the Scoodic 
waters are identical, varying only in size. When hooked 
they spring from the water three times their length, and 
ure as gamey as the sea salmon. 
Sebago Lake is situated fifteen miles from Portland. The 
Ogdensburg R. R. runs past it. The salmona few years ago 
were very plenty there, but owing to reckless fishing have 
decreased very fast. They begin to run up the streams the 
first of September and continue to do so till they spawn, 
which is in October. They also run up in May, about the 
fifteenth, and stay up about two or three weeks. 
There is a State law to prohibit taking trout and land- 
locked salmon from the first of October to the first of 
February. 
To reach Sebec Lake and other points in that section, go 
to Bangor; from there take the European & North American 
R. R. to the different lakes and streams, Hiram Leonard, 
of Bangor, (Rod Maker), and by the way not to be beat in 
that line, has thrown the fly in all sections in that part of 
the State, and is always willing to give anglers all the infor- 
mation desired. He is now at Sebec Lake preparing to take 
spawn of the land-locked salmon for the States of Massachu- 
setts, Connecticut, and Maine, to distribute in her waters 
H. O. Stanley, one of the very efficient Fish Commis- 
sioners of Maine, to whom we are indebted for many favors, 
writes at recent date: 
“ T am somewhat extensively engaged in fish culture, outside of what I 
am doing for the State. I have a hatching-house here at Dixfield, where 
[ hatched 150,000 salmon for the State, and turned into the Androscoggin 
river this season, and am expecting to. increase the amount the coming 
year. Ihave also just established a large hatching house (in company 
with Mr. George Shepherd Page and George O. Hdyford) at Bemis’ 
Stream, on the Mooselucmeguntic Lake, one of the Rangely chain of 
lakes, where we intend to take hundreds of thousands of spawn from 
the finest trout in the world. We shall hatch and turn into the lake 
twenty-five per cent. of all we take. Shall also hatch a large amount of 
land-locked salmon and turn into the lake. The balance of the trout 
evgs, after turning in twenty-five per cent., we shall sell at a very low 
Se) 
price to any one wishing to stock other waters.” 
—We are in receipt of the following letter from D. H. 
Fitzhugh, Michigan, a gentleman who has been chiefly 
instrumental in identifying the American grayling and add- 
ing it to our list of ‘‘ game fish:” 
Bay Crry, Mich., Augus. 24, 1873. 
Thave just returned from the ‘‘ Au Sable,” whither I was accompanied 
by a young Norwegian, who is here looking at our pine lands, a proficient 
in “‘the gentle art.’’ I went to try the grayling. We found capital fishing. 
Each taking a light flat-boat, with aman to manage it, we fished up and 
down two or three miles of open river, taking 220 fish averaging, when 
cleaned, half a pound each. The heaviest fish weighed two pounds. 
—A private letter from Harrisburg, Pa., says :— 
‘“ Tam sorry to say that this section of Berks County cannot boast of 
mammoth fish or game; but there are streams in our county in which fish 
are abundant, but they are of a common size. The Schuylkill river, 
which passes through here, has no fish—not even “ schnakes,”’ or frogs, 
as the coal dirt which accumulates in it from the Schuylkill coal-fields, 
kills them all. 
In years gone by, shad and all other kinds of fish were plenty in the 
river, but the poor quality of the water exterminated them all. 
The fish laws are very stringent, and are rigidly enforced. We hope, 
ere long, to catch ‘ big fish’ again in the streams and rivers around 
here.” 
On the4th of September instant, Seth Green received a 
shad which was caught in company with others at Tidi- 
oute, Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny River. It was thirteen 
inches and a half long and well developed. These fish were 
no doubt the offspring of the lot of shad which to the 
number of 25,000 were taken from the fish works on the 
{ludson, and deposited in the Allegheny river at Salamanca, 
by Mr. Green, on the 30th day of June, 1872. They were 
sent to the Allegheny by request of Prof. Baird, United 
States Fish Commissioner at Washington, who was engaged 
in the work of stocking the Mississippi with shad by plant- 
ing them in its tributaries. 
The shad that was sent to Mr. Green is about the size it 
should be at the age of fourteen months. Tidioute, the 
place where it was taken, is about sixty miles below Sala- 
manca, and these shad were doubtless making their way to 
the place where they first found a home in the river. It is 
probable that they had been down the Mississippi, and true to 
the habit of their kind, were returning to the place of their 
nativity so far as they were able. If shad will live in the 
Mississippi and its tributaries, to the age and size of these, 
the experiment of stocking these waters may be regarded 
as successful. 
—John Foord, Esq., of the New York Times, who has 
just returned from a tour of the lakes, reports game in up- 
per Wisconsin as being remarkably plenty. In Oconto 
county, near Lake Noqueba, the deer were abundant. 
—Some gentleman in Scotland has a big fish in a loch, 
which he wants tocatch and cannot, Mr. Buckland thinks 
it is a monster pike, and advises the use of an ingenious 
bait, which is worth {trying, for our muscalonge, he says 
make an imitation of a water-rat out of worsted. Put two 
small black buttons for eyes, and boot-laces for the tail. 
—A shark nine feet long, of ‘‘ a lovely sky blue tint,” and 
weighing 475. pounds, was caught in San Francisco Bay a 
few days ago, and will be stuffed and sent to Vienna. 
—Codfish, so enormous as io attract remark, are selling 
in the fish-market at Halifax, N. 8. - 

—A schooner arrived at Halifax last week, so infested 
with bed bugs, that the authorities impressed a steam-water 
boat into service, and after two hours’ scalding with boiling 
water, succeeded in cleansing the vessel. 
Pachting and Boating. 
HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. 




DATE | BOSTON, | NEW YORK. | CHARLEST'N 
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—The New York Yacht Club held a meeting last week, 
Rear Commodore Kingsland in the chair. 
Mr. Colgate moved that the Regatta Committee be au- 
thorized to carry out the instructions of the Commodore's 
letter in regard to the October races. Carried. 
On motion of Mr. Chase the Secretary was added to the 
committee. 
It was moved to appropriate $1,000 to defray the ex- 
penses for the October races. Carried. 
A letter from the Treasurer, Mr. Sheppard Homans, was 
read, calling attention to the fact that interest on bonds of 
the club will be payable’ on demand, at his office, 250 
Broadway. The meeting then adjourned. 
The following are the prizes to be sailed for at the Octo- 
ber races : : 
Cups presented by the Commodore, one for schooners and one for 
sloops, to be sailed for on the first Thursday in October, over New York 
Yacht Club Course: value, $500. 
Cup, presented by the Commodore, to be sailed for on the second 
Thursday of October, by schooners of any organized yacht club, from an- 
chorage off Owl’s Head to and round Lightship off Cape May, and re- 
turn to Sandy Hook Lightship; value, $1,000. 
Purses, presented by the Commodore, to be sailed for on the second 
Thursday of October (under the direction of N. Y. Y. C.), by pilot boats, 
working schooners and smacks (schooners), sailing from any port in the 
United States. The first vessel arriving to take a purse of $1,000; the 
first boat arriving of each of the other two classes to take a purse of $250. 
No class, however, to win more than one prize. 
Further instructions in regard to the races will be issued by the Regat- 
ta Committee from time to time. Any person desirmg to enter their 
boats or wishing any information can address Mr. Charles Minton, Secre- 
tary, No. 26 Broad street. 
—The Boston Yacht Club held their sixth annual regatta 
on September 12th, off Castle Island. It would have been 
impossible to have selected a finer day, and the first class 
yachts had a grand time of it outside, as they turned the 
stakeboat in splendid order, the schooner yacht Fearless 
taking the lead, and proved the Winner. The celebrated 
yacht America was tendered by General B. F. Butler, the 
owner, as the judges’ boat. The regatta was unusually in- 
teresting. The winning boat in the first-class schooners, 
was the Fearless—time, 2h. 50m. In the second-class 
schooners, the Mercury was the first. Time, 1h. 26m. In 
the first-class sloops (keel), the Mary Ellen was the winner 
of the first prize—time, 1h. 22m. 24s. In the second-class, 
sloops measuring less than 26 feet, the Rebie was the fiast 
boat—time, 1h. 16m. 24s. 
—The South Boston Yacht Club held their third and last 
regatta this season, September 11th, over the same course 
as in previous races. The first prize in the first-class, was 
won by Kelpie. In the second-class, Queen Mab won the 
first prize, and Ripple the second. For the second prize in 
the first-class, Starlight was the winner. In the third-class, 
the Maud is the winner of the first prize. Another trial is 
to take place for the second prize. The wind was light, 
from the southeast, and the yachts carried all their light 
sails when in favorable parts of the course, 
—The Royal Halifax Yacht Club match is settled, and 
will take place on Friday, September 19th, when tite 
Squirrel, Whisper and Peirel, will sail to Sambro Light and 
back. These yachts are the fastest sailers in the squadron, 
and will afford an excellent opportunity of testing their 
relative merits and speed, as the distance is a long7one. 
The proposed stakes is a cup to cost $100, to be provided by 
the two losing yachts. 
—The Brooklyn Yacht Club has at present seventy-three 
yachts, composing twenty-one schooners and_ fifty-one 

sloops. It was organized in 1857, and incorporated. in 
1864. The fall regatta will take place in October ; the 
date is not yet decided on. The election of officers takes 
place at the annual meeting in January next. 
—The Yacht Sphynx, of Toronto, capsized in the gale on 
Lake Ontario, on Friday, and drowned three men. 
SaratToGa Lake, SEPTEMBER 11.—The grand amateur 
regatta on Saratoga Lake is proving without exception the 
best managed out-door pastime that has ever taken place 
in this country. Even the loosers did not complain. The 
weather was delightful, and the wind died away toward 
the start. There were ten entries for the single scull race. 
Distance one mile and return.. 
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James Wilson...) 5.5 oan fs ee Beaverwyck. 
Charles Pipenbrink........... Mutual. 
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The signal gun to get into line was fired at three o,clock 
precisely. The start was an excellent one. Wilson appeared 
to get off a trifle the quickest; but Yates, Courtney and 
Keator soon follow and bring their boats up to his line. 
Courtney puts more steam on, but does not increase his 
stroke, and takes the lead. Keator takes the second posi- 
tion. Wilson is not rowing as well as he does on his own 
waters. Courtney is now pulling forty-two strokes to the 
minute and gaining at every stroke, and he turns the stake 

boat and crosses the.line a winner in fourteen minutes and 
fifteen seconds. Keator second, Yates third, and Wilson 
fourth. 
The pair-oared shell race came next. Two entries, Nassaus 
of New York, and Argonauts of Toronto. Distance one 
mile and return. Commodore Brady fires the pistol, and 
they start off well. together. Johnson and Brown (Nas- 
saus) pulling 42, the brothers Lambe (Argonauts) pulling 
43. For the first quarter of a mile, the two crews are 
a-beam. The Toronto men rounded the stake boat ten 
lengths ahead of their opponents. The Nassaus are pull- 
ing vigorously, they are out-rowed; and the Lambe broth- 
er’s, pass the judges boat in fifteen minutes four seconds. 
Nassau crew in sixteen minutes, fifteen seconds. 
Saratoga LAKE, September 12th. The weather on the 
second day of the grand amateur regatta was even more 
delightful than on the previous one. The first race -was 
the single scull race, for all who have never rowed for a 
championship cup, and was started at three o’clock pre- 
cisely. There were seven entries. Distance one mile and 

return. 
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AVA Graves: JPG. once cer Beaverwyck. 
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B. B. Hausey.... Cineinnati. 
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Robert Leffman............ Atlantic. 
- All the men started with the exception of Leffman, and 
had taken their positions promptly after the firing of the 
last gun. The start was evenly made, Keator, Girvin and 
Yates taking the lead. Cincinnati drew out of the race. 
Sweeney capsized. Keator maintained his lead and kept 
it throughout the race, and came ina winner in sixteen 
minutes, twenty seconds. Graves second, Girvin third. 
The second race was for double sculls; three entries, 
two of which came to the start. 
j R. Lambe, of Toronto. 
(| H. Lambe, of Toronto, 
§ James Wilson, of Albany. 
\ W. R. Hills, of Albany, 
The Beaverwycks and Argonauts were in line. The 
start is given, the Albanys drawing ahead, puiling 
thirty-six, while the Arognauts are losing at thirty-eight 
strokes to the minute. When the Canadians spurt, the 
Albany men do the same; the Argonauts put on the steam 
and the Beaverwycks fall a length behind. The boats 
make direct for the same stake boat, and a foul is immi- 
nent. They don’t touch, are round it and off for home. 
The Toronto boat now pulls right away for the Beaver- 
wycks, leading them six lengths, and eventually pulls 
across the bow of the Albanys and come in winners after 
a magnificent race. The Argonaut Crew of Toronto, 
Hand R. Lambe, made the two miles in fourteen minutes, 
thirty-five seconds. The Beaverwyck crew of Albany, in 
fourteen minutes, fifty seconds. The third, a four-oared 
race, was the most interesting of the day. There were six 
entries. The following is a list of the four-oared crews: 
ie Sra a stroke. 
aaeee . J. W. Kirk, 3. 
Cincinn abit cece ets Le Keylish, 2. 
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Argonautirn hath tvn' + 
Beaverwyck.........+-++- 
K. B. Hauser, bow. 
F. Brennan, stroke. 
S. Moody, 3. 
| G. Scharf, 2. 
(J. Straub, bow. 
F. C. Eldred, stroke. 
| M. Phillips, 3. 
\ B. Stephenson, 2. 
| Edward Smith, bow. 
“4 pena t stroke. 
rerervels ) R. Gorman, 3. 
Beaverwyctk... ........000% \ D. Doncaster, 2. 
James Wilson, bow. 
J. Smith, stroke. 
8. C. Medburry, 3, 
) A.J. Reid, 2. 
J. N, Ramsdell, bow. 
f By ceughin, stroke. 
‘ Z. T, Carpenter, 3. 
eis oo usage awe sect \ A. J. McBlair, 2. 
H. 8. Truax, bow. 
The start was very equal, the Argonaut and Duquesne 
in about the same style. Cincinnati, showed well in the 
front. Beaverwicks and Ballstons got off together; the 
Argonauts took a decided lead at the start, leading Duquesne 
by about half a length. After about six lengths had been 
rowed, the Potomac crew spurted, and barely scratching 
past the Ballstons’ boat gave them their water. Instead 
of pulling straight ahead, as evey one expected, they 
kept their diagonal course, and a foul with the Beaverwyks 
seemed inevitable. It did not come, however, for, by a 
wonderful effort, Truax, the bow of the Potomacs, ran his 
boat alongside of the Beaverwcyks. Aftera good deal of 
trouble they got off again safely. The Argonauts made a 
good spurt at the half mile, but Duquesne soon passed 
them and secured the lead. Duquesne turned the stake 
boat first, the next three following fifteen seconds behind. 
The Argonauts made a good race of the last half mile, but 
could not get any closer to the Duquesne men. Pittsburg 
men were leading by six lengths and swept past the judges’ 
boat in twenty minutes fifty-five seconds. Argonaut crew 
followed, their time being twenty minutes fifteen seconds. 
The prizes were presented atthe Town Hall, a great num- 
ber of ladies being present. Charles Courtney, of Union 
Springs, was awarded the diamon dsingle-scull badge, the 
Lambe brothers the pair-oared and double scull prizes; T. 
R. Keator, of the Harlem Rowing Association, the badge 
in the junior scull race, and the Duquesne Clubs’ four-oared 
crew of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, the grand challenge cup 
and four goblets. 
—The annual review of the Schuylkill Navy took place 
September 13th, on the Delaware. The crews presented a 
very creditable appearance. The eight-oar shell of the 
West Philadelphia crew, in passing through the locks at 
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