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teeth—a thing never accomplished unless by mail boats 
or on a matter of life or death. Hence it behooves all men 

much superior it would be to the horseflesh of France! We 
believe that acompany could be organized with comparative- 
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Fray, October 17th.—Catskill Association, N. Y....Driving Park, 
Freeport, Ill..... Little Rock Fair, Arkansas. 
SATURDAY, October 18th.—Boat Clubs foot of 133d street, Harlcem..., 
Yale College Boat Club, Fall Regatta....Jerome Park Races Fordham, 
N. Y.... Leland Medal New York Rowing Club, Harlem. 
TuEsDAY, October 2ist.—Lexington Trotting Horse Asssociation, Lex- 
ington, Ky.,..Cotton States Fair, Augusta, Ga.... East Meridian Fair, 
Miss. 
WEDNESDAY, October 22d.—Yacht Match; Janette vg Eclipse. ... Lex- 
ington Horse Association, Ky....East Meridian Fair, Miss....Cotton 
States Fair, Augusta Ga....Mountain Park Fair, Brookyille, Pa....Ves- 
pers vs Palisades Boat Clubs,, Yonkers, N. Y. 
THURSDAY, October 28d.—Lexington Horse Association, Lexington, 
1G Hast Meridian Fair, Miss....Cotton States Fair, Augusta, Ga.... 
Serene 
OCEAN YACHTING, 
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| Dee to the ocean regattas of the New York 
Yacht Squadron,the journals of the country were filled 
with unpleasant allusions to the yachtsmen as fair weather 
sailors and dandies. Now we have always maintained that 
there is a certain proper discretion to be used even in the 
most daring enterprises, as in this case, of the contest be- 
tween the Meta and Vision. We hold that the Vision was 
perfectly justified, and showed discreet and good judgment 
under the circumstances in not sailing over the course, 
with eminent danger staring her in the face. The owner 
and sailing master are always, or ought to be, the best 
judges whether to continue on the course or return. As it 
was, fortunately enough there was no material accident; 
but most of the Meta’s friends were sadly alarmed, and 
taany were the anxious inquiries at the different telegraph 
stations for news of the Meta. Yach sailing over a course 
of some 800 miles out at sea, asin the late ocean regatta 
(two of the same yachts will most probably sail over the 
course for a cup to-morrow) is no child’s or man’s play. 
‘t must be observed that cruising and racing are totally dif- 
ferent, as when a gentleman takes his friends on a cruise 
he has his ordinary sails set, and takes his time and matters 
leisurely; but where honor, pride and purse are at stake, 
he crowds on all sail to the utmost limit aud runs every 
risk. Most of the owners of yachts have been accustomed 
to sail boats from their youth upwards, but it must be 
borne in mind that for several months in the year the 
yachts are laid up, and the owners are otherwise employed. 
Not so with the sailor, who is ever on the water, summer 
and winter, rough or smooth, making this roving life his 
profession. It therefore requires considerable time in the 

s. Any person 
receive a copy of 
service, if 
to acknowledge at once the splendid exhibition of skill, 
manliness, gallantry and general seamanship which we 
have just witnessed on the part of the yachtsmen, and to 
make the amende honorable forthwith. 
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FIRST ANNUAL PRIZE IVEAT Cit ee Ace 
CREEDMOOR. 
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[EX honorable rivalry there were assembled on ‘Wednes- 
day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, at Creedmoor, 
the Regulars, members of the National Guard, sportsmen 
and sharpshooters, contending for the prizes of the first 
National Rifle Match ever held in the United States. From 
this most fortunate inauguration of the rifle movement, 
which took place last week, we can hope for the fullest 
Success of the Creedmoor range. Next year it will un- 
doubtedly call forth marksmen from England, and the best 
Wimbledon teams will be pitted against our own men. 
Our people are quick to learn, and there is no doubt but 
that they will soon gain not only zest for this admirable 
sport, but will be among the most skillful riflemen. 
The creation of the range at Creedmoor, in such a short 
space of time, and the excellent manner in which the 

matches were conducted deser ve the greatest praise. In our 
columns will be found a full and complete account of the 
history of Creedmoor and of the match, together with the 
scores, list of prizes, name of winners, analysis, &c., to 
which we refer our readers. 
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DESTRUCTION OF BUFFALO. 
oe 
UR Denver (Colorado) correspondent alludes with much 
feeling to the wanton waste of animal life and food in 

the Far West, especially of the buffalo, which are slaugh- 
tered for their skins by the hundred thousand, and left to rot 
in their tracks. A skin is worth only $1,25, while the carcass 
of an average weight of 1,000 pounds, and worth at five cents 
a pound, fifty dollars, is cast aside to gorge the coyotes and 
These facts are by no means new. They have 
But it may 
be a matter of newseven to the inhabitants of Colorado 
themselves to be informed that there is a territorial game 
law, approved February 9th, 1872, which if enforced would 
promptly meet the necessities of the case, and prevent for- 
buzzards. 
been published and reprinted dozens of times. 
ever this wholesale waste and destruction. We quote: 
“Sec. 6th. Hereafter when any buffalo, elk, deer, ante- 
lope, or any other fourfooted game, shall be killed by any- 
one, such person or persons shall not leave any edible por- 
tion of such game so killed to waste, but shall take care of 
and preserve or bring into market each and all parts of such 
game that are edible.” 
The penalty for violation of this section is twenty-five 
It is apparent therefore that for 
the paltry gain of one dollar and a half these vandals are 
willing to forego the market advantage of fifty dollars ad- 
dollars for each offense. 
ditional, and to risk the payment of twenty-five dollars fine. 
We don’t perceive by what business rules of speculation 
the ultimate profit accrues. 
Now it may be urged in extenuation of the hunters that 
it would not pay to carry the meat to market; and in be- 
half of the Territorial officials that it would be impossible 
to enforce this law in a country of such vast extent, and so 
In isolated cases it would 
be, but as a rule the locality of the buffalo ranges, the 
personel of every party organized to hunt, and the time of 
their going forth, are as well known as any other plain facts 
within human observation; and we maintain that it is en- 
tirely owing to the laxity and leniency of the constituted 
authorities that prosecutions are not pressed. Tens of 
thousands of buffalo cannot be slaughtered in a single battue 
without somebody becoming cognizant of the fact. It 
would not be difficult to employ detectives to attach them- 
selves, in some cases, to the larger hunting parties, and in 
sparsely populated as Colorado. 
others to follow and observe the violators of the law. 
Proof, then, would not be wanting to convict the guilty, 
and future parties would be deterred from like offences by 
the fear of espionage upon their organization and practices. 
The hunters themselves would be brought in time to see 
the present advantages that they now deliberately and fool- 
ishly throw away, and the prospective loss that must en- 
sue from their reckless destruction of valuable life. 
As to the facilities for carrying meat to markets, well, it 
is much less trouble to ‘ransport the carcasses of dead 
buffalo than to herd, fatten, and drive live cattle, through 
long months of risk and exposure, to the nearest market. 
It well repays those parties who send occasional carcasses 
of buffalo tothe markets of the castern States for consump- 
tion, and where profit can be made to accrue, appliances 
are never wanting to ‘‘pan it out.” When the Indians 
“make meat,” that is, dry their buffalo beef for their winter 
supplies, they find no difficulty to transport it; and now 
certainly, with the facilities of a great arterial railway run- 
ning through some of the buffalo ranges, and approximat- 
ing others, it need not be pleaded that the hunters cannot 
bring the carcasses to market with profit. Old bull-beef 
might be left to the wolves and carrion eaters, and the terri- 
torial law should be so modified as not to apply to the tough 
and indigestible viands; but even of the most ancient pa 
triarch’the tongue is always available, and perhaps some por- 
tion also of the hump-rib and tenderloin. Were ail the 
meat now wasted to be utilized it would add very abund- 
antly to our food supply, and, as in the case of horse flesh 
in France, would be eaten in great quantities by those 
ly small capital and make it profitable to gather, pack, dry, 
or otherwise secure the meat ‘‘ thrown cold” by the pelt- 
hunters. By these means a very considerable amount of 
the meat would be saved, and the objects of the game laws 
be accomplished by the ratio just so much. 
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HUMBOLDT AS A CONVERSATIONA LIST 
Sa 
Glee author of Cosmos, whose inner life is only now 
being understood, must have been the possessor of 
wonderful couversational powers. His life was evidently a 
dual one. If illustrious as an acute, deep thinker, his 
mind ever on the stretch to unravel nature and her secrets, 
he was at the same time one of the most brilliant of talkers. 
and delighted to throw aside his absorbing studies, and to 
mingle with the most polished society of the French and 
German capitals, 
Mr. Hayward, known to the many readers of Faust, as 
Goethe’s best translator, mentions an anecdote of Humboldt 
as a frequenter of a salon, which though not exactly com- 
plimentary to human nature, has no end of point and cley- 
erness about it. Gerard, the famous French painter, cele- 
brated for the galaxy of talent which graced his drawing- 
room, among whom were Madame de Stael, Tallyerand, 
Rossini, Cuvier, and De Vegny, was telling a story about a 
certain artist in Florence who had been called upon to paint 
a picture of Hymen, The person who gave the order was 
on the eve of marriage to a beautiful woman, and his con- 
ception of what the allegorical Hymen should be, was 
quite rapturous. It had to be painted before his marriage 
day. The artist worked with a will and produced a won- 
derful picture. It did not satisfy, however, the expecta- 
tions of the young man; it did not have fire nor beauty 
enough. It mustbe remodeled. The artist, a patient man, 
promised to rework it, but mentally determined not to 
touch what he thought was his masterpiece. Some months 
clapsed before the enamored man came for his picture. On 
seeing it he seemed disappointed. ‘‘ Your Hymen I do not 
think you have improved; if anything, it has an expression 
of over-beaming joy which is by no means natural.” Sir, 2 
replied the painter, laughing, ‘“‘it is not my picture which 
has chauged, but your feelings. Some months ago you 
were in love, now you are married.” This may be taken 
as quite a pretty example of true French badinage, and ac- 
cordingly a murmur of applause was heard in the salon. 
“And do you know what happened afterwards?” asked 
some one. Every eye was turned on the new speaker, 
“The painter, content with the price he had received, 
promised to represent Hymen s0 as to please both lovers 
aud husbands, and after some months opened his rooms for 
the exhibition of a masterpiece. The public came, but only 
afew were admitted at atime. The picture was placed in 
along gallery, and quite at the end. The effect of the 
colors was so contrived as to render the portrait of Hymen 
appear charming to those who saw it from a distance, but seen 
close, it was no longer the same, and nothing that had 
charmed was discovered in it.” This ingenious and im- 
provised continuation was duly applauded, not the less 
when the narrator stood confessed as one of the royalties of 
science, Alexander Von Humboldt. 
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SCIENCE IN CALIFORNIA. 
pale ke ae 
le is amazing to notice the vast strides California is mak- 
ing in education. Not only is her public school system 
admirable of its kind, but the efforts she is making to found 
and establish higher seats of learning, is beyond all praise. 
Her University of California, now installed at Berkeley, 
gives excellent promise of future usef ulness, and in the 
composition of the Faculty we notice many names quite 
distinguished in chemistry, astronomy, and natural science. 
California is even producing books, which show the drift of 
an intellectual activity. Possessing, as she does, animals, 
birds, fishes, and plants which are but little known to us on 
this side of the continent, with the same wonderful compre- 
hensiveness she has displayed in working up her material 
resources, she is devoloping all her scientific treasures, The 
“marine mammals of the north western coast of North Amer- 
ica,” is a book California proposes presenting to us shortly, 
which will give us an insight into a subject which has never 
yet been thoroughly treated. It isnot alone by her schools 
and books that this wonderful material, social, and literary 
progress is manifested, but San Francisco is absolutely sur- 
passing us herein New York, in giving her citizens the op- 
portunity to study nature ina practical way. In San Francisco 
they have an aquarium; and not only is it a very large one, 
but it is admirably stocked. We copy the following from 
the Weekly Alta:— 
“The aquarium building at Woodward’s Gardens is situa- 
ted between the sea pond and the entrance from the gar- 
dens to the amphitheatre. The upper story is used asa 
picture gallery. Thearrangement for the tanks beneath is 
very simple. They are sixteen in number, raised on each 
side so that one side of each tank is on a level with a man’s 
shoulder. A person passing through this lower apartment 
sees on each side of him, as it were, sections of the sea 
containing marine life. The side of the tank toward him is 
glass, the water is open to the sunlight above, and no light 
can reach the passage way, oxcept by first passing through 
the water in the tanks and the glass fronts, The tanks are 
made of «rear stone. The water for the marine fish is 
brought from the deep sea, near the Farallones, where it is 
found clear as crystal. It is kepte constantly in motion, 
and aérated by the falling of a stream. This work has 




