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RE pheasants with their lustrous plumage, absolutely 
Jere nature? 
handsome birds are being slaughtered indiscriminately in 
the preserves. We cannot help but think, that this kind 
of sport partakes of the white kid and fauwtewil shooting. 
Imprimis, your single pheasant’s egg costs about the 
price of three dozen chickens eggs; then the young birds 
are watched carefully from the time they chip the shell; then 
they are cared for and fed not perhaps exactly as a leading 
English journal intimates on filtered water, on fried worms 
and sifted oatmeal, but certainly pretty much as a sweet 
lady would tend the inmates of her aviary. Whether the 
pheasants have ribbons around their necks, and are bathed 
regularly by the game keepers, we are not prepared to affirm. 
Englishmen in fact are always in doubt as to the exact 
status of this exotic creature, whether he be a tame or wild 
bird. All the unfortunate pheasant knows «bout it is, that 
pampered until mid-October, cared for soégneed as would be 
a canary bird in a boudoir, all of a sudden, he is flushed up 
in the most rude and unexpected way, and quite uncertain 
whether it is a handful of buck-wheat or ants eggs, which 
is to claim his attention, he gets the contents of an Eley 
cartridge No. 8. from an unerring breech-loader, into his 
flank, and tumbles over dead, sullying his gaudy plumage, 
representing sport at the cost of certainly a half guinea per 
bird. I ‘‘ can’t wear these lavender kid gloves any more, 
Cool. Take them away Cool,” says some well bred gentle- 
man on his return from a ball at the Duchess’s to his valet.” 
‘‘T-have danced once in them, put them aside in my drawer, 
they will do for pheasant shooting, if they are not too 
soiled.” But give this elegant gentleman his due. Beneath 
the delicate kid, there may be muscles of steel indured by 
exercise, and when he does encase his taper fingers in the 
old party gloves, woe to the birds, whether erratic grouse, 
swift flying partridge, or more heavy pheasant. Once cover- 
ed, if in possible distance, down goes the bird, before his 
unerring breech-loader. 
—Does it not look as if the modern careful process of 
agriculture would in time entirely destroy game in Eng- 
land? it seems to be according to our English contempo- 
rary quite a serious question. Take the American mowing 
machines used in England, where they cut the wheat stalks 
as close’ down to the ground as a barber shaves the hairs 
from a man’s chin, and where is your stubble? Birds even 
if not disturbed, in the few inches of stalk left, must suffer 
from the want of protection, and in raising their young, 
must meet with great difficulties. It seems to be a case of 
McCormick, V. Perdix et alits. 
—Now is the time for dog shows, and at Nottingham, under 
the auspices of the National Canine Society, there is as- 
sembled a whole universe of dogs, yet all of high degree; 
in fact, an assemblage of princes. The catalogue includes 
some sixty-seven classes, divided under the appropriate 
general heads of sporting and non-sporting dogs. Here 
you may find the mighty Monarch, a mastiff—height, 334 
inches; girth of body, 44 inches; weight, 176—down to so 
small a dog that, whether it be a large insect ‘or a toy ter- 
vier, to be carried in a lady’s portemonnaie, you are quite un- 
certain. 
—People, nationalities, do not anglicise readily. . Your 
Englishman may take to Polo and beat the Thibetians at it, 
but whether the Thibetians would take to skittles, or 
hockey, en revanche, is questionable. -An Englishman has 
introduced cricket into France, and stumps are pitched, 
and balls are bowled on a pretty French lawn to-day, and 
the village authorities take an interest in the game. ‘It is 
in Brittany that this wonder has been accomplished. We 
suppose the game might in time take root simply be- 
cause the Bretton and the Cornish man are of the same 
race. ‘‘I never saw,” says an English correspondent to 
Land and Water, “but one Frenchman join a cricket club, 
and on getting a blowtrom a ball on the leg he never put 
inasecond appearance.” Imagine a true Parisian getting 
a swift cricket ball—a hot one—in his fingers ! 
—The fungologists have lately been in their glory ; and 
pray what is a fungologist ? It is a human being devoted 
to the study of mushrooms,both wholesome and poisonous. 
South Kensington was reveling, at last accounts, with pufi- 
balls, beef-steak fungi, and the Boletus edulis and the Cb- 
prinus cormatus. It is a passion like anything else, and there 
is nothing better in the world to be well acquainted with in 
both ascientific and edible sense, than a good dish of well 
prepared mushrooms. 
The report of the Mayor of Vienna shows that of 400 
wells used by the Viennese, ‘‘not one of all this number 
contained water which was really fit for drinking.” As 
there are no less than 11,000 houses in the Austrian capital, 
according tothe V. Y. Times correspondent, most all of them 
depending on wells for water, the examination of all of 
them would have been impossible. It is all very fine for 
Vienna to have had an Exhibition of the world’s wonders, 
but it would have been even better if the amount spent for 
the Exposition had been used to bring pure water into the 
city. The Danube water is of such wretched quality that 
it cannot be used. The old Romans know this and supplied 
themselves with water from distant sources by means o! 
aqueducts. It seems strange to us in this newer world, 
with ail the advantages they may have in the older 
countries, of not only experience but scientific knowledge, 
that the people there should show such utter indifference to 
oae of the first and greatest necessities of a crowded pop- 
ulation, and that is good and palatable water. 
tr 
-~-Scouring the plain—washing your face. 
English sportsmen must think them 
so, for just now in default of grouse, or partridge, these 
The first methodical attempt to introduce fresh Austra- 
lian beef into England is now on the point of being tested. 
A ship has been loaded.at Melbourne with quarters of beef 
The meat is placed 
in a close iron tank and this is covered with a coating of 
There is no reason why the Australian beef 
should not arrive in a perfectly sound condition, even after 
Whenever the methods for reducing 
temperature are rendered possible by simpler chemical and 
mechanical processes than those now employed, meat will 
The time will come when 
and is now on her way to Liverpool. 
blocks of ice. 
a ninety day’s voyage. 
be sent all over the world. 
Galveston, with her Texan cattle all slaughtered and dressed, 
will send her beef not,only to the Eastern States, but all 
over the world. 


Che Horse and the Course. 
—The American Jockey Club held the fourth day of the 
Autumn meeting at Jerome Park, near Fordham, on Oct- 
The attendance was large, many more people 
tober 15th. 
in carriages were noticed, and the weather was sublime. 
The track was in good condition but very dusty, and the 
racing afforded amusement and recreation to hundreds of 
persons who are not accustomed to frequent race-courses, 
owing to the proper observance of law and order. The 
rst race was for a purse of $500 for three year olds. 
Distance one mile and a quarter. 
post, and started very evenly. 
the course it became evident that the race lay between 
Catesby, Carribou and the Wizard; Catesby won after a 
The second 
Distance 
hard. struggle, under whip and spur, in 2-14. 
race was for a purse of $500 for two year olds. 
three quarters of a mile. 
post and Mr, Connor started them evenly. Macaroon led 
round the bluff, followed closely by McDavid’s colt; Weat- 
cock swerved and bolted. After a desperate race, Mc- 
David’s colt shot ahead just at the post and won the race 
by a short head. Time 1-18}. The third race was the 
Free Handicap Sweepstakes of $40 each, with $800 added 
by the club. Distance two miles. Seven horses came to 
the post. Harry Bassett took the lead and maintained it 
throughout the race, winning easily. Kate Pease second. 
Time 3-393. ‘The fourth race was fora purse of $400. The 
winner to be sold by auction. Distance one mile and an 
eighth. Six horses came to the post and_again the start 
was a capital one. Minnie Mc., the favorite, won easily by 
several lengths in 2-014 and was bought in by the owner 
for $1310. The fifth race was a match for a $1000 a side, 
between McDaniel’s Cora Linn and Bell’s Cross the Sea. 
Distance one mile and three quarters. Cora Linn took the 
lead and won very easily. It was a very slow race. The 
sixth race was a match of $500 a side, between Mr. Bel- 
mont’s Gray Planet and Mr. Lorillard’s Girl of the Period. 
Distance half a mile. Gray Planet took the lead and won 
easily by severel lengths. This was a ridiculous distance 
for four year olds; mile heats would have tested the respec- 
tive stamina of the horses, and made the match interesting 
to the outside public. The seventh race was the Handicap 
Steeple Chase. Purse of $800. Distance about two miles 
and a quarter over a heavy hunting course. Five horses 
started. This was a very exciting race, and the public took 
especial interest in it, owing partly to the novelty and the 
chance of an accident. The horses jumped the hurdles in 
good style, Mary Clark leading, followed by George West 
and Bibakiba, but on getting to the top of the hill, to the 
right of the stand, she seemed exhausted, and on going 
down the steep decline, George West came to the front, the 
little mare recovering herself, closed on George West, and 
they both jumped the last hurdle together. George West 
vas too fast for the “‘little gray” on the flat, and finally 
won a most exciting race without accident of any kind bya 
length. 
—The American Jockey Club held the last day of the 
autumn meeting at Jerome Park, Fordham, on{October 18th. 
The weather was cloudy and threatening, which tended to 
keep many persons from visiting this beautiful course: 
as it was, the attendance was very fair, the racing was in 
every respect satisfactory and closed as handsome a fall 
meeting as was ever witnessed at Jerome Park. The first 
race was a dash of a mile and one-eighth for maiden three 
years olds. There were four entries all of which came to 
the post. They got. away with a good start, Carribou in 
the lead, McDaniel’s filly next. This order was soon chang- 
ed as Periwinkle went to the front, and was never caught, 
and won by four lengths in 1:17}. The second race was a 
dash of three quarters of a mile for two year old maidens. 
There were five entries. After another good start Macaron 
and Weathercock were neck and neck onthe lead. Maca- 
ron hard held, won by four lengths in 2:03 Thethird race 
was a full handicap of one mile and five furlongs. There 
were nine entries, Mr. Sandford scratching Mate at the 
last moment. After several false starts the flag fell to an 
even send off. Lizzie Lucas went to the front and made 
the pace very fast; on the lower turn Shylock and Merodac 
were together, which resulted in a‘splendid race for home, 
Shylock lasting the longest, and won by half a length, 
Merodac second, time 2:564 The fourth race was for a 
purse of $1,000. Distance two miles and three quarters, 
There were three entries, but Mr. Sandford having with- 
drawn Preakness, the race was a match between True Blue 
and Katie Pease; the former giving the latter twenty-one 
pounds. Katie Pease made the running, but True Blue 
won the race easily in a hard gallop by eight lengths, time 
5:102. The fifth race, was a handicap sweepstakes for all 
ages, $20 each with $500 added by the club. ‘There were 
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Nine horses came to the 
After running once round 
Five colts and fillies came to the 
cight entries all of whom started. Distance one mile and a 
furlong. The start was one of Mr. Connev’s best efforts. 
Quits, an ontsider, made the running and won an exciting 
race by a length in 2:01. Kadi second. The last race of 
the meeting was a handicap hurdle race, entries free, about 
one mile and three quarters over a fair hunting course, The 
owners of the horses seemed ‘disinclined to start them, 
owing to the weights being too heavy, but Mr. Wheatly, 
Secretary of the club, used his influence, and succeeded in 
getting the owners of Lochiel, Revenge, and Bibakiba to 
start their horses. At the fall of the flag Lochiel jumped 
off with the lead followed by Revenge, leaving Bibakiba 
standing at the post, the starter charging, however, that 
Murphy wilfully pulled the horse. Lochiel jumped the 
hurdles clean and well, and won by a dozen lengths. Mur- 
phy the jockey of Bibakiba, was expelled the course which 
includes expulsion from all race tracks in this country and 
Canada. ; 
—The great race of four-mile heats at the Oakland Trot- 
ting Park, San Francisco, October, 18th, attracted fully 
5,000 spectators, intense interest being centred on the per- 
formance of Joe Daniels as against California bred horses, 
Thad Stevens being the selected favorite. The race was 
for a purse of $5,000, of which the winner received $3,000, 
the starters being Joe Daniels, Ballot Box, Thad Stevens, 
Irene Harding, and Kate Gift. The start for the first heat 
was good, Joe Daniels winning it easily in 7:424, each mile 
being run as follows: 1:58, 1:59, 1 064, and 1:483. For 
the second heat the horses got away well together, Joe 
Daniels leading for the first mile. In the second mile he 
was headed by Thad Stevens, who retained the lead, win- 
ning it in the extraordinary time of 7:30, Ballot Box second, 
Joe Daniels third, and Irene Harding fourth. The third 
and deciding heat was also won by Thad Stevens in 7:48, 
Joe Daniels second, Ballot Box third, and Irene Harding 
fourth. Thad Stevens’ victory was received with tremend- 
ous applause, and there is already talk of sending him East. 
Careful observers who saw the race think that Joe Daniels 
will yet turn the tables on the California horses, it being 
plainly evident that he was short of work, and had not fully 
recovered from his journey. 
The winner, Thad Stevens, was bred in 1865, and is by 
Langford out of Mary Chilton, she by imported Glencoe 
out of an American Eclipse mare: granddam Queen Mary, 
by Bertrand; Langford being by Belmont out of Liz Givens, 
she by imported Langford out of Charlotte Pace, by Sir 
Archy. 
—The Maryland Jockey Club, have postponed the open- 
ing of their meeting until to-day, on account of the late 
storm, and heavy condition of the track. 
Shat Gun and Rifle. 
GAME IN SEASON FOR OCTOBER. 
Moose, Alces Malchis.) 


Caribou, Tarandus Rangifer.) 
Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis.) Red Deer, Caricus Virginianus.) 
Rabbits. common Brown and Grey.) Squirrels, Red Black and Gray.) 
Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo.) peel, Optyx Virginiuna.) 
Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola.) Pinnated Grouse, Tetrao Cupido.) 
Ruffed Grouse, Tetrao umbellus,) Curlew, Numenvus Arquata.) 
Esquumaux Curlew, Vumenius bo- Sandpipers, Tringine.) 
reais.) Pigeons, and all kinds of Wild Fowl 
[Under the head of “Game, and Fish m Season” we can only specufy in 
general terms the several varieties, because the laws of States vary so much 
that were we to attempt to particularize we could do no less than publish 
those entire sections that reiate.to the kinds of game in question. This 
woud require a great amount of our space. In designating game we are 
guided by the laws of nature, upon which all legislation is founded, and 
our readers would do well to provide themselves with the laws of their re- 
spective States for constant reference. Otherwise, our attempts to assist them 
wil only create confusion. | 
Seg Le 
—Wn. C. Prime, author of “I yo a Fishing,” hag been 
at Paul Smith’s, St. Recis Lake, Adirondacks, fortwo weeks 
past deer hunting. 
—The farmers of Staten Island have warned all sports- 
men by posters that they cannot allow shooting on their 
grounds. 
—Mr. Richard Ramft and friend leave for Weldon, N. 
C., this week for quail and duck shooting. Several gentle 
men leave for North Currituck, N. C., on Saturday next. 
—We hear of several deer being killed last week on Long 
Island, in the vicinity of Islip, by members of the South- 
side Club, and one pair of antlers is credited to Recorder 
Hackett. We regret that the animals were run to water 
by dogs. A single trophy ought to be reward sufficient for 
a whole day’s persistent stalking. 
—Marriner A. Wilder, Esq., of this city, who is largely 
engaged in lumber manufacture in Nova Scotia, and is with- 
al a veteran moose hunter, returned last week from a fort- 
night’s sojourn on the Lower Raquette, Adirondacks, where 
he bagged three deer. We tender our thanks for a sample 
of the venison. 
—The second annual fall gathering of the Blooming 
Grove Park Association took place on their grounds in 
Pike county, Pennsylvania, on the 16th inst., and contin- 
ued three days. There wasan attendance of some fifteen 
members and a goodly number of ruffed grouse were 
brought to bag. We understand that hounding deer has 
been prohibited at the Park. 
—The season for quail shooting in New York State be- 
gan October 20th, under the game law, and will continue 
until the Ist day of January. Quail are reported in con- 
siderable quantity in the vicinity of Rochester, and grouse 
and woodcock in abundance. Snipe have not been plenti- 
ful in that section, on account of the dry season, though a 
few are found near the marshes, exceptionally good bags 
having been made on the Brackett marshes a week ago. 
The birds are not distribted at all, and are found only in 
‘localities. 



