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continuous locks, ouly the locks are always open. This ar- 
rangement, of course, greatly lessens the velocity of the 
current, and gives the fish a chance to rest, as at the foot 
of every ‘‘check” the water is still enough for that pur- 
pose. The depth of water in the ‘‘checks” is to be twenty 
inches, and it takes about half an hour, with full head of 
water on, to fill them all.” 
—Onur intelligent correspondent, W. E. N., of New York, 
sends us some pleasant observations upon the habits of 
brook trout, which he thinks we do not describe with suf- 
ficient explicitness in our paper. He says: 
“Their habits change with their age. When very young 
they play a great deal together, usually choosing the parts 
of the brook which have a muddy bottom, and will sometimes 
if startled, suddenly bury themselves in the mud. This, how- 
ever, does not often occur; they usually make for the first 
little projection that juts out over the water, and there hide 
until the danger is over. As they grow older they seem to 
dissolve partnership in a great measure, and every one 
chooses his own particular hiding place, the larger trout 
taking, as if by reason of their superior strength, which to 
all appearance is understood among them, the deepest holes 
and largest projecting sods, and leaving the smaller ones 
for their less officious kin. The older they grow the more 
wary they become, and therefore it requires considerable 
skill to catch a very old trout. A worm is, generally 
speaking, the best bait for them, but in the spring, after 
the rains that usually prevail at that season, which wash a 
great many worms and insects into the water, very few of 
which escape their observation, they bite better at the more 
tempting bait of a fly. In fishing with a fly always fish up 
stream, at the same time taking care to keep well back from 
the bank. 
When fishing with a worm, the angleworm being the 
best for trout fishing, choosea cloudy day just before a rain 
storm, as the fish are then on the alert for insects; begin 
at the head of the stream, and fish down stream, at all 
times keeping well back from the bank. Do not in baiting 
your hook, merely cover the point of your hook with the head 
of the worm, but put on the whole worm running the hook 
through him in three or four places, and then covering the 
point of the hook with the head of the worm. It is consider- 
ed much more sportsman-like to fish with a fly, as it requires 
more tact, infact is quite an art; but there are times when 
fish will not bite at a fly, in which case it is some sport, al- 
though less, tousea worm. The trout should never be 
caught in August, as by catching one you are apt to de- 
stroy many. 
Grarron, WINDHAM Co., V'r., Nov. 3, 1878. 
Eprror Forest AND STREAM :— 
The receipt of your valuable paper is like an oasis in the 
desert. It is just the thing; exactly fills the niche long 
standing vacant for it. 
Your various articles on taking the black bass have been 
read with much interest. JI am pleased to see the subject 
well ventilated. My impression is that in some waters they 
will rise to the artificial fly, and that in other waters they 
will not do so. During the season of 1869 I was located in 
Kalamazoo county, Michigan. This county has numerous 
smalllakes. I can name thirty-three within ten miles from 
Kalamazoo, all well stocked with black bass. In the town 
of Texas there are several lakes in a cluster, the principal 
of which are called Crooked, Eagle, Pine Island, and 
Pretty. During this season I was near them all, but my 
fishing was principally confined to Crooked lake, which I 
fished thoroughly every week, and sometimes oftener, us- 
ing a light trout fly rod, and well stocked book of flies of 
all kinds, besides numerous nondescripts, which I made for 
the purpose. From the ist of May until the 15th of Oc- 
tober no week passed without my giving them a thorough 
trial. The result is, I have yet to see the first black bass 
rise to an artificial fly in those waters, although I could 
at any time take fish in plenty with spoon, minnow, or 
sometimes angleworms, a catch of from fifty to one hun- 
dred pounds not being unusual in a few hours. 
We have a fair prospect for good bass fishing shortly in 
the Connecticut river. Some fine ones have this season 
been taken near Bellows Falls, which is 12 miles from us. 
Yours, Somer 
—Appleton’s Journal prints the following interesting facts 
concerning the menhaden fisheries of Long Island. It 
says: 
Eastern Long Island is famous for its fisheries. Its vast 
bays and adjacent seas abound with bluefish, mackerel, and 
a small fish, valuable only for the oil extracted from it, 
called moss-bunker. This fish has built up in all this re- 
gion an extensive and profitable industry. Numerous oil 
factories recently lined the shores of the main island, and 
creatly marred the beauty of Shelter Island; but the horri- 
ble odor ‘perennially escaping from them at last aroused 
a popular crusade, which resulted in their being legally de- 
clared public nuisances, and their removal ordered. But 
the industry was too profitable to readily surrender; hence 
it devised large floating oil mills, and now, here and there 
over the surface of Gardiner’s Bay, may be seen huge, 
black, uncouth, and picturesque-looking objects, always 
‘surrounded by waiting vessels, and ever vomiting into the 
blue air volumes of black smoke. But they scarcely mar 
the picture, andthe odor of the decayed bunkers never 
reaches the shore. . The moss-bunker, menhaden, or bony- 
fish, is a litle creature of something near a pound only in 
weight, to the great whale what the fly is to the ox. But 
it is caught in prodigious numbers, as many as one million 
having been taken ata single haul of a draw-seine from 
shore, enough to yield fifteen hundred gallons of oil. The 
fisheries in this section, whether considered as an industry 
or as a means of sport, give it its peculiar interest. The 
huge reels for winding the immense nets, seen all along the 
shores, are striking and picturesque incidents in the land- 
scape. 
Athletic Zlastimes. 
Re” Secretaries of University and College Athletic Clube will please mail 
their reports not later than Monday in each week. 

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—The National Amateur Athletic Tournament or Gym- 
nastic Exhibition took place at the Academy of Music on 
November 8th for the benefit of the poor of this city before 
a large and cultivated audience. It is pleasing to notice 
that already so many intelligent people give countenance to 
physical culture. Disinclined as we are to find fault, and 
remembering how novel these exhibitions are in the United 
States, and how difficult it isto get together the necessary 
elements, we must declare that the exhibition did not come 
up to our expectations. In the first place the programme 
was so long as to become tedious, and proper care had not 
been taken to arrange the various performances, so that the 
exhibition should be continuous. Secondly, the various 
athletic exercises were not chosen with good judgment, and 
last, the performers themselves were by no means the best. 
It is no easy task for ainateur directors to arrange such per- 
formances, and though®in this tinstance hey might have re- 
ceived valuable assistance from some professional stage 
manager, the combination did not seem to us to have been 
fully qualified fr their business. The best professional 
athletics understand very well their ‘‘business,” and know 
that more than two hours of such performances invariably 
tire out an audience. We cannot in justice to Dr. A. Flint, 
Mr. Tine and Col. Van Wyck allow our criticisms to appear 
in print, without calling the attention of the public to the 
untiring energies of these gentlemen exerted in behalf of 
physical culture and of this particular exhibition. 
The curtain rose with Professor Burnham’s Calisthenic 
Class in position upon the stage. They went through a 
great variety of their beautiful and graceful exercises to 
music. This one feature was most interesting, and Mr. 
Burnham deserves great credit for originating such a fine 
system of exercises and drilling his pupils with such accu- 
racy of time as to position and grace. 
The next exercise was to test the comparative strength 
of the competitors by lifting a single dumb bell, the follow- 
ing gentlemen entering: George D. Parmly, of Princeton 
College, N. J.; Richard A Pennell, of Wood’s Gymnasium, 
New York; Ernst Bohlig, of Wood’s Gymnasium, New 
York; Dave Hegeman, of the Staten Island Turnverein; 
Charles D. Newton, of Wood’s Gymnasium, New York; 
and Silas M. Stillwell, Jr., of Wood’s Gymnasium, New 
York. Parmly lifted 140 pounds with ease, none of the 
others coming within seven pounds. 
The second exercise was to lift a weight in proportion to 
the weight of the lifter. L. Kramer, of the New York 
Turnverein; Richard A. Pennell and James G. Sands, of 
Wood’s Gymnasium, L. Siebert, of the New York Turn- 
verein; and Charles D. Newton, of Wood’s Gymnasium, 
entered. Pennell liftea 165 pounds with apparent ease. 
Lifting dumb bells was the next exercise. Samuel Stras- 
burger, of the New York Athletic Club; Fred Steinbuch, 
New York Turnverein; and Henry E. Buermeyer, New 
York Athletic Club, were the oniy three that entered. 
Buermeyer lifted 98 and 95 pounds, the others not coming 
within 10 Ibs. Pennell lifted a hundred pound bell 10 
times, Bohlig and Stanbach 7 times, and W. E. Van Wyck 
N. Y. A. C., 6 times. The next exercise was to show 
which had the most muscular lifting power, Pennell, 
Parmly, Cain, Bohlig, Sands, or Murray. Pennell lifted 
with his hands 1,150 lbs., the others lifting to within 50 Ibs. 
After these wonderful exhibitions of muscular strength 
came rope climbing, parallel bars, club swinging; calesthe- 
nics by the New York Turnverein, vaulting, suspended 
rings, pole leaping, &c., and the exhibition ciosed at a late 
hour. 
McGiit University, Montreal. 
Epiror oF ForEst AND STREAM:— 
Our annual Athletic sports occurred for the first time on 
Friday last. I send an account of the foot ball matches, 
and in future, when any events of interest in your line oc- 
cur I will send you an account of all athletic exercises that 
take place in Montreal. 
You can see from our report that the competition in our 
sports was keen, and that the performances compare very 
favorably with those at other Athietic meetings. The time 
was not taken, on account of the heaviness of the track in 
places, except of the hundred yards and the championship, 
both of which were remarkably good if the condition of the 
ground be taken into account. . I enclose a programme. 
With regard to foot ball, I send you a copy of the rules 
we play as practice, and in the inter-faculty matches, also 
a copy of the Association Rules which our club adopts. 
The Governors with their ladies, a number of the 
Professors, students and friends of the College attend- 
ed the meeting, as the day was fine and the air brisk and 
invigorating. Lang jumped 10ft. 7¢in. A 16lb. hammer 
was thrown by McDonald 60ft. 9in. The cricket ball was 
thrown by Lang 93yds. 1ft. The steeplechase caused the 
greatest interest, four out of the eighteen entries answered 
to the call, Fleming, Page, Baynes, and McDougall, the 
fourteen fences and two ten-feet water jumps in seven- 
eighths of a mile terrifying the rest. Over two hurdles and 
a stiff four foot fence they went with Baynes in front, then 
he mistook the course and the rest got in front; Baynes 
soon resumed his old place and led over two more fences 
and then the water jump. Here were at least four hundred 
people looking to see a splash—disappointment awaited 
them, for all cleared it but Page, who dropped out. Round 
again, when all cleared it in the neatest possible manner, 
and spurted for the finish; when they came in, Baynes was 
first. 
a a SST RG AS SS NO ROAR PS EE AR AAT EER ee 
The quarter of a mile Cup, presented by the Governors 
of the University for the championship, was another lead- 
ing event. Five came to the post, Baynes, Thomas, Brouil- 
lette, Stevenson, and Taylor, A. D. Taylor led until the 
hundred yards’ flag was passed, when Thomas, who drew 
up from third, where he had been running easily, passed 
him and came in a winner. Taylor second) Time—592 
seconds. 
A member of the Quebec Foot Ball Club kicked the ball 
42vds. 
I have seen several numbers of Fores, AND STREAM, 
and have been very much pleased with its tone and the news 
it gives. Yours sincerely, 
J. 8. McCrennan, 
Editor University Gazette. 
[It will be remembered that Mr. Bowie, a member of the 
University, carried off the two mile Bennett Cup.—Eb. ] 
—The following interesting game of cricket was played 
at Coquinto, Chili, between the U. S. S. Pensacola and 
Omaha vs. H. M. 8. Scout. 
H. M. 8. Scour. 
U.S. 8S. Pensacona AnD OMAHA. 
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CoRNELL University, Noy. 10, 1873. 
Eprrork FoREsT AND STREAM:— 
The weather during the last two or three weeks has been 
just right for out-door sports, and accordingly every spare 
hour has been appropriated with Athletics of one kind or 
another—foot ball taking the lead, followed by base ball, 
and just enough of boating to keep some of the crews in 
due training. There have been four match games of foot 
ball lately, all hard, closely contested games, and showing 
much skill in the ‘‘kicking” art on both sides. 
First game between the Buckeyes (Ohio) and Bark 
Peelers (Pennsylvania), they winning the Ist, 3d and 4th 
goals. Second, New Yorkagainst the World; 40 men per 
side. This was a well fought game, but the New Yorkers 
proved too much for the World, winning in three straight 
heats. The third game played Noy. 1st between the 
Juniors and Sophmores, was perhaps the best played, most 
scientific game ever fought at the University; every man 
worked as if his life was at stake. Play wascalled at about 
34 0’clock. The first goal was won by the Sophmores in 
55 minutes and the second in.65 minutes. But the third 
was so warmly contested that darkness closed around the 
contestants and the flying ball; still, by the light of the 
moon the play went on till near seven o’clock, when an 
unlucky kick sent the ball into the creek, where it was 
seized upon by a town gamin, who put off to partsunknown 
and ended the game. 
The victory was virtually with the Sophmores. 
The fourth game, November 7th, was again between the 
Juniors and Sophmores, in accordance with a challenge 
from the Juniors. There was a strong south wind blowing 
during the game, rendering it certain victory for whichever 
side held the south goal. Accordingly the game was a 
draw, both sides winning two goals, and darkness ending 
the fifth. 
Oct. 20th the second game of base ball was played be 
tween the University and Town; result a victory for the 
Town. Score—83 to 12. On Nov. 5th the third and last 
game was played, which also resulted in a victory for the 
Town. Score—45 to 10. There was some good playing on 
both sides, but the pitching of the Town boys was too much 
‘for our nine. 
Thursday the 4th November, the scrub Athletics took 
place on the Fair Grounds. They consisted of a hundred 
yard race, five entries, won by Larned, ’76, in 102 sec. 
Three-legged race, 100 yards, four entries, won by Cope- 
land, ’75 and Phillips, 76, in 15 sec. One mile race, four 
entries, won by Mallett, 77, in 5:35. Sack race, 100 yards, 
five entries, won by Cook, ’77, in 45 sec. Hurdle race, 100 
yards, five hurdles, four 34 feet in height, the 5th four feet; 
four entries, won by Copeland, °75, in 15sec. Half mile 
ace, four entries, won by Larned, 76, in 2:10 see, The 
time—considering the condition of the track, which was 
very heavy—for all the races was quite good. 
