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being made a very messenger of the immortals? Who 
knows? Not I. 
THE ¥OX-HOUND. 
The old savage ideal of beauty was the lion, type of mere 
massive force. That was succeeded by an over-civilized 
ideal, say the fawn, type of delicate grace. By cunning 
breeding and choosing, through long centuries, man has 
combined both, and has created the fox-hound, lion, and 
fawn in one, just as he might create noble human beings, 
did he take half as much trouble about politics (in the true 
old sense of the word) as he does about fowls. Look at 
that old hound, who stands doubtful, looking up at his 
master for advice. Look at the severity, delicacy, light- 
eness of every curve. His head is finer than a deer’s; his 
hind legs tense as steel springs; his fore-legs straight as ar- 
rows; and yet see the depth of ehest, the sweep of loin, the 
breadth of paw, the mass of arm and thigh; and if you 
have an eye for form, look at the absolute majesty of his 
attitude at this moment. Majesty is the only word for it. 
If he were six feet high, instead of twenty-three inches, 
with what animal on earth could you compare him? Is it 
not a joy to see such a thing alive? It is to me, at least. I 
should like to have one in my study all day long, as I would: 
have a statue or a picture; and when Mr. Morrell gave (as 
they say) two hundred guineas for Hercules alone, I believe 
the dog was well worth the money, only to look at. But I 
ain a minute philosopher. 


as 
Che Horse and the Caurse. 
(2 RECESS 
—The Louisiana Jockey Club Races began at New Or- 
leans, on the 13th. The track was neither fast nor very 
heavy. The first race was for three-year-olds, one mile 
and thee quarters, club purse $500; first prize £250, 
second $100, and third, $50. Won by Nellie by a length. 
Time 3:274; Carrington second, Fannie M. third, Falmouth 
fourth, Wanderer fitth, and Marry L. far in the rear. 
cessful in every respect. 
race free for all gentlemen’s roadsters. 
entries, and all started. The race was won by Chalmers 
Scott’s Temecula Boy. Best time, 2:574. 
was amile dash, for two-year-olds. Three started. The 
race was won by Captain Johnson’s Regent. ‘Time, 2:00z. 
—A race, free for all trotters and pacers, ten miles Sut, 
for a 
at the Ocean View Riding Park, San Francisco. 
—The second race was for the Slocomb stakes, for two- 
year-olds, $25 entrance. There were sixty-six entries, with 
$700 added; second horse to receive $300, and the third 
horse $100. One mile, to carry three-years-olds weights. 
Wine entries came tothe scratch as follows:—Paraylee, 
Sweet Bay, Jim Alexander, Ballankeel, Larry Hart, Stam: 
pede, Bonaventure and Bay Rum. They came under the 
string in the following order:—Bay Rum, Parylee, Lerry, 
Hart and Bariankeel. Time, 1:574. The third race was 
mile heats, for all ages. Club purse, $000. First horse to 
receive $400 and second $100. There were eight entries :— 
Port Leonard, Tom Aiken, Tom Leathers, Ramesis, Quar- 
termaster, Cape Race, Romping Girls andIOU. Tom 
Aiken was withdrawn, leaving seven to contest. Port Leo- 
nard won the heat easily, beating Cape Race by two lengths, 
with all the others on the wrong side of the distance flag. 
Time, 1:56. The second heat was also won by Port Leo- 
nard in 2:234, which was little more than a walk around. 
It excited little interest. 
—The Toronto Sporting Times calls attention to the fact 
that the entries for the Canadian Derby close on the first of 
next Jannary. The stake itself will prove a rich prize, and 
to American breeders of thorough-bred stock it presents an 
unequalled medium for advertising their youngsters. Nearly 
every colt entered from Kentucky the last year was sold to 
Canadian turfmen, and at prices away up high in the cen- 
tums. We ask the horsemen of old Kentucky and the 
many spirited ones who so worthily represent the Northern 
States to liberally respond to the invite, and let us havea 
three year old contest on the shores of Kempenfeldt Bay in 
July next that will be worth travelling many a hundred 
miles to see. 
Entries can be made to this office or to the Secretary at 
Barrie, T. W. Simpson, Esq. f 
—A meet of the Quorn hounds at Melton, England, is a 
sight, once seen, never to be forgotten. At an ordinary meet- 
ing and a good scent day, some of the best society in Europe 
may be found at the Old Club. 
Many Americans can testify with what kindness and ele. 
gant mounts they have been received. The numbers of 
Jadies and gentlemen that assemble at a meet of the Quorn 
hounds, is almost incredible, the number, however, on one 
occasion was between three and six hundred, superbly 
mounted and dressed in the pink of hunting costumes, 
** Hunting the fox on horseback with a splendid pack of fast 
~ speeded hounds ahead, is generally acknowledged by all 
_ cavalry officers in the world to be the best training and »pri- 
» mary school of the cavalryman. A correspondent of the 
London Field writes an account of the first day with the 
Quorn. We quete:— 
A brilliant opening day with the Quorn has set the ball 
rolling for the season. Such a morning!—fit to make a 
man jump out of his saddle, as many did in the very first 
purst, and showed the ardour of their affection by embrac- 
ine old Mother Earth, covered as she was with the dew of 
‘the morning! A gay and happy crowd wended their way 
to Kirby Gate, where, by-the-bye, there is a gate no longer, 
‘and Her Majesty’s subjects are no longer subject to that ob- 
noxious impost which is en insult to a free country. What 
a flood of memory rushes over one as we try to count the 
good - men and true who have met at the world-known 
srysting place, and having raced over Leicestershire’s fait 
‘ 
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| the heaviest storms we have seen this year. 
| and bolting business always swallows a lot of time, and it | 
—The races at San Diego, Cal., December 38, were suc- } S00n moved ahead, and after we got clear away, another 
The first event was a trotting | 
There were four | 
A quarter race 
was won by Mayfield’s Sleepy Charley. The third race | bac : 
} finished our first day with the Quorn. 
pee of $1,000, took place on Saturday, the 13th, | 
_load—his 

pastures, have gone long ago tothe happy hunting grounds! 
“But what is up?” exclaims one ant all, as a rapidly in- 
creasing group gathers around the worthy master of the 
pack, and, on breaking through the crowd, we spy a dozen 
bareheaded old fellows, with eyes intent upon the most in- 
telligent of their number, who, in words which smack 
strongly of native eloquence, is presenting a silver hunting 
horn to Mr. Coupland, as a token of their esteem and ap- 
preciation of his efforts to show sport. Truly ‘‘one touch 
of nature makes the world akin.” 
The hunting field is not the arena for speeches; and a few 
hasty words, but expressing a great deal, tall from the lips 
of the M. F. H., and a pleasing little episode is completed 
which will stand out as a red-letter day amongst all those 
interested in the transaction. ‘‘They’re off!” cries the ex- | 
cited pedestrians, many a one of whom buttons up his coat 
for a three mile run across to Old Gurtree, a landmark in 
the Quorn county, almost as well known as Kirby Gate 
itself, and whose top, as we approach, is black over with 
good people, who command a fine view on every side, <A | 
few minutes to tighten up girths and get ready, and five 
hundred horsemen are tearing across the field to the ringing 
sound of the horn whose first note proclaims a welcome | 
“Gone away” in the ear of every sportsman present. A 
mile is got over, and it looks like settling down for a run, 
but up go their heads, and thinking he may have doubled, 
Tom Firs takes his hounds back. Crash again true to | 
cover! Out goes another over the same line and to the | 
same spot. Now allis over once more. An ugly drain, 
almost as long as the Thames tunnel, has spoilt our sport, 
but a terror is handy, and a right good one he is, for, like 
the witches in Macbeth, ‘‘in thunder, lightaing, and in hail,” 
he bolts the brace of foxes we had brought there in fine 
style, and notwithstanding the elements, the pack stuck to 
one, and after running him round inaring, pulled him 
down, not far away, just as the clouds broke, after one of 
The digging 
was near upon two o’clock before we started for Adams” | 
Gorse, which surely ought to be a perfect paradise for foxes. | 
At any rate, three or four seem to regard it as such, for they | 
ted the same dodge, but was not equally successful, and 
he had to make the best use of his legs, in doing which he» 
gave us a pretty gallop over such a country!—all grass and | 
such lovely fences that it was quite a disappointment to 
find, after going about twenty minutes thus, we had got 
back to Old Gurtree. However, so it was, and there we 
, | 
How Mucnw Worx A Horse can Do.—At a meeting of 
the British Association at Dublin, Mr. Charles Biancogi of 
Canpel read a paper relative to his extensive car establish- 
| ment, after which a gentleman stated that at Pickforod’s 
| the great English carriers, they could not work a horse 
more then ten miles a day, and wished Mr. Bianconi’s opin- 
ion on the subject. Mr. B. stated that he found by experi- 
ence, he could better work a horse eight miles a day for 
six days in the week, than six miles a day for seven days. 
By not working on Sunday, he effected a saving of twelve. 
per cent. Mr, Bianconi’s. opinion on this point is of the 
highest importance, for he has over nine hundred horses 
working sixty-seven conveyances, which daily travel 4,244 | 
miles. It is also the result of forty-three years’ experience. | 
—Seientifie American. 
Che Hagazines. 
THE MEXICAN DONKEY AND HIS 
DRIVER. 

ee gis 
HE only carts ever employed at Mazatlan, are: rude," | 
T heavy, lumbering contrivances, each drawn by a | 
single mule or donkey—poor, patient, enduring creatures, 
without whom the Mexicans could not exist, and who have 
certainly solved the problem of how to do the largest | 
amount of work on the smallest amount of food. Over 
rough roads, almost untenable by the foot of man, these. 
powerful and intelligent beasts carry their heavy burdens, 
plodding carefully and always safely over the most danger- | 
ous places, rewarded only by the croppings of the roadside, 
or occasionally by a handful of dried cornstalks, at the end | 
of thie days’ journey. Yet I would not have it understood | 
that the Mexican is cruel to his beast; on the contrary, he 
drives him by words rather than the whip, anda good | 
understanding always seems to exist between the animal 
and his master. Ione day witnessed an incident illustra- 
tive of this fact. A little mule, drawing a big cart laden. | 
with boxes of wine, in turning the corner of a street cam» | 
into too close quarters with a post placed. there to protect | 
the sidewalk, and had. brought the vehicle to a sudden | 
stand The driver, instead of lashing the animal and curs- | 
ing him, as is too often the case in San Francisco, in the | 
most unconcerned manner took out a cigarette, lighted it, 
leaned against the nearest door post, and began to smoke; | 
in the intervals of the puffs chaffing his donkey, and laugh- | 
ing good humorcedly at his attempts to free himself from 
his position. I should translate what he said as something 
like—‘‘You area pretty fellow; a nice mess you are in; 
don’t ask me to help you; get out of it as you best ean; Pm 
in no hurry,” etc., ete.—laughing all the time as the donkey 
pulled and pulled about enough to break the post down. 
The poor little animal seemed to understand all that was 
said to him, and cocked his ears with a most knowing ex- 
pression; then in a moment lowering them suddenly, he 
seemed to comprehend the difficulty. Forcing his cart 
backward, he gave a sudden turn, pulled himself free 
of the post, and marched triumphantly, on with his 
master shortly following, lighting another 
cigarette, and applauding the performance. I applaud- 
ed, too, and walking over to the driver, extended my 
band to him, saying: ‘Bravo! old fellow, that’s better than 
beating him.” T forgot, however, he did not understand 
English, so 1 tried Spanish; however, he understood this 
still legs, and I concluded to try no more, so he offered me 
a cigarette, gave the usual salute of * Adios, SeNor,” and 
went lazily and merrily up the street after his brave little 
mule.—Overland Monthly. : 
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InprAN ARROWS.—The Indians who congregated at Sum- 
mit Soda Springs, summer after summer, whether from 
Utah or California, employed in arrow-head making every 
variety of flint rock, of slate, spar, and obsidian or volcanic 
glass. The larger heads were made of slate and obsidian, 
which materials served also for spear-heads, used formerly 














in spearing fish, and commonly from two to four inches 
long. Obsidian seems to have been better adapted for all 
sorts of heads than any other material. It could be shaped 
with less risk of breaking in the process, and could be chip- 
ped with flint toa much sharper edge and point. The 
points of some of the small obsidian heads gathered by the 
writer are so keen, even after long burial or surface floating, 
that a slight pressure will drive them into the skin of the 
finger. The greatest number of small ‘arrow-heads found, 
as well as the larger proportion of chips, consisted of the 
flints, including jasper and agate, variously and beautifully 
colored and marked; of obsidian, of chalcedony, of smoky 
quartz, aud feldspar; vary rarely of quartz crystal, and in 
only one instance of cornelian. j 
The workmen seem to have had more difficulty in making 
them, for they are often found broken and imperfect. This 
was due got alone to their size, but also chiefly to the dif- 
ference in material when the small vein rocks were used, 
these breaking with a less even fracture, and being full of 
flaws. Persistence in the use of such uncertain material, 
when obsidian was so much better adapted to the purpose 
and equally abundant, would seem to have been dictated 
by a rudimental taste for the beautiful. 
A collection of the jasper, agate, chalcedony, and crystal 
chips and heads presents a very pretty mixture of colors, 
and the tints and markings of these handsome rocks could 
not have influenced their selection by the Indians, who 
spent upon their manipulation an infinite amount of care 
and patience. Here is the tip of a beautifully cut jasper 
head. We can fanvy the chagrin of the Indian maker 
when an untucky blow from his stone implement, or an un- 
suspected flaw in the flint, caused it to break off. In one 
instance several fragments of the same head of this material 
were found and fitted together. There is some reason to 
suppose that the selection of the avove materials may occa- 
sicnally have been decided by ‘tixe superstitions attribution 
to them of occult qualities. Nearly all aboriginal tribes, 
and even some civilized ‘races, have attached a peculiar 
sancity and potency tocertain stones, and the Chinese to 
this day give a religious significance to the jade. It is un- 
certain, however, to wit extent such notions obtained 
among and influenced the simple savages of California.— 
Overland Monthly. 
Se ON ee 
SEEING VOLTArRS.—Many stories are told of the impor- 
tunate who came fom far and near to see Voltaire, the in- 
tellectual. wonder of his century. None better than the 
following, which I never met in English; One day an un- 
known person demanded to see the lord of Fernex. ‘‘Tell 
him that lam not here,” shouted Voltaire. ‘‘But I hear 
him,” urged the stranger. ‘Tell him I am ill, then,” ‘“‘T 
will feel his pulse; Iam in that business.” ‘'Tell him ’m 
dead.” ‘PU bury him; it won’t be first one either; J ama 
doctor.” ‘‘Well,” exclaimed Voltaire, ‘‘that’s an obstinate 
mortal; let kim come in. Now, sir, do you take me for a 
strange animal?” ‘‘Yes, sir, for the Phenix.” ‘Do you 
know, then, sir, that it costs twelve sols to see me?” ‘‘Cer- 
tainly; here are twenty-four; I’ll come again to-morrow.” 
Voltaire was disarmed, and lavished all manner of polite- 
ness upon his visitor.—Ralph Keeler, Harper’s Magazine. — 

aanswers Ca Carrespondents. 
—_+—___—. 
[We shalt endeavor in this department to impart and hope to receive 
such information as may be of service to amateur and professional sports- 
men. We will cheerfully answer all reasonable questions that fall within 
the scope of this paper, designating localities for good hunting, jish- 
ing, wae trapping, and giving advice and instructions as to outfits, im 
plements, routes, distances, seasons, expenses, remedies, traits, species 
governing rules, ete. All branches of the sportsman's craft will receive 
attention. Anonymeus Communications not Boticed. 
——_4—_—_——_ 
SPANIEL, Detroit, Mich.—Which is the most useful dog on all birds, 
the pointer or'thesetter? Ans. The setter. 
3. H. §., Philadelphia—Where can I procure some boiled silx and hair 
salmon lines? Ans. At Andrew Clerk & Co%s. 48 Maiden Lane, or Pritch- 
ard Bros., 94 = ulton street. 
SeHEnicaL, Poughkeepsic, N. Y.—Otis LeRoy & Co., 26 Water street, 
wili supply you by the bag. 
Capt. Jackson, Schooner Potosi.—Youcan get the leggings of C, Field 
& Co., 735 Broadway. Caribou hide by atl means. 
R. L. N.—I have a valuable setter bitck, but she sheds her hair awfully? 
What can Ido to stop it? Ans. A weak solution of cantharides and 
water rubbed in well, will effectually prevent the hair from falling out. 
Horserton.—Why do you call the Hare a Rabbit in your paper? Ans. 
Because these animals are commonly known as rabbits, and few persons 
would know what we were talking of if we called them anything else. 
F. 'W. Ciarke, Paterson,—A 10 bore will chamber five; put in three 
layers. Eley’s concentrated cartridges are best. Askfor buckshot. A 
smooth bore gun will shoot a ball very accurately for a short distance, 
say S0 yards. - 
Mis, Creedmoor.—You will find the answers and ull particulars in 
Forust AND STREAM October 16th. Over 600 yards, 'target 6 feet high 
by 12 wide; bull’s eye 4 feet square.; centre, 6 feet. 
BRANT, Fishkill, New York.—What, is the propercharge for a No. 9 
bore gun for geese shooting? Ans. 5 drachms ‘sf ‘powder, 1 0z. and a 
half of No. 1 or B. shot: 
WinTER Camp.—Several times in our colums we have recommended 
Gail Borden’s condensed coffee, meats, milk, ‘as exceedingly desirable, 
and to these who have used them, almost iit@ispensable to a camp outfit. 
They are among those things that have te ‘be known to be appreciated. 
See advertisements in recent numbers ‘df Forest AND STREAM, 
L.H. Bows, M.D., New York.—We have published several letters 
from Maryland oa quail shooting. Almost anywhere on the eastern 
shore of Maryland, in Anne Arundel and Calvert county. You will be 
able to ascertain the exact particnlars from the Captain of the steamboat, 
Go to Baltimore, take steamer dorm the Chesapeake. 
Froriwa, Brooklyn.—l. Orange county, Florida,) on Lake Monroe, St, 
Johns river, is the healthiest amt most desirable part of Florida for eulti- 
vating oranges. The principal towrs are Mellcnville and Oilando. The 
population of the county is about 3,000. Write to W. H. McDonald, Sand- 
ford, Orange county, Fla.. 2. No, sir. 3.10 bore, 28 inch barrels, 4; $75. 
Nepicon, Alton, Ill.—The large game of the Nepigon region is con- 
fined to the caribou and black bear: The fur-bearing animals number 
several varieties. Rabbits (hares) and ruffed grouse are very abundant. 
Wild fowl very scarce at all times—no feed for them. A few pigeons.’ 
Trout, pike, salmon trout, and whiteiish in greatest possible abundance. 
Don’t go to Nepigon before the middle of Fuly. 
Wincron, Boston, Mass.—Where can I find blue and ereen winged 
teal shooting? Ans, You will have to go at this late season to the rice 
plantations of South Carolina, on the bay side of the Hunting Islands 
just opposite St. Helena. In September there area good ioatry on Fea 
shores of Delaware. Their flesh is very delicate and excelle 
their principal food is the seed of the reed and rice, 
S. H. V., Washington, D. C.—Effects of lightning on’ the’ nietals are 
nt eating, as 
- very curious. The French Academy of Sciences have devoted eonsider 
able attention to this subject. We tind in their annals the fact recorded 
thata woman havinga purse with pisces of silver and gold, was struck 
and that the inetallic pieces went through some eurions performances : 
Silver was vaporised, and ,coated the gold coin, and compléie fusion of 
the ane metaly had taken plave, Strange to say, the woman wis un- 
tonched. 
