FOREST AND STREAM. 
414 : 
—A. W. Merriam, of New Orleans, has lately returned 
from Europe, and thoroughly refitted his room, besides ad- 
ding a spacious and elegant club room to his establish- 
ment. He is one of the most enterprising men in his busi- 
ness in the South. 
—A large number of billiard celebrities were here to 
witness the championship match, among whom was the 
veteran ‘“‘Chris.” Bird, of Philadelphia, his first appearance 
here for eleven years; Albert Garnier, champion, is anxious 
to match himself and Maurice Daly against any two players 
in the world at French billiards. 
—Peter Tracy, the Stamford billiardist, wasin town Fri- 
day, and reports business there flourishing. 
—Cyrille Dion, Maurice Daly, Joseph Dion, Ubassy, and 
Garnier, will visit Philadelphia this week to give an exhi- 
bition for the benefit of E. J. Plunket, who is suffering 
from a paralytic stroke. 
—John Deery is still in New York; A. P. Rudolph, at 
last accounts, in Havana. 
—Maurice Daly has challenged M. Garnier. The time, 
date, and place will be arranged some day this week. 
—American tourists are familiar with the sturdy moun- 
taineers who act as guides over the rocky ways which di- 
vide France from Spain. Za Chasse Lllustrée tells of one 
of these guides, Orteig by name, who on December 2ist 
started on foot from Pau for Paris, and arrived in Paris on 
the Ist of January. As the distance is 880 kilometres, or 
450 miles as the crow flies, it isa good tramp. It must be 
remembered that for the first sixty miles it was mountain 
travel, that the days were short, and that by the roads it 
was fully 550 miles. Orteig’s feat is justly worthy of 
mention. 
Che Horse and the Caurse. 
—The Agricultural Association of La Salle, ll., will hold 
a four day’s race meeting on the 1st. of July, and three 
following days. The first two days will be trotting and 
the other two running. Eight thousand dollars will be 
given in purses for competition—$4,000 for trotters and 
$4,000 for runners. 
—Harry Bassett will not be trained this year, but will be 
placed in the stud at Princeton, N. J., for Colonel Mc- 
Daniel’s exclusive service. 
—The Trainers’ and Drivers’ Protective Association 
passed a set of resolutions at a late meeting as an acknow- 
ledgment of the kindness and attentionshown to members 
of their association by the members of the different trot- 
ting associations visited by them as trainers and drivers 
during the season of 1878. These resolutions were ad- 
dressed to Buffalo, Hampden, Beacon, Catskill, Point 
Breeze, Fleetwood, Prospect Park, Goshen, Plainville 
and Cleveland Club Park associations. The resolutions 
have been handsomely printed and a copy sent to each of 
the above trotting parks, 


—The Savannah Jockey Club have been obliged to post- 
pone the races until to-day owing to the inclement weather, 
Savannah is quite full of people, and the races promise 
to be the most successful held in the South since the war. 
—The Chestnut colt Tom Aiken, four years old, by John 
Aiken, dam Likeness, belonging to the stables of L. A. 
Hitchcock, died suddenly, in Savannah, on Tuesday last. 
At the time Tom Aiken had been ridden around the track, 
- when he stopped suddenly, reeled, fell to the ground and 
expired in less than two minutes, his rider barely alighting 
on the ground before the colt was down. His death was 
caused by congestion of the lungs. 
—It ts stated by the Louisville Zedger that R. Ten Broeck, 
has recently shipped six head of race horses to Europe. 
—There are at present $60,000 worth of thorough-breds 
on the Nashville Course under training. 
In South Durham, Vermont, is to be found one of the 
oldest horses in the United States. This equine Methusa- 
lah isin his forty-second year, and is still lusty. Some 
time, years ago, wesaw an English horse near St. Catharines 
in Canada, whose age was thirty-eight, he was as neat 
looking and as full of fire as a two-year-old. A list of 
equine longevities well authenticated, with attention paid 
to the kind and breed of horse, and character of work, 
would be not only interesting, but useful. Will some of 
our friends give us information in regard to this subject? 
In Africa, we have seen barbs of twenty and twenty-five 
years old, with Arabs on them, scouring the plains of 
Algiers, as fresh and gay as colts. In the United States 
we use up horse flesh too quickly. 
—At a recent sale of heavy cart horses in Liverpool, the 
amounts realized were from $271, the lowest price, up to 
$528, the highest. The animals were from five to six years 
old, in fine order, and would weigh on an average 2,000 
pounds each, and reach seventeen hands in height. 
How to Drive.—There is a point of prime importance in 
driving any horse, but especially a young one; it is the way 
you handle the reins. Most drivers overdrive, They at- 
tempt too much; and, in so doing, distract or hamper the 
horse. Now and then you find a horse with such a vicious 
gait that his speed is got from him by the most artificial 
process, but such horses are fortunately rare, and hence 
the style of management required cannot become general. 
The true way is to let the horse drive himself, the driver 
doing little but directing him, and giving him that confi- 
dence which alone gets in himself when he feels that a 
uide and a friend is back of him. The most vicious and 
inexcusable style of driving is that which so many drivers 
adopt, viz., wrapping the lines around either hand, and 
pulling the horse backward with all their might and main, 

so that the horse, in point of fact, pulls the weight back of 
him with his mouth, and not with his breast and shoulders. 
This they do under the impression that such a dead pull is 
needed to ‘‘steady” the horse. This method of driving I 
regard as radically and superlatively wrong. It would tax 
the ingenuity of a hundred fools to invent a worse one. 
The fact is, with rare exceptions there should never be any 
pull put upon the horse at all, A steady pressure is allow- 
able; but anything beyond this has no justification in na- 
ture or reason; for nature suggests the utmost possible free- 
dom of action of head, body, and limbs that the animal 
may attain the highest rate of speed; and reason certainly 
forbids the supposition that by the bits and not the breast 
collar the horse is to draw the weight attached to it. In 
speeding my horse I very seldom grasp the lines with both 
hands when the road is straight and free from obstructions, 
The lines are rarely steadily taut, but held in easy pliancy. 
and used chiefly to shift the the bit in the animal’s mouth, 
and by this motion communicate confidenc2 to him. I 
find that by this method my horses break less and go much 
faster than when driven by men who put the old fashiondo 
steady pull upon them.— Murray's Perfect Horse. 
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New LuGIsLaTION FOR THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION oF CRU 
ELTY TO ANIMALS.—At Albany, on the 29th of last month, Mr, Wag- 
staff’s bill conferring additional powers on the officers of the Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was favorably received. The new 
additions to the former laws are as follows: 
Section 3 provides that any officer, agent or member of said society 
may lawfully interfere to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty 
to any animal in his presence, and any person who shall interfere with, 
or obstruct any such officer, agent or member, in the discharge of his 
duty, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
The fourth and fifth sections are as follows: 
4, Any agent or officer of said society may lawfully destroy or cause to 
be destroyed, any animal found abandoned and not properly cared for, 
appearing, in the judgment of two reputable citizens called by him to 
view the same in his presence, to be glandered, injured or diseased past 
recovery for any useful purpose. : 
5. When any persom arrested is at the time of such arrest in charge 
of any vehicle drawn by or containing any animal, any agent of said so- 
ciety may take charge of such animal, and of such vehicle and its con- 
tents, and deposit the samein a place of safe custody, or deliver the 
same into the possession of the police or sheriff of the county or place 
wherein such arrest was made, who shall thereupon assume the custody 
thereof. 

—We acknowledge the following polite note from the 
President of the Blooming Grove Park Association, and 
congratulate the Club upon this new and valuable acces- 
sion to its Kennel. The gift of Mr. Sartori is deserving of 
highest appreciation :-— 
New York, January 30, 1874. 
Cuas. Hatiock, Zsq.; 
Dear SrrR—On behalf of our Club, I have just received a very valu- 
able addition to our Kennels at the Park; a splendid pair of beagle 
hound pups of a rare strain, presented by Mr. John B. Sartori of Phil- 
adelphia, who is one of the Directors. This breed of houndsis specially 
good for white hare hunting; they are very musical and tractable, and 
can be trained so that they will follow nothing else. 
I hope you willenjoy many a hunt listening to the music of a pack of 
their descendants, among the thousands of hares in which our grounds 
abound. Very truly yours, F. S. Giuzs; 
President Blooming Grove Park, 
[Beagles are not fast enough to follow the white hare, 
nor can they trail, track or travel through snow, which is 
the seasonthe hare changes his coat. The harrier, or a 
small breed of fox hound is the proper breed of dog for 
the white hare.—Ep.] 
Glew Publications. 
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the scope of the paper, will receive special attention. The receipt of all 
books delivered at our Editorial Rooms will be promptly acknowledged 
in the next issue. Publishers will confer a favor by promptly advising 
us of any omission in this resvect. Prices of books inserted when 
destred.] 
Eciectic EDUCATIONAL SERIES. 
Among the recent new publications designed for the use of the differ- 
ent classes of our public schools, we notice, as worthy of especial atten- 
tion, one called ‘‘The School Stage.”’ Such a work has long been 
wanted. This new collection of juvenile plays for schools and home ex- 
hibitions contains twenty seven new short dialogues and plays for ju- 
veniles. It is handsomely illustrated, with full directions for stage man- 
agement, properties, costumes, &c., in connection with the whole art 
of stage business, which makes it a desirable work forall who en- 
gagein such amusements. These plays, dramas, &c., are by W. H. 
Venable, and the book is furnished at the price of $1 25. Contents un- 
exceptionable, 
Goop Morats AND GENTLE MANNERS. 
Grow. A. M. 
This is a work designed for the use of schools as a text book on Moral 
and Social Law, Price $1 25. This work goes into the very essence of 
school teaching, especially upon the much neglected subjects, which 
will be found highly usefulin every school and family. No one can 
fail to receive much useful information and profit from a careful reading 
of it. 
Next we have ‘‘Thalheimer’s Ancient History.” A com- 
plete manual of ancient History trom the very earilest times to the fall 
of the Western Empire. M. E. Thalheimer, formerly of the Packer Col- 
legiate Institute, has done a good service to the cause of education. 
This wor is the fruit of much careful research among the ancient tem- 
ples and other historical objects. Illustrated with drawings and charts 
of the same, ail of which may be relied upon as accurate delineations of 
thetext. Acomplete index and pronouncing vocabulary adds to its 
value. Asa manualthe work will, we think, be regarded as near per- 
fect as any work of the kind before the public. The whole of the rich, 
glowing, highly oriental style of historic thought, of historical facts and 
traditions, are admirably blended in one perfect wbole. We think it is 
a work that should have a prominent place in every town library that 
has an historical shelf within its niches. “As a whole, concise, reliable 
history, we feel we do only justice to a well written work. If we were 
to give a strictly crltical analysis of this work we might not pass over 
all its points without calling attention to some minor errors which; in a 
second edifion, will doubtless be corrected. 
THE PEARL OF THE ANTILLES. By A. Gallengo. Author 
of “Country Life in Piedmont.’? London: Chapman & Hall. New 
York: Scribner, Welford & Co. pp. 202. $2.25. 
This book is the written experience of the author while on a visit to 
the island of Cuba, and contains much interesting and very reliable mat 
ter concerning this pleasant locality. In this work the extent and re- 
sources of the island are spoken of. He speaks of the Cuba of years ago 
when in the full tide of experiemental slave labor; of the form of gov 
ernment; of the state of society and resources of the island previous to 
the war for the abolition of American slavery. When we had abolished 
slavery and were casting about anxiously as to what we should do with 
our freedmen, the Spanish Antilles were in a state of quietude, left en 
tirely to themselves, in the enjoyment of a full monopoly of its advanta 
ges and disadvantages. The author carries his readers through all the 
exciting topics aud vicissitudes incident upon all ite changes, up to the 

By. lex. is 
year 1868, when the death of Isabella united the two contending factions. 
Of the Spanish Government he says: “One feeling, however, Spaniards 
and Creoles may be said to have in common, and this 1s hatred for the 
Spanish Government and its officials. The Spaniards find it for their 
interest to identify themselves with the Mother Country and with its 
rulers, 80 long as in thelr name they contrive to have both the Govern 
ment and the native population at their discreticn, and so long as under 
the name of the Spanish Crown they can manage to defy or to baffle the 
intimutions of foreign powers, and the outcry of public opinion for 
negro emancipation. 
THe WETHEREL AFFAIR. By J. W. De Forest. Author 
of “Overland,” “Kate Beaumont,” &c. New York: Sheldon & Co. 
This is one of the class of books that will hold in quiet many of our 
lady readers, Itis of the sensational kind of novels, yet only moder- 
ately so; it carries along with the theory of the affair not by any means 
an intricate plot, as any one used to this class of reading would have 
divined the end of the beginning before he or she had reached the mid - 
dle of the book. The character of the Heir at Law is quite a natural 
character of many young men of the present day who, like Wetherel the 
heir disinherited, have a desire to be called ‘‘fast young men,”? and yet 
who like him, in after life, have not grace enough left to repent and 
like him become good members of society. Almost too many charac- 
ters introduced makes the work somewhat profuse: yet after examining 
its faults—as there are certainly faults within its pages—we feel upon 
the whole to commend it. There are many men of to-day whom the 
portrait of Judge Wetherel would just suit, and so of the female char- 
acters, some of whom we love, and as soon as we know them we feel a 
deep interest in them. Nestoria is a well drawn character, She will 
find 1n her lady readers many sympathetic friends. Of the Count Palos- 
ki we think him a very small rascal, and we are the least pleased with 
the etchings of his character than with any one in the book. We like 
the moral tone of this book—Tupper’s quotations and all. 
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MAGAZINES, 
>. 
Among the horticultural catalogues of the month we 
would notice with much favor “Vicks Floral Guide.’’ To the uninitiated 
in the language of flowers this is the golden key, the open seasame to the 
whole flower world. We cannot do our lady friends and all who- love 
the bright and beautiful flowers of earth, a better service than to recom- 
mend them to purchase this Guide, You cannot invest at a better inter- 
est a twenty-four cent stamp than to send itin a letter to Vick and see 
what you receive in return, 
Oliver Optics Magazine for February. Boston: Lee & 
Shephard. 
We open this truly boys’ and girls? magazine, and find it filled to 
overflowing with the good stories and lively chit-chat of the month. We 
can only promise our young readers a treat from the following table of 
contents. They well know in what fields to dig for enduring treasures, 
We say to them, “Go dig, and be learned and wise.” 
“The Coming Wave,” Chap. iv and y. “Your Valentines,” ‘‘The 
Lily and the Cross,” chap. y to ix. “Running to Waste,” “‘Riderless,”’ 
a poem; ‘The Homespun Club,” “Minot’s Ledge Light House,*’ -‘The 
Camp in the Gulch,” and a variety of other Interesting original papers. 
fe" Durfee & Foxcraft subscription managers, 151 Washington street. 
Popular Science Monthly for February. New York: D. 
Appleton & Co, 
Among the many papers of this number particularly deserving careful 
attention, we would place before our readers this extract as having a di- 
rect bearing upon one of the great questions of the day: “First, as re- 
gards public Schools, I would make provision for simple instruction in 
the elements of Physiology and Hygiene, either by the use of some short 
and plain text-book, or, what is still better, by lectures from some com- 
petent resident physician. I confesg that I greatly prefer the latter 
method. Not only theory, but experience, leads me to prefer it. Were 
it not that we haye made a very great mistake in our systems of public 
instruction, by severing our common school instruction from advanced 
instruction, we stould by this time have a body of teachers in our com- 
monschools abundantly able to lecture to the pupils without a text- 
book. I trust the time will come when provision will be made just as 
thoroughly for advanced instruction as for primary and common school 
instruction, when all will be connected together; when the present il- 
logical separation that exists, under which primary and common school 
educatiou is provided for by the State, and advanced education is left 
very inadequately provided by various religious denominations, will be 
done away with. But at present we haye comparatively few teachers in 
our public schools who are competent without text-books to teach a 
subject of this kind; therefore it is that I would haye provision made, in 
our larger schools especially, for lectures by resident physicians. That 
the interest of pupils can be roused in this way I know, for I have seen 
it fully tried. It is one of those subjects in which, with alit.le care, the 
great body of school children can be greatly interested, and this without 
the slightest detriment to other subjects. The very change of method 
will make them come back to other subjects of study with renewed 
vigor. 
ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
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Tur DEBATABLE LAND, Between this World and the N ext, 
By Robert Dale Owen. 
A book for the scholar, the sceptic, the believer, the scientist and the 
novel reader. A book denounced by the Catholic World as leading to 
the devil, and praised by the Independent as leading to a greater faith 
reverence and loye of Christianity.” New York: G. W. Carleton & Co, 
MopDERN Ompre. Boston: A. Williams & Co. have just 
pubilshed an old Spanish game under this title, with full rules and 
directions for playing the same, both for beginners and the more ad- 
vanced players. It1s said to be “very good indeed;’’ how good that is 
we will tell you when we have read it. 
ScHEM’s STATISTICS OF ‘THE Wor_tp. We have re- 
ceived from the publisher, @. J. Moulton, of 103 Fulton street, the work 
with the above title, where may be found in convenient form the var- 
ious statistical points in regard to all countries, so necessary for the lit 
erary man or the student, and which take up so much time to find 
compressed in a single volume. The book in neat form ig a very perfect 
statistical compendium, and will be found most useful, f 
GroLoGIcaL STormms. A series of autobiographies in 
chronological order, by JB, Taylor, F. L. $., F. q. S. Illustrated. 
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874, : 
THEORY AND PRACTICE oF Navigation, By Henry 
Evers, L.L. D. New York. @. Pp. Putnam’s Sons, 1874, 
Hair Hours wits THe Microscopy, Being a popular 
guide to the nse of the microscope as a means of amusement and study 
Illustrated. Edwin Lankester, M. D, New York: Putnam's Sone. 
1874, f 
es 
—Pedro C. Armijo, or Pete Armijo, as he wag better 
known to his numerous American friends, the well-known 
sheep-king of Albuquerque, New Mexico, committed sui- 
cide by shooting himself on Jan, 7th, the cause, it is said 
being a disappointment in love. : 

—Sleep obtained two hours before 
negative forces are in operation, is the 
cuperates the system. 
midnight, when the 
rest which most re- : 
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—Naugatuck is the only town in Connectie paar 
Indian name. ut bearing an 
