ORTI1S! CorvRiiiHT, ISM, BY THE Sn'.BTixo Lirv: PunLisinxoCo. ATLIFE. POST oKp-irK AT PinLAT>ri.rni.\ AS s;-:ro\n CI..\S.'*M.\TTKR. VOLUME 1. NUMBER 23. PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 17, 1883. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. TELE SJPORTHSTG Sept. lr

but they must be sufficient, for if I lose the Oarsmen Racing on the Harlem. obstacle to be encountered was a post anj AQUATIC. championship I prefer it shall go to an The fifth annual regatta of the Union Boat FISHING AND HUNTING rail fence. All took this safely, with the ex- American. I usually spend my winters in Club took place on the Srh, the races being all ception of Mr. Bullitt, who received a Toronto, but the temptations in prizes are so a mile straight away over the usual Harlem header, but without serious in.Jury. The The Work of Yachtsmen, Oarsmen and great that I shall make an exception this Kirer course. The tide and wind made fast Bits of Information of Use to Wielders course was well laid out, covering about six Swimmers Chronicled. winter, and after the, close of the season ir time impossible. The first event for pair- of Rod, Net and Gun. miles and having aljout thirty fem:es. After the East'go to California to spend the winter.' oared gigs was won by J. J. McGeer's crew, about twenty-five minutes' hard tke The subject of his trouble with Courtney in 8 minutes 35 seconds. J. 1!. Petti* won hares made their appearance, traveling was suggested, NEW ENGLA>T> AQUATICS. and Hanlau remarked: the senior singles in 8:55; L. Walter won the BAY SNIPE SHOOTING. at a very slow gait. Four minnttt "Courtney is a better oarsman with his junior singles as he pleased in !l:23. In the later, the hounds, with Mr. Beal leading four-oared A Number of Well-Contested Yacht Races. mouth than in any other respect." gig race McGeer's crew's stroke The Season Unusually Poor This Year Birds were in sight, Miss Morton being in very I A bystander remarked: "There has beei came to grief, and Maebler's crew caught up A void ing the Coast. close attendance. When fairly on a line for ' The Cape Ann Yacht Club sailed their open newspaper talk lately to the effect that with them. Then number all o_ two in Maehler's The bay snipe season, which practically home, Miss Morton commenced to whip, ami regatta, for small boats, postponed from the your races with Courtney were fixed up for gig broke up, and McGeer's crew paddled iu. after a very clever piece of jockeyship, man. closes at preceding day, at Gloucester, Mass., on Sept. you to win." The race will be rowed again. The six-oared this time of the year, has been aged to overhaul Mr. Beal and won th? "That is a lie. I defy any oarsman or gig race, married men nnprecedentedly 1. There were eight starters in the first class, any­ against single, was poor this summer on both cup after a very exciting finish. A body else in the world to come forward am1 wen by the bachelors in 7:06. The race by the Long Island and the Xew Jersey coast." great many visitors were present, the most for yachts over 20ft.; fourteen iu the second, say that I ever approached an opponent am_ the eight-oared shells was won by J. T. Har- prominent of whom For several years past this sport, were: Mr. C;]therwood over 15ft.; and six in the third, under 15ft. asked him to let me win a race. Every time den's crew in 0:32. Tub racing and dancing which fill) Mr. Hacker, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Haskell, Mi. Three cash prizes were offered in each class, I came in first I did it on my merits as a followed. a gap in the sportsman's year when game is Parks, Mr. Fotterall, Judge Hall, Miss Hyli, sculler. My record is as straight as an arrow and Miss which were won as follows: First class, 12 out of season, has been growing poorer and Lewis. Those mounted were: Mr. and I am proud of it. There is nothing pays Ripples. Parks, Mrs. Norris, Miss Hacker, Miss miles Cunningham's Kitti wake, first, in 3h. poorer. Ten years ago, and even in less time so well as honest, good work, and I know il The Shawmut Boat Club of Boston, Mass., wli: than that, Smith, Mr. Hall, Mr. Browning. The next 48m. !>s. actual, and 3h. 2m. 3!ls. corrected as well as anybody. Do you hold their annual reg-atta it was not uncommon for a good suppose if I had on the South Bay shot to bng from fifty to hunt will be at Wayne, on Saturday the 15th. time; McKenzie's Venus, second, 3h. 4'Jm been guilty of crooked work I could get $500 course, starting from off Dover street bridge, Sept. one hundred large 55s., and 3h. t»m. 2.'!s.; Pigeon's Judith, third, for giving exhibitions? 21, at 4:15 r. M. birds, such as curlew, plover, yellowlegs, You can say I will dowitchers and robin Rod ani Gun Gossip. 4h. 2m, 48s., and lib. 21m. Ids. Second class row any living man for from §1,000 to ?5,000 a A sailing match has been arraigned between snipe in a morning's Archibald Roarers' cutter Bedouin and Flint and shooting. This year the average bag has not JOSEPH McKis.vEv From Oct. 15 to Jan. 1. 6 miles Griftin's Sassacus,nrst,lh. 25m. 25s., side." Earlc'n and 58m. 34s.; Tucker's Sunbeam, second,Ih. sloop Oracle. l>oth of the N. Y. Y. C., and amounted to ten head a day. Shore bird shooting has been a failure in Massa­ It will be sailed Oct. 10. In casting about for the cause of the falling chusetts. 33m. 24s., and Ih. 5m. 8s.; Holder's Helen i'etcr H. Conley on third, Ih. Mm. 37s., and Regatta of the Vesper Yachting Association Thursday deposited $100 at off in this agreeable sport a number of theo­ From Connecticut c*mes the report of good gray Ih. 6m. 10s. Thin1 tlie Portland (Me.) Art/us office, with a challenge squirrel shooting. class, G miles Williams' Marchioness, first The Vesper Yachting Association , of Yon- to Wallace Ross for a five-mile race for $500 a side, ries are advanced. The principal ones are In. 45rn., and Hi. 13m, kers, held their third annual regatta on the to be pulled on Oct. 21. these: Fred, Kimble. the noted crack shot of Peorla, i» 54s.: Bickford'sTip. enjoying himself hunting in Minnesota. second, Ih. 5Um. 57s.,andIb. 24m. 3s. Judges llth, and eleven boats participated. The In addition to the $3,000 offered by Price &. Co.. The laws of both the States of New York H. elapsed time was corrected by reference to the as prizes for the regatta at i'ittsburg the last week and Xew Jersey permit the shootine of bay y,uail and woodcock shooting is said to be ei- F. Sanford, George, H. Oakes and G cellent in the neighborhood ot Tenafiy, N. J. H. Blatchford. spread of canvas rather than length of boats, of this month, the Times will give three gold birds while they arc on their way to their breed­ one and a half seconds was allowed m»(lnl° valued at $200 each, tu the winners of each ing liauuts in the North duringtheearly spring. Ball-bat shooting Is one of the many sports that HULL, YACHT CLUB. for each comprise the square foot of sail. The boats were divided of the three events. Wintering in the Southern States from Vir­ repertory ofthe Florida sportsmen. The third championship regatta sailed du­ iutothree The annual regatta of the Oswego Yacht Club ginia to Florida, the snipe are Mountain trout is as much of a drug in the Gun- classes, and the entries were: Class was sailed on Lake Ontario. Aug. 28. Five harassed but nison markets as venison, elk and bear meat ring the season by the boats of this club came A, cabin sloops Tethys, a2 feet, 1,000 yachts little, because the sportsmen turn their at­ were oft' September square competed, arid Captain Cuthbert's Katie Gray. 10 last wmttr. 8th in Boston %harbor. There feet canvas, owned by A. Bailey. Class B, Mns. won, def"H'in!f the El'n, W tons; Cricket, tention to the shooting of wild fowl and other was a stiff southeast breeze when the yachts 10: Crameis plenty this season in Texas. Quail are cat boat or jib and mainsail over 20 feet Laura, 11, and Fairwatcr. 12. worthy game. The result is that the snipe more plentiful than for years past. Deer and tur­ started, but this died away during the return Mary S., 22 feet, 551.10 square The sloop-yachts Grade and Fannv, both congregate in immense numbers in certaii key alro abound. jourrey. feet, Shaun- belong­ The following table shows the re­ nessy Brothers; liny How-land, 22.1 feet, ing to the Xcw V"rlr Vncht Club, nre 'niuchp* m-irshes Mow the snow line, where every A large number of hunting parties have been or- sult: 545.4, Thomas Fearon; Montana Jack, 26 feet to sail a race off Sandy Hook on Oct. 8. The race incoming tide brings them an assorted bill of gan zed throughout Illinois, and a lively slaughtsr SECOND-CLASS will i>e sailed utiuer luf L.me-iulowanee given at of birds is expected. CENTRE-BOARDS, 800, George Frazier; Bother, 22.5 feet, 4:J8, the last regatta of the X. Y. Y. C. fare. Sailing Length. Actua'lTime. Corrc'td Time. At the approach of the warm The largest black bass known to have been John Warren; Vesper, 2U feet, 4;!0, John The American Yacht Clnb have taken a two days of Nimbus..34ft.05in. Ih. 52m. 07s. 111. 28tn. 21s. Watts: Grac*», 21.(i feet, 500, A. Gould. Class spring geneuilly ill the latter end of April caught in Greenwood Lake is ntated to have beea M&bel....33 3 1 53 IS 1 28 41 years lease of a portion of the apartment-building landed a few days ag* by Andrew Dickinsoc. It C. cat boats or jib and mainsail under 20 feet n the northwest corner of Madison avenue arid and early iu May the waders cluster to­ weighed a little more than S pounds. SECOND-CLASS KEELS. Annie Martin, 10.4 feet, :»2. Cliristoi>h"r Twcnty-eiiflit street, New York City, and It is ex- gether, aiid, at a given signal, begin their Lillie.....36 11 1 66 n*r-ted that the rooms will be ready for occupancy Over 150,000 brook trout ranging from three years 25 1 34 21 Martin; .Warren Ellsworth, 20 feet, 359.!), migration to northern latitudes. While on eld to the smallest minnows, are eourined in the Gem...... 20 05 2 40 59 2 10 24 George Oct.], their way they are shot at from Transit...27 01 2 46 00 2 Id 21 Cunningham; llivet, 1S.O feet, 294, every availa­ S.-h liutckcry at Cascade, Midi. The oldest fieh Howard Shultz; Nellie C , l!MO feet, 400, A. Hanlan. the champion sculler, will.it is stu ble point or sandbar, from the Virginia capes are very tame, and may be taken from the vratti THIRD-CLASS CENTRE-BOARDS. oif!iblish ;i ferrv of b'p own between rornnt» and In ihe hand. Gould. The course was from an imaginary the island on which his hotel is located. This does tn Cape Cod. This plan not only destroys Seabird...23' 01 1 21 55 0 57 55 line off the Vesper Club house, south to a not lend C'Oor in the rumor the goose that lays the golden egg, but causes Teal will be on this week, and should the wind tnat he cuatempla shift FIFTH-CLASS CATHOATS. stakeboat off Spuyten Duyvil, thence north removing from Canada because his liquor lice the parent birds that escape toavoid thecoast and blow from the eastward fora day or two, was revoked. they will come all in a bunch. There has been no Corsair...IS 11 1 10 3» 0 48 36 to a stakeboat off Spring Hill Grove, and on their return from the North with their shooting at Morris Kiver or Port ljean yet, owing "Wt'r Wchl'J 08 1 15 52 0 48 38 bads to the starting place, about fifteen miles. Wallace Hofs has Issued a chn'!en;re to row any young. Thus it is that thousands of birds are to adverse winds and a lack of water. Myrtle....Ill 01 1 10 05 0 48 40 The foiloint; were winners: First, class, oar.-man in the world excepting Hanlan. To secure seen making their returning nights many Spray.....IN 10 1 17 54 u 4» 4