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FOREST AND STREAM. 



will find Mob-jack between the Rappahannock and the York 

 Rivers. See how the tidal streams, the Severn, the Ware, 

 the North and the East Rivers, with their numberless creeks 

 and coves, empty into this bay, and just fancy what a paradise 

 it must be for those who love the gun, the rod and the net ; 

 but it must be owned that the rod is seldom used. Oysters, 

 the best in the world, are here at every man's door ; crabs in 

 endless profusion, waterfowl of every kind, from the swan 

 and the brant to the summer or wood-duck ; and as for fish, 

 their name is legion, including pompano and bonito. Sheeps- 

 head and hog fish are so common as hardly to deserve men- 

 tion, to say nothing of greenfish, Epot and the bay mackerel. 

 Here too is the home of the diamond-back terrapin, the turtle 

 and their kind. 



As for four-footed game, not a great deal is left. Deer, so 

 common just after the war that a gentleman of Matthews Co. 

 killed fifty-nine in one season, are virtually extinct. Gray 

 foxes abound, and upon York river a few red foxes afford 

 good sport. Wild turkeys are numerous, but diminishing. 

 Partridge, in spite of the ravages of Maryland gunners, who 

 cannot hunt them at home, are still plentiful enough to at- 

 tract sportsmen from a distance. But the chief attractions of 

 Gloucester are the grand old estates, where even now the 

 genius of hospitality, royal and boundless of yore, reigns in 

 spite of hard times and the scarcity of money. No county in 

 Virginia contained so many gentlemen of wealth and refine- 

 ment as were here before the war, and no county now offers 

 such inducements to men of wealth who desire to purchase 

 historic homes in a land where living is as easy almost as 

 breathing, for what the earth fails to supply the never-failing 

 water at your door is sure to furnish. A gentleman of New 

 York, who has tried a winter home for himself and his yacht 

 below the stormy Hatteras, has his eye on Gloucester, and if 

 he settles here, my word for it, others will not be slow to fol- 

 low, and in a few years there will be a colony. Meanwhile 

 the men of small means, who want to be as independent as 

 princes, have but to come and buy a few acres on the margin of 

 the water. -Twenty-five dollars will give each man a canoe, and 

 ■with these (his little farm and his boat) he may laugh at stocks, 

 bonds, strikes, droughts and hard times in every form. Many of 

 the fishermen(Matthews County is full of them, and so isapart 

 of Gloucester) are not merely respected by the owners of the 

 great estates, but beloved by them, so thrifty are they, so 

 sturdy, independent, hospitable and so upright and useful. 

 What more need I say, except to add that the price of land is 

 such as to place it within the reach of every one. If any of 

 your readers will run down to Gloucester during the coming 

 fall or winter I promise them in the name of the gentlemen of 

 the county a most cordial reception, a kind welcome from 

 every one and a really "good time" throughout their visit, 

 be it long or short, but the loneer they stay the better they 

 ■will like it, G. W. B. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



MEETINGS OF STATE ASSOCIATIONS 

 FOR 1878. 



Tennessee State Sportsmen's Association, Nashville, Deo. 2; 

 Seot'y., Clark Pritchett, Nashville, Tenn. 

 Wisconsin State Sportsmen's Association. 

 Massachusetts State Sportsmen's Association, at oall of President. 

 Missouri State Sportsmen's Association. 



New Hampshire. — An amendment to the law forbidding 

 fishing in private ponds and brooks provides that such prop- 

 erty shall be protected only when it aha! I have been improved 

 or stocked by the owners of the same. This change is re- 

 ceived with general satisfaction. Beown. 



Maine— Kennebunk sportsmen have secured the conviction 

 of the only known violators of the present woodcock law. 

 They have so thoroughly posted the country with game law 

 posters that he that runs may read. 



NEW JERSEY STATE ASSOCIATION. 



We have published the Jersey City Heights Gun Club's in- 

 vitations, extended to all organized clubs of the State, to at- 

 tend a meeting to be held at the Clarendon Hotel, Newark, 

 August 8, for the purpose of forming a State association for 

 the protection of fish and game. At the appointed time the 

 convention assembled with Dr. J. D. Bird in the chair, and 

 Mr. J. von Lengerke, Secretary. Delegates were present 

 irom the following thirteen clubs s Jersey City Heights Gun 

 Olub, New Jersey Gun Club, Morris County Sportsmen's 

 Club, Matawan Gun Club, Pairview Gun Olub, Newark Shoot- 

 ing Society, Hackensack Gun Club, Old N. J. Sportsmen's 

 Club, Little Falls Sportsmen's Club, Palisade Gun Club, Bod 

 and Gun Game Protection Association, West Jersey Game 

 Protection Society, Essex Association for Protection and 

 Propagation of Game. Mr. George B. Eaton, Dr. Talson and 

 Mr. J. C. Blauvett were appointed a committee, and submitted 

 for the government of the new association the general rules of 

 the New York State Association, which were adopted with 

 some slight alterations. The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year : Geo. B. Eaton, President ; Chas. H. 

 Raymond, 1st Vice-Pres.; J. C. Blauvett, 2d Vice-Pres.: .1 

 von Lengerke, Pec. 8ec.; Dr. J. Q. Bird, Cor. Sec; W. J' 

 Conover, Treas. A State shoot in September will probably be 

 held at Newark. A gold medal will be provided. The next 

 meeting of the association should be held on September 5 at 

 the same place and hour, to receive the report of the different 

 committees. To say ihat the meeting was a success says 

 little, as the attention and enthusiasm surpassed every thi-V 

 the most sanguine workers had hoped for. The N. J. S late 

 Association is an established fact, and great credit is due to 

 the Jersey City Heights Gun Club and to all the clubs in gen- 

 eral who £0 promptly aided them. As all the officers are well 

 known and popular practical sportsmen, and some of the most 

 influential citizens of the State are enrolled as members of the 

 association, it is to be hoped that summer woodcock 

 slaughtered will soon be a thing of the past in this State, and 

 that equal attention shall be devoted to the propagation of 

 fiBh and game as to trap, shooting tournaments, and that the 

 members may not forget the real noble purpose of the asso- 

 ciation, which was ably presented by President Eaton. 



Hunting Deer with Dogs in Maike.— An old and ex- 

 perienced guide sends us the following in regard to hunting 

 deer with dogs. We should like to have the question freely 

 discussed. The letter is dated at East Lowell, Maine, Au- 

 gust 3: 



Mr. Editor: A great many people say that hunting deer 

 with dogs runs them out of the country ;' but I must say that 

 those people know the least about it, and such talk has a bud 

 effect on our legislatures. A great many spotting men cannot 

 get a deer without using a dog. The effect of a law to allow 

 hunters to hunt deer with dogs in Maine would be as follows : 

 There would be parties from many of the States who would 

 come to Maine to hunt, and they would employ guides to take 

 them out, and they would continuously be paying out money, 

 for there is no market where our deer will bring us so much 

 money as when killed by parties coming from other States. 

 But as it is now, it is against the law to hunt with a dog, and 

 we can only shoot during the months of October, November 

 and December. Now, many persons do all they can to keep 

 parties from hunting during these months, and go out them- 

 selves after the snow gets deep and deer are nearly worthless 

 and slaughter them by the hundreds, and no attention is paid to 

 the law then. Now, 1 would like to have the public under- 

 stand the true facts about this and have a law made and en- 

 forced that would be of some benefit to us all. I don't know 

 of any better way than to have the matter talked up in your 

 paper. I have hunted deer all ways for thirty years, and am 

 willing to give you my experience, but would like to hear from 

 some other hunters who have hunted with dogs and know 

 what deer will do when pursued by a dog. 



Jonathan Dabltng. 



Spake the Fingeblinos.— Holyoke, Mass., July 29.— Mr. 

 Editor : I protest, in the name of civilization, against the 

 murderous crusades incessantly waged against the trout in our 

 streams. All the brooks in the BayState are breeding grounds 

 for trout, but no sooner does the poor fish reach its first birth- 

 day than it is slaughtered in cold blood. Within a mile of 

 this city flows a charming brook, with cool, clear waters and 

 lovely scenery, where trout multiply marvclously. If it were 

 left in peace for two or three years it would supply us with 

 splendid fishing ; but no sooner is the law off than its banks 

 are crowded by so-called sportsmen who fill their baskets with 

 the trout, and thus the poor little fingerlings are murdered in 

 their infancy by the thousand. Our representative in the leg- 

 islature has been requested to put the law on it, the Rod and 

 Gun Club, of Springfield, has been asked to move, everything 

 has been done that is possible to prevent the desecration, but 

 to no good end. Now, in the name of charitable humanity, 

 I protest against it, and ask you to assist in holding up these 

 fictitious '■ sportsmen" to the derision and contempt of all 

 honorable men. If they must fish, let them go to our noble 

 river. There fine shad rise to the fly, and black bass in plenty 

 can be taken ; but let them have mercy on the poor little 

 trout, as they may hope for it themselves. C. 



Maine — Kennsbunk, Aug. 3. — Regular weekly practice of 

 the K. P. and G. P. A.; ten shots, 100 yards, off-hand; 

 Creedmoor rules, Creedmoor-Massachusetts target : 



Pnshman (623669 10 97 11-68 



uisnmaa i 3 2 3 3 s 4 4 4 4 5-35 



Stanley j U 8 5 4 S 5 3 5 51 



6 2 5 T-6T 



3 2 3 4—35 



2 6 10-87 



2 3 4—22 



3 2 3— 17 



3 2 8— IS 

 9 3 0—29 



4 3 0—12 

 6 S i 7-51 



.343 4—29 



3 5 4 10 B— 50 



3 3 4 4-2T 



9 8 2 7—26 



* 4 3 4—14 



Oilman.. 

 Aug. 10.— Same conditions: 



5 4 3-53 



3 2 4 3 3 3—31 



9 9 2 10 S 3—67 



363344244 3—35 



8 3 3 12 10 ti 11 2 4 10—69 



4336435 2 3 4—36 



Vermont— Burlington, Aug. 9. — Score made by A. M. 

 Horner, of Burlington Rifle Club, on these grounds, Aug. 7, 

 in a match for Wilkinson prize, with a Remington Creedmoor 

 rifle: 



800 5 5544654665 5 5 5 6— ti 



oiiii ..5 4 5 0&565555555 5—74 



..6 4665548665565 5-73—219 



1,0110.. 



I shot on Aug. 3 with a Remington Creedmoor rifle one 

 and a quarter miles, and hit a stone four feet in diameter four 

 times in succession. Mr. Horner uses a Remington rifle. 



A. B. WETMEHEtL, Sec. B. R. C. 



Smith Vernon.— The twenty-first regular annual meet- 

 ing of the National Rifle Club will be held at South Vernon, 

 Vt., Sept. 3 and 4. 1878. A general invitation is extended to 

 all interested in rifle shooting. N. S. Bkockway, Sec. 



Massachusetts— Walnut Hill, Boston, Aug. 7.— Fifth 

 competition; long-range match. 800, 900, 1,000} 

 S Wilder. 



..6 035565555456 



..5555585655556 



BOO 5 



900 6 



1,000 1 



800 4 3 4 



;900 4 3 4 



1,000 5 3 4 



..3 355260564646 



6 6 5 4 5 



6 4 5 4 

 6 5 5 3 3 



5 3 5 5 6 16 



5 4 8 6 4 5 



J C ciiadwell. 



045454655 5 

 4565555655 

 3264346564 



J Smith. 

 65564;-, 5556 

 5 3 35365440 

 403U4B6548 



HI Lee. 

 3645846656 

 5465655455 

 6650555244 



W Mor.^e. 



4 6 6 5 5 



..2 5 4 S 4 5 

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..4 4463635 

 ..S A 5 3 3 5 3 B 

 ..33(53433 



3 5 5 



5 5-6T 

 1 4—73 

 S 4— 60— Slid 



5-71 

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 5-62—191 



5 5-63 



4 4-65 



3 4— 69-180 



5 6—73 

 5 5-67 

 5 s— B0-OB4 



5 5-65 



5 6-70 



3 U— 53— 138 



3 2—67 

 8 0—56 

 5 4-47-140 



5 8 5 6 6! 

 S 5 5 6 5 I 

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Saturday, Aug. 10.— Amat«ur series, 200 yards : 



OM Jewell 5 4646464 8 4—45 



C M SlelggB 4 44446556 6—44 



EBSotltliem 4 6 5 4 4 8 4 4 4 6-44 



WEGnerrler 4 64543465 6-44 



JALowel] 5 54446444 4—43 



W BWtlett 4 45444544 4—42 



TSiaa 4 4 4464543 S— 42 



HKLcril ..4 5444664 3 4—49 



B Bennett 4 44644444 4—41 



EQray... 4 64B44444 3—41 



\T Butler 4 43454444 4-40 



J Williams 4 4 15 3 4 4 6 4 3^111 



LHowsrd 3 5 4 4 6 13 8 4 4—39 



JNicholS 4 44434344 4—38 



No-cleaning match, 200 and 300 yards ; possible 70. The 

 no-cleaning match had a fair list of entries, the following- 

 named gentlemen completing their record with the appended 

 result, Messrs. Tyler and Jewell carrying off the honors, 

 making 59 and 37, respectively, out of a possible 70 at both 



200 yards. 800 yards. 



HTvler 5 4 5 4 4 4 4—30 4 4 4 4 5 4 4—29—69 



OMJewell 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—28 3 4 4 4 5 5 4—29—67 



CMMfiiggS 4 4 4 4 4 5 4—29 3 4 4 2 5 4 3—25—54 



ES Bennett 4 4 4 4 4 4 3—27 4 4 4 8 4 4-415-B2 



Gardner, Aug. 7.— Gardner Rifle Club, at Hackmatack 



range. Distance 200 vards, off-hand. Two scores of ten 

 shots each. Possible 240, Massachusetts , 100, Creedmoor : 



Muss. Creed. MBBB. (reed. Totals. 



CliasOBent 104 46 103 45 206—91 



HCKDOWlton 99 43 101 44 20O-8T 



Mbert Bobbins 100 43 9S 44 198—87 



GBPratt 101 44 94 41 195—85 



GF Ellsworth 96 41 95 42 190-S3 



Chester Hinds 92 41 97 42 1S9-83 



Gillman Brown S6 39 101 44 187— S3 



Frank Nicho.s 90 43 91 40 1S7— 83 



IN Dodge B3 40 83 34 1BR-T4 



HS Pierce 76 38 85 38 161-76 



Substantial Rifle Phizes. — There is one man in Mod- 

 ford, Mass., who is winning a warm chimney corner for 

 himself the coming winter. " He is the best shot in the Med- 

 ford Amateur Rifle Association. When he has successfully 

 proved himself a victor in the series of rifle mutches held 

 by the club every Friday during the month, he will receive 

 as first prize a ton of coal. The other prizes are equally 

 well worth trying for. The second is a case of mineral 

 waters, the third a half barrel of crackers, and in the open- 

 to-all contests are field glasses, powder and rifle cases. 



Connecticut— Stamford, Aug. 3.— South End Range; 

 sweepstakes ; 300 yards : 



Provost .... 6 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 5 4-38 SWartWOUt..5 4 3 043434 4—84 



Bennett 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 4 4-37 Wilson 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3-34 



Bennett ....844344344 4—37 Swords 4 043 4 3324 4— al 



Warren 3 633 3 4443 4—36 Warren 4 4 2 3 4 4 2 3 9 3—31 



HWartWOUt..4 532 3 3443 6-36 Wlleon 3 44334 44 0-29 



Swords 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4-38 Nichols 3 4 3 3 6 2 8 2-26 



Provost.... 4 3 2 4 5 3 3 4 4 3-35 Sklddy 2 4 3 2 9 2.3 3-31 



The second competition for the "Bull's-eye Badge" took 

 place on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Distance, 200 yards; ten 

 Shots : 



TeacWe 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4—40 Ferguson.. .3 33533544 4—37 



Provost 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4—39 SWordS 8 43543343 3-38 



Swartwout..3 3 4 3 4 4 14 4 5-38 Taylor 4 40448430 4—32 



Wilson 4 44445432 3—38 



Willowbrook, Aug. 10.— Long-range match: 



BOO yds. 900 ydB. l.OBOyds. To*»l , 



WHBinns 47 48 44 141 



NWashbnrn 43 47 « l|5 



EH Davison 43 46 45 



JF. Atkins 47 43- 40 129 



COCftSe 45 48 40 188 



C Smith 46 37 -14 MT 



FWesse! 45 41 34 120 



JNBlsnon S5 19 21 75 



JWCsrieton 22 33 W 



S A Hubbard 44 w 



Mid-range match : 



N Washburn 60 JL Woodbridga 40 



Smith 60 J N Bishop 45 



C o CaBe 49 



Military match, Springfield rifle : 



CorpFV Chapln....31 28 59 FE Watlclos 31 20 61 



Lieut W M Clark ... 29 23 57 Col P W Hudson. .. .29 28 83 



Lieut c HFaughuun 29 26 65 Lieut, a A Cornell... 25 16 43 



Lieut J L Osgood.... 23 26 64 W H McLean 18 16 33 



Any military rifle match : 



200 600 T'l 200 500 T'l 



CorpF v Chapin ...29 80 59 f'olPWHndaon 25 as 68 



Lieut WM Clark.... 25 28 53 F E Watkins -2B 21 50 



Cant Woodbrld.-e....81 26 57 W H McLean 15 23 S3 



Lieut ,fL Osgood. ...28 20 64 



In the military rifle match Capt. Woodbridge used a 

 Borchardt Sharps rifle. 



All-comers' match, any rifle, 200 yards off-hand, seven 

 shots : 



JWCarleton .31 J D Marks »l 



W W Tucker 80 F II Williams 29 



CO Cft*e , 29 J E Atkinson 89 



Capt JAMUIer J 29 OEPIIlard 29 



W H Blons M Henry McEnroe 91 



D L Sevmour 20 James Johnson ..9* 



C WRnow „ 24 WL Palmer 24 



F F Stevens 28 A J Gleason 22 



AWhiton 21 F E Sage 19 



New Yobk— Newark, Aug. 8, 9.— The Amateur Rifle Club; 

 first annual prize meeting. Noticeable among the names of 

 the competitors was that of Mr. L. L. Hepburn, of Ilion, N. 

 Y., one of the American team reserves of 1877, besides other 

 prominent marksmen from Rochester, Watcrtown, Baldwins- 

 ville and Memphis ; and it is a further source of gratification 

 to us to be able to retain under these circumstances so liberal 

 a proportion of the prizes at home. The programme for the 

 8th: First competition, 200 yards off -band, 10 rounds, two 

 sighting shots, for $35 in five prizes : 



EBElliott 42 BBPomeroy 36 



F Chapman 4? WS Smith, Jr. 32 



Fl P Van Duser 41 HHumiston 31 



HFHart 40 W H Nicholoy 31 



FGarlock 39 ACGat.es w 



CE Rider 89 



Second competition at 500 yards, 15 rounds, with two sight- 

 ing shots, for a fine revolver presented by E. Remington & 

 Sons, of Rion, N. Y.; first prize valued at $20, and ,$20 In 

 four prizes : 



LL Hepburn 73 A C Gates U 



CE Bluer 71 H Hnmlaton M 



EB Elliott 70 M cooper BO 



LEggeston.. 67 K BPorneroy SB 



W s smith, Jr r- wiiNbhvk,' ... fc ? 



FGarlock & F chapman 44 



The competition of the 9th was for a special military rifle, 

 presented by Sharps Rifle Co., and §50 in four prizes: 



r T Henhnrn ...67 62 129 W 8 Smith, Jr ,56 51 107 



M Conner 72 55 121 EBElliott 90 44 104 



WFNutt'en'"''''. * 55 121 FGarlock 61 88 99 



A Prates 66 48 114 WHNlcholoy 62 46 98 



LEggitawn'::::'. 65 as m HHunuston st 86 78 



