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■widely known among sportsmen. For twenty-three years he 

 was a conductor on the ErieRailrond, in which position his uni- 

 form courtesy won many friends. Later, as the traveling agent 

 of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, he extended his 

 acquaintance among traveling sportsmen. From 18G8 to 

 1870 lie was a member of the Forester Club of Buffalo, N.Y., 

 and afterward the founder of the Canisteo Valley Sportsmen's 

 Club. 



Arrival or Captain Taylor.— We had the pleasure of re- 

 ceiving a visit from Captain John M. Taylor, who arrived 

 from Europe on Wednesday last. Captain Taylor brings with 

 him a pure Yorkshire blue terrier for 0. H Raymond, Esq., 

 bred by the Fosters of Bradford. His portrait and pedigree 

 will appear in this journal in due time. He has also brought 

 with him for his own kennel one lemon and white pointer 

 bitch pup, also a black and black-ticked pointer dog pup, 

 both bred by J. H. Salter, of Tollcshunl D'Arey, and stud, 

 Dandie Dinmont terrier, bred by Hugh Dalzill, Esq. Captain 

 Taylor had with him also a stud fox terrier. The latter 

 jumped ashore, however, at the Victoria docks in London 

 and bolted home. Captain Taylor trusts t*ey will find the 

 fox terrier again ; if not the National Line will have to make 

 it good, as he has the receipt of the National Liue, and paid 

 freight on all the dogs, We shall receive from Captain Tay- 

 lor a course of letters of what he saw connected with the dog, 

 rod and gun in England. Our correspondent speaks in the 

 highest terms of the courtesy he met abroad, both in England 

 and the Continent. Captain Taylor proceeds at once to his 

 plantation in Nottoway County, Virginia. 



Time, Space and " The Herald."— Captain Bogardus de- 

 feated Mr. Aubrey Coventry, Tuesday afternoon, on the 

 grounds of the London Gun Club, London, England. New 

 Yorkers who read the Evening Telegram — and the sign boards 

 say that every one reads it — were discussing the scores over their 

 tea biscuits, and the Herald account over their morning coffee.. 

 The Herald and its safety-valve, the Evening Telegram, make 

 nothing of time and space. It is a matter of perfect indiffer- 

 ence to them whether a thing to-day happens in Paris, London 

 or New Xork. It all appears this evening and to-morrow 

 morning. 



[FROM OUR 8PEOIAL CORRESPONDENT.] 



IN ROBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND. 



St. Pierre Martinique, July 8, 1878. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



In the language of the eminent statesman of my native State, 

 " I still live." Notwithstanding the time that has elapsed since 

 last I wrote you, I have held your memory ever dear, as usual. 

 Two months ago I nearly "burst the bonds of silence " that 

 bound me, and poured forth my soul in inky flow. The how 

 of it was thus: A weather-stained, storm-beaten package of 

 papers — the same you sent me in February— reached me just 

 as I returned from a month in the woods. I was hungry, I 

 was thirsty and tired, and yet, though my quart of Bass' pale 

 ale stood at my elbow ready to be quaffed, it waited half an 

 hour longer than usual ; for just then I espied, in a corner of 

 my shanty that veritable package of Forest and Streams, 

 With what eagerness I pitched into that same package, only 

 he who has been deprived of their presence for a good year 

 can imagine. 



In traveling with the goodly band of hunters who narrate 

 their experiences in your columns, I forgot both food and 

 drink, and only the waning light of afternoon and the little 

 darkey who arrived with my dinner, recalled me to my duties. 

 Then I was hunting over hallowed ground ; no less a place 

 than "Robinson Crusoe's Island." Of a truth, my dear friend, 

 I have trodden the very sands in which " poor old Robinson 

 Crusoe " first saw the impress of Friday's foot ; I have 

 gathered shells on the very reef ou which his vessel wrecked ; 

 I have hunted the wild goat, the peccari or wild hog, the wild 

 dog, armadillo and agouti in the forests made ever memorable 

 by De Foe as those in which his hero lived ; even the very 

 cave in which was stowed the powder that Crusoe saved from 

 the wreck and in which Friday secured their prisoners, I have 

 visited. In the dark and gloomy forests of the interior and 

 along the rocky shore, with its numerous beaches of silver 

 sand, I have shot birds whose plumage might vie with the 

 rainbow ; birds of strange shape and with weird notes ; birds 

 with feathers of gold and green, blue, yellow, crimson, and 

 vermilion. My camps have been by the side of rushing 

 streams, beneath gigantic tropic trees and palms that lifted 

 their plumed heads far into the sky. 



And this was in Crusoe's Island. 



In writing this I give you the credit of having read, when a 

 boy, as every boy has done, the adventures of Robinson 

 Crusoe ; of having neglected breakfast, dinner, supper ,- of 

 having " played hookey," as I have done, to read the pages 

 of that wonderful book. I have a vivid recollection of my 

 first sight of that volume. How I waited for months before 

 the librarian of our public library " forked over " the number 

 which had been on my card so long. With what avidity did 

 I devour it, piecemeal, as I walked home ; how many times 

 did I stop — beneath the old elm, beneath the poplars by the 

 cemetery, sitting a while on the ledge that jutted into the road, 

 and when I once got it safe home there was no rest until it was 

 mastered. No book, I can safely say, possessed the interest 

 that centered in Crusoe and his man Friday. 



It was only through great exertions that I reached Crusoe's 

 Island ; by slow sailing in a small sloop, beneath a tropical 



sun, glowing stars and a silver moon, alternate ; guided at 

 night by the beautiful Southern Cross, which here serves the 

 same purpose to the mariner that the North Star does to the 

 sailor of more northern seas. I was sailing then from an 

 island where still exist, in almost countless numbers, bands of 

 monkeys, monkeys with the intelligence of human beings 

 (always excepting ourselves, of course) ; monkeys who would, 

 when I missed a shot at them, curl their mighty tails over a 

 limb and " thumb their noses" at me ; monkeys that nightly 

 robbed cocoa and nutmeg groves and placed the useless husks 

 of the former on the owner's doorstep. That was a month 

 after leaving the island in which I camped in the crater and 

 ferreted out, through storm and mist, the truth respecting the 

 mysterious bird of the volcano. And now I am back again in 

 this island in which I landed one year and a half ago. I have 

 two things to encounter here— snakes and prejudice— but hope 

 to successfully triumph over both. 



The snakes are the deadliest known to man ; there is no 

 known remedy for their bites, no antidote for their venom. 

 Weekly occur deaths among the laborers, and not a hunting 

 season passes without a death beiug chronicled of some gen- 

 tleman of the couutry. That there are antidotes known to the 

 negroes, I have been assured, and shall try to secure them 

 for the benefit of science. Relying upon the old and tried 

 alligator boots, that for five years have defied alike elements 

 and sarpints, I expect to escape. There is, however, no snake 

 possessing the peculiarly venomous nature of this serpent. It 

 seems to entertain a feeling of positive hatred against the hu- 

 man race. It lies in wait, curled over a brauch overhanging 

 the bridle paths of the mountaius, for the horseman, and deals 

 quickly and certainly a fatal blow. The poorer classes have a 

 superstitious horror of it. They positively declare that it will 

 watch the people from the country going to market, and will 

 stretch itself across their path at dusk when they return, in 

 order to bite them. I hope he is not so black as he is painted, 

 though. Rcgardiug this individual, as well as many others, I 

 must write more fully at some future time. In my goings in 

 and comings out of the forests and mountains, I much re- 

 semble some water animal coming up to the surface to breathe, 

 for no sooner have I shaken the mists of the mountains from 

 my eyes and taken in a good gulp of civilized atmosphere, 

 than back I plunge into the depths of my retreats. 



Fred. Beverly. 



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Massachusetts— Gardner, July 81. — The Gardner Rifle 



Club, Hacmatack range ; distance 200 yards, off-hand ; two 



scores of ten shots each ; possible 340 Massachusetts, 100 

 Creedmoor : 



m. c. m. c. Totals. 



H C Knowltoii lot 46 103 45 SOT 91 



U It Pratt 102 45 105 45 HOT 90 



OF Ellsworth 91 43 105 45 20-2 88 



Gi luiail Brown 93 44 103 45 201 89 



William Austm so 41 »s 43 188 84 



Charles Hinds 62 31 8T 40 149 11 



OMverDitson 95 40 98 42 193 62 



J Kretsiuger 85 38 92 40 177 88 



Walnut Uxu,— Boston, July 31— Third competition, long- 

 range match at 800, 900 and 1.U00 yards. This match brought 

 out some superb shooting. Captain Jackson's score of 310 in 

 a possible 335 is immense, as are Messrs. Tyler and Brown's 

 211. We give the scores in full : 



Captain W H Jackson. 



£00 4 5558 5 45565586 6—73 



BOO 8 5885658464555 4—72 



1,000 6 3656568866454 6—71—216 



H Tjlcr. 



800 4 6656468555655 6—73 



900 8 445S455655456 6—71 



1,000 4 5558348455446 4—67—211 



,T F Brown. 



S00 5 54S566566665S 6—74 



900 5 5 6 55535564546 5-71 



1,010 6 5663483445365 5—06—211 



J S Sumner. 



800 5 5655655565858 8—74 



9U0 5 8453646654355 5—63 



1,000 8 5868805558584 6-6T— 209 



UL Lee. 



800 3 6665645658845 8—71 



900 5 6355935556555 6—71 



1,000 4 4344585545535 3—62—204 



8 Wilder. 



800 3 665S455S6B56B 8-72 



900 4 5 4 4 4844 5 44644 8—66 



1,000 4 8453134543854 8—63—200 



William Gerriali. ^ 



S00 4 3854644455550 4— 6T 



9011 5 6354444435454 6—64 



1,000 4 8534634665684 8—65—190 



W Arthur. 



S00 3 6484665536540 6—67 



900 5 4484554605563 5—69 



1,0110 43365E4644533 4—57—193 



S Lewis. 



800 4 45345 5 3854446 3—63 



800 3 3256345545464 4—61 



1,000 6302853864546 3—59—183 



WMffard, 



800 5 B544S83Z5S305 4-56 



9110 5 5403542454283 4—52 



1,000 4 423 2 633280363 0-44—152 



On the 28th the second competition for the honor of being 

 placed upon the American Team took place. All the aspirants 

 were present except GK W. Davison, who is absent at Creed- 

 moor. The other members of the team who represent the 

 Massachusetts Rifle Association are Captain Jackson, H. 

 Tyler, J. F. Brown, J. S. Sumner and William Gerrish, 

 whose elegant scores it will he hard to excel. 



Connecticut— Bridgeport, July 28.— The tie on the Howe 

 sewing machine was shot off by Geo. F. Hull and J. H. 

 Teackle Of Stamford. Mr. Geo. F. Hull won on the soore of 

 20, Mr. Teackle making 17. The following is the list of 

 those taking prizes : 200 yards, all comers match— G. F. Hull, 

 score 33, 1st prize ; Harry Nichols, 33, 3d : R. S. Bassett, 31, 

 3d; Captain D. E. Marsh, 21, 4th; G. G. Smith, 30, 5th. 

 Two hundred yards military rifle match — B. E. Latham, 



score 31, 1st prize ; D. P. Lyons, 20, 2d ; William Gormley 

 20, 3d ; Wallace Gunn, 10, 4th ; J. H. Teackle, 19, 5th. Five 

 hundred yards military— Wallace Gunn, score 23, 1st prize - 

 J. H, Teackle, 22, 2d ; Harry Nichols, 14, 3d. Five hundred 

 yards, nil-comers match— R. S. Bassett, score 24, 1st prize ; 

 S. C. Kingman, 23, 2d ; Wallace Gunn, 31, 3d ; Harry Nich- 

 ols, 21, 4th ; J. L. Moore, 30, oth. 



Creedmoor.— The second competition for the selection of 

 a team to defend the Centennial Trophy during the coming 

 year way continued on Wednesday week last. Three com- 

 petitors participated, and all made good scores. The weather 

 was very favorable for shooting, a very gentle breeze blowing 

 from the northwest, the light being good and elevations steady. 

 The scores made by the contestants were as follows: 

 „ „ ,„ , SOO yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. T'l. 



PBOlark ,n 72 57 200 



QWDaviaon 73 62 64 199 



STG Dudley 73 6 6 - — 



The spring of Dr. Dudley's gun broke before he finished 

 his score at 1,000 yards. A match was shot by the members 

 of the Irish-American Rifle Club for a Sharps special military 

 rifle. The ranges at which the match was shot were 300 and 

 GOO yards, ten shots at each; standing at 300 yards, any posi- 

 tion at 600. This was the first competition The first winner 

 of the prize was N. D. Ward, who recorded a fine score of 82 

 points. A number of members of the Twelfth and Twenty- 

 third Regiments shot at, the competitions for the selection of 

 teams to represent these|orgauiza'.ions in the military matches 

 of the fall meeting. 



Competitions at Creedmoor for An oust.— Competitions 

 for places ou the team of 1878 will bo held on Tuesday 13 

 and Wednesday 14. Saturday, 10th—" National Guardsman 

 Match," at 300 and GOO yards; Skirmishers' Badge Match, at 

 unknown distances. Saturday, 17th— "Soldier's Match," at 

 3:30 p. M , at 200 yards, for miliiary teams of eight; Cham- 

 pion Marksman'.-? B^dge Match, at 300 and 500 yards. Wed- 

 nesday, 21st—" Ballard Match," at 3:30 p. m., at 300 yards ; 

 no cleaning. Saturday, 24th— "Sharps Match," at 10:45 a! 

 m., at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards; "Turf, Field and Farm 

 Challenge Badge Competition," at 2:30 p. m., at 200 yards 

 Wednesday, 33th— Match for " Gildersleeve Medal," at 3:30 

 p. m., at 300 and 500 yards. Saturday, 31st— "Remington 

 Match," at 10:45 a.m. The Seventh Regiment Rifle Club will 

 shoot for the " Rifles," Saturdays, 10th and 31st. The mem- 

 bers of the Amateur Riile Club will shoot their "Long- 

 Range Match," Wednesday, 31st, and the "Short Range 

 Match," Saturday 31st. The Washington Greys Rifle Club 

 will shoot for their "Life Membership" prize, Tuesday, 20th. 



Competition for American Team. — To-day the matches 

 will be closed, and next week we will give resume. Ten 

 competitors made their entries on Tuesday. Five of the com- 

 petitors, Messrs. Jackson, Gerrish, Sumner, Rockwell and 

 Brown, are members of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, 

 and shot in their first two competitions at Walnut Hill Range, 

 near Boston j Mr. Davison is from Providence, and Col. Clark 

 is from Poughkeepsie. The remaining competitors, including 

 Col. Clark, shot their first competitions at Creedmoor. Dr. 

 Dudley, who was one of the competitors heretofore, broke his- 

 rifle last week, and as it was not ready yesterday, he will be- 

 gin the first of his final competitions this morning. The 

 scores were : 



_, __ _ _ 800 yds. 900 yds. 1,000 yds. T'l 



WHJackson 7/ 73 6S 211 



ColHFCiark 72 7S 8 % VT. 



Jss",r er Vi « »* 209 



k Rathbone 70 71 ( u 0,15 



JF Brown 6li 72 63 201 



H FRoiikwell 37 61 63 isi 



WimraaQerrfcn 70 51 Retired. 



QWDaviaon 63 01 Retired. 



Utica— Mohawk Valley fiijle Range, Aug. 3.— Competition 

 for for Ilion prizes, 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at each 

 distance. We give the leading scores : 



„,„,,..., 2no yards. 600 yards. 



G A Trowbililge 4 4 3 3 8 4 4-27 5 6 5 6 5 6 8-35-62 



■ ■ ■ II..:.,, ;.,,,-, ., ;| 5_ft4_i 



w F t"£-.V;; * 3 * 2 3 4 3-23 5 4 5 6 5 5 6-S4-5T 



i V i, Mar '" 0'ltii 8 34-23 55 465 5 4—33-56 



FW Partis 443 4 4 4 4-27 3 833 54 4-27-B4 



Jas Thlrtlewalt 3 2 2 4 4 4-19 5 5 5 5 6 5 6-35-b1 



B. A. G. 



New Jersey— Lateview, Am, 3— Match between members 

 of Amalgamated Rifle Club ol Paterson ; Creedmoor rules - 

 100 yards ; off-hand ; possible 50 : 



i tt8 .°„?,'# er 3 •18 5 4 4 4 8 4 3-39 



PtOl Williamson. 4 3 3 6 3 4 4 8 4 4-87-76 



Ad Will U Martin 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4-36 



AldDr John Qainu 4 44432 4 44 3—36-72 



At 200 yards j position, lying on the breast, heels six inches 

 above the head, target elevated : 



JasOSlgler... 4 45444844 4-43 



Pro! Williamson 3 4 4 5 3 5 4 J 8 4—39-81 



Position kneeling. 



AldWmCMartln 3 44644435 4-40 



.,.__, „ . Fobliion sitting. 



Aid Dr John Qulnn. 4 3 3 4 5 4 8 5 4 4-40— 80 



E. H. Jr. 



Newark.— The Amateur Rifle Club, of Newark, Wayne 

 County, N. Y., have issued the programme for their annual 

 prize meeting. It will be held in Wayne County to-day and 

 to-morrow. On the former day a match at 200 yards will be 

 Shot at 9 A. M. for prizes aggregating $35. Forty dollars in 

 prizes will be offered. The feature of the second day's shoot- 

 ing will be a competition at 800 and 1,000 yards for a rifle 

 valued at $30, and money prizes amouuting to $50. Entries 

 will be received on the range up to the commencement of 

 each match. 



Atlantic City.— A match was shot at Atlantic City, N. 

 J., on Monday, 29th ult., between teams representing various 

 Irish volunteer organizations of this city and Philadelphia. 

 The distance was 200 yards, the highest possible team total 

 150 points. The best scores were as follows: Irish Volun- 

 teers, 105 points ; Montgomery Guards, 101 points ; Sheares 

 Rifles, 97 points ; Emmet Guards, 78 points. 



Columbia Rtfle Ranoe.— The Columbia Rifle Range, 

 located at Bergen Heights, will be open in a few days. It 

 can be reached by the E. R.R. in fifteen minutes. Theofflcers 

 are Col. E. P.' C. Lewis, the Hoboken millionaire, President; 

 L. C. Bruce, Vice-President ; John Kennell, Secretary, and 

 Colonel Bird W. Spencer, Treasurer. 



Gen. Sherman at a Sohuktzenfest. — Washington Aug. 6. 

 At the Schuetzenfest of the Washington Vereiu this evening, 

 Gen. Sherman performed the ceremony of crowning the King 

 of the Schuetzen Cadets, and made a short speech. 



