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Ohio. — Deer, November 1 to Septernbei 20 ; quail and 

 nianatfld grouse, January 1 to- November 1 ; wild turkey, 



January 15 to November I , in ' . .nul blue-win-jed 



teal. January l to Stpttsiuiini i; other ducks, April l to 



bur 1 ; woodcock, janttarj 1 to July ■!. 



Oi!koo>j. — Deer, moose ami efk, February 1 to July 1 ; 

 fowl, April l to August i ; pheasant and sage-hen, April 1 

 to .lime 15: pinnated grouse, March 1 to July 1; quail, 

 April 1 to August 1. 



Pennsylvania. — Black bass, January 1 to June 1 ; salmon 

 and trout, August 1 to April 1 ; lake trout, October 1 to 

 January 1 ; squirrels, September 1 to January 1 ; deer, De- 

 cember 1 to October 1 ; rabbits, January 1 to October 16 ; 

 fowl, Kay IS to September 1 ; pinnated" grouse, January 1 

 to October 1; plover, January 1 to July 15 : quad, January 

 1 to October 15 ; rutted grouse, January 1 to October 1 ; 

 wild turkey, January 1 to October 15; woodcock, January 1 

 to July 4; rail and reed-bird, December 1 to September 1* 



Sooth Oaholina.. — Deer, January 1 to August 1; quail, 

 snipe, wild turkey and woodcock, April 1 to October 15. 



Tjinnebseb.— Deer, March l to September l, pheasant, 

 grouse, quail, partridge, lark, snipe and woodcock, March 1 

 to September 15 ; wild turkey, May 1 to September 15. This 

 law applies to the counties of ilcnry, Dyer, Giles, Maury, 

 Davidson, Madison, Hamilton, Bedford and Wilson ; in 

 Montgomery, Robertson, Maury, Davidson, Lincoln and 

 Shelby counties, for all birds, and Shelby county, deer and 

 squirrel, February 1 to September 1. 



[ i .ii —Elk, deer, mountain sheep and antelope, January 

 1 to August 1 ; quail, until February 22, 1883 ; ruffed anil 

 pinnated grouse, March 15 to September 15 ; fowl, March 15 

 to August 15. 



Vkumont.— Black bass, May 15 to July 1; trout, land- 

 locked salmon, salmon trout or lunge, September 1 to Mav 

 1 ,- whitefrsh, November 1 lo November 15 ; wall-eyed pike 

 or pike perch, April 20 to May 20 ; fowl and geese, May 1 to 

 September 1 ; ruffed grouse, March 1 to September 1 ; wood- 

 cock, March 1 to August 1. 



Virginia. — Deer, January 1 to August 15; running them 

 ■with dogs, January 1 to October 15; fowl, geese, pinnated 

 grouse and plover, February 1 1 o September 1| qnail, J anuary 

 1 to October 15; ruffed grouse, snipe, wild turkey and 

 woodcock; February 1 to September 1. 



Washington Territory. — Deer, February 1 to August 1 ; 

 quail, to October 1, 1STS ; grouse, January 1 lo August 1. 



West ViKGrxiA.— Deer, January 15 to July 15; quail or 

 Virginia partridges, January 1 to October 15; ruffed grouse, 

 pheasant, pinnated grouse, fowl and geese, February 1 to 

 September l. 



Wisconsin.— Trout, September 15 to April 15 ; deer, Jan- 

 uary 1 to September 15 ; woodcock, quail, ruffed and pin- 

 nated grouse and fowl, January 1 to August 25. 



Wyoming. — Elk, deer, mountain sheep, autelope and buf- 

 falo, January 15 to August 15 ; pheasant, quail, piunaled 

 grouse and sage-hen, March 1 to August 15. 



The Potomac Man-Eel.— The Virginia Fish and Game Pro- 

 tective Society, not long since accounted for the diminution of 

 fish in the Potomac Kiver by the theory that the eels which 

 there do abound devoured the fish-spawn. To foster the fish, 

 then, choke the eels. Exactly. But here is a species of eel, 

 which by a long cycle of development has so far sluffed off 

 his original and distinctive eel skin, as to be hardly recognized 

 among his species, and it is only under circumstances of a. 

 very peculiar nature that he may be choked in accordance 

 with the law. This Potomao eel owes his peculiar divergence 

 from the original type of eel to the freak of some ancestor, 

 cycles of ages ago, who spent whole days standing on his tail 

 with his head out of the water. This freak was transmitted 

 and became a habit of his decendauts, who gradually, as the 

 centuries went by, became first amphibious and then almost 

 wholly land animals. Passing through the various stages of 

 eel, sea lion and merman, this evoluting eel finally stepped 

 forth upon the dry land, put on a pair of pants and called 

 himself a man. To be sure, he has still some faint but in- 

 eradicable taste for muddy water, which is displayed chiefly 

 in a proclivity to deeds of darkness. These are to appease the 

 old unconquerable appetite for fish. The eel carries a siene, 

 scoop net and all kinds of fish traps. There is also still an 

 unmistakable habit of squirming and wriggling. He can 

 never quite overcome this. The meshes of the law are tortu- 

 ous, and he must wriggle and squirm or be squeezed and 

 choked. His friend and ally is the riparian farmer. Tbe 

 Connecticut agriculturist, it will be remembered, discovered 

 last spring that for exhausted acres there was no fertilizer 

 equal to the tender young shad of the river. The Virginia 

 farmers, not to be outdone, have also concluded that the choic- 

 est varities of fish in the Potomac possess magic virtues when 

 converted into manure. Working in conjunction with the 

 wriggling man-eel, they manage to convert into compost for 

 their cornfields such sheepshead, taylors, mackerel and 

 other food-fish as are spared by the other eels down in the water. 

 A Washington paper of the 1st inst, says : 



Numerous parties on the Virginia side are hauling seines and 

 conveying the fish to vats, provided on the York and Rappa- 

 hannock rivers at places contiguous thereto, and converting 

 them into fertilizers, which compost they dispose of to the 

 farmers as an article of merchandize. All kinds of fish are 

 thus disposed of indiscriminately, including sheepshead, tav- 

 lors, mackerel and other choice varieties, it will thus be seen 

 that while Congress, through the Fish Commission, is expend- 

 ing thousands oi dollars yearly to keep up the supply oi ... 

 fish and add other varieties, these unprincipled and unli. i s 

 parties are utterly destroying the result of their labors, and 

 if allowed to pursue their trade, in a short time the river will 

 be entirely depopulated of flsU aud the whole country made to 

 suffer. The trade is most brisk near the mouth of the river 

 and in the bay at the exact points where the most valuable- 

 fish abound. 



braRnWBJjENT of the Game Laws.— A Springfield corres- 

 pondent calls our attention to a letter published in the Spring- 

 field liepublkan of August Kith, where the slaughter of 

 deer in tire close season in and around Raquette Lake is open- 

 ly mentioned. The obnoxious portions of this letter, dated 

 Aug. 8, are as follows : 



Deer can be had i 

 i/toiif//i the game BMW ) 



taken in theii rati i 

 cliried to run a long ti 

 most constant v 



perienced guides and good dogs, 



;''><-'/, the deer- have not 



Ol fat aud blue hair, and are in- 

 ure taking to the water. The al- 

 ia vo had tilled the swamps, 



and made tracking the deer exceedingly difficult, so we have 

 had but few successful bunts. 



At the conclusion of the letter a deer is caught in the lake 

 by the author, and potted. We want more stringent laws for 

 ii 'ii of game. Cannot newspapers understand that, 

 though the letters of a correspondent may be all very fine and 

 florid, true sportsmen will not read such descriptions of deer 

 killed out of season, aud in a peculiarly unsportsmanlike man- 

 ner, without disgust ? 



Imtoetino Gajie Birds. — The Sportsmen's Club, of Lake- 

 ville, Conn., is one of the enterprising associations who have 

 imported the Messina quail, Mr. W. H. Williams, of that 

 club, suggests a more general and concerted effort to introduce 

 foreign game birds. We doubt not that the assured success of 

 I hese experimental introductions of the migratory quail will 

 result in the importation of other equally desirable game: 



These United States offer as much variety of ground as can 

 be found anywhere, and it seems to me that we might in a few 

 years add largely to our list of game birds by a judicious 

 selection and importation of the best foreign varieties. The 

 efforts of Borne few clubs and individuals to introduce the 

 migratory quail are, it seems to me, only a step in the right 

 direction ; such scattered efforts must necessarily produce 

 smaller results at a greater cost than would be the case if some 

 means could be devised to unite all such efforts. Many of our 

 States are waking up to the importance of their lakes and 

 streams as food producing sources, and are most wisely 

 making appropriations and supporting commissions for stock- 

 ing them with the best of food fishes. Now why not go one 

 step further and let the same commissioners import, at the 

 expense of the State or by private contribution, some of the 

 best foreign game birds, such as the capercailzie, the English 

 pheasant, black cock, European woodcock, etc.? Surely if 

 our waters are worth farming, our forests are, also. Our mi- 

 gratory quail have done finely. I think they have beenmoult- 

 ing since about the first of August, as but little was seen of 

 them for two or three weeks, but they begin to Hhow them- 

 selves again now. 



Hunting Dees With Dogs— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 As my experience in deer hunting, with or without dogs, is 

 confined to the Muskoka region, 1 can only speak as to that 

 locality. September 1 has been the opening of the season 

 until this year ; now it is the 15th, and closes on the 15th of 

 December. Now, as there is no snow to speak of in Septem- 

 ber or November for good still-hunting, the usual mode of 

 hunting the deer is with dogs. My opinion is that the more 

 the deer are hunted with dogs the wilder they will become, 

 consequently make the chances comparatively less for good 

 still-hunting during the season when the snow is on the 

 ground. 1 think it stands to reason, when the deer are fright- 

 ened so much by the dogs howling through the woods every 

 day tor about six or eight weeks of the fore part of the sea- 

 sou, that they must become very wild and ever on the alert at 

 the least noise. I know from my own experience when out 

 etili-huuting, that if you fail to get a shot when you first see 

 a deer, youmay make up your mind for a long tramp and 

 wilh but a poor chance of getting a second glimpse at him, 

 so wild do they become by hounding them with dogs. I do 

 not think that hunting deer with dogs drives them cut of the 

 country so much as some people maintain, but I do think that 

 it makes them timid at the least noise they hear in the woods. 

 Deer are not near so much frightened at the crack of a rifle 

 as they are at the bark of a dog, owing, I presume, to the 

 semblance of the wolf, their natural enemy. Deer chased by 

 dogs into the water and then shot never make as good veni- 

 son — especially in September— as when they are killed still- 

 hunting. 1 think that if our deer season was during the 

 months of October, November and December, and that hunt- 

 ing with dogs was prohibited, we would have a good law. 

 Snow in Muskota is never so deep during the above-named 

 months as to impede their running, nor does any crust form, 

 so as to enablo the hunter to slaughter them. 



Joseph Soot 



Cfravenhurst, Canada, Aug. 26, 1878. 



Massachusetts— Gardner, Aug. 21.— The following are 

 the scores of the Gardner Rifle Club at Hackmatack Range. 

 distance 200 yards, off-hand; two scores of ten shots each. 

 Possible: Massachusetts, 240 ; Creedmoor, 100 : 



Mass. Creed. Mass. Ureed. Totals- 

 Albert Bobbins luO 44 103 45 203— S9 



INDOdgfi 107 ■ 40 93 48 200—86 



SL Walker 91 48 101 44 192— St! 



GKfrait 97 44 92 43 1S9— 87 



William Austin 89 41 87 40 176—81 



EKnuwllon 96 44 $9 39 185—83 



Aug. 80.— First competition for Ballard mid-range rifle 

 match. Conditions — Distance 200 yards, 20 shots. The 

 following are tbe scores : 



JTB Collins 90 A October 77 



William Hayes SS a W Dirnoek ". 70 



F L Sheldon ss tj l' Bonnett ."70 



EMSqaire SS M O'tiouiiell 7S 



Z-.i- ..]._r Sri DrJ.M Dart 75 



J IVKi.Uijen ....S3 JSConlin 74 



J w Todd sz a l Moore, Jr 71 



F Schilling St Hli! Smith -jn 



BAYail 81 J W Martin «9 



AJUowloit 80 RltobertBon 6 7 



U T Carter SO L M A yuio K7 



OAloLauglulu so CaptuL Winn '.'.'.'.'.'." 60 



SWOonrley 60 JHjay 6H 



J L Pauluimj ,79 John .1 Crime 54 



B squire 79 a M lueas "." bi 



li T Duvia ... — jb G If Beetle 49 



JOUampbell 13 W B Lromruehu ' ""45 



TJCoriroy 18 D U Moore " J 3u 



ASchovevling 78 



V, '.■■!,■ it Btot Range— Aug. 28— Eighth competition, 

 long range match. Conditions, fifteen shots each at SQ0, 000 

 and 1 ,000 yards. It will be seen how high were the averages 

 when eight Ol the riflemen made 200 and upwards. The score 

 of the ttrat eight mounts up to 1676. Air. Hebbard's 310 in a 

 possible 225 is immense : 



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s,ni 6 5 ;i /. S 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5—73 



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5 5 5 5 5 5—73 



W H Jackson. 



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S Wilder. 

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ET Rockwell. 



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William Qerrisli." 

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S 5-75 



a 5—70 



5 B— 6S— 218 



B 5—73 



B 4-71 



5 8-60—210 



B 5-72 



8 6-68 



B 4-69—209 



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5 6— 72 



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Walnut Hill Range— Aug. 24.— Fourth competition; 

 amateur series. This match was distinguishable for good in- 

 dividual shooting. Conditions, 200 yards, 10 shots. 

 200 yards. 300 yarda. 



Garner 5 4 6 5 5 6 4 4 5 6—47 Nichols 5 44444444 4—41 



Pryo 5 44465 5B4 4—40 SibS 4 84 4 45444 5-41 



Lord 4 44554564 4—44 Butler 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4-^1 



Sontner ....4 64444445 5— 43 Williams. . .4 48 4 44644 4—40 



Bennett 4 54444644 4—42 Bartell 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 4 4 4_iti 



Melggs. 



16 3 4 4 5 4 4 4—41 



The "No-cleaning match" followed. Conditions, seven 

 shots at 200 and ;S00 yards. 



O M Jewell 4 3 S 5 4 4 4—59 



O M Jewell (re-entry No. 1)...4 4 4 6 4 4 S— 30 

 O M Jewell (re-eDtrjNo2)....4 6 5 4 5 4 4-31 

 M Jewell (re-entry Ho. »)... 4 4 4 4 4 5 5—30 



E B Souther 4 6 4 4 4 4 6— SO 



E B Souther (re-entry) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4— 2S 



J Borden , 4 4*446 4—20 



JN Frye 5 5 4 B 5 4 4—32 



4 4 3 4 4 5 5— 29— 5S 

 4 4 4 4 5 4 4—29—59 

 4 4 4 4 4 4 4— 2S— 69 

 4 4 4 4 4 4 5—29—59 

 8 3 5 4 3 8 6—26—56 

 4 2 4 3 4 4 4—55-68 

 4 4 4 4 3 4 2— 26— 54 

 4 4 3 3 4—18—60 



Shrewsbury, Aug. 24.— The Sportsmen's Club is contesting 

 in three trials for a rifle offered by Air. Frank Wesson. The 

 first trial at 200, 400 and 500 yards, resulted as follows : A. 

 L. Rice, 127; O. Jenkins, 118 ; KA. Bartlett, 108; F. Wes- 

 son, 130; IL L. Wesson, 103; Steadman Clark, 125- H S 

 Ball, 82, retiring before the close. 



Bridgeport, Aug. 30.— Fourth competition Bridgeport Rifle 

 Club for Sharps Rifle; possible 25 at 200 yards : fl. Nichols 

 23; W. B. Gunn, 22; G. F. Hull, 21 ; J. McCourt, 21. At 

 500 yards : W. B. Gunn, 25 ; R. S. Bassctt, 25 ; H. Nichols 

 24. After firing ten shots, Bassett and Gunn were still even' 

 and decided prize by flipping up a cent. The ladies present, 

 displayed a good degree of skill. We believe in teaching out- 

 wives and daughters how to use the rifle as a protection! 

 against tramps. No vagabond villain will face a woman' wilk 

 a rifle in her hands and " shoot " in her eyes. 



White Disk. 



Rhode Island— Newport, Sept. 2.— Challenge match from 

 the lung Philip Rifle Club, of Bristol, It. 1., to the Amateur 

 R. C, of Newport ; 200 yds. Rocky Point. Creedmoor rules 

 to govern : 



Bristol Team. Amateur Team. 



E Anthony 4 2 4 4 3 5—22 H Ball, Jr 4 4 4 3 4 4 a— <w 



J Davis 4 2 4 4 4 4-22 M Ball 3 18 2 4 4 a_24 



JohnMcOlaw 2 8 4 4 3 8 3—22 Wm Landers.. ..2 43344 3—03 



LDeWolf 3 4 3 5 4 4 s-ao GeoSlocum 3 ssui 4_™ 



Iv 2 4 4 4 2—16 S Powel. Jr 348,5444—3 



J ' J etty 3 3 4333 5-24 J H Bowel.... . .. .4 34404 4— SS 



•> Dunbar 3 3045 04—19 11 WPowel 4 44444 3— a? 



11 Straight 3 3 4 2 3 1—17 GeoFenning 4 4 5 4 4 4 4-so 



John smith 44 3 2 4 4 8—24 T J Farrow 4*3 i 4 3—22 



Thos. J. L. Faheow. 



Cbbkdmook — Aug. 28. — Second competition, Gilversieeve 

 Badge. There were seventy entries. Conditions: Open to 

 National Guard, in uniform, and the N. B, A. distances. 

 200 and 500 yards, five shots at each range. The following 

 are the scores of those who qualified for the State badges, the 

 leading score winning the prize, and the next highest a 

 division of the entrance money : 



FA Hand 44 JBBarrell 32 



ii JasLPrlee 43 J F Long 32 



DuPitiuey 42 MA Scail :;;"32 



iv a Walter 40 tu Ben-las 3 u 



K W Price 40 B-TLangoake.... 30 



A B Vau Heuson 40 CVPeckham at) 



OB Engle 89 F S Joline ".'ao 



AG Waller 39 JtiBralnerd 03 



Capt AT Decker 38 J D Ford •>% 



■1 11 W Clark 37 E Mci oy -Z 



8 B Mersey 37 A W Lobdell "'. -ja 



QWKtflUer 37 C H Baldwin. . 'm 



U W Mttnaon 36 l.leutE GflaiRhL. ' oa 



,1 M Soqyier ss am uim-ich .... as 



G liMatr.tiewB 35 II C Aspinwali.. 26 



KHSoiiiera at William Fiukenaur 25 



T i\ Haley 33 J Ii Davidson 25 



AGberhimi 33 w Q aohnjler. .. ' 05 



u A Joaes 33 Capt A U Brows '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.25 



The Irish-American Bide Club held its third competition 

 for a Sharps long-range rifle. The conditions were : Dis- 

 tances, 300 and 600 yards ; two sighting and ten scoring shots. 

 The leading scores were as follows: N. D. Ward 70- Gen 

 !•• F. Milieu, 58; Lieut. P. Farrelly, 57; William Desmond, 

 55; Capt. P. Kerr, 48. The .Eleventh Regiment will visit 

 Creedmoor to-day. 



Creedmook Pbogeammh— Saturday, Sept. 7th.— Shaqis 

 Match; "Turf, Field and Farm" Challenge Badge. Wed- 

 nesday, Sept. 11th— Soldiers' Match; Champion Marksman's 



