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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Aug. 31.— Fifth monthly competition for the Remington 

 prize, $300 in gold. Distances, 900 and 1,000 yards, twenty 

 shots at each range : 



9(10 L0D0 T'l. 900 1,000 T'l 



FHHoIton 90 96 1SS T Lamb, Jr 7T 77 154 



lLAllen 91 92 163 J A Hatry 68 67 150 



WSEImendort 91 67 ITS E A Perry 75 retired. 



DrST a DutUoy....S0 9<t 178 Homer Fisher so retired. 



RBatmione 87 86 173 



Fourth competition, Amateur Rifle Club, "Short Range 

 Badge. Condition •. distance, 200 yards, off-hand ; 15 shots. 



JTB Collins 05 F Hyde 62 



I L Allen 05 El Perry BO 



UrHTODuulev 64 ND Ward 63 



FH Holton 64 H Fisher 68 



Engineer Cobps and Flushing Rifle Teams.— This 

 match, -which took place on .Saturday, resulted in a handsome 

 victory for the Engineers. Teams of five, ten shots at 200 

 yards. Engineers, 197 ; Flushing team, 187. 



Prizes.— For the presentation for the autumn prize meet- 

 ing of the N. R. A. the Academy of Music has been selected. 

 General Sherman will present the prizes. Some three thou- 

 sand tickets will be issued gratuitously to thepublio and mem- 

 bers or the N. R. A. 



International Militaev Match. —The object of this 

 match, to bring into competition the Regulars and National 

 Guard, came very nearly losing its most interesting factor on 

 account of the difficulty in obtaining from the War Office the 

 ways and means to move some of the O. S. soldiers from their 

 posts to Creedinoor. Thanks to the energy of General Win- 

 gate, who visited Washington, the obstructions have been 

 removed, and the Secretary of War has stretched a point in 

 allowing transportation to the Regulars who will compete at 

 the International Military Match. After all it must be borue 

 in mind, that Creedmoor is made more for the soldier than for 

 the mere rifle expert. 



Zettlkb'b Galleby, Aug. 28.— N. Y Turner cadets, 200 

 yards, Creedmoor reduced target : 



HSprteser 37 G Maag 31 



H Spamer 36 G Banzer 30 



O Recht -6 W Eisjuger 22 



Glllwitzer 36 EZeunegg « 



L Denis 34 L Kalck. 20 



J Roaenliaum 34 C Denis W 



LBlsehoff. 34 W Siebert 13 



TSoamager..... 33 



Conlin's Galleby — September 2.— The announcement that 

 the opening competition for the Marksman's Badges of '78 

 would take place Monday evening had the effect of crowding 

 the gallery with riflemen. The contest throughout was spirit- 

 ed, and good skill was displayed. The trophies shot for are 

 three eo'ld badges of elegant and original designs. They are 

 to be captured'three times before becoming the final property 

 of tho winners. Competitions, open to all comers, will take 

 place every Monday evening until the badges are won. The 

 following are the names and scores of the leading contestants, 

 highest possible score Dang 50 : 



S W Sibley, 48 ; A J Howlett, 45 ; N O'Dotinell and E T Davis, 43 each; 

 W O Wetnurbee, J W Rosenilwl, Paul J Culllnan, W II UunP-.ii.4u 

 each; H B Thomson and 1 P Duekworih, oh eai-n : P. rMlmlmg. .1 H 

 Mr-rki-r J. J Smith, NV W BaviE-r, U B ciaulaup, r TCimnn, J II Ander- 

 son, 37 each ; (J E Hamlin and J K Wooa, ac each ; C P Uelerath oud J 

 O Duane, ,15 each ; A J Humlin, 34 ; i) E Berdell, 3'i. 



Mohawic Valley Rifle Ranoe.— R/ea, N. Y., Aug.W. 

 —Second competition ; lliou prizes ; medal and cup j seven 

 shots at 200 and seven at 500 yards : 



20(1 yds. 500 yds. 



JohuBanford 3 3 3 3 3 4-19 B.0 3 4 3 4-^4-SJ 



F WParilB 5 4 3 3 S 4 5-29 8 5 3 5 3 4 6-BT— 56 



WI Martin Of 3 4 3-23 0566 5 6-35-5S 



KWlliegar 4 4 4 8 4 3 3-^5 4 2 2 4 S 5 3-i5-S'J 



J TtliaUethwatie 5 6*324 4-27 555545 E-Bt-81 



(JEFraBer.Jr 4 4 4 4 2 6 2-25 4 3 4 3 2 5 5-20-51 



DEPomeroy 4 4 4 2 4 3 3-21 5 K5 5 6 B o-i r; 



ROmand.... 4 5 4 3 3 3 4-M 5 4 5 4 5 5 5- S8-4M 



1 !. Uc-N.:., .143443-25 4 26 4 2 3 4-25-50 



F Armstrong 6 4 4 4 5 4 3-20 5 4 4 5 5 4 S-Ba-ei 



WRKeene 4 4 5 3 4 4 4— 2s 44460!! 4— 2S— 55 



G A Trowbridge'. 4 4 5 3 4 5 3-3B B 3 4 3 6 8 5-32-60 



T Parks 8 3 4 3 5 4 4-26 5 5 4 5 o 3—21—5.1 



The Spoktsmen's Contribution. — Yesterday the Zettler 

 Rifle Club opened a rifle tournament at their gallery, 207 

 Bowery, the proceeds of which are to be turned over to the 

 fund. The shooting will take place every evening, to con- 

 clude on Saturday, September 14. We trust the tournament 

 will be liberally patronized. 



Helvktias.— The arrangement for the coming festival at 

 Union Hill Sehuetzen Park are complete. There lire one hun- 

 dred prizes on the target of honor " Columbia." Tickets en- 

 titling the holder to three shoots will be issued. We anti- 

 cipate a good representation of American riflemen. 



Tall Men vs. Shout Men.— At the Meriden, Conn., tour- 

 nament, Aug. 10 and 20, all the shooting was at 200 yards, 

 and as there were quite a number of targets, a wooden screen 

 waB put up about fifty yards in front of the shooting stands. 

 This wooden screen had openings (port-holes I think they are 

 called) each to correspond with a target and a shooting Btandi 

 While Btanding at a shooting-post the whole of the target 

 could be seen through a port-hole, but, as I soon found, no 

 allowance was made for the rise of the bullet on its course, 

 and it would seem that the shooters expected the bullets to 

 follow the line of sight. I bought some tickets for the prize 

 shooting, and having carefully adjusted my rifle sights for 

 wind and distance, I shot six times without hitting the target ; 

 but I soon found that my shooting was good, and the six 

 bullets had cut.through the wooden screen directly above tho 

 port-hole. Finding that I could not hit the target sts 

 upright, I took a more devotional attitude, and, without quite 

 kneeling, I fouDd I could hit the target. As might be sup- 

 posed, 1 could not make a high score in such a lowly position, 

 and I soon stopped shooting. The short men had no trouble, 

 and made good gcores if they held their guns well, but there 

 were enough tall men present to completely shoot away large 

 pieces of the wooden screen directly above several of the 

 port-holes. The strangest thing about it was that I could find 

 no one in the club who would believe that the port-hcieS were 

 not high enough, notwithstanding that out of the hundreds of 

 bullets that hit tho screen above the port-holes, hardly any 

 bullets hit below or on the sides. W- L. 



Cleaning a WrNOHRSTEB.— A. correspondent suggests that 

 by means of a whip-cord a Winchester may be very nicely 

 cleaned: Get a leather whip-lash, or narrow strip of flexible 

 (but strong) leather ; cut a slit in one end 5 wrap a, piece of 

 sheet lead around the other end for an inch or two, just 

 enough to give the leather a little weight. ; put the leaded end 

 into the breech, and hold the stock of the rifle up ; down goes 

 the strap; in the slit end have an oiled rag, and so wipe a 

 Winchester from the breech. 



Perry's Modern Observations on Rifle Shootino. — 

 Mr. Perry has combined in convenient form, not only most 

 suggestive matter for riflemen, but given the i n iiert on the 

 range a capital score book. The silicate slate, first adapted 

 by Mr. Perry for use in rifle practice, acts as a blotter, the 

 scores of which can be more permanently transferred to other 

 parts of the book. The whole discipline, system of team 

 shooting, is well explained, and the book is full of the most 

 useful and practical details. During the next two montha 

 riflemen, both at Creedmoor and all over the country, will 

 want Mr. Perry's book, which we can highly recommend. 



CREEDMOOR. 



National Rifle Association Fall Piuzk Meeting. 

 Competition No. 10, Subsoeiption Matoh.— Open to all 

 comers, 300 yards, standing, any Tifle, seven rounds, duplicate 

 entries allowed; entrance, $1. 



No. 20, Subsomption Match. — Open to all comers, 300 

 yards, standing, any military rifle, seven rounds, duplicate 

 entries allowed ; entrance, $1. 



No. 21, International Military Match. — Open to teams 

 of twelve from the following : 1. United States of America 

 — A. The Army of the United States, one team from the 

 troops stationed within each of the three military divisions — 

 Atlantic, Pacific and Missouri (three teams in all). B. The 

 United States Navy (one team). C. The National Guard or 

 uniformed militia of the several States and Territories, in- 

 cluding the District of Columbia (one team from each State 

 or Territory). 



2. Other Countries— England, Ireland, Scotland and each 

 of the provinces of Great Britain, each of the provinces of 

 Canada, and all other countries, one team each, from the fol- 

 lowing : A. The regular army ; B. The militia ; C. The 

 volunteers ; D. The navy of any country (separate teams to 

 be sent only when the organizations are separate). 



No. 23, Subscription Matoh. — Open to all comers, 600 

 yards, any position, any rifle, seven rounds, duplicate entries 

 allowed ; entrance, $1. 



No. 24, Subscription Matoh. — Open to all comers, 600 

 yards, any position with head toward the target, any military 

 rifle, seven rounds, duplicate entries allowed ; entrance, $1. 



No. 25, Inteb-State Long Range Match.— Open to teams 

 of four from all rifle associations or clubs in any State or Ter- 

 ritory of the United States, that may have affiliated with the 

 National Rifle Association previous to the match. Distances, 

 800, 900 and 1,000 yards j fifteen shots at each distance, any 

 rifle within the rules; entrance, $5 each team. Prize, a 

 trophy. 



No. 20, Wimbledon Cup Match. — Open to all citizens and 

 residents of the United States, 1,000 yards, thirty shots, any 

 rifle within the rules, any position without artificial rest -, en- 

 trance, 81. 1st Prize— The " Wimbledon Cup," value, $500 ; 

 2d Prize — A Steward's Improved Watch, Aneroid Barometer, 

 value, $50. 



No. 27, WisoHESTBK Rifle Matoh. (At the " Running 

 Deer Target "). — Open to all comer's. 100 yards, any rifle 

 within the rules, including repeaters, but sights to be over 

 centre of Ihe barrel ; stauding ; entrance fee, 50 cents, which 

 will entitle the competitor to four runs. As many shots as 

 practicable may be fired during each run. No limit to the 

 number of times a competitor may enter, but no second entry 

 to be fired until all other competitors present have fired their 

 first. Three prizes. 



Steward's Aggregate Prizes. — The following prizes, of- 

 fered annually by Mr. J. H. Steward, of 4()li Strand, W. G„ 

 London, England, the appointed optician to this association, 

 and to the National Rifle Association and Nalional Artillery 

 Association of Great Britain will be awarded as follows: To 

 the marksman making the highest aggregate score in Compe- 

 titions Nos. 9, 11 and 12, or 9, 11 and 13, a Steward's New 

 Camp Binocular Field Glass, as used officially at Wimbledon, 

 value, $4.5. To the marksman making the highest aggregate 

 score in the Competitions Nos. 2, 5 and 26, a Lord Bury 

 Telescope, value, $40. 



Special Note.— In " Subscription Matches " fifty per cent. 

 of the entrance money will be divided into three prizes, as 

 follows : 1st Prize— To the highest aggregate score, 25 per 

 cent, of the entrance money ; 2d Prize— To the second high- 

 est aggregate score, 15 per cent, of the entrance money ; 3d 

 Prize — To the third highest aggregate score, 10 per cent, of 

 the entrance money. When target accommodation will per- 

 mit, the Subscription Matches will remain open for duplicate 

 and post entries from 9 a. m. till 5 p. m., on the day desig- 

 nated for the match, aud will be divided into two stages, the 

 first stage terminating upon the firing of the noonday gun, 

 and the second stage lasting from 1 p. m. till 5:30 p. M. 



Note.— Score tickets, containing hour and target at which 

 competitors are to shoot, will be mailed after Sept. 10, if en- 

 velope fully stamped and addressed is sent to the office of the 

 National Rifle Association. 



Kansas City Industrial Exposition. — This leading event 

 in Missouri will be held for five days, commencing on the 

 16th of September and concluding on the 21st. This will be 

 the 8th annual exhibition. The festival combines with the 

 industrial exhibition and agricultural fair. 



FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 



FKESII WATKH, 



Trout, SalaiofonUitalia. 

 .Salmon, Safano soW. 

 Salmon Trout, HuLtno conftnia. 

 Luud-louked Salmon, ,'l 

 Grayling, Thymallw tricolor. 

 Black Bass, Mieropterua ealmaiika ; 



J/, nigricans. 

 Muakalonge, Emu nobilior. 

 Pike or Pickerel, tiaax lueiiw. 

 Yellow Foroli, Perea ilaaencena. 



SALT WATER. 



Sea Bass, SeUeiwpa oceUatiui. 

 SlieepsUeatl, Arclwaaryu* probata- 



ctqthaltis. 

 Striped Pass, Romu UmuatuK. 

 White Perch, ilorotK amerttana. 

 WeakilHll, Ci/noHcion regalia. 

 Blueilsh, PonuUomue saitatria. 

 Spanish Mackerel, tV' » V ul ■- 



tuin. 

 Cero, Cyoimti regale. 

 Bonito, tSartla pdainya 

 Ktnguali, Mcnticirru&n&b vlosutt 



Connectiout— WolcotMlle, Aug. 30.— Visited West Hill 

 Pond yesterday and had " nary a bite." My companion 

 landed one, and anothor sporlsman two very small black bass. 

 Friend "P. X.'s" correspondence (an entertaining and observ- 

 ant writer), in last week's issue, was probably intended as an 

 answer to 'my query on the subject, published in the F. & 8. 

 notions ago. However, the ''solution" is unfortunately 

 " totally unsound. " The artificial raising of the pond does 

 not account for its "working," as it "worked" long before 

 this was done I The only " sound solution," it strikes me, is 



that the springs which feed it are, some seasons, very active, 

 and more than ordinarily powerful, .and the accumulated 

 sediment and fungus growth of the rocky bottom forced to 

 the surface and diffused to a considerable depth from the sur- 

 face by the constant ebullition of the springs. Yesterday I 

 closely examined the water which resulted in corroborative 

 evidence of my theory. I found that it contained an almost 

 imperceptible, "dull, silvery, silky, and apparently fibrous 

 foreign substance floating upon, and to considerable depth be- 

 low the surface of the water, which caused it to appear as if 

 exquisitely fine lace was floating in countless submerged 

 thicknesses in the water. Under a very weak microscope lta 

 variety must appear beautiful. Does this diffusion of vege- 

 table (?) matter afford the bass an over abundance of food, or 

 does it frighten them ? It evidently docs interfere with the 

 biting of the bass. Again I ask to be enlightened by some of 

 your readers. Bantam Lake is also "working," but the 

 character of the floating matter appears to be the sediment. 

 Bantam has a natural outlet, and is not "artificially raised." 

 "P. X.'s" "more scientific" manner of fishing, and refer- 

 ence to that of others, is open to valid objections, I think. 

 When fishing with only eight or ten feet of line, give me the 

 "whip," viz.: Give them no more line, and lead them until 

 they drown. It does not frighten the bass 1 An instance 

 within my own observation : Mr. Simon ds, of Hartford (an 

 export angler), in a boat with two other persons, " whipped " 

 not less than twenty good ones ; he lost none, and did not 

 move the boat ; one of his companions ' ' whipped " during 

 that time about eight and lost none- "P. X." can digest this 

 fact, and then he should admit that ho is whipped with the 

 "whip." E. A. K. 



New London, Sept. 2.— Black bass fishing, so good early in 

 the season at Lake Konomoc, is poor now, owing to the quan- 

 tities of natural food in the lake. Misax. 



New Tobk— Syracuse, Jug. 28. — The Boss Bass. — Mr. 

 John H. Mann, of this city, took from our Onondaga Lake, a 

 few days since, the largest Oswego bass I have ever known to 

 have been lifted from its watery depths -, soino five pounds 

 and over in weight. Although 1 did not see the fish, I've 

 seen the old fellow's portrait, painted in oil by our native ar- 

 tist, Prof. Thayer, and I'll wager the price of the picture 

 ($200) that it is just like his flshship, so truly fishy does the 

 picture seem. The successful angler says that there are plenty 

 more of the same sort left, and anybody can get them if they 

 go the right way to work to coax them out from their watery 

 homes. I am inclined to think tho little — it, really is but 

 little — enforcing of our fish and game laws plays unimportant 

 part in the matter. What, renders this episode of particular 

 value to me is that Mr. Mann captured this large and gamey 

 fish with a light split-bamboo fly-rod and line, so fine and frail 

 that it would sever before it would lift a live bass of five 

 pounds from the water. If we can only keep in force our 

 game laws for a proper length of time, our vicinity will be 

 again one of the best in the State for fish and game. 



Mines. 



Coney Island. Aug. 80.— Oapt, Steers, Theo. Alston and L. 

 H. Abbey caught, August 28, thirty-one bass and four weak- 

 fish, weighing from two to four pounds each. Messrs. Steers 

 and Abbey have fished in Coney Island Creek during the past 

 twenty-five years and never had better sport. This is unpre- 

 cedented bass fishing in Coney Island Creek. 



Long Island. — Jamaica Bay, August 37. — Blackflsh and 

 sea bass are plenty, and a gooil day's fishing can be had on 

 any of the wrecks in the bay. King fish also plenty and of 

 good size ; have seen some nice messes brought on shore. 

 Sheepshead fishing this season has been extra good for this 

 bay. One man caught seven on Saturday in the Beach 

 Channel and thirteen the three days previous. Bluefish are 

 running small. The yacht captains say the large fish are to 

 the eastward. Expect them here soon. 



Onondaga FisniNG Clcb. — This club, of Syracuse, N. Y., 

 by a recent addition of new members, now numbers over 

 ninety. It ought to do some good strong work both in catch- 

 ing fish and protecting them. 



Pennsylvania — Greenville, Aug. 30. — N. C.Packard, of the 

 Packard House.and Hon. A.McDermitt, P.J.,have been spend- 

 ing a few days fishing on Slippery Rock, Butler Co., Pa. 

 Tbey report good fishing, but weather too worm for pleasure. 

 A pike weighing 111 lbs. avoirdupois was caught yesterday by 

 P, Miller. He and his brother have had splendid luck pike 

 fishing this season. There has been some 80 pike taken from 

 the Shenango near here this season ranging in size from 4 lbs. 

 to 20 lbs. M. H. B. 



Mississippi— Paulding, Aug. 16. — Party returned from 

 Tallahally yesterday with good creels and report sport fine 

 and trout taking the hook splendidly. Vai.. 



Michigan — Cheney, Aug. 27. — Judgo Holmes and D. H. 

 Fitzhugh, Esq., of Bay City, A. B. Turner, of Grand Rapids, 

 and Charles Hallock, editor of Fop.est and Stream, arrived 

 here to-day after spending a week or more in camp on the Au 

 Sable River. They took several hundred grayling, but con- 

 scientiously restored to the water all fish measuring less than 

 ten inches. This is more creditable than leaving small ones 

 to die on the bank of the stream, as a party did who hailed 

 from somewhere in Central New York. There are a good 

 many anglers now on the Au Sable and Ihe season is at its beat. 

 It extends to November 1. Bob, 



Traverse City, Aug. 30.— The Rock bass, black bass 

 and perch fishing is excellent at Carp Lake, eight miles from 

 here. 



Wisconsin— Madison, Wis., has long been noted as the 

 most desirable summer resort in the State. Its beautiful, 

 lakes and magnificent surroundings have given it a world-wide 

 reputation. It is fast becoming famous for its fishing-grounds 

 and nowhere can the tourist find better fishing-grounds. Just 

 now the sportsman is reaping a rich harvest. Captain Free- 

 man's landing is the favorite place forlovers of the rod. Hero 

 is found everything needful for an hour's sport — boats, guides, 

 etc. A party of St. Louis gentlemen, a few daysago, hauled 

 from Lake Monona 265 pounds of pike fur three horns' work. 

 On the 21st, Alf. Men-ill captured two pickerel in Mendota, 

 one weighing twenty-five pounds, the other eighteen. A party 

 from the Park Hotel, in two hours, made a string of twenty- 

 six pickerel and twenty-four black bass. Eight-pound black 

 bass ace frequently caught. Never before has hairing been as 

 good in our waters as at the piesent time. Kovbb. 



Flying Fish. — Captain James Slocum was trolling for blue 

 fish in Warren River, Massachusetts, when a huge fish-haw- 

 awooped down upon his bait and carried it off. Recovering 



