shooting. It strikes me that it ts wise to look before we leap ana that 

 In making an answer that the powder is safe yon are doing yourselves, 

 a.i well as your patrons, an Injuetics. Until Dittmar powder is so safe 

 that no more accidents will happen with its use than may be expected 

 with black powder shooters had beBt be very careful In its use. 



Tours truly, B. F. Dobeance. 



We regret that our correspondent did not send us more par- 

 ticulars aB to how the Dittmar powder was used when [he 

 guns in question were injured, whether the charges were not 

 excessive and whether the directions for loading were fairly 

 complied with. Until we have these particulars we are not 

 prepared to recede from our position as to the safety of the 

 Dittmar powder. In referring to this powder we also desire 

 to be understood as meaning the powder as at present made. 

 Some of that manufactured by the old Neponset Company may 

 not have been so safe. If Dittmar powder is unsafe, or inju- 

 rious to guns as our correspondent would assume, how is it that 

 Bogardus, Paine and Carver, who use it almost exclusively in 

 their exhibitions, have never had a gun injured, or an accident 

 of any kind? 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



New York.— Dexlcr's Parle, Cypress Hills, L. I., Oct. 52, 1578.— 

 Monthly Wiuol lor a pun presented oy the Brooklyn Gun Club, open to 

 members o£ the club only ; to be shot for at lu birds each front 5 traps, 

 26 yards rise, SO yards boundary ; the winner In each previous contest 

 to be handicapped two yards ; the gun lo be the property ol the mem- 

 ber winning it three times ; Brooklyn Gun Club rale3 : 



WWynn ....2Syds 1 111111011-9 



Buiier 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • 1— 9 



Woods 26 1 101111111—9 



Gildersleeve 23 1 111111010—8 



Wlllard 26 110111111—8 



Eddy 26 1 11110 1110—8 



Madison 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- 8 



Shaw *6 1 11101011 1-8 



Bioadway 26 1 10111011*— T 



AtklnBon 26 1101*1110—6 



Kace 26 01101110 1—6 



Zellner 26 1 1110 11 0-6 



Steele. 26 1 001010*0 1—4 



On shoot-off Wynn won . 



Sweepstakes shooting Eulshed the day's spoil. 



New Jkbsky— Mattawan, Oct. 15.— Midway Shooting Club; for the 

 olnb badge ; 10 birds each, 1% ozs. shot, H and T traps, handicap : 



Wm ADunlop 26 yds 1 111001100—6 



60 LarnoerEon 22 1 111 1 1 1 1—9 



Chus Brown ..22 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 1 1— 9 



James Vaurbochel 2(i 1 111010110—7 



James Lamberson 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—8 



Jam™ Tcriiune 22 1 11111111 1—10 



Charles Applegate 22 1 11111111 1—10 



Tie on ten. 



James Terhune 1 111 l— 5 Charles Applegate 1 111 1—6 



Second tie. 

 James Terhune., ......l Oil 1-4 Charles Applegate 111 0—3 



Mr. Terhune having killed 19 out of 20 good birds was declared the 

 winner of the badge. 



Jersey City Heights Gun Club— Marion, X. J., Oct 19.— For badge ; 

 double bans, shot from two traps, one Bogardus and one Marshall 

 trap, 40 feet apart, both sprung at same time. A. H. Heritage carried 

 off the baage by winning it live times. Score : 



JohnBon oo 10 oi n n ol oi ii 10 01—12 



Eaton 01 10 10 11 10 01 00 11 U 01-12 



Burtlett 10 11 11 00 01 10 10 11 00 00— 10 



Cumuiing 10 01 10 10 00 10 11 10 01 00— 9 



Fowler 10 00 10 01 11 10 00 01 10 00— 8 



Newham 10 11 01 10 11 01 00 0J 10 10—10 



Heritage 11 11 10 oo 11 11 11 11 11 00—15 



Jacobetaff. 



Maryland— Baltimore, Oct. 21.— Howard Ridgely and Geo. C. Potts, 

 at grounds of Baltimore Gun Club. Coii'lilions— SlO.i per side, 50 birds 

 each, 25 yards vise, i;i ozs shot. Ridgely used a Purdy guti weighing 

 six pounds fourteen ounces, his charge ol , I Iracnms 



2'Ir. i'otts siioC with i v in an-uud gnn made by Sooit, of London, choke 

 barrels, ueing four drachms of powder. The Baltimore Gun Club 

 rules governed the match : 



Hldgely— 1 111111111111111111111111011111 

 111O100101100O1111 1—42. 



Potts— 1 1110111111010101011111010111111 

 11111101110111011 1—40. 



Shooting for a Cup.— After the match a sweepstakes was shot, In 

 which, among others, Messrs. Carroll Livingston and John Heckscher, 

 of New York, took part. Then followed a handicap sweepstakes for a 

 cup presented by General Grubb of New Jersey. There were 

 eighteen entries fur this event : 



CEEaster 2Sydg 1 11111111 1—10 



JTNorns 29 1 11111111 0—9 



H W Humboldt 23 1 111011111—9 



A McComas 2S 1 10 1111111—9 



JStvau Trick 81 1 111110 11 1—9 



Donned Swann 30 1 1 



HMnnickhuyaen 25 1 1 



C IJ Fisher. 25 1 



FMay 26 1 11011110 1—8 



CHTilghman 28 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 8 



BC Thomas ?6 11011110W 



C McDowell 25 1 1 1 1 1 w 



W Morris Oren 28 1 1111000W 



JSLemmon 25 1 llOOlOlvf 



GemgeBiowo 28 1 1 1 1 w 



George JPopplein... .23 * 



HKidgely 29 1 1 



CAGambrill 29 C 



In thooting off ties of nine for a second prize, Messrs. Norris and 

 McComas tied and divided. 



Alabama.— Motile, Oct. 18.— Monthly shoot of Gulf City Gun Club for 

 goldbadue; 2o balls from three traps, screened ; one straight away, 

 one quartering to right and one quartering to left ; IS yards, TouBtall 

 and Holt having once before won the baoge were handicapped three 

 yards. Conditions— Badge becomes the property of the member 

 wluning it most times during the year. Owing to the plague of the 

 South our attendance was small. The following iB the score : 



Tnnst&l 1 Olllllllllllllllll 1—19 



Alexander 1 111111110110111011 1—17 



Vass 1 111111111011110110 I-17 



AlslOII 1 111111011110010110 1—15 



Hug^r, C 011110011111110111 0—15 



Carre » 100011101011011111 0—12 



Sheffield, F 111000110011001011 1—u 



Holt, WB 000111010110010100 0—8 



Fariev 0000100010000001010—5 



Irwin, Col 1 0000 1. 0000000000110 0—4 



Col. Irwin retains (he leather medal, having won It last time. 



Black George. 



Michigan— Howell, Oct. 19, 1878.— The Howell Shooting Club were 

 the recipients of a beamifnl gold-lined silver cup, a gift from the well- 

 known jewelry firm of W. 8. Smith & Co., Detroit, to be shot for ; to be 

 won three times in succession, then owned as personal property. The 

 following is tne score : 



Beach 111111111 1—10 Ira Holt....l 01111010 1—7 



Jud Uolt....l 11111110 1—9 Je.wett 1 11111111 1—10 



Lee 1 100111111—8 Fitsuer 1 11111111 1—10 



CHolt 1 11111110 0—9 Kunney.....0 111111111—9 



Hubirt .... 100001110 0—4 Hoagland...l 111000111—7 



AUgol 1 111110 10 1—8 bwitzer....O 110111101—7 



Wnlielm.,..l 111011111—9 



Tie on ten. 



Beach 1 1110-4 Jewett 1 1111— 



Fisher 1 1 w 



The seventh contast for the Jewett revolver oame off last Friday 

 with the following result ; 



1 



w 



Beach 1 110 111001—7 Angel 1 110 11110-7 



I Holt 111111110—3 Ira Holt....! 011110110-7 



I-ee 1 1 w Fisher 1 1110 111—7 



CHolt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 7 Wiih.lm. . 11110 11111-9 



Hubert 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— 6 Jewett 1 11111111 1—10 



Gregory. 



JPu §mm of §lm8. 



Notice.— Chess exchanges, communications and solutions should be 

 addressed " Chess Editor Forest and Stream, P. O. box 54, Wolcott- 

 ville, Conn." 



White to play and give mate in two moves. 



SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS— NO. 24. 



1-B-R4 l-Kt.Q3 II— 1-B 



2— Q-QB5 0h 2— KK5 2— Q-B1 ch 2— K 

 3— B-B2 mate | 3— B-Kt8 mate 



"R. H. S." sends the following solution: 



1— Q B7 :-Kt-B4 1 1— 1— K 



2— Q Iks Kt ch 2— K moves 2— Q-B5 ch 2— K 

 3-Q or B mates | 3-Q mates 



Oniric No. 78.— AXLGAIER GAMBIT. 

 Played in Class I at the recent meeting of the English Counties 

 Association : 

 White. 

 Major Martin. 

 1— P-K4 

 2-P-K B4 

 3— lit-K B3 

 4-P-fi H4 

 5— Kt K5 

 6-P-Q4 



7— B-m 



S-Kt-Q B3 



11— B tks P 

 12— 8-K15 (b) 

 13— B tks Kt 

 14— Castles 

 15-KI-K2 



Black. 



Mr. Fisher. 

 1-F-K4 

 2— P tks P 

 3-P K KM 

 4-P-Kt5 

 6— B-Kt2 

 (i-Kt-K B3 

 7— Castles 

 S-P-Qs 

 9-K tks ] 

 10— K tks L 

 11-KI-B3 

 12-P-K R3 

 13— B tks B 

 14— K-K12 

 15— B tks R P 



White. 

 Major Martin. 

 J6-P-B3 



17-QQ3 



is— Kt-Bf 



is— R-B2 

 20-q r-k B 



2t-Kt-E3 

 22— Kt tks B 

 23-P-Q5 

 24-PB4 



25-p-K Kta 



26— Q-Q B3 



27— R b7 ch 

 23— R tks B ch 

 29— Q-Kt7 Ch 



Black. 



Mr. Fisher, 

 16— BKt4 

 17— B-K3 

 IS— B-B2 

 19— Kt-K2 (C) 

 20— P-B3 (d) 

 21— B-KtS 

 22 -P tks Kt 

 23— P-B4 

 24— K-R3 

 28— Kt-Kt (e) 

 26-K-R2 

 27-B tks R 

 2S— Kt-Kt3 

 29— K-R4 



30— White mates in two moves (f) 



NOTES. 



(a) This sacrifice appears necessary to keep up the attaok, for If he 

 retreat the Kt-Q3, the ansn er Is B-K. 



(5) Better than P-K5, to which Black could have replied with Q-K. 



(c) Exchanges being in Black's favor he should here, we think, have 

 captured I he Kt, and followed it by P-K R4 and B-Kt3. 



(<i) A weak move, but in truth it is hard now to And a good one. The 

 best resource probably was Q-K Kt. 



(e) A fatal error; he still had a very defensible game by playing Q-K 

 R or Q-K Kt, we believe. 



(/) Major Martin's conduct of this game with eo much vigor and 

 judgment, makes his announced retirement from the arena of chess 

 tourneys the more regretable.— Chess Players' Chronicle-. 



Game No. 79— BUY LOPEZ. 

 Played at Paris on July 23, 187S, between Herr Engllsch and Mr. 

 Gifford : 



White. Black. 



Herr Englisch. Mr. Gilford. 

 10— Kt tks P 10— B-K3 

 11— KltksB 11— PtksKt 

 12— Kt tkB Kt ch 12-y tks Kt 

 13-Q-KU 13-E-Q2 



14— B-K Kt5 14— Q-K B2 

 15-F-Q4 15-PtksP 



16— P.R B4 16— St-K2 



17— P-K Bo and wlnB 



CURSORY JOTTINGS. 



—A chess circle has been established at Middletown, Conn. Messrs. 

 Oldack, Fowler and Mylchrist are numbered among its beat players. 



—Mr. W. A. Shinkman, the famous ptoblemlst, declines, it is said, 

 to accept the second prize awarded him in the recent tourney of the 

 American Chess and Problem Association. Our contemporary's 

 assertions regarding the management of that tourney should be replied 

 to at once If they are untrue, as is claimed by parties put on the defen- 

 sive, But give us facts in your replies, gentlemen, or reply not at all. 



—The allegations of our contemporary that irregularities occurred 

 in the management of the recent problem tourney of the American 

 Chess and Problem Association, render it imperative that the officers 

 of that Association investigate the truth of the same, and if found to be 

 well founded, take such steps as will prevent their recurrence; and if 

 any of the officers are Involved, they should be deposed and censured. 

 These allegations have been publicly and, we think, properly presented, 

 not alone to an interested public, but also to the "powers that te" of 

 the Association, and a refusal to so consider them will jeopardize the 

 existence of that body. If we are not mistaken, competitois In that 

 tourney also aver that irregularities occurred which ce.talnly would 

 justify an investigation. We are at a loss to account for the silence of 

 Secretary MeKiin, and we in all enndor suggest that ho ask for and in- 

 sist upon a thorough Investigation of these charges, It is evident Unit 

 the " allegators" are neither to be frowned down nor will allow the 

 matter to rest unless an investigation be ordered, and we therefore say, 



White. 



Black. 



Herr EDglisch 



Mr. Gilford, 



1-P-K4 



1-P-K4 



2— Kt K B3 



2— Kt-Q B3 

 3-PQR3 



3-B-Klo 



4— B-E4 



4— Kt K B8 



5-P-Q3 



6-P-Q3 



6 -KC-B3 



6— B-Q2 



7-Ki-Ki? 



7— Castles 



8-B-QKt3 

 9— Kt-K KtS 



8— Kl-K KtS 



9— P-Q4 



"Let there bean immediate Investigation." Mr. Loyd should also 

 hasten to deny ■ usations made by Mr. Alln, 



his neglect so to do will be construed as an admission of Hie tinr.hof 

 the earhe. We are aware that Ml I i , i ; to do this by address- 

 ins a letter to the Holyoie Transcript, wherein we reflet to state that 

 abuse alone was prominent and intelligible. A geueral denial. Instead 

 of replying to each statement in detail is, in our opinion, insufficient 

 to disprove the specific charges made. 



fitchting mid /footing. 



HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK. 



Date. 



Boston. 



Jfeu York. 



Charleston. 



Oct. 25 



Oct 26 



Oct. 27 



H. M. 



5 . 09 



6 15 



7 20 



8 17 



9 OS 

 57 



10 46 



n. a. 

 1 46 



3 47 

 S 66 



5 05 

 00 



6 49 



7 38 



a. m, 

 2 19 



4 81 



5 28 



6 IS 



7 .. 

 7 .. 



Oct. 29 



Oct 31) 



Out. 31 



Gaining Ground. — With the object of encouraging sea 

 cruising and promoting seamanship, the Forest and Stream 

 has persistently taken ground in favor of a sea-going model in 

 preference to the light displacement sloop, and it is a matter 

 of satisfaction to us to note the prevailing tendency in the di- 

 rection pointed out. Mr. Charles H. Contoit, owner of Pim- 

 pero, is now having built by Messrs. C. & R. Poillon, of 

 Brooklyn, a fine sea-goingkeel schooner, which, in dimensions, 

 approaches very near to what experience, as well as theory, 

 toadies to be the best form for easy qualities and safety in 

 rough water. The new schooner will measure 240 tons car- 

 penter's measurement, and about 175 tons !N. M. She is being 

 built from a design by Mr. A. Cary Smith, and bears some 

 resemblance to the fast pilot-boat T. 8. Negus, modeled, we 

 believe, by Mr. Townsend, foreman of Poillon's. She is !)5ft. 

 on water line, with only 20ft. 6U1. extreme beam, or less than 

 22 per cent, of the length against Intrepid' » 24. This decrease 

 of beam we look upon as a decided step in the right direction. 

 It is intended to spar the new schooner for cruising only ; had 

 she been designed for racing she would have gained had her 

 beam been kept down to 20 per cent, of the length, as a long 

 and rather full body insures displacement enough, and with 

 lead on her keel would have given ample stability for all the 

 canvas so easy a form requires to send her along at a good 

 rate. On deck she measures 106ft., over all, including 

 rake of English counter and overhanging head, 114ft. ; depth 

 of hold, 10ft. Oin., and lift, water : mainmast, 75ft., 

 heel to head; foremast, 73ft.; mastheads, 6ft.; diameter 

 of spars, 19 and 18in. at partners respectively; top- 

 masts, 30ft., heel to hounds, with 4ft. pole ; bowsprit, 

 20tt., outboard with a 16ft. jibboom beyond the cap, and a 

 4ft. pole to finish off. Keel of white oak, sided 12tn., molded 

 9in. Depth of entire keel amidships below rabbet, 8ft. 4in. 

 The keel has been sided so large in order to aid in stowing 

 the lead as low down as possible. Frames of Maryland white 

 oak, hackmatack and locust staunchions. They are double 

 Oin. on floors, and double 5in. at futtocks. Garboards of 

 white oak, 3in. thick. Planking same, 24in, and Sin. at waits. 

 Bulwarks white pme, oak rail. Keelson of white oak lOin. 

 square, apron of locust, stem and sternpost white oak. Ceil- 

 ing yellow pine, about 3in. thick. Deck beams yellow pine, 

 sided Din., molded 6in. Deck planking of white pine, 2;ia. 

 ihick. Deck fittings of mahogany, mast partners of oak. 

 Flush deck, saloon amidships, a I' Angiitis. As was to be ex- 

 pected, the ubiquitous expert isaround again and has given his 

 opinion of the new schooner before all her frames are up even. 

 This wonderful person expresses himself as favorably im- 

 pressed, and has imparted to sundry non-prosessional news 

 gatherers the astounding fact that, having a longer floor than 

 Intrepid, less ballast will be required in the new schooner, 

 and being lighter she will sail faster. Mr. Contoit is fortu- 

 nate, however, in not having consulted the wishes or opinions 

 of half-educated expertp, and may be congratulated upon 

 having secured the services of one of the best yacht designers 

 of the day in his behalf. "VVe hope to lay before our readers 

 at some future time a mathematical diagnosis of this schooner's 

 elements compared with those of other craft already tested. 



OAK AND PADDLE. 

 Cocrtnet-Hanlan Race.— After some very exhaustive 

 searching among all possible sources, and after the fullest in- 

 vestigation in all directions, instituted by the Boston Herald, 

 the Bame conclusion is finally arrived at which in these 

 columns we first gave to the public iu regard to the honesty 

 of Courtney in the recent championship match at Lacbine. 

 There is simply no evidence to bear out any of the aspersions 

 so lightly and profusely cast upon the American champion by 

 giddy-beaded detractors. The reason why Courtney was 

 beaten was because he could not row fast enough, and that 

 is the end of the whole matter. We believe we were among 

 the first who detected in Hanlan far greater power and speed 

 than he allowed himself to display in his races with the 

 small fry, and our views are now being accepted by others as 

 accounting for the manner in which he disposed of the Union 

 Springs champion, in opposition to the universally precon- 

 ceived notions of Courtney's invineihihvy, so tenaciously ad- 

 hered to on this side of the St. Lawrence for a long time after 

 his defeat, and which some are nut even yet, prepared to re- 

 nounce. Bat for all Courlnej's honesty of aclion during the 

 race, ws are not prepared to believe the latest statement im- 

 puted to hirn, and which is just now going the rounds of tho 

 press. He is said to have attempted an explanation of his 



