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three days. It. ia a well-known fact that when a dog starts up 

 a deer and is well upon tlio track, that deer alone takes to flight, 

 and that the other deer in the immediate locality remain undis- 

 turbed. I have known one or two striking illustrations of this in 

 my own experience. 



If, as Mr. " C." suggests, a "black list" is to te kept at "head- 

 quarters," it is important that some rule be established by which 

 it shall be determined what offence against the code of the uporls- 

 man a party must commit before he is subjected to this cor.tempt. 

 I wonld respect fully suggest teat there are three classes of per- 

 sons in the community who pre-eminently deserve to have their 

 names entered on this list : 



First — Those who kill game out of season. 



Second— Those who are knowing to the killing of game out of 

 season, and decline to enter a prosecution, or to notify the 

 authorities. 



Third— Those who Beek the destruction of innocent dogs 

 because their masters are engaged in unlawful pursuits of game. 



To be registered in the " black list," in my judgment, is not 

 sufficient punishment for the latter class. They deserve to be 

 held up to especial contempt. 



I do not understand how any gentleman, having the knowledge 

 that a "Boston sportsman, with a good pack of dogs, killed three 

 to six deer a day in the region of the Chesunook Lake" contrary 

 to law, should be willing to state in a sportsman's journal, over 

 his own signature, that he had thiB knowledge, and never brought 

 the " Boston sportsman" to justice, or make some explanation 

 why he did not. It is very easy to rush into magazines and news- 

 papers with Btrango atones against guides and others who have 

 slaughtered game contrary to law, but it is much wiser to try to 

 prevent the slaughter in some effective manner. 



I do not propose to discuss tho question as to whothor or not 

 bunting deer with dogs, by which they are driven into a lake and 

 shot from a canoe, is in accordance with tho code of the true 

 sportsman. I leave that question for the present to others. 



My attention has been called to the article of Charles Dudley 

 Warner, entitled, "A Hunting of the Doer," in the little volume 

 recently pnblished by Messrs. Houghton, Osgood & Co., styled, 

 '• In the Wilderness. '* Mr. Warner in that artlole sees fit to "fling" 

 at sportsmon, and he makes an effort to do "them justice," 

 "which," he remarks, "has never been done them." Tor this 

 purpose he organizes himself into a oourt, and to arraign the 

 still hunter and those who chase deer with dogs. These culprits 

 are a numerous class, and comprise " even women and Doctors of 

 Divinity." By the moral quality of their aots he proposes to judge 

 them. Mr. Warner thou describes an experience which he says 

 ho had " early in the morning of the 23d of August, 1877," on 

 " Basin Mountain," in the Adirondacke. 



The Btory is told iu excellent English, and may attract the 

 attention of some sentimental persons, but the true sportsman 

 can have no sympathy with that sort of business. " On (ho 

 morning of the 23d of August, 1S77, when," as Mr. Warner states, 

 the guide in the canoe ' ' whipped out his hunting-knife and made 

 a pass that severed her jugular," hunting deer with dogs in tho 

 Adirondacks was contrary to law. Mr. Warner was— we must 

 assume from his aooount — an eye-witness to the starting of the 

 deer, to its separation from its fawn, to the turning of the doe 

 when she " shot away to the North ;" to her " clearing the moose 

 bushes with bound alter bound, flying over logs, pausing neither 

 for brook or ravine ;" to her effort " to gain the mountain oppo- 

 site ;'' to her "clearing the fences splendidly, following along the 

 stony path ;" to her " approaching the slide brook," where sho 

 "saw a boy by a tree with a raised rifle;" to her " tremendous 

 hurst of speed," when " she cleared the stream;" to her turning 

 "south," and " flying along tho street ;" to her "reaching the 

 timber land," when, as he says, her ' ' legs trembled, and her heart 

 beatlikea triphammer ;" to her crossing "the broad, deep brook," 

 and climbing the " Bteep left bank." 



Mr. Warner was in a position where he knew, as he says, that 

 the deer " worked her way along painfully, with sinking heart and 

 unsteady limbs, lying down ' dead beat' at Intervals, and then 

 spurred on by the cry of the remorseless dogs, until, late in the 

 afternoon, Bhe Btaggered down the. Shoulder of Bartlett,and Btood 



n the shore of the lake." He appears to have known so much 

 about this whole matter that one must infer that he was either 

 one of the party to the chase, or iu a position where he had an 

 opportunity to observe it throughout its continuance. It is barely 

 possible that he was " the gentleman in the stern" who shouted 

 "Knock her on the head with that paddle:" it is immaterial tor 

 our purpose whether he was the one or not. If the killing of the 

 deer was a oruel act, ho was equally responsible with those who 

 participated in the ohase. If he were a participant in tho chase, 

 he was indulging in a sport which was in violation of the law of 

 New York. If he were simply a spectator, he is responsible for 

 Bitting idly by, and Beeing others do a cruel act which was contrary 

 to law. 



In the moral forum in which Mr. Warner, by his article, under- 

 takes to arraign sportsmen, the principles of law applioabl 

 to intentional and malicious homicides apply in suoh cases. By 

 the common law, parties who are presont to witness the killing 

 are either principals or accessories, and as such, are liable to 

 punishment acoording to tho statute in such cases made and pro- 

 Tided. In that forum the indictment is never laid on file, because 

 Buoh prinoipal or accessory has seen fit to turn " State's evidence, '' 

 write his oonfession in attractive English, and, for a pecuniary 

 consideration, deliver it to a flourishing publishing house for 

 circulation. Waoseb. 



Tkatped Quail. — Aa observing correspondent calls the at- 

 tention of onr game protective clubs to au abuse. He says i 



"If the New York Sportsmen's Association for the Protec- 

 tion of Game and Fish, or the Long Island Shooting Club, 

 •which got its charter for the sole purposes of seeing the game 

 laws being enforced and of accustoming our young men to the 

 candling of fire arms, will send a directive to either Washing- 

 ton or Fulton market, they will get us much evidence us they 

 •want in regard to the trapping of the birds, as every partridge, 

 or nearly every partridge, sold now at any of those markets 

 will prove to he a trapped partridge. A Spobtsman." 



i®* Forest and Stream will be Bentfor fractions of a year 

 as follows : Six months,. $2 ; three months, $1. To clubs of 

 two or more, $3 per annum. 



CoKJMOrrorjT— Bridgepdi-l, Sea Sid,' Range, Oct. 14 — The 

 Bridgeport Rifle Olublield a shoot to-day for the club prize 



rifle, Geo. F. Hull winning it for the third time with 33 in 

 the possible 25 ; Harry Nichols, It. S. Barrett and 8. V. 

 Nichols maAe 23 each. For the all-comers' rifle, out of the 

 possible 60; Harry Nichols won for the second time with 42 ; 

 Wallace Gmm made 40, and 8. V. Nichols 87. In a 500-yds. 

 subscription, shots, the scores were : S. It. lluli 

 S. V. Nichols, 25; J. JlcCourt, 24, and H. Nichols, 28. 



White Disk. 



Hartford.— The Hartford Light Guard, Co. H, First Regi- 

 ment, 0. N. G., Gapt. Hudson commanding, held their fourth 

 annual prize target shoot at the Franklin Itange, Hartford, on 

 "Wednesday, Oct. 10, and the following scores wore made i 



200 6uo 'I'M i 500 vi 



Prtv Fredericks if, 24 df) Prlv Simpson 10 ia 20 



Lieut Clark 19 liO 39 Sergt, Callahan 12 11! Si 



coi-pCiiapui it ia Sti Prlv Webster is u i4 



Ptiv Thompson 19 16 35 Prlv Fox ID 8 21 



Capt Hudson 19 14 S3 Lieut Cornell 17 4 21 



Priv Pollard 18 IS 81 Prlv Tamil 13 8 23 



Pnv McLean 17 14 81 PnvSmlta u 5 19 



Se'gt simou, Jr 13 13 so Priv TrUansl IB 10 



1-rivSnow is 12 30 PnvBartlett 2 2 



ColUnwille, Oct. 17.— The following scores were made by 

 the Canton Rod and Gnu Club at practice to-day at 200 yard's 

 off-hand ; Creedmoor rules ; 3-lb. pull : 



Mas*. Creed. Maae. Creed. 



JDMarks 1«4 48 Lewis sT 40 



Andreas SO 40 Hull f-2 40 



Bidwell 87 -10 Kteiu 71 86 



Mr. Marks' s'.-oro beiui' In detail ; 



Massachusetts. Creedmoor. 



11 12 11 11 11 7 11 8 11 11—104 556454545 5-43 



Illinois— Lake View Range, O/ucago, Oct. 12.— Squads 

 from the Lake View and G. H. Thomas rifle clubs; uuion 

 shoot; distance, 200 yards ; position standing: 



Cram 4 44454644 5-43 MaCiiUley.. .2 4 4 4 3 4-1 5 i 4— 88 



Freemaa....5 3 6444444 4—11 McCounelL.o 4 4 5 3 5 3 3 4 S— SB 



Bradley 4 84544444 5-41 Bums ,4 4 4 5 4 2 3 4 4 8— ST 



Drury 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4-40 Gardner. ...» i s 4 2 5 4 5 !l 8—30 



Colc!lour....4 44444 4 44 4-40 LUKT. 



The Springfield Riflk Tournament. — Tho Rod and Gun 

 Club drew a compatiy of excellent shooters to its tournament 

 on the 15th inst. Landlord Chandler provided a tine range 

 for off-hand work in the rear of his ancient inn, and it is 

 likely that the club will settle there permanently. There 

 were four targets in use on the Cieedmoor plan, and tho day 

 passed off pleasantly to all concerned, and the prizes were so 

 evenly distributed that there was much satisfaction to all con- 

 cerned. The Boston men went home content with the first 

 team prize, and J. A. Lowell, of the " Hub " team, had first 

 place iu the any-ritie trial. After an hour or two spent in 

 bull's-eye practice for a share of the pool in the morning, the 

 regular tournament began with the any-rifle match for indi- 

 vidual scores, for prizes amounting to $100. The following 

 are the scores made out of a possible i)5, the first nine men 

 taking the prizes : 



Lowell 33 Bull 20 Conkey 26 



Bumslead 33 Traeey 20 Muyott 2ii 



Ooborn 31 Farrar 20 Bun aft 



Soung 31 Hare 29 Porter 25 



VaaVlaek 31 Clark 29 Stockwell 25 



Jackson.... 80 Matbewson 2-t Witherell 24 



Arnold 3d Miitivler 28 Jepsou 24 



Birrtlt 30 Chapm 28 Hull 23 



Kockwoll 89 Cranston 27 Gates , 22 



Gassner .29 N Clark 27 Bruce 20 



Kneil 29 Hall ' 20 



The team match came on after dinner, and was a closely in- 

 teresting contest. Bumstead did finely, but the Bostonians 

 kept closer together in their scores aud kept a point ahead. 

 The day was perfect, except that occasionally the wind, blow- 

 ing straight across the range,, eased up aud allowed the shots to 

 vary. The Springfield Arniory team used their own military 

 gun, while the others had match rifles. The Rod and Gun 

 Clubmen used Sharps May nards and Ballards; the Boston, 

 Sharps and Remingtons ; the Chicopee Falls team, Mayaards, 

 aud the Holyoke Ballards aud Maynards. VV. \Y. Traeey 

 was tho only representative from the Pittslield Club. The 

 often-discussed question whether the rifle ball can be seen aa 

 it flies from the gun was well settled in the latter part of the 

 afternoon, when the rays of the declining sun, almost parallel 

 with the path of the bullets, revealed nearly eveiy one of 

 them to the interested spectators. The team scores stood : 

 Massachusetts RiUe Association, 



W H Jackson 4 4 3 6 4 4 6—29 J B Oaborn..4 4 ."■ 4 5 5 6—32 



N W Arnold 4 4*544 4—211 J A Lowell. .444444 4— 2s— US 



Boa and Gnn, No. 1. 

 S S Bumstead .... 5 5 5 5 5 5 4— 84 8 H Barrett. .4 44443 4— 21 



U B Olal'k 4 5 5 4 4 4 J— 30 C Van VlaeK.4 3 4 4 4 4 3— 26— 11T 



Rod and Gun, No. 2. 

 J E Uatliew80n...5 3 4 5 5 8 3-23 Dr Young. ..454344 4—28 



L U Mayult 4 4 4 4 8 4 4—21 J B Squires .433145 8—26—109 



Holyoke. 



G Dudley 4 3 3 3 4 4 4—25 Dr Mittvler.4 4 4 4 4 4 4-25 



D H Small 4 4 14*2 5— 25 KMcUonald.4 6413 44-28—109 



Mayuard Club— Clilcopee Falls. 



JC Gassuer 4 5 4 4 3 6 4—29 N Clark 4 4 3 4 4 5 4-23 



O W Horr ...3 3 4 4 4 3 4—25 C 8tockWell.4 4 4 4 4 6—35—107 



Sprtngttelil Armory Club. 



KFHare 2B8&444— 2t F K But! 3 5 3 3 4 4 4—20 



jl WBull 5 5 4 3 4 3 4-28 J F Orauston.3 3 113 2 4—23—104 



The match with military rifle3 did not fill, but the prizes 



were scaled down and taken by the following, who stood 

 highest : 



nare 2:1 Jackson ,2S Lowell 27 



FB Bail 29 Wohards ..28 Mnltu 27 



lioekweil 29 Barrett 28 Dudley 26 



M W Bud 98 Bumstead 2T 



A Brilliant Display:.— At the West Haven shore yester- 

 day afternoon a number of gentlemen interested in marksman- 

 ship assembled to witness a series of experiments with the 

 Shelton auxiliary rifle barrel. The auxiliary consists of a 

 barrel some 20 inches long, formed at the breech like a shell, 

 so as to lit snugly in the chamber of a fowling-piece. There 

 is an adjustable bearing at the muzzle of this barrel, so that 

 it is in close contact with the barrel of the fowling-piece, into 

 which it iB chambered. This barrel can bo slipped iu or taken 

 out. It can be carried iu the belt without the slightest in- 

 convenience, and when large game presents itself to the or- 

 dinary huuter who is provided with one of the patent rifle 

 barrels, the fowling piece can be easily transformed into a 

 long rifle, ihe experiments yesterday were varied and 

 tested the capacity of the patent barrel in a most thorough 

 manner. The achievements of Dr. Carver were fairly rivaled 

 in flying shots by ex-Judge Blydenburgh, while the long. 

 range shots at a target by Air. Clark R. Shelton were astou- 



than a hundred shots at q 200 yards tai gel 



nearly (very one were bull's eyes nod not on ;s$ed the tar- 



■■■', qui a small one by the way. while the shooting was 

 done under very Unfavorable circumstances fts to light nnd 

 wind.— 1/e.m Haven Register Out. I8i 



Mohawk Vallev Rifle Association— UlUa, JV. )"., Fail 

 Meeting, Oct. 15, 16 and 17, 1878.— Directors' Match ; open 

 only to direclors ; 200 yards ; any rifle; rounds, rive. Prize, 

 director's gold badge, to be competed for at each regular 

 meeting, and held permanently t>y the winner of three con- 

 tests ; value, S)35l 



Bagg 5 3 4 4 4—20 Hepburn 6 4 3 4 4— 20 



Wright S 3 3 2 4—15 Iic-ring ;. 



Klaenld 2 3 4 4—13 llriflltlis 2 3 44 13 



Hill 8 6 8 4 3-18 Murray 3 4 3 3 4—17 



Soldiers' match ; open to members of any military organi- 

 zation in the Sixth Division District; Remington military 

 rifle; 200 and 500 yards; rounds, five at each distance, 7 

 prizes : 



SOD BOO T'l 200 BOO T'l 



Jonea 20 



Bud .ipli to 



Kortiirnp vo 



Fen-is is 



)Vp,. IT 



Huuge.tord 18 



40 Biieg 



3s HllOen 17 S 25 



88 PottH 10 5 24 



32 Bravura 20 4 24 



80 Mania H 2 19 



27 Fhiesmnn , 13 13 



The wind during the 500-yards shouting in this and the 

 next match was a very strong fish tail from 5 o'clock to 8 

 o'clock. 



National Guard match j open to teams of six from each 

 regiment, battalion or separate company of infantry in the 

 Sixth Division; each organization may send one or more 

 teams at its option; Remington rifle, State model ; 200 and 

 500 yards ; rounds, five at each distance j four prizes : 

 A Co, 2Cth Bafa'lon, Veterans. 



Putts 2 



EhreHiiun 3 



SmlMi 4 



2111) yard*. 



4 3— 15 



B 4 4—18 



3 4 r,— l.s 



4 4 S-19 



5 4 2—17 

 8 3 4—17 



5th Separate Company, Fort SlaOwlcta Guards. 



2 4— 8-21 



3 3—10—23 



2 3 -ill -31 



3 S— 8—27 

 3 ■>— 7—24 



■I :: -17— .<i— no 



Scrvey... 3 



4 4— is 

 1 4-18 



3 3-17 



Nonlirup 4 4 6 



D Co, 2Cth Battallou. 



4 6 5 8— W-B5 



11 11 (1 



II - 11-17 



I) 11 !! i| 3_ K— 55 



u 11 .".— 3—21 



2 2 2— B— «8— IIP 



Zuhlin 8 3- 11 11 H—o—8 



tows 11 0-0 11 a 11 11- 11- 11 



Kikfl, H 9 4 3 4 8— Ifl II 3 0—8—22 



Heed 2 4 6 4 5—211 11 11 3 0—8— SB 



K:ktr,.r i u- 7 0000 0—0—7 



MoCoy 3 4 4 4 4—19 II 3 0- 8— .2— 80 



Subscription match, open to all comers; 200 yards ; any 

 rifle ; rounds, five : 



Franer, Dr o i 4 s 8-10 Mallory, HI' t » 834— 10 



Booih. Dr 3 3 3 3 3— l.l liiudley 4 4 4 ;i 3-1S 



Kiuoatd 3 5 4 3 4— VJ Cash B 6 1 3 l— In 



Myers, F 4 4 I I B— V> W ;^r i 4 4 3 j— m 



Erayu/n, 3 i i 3 o 4—17 Joni a, u r, s o 5 4—24 



Martin, W I 4 544 8—21 cooper, i 'apt 10 8 2 4—13 



DeriDs, Gen I 3 s '• -i — if. u,u.s i 5 o 4 4—22 



Payne 4 4 4 4 4—20 



Short-range match; open to all comers; 200 yards ; any 

 rifle ; rounds, seven ; ten prizes, aggregate value $200 ; 



Braytou 4 4 5 4 4 2— V3 Ca4tt n 4 9 4 4 4 4—27 



Casa a 4 4 3 1 i 4—90 Bancroft 3 S i o 4 4 4-22 



Hill 3 3 4 3 3 4 4—21 OmaudS 3 3 ;i 4 4 4 3-21 



" a i'V i 3 :; 5 5 4 .1-V3 



a 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—28 



lorv ft 3 4 4 4 4 3-27 



era I 8*44 



caul i o i I d . 21 



.'I'-' 4 4 4 4 4 5 3--J8 



!tlOthWaitC...6 4 E 3 3 I 3-27 



islrolig 3 94. 8-4 



on :i 4 3 11 



5B, V 4 ii .-; .' i i 



.:: 3 4 3 



I 4— SO 



Derlug 



Payue ■* •> » 



Babbitt i :■ i 



F.nls -I •: 5 



1'ravls S 9 a 



FT&ger., :l Q ■• 



Jones, O G 4 4 f> 



Partis 3 14 3 



Golger 5 5 4 6 4 4 1—31 



WUie^lU 3 4 4 1 4 4 0-28 



Eggleston 4 3 4 5 5 5 2-27 



Utica Citizens' Corp malch ; open to active members of the 

 Utica Citizen Corps ; 200 yards ; company rifle ; three 

 prizes. The following are some of the best scores i 



erlvWIMunln 4 4 4 4 4 20 Lieut BaRK _.... I 1 



pnv M.r Brayton \ 5 i 1 9— l» ttlv Uoiapu .23443 in 



Lieut JC 1' Kincald..8 4S3 4— IT 



Mid-range match; open to all comers; GOO yards; any 

 rifle; rounds, ten ; seven prizes: 



Ga'es, A C 43 Jones 45 Gates, O 44 



Maniu, Wl -15 Ueiger, L 50 Old 45 



Aruisl.roug 42 Travels 45 Hifirleaiou 4S 



ThiBtletttwatte 47 Jones, C F 48 i< riwer :u 



Trowbridge 49 Cooper, M 4: Mallory.WP ^ 



Wlonegar 40 Payue 83 BetJmap in 



Babbitt 31 Purtia 45 



Long-range match; open to all comers; 800 and 1,000 

 yards; any rifle ; rounds, ten at each distance ; five, prizes 



Olda 11 5 4 E 5 5 4 4—89 (I 3 2 3 u B B 



Cmanda 8 34555251 a— 811 



ThnUe:Mvaue....3 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5—15 



C F Jonea a 0455445 4—38 



o u Jones 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 2 3 4- 33 



Martin 5 455 4355 4—10 



Hepburn 4 5 5 5 4 3 5 5—88 



Purtia a 5 5 Ii 4 4 5 3 5 4-41 



tialger 4 6 tl 4 5 34 5 5 6—39 



Eggleaton .....445445544 5— 41 



'irowbrldge 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5-44 



Subscription match; open to all comers; 1,000 yards; 

 weapon, any rifle : 



Partia 20 Mallory 38 TMsteltuwalte 34 



Gelger 3H Omands 33 JOnes, CU :tu 



Medford, Oct. 17.— Rifle match at Bellevue range | Medlord 

 vs. Harvard. Conditions — Five men each, ten shol 

 200 yards. The wind was strong, and ipiite. unfavorable for 

 good shooting: 



Harvard. 



F O Simpson 4 4 



H VV Powell 1 4 



T Roseell 4 4 



C A earlier 4 4 



Q m Bntier 



Thee t 8 



Mfdd.rd. 



J B Oaborn 4 5 



UK Htcliurd.ion 4 4 



l,L llurjliard 5 4 



UUDCuahlDg. 4 3 



John Grudy * i 



JH Bamaa 3 4 



Tho result of the shooting was a tie, but adopting the rules 

 of the M. A. R. A., the Harvard team was declared the vic- 

 tors. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, the return match K 

 Bellevue range, Medford. M, 



The Bridgeport. Rifle Association did not secure a very ex- 

 cellent day for their fall meeting on the lSlh, a putty fiah-lall 

 wind from the tiring points bothering the marksmen. Four 

 matches were carried through, the leading scores standing i 



6 il r. f, 4 o 2 4 5 4—30-78 

 .4 3 (I 4 4-30—75 



3 3 4 5 5 5 3 5 5 5-4;— 70 



, 4 r. 2 4 6— 38-16 



4 5 4 4 4 4 5 2 5 8— 40-60 

 4 5 4 5 5 4 H 4 4 3-43- 19 

 5455452 5 4 8—49—88 



I 5 I 1 4 5— It— S3 

 ft 4 6 I t 5 B 2 3 0— 84— M 

 4 5 4 5 3 5 2 S 6 4—40-88 



4 4 5 4 4 S 5 I 



4 5 5 4 4 5 4-Jl 



4 4 4 3 5 4 5-41 



4 4 4 4 4.) 1—89 



8 3 3 4 4 4 4-3J 



.1 4 8 4 4 ;1 8-W— S3 



5 6 4 4 4 4 4-13 



. 4 5 4 4-42 



.444 4—41 



4 8 4 5 8 4-3T 



3 5 4 4 4 4 3— 34 



9 3 4 4 4 4 ; 



